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DIXON – Hoops fan or not, Admiral Ackbar would have easily identified the key to Sterling's victory over Pekin on Thursday in the first round of the Dixon tournament.
The Golden Warriors used their signature trap to build a monster lead, then barely navigated the Dragons' trap to survive 50-44. Sterling draws Rochelle in a quarterfinal matchup and a Class 3A regional title-game rematch.
Sterling (7-8) led 42-26 after three periods before the Dragons' full-court, trapping press forced eight turnovers in the fourth.
Pekin sophomore Jesse Ulrich hit a high-arcing 3 from just right of the circle that made it 44-38 with 2:20 to play. After two free throws from Sterling senior McKenna Pearson, Abigail Lowman's second triple of the game got the Dragons within five at 46-41.
Sterling freshman Gabby Sandoval hit the front end of a bonus before Pekin senior Erika Johnson hit a wide-open 3 from the right corner for three of her game-high 16 points. It made it a one-possession game at 47-44 and steered Sterling's plane decidedly toward the mountain.
"When they made their run, I thought to myself, 'Oh my gosh. Please, we can't blow this,' " Sterling senior Alexis Strong said. "We just lost our heads."
"We've got to play under control and not panic all of a sudden," Sandoval said.
Pearson hit one of two throws, and Sandoval hit two more on the next trip to seal the victory. The Warriors shot 8-for-11 at the line in the fourth for all of their points in the frame.
Strong, who tied Kaitlyn Bauer and Stephanie Kester for a team high with nine points, was 4-for-4 in the fourth and 5-for-6 overall.
"I try not to think about the shot. I just stare at the rim, wipe my hands on my shorts and just go up with it," Strong said.
"At the free throw line, it's BEEF – balance, elbow, extend and follow-through," Pearson said. "You just say those words to yourself and take a deep breath. Free throws win games."
Sterling shot 22-for-29 at the line on the game, compared to Pekin's 10-for-25 mark. Johnson alone was 3-for-14.
"We're hot and cold," Pekin coach Becky Fulkerson said. "It comes down to intensity and effort. We just didn't look like we were ready to step off the bus."
Kester woke up ready to rip cord and staked Sterling to a 6-0 lead with two carbon-copy 3s from the right wing, set up by Kiarra Harris assists.
Pekin responded and led 17-15 midway through the second period before Sterling rattled off a 9-2 burst to close the half. It was capped by a Strong runout set up by the trap. Sandoval poked the ball free at midcourt and Strong narrowly beat the buzzer.
The surge continued, Sterling outscoring Pekin 18-7 in the third to complete an extended 27-9 run. The Warriors had four runouts in the period.
All six Warriors who scored had at least seven points, as Pearson scored eight and Sandoval added seven to go with five steals.
After Bauer batted a skip pass up the floor, corralled it and scored midway through the period, Strong skied for a second offensive rebound and a putback on the next trip for a 38-23 lead.
Four seconds before the end of the period, Sterling senior Kiarra Harris (8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 assists) spun into the lane and went glass to make it 42-26.
The fourth period, albeit frustrating (see: Pearson clapping with consternation written all over her furrowed brow, after the Dragons' press forced a third turnover in less than a minute), offered something to focus on in practice and the rest of the talent-laden tournament.
"We've just got to work a little bit harder with ball pressure in practice and create that game-type situation." Strong said. "We've got to learn to not lose our heads and keep our composure."
Star of the game: Alexis Strong, Sterling, 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, block, assist, 5-for-6 at free-throw line (4-for-4 in fourth period)
Key performers: All six Sterling scorers had 7 or more points; Erika Johnson, Pekin, 16 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals
Up next: Dixon tournament quarterfinal – Sterling vs. Rochelle, 3 p.m. today


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Nishikori upsets top-seeded Cilic to reach semis
MEMPHIS— Top-seed Marin Cilic lost in straight sets to Kei Nishikori of Japan in the quarterfinals Friday of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships.
Nishikori's 6-2, 6-2 victory denied Cilic an opportunity to win back-to-back ATP World Tour titles. Cilic claimed his ninth career title two weeks ago in Zagreb, Croatia, and had won nine of 11 matches this year.
Australia's Marinko Matosevic also advanced, winning 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4 over No. 7 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov.
Cilic's loss left the tournament without any of its top four seeds in the semifinals. Second-seed Milos Raonic, third-seed John Isner and fourth-seed Sam Querrey were eliminated by the second round.
Nishikori, the fifth seed, reached his second semifinal of the year. He opened the year reaching the same round in Brisbane.
Nishikori played nearly flawless tennis after breaking Cilic to go up 3-2 in the first set. He broke Cilic twice in the second set to take a 4-1 lead and did not face a break point. Nishikori smashed a forehand winner on match point to advance.
In women's play, Marina Erakovic of New Zealand defeated Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland, 6-2, 6-4 to return to the finals of the U.S. National Indoor Championships.
Erakovic, the world's 71st ranked player, will play German Sabine Lisicki on Saturday for the championship. Lisicki, ranked 40th, beat No. 7 seed Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, 7-5, 7-5.
Erakovic is seeking the first WTA title of her career after reaching two finals, last year in Memphis and 2011 in Quebec.
Lisicki, the No. 3 seed, is playing in Memphis for the first time since 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals.
The Erakovic-Lisicki match will mark the final women's tournament held in Memphis. The event, which moved to Memphis in 2002, is moving to Rio de Janeiro in 2013.
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In Milford's first-ever Post-it War, where students from Oak Valley Middle School took on Muir Middle School using the sticky notes to create artwork in downtown store windows, Oak Valley students came home the champions.
Judges with the Huron Valley Council of the Arts and the Village Fine Arts Association chose Oak Valley the overall winner. Cecilia Gollan was the sponsoring teacher.
Officials said 170 students decorated 110 store windows May 21.
There were also individual winners. For Oak Valley, first place went to an colorful American Eagle designed on Smoke Street Restaurant windows, second to a Girl with Umbrella in Posh Salon and third was a flamingo and bonsai tree at In Harmony Yoga.
For Muir, first place went to a smiling Donald Duck at the Village Toy Shoppe, second was a pig with umbrella and rain boots also at Smoke Street Restaurant, and third was Spider-Man throwing his web at Leo's Coney Island.
First-place winners earn $100 with second and third receiving store gift certificates.
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Andre Villas-Boas hits back at Harry Redknapp's 'dope' comments
Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas has hit back at Harry Redknapp's claim that only a "dope" could not manage Chelsea.
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Redknapp made the comment shortly before his QPR team took on the Blues recently.
But the statement was widely interpreted as a dig at Villas-Boas, Redknapp's successor at Spurs, who was sacked by Chelsea last year.
Saturday sees Villas-Boas go head to head with Redknapp for the first time since the 35-year-old replaced the 65-year-old in the White Hart Lane hot seat last summer.
Redknapp, who was sacked in June despite leading Spurs to fourth, fifth and fourth during his three full seasons in charge, also made a thinly-disguised jibe at Villas-Boas earlier this season when he claimed that big dossiers - a staple of the Portuguese's management style - can "baffle" players.
When asked for a response to Redknapp's claims, Villas-Boas replied: "Only if you manage a club are you going to find out.
"You have to be able to access a club like that to experience it. It's a different type of club. You just have to experience it and to survive it."
Villas-Boas, who first met Redknapp when Chelsea played Spurs last season, revealed that he has never really talked to his predecessor.
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New Mexico Basketball Coach Steve Alford Bans Players from Using Twitter
Incoming University of New Mexico basketball player Jarion Henry had better let his play do his talking for him.
New Mexico head coach Steve Alford tells the Albuquerque Journal he has banned all his players from tweeting, a decision that may not sit well with Henry, a six-foot-nine forward who, like many teenagers, likes to write on the social media site.
When Henry isn't balling on the court, you can bet he's tooling around Twitter. He started an account in 2009 and has since gone on to post nearly 4,800 tweets. One estimate says he tweeted 127 times alone this past Tuesday. He seems to be at peace with Alford's policy, though. He said Tuesday — via Twitter, of course — "I want be havin my twitter no longer once I get down to UNM."
So, why won't Alford — who hasn't posted anything on his own Twitter account in the last 10 months — let his players use the social media site? According to the Albuquerque Journal, he "knows what information about his program he wants to make public, and what information he doesn't. Trusting loose-lipped college kids to be on the same page obviously is not his plan."
The Lobos have three other incoming freshmen, all of whom are expected to delete their Twitter accounts once they arrive on campus.
There is some good news for Alford's players, though — he hasn't banned them from Facebook.


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Wait a minute, wasn't the whole idea of finishing first in the Eastern Conference precisely because the Bulls would avoid playing Boston AND Miami?
Wasn't the idea that Boston and Miami would beat up each other?
Wasn't the idea that the Bulls had the easiest road to the conference finals and beyond?
And here are the Bulls, unable to squash the frequently splintered Hawks, forced to play a Game 6 tonight and maybe a Game 7 on Sunday, while the Heat destroyed the Celtics in five games, guaranteeing itself at least three days rest before the conference finals.
The Heat came back on the Celtics on Wednesday night to wipe out the former power, then acted like it won something big. Figures. This is the bunch that held a victory celebration because three guys took almost $100 million.
Two things about that:
One, there's even more reason to despise that team, and two, more importantly for the Bulls, there's even more reason to fear that team.
This is not the Heat bunch that the Bulls swept in the regular season. This is not the Heat bunch that lost five of its first eight games and 12 of its first 24. Nope, this is the Heat bunch that has become the Death Star that everyone feared. Three big names got together the way they did in Boston, and then LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh beat Boston into the shell-of-its-former-self phase.
They can be whiny, loathsome and arrogant. They also can be great. They certainly are right now. They are better than the Bulls. You can argue that the Bulls have greater bench depth than the Heat, and you'd be right.
But the Heat has greater superstar depth, and remember, this is a superstar's league. The NBA wanted it this way. The NBA made rules to ensure it. The NBA gets marquee names on the playoff marquee, although I think the Grizzlies had a lot of people in the league office bleeding out of their ears for a while.
LeBron James scored the last 10 points in Miami's 16-0 run that ended both Game 5 and the Celtics' season. Derrick Rose went off for 44 against Atlanta last week. But here's the thing: If James hadn't done it, Dwyane Wade could and likely would have; if Rose doesn't do it for the Bulls, it doesn't get done.
You know what the Heat will bring now, and it will unguardable. You don't know what the Bulls will bring tonight, which suddenly feels like a must-win game, despite the Bulls' holding a series lead. The Bulls were supposed to have the easier path to the conference finals. The Heat got there first because they made their path easier the way the Bulls couldn't. Scary stuff. Daunting stuff.
But omigod, potentially fun, compelling, emotional stuff.
A win tonight, and the Bulls set up an NBA Finals one round early, and in Hollywood style, too. Bulls-heat would be the best story the NBA could imagine or conspire to create.
Good vs. Evil.
The surprising, inexperienced bunch who made the ugly, loudmouth bullies cry.
A Miami star returning home after jacking around Chicago with bald-faced free-agent phoniness.
The Coach of the Year vs. the coach who seemed close to being fired this year.
But mostly, such a series would be the young MVP against the best player in the league in his prime.
Derrick Skywalker vs. Darth James.
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A fan at the V Festival in Toronto has posted on YouTube entertaining footage of Noel Gallagher taking an unscheduled tumble during a performance of Morning Glory:
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How do i get my SD to have an abortion?
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How would you go about telling your seventeen year old step daughter that abortion is the best option?
She found out she was pregnant and wants to keep the baby because shes SO sure that mr. perfect *babys daddy* are going to stay together forever. They have only been seeing eachother for three months and he has already cheated on her a few times.
She is a senior in high school but will probably have to take the year over again because shes pretty much failing every class as is. Her argument- She will try harder now that she has someone else to think about.
She is immature and i know she wont wake up in the middle of the night with a newborn. She refuses to change diapers of any sort and when my son was an infant she complained about his constant crying ALL the time. I know she is not ready for a child.
Is there any way i can legally force her to?
No, and you shouldn't. What you should do is give her all her options in a non judgemental way. Hope for the best.
Doubt it. Tell her she has to move out. I know you don't want to but it will be the only way to get her to grow up.
I have shes 100% convinced she is keeping it. She said she doesnt believe in murdering an innocent child. I told her its not a child yet but she wont listen and is shoving all this pro life crap in my face. I feel bad for her but she should have used protection and birth control!
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No, and you shouldn't. What you should do is give her all her options in a non judgemental way. Hope for the best.
Don't force her. It's not your choice to make. If she wants to keep her baby, she should be able to. It's never the best option in a case like this! She can always adopt the baby out to someone who can and will love him or her and give the baby a good home.
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The Effect of Using Portfolio-based Writing Assessment on Language Learning: The Case of Young Iranian EFL Learners
This study investigated the effectiveness of portfolio-based writing assessment in EFL situations. Participants were 40 pre-intermediate young Iranian English learners. They were randomly divided into experimental and control groups of 20 each. The experimental group wrote on five pre-established topics from their coursebook. Their writings were checked in terms of ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions of writing by two raters. They were given another opportunity to revise their writings to be corrected again. In contrast, the control group wrote only once and their writings were corrected only by their own teacher. The participants were also required to complete a questionnaire to assess their reflection and self-assessment. Results of the study indicate that portfolio-based writing assessment has a positive effect on language learning and writing ability. It also shows that it helps students' self-assessment and almost all students are satisfied with this method of assessment.
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Former Carolina Hurricane Troy Bodie scored the winning goal on a tip from John-Michael Liles' shot from the point with just over six minutes remaining as the Checkers fell 3-2 in Toronto on Tuesday, extending their franchise-record losing streak to seven consecutive games. Rasmus Rissanen and Brett Sutter scored for Charlotte, which now returns home for a back-to-back set against the Rockford IceHogs starting Saturday.
Making his third consecutive start, John Muse made 27 saves as the Marlies out-shot the Checkers by a 30-17 margin, limiting the visitors to just seven total shots over the final two periods.
With the Checkers an admittedly fragile team as they struggle through what has been a winless month of November, the Marlies did everything they could to intimidate them in a rough-and-tumble second period that featured 13 penalties, including two fights. Those scraps involved Charlotte's Nicolas Blanchard, who took on Brad Staubitz after Staubitz delivered a bit hit on Danny Biega, and rookie Keegan Lowe, who underwent a long tussle with Sam Carrick.
Despite all of that, each Checkers player that became a victim of those hits was able to return for the third period, including Sutter, who tied the game at 2-2 on an innocent-looking shot that may have missed the net had Marlies goalie Drew MacIntyre not reached out with his blocker, a move that backfired when the puck ricocheted into his net.
From there, Toronto began to apply the bulk of the pressure, coming up empty despite a power play spent almost entirely in the Charlotte zone that featured a string of good saves by Muse before Liles, an NHL veteran who rejoined the Marlies last week, blasted one from the top of the circles that hit Bodie on its way in.
The Checkers received one final chance on an offensive-zone faceoff during a 6-on-4 situation with Muse pulled for the extra attacker and Jerry D'Amigo in the box for slashing, but a faceoff loss by Brett Sutter ended their hopes for a comeback.
Earlier in the game, Rissanen had opened the scoring with his fourth goal in 140 AHL games and first since April 10, 2012, on a shot from the point that beat MacIntyre through traffic. It marked the first even-strength goal the Checkers had scored in their last three games and also the first time the team had enjoyed a lead of any kind during that time.
The lead would only last three-and-a-half minutes, however, with forward Brad Ross scoring on a rebound to tie the game. Josh Leivo, who scored his first NHL goal against the Hurricanes while playing for the parent Toronto Maple Leafs on Oct. 17, then gave the Marlies the lead on an excellent shot from the left circle that beat Muse over the left shoulder early in the second period.
Thursday's game, along with a 4-1 Checkers loss on Saturday, marked the first-ever meetings between the two clubs. They will face each other two more times on Dec. 20 and 21, marking the end of Charlotte's 10-game home stand.


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TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Cisco Systems Inc., CSCO, +0.07% the San Jose, Calif., telecom-network-equipment major, was upgraded to outperform at Baird Equity Research, where analyst Jayson Noland lifted his price target to $25 from $21. Cisco shares closed on Tuesday at $20.78. Noland called Cisco the investment firm's best large-capitalization stock idea for 2013. Baird's research with the company's customers indicates that after a restructuring, the firm has "emerged as a more effective integrated-solutions vendor," Noland wrote. The analyst said that his expectations for the first half are "modest." But comments about capital spending at large telecom carriers like AT&T, T, -0.31% Deutsche Telekom DTE, -0.59% and Sprint/Softbank S, -0.77% 9984, -2.79% are "trending in the right direction," with Cisco "well positioned to benefit" from those higher capital outlays. He said the stock is relatively cheap, trading at 10 times his calendar 2013 earnings estimate, excluding $5 a share of net cash.


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BOSTON -- House Republican leaders are calling for Gov. Deval Patrick's health and human services secretary to resign following an evidence tampering scandal at a state run drug lab that has compromised thousands of criminal convictions and failed oversight of a Framingham compounding pharmacy that led to a national outbreak of fungal meningitis.
House Minority Leader Brad Jones and members of his leadership team sent a letter to Patrick expressing their lack of confidence in Bigby to successfully manage the troubling situations, which both involve the Department of Public Health, an agency under Bigby's oversight.
Bigby has testified twice this month before lawmakers during oversight hearings looking into the problems at the former Department of Public Health drug lab in Jamaica Plain and pharmacy industry oversight. While she has acknowledged that managers and regulators in both cases missed red flags and opportunities to limit the scope and spread of problems, she has told lawmakers that much of blame falls on the individuals involved in the wrongdoing.
Bigby has also tried to highlight the steps the Patrick administration has taken after the fact to remove managers and impose emergency regulations to improve oversight of the lab and by the Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
The Republicans are planning a 1:30 p.m.
"We have eagerly awaited your administration's testimony over the last few weeks and after the past two public hearings our conclusion has become abundantly clear. Poor management has allowed these problems to escalate, and it will take a strong and effective manager to solve them," the representatives wrote in the letter to Patrick. "While we recognize that Secretary Bigby holds a deep knowledge in the health care field, her conduct and subsequent comments demonstrate a lack of management skills required for this daunting task."
The significant costs of the drug lab scandal are still piling up and are not known at this point, but come at a time when revenues needed to support the fiscal 2013 budget have fallen more than a quarter billion dollars short of estimates. Patrick and his budget aides are mulling midyear budget cuts.
Bigby and Public Safety Secretary Mary Beth Heffernan were noncommittal Wednesday when asked if they intended to remain on in the administration for the governor's last two years in office. All top level Patrick administration staff are considering whether they want to re-up through 2014.
Bigby is the governor's longest-serving Cabinet member, joining the administration at the start in 2007.
"I'm working with the governor on that," Bigby said when asked if she intended to remain in the administration.
Heffernan gave a similar response when questioned on Wednesday.
"I need to talk to the governor about that, but I love this job," she said.
According to an administration official, the governor has asked all senior members of his Cabinet to consider whether they want to remain through the end of his term, and a number of them are said to being giving it serious thought. Patrick plans in the coming weeks to announce personnel changes.
The governor's chief of staff for the past two years - William "Mo" Cowan - announced this week he planned to return to the private sector in January, and he will be replaced by Patrick's communications director Brendan Ryan, a longtime aide and advisor since the governor's first campaign.
The scandal already forced the resignation of public health commissioner, John Auerbach, in September.


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* U.S. manufacturing gains offset weak overseas data
* Investors see potential stock gains despite U.S. budget cuts
* Chesapeake shares drop after SEC escalates investigation
* Groupon rallies after CEO exits
* Dow up 0.3 pct, S&P 500 up 0.2 pct, Nasdaq up 0.3 pct
By Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK, March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced modestly on Friday, leaving the S&P 500 with slight gains in a volatile week as strong economic data overshadowed growth concerns in China and Europe and let investors discount the impact of expected U.S. government spending cuts.
Stocks opened sharply lower for the session as Asian factories slowed and European output fell, but most of the losses evaporated after a report showed U.S. manufacturing activity expanded last month at its fastest clip in 20 months.
U.S. consumer sentiment also rose in February as Americans turned more optimistic about the job market.
With $85 billion in government budget cuts set to begin, President Barack Obama blamed Republicans for failure to reach a compromise to avert the cuts, known as sequester. But the stock market appeared to have already priced in the failure by legislators to reach an agreement.
"We were able to dig out of that hole, but not make any great strides on it either," said Peter Jankovskis, co-chief investment officer at OakBrook Investments LLC in Lisle, Illinois. "We will probably be in a holding pattern pending some big development on a broader budget deal."
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 35.17 points, or 0.25 percent, to 14,089.66 at the close. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 3.52 points, or 0.23 percent, to 1,518.20. The Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 9.55 points, or 0.30 percent, to 3,169.74.
For the week, the Dow rose 0.6 percent, the S&P 500 edged up 0.2 percent and the Nasdaq gained 0.3 percent.
The slight gains for equities came during a volatile week that saw markets decline on Monday after uncertain Italian elections, only to rebound in the next two sessions as U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke defended the central bank's stimulus measures.
The low interest rates due to the Federal Reserve's accommodative monetary policy have helped equities continue to attract investors. The Dow is less than 1 percent away from its all-time intraday high of 14,198.10. Declines have been shallow and short-lived, with investors jumping in to buy on dips.
Intuitive Surgical jumped 8.5 percent to $553.40 after Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Jeremy Feffer upgraded the stock, saying the stock's slide of more than 11 percent on Thursday was a gross overreaction to a news report.
Groupon Inc surged 12.6 percent to $5.10 a day after the online coupon company fired its chief executive officer in the wake of weak quarterly results.
Gap Inc rose 2.9 percent to $33.87 after the clothing retailer reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat expectations and boosting its dividend by 20 percent, while Salesforce.com Inc posted sales that beat forecasts, driving its stock up 7.6 percent to $182.
Chesapeake Energy Corp fell 2.4 percent to $19.67 after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission escalated its investigation into the company and its Chief Executive Aubrey McClendon for a controversial perk that granted him a share in each of the natural gas producer's wells.
Volume was modest with about 6.72 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE MKT and Nasdaq, slightly above the daily average of 6.5 billion.
Advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a ratio of about 17 to 13, while on the Nasdaq, seven stocks rose for about every five stocks that fell.


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Donte' Stallworth charged with DUI manslaughter
Donte' Stallworth charged with DUI manslaughter
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Miami-Dade prosecutors on Wednesday charged Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth with DUI manslaughter, alleging the football player was driving drunk on the morning of March 14 when he struck and killed a pedestrian on Miami Beach.
Blood tests revealed Stallworth had a blood alcohol level of .126 after the 7 a.m. crash, according to documents filed in the clerk's office Wednesday.
Stallworth, 28, who has cooperated with authorities since the crash, is expected to surrender to authorities on Thursday morning.
Stallworth's attorney, Christopher Lyons, declined comment.
DUI manslaughter is a felony that carries a minimum of four years to a maximum 15 years in prison.
Stallworth's bond will be set at $200,000 and will allow him to live in both Florida and Ohio, where he lists a Cleveland address, according to court documents.
Stallworth's whereabouts before the crash -- including a visit to a swank Miami Beach club -- and his conversation with cops at the scene were detailed in an arrest warrant filed by Miami Beach police Detective Kevin Millan.
Here is Millan's account of what happened on the morning of March 14:
Stallworth had been drinking at Liv at the Fontainebleau Hotel before leaving to go to a home in Miami, where he arrived around 6:15 a.m.
It's unclear if the home is Stallworth's residence. Stallworth owns two condos in downtown Miami and one in Midtown Miami, property records show.
An hour later, he drove his black Bentley east on the MacArthur Causeway, where he struck Mario Reyes, 59.
When police officers arrived, Stallworth was standing outside his car, which has Tennessee license plates. He told them he had been driving the car and that ```I hit the man lying in the road.'''
The officer smelled alcohol on his breath and described Stallworth's eyes as ``bloodshot and watery.''
A blood sample was taken from Stallworth and forwarded to a lab at the University of Miami, where results showed his blood alcohol level was .126.
Stallworth later told police at the Miami Beach police station that ''he had time to honk his horn and flash his headlights'' to warn Reyes, who was not in a crosswalk.
Reyes was taken from the crash scene to the nearby Ryder Trauma Center with injuries to his head, chest and stomach. He died shortly after arriving at hospital.
He is survived by his wife of almost 20 years, Catalina, and the couple's 15-year-old daughter, Daniela.
A few days after the crash, Stallworth, through the Cleveland Browns organization, issued a statement expressing his condolences to the Reyes family.
''My family and I are grief stricken over the tragic accident which occurred Saturday on Miami Beach where Mario Reyes sadly lost his life,'' Stallworth said in the statement. ``My thoughts and prayers are with the Reyes family during this incredibly difficult time. Conditions of Stallworth's bond, detailed in court documents, will allow him to live in Florida and Ohio.
Before traveling between the two he must tell the court; for other travel he has to get permission.
He cannot have alcohol or do drugs, and he will be subject to random testing through the National Football League's program for substance abuse.
He also will have a curfew between midnight and 6 a.m. and will not be able to drive.
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Since the Federal Transit Administration signed off on the larger Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project and committed to 50 percent funding, construction is under way along the entire 7.3-mile extension.
The 7.3-mile project is the region's sixth Trimet MAX construction project to be built and extends from the terminus of the MAX Green and Yellow lines at Portland State University in Downtown Portland to South Waterfront, SE Portland, Milwaukie and North Clackamas County. The project is expected to be completed by September 2015.


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As expected, Final Fantasy XIII-2 is getting a sequel. But it's not called Final Fantasy XIII-3. Nope. Today, Square Enix announced the end of this unexpected trilogy with Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
Coming in 2013 to PS3 and Xbox 360, Lightning Returns will conclude Lightning's saga--something we expected after the "to be continued" ending offered in the previous game. Once again, the game promises to evolve the series, adding more dynamic character control, letting you duck for cover and move your character while in combat.
Intriguingly, the game world will end in 13 days--a concept that harkens to The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. According to Andriasang, Lightning will be "even stronger" than in the first two games. Square Enix promises that this version of Lightning will more closely resemble the image portrayed in Final Fantasy XIII's original concept trailer.
The game will offer some sort of Facebook connectivity, but what that will entail has not been disclosed. Perhaps when the game's Facebook page goes live, we'll find out.
(P.S. Still no word on Final Fantasy Versus XIII, folks.)


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A pickup rear-ended a Bushland Inedpendent School District school bus Thursday afternoon on Bushland Road south of Interstate 40, Department of Public Safety troopers said.
A relative of one of the children on the bus took the child to a hospital by private vehicle for a minor head injury, Trooper Daniel Hawthorne said.
The bus was traveling southbound on Bushland Road and slowed to let off some students when a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup rear-ended the bus, troopers said.
BISD sent another bus to finish the route, DPS said.
The incident is under investigation by DPS, and no citations have been issued, troopers said.


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Eternal Rewards and the God of the Bible
by Robin Calamaio
A clarion call throughout the Bible - is the call for individuals to serve God (See Ex 23:25, Jn 12:26, Col 3:24, etc.). He has decided to employ people in the expansion of His Kingdom. He pays for this service with ... eternal rewards. "Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me" (Rev 22:12). While there are some clues as to the nature of these rewards, this cannot be meaningfully related to us in our present circumstance. We are assured they are incorruptible and eternal ... but, they also surpass anyone's comprehension. "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth ... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal" (Mt 6:19,20) and "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him" (1Cor 2:9). It is by faith one takes God up on this offer. His records are impeccable. He knows exactly who to credit with what.
For two summers during college, I sold books door-to-door. The goal was to work as many hours as possible, live on as little as possible, and send all monies back to headquarters. Then at summer's end - pick up one big paycheck. The procurement of eternal rewards is somewhat similar. We are looking to one big Payday. "Well done, good slave. Because you have been faithful in a very little thing, be in authority over ten cities" (Lk 19:17).
The case for dismissing "rights" to eternal rewards for anybody is quite strong. For starters, "Salvation is from the Lord" (Jonah 2:9). While Jonah was probably referring to deliverance from the belly of the great fish, those with even a cursory Bible understanding know that "to God the Lord belong escapes from death" (Ps 68:20). Our most urgent need is deliverance from the deaths of sin - all three of them; spiritual, physical and eternal. But, on our own initiative "there is none who seeks for God" (Ro 3:11). Jesus said, "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him" (Jn 6:44). The Bible is absolute on this issue. Scores of verses support this. If you think you are going to stand before God and say, "Yeah, I woke up one day and knew I needed You in my life. I started reading the Bible and I figured out who Jesus was and what that meant. Then I decided to accept Him, and I ... I ... I ...." (This next statement is blunt, but know I am speaking ... to myself first). If you think you engineered your faith and understanding of the things of God - you have deceived yourself. So, such a one has "rights" to eternal rewards?
But, even as Christians, we cannot claim total credit for our service. We do become "God's fellow-workers" with each receiving "his own reward according to his own labor" (1Cor 3:8,9). But, deep behind the scenes of our willing service, we find these assertions: "We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them" (Eph 2:10) and "it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure" (Phil 2:13). So, God creates the works and motivates us to do them ... and even grants spiritual abilities (gifts or aptitudes - 1Cor 12:4-31) ... and then grants eternal rewards for cooperating?
Notice He says we "should" walk in these good works. But, in an exercise of free will, we can stupidly choose otherwise. John told his audience, "Watch yourselves, ... (so) that you might receive a full reward" (2Jn 8).
Everyone who gets even one eternal reward will acknowledge it is undeserved. It is He "who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist" (Ro 4:17). He not only makes us "alive together with Him" (Col 2:13), but He then empowers our efforts for Him ... so actual spiritual progress occurs. It is "God who causes the growth" (1Cor 3:7).
So, are there "conditions" one must meet to be used by God - and thus receive eternal rewards? Well, John would not have exhorted his audience, "watch yourselves ... (so) that you might receive a full reward" if these rewards were automatic. Jesus would not have warned of the wicked slave who "hid" his talent ... unless it is possible we could do the same (Mt 25:14-30). In Revelation, He admonished the churches to "repent ... be faithful ... overcome ... hold fast" and rewards would follow (Rev 2:5,10,17,25). Paul warned Christians to build properly on the foundation, as fire "will test the quality of each man's work" - some efforts ending in eternal reward and others burning up (1Cor 3:10,13-15). So, here are a few points.
To be used by God is a moment by moment, event by event, transaction. God is not obligated to use everything a Christian does. An individual must actively maintain the relationship with God - in actions and reactions. His will must be sought and one must be deemed by Him as ready to be used. There is nothing automatic about this, and the privilege is never owed. It is an undeserved honor to ever be used by God - even once in this life. One's educational level, titles, or publically ordained positions have no effect on the God of the Bible in this matter. He uses individuals based upon current standing with Him - and this is always a matter of the heart. For example, while there are many sins that move a person into an "inactive" status with Him, one that God hates ... is pride. "If anyone thinks he is something, being nothing, he deceives himself" (Gal 6:3). Pride can often hide in the background until some circumstance brings it forward. Just ask Job about this. Then, one must spend time repenting and getting the heart right ... so God can then use that person. In this matter, "God shows no partiality." (Paul said this of the other apostles "who were of high reputation"! Rest assured, when Peter and Barnabas, were operating in their pride, that chapter of their Christian lives only produced fuel for the fire [Gal 2:6-9]). Do you think God is somehow obligated to eternally reward error and impure motives, known or unknown by the perpetrator, and expand His Kingdom with that?
But, what if there is a group of Christians - say, a local church - representing God? Is He obligated to use, and reward, their efforts? Or, are its activities weighed moment by moment, event by event ... as is done with the individual?
Let's look at it this way. Have you ever heard this one? "How will the church's bills be paid if you don't give?" Well, there are two presumptions behind this question/statement. First, the activities of that church are being used by God, and second, people in the pews are responsible for that church's bills. But, ... is God using that place - now? Even if He has in the past, that doesn't mean He is now ... and the present is all that matters. This fundamental question - and test - never goes away. And, what about those bills? Well, we already know of at least one place God had inhabited - and then abandoned. Somewhere around 35 AD, He left the Most Holy Place at the Temple in Jerusalem ... never to return. Of course, people still came to the Temple, and it was populated with priests, and councils, and all kinds of religious ceremonies for another 35 years. During that time ... all the bills for that "ministry" kept rolling in. Do you think the "contributions" by those religious participants will end with eternal rewards from God?
If individuals, or groups, want investment into their ministry(s), they should look primarily to God Himself to impress on potential donors the validity of their cause. God is quite capable of doing that - and has no need of coercion or manipulation. He simply opens eyes ... to the opportunity of gaining eternal rewards by investing.
In my own personal crucible, I have come to some determinations. One is this: "Lord, I would rather be used by You one time in my remaining days, than to have a lifetime of plastic 'achievement' - pursuing what I think, or others think, should be done." This takes effort to seek God on such a level ... but, what is the alternative? Fuel for fire?
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GTasks: For iOS
You've finally reached your destination, but all this traveling and information you've gotten along the way may have left you a little overwhelmed. Not a problem -- all you need is a task manager to help get organized. GTasks for iOS is a free app that provides secure synchronization of Gmail and Google Apps to an iOS device, and it also optionally syncs with apps such as Google Tasks, Google Calendar and Google Drive. The stand-alone task manager can sync to-do lists and calendar events between iPhone and iPad devices, and it can also be managed from the app or a personal computer. An Internet or data connection is not required to add new tasks; GTasks will sync updated tasks as soon as an Internet connection is available. Alerts may be set according to time, and for devices running iOS 5.0 and above, they can be set by GPS location as well.


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Deanne Fried set up the charity less than two years ago born from a random act of kindness at Red Lobster
Several years ago Deanne Fried stopped in a Red Lobster in Rochester with her brother for lunch as their mother recuperated from surgery. As they were eating their feast of seafood, an elderly couple from the hospital sat down in the booth behind them and began to discuss the menu options.
She overheard the gentleman express that he really wanted to order the salmon. His wife replied that he could only get half a salmon, because they only had 15 dollars.
Deanna called their waitress over and asked her to please order the gentleman the full salmon and she would pick up their tab. She also requested that the waitress keep her gift confidential.
The waitress delivered their meals, taking full responsibility for the "mistake" she made while placing their order and telling the couple that they would only be charged for the half salmon, not the full salmon.
Throughout dinner, Deanne said she could not help but overhear the elderly couple's conversation conveying financial hardship.
She asked the waitress to tell the elderly couple that their entire dinner, including dessert, had been paid for, without disclosing who had paid for their meal.
As Deanne and her brother put on their coats to leave the restaurant, she heard the woman say, "Well, I hope they didn't get charged for the 'full' salmon!"
Deanne said it was the most amazing feeling to help that couple and see what an impact it had and how grateful they were for the random act of kindness.
"It was just so powerful and a reminder to me of how fortunate and blessed I am," Deanne said.
After that incident she said she was changed forever.
That night, instead of sleeping, Deanne was up for hours researching charities and anonymous donors.
When she arrived back in California, Deanne went to work setting up Your Secret Donor, which received its charity status from the Internal Revenue Service rather quickly.
Giving out gifts anonymously is what Your Secret Donor does. The organization was founded with a mission to "bring relief, give hope and share love by seeking out and anonymously gifting those in need."
The organization, made up of five board members including Deanne, connects with organizations such as schools, community centers and hospitals through partnership agreements. That organization then becomes a "seeker" for Your Secret Donor, bringing the charities attention to someone with a specific need.
A messenger then delivers the gift to the unsuspecting recipient.
"The gifts are very random, but we would never know of any of these recipients without our seekers," Deanne said.
Anonymous gifts have included purchasing a bed, covering a dental bill, buying a motorized scooter for someone who had suffered a stroke, a prepaid cell phone for a job hunter, glasses for disadvantaged children, covering pet medical bills, paying rent and more.
Although the gifting is anonymous, the organization is not. Recently an anonymous donor put up a matching grant of $250,000.
"We are very random, but we are helping individuals, pets, homeless people and children," Deanne said. "We are making a difference and we want people to know that we are here."
The organization has seekers in New York, Oregon, Minnesota, Arizona, California, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
The gifts are paid for through donations from individuals or organizations.
"When it comes to the gifts there is a lot of research involved," Deanne explained. "We want it to have an impact on an individual. We don't want to make it a band aid fix and that's why there is so much research involved."
Deanne grew up in Sleepy Eye the daughter of Phyllis Nelson and James Sellner. She graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1983 and moved out to California.
Deanne's career as a costume designer in the movie and TV industry spans over 25 years. Currently she is semi-retired and has devoted her time between taking care of her family and Your Secret Donor.
Deanne, her husband, Joel and their three children reside in La Canada, Calif., 15 minutes outside of Los Angeles.
For more information about Your Secret Donor, visit the website at www.yoursecretdonor.org


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Implementation of a 12-week pharmacist lead walking program designed to increase physical activity and improve overall health of participants
Purpose: The primary objective of this study is to determine if a pharmacist lead walking program will motivate employees to increase their physical activity and provide a means for participants to improve overall health.
Methods: Subjects will participate in a 12-week walking program. Participants will complete a survey to assess current physical activity and overall health. Past medical history, current medication list, point-of-care labs including lipid panel and fasting glucose, and blood pressure will be obtained by a pharmacist or pharmacy student. The participants will be educated and counseled about lab results. Weight, BMI, body composition, and waist-to-hip ratio will be obtained by an exercise physiologist.Participants will report to weekly pedometer checks where steps will be recorded, medications will be reassessed, and questions will be answered. Weight and blood pressure will be rechecked at week 4 and week 8. As an incentive to meet the walking goals, the participants will receive a raffle ticket each week their goal has been achieved. After 12-weeks, all parameters will be reassessed: lipid panel, fasting glucose, blood pressure, weight, BMI, body composition, and waist-to-hip ratio. After data has been collected, it will be analyzed for clinical and statistical significance. All information will be protected according to HIPAA and ONU HealthWise standards based on IRB approved protocol with respect to patient privacy and confidentiality. Any presentation of data will be done in an aggregate, anonymous form.
Results: One hundred forty-four subjects participated in an initial appointment. There were 183 new conditions uncovered in participants who had no prior history: one diagnosis of diabetes, 77 cases of impaired fasting glucose (>100 mg/dL), 36 cases of elevated triglycerides (>150 mg/dL), 49 cases of decreased HDL (<40 mg/dL in men or <50 mg/dL in women), 7 cases of LDL cholesterol above goal (patient specific), and 13 new cases of hypertension (systolic ≥140 mmHg or diastolic ≥90 mmHg). Results from the final appointment are pending.


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Gray Simons, A Champion Behind the Scenes
By ODU Athletics
Feb. 4, 2003
"At my age, I'm very careful who I pick on," Old Dominion's wrestling coach Gray Simons said as he leaned back in his chair reminiscing on his glory days of wrestling. "It was a fun thing to do, but there comes a point in life where you have to give up certain things. Wrestling was just one of them."
Throughout his 35-year career and his early dominating days of wrestling, Coach Simons never had to give up one thing-winning. Who would have thought that the man once described by Sports Illustrated as "the best wrestler in America...a bowlegged, scrawny 5-foot 5-inch transplanted Southerner" would consistently dominate wrestling on every level. Simons picked, pounded, and pushed on so many wrestlers during his wrestling and coaching careers that he was voted the 33rd most important athlete of the 20th Century to hail from Virginia by Sports Illustrated.
In his fourteen years under the helm at Old Dominion, Simons has compiled 127-100-2 record, 320-187-5 overall, and has coached 27 wrestlers who have qualified for nationals, and five All-Americans. Simons has been named to the Helms Foundation (1971), the NAIA Hall of Fame (1975), the National Wrestling Hall of Fame (1978), Lock Haven State Hall of Fame (1981), the United States Achievement Hall of Fame (1982), the Pennsylvania State Wrestling Hall of Fame (1983) and the All-Time Collegiate Wrestling Team by Amateur Wrestling News. (1988). Also, in the spring of 1992, Simons was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
Impressive, some may say, and Simons will not disagree. But his career may not have happen if not for the encouragement of his high school wrestling coach Billy Martin.
Martin, the legendary coach of nearby Granby High School (Norfolk, VA), who won state championships 21 out of 22 years, helped Simons not only discover his talent for wrestling, but also find the passion for school.
"I was lucky to have the greatest coach in the world in Billy Martin," Simons said. "He helped me develop my technique and got me ready to pursue my career in college."
"If I had never wrestled under Coach Martin," he continued, " I don't think my brother or I would have gone to college. He was a big factor in both me and my brother's life."
That inspiration to go to college was just enough to jump start Simons career.
Simons enjoyed an unparalleled wrestling career at Lock Haven University in Lock Haven, Pa. During Simons' freshman year, he was defeated twice in his first nine matches, but never lost again throughout his collegiate campaign. He garnered a record of 91-2, including 84 straight victories, before graduating from Lock Haven in 1962. In four years (1959-62), he won four NAIA Championships, three straight NCAA National Championships, was twice voted as the Outstanding Wrestler at the NCAA Tournament and was named outstanding wrestler in six of seven national meets, an accomplishment that has never been repeated.
However, Simons understands that keeping an elite wrestling program afloat year after year is extremely difficult, especially with budget cuts forcing many athletic programs to drop the sport. Simons has already been directly affected by the loss of a collegiate wrestling program. In 1986, Simons was coming off his seventh straight winning season with his eighth ranked Tennessee Volunteers, when the University made the decision to eliminate the program. However, that loss became Old Dominion's gain when he accepted the head coaching position with the Monarchs later that year. Ten winning seasons later, Simons feels confident that wrestling will be apart of ODU's athletics for many more years.
"The University has been very supportive," he said. "They built a new facility for us and are making plans to remodel the ODU Fieldhouse (the home of ODU wrestling)."
It may be even more difficult for Simons to keep Old Dominion at an elite status this year as they continue to rebuild. Currently the team, who has five freshman starters, is 4-6 overall, 1-3 in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), dropping several bouts by just a few points. Even though the team is not at the top of their game, several ODU wrestlers are in the middle of very successful seasons.
Junior heavyweight Derrell Lorthridge (Wilmington, DE) has compiled a record of 21-3 and is a perfect 10-0 in dual matches. He has recorded a first place finish at the ODU Invitational and a second place finish at the highly competitive Beast of the East Tournament. He currently boasts a second place ranking in the conference, the highest of the team.
Senior 174-pounder Ben Summerlin (Lynchburg, VA) also won the ODU Invitational as well as his first state title at the Virginia State Intercollegiate Tournament earlier this month. He was voted the meet's Most Outstanding Wrestler after pinning all three of his opponents, including national ranked Matt Erwin of VMI. He is currently ranked fifth in the conference with a 19-2 record and a team-best nine falls.
Newcomer Adam Wright (Bridgewater, VA) has already made a name for himself compiling a 20-6 record so far this season as the starter at 184 pounds. Wright placed second at the Va. State Intercollegiate meet and third at the Beast of the East.
Even though the team is well aware of Simon's successful record as a wrestler and coach, he doesn't feel his legacy has anything to do with his wrestlers' performance on the mats.
"They know about my past, but that has nothing to do with my coaching," he said. "You can be a great wrestler and not be a very good coach. It's two entirely different things. I understand technique and try to rub it off on our guys."
Even though Coach Simons may not admit it, it's always a little easier to get a point across when you're a champion.


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Ozzy Osbourne's Family Bulldog Lola Dies
Lola Osbourne, the bulldog best known as Ozzy Osbourne's co-star in the hit reality series 'The Osbournes,' has died at the age of 12. Ozzy's son Jack, who seems to have been Lola's owner, broke the news last night (Feb. 21).
"Lola you were the best friend anyone could ever have. I will love you and miss you always. RIP," the younger Osbourne tweeted. He later thanked his followers for their well-wishes: "Thank you for all the kind words about @PrincessLolaO it's nice to know she was loved by so many people."
As you may already know, in addition to being a TV star, Lola had her own very popular twitter feed, and a presumably final message was posted last night on the account: "Thank you all for your kind words. I'm in a better place now. Heaven needs a new princess."
When not sleeping, Lola seems to have spent much of her on-air life clawing up furniture or peeing in the Osbourne's lovely home. Despite that, she was clearly loved by family and friends. Having just lost our beloved pet (and UCR canine editor) Stellah, we have some idea what Jack and family are going through. Our thoughts are with them.
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ModMobilian share their video coverage and say "Gogol Bordello – Quite possibly our favorite show. Eugene Hütz poured his Boone's Farm on us and then we got kicked out because the audience was being thrown into the media pit. Plus – a discussion on Alabama's immigration law."
True dat. You oughtta see them with Les Claypool and Kirk Hammett performing all Tom Waits songs (Bonnaroo superjam).
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CHICAGO (AP) — The number of votes cast in parts of Illinois before Election Day could top records set four years ago, some officials predicted Monday as residents trickled to the polls for the first day of early voting in the state.
Rules have changed since 2008, making it easier for people to vote before Nov. 6. For one, the state no longer requires people to have a reason to vote by mail and the time period to cast early ballots in person has been extended until the weekend before Election Day.
Chicago-area election officials were confident that ballots cast before the presidential election would rival the numbers from four years ago because of the changes and attraction to early voting, where there generally aren't long lines or substantial wait times. In suburban Cook County on Monday voters cast more than 13,500 ballots, which Clerk David Orr said was a first-day early voting record.
In 2008, roughly 260,000 Chicago residents, or about 25 percent of voters, cast early ballots in the city. In suburban Cook County, it was roughly 226,000, or about 21 percent of voters. Statewide nearly 1 million, or about 16 percent of Illinois voters, voted early.
"I'm going to go on the record and say that we will at least equal, if not exceed, where we were four years ago," said Chicago Election Board Chairman Langdon Neal. "That's a high bar to reach. I think we can reach it again."
He voted Monday, along with other election officials, at one of the city's 51 early voting locations.
Rupert Borgsmiller, executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections, said he thought the number of early votes would at least match four years ago. The state has hundreds of early voting locations.
Early voting will go until Nov. 3, but it's not as long a time period as 2008. Election officials say that's because turnout in the initial days of early voting was lower than other days. Illinois residents can also vote absentee by mail or in person through Nov. 5.
However, the number of overall registered voters is down from four years ago when enthusiasm for President Barack Obama, particularly among young and minority voters, was credited for a rise in voter registrations nationwide.
The Illinois State Board of Elections has said that about 7.4 million people are registered to vote statewide, down roughly 5 percent from 2008, when it was approximately 7.8 million.
While Obama is certain to win his home state of Illinois, Neal and Cook County Clerk David Orr said it would be difficult to match the enthusiasm of the 2008 historic election. They said voter registrations are down because the city of Chicago has lost residents since then and election officials in Chicago and its suburbs have purged voter rolls to remove people who have died or moved.
Voters who showed up Monday said voting early was a quick option.
"It was great," said Troy McEntire, 46. "Done in five minutes."
It was his first time voting early and he said he wanted to avoid waiting in line on Election Day. McEntire voted for Obama and left races he wasn't sure about blank.
Beverly Venit, a retired vacation consultant, also voted for Obama and cited a lower unemployment rate as one of the reasons. She said she was going to be out of town on Election Day and didn't want to miss the chance to cast her ballot.
"I don't want to not vote," she said.
Election officials said no results will be tabulated until Nov. 6, and the number of registrations could still go up a bit. Although the last day to register to vote was Oct. 9, there's a "grace period" until Nov. 3.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Clyde Andrew Josey, 75, of Maiden, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, at Valley Nursing Center in Taylorsville. Burke Mortuary in Newton is serving the Josey family.
DeVere Rogers Smith Sr., 82, of Hickory, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, in Newton. The Smith family has entrusted the funeral arrangements to Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton.
David Neil Glenn, 64, of Lincolnton, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Oct. 11, 2010. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Mt. Holly. Thomas Laverde will officiate.
William Brooks Bobo, 79, of Lincolnton, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Burke Mortuary in Maiden.


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7 Doors to Happiness Project guides your students to explore what makes them–and others–happy.
Visual Learning: Walking Slowly
by Alyssa AustinOct 30, 2009
- Use this photo to ask your students what they notice and are wondering. Then share the facts behind the image to connect to greater understanding and discovery.
Visual Learning: Art Cars at Burning Man
by Alyssa AustinSep 22, 2009
- Images, photos, and pictures stimulate the mind. For the viewer, they offer a chance to connect and question. They also offer potential for play and imagination, and pulling the observer into purposeful messages.
Connect and Engage: Making History
by Jing FongJan 16, 2009
- To teach happiness, be happy. Teachers, in particular, need support to be passionate and content in a challenging profession. The Center for Courage and Renewal's "Courage to Teach" supports this belief with essays, articles, and a retreat program.
YES! Recommends: Project Happiness :: 7 Doors Project
by Jing FongJan 16, 2009
- Take your students on a journey of self-discovery that will ultimately lead them to understanding not only what is happiness for themselves, but also what is happiness for others. Each door represents a facet of your path to happiness, and hosts a multimedia array of interviews, photos, films, questionnaires, and activities.
Visual Learning: NYC Pillow Fight
by Jing FongDec 29, 2008
- Images, photos, and pictures stimulate the mind. With this YES! lesson plan, you and your students can luxuriate—and pause—to truly understand an image, its message, and why it's interesting (or not).
Connect and Engage: Happiness
by Jing FongDec 17, 2008
- These two top-notch resources offer opportunities for you and your students to truly understand the benefits of giving, and the strengths and virtues that make people and communities thrive.
Happiness in the Classroom and Beyond
by Jing FongDec 17, 2008
- Classroom resources from the Sustainable Happiness issue of YES! Magazine.
Military Recruitment of Youth - stories, links & resources
by Brandi BratrudeDec 08, 2006
- Are you being recruited? Are recruiters giving you all the information you need to make an informed decision about joining the military? Do you have other options? These questions should be filtering through your mind while trying to understand what it means to be a young American.
Questions for Students: Going Forward Full Circle
by YES! for Youth Education ProgramAug 23, 2004
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I'm not going to lie. I grew up with the dream of becoming a writer one day, and the thing that I wanted people to invent the most was that telepathic typewriter from The Tommyknockers. In case you aren't familiar with this particular Stephen King story, the main character is a writer who builds a battery-powered typewriter after coming into contact with a thing buried in the ground. It's not your everyday typewriter, since it was capable of reading his thoughts and typing up pages and pages of work, even while he was sleeping.
Imagine what the lives of writers would be like if they had a typewriter like this. I just finished reading the book again, so the whole thing is fresh to me. And every time I think about that typewriter, I remember all the other things that we only used to dream about that are real now: smart fridges, telepathic cameras, and gesture control devices.


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Great read on the fine print of the rookies and their hurdles to overcome.(financially)
Thanks compiler.
53k for a seventh rounder? I never fathomed it was possible to be on a roster for under 100k.
I just got drafted: Now what?
The three months leading up to a rookies first camp can be littered with distractions.
By Jack Bechta
I am representing two players who got drafted in the 2013 draft. They are smart, conscientious, hard-working, and professional. These young men, along with 252 others, will have a lot thrown at them over the next several months and how they manage it can make the difference between success and failure, wealth and the poor house, and happiness and depression.
Here are some of the trappings rookies must overcome and some advice on how to manage it:
Have a plan for your signing bonus: Whether a player receives $5,947,616 million (average of 1st round), $413,877 (average of the 4th round, or $53,507 (average of the 7th round), its money that the majority of players, and even some of their families, havent seen before, especially in a lump sum. Because of the 2013 flat cap, contract deals will be done at a record pace this year. Therefore, many draft picks will be flush with cash before the end of this May or June. Thats enough time before camp to make some bad financial and social decisions. The feeling of having readily available cash can be intoxicating. Even those players who are not materialistic, those who are smart and those who are humble can start off on the wrong foot.
There are true stories where players have spent their entire signing bonus before camp started. Part of that money can evaporate quickly because their agent or financial advisors started lending them large sums of money the day they signed with them. One large firm even encourages large credit lines up to $500,000. Another mid-west based agent woos his new clients with a blank check. Therefore, in many cases the signing bonus is used to pay back the loans taken out over the last 5 months.
Then there is the feeling of guilt. Many players feel compelled to share their new riches with family, friends and/or their church.
I encourage my clients to sit down with a financial professional to iron out their plan prior to receiving their bonus. That plan doesnt have to include making investments, buying property or even a car. However, it should be simple; like paying off any outstanding bills, setting up a direct deposit savings account not tied to a checkbook or ATM, and setting up a monthly budget for the summer until camp starts. NFL rookies have very little overhead because their teams take care of most expenses while they train with the team.
Manage every single day between now and the first day of camp. There are about 70 days left before a rookie has to report to camp. 37 of these days will be spent doing team activities. And actually, players will have weekends off during this period in May and June. How these rookies spend their time will be crucial as to how prepared they are for their first camp.
I had one client tell me that he regretted attending as many social events as he did the year he was drafted. We actually sat down and counted the days he invested into attending weddings, camps, appearances, fundraisers, and other social events he felt obligated to attend. For him, it added up to 25 days and most of them were weekends that also required getting on an airplane.
When you become an NFL player you are usually the most popular person in your hometown and on your campus. Everybody wants a piece of you and it's truly hard to say No! Attending teammates/coaches football camps (which occur throughout June and July) are great ways to give back but usually involve working all day and drinking beers all night. When attending camps, golf tournaments, and weddings, there is usually a day or two of much needed recovery time before regaining ones rest and stamina.
Having 25 days or more of working out, getting proper rest, studying a playbook, polishing your skill set and eating right can make a rookie properly prepared for camp.
I tell my clients to just pick one camp or fundraiser to attend and limit it to two days and just one night. The same goes for other events. Players do need to have fun, blow off some steam and meet family obligations, but the days can really add up and take away from their focus and preparedness.
Family and friends also need to be sensitive to the demands of being a rookie.
Invest into body management: When 185-pound client, WR/KR Tim Dwight, was drafted by the Falcons in 1998, he wanted to bring his body mechanic from Iowa City, IA with him to Atlanta. My first reaction was, Tim, you cant afford that expense being a 4th round pick. After explaining to me how badly his body was banged up after throwing it all over the BIG TEN for the last four years, I relented and got on board with his program. We found other clients for his personal body mechanic and worked out a deal that was feasible for Tim and his guy to move to Atlanta and work on Tim five days a week. In talking to Tim just yesterday, he said having a body manager in his rookie year really helped him in being physically healthy and mentally ready for camp for his first 16 game season, which also included playoff games and a trip to the Super Bowl. Tim said he could have never played 10 years in the NFL without having a team of body mechanics work on him year round.
I encourage my clients to get on a stretching, workout, yoga, massage and/or ART (active release therapy) routine. When a rookie returns home for a few weeks before reporting to camp, its imperative that he has a specific plan for his body. The cost of hiring a personal trainer, massage therapist, and or yoga teacher is a great tax-deductible investment for any rookie. Furthermore, its important that they have a structured environment when there are no coaches around to give them one.
On a special note to this article, its a fact that several NFL owners and General Managers wait as long as they can to get a rookie contract deal done with their draft picks. And even when they do get it done they slow-play in getting the signing bonus to the player and/or spread payment out over a longer period. They do this for one reason: They fear that a pocket full of cash, coupled with a lack of structured environment along with some free time can result in players losing their edge and losing their hunger to keep working hard.
Great read on the fine print of the rookies and their hurdles to overcome.(financially)
Thanks compiler.
53k for a seventh rounder? I never fathomed it was possible to be on a roster for under 100k.
Nice read but how many 21-24 will take the advice? I know I wouldn't have I was still reckless back then


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Release Notes: Packages can be forked (gcc=gcc3, gcc=gcc4) to reduce code duplication. Packages can be split (gcc, gcc:doc, gcc:dev) to reduce necessary filesystem space after installation. Postinstall scripts can be run to setup the application after installation rather than after compilation. Every ROCK script now has a -help text. udev has replaced devfs. Toolchain compilation for cross-builds has been made easier. Cluster Builds, Pseudonative Builds, and Cross Builds have been made easier. Lots of other improvements were made, and practically all of the 1600 packages were updated.
Release Notes: All build errors that occurred on the x86 architecture were fixed. Many tested package updates were merged from the 2.1 branch. A new "build-bootstrap" package selection provides a small set of packages necessary to build everything else. This package selection is used for the "reference build system" to provide cache-files and binary releases.
Release Notes: This is a maintenance release and includes a number of security fixes and minor version updates pulled from the development tree. It includes linux-2.4.26+fpu-state-fix, linux-2.6.7, kde-3.2.2, qt-3.3.2, apache-2.0.49, samba-3.0.4, and wine-20040615. New packages include firefox, thunderbird, e2fsimage, device-mapper, and lvm2. usability improvements were made for ROCK Net and the CD-Installer. This release now features full boot-CD support for IBM RS/6000 and Ultra SPARC and iBook-G4 support.
Release Notes: This release features improved compilation on other distributions (SuSE, Red Hat), updates to KDE, GNOME, Linux, OpenSSL, OpenSSH, neon, Subversion, CVS, silo, and dietlibc, and some package additions. There were also single user mode improvements, ROCK Net and ROCK Plug updates (and speed optimizations), a reinclusion of source CD creation, and some PowerPC and SPARC fixes.
Release Notes: The packages boost, clip, oprofile, libebml, libmatrosk, taglib, ucl, upx, and libdvbpsi3 have been added, and many packages updated, including kde (3.2), qt (3.3.1), xfree86 (220.127.116.11), linux-2.4.25 and linux-2.6.3, alsa (1.0.1), xfce4 (4.0.3), enlightenment-17 packages, and more. The build scripts include many improvements including more advanced DVD creation support as well as shared directory checking.
Release Notes: This release includes the revisited network configuration (a.k.a. ROCK Net!). Many packages were updated, including XFree86, KOffice, GNOME, Subversion, flex, rockplug, blender, keepalived, smartmontools, openvpn, rsbac, mono, mono-doc, mono-debugger, mono-xsp, mod_mono, gtk-sharp, autoconf, automake, and many more. New packages were added, including qcad, scumvm, kdirstat, links, and normalize. The mine package installer was improved. Support for Linux 2.6 was improved. More PowerPC support was added, including IBM RS/6k CD boot and Apple G5. The x86_64 and sparc64 ports also showed progress.
Release Notes: This release updates many package (including gcc33, gdb, alsa, subversion, xscreensaver, rdesktop, gimp, epiphany, galeon, and cpufreqd), adds packages (such as xfig, transfig, nxcomp, and nxproxymany), improves the download system, and improves partitioning in the installer.
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Dussehra - signify the victory of the good over evil
In India with the start of Ashwin month (Oct-Nov), there is the fervor of divinity and enthusiasm. Dussehra is one of the famous Hindu festivals that falls on the tenth day of this Month. It is commemorated in the honor of God Rama.
According to Hindu mythology, there was the king Ravana, who had the sister named Surpanakha. One day she was going through the forest and met exiled prince of Ayodhya , God RamaRama As of late, in the year 2007, the idea of whether Rama... and his brother God Lakshmana. Surpanakha proposed both of them. Unfortunately, both denied. Surpanakha still kept on insisting them, raged God Laksmana smashed her nose. Insulted Surpanakha went to his brother Ravana, king of Lanka. He assured his sister that he would take revenge. He went in the forest with his friend Marisha. Marisha disguised as the 'Golden Deer'. God Rama's wife Goddess SitaSitaSita is the most benevolent Goddess, who is known... insisted her husband to get that deer. He went deep in the forest to kill that deer. When golden deer was dying, he called for help in God Rama's voice. Goddess Sita heard and ordered God LakshmanaLakshmanaLakshmana, also known as Lakshana, is one of the eight chief wives or queens... to help his brother. He had no choice and had to left after demarcating the hut with line. He said to Goddess Sita that she would be safe if she would remain within that demarcation. Meanwhile, Ravana came outside the hut. He disguised as sage and asked Goddess Sita to serve him food. She had to come out of that demarcation. Ravana abducted Goddess Sita. God Rama and God Lakshmana returned to a hut, and they searched Goddess Sita everywhere but could not find her. They met God Hanumana, who helped to search Goddess Sita. He gave them the news that Goddess Sita was in Lanka. God Rama went there with God Lakshmana along with the army of monkeys and other animals of which prominent were SugrivaSugrivaIn the Hindu epic Ramayana, Sugriva was the younger brother of Vali, whom he succeeded as ruler of the vanara or monkey kingdom Kishkindha... along with God Hanumana, AngadaAngadaAngada in the Indian epic Ramayana, is a vanara who helped Rama find his wife Sita and fight her abductor, Ravana. He was the son of Vaali and Tara and the nephew of Sugriva..., NalaNalaIn the Hindu epic Ramayana, Nala is the vanara (monkey), who is credited as the engineer of the Rama Setu, a bridge across the ocean between Rameswaram (India) and Lanka, identified..., Neela and Jambavantha. They had the fierce battle for nine days with the Ravana's Army. During battle Ravana's brother, Kumbhakarna and son Meghnath died. On the the tenth day, God Rama killed Ravana. Since then this day is celebrated as Dussehra every year. Ram Lila was played for nine days before Dussehra and on the tenth-day effigies of Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Meghnath were burnt at various places.
Many places it is commemorated in the honor of Goddess Durga. According Durga Mahtmaya Goddess Durga has the fierce battle with Demon Mahisasura for nine days and killed him on the tenth day i.e. on the day Dussehra or Vijay Dashmi. In Bengal and many other places it is believed that Goddess Durga came on earth and stayed in her parental house for nine days and on tenth day she returned to her matrimonial home, abode of Lord ShivaShivaShiva is one of the Supreme Gods of Hindu Trinity that ..., Mt. kalasha. Since then idols of Goddess Durga are immersed in water.In states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Dusshera holds special meaning. The day is considered most auspicious day for commencing education or dance and music. Many people pray Goddess SaraswatiSaraswatiThe name Saraswati is a combination of two Sanskrit words... to bless them for success in their studies that they start on this day. In Karnataka (especially Mysore) and Andhra Pradesh, Dusshera is celebrated with great trumpet. Large gathering can be witnessed in both the States.
Although Dussehra is celebrated in different ways across India, the fervor of joy & enthusiasm remains same. It has to spread the message of the victory of good over the evil.


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Sirkazhi is a small town in the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
It is situated near the banks of the river Kollidam (Coleroon). This picturesque town has a beautiful and spotlessly clean Shiva temple. Brahmapureeshwarar (Shiva)- Thirunilainaayaki (Parvathi) are the main deities. On the banks of this temple's tank was where "Thirugyanasambandhar", one of the great Saivite saints, as an infant was fed the milk of wisdom by Goddess Parvathi herself. The temple's cleanliness is noteworthy. The temple is maintained spotlessly clean sadly, in stark contrast with other temples in India. Yet another famous temple town of Vaitheeswaran Koil, famous for its Shiva temple as well and its "Nadi Jyosiyam", a unique way of astrology is situated less than 5 km from Sirkazhi.
The birth place (Avathara Sthalam) of the great Vaishnava saint-poet Thirumangai Azhwar (also called Kaliyan) called ThirukkuRaiyalur is situated near Sirkazhi. The exact birth location where the great Azhwar was born is marked with a small statue of his, just outside the thirukkuRaiyalur Narasimha temple.
You can buy Artistic works of poombuhar those made of kilinchal, and sea items.
You can eat south Indian vegetarian cuisine, including puliyotharai, pongal in Hotel Anantha Cafe or your non vegetarian cuisine in Katta Mudaliar or in Murugan Kadai Parotta or Ayarpadi Mess.
Don't miss the Thunder which is available near to Peria kovil.
You can go to lodge which is very famous in sirkazhi, Sri Balaji Tourist home
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Here is the link to temple route map for the travellers visiting Navagraha temples in Tamilnadu. [1]