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• Always supervise your pet when outside, especially at dawn and dusk.
• Never leave cats or dogs outside after dark.
• If you must leave your pet outside, secure it in a fully enclosed kennel.
• Pick up small pets if confronted by a coyote.
• Keep pets on a 6-foot leash when walking.
• Remove attractants from your yard, including pet food, water sources, bird feeders and fallen fruit.
• Secure trash in a container with a locking lid and put trash out the morning of the scheduled pick-up.
• Never feed coyotes.
• If you meet a coyote, make it feel unwelcome by yelling, throwing rocks and sticks at it, stamping your feet, spraying it with a hose or banging pots and pans.
• Make yourself appear to be big and use a loud authoritative voice to keep coyotes away.
For more information about coyotes and Broomfield's coexistence policy, visit broomfield.org and click "Open Space and Trails."
For questions about Broomfield's Coexistence with Wildlife Policy, call Broomfield Open Space and Trails at 303-438-6216.
To report a coyote emergency in which there has been an attack on a human, dial 911.
Several trails at The Field open space remain closed because of aggressive coyotes.
Broomfield on May 27 closed several trails at The Field because of reports of coyotes coming close to on-leash dogs. The coyotes bared their teeth or displayed other aggressive behavior.
Those trails are still closed as of Monday.
Officials said it is likely the coyotes are territorial because they recently had pups. Coyotes are sometimes more territorial when they have young to care for, said Open Space and Trails director Kristan Pritz.
There have been no reports of pets or people who have been harmed, and Open Space and Trails will continue to assess the area on a weekly basis to determine when it will be appropriate to re-open the trails, said Open Space and Trails coordinator Pete Dunlaevy.
Dunlaevy said officials have seen at least six coyote pups in the area, and adult coyotes are likely still taking care of their young.
Trails could open when it appears coyotes feel less threatened or aggressive because of their young, he said.
"We're still monitoring, but things could certainly change in the coming days … as the pups get older and more self-sufficient," he said.
Broomfield has been carrying out hazing techniques to scare coyotes away, but will only haze coyotes that seem aggressive, not coyotes that appear to be nursing or taking care of pups, Pritz said.
Broomfield and Colorado Parks and Wildlife have been communicating about the best ways to manage interactions between pets, humans and coyotes.
"We're just trying to be preventative," Dunlaevy said.
The hazing techniques are part of the city's coexistence policy, which recognizes that coyotes live in the area. It asks residents to help establish clear boundaries between humans and coyotes that can prevent attacks or unwanted confrontations. If a coyote gets too close, residents are asked to haze the coyotes by throwing rocks or yelling.
Coyotes are found all along the Front Range in many metro-area cities.
The best approach to living with coyotes is education and coexistence, Pritz said.
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A digital file can be transported across multiple platforms and devices worldwide, but it may only be decrypted in certain circumstances. It can be carried or transported anywhere, but only the owner to the rights may access it, wherever they have bought the rights to. Many argue that this has always been the case, even with physical media such as CDs. Not so, even if it is the legal definition on the sleeve. The irrelevance of geography really messes up the traditional rights "window" model superbly. But the studios and labels don't seem to have found a palatable alternative that allows them the level of control they want.
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Disney realised the number one illegally downloaded TV show was Lost, and hence released it for free. But the problem is that the idea is practical insofar that you have the will and means to deliver it on a mass scale. That delivery relies heavily on pricing, as once again, it's difficult to beat free. You cannot put yesterday's models on tomorrow's technology – it requires significant change and for the industry to wake up to exactly why people use P2P networks. They want to have a very large cake, and spend a long time eating it. No-one is able to build these legal alternatives as the licensing from rightsholders is just prohibitive.
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She said: I've been making up excuses for not going to Barcelona for quite some time.
Years ago, when E, always the wanderlust, initially suggested we take off to Barcelona for a long weekend, I was all for it. Culture. Nightlife. Beach.
Then he started regaling me with tales of how he wanted us to go from bar to bar ordering pulpo a la Gallega, octopus tossed with olive oil and sprinkled with paprika. Two octopus-eating fools in love.
Let's be clear about a couple things. I love pulpo. I loathe paprika.
I've been stalling ever since.
I've never understood paprika. When I was a kid, it was the most commonly reached-for Schilling's spice tin in my mom's pantry, unless you counted granulated garlic or dehydrated onion flakes. The container, with its mounds of rust-colored powder that had accumulated around the slightly raised holes on its top, was a constant presence in her cooking. Nothing, according to her, fancied up something like a little—or a lot—of paprika.
I can still see her tipping the dented tin and tapping it in measured fashion with her fingertip. And I can still hear the relentless dull thud as it echoed in my ears. Tap. Tap. Tap. I'd cringe inwardly each time. Casseroles. Tap. Tap. Tap. Baked potatoes. Tap. Tap. Tap. Not even corn on the cob was safe from that slightly spicy dust. Tap. Tap. Tap.
Paprika has never seem exotic to me in the same way that some spices, like Aleppo or Szechuan peppercorns, inspire comparisons to frankincense and myrrh. It seemed the kitchen incarnation of our similarly colored shag carpeting in the living room, which I confess I also didn't like. The spice also sort of tasted like I imagined that carpeting might, with something of a stale stuffiness or mustiness about it that, to me, seemed as dusty and as pointless as can be.
A couple of decades of life experience beyond that Iowa farmhouse kitchen haven't persuaded me to the contrary. Ignoring paprika's existence proved to be of little consequence for quite some time. And then E came along. Back when the dollar was being trounced by the euro, my excuse for staying stateside was easy. But lately I've been running out of reasons. And because life—and marriage—is full of compromise, Barcelona is currently situated squarely at the top of our travel list. I can't imagine going to Barcelona and being the sort of annoying tourist who orders the octopus, hold the paprika. And yet I may not be above asking for pulpo a la Gallega, sin pimentón, por favor.
He said: Renee, Renee, Renee (shaking head). Paprika is mother's milk to me. There's nary a dish my mother, grandmother, and aunts have made that didn't contain anywhere from a pinch to a punch of the ruddy-red spice. And in honor of you, the very first dish I ordered at Miguelitos, a tapas bar here in Barcelona, was pulpo a la Gallega. The One and I clinked forks then dug in, and we loved it.
Now granted, paprika—especially the sweet kind—isn't jam-packed with flavor. No, it doesn't deliver the musky wallop of cumin or the fiery heat of the look-alike spice, cayenne. But my grandmother always considered paprika to be the "lipstick of the dish." It adds a bit color to anything it touches. Avó Costa used to make a chicken and rice soup that had just a tinge of pink to it—pink being her favorite color. To this day, none of us can figure out exactly how she got the soup to blush. (So in love with the color was she, that she had a straight-sided hat covered with the tiniest pink rosebuds knotted out of straw. And she wore that to church every Sunday—looking as if she had a marvelous pink-frosted cake on her head.)
But Vovó didn't just paint with paprika, she understood its subtleties. She knew that besides the traditional sweet and hot paprika that we all find in dusty tins on the supermarket shelf, there was an entire spectrum of the spice, from barely there to piquant. And she knew how to coax the flavor—and color—out of each type.
For example, when I was a kid, she'd fry up my aunt's chouriço—pork sausage my aunt would pack with garlic and paprika—in oil. She'd strain the used oil into a large bottle she kept under the sink until she had enough. Then she'd ceremoniously slice up a pile of potatoes into fat fries and dump them in the orange oil. As the fries spat at her, she'd call upstairs to my cousins Barry and Wayne and me, "Sheeps! Sheeps!"—her accent mangling the word chips. We bolted into her apartment and scraped her kitchen chairs into place while she heaped the fries onto our plates. There we sat, all four of us, we three devouring the luscious, fat, rusty-colored fries, and Vovó, her chin cupped in her palm watching, smiling.
If that's not an argument for the proliferation and preservation of this quiet, shy spice, nothing is.
While here in gorgeous Barcelona, I've of course enjoyed pimentón—smoked paprika—another of Iberia's greatest gifts (along with Avó Costa). One look at the love affair we Americans have been having with pimentón the past decade is all it takes. Back home, I've had it sprinkled on everything from apricot purée (a revelation) to chocolate (not such a revelation). Bottom line: we love paprika.
So buck up and face your fears. Book passage to Barcelona and begin an indiscriminate, torrid affair. I'm sure E wouldn't mind.
What about you? Where are you on the paprika spectrum?
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The judge ordered all the parties to the case to "inform the Court immediately of any actions taken on pending ethical, disciplinary, or related matters." She disclosed only that she has faced a minor sanction over a discovery matter in a previous case. Wrong:
Taitz–who has filed numerous, hilariously nutty lawsuits against Obama and claims the president personally harasses her–is being sued for allegedly making a series of false, defamatory statements about private individuals as well as for planting invasive spy software on the computers of visitors to her various websites.
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"The freshmen have responded very positively to the high standards that Coach Hilton brings to MIT. Even though the season is just underway, Andy has made a considerable contribution to the program and has had a really positive impact on the future direction of MIT lightweight crew" noted Benford.
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April 23 & 24
Homewood Suites by Hilton Houston Near the Galleria
2950 Sage Road
Houston, TX 77056
Telephone: (713) 439-1305
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June 25 & 26
NYC Torch Club (NYU Campus)
18 Waverly Place
New York, NY 10003
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August 13 & 14
Homewood Suites by Hilton San Francisco Airport-North
2000 Shoreline Court
Brisbane (San Francisco), CA 94005
Telephone: 650-589-1600
There is a courtesy block of sleeping rooms. Standard Queen for $249 per night plus tax. Please call hotel reservations at 1-800-446-6677 and ask for the "PGS Energy Training August 2020" discount. These rooms are available on a first come first served basis and the rate expires Sunday, July 12, 2020. There is a $15 fee for each vehicle parked overnight at the hotel.
October 8 & 9
Homewood Suites by Hilton Houston Near the Galleria
2950 Sage Road
Houston, TX 77056
Telephone: (713) 439-1305
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A Voice for Men: harassing and abusing those who defend women
Last week I published a piece on Online Opinion about the epidemic of men's violence against women. I argued that news outlets tend to obscure the gendered nature of domestic violence and urged media to clearly state the sex of perpetrators of violence against women. We cannot fight what we cannot name.
This week, Online Opinion published a response by Adam Blanch, who describes himself as "a passionate advocate for men's rights and men's empowerment" (he's also, apparently, a "spiritual counsellor"), His arguments, which were consistent with the Men's Rights Movement (MRM) anti-woman agenda, can be summed up below:
• It is prejudiced to state it is primarily men who are perpetrators of violence against women.
• Violence against women is not particularly prevalent.
• Gender is not a relevant contributing factor to violence, and women are more violent than men anyway.
• Feminists profit from domestic violence programs ["feminism's river of gold"] that "fund feminism".
These standard arguments from the MRM are in direct opposition to statistics from the World Health Organisation, that cite violence against women as a "major public health problem", with 35% of women worldwide experiencing either intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.
White Ribbon Foundation statistics similarly state that one in three Australian women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime. Violence is also the biggest cause of injury or death for women between 18 and 45.
Women activists know it is no surprise to see Men's Rights Activists (MRAs) denying the frequency of men's violence against women, inflating rates of false allegations and claiming to be oppressed victims.
A Facebook group with links to MRA group 'A Voice For Men' has been formed for the purpose of harassing and abusing Collective Shout members in Townsville. These are a couple of comments from their hate page directed against women who led a protest against Hooters restaurant chain opening in their city.
The harassment and abuse has become so unrelenting and virulent -even male supporters are mocked as 'manginas' – our Collective Shout team in Townsville was forced this week to change their Facebook page to 'private'.
MRA groups are open about their contempt for women. 'A Voice For Men' founder, Paul Elam, had this to say about why women get raped:
"I have ideas about women who spend evenings in bars hustling men for drinks, playing on their sexual desires … And the women who drink and make out, doing everything short of sex with men all evening, and then go to his apartment at 2:00 a.m.. Sometimes both of these women end up being the "victims" of rape.
But are these women asking to get raped?
In the most severe and emphatic terms possible the answer is NO, THEY ARE NOT ASKING TO GET RAPED.
They are freaking begging for it.
Damn near demanding it.
And all the outraged PC demands to get huffy and point out how nothing justifies or excuses rape won't change the fact that there are a lot of women who get pummeled and pumped because they are stupid (and often arrogant) enough to walk though life with the equivalent of a I'M A STUPID, CONNIVING BITCH – PLEASE RAPE ME neon sign glowing above their empty little narcissistic heads."
Paul Elam also encouraged his followers to "bash a bitch".
"In the name of equality and fairness, I am proclaiming October to be Bash a Violent Bitch Month.
I'd like to make it the objective for the remainder of this month, and all the Octobers that follow, for men who are being attacked and physically abused by women – to beat the living shit out of them. I don't mean subdue them, or deliver an open handed pop on the face to get them to settle down. I mean literally to grab them by the hair and smack their face against the wall till the smugness of beating on someone because you know they won't fight back drains from their nose with a few million red corpuscles.
And then make them clean up the mess. …
Now, am I serious about this?
No. Not because it's wrong. It's not wrong. Every one should have the right to defend themselves…
But it isn't worth the time behind bars or the abuse of anger management training that men must endure if they are uppity enough to defend themselves from female attackers."
Paul Elam further revealed his hatred for women when he said:
"Should I be called to sit on a jury for a rape trial, I vow publicly to vote not guilty, even in the face of overwhelming evidence that the charges are true."
Greg Canning, representative of 'A Voice For Men' in Australia, received media attention after he resigned from his position at James Cook University in 2012. Canning had accused Adjunct Associate Professor Betty McLellan of "publically sexually vilifying men" for her critical analysis of men's violence against women. When the university refused to act on his complaint, he quit.
The Herald Sun article included a response from Professor McLellan. 'Dr McLellan said it was ridiculous to suggest she supported violence against men, or vilified them. "I don't support violence from anybody to anybody: men, women, anybody," she said. "How am I vilifying anybody, really?" She believed Dr Canning was going over the top by resigning from his teaching position.
'"It speaks of a man, really, who is fairly desperate because he's not getting his own way," she said. "He's not able to silence a woman who has an opinion."'
As prominent US feminist Andrea Dworkin (now departed) famously stated, "Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating."
One of the commenters has provided some more information about AVfM and their habit of cyber-bullying and stalking women who publically critique men's violence.
When a certain feminist blogger wrote about receiving rape and death threats, Paul Elam responded:
"No matter what you do, you are going to see a lot more of the things you don't like in the future. I don't mean that in the way of violent threats and continued fixation on your rectum, but in much more organized, high impact consequences for those of your ilk, courtesy of the men's movement. Simply put, we are coming for you. All of you. And by the time we are done you will wax nostalgic over the days when all you had to deal with was someone expressing a desire to fuck you up your shopworn ass."
Paul Elam offers $1000 cash rewards for men to cyberstalk anonymous feminist activists and find their real identities to post online. Dr Greg Canning has also offered to donate money for this purpose.
The following are comments taken from an AVfM forum detailing their plans to punish women who speak about men's violence:
"The FBI has been contacted, and your publisher has been contacted. Get ready to live a life of misery, you worthless Irish slut."
"We will NEVER let you escape. You are now on THE LIST."
STU: "We should limit our activism in regards to them, to advertising their misandry for all to see, recording it….and outing as many as we can so they are forced to answer for it to their employers, any male relatives….and even the local shopkeeper. In other words, don't bother trying to change them…….just make them pay."
MANFROMMAN: "At any rate, I submit my pledge herein to support the attempt to expose these tart-brain bitches. Let us all FTSU!"
ALEKNOVY: "If it turns out she has children, she should also be reported to CPS."
PAUL ELAM: "She is a disease that must be extirpated…Nothing she can do will help her now. It's too late for forgiveness or mercy. The grinding wheels are in motion."
ZENCO: "We're coming for you honey. We will march forward on a road of your bones to victory."


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WICHITA - A federal judge scheduled another hearing for a man accused of plotting a suicide bombing at Wichita's airport.
U.S. District Judge Monti Belot on Wednesday set a July 21 date for a status conference in the case of Terry Loewen, an avionics technician facing terrorism-related charges. Such proceedings are routinely used to keep the court informed on progress. Belot held the last such hearing on Monday.
Loewen was arrested Dec. 13 after allegedly trying to bring a van filled with inert explosives onto the tarmac at the airport, where he worked. The arrest followed a months-long federal sting operation.
He has pleaded not guilty to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting to use an explosive device to damage property and attempting to give material support to al-Qaida.


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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CADX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, in-licensing, developing and commercializing proprietary products principally for use in the hospital setting, today announced that the company will host an Analyst and Investor Day for financial analysts on Thursday, December 6, 2012, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm EST in New York, NY. Members of the Cadence senior management team will provide an update on the OFIRMEV® (acetaminophen) injection launch, as well as the Company's operations and business development plans. In addition, there will be two presentations by outside experts discussing their experience with OFIRMEV.
- David J. Cziperle, M.D., FACS, Clinical Assistant Professor Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Director Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Silver Cross Hospital
- John Marshall, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Coordinator – Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Presentations will begin at 9:00 am EST. For additional information and registration, please e-mail [email protected], or call 858-356-5930.
A live webcast of the event will be accessible from the Company's website at investors.cadencepharm.com. Please allow extra time prior to the webcast to visit the site and download any streaming media software that may be required to listen to the broadcast. The event will be archived on the Company web site for 90 days.
About OFIRMEV® (Acetaminophen) Injection
OFIRMEV (acetaminophen) injection (1000 mg / 100 mL, 10 mg / mL; for intravenous use only), Cadence Pharmaceuticals' proprietary intravenous formulation of acetaminophen, is indicated for the management of mild to moderate pain, the management of moderate to severe pain with adjunctive opioid analgesics, and the reduction of fever. The FDA approval of OFIRMEV was based on data from clinical trials in approximately 1,020 adult and 355 pediatric patients. These trials included two studies evaluating the safety and effectiveness of OFIRMEV in the treatment of pain, and one study evaluating OFIRMEV in the treatment of fever. The effectiveness of OFIRMEV for the treatment of acute pain and fever has not been studied in pediatric patients less than 2 years of age.
Important Safety Information
Do not exceed the maximum recommended daily dose of acetaminophen. Administration of acetaminophen by any route in doses higher than recommended may result in hepatic injury, including the risk of severe hepatotoxicity and death. OFIRMEV is contraindicated in patients with severe hepatic impairment, severe active liver disease or with known hypersensitivity to acetaminophen or to any of the excipients in the formulation. Acetaminophen should be used with caution in patients with the following conditions: hepatic impairment or active hepatic disease, alcoholism, chronic malnutrition, severe hypovolemia, or severe renal impairment. OFIRMEV should be administered only as a 15-minute intravenous infusion. Discontinue OFIRMEV immediately if symptoms associated with allergy or hypersensitivity occur. Do not use in patients with acetaminophen allergy. The most common adverse reactions in patients treated with OFIRMEV were nausea, vomiting, headache, and insomnia in adult patients and nausea, vomiting, constipation, pruritus, agitation, and atelectasis in pediatric patients. The antipyretic effects of OFIRMEV may mask fever in patients treated for post-surgical pain.
For more information, please see the complete OFIRMEV Prescribing Information, available at www.OFIRMEV.com or www.cadencepharm.com.
About Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Cadence Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, in-licensing, developing and commercializing proprietary products principally for use in the hospital setting. The current version of Cadence Pharmaceuticals' corporate overview may be viewed on the "Investors" page of www.cadencepharm.com under "Events and Presentations."
Cadence® and OFIRMEV® are trademarks of Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
William R. LaRue
Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Dr. Conrad Murray's team is attacking a new report that claims to know his defense strategy in the coming Michael Jackson homicide case.
"We do not know what sources to which TMZ is referring," a Murray rep told NBC News in a statement on Sunday. "We only know it didn't come from [attorney] Ed [Chernoff] who has the final word."
The rep added that they "will not be trying the case in the press," and were waiting to see how the prosecution intended to approach the case.
"In any case, it is premature to discuss defense strategy," the rep said. "Dr. Murray's defense will depend on the People's theory of prosecution, which has not yet been made available to the defense team."
Earlier on Sunday, TMZ reported that the defense team would claim that it was the King of Pop who injected himself with a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol – not Murray.
The doctor, who served as a personal physician to Jackson during the icon's final weeks, is due in court on Monday.
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Hi again folks...
I have a built in gigabit nic and a Linkys MIMO wireless card installed in my work computer.
When I first installed Ultimate Edition 3.9, it saw the wireless card and I was immediately on the internet and things were just peachy.
What I then (successfully) did, was install and use a VNC client to connect to the 4 other computers that comprise my LAN. It took some fidgeting to get it sorted out, but I was able to add the wired network connection through the "manage connections" panel of KDE.
My wired LAN consists of 4 computers that I manage remotely via VNC. They all have sequential static IP addresses (192.168.0.11 - 192.268.0.14). I have managed this network successfully for years on the Windows side without issue. In other words, I have used the wired NIC exclusively to manage the 4 remote computers, and used the wireless NIC to access the internet from the client computer.
The issue:
Now that I have set up the wired NIC to allow connection(s) to the remote computers, I no longer have access to the wireless (WAN). It appears that it is a "one or the other" sort of system from where I sit right now. The only problem is I cannot get back to the wireless (WAN) working config that was set up initially.
Can someone point me in the right direction here?


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2 Red Wings goalies combine to blank Canucks, 2-0
DETROIT (AP) Two goalies combined on a Detroit Red Wings shutout for the first time since the 2001-02 season, when they went on to hoist the Stanley Cup.
''Maybe it's a good omen,'' Jimmy Howard said after finishing off a shutout that Jonas Gustavsson started in a 2-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.
Justin Abdelkader scored early in the second period and again in the final seconds after Howard made 16 saves over the final two periods and Gustavsson stopped eight shots in the first.
Howard also stopped David Booth's penalty shot in the second.
It was the first time Detroit had a combined shutout since Oct. 27, 2001, when Manny Legace and Dominik Hasek did it in a 1-0 win at Nashville, according to STATS.
Gustavsson started, but couldn't play in the second or third because of dizziness.
''I guess he's fine,'' Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said.
The Canucks had coach John Tortorella behind their bench and forward Henrik Sedin on the ice after both missed six games.
Tortorella was suspended for 15 days by the NHL for his conduct after a brawl in a game against the Calgary Flames. Tortorella went to Calgary's locker room following the first period, which began with several fights.
''What's happened was deserved,'' Tortorella said. ''I hope it makes me a better coach, but it certainly doesn't stop the situations I've put a lot of other people in, especially my other coaches.''
Sedin had been out since he was unable to finish the Jan. 18 game against Calgary because of an upper-body injury.
He and his brother, Daniel, extended their goal-scoring droughts to 16 games. That matches the longest stretch of games the Sedins have played without either one of them scoring since 2002, according to STATS.
''Obviously, they're a big part of their team,'' said Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg, who will team up with the Sedins for Sweden at the Olympics. ''If you keep them in check, you have a good chance of winning the game.''
The Red Wings wanted to rest Howard, who had played two straight games following a four-game absence after aggravating a left knee injury, but he was forced into action.
Howard helped Detroit keep its slim lead early in the second period when he denied Booth's penalty shot.
''I thought our best forward was David Booth, which is good for him but not good for us,'' Tortorella said.
The Canucks went on a power play for the fourth time 5:29 into the third period, but didn't take advantage. They had an extra skater again when Detroit had too many men on the ice with 4:37 left in the game. It turned into a 4-on-3 advantage when players from both teams were called for a penalty, but Vancouver couldn't convert.
''We looked like a slow hockey team tonight,'' Tortorella said. ''We're going to keep banging and trying to get better. ... It worries me, it really worries me.''
Eddie Lack, starting a second straight game in place of Roberto Luongo, made 28 saves.
Lack gave up what appeared to be a soft goal, failing to stop a long shot from Abdelkader with his blocker, but helped Vancouver stay within a goal when Detroit had a 5-on-3 power play midway through the second period.
Lack also made three straight stops when Darren Helm had chances to score during Vancouver's final power play, including one sprawling stop in which he dove and got some of his glove on the puck.
''The way he's keeping us in games, you want to score some goals for him,'' Vancouver's Jannik Hansen said. ''We just couldn't find a way to get it done.''
The Canucks pulled Lack late in the game to add an extra skater, but teammate Alexandre Burrows was called for cross-checking with 38.7 seconds left. Abdelkader sealed the win with an empty-net goal with 15.7 seconds remaining.
''His confidence is growing,'' Babcock said. ''He's making more plays with the puck.''
NOTES: Vancouver acquired forward Dale Weise from Montreal and scratched him from the lineup in Detroit. ... The Red Wings recognized people from both franchises who will represent their countries at the Sochi Games, including Detroit forward Gustav Nyquist, who is replacing injured teammate Johan Franzen on Sweden's roster. ... Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk, who missed his 14th straight game with a lower-body injury, hopes to play a game or two before being Russia's captain in Sochi.


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Forza Motorsport 3 was on quite a few Christmas lists this year it seems, with developer Turn 10 reporting a massive influx of new players over the holiday weekend.
As far as gifting video games goes, racing games are easy. You generally know if your loved one is a racing fan, and if they owned an Xbox 360 and hadn't picked up a game in the past few months, then the gift for them was pretty obvious - Forza Motorsport 3. Turn 10 took a moment during its holiday weekend to let fans know via Twitter just how much fresh meat was being introduced to the popular racing title.
Merry Christmas Forza faithfuls! We saw a huge jump in users this week and over the past day or so, we added approx 1 new user per second!One user per second? That's like 60 users per minute, or 360 users an hour. If they kept up that pace for an entire year, that would be 3,153,600 users in a year!
Of course they won't keep up that pace. I was just having fun with Windows calculator. I've been on vacation far too long.
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The Importance of Making Time for Fun
By Amy Goyer , November 02, 2011 07:01 PM
Taking care of my parents involves juggling many aspects of their lives. At times, their health issues seem to overwhelm everything else. So much of our time goes to doctor appointments, physical, speech and occupational therapy, and dealing with my mom's cuts and bruises. I know, of course, this is critical to keeping them as healthy as possible. But I believe that quality of life is pretty important, too. Even if we have good health, without the moments of joy, what are we fighting to stay alive for? So I make it a priority to inject fun into their lives - and mine too.
Admittedly, there are times when I'm so tired I can barely think. Sometimes it's all I can do to get through the day with multiple medical appointments and the basic logistics of my parents' care while getting my job done. So building some fun into each day may not seem like a high priority. That's why I try to plan ahead and grab the "quality of life" moments whenever I can.
Holidays are great opportunities to inspire a little fun into the routine of the day. Our family has always been big on holiday celebrations. My sister, Karen, often says, "We Goyers are nothing if not "seasonal." I always make sure Mom's holiday clothing is ready for her to wear which she really enjoys. We decorate their apartment, door and small yard for each season - something Mom has always done so now we do the leg-work while she mostly oversees from her chair. She often rearranges things once everything is in place. I love that she does that because it shows an interest in her surroundings and a sense of "home" for her in their apartment.
This week we went all out for Halloween. Mom and Dad have dressed up to greet trick-or-treaters for most of the 28 years they lived in their house here, so I've kept up that tradition since they moved. I store their costumes at the house and bring them over to their apartment for the festivities there. We attended the costume party/happy hour there in full garb - Mom and I as witches, Dad as a wizard and our dog, Jackson as an adorable purple dragon. We had such fun and brought some joy to the other residents as well (Jackson seems to be their mascot so they love his costumes and seasonal kerchiefs.) I danced with Daddy (one of his favorite activities and he's still very good at it) and then I took Jackson for a turn around the floor as the band played "Green-eyed purple people eater." He's such a ham.
After picking up some dinner on the way to the house, we took our places on the front porch. As we watched a Halloween movie on my laptop, Mom handed out candy and Dad and Jackson cast spells on the kids. Not only is it fun to see the children's costumes, they (and their parents) get a big kick out of our get-ups and that pleases Mom and Dad.
I can think of so many reasons to keep up these traditions and activities. For one thing, it's great for my parents to interact with kids - as they did on Halloween - something they don't do often enough. It's also so good for us to have fun together and focus on things that have nothing to do with their medical conditions. I also think it helps stimulate their memories. As he handed out candy, Dad reminisced about the many years they sat in the very spot doing the same things. Nothing makes me happier these days than when he remembers things like that.
It was a lot of extra effort for me to coordinate this Halloween celebration, given how changed in routine can be hard for my dad and just getting around is challenging for my mom. But it was more than worth it. I made some changes this year since my available time is more limited now. For example, usually I make a big pot of soup but this year we brought dinner in. We also missed my sister and niece who usually join us. But we pulled it off and that's what matters.
Beneath all of those medical problems, Mom and Dad are still themselves - the essence of who they are is still there - and this was one evening when their personalities and the activities they've initiated over the years had a chance to thrive. I just helped facilitate the details so it could happen - so they could express themselves, make memories and enjoy!


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by Tom Utescher
After years of having sprinters and field events athletes account for much of its scoring, Chestnut Hill Academy has fared well in the distance running events over the past few seasons, and that trend should continue in the 2011 campaign.
Junior Dustin Wilson, the 2010 PA Independent Schools cross country champion, has also emerged as a force on the track, rising to national prominence. During the second weekend of March he competed at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York City, winning his heat in the two-mile run and then seeing his time of 9 minutes, 12.16 seconds hold up for fifth place overall.
He earned All-American status with that performance, while also running the 1600-meter-long anchor leg for the Blue Devils' successful distance medley relay team.
The other members of the DMR quartet are all seniors, with Mike Fuery opening up with the 1200 meter leg, followed by Ian Miller in the 400 and Tate Sager in the 800. After placing ninth at the Pennsylvania indoor championship meet at the end of February, the CHA team went into the New Balance Nationals ranked 39th of 40 contenders, but finished 17th overall with a time of 10:31.41.
"Their best time the year before was a 10:53, but they shaved off time all winter this year," related CHA head coach Paul Hines. "Their time at Nationals was the seventh-fastest of any Pennsylvania school this year."
For regular school meets, Miller will run both the 110 high hurdles and the 300 intermediate hurdles, with sophomore Jamil Poole joining him in the 110's, and junior Dan Trulear in the 300's.
Senior Dan Gallagher, the CHA quarterback who'll play football at Penn, has been a stalwart in the sprints for the Devils, but Coach Hines reveals, "We got to get him completely healthy, because he's still a little banged up from football and wrestling. In a practice meet the other day he ran in the 4 x 100 [relay] and he looked pretty good."
Developing sprinters include Trulear and his junior classmates Mike Duffey and Ceddy Madden. Madden is a running back on the Devil's football team.
In the shot put, CHA returns 2010 Inter-Ac League bronze medalist Colin Kelly, now a senior, and Hines said that junior Chris Howard could also score some points in the event if he continues to improve.
The versatile Miller's name surfaces again when Hines discusses the long jump and triple jump, and the CHA mentor says that Madden is also working out in the long jump and that sophomore Drew Dowds (a Norwood Fontbonne Academy grad) will perform in the high jump.
The CHA roster is weighted towards the junior and senior classes, particularly in the distance events, but Hines has his eye on some younger athletes who show promise. Watch for sophomores Tom Higgins and Mac Concannon in the 800 and the hurdles, respectively, and for freshmen Graham Allen (400 meters) and Frank Jackson (sprints and long jump).
As usual, the Blue Devils will host the CHA Invitational on the first Saturday in April.


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Jean Hanff Korelitz is the author of a book of poems and four previous novels, including ADMISSION, which was adapted into a movie starring Tina Fey. Her latest work of fiction, YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, revolves around Grace Reinhart Sachs, who is the author of a self-help book, You Should Have Known. When a disastrous series of events occurs weeks before the book's publication, Grace must create a new life for her child and herself. In this interview with Bookreporter.com's Norah Piehl, Korelitz talks about labeling her fiction as "cultural commentary" and researching self-help culture. She also explains her fascination with the dating phenomenon of "unknowing" your partner's potentially irreconcilable quirks as you're falling in love, how living in Manhattan has changed over the past 25 years, and why writing is easier in New Jersey.
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SHOTGUN LOVESONGS is the debut novel of Nickolas Butler, whose writing has appeared in Narrative Magazine, Ploughshares, The Christian Science Monitor and elsewhere. Along the way, he has worked as a telemarketer, a coffee roaster, a meatpacker, an innkeeper (twice), a liquor store clerk, an office manager, a hot dog vendor, and an author escort. SHOTGUN LOVESONGS is the story of four friends who were all born and raised in the same Wisconsin town, and the powerful, tensile bond of their friendship --- held together by the inescapable pull of home.
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Insurers – facing continued uncertainty about profitability, pressure on pricing and low interest rates on their fixed-income investments – are focusing on ways to control costs and improve overall risk management. Fraud control is an area with strong potential for increasing insurers' profitability.
According to a recent Accenture survey conducted among property and casualty insurers, over the last three years 71 percent of respondents experienced an average increase of 10 percent in the number of fraudulent claims processed.
Why Accenture
Accenture can help insurance companies develop a claims analytics platform that uses a common infrastructure, scaled horizontally and that includes a broad range of models, including those for addressing injury, subrogation, litigation and large loss claims. These solutions can help insurers create value and improve their return on investment.
Fraud analytics is a critical component of an effective fraud management strategy where deterrence and control are as important as detection and where the combination of a vital role for human / soft skills as well as technology, is crucial.
Accenture's managed analytics service is highly effective at fraud detection, but can also be expanded to address other claims issues.
The broad use of analytics and statistical tools and methods, along with improved productivity in managing claims and a reduction in payments for fraudulent claims, can help insurers generate important cost reductions.


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3. American Institute of CPAs, Report of Special Committee on Opin-ions of the Accounting Principles Board, Spring 1965, "What are financial statements trying to present? Are they primarily an account of management stewardship, or primarily for investor guidance?" (pp. 12, 13) 4. Herman W. Bevis, Corporate Financial Reporting in a Competitive Economy (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965). "Whenever a continuing mission of importance requires the assignment of responsibility and delegation of authority among people, the relationship usually also involves a periodic accounting of the uses of these responsi-bilities and powers. Society has, in general, assigned to corporate directors and management the responsibility of employing resources gainfully; after delegating commensurate discretionary authority over the utilization of capi-tal, society expects, and receives, the accounting to which it is entitled, (p. 7) "Taken literally, what are corporate financial reports—the end products of today's concept of corporate accountability? They are communications from specific people to specific people. Originating these communications are identifiable members of the management and the board of directors. Receiving them are equally identifiable people—those on the stockholder list at the cutoff date for mailing the report. The fact that these reports sooner or later may be received by thousands of other persons should not obscure the fact that they are essentially communications rendering accountings to present stockholders from the stewards of their resources. Moreover, the fact that prospective investors may use the information contained in the report to assist them in making projections in connection with investment decisions does not belie the report's essential nature and purpose as an historical accounting of what has taken place, (pp. 8, 9) "The foregoing assessment of the place of the financial report in the corporation-stockholder relationship suggests that it is a semiprivate com-munication or, at least, that interest in it is narrowly confined to those who are, or who would be, investors. But this is not so. Concern about the welfare and progress of our large corporate enterprises clearly transcends that portion of the society made up of stockholders. Interest in corporate financial reports involves much more than mere curiosity on the part of outsiders. Whether the corporation makes profits or suffers losses, especially over a period of years, is an indicator of the potential security or stability of employees, sometimes of entire communities, of creditors, competitors, sup-pliers, customers, and governmental revenues from taxation. Take all corpo-rations together and the interest and concern of society are widespread and obvious. It is this fact that suggests that the responsibility-authority-account-ability chain of the corporation and its management be examined more closely, (p. 9) ".. . corporations ... are required to, and do, render accountings which, although addressed to stockholders, also serve the purpose of society at large, (p. 12) 135
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Study Group on the Objectives of Financial Statements
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Multan, Pakistan -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/04/2014 -- The creators of voice broadcasting software announces the release of their latest version ICTBroadcast 3.4, which comes with lots of additional features. They reveal that the new technological enhancements in the software are aimed at fuelling the growth of the voice broadcast business. The features in the application have been included to provide the desired level of efficiency for all those who have been involved in the business of sound broadcasting. The spokesperson of the company reveals that this new software with bug fixes is going to revolutionize the functioning of call centers and other entities involved in the broadcasting of voice, mails and fax.
The ICTBroadcast 3.4 is said to have some remarkable features such as VoIP Trunk testing, GUI log management interface, Improved APIs and others that make it an advanced autodialer software of the modern times. The new trunk testing feature enables an administrator to test trunk on an immediate basis, and there is no need to create a campaign for testing. The developers of the software have added Log GUI feature that can intimate a use about warning and error message which will be displayed on the web interface. One important feature of this voice and fax broadcasting software is that one can be aware of the hard disk and memory usage and can manage resources in a more organized manner.
A backup module is added in this new version of the auto dialer application, which allows users to backup their database directly from the web interface. This allows to backup database in an easy manner and a user gains more efficiency in broadcasting voice and fax. The software now also has IVR reporting advantages for answering machine detection (AMD) and DNC, which have now more informative and interactive format. Now, users can use this business dialer for the detection of AMD.
The software also allows users to tweak the settings and achieve customized configurations according to their voice, fax and mail broadcasting needs. This new improved version of the program can have wide applications in a call center where it can greatly enhance the productivity. There are several new features that they have added into this software and one can learn more about it by following the link http://www.ictbroadcast.com/news/version-3-4-of-ictbroadcast-with-additional-features-and-bug-fixes-released
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Huge South Shore fuels reduction project begins
The U.S. Forest Service has begun work on the South Shore Fuel Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration Project, according to a Thursday statement from the agency. The project includes thinning of trees and brush on more than 10,000 acres of federal land from Cascade Lake to the Nevada stateline.
Crews are working on Highway 89 near Camp Richardson and plan on moving to areas including Osgood Swamp near Nez Perce Drive and southeast of Sierra Tract near Barbara Avenue in August or September, according to the statement.
Work includes hand thinning and mechanical thinning. Overall thinning and follow-up fuels treatment, including prescribed fire, may take about eight years to complete, according to the statement.
People can expect to see extensive activity in areas selected for treatment, including heavy equipment operation, trucks hauling material, and slash pile creation.
"Forest Health will benefit from this type of large scale treatment and it will reduce the risk of large and severe wildfire in the coming years due to increased defensible space on National Forest System lands and reduced fuel loading" said Forest Supervisor Nancy Gibson in the statement. "Recent thinning and fuels treatment near the Roundhill Pines area provides a good example of what a healthy forest should look like."
Temporary forest closures for public safety will be necessary during the project. Closures will be posted on the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit website.
For detailed information on the South Shore project information including a map of treatment areas, visit http://tinyurl.com/southshoreproject.


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Wordless (nearly) Wednesday - Tom and Barry 1953
More old 35mm slide scans - from Christmas time, 1953, featuring brothers Tom and Barry:
Playing with my train set, under the Christmas tree:
Ah, the old Motorola TV set - Barry reaching up to "tune" it!
In the living room - notice my 'new' slide projector on the desk!
Ah, the memories! ;-)
Families are Forever! ;-)


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Johannesburg, August 2, 2012--An appeals court in the Mozambican city of Beira should reverse the criminal libel conviction of a journalist who wrote about a disagreement between a private school and the family of a disabled student, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Falume Chabane was sentenced to a 16-month suspended prison term on July 20 and ordered to pay damages of 150,000 meticais, according to news reports.
Chabane, former editor of the online news journal O Autarca (The Mayor), published a series of columns in the spring of 2011 that criticized the Beira International Primary School, according to news reports. The parents of Aisling Binda, a fourth-grader who is in a wheelchair, had complained that the school had not built a handicapped access ramp in compliance with a 2008 Mozambican children's rights law, according to news reports. The school later expelled the student, citing academic performance and other reasons, news reports said. The parents have said the expulsion was in retaliation for their complaint about the school's lack of handicapped access, news reports said.
The lawyer for the primary school, António Jorge Ucocho, filed a complaint accusing Chabane, who is also a reporter for TVM, of defaming both the school and himself and for "abusing freedom of the press," according to news reports. The journalist's stories had included daily updates on the number of days that Binda had missed school.
In a trial that took place behind closed doors, Chabane was sentenced to pay damages to both the school and to Ucocho, according to news reports. The lawyer had asked the judge for two years' imprisonment for Chabane and damages of 600,000 meticais (US$21,200) in total, according to news reports. Chabane has appealed the sentence, the reports said.
"Journalists should not be subject to criminal prosecution for their reporting," said CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator Mohamed Keita from New York. "We call on the appeals court to overturn this verdict and for Mozambican authorities to repeal the archaic criminal statutes that allow this sort of prosecution."
The Mozambican government and authorities in Sofala province, along with local child advocacy groups, have criticized the school and ordered Binda to be reinstituted, news reports said.
- For more data and analysis on Mozambique, visit CPJ's Mozambique page here.


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Want a spa-like experience, but can't even find time to make yourself a nice, hot bath? Well there's another option! Try these shower infusers by bath by bettijo for some instant aromatherapy. Simply add one of these little wafers to your next hot shower and you'll instantly have the scent of sweet peppermint infusing the air and melting your stress away.
Now you really don't have any excuse not to treat yourself! I just love how it makes a shower that much more therapeutic and fun! This peppermint variety is especially great for when you're having sinus issues or are just plain old tired.
How to: (1) Wet a tablet, (2) place it on the shower floor (*out of the direct water stream*) and (3) let the at-home spa time begin!


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A nice mix of diced and sliced carrots, organic red and green bell pepper, maize(corn) flakes (no, not the cereal 😋), tomato flakes, and pea flakes for a wonderful treat blend for your piggies, rabbits, or other small animals!
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Stamford could gain from UBS exit of New York space
Downsizing possible: Move could mean job transfers to Stamford
UBS remained evasive on questions of whether plans to sublease some of its New York City office space would lead to more jobs in Stamford.
Over the weekend, Bloomberg News reported that UBS was looking to trim its rent payments and listed 382,000 square feet of space in its Park Avenue office for sublease, available in 2014. And, it said, some work would be shifted to the Swiss bank's New York office on the Avenue of the Americas and to Stamford.
But UBS, which is still going through a restructuring that will cut payroll by 10,000 jobs, wouldn't confirm if any jobs are moving to Stamford.
"We didn't comment on the Bloomberg story," said Karina Byrnes, via email. "We have not disclosed how any employees may be affected by any moves, but I can tell you that our commitment to the state of Connecticut remains unchanged."
In 2011, fresh off his electoral victory, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy faced the possibility of losing UBS to New York as reports surfaced that the company was planning to move out of the state. The Malloy administration granted UBS access to a $20 million forgivable loan if the company agreed to keep at least 2,000 workers in Stamford through 2017. That's when UBS' lease in Stamford runs out.
Malloy's office did not immediately respond to calls for comment on the potential for job gains in Stamford.
And while UBS would not confirm the move, Jack Condlin, the president and chief executive of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce, said he's heard some workers are being returned to Stamford.
Condlin said people were talking about it at a meeting a week or more ago, but he said moving employees around in the region is part of the business climate.
"In this up and down economy, we've learned to be patient," he said. "We don't particularly worry when some people are moved out and we're not popping the cork on champagne because some people are coming back."
Stamford, like New York City has a large financial sector, but Condlin and a city official both said Stamford's economy is diverse enough that the downsizing and reduction in compensation that's hitting the sector won't cripple the economy here.
Laure Aubuchon, Stamford's economic development coordinator, said she's really not sure what's going on with UBS as she hasn't heard anything from the company since it signed the deal with Malloy.
But Aubuchon agreed with Condlin that Stamford's economy is diverse, noting the city has been able to attract new business from different industries while remaining a destination for finance.
"Of the six relocations (to Stamford) in the last nine to 12 months, only one has been a financial services company," she said. The others include United Rentals' relocation of its headquarters from Greenwich with a mix of tech companies.
She also said she has heard the Royal Bank of Scotland, across the street from UBS, is well staffed, and overall, the city's unemployment rate has held steady.
UBS, which held its annual meeting on May 2, reported a $2.7 billion loss on the year, but management, in reports posted on the bank's website, said its restructuring of the operations is going well and will lead to a stronger bank.
It reported a profit of $1 billion in the first quarter of this year as it continued to concentrate on its wealth management division.
Bloomberg News contributed to this report.


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At One With God
This is the feeling I'm searching for.
To feel serenity instead of chaos, peace instead of turbulence, comfort instead of fear, love instead of anger and hate...
I might not be acting "religious" in Islam. I don't pray, I don't read Qur'an or hadith, I don't eat halal. Really, it's life as it comes naturally to me these days. I make dua and meditate occaisionally, I make efforts to be a good person in various ways. I do my best to be spiritual in some sort of way but don't follow any rituals.
I do believe that rituals can help a person find this "one with God" feeling that I'm searching for. I certainly felt closer to God when I was praying regularly and I never fasted a whole month but just a couple days and there were some "ahha!" moments in there. Reading Qur'an too helped me focus. I just don't believe that these are the only rituals that can work and basically I don't believe they are obligatory for a person. We each have our own paths.
But without rituals we can drift. And I feel like I'm drifting a bit at the moment.
Sometimes it's like being blind - I don't know where I'm going and I don't have it all figured out. But I know that I'll try again and I'll be where I need to be. Hopefully I continue to grow as a person and hopefully I stay on the straight path insha'Allah - if I even am or have been of course, only God knows.


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NEW YORK, N.Y. – The UMBC track and field teams returned to New York for the second straight week, this time competing in the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games, in preparation for next week's America East Indoor Championships.
Once again, the Retrievers had a record setting day in the throw events. For the second straight week, senior Aaron Brooks (Upper Marlboro, Md./DeMatha) broke his own school record in the shot put. Finishing fourth in the event, Brooks furthered his personal-best and UMBC record with a toss of 16.31m (53' 6.25").
Also, junior Cameron McDearmon (Owings Mills, Md./Franklin)broke the school record and placed second in the weight throw. McDearmon's throw of 18.83m (61' 9.5") bested the previous mark set by Mike Zyvolski back in 2006.
The Retriever women also dominated the throwing events at the Winter Games, with junior Amanda Deller (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) and Chrissy Robinson (Lusby, Md./Patuxent) going one-two in the shot put, with both setting personal bests in the event. Deller's toss of 14.96m (49' 1.75") puts her second on UMBC's all-time list, while Robinson jumps to third with her toss of 14.07m (46' 2"). Also, Monica Hagenauer (Schnecksville, Pa./Parkland) placed tenth with a personal-best throw of 11.52m (37' 9.5").
Deller also finished fourth in the weight throw (15.36m, 50' 4.75).
Freshman Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) continued her impressive rookie campaign, picking up her fifth win of the year in the 60m dash (7.51). Ebonique Jones gave UMBC another top-five finish, placing fourth (7.74) in the event.
In addition, several of the Retriever men runners placed in the top-ten while setting their names in the school record book. Josh Hewitson (New Market, Md./Linganore) won the 500m event with a time of 1:04.39. Meanwhile, in 1000m run, Scott Heydrick (Ellicott City, Md.) placed third at the Winter Games and in the UMBC record book, completing the race in 2:28.75.
The Retrievers also finished well in the women's mid-distance runs with Deborah Adelola (Lanham, Md./Bladensburg) placing third in the 500m (1:16.41) and Paulette Fogle (Washington, D.C./Bishop McNamara) (58.60) and Cody Mezebish (Westminster, Md./South Carroll) (2:18.58) finishing fourth in the 400m and 800m runs, respectively.
Mo Drammeh (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) and Shioma Obemeata (New Rochelle, N.Y./Iona Preparatory/St. Francis) also claimed silver at the games in the high jump and triple jump, respectively. Drammeh placed second with jump of 1.99m (6' 6.25") and Obemeata was just off the pace in the triple jump with his leap of 14.52m (47' 7.75").
UMBC's track and field teams now heads to Boston next weekend to participate in the 2012 America East Indoor Championships held at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center. The two-day event starts on Fri. Feb. 17 and finishes the next day, Sat. Feb. 18.


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