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Friday, February 4, 2011
Petalsweet Classes in San Diego...
Ro also offers a lot of other cake decorating and sugar craft classes through her School of Confectionery Arts...be sure to check out her site for more information!
I wanted to share some photos from my most recent classes...first was a class covering Gardenia and Ranunculus flowers. Here is some of the set up prior to class beginning:
Student Gardenias drying:
Our finished Ranunculus flowers and a few Gardenias with their dark, glossy leaves attached:
I also taught a class on the filler flowers I use most...Hydrangea and little Pulled Blossoms. We worked over two sessions to make all the delicate flowers, buds and leaves, and then dusted them in beautiful colors, including a touch of pink in anticipation of Valentine's Day. At the end of class we taped all of our flowers and leaves together to create a small bouquet.
Student working diligently on the tiny pieces:
The color palette:
Our completed sugar flower bouquets:
Boxed up to go home:
We all had a great time, and my students did fabulous work!! I'm looking forward to the next two local classes including an Open Peony with Stamens and then my Spring Collection which includes Anemone and Freesia. More class information and registration is on Ro Z's Sweet Art Studio site.
Now it's time to prepare and get organized for my next set of classes at Minette Rushing's Custom Cakes in Savannah, GA later this month. Can't wait! Hope to see some of you there!
Thanks for stopping by!
Copyright © 2011 by Jacqueline Butler of Petalsweet Cakes. Content of this blog (including text, photographs and layout) is the property of Jacqueline Butler - please respect copyright laws. If you want to link to my blog, or post any of my photos, please contact me - it would be great to have the opportunity to connect with you. Thank you!
6 comments:
- Małgośka said...
great job :o)
- February 4, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- Michael McCafferty said...
You are super-human!
Such perfection is not possible to mere mortals.
- February 4, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- CHOKOLAT said...
I wish you where here in Ecuador!!! Im a pastry chef but I havent worked that much with fondant... Im dying to learn thought! Pleasee post some tutorials!!
I invite you to see my blog
- February 4, 2011 at 11:56 AM
- Jennyfer said...
These are some LUCKY students! You are a fantastic teacher on top of being such a talented artist!
- February 5, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- Nancy said...
Hi Jacquelyn
Thanks so much for the wonderful 5 days of classes in Savannah. I can't believe that I am now able to make so many beautiful flowers, never mind the absolutely stunning topper. I look forward to taking more classes with you and wish you much success.
Best Always,
Nancy Brito
- February 28, 2011 at 10:33 AM
- Jamie said...
I am truly in awe of your talent. These flowers are jaw dropping gorgeous!
Thanks for linking your blog on the My Baking Addiction Facebook page.
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Phil Kessel's Awkward Draft Combine Adventure
Danny Gray
May 29 2012 09:59AM
Nothing good ever happens to Kessel when sitting in a folding chair.
Today is the annual NHL Draft Combine, a day in which draft eligibile players bench press, standing high jump, and pedal hooked up to giant tubes. Ostensibly it gives scouts and GMs an opportunity to evaluate each player's physical fitness. But it also gives them a chance to evaluate more intangible things like their "drive", "compete level", and "character". While there is definitely something to be learned from the event, I'd caution against taking too much out of what happens here. With the benefit of hindsight we can see that the Combine is not the most accurate prediction of future success.
If you've never read the book Future Greats and Heartbreaks by Gare Joyce I'd recommend picking it up. It follows his year long journey as a wannabe amateur scout with the Columbus Blue Jackets. He takes you through how a player goes from being a name on a prospect list to being drafted by a team. The book covers the 2006 draft and contains a lot of interesting information about a one Phillip J. Kessel. Columbus was set to draft 6th overall, Kessel was ranked anywhere from 4-10. Here are some excerpts from the book that show how Columbus valued Kessel prior to the draft:
Here is Don Boyd, then Director of Scouting for the Jackets talking about Kessel's strengths and weaknesses:
The way Boyd & Co. see it, four Top Tens could be there at No. 6: Phil Kessel, Derick Brassard, Nicklas Backstrom and Peter Mueller. Kessel. At 17, the forward starred for the U.S. team at the 2005 world juniors. He would have gone No. 2 behind Sidney Crosby in last year's draft if he'd been eligible, but his stock has since plunged. He spent last season on the U. of Minnesota's third line.
"Strengths?" Boyd asks."Speed" and "scoring" go up on the board.Then the minuses pour out. Says Brian Bates, the Minneapolis scout who saw him the most: "I wonder about his game awareness sometimes.""There might be some selfish play there sometimes," Boyd adds.
Brassard knows that his best bud, Mathieu Carle, a defenseman in the Q, did 15 reps. He knows five isn't good. He's right. By the end of the day, his reps will stand as the low total among all skaters tested. Then he gets on the bike to demo his lung capacity, feet taped to the pedals, mouthpiece hooked to a tube. Shouts from the testing staff drown out the never-ending chatter of 100 or so scouts and execs. "Go! Come on! Go!" The suits see Brassard strain, and love it. They'll love it even more later on: VO2, 71.6, among the best at the combine. He went harder and longer than anyone else: The test maxes out at 15 minutes, and he pedaled 10 seconds past it."What you get a look at here," Boyd says, "is just how willing the kids are to work on their own and what their work ethic is like."As if on cue, Kessel comes in. He looks around nervously. A few minutes later, Kessel looks gassed on the bike, stopping at seven minutes.
The scouts sit through all 109 interviews, and Williams enters notes from each into a database. But no interview is more important to the Blue Jackets than Kessel's. No prospect has more to win or lose than he does. Kessel walks into the room. The Blue Jackets are the first of 20 interviews on his schedule.He is barely in his seat before Boyd says, "Teammates." Silence. "Do you know what I'm talking about?" "No," Kessel says. He most certainly does. Kessel has a reputation for being disliked by teammates wherever he's played. Jack Johnson, second overall in last year's draft, called him "a dirtbag" during one of his combine interviews. Silence. "I don't have a problem with my teammates." More silence. "I don't have a problem with Jack Johnson." More silence. "I had lunch with him practically every day."What about that TV report about that bar serving underage Gophers? "Happens everywhere," Kessel says. Only 18 goals last season when you were compared to Sidney Crosby the year before? "I was on the third line … we rolled four lines." Kessel's time is up. He leaves, seemingly aware that his was a less-than-stellar performance. Boyd is unfazed. "Helluva talent," he says to no one in particular.
These excerpts were posted as a story on ESPN's website, you can read the whole thing here.
May 29 2012, 07:00PM
In Kessel's defence, Jack Johnson comes across as a major douchebag.
May 30 2012, 02:03PM
I personally think the supposed character issues surrounding Kessel are a result of a few different unfair/inaccurate factors coming into play. I think most of the bad rep he gets is because he's shy and reserved, but since when do we care so much about the ' lovability ' of our players ? As long as he's right around that 80 pt mark come end of the season, I could care less how he rubs off on people.
I happen to think the opposite in regards to his character. I don't know about you guys, but I don't really hear a whole lot about how he had the unenviable task of having to fight and battle through cancer. It seems we only hear about him when the message is, conveniently, negative. I'm not trying to compare something as serious as cancer to a sport for the record. But it's not completely unrelated. The fact that he had the drive to continue on after such a serious set back, along with continuing to improve while surrounded with a sub-par line up, speaks volumes to me about his character, skill and work ethic and puts to rest any notions of him having character issues. In my mind at least.
Oh and lastly, who the %$!* cares about what Columbus has to say about him, or any player for that matter ? Last time I checked, asides from drafting Nash at #1 which was a given, Columbus doesn't have the strongest track record of drafting now do they ?
Another good book, but different sport is The Draft by Pete Williams. There is a whole section devoted to the NFL Combine and the cottage industry that has been developed around the NFL combine and getting players prepared for it.
May 29 2012, 02:25PM
Agreed: Phil is awesome. I can totally picture him giving those answers, too.
May 29 2012, 07:02PM
Also, this part rules.
"What about that TV report about that bar serving underage Gophers? "Happens everywhere," Kessel says. Only 18 goals last season when you were compared to Sidney Crosby the year before? "I was on the third line … we rolled four lines."
Straight up.
I get confused by this:
"He spent last season on the U. of Minnesota's third line."
In the year before his draft (his only year at U of Minnesota) he had 18 goals and 51 points in 39 GP. That was on the third line? Above 0.4 GPG and about 1.4 PPG?
May 30 2012, 01:19PM
In Kessel's defence, Jack Johnson comes across as a major douchebag.
Agreed. He's not even the best Johnson in the league lol.
May 30 2012, 01:21PM
I get confused by this:
"He spent last season on the U. of Minnesota's third line."
In the year before his draft (his only year at U of Minnesota) he had 18 goals and 51 points in 39 GP. That was on the third line? Above 0.4 GPG and about 1.4 PPG?
Seriously, show me someone else who managed to have more than a PPG playing 3rd line minutes.
A lot of the stuff they test at the combine is an absolute joke. The NHL is in the dark ages w/r/t S&C. I agree with the caution about reading too much into the results, but disagree with the reasons.
Having pushups in there is just a waste of time. The push/pull harness thing is stupid, I mean seriously, look at the thing. Also, why have it when you test the bench press? And pullups or rows are a better method of testing upper body pulling strength. That gotdamn thing's only purpose is to make some professor look like he's cutting edge. Strength is strength, and you don't need a bizarre tool to test it. A simple barbell works perfectly.
Sit and reach? lol.
The long and vertical jump tests are good and can tell you who the genetic freaks are w/r/t explosiveness. Combine that with a measure of absolute lower body strength (squats or DL's), and you get a better idea of who has room to improve there (high explosiveness + weak strength = potential for improvement, low explosiveness + high strength = not much room for improvement).
The most glaring admission is the lack of a lower body strength test. I'd go with the deadlift because the squat is too easily butchered, especially since about 1% of hockey players actually know how to do the basic lifts with passable form. You can't cheat a deadlift.
And they really need to test specific skills on the ice. Some kind of short sprint, and another non straight-ahead skating drill, speed and accuracy of 1-2 types of shots, etc.
If I were to structure the physical testing, I'd put the skills first, then absolute strength tests, then the endurance tests all on different days. And you could slot the interviews and whatnot in between the physical testing to give the boys time to recover.


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Dallas, TX December 5, 2006 Going on offense to advance financial literacy, today, Visa USA, Bank of America, the NFL and PLAYERS INC have teamed up with NFL player DeMarcus Ware to engage Dallas high school students in a different kind of football game - one that prepares them to become fiscally fit adults. Called Financial Football, this animated, money management computer game is the centerpiece of a 17-city Visa/NFL initiative to promote youth financial literacy around the country.
Learning the fundamentals of money management at an early age gives young people a real advantage in meeting their own financial goals, said DeMarcus Ware to a room full of students and teachers at Bryan Adams High School. Managing money and finances is a vital life skill, and one that is best taught, and learned, before high school graduation.
Huddled in a Bryan Adams classroom, DeMarcus Ware coached the home team comprised of half the students, while Bank of America Student Checking Marketing Manager Karen Williamson headed up the visiting team. Together, the two engaged students in Financial Football. The content, developed with the cooperation of the NFL and its players, incorporates lessons taught through Practical Money Skills for Life, Visas free, award-winning money management program.
Financial Football combines the structure and rules of the NFL with financial education questions of varying difficulty. To score points, a team needs to answer questions correctly. And, just like in the NFL, penalties can cost a team yardage. The team with the highest point total after four quarters wins the game.
Todays event is the 14th stop of this educational campaign. Last year was the inaugural season for this national effort between Visa, the NFL and PLAYERS INC to get students engaged and excited about their financial futures. In addition to being a game, this year Financial Football is also part of a week-long financial literacy program designed for high school instruction.
Equipping our nations youth with a roadmap to financial freedom and success really needs to be a cooperative effort between schools, the community and government, said Mike Smiddy, Bryan Adams High School Athletic Director and Head Football Coach. By working together, we are preparing them to make wise financial decisions for a lifetime.
"Bank of America and Visa are committed to financial education as a means to help young people in the communities we serve become more financially responsible and ultimately successful," said John Rosenfeld, Bank of America Checking Executive.
Financial Football is part of Practical Money Skills for Life (www.PracticalMoneySkills.com), a comprehensive financial literacy program - available in English, Spanish and Chinese that teaches young adults personal finance skills.
Visa is proud of its long standing commitment to financial education and greatly appreciates the assistance we received today from DeMarcus Ware, said Rosetta Jones, Vice President, Visa USA. We take great pride in our NFL sponsorship, which is enabling us to work with so many talented players to give students the tools, resources and encouragement they need to become more financially literate.
This free, educational resource provides teachers with lesson plans (kindergarten-college) mapped to their state education requirements. For students, there are interactive games and calculators designed to teach responsibility and important concepts such as earning, saving and budgeting money.
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Pharaoh Has Left Town, Now the Hard Work Begins!
Women hold an Egyptian flag with a sign that reads, "A Request from 80 million: Leave, Leave You Pharaoh." (photo: Darkroom Productions/Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons)
Tahrir, or Liberation, Square, now the most famous square in the world, got its name after the revolution of 1919, when both Muslim and Christian Egyptians marched in the streets of Cairo to demand their freedom from the British. It didn't officially receive its name until the revolution of 1952 that led to the fall of the Egyptian monarchy.
Aptly named, the Egyptian people freed themselves from Hosni Mubarak by standing their ground in Liberation Square. Yesterday, the news spread like wildfire throughout Egypt, and within seconds the entire world was celebrating the successful revolution and courage of the Egyptian people to free their country from Pharaoh. So, now what?
Now the hard work begins. The real revolution must start from inside Egyptians themselves. Here might be a good time to mention the oft-quoted Qur'anic verse:
"Truly, God does not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves." (Quran 13:11)
Muslim scholars constantly quote this verse to drive the point home that our external circumstances cannot change unless we purify ourselves and live wholesome and moral lives. Egyptians have taken it upon themselves to change their political condition (all on their own, no thanks to America!), and they have heroically rid their country of an evil dictator. They now must act to rid their country of the many socio-economic problems that have plagued the country for decades. I hate to be a pessimist, but whoever takes over Egypt once elections take place will have a huge task at hand and will only succeed if Egyptians are able to maintain the enthusiasm and spirit of cooperation and responsibility that we have seen in the past two weeks in Tahrir Square.
Corruption is so rampant in Egypt that people think nothing of paying a bribe to the police to avoid receiving a moving violation or sneaking a few extra pounds to a government employee to move their paperwork a bit quicker. Bribes are part of daily life in Egypt, and, in most cases, you can't get anything done without greasing someone else's palm. People have forgotten how to follow the rules and have gotten so used to playing the game that they don't know what the rules are. You would be at a loss to find someone who can tell you who has the right-of-way at a stop sign (since they don't stop at them anyway!); the only rule in driving in Cairo is there are no rules.
Ministers and other cronies of Mubarak have been pocketing the majority of Egypt's wealth while many Egyptians scrape by on less than a dollar a day. Poverty and illiteracy are rampant throughout the country. According to UNICEF, the literacy rate in Egypt is only 72 percent, with women faring much worse than men. Forty-five percent of all women over the age of 15 are illiterate, and 85 percent of rural households run by women are illiterate.
The public school system is a mess, classrooms are overflowing, and teachers do a half-baked job teaching since they don't make a living wage. They make their real income after school when they tutor the same students they see in the morning at their homes for excessive rates. The teachers have no other way to support their families and children need to pay for their lessons in order to pass exams that will determine their future.
Egyptian schoolgirls walk past trash bags and litter in the impoverished Al-Zabbalin area in Al-Mukatam neighborhood in Cairo on April 20, 2010. (photo: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images)
Out of 18 million residents in greater Cairo, nearly a million souls — primarily migrant workers who came to the city looking for ways to support their family — inhabit al-Arafa, the "city of the dead" in Cairo. They hang their laundry from tombstones, and their homes lack running water and electricity. Cairo is overrun by other shantytowns, entire neighborhoods of unzoned residential neighborhoods that do not exist on the map, that lack basic infrastructure to support its burgeoning population.
The UNDP Human Development Index ranks Egypt 101 out of 177 countries: the gross national income per capita in 2008 is only ,015, while 21.6 percent of the population lives below the national poverty line of per day and more than 12 percent of children under than age of five suffer from malnutrition.
While there are reports of discrimination against religious minorities in Egypt, most ordinary Egyptians, no matter their religious identity, have little hope of social mobility if they are born into the wrong class. If you don't have a wasta, someone with connections, you have little chance of finding a good job, even if you receive straight As in school and university. A successful college graduate without connections couldn't hope for more than a low-paying and mindless job in a government office, that is, if they are lucky to get a job at all.
In the streets, women of all ages and religious preferences are constantly harassed, including those who wear the face veil. Men, both young and old, seem to think it is their God-given right to grope women's bodies and make explicit gestures and cat-calls at them. It's gotten so bad that a group of internet-savvy young people got together and designed an interactive map to collect data on the rate of sexual harassment in the country. People think nothing of throwing their wrappers on the sidewalk or out of the bus window. While they keep their homes immaculate, the streets of Cairo and other cities are filthy.
We have seen a glimpse of Egypt's potential at Tahrir Square. People have been treating each other with kindness and respect, reclaiming the dignity that the regime has stolen from them. Men and women from all socio-economic backgrounds organized clean-ups to keep the area tidy, set up mobile clinics to care for the injured and sick, passed around food, and made new friends. Women were able to move freely through the crowds without being harassed. Christians and Muslims held hands and prayed together. In the early morning after Mubarak's resignation, the youth swiftly organized groups to begin a clean-up of the entire downtown area where the protests took place. Now that's inspiring, how many revolutionaries have you seen doing that?
Egyptians are resilient and courageous, and they could bring their beloved country to a new standard if they manage to keep up the momentum of change. Today, let's celebrate a huge milestone in Egyptian history, but then let us prepare ourselves for the long process that lies ahead.
About the bottom image: Volunteers clean one of the iconic lion statues at the Qasr el-Nil bridge leading to Tahrir Square on February 12, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
Rose Aslan is a doctoral student in Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lived for more than five years in Egypt and received her MA in Arabic Studies from the American University in Cairo.
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HONG KONG — Hong Kong's quirky status as a city under the authority of Communist China enjoying freedoms inherited from past British rule has long consoled democracy activists who take liberties here they wouldn't dare exercise in mainland China.
But as many feared when the former British possession was turned over to China in 1997, the city has become less welcoming to dissenting voices.
Protesters from the Falun Gong religious group have for years displayed banners about atrocities against their brethren in mainland China, where authorities have jailed tens of thousands of group members. Their protests include demonstrations of mock organ harvesting that refugees say is being conducted on jailed Falun Gong members.
Recently, the group's protests have been overwhelmed by demonstrators with placards from a newly formed organization taking China's official line that the Falun Gong is an evil to be eradicated.
A schoolteacher who used foul language to upbraid police for failing to intervene in the harassment of Falun Gong demonstrators herself became a center of controversy. Thousands of people rallied to denounce her and were confronted by crowds voicing support for her action. The heated faceoff shut down a major shopping area.
Public forums demanding a fully elected government (the city's leader and close to half of the legislators are chosen by select groups of business leaders and others favored by Beijing) have been a common sight for years. But now they are being disrupted by crowds of hecklers from yet another new organization.
Attackers have targeted the news publisher most associated with the pro-democracy movement; one attack involved the hijacking of a delivery truck at knifepoint and the incineration of its contents.
Worse, masked men beat anti-government demonstrators as police looked on outside a hall where C.Y. Leung, the current chief executive, was speaking last month.
"This is very worrying," says Anson Chan, who served eight years as the No. 2 official in the city's government under both British and Chinese rule. "No government should be seen to be aligned with unsavory elements. … The government should stand up and say, 'We totally disown these sorts of activities,' but the government has failed to do this."
No one has directly linked the various gangs to China's leadership, but local reports have tied one new anti-Falun Gong group to a Communist Party office in Shenzhen, China. And the Hong Kong government's silence in the face of police actions, say Chan and others, has cast a shadow over a force that had been highly regarded for its professionalism.
"One of the things we take pride in is our squeaky-clean, impartial and fair-minded police force," Chan says. "(But) there is a growing perception that the police (force) is biased and is not staying politically neutral."
The souring environment is driving some to think of leaving or shifting savings overseas.
"More of my friends — professionals and businessmen — are telling me that they already have their papers to emigrate to Western nations like Australia and Canada," university lecturer Bruce Lui told The Standard newspaper.
"They have grave worries about Hong Kong's tense political environment. ... I will also consider emigration," he said.
Many expect the situation to only get worse. A new political movement has threatened to "occupy" the central business district of this financial center next summer if the government does not offer a suitably democratic plan for choosing the city's next leader. Leung has already labeled Occupy Central illegal.
"Confrontation will be on the way," says Sonny Lo, head of the social sciences department at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
Lo warns that the Chinese army, which has kept a low profile within the confines of old British bases, could be called out into the streets. Unprecedented drills by squadrons of army helicopters and warships in Hong Kong's harbor are making many people anxious.
"The atmosphere is pretty bad," admits Allen Lee, who served in both Hong Kong's and China's legislatures. "I think Beijing does not know what to do."


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With two more blowout victories and two surprise losses by the Carbon Dinos, the Emery High Lady Spartans became the 2006 region 8 basketball champions. Emery defeated Juan Diego 70-53 and then defeated Granite 71-27 in Castle Dale and then watched Carbon lose to Delta and Juan Diego to clinch the title.
Emery started the Juan Diego game with a 7-0 run and then maintained the advantage throughout the first quarter. Camille Fehlberg and Ashley Hansen led the Spartans with 7 and 6 points respectively to pace the offense. Emery led at the end of the period 17-11. Emery did a good job in the quarter of keeping the Juan Diego outside shooters covered, as they could not get any open looks.
Emery started the second period on a 4-0 run to open up a 10 point lead but then, for some strange reason, they stopped doing the things that had been working. They stopped playing defense, they could not buy a 3-point shot and they got outscored 12-0 as the Soaring Eagles took the lead. Emery then outscored their opponent 8-2 to take a four-point lead at the half.
Camille and Natalee Hanson led the Spartans with four points each.
The Emery halftime talk must have been good as Emery buried Juan Diego in each of the second half periods. With 10 points by Natalee and 7 points by Ashley, the Spartans won the third quarter 22-17 to take a 9-point lead. Emery opened the period on an 11-2 run to get some breathing room.
Rachel Rasmussen scored six points on three baskets in the final quarter to help Emery win the period 19-11. Emery again started the period hot as they scored the first eight points.
For the second straight game, Ashley was the leading scorer. Ashley had 15 points, 9 rebounds and a steal. She had active hands all game long and was very effective on defense. Natalee and Camille each finished with 14 points. Natalee also had 5 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal while Camille had 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals.
Rachel finished with 8 points and 4 rebounds. Shala Pitchforth finished with 7 points, 8 rebounds and 7 blocked shots. She blocked three straight attempts on one possession by Juan Diego to bring the crowd to life. Despite getting beat up every night in this noncontact sport, Shala does a good job each and every ball game in controlling the paint on defense.
Alexis Swasey and Jodie Lundell each had 4 points while Meagan Pearson and Tahna Merrell each scored 2 points.
After the game, Head Coach Steve Gordon talked to his players, "We had a good second half as we came out and played better. Defensively, we got out on them and never let them have a look. Shala did a good job in the middle." He then concluded, "This was a big region win, we are one step closer to our goal as region champs." Little did he know that would happen this very week.
With Granite in town on Thursday night, Coach Gordon changed the lineup a little and started Camille and the four ladies that normally come off the bench. Natalee was given the night off with her bad knee.
Little did we know that Callie Seeley was going to take this opportunity so seriously. Callie had a game that one would write home to mom about. Callie hit 5 three-point baskets plus three others to finish the night with 21 points. She also came up with 5 rebounds, 3 steals and an assist.
Emery outscored Granite handily in each period. They won the first quarter 24-9, the second 15-7, the third 20-3 and the final 12-8.
Meagan and freshman Jodi Robertson were tied for the second leading scorer with 8 points each. Camille had 7 points, Rachel had 6 points, and Jodie had 5 points. Shala, Tahna and Shalae Cox had 4 points each. Billie Jean Reed and Ashley finished with a basket apiece. In this game Ashley did not have many opportunities.
Carbon lost first to Delta 57-37 and then to Juan Diego 46-35 as the Dinos had trouble scoring. With the losses, Emery wins the region, as they are currently 8-0 with two games remaining. With the losses, Carbon dropped to 5-3 and they still have the second best region record.
Emery travels to Delta on Tuesday before they come home to host Carbon on Thursday. This will end the regular season. They will then host a playoff game the next weekend. Congratulations Lady Spartans!


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The Philistines send back the ark with an offering—The Lord smites and slays the Israelites in Beth-shemesh who look into the ark.
1 And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the
3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a
4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give
6 Wherefore then do ye
7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two
8 And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a
9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.
10 ¶And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their
12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they
15 And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Lord.
16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of
19 ¶And he
20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
21 ¶And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the


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3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was
4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him
7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said,
11 ¶The
12 The watchman said,
13 ¶The
14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of
17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.


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Jason Gregor
February 11 2013 01:35PM
At the quarter pole (figuratively, not in racing terms) of this abbreviated NHL season the Oilers find themselves on the cusp of a playoff spot. While many are lamenting the state of the Oilers, and I understand there are many areas of concern, the fact is the Oilers are in the playoff hunt.
While the Oilers are giving up way too many shots, can't score five-on-five, have injuries down the middle, are struggling in the faceoff circle and seemingly can't knock the opposition off the puck, they are in a decent position in the standings.
Imagine if the Oilers find a way to start scoring ES and actually play with the puck more than chase it; they could actually be dangerous.
Here is where they have stood at the quarter pole since the lockout. Keep in mind that they only have 36 games left this season, compared to 60-62 in previous years.
2006... 8th in western conference. Made the playoffs finishing 8th.
2007... 7th in the west. Finished 12th.
2008... 15th in the west. Finished 9th.
2009... 12th in the west. Finished 11th.
2010... 13th in the west. Finished last.
2011... 15th in the west. Finished last.
2012... 9th in the west. Finished 14th.
Where they stood in those years has no bearing on where they will finish this season, but while many of you are concerned over their play, especially after yesterday's dreadful performance in Columbus, excluding Devan Dubnyk's stellar play, the good news is that the Oilers haven't played themselves out of the playoff race.
The Oilers sit in 9th, just like they did last year, and most would agree the Oilers haven't played that great so far. Their special teams and goaltending are the main reasons they have 13 points in 12 games.
You'd expect Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle to start burying more of their quality chances, and the Oilers as a team need to start hitting the net more. I don't see Dubnyk faltering, so if the Oilers can wake up offensively and come close to breaking even in time of possession they should be able to stay in the playoff mix.
- The Oilers need to stop taking lazy, stupid stick penalties. The Oilers are the most penalized team in the league, and it isn't because they are intimidating. They've had exactly 101 minutes of PK time this year. They have had to kill off 20 minutes more of PK time than every other team except, Colorado (82:56), Detroit (87:21), Pittsburgh (88:35), Montreal (89:21), New Jersey (91:05) and Dallas (93:55).
- At some point Ralph Krueger is going to have to staple someone's ass to the bench after a bad penalty. The most frustrating part is that the forwards have taken way too many minor penalties. Ryan Smyth has taken 8 minors, Gagner and Yakupov (5), Hall, Hemsky and Belanger (4). Only Smid (5) (two of those were for instigating) and Petry (4) are close. The Oilers need to stop taking needless stick penalties.
- After watching him rip one top-shelf for the game winner v. Columbus I wonder why Magnus Paajarvi doesn't shoot more. That was a hell of a shot.
- The Oilers need to work on hitting the net. They are continually missing the goal on some of their best scoring opportunities.
- Ryan Jones is still two weeks away from playing, but the Oilers still put Darcy Hordichuk on waivers. Clearly they didn't plan on carrying Hordichuk as a 13th forward any longer, because Krueger has shown he won't play him. They can recall Vande Velde or maybe they have a minor trade in the works.
- One of the most underappreciated players in the league is David Clarkson. He scored 30 goals last year, and with the departure of Zack Parise he's producing even more this year, with 9 goals in 12 games. He's one of the best power forwards in the game. He's likely going to get a big raise from his $2.67 million cap hit.
- Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau each had 14 points in their first 6 games, however, neither has picked up a point in their last five.
- Devan Dubnyk is tied for 6th in the league in SV% (.928%) amongst goalies with at least six starts. However, he has faced between 63-132 more shots than the other six goalies. He's had an incredible start to the season, and if he continues to play this way the Oilers will have a bonafide #1.
February 11 2013, 05:15PM
oddly enough, one of those defensemen below MPS in shooting percentage is your boy ryan suter.
you know, 0 goals and -7 for 10million bucks as he leads the conference champion contending minnesota wild to their upcoming 60 home playoff dates over the next 10 years. or as it sits right now 11th place in the west
February 11 2013, 01:40PM
@ Jason Gregor - Based on your interaction with the team, how is Ryan Smyth taking his reduced role this year? I did not agree with bringing him back a couple of years ago as I figured he was done then, and he is struggling even more now. From your perspective, is the physical toll catching up to him or is it more of a mental issue with him being a bottom 6 player on the team now?
Also, props for putting Spector on the spot last week regarding media bashing of Hemsky last season. While he did not own up to all of the bashing he did, at least he kinda sorta acknowledged it while dodging the question a bit. LOL
February 11 2013, 01:49PM
Hemsky DESERVED every bit of the bashing that he got last year.
Heartless all year.
This year, he's better - people are saying that now too.
It's actually okay to say that someone is playing crappy* *Except Smytty for some reason.
February 11 2013, 03:09PM
MPS's shot appears much more dangerous from the middle of the ice rather than the wing. i.e., it seems to be more about accuracy than power. When he is on the wing the options are fewer and the shot doesn't seem to have the zip to go in.
Which makes you wonder if they shouldn't give him a try at centre for a while and see what happens.
Speed, check. Size, check. Hands, check. Defensively responsible, check.
MP.Slow but steady increase in confidence has started to see MP improve his play in all zones. His play recently has shown the steady influence of Ralph Kreuger and the rest of the coaching staff. MP has taken that faith andd built upon it game after game. He is driving to the net.Playing a vital role on the Pk.His forechecking is leading to turnovers and penalties. He in my opinion has been one of two(Belanger) who have benfited from the coaching change. His game is moving towards more of what we saw 2 years ago. Credit that to his hard work and willingness to learn. and to coaching who believe in him.I like what I see.
Gregor. Can Chicago maintain this pace? Wait till they play at home.Where they are good. Wow what a start.
PRV has a good shot, so does petrell, hemsky, hall, ebs, yak, potter, harty, Nuge, schultz..... pretty much anyone not named ryan smyth.
And they used up a whole 14 of them yesterday. That was bizarre.
February 11 2013, 04:14PM
I love the fact that MPS know his weaknesses.........and more importantly wants to change it, as evidenced by his last two interviews.
I'm a little tired of players that develop slower than some of their peers.........and then are shipped off to other teams, only to blossom. We have had enough of those situations and should avoid MPS being the victim of " late bloomers disease".
All he need is to drive to the net like Harti........once he incorporates this into his game he will be a top six guy. He is close to accomplishing this........we need to keep him!
February 11 2013, 01:40PM
I will be FIST to say I think dubnyk can keep it up. If he can the scoring will come around and there is a sliver of a chance they make the playoffs
Dubs is legit! Oh yeah- fist!
The turnovers are driving me nuts. Are they trying to be patient and play a more puck possession game that's causing the blue line turnovers, who knows.
Hemsky DESERVED every bit of the bashing that he got last year.
Heartless all year.
This year, he's better - people are saying that now too.
It's actually okay to say that someone is playing crappy* *Except Smytty for some reason.
@ Zamboni Driver
I have no problem calling out a player when he is playing crappy for a season or two, but a few months in a season coming back from surgery is kind of asinine. Hemsky deserved some of it, but not all of the crap that was being spewed about him (especially some of the nonsense that the Oilers PR department of Stauffer and Tencer were trying to stir up). There was one segment on Gregor's show last year where Spector went off on a Hemsky sucks, Hemsky hates the media, Hemsky is a whiner, Hemsky is heartless rant that was embarrassing to be honest. It was way out of line IMHO, and I do not blame Hemsky for not talking to a tool like that going forward (or Jim Matheson and Terry Jones for their asinine articles last year either when he told them to f-off).
As far as him being heartless all year, did you watch the second half of the season when he started feeling better physically? He still went back to the tough areas like he always did in the past, but the points were not there. He is doing the same thing this season and now the pucks are going in.
The thing I have always found funny about Oilers fans over the past few seasons is how fickle they are. What happened to the old rule of thumb that it takes one season to recover from a season lost due to a shoulder or knee injury that required surgery? In Hemmers case, he had two seasons in a row lost due to shoulder surgeries, came back and struggled as expected. He likely had confidence issues as well since the recovery was not going well. How many times have we heard confidence and Whitney being an issue this season as an excuse?
FWIW, I am starting to hear more "Hall is overrated" comments now since he is not scoring as much. While I looked at this season as a write-off for him due to coming back from a long layoff due to shoulder surgery, other fans seem to think that he would just jump right back into peak form. Wait for all of the Nuge bashing to start in a bit if he does not start to score as well. Right now his shoulder is obviously hindering him, but another couple of weeks of no/low production and the Oilers fanbase will jump on him as well.
As far as Ryan Smyth, he has been done since the end of his stint in Colorado and the Oilers should have just signed him for a day for a retirement ceremony after his contract with the Kings was up. The media like him so he gets a pass. Hopefully Kruger holds him accountable for his horrific play so far this season.
February 11 2013, 02:20PM
MPS's shot appears much more dangerous from the middle of the ice rather than the wing. i.e., it seems to be more about accuracy than power. When he is on the wing the options are fewer and the shot doesn't seem to have the zip to go in.
Which makes you wonder if they shouldn't give him a try at centre for a while and see what happens.
PRV should snipe the corners when he goes on his patented left wing burst, shoot from along the boards at the top of the circle. Instead of shooting it right at the goalie's chest. Make the goalie work more and try to produce rebounds to the slot.
Just sayin,... And only using Bertuzzi as an example [ he is almost done] Adding one or 2 Large men or those with true grit to this lineup makes the rest of this group play bigger.
Yes, i know these are not easy to find, but first you have to find one, and may have to pay for him, next year you find # 2 and so on, based on where we draft again this year and realistically we all know its probably going to be top 10 as much as i hate to say it.
We are not going to win the cup this year we all know that. We want playoff hockey badly but we wan the cup and to be a legit contender more. Its a 2-3 year plan yet and that is if we have those responsibe for making these acquisitions on top of their game...or perhaps its time for one of them to be traded or just out and out fired.
It is not in Taylor Halls nor Jordan Eberle nor Nuge nor Yak nor Hemskys Power to bring in these pieces. It is you Kevin Lowe, you Steve Tambellini to do this, and perhaps its time for you guys to put up or get out. Or at very least address us the fans as to your intentions. Its the Very least you can do. Failure brought us the draft picks, not you and you know it yet you want to lok like heros, This is Edmonton Gents, we are just a little smarter than your average fan.
February 11 2013, 05:06PM
Please just be quiet DSF.
Of those 72 defensemen, only 16 of them have 20 or more shots, most with one or two goals... Check that stat again in a few days after some D take more shots and regress to more normal S%
Sometimes you just have to unglue your face from your all knowing calculator and watch hockey.
Magnus has it in him, its pretty obvious to my eyes
February 11 2013, 05:32PM
Fack - My posting placement skills suck as bad as Suters contract!
February 11 2013, 06:21PM
Having hands and having smarts on when to take a good shot are 2 different things.
PRV has very good hands actually, he just needs to learn to pick his shots better. no more flying down the wing and floating one into the goalie's chest. That will kill your SP, as we have seen.
Also, the Wild are sure dominating, lol.
February 11 2013, 07:16PM
MP vs Suter ppg divided by salary sound like a fair bet ? that BUM is signed for 10+ years and already looking like a to buy out option ....
February 11 2013, 07:19PM
From first place to fine ? What's next ...
February 11 2013, 01:48PM
Hopefully we can squeak into the playoffs this year but the vast majority of our problem players should be cleared with one foul swoop this off-season. Let Whitney expire, then buy-out Smyth and Horcoff. You have freed up huge $$'s that you are getting no return on.
People are too worried about "replacing" these guys...there is nothing to replace. Van de Velde is a better player than either of the fowards and I'd bet Fedun is a better D-man than Whitney at this point. Ideally you get some bonafide NHL'ers in free agency but this is simple addition by subtraction.
Fortunate that they put Hordichuk on waivers so they can ice an actual centerman. Total waste of a roster spot; even if he was "great in the room".
February 11 2013, 02:04PM
Another problem with the Oilers is they are likely the softest team in the league. It doesn't have to be devastating open ice hits or hooliganism. But mixing in some grit and physicality would give this team a more dynamic dimension. It also gives guys a little bit more room out there and if everyone is hitting, it keeps everyone in the game. I see far too much cutesie hockey out there, which has it place, especially given the skill set of our best players. But cute passing plays aren't enough to string together winning streaks.
February 11 2013, 02:16PM
It'd be interesting to see some analysis of where teams were at with 36 games remaining last season. This would be good to look at every 12 games as well.
There were so, so many question marks heading into this season. Of all those, the ones that are positive have been very positive, some have stayed flat, and others have turned out negative. Dubnyk as our number one, is a huge positive. Whitney not returning to form is a huge negative, but expected. Schultz exceeding the impossibly high expectations is such a huge positive. Hemsky back to form, Gagner shutting up his critics, and prospects like Hartikinen and Magnus finding a game they can be effective in is another big bonus, as is Belangier being an effective player for what he's been asked to do.
Nuge playing hurt, Smyth taking a dive, our defence having a tough go, and our complete lack of scoring 5 on 5 are things that will likely improve (not Whitney, he's gonna be replaced by someone).
I guess what I'm trying to say is I'd take our success because of a good goalie, and great power play, over hearing we can't win because even though we're scoring lots, we can't keep the puck out of the net.
I think building through the daft is over, now its about building around the pieces and shoring up the ship.
February 11 2013, 02:43PM
The shots are very concerning but it's the lack of urgency when they have the puck and don't. Other teams are more desperate to do anything to create shots and chances and that's something that Edmonton doesn't do that often. Once Edmonton starts playing with a lot more fire in there guts, I believe the shots will come along with the chances and along with the goals. Plain and simple, these are growing pains but with due time, this team will be a amazing team to watch and cheer for in the upcoming years...
Speed, check. Size, check. Hands, check. Defensively responsible, check.
Are you kidding me?
His career shooting percentage is 6.5.
There are currently 72 NHL DEFENSEMEN with a better shooting percentage this season.
Kid scores one goal and all of a sudden he has "hands"?
Good grief.
MPS's shot appears much more dangerous from the middle of the ice rather than the wing. i.e., it seems to be more about accuracy than power. When he is on the wing the options are fewer and the shot doesn't seem to have the zip to go in.
Which makes you wonder if they shouldn't give him a try at centre for a while and see what happens.
Switch him to RW if you want to see that type of shot more often, but moving him to center would be disastrous. The reads are completely different, not to mention that Paajarvi has had no reason to work on skills like faceoffs thus far in his career. In the vast majority of cases a position shift like this doesn't work.
February 11 2013, 03:58PM
@Jason Gregor
Played pretty heartless all last year in my view. Pouted when he was no longer the go-to guy (even though I don't think he ever wanted to be that), and even when he was playing lousy, still did the "first off the ice" and "no talk to media" bit.
What I meant was Spector and others were absolutely within their right to rip him.
Like I said though, he is MUCH better this year.
I would still move him, but I won't be as excited as I would have been last year.
February 11 2013, 04:17PM
Totally agree,we all know what great talent he has,but we see it very rarely.If i could trade him for a power forward i would.
February 11 2013, 04:21PM
i'm talking about Hemsky .
February 11 2013, 04:33PM
I really liked Nolan and Kings game during their run last year and vs Oilers for the Kings. How can LA find two big useful power forth liners in one year while we can't find one is 20 years of drafting ? We need to draft these type of bottom six players as their grit was monumental in winning the cup IMO.
February 11 2013, 04:45PM
Its not the urgency that is the question........I too would like them to shoot more often than not. They are trying too hard to make the highlight reels goals and hang on to the puck to do so.
I think that this is a maturity issue........but as a spectator I love it. Hard to be critical of having too much skill on one line ........... we have been so starved of this watching Horcoff bungle every play that now we accept this without question.
I'm sure Krueger will address this with the trio at some point in time, after all he is a motivational speaker..........probably lives in a van down by the river too.
February 11 2013, 05:28PM
PROPS x 10 million !
February 11 2013, 05:38PM
Magnus will be the first Oiler to be suspended this yr. It won't fit, but he'll try ramming his stick down someones throat. Had him pegged as a biter but maybe with him getting braver, he's turning over a new leaf.
Magnus Paajarvi, the new posterboy for Snappin necks and cashin cheques.
Let's check Paajarvi's shooting percentage at the end of the season.
I'd wager there will still be a ton of defensemen who have better.
February 11 2013, 06:37PM
I've said it before, I'll say it again.....Hemsky has been the Oilers best player for many years.....He is definitley not soft...nor is he heartless....in fact he more couragous than he is typically given credit for. The Hemsky you see playing this year is "Hemsky"......if he doesn't look like he does now.....it's because he's hurt or nursing an injury....its really just that simple.
As for Smitty....I thought he was going to be an outstanding 3rd line player....playing 15-16 minutes a game, he would be refreshed which would help compensate for his age.....I still think he has it in him but he's GOT to be more consistent...or he might not be able to play out his 2 year contract.....only real sad part is.....it's looking less and less likely that he'll be a part of any cup runs....I wonder if he's be interested in a move to a contender at the deadline? ( as a fourth liner with some upside)
February 11 2013, 06:42PM
Not sure if that's sarcasm or not....but....
He's got the frame for it and he can skate.....if only they could teach him how to fight.....or even just throw a punch....
February 11 2013, 06:43PM
Not sure if that's sarcasm or not....but....
He's got the frame for it and he can skate.....if only they could teach him how to fight.....or even just throw a punch....
February 11 2013, 06:45PM
Third attempt to include quote:
Not sure if that's sarcasm or not....but....
He's got the frame for it and he can skate.....if only they could teach him how to fight.....or even just throw a punch....
February 11 2013, 06:46PM
Didn't work again.....the interweb must be broken.
The Wild turned over 40 percent of their roster.
Not surprising they are taking some time to build chemistry.
They'll be fine.
February 11 2013, 07:18PM
That's for you DSF ...
February 11 2013, 10:34PM
Kid scores one goal and all of a sudden he has "hands"? Good grief.
A guy with no hands can't do this:
Give it some time... he'll be up to 9% at season's end.
The true detriment to the organization will be more longterm when the Wild will have two players that cannot live up to those huge contracts.
February 12 2013, 08:04AM
Oiler fortunes this year will be determined to a large extent by the performance of 3 key players.
1. Dubnyk - Has been excellent and is establishing himself as a NHL #1. It is worrisome however that he has to be a star every night to either lose a close one or eek out a win. If he cools of a bit something else must improve to remain competetive.
2. Hemsky - Is more like he was 4 years ago and not the train reck he has been for the last 3.
3. Whitney - May not be an NHL calibre defenceman any more. Healthy scratch on a so so team.
So 2 out of 3 ain't bad and Oilers likely to be a bubble team most of the year.
Best result would be to finish 9th and win the lottery.
Ryan Suter - 7pts
Magnus Paajarvi - 1 point
Ryan Suter - $7.5M cap hit
Magnus Paajarvi - $1.5M cap hit
In addition to beating Paajarvi in your dollars per point scenario, Suter also has the responsibility of shutting down the best the opposition has to throw at the Wild while Paajarvi plays third level competition.
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: It's easier to do a water test if water is available. If you want to do a 5 pound air test you can connect at your lavatory or sink trap arm with a solvent weld by threaded adapter and then use a bushing to get down to 3/4" threads for your test guage and air inlet valve assembly.
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TUPELO – One day before James Everett Dutschke's arrest, federal investigators asked a judge for warrants on three cellphones they believed he or his wife used while under surveillance.
Documents dated April 25 and made public Thursday also state FBI claims that Dutschke attempted to hide from them shortly before his arrest.
Dutschke, 41, was arrested early April 27 at his South Canal Street home in Tupelo, charged with making ricin, which was mailed April 8 to President Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Tupelo and Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland.
Thursday, the phone warrant applications were made public, showing investigators wanted 30 days of information related to three phones, including two used by him and Janet A. Cayson, also known as Janet A. Dutschke.
The agents apparently wanted to know who used the phones, when and where.
The former martial arts instructor continues to be held in the Lafayette County Jail awaiting a federal grand jury decision on whether to indict him. He says he is innocent of all charges.
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The first, Elvis tribute artist Kevin Curtis of Corinth, was arrested April 17, jailed and then released April 23 when federal prosecutors realized they had no links between Curtis and ricin.
In the Curtis investigation, though, Dutschke's name came up as someone who might want to frame Curtis because of a years-long feud.
The new documents say that about 3:30 a.m. April 24, Dutschke and his wife got into their green minivan and went to two different banks where they appeared to withdraw money from ATMs.
After they got home, Dutschke waved at the surveillance team tracking him. When the team re-positioned its vehicles, the van left and wasn't found until that afternoon at Dutschke's former martial arts studio, the documents say.
About 8 p.m., Dutschke "appeared to attempt to elude law enforcement" when he crouched in the backseat of a friend's truck and hid under blankets.
Dutschke and his friend – Kirk Kitchens of Lee County – drove "an evasive route" that took two hours to go 22 miles to a house in Mantachie, the documents said. Dutschke slipped away, prompting a search by law enforcement on the ground and by air, the county sheriff said at the time.
Dutschke was located the next day about 70 miles away in Ashland, but it's not clear how he got there, the FBI says.
Kitchens told The Associated Press on April 25 that he helped Dutschke sneak off, but Kitchens said he was only helping Dutschke get away from the news media, not law enforcement.
Kitchens said he drove Dutschke to Kitchens' parents' house in Mantachie then helped him slip out the back door, through the woods and to a rendezvous point where someone else picked him up.
"I just helped him get out of the spotlight," Kitchens said at the time.
Authorities say a dust mask that Dutschke removed from his former martial arts studio and dumped in a trash can down the street tested positive for ricin and the DNA of two people, including Dutschke.
He faces up to life in prison if convicted in the ricin case. He's also facing unrelated charges of child molestation in Lee County.
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Something more slash and thrash for you. This is "Burden of Empire" from Austin's Iron Age. Cool. They are touring on their new album "The Sleeping Eye" with heavies Baroness:
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Protocols are up.
M-T/M got some huge GOES on their lifts. All 3 were Level 4.
And I/M had an element that didn't count.
Protocols are up.
M-T/M got some huge GOES on their lifts. All 3 were Level 4.
And I/M had an element that didn't count.
I/M were ridiculously held down in PCS. It should be investigated for corruption.
Yes the pair competition was full of corruption !:|I/M PC should be higher than M-T/M's!And they just called the chsp Null because they want the Canadians to win! Shame on them!:P
I can understand M-T/M winning the technical score.
But the PCS? Clearly Skate Canada must be providing the judges with some hard drugs, because there is no way that Moore-Towers/Moscovitch deserve 8s, like some judges gave them. I mean, they weren't even clean and had NO choreography.
Really, no one props up their own skaters like Skate Canada does every single year.
Finally! It's been about 8 years since I had a Russian pair that I could be completely on board with! Not since Elena and Anton have I loved watching one of their pairs!!!!!!!! I'm a fangirl!
I/M's spiral didn't count; does anyone know why? I'm so glad for them though, hopefully their consistency and Russian fabulousness is here to stay! Lubov is just too adorable but I can see her becoming a Russian HBIC as well.
PCS aside, M-T/M had really MONSTER TES. Must have been a really good skate so kudos to them!
Congrats to the two Canadian teams and the Russians! I hate to disagree with everyone here, but while I absolutely love the Russians and agree that they should have won, they have almost no connection between them, which definately hurts their PCS. They're a great team, but they need to have a bit more of a spark if they want to raise that second mark.
Except - not really. They had a fall in the SBS jumps. They're very rough around the edges, not a great connection and had NO choreography. Their posture, flow and skating skills were leagues below I/M. Which makes the PCS so hard to understand. Nothing was particularly outstanding, but the crowd got really behind them.PCS aside, M-T/M had really MONSTER TES. Must have been a really good skate so kudos to them!
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Very happy for I/M. Lubov has had such problems with consistency in the past. It'll be very hard to win a spot to Worlds but this should give them confidence going into Russian nationals.
I don't think I've ever seen Lubov skate relatively clean in both programs before. It's good to see her finally become more confident with those jumps.
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There is always an advantage when you skate in you own country...for everyone, not just Canadians. If you truly think that the judging is corrupt, you might as well stop watching figure skating. Besides, the Russians won. If we wanted to fix the scores, you'd think that they'd do the math and have the Canadians pull off an upset.
All the scores here seemed high especially compared to how the judges scored NHK. I just don't see how M-T/M scores could be so close to Pang/Tong from NHK. Or how the scores from the 2nd and 3rd place teams could be so high compared to teams competing at NHK. Shouldn't the complex point system make it easier for scores to be somewhat consistent from event to event?


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Statement by Her Excellency Ms Lilianne Ploumen Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women New York, 10 March 2014
Thank you, Mr Chairman/Madam Chair,
Today, almost 15 years after we committed ourselves to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, we are reviewing what these goals have done to reduce gender inequality and violations of women's rights.
Much has been achieved since the start of the MDG's in the year 2000. We should embrace the progress made and pay tribute to those who were at the forefront. I think of Nobel Prize winners like Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee from Liberia or Tawakul Karman from Jemen, women who successfully claimed a bigger role in their societies.
There were many others, less known, but equally brave and successful. Like the mothers and daughters who stood up against sexual violence in India.
The women in Syria who, in the midst of the worst violence we can imagine, stand up for the future of their children. I saw them take the lead in refugee camps in Jordania and Lebanon. Or the under aged girls who stood up and refused to be married off, to men up to four times their age.
And look at us - the privileged ones assembled here in New York. Many of us have daughters who can go to school, finish their exams and choose their own destiny.
These are the good stories, and we should take them as an inspiration!
Above all we are here to reconfirm things we already know for a fact. Investing in stronger participation by women in the economy literally pays off. Fact. And so would a greater role of women in conflict sensitive situations. Fact.
We should bear these facts in mind when we look beyond the current MDG's. Because these facts show us where the focus of the post-2015-framework should be: the political and economic empowerment of women, combating violence against women, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. These should be at the heart of the new agenda. And we can make it happen.
There is one crucial difference between the MDG's and the post-2015 agenda: the latter must be universal in its scope and should be universally upheld. Let us be clear: there is no north – south divide in assessing the status of women.
Back home, in Europe, we have grave tasks ahead of us as well. Just last week the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights reported that out of 42,000 women in 28 countries in the European Union surveyed, one in three was victim of some kind of abuse.
In 2013 the WHO published roughly the same figures on physical or sexual violence against women worldwide. The position of women is a global issue. It is imperative we learn from each other's best practices, regardless of geographical boundaries.
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