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An explosion in the popularity of high school robotics teams suddenly has made it chic to be geek: Robotics team members are getting varsity letters and patches, being paraded before school assemblies like other sports stars, and seeing trophies in the same lobby display cases as their football, basketball, or baseball counterparts.
"It's the new kid on the block," said Dawn Nichols, head of school at Convent of the Visitation Catholic School in Mendota Heights, Minn., which has the only all-girls high school robotics team in Minnesota.
A telling statistic: For the first time, there are more varsity robotics teams than there are boys' varsity hockey teams in the state. There are 156 high school boys' hockey teams and 180 robotics teams, up from 153 last year, according to the Minnesota State High School League.
At Duluth East High School, robotics coach Tim Velner and his Daredevils team thrive on the success they've had the past four seasons. But East's 29 team members also are drawn to the variety of tasks involved in robotics, Velner said.
"You can't play down the competitive aspect," Velner said. "But kids like it because of the diversity. There are a lot of skill sets involved."
The Daredevils are broken into teams. A writer could find a niche on the media and marketing team, Velner said, while a number-cruncher finds a place on the business or accounting team.
"We don't just build robots," he said. "We have the task of promoting science and technology as well."
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Multi-Homing: Connecting to Two ISPsby Vincent Jones
Vincent Jones will be speaking at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in San Diego, CA, July 23-27, 2001.
Many organizations depend upon Internet connectivity to support critical applications. One popular approach for improving Internet connectivity is to connect to more than one Internet service provider (ISP), a technique called multi-homing.
Multi-homing can be very effective for ensuring continuous connectivity -- eliminating the ISP as a single point of failure -- and it can be cost effective as well. However, your multi-homing strategy must be carefully planned to ensure that you actually improve connectivity for your company, not degrade it.
The concept of physical diversity
First, I want to discuss the network components that can affect overall connectivity. Because most network failures are due to problems in the WAN links, it does little good to connect to a second ISP if both ISP links are carried over the same communications circuit. Even if independent circuits are used -- if they are not physically diverse they will still be subject to common failure events such as construction work inside your building or digging in the street outside.
Providing complete physical diversity can be difficult and expensive, but the requirement is not limited to ISP connections. All critical network links for internal communications should also be diversified. Assuming an otherwise well-designed internal network, the easiest way to achieve physical diversity in your ISP connections is to connect from two different locations that are already well-connected to each other. But they must be far enough apart that they don't share any common communications facilities to either ISP.
Redirecting traffic using the Border Gateway Protocol
Once physical connectivity is in place, you need to make it useful. Taking advantage of redundant links requires two conditions to always be present. First, you must be able to detect when a link has failed. Second, you must have a mechanism for redirecting traffic that would normally flow across a failed link to take a different path that is still functional. In a multi-homing environment, both tasks are normally achieved by running Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) between your routers and those of the ISPs.
BGP is often assumed to mean complex configurations on expensive, high-end routers to handle the huge routing tables required to fully describe the Internet. However, depending upon the specific application requirements and the degree of load-balancing you want across all available links, it may be practical to implement multi-homing using the smallest routers you have available that are capable of handling the traffic load.
In other words, implementing multi-homing doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing choice. There are choices you can make along the way based upon the equipment you have available and the level of connectivity you need to provide.
Determining level of connectivity required
At one extreme, when your goal is to simply to provide internal users with access to the Internet, you don't need to run BGP at all. As long as the link layer protocol supports the exchange of keep-alive messages from router to router, link failure will be detected by the link layer protocol. Floating static routes can then reliably direct all outbound traffic to a working ISP link.
Network Address Translation (NAT) is then used to send outbound packets with a source IP address associated by the ISP with that outbound link. Return traffic will automatically come back via the same working link because that link is the only link servicing that address range.
Of course this approach will not work if you are providing services to the outside world, as the addresses associated with the failed link will disappear. Similarly, connections that were established over the link that failed will need to be reconnected. However, for many applications this impact is minor.
For example, a typical web surfer would merely need to hit the "page refresh" button. This approach is also sufficient to provide high-availability virtual private networks (VPN) across the Internet if you use a routing protocol such as OSPF to detect and route around failed IPSec tunnels.
Do you have any additional suggestions that one should consider before setting up multi-homing for an enterprise?
Vincent Jones will be presenting the tutorial, Network Design for High Availability at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in San Diego, CA, July 23-27, 2001. Rub elbows with open source leaders while relaxing on the beautiful Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina waterfront. For more information, visit our conference home page or see our pre-conference coverage.
The other extreme would be when you need to support a common IP address range using both ISPs. Then you need to run BGP. This will normally be the case any time your applications include providing services to Internet users, such as access to a common database. You will need to arrange for both ISPs to accept your BGP advertisements of your IP address prefixes. Then your ISPs need to advertise those address prefixes to the rest of the Internet.
Getting your address prefixes advertised is usually not a problem. You do, however, have to use care in your configuration to ensure that you do not inadvertently advertise any other address prefixes. In particular, you must ensure that you do not advertise yourself as a path between the two ISPs. This could cause your links to be consumed by transit traffic of no interest to you. More challenging is setting up your advertisements so that incoming traffic is reasonably balanced between the ISP links. Achieving that can be difficult at best, and nearly impossible at worse.
Choose the right route for you
The final decision is determining which routes to accept from each ISP. This can range from merely accepting a default route (used to detect if the link is up or down) to accepting all routes (so called "running defaultless"). The former is usually insufficient, because it does not protect you from an ISP which has an internal failure cutting them off from the rest of the Internet. The latter requires using "carrier-class" routers with lots of memory installed (and therefore more expensive). Fortunately, there are some "in-between" choices.
Rather than using a simple default route, you can use a conditional default route to protect against ISP failure behind the ISP's router that serves you. A conditional default route is a default route that is defined by a router only if a specific address is already in that router's routing table. Each ISP is only used for a default route if it is advertising one or more routes that indicate it is receiving advertisements from the rest of the Internet. That way, you will always use a default route which promises to be useful.
Another option is to have the ISP send you just its local routes. That way, you can optimize your outbound routing to avoid sending packets that could be locally delivered to the wrong ISP, adding to delivery delays. Care must be taken when using this option, however, because some ISPs have so many local routes that there is no cost benefit in the size of the routers required to handle them compared to running defaultless.
Options can also be combined. In many cases, taking local routes and a conditional default route will provide all the availability benefits of running defaultless, while still allowing the use of low-cost routers. As is always the case in networking, a good understanding of the requirements and the available capabilities is essential to maximizing cost-effectiveness.

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Greencastle, Ind. - Following a 27-16 win at Wooster, DePauw returns home for the final time in the 2012 season when it hosts Denison. Kickoff from Blackstock Stadium in Greencastle is set for 1 p.m. The game also marks the final collegiate home game for 11 DePauw student-athletes. (pictured left)
The Tigers are 2-6 overall and 1-4 after topping Wooster for the first NCAC win in program history.
Denison is also 2-6 overall, but 2-3 in NCAC play after last week's 45-27 loss to Wittenberg. The Big Red's wins came over Hiram (38-10) and Wooster (30-22) in consecutive September games. Denison has dropped its last four.
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Arsene Wenger has called for focus ahead of Arsenal's final four matches of the Premier League campaign, as he looks to secure a third place finish and automatic qualification for next season's Champions League.
Despite a recent "blip" in last Monday's Emirates Stadium clash against Wigan Athletic, the Gunners hold a five-point advantage over Tottenham and Newcastle in fourth and fifth, but have played a game more than their rivals.
"We had a little blip twice I believe for mental reasons," Wenger told Arsenal Player. "Maybe subconsciously we thought, 'Ok, maybe that would be a little bit easier' and if you do not keep a clean sheet against these teams then you put yourself in trouble.
"You give any team in the world a two-goal advantage and it is difficult. Many times we have come back but not always."
Asked how many points he believes is needed to achieve their goal, Wenger said he has not set his Arsenal players a specific target, and instead would be taking things a game at a time.
This weekend, the north Londoners host Chelsea in Saturday's early kick-off, and will be looking to get back to winning ways against a confident Blues side who arrive off the back of an impressive midweek victory over Barcelona.
"I don't know [how many more wins we need], we just want to win the next one," the Frenchman added. "I believe our target is just that.
"We have to think that we have been on a great run, we have a fantastic opportunity but we also just need to focus on the next game and win it.
"Only the third place guarantees you to be in the Champions League anyway."
After finishing the 2010-11 campaign in fourth spot, Arsenal were faced with a tricky qualifier against Serie A side Udinese at the start of this season, and the club are determined to avoid a repeat this year.
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Cardiff City have ended their pursuit of well-regarded Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama, 22.
This follows the news that a second bid for the former Germinal Beerschot player has been rejected by the Scottish giants.
Earlier this week Noah Wanyama, father of Victor, stated his belief that his son would make a decision on his future in the coming days. That decision may have been made slightly easier in the wake of the news that the newly-promoted side are set to end their chase for the Kenyan midfield powerhouse.
That would leave Wanyama with just two solid options. Southampton have already had a bid accepted by the reigning SPL champions, but the deal stalled after reports that there had been a significant sticking point over agent fees. However, this week the Saints manager, Mauricio Pochettino, denied that the deal was dead.
Should no further progress be made, Wanyama would be left to remain with Celtic until such a time as club, player and agent all receive satisfactory offers.
Hopes are still high on the south coast, with local media reporting that a deal is still possible.
Wanyama, linked up with his Celtic teammates today in Germany for a pre-season training camp as speculation about his future continues to rage.
Whilst no deal has been agreed, it appears ever more apparent that Wanyama is unlikely to remain at Celtic for too much longer.
Manager Neil Lennon confirmed that talks with Southampton were ongoing, but that no resolution had yet been reached.
Celtic continue their training camp with a match against Romanian side CFR Cluj before facing Greuther Furth and FC Union Berlin ahead of their return to competitive action.
Southampton fly out to Catalunya at the end of next week as they prepare for a training camp of their own, featuring matches against local outfits UE Llagostera and Palamos CF.
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Representatives of the nation's leading publishing houses were joined by members of the local literati in the auditorium of Taipei's Red Theater (紅樓劇場) early last week, as Taiwan's largest bookstore chain, Kingstone (金石堂), dished out prizes and celebrated the most influential books of 2004 at its annual book awards ceremony.
Now in its 22nd year, the annual awards ceremony has not only become one of the nation's leading literature-related events, but is also seen by many in the publishing industry as the most significant indicator of the nation's reading habits.
"It was a very diverse year for publishers last year. More books about more topics were sold, which indicates that Taiwan readers have matured. Unlike 20 years ago when reading habits were predictable, they have become more diverse in recent years," said Kingstone's Director Chou Chuan-feng (周傳芳).
Taiwan's readers may have become more open-minded, but once again it was the international bestsellers that outsold works by local authors and, if you choose to believe Kingstone's polls, proved to be the most influential reads of 2004.
"It's not that works by local authors don't sell; they do. But Taiwan's readers are becoming more international in their outlooks. Because of this people in Taiwan not only want to read good books, but at the same time they want to discover more about the world and in so doing get a more global view of things," said Kingstone's Lu Yu-chia (盧郁佳).
Last year Taiwanese read more books than in 2003. And although the bookstore chain closed 10 of its branches, according to Kingstone's Neil Peng (馮光遠), sales increased by 17 percent and the bookstore giant enjoyed total sales upward of NT$36 million.
For the first time in three years best-selling children's author JK Rowling didn't steal the show. The British author was instead beaten to the post by Dan Brown's worldwide hit, The De Vinci Code, which sold over 300,000 copies in Taiwan.
Rowling remained one of the favorites, however. Both the original English-language edition and the translated version of the latest Harry Potter adventure, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, continued to prove hugely popular and clocked sales of nearly 200,000 copies.
The other top-selling international books of 2004 were Margaret Atwood's Negotiating with the Dead, Yann Martel's Life of Pi, Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan's Confronting Reality, Clayton Christensen, Michael Raynor's The Innovators Solution, Ron Clark's The Essential 55 and John B. Miller's QBQ! The Question Behind the Question.
The top Chinese-language books were led by Acer Group Chairman and CEO Stan Shih's (施振榮) guide to better management: Transformation Management for New Acer and the Millennium (宏的世紀變革).
This was followed by Logy Dog's comedic and surreal look at modern life in The Most Famous Bird in Taiwan (羊肉爐不是故意的) and by Zhang Yihe's (章詒和) controversial account of political upheavals in China since the founding of the PRC: The Past Doesn't Disappear Like Smoke
The prizes for the Most Influential Figures in the local publishing world went to author Luo Yi-chun (駱以軍) for his many achievements as one of Taiwan's leading authors of short stories and to Kuo Chung-hsing (郭重興), founder of the Republic publishing house
Along with books, the bookstore also released the results of its best-selling magazines for last year. The gossip magazine Next Magazine (壹週刊) continued to proved hugely popular and scored the top spot in the weekly category.


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5 cloves garlic, smashed
3 fresh bay leaves
2 carrots, peeled and halved
2 ribs celery, halved
1 large onion, peeled and quartered
One 750-ml bottle red wine, such as Burgundy
4 pounds beef chuck, cut into 1-inch chunks
Extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
8 ounces slab bacon, cut into lardons
1 pound cremini or white button mushrooms, quartered
2 carrots, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice
2 ribs celery, cut into 1/4-inch dice
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 large onion, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice
1/4 cup tomato paste
3 to 4 cups beef stock
3 fresh bay leaves
1 bundle fresh thyme
1 pound red bliss potatoes, quartered
1/2 bunch fresh chives, finely chopped, for garnish
Crusty bread, for serving
For the marinade: Combine the garlic, bay leaves, carrots, celery, onions and wine in a large bowl or container. Add the beef; cover and let sit in the refrigerator at least 4 hours or overnight. (This is a really important step: it makes a huge flavor difference.)
For the stew: Remove the beef from the marinade. Strain the veggies and bay leaves from the marinade and discard. Reserve 2 cups of the marinade.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Coat a large, wide pan or Dutch oven with olive oil and bring to medium-high heat. Sprinkle the beef with salt and toss with the flour; do not flour the beef until you're ready to brown it. Add the flour-coated beef to the hot pan, but be sure to not crowd the pan; you will need to work in four batches. Brown the meat well on all sides, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the pan to a baking sheet.
After the first two batches, deglaze the pot with 1/2 cup of the reserved marinade, scraping up any browned bits. Drain the liquid into a small bowl. Add more olive oil to the pan to coat and cook the remaining two batches of meat. Add the meat to the baking sheet. Deglaze the pan with 1/2 cup marinade, scraping up any browned bits.
Add the bacon and cook until it gets brown and crispy, about 5 minutes. Toss in the mushrooms, carrots, celery, garlic and onions, and season with salt. Cook until the mixture starts to soften and becomes very aromatic, about 10 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the remaining 1 cup marinade and deglaze the pan, stirring up any browned bits, 1 minute. Add the beef. Stir to combine and cook until the wine has reduced by half, 1 to 2 minutes. Add enough of the beef stock to just cover the surface of the beef. Toss in the bay leaves and thyme bundle. Cover the pan, bring the liquid to a boil and put in the oven.
Cook the beef for 2 hours. During the last hour of cooking time, add the potatoes. Cover the pan with the lid and put the stew back in the oven to cook for an additional hour.
Remove the pot from the oven and skim off any excess grease from the surface of the stew. Garnish with the chives and serve with crusty bread to sop up all the sauce.


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If you've been out and about looking for the Radio Shack in Soldotna and seen the Cabin Fever Creations signs you may have wondered just who or what is creating cabin fever. Unless you know the Two Tammy's of course, co-owners of the new Cabin Fever Creations, then you know exactly what's going on inside and have become a frequent Cabin Fever creator. Tammy Groshart and Tammy Bunn have known each other for many years and after hearing Tammy's ideas for a new business Tammy said, "Sure! Great! Let's do it, the next day we wrote our resignations and signed the lease for our new enterprise," she said. "We use to have a shop out in Sterling over 20 years ago called Pass Time Creations at my Mom's, Tammy and I brought it back to the community in Soldotna now and all our former customers are very happy about all the new things we have to offer here at Cabin Fever," said Tammy.
"We have native clay that is harvested here in Cooper Landing and we make it here, ourselves. We also have ash-ware. This is ceramics that are made with volcanic ash from Redoubt and Spur volcano eruptions. Our party room is for rent for Birthday parties, wedding and baby showers as well as any other events people may have going on and the real fun feature is that your guests create their own party favors and gifts. We supply everything you need and your party has all the fun with no mess for you to clean up afterwards," said Tammy. If you're not looking to create your own gift or souvenir Cabin Fever Creations features a wide variety of local crafts and gifts made by local artisans and craftsmen, "We have a lot of local artist, Alaskan gifts and Alaskan souvenirs, including jewelry! Come in and get a gift to send to the lower 48, or to take home from your Alaskan vacation. Get something fun and unique, not found anywhere else on the peninsula!" added Tammy. And if you have never created anything Cabin Fever Creations is still the place for you because they will teach you how, "We have crochet classes available every Thursday from 2:00 – 4:00pm and open sewing on Tuesday from 2:00-4:00pm when you can bring your machine and we can help you out if needed and the class is only $10.00," she said.
While the name Cabin Fever may imply the long dark, cold, Alaskan winter times, Tammy says they are very busy with visitors and tourists who want a unique Alaskan souvenir or something they can do while the hubby our spouse is fighting mosquitoes and fishing in the great land of the midnight sun, "We have a nice selection of fish platters, bears, moose and a lot of native Alaskan art for visitors to take home. You can paint a platter to look just the fish you caught and have a memory to keep forever," said Tammy. Here is the latest Cabin Fever Creations class schedule: July 1st early bird special 15% off ceramics from 10am-12pm. July 2nd: Open sewing from 6-9. $10.00 table fee. "Bring your machine and project and we'll help you out!" July 3rd: 20% off dinner and salad plates! July 5th: Family night, up to 5 friends or family for only a $25.00 shop fee. 2-8pm! "Come do something fun with the family!"
July 6th: Kids ceramics class from 10am-11am only $10.00! You can stay current on all the happenings and special discounts at Cabin Fever Creations, across from BeeMun's in Soldotna on the Kenai Spur Hwy by liking them on Facebook at Cabin Fever Creations.


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(WEAU) - The idea of food products in a squeezable bottle is the big winner of this year's Idea Challenge.
The Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corporation awarded the $5,000 grand prize Wednesday to Tracy Lundberg of BFL Food Group. Expressions of Eau Claire is a line of food products delivered in a squeeze bottle.
Lundberg says she and her husband came up with the idea that works well with tailgating. Sauerkraut is the first product. "So we came up with a way to use the sauerkraut and other condiments similar to it the same way you would use ketchup or mustard. It's portable, it's convenient. There's less waste, less mess," Lundberg said Wednesday.
She says they're working on manufacturing the first product and hope to launch it by next summer.
The Idea Challenge is open to anyone who has an idea for a new product or service.


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Tom Piggott -One Half Century of Music and More- The Whole Symphony Tom Piggott has spent one half of a century involved in music in every possible scenario. The journey through this period has been extensive enough to result in a book filled with musical experiences. That book is forthcoming. Starting at the age of 7 music has taken him through a career diverse enough to deem him a master of many musical and technological skills. To grasp the depth of Tom?¢'Ǩ'Ñ¢s experience gained from numerous experiences that have made him one of the world?¢'Ǩ'Ñ¢s most respected and emulated musicians takes a review of music history from the events of being an educator, performer, and keyboard artist for 50 years. The following artists, educators composers and designers were either taught, performed for, performed or ?¢'Ǩ?ì jammed with,?¢'Ǩ¬ù demonstrated to or influenced by Tom as a product specialist and clinician for numerous companies, including ARP, CRUMAR, SYNERGY and more.: Peter Nero, ( concert pianist and conductor ) Stevie Wonder, ( Secret Life of Plants, General Development System ) Nyle Steiner, ( inventor electronic Valve instrument, and Apocalypse Now ) ( Lind McCartney, Vangellis, John Entwhistle, ( The Who )Klaus Schulze ( Tangerine Dram ) T Lavitz, ( Dixie Dreggs ) Wendy Carlos ( Tron, A Clockwork Orange, Digital Moonscapes , Switched on Bach, The Shining ) Dr. Richard Boulanger ( Internationally known composer, Berklee College of Music Professor, former student ) Mike Bergeman ( composer, former student, debuts Carnegie Hall April 14, 2007 ) ) Donald Fagan ( Steely Dan, Nightfly solo album ), Edgar Winter, Tom Coster, Jimmy Page, Roger Powell, Jerry Kovarski ( Korg ), Ed Alstrom and many others. University, institutional concert venues, special educational presentations and accredited courses for graduate teachers, Kansas State University( Manhattan, Composer Hanley Jackson ) University of Ohio, University of Kansas ( Lawrence, ), Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin, Lowell State College, NY state University ( Potsdam,) Symphony Hall ( Boston Massachusetts, guest artist, Arthur Fiedler,) Percy Grainger Museum ( Australia,) Museum of Science and Industry ( Chicago, for U.S. government, astronauts and cosmonauts Apollo Soyuz mission,) Audio Engineering Society ( pioneering synthesizer performance and recording with Roger Powell and Mike Brigida, associate prof. Berklee College of Music ) Audio Recording Technology Institute ( taught certified courses in MIDI and audio recording technology ), Numerous concerts for Music Educator?¢'Ǩ'Ñ¢s National conference and Consumer Electronics Industry shows. Degrees, Certificates, Awards, and Recordings: B.S. Music Education, Lowell State, Lowell MA,, Graduate certifications in Music Education and Music for Special Education Students, Over 1,500 certified clinics and courses in almost every music store in the U.S., Italy and France, winner Chaminade scholarships three years, co-winner Ars Electronica Competition, Linz Austria, Nominated for a regional Emmy by Univ. of Ohio for televised educational show called ?¢'Ǩ?ì SYNTHESIS?¢'Ǩ¬ù, winner Casio international product specialist competition,. In addition to work with the above artists, more than 250 compositions have been written and over three million instructional records, CD?¢'Ǩ'Ñ¢s, videos and DVD?¢'Ǩ'Ñ¢s have been released in support of music and consumer industry products of all technologies. Tom has also sold more than 1 million Casio keyboards on HSN alone, Home Shopping Network ) and it is estimated he has sold 2 million worldwide of mixed brands and models. In 2007, Tom will release dozens of music CD?¢'Ǩ'Ñ¢s, two books now in final draft, and will produce dozens of instructional DVD?¢'Ǩ'Ñ¢s. His ?¢'Ǩ?ì WHEN ONLY LOVE HEALS ?¢'Ǩ?ì album is now being distributed by Goodsphere UK under the album name: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, as found on the Goodsphere web site.
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When we require eight memories, as we have done, the test becomes difficult enough for non-selected school children of 10 years.
1560s, from Latin selectus, past participle of seligere "choose out, single out, select; separate, cull," from se- "apart" (see secret (n.)) + legere "to gather, select" (see lecture (n.)). The noun meaning "a selected person or thing, that which is choice" is recorded from c.1600. New England selectman first recorded 1640s.
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The game featured more bloopers than highlights.
It deserved a laugh track, perhaps of the Benny Hill variety.
And any basketball purist who was paying attention probably turned to stone.
Yes, Wednesday's Boston-Detroit matchup was fit for an audience of one: Medusa.
Even though both teams tried their best to lose it in the final minutes, only one succeeded: the Pistons. Detroit exited TD Garden with a 98-93 loss.
With their win and Philadelphia's loss at Charlotte, the Celtics clinched a playoff berth for the sixth consecutive season — icing on top of a rather rotten performance.
Doc Rivers said he didn't know his team was in for good until two of his assistant coaches grabbed him after and shouted, "Hey, we made the playoffs!"
Paul Pierce didn't seem fazed by the occasion.
"I mean, we knew we were a playoff team before the season started," the forward said after scoring 17 points, "so despite the injuries and everything, right now we just want to focus on continuing to play well going into the playoffs."
Avery Bradley, who scored 11, had a different perspective.
"It feels good," he said. "It's been a long season for us. We've been through a lot. For us to be in the playoffs, that's an honor for us. All I can say is, we'll be prepared."
The biggest step in the Celtics' postseason preparation is, without a doubt, the return of a healthy, rested and ready Kevin Garnett
Garnett missed his seventh consecutive game with inflammation in his left ankle and the Pistons, as other teams have done lately, took advantage, obliterating the Celtics around the rim.
Points in the paint: Detroit 58, Boston 28.
Second-chance points: Detroit 26, Boston 7.
Offensive rebounds: Detroit 25, Boston 4.
(Context: The 25 offensive rebounds by Detroit were the most of any team against the Celtics since Nov. 29, 2004, when Orlando grabbed that many in a Celtics' win.)
"I don't know how many rebounds Kevin is averaging, but we're definitely missing some in that respect," Jason Terry said. "Even the ones he doesn't get, he's boxing his man out, so that frees it up for everyone else. So, you're missing a big piece."
Detroit also shot 22 more shots than the Celtics and eight more free throws.
But the Celtics still won.
"You know, it's funny, defensively, you could make a case that we had an unbelievable defensive night," Rivers said. "They took 22 more shots than you did, and you still outscored them. That means you had to do a lot of good things defensively, and then offensively you have to be efficient. And we were."
Jeff Green had another fantastic game, scoring a game-high 34 on 13-of-19 shooting, recording his third game of 30 or more points this season.
"I think now I'm in a good rhythm and picking and choosing where I can drive, where I can pull up, where I can shoot the three." Green said. "And it's working for me, so I've just got to continue to work at it and help my teammates out."
Green scored 11 straight in the fourth quarter and hit a clutch 3-pointer with 45.3 seconds left.
Boston led by as much as 18, but Detroit used an 11-0 run to end the third quarter.
The Pistons then came to within 3 after Rodney Stuckey made a pair of free throws with 6:43 left in the fourth.
The Celtics responded with a 6-0 run, and Green's put-back dunk with 3:36 left gave the Celtics a 91-83 lead.
Detroit again came within 3 after Jonas Jerebko made a 3-pointer with 2:29 left, but Brandon Knight blew a wide-open fast-break layup on Detroit's next possession.
Green's corner 3-pointer came soon after, putting the Celtics ahead by 5.
After a dunk by Greg Monroe, the Celtics missed a shot and Detroit had a chance to tie it, but Charlie Villanueva missed a 3-pointer with 17.9 seconds left.
Villanueva missed 15 of 17 shots, including all eight from beyond the arc.
"Couldn't buy a basket," Villanueva said. "Seemed like there was a lid on the rim for me."
As for Green, the forward is forming a potent one-two combo with Pierce.
"I don't try to take over games," Green said. "That's why we've got the Truth, that's why we've got Paul. I'm playing off of him. We're looking for each other, we're being aggressive, and if it's in my hands, I'm going to try to make a play. If it's in his hands, he's going to make a play. So, we've just got to play off each other."
Pierce returned to the lineup after missing Monday's game at Minnesota, which he revealed late Wednesday was due to he and his wife welcoming their first son, Prince Paul Pierce, into the world.
Brandon Bass had 17 points and seven rebounds, continuing his recent trend of improved play.
Detroit was led by Monroe's 24 points and 17 rebounds, but the Pistons didn't help their own cause with 17 turnovers and 36.6 percent shooting from the floor.
The Pistons missed 20 of their 24 shots from beyond the arc.
Rivers joked that the ghost of Celtics patriarch Red Auerbach was in the building, helping Detroit miss so many open looks, from Knight's layup to seemingly countless others.
With a playoff berth guaranteed, do the Celtics look at the standings, perhaps to eye their first-round foe?
"Where do you want to look at, New York or Indiana? There's only two," Terry said.
So, the Celtics don't think they could fall to the eighth seed, setting up a first-round date with Miami?
"I don't see it," Terry said. "If somebody else does, that's on them."
The Celtics will make another postseason run, and they fittingly earned that right on a night when everything didn't go as planned, when nothing seemed to come easy – just like their season.


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49ers' Smith handles backup role with class
QB Smith handles backup role with class
This isn't how he envisioned spending Super Bowl week
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Santa Clara, Calif.
Alex Smith ran off the field at Candlestick Park two weeks ago to a standing ovation and cheers from the sellout crowd, not much different from the reception last January when he took the San Francisco 49ers oh so close to a Super Bowl.
Now relegated to a backup role with the NFC champions, Smith's trip to the Big Easy this week leading up to Sunday's Super Bowl against Baltimore is hardly how he envisioned it.
This used to be his team. Now, he plays Joe Flacco in practice.
Smith expected to be under center chasing the franchise's sixth championship, not watching strong-armed second-year pro Colin Kaepernick direct the offense against Ravens star Ray Lewis and Co.
"I think a lot's being made of that. For one, I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a little bittersweet," Smith said. "Yeah, I want to be out there. That's what you work for. Coming into the season, that's what I was thinking about. That was the mindset for me; that was the goal for me. At the same time, it is a team sport and these are all my teammates."
As he has done during each such trying time in an up-and-down career full of them, Smith has handled the change with class and the shared team-first attitude that is a big reason his club made it this far.
And Smith, the No. 1 pick from the 2005 draft out of Utah, left no doubt that he would appreciate and relish the rare opportunity before him.
"Absolutely, yes, very much so," Smith said of enjoying this experience despite the high-profile, midseason demotion.
Smith acknowledged when he lost the job to Kaepernick back in November that he had done nothing wrong but get hurt. Not only had he completed 26 of his previous 28 passes — 18 of 19 for 232 yards and three touchdowns without an interception and a 157.1 passer rating in a Monday Night Football win at Arizona on Oct. 29 — but Smith earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors after that victory.
He then sustained a concussion in the second quarter of a 24-24 tie against St. Louis on Nov. 11. He sat out the next game as Kaepernick dazzled in his debut as an NFL starter, beating the Bears handily at home on Monday Night Football.
After that, coach Jim Harbaugh stuck with the "hot hand," as he regularly put it, while complicating matters by still referring to Smith as a starter.
The eighth-year quarterback is already fielding his fair share of questions about how it feels not being on the field for the biggest moment in a player's career.
"If you can't be happy for them, then something's wrong with you," Smith said of his teammates.
Smith revealed last week that he actually got his shot in college when the starter went down injured. At Utah in 2003, starter Brett Elliott broke his wrist on the last play of the game in the second week of the season. Smith took over, and Elliott wound up transferring to Division III Linfield College.
So how could Smith possibly be angry at Kaepernick?
"It'd be pretty hypocritical to be upset about it," Smith said. "It's the nature of sports. He got an opportunity, stepped up and made the most of it."
Smith made a few things clear: No, his confidence isn't shaken, and, no, he hasn't thought about what's next — where he might end up, or as a starter or a No. 2. When the 49ers faced Arizona to end the season, Smith was asked if he looked at his brief playing time as an audition to be the Cardinals' QB for 2013.
Not with unfinished business this season.
"He's a very classy guy," said Packers QB Aaron Rodgers, in Smith's draft class.
San Francisco lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants 20-17 in overtime of the NFC title game last January.
Smith has said all the right things and quietly left much unsaid. He has stayed behind the scenes and out of the spotlight — rarely seen in the locker room, even — praising Kaepernick's clutch decision-making and cool demeanor all the while.
"Alex has been a class act as far as handling everything that is going on," tight end Vernon Davis said. "He's been through a lot. But he also understands that it's the nature of the business. And this is a business."
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Economist Jay Bryson: 'We're moving in the right direction'
The good news: There is no recession in the immediate forecast.
The bad news: The economy is not booming.
The 2014 news: "We're moving in the right direction," and 2015 could be the year of the boom.
That was the message today from Jay Bryson, managing director and global economist for the Wells Fargo Economics Group, a perennial keynote at the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and Capital Region Economic Development Corp.'s annual economic forecast breakfast.
The U.S. economy is not quite back to 2003 or 2007 levels, but "we're getting there," said Bryson, a Lancaster County native.
He is projecting 2.8 percent economic growth this year and about 3 percent next year. Between 1992 and 2007, the economy averaged about 3 percent growth per year.
In dollar terms, this year's growth could be close to 5 percent, Bryson said.
Consumer spending, which makes up about two-thirds of the economy, is trending up slowly. But deleveraging continues to be evident on consumer balance sheets with no signs of stabilization, Bryson said.
"We don't see signs that people want to lever up," he said, though he cited growth in car loans and student loans. "People still perceive holes in their balance sheets."
That means elevated savings for the foreseeable future. In baseball terms, Bryson said, we're in the seventh-inning stretch.
An estimated 923,400 housing units were started in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Bryson said that number could grow by 15 percent this year and in 2015.
The demographics will support between 1.25 million and 1.5 million new units each year, which is "very achievable," he said.
On job creation, the U.S. has averaged about 190,000 new jobs per month over the last year. That is expected to continue, Bryson said.
If that number were to jump to 250,000 or 300,000 per month, consumer confidence would jump significantly.
The federal budget deficit and external factors, such as a war in the Middle East, which would raise oil prices, are concerns that could affect markets and hurt the 2.8 percent forecast.
Bryson said there is almost no chance foreign investors will dump U.S. Treasury securities.
"There is no alternative," he said. "U.S. Treasury securities are the cleanest dirty shirt."
And he doesn't expect any immediate market impacts from European countries in major debt, such as Spain and Italy. But that is not fixed, so the potential is there, he said.
Outstanding student loan debt, which is about $1 trillion, is not big enough to "bring the economy to its knees," he added. By comparison, there was about $14 trillion in outstanding mortgages in 2006, he said.
In Central Pennsylvania, we can expect a comparable rate of economic growth this year, Bryson said.


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I was driving the other day for my work and was going thru a construction zone. There was alot of traffic and alot of people merging and it was a stand still. I decided to be nice and let one person in.
The one person happended to be a Denver Donk fan.


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James writes, "As we near the end of the current console generation I have been taking a lot of time to reflect on everything that we got to experience and about all the changes this time has brought us."
I wouldn't say it defined this generation. Not one single franchise no. There are other games too.
A Franchise that defined a generation? lolwut no one gives a fuck about ME anymore, it wasnt even in the top 5 games of last year and it is far from 'defining' this gen.
If I was to pick a game/series that defined this gen I would say Uncharted 2 for example, because it brought so many new things to the table and influenced so many other games, that it can truly be called gen-defining. But ME? It's not even an RPG anymore, it's a TPS with some lousy moral choices. Pretty much like a complex inFAMOUS. And I love ME, but I don't think it changed the industry at all.


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Game results published Nov. 27, 2012 in The Mexico Ledger
BASKETBALL: Mexico High School Lady Bulldogs opened their basketball season Monday with a win against the New Haven Shamrocks 29-22 in the Montgomery County R-2 Tournament.
"It looked like a first game shooting-wise with both teams playing very solid defense," stated MHS coach Ed Costley. New Haven coming off a final four finish last year, did a great job of slowing the game down on the offensive side keeping the Lady Bulldogs from an uptempo game. Costly said he was impressed with his team's defense. "We held New Haven scoreless the last five minutes of the ball game," he added. Anne Baker, 4 rebounds, and Danielle Baumgartner, 5 rebounds, led the way on the defensive boards.
The Lady Bulldogs will have to improve from three-point range, not making a three-point basket from 11 attempts Monday. "We definitely will need a better three-point night tomorrow (Wednesday) against Hermann to help open the floor for our offense," said the MHS coach.
Mexico shot 24 percent from the floor while New Haven shot 30 percent.
Leading scorers for Mexico were seniors Brooke Costley and Anne Baker with 8 points each. Junior Remington Greenwell contributed 7 points, while junior Kelli Ingrum scored 4 and sophomore Alison Mudd scored 2 points. Costley also led in assists with three, as well as six steals.
The Bulldogs return to tournament play at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday against Hermann.
The seventh grade Mexico Bulldogs opened up their season in winning fashion, overcoming a first quarter deficit to beat the Kirksville Tigers 35-27.
After being down 10-7 after the first quarter, the Bulldogs were tied 14-14 at the half and led 23-18 after three quarters.
Leading the way were Avion Williams with 11 points and Michael White with 10. Also contributing were Cameron Holman with 4 points, Ty DeBurns, Cameron Baumgartner, Marcus Higbee, Malik Sheets and J'Marquay McGrueder, all with 2 points each.
"We came out slow, but our defense really stepped up in the third and fourth quarters to put the game away," Coach Aaron Schafer said.
The Bulldogs' next game will be Thursday in Warrenton at 6:30 p.m.
St. Brendan Irish basketball team earned its first win of the season Monday night against Mary Immaculate of Kirksville to start the St. Pius X Basketball Tournament in Moberly.
"Jeffrey Burgus and Andrew Whitworth had a great game in the paint," stated coach Chris Abbott.
The Irish scored many points from fast breaks and off of their press. Brice Abbott and Brennan MacIntosh disrupted Mary Immaculate's guards forcing many turnovers. Cooper Manns, Parker Koontz, and Mathew Shipman controlled the boards for the Irish. "We have been getting better and better as the season continues," stated the coach.
Burgus scored 22 points with 11 rebounds; Whitworth scored 15 with 7 rebounds, Abbott scored 6 with 5 rebounds; Manns scored 4 points with 6 rebounds and Shipman had 2 points with 2 rebounds. Koontz had 2 rebounds.
The Irish (1-6) play at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Moberly against the winner of St. Pius X and St. Joseph (Martinsburg) game.
MEXICO FRESHMEN TOURNAMENT: North Callaway freshmen basketball boys lost in the first round of the Mexico freshmen tournament Monday night 56-12 to the top seeded team West Junior from Columbia. The score at halftime was 40-10.
Manzell Payne scored half of North Callaway's points with 6.
The Thunderbirds are back in action in the tournament Wednesday at 6 p.m. and will play Helias.
Other scores Monday night included: Oakland 51, Hannibal 33; Helias 57, Moberly 22; and Fulton 57, Mexico 53.
MEXICO 8TH GRADE GIRLS: Mexico Middle School Lady Bulldogs played Boonville in pool play Monday in the Centralia Tournament, losing to the Lady Pirates 32-17.
Kronesha Belcher scored 4 points with 10 rebounds, Makenzie Ress had 4P/3R, Sydny Hull had 4P/2S/3R, Amber Shaw and Taylor Brown each had 2 points, and Anna Proctor scored 1P.
"We had a couple of spurts where we let Boonville's press get to us but overall I thought that we made some improvements especially on defense from our season opening loss at Kirksville," said coach Cindy Allison.
Boonville led in all quarters.
The next game for Mexico will be tonight against West Junior in pool play of the Centralia Tournament.
VAN-FAR: The Van-Far Lady Indians lost 51-18 to Mark Twain last Tuesday.
"The score was not good but I saw good things as a coach," stated Van-Far coach Sarah Asbury. "First, the girls played with heart which is something we have been working on," stated the coach. She added the girls stayed focused and positive as a team.
"There were a lot of reasons in which we lost our first game however, our nerves got the best of us especially in the first half which I attribute to having such a young team."
For Van-Far Ciara Craven reached double figures with 11 points; Brenna Strange scored 4, Renee Nelson, 2, and Brooke Johnson, 1.
NE ALL-DISTRICT FOOTBALL: Several Ledgerland football players have been named to the Northeast All-District team.
Class 3-4
MEXICO: Tyler Bracht, sophomore, first team receiver/tight end.
Class 2
VAN-FAR/COMMUNITY R-6: Brian Kurz, second team offensive lineman; and Ethan Gooch, senior, first team defensive back.
Class 1
PARIS: Slater Stone, junior, second team receiver; and Steven Hayhurst, senior, second team all purpose player.


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This married mother of two has always had an appreciation for performing and making people laugh, but didn't discover her true calling until July of 2006. Since then, she's worked with Jimmy Fallon, Norm Macdonald, Jeffrey Ross, DL Hughley and other great comedians at Stand Up Live, the Improvs, The Comedy Store and other respected venues around the country. Jill has also done numerous charity events and was personally asked to emcee a fundraiser by world-renowned musician Nils Lofgren, who also performed at the event. On the last Wednesday of every month, Jill books and hosts the "Comedy Gold Showcase" at Stand-Up Live, which culls together the best and brightest from the Valley's booming comedy scene. And every Tuesday night you can catch Jill hosting her own comedy show at Dos Gringos, a sports bar in Tempe, AZ, where the comedy is mediocre and the food is Mexican. Plus, you can now hear Jill on the radio as the brains and voice behind the weekly segment "What A Mouth" on the "Lu Valentino Show." Tune in to www.i100rocks.com (http://www.i100rocks.com) every Friday at 6:20pm PST to hear Jill's opinions on current events happening in entertainment, sports and politics. If it's annoying her, she wants you to know about it. For clips and other dates visit: http://www.jillbryancomedy.com/
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The Predators scored early in the 1st quarter when quarterback Keldric Stokes completed a 49-yard pass to Julio Vargas, setting up the Steve Heuer Jr. 3-yard touchdown rush.
The crush came back to respond in the 2nd quarter with a Jesse Herrick 3-yard touchdown dive to the endzone, tying the game at 7.
The Predators then posted a field goal to retake the lead and then nearing the half, Stokes lofted a 19-yard bomb to Corrice Burns for Chippewa Valley's second touchdown of the game, taking a 17-7 lead at halftime.
In the final seconds of the game, the Crush trailed 24-17 with the ball in the red zone. On a Randy Langworthy pass to the endzone, the pass was broken up by Chippewa Valley, sealing the win for the Predators.


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By Teresa Rivas
This morning in the tech world:
Both Samsung Electronics (005930KS) and Sony (SNE) are readying new smartphones and other devices ahead of the expected launches of the new iPhone and iPad from Apple (AAPL) next month: Bloomberg has more details.
This comes after reports Friday that Samsung was looking to debut its watch-like smartphone, the Galaxy Gear, next month.
BlackBerry (BBRY) is down more than 3% as Jefferies analyst Peter Misek lowered his price target by $3 to $18, citing additional build cuts: He notes that the two million-plus builds were cut to one million last month and have been cut at least another 10%, according to his checks.
"We believe the build plan cut indicates sell-through is tracking well below St's $3.1B revenue estimate," he writes. "Our Canada store checks indicate the Q5 launch is off to a slow start and Q10 prices have started to get cut. We trim our handset shipment est from 5.5M to 5.0M (BB10 from 2.5M to 2.0M) and our rev est from $2.6B to $2.3B as high-end handset demand is weak."
Still, he maintained a Buy rating on the stock, as he sees the market continuing to look for potential suitors or leveraged buyout options.
Intel (INTC) is up 0.6% on an upgrade to Neutral at Piper Jaffray. Analyst Auguste Richard and team write that "The chip industry is now solidly in the post-PC era, but PCs are not going away anytime soon. We expect a modest corporate refresh cycle driven by the end of support for Windows XP in April 2014 coupled with the release of Windows 8.1" in the fourth quarter of this year.
The analysts also applauded Intel's Bay Trail, writing that the company "now has a low-end processor for tablets with good enough performance for consumers."
This comes after R.W. Baird semiconductor analyst Tristan Gerra last week cut both Intel and Micron Technology (MU) to Neutral from Outperform, citing numerous issues the companies face, including declines in PC order rates.
Also from the world of sell-side analysts, Evercore Partners analyst Ken Sena boosted his target price on Facebook (FB) by $11 to $45, writing that the move comes as "Improvements in ad targeting, attractive ad pricing, and stable-to-growing user engagement, lead us to see room for meaningfully higher revenue per user." Sena reiterated an Overweight rating on the company. The stock is up 0.5%.
On Friday, Topeka Capital Markets' Victor Anthony reiterated a Buy rating and raised his price target to $47 from $40.
Shares of Zillow (Z) are down a recent 4% on news that it will buy StreetEasy in a $50 million cash deal.
The purchase gives Zillow, the largest real-estate website, access to StreetEasy's 1.2 million New York area residential real estate consumers. In addition to listings, StreetEasy provides information about condos, co-ops, new developments and luxury real estate, according to the release.
The companies said they expect the deal to close in the coming weeks.
Separately, Zillow announced an offering of 2.5 million class A shares, while another 2.52 million shares will be sold by existing shareholders; the funds will be used for general corporate purposes the company said.
Zillow also announced a 2.5 million offering of class A common stock and said that an additional 2.52 million of shares will be sold by existing shareholders. Zillow intends to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes and may use some to invest in its business, according to a separate statement.


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In 1978, part-time Captivan Boots Freeman had an idea.
She envisioned a health and fitness getaway that afforded women the opportunity to escape - if only for a week- from the pressing, high-stress demands of careers and family life to take care of themselves and to simply be girls again.
Freeman, who also resides in Solon, Ohio, decided to pursue this dream and she reserved some cabins at the Hiram House Camp in Moreland Hills, Ohio and put together a staff of trained instructors to teach water fitness, yoga and the latest exercise craze, aerobic dancing.
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Photo 1: Participants of the annual Women's Wellness Week at 'Tween Waters Inn take in the sunset.
Photo 2: Women's Wellness Week participants take a power walk by the Old Captiva House.
Photo 3: Loretta Nemeth and Donna Hirsch pause for a photograph during a past wellness event.
Fifty women signed up that first year.
"It was a life-changing week for the women. There was nothing quite like this affordable spa in the 1970's," Freeman said.
For the next three years, Freeman's health camp was hugely popular among women in Cleveland, Ohio, as they saw it as an opportunity for an inexpensive get-away close to home.
But Freeman's dream didn't stop there.
While walking the beaches of Captiva, she was newly inspired to transport her annual camp to the as yet underdeveloped stretch of paradise.
She gave the event a new name - The Captiva Fitness Caper - and headquartered the week-long fitness retreat at 'Tween Waters Inn.
The Captiva Fitness Caper blossomed under Freeman's direction, offering 35 sessions over the course of a 25-year period -and Clevelanders were glad to spread the word about this truly unique experience.
Participants of all ages, backgrounds, experience and abilities joined the fun, including celebrities like Gloria Steinem.
It was as though the Caper had provided the women with, not only an opportunity for health and wellness, but a chance to bond as sisters.
"The sense of love, caring and healing power I received from the other women was awesome as I was going through cancer treatments," said Bunny Ginis of Naples, a participant for 20 years.
As the years came and went, so too did various exercise and diet trends.
Freeman recalled that the campers in the 1980's were strictly concerned with losing weight, so jazzercise became a Caper staple and daily food intake - although each meal was healthfully prepared - was restricted to 900 calories.
"When each lady arrived, we'd weigh her and measure the hips and waist. At the end of the program, we'd give prizes to those who lost the most weight and inches," Freeman said.
Since then, attitudes have changed toward healthy living and modern participants are more knowledgeable about proper health and fitness.
Now there's a new generation discovering the benefits of this "girls only" fitness camp.
"I had never been anywhere two times before, but I vowed to myself that I would return after my first visit," said Ginis - and she did, bringing her daughter and daughter-in-law along to celebrate their fortieth birthdays.
Freeman says running the camp for 26 years was definitely "a labor of love," but in 2004, she turned her director's position over to her key staff leader and long-time yoga, Dympna Ferrante of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
According to Ferrante, who owns a successful yoga practice in Cleveland, assuming control of well-established annual event was a massive undertaking, but with Freeman has remained on board to act as Ferrante's mentor.
The program's new name, Women's Wellness Week, reflects Ferrante's philosophy that "wellness is not only for the body, but also for the mind, emotional heart, and spirit."
While mixing strength, flexibility and cardiovascular conditioning, Ferrante and her staff provide a well-rounded program that includes PIlates, muscle toning, aerobics, yoga and Tai Chi.
In addition to exercise, Ferrante has also paid close attention to another essential factor in weight loss: diet.
"We are much more aware of the importance of eating high quality foods that are not processed and free of chemicals, hormones, preservatives and artificial ingredients which accelerate the aging process and create disease," she said.
Ferrante also says that keeping participants up to date on the latest information regarding health and wellness is a critical part of the program, so at this year's event, Dr. Tanya Edwards, director of Integrative Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, will present two evening programs.
"The fitness classes, expert speakers, wonderful food and beautiful surroundings are put in place for our benefit," said 15-year camp veteran Ann Marie Zaller of Beachwood, Ohio, noting that she appreciates the care with which the program is designed for participants of all ages and physical abilities.
Zaller, like many other participants, is also passing on the joys of Wellness Week to her daughters.
Katy Zaller Murphy, a busy mom of twin 13-year-old girls in Bainbridge, Ohio, said, "It's so important to find a way to do something for ourselves. I spend so much time taking care of others all year; this is my week to take care of me."
Though the program has gone by a few different names over the years, the mission is and will always be the same: to educate and emphasize to women the benefits of health, fitness, rejuvenation, relaxation and, perhaps above all else, friendship.
The Women's Wellness Week will return to the shores of Captiva in November.
For more information about Women's Wellness Week, contact director Dympna Ferrante 440-543-6684 or visit www.womenswellnessweekcaptiva.com.


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Submission + - Porn collection put people off upgrading Firefox (pcpro.co.uk)
Barence writes: "Mozilla's Security team has disclosed a very interesting piece of research which suggests people refused to upgrade to Firefox 3 because they were afraid the browser would expose their porn collection. Mozilla's research found that the number one reason for not upgrading was the new location bar, and the fact that it delved into people's bookmark collections to suggest sites as they typed. "When we expanded the capabilities of the location bar to search against all history and bookmarks in Firefox 3, a lot of people contacted us to say that they had certain bookmarks they didn't really want to have displayed," Firefox's principal designer, Alex Faaborg, tactfully explains. "In some cases users had intentionally hidden these bookmarks in deep hierarchies of folders, somewhat similar to how one might hide a physical object.""


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I was stuck in a showdown between Glennon and Manuel...I have elevated Glennon to my top draft qb right now.
I have watched enough highlights/tape on him to understand he is being highly underrated.Yes he throws off his back-foot a ton and yes his footwork is utterly atrocious.But take my word,he makes some of the best throws I have seen other than Eli Manning.I saw him squeeze a ball between 2 defenders that was the hardest throw I have seen of any college qb.He throws a good back shoulder throw...crossing route, and vertical scheme route.He throws a good lob pass that rescues him out a ton,but that's how he also brings up his int numbers.Main issue,is his wrs at North Carolina st were a pile of trash.Perfect case of a qb dropping but may be the jewl of the draft.
I was stuck in a showdown between Glennon and Manuel...I have elevated Glennon to my top draft qb right now.
I think what seperates Glennon from the other qbs here is the ability to to create the ball landing between 2 defenders and being complete for a pass.That only a remote few can do as a qb and I have seen him do it plenty of highlight tapes.
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He is the guy I am shocked no one is talking about. Was listening to 3 scouts on the radio the other day. All of them said he was one of 2 guys with an elite up side and was actually one of the more accurate guys in workouts. All then said he'd be a 2 or 3rd rounder behind Nassib, Geno, Barkley, and Manuel. Apparently because Buff likes Nassib and Philly likes Manuel they are ranked higher. To me those are the real smoke screen for teams that like Glennon and Barkley but dont want to take them in the 1st.
I'm probably the biggest Glennon supporter on this forum...
And agree, he makes extremely rare/hard throws that no one else in college is even attempting. He's a diamond in the rough.
I've said he's like a Flacco and Eli and stand by those comments.
Arizona is said to be very interested in Glennon in Rd. 2, so if the Jets want him, they probably will not be able to wait...
I'd love it if we drafted Glennon. From what I've seen, he has a good arm, is pretty accurate (a lot of his incompletions were bad drops by his receivers), and he's fearless. He never panics under pressure, and makes nice throws with defenders in his face.
Glennon and Manuel are the only qb prospects I'd even consider touching in this draft. The rest can suck this dick.
I'll take glennon....in the 3rd or 4th round. Stop with the high 2nd rounders on all of these faulty players. Glennon is nothing like Eli manning at all. He's a less mobile, worse decision making flacco with an arm not quite as good.
Eli has good footwork and is very patient and elusive in the pocket. Glennons weakness is that he gets easily rattled and rushes throws when there is pressure... The opposite of Eli. You're basically saying that they are both goofy looking, yea thats why we should draft him.
If he has the first 3 years like Eli our fan base will run him out of town
I would say in terms of just dropping back and being a pure passer, Glennon's one of the top if not the top guy in the draft. Super accurate when he's on fire, like to the inch.
I'd say Glennon reminds me of Jay Cutler when he was coming out of Vanderbilt. Big arm, with bad footwork, which was largely a result of the poor talent that he had around him. He doesn't have quite as strong of an arm as Cutler, but he also doesn't have the bad attitude.


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Inside F.E.A.R. 2's Engine and AI 34
Gamasutra sat down with software engineers from Monolith Productions to discuss the technology behind F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, due out in February. They provide insight into the development of the game's engine, and they discuss the goals and procedures behind creating entertaining AI. Quoting: "For instance, let's say that the AI wanted to kill the enemy. That would mean that there are a whole bunch of actions that satisfy the requirement for there being a dead enemy; let's say, 'Attack with ranged weapon,' right? ... Where the power comes from is the fact that those actions themselves can have conditions that they need to have met. So, 'attack with ranged weapon' may have conditions that say, 'I have to have a weapon, and I have to have it loaded. Go find me more actions that satisfy those requirements.' ... at that point, he may find another action, which is 'go to this weapon,' and then he may find another action which is 'reload your weapon.' So, that whole chain that I just described to you, of him doing three things in a row — which is going to pick up a weapon, loading a weapon, and then going to attack the player — that was not a directed thing that the level designer, nor that the AI engineer had to program; it was just the fact that we have these aggregate actions that the planner can pick from at will.


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Patriots RE Chandler Jones (ankle) has been ruled out for Week 13 against the Dolphins.
Speaking after Thursday's OTA session, Joe Flacco talked up new WR Michael Crabtree, saying, "(He's) the guy."
The New Orleans Advocate believes second-year UDFA Taysom Hill could be a legitimate contender for the Saints' No. 2 quarterback job.
NFL.com's Tom Pelissero reports the Steelers have "no expectation" that Le'Veon Bell will report before he did last season, which was Sept. 1.
Packers signed TE Marcedes Lewis, formerly of the Jaguars.
Yahoo Sports reports that, using a "Washington consulting firm," the NFL polled fans last summer on whether free agent Colin Kaepernick should be signed.
The Seahawks expect FS Earl Thomas to report for mandatory minicamp.
Reuben Foster reported to 49ers OTAs on Thursday.
Contradicting his public statement, Terrance Williams told police that Kendall Wright, whom Williams played with at Baylor, was the driver for his weekend car accident, and that Williams was not in the car.
Bucs signed No. 12 overall pick DT Vita Vea to a four-year contract.
Saints coach Sean Payton confirmed Mark Ingram is expected to report for mandatory minicamp.
Speaking Thursday, Saints coach Sean Payton said Cameron Meredith (knee) is "way ahead of schedule" in his recovery.


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It was easy to get caught up in Decision 2012.
The drawn-out saga over where Ma'a Nonu will be playing next season gripped the nation. Speculation on where Nonu's head was at in his decision-making went from weekly, to daily, to hourly.
The strangest part of it all was there shouldn't have been a decision to make.
Nonu had a year left to run on his contract with the Blues; one would have thought, therefore, that the dreadlocked one would remain in Auckland. It should have been that simple, but despite signing a contract with the NZRU committing himself to play for the Blues if he stayed in New Zealand next year, Nonu managed to wriggle out of the agreement.
It begs the question: What is the point of multi-year deals if you can simply decide to end them when you get a more appealing offer?
Nonu would have had more difficulty trying to get out of a Vodafone contract than he did an employment agreement with the NZRU.
In allowing Nonu to tear up his contract and redraw another one, the NZRU have not only left the Blues in serious trouble for next year, they've also set a significant precedent that could compromise future negotiations with players.
But one would like to think most players have a more accurate moral GPS than Nonu.
Professionalism has changed the principles of loyalty in sport. We've come to accept players will switch clubs for the sake of their families, furthering career options and we can even kind of accept when they do it for the bucks. But there is still a code about how you go about it.
There was not the same outpouring of disdain that Nonu is experiencing when Tony Woodcock announced he was marching off to the Highlanders next season.
After a decade at the Blues, he had become too comfortable and needed to reinvigorate himself with a new challenge. The fans understood, the media understood and even John Kirwan, understanding bloke that he is, gave the prop some props for making the call.
Decision 2012 is a little harder to digest. In the increasingly commercial world of sport, we - by that I mean the fans, the consumers of sport - need to believe in the ideal of a handshake agreement.
Kirwan came away from a meeting with the midfielder three weeks ago believing he had a verbal commitment from Nonu that he would stay at the Blues. It appears somewhere in between Argentina and home, Nonu decided to renege on that agreement.
In the meantime, Kirwan had made decisions on his squad based on the thinking that he had Nonu's services next season.
Even Nonu has difficulty explaining his decision, offering little more than the standard line about it being the best call for his family (incidentally, I've yet to meet a family whose ideal scenario would be to move from Wellington to Japan to Auckland to Dunedin in the space of 12 months, but each to their own).
Nonu, a veteran of 72 tests, had the chance to play a leading role in the Blues' backline and mentor some of the younger players. His move south can be taken as an indication that he is much happier to play the role of follower than leader.
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Nathan Goold was born in Portland in 1846. He is best known for his extensive writing on the history of Portland and the surrounding area, and for his genealogies of local families. His early career was as a machinist at the Portland Company and as a clothing and fabric salesman.
Goold was best known as the librarian at Maine Historical Society. He was also an active member of many local civic and historic groups such as the Portland Fraternity Club, the Maine Genealogical Society, and the Maine Sons of the American Revolution. When Goold died in 1914, his funeral was held at the Maine Historical Society Library, with his casket placed near his desk.
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OCLC policy statement on RDA Cataloging in WorldCat for the U.S. testing period and beyond
With the installation of capabilities as described in Technical Bulletin 258, OCLC has now implemented most of the MARC 21 format changes for initial support of RDA: Resource Description & Access. OCLC has also implemented links to the RDA toolkit for toolkit subscribers in the Connexion Browser and in Connexion Client 2.3. In the U.S., the Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, and the National Library of Medicine coordinated a test that involved those institutions and a group of additional institutions selected from the broader U.S. library community. More information about the testing process can be found on the Library of Congress web site.
The timeline for the testing included a 90-day period in which testing participants familiarized themselves with the content of RDA and the RDA Toolkit, a 2nd 90-day period in which the testing participants produced records, and a 3rd 90-day period in which the Steering Committee for the testing evaluated the results and produced its report. That report has now been shared with the wider library community. Widespread adoption of RDA within the U.S. is not expected now until January 2013 or later. OCLC is committed to supporting OCLC members who wish to implement RDA in their libraries but will not require that all libraries adopt RDA.
Many of the institutions that participated in the testing are OCLC member libraries and have added RDA-based records to WorldCat, either online through Connexion or through batchloading. OCLC cataloging members who are not testing participants also have tried RDA cataloging. Some RDA test participants, including the Library of Congress plan to continue cataloging using RDA with some or all of their cataloging production until the implementation date. OCLC urges that cataloging staff members take time to become familiar with the content and use of RDA before beginning the creation of RDA records. Library of Congress staff have made available a variety of training materials that will help in the familiarization process.
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Harvey County Commissioners voted to increase fees for out-of-county customers at the Harvey County driver's license office. The increase is in response to a higher rate of non-Harvey County residents utilizing the service.
Starting today, out-of-county customers will pay a $20 fee, increased from the previous $8. In-county customers still will pay a $3 fee.
Even with the higher fee, Commissioner Randy Hague thinks out-out-county residents still will take advantage of the convenience of the Harvey County driver's license office.
"I don't think the people will have a problem with paying it," he said.
County Treasurer Becky Fields reported there are regularly crowds of people at the Harvey County driver's license office. There is an especially large influx from Sedgwick County, where people are experiencing wait times of six to eight hours at the driver's license office. Surrounding counties have now begun to pick up some of those customers.
"All the counties around Sedgwick County are getting inundated," Hague said.
Fields said the influx of out-of-county customers has put more of a strain on her department, especially at times when they are shorthanded. She reported other counties plan to go to the $20 out-of-county fee as well.
Other business
Commissioners also heard an update from Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton about the Senior Patrol program, which officially ends Friday.
Walton had previously recommended ending the program due to the need for budget cuts. The Senior Patrol program costs an estimated $12,000 to operate and includes about 25 volunteers who perform services for the community, such as checking on people's homes while they're on vacation.
Walton said the program also presents some liability issues and safety concerns. Senior Patrol volunteers could be in danger if they come across a daytime burglary, particularly if that crime involves drugs.
Walton thinks law enforcement agencies in other areas also will be shutting down Senior Patrol programs.
"I believe all of Senior Patrol will probably be eliminated in the next two years," he said.


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Couldn't do much better than Sunday, even if you didn't win two low-scoring playoff softball games to start the morning.
We raised more than $17,000 in the Newberg Report Night raffle and auction, all of which will go to the Hello Win Column & Diamond Dreams foundations. It's over $2,000 more than we've ever raised at one of our events.
We sang Happy 14th Birthday to Desiree Smith.
There was Don Welke and Will Carroll and the "second tier."
Jon Daniels and Thad Levine and Coach and Tim Purpura and Josh Boyd and Kip Fagg and Mike Daly and Matt Vinnola, and standing ovations, and the wardrobe challenge, and who knows what A.J. Preller was busy doing that kept him from joining us, too?
Or why JD and his posse had to leave an hour before gametime rather than the usual 30 minutes – a disappointment on one hand but an adrenaline boost on the other?
Angels lose, with Zack Greinke on the mound and Mike Trout sidelined.
A's lose.
Rangers win.
Packed house, Scott Feldman, 88 pitches in eight innings, no walks, no runs, 2-0, you gotta be kidding me.
Others will recap the pregame events, and when they do I'll pass links along. It was an amazing afternoon.
And if I weren't so tired this morning, I'd put together a COFFEY report to send out, because there's some very interesting stuff brewing out there. Instead, I'll try to send something out over lunch.
But maybe by then, there will be news to share that will trump any rumor stack.
And if not?
We're barreling down toward two things:
It would be a lot to ask for today and tomorrow and Wednesday and Thursday to be as badass as Sunday was, but I'm going to assume it's OK if I just think of yesterday as a really strong start to what could be a really cool week.
More, hopefully, this afternoon.


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Teamlist Tuesday is here with #NRL Teamlists and officials for Round 12 confirmed.
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The Maroons hierarchy will assess some of its brightest prospects when the Queensland (QAS) Emerging Origin Squad assembles in Brisbane next month.
The 14-man squad, which includes Dally M Player of the Year Ben Barba, will work with QAS rugby league director Wayne Bennett and current XXXX Maroons coach Mal Meninga from January 25-27.
The camp will feature five newcomers to the QAS Emerging Origin program, a key component of the Maroons' recent Origin success.
The fresh faces are Edrick Lee (Canberra Raiders), Michael Morgan (NQ Cowboys), Ben Ridge (Gold Coast Titans), Aidan Guerra (Sydney Roosters) and Josh Papalli (Canberra Raiders).
They will train alongside Bulldogs star Barba, who returns for another QAS camp in 2013 along with Justin O'Neill (Melbourne Storm), Dale Copley (Brisbane Broncos), Daly Cherry-Evans (Manly Sea Eagles), Andrew McCullough, Martin Kennedy (Sydney Roosters), Josh McGuire (Brisbane Broncos), William Zillman (Gold Coast Titans) and Chris McQueen (South Sydney Rabbitohs).
Next year will also see the introduction of a Junior Emerging Origin squad, which brings together Queensland's best young players who will be vying for spots in Queensland's Under 20 Origin team to play New South Wales.
The development squad includes six players who are not eligible for selection in the annual game due to their age.
Several of these players took part in last season's Under 20s match and selectors have opted to involve them in the January 17-20 QAS camp to further bolster their representative experience.
Queensland Rugby League (QRL) chief executive officer Robert Moore said the QAS program had been a vital cog in the pathway for elite players for many years.


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We haven't had one like this in a LONG time AND it landed on a weekend so I could go out and play! I think the mountains got 8 or 12 inches last night. There were spots that were quite deep. Great fun, though. I'm curious how much the Chiricahua Mountains got since they're higher than the Huachucas which is where I was. Depending on when church finishes, I might go out there tomorrow afternoon...we'll see..
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Snow? In southern Arizona?
Started by subynut , Jan 23 2010 10:01 PM
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Posted 23 December 2010 - 12:12 AM
...and up here in N. AZ (Prescott) not a single flake yet. Wierd. Looks like fun!
Posted 23 December 2010 - 09:33 AM
Don't worry Brad.. this thread was from 11 months ago.. your snow will come.
Posted 23 December 2010 - 11:28 AM
Didn't notice that.
Posted 25 December 2010 - 07:21 PM
I was wondering when it would hit them that this thread is a few months old.
Unfortunatly, we also have not even seen a single flake this winter. Probably won't see it till later next year anyway. Supposedly, we are going to get some next week, will see. If so, I have a Suby wagon and a camera ready for it.
Unfortunatly, we also have not even seen a single flake this winter. Probably won't see it till later next year anyway. Supposedly, we are going to get some next week, will see. If so, I have a Suby wagon and a camera ready for it.
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Meet the JD Class of 2016
The Law School welcomed the 251 members of the JD Class of 2016 last week, whose wide range of talents, experiences, and accomplishments reflects the diversity-embracing culture of the Penn Law community.
The Law School's 1Ls traveled to campus from 35 states, the District of Columbia and countries across the globe, including Bulgaria, Canada, China, South Korea, New Zealand, and the U.K.
"Our entering students come from a wide range of academic, professional, and ideological backgrounds. They are not only academically gifted, but also professionally accomplished, intellectually curious, and diverse by every measure," said Renee C. Post, Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid.
At a time when law school applications nationally have declined across the board, the members of the Class of 2016 enter Penn with record-high GPAs and LSAT scores in the 98th percentile, Post added. They were admitted from more than 5,300 applicants, with an acceptance rate of 17 percent.
Thirty percent of the new students identify as people of color, and 46 percent are women. They range in age from 20 to 33, with the average age being 24. Several are first-generation Americans, and some are first-generation college students and the first members of their family to attend law school.
Measured by what they have already accomplished, this next generation of lawyers are global citizens, committed as well to improving their local communities.
They include the co-founder of an international organization for women's rights, a member of a national taskforce on U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the mentor of a team of undergraduate engineers working on a food security project in Ghana, and the leader of community-based anti-bullying programs for school-aged children.
A significant number of the entering students are teachers, having taught pre-K, elementary, middle, and high school, as well as at the university level. Some have taught internationally, including the recipients of several Fulbright scholarships. The class includes several paralegals and legal assistants, the founder of an educational software company, and a consultant to a solar energy company - as well as a recent NHL hockey player, a trapeze artist, and an ordained Rabbi.
Among the many items on the students' resumes is work at federal agencies (U.S. Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Financial Bureau), advocacy organizations like the ACLU, and large corporations such as media giant CBS.
They are intellectually adventurous: the 10 percent who have previously attended graduate school hold advanced degrees in American Studies, Biomedical Engineering, Business Administration, Clinical Psychology, Theology, Political Science, International Economics, Labor and Employment Relations, and other disciplines.
Along with these many accomplishments, the Class of 2016 brings to the Law School great artistic and athletic ability. Many play instruments (drums being the most common). There are members of improv comedy troupes, several DJs, and a championship Irish dancer. In addition to counting an NHL hockey player among their number, many of the students were captains of sports teams and have used their athletic ability to teach basketball, field hockey, tennis, swimming, and juggling.
For more information about the JD program and how to apply, please visit Penn Law Admissions.


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Arinze Onuaku and the Charge are too much for Erie in a 105-96 win Friday.
Friday became "Feed the Big Fella" night at Memorial Civic Center.
Charge center Arinze Onuaku got his fill.
Canton led by double figures for most of the game and won 105-96 against the Erie BayHawks.
With Erie missing center Jeremy Tyler, a crowd of 2,590 watched the powerful Onuaku feast on the BayHawks, who fell to 0-6. Three of their losses are to the Charge.
The 6-foot-9, 275-pound Onuaku scored a career-high 29 points to go with team highs of nine rebounds and three blocked shots. He made all 11 of his field-goal attempts and 7 of 9 free throws.
"Guys were just finding me," said the 26-year-old Syracuse product, who began this season with the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans before being waived. "Good point guards, good guards … finding me early and often in places where I don't have to do too much with it."
About Onuaku, Erie head coach Gene Cross said, "I think he needs to be in the NBA right now."
The good news for Erie is that the 6-10, 260-pound Tyler likely will be back for tonight's rematch at the Civic Center. Tyler and Knicks assignee Chris Smith were held out Friday due to a "team issue," according to Cross.
"It's glaring when you don't have another big body to go up against someone like that," Cross said. "They took advantage of it. We might have to change how we guard him whether Jeremy plays or not."
Seven of Onuaku's teammates scored eight points or more as the Charge (7-1) earned their seventh straight regular season home win dating back to last year.
Canton registered season highs of 53.9-percent shooting and 25 assists, with Bo Spencer totaling seven assists, Jorge Gutierrez six and Antoine Agudio five.
Veteran guard Robert Hite made his Charge debut after missing much of training camp and the first seven games with a hamstring injury. The Cincinnati native showed no rust.
Still worthy of the nickname "Flight," Hite, who turns 30 on Jan. 12, soared for a put-back tip for his first bucket late in the first quarter. He drained consecutive 3-pointers to begin the second.
He finished with 13 points in 13 minutes and connected on 3 of 6 3-pointers.
"I'm just happy for him," Charge head coach Steve Hetzel said. "Rob is what a coach wants out of a player. … He's an extension of the (coaching) staff. He's a leader."
Gutierrez scored 12 points and Shane Edwards added 11 for Canton.
The Charge began to take control midway through the first quarter. They scored on nine straight possessions and 13 of 14 at one point as they got pretty much whatever shot they wanted.
Erie could not keep pace, trailing 31-22 after one quarter, 60-41 at the half and 83-64 after three quarters.
The BayHawks kept fighting and finally got their deficit under 10 in the final minute, getting as close as seven points. Spencer made four straight free throws to stop the bleeding.
Scott Suggs led Erie with 22 points. He and former Purdue point guard Lewis Jackson, making his BayHawks debut, scored 10 apiece in the final period.
Seven fourth-quarter turnovers and some defensive breakdowns from his team did not sit well with Hetzel.
"You give (Erie) confidence," he said. "We've got to play the same team tomorrow and those guys are walking off the court saying, 'We can play against these guys.' "
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