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Council goal: Trim budget
"It's lean as it is," Ward 4 Councilman Joseph Solomon says of the mayor's $279.9 million budget.
But starting tonight, Solomon and other council members say they will do what they can to reduce the city's funding package and, if possible, keep the mayor's plan to increase the motor vehicle exemption by $1,000 while eliminating a property tax increase.
"I know we will be working hard to see if we can do better," Solomon said.
Increasing the motor vehicle exemption will mean a $34.60 savings to those owning vehicles valued at $1,500 or more. Mayor Scott Avedisian's residential property tax increase of 45 cents per $1,000 would result in a $90 a year tax increase for a property valued at $200,000, which is about the Warwick average. If that family owned two cars, the net increase in taxes would be less than $16.
Holding the tax rate would impact more than the homeowner. The city has a tiered tax system with the commercial rate 50 percent higher than the residential rate.
"I look to neighboring communities where there is no tax increase," says Solomon. "And I aspire to be like them. What's wrong with setting that as our goal?'
"We're going to do everything we can," vowed Ward 3 Councilwoman Camille Vella-Wilkinson.
She said she's not familiar enough with all the numbers to suggest where cuts could be made. Yet, she observed, "we're in tough times" and she would do what she can to provide relief to the taxpayers.
Eliminating a property tax increase or significantly reducing it is going to be difficult without some major cuts.
An increase in the motor vehicle exemption is projected to result in a $500,000 decline of revenues. Motor vehicle taxes are estimated to total $23 million this year and, with the increased exemption, $22.5 million next year.
While the mayor's budget level funds schools at $156.2 million in city tax revenues and foregoes salary raises for union and management employees, it provides an additional $5.8 million in city spending. The biggest chunk of added funds would pay for increases in pension payments and health care.
While looking to reduce costs and taxes on one hand, Vella-Wilkinson would like to find $45,000 to revive the Warwick Night Program. She explained the program to increase police presence in neighborhoods and reduce cut-through traffic was dropped for budget reasons in 2007 even though, she says, it generated enough funds in fines to offset its cost.
Charles "CJ" Donovan Jr. (D-Ward 7) would like to see the council double the motor vehicle exemption to $3,000, as well as work toward eliminating the tiered tax system. Doing either, or both of those, would require major spending reductions.
Where would Donovan start making cuts?
"I would like to cut IT [information technology]; it could be coordinated with the School Department," he said. Donovan believes there are other savings to be had by coordinating efforts with schools.
Yesterday, Avedisian was asked if there are areas to be trimmed in the budget.
"It depends on what they want to trim," the mayor said in reference to the council. As for Donovan's suggestion to marry the IT departments of the city and schools, Avedisian said schools shot down that proposal some time ago because schools would lose the preferred rates it gets through a state program.
Ward 1 Councilman Steven Colantuono said it is going to be difficult to trim the mayor's budget. Of concern are some of the assumptions, including no salary increases and increased co-payment for health care when agreements with the city's three unions have yet to be finalized. He also noted that the mayor's plan to reduce firefighter overtime, which is projected to run $3.4 million this year, with 21 additional firefighters to fill vacancies and increase the workforce to 217, is partially dependent on receipt of a federal grant.
Ward 6 Councilman Donna Travis said, "I'll be looking for places to cut, but believe me it's hard."
The hearings start at 6 tonight with the school budget, and continue Wednesday and Thursday at the same time. Among department budgets to be reviewed Wednesday are Tax Collector and Tax Assessor. Police, Fire and Public Works budgets will be aired on Thursday.
The hearings will be continued to June 4 at 6 p.m. if needed.
Gather all the department heads/management and ask them to do an assessment of where they believe cuts can be made in each persons department. Let them know that these are permanent cuts. Offer 10% of savings, payout on third anniversary, contingent on continuing satisfactory performance of department. Also, prior to any such manager leaving city employment, an independent audit be done, so as to confirm no "cooking of the books", the penalty being repayment of funds with interest. "Cuts" doesn't have to mean a lost job. It could be to order less paper/pens/towels/shovels/markers/hammers/chairs/etc. Make certain employees are not borrowing city property. No more "Go get lost for the day" , so city trucks are just driving around all day to look busy. Spend it or lose it is a ridiculous policy (not sure if city does this) There are always inefficiencies in the workplace. An incentive to fix them is what is needed.
What a sham. This is just posturing by the council. Get ready for "we looked, but couldn't find any cuts". The increase in spending is for increasing retirement and opeb costs. Every year we'll get fewer services and higher taxes.
Why dont we start by cutting the DPW budget in 1/2. Privatize Water Dept. and Highway as the only people working are the sanitation / recycling crews. The residents can no longer stand for 2 hour lunch breaks, joy rides all over the city, and D&D breaks 4 times a day, workers stealing everything not screwed down, and lack of any accountability. Its time we no longer stand for people punching time cards of other workers that are home sleeping. See video links.


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KSU got on top early in game one when Jennifer Hunt laced a single down the leftfield line, plating both Jacki Warren and Norie Glazebrook in the bottom of the second.
The Owls tacked on another three runs in the fifth, starting with an RBI single from Jennifer Nolan. Nolan and Warren would both score on an ETSU fielding error, one of two Lady Buc miscues on the game.
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The Lady Bucs tried to mount a comeback in the sixth, with Knight getting on base as a result of an error in the KSU outfield. Knight would cross the plate on an RBI single from Haverman, her second RBI of the game.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Dodgers add prospects Matt Magill and Steve Ames to 40-man roster
Both were members of the Chattanooga Lookouts this season and both performed well.
I named Magill my Dodgers' Minor League Pitcher of the Year in September after he was the Lookouts' best starting pitcher.
Magill, who just turned 23, pitched in the Southern League against advanced competition and enjoyed success. His rate stats were impressive and some were among the best in the organization. He went 11-8 with a 3.75 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 7.8 H/9, 0.5 HR/9, 3.8 BB/9, 10.3 K/9, 2.75 K/BB and a 2.91 FIP.
Magill led the organization in strikeouts with 168. His rate stats show that he's a much better prospect than many thought and definitely warrant's a spot on the Dodgers' nearly full 40-man roster (38 spots occupied).
Ames, 24, enjoyed perhaps his best season at his most advanced level. While his stuff doesn't blow hitters away, he was still able to amass a 10.2 K/9 (72 strikeouts in 62 1/3 innings). He knows how to pitch.
Ames is in the long line of Dodger relief prospects and he should be the next prospect in line for a promotion. I'd be surprised if he doesn't make his major league debut in 2013.
While right-handed relievers seemingly grow on trees, Ames has a chance to be a solid middle reliever in the majors.
Magill and Ames were just two of many players who were eligible to be added, but they were the only two who were worthy of being added.
Some players had no chance of being added (Michael Antonini, Jose Dominguez, Juan Rodriguez) while some, I'm sure, were under consideration (Aaron Miller, Blake Smith, Rafael Ynoa).
Of the players left unprotected by the Dodgers, I'd be shocked if anyone of them were chosen by a team during the Major League portion of the Rule 5 Draft.
Guys like Cole St. Clair and Ynoa probably have the best chance, but St. Clair had a poor season at Triple-A and Ynoa has never played at a level higher than Double-A.
For now, Magill and Ames are safe and could both make their debuts in 2013.
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- AnonymousNovember 25, 2012 at 1:47 PM
Dustin, are you afraid of Andres Santiago being taken? He made it up to AA and stuck out over a batter an inning at both stops. Same goes for Jose Dominguez.ReplyDelete
I also can't understand why there is no love for Griff Erickson. Despite his poor season, he can still take a walk, has the potential for power, and reports are that his defense has improved this year into the above-average territory. 2012 Alex Avila was still worth 2.6 WAR.
Not really. He only had 26 Double-A innings and wasn't much of a prospect before this season. Don't think a major league team would want to use a 25-man roster spot on him.ReplyDelete
I was high on Erickson going into last season, but his 2012 was poor. Yes, he can take a walk, but he doesn't do much else offensively. His 2011 power seems to have been an aberration. He's still in Top 50 territory, but nowhere near the No. 13 ranking I gave him heading into last season.
- AnonymousNovember 25, 2012 at 4:26 PM
The bar for a competent ML catcher is so low, though. Like I said, Avila was worth 2.6 fWAR this year with a .243/.352/.384. I think Erickson can replicate that for a minimum salary.ReplyDelete
On a non Rule-5 draft note, do you watch dodgers prospects live or are you just a blogger? have you seen Onelkis Garcia pitch? His mid-90's heat and curve almost sound, dare I say, Kershaw-lite.
Also, I wanted to let you know that your work is appreciated. top notch
I'd like to see Erickson improve on last season's numbers. Otherwise, I don't think he ever makes the majors. Just my thoughts.ReplyDelete
I've seen some of the Dodger prospects live. I live in Northern California, so I get to see the Isotopes every so often when they come to Sacramento. I also saw the Quakes three times last season. Saw guys like Joc Pederson, Leon Landry, Angel Sanchez, Garrett Gould and saw Zach Lee in the bullpen. Looking forward to seeing more next season.
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Client : The Inner Wheel
Location : Grove Park, Weston-Super-Mare
Current Status : Still there in 2014
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- A zoom of Spring with the tree in blossom.
- Summer with the tree in full leaf.
- A zoom of Summer with the tree in full leaf.
- Autumn with the tree bearing fruit and leaves starting to turn colour.
- A zoom of Autumn with the tree bearing fruit and leaves starting to turn colour.
- Winter with the tree without leaves or fruit.
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- More of the garden in which this mural was located.
In Weston-Super-Mare a Garden of Fragrance was being planned for the partially sighted and blind. Specially chosen fragrant plants and herbs were planted and the Inner Wheel, a local ladies' group, decided that they would like to contribute to the garden by commissioning a piece of sculpture. The sculpture was to have a tactile quality and also rich tonal contrasts so that both the blind and the partially sighted might enjoy the surfaces and the imagery. Working in co-operation with our friend and working partner James Blunt, we designed an obelisk with each of the four sides representing one of the four seasons. A formalised tree is shown on each side. With blossom the tree represents Spring, Summer by stylised green leaves, and terracotta leaves and bare branches represent in turn Autumn and Winter. Engraved lettering names each season and pebbles form the backing to give a richly textured surface overall. We wanted people to feel the surface as well as to look at it. James designed a simple piece of ironwork to surmount the panels, again encouraging visitors to touch the sphere. The ceramic and stone obelisk has survived well over the years but unfortunately vandals damaged the ironwork which had to be removed.
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The Portuguese parted company with the capital club during the summer after a tumultuous final season at the Santiago Bernabeu.
However, when it comes to assessing his three-year stint in Madrid, Mourinho believes the numbers speak for themselves.
"One hundred points, 121 goals, we were champions against the best Barcelona there ever has been," the two-time Champions League winner told ESPN of the 2011-12 season.
"Who is the manager of the best Real Madrid team in history? That's me. I am the one."
Asked whether he felt his teams were defensive, Mourinho rejected the notion outright.
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French Dining School, voted one of the 9 Best European Tours for 2018 by Smarter Travel is a unique home based cooking school located in the medieval village of Kerrouet in central Brittany.
The school is focused on gourmet quality French and modern European cuisine. Students are encouraged to get actively involved in all areas of food preparation. Stay in a 16th century chateau or a village gite! The area is noted for its rolling hills, gastronomy, rustic roads and friendly people. Electric bikes are available to explore the area when not cooking.
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If you're looking to learn to cook wonderful food in France then look no further. I have just returned from a delightful week learning to cook delicious food under the expert tutelage of Poul.
When researching my trip I wanted a school where I would learn a variety of dishes (including starters, mains, sides and desserts), would be taught in a relaxed environment and most importantly would be able to get 'hands-on' in the cooking experience. French Dining School delivered on all of these points, meeting and far exceeding my expectations.
Expect to cook a two course lunch and three course dinner every day (apart from Thursday where lunch is free for exploring!), as well as lots of other little treats along the way (think cheesy biscuits and tasty cookies!). Poul made sure we were always learning something new but still had time to taste, experiment and learn new techniques. I cooked many things that were new to me, and picked up some extra tips and tricks gleaned from Poul's many years working in restaurants.
Meals are enjoyed with the other students in Poul's lovely home, where the wine is free flowing and the conversation even more so. Poul also arranged lovely accommodation for me in Gaynor and Ray's local B and B which I also highly recommend.
100% recommended, amazing experience. Molly P UK
Visited July 2014
My wife & I did Poul's 5-day cooking course in mid-August 2013, along with 4 other lovely people we first met at the course (from Australia, US and Canada). We did the course in the middle of a 5+ week stay in France, including a couple of weeks in Paris and a drive across the country to the Swiss Alps, and it was our favourite part of the trip.
We both like to cook and entertain a lot, and this course was exactly what we needed. It was really hands-on and very intensive, with a lot of variation. Poul is a great teacher and clearly knows his stuff - ranging from appetizers to desserts, bread-making to 3-course meals, preparation to presentation. Both he and his kitchen are well organized and well suited for the task. The quality of the food he supplied as part of the course was first-rate, and the wine flowed freely once we stopped cooking and ate the results. It's amazing how many ways the French have found to use butter, eggs and cream in almost everything! Some of the things we cooked: lobster bisque, langoustine-stuffed chicken legs with tarragon sauce, tiramisu, hot-smoked fish, remoulade sauce, several fish dishes, a veal roast, a leg of lamb, a couple of chicken dishes, panna cotta, homemade ice cream, pommes anna, mushroom risotto, sabayon sauce.
We prepared and cooked a substantial lunch and a full 3 course dinner every day. We gained weight and made friends, and came home with more skill and a whole new set of recipes. Poul is charming man, easy to learn from in the kitchen. He keeps everybody working during the prep and demonstrates the techniques. Then as soon as the aprons come off, he turns into the perfect host, raconteur and sommelier. Did I mention the wine? We generally spent from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm preparing and eating lunch, then from 6:00 pm to about 11:00 pm with dinner, except one morning off to visit a local market in a gorgeous town 45 minutes drive away.
Kerrouet itself is a tiny hamlet in the middle of farm country. Poul's Kerrouet House is a lovely 400 year old stone house, fully modernized. There's maybe 30 or so homes in the hamlet (I say hamlet, because there are no stores of any kind there, it is smaller than a village) of which about half are occupied by French farmers, and half are part-time houses owned by English. Poul organized for Sue & I to stay in one of the vacant vacation homes, a perfect French country house, very well appointed, very good value, right at the end of his driveway. I believe he also organized lodging for the rest of the class, some in houses like ours, some in B&B type accommodations. You eat so much at the course that breakfast is not something you need worry about, except maybe a coffee and croissant. We walked through the farm lanes and drove to the nearby towns in our limited time off.
I can't recommend this enough, especially if, like us, you are a capable but self-taught home chef. Poul will add to your repertoire as well as to your skills and confidence. You can contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions.
Tom & Sue, Vancouver, Canada, Visited August 2013
"Sharpen Your Culinary Skill!!" 5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 September 2012
It is difficult to appear in print to be objective, and scrutinized in a review after having had an absolutely fabulous week of learning to prep, cook, and present a variety of French Haute Cuisine, and other international delights such as Danish favourites along with appropriate wine and beer pairings!! It is comparable to finding a diamond where there are not supposed to be any to be found!!
I like to cook, and learn to do more, better.Yet, this one week took me leaps, and bounds, beyond my standard level, and while it was mostly the result of the tutilage of the Michelin trained chef, Poul, the entire atmosphere of the Manor house and the surrounding pastoral village that made it almost magical!!!
Then there are the neighbours, not unlike home, who come by and see if anything is needed by the chef while they are out doing their own shopping, or help photograph the participants at Graduation!( Yeah for Wes, and Jen, and Gunther, their dog!). Niall's, whom you will learn of on the Web pages, was not present on my stay but came by on Skype to lift us with his Irish lilt and humour as well as test us on our learned knowledge! Your experience is elevating, and homey at the same time!! Challenging, yet relaxing! Paced and also, calming. Ask to hear a recording of the neighbour's daughter who has the voice of an Angel!!
I learned that few people rent a car to tour in free time, but I took the Chef's recommendation to do so, and am so glad I did. Traffic is light, and following his daily suggestion as to where best to tour, myself and another participant saw the countryside and major nearby attractions that otherwise would have been missed.
We both left knowing we had seen and touched the essence of Brittany. Get out and try local favourite Galletes, Crepes, et Saucisses, and beverages while walking through Medieval streets and the rolling hills and valleys of Brittany! Start at Kerrouet house, The French Dining School, and you will appreciate France like you could never have imagined!!
George H September 2012
My friend and I are still talking about the experience. The hands-on aspect of the course is so crucial to help me learn and we were definitely hands-on. The first thing I did when I returned home was cook a chicken stock which we did at the start of the week of the class ... and the hours (mostly unattended) are worth it. Poul is fantastic both as a person and as a chef.
I learned new techniques such as filleting a skate fish and boning chicken legs (used for chicken stuffed with langoustines - yum yum). The sauces, though quite buttery, were amazing. I'm not really a dessert person but I learned how to prepare some great desserts such as panna cotta and fondane. The food we prepared was varied and seasonal which I appreciated. Poul answered questions and always had ideas of how to cook this or that differently depending on your personal tastes. For instance, I'm really not an ice cream person so he gave a great recipe for parfait.
Our day in Dinan was spectacular. We had great dinners, great wines, and great conversations. The accommodations were fantastic. I would recommend this to all my food-loving friends.
Allan J May 2012
I don't really know how to begin to thank you for such a perfect week with Connie. You made us feel so welcome. It was like coming to stay with old friends. We both loved every minute of the cooking, eating, drinking, laughing, exploring, biking, partying, graduating and salt tossing.
You are two people who exude happiness and a real sense of enjoying every moment of life. We feel so lucky to have had the good fortune to have stumbled into your lives for a few days. The world needs more of you ......
It was lovely to have shared the week with Saul and to meet Chris, Tenor, Robert, David, Domingo, Jen, Wes, John, Dean, Sharon, the fallen angel, the lady who sold us cider and to be introduced to the Toulouse sausage galette. Never did meet the naked gardener though!
Will send a separate email with the recipe for Castle Ashby Punch - if you ever make it, do let me know what it tastes like. It is for industrial quantities which I think could keep the whole of Kerrouet under the table for months..
I leave having shared a delightful week with Connie and with a completely rejuvenated enthusiasm for cooking and entertaining - thank you.
Caroline J August 2011
"I think the course was excellent you and Poul are fantastic hosts. And the way Poul apparently effortlessly throws together some of the best food I have ever tasted was truly inspiring! The kitchen was pretty much exactly what you would imagine a French kitchen to be and all in with the long languid lunches and dinners. It was exactly the French cooking experience we were hoping for. Please don't change a thing!!"
Hugh P - October 2010
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Wrightwood, CA. – September 4, 2007: Mountain High held it's third annual Buck Off Rail Jam this Labor Day weekend to commemorate the start of it's annual season pass sale. Despite the unseasonably warm weather more than 3,000 participants turned out making it the largest pre-season event in Mountain High's history. Presented by Powder & Sun Ride Shops, the festival consisted of a giant tent sale, numerous vendors, games & activities, rail painting exhibitions and a 10,000 square foot jib arena complete with six features and 120 tons of snow.
Said John McColly, Director of Marketing, "We love putting this event together and were glad people had such a good time. It definitely confirms that people are excited for winter."
To produce the jib arena Mountain High trucked in 120 tons of snow. They began laying it down at 1:00am and worked for eight straight hours until the rail yard was complete. The Faultline terrain crew provided the features which consisted of two urban down rails, one urban down box, one flat box, a jump rail and a new arcing rainbow box with the Faultline logo emblazoned proudly on top. Riding took place from 9:00am to 1:00pm and there was never a break in the action. Snowboarders and skiers took to the features like fish to water and were thrilled to have a vacation from the unseasonably warm weather.
Said Cory Cronk, Mountain High Team Rider, "This is the only local event where the public can ride mid summer. It's great to get back on the snow and stretch my legs for a day. I can't wait to ride Mountain High this winter."
To ride the rails participants needed a helmet and a new 07.8 season pass. Mountain High's annual season pass sale is currently underway and Adult Anytime Season Passes are just $299 for the first 5,000 sold and $349 for the second 5,000 sold, regularly $599. Children's passes (7-12) are available for just $129. And children six and under receive a free season pass with the purchase of an adult season pass. Sale prices continue now through October 31st or when sold out. Purchases can be made at the resort, by phone at 888-754-7878 or online at mthigh.com.
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Authentication Passwd authentication.
WWW: https://metacpan.org/release/Authen-Simple-Passwd
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/security/p5-Authen-Simple-Passwd/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install p5-Authen-Simple-Passwd
cd /usr/ports/security/p5-Authen-Simple-Passwd/ && make install clean
pkg install p5-Authen-Simple-Passwd
PKGNAME: p5-Authen-Simple-Passwd
SHA256 (Authen-Simple-Passwd-0.6.tar.gz) = cf55bc36259edf0fd6af9ad2bac81b31dc5b56a162c660590ecb969c7c1674b2
SIZE (Authen-Simple-Passwd-0.6.tar.gz) = 3849
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
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Fix every instance of RUN_DEPENDS:=${BUILD_DEPENDS} in p5 ports, except
for where it resulted in a change in output from build-depends-list or
Approved by: portmgr (adamw)
Add LICENSE
- Fix and update WWW
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With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
Change the way Perl modules are installed, update the default Perl to 5.18.
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site_perl : lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18
site_perl/perl_arch : lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18/mach
perl_man3 : lib/perl5/5.18/man/man3
Now we have:
site_perl : lib/perl5/site_perl
site_arch : lib/perl5/site_perl/mach/5.18
perl_man3 : lib/perl5/site_perl/man/man3
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Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, SuperNews, and RootBSD
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Red Sox shoot for third straight win in middle tilt against O's
Ryan Dempster tries to pitch the Boston Red Sox to their third straight win on Wednesday when they continue a three-game set with the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park.
Dempster's first outing with the Red Sox was inconsistent, as the New York Yankees reached him for three runs and five hits in five innings. He did strike out eight batters in the loss, but also walked four.
"I made a lot of good pitches and a couple balls fell in," Dempster said. "That was enough to win the game."
Dempster has only faced the Orioles twice and is 1-0 against them with a 1.35 ERA.
Baltimore, meanwhile, will counter with righty Jake Arrieta, who escaped without a decision in his first start, but did not pitch well. The Minnesota Twins battered him for five runs and seven hits in five innings of his team's 9-5 win.
Arrieta has struggled in his career against the Red Sox, posting an 0-3 mark to go along with a 6.00 ERA.
In Monday's opener, Daniel Nava smacked a three-run homer in the seventh inning and Clay Buchholz pitched seven scoreless innings to lead Boston to a 3-1 win in its home opener.
Buchholz (2-0) allowed three hits and walked four with eight strikeouts for the Red Sox, who were coming off a series win in Toronto over the weekend. Joel Hanrahan earned his third save, but served up an Adam Jones homer in the ninth.
"He had very good stuff today," Red Sox manager John Farrell said of Buchholz. "He threw seven solid innings."
Wei-Yin Chen (0-1) yielded five hits and three runs over 6 1/3 innings for the Orioles, who have lost three in a row since starting the year with three wins in four outings.
"It's seven games into the season," Jones said. "It's not like we just got blown out. We got beat."
Baltimore dominated the Red Sox last season, taking 13 of the 18 matchups.


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The US Navy's cutting-edge robot fighter plane aims to be the first unmanned aerial vehicle to take-off and land at sea.
As a fighter plane prepares to take off from a naval carrier at sea, the pilot and deck crew go through a tightly choreographed series of hand signals to tell each other they are ready to launch. It ends with a final "salute" from the pilot to indicate that the aircraft is ready to be catapulted off the deck.
But when the X-47B, the US Navy's newest prototype combat aircraft, prepares for its first carrier launch early next year, there will be no salute. That's because there will also be no pilot. Instead, the X-47B will blink its wingtip navigation lights, a robotic nod to the human salute (and mimicking what the Navy does for night launches), before the catapult officer presses the launch button, and the robotic aircraft is flung off the front of the ship
After years of development, and recent land-based tests, the highly anticipated carrier flight for this stealthy, tailless, unmanned drone is imminent. "It should be in early in 2013," says Carl Johnson, vice president and program manager at defence firm Northrop Grumman, which builds the X-47B. "We have to coordinate ship schedules as well as all the other airspace issues."
The X-47B is a strike fighter-sized prototype drone developed as part of the United States Navy's UCAS-D (Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration) programme, which aims to develop technologies necessary to field a combat drone on carriers. As a result, it has folding wings and is built for the rigors of sea life, including salt water, deck handling and of course take-off and landing from an aircraft carrier.
Although the X-47B is a prototype, the Navy hopes to actually field operational unmanned combat aircraft on carriers by the end of the decade.
The unmanned "flying wing" aircraft, which takes some of its design cues from Northrop Grumman's B-2 stealth bomber, is supposed to demonstrate reconnaissance and strike capabilities—it has a full-sized weapons bay, although the prototype will not fly with weapons. And, unlike existing drones, which are usually remotely "flown" by pilots once in the air, the X-47B is designed to fly autonomously, with just the occasional click of a mouse from an operator to send it instructions.
"It's a big deal, but it's an extension of something that was already happening," says Peter Singer, a senior fellow at the Brooking Institution in Washington, DC, and the author of Wired for War, a book on the military's robotics revolution.
Forward fire
The craft was revealed in 2008 but is only now undergoing sea tests aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, including moving around on the carrier. Whilst this kind of trial may not sound remarkable, in some ways it's one of the more challenging steps toward proving that the X-47B, which weighs in at 20,000 kg (44,000 lb) and has a 20m (62 ft) wing span, is ready for flight.
Getting around on a crowded flight deck is difficult, says Johnson, because the aircraft must maneuver very close the edge of the carrier, sometimes pivoting so that it appears that half the airplane is hanging off the ship. "The precision involved in doing that is very difficult with a pilot following directions from a person on the deck," says Johnson. "It's very difficult to do that as well with an unmanned system."
As a result, the engineers have built a wireless remote control device that can be used to move the aircraft around the deck.
The X-47B has already been tested on land in conditions meant to mimic operations on a carrier deck, including a catapult launch, but operating on a real carrier crowded with people and equipment presents fresh challenges. For example, the X-47B must be tested for electromagnetic interference, in other words, making sure that the aircraft's electronic systems don't clash with the myriad radar and emitters that are on a ship.
"While we go through a rigorous test program, you really learn a lot when you're at sea and you're validating your system against the true environment of the carrier," says Johnson.
If all goes well with these tests, the Navy will then be ready for its first at-sea flight. This will likely be a short affair, according to Johnson, and will start with a catapult launch and end with the aircraft landing not on the carrier, but on firm ground. Later that year, the X-47B will also perform an "arrested landing," meaning it will land back on the aircraft carrier.
Another key flight test will take place in 2014, when the X-47 demonstrates that it can perform autonomous aerial refueling. Currently, the craft has a range of around 3,200km (2,000 miles) and can stay aloft for six hours. But for effective operations, the Navy would like it to stay aloft for longer.
Even if all those tests go smoothly, that doesn't mean the X-47B will actually be deployed. The stealthy, aircraft is still merely a prototype. The Navy soon plans to launch a new program to develop an operational unmanned combat aircraft, which will involve fielding up to half a dozen armed drones on carriers by the end of the decade as part of what's called the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike program.
Early next year, the Navy will hold a competition to build the new drone. That means Northrop, the incumbent, will have to compete against other companies, including Lockheed Martin, which built the stealthy RQ-170 (famously captured by Iran), and General Atomics, which makes the familiar Reaper and Predator drones, and Boeing, which developed the X-45, a one-time competitor to Northrop's drone.
Even as a prototype, however, the X-47B's upcoming launch from an aircraft carrier, the "heart of US naval aviation", marks a significant watershed for drones, says Singer.
"It's one of the places where we haven't seen them yet."
Ultimately, the X-47B's upcoming flight is not about proving that drones can work—that's already been done—but expanding how and where they are used. "The Wright Brothers moment already happened," says Singer. "Now we're in the equivalent of 1920s and 1930s."
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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 21 May 2010
Highlights for this week include an exchange of comments on parental care and 'glancing' in the Spiny Puller. We view a new movie of a strangly-coloured Reticulate Whipray, learn about a Leatherjacket Louse and enjoy 40 new fact sheets have been migrated from the old site.
Website member 'kokosnood' asked which species of damselfishes offer parental care to their young. This led to an exchange of comments on the Spiny Puller page about the species that show parental care and an unusual behaviour of the young known as 'glancing'.
Tropical Snappers
What is a Leatherjacket Louse?
Reticulate Whipray at North Stradbroke Island
The following 40 fact sheets have been migrated from the old site. Some do not yet have their images attached. This will be done soon.
Deepwater Clingfish, Kopua kuiteri
Goldstripe Goatfish, Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
Horn-nose Boxfish, Rhynchostracion rhinorhynchos
Humpback Scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis macrochir
Immaculate Glidergoby, Valenciennea immaculata
Johnson's Gurnard Perch, Neosebastes johnsoni
King Gar, Scomberesox saurus
Knifejaw, Oplegnathus woodwardi
Largehead Hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus
Largemouth Threefin, Ucla xenogrammus
Largescale Grunter, Terapon theraps
Largescale Neoscopelid, Neoscopelus macrolepidotus
Latchet, Pterygotrigla polyommata
Leaf Scorpionfish, Taenianotus triacanthus
Leopard Whipray, Himantura leoparda
Little Weed Whiting, Neoodax balteatus
Longfin Batfish, Platax pinnatus
Longnose Hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus
Longraker Trevally, Ulua mentalis
Longsnout Boarfish, Pentaceropsis recurvirostris
Longsnout Flathead, Thysanophrys chiltonae
Longsnout Gurnard Perch, Neosebastes longirostris
Lyretail Hawkfish, Cyprinocirrhites polyactis
Mouth Mackerel, Rastrelliger kanagurta
Oblique-banded Snapper, Pristipomoides zonatus
Oblique-banded Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus lineatus
Slender Squirrelfish, Neoniphon sammara
Southern Peacock Sole, Pardachirus hedleyi
Southern Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis australe
Southern Red Scorpionfish, Scorpaena papillosa
Spotted Pipefish, Stigmatopora argus
Striped Catfish, Plotosus lineatus
Tailspot Lizardfish, Synodus jaculum
Whitebarred Boxfish, Anoplocapros lenticularis
Whitestreak Grubfish, Parapercis stricticeps
Whitley's Gurnard Perch, Maxillicosta whitleyi
Yellow Boxfish, Ostracion cubicus
Yellowfin Goby, Acanthogobius flavimanus
Yellowfin Parrotfish, Scarus flavipectoralis
Yellowmargin Triggerfish, Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus
Tags Fish Bits, Parental care, damselfishes, Leatherjacket Louse, fishes, ichthyology,


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1st Lt. Lisa Spilinek, USAF Special to American Forces Press Service
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq, March 21, 2008 A photo of an adorable little boy with a bowl haircut and big, brown eyes was posted alongside a sign that read, I may be little, but I am strong. But the scarred child within the hospital isolation room didnt look like the boy in the photo; only the lively eyes were the same.
The 3-year-old boy was the victim of a stove fire that left him with second- and third-degree burns covering 45 percent of his body, along with inhalation burns to his lungs. Under the best health care conditions, the mortality rate for such severe injuries is 70 to 80 percent. In Iraq, its a death sentence.
Hes little, but hes strong. Al Amreeki survived.
The credit for saving Al Amreekis life belongs to the medical staff working at the Air Force Theater Hospital here, where the boy has been under constant medical care since Jan. 25.
Now Al Amreeki will begin a new chapter in his recovery -- in America. Again, he has beaten the odds.
The boy and his mother have left Balad and soon will board an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III. The pair will travel first to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, and then on to the United States.
Getting the boy permission to leave Iraq on a medical airlift mission required OKs at multiple levels by civilian and military leadership in Iraq and the United States, including from the office of the secretary of defense. The Shriners Hospitals for Children in Cincinnati will provide his ongoing treatment. Children Without Borders, a nonprofit organization, will serve as the host agency for Al Amreeki and his mother.
I dont know how to thank the American people. They are a great and kind people, because they saved my sons life, said Al Amreekis mother, Amil, through an interpreter. I pray to God to not let the efforts of these people be wasted. I want him to be as healthy, and beautiful and cute as he was before.
Yet, Al Amreekis medical outcome is still unknown.
Hes at Mile 2 of what I would characterize as a marathon of treatment; the first two miles were marked by a very steep hill, said Air Force Maj. (Dr.) David Norton, 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group intensive care unit director at the Air Force Theater Hospital, who is deployed from Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.
Upon the boys arrival at the Balad hospital, Al Amreekis injuries were so bad that he was considered expectant by hospital protocols, which means a patients injuries are too severe to treat beyond administering pain medication and that death is expected. Despite Al Amreekis devastating diagnosis, the hospital staff decided to try to treat the toddler anyway, Norton said.
We decided to give him a chance, and he has done very well, the doctor said. For whatever reason, this is a little man who wants to live; hes a fighter.
Over the past weeks at the Air Force Theater Hospital, Al Amreeki has undergone multiple skin grafts to his face, neck, chest and arms. The hospital technicians have been diligent in sloughing off the dead tissue that was burned in the fire when his nylon clothes melted onto his skin, and they have aggressively treated his four bouts of sepsis, which caused the boy to run 107-degree fevers, with antibiotics.
Hes kind of our miracle child, said Air Force Capt. Michael Riegler, 332nd Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron nurse, who is deployed from Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. For as much as he fought, I felt we could try to fight for him.
For the hospital staff, fighting for the child included tracking down his family members.
On the day Al Amreeki was burned, his mother, Amil, was outside their home speaking with her mother-in-law.
Suddenly we heard him screaming. We ran inside and saw this big fire, and he was in the middle of the fire. His clothes were sticking to his body, she said.
The boy was first taken to the local Iraqi hospital, but the doctors there said they could do nothing for him, his mother said. They told her and the boys uncle, who accompanied her, to take Al Amreeki to the American hospital.
To get there, the family would need to go to an Iraqi checkpoint. Travel in the region is dangerous because improvised explosive devices are emplaced along certain roadways, so the boys uncle took him to the checkpoint without Amil.
At the checkpoint, American soldiers saw the critically injured boy and transported him and his uncle by helicopter to the hospital here, where doctors treat battlefield injuries and illnesses of servicemembers and Iraqis alike on a daily basis.
Wounded Americans who arrive at the hospital usually are sent to Landstuhl for follow-on care, while Iraqis who are too sick or injured to survive in an Iraqi hospital are treated at the Air Force Theater Hospital until they are well enough to be returned to the Iraqi medical system.
Riegler said the uncle visited the boy the first couple of days after he was admitted to the hospital, but was told the boy likely would die. Then the hospital staff no longer saw him; he had returned to his village without leaving his name or contact information.
Two weeks passed and little, but tough, Al Amreeki did not die.
Firmly believing that a parents presence would help the boy recover, Riegler and an Iraqi interpreter working at the hospital began trying to track down Al Amreekis family.
Born in Baghdad and now a resident of San Diego, Basem Hadi, an interpreter at the hospital, had experience tracking people down in the past, having spent the previous three years as a U.S. government contractor serving with Army Special Forces soldiers in Iraq.
Do you know anything about this baby? Basem said he would ask every Iraqi person he encountered at the hospital and on the base, since 90 to 95 percent of the Iraqis that come through the hospital are from Salahuddin province.
The Iraqi family is very extended, he said. If the father doesnt come, then the mother; if the not the mother, then the uncle -- somebody.
Eventually, his queries led him to an Iraqi army member in a nearby city who said he knew of a family that had a burned child, but little was known about the family except that the father had been killed about a year ago by insurgents and it was rumored that the mother had remarried.
An appointment was set up by the Iraqi army for the uncle to meet Basem and Riegler at the gate leading to Balad Air Base.
I grabbed Mike; I told him, We got it! Basem said of finding little Al Amreekis family. Now I started to see hope.
When the uncle arrived at the gate, he told Basem and Riegler that it was true Al Amreekis father had been killed by insurgents, but that Amil was unmarried and Al Amreeki was her only child. Shortly thereafter, Amil accompanied him to the gate to meet again with the pair from the hospital.
She asked me, How is my baby? Basem said. I gave her hope. At the time his face was so swollen, I teared up, but she knew who he was.
Reuniting the family was only the beginning of the hurdles Riegler and Basem would overcome in trying to help Al Amreeki, whose medical condition was, and still is, precarious.
The pair knew that even if Al Amreeki lived, his scarred face and body would make his survival in a culture critical of deformities difficult, to say the least. Additionally, once the child returned to the Iraqi health care system, he would not receive the intense physical therapy and occupational therapy he would require for years to come. This made the pair seek out additional help from nonprofit organizations in the United States.
It was almost impossible, but not quite, Riegler said of finding Marjorie Westerkamp, the transportation coordinator for the Shiners Hospitals for Children in Cincinnati. There were huge bumps in the road.
Those bumps included getting permission from the Iraqi government and Ministry of Health to allow Al Amreeki and Amil to leave Iraq under a humanitarian parole visa as well as coordinating to get them flown from the country on an Air Force medical evacuation mission, during which the aircraft serves as a flying hospital. Since air travel can bring on additional medical challenges for patients, during medical evacuation flights patients receive even more care in the air than on the ground.
Its fine if we get tired, Basem said of their constant work toward getting the child moved. I felt we had to help this human being. I feel like its my baby.
Al Amreeki is the fourth Iraqi patient brought to the Cincinnati hospital for burn treatment. There is no charge for any care or services provided within Shriners Hospitals for Children facilities.
Weve been working for weeks to get Al Amreeki here, said Marjorie Westerkamp, a registered nurse and transport team coordinator at the Cincinnati hospital. Its only with a lot of effort and collaboration can you get a boy from the other side of the world and a war zone to Cincinnati for burn treatment. Shriners Hospital is so happy to be able to provide burn care to children in need -- it is what we do every day.
The entire process took more than six weeks to coordinate and included a required trip to Baghdad to complete paperwork for Amil a city larger than any she had been to before.
Now Amil and Al Amreeki will travel to Cincinnati, but Amil said that the next part of their journey to recovery would not have been possible without the work of the medical personnel at the Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad.
Im his mom, but the nurses, male and female here, they are more than mom or dad to him. They love him and take good care of him. They check his IV and stop by to visit. The words thank you are not enough, she said.
As the boy grows, his lungs will return to close to normal status, Norton said, but his growth will also cause his scars to pucker and his skin to grow tighter. Over the years, Al Amreekis scars will need to be opened periodically so the boy will able to grow at a standard rate.
For now, Al Amreeki will receive treatment in the United States for a year; after that time, his situation will be re-evaluated.
For the two men who heavily invested themselves in getting Al Amreeki to the United States, his story has become one of hope for a people and a nation striving to unite and succeed.
Youre American; Im Iraqi, and the two of us got this done, Basem told Riegler.
For the captain, a father of a 5-month-old girl and a 3-year-old boy, Al Amreekis story is a huge success. His current deployment is his first after becoming a father.
Having served just over a year in the Air Force following an interservice transfer from the U.S. Navy, where he served 19 years, the captain has spent little time treating children, until now. In his position at Wilford Hall Medical Center, he works in the adult intensive care unit and as a critical care air transportation nurse.
Its almost like winning the lottery. This child is one of the few who will have a chance, Riegler said. Im hoping hes something special a symbol for this country. Weve given the family this hope. Im beyond happy for them.
Basem also said young Al Amreekis story is special.
I feel that (Al Amreeki) is the Iraq situation, and I need him to survive as much as Iraq. A lot of people I see dont have hope in the Iraqi future, but I have hope. I see (Al Amreeki) as the Iraqi people one people, one country, he said. Everybody said (Al Amreeki) would die. Now everybody knows him and everybody loves him.
(Air Force 1st Lt. Lisa Spilinek serves in the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs Office. The names of the Iraqi mother and son in this article have been changed, at the mothers request, to protect their identities from terrorists who would harm them if it was known that the pair received help from American servicemembers and the U.S. government.)


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Save for a few remaining All-Star games, members of the class of 2013 have completed their high school basketball careers and are ready to move on to college. As we unveil our final Rivals150 for the class of 2013, a familiar face sits atop the rankings as 6-foot-7 small forward Andrew Wiggins retains his spot at the top of a very strong senior class.
A native of Canada who has been playing his high school ball at Huntington (W.V.) Prep, Wiggins wasn't always ranked No. 1 in the class of 2013. But that's only because he didn't move from the class of 2014 -- where he was No. 1 -- to the class of 2013 until a few months into the 2012-13 school year. Since making the move, though, he has had the top spot on lockdown and has been one of the most heavily covered and most talked-about prospects in a while.
Still undecided with his college choice and not giving any hints, Wiggins has Florida State, Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina giving chase to land him for the likely one year he will spend in college. Like everybody else, they are in love with his athleticism, quickness, ability to finish in transition, defensive ability and penchant for making spectacular plays happen in the blink of an eye.
While Wiggins has a lock on the top spot, those chasing him haven't exactly rolled over and played dead for him, and the first few spots after him weren't easy to pick.
Holding on at No. 2, Kentucky-bound Julius Randle from Plano (Texas) Prestonwood Christian was able to shake off a broken foot that cost him much of his season. When the 6-foot-9, 245 pound southpaw returned to action for the state playoffs and the All-Star circuit, he actually looked to have improved during his time off and came back in tip-top shape. He blends power, skill and dominant rebounding ability.
After checking in at No. 6 nationally after the summer, Aaron Gordon of San Jose (Calif.) Archbishop Mitty moves up to No. 3. The Arizona-bound combo forward is a ridiculous 6-foot-8 athlete who has greatly improved his ball handling and passing. He is an impressive rebounder, finishes in transition and still has plenty of maturing to do given that he won't even turn 18 until mid-September.
Committed to Duke, No. 4 Jabari Parker continues Chicago's outstanding tradition of producing big-time basketball talents. A 6-foot-8 combo forward, Parker won four state championships at Simeon High School and has a versatile game. Parker can shoot with some range, is very good along the baseline and has the size and skill to go operate in the low or high post when needed.
Rounding out the top five is another Kentucky pledge, Andrew Harrison. A 6-foot-5 point guard from Ft. Bend (Texas) Travis in the Houston area, Harrison is a physically dominant lead guard who sees the floor, plays with physicality and is a major competitor. His shooting guard twin brother Aaron Harrison is headed to Kentucky with him and is also a top 10 prospect nationally, checking in at No. 7.
Just missing on the top five and landing at No. 6 is Bonifay (Fla.) Holmes County big man Chris Walker, who will head to Florida. At 6-foot-10, he has tremendous length, is quick off the floor and runs the floor extremely well. The No. 8 player in the country is Indiana-bound combo forward Noah Vonleh of New Hampton (N.H.) Prep. Like Wiggins, the Boston area native made a switch from the class of 2014 earlier in the year.
Rounding out the top ten are a pair of teammates from the Sunshine state who are headed to Kentucky and Florida, respectively. No. 9 Dakari Johnson is an old-school, back-to-the-basket center and space eater who plays tremendous positional defense. Like Wiggins and Vonleh, Johnson is another who made a switch from the class of 2014 to 2013. Finally at No. 10, Kasey Hill is the most athletic point guard in the class. A teammate of Johnson's at Montverde (Fla.) Academy, Hill navigates transition in a blur, can finish with power at the rim and has next level speed to go along with a first step.
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WILKES-BARRE - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins coach John Hynes strongly denied an anonymously sourced report that said the team placed a bounty on Hershey Bears defenseman Steve Oleksy.
Gerry Cantlon, a Connecticut-based freelance writer, said on the Power Play Post Show, an AHL-themed Internet radio show based in Binghamton, that an unnamed source told him about the bounty.
"Oleksy evidently got under the skin of the head coach, John Hynes. Wilkes-Barre has issued a $200 bounty," Cantlon said. "He was confronted by a player in the parking lot, telling him, 'Tomorrow night, Wednesday, you and I are going, first period. I'm collecting it.' So we'll have to see what happens."
The show was posted online at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. Hynes addressed the report after morning skate Wednesday at the Ice Rink at Coal Street.
"That did not occur," Hynes said. "That's not the way we operate as a coaching staff or as an organization."
An AHL spokesman said Wednesday that the league is aware of the report and is looking into it.
The Penguins and Bears played Wednesday night at the Giant Center in Hershey for the second time in five days.
The first meeting, on Saturday night in Hershey, was somewhat contentious. There were 83 penalty minutes issued, including six fighting majors, in a game the Bears won, 4-1.
Oleksy was involved in two confrontations that led to penalties. He and Penguins defenseman Robert Bortuzzo were sent off with matching unsportsmanlike conduct minors at 3:55 of the second period.
After the game ended, Oleksy received a minor for slashing and a double minor for roughing after an altercation with Penguins rookie winger Bobby Farnham, who received a double minor for roughing.
Oleksy, a 6-foot, 186-pound Michigan native, has one assist and 44 penalty minutes in 13 games with the Bears this season.
Hynes was asked if he thought he made any statements to his players that could have been interpreted as a bounty on Olesky.
"It did not occur, so it's a non-entity," he said. "It didn't happen, so we don't need to go into any further issues on it because it didn't happen."
Hynes said he was not angry or upset when he heard about the report.
"Things like this can happen, whether it's this particular incident or any other incidents, but when there are rumors that are not true, then you can't concern yourself with them," he said.
Although Hynes has never engaged in the practice, public vows of revenge for perceived wrong-doing have been a staple in pro hockey for decades. The idea is even immortalized in the movie "Slap Shot," where Paul Newman's character puts a bounty on an opposing player.
The issue has taken on a new dimension in the last year, however, in the wake of the NFL's New Orleans Saints bounty scandal. The league found that Saints players were paid bonuses to hurt opposing players, and coach Sean Payton was suspended for the entire 2012 season for his role in the affair.
Hynes said he was philosophically opposed to the idea of bounties.
"That's not what sports are about," he said. "We would not do it as a coaching staff. Personally, as a coach, we want to be able to have a hard-working team. We want to be able to play well and we want to be extremely competitive, but it's sports. It's about character, character as a coach, character as an organization, character as a team. It's just not something we would ever get into."
Hershey Bears president Doug Yingst, speaking on behalf of the organization, issued a brief statement to the Harrisburg Patriot-News on Wednesday morning.
"We are aware of the comments and the situation is being handled by the American Hockey League," Yingst said.


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Drivers should expect major backups on Del. Route 1 and Del. Route 13 near Smyrna this evening as environmental officials work to clean up a propane leak from a tractor trailer on Route 1 in the area.
Del. Route 1 north and southbound lanes near Smyrna have been closed since about 6 p.m., causing major delays this evening, as the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's emergency response team has been on site working to stanch a propane leak from a tractor trailer, monitoring the environment while emptying the tanker of its propane.
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All Causes (males pictured above)
A downward trend in the combined causes accounted for. True for males and females alike.
Not much of an issue in the U.S. anymore. (Though it's a very different story for the rest of the world.)
I'm confused... are these victims of poisoning (as in, they were poisoned intentionally by someone else) or accidental poisonings (self-inflicted or otherwise)? Either way: WHAT'S WITH THE POISON BOOM??
Breast Cancer
One of the few causes of death where probabilities in women are markedly higher than those in men. Things have gotten better, but not by much. Kind of the case for a lot of cancers, actually.
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Canucks host Flames with chance to extend division lead
The Vancouver Canucks will try to extend their lead atop the Northwest Division when they host the lowly Calgary Flames in Saturday's clash at Rogers Arena.
The Canucks, who have won seven of their last nine games, enter Saturday with a two-point edge over idle Minnesota for the division lead. Both teams have 11 games remaining in the regular season.
Vancouver halted a two-game slide in its most recent outing, notching a 4-0 win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers. Henrik Sedin posted a goal and an assist and Cory Schneider recorded 23 saves for his fourth shutout of the season.
Kevin Bieksa, Chris Higgins and Zack Kassian also scored for the Canucks, who won the opener of a three-game homestand to improve their home record this season to 11-5-3.
"Tonight we were ready to go and stuck to our game plan and didn't give them a whole lot," Schneider said. "I was really happy with how our team played."
Derek Roy made his Canucks debut on Thursday and notched an assist. The veteran forward was acquired earlier this week from Dallas for a second-round draft pick and AHL defenseman Kevin Connauton.
Calgary enters Saturday having lost four straight in regulation and the struggling club has fallen 12 points out of a playoff spot in the West. The Flames lost a close one Friday night in San Jose, as Joe Pavelski scored the winner late in the third period to lift the Sharks took a 2-1 win.
Mikael Backlund scored the lone goal of the game for the Flames, who have lost 12 straight games on the road since beating Dallas on Feb. 17. Calgary is just 3-12-2 as the visiting team this season.
Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 39 shots in Friday's loss.
Vancouver has taken two of three from the Flames this season and the Canucks have won 12 of 17 overall in the series. Calgary has lost three straight and five of its last six games at Rogers Arena.
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