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New Conference Alignment is set for next year…
Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Los Angeles, San Jose, Anaheim, Colorado, Phoenix
Conference 2:
Winnipeg, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Nashville, Columbus, Dallas, Minnesota
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Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Boston, Buffalo, Florida, Tampa Bay
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The teams in 7-team Conference will play each other 6 times. Teams in 8-team Conference will play some 5, some 6 inside Conference.
The first two rounds of playoffs will be played within each conference (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3).
EDIT: Correction… the realignment has been voted on and passed by the Board of Governors, but still needs NHLPA approval.
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Elliott Friedman "1. Re-alignment requires NHLPA approval. 2. Playoff format for 3rd rd and beyond still not finalized. GMs to determine."
Andy Strickland: "League source: 'don't get caught up in two confereces having 7 vs two having 8 teams…NHL may expand to 32 teams and all 4 will have 8 #NHL'"
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I'll have to call this my 'spent dough' It sat in the frig for 3 days before I baked the pizza. It browned up crispy, tender and very delicious.
I made a very, very thin crust. The dough handled beautifully and stretched easily. Olive oiled hands help a lot in handling this wet 90% hydrated dough. I had no problem stretching it into a pizza. Just use wet or oiled hands.
I baked the pizza in the oven with just some chopped tomato and then after it was done in apx. 10 minutes. I topped it with sauted challots, shrimp. Sprinkled on some parmesan, fresh basil, pepper and drizzled with pesto. It was delicious and that's what I had on hand.
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Now that's thin crust..with a nice crumbed crown : ) next time it'll be a little thicker but with just as nice a bite and crunch.
And that was cool...I clicked something here and the picture shrank a little.
Nicely browned bottom
Since we were snacking on pizza's. I threw in a mexican pizza. It had a Bread flour crust, I had frozen and thawed out..for a couple of days.
What the heck. I'm also testing out my new little oven. I wanted to see how it worked for baking pizza's.
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I take the pizza out a couple of minutes before it's done and add the cheese, put it back in the oven till the cheese melts nicely. I think this keeps the cheese from over cooking or browning.
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These pizza's were baked in my Breville Toaster Oven..not to be an add ... but it's everything and more than I expected...just look how nicely it baked these pizza's! I had ordered the extra pan with holes..worked wonderfully.
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A game played primarily by bored teenagers at each other's houses. The contestants sit on the floor indian-style facing each other at a very close distance. They then play a game of rochambeaux (alternately spelled rochambeau), otherwise known as rock-paper-scissors. The winner of the game slaps the other contestant across the face. They then play rochambeaux again. The winner again slaps the loser. They continue in this cycle until one contestant gives up.
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Federal Housing Finance Agency head Edward DeMarco said the agency will likely make a decision regarding mortgage principal forgiveness sometime in April.
DeMarco, in a speech Wednesday before the Boston Security Analysts Society, said the FHFA continues to evaluate added incentives from the Treasury Department to write down loan principal under the Home Affordable Modification Program.
The Treasury announced in January that it would triple those incentive payments for mortgage investors, and Freddie Mac CEO Charles "Ed" Haldeman signaled the change could push the government-sponsored enterprises to cut mortgage principal.
But DeMarco continued his wary stance toward write-downs Wednesday, and said principal forbearance "produces the same, lower monthly payment." That's the main reason to modify a loan, he said.
More than three in four "deeply underwater" borrowers on the GSEs' books are current on their loans, DeMarco said.
"Indeed, we have found that payment reduction, not loan-to-value, is the key indicator of success in loan modification," DeMarco said in prepared remarks. "If the borrower remains successful in this modified loan, this approach preserves for taxpayers an ultimate recovery on the debt."
Others, including many House and Senate Democrats, want DeMarco to go forward with write-downs, while the less patient have called for his ouster.
Thirty senators, in a letter Wednesday, asked DeMarco to revise how the FHFA conducts its principal reduction analysis. The FHFA's previous report, which said write-downs would cost the GSEs $100 billion, had "several critical flaws," they said.
"We seek an accurate analysis, but not a particular result," the senators said in the letter. "Conducting an accurate analysis of this issue is not only part of your responsibility as conservator to conserve taxpayer assets, but also part of your statutory responsibility to maximize assistance for homeowners to minimize foreclosures."
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., who is the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, came out in defense of DeMarco, questioning Democrats' own efforts.
"Democrats should stop blaming FHFA for their failure to craft bipartisan legislation to address the housing crisis," Shelby said in an emailed statement. "FHFA has refinanced over 10 million mortgages since 2009. What have the Senate Democrats accomplished during that same time frame?"


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Itinerarios (Archive)
- Hosted by James Baker
Itinerarios was a weekly two-hour radio program featuring music and musicians from throughout Latin America. Music by the acknowledged masters of Mexico, South and Central America and the Caribbean Islands was presented in a free-flowing session which also features performers with Latin American affiliations.
These world class artists bring a distinctive interpretive power to the music of Latin America, and the great body of European music. A typical edition of Itinerarios might place an interpretation of Beethoven played by the Mexican pianist Jorge Federico Osorio alongside the guitar music of Paraguayan composer Augustín Barrios performed by the Welsh guitarist David Russell.
Itinerarios aired on KPAC and KTXI from the fall of 2003 to January 2013. Although the show has ceased production, you may still access previous playlists and articles associated with the show online through this page.


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by Sue Ann Rybak
The "Nuns on the Bus" message was simple: "Reasonable Revenue for Responsible Programs." It is a response to a proposed federal budget drawn up by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), and it seemed to resonate with the approximately 300 people who showed up to greet them at a fundraiser held in Martino Hall at Chestnut Hill College.
The Catholic nuns, who represented a variety of religious orders, began their nine-state, 2,700-mile bus tour on June 18 to protest the Ryan budget, which gives tax breaks to the wealthy while cutting funds to social programs that benefit the poor. Sponsored by Network, a national Catholic social justice organization, the tour traveled through Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, ending Monday in Washington, D.C.
While in Chestnut Hill, the nuns discussed the need for solidarity and urged Pennsylvanians to oppose what they described as immoral and drastic budget cuts that would decimate programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and food stamps.
"The Ryan Budget would raise taxes on 18 million hard-working, low-income families while cutting taxes for the millionaires and corporations," said Sr. Simone Campbell, Network's executive director. "It would push the families of two million children into poverty – kick eight million people off food stamps and 30 million off health care.
Noting that trying to create jobs by giving tax cuts to the wealthy has not worked, Campbell added, "You know what the definition of insanity is – doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
She said the Nuns on the Bus tour focused on the needs of the poor in the United States.
"The Ryan Budget fails the basic moral test, according to U.S. Catholic Bishops, so we are standing with our bishops," Campbell said.
The Vatican recently criticized American nuns for focusing on social justice issues instead of speaking out against gay marriage and abortion,
Campbell talked about the idea of "radical acceptance" – that even those who are opposed to the nuns' call for social justice are still "God's children."
"We are one body," she said. "We are called to be the burning bush."
Campbell said Americans "must use the breath of the spirit to engage in a dialogue" to address the nation's economic crisis.
"We can't ignore it," she said. "It has to be addressed, but let's be analytical about it. What caused the debt? What caused the debt was putting two wars on a credit card."
Network and members of Nuns on the Bus have come up with an alternative to Ryan's Budget. It's a 55-page document called the Faithful Budget.
Campbell said Rep. Ryan expects that the churches, synagogues and mosques will supplement the cuts to much needed health and food programs.
She said if this happens "every house of worship in the United State will each have to raise $50,000 every year for ten years to make up the difference – that's impossible."
"That's not just shredding the safety net – that's tossing the safety net away," she added. "The working poor will be the ones who suffer. Many of these people are working who receive food stamps. Well, if you're working and making a salary that isn't enough, doesn't this make it not charity but actually a business subsidy, where we are subsidizing low-wage workers so that employers can pay low wages."
Sr. Diane Guerin, one of the Nuns on the Bus, said the sisters understood the suffering of the poor because they saw it daily in their everyday lives.
"As a Sister of Mercy, I take a fourth vow of service to the poor, the sick and the uneducated, and for me this is a call to really be out there and help people and bear witness to what we see and do," Guerin said. "We are touched by people's pain and we're hoping that we can take that back to the people in Congress and have them experience it. We need to break open their hearts."
Sr. Mary Ellen Lacey, another bus rider, said Network, with the help of fellow citizens, "has developed a platform for every state" and said legislators need to hear the "cry of the poor." But for this to happen, she said, Americans needed to "sign on board" by going to nunsonthebus.org.
Sr. Judy Oliver, a guest speaker, said the shutting down of needed social programs challenges "the very identity of who we are as a nation."
"The American people are good people," she said. "We are not perfect, but it has always been characteristic of us to exhibit a basic goodness and show sensitivity and compassion to those in need during national and international crises. Helping those in need has always been the American way."
Oliver said if Americans continue supporting representatives who draft and pass legislation that inflicts greater hardship on citizens in need, "the very identity of the American people will drastically change."
Adding that Americans were at a crossroads, she said Americans "must decide who we are called to be as citizens and as human beings."
"I doubt that anyone of any economic status when they or their loved one is ill and needs care doesn't want to get what they need," Oliver said. "And yet this most fundamental need and this most basic of rights is targeted to be depleted by the Ryan budget."
Sr. Richelle Friedman, another member of Nuns on the Bus, encouraged people to reach out to their representatives and "tell them your stories that are so critical and important," noting that it was important "to remember why we're doing what we're doing."
"We are the voice of the people who are affected by these policies," Friedman said.
Colleen Gibson, a candidate for the Sisters of St. Joseph, works at a community center providing meals to people in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. She said that by eliminating key services society doesn't give the most vulnerable any chance of survival.
Gibson said that, under the Ryan budget, 159,000,000 million meals to "the most vulnerable of our society" would be eliminated, adding that "behind each one of those meals is a person who is going to go hungry one night." In addition, she said, "Over 1.6 million seniors and children in Pennsylvania are going to lose medical coverage."
"We can't balance our budget on the backs of the poor," Gibson said. "We need to stand up for change."
Sr. Kathy McGonigle, of New Jersey, who came out to support Nuns on the Bus, works as a mental health clinician at a women's prison in New Jersey. She said the cuts "would be devastating to the most vulnerable in our society."
Alice O'Neill, who attends St. Vincent De Paul Church in Germantown, said this was her first exposure to the Network people."
"Needless to say, how can anybody be anything but impressed," O'Neill said. "It's amazing."
Lou Monticchio, of Hamilton, N.J., said he had been following the Vatican's pronouncement against the nuns.
"When I realized they were going to be in the Philadelphia area, I wanted to be here," Monticchio said.
"It makes people hopeful because of what they do and what their lives are about. They have a certain level of authenticity about themselves. People trust them."
He added that if the country was going to find a solution to the economic crisis, people needed "to cross the aisle and find a way of regaining some dialogue. It's tough but it's a central ingredient,"
Joyce Miller, of Philadelphia, said she came out because she admired "what [the nuns] are doing and their outreach." Although Miller is not a Catholic, she said she wanted to show her support.
She said to accomplish something like this you need to have a lot of grass-root support.
"They are the ones who are out in the community working hard, and I admire that," she added.
John Day, a Chestnut Hill resident, said he came "to hear the challenges to the Ryan Budget and the impact it has on the poor."
Nancy Kelley, of Haverford, said she heard Campbell interviewed on NPR and was "impressed with how rational, thoughtful and insightful she was."
Kelley, who is also an alumnus of Chestnut Hill College, said, referring to the NPR program, that "as hard as people tried to engage her in polarized comments, she skillfully and in a truly Christian manner avoided that."
"Every time they tried to put her in a corner, she found away out of it," Kelley said. "I came to see her as well as to hear the testimony to social justice."
She said she was impressed that they had developed an alternative plan, the Faithful Budget, and wanted to learn more about it.
Roger Van Allen, a faculty member at Villanova University who came with his wife, Judy, said the nuns delivered "a message of caring and hope."
"We can make a difference by being in touch with people and being determined to help create systems that will be just and fair," Van Allen said,
Judy Van Allen said it was important for people "to engage in dialogue and get past the headline syndrome."
"Everyone wants to grab a headline and make it their life's mantra, and they don't want to know the complications of the issues," she said. "The issues are very complicated."


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April 10, 2003LOS ANGELES — A team representing The Anderson School at UCLA took second place in the 2002 National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Student Case Competition. Team members Ross Cheairs ('03), Kamau Coleman ('03), Rosa Earley ('03) and Marcus Moore ('03) were awarded a $9,000 scholarship (which they will share) at the association's annual conference in Nashville, Tenn. They contended with more than 30 top graduate business schools from across the nation, including Wharton, Yale, Kellogg, Michigan State and the Marshall School at USC.
The Anderson School's team spent four weeks analyzing a complex business case study and then presented and defended their recommendations before a panel of corporate executives. Established in 1992, the NBMBAA Student Case Competition gives student attendees at the association's conference the chance to demonstrate their knowledge, problem-solving abilities and analytical proficiency. Participants are judged based on their presentation skills, style, thoroughness and creativity. DaimlerCrysler has sponsored the competition since 1995 and provides an automobile industry case study each year.
In the competition's 10-year history, teams from The Anderson School have won twice: in 2001 and 1998. David Porter, assistant professor at The Anderson School at UCLA, has been advisor to all three teams, and this year was reminded several times of their reputation as a formidable foe. Advisors for other teams voiced their anxiety to him about having to face The Anderson School team in the early rounds and declared their intention to finally beat them "one of these years."
Professor Porter was particularly proud of how well this year's group of students functioned as a team, recognizing each other's strengths and supporting their efforts. As a result, he observed that they were able to engage in very constructive debate on the problems with which they were presented, leading to very successful solutions.
"One of the things that made this team stand out is that they went far beyond what was asked of them," said Dr. Porter. "After answering the core questions in the case, they went on to enumerate additional issues for dramatically improving the company's performance and greatly enhancing its profitability."
Team member Rosa Earley remembers the competition experience as short and intense with many long nights. She and the other students were assisted in their pre-conference preparation by Carla Hayn, associate professor and area chair of accounting, and Olav Sorenson, assistant professor of policy. These Anderson School faculty members reviewed the student's work for any faulty logic, helping to fine tune their arguments.
Earley came to the group with experience from another competition and provided insight into the human resources aspects of the case. Having spent the past summer working in the personnel department of a hospital, Earley's real world experience helped keep the team's goals in this area realistic, and executive board compensation was a key component in their suggestions for the solution of the case.
Last minute health concerns among team members applied additional pressure. Early was the only healthy member of the three presenters just prior to the conference. Kamau Coleman had surgery and was unable to make the trip. Ross Cheairs was injured and on crutches but did make it to the conference. Marcus Moore had participated in the preparation of the case, but was not expecting to be part of the presentation. He was traveling in Europe until just before the competition and arrived at the conference to find the team needed him to step in at the last minute. Moore has a strong background in accounting. Earley considered his contributions to be very valuable, especially when he found a financial error in their work.
The team spent the day polishing their slide presentation to meet the deadline for submission that night. They were discouraged by their prospects at that point, because they knew it was not perfect. To make matters worse, they felt pressure to uphold The Anderson School's record of success. Moore said the team worried it would be a disaster if they didn't do well, and he was so frustrated that he even feared coming in "dead last."
Their practice meeting with Professor Porter lifted the team's sagging spirits. He assured them that minor imperfections would be overlooked and reminded them that what really mattered was how well they laid out their arguments. Expressing confidence in the quality of their analysis, he said he could tell they had done their homework and was sure the judges would see that as well. With his encouragement, they were reenergized and confidently navigated the first round, making it into the finals. Moore was so pleased with their presentation that he was certain they would advance. Earley remembers being even more elated later that night when she realized how many of the top business schools had not made the cut.
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"At that point I realized just how competitive I really am," remarked Moore. "Ross was the one who brought it all into perspective when he told us he would not listen to anything sad on the subject, since it was still a very significant achievement. Then I let it go and realized what a good experience it had been. The increased confidence it gave me made it well worth the effort."


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In Part One of this article (published Sept. 18, 2013), Wheaton Attorney Scott Pointner explained the "top line" (revenue) challenges faced by "Main Street" in this post-recession recovery. In this second half, he explains the struggles small businesses face on their "bottom line" (profitability).
When it comes to increasing costs of goods, borrowing costs and gas prices, the tools available to Wall Street darlings are vastly different than those available to Main Street storefronts. For large multi-nationals, a few percent contraction in workforce, reductions in the cost of materials or parts imposed on suppliers, or large-scale equipment acquisitions to more efficiently produce goods, can all lead to increasing bottom line profitability without increasing top line revenue growth. In fact, aside from unprecedented fed intervention, recent stock market gains have been largely driven by cost-cutting measures such as these.
For small businesses, effective strategies like these are rarely available, and when they are, they are typically accompanied by risk or disruption. Recent census data shows more than 78 percent of the nearly 6 million employers in the United States had nine or fewer employees. Cutting even one employee for most small businesses means significant changes in the lives of those that remain, especially given the close-knit social fabric of Main Street. The economic leverage of the average storefront is insignificant in the new world of big box retailers, and thus price concessions from suppliers are difficult to secure. Finally, the debt and risk of big capital expenditures keep small business owners up at night before "pulling the trigger."
Couple this lack of options with the uncertainty of rising healthcare costs and higher taxes around the corner to address government debt and unfunded pension obligations, and it is no wonder that just as the small businesses have not seen significant top line revenue growth, few have been able to significantly increase bottom lines.
Just as wind resistance makes incremental increases in speed more difficult for a sailor to obtain, until our leaders figure out how to extend Wall Street success to Main Street, the by products of the recovery will likely continue to act as headwinds, slowing the growth of small businesses more so than that of larger companies. The foreseeable future of slow growth from these headwinds, coupled with the need to remain cautious amid the many reefs of economic uncertainty that lie just below (and in cases such as healthcare and rising taxes, above) the surface, small business owners are likely to be sailing the slow Seas of Mediocrity while watching the cigarette boats of Team Bernake/Yellen racing by.
Scott E. Pointner is the legal counsel for the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce.


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Exploding Samsung Galaxy phone leaves teenager with third degree burns and smelling like a 'burnt pig'
A Swiss teenager suffered second and third degree burns when her smartphone apparently exploded in her pocket.
Fanny Schlatter, 18, was injured when the Samsung Galaxy S3 allegedly blew up in her trouser pocket.
She claims to have been left with no feeling in her right thigh and said she will be launching a criminal complaint against Samsung
French language paper Le Matin reported that Ms Schlatter was working as an painting apprentice when she heard a large bang.
She told the paper: 'All of a sudden I heard the sound of an explosion – like a firecracker.
'Then I noticed a strange chemical smell and my work trousers began to catch fire.'
By the time Ms Schlatter's boss, Stephane Kubler, had come to her assistance, the flames had reached her shoulders.
She was rushed into the nearest bathroom where colleagues doused the flames before driving her to hospital.
Ms Schlatter explained: 'Luckily my hair was tied up and my sweater didn't have time to catch fire.'
However, she added that her burns were severe enough to make her smell like a 'burnt pig'.
The burns have left Ms Schlatter with no feeling in her right thigh and the teenager has been signed off work until 15 August.
She now plans to file a legal complaint against the Korean phone maker.
In a statement, a Samsung spokesperson told the MailOnline: 'Once we have gotten hold of the product in question, we will conduct a thorough examination to determine the exact cause of this incident.
'We would like to assure our customers that we have always employed strict quality control and safety standards to ensure a safe and pleasant user experience.'
This is not the first time a Samsung Galaxy S3 battery has supposedly exploded.
In May this year, Reddit user Vizionx1208 posted pictures of his destroyed Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone, claiming he was 'awoken by a loud noise and a weird squeaking sound.'
He states the phone was on the verge of setting alight and his bedroom had filled with smoke and had a 'pungent smell.
He was able to put out the smouldering phone by chucking a glass of water over it but the phone had already burnt his mattress cover and left a small burn on his finger.
Last year, an Irish Samsung S3 owner claimed his handset burst into flames as he was driving his car.
However, it was later discovered, following tests by the Fire Investigations UK (FIUK) team, that the phone had been previously placed in the microwave to remove water damage and this may have been the cause of the fire.
It isn't just the S3 model that has this supposed fault either.
In South Korea in 2011, the battery from a Samsung Galaxy Note allegedly exploded in a man's pocket as he walked along the street.
The explosion caused second degree burns and a one-inch wound to his thigh
It was the second time that year a battery from the Galaxy Note was said to have exploded in South Korea.
Elsewhere, a phone battery spontaneously caught fire in a man's back pocket at the Defcon hacking conference in the U.S in 2010, and in 2009, a man was killed when his exploding phone severed his neck artery.
Last month, a fire in a Peterborough house was thought to have been caused by an exploding phone battery after a handset was left on charge overnight.
The fire crews did not release what make or model the battery came from but said damage was caused to the bedroom, where the phone was on charge, including the bed, furniture and serious smoke damage to the walls


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Editor's Note: This is the first of a series of 10 vignettes in which IMS Senior Communications Manager Paul Kelly picks his top 10 moments of 2017 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Stories flowed freely, like the sweat and tears of the winners, as America's most prestigious amateur racing event, the SCCA National Championship Runoffs came to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time Sept. 25-Oct. 1.
More than 1,000 cars were entered into the event, with winners crowned after intense races across the spectrum of Sports Car Club of America classes. But perhaps no win triggered more feel-good's and tears than when Eric Prill crossed the finish line first Sept. 29 in the F Production class.
Prill finally broke through for his first Nationals victory after 16 previous tries resulted in seven podiums but no victories. Ending that drought was enough to generate tons of good will for Prill.
But there was more to this victory. Far more.
First, Prill embodies everything that's good about amateur racing. He has continued his passion play of amateur racing even while climbing the executive ranks at SCCA headquarters in Topeka, Kansas. When Prill goes to work every day, he's keeping SCCA members and racers at the front of his mind during every decision, because he IS one of them.
But the biggest reason tears and joy wove themselves into a happy tapestry after Prill's victory was simple – SuperMax.
Maxton Prill, the 6-year-old son of Eric Prill and his wife, Robin, was diagnosed with leukemia in November 2013 at age 2. He bravely endured extensive chemotherapy and other treatment over the last four years as he fought to regain his health, and Eric and Robin shared Max's battle through an organization called Maxton's Fight to publicly to raise awareness and funds for children like Max fighting this horrible disease and for their lives.
Eric has run SuperMax decals on his car since Max's diagnosis, and those decals and hero cards also are seen in professional racing paddocks around the country.
So it was beyond poignant when Max was one of the first people to greet his father in Victory Lane at IMS after Prill's victory. It was arguably the most emotional victory hug of the year at IMS.
Another magic moment after Prill's win came when Robin Prill rode in the passenger seat of her Eric's open-top Mazda Miata race car with her husband behind the wheel, holding the checkered flag aloft in triumph around the IMS road course. It was so nice to see the ear-to-ear grins on Eric and Robin Prill – two of the nicest people you'll meet in racing – after enduring the struggle by their son to survive over the last four years.
Images of this victory weren't beamed around the world via TV, print and social media like the wins by Takuma Sato, Kasey Kahne, Yoshi Muroya and Lexi Thompson this year at IMS and Brickyard Crossing. But Eric Prill's victory in F Production at the SCCA National Runoffs will stick with me like no other in 2017 at the Racing Capital of the World.


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Kevin McGuire Goes to ACMs, Family Credits Taylor Swift for His Health
Sometimes the best things in life take the longest, and in the case of Kevin McGuire, it took one full year of waiting. After missing out on being Taylor Swift's date to last year's ACM Awards, the 19-year-old -- who has survived a difficult battle with leukemia -- suited up and went to the 2013 ACMs with the star.
The songstress and McGuire were finally able to meet face-to-face after the heartwarming story in which he asked the '22' hitmaker to prom last year. She countered with a sweet invitation to the 2012 ACMs, which he sadly wasn't able to attend due to another hospital stay.
After a successful bone marrow transplant from his younger brother, McGuire and his entire family were able to attend this year's ACMs, and meet the lovely Swift in person.
They received the VIP treatment, according to Daily Mail, and were picked up from their home in a white limo, flown out to Vegas and hung out with the songstress in her hotel room before she got ready for the show.
McGuire gushed about Swift's beauty via Twitter, saying, "If you guys think she's pretty in pictures, I can't tell you how stunning she is in real life." The thrill of meeting Swift will truly be a night for him to remember, as Kevin tells CBS Philly, "I think Taylor is one of those people who you don't really see that often. Classy, sweet and kind."
His sister Tori adds, "She's a big part of the reason Kevin survived, too, because she just lifted his spirits so much. It's kind of like the big finale to this awful dream that we've had." That's a high compliment to Swift, who has truly helped this 19-year-old hero 'Begin Again' after beating cancer.
Now, McGuire is ready to move on with his life, saying, "Going through what we've been through … it's symbolic, in a way. It started my chapter with my cancer. Now it's behind me; I can close the book on it." Sounds like the end of that chapter was pretty 'enchanted,' and McGuire is the picture of good health, with a job at Applebee's and plans to attend college this fall.


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Mets rip Yanks behind 5-run first-inning burst
Bronx, NY – Ike Davis showed signs of breaking out of his slump while helping the New York Mets extend the recent struggles of their city rivals.
The embattled first baseman went 2-for-5 and delivered a two-RBI single during a five-run first inning that propelled the surging Mets to a 9-4 drubbing of the New York Yankees as the Subway Series shifted venues to the Bronx on Wednesday.
Lucas Duda also knocked in a pair of runs with a double later on, while Marlon Byrd homered and recorded two RBI as well in the Mets' season-best fourth consecutive victory and third over the rival Yanks in as many days. The Mets posted back-to-back 2-1 decisions over the Bombers at Citi Field the previous two nights.
"Those guys are a good team over there," said Yankees first baseman Lyle Overbay. "They just haven't hit their stride. It seems like they've done that right now."
The Mets battered David Phelps (3-3) for five runs -- four earned -- on four hits and two walks before the Yankees starter was removed after only registering one out.
Counterpart Jeremy Hefner (1-5) fared considerably better, permitting three runs on nine hits and striking out five over six innings to notch his first win in 10 starts in 2013.
The Yankees have now dropped four in a row, their longest skid of the year.
Brennan Boesch finished 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBI in the loss, with Robinson Cano and Jayson Nix each collecting two hits and driving in a run for the Yankees.
Each of the Mets' last six wins had come in their final at-bat heading into the contest, but there was no such drama after they sent 10 men to the plate while shellacking Phelps in the opening inning.
Phelps was behind after throwing just three pitches, as Ruben Tejada led off with a single and Daniel Murphy belted a double off the wall in right center to knock in the first run. Murphy later crossed the plate on a John Buck single, and Nix's error on Byrd's bases-loaded grounder to third made the score 3-0 before Davis -- mired in a 3-for-27 rut and a .152 season average -- laced a single to left to cap the five-run frame.
"I don't like playing bad, so the fire's been lit for a while," said Davis afterward. "I know I'm a better player. I get really frustrated when I don't play good."
Byrd furthered the margin with a homer off Adam Warren that bounced off the top of the right-field wall and over in the third, and Duda lengthened the lead to 8-0 with a two-run double in the fourth that brought home Mike Baxter and David Wright.
Hefner, meanwhile, held the Yankees to only one run -- Boesch's blast into the seats in right in the bottom of the fourth -- until encountering some difficulty in his final inning of work.
A single by Travis Hafner and Overbay's ground-rule double put two on with no out for Boesch, who legged out an infield hit to cut the deficit to 8-2. Nix later drove in Overbay with a single to complete the Yankees' two-run sixth.
Murphy singled to open the ninth and came around on Rick Ankiel's two-out hit to put the Mets up 9-3, with Cano singling in Brett Gardner in the Yankees' last turn to account for the final score.
Game Notes
The Mets improved to 6-1 in interleague play this season and ended a string of five straight losses at Yankee Stadium, during which they were outscored by a 34-13 margin ... Phelps had the shortest non-injury related outing by a Yankees starter since Alex Graman recorded just one out at Tampa Bay on July 19, 2004 ... The last time the Mets took three straight from the Yankees occurred during the 2010 season ... Yankees' hurler Ivan Nova yielded just one run while fanning six over five innings of relief in his second appearance since missing a month due to triceps inflammation.


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Nicklaus completely reconstructs Muirfield Village clubhouse before 38th Memorial Tournament
DUBLIN, Ohio – Just a couple of weeks before the start of the 38th Memorial Tournament, Barbara Nicklaus was busy doing some interior — and exterior — decorating.
Huge boxes full of patio furniture were sitting all around the newly reconstructed clubhouse at Muirfield Village Golf Club and the wife of the tournament's founder was directing traffic. She instructed workers where to put a couple of tables, quickly greeted a few visitors and then wiped her brow and pointed to some chairs.
There was a lot of work to be done and the woman who has been Jack Nicklaus' wife for almost 53 years was just the person to get people moving.
When the Memorial Tournament begins Thursday, the field will be strong and the course will be almost unchanged from a year ago. But the facelift to the facilities — set in motion by Jack and completed by Barbara — will be the biggest change for spectators.
"(The clubhouse is) basically almost 40 years old and it needed an uplift anyway," Jack Nicklaus said about the buildings, constructed shortly before Roger Maltbie won the first Memorial in 1976. "A friend said, 'Jack, you've got a world-class golf course and you've got a 1970s California ranch-style clubhouse. You need to have a clubhouse that matches.' He was right."
The Nicklauses don't do anything halfway. The joke is that when Jack senses a problem with a hole at Muirfield Village, he brings in the backhoes the day after the Memorial Tournament ends. Next thing you know, a tweak becomes a radical change.
"What started out to be a medium-sized project has turned out to be a very large project," Jack said.
The clubhouse and media pavilion, which used to be separated by 75 yards are now connected. They form a horseshoe of a different sort not far from Ohio State's famous football stadium where the Nicklauses still attend games whenever possible.
Dan Sullivan, executive director of the Memorial, won't put a dollar figure on the reconstruction but does concede, "It's a significant financial and construction project. The last time the original clubhouse was updated was 38 or 40 years ago when it was built. So it was a well-timed renovation and expansion that will allow the club to perform for years to come."
In October, Muirfield Village also hosts the Presidents Cup, pitting the top pros squaring off in a U.S. vs. International team format.
Nicklaus said the buildings needed to be updated.
"You're going to say (the new design) could come from any period," he said. "We put pillars or columns on the outside, we changed some of the roof lines, we put some chimneys and dormer windows in and opened up some skylights. We changed the inside and outside."
There is an updated facade, with the columns replacing the wood siding and shake roof of the old clubhouse. The buildings now envelop the closing hole, providing sponsors' suites, a lengthy patio and numerous viewing areas while retaining the grass hills which hold thousands of golf fans each year.
Off the backside of the clubhouse is a new fitness facility which includes state of the art machines along with private rooms for massages. The semi-trailer chock with workout apparatus which usually follows PGA Tour events won't make the trip to Dublin this year because everything the players need is already there.
Players will now walk toward an enclosed scorer's room as they finish their rounds, rather than a small, cramped room up on the hillside. They can walk to the driving range, the locker room or to interview rooms via an open area beneath the new suites. They can also sign autographs.
"We've created a new space that will allow everything to be a little more fluid, a little bit more in control," Sullivan said.
A large clock tower sits in the middle of the connecting building. The clock won't be in place for the Memorial, but a tournament logo will hold the spot until it is delivered long before the Presidents Cup competition.
Nicklaus joked that he spent so much money on the clubhouse that he "couldn't afford" to make any changes to the Muirfield Village course.
He's hoping the new buildings last as long as the old ones did.
"It'll make things more today and in a timeless fashion," he said. "Hopefully we're going to accomplish that."
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Please God, forgive me, but I HATE Joel Osteen!
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I don't need / want / desire / solicit the forgiveness of any deity ... but Joel Osteen can take a long walk off a short pier for all of me ... and that's as polite as I can get regarding him and those of his ilk.
I confess that I had never heard of the guy. You know, Who the fuck is Joel Osteen ? I checked Wiki and watched 10 minutes of ''The power of 'I am''. Is he some kind of smiling Jesus ? I guess I will never know.
No, his bouffant hair and good ol' boy local yokel voice and East Texas accent, are really grating. He makes me sick.
He's been around for a few years so he's not new by any means. When I first saw him I thought he was Jesus for a new generation. Good looking, smooth with words. I'll bet most mom would have been happy to have him date their daughter.
Yup, he's Elmer Gantry all right. Great book by the way. Lewis nailed it in 1926 and things haven't changed much since. I didn't grow up with preachers like that so they come across like space aliens. I suppose if you're from an area with a history of similar characters they would seem perfectly normal. You'd think the book would be the handbook we'd all use when determining what to run screaming from. Nope. I'd like to believe it put a dent in the popularity of these charlatans but they sure didn't slow down much.
Lot better than I could have said it, Greg, thanks. I recall the incident on the jet that saw his blonde wife (what other color?!) chew out a stewardess for some minor infraction of courtesy resulting in a slander suit for damages. Victoria Osteen won. But it was a Texas jury, and Texans do love their Buy Bulls. If you ever saw or see today in syndication the old TV sitcom, Gomer Pyle, that is how Osteen sounds, only in a whiny voice and a shaking head pattern his long face and blue eyes and big lips -- some might think him the New Nice. But he's like Eric Cantor: some times people tell lies/Behind blue eyes/Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes tell lies. Great blues!
The neuroscientists tell us that religious beliefs are so ingrained they tend to be tenacious and lead to violently held positions on things based upon the dogma of this or that religion. Another good work on this theme is the stage play and movie of Inherit the Wind, in which a Darrow-like figure makes a fool of a Christian pedant but cannot overcome local prejudices, including prejudice against atheists. (As we all know, Mr. Scopes was convicted.) There is a great scene in the movie of Gantry where Burt Lancaster lambastes non-believers as messenger boys for Satan.
No, he is NOT some kind of smiling Jesus ... unless Jesus was yet one more snake-oil salesman, like the totality of all megachurch, fake-smile, "I-Have-THE-Answer", total-bullshit proselytizers that I have seen too much of in the US.
Truth be told, I want to face them all - Joel Osteen, Jimmy Swaggart, the late Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Donald Wildmon, Jimmy & Tammy Fae Bakker, Benny Hinn, Reverend Ike, Billy Graham, and others I can't think the names of. I want to look them square in the eye until they can't hope to blink and say one word, one all-important and (to them) earth-shattering, mind-messing and world-undoing word:
If you've seen the Paul Thomas Anderson movie, There Will Be Blood, you may recall the comeuppance of the sneaky preacher at the hands of the wealthy wildcatter who buys himself a mansion with a bowling alley in it. When the preacher comes calling, the wiley protagonist bowls with his head instead of a ball. But this is after he has forced him to admit that he's been lying all along about the existence of his god and that religion is false. It is the finest atheist moment in the movies.
That might be why your dermatologist plays Osteen. You are so focused on how smarmy and sleazy Osteen is, how much you hate his words and voice, you don't notice the poking and slicing and snipping. You leave thinking "I hate Osteen" instead of "That procedure was really painful".
Okay ... I'm about to get very un-politically correct here, so fasten yer seat belts:
FUCK Osteen. Fuck his prosperity gospel and his church and every last word about either of those that has ever been uttered from his mouth. Fuck it so hard it bleeds. Fuck it hard enough that Osteen finally awakens from his bible-induced hallucination and recants each and every word he ever spoke about any of it.
Yeah, I KNOW I'm dreaming and that he won't ever wake up from his own delusion. But it was a matter of getting that out of my system or finding the bastard and banging his head against a wall until it bled dollar bills.
A guy's got to have SOME standards, don't he?
"A guy's got to have SOME standards, don't he?" Not Joel.
Amen Loren
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Kristallnacht, the German pogrom on November 9, 1938 that preceded the Nazi Holocaust and the "final solution" to Europe's "Jewish problem" is commemorated every year at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.
This year's event began with an artists' exhibition titled "The Last Portrait" that featured paintings of men, women and children in Nazi death camps. The artists managed to hide most of these portraits, and those who survived returned after the war to reclaim their work.
The portraits serve as an important reminder of the humanity these inmates retained under the most difficult of circumstances. Personal notes found with the paintings provide a silent witness and an eternal memorial for these lost lives.
Following the exhibition tour a memorial service was conducted in Memorial Hall, where the names of 22 death camps are engraved on the floor. One Holocaust survivor concluded his address to those gathered with the words "Am Israel Chai – the People of Israel Live!"
The day ended with a ceremony in Yad Vashem's auditorium, where one testimony in particular stood out. Sarah, a German Jewess who witnessed Kristallnacht, recounted her flight from angry mobs. After a long chase, she fell down in front of the German Supreme Court in Berlin, where the mob hurled clumps of dirt at her. Her voice shaking, Sarah told how at the time she had thought: "Law and justice are supposed to emanate from this place."
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I know it was ugly and there was a ton to worry about coaching related to this team but there were several stand-outs in the game that aren't getting enough praise.
1. Aaron Brooks looked fantastic. Decise and accurate. Yet another late game comeback for a victory. I've been critical of him in the past but he brought his A-game Sunday.
2. Donte Stallworth. Caught the ball in traffic. I heard Kenny on WWL last night say it was probably the best game he's ever seen out of Donte. He also said his downfield blocking looked great. Most TV viewers can't see that. He appears to be developing into a solid player.
3. Joe Horn. He looked like Joe Horn
4. Pathon. Returned to form after last weeks nightmare. If we are looking for a CB in a trade this man may be required to make it happen. It would mean that either Henderson or Gardner would have to step up into the 3rd WR role but it might be worth it to get a good player on the D-side of the ball.
5. Jay Bellamy. You know, this guy might be our MVP on Defense so far this year. Would any of us have thought that 2 years ago?
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All good points - and there is some good news here. AB is played like we\'ve all hoped he can (or actaully seen streaks of in the past). The question remains whether he can keep playing like that or if he\'ll be up and down as he has been for years.
Seeing the WRs step it up was great too. There\'s a group that caught a lot of flak in the offseason and it was good to see them play like they are capable of playing. Let\'s hope they keep it going.
Unfortunately, there are more problems/questions than solutions/answers. The run D is not good. Courtney Watson seems to be the real deal but the LB play still hasn\'t improved much. Why not?
The D-line is not what it has been billed to be. Why? Injuries? Let\'s hope so. The secondary looks pretty darn bad.
The O-line is not the tough physical group that can dominate the trenches that they were supposed to be. Losing a FB HAS hurt. Two TEs doesn\'t seem to work and those two TEs aren\'t as good as billed.
Our coaches still can\'t coach... [sigh]
I just hope it gets better, and soon.
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Our O-line and rush offense looked bad for nearly the entire 2nd half of the season last year. We had T-rex and Jerry Fontenot.
I don\'t think the problem is losing T-rex, its the fact we don\'t use a FB hardly at all any more. When Karney does play he reminds me of Smith.
Our O-line last year was weak in the middle WITH Jerry and it seems they are weak without him. So I don\'t think losing Jerry is the problem.
I think the problem is we have an O-line thats supposed to be a run-oriented road grating line, but we\'re asking them to play like the fast finesse type line Denver always has.
I think last years line was probably better suited for this two-TE set, and this years line is better suited for the two-back set. Leave it to this staff to force their system onto the players instead of letting the players talents influence your system. They\'ve done it before with LB\'s, moving a productive OLB inside where he didn\'t produce.
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I'd thought I throw out some ideas for new runes, seeing as we have all these new items anyways (maybe these can be sold in shops).
Cleaving (5 MP) - Your next strike deals base damage to all monsters adjacent to you. Mainly intended to hit a weak monster to take small damage while also hitting a strong one. Works well with summon monster and swap glyph.
Endure (3 MP) - Gain 15% resistances until the next time you are hit (this effect stacks). You can pre-cast this, but unlike protection from death, it's not spammable, but you can choose to take only partial resistances for less mana.
Empower (5 MP) - Makes your next glyph have an additional effect:
APHEELSIK - Applies 1 point of corrosion and 1 point of weakness when used.
BLUDTUPOWA - Increases mana regeneration to 3 points per square until toggled off.
BURNDAYRAZ - Penetrates 25% of magic resistance.
BYSSEPS - You are immune to gaining new status conditions for 1 attack round.
CYDSTEPP - Also immune to petrification
ENDISWAL - Causes the wall to explode doing 100% of your base attack power to all adjacent monsters.
GETINDARE - Adds 25% dodge for one attack round (doesn't stack).
HALPMEH - Also restores 1 corrosion and 1 weakness
IMAWAL - Turns the enemy into mud so that they don't leave a wall behind.
LEMMISI - Blinds all enemies reduces the damage of their next attack by 20% (doesn't stack).
WEYTWUT - Phases the enemy allowing you to walk though them (lasts forever)
WONAFYT - Teleports a monster the highest level monster that is no more than 1 level above you.


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Lincoln Metropolitan Planning Organization
Officials Committee
Friday, September 27, 2013
10:00 a.m.
County/City Building, Mayor's Conference Room
Roll call and acknowledge the "Nebraska Open Meeting Act"
- Review and action on the draft minutes of the August 29, 2013 Officials Committee meeting
- Review of the Lincoln Travel Options Strategy for the MPO planning area.
- The Study
- The purpose of this study is to identify the existing travel patterns in Lincoln, document existing programs that help people better utilize biking, walking, transit and shared ride options. The study explored opportunities to formalize a Travel Options Program to increase the number of people using alternative modes of travel.
- Travel Options Program
- Travel Options Program is to encourage a shift from the single-occupancy automobile to alternative modes by offering other options. These efforts are to be coordinated between the City of Lincoln, the business community, universities and other institutions, and area nonprofits. The tools include providing educational materials, information, incentives, and other resources to encourage alternatives to driving alone.
- Other topics for discussion.


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HOLLENBECK: Homemade jelly is great, but it's not coming from my house
Pass the Smucker's, please.
That's a frequent comment at the House of Hollenbeck because homemade jelly doesn't happen there.
We're big fans of Smucker's. We also have a close association with the folks at Bama and Welch's.
This past summer, during one of my visits to the Farmers Market (which I do love) at the Saline County Courthouse square, someone suggested that I purchase some fresh fruit and concoct some homemade jelly.
He might just as well has suggested that I build a 30-story building. This would be just as likely.
Truth be told, I'm probably more inclined to be an architect than a chef.
The delusional person who presented the interesting proposition to me had been inspired by having read a story about a farming family — people who really do know about jelly-making and such.
This individual has been acquainted with me for several years and was well aware I'm no Paula Deen. He apparently suffered a temporary memory lapse.
I didn't "just say no," as a former first lady advocated. I was even more adamant.
"With my last breath, I'll be saying 'no' to that," I quickly responded.
The following is a capsuled version of my culinary status:
• I don't can.
• I don't make jelly, preserves, etc.
• I don't make pies, cakes, etc.
• I don't make biscuits or rolls, unless you count opening a can or package, putting the contents onto a pan and letting the oven do the rest. That I can do, if I think about it in time.
My singular making-biscuits-from-scratch attempt is part of local history, but I'll share it again for newcomers.
There was a valid reason for abandoning the endeavor. The results of my biscuit-making labors resembled anemic vanilla wafers.
A lot like flat rocks, to tell the truth. Even the dogs refused them and our canine assembly at the time included a cocker that begged daily for bread. Barney, with tail a-wagging, eagerly took the biscuit I offered and rushed to the other side of the room to savor it. Within 30 seconds, he had rushed back to me to dump the uneaten biscuit at my feet.
I actually saw him shudder.
In a former life, I occasionally made cakes the old-fashioned way. Most of them turned out pretty well — at least I thought so until Shorty Wilmoth opened my eyes.
This story also has been told before, but it's one of those that bears retelling since no one can turn a phrase quite like Shorty.
Taking one look at what I believed to be a good-looking chocolate cake, Shorty commented, "Offhand, ma'am, I'd say your cow has too much bulk in her diet."
I've blamed my lack of cake-baking in recent years on Shorty's scathing tongue.
My pie crust tries were equally pathetic. No need to bore anybody with details.
I do have a pickle-making success story I can include in my memoirs. Unlike Aunt Bee's batch, my bread and butter pickles really were good, according to pickle aficionados who scarfed them down.
Since I don't eat pickles — and I mean nobody's pickles — I can't swear to this myself, but I received many accolades for my effort.
I didn't get into the pickle project because I wanted to. I was the unwilling recipient of what appeared to be a truckload of cucumbers and I couldn't bring myself to toss them. I had been indoctrinated by Mamma's "waste not, want not" code for living.
I had no idea what I was getting into. To cut to the chase, I'll say that what I naively expected to be about a two-hour project turned into an exhausting, all-day affair.
That happened a lot of years ago, but not long enough ago that I can't remember enough to reject any possibility of a repeat performance.
Anytime someone brings up the topic of making pickles, I can say, truthfully, "Been there, done that, never again." End of story.
In a church where my husband served as pastor, there were two women who actually made their own ketchup. When I heard them talking about it, I was floored.
I didn't even know this was possible. The only observation I had ever had of ketchup being made was in the movie "Meet Me In St. Louis" where Marjorie Main (Katie) is making the condiment and everyone in the family comes by and doctors it a bit.
But these two weren't actresses, but real-live friends who actually claimed to make ketchup regularly. And without a movie script. I was so in awe that I didn't know whether to bow or curtsy or beg to kiss their rings.
There are some things I produce in the kitchen that are taste-worthy. Not a lot, mind you, but still a few.
I can make really good creamed (mashed) potatoes that have NO lumps. This is important to me.
I can't swallow even a small serving of potatoes if I encounter the tiniest lump.
Another food I prepare reasonably well, albeit not from scratch, is cornbread. I like cornbread sticks cooked in an iron pan until they're slightly browned and crisp. Even if it does sound commercial, I will say that cornbread made from Cotton Pickin' cornbread mix is as good as you'll find anywhere
And there's the old standby that's gone with me to many a potluck dinner — green bean casserole. That I can do.
In recent years I've learned to make broccoli coleslaw that's tasty and festive-looking. It's a nice addition to a gathering.
If I'm honest, I have to admit I've never tried making jelly or preserves. As a result, I've done no harm in that area.
It would seem foolhardy to tarnish a flawless record.
Lynda Hollenbeck is Senior Editor of the Saline Courier


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New Coffee Has 200 Percent of the Normal Buzz
This is something you might be able to file away in the "Is-this-really-necessary" folder.
A new coffee has been manufactured to contain 200 percent of the caffeine of a regular cup of brew. Comments the company has received say things like, "Where Red Bull gives you wings, this coffee puts rockets on your back."
Dear Lord help us. It's brewed from some sort of turbo coffee bean, and the product is called Death Wish Coffee. The packaging includes a black sleeve and a skull and cross bones logo, so you are 100 percent certain that you're getting into this 200-percent-of-the-buzz coffee.
We have a few pranksters here at the office, and I can just see them filling the usual pot with this high-powered stuff, and then laughing at our jitters and the fact that we can't sleep for three days. If we're suddenly talking a lot faster on the radio, you will know what happened.


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By Matthew Heimer
As of 2010, about 3.6 million people over age 65 were living in households headed by their children or other relatives, according to the Census Bureau; that number will only get higher, of course, as the baby boomer generation gets older and frailer. In many homes, the influx of oldsters is creating a space crisis, so the next hot housing trend just might turn out to be the "auxiliary dwelling unit," also known as the "temporary family health-care structure." Or, to use the unflattering nickname that seems to be sticking: the "granny pod."
Call them what you will, these are prefabricated mini homes, usually the size of a two-car garage or a master-bedroom suite, designed to be plopped down in your backyard. Firms like N2Care of Blacksburg, Va., and Rockfall Co. of Rockfall, Conn., are customizing the dwellings for older residents, outfitting them with features like medical monitoring technology, air filters, handicapped-accessible bathrooms and fall-proof floors. This week, the Washington Post profiles a family that's one of the first in the state of Virginia to own a "MEDCottage" from N2Care; the UK's Mail Online has a cheekier piece with some lovely photos of the MEDCottage and some of its competitors.
What these senior sheds aren't is cheap: The all-in cost for a MEDCottage, for example, is about $125,000. The builders say that if you compare that price tag to the cost of assisted living or nursing care, the lodgings pay for themselves in about two years. I'm not sure that comparison is fully on point: if an elderly relative becomes severely impaired, after all, he or she probably won't be independent enough to keep living in the pod. So the larger question for homeowners is whether these modules will seem like good investments compared to, say, retrofitting a basement or an extra bedroom – and whether your family might keep using them once a parent or grandparent moves on. (Might that granny pod do double-duty as, say, a "college dropout pod," as one local Virginia lawmaker dismissively suggested?)
One other factor to consider: Your community's zoning laws might not let you install one of these auxiliary dwellings. But that's slowly changing: At least four states, including Virginia, New York and California, have passed laws that let families override local housing rules in cases where there's a medical need for a new structure.


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for greater flexibility and high powered games:
in normal games, you get two actions, a movement and an attack.
this system allows you to be more flexible and have a higher powered game, for example, lets say we have a three action turn. that means each minifig can perform three things each turn. actions can be, but are not restricted to:
fire a single weapon (once per weapon)
move max distance (twice per turn)
jump over a wall
jump through a window (two actions)
open a door
pick up a weapon
this has many advantages
1. figures with nothing else to do can move twice as far at the cost of doing other things: helpful if your away from combat
2. it wont hurt as much to do trivial things like opwning a door
3. picking up a weapon doesn't mean you can't attack
4. figs can do combo moves like jumping from cover, shooting, then jumping back behind it
5.its adds both speed and flexibility, allowing battles to be more in depth and shorter
questions, comments, concerns, suggestions?


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Five-a-Side: Wofford's Mike Ayers
Philadelphia, PA – Wofford is the team to beat in the Southern Conference race.
That may sound a little funny considering all the conference and national success of Appalachian State and Georgia Southern through the years. But those two powers are in their final season in the SoCon as they move toward joining the Sun Belt Conference, and the FBS level, next year.
So the big boy on the SoCon block is now the Wofford program which, ironically, has the second-smallest undergraduate enrollment (1,536) in Division I football.
Pardon head coach Mike Ayers and his Terriers if they are unfazed by the additional pressure placed on their shoulders.
The Terriers are a perennial power. Like ASU and GSU, they have won two of the last three SoCon titles. They usually reload in seasons like this after suffering key graduation losses.
It's certainly a different season, though, as Ayers enters his 26th year of leading the Spartanburg, S.C., program. With the Southern Conference's impending losses (the College of Charleston, which doesn't play football, will leave the conference to join the Colonial Athletic Association this summer), its programs have to concern themselves with the future as much as the present.
Ayers has taken Wofford from the NAIA level to Division II to Division I while posting a 171-115-1 record (18 winning seasons) amid the school's high academic standards, so the 2003 Eddie Robinson Award winner, who turns 65 on May 26, knows something about winning a fight or two.
In Five-a-Side - In the FCS Huddle's monthly feature of "five questions, five answers" with an influential person in the FCS - Ayers discusses his team, the Southern Conference and the FCS going forward.
Let's kick off:
TSN: As you try to replace (all-time leading rusher) Eric Breitenstein and (quarterback) Brian Kass, what did you learn about this group during spring practice?
MA: Well, it's a good group. Their work ethic is really good. I think it's going to be a younger football team than we've had, but there's some kids that really stepped up and showed us that they're willing to compete for a starting position.
We lost some players across the board. When you lose a guy like Eric, it's tough to replace him. But, at the same time, there's a guy that's been in our program, Donovan Johnson, that we feel like is gonna be a good player. He's been a good player in the past and now he's going to be kind of like the bell cow.
At the halfback position, we've got three or four guys that we really like and they showed some progress. At the fullback position, behind Donovan, there were some guys that came on and made some strides.
Our quarterback position, we had four of 'em competing in spring, and James (Lawson), Michael (Weimer), Evan Jacks, Taylor Bragg, all four of those guys did some good things in the spring. There were times that the lightbulb was on and there were times that the light was a little bit dim. But the more reps that they got as spring ball went on, they got better.
Defensively, we had some guys that were coming off of surgeries and several of them were inside linebackers (Mike McCrimon, SeQuan Stanley and Kevin Thomas) that could not go full speed but got a lot of teaching reps and they were able to work the skelly drill non-contact and they did fundamental periods.
We tried to get better at the fundamentals. From a defensive standpoint, we really emphasized tackling and trying to tackle the proper way. Offensively, ball security for us, that's where it starts. I think our run game is gonna be good. I think that from a throwing situation, a lot of people, if they know anything about Wofford, it's a program where we've lived by the run, and what we've tried to do this spring is become better and more effective at throwing the football. And I think we've made some progress.
We know that the schedule is going to be difficult. We open up with Baylor in Waco. That's going to be a great challenge for us. The schedule, I think, is a tough schedule, but at the same time, there's some spots in there that are going to allow us to grow a little bit and help us find out what we're all about.
TSN: You talk about all the competition. How does the personality of this year's team compare to some of your recent teams?
MA: I think they're very similar. Most of 'em have been here long enough that when it's time to work and when it's time to play they understand what that means. The big thing I think on any football team, whether it's Wofford or whether it's Alabama or whether it's somebody in the pros, you've got to have a critical mass of people that are leading and leading in the right direction. And I think that we have that.
We have a nice senior class that is coming, a senior class that there are several proven players, guys that are willing to come out and work every day. Whether it's a hot August practice or whether it's late in the season, they understand what it means to put in the day's work and earn an opportunity to be successful.
TSN: What are your feelings on Appalachian State and Georgia Southern having the chance to influence the Southern Conference title race? (they are ineligible for the title and an FCS playoff bid, but their SoCon games count in the conference standings)
MA: Well, I think you look at two schools that have decided to go a different direction. Both of 'em are schools that have been successful. You look at Appalachian over the past 10 years, three national championships and (seven) Southern Conference championships. You look at Georgia Southern and Georgia Southern's back and they've been very successful.
But when you look at those two, you've got to put us in there because we've been a team that's been pretty successful over the past decade as well. Out of the past three years, we've won the Southern Conference championship twice and we played for it the third time. (Five) out of (last six) years going to the (FCS) playoffs. We feel like we're probably going to be a team that everybody shoots at and shoots for.
Appalachian and Georgia Southern, they're gonna come out and you're gonna get their best game. It doesn't matter whether they're competing for the SoCon championship or in the NCAA playoffs. They're tough teams, they're well- coached, they have tremendous athletes. We see this year as no different than any other year, quite frankly. We play 'em and we play them here in Spartanburg. Those are two games that are critical games for us, especially when you look at the national picture.
TSN: What does the conference have to do to overcome such significant losses?
MA: I think first and foremost, everybody else has got to step up their game, everybody else has got to be a football program that when you play out of the league, you're being successful. When you're playing bigger schools at the FBS level, then you've got to be competitive.
Our league still has a lot of great football teams in it and probably the final thing that will determine how difficult the loss of Georgia Southern and App will be to the league will depend on the people that they bring into the league. There's a lot of people that are interested in joining the Southern Conference, and the presidents and ADs I'm sure will make the right decisions.
TSN: How can the FCS improve itself on a national level?
MA: I think our playoff system is outstanding, to tell you the truth. And I think by adding the additional (four) teams that keeps the FCS out there on a consistent basis. You're getting more notoriety, you're getting more buzz as far as the style of play and the product. You get teams that are going out and they're competing against some of the best teams in the country no matter what the level. You have those dream games where, for example, App upset Michigan (in 2007), and you have a situation where teams are taking ACC, SEC, Big 12 schools down to the wire, and being very competitive.
And I think all those things add up and show what type of product that we're putting out there. I think we've got to understand that the size, the resources are different (from the FBS), but it's still a great brand of football, it's still a tremendous game. We're going to do everything we can do to keep it heading in the right direction.