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Ukiah Daily Journal
On Saturday The Ukiah High Wildcats Boys Varsity Basketball Team concluded play in the 64th R.E.I.B.T tournament in Healdsburg on Saturday with a big win, defeating the NBL rival Maria Carrillo Pumas in overtime, 60-55, to win the tournament Consolation Championship.
The win was as all the more satisfying for the Wildcats in light of their over-time loss to Rincon Valley Christian on the first day of the tournament.
Against Rincon Valley, the game was tied 9-9 half way through first quarter, but the Wildcats pulled ahead to lead 23-15 at they end of the quarter. They continued to increase that lead in the second quarter, reaching a high of 19 points and finishing the half up by 17 at 38-21. There was little to that point that might indicate anything other than a Ukiah win by a comfortable margin.
But a couple of turnovers mixed in with several missed shots in the first three minutes of the third quarter saw the Wildcats fail to score a point, with the Eagles trimming the lead to 10. Ukiah seemly stabilized the situation, making some stops on defense and finally getting some scores to build the lead back to 15 with just over two minutes left in the quarter. It appeared that order had been restored. But the Eagles, on a steal and layup and two threes, closed out the quarter on 8-point run to make the score 43-36 with still a quarter to play.
The teams traded points the first three minutes of fourth quarter, Ukiah up 49-42. Two minutes later, the Wildcats still had a lead, now down to four at 50-46 with just over three minutes left in regulation.
After each team had a scoreless possession, the Eagles pulled to within one on a three-point play, a layup plus a free throw on a foul. Ukiah then missed a three attempt, but Rincon Valley didn"t, with James Leng hitting a trey from the top of the arc with 1:37 to go, giving Rincon Valley its first lead since early in the first quarter.
The Wildcats missed a chance to tie, when only one of two free throws were converted. The Eagles immediately when up three when Nathan Bailey drove through the paint for a bucket. A putback of the second of two more missed free throws pulled the Wildcats back to within one with 21 seconds left.
After an Eagles" timeout, Garrett Roberts was intentionally fouled, missing the first but making the second free throw. Rincon Valley immediately called another timeout.
It looked like the Wildcats might have saved the game when Paul Steliga drove through the block to lay the ball in just before the final buzzer, tying the game 55 all and sending it into a 4-minute overtime period.
For the first two and half minutes overtime period, the only point scored was on a Frankie Garcia free throw, making one of two attempts. But Bailey drove the left base line putting Rincon Valley to top 57-56. Ukiah came right back with an Adrian Mata layup off a Steliga assist to retake the lead by one with a minute to play.
The Eagles" Leng again drove the left baseline for a layup. It became a 3-point play when he was fouled on the play and made the free throw, Rincon Valley now up 60-58 with 47 seconds left.
Before the Wildcats could get a shot off to tie or take the lead, Leng made a steal, getting fouled on the play. He made both free throws to increase the Eagles" lead to 62-58.
The Wildcats brought the ball down court with 35 seconds to go. A pass was knocked out of bounds, Ukiah retaining possession. A 3-point shot was taken and missed, but a jump ball on the rebound again gave the Wildcats possession. Ukiah called a timeout with 7 seconds on the clock.
A quick layup on the ensuing inbound was followed by another Ukiah timeout and a quick foul on the Rincon Valley inbound. Leng went to the line one more time with 6 seconds to go. With the double bonus long since in effect, he had two shots. For the second time in a row, he made both, putting the Eagles up 64-60 and sealing the win.
The loss sent the Wildcats into the Consolation Bracket for a game against the Lower Lake Trojans on Friday. It was evident early on in that game that the Wildcats came into this game with a chip on their shoulder and no shortage of intensity, jumping out early and ending the first quarter with an 18-4 lead.
Although frequently substituting, they maintained that 14-point lead throughout the second quarter, going into the locker room at half leading 37-23.
The Trojans shaved a couple points off that lead to start early in third quarter, getting it down to 11 at 42-31 three minutes in. A fast-paced, if slightly ragged period of play ensued for the remainder of the quarter. In that stretch the Wildcats put together a 12-0 run to go up 54-31 with a minute to go, the Trojans breaking the run with two steals and layups at the end of the quarter.
There would be no miracle comeback in the final quarter. The Wildcats maintained their lead, eventually winning the game by a 65-43 margin.
Their reward for beating Lower Lake was a berth in the tournament Consolation Championship game on Saturday against a familiar NBL foe, the Maria Carrillo High Pumas. The two are scheduled to meet in the first week of NBL action, at Ukiah on January 4. If that game is anything thing like this game, the fans will be in for a highly entertaining basketball game.
While the Wildcats were having trouble getting any shot to drop in the first quarter and also committing three turnovers in their first seven possessions, the Pumas knocked down four 3-pointers in their first eight possessions. Ukiah called a timeout with 2:44 to play in the first quarter, not having yet scored a point and Carrillo up 12-0.
Following the timeout, Garcia immediately scored Ukiah"s first points of the game, on, you guessed it, a trey. But the Pumas" Connor Wright, who had opened the game with a three, got Carrillo"s fifth of the game to put them up 15-3. That was the last score of the quarter.
Score wise, the second quarter was virtually a flip flop of the first. Ukiah"s David Mason scored the first three points of the quarter on a free throw and a jumper in the key. Garcia scored on a fast-break layup. The Pumas big John Aitchison drove the left base line, drawing a foul and making two free throws.
After three scoreless possessions for each team, Mason hit a three from the top of the arc to make the score 17-11. Mata did the same two possessions later to close the gap to 17-14. The Pumas AJ John responded with his first three of the game with two minutes to go. The score was still 20-14 with seconds to play in the half when Steliga knocked down a three from the right corner to pull Ukiah to within three, 20-17 going into halftime.
The Wildcats had countered the Pumas 15-3 first quarter with a 14-5 second quarter. Not enough to entirely catch up, but well enough to get back into the game.
Offensively, the third quarter started slowly for the Wildcats, Ukiah managing only a layup in the first four minutes. But with the Wildcats doing a good job on the other end of the quarter, the Pumas managed just that and a jumper and a free throw for five points and a 6-point lead four minutes to go in the quarter.
But the Wildcats finally got things untracked, starting with a steal by Steliga and a drive along the left base line by Garcia. Sherwood followed with a layup plus a free throw on a foul on the play. On the next possession Garcia hit a three from the left side, tying the game 27 all. For the fourth possession in a row, the Wildcats scored on a Mata layup off an inbound, giving Ukiah its first lead of the game with 1:52 to play in the quarter.
Two Carrillo free throws tied the game, but another Mason three untied it, giving Ukiah a 32-29 lead with a minute to go in the quarter. Mason then capped the 14-4 run with a layup. Hammered on the play, he converted the free throw to give Ukiah a 35-29 lead, with 3.3 seconds to play in the quarter. The Pumas missed a long three at the buzzer.
The Wildcats kept the momentum going to start the fourth quarter, getting two layups from Garcia, the second on a fast-break, behind-the-back pass from Steliga for a 39-30 Ukiah lead.
At the mid-quarter mark the Wildcats were still up nine, now 41-32, when Sherwood converted both ends of a one-and-one. Ukiah went up 11 when Steliga made a pair of free throws, being fouled on a shot.
Carrillo hit a long three but that was countered by a Garcia runner along the left baseline to give Ukiah a 45-35 lead with 3:46 to go. Shortly thereafter, Steliga was fouled on the dribble. With the double bonus now in effect, he shot and made both free throws to give Ukiah a 47-35 lead with 2:42 to play. Carrillo"s John knocked down a three but Garcia converted two more free throws to make it a 49-38 game.
John immediately hit another three and then Carrillo went to a full-court press. They made a steal but missed a jumper. They looked to make another steal on a double team but Ukiah called a timeout with 1:38 to go.
When play resumed, Steliga was intentionally fouled, making the first, but missing the second free throw. Carrillo then missed a three attempt but got the rebound and a putback to cut the lead to eight. They immediately fouled, with Ukiah converting one of two free throws to increase the lead to 9 with 1:10 to go. Game over? Not hardly.
( We shift to the present tense to describe the remainder of the game, hopefully to better impart the feel of intensity of the play:)
The Pumas Aitchison hits a three with Carrillo calling a timeout with 50.7 seconds to go. Continuing to press, the Pumas force a Wildcats" pass to go out of bounds.
The Pumas inbound, missing a jumper but getting the offensive board and the ball to Ryan Parker beyond the arc for another three. Ukiah"s lead is down to 52-49, with the Pumas calling another timeout with 28.8 seconds to go.
With 18.9 seconds to go, the Wildcats lose another ball out of bounds. The Pumas miss a three but again get the offensive board. They find Wright behind the arc on the left side. He drains a three to tie the game 52 all.
Carrillo calles another timeout with 4.9 seconds to go. Before inbounding, Ukiah calls a time out. Following their timeout, they get the ball to Garcia on the left baseline, 15 feet out. He shoots. The ball is short. The game goes to four-minute overtime.
In the first two minutes of overtime, neither team scores. Carrillo wins the tip, but loses the ball out of bounds. Ukiah misses a three. Carrillo misses a jumper. Ukiah misses two free throws. Carrillo misses a three, gets the offensive board, but misses a jumper.
With 1:43 left in overtime, the scoring ice is broken when Garcia, driving the left base line, pulls up and nails a jumper, Ukiah up 54-52.
Carrillo misses two close-in shots, again gets the offensive board, but misses a three. Ukiah rebounds.
This time Garcia again drives the left base line, but rather than pulling up, he continues to the hoop and puts it in?Ukiah up 56-52 with 1:10 to go.
The Pumas misses another three with 55 seconds to go, Ukiah rebounding.
The Wildcats, rather than trying to run the clock out, go to the hot hand. Garcia gets the ball left top of the arc, sets and calmly drills a three, putting Ukiah up 59-52. Carrillo calls a timeout with 28.1 seconds to go.
When play resumes, the Pumas suddenly rediscover their three-point touch with John knocking down a three, cutting the lead to four with Carrillo calling a timeout with 23.2 to go.
When play resumes, they let precious time run off the clock before fouling Mason with 13 seconds to go. Mason hits the first three throw to make it a five-point, making a possible miracle four-point play (3-point goal, plus a foul) academic.
He misses the second free throw, but Carrillo can only launch an uncontested and unsuccessful three at the buzzer sounds, ending the game.
Following the game it was announced that Garcia and Mata were named to the All-Tournament team. They both received All-Tournament plaques.
In summing up his teams three-game R.E.I.B.T experience, Ukiah Head Coach Bill Heath, had this to say:
"Against Rincon Valley we played a zone and ran two zone offenses. They worked to perfection. We shot real well. In the second half, we got complacent and got outhustled. They went man. We didn"t run our offense very well and ended up losing.
"Last night, against Lower Lake, we played very well. Everybody played at least a quarter– 11 out of 13 guys scored. Everybody got a chance to play. We played pretty well, about a B+.
Today, we came out, got down 15-3. The kids didn"t panic. We said it"s a long game, hang in there. We cut it to three a halftime. The second half, the first three possessions we had turnovers. They got it up to 26-19. We got on a run and played as well as we can play until there was a 1:13 to go in regulation. Then we turned the ball over twice. They got five or six rebounds and the threes. That really hurt us.
"But in the overtime we played very well. We did what we were supposed to do. Frankie did a really good job. Paul did a good job getting him the ball. I think we got contributions from all the guys who played. Our bench was really good. The ones that played contributed. The ones that didn"t play contributed in spirit. They were cheering for each other. There was no finger pointing when we were behind. Their attitude was very good."
The Wildcats continue their holiday tournament scheduled tomorrow when they begin play in Eureka at the Logger Classic Tournament which runs Thursday through Saturday.


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Campaigners and Tory MPs including a former minister rounded on the Government, insisting that parents who looked after their children rather than go to work were being "discriminated against" by Coalition tax policies.
Changes introduced on Monday cut child benefit for 1.1million families where a single earner is paid more than £60,000 a year, including many which have a mother at home looking after the children.
At the same time, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister sketched out plans in the Coalition's Mid Term Review of support for working mothers, which are likely to let working mothers claim back £2,000 per child per year to cover child care costs.
However, critics complained that the interests of 1.2 million parents who choose to stay at home to care for their children were overlooked, with only a vague commitment to help married couples through the tax system.
Several Cabinet minister are understood to have "major reservations" about the Prime Minister's failure to introduce the marriage tax break. One minister said that Mr Cameron "needs to be looking at what can be done for stay-at-home mothers as a matter of urgency."
The 52-page review included 180 policy measures which Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, have committed the Coalition to delivering by the next general election, expected in May 2015.
The document included commitments to helping people onto the housing ladder, further investment in infrastructure and a new way of funding pensions, but it was criticised by business leaders and campaigners for not including enough detail,
On tax breaks for married couples, the review included a vague commitment to "ensure that provision is made for Liberal Democrat MPs to abstain on proposals to introduce transferable tax allowances for married couples".
However, MPs and campaigners said they were are worried the wording does not actually commit the Government to introducing a tax break for married couples, only for the Lib Dems to abstain from any vote on the proposals.
Tim Loughton, the Tory MP and the Coalition's former children's minister, said: "There is an army of parents who work hard at home to bring up their children who are losing out on child benefit and other allowances now.
"They need a Conservative-led Government to put into practice what it said on the tin in our manifesto and deliver a transferable married couples tax allowance in the next Budget before time runs out.
"Trotting out tired mantras about accommodating the voting sensitivities of Lib Dem MPs with very different views on the family just won't wash anymore.
"Decent parents doing a good job of bringing up their children in increasingly difficult circumstances have already waited too long for a go."
Reg Bailey, chief executive of the Mother's Union and an adviser to Mr Cameron on childhood issues, complained that marriage was at present not supported by the tax system.
He told The Daily Telegraph: "Marriage, as the best stable environment for both couples and their children, seems unsupported by current fiscal policy.
"I call on the Government to honour their commitment to support married couples through the tax system by introducing transferable tax allowances for married couples."
Dominic Raab MP said: "Tax breaks for childcare costs will be a massive boon for hard-pressed families, and do more for working women than Labour achieved in 13 years.
"But, we risk creating another category of 'have nots', and eroding family choice, unless it also applies to working couples with a stay at home Mum or Dad."
Robert Buckland MP added: "The decision on child benefit has been made, but it should bring focus on the needs of the stay at home mums.
"Ministers should think about how mothers who are staying at home to look after their children can be better acknowledged."
Daniel Boucher, a director at the Christian Action Research and Education charity, said Chancellor George Osborne should bring in the plans at the March 20 Budget to leave enough time to introduce them before the 2015 election.
He said: "The announcement of a new policy initiative to help two earner families on the very day that the child benefit policy change that discriminates against one-earner families comes into effect is quite extraordinary.
"It is extraordinary, therefore, that so far, rather than helping one-earner families Mr Cameron has increased the burden on these families whilst introducing no comparable burden on two-earner families and now plans to provide additional support for working parents with no recognition for the important work of stay at home parents." Justine Roberts, founder of Mumsnet, added: "There is significant irritation about the child benefit reforms.
"People are saying it's not fair on single earning families, including stay-at-home mums. There's lots of support for giving support for childcare through the tax system. "However, there are some people saying they seem to have done it to appease people about losing child benefit."
Last night senior Number 10 sources insisted that the plan to introduce a tax break for married couples, which would benefit stay-at-home mothers, would be announced "in due course", most likely in the March 20 Budget this year.
One said: "The main barrier for women returning to work is the cost of childcare, and this is the main issue for millions of women. If we want to help people back to work, this is how you do it. We simply don't get stay-at-home mothers contacting us saying they want more money for childcare."
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As Canadians, we have been lucky to have a television broadcasting system that is second to none anywhere in the world: more choice, more options, more channels. In recent weeks and months, there has been a great deal of discussion about the future of the industry, especially local television. The sad truth is that advertiser-supported mass media such as weve come to know it becoming a thing of the past, and without additional sources of revenue, there is a very good chance that these local channels will disappear. We live in unprecedented times.
One misconception that I hear often is that channels like CTV Edmonton are no longer relevant in the era of internet and a 500 channel universe, but this simply is not true. A Decima Research Poll released today shows that more Canadians turned to their television for news than they did five years ago, with 52% saying they tune in the same amount and 27% indicating they watch more news on television than they did 5 years ago. It is a fact that the most-watched program in Edmonton is CTV News at Six with Daryl McIntrye and Carrie Doll - period. In fact, if you combine the audiences of CTV (142,000), Global (106,000), and CBC (6,800) there is more than a quarter of a million adult viewers watching a local newscast on a conventional television station everyday in this city. Thats a very large number. Think of this way if youve ever shared the experience of being at a concert or a hockey game at Rexall Place with a full, screaming crowd, youll know how powerful that experience is. Now think in terms of our audiences for local television newscasts each night. Except its the equivalent of more than 15 sold out Rexall Places all experiencing at the same time, the news of the day.
The same Decima survey also suggests that 36% of respondents said they got more news from websites of established media outlets than they did 5 years ago. The reason is very simple. They trust brands like CTV News and as we offer our product on more and more platforms, consumers will continue to follow. For 55 years, this station and others like it have diligently chronicled the daily evolution of our city; the good, the bad, and at times, the very ugly.
Lets face it, the accurate reporting of news is critical - a news report can change the course of someones life, alter a businesss future, damage the career of a public official, or tell someones personal story at a tragic or touching time in their life. This is one of the reasons that this type of programming is so expensive to produce. It takes considerable experience and technical resources. The editorial and technical staff must deal with the daily pressure of reporting on events, often controversial or highly-emotional. The production process is complex. You must have footage. You must have sound. And it has to be balanced and factual. A demonstration can be shot to look large, small, violent, or peaceful depending on the photographers perspective. Our role is to capture it with the right balance. And then editors need to distill all of this into a consumable, understandable package. To coordinate this daily ritual of capturing, editing, writing and delivering a smooth news broadcast each day takes a great deal of expertise and experience.
At CTV Edmonton we have 33 staff members who deal directly with the editorial and news gathering component of our operation. They have a combined 334 years of experience covering the news in this city alone! And the 8 Full Time ENG shooters have 128 collective years of recording the audio/visual history of this region in a balanced and fair manner. This editorial group understands the issues, understands the history behind the issues, and as a result of their daily work, so do most Edmontonians.
Another thing Ive learned from my 28 year career in local television, regardless of the city I have lived in, (Red Deer, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Calgary and now Edmonton), is that local television provides a phenomenal level of community service. I personally have had the privilege of serving as Chair of the United Way Campaign in Central Alberta (1997) and currently serve on the General Campaign Cabinet in Edmonton as a Director at Large. I am a member of the Edmonton Mayors Task Force on Community Safety, and serve proudly on the Foundation Board of Red Deer College and the CTV Good Neighbour Fund. The staff and managers I work with contribute in a similar fashion. Our anchors and reporters volunteer countless hours as well, helping to promote and MC events throughout our broadcast region. We contribute well in excess of $2.5 million annually in free advertising to help these groups achieve their fund-raising goals. To every one of these events, we bring cameras and we bring a mass audience, and use this medium to help our community work together, to be stronger and healthier. To lose a valued resource like this in a local community would be devastating.
So, what is the problem? In Canada, local television has only one form of revenue advertising. As audiences shift and evolve with an abundance of new technologies and choice, advertising dollars have shifted as well. This migration of advertising revenue has been taking place for a long time, but has reached a critical point in recent years. Also in Canada, we have higher regulatory expectations than other countries. This increases the costs associated with producing our product, and, at the same time, we lack the legal protections that exist in the rest of the western world.
For instance, our local signals continue to be supplied for free to cable and satellite providers, who in turn package them and sell them to consumers. One particular damaging practice is the selling of a time-shifting package, where for an extra monthly fee your provider gives you the ability to watch local stations from across Canada. While popular with viewers, the reality is that significant audience flows away from CTV Edmonton to watch the same program on a CTV station from a different time zone. Other countries do not allow this because of the damage and confusion it creates. CTV Edmonton loses significant audience during the prime time hours as a result of this. It contributes directly to a decrease in revenue for this station. We do not authorize this practice, nor are we compensated for it. While the CRTC has asked the industry to negotiate with cable and satellite companies for compensation, these negotiations have been unsuccessful.
Local stations like CTV Edmonton do not receive any compensation from cable and satellite companies. We believe the time has come that local television must share in this pool, just as all other channels on your cable and satellite systems do.
Naturally, cable and satellite companies do not like this idea, and have said they will pass any costs associated with fee for carriage directly to consumers. Our industry believes there is enough money already collected from consumers, and the role of the CRTC in this must be to help rebalance the revenue structures within these two regulated industries. .Cable and satellite companies have become very powerful forces in recent years. These industries had combined profits last year that were in excess of $1.8 billion. By contrast, profits of conventional television during the same period were $6 million. Its worth noting that these profits were recorded before the recession, and this year it is safe to say that conventional television is no longer profitable, and without profit, business does not exist.
It appears that our industry is being heard. This past Thursday, the CRTC issued a release saying they will . work with the industry to find a systemic and structural solution to the challenges facing conventional broadcasters . A follow-up proceeding will be launched this summer, and will culminate in a public hearing in the fall. The scope of the proceeding will include, among other things a way of providing revenue support for the conventional television stations by: investigating alternative support mechanisms for local programming; protecting the integrity of Canadian broadcaster signals; and exploring a mechanism for establishing, through negotiation, the fair market value for the signals of conventional television stations distributed by cable and satellite companies.
If you are concerned about the future of local television, you should contact your Member of Parliament and/or send a note to the Minister of Heritage, James Moore. You can find all of the necessary links at www.ctvedmonton.ca. Simply click on the SaveLocal link. Also, please bring your family and join us this Saturday, May 23rd at CTV for an open house between the hours of 9 AM and 2 PM. Meet our on air staff and learn about local news, and increase your overall understanding of an industry that contributes immensely to the greater good of our community.
-- Lloyd Lewis
Vice President and General Manager
CTV Edmonton and Access Television


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HACKED rana.er.usgs.gov
Saturday, October 3, 1998
At least three sites were hacked by the same people. rana.er.usgs.gov, part of the United States Geological Survey, seems to have been the first site to be affected. We weren't able to capture the text of this site before it was taken down. However, www.makingmillions.com and www.tv-broadcaster.com, the next two sites to be hacked in that order, remained altered all day saturday. Both of these sites are located in Quebec.
In addition to Tupac Shakur quotes and taunting of the authorities, there is a reference to another case that has at least some parallels to the Kevin Mitnick story - the Larry Hoover story. Unfortunately, there are no links on that page but those wishing to learn more about this case can go to http://www.unitedinpeace.org/hoover.htm.


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Boy who won ESPY for TD run has cancer recurrence
LINCOLN, Neb. — The 8-year-old who received national attention for his touchdown run in the 2013 Nebraska spring football game has had a recurrence of brain cancer.
Jack Hoffman, from Atkinson, had been in remission since October. His father, Andy, said doctors found a "spot of concern" in Jack's brain in April, and follow-up tests in Boston on Wednesday showed the tumor had grown.
Andy Hoffman wrote on Jack's CaringBridge page that the tumor would be treated with chemotherapy.
Jack's touchdown won an ESPY Award for best sports moment of 2013. Players mobbed him and lifted him on their shoulders in triumph after his 69-yard run. The video of the play has been replayed on national TV and viewed more than 8 million times on YouTube.


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Your recent editorial "Doing better than 'fine'" (June 12) must be a joke. Every economic metric shows the economy is in serious trouble.
Small businesses are doing much worse than anticipated almost four years after the start of the Great Recession, and there's no recovery in sight. I should know, because I am a small business owner, and I am in contact with other small business owners on a regular basis.
We are not doing "fine," we and our employees are struggling to survive in a business climate that has already claimed the existence of more businesses both large and small than ever before.
There is no shortage of evidence that this is the case, but The Sun chooses to manipulate the data to "prove" that small businesses (i.e. the private sector economy) are OK and that those suggesting otherwise are cartoon characters or worse.
Suggesting that President Obama's economic record is something he should run on is ample proof that The Sun is little more than a mouthpiece for the Democratic Party. You should be ashamed of such partisan efforts to mislead your readers.
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Four-time Pro Bowl quarterback Jeff Garcia wasn't kidding when he said he is open to making a comeback at 43.
The quarterback guru told USA TODAY Sports Wednesday he would embrace the chance to play for the Minnesota Vikings while serving as a mentor for Josh Freeman.
QB CHANGE: Vikings likely going back to Ponder
"I look at guys like David Garrard (with the Jets) and Matt Hasselbeck in Indianapolis and those teams aren't expecting David or Matt to step on the field, but they're great mentors to young quarterbacks in the classroom," Garcia said. "So in a situation where you have a young, talented player like a Josh Freeman who has had success, I'd be open to a role similar to David and Matt's.
"I think Josh is fixable. Really, it has to come from deep within Josh. What Josh needs to do is look back when he did have success.''
The 17th overall pick in the 2009 draft, Freeman had a 61.4% completion rate in 2010 when he threw 25 touchdowns with six interceptions in leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 10-6 record. He went 20-of-53 passing for 190 yards and an interception in his first start for the Vikings Monday, and will likely miss Sunday's game with concussion-like symptoms.
"We've seen Josh be a 60% completion guy and be a good decision maker when he had confidence in his system, the players around him and in himself,'' Garcia said.
"Maybe it takes looking back at some of that game film from 2010; look at his mechanics and look at how he was playing the game -- his rhythm, where his eyes were, what he was mentally going through. And then he will be able to visually see that he was successful so he can now hopefully push away whatever doubt or lack of confidence is there now and turn his mindset around.''
Garcia is a 12-year NFL veteran who last played in 2009 for the Philadelphia Eagles. He says he has stayed in peak condition working with -- and along side -- quarterbacks such as Mark Sanchez and JaMarcus Russell along with college and high school standouts.
Garcia downplayed Tuesday's interview with a Cleveland radio station "as light-hearted'' when he lobbied for a chance to help solve the Browns' quarterback riddle before coach Rob Chudzinski turned to journeyman Jason Campbell over struggling Brandon Weeden.
But Garcia, who serves as a twice-weekly NFL Network analyst, admits he'd be open to an NFL return and that it is not just some mid-life crisis.
"I've always had a competitive fire within that continues to burn. So it would be hard for me as a competitor to say, 'No,' '' Garcia said. "If that phone rings, I'd say, 'Hey, what flight can I jump on?'
"I'm realistic about it all. I'm not expecting anything.
"I'm not trying to start fires out there.
"But if you look at situations around this league, I can help a young quarterback out.''


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Taylor Swift let her hair down (literately) while posing as Rapunzel for Disney's new ad shot by famed photographer Annie Leibovits. The ad is part of Disney's Dream Portrait series, which has featured the likes of Beyonce, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Gisele Bundchen, David Beckham and many more celebrities disguised as Disney characters.
The singer looked stunning in a purple gown and pink petticoat. During the shoot, Leibovits was amazed at the costume-makeup achievements, "It looks so real," she said while snapping photos of the "Red" singer.
Swift's photo as the long-haired Rapunzel is titled, "Where a world of adventure awaits," and features the singer in the tower where the lost princess is imprisoned by an evil witch.
Leibovits has been working on Disney's Dream Portrait series for several years now, producing magical real-life celebrity shots of some of the most iconic characters of the Disney franchise.


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First impressions are important and Paul made a great one. Making people feel wanted and appreciated is the only way to sustain motivation and get things done. Creating a nice and fun environment for contributors is key and instrumental in making good things happen. Sometimes this simple "fun parameter" is overlooked and downgraded. Also, it's better to assist the learning process instead of providing immediate solutions. Perhaps it's my technical management background speaking here, but Paul reminds me of myself in this aspect. The most painful but rewarding managerial task is to see the mistake coming and abstain from offering the solution in order to give subordinates or peers the opportunity to "learn".
The most valuable skill anyone can learn is how to learn new things. All that is needed is the right motivation and maybe even a subtle push in the right direction.
Well, this is exactly what the goal of the "Did you know ...?" section I proposed to Paul is about. We would like all related articles to give just enough information to motivate the reader in order to trigger the learning process. There is no need for an in-depth tutorial (I am sure there will be other more appropriate sections for this), we just want to tickle peoples minds just enough to make them smile and think. The rest will be up to them. People need to relate with basic use case example and not case studies - this is what triggers the imagination and gets people thinking in different dimensions.
I remember telling Paul that a successful "Did you know...?" article would be one that would generate a comment like: "Wow, I didn't know that! I will use this in my XXX project to accomplish YYY."
Well, I am here and the "Did you know...?" section is a reality, so its safe to assume that Paul liked the idea. He even found me an excellent partner Babs Gösgens who also has strong feelings about the goals of this section. Babs and I have a number of short articles prepared and will be publishing them in the following issues of "our" magazine, but we would like to invite everyone to share his or her basic use case examples with the rest of us in the form of a 'Did you know...?" article. Together let's make the magic happen. Quoting Uri Geller, "The Stage is yours"!


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Editor's note: Since this story was originally published on August 18, the Royals have clinched their first playoff berth since 1985.
So here the Kansas City Royals stand in first place in the AL Central, 1 1/2 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers, nicely positioned to make their first postseason appearance in 29 years. If the Royals manage to snap their streak, it will be a representation of how things ought to be done, and there will be plenty of folks around the baseball world who will be pulling for them.
Let's be clear about one thing right up front: Everything that has happened to the Royals begins with the patience, vision and resolve shown by team owner David Glass. He believed in his general manager, Dayton Moore, when that wasn't a popular position in Kansas City.
Sometimes, the toughest thing for competitive people to do is nothing. Sometimes, it's also the correct thing. Glass didn't simply accept losing, either. He asked questions. He listened. He trusted instincts during almost six decades in the business world.
If there's October baseball in Kansas City, it'll be because Glass showed an unwavering belief in the people he hired, beginning with Moore. He gave him the resources and freedom -- and most important, the time -- to do the job he hired him to do.
Who stays the course anymore? That's the most remarkable part of this story. From the beginning, Glass understood that Kansas City had to do things a certain way and that doing them this way might take extra time and patience. When he bought in, he bought all in. When Moore interviewed for the job in 2006, he outlined a vision of what the Royals could and should be, everything from the structure of the baseball operation right down to how the game should be scouted, taught and executed.
Moore knew that the Royals would not be throwing huge amounts of money at free agents, so there'd be bumps along the way because young players don't come with guarantees. Moore, who was one of the personnel gurus in Atlanta when the Braves made 14 straight postseason appearances, knew that the game is a series of adjustments and readjustments for all players, but especially for younger guys.
He did believe that once the Royals were good again they had a chance be good a long time. Baseball may never have another champion built largely through free agency. For one thing, teams don't allow many of their best players to reach free agency in their prime years, so there just aren't enough free agents to construct a champion. Besides, the Royals can't afford to do business like that.
Some of us thought the Royals had arrived in 2011 when Eric Hosmer, Salvador Perez, Mike Moustakas, Danny Duffy and Kelvin Herrera made their big league debuts and joined a nucleus that already had Alex Gordon and Billy Butler. A foundation appeared to be in place, and when the Royals rode those young guys to a 15-10 record in September 2011, it sparked hope that 2012 would be the turnaround season.
As scouting reports got around, weaknesses were revealed, and even though the Royals were touted for having arguably the best farm season ever, they did not conquer the world in 2012. They lost 90 games. Hosmer hit .232, Moustakas .242. The rotation was one of baseball's worst. This was the first time that the blueprint no longer looked perfect. Royals fans had waited a long time to be optimistic, and they were bitterly disappointed by those 90 losses. Same old, same old.
But here's where the story gets interesting.
Glass stayed the course. He didn't fire Moore. He didn't demand that Moore fire manager Ned Yost. Perhaps because Moore had told him -- he'd also told almost any reporter willing to listen -- that the Royals hadn't yet arrived.
They were getting close. In Gordon, they had one of the best outfielders in baseball. In Perez, they had a superstar catcher in the making. They had an assortment of young pitchers a year or two away. In the wake of losing 90 games, Moore actually felt pretty good about things, and so he did something he would never have done before then. He took a chance. He traded one of his best prospects. Actually, he traded two of them, shipping outfielder Wil Myers and right-hander Jake Odorizzi (among others) to the Rays for pitchers James Shields and Wade Davis.
Moore was roasted for trading away two young guys who have a chance to be big stars. And in trading for Shields, he was getting a guy he might only have for two seasons.
He did it anyway, though, because he believed the Royals had turned a corner even if their 2012 record didn't reflect it. He specifically wanted Shields, not just because he'd been so good for Tampa Bay and played a huge role in turning the Rays into a competitive baseball team. He wanted him for his attitude and work ethic, for his leadership skills, and swagger. Shields is one of those guys who believes that he can will whatever ending he decides to will. The Royals were different the moment Shields walked in the door in spring training 18 months ago. Because Shields believed, others were compelled to believe, too. Because he'd been where the Royals were still trying to get, his teammates had the confidence he could help get them there.
In a perfect world, the Royals would have trudged into October in 2013. They won 86 games, their first winning season since 2003, but it was terribly unfulfilling because they didn't make the playoffs. There were holes at the back of the rotation, and some in the offense, too.
So Moore again went back to work. He signed free-agent left-hander Jason Vargas for the rotation and Omar Infante to fill a gaping hole at second base. He traded a talented reliever, Will Smith, to get outfield Nori Aoki from the Brewers.
And still nothing came easy. They were 29-32 and in fourth place in the American League Central on June 6. And then they won 10 in a row to climb atop the division. And then they went 9-18 and left the ballpark on July 21 a whopping eight games behind the Tigers. To say there were cries for Moore to fire Yost and for Glass to fire everyone would be an understatement. Moore simply said that if this club was as good as he believed it was that things eventually would click.
And they did.
As any manager will tell you, there's no way to know when a team catches some kind of magic, when it just figures out how to win and when it begins to function as a living, breathing organism. At some point, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Even cliches have some enduring truths.
The Royals are now 20-5 since July 21. They've caught and passed the Tigers again. Their starting pitchers have a 3.07 ERA in this stretch. Their bullpen has been airtight (Herrera, Davis and Greg Holland have allowed three earned runs in their last 45 1/3 innings.) Butler, Gordon and Aoki have been among the hottest hitters in baseball. The Royals have baseball's best defense by a wide margin.
Shields? He has a 1.96 ERA since the Royals began this latest little sprint and is leading in all the ways Moore envisioned him leading.
Even if the Tigers hadn't been in free fall, the Royals would have moved into position to get one of the American League's two wild-card berths. Considering where they've been and how long it has taken them to get this far, the Royals will take it.
If they're able to finish the deal, it will be impossible to measure the emotion, not just in the executive offices, not just in the clubhouse, but also in the community. Remember what it was like in Pittsburgh last fall when that ballpark was full and fans were rocking the place to its bones? That's what it'll be like in Kansas City, too. Glass has worked tirelessly to put the Royals in this position. In many ways, he has run a model organization in terms of community involvement, ballpark upgrades and fiscal responsibility.
The Royals have been through so much these last 29 years, endured so much hope and so much disappointment. Maybe, just maybe, that'll make the endgame that much sweeter. Maybe this time it'll work out in a way that makes all that patience seem worthwhile.


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...Dear New Orleans benefit comp released today...
Just a little reminder that the Dear New Orleans benefit album is released today via your preferred places of musical e-commerce (iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody and eMusic) and includes our song Crescent from our own forthcoming album. You can read tons about it here (or just hit the "page down" button).
...& debut performance of Crescent w/ Bird of Youth tonight:
Another small reminder as well that charles will be unveiling - and then probably very quickly re-veiling – our song from Dear New Orleans, Crescent, with Bird of Youth backing up tonight at week four of their August-long every-Tuesday residency at theLiving Room here in New York City.
thanks as always,
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No. 87,861
1. Due process requires notice, and without notice, a judgment is void. The notice must be reasonably calculated, under all the circumstances, to apprise interested parties of the pendency of the action and afford them an opportunity to be heard.
2. Only those who claim infringement of their constitutional rights have standing to raise the issue.
3. So long as the record contains competent evidence in support of the decision of the Kansas Corporation Commission, its decision is reasonable and must be upheld by this court.
Appeal from Kansas Corporation Commission. Opinion filed January 11, 2002. Affirmed.
C. Edward Peterson and Stuart W. Conrad, of Finnegan, Conrad & Peterson, LC., of Kansas City, Missouri, for appellant.
John McNish, advisory counsel, Paula Lentz, assistant general counsel, and Susan B. Cunningham, general counsel, for appellee.
Niki Christopher, for intervenor Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board.
James G. Flaherty and Daniel D. Covington, of Anderson, Byrd, Richeson, Flaherty & Henrichs, of Ottawa, for intervenor UtiliCorp United Inc., d/b/a Peoples Natural Gas Company and Kansas Public Service Company, and Greeley Gas Company, a division of Atmos Energy Corporation.
John P. DeCoursey and Larry M. Cowger, of Overland Park, for intervenor Kansas Gas Service Company, a division of ONEOK, Inc.
Before MARQUARDT, P.J., ELLIOTT and BEIER, JJ.
MARQUARDT, J.: Midwest Gas Users' Association (MGUA) appeals the order of the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) to distribute refunds of unlawfully collected ad valorem taxes to low-income residential customers. We affirm.
This court previously found that the KCC did not err when it ordered that distribution of the ad valorem tax refunds should be distributed to low-income individuals. See Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n, 29 Kan. App. 2d ___, ___ P.3d ___ (2001) (opinion written to include Kansas Industrial Consumers v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n, No. 87,500). MGUA is essentially using this appeal to request reconsideration of the order in the Farmland and Kansas Industrial Consumers cases. We incorporate our November 21, 2001, order in that opinion by reference, and in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 7.041 (2001 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 48), affirm the KCC's order authorizing distribution of ad valorem tax refunds to the designated low-income customers.
In addition to the issues raised in the Farmland and Kansas Industrial Consumers cases, MGUA claims that the notice in this case of the KCC proceedings was "inadequate to justify taking of the ad valorem taxes."
MGUA is attempting to argue that the rights of consumers who are not parties to this appeal were violated because they received notice of the proposed changes in the distribution plan through a billing insert. MGUA argues that the basic elements of due process, namely, notice and an opportunity to be heard, were not met. See State v. Wilkinson, 269 Kan. 603, 608, 9 P.3d 1 (2000). Without notice, due process is denied and the judgment rendered is void. The notice must be reasonably calculated, under all the circumstances, to apprise interested parties of the pendency of the action and afford them an opportunity to present their objections. In re H.C., 23 Kan. App. 2d 955, 958, 939 P.2d 937 (1997). Only those who claim infringement of their constitutional rights have standing to raise the issue. See 16 Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law §139, p. 543. MGUA does not have standing to raise this issue.
MGUA was given adequate notice of the KCC hearings. The hearing notice provided MGUA with the time and place of the hearing. MGUA's argument to the contrary is without merit.
MGUA also argues that the KCC's distribution order is unreasonable and not supported by the record. In essence, MGUA is asking this court to reweigh the evidence, which we will not do. An appellate court may not substitute its judgment for that of the administrative agency. So long as the record contains competent evidence in support of the decision of the KCC, its decision is reasonable and must be upheld by this court. The KCC is vested with wide discretion, and its findings have a presumption of validity on review. Southwest Kan. Royalty Owners Ass'n v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n, 244 Kan. 157, 165, 769 P.2d 1 (1989).
K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 66-118b limits judicial review of a KCC order to determine whether it is lawful or reasonable. In this case, the order was based on a need by low-income persons and in consideration of the cold winter combined with high gas prices. The KCC order for distribution of the ad valorem taxes is not unreasonable.
On December 17, 1999, the KCC ordered that whenever possible, an attempt should be made to distribute the refunds to the customers who paid the taxes. The KCC order stated that any party could file a petition for reconsideration within 15 days of the date of the order. However, it does not appear that any party to this litigation submitted a petition for reconsideration.
During oral argument before this court, MGUA claimed that the KCC's December 17, 1999, order was a final order and not subject to modification. MGUA failed to preserve this issue for appeal. MGUA did not raise this issue either in its petition for judicial review to the trial court or in its petition for reconsideration to the KCC. See K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 66-118b.


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Jayson Tatum back on Wednesday?
Stadium:Good news for the Celtics and USA Basketball, per NBA Insider @ShamsCharania: Jayson Tatum has a strong chance to make his return for Team USA in quarterfinals against France on Wednesday.
October 15, 2019 | 2:39 pm EDT Update
Adam Zagoria: The Brooklyn Nets have signed guards Devin Cannady of Princeton and CJ Massinburg of Buffalo. They now have 20 on the roster.
Josh Lewenberg: Lowry on his Raptors extension: "It's an opportunity that worked out for both sides. It's a place where I wanted to be. It's the place I've been most successful in my career. We didn't know if it was gonna got done but it got done. Both sides worked extremely hard to get it done"
So begins the give and take of a radical experiment. Matchmaking mere superstars is passé. The Rockets, like the Warriors before them, landed an MVP to accompany their MVP. It's not exactly the subtlest of moves; both Harden and Westbrook have big, loud games, inarguably bigger and louder than when the two began their careers together in Oklahoma City a decade ago. Only through separation did they fully become the anchors their respective franchises needed them to be. By reuniting, they hope to now find security in each other. "We've accomplished a lot of accolades, individually," Harden says. "Now it's time to accomplish something that we haven't accomplished before." It's a long way to June. Yet through the very fact of being on the same team, Harden and Westbrook have already engineered one outcome that never should have been possible in the first place.
October 15, 2019 | 1:41 pm EDT Update
Gerald Green done for the season?
Shams Charania: The Rockets fear that Gerald Green's broken foot is worse than initially expected and fear he'll miss the season, league sources tell @The Athletic @Stadium.
Tim MacMahon: Rockets wing Gerald Green's broken left foot is feared to be a Lisfranc fracture that would require season-ending surgery, sources said. Green is seeing another specialist today to get confirmation.
The Memphis Grizzlies announced today that the team signed guard Ahmad Caver. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. In addition, the team waived guard Dusty Hannahs.


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A man claiming to be 100 years old in a gray Cadillac ran into a group of people, mostly children, earlier this afternoon in L.A. Four of the children were taken to the hospital in critical condition, but have since been upgraded to serious condition.
Preston Carter, who was driving the Cadillac, told a reporter he was 101 years old — having been born in September 1911. He then restated that he was actually 100. After about 90 years people just stop counting.
"I was backing out of the parking lot to go home and lost control. The brakes quit, failed, something," the driver, who was identified as Preston Carter, told reporters on the scene. "I'm sorry."
According to the LA Times the man has a valid license until 2013.
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That is correct but if it was made of Zamac I am sure I would still have it, nevertheless I still have to clean them at least once a year as there are always some dust that go into the display and that's when accidents happen. Still on the price question, it is painful to see a $60 piece shattered into pieces, today's models are not cheap.
Try dropping a £120.00 white metal model on a concrete floor just at the moment someone was getting his wallet out to pay for it!
Personally as a dealer I prefer resin, these days the detailing that can be got into a relatively "cheap" model is incredible, the likes of Spark can produce (theoretically) a much wider range because their tooling costs are lower. That's great for the collector but a pain in the backside for the dealer because we cannot possibly stock 'em all and in practice unless we order 6 months before we know it's going to be made we never get it anyway! In the UK at any rate. It's actually a quite ridiculous situation we wait for ever to get what we think will be a best seller and when it arrives several ebay sellers are selling at little more than trade. Great for the collector again but you're never going to be able to buy on the High St. anymore.


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Scrum Sevens
Stars in the making
Tom Hamilton
January 3, 2013
Israel Folau could establish himself as a rugby star in 2013 © PA Photos
The New Year is still very much in its infancy, but the world over, rugby players will be setting their goals for 2013. This week's Scrum Sevens has singled out a group of potential stars who could be set for great things in the forthcoming year.
Israel FolauWaratahs
Having turned out in both the National Rugby League and the Australian Football League in Australia, Folau will now look to make his mark in rugby union when he takes to the field for the Waratahs in 2013 in what will be his third code in four years. And do not rule out him pulling on the green and gold shirt of the Wallabies when they host the British & Irish Lions next summer.
He possesses an armoury of the requisite skills for rugby union and has garnered a reputation for being one of the best 'leapers' in Australian sport. Working alongside ex-Crusaders coach Daryl Gibson, expect the crosskick and plenty of high kicks to be utilised by the Waratahs and aimed in Folau's general direction. He also knows his way to the tryline having scored an incredible 73 tries in 90 matches during his four years playing rugby league - first for the Melbourne Storm and then the Brisbane Broncos.
And there is no better place for Folau than the Waratahs. They have blooded two premier Wallabies in the past after they completed cross-code switches - Mat Rogers and Lote Tuqiri. There is a huge hype surrounding Folau's rugby union potential and ex-Wallaby Tim Horan believes he will be a success. Horan said: "I think there is no doubt he will make it. He's a wonderful player and athlete. It will take a bit of time...I think he will be a big success."
Jan SerfonteinBulls
The young centre was the star of the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship, scoring four tries in five matches, and he went on to scoop the 2012 IRB Young Player of the Year gong. He has already shone for the Blue Bulls in the Vodacom Cup, having made 20 appearances and scored four tries in the process, and took his bow in the Currie Cup in 2012 for the Pretoria-based side.
The 2013 Super Rugby season could give Serfontein the chance to showcase his talents on the southern hemisphere stage and in front of the global audience. He has been included in the Bulls' 59-man training squad and will look to compete with the likes of Wynand Olivier, Lionel Mapoe and Francois Venter for a spot in the final group. The Sharks' Paul Jordaan, another promising centre, also warrants a mention.
Billy VunipolaLondon Wasps
Billy Vunipola is set for a huge 2013 © PA Photos
While 2012 saw Joe Launchbury and Christian Wade hitting the headlines, Wasps boast other youngsters who look set to make their mark in 2013 and no one more so than No.8 Billy Vunipola. The 20-year-old, the younger brother of England prop Maku Vunipola, weighs in at just under 20 stone and although the basic facts may suggest otherwise, he can shift himself around the rugby field.
He has made 28 appearances for the Aviva Premiership side and with his contract up at the end of the season, he is reportedly on Saracens and Leicester's radar. But recent reports suggest that he will follow in Launchbury's footsteps and re-sign with Wasps. He could feature for England in the summer while the British & Irish Lions are touring Down Under and there is every chance that the England XV for the 2015 World Cup will feature two Vunipolas.
Wasps, after a disastrous 2011-12 season, are making all the right noises about re-finding the winning touch of the Lawrence Dallaglio era and have a team forged around experience and youth. Alongside Vunipola, Launchbury and Wade, expect Jack Wallace and Elliot Daly's stock to also rise over the next 365 days.
Maxime MachenaudRacing Metro
France boast one of the world's premier scrum-halves in the form of Morgan Parra but his place in Les Bleus' XV is by no means guaranteed following the emergence of another half-back. Racing Metro's Maxime Machenaud is now seemingly in front of Parra in the pecking order for the No.9 berth.
Amid all the rumours of who Racing Metro might be recruiting ahead of next year - the likes of Dan Lydiate, Brian Mujati, Soane Tonga'uiha and even Dan Carter are all said to be on the Parisian's radar - it should be noted that they have not been linked with a new scrum-half. The 24-year-old Machenaud made his debut for France in 2012 and has now got four caps to his name. He scored a try on his debut, which came against Argentina in June, and started two of France's three autumn Tests. He is someone who will only get better so keep a close eye on Machenaud in 2013.
Iain HendersonUlster
Iain Henderson in Heineken Cup action © PA Photos
Having progressed through the age-grade levels of rugby in Ireland, Henderson played for the U20 side in both the 2011 and 2012 Junior World Championships. The back-rower is contracted to Ulster and he has the perfect role model right on his doorstep - Stephen Ferris.
Much is expected of Henderson in 2013. He is already an Irish international, having made his debut against the Springboks in November and he backed that up with another appearance a fortnight later against Argentina. And on the domestic scene, Henderson has already garnered a reputation as arguably Ireland's most promising back-rower. He has made eight appearances for Ulster so far this season, a campaign he started on a development contract, and they have been quick to retain him after awarding him a three-year deal back in October. He could well be a bolter for the Lions team.
Rhys PatchellCardiff Blues
Despite being just 19-years-old, Patchell is being heralded as one of the glimpses of light in what has been a mixed season for the Welsh regions. He made his debut for the Blues against Newcastle back in 2011 but made his first start for the region in the PRO12 this season. And it could not have gone much better for the fly-half.
He scored 11 points for the Blues and helped them to a 16-5 win over the Dragons despite being so nervous that he "sat in bed all day before the game, I didn't do anything". He followed this up with a hugely impressive performance against Montpellier in the Heineken Cup, where he slotted all of the Blues' 24 points, and was immediately suggested alongside the likes of James Hook and Dan Biggar as an option to replace the injured Rhys Priestland in the forthcoming Six Nations. Patchell is adamant that he is not getting carried away but as long as he continues putting in impressive performances beyond his tender years, then the notion of an international call-up will not go away.
Sam CaneChiefs
It was another huge year for the All Blacks as they went the whole of 2012 unbeaten until they ran into England in December. They scooped the inaugural Rugby Championship while there was further joy for New Zealand rugby with the Chiefs claiming their first Super Rugby title - and central to the Waikato franchise's success was the presence of openside Sam Cane.
Cane seems to have timed his ascent perfectly. With Richie McCaw set to embark on a deserved six-month sabbatical, Cane could get the chance to step into the great openside's shoes in the 2013 Rugby Championship and for their Test series with France in the summer. He has already worn the famous black shirt of the Kiwis on four occasions but he should add to that tally in 2013 and if he shines, then he will immediately be anointed as the next McCaw-in-waiting.
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Rod & Custom Americruise Saturday Coverage
Welcome back! We're still out here in Lincoln, where the action at the Rod & Custom Americruise is heating up. The streets and grassy areas of State Fair Park are packed with rods and customs from all over the United States. We've been wearing out our sneakers trying to see all of them. It's tough to do when we've got so many other activities competing for our attention. The Autocross Course and the Go & Whoa! fun is drawing a large number of participants and an even bigger number of spectators watching the cars go through the courses. Cones are flying, tires are squealing, and everybody's having a blast!
We tore ourselves away from all that activity to spend some time in the vendor area. O'Reilly Auto Parts is big in this part of the country and stepped up to help us host this big shindig. In addition to their booth, the line-up in the vendor area included Air Ride, Flowmaster, Eagle One, and many others. International Collector Auction came out to host a classic car auction. How many of the cars bought here today will be finished in time for Americruise 2007 next summer?
R&C editors made some tough choices and selected the five hot rods and five custom cars that are the finalists in the Rod of the Year and Custom of the Year. Yesterday's first round of judging involved exterior, interior, engine compartment, undercarriage quality, plus overall fit and finish excellence. Today the judging continued, with a 10-car cruise through the city of Lincoln and a trip nearby Speedy Bills to determine driveabilty. The rest of the competition took place back at the fairgrounds, where we ran the finalists through the Autocross Course in addition to acceleration and braking testing. We'll figure out the winners today, but we're not revealing who they are until tomorrow. Talk to you then.


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Ah, Park Slope: where diligently hip mothers push extravagant strollers into studiously low-key coffee shops, where you're nobody if you don't get your kale at the most organic of the four farmer's markets on your block, where you retire at 45 after your loosely-defined art collective produces no art in twenty years, something about fixed-gear bicycles goes [here], you get the idea: Bill Belicheck owned a brownstone in Park Slope for six years before selling it sometime in the past month. Weird.
The Observer has the details and speculates on the meaning behind the sale:
On the one hand, Mr. Belichick has made a little money on the sale of the townhouse, netting $2.75 million, according to city records. Not bad considering that he paid $2.2 million for the five-bedroom, three-bath residence back in 2006.
But on the other hand, the house was allegedly a love nest for Mr. Belichick and mistress Sharon Shenocca, whom Mr. Belichick was rumored to have taken up with after splitting from his longtime wife in 2006. Or, if not a love nest, at least a friendly benefit of Ms. Shenocca's close relationship with Mr. Belichick. Whatever the state of relations, or lack thereof, between Mr. Belichick and Ms. Shenocca, their love affair with the Park Slope townhouse is fini.
Is this why Belichick has been so...phlegmatic recently? It is very hard to imagine Bill Belichick spending any time in Park Slope, and harder still to when you hear about the brownstone itself:
A double parlor, lots of windowed rooms with Southern exposures, a library with a fireplace and a large garden (it's no football field, but there's space enough to sun). Listing photos show a place disappointingly devoid of big screen TVs and sports memorabilia.
Space enough to sun? Yeah, Belichick's never been there. That's the brownstone in question above, and that's also the face Belichick made when he decided to sell it.
The Patriots' head hobgoblin now exits the ranks of former and current NFL coaches that inexplicably live in tony areas of New York.
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This entry was originally written by Dwight A. Radford for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
History of Idaho
The first permanent settlement of whites in Idaho country was the Mormon colony at Franklin in Cache Valley. But the first major wave of settlers was drawn by the lure of gold. Just three years after gold was discovered, the territory of Idaho was created, in 1863, consisting of ten counties. The new territory included what is now all of Montana and most of present-day Wyoming. At the peak of the mining boom, as many as 70,000 whites may have been in Idaho Territory. By 1870, however, this number had dwindled to 15,000. Mining was Idaho's chief producer of wealth until the beginning of the twentieth century when agriculture became the number one industry.
In 1866 the first district land office in Idaho opened in Boise. Other district offices included Lewiston in 1866, Oxford in 1879, Hailey in 1883, Coeur d'Alene in 1884, and Blackfoot in 1886. After the Civil War, Confederate refugees settled in Idaho. Others came to Idaho during a renewed mining boom during the 1880s and 1890s and with the coming of the railroads to the farmland of southern Idaho.
Idaho's transition from a territory to a state was long and difficult. When the new Idaho Constitution was drafted in 1889, territory officials sought to resolve disagreements about whether to keep northern Idaho from becoming part of Washington territory. Many compromises were reached to set the boundaries before Idaho became a new state on 3 July 1890.
Idaho was never a 'melting pot,' but it did have its share of ethnic groups, such as the Scandinavian converts to the Mormon faith who colonized in eastern Idaho and the Finns who settled in the high mountain valleys near Payette Lakes. Coeur d'Alene mines attracted miners from Wales and immigrants from the Balkans. Likewise, hundreds of Chinese came to Idaho in the 1860s and 1870s to work in the mines. The Basque migration from the Spanish Pyrenees came primarily to Idaho, northern Nevada, western Oregon, and California as sheepherders. Japanese immigrants began settling in southwestern Idaho prior to World War II. Other Japanese settled near Idaho Falls and Pocatello. Between 1900 and 1910, reclamation projects opened desert lands for farming. This brought a new wave of settlement from nearby states, especially Utah.
Idaho's Native American population lives on four reservations: Nez Perce Reservation, Coeur d'Alene Reservation in northern Idaho, Fort Hall Reservation north of Pocatello, and Duck Valley Reservation in Owyhee County. Many Kootenai Native Americans reside in an enclave near Bonners Ferry, and some Kalispell Native Americans live in an enclave at Cusick on the Idaho-Montana border.
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In 2008, Marvel Studios embarked on an incredibly ambitious project. Starting with Iron Man, the company began releasing a series of superhero movies based on their own properties that would eventually be tied together in the team-up movie The Avengers in 2012. The drawback, however, is that not everyone in the world is as obsessed with the characters as their key fanbase and while the films do cater to a wide audience, there are always going to be details that leave sections of the movie-going public saying, "Huh? The good news is that I'm here to help.
Just as I did prior to the release of Iron Man 2 and Thor, I've crafted yet another handy guide to the Marvel universe, this time for Captain America: The First Avenger, which comes out this Friday. If you still have no idea what the Cosmic Cube is or who the hell the Howling Commandos are, read on below for the full scoop.
WARNING: This article contains some minor spoilers for Captain America: The First Avenger. While the first seven entries are safe, the last two may affect the surprise element and are clearly marked. It should be noted that people who have viewed behind-the-scenes photos probably won't be too shocked by this information anyway.
How Does It Fit? HYDRA, its armies, and the Red Skull together play the antagonist role in Captain America: The First Avenger. Using the organization's resources and manpower, the Red Skull plans to execute his plans for world domination using a power never before seen by this world and previously thought to exist only in the world of myth. It's up to Cap and his crew to stop these forces before it's too late.
Arnim Zola
How Does He Fit? Though the character is introduced in a way that will make comic book fans smile, Arnim Zola is played by Toby Jones in Captain America: The First Avenger. At the start of the film, Zola has already made plenty of weapons for HYDRA, but they are not yet functional. To remedy this, the Red Skull finds the Cosmic Cube and harnesses its power. Though Zola is considerably weaker than the Red Skull, they are both high ranking members in both the Nazi party and in HYDRA.
The Cosmic Cube
How Does It Fit? Previously seen in the end credits sequence of Thor, the Cosmic Cube plays a much larger role in Captain America: The First Avenger. While Arnim Zola has developed quite a number of new technologies and weapons, they prove to be useless until Schmidt harnesses the power of the Cosmic Cube. Distributing its power as a blue energy source, the HYDRA guns become blasters capable of disintegrating their target in an instant and bombs are powerful enough to destroy entire cities in moments. Remember what I said about the cube's power in the hands of a supervillain? This is what I meant.
Super Soldier Serum Or Erskine Formula
How Does It Fit? Steve Rogers starts the film as a sickly, scrawny orphan who wants nothing more than to fight for his country, and is discovered by Erskine and found to be the perfect candidate for the super soldier serum. The experiment turns him into Captain America, but Rogers isn't the only person in the film given Erskine's Formula. Before defecting, Johann Schmidt forces Erskine to give him the serum, but because vita-rays aren't used and Schmidt's evil intentions, the procedure results in Schmidt becoming deformed and going absolutely insane.
Howard Stark
How Does He Fit? If you've watched the two Iron Man films than you have already been introduced to this character twice. First played by Gerard Sanders and then John Slattery, the young Howard Stark is played by Dominic Cooper in Captain America: The First Avenger and helps the hero in many ways. In addition to providing the super soldier with his famous costume and shield, Stark is even present when Steve Rogers is first given the super soldier serum and exposed to vita-rays.
How Does It Fit? This is actually not the first time that Vibranium has made an appearance in the Marvel movie universe. Though it's not mentioned by name, it's the element re-discovered and formulated by Tony Stark in Iron Man 2 as a replacement for the palladium core in his chest arc reactor. In this film, however, the ultra-rare metal is made into a shield by Howard Stark that Captain America paints and takes into battle.
Howling Commandos
How Do They Fit? Though they are never called the Howling Commandos by name, the group is formed after the members are kidnapped by HYDRA and freed by Captain America. Because Nick Fury isn't around this early in the Marvel movie timeline, it is instead Cap who enlists the men's help. Together they fight to take down HYDRA bases across Europe.
How Does It Fit? Captain America: The First Avenger largely takes place during World War II, but the story is framed by bookends set in the present. At the start of the movie a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are sent to the arctic to investigate a ship found in the ice. At the end of the film, Captain America wakes up in a compound in New York run by the organization.
Nick Fury
How Does He Fit? In the comics the character's origin begins in World War II where he was the leader of the Howling Commandos, but obviously that's not the case in the film's continuity as that would make Fury at least 70 years old in modern day. Fury shows up at the very end of the film after Captain America is woken up and has escaped from the S.H.I.E.L.D. compound in New York.


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Longines watches have long been known for their impeccable make and stylish looks, though they are a bit on the expensive side of the spectrum. Listed below are the top 3 most expensive Longines watches. Price in India may be different from price in US, UK or any other part of the world. So, do check out the pricing before buying.
Longines PrimaLuna
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MACON, Ga. - Lipscomb and FGCU will face off on Saturday evening inside Lipscomb's Allen Arena in the Atlantic Sun Match of the Week. The Lady Bisons handed the Eagles their only conference loss in 2007, a 3-2 thriller also at Allen Arena.
Neither squad has dropped an A-Sun match in six outings, and FGCU has only surrendered two sets against conference competition. Both teams enter the weekend on substantial winning streaks as well, with the Lady Bisons winners of seven straight and FGCU six in a row. Saturday's clash represents the first meeting between the two schools since Lipscomb ended the Eagles perfect conference season in Nashville last season.
The Eagles have been dominant in A-Sun matches this season, hitting .316 as a team and limiting opponents to a .146. Four Eagles are in the top-10 in A-Sun hitting percentage, led by senior middle hitter Audrey Campbell at .419 against A-Sun competition. Fellow seniors Ana Kokanovic and Roberta Santos also help power the Eagle attack. Kokanovic, the reigning A-Sun Player of the Year, ranks third in the league, averaging 3.50 kills per set. Santos, a 2007 First-Team All A-Sun performer, averages 9.55 assists per set, tops in the conference.
A pair of sophomores lead the way for Lipscomb in two-time reigning A-Sun Player of the Week Alex Kelly and 2007 A-Sun Championship MVP Jake Pease. Kelly paces the Lady Bisons attack averaging 3.76 kills per set, while hitting .348. The Kansas City native is a defensive force as well, collecting 50 blocks on the season, an average of almost one per set. Pease ably directs the Lady Bisons offense, and leads the league with 520 assists, averaging 9.68 per set against A-Sun foes.
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