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INDIANAPOLIS - Coming off a pair of disappointing losses, the most recent ending in controversy, the Raptors look to put an end to their first skid of the season Friday while handing the Pacers their first loss.
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Toronto's most recent loss, a 92-90 defeat to the Bobcats Wednesday, came down to a divisive final possession in which Dwane Casey and the Raptors chose not to foul the home team, down two with less than 27 seconds remaining and a 1.9 clock differential. They had a second opportunity to commit the foul on a reset with five seconds left, after the Bobcats retained possession on an out of bounds play and called a timeout. That's where Casey acknowledges his team made a mistake.
"I'll take responsibly for miscalculating on that out of bounds play, not the 27 seconds because you still have a differential going back," Casey said Friday after his team's shoot around prior to a meeting with the undefeated Pacers.
Casey felt and still believes it was best to play out the possession once Charlotte rebounded a DeMar DeRozan miss with 27 on the clock. Instead of extending the game Casey said he was confident in his team's ability to get one final stop having shut the Bobcats down on the previous possessions. The foul, as he revisited the scenario, should have been given when Charlotte caught the ball off the inbound pass.
"We talked about it as a staff," Casey continued. "We gambled and we missed. I stand by not fouling once they got possession in that situation."
As Casey pointed out Wednesday, the Raptors would not have been in that position if not for a slow start in that game and hope to bounce back right out of the gate against much stiffer competition Friday evening.
Although they played the Pacers (5-0) competitively last year, having had some recent success in Indiana, the Raptors (2-3) face another tough test on the road against the NBA's last remaining undefeated team.
Indiana is off to its best start since beginning the 1971-72 season 5-0, en route to an ABA championship, and can match a franchise record - set the year prior - by opening the season with six straight wins.
The teams split their four-game series last season, each winning a couple on the road with three meetings - including both in Indiana - decided by two points. The Raptors overcame a five-point fourth quarter in Indiana Nov. 13 of last year to win 74-72 and came away with a 100-98 overtime victory on Feb. 8 after Rudy Gay hit a game-winner in the final seconds.
"We match up with them pretty well," Casey said of the Pacers. "I love the way they play. That's the way I want to play. That's what wins in the NBA and it's a great challenge for us. We've got to come in with that mindset, the way they play, and take it right back at them because if we don't it's going to be a long night."
Fresh off an appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals where they took the Heat to seven games, the Pacers have picked up right where they left off. Although they still haven't scored 100 points in a game - ranking 21st in scoring, averaging 95.4 per - they also haven't allowed more than 91. Giving up just 84.4 points per game and holding all five of their early-season opponents below 40 per cent shooting, Indiana's defence, once again, is the best in the league.
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The Pacers have also had to overcome slow starts, trailing at halftime in four of their five games but that hasn't been a problem for them so far. After falling behind 43-37 at the break on Wednesday, Indiana outscored the Bulls 60-37 in the second half, including a 34-18 advantage in the final quarter to remain unbeaten.
Toronto has out-rebounded each of its opponents to begin the season, ranking fifth in the NBA averaging 45.6 boards per game. Through five games they have a plus-45 rebounding differential.
Jonas Valanciunas has scored 30 points on 28 shots in 47 first-quarter minutes. He has totaled just 19 points, launching only 16 shots in 72 minutes combined in quarters two through four.
Although Toronto's bench has been a pleasant surprise, helping the team narrow large deficits both in Charlotte and Atlanta early in the season, that hasn't been reflected in the box score. The Raptors' bench has been outscored by the opposition's reserves in each of the first five games, 162-113 overall. Toronto ranks 27th in the league in bench score with its second unit averaging 24.6 points per contest.
Toronto is 9-24 all-time against the Pacers in Indiana.
Who to Watch For
Tyler Hansbrough
Hansbrough has had an immediate impact off the Raptors bench after signing with the team as a free agent during the summer. The Raptors' super sub was drafted 13th overall by the Pacers in 2009 and spent his first four seasons playing in Indiana, where he averaged 8.9 points and 3.6 rebounds.
In five games as a Raptor, Hansbrough has brought his trademark energy and physicality to Toronto, traits his new team are going to need Friday against his old one.
"I'm trying to get a win tonight so that's the only way I'm looking at it," Hansbrough said, downplaying his return to Indiana. "I'm not looking to catch up with friends."
Paul George
Signed to an extension in the summer, coming off a breakout year last season, George continues to take his game to the next level and put himself in the conversation with the league's best. George has scored at least 21 points in each game this season and is averaging 25.8 per contest, good for fifth in the NBA. A dangerous two-way player, George averaged 18.5 points, 12.0 rebound and 4.3 assists, going 11-for-23 from three-point range in the four meetings with Toronto last season.
"It's very difficult," Casey said of George's rare ability to dominate at both ends of the floor. "That's why he's one of the top players in the league. He's playing at a very high level on both ends of floor. We've got to get ready for him, not only his offence but his defence."
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Raptors' forward Steve Novak has been inactive for four of the team's first five games nursing a sore back. His status is unknown ahead of Friday's game.
Starting point guard George Hill has missed the Pacers last three games with a sore left hip but participated in shoot around Friday morning and is a game-time decision. Back-ups C.J. Watson and Donald Sloan have combined for 51 points, 25 assists and just five turnovers in Hill's three-game absence.
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How to Know If Your Man Is Falling Out of Love With Youby Candace Webb
In the beginning, he was so attentive and charming that you knew he was crazy about you. The first time he said he loved you, it felt like the sun suddenly got brighter, and you swore you heard Disney music suddenly start playing in the background. All was right with the world. As time moved forward, however, he began to cool. He could be busy. It could be job stress. Or it might mean that he is falling out of love with you.
Call him and see if he answers. Often, the first sign that a man is losing his love for you is that he suddenly becomes busy. You may still want to spend as much free time as possible with him, but he seems fine with not seeing you for days at a time. Your phone may stop ringing, your calls to him go to voice mail, and he is content to check in once or twice a week.
Compare the past to the present. If your partner used to call you with every detail of his day or spend his free time helping you plant your garden and suddenly he suggests you call a landscaper, it might indicate he is no longer interested.
Offer to go with him to his activity, hobby or friend's house. Many times, when a man stops loving a woman, he becomes much more independent acting than he was in the past. Suddenly, a majority of his social plans do not include you, and he seems to resent your offers to hang out with him and his friends.
Try to talk to him about the relationship. When a man is falling out of love, the last thing he wants to do is gaze into your eyes and tell you all the things he fell in love with you for. Instead, he will avoid such conversations. If you push it, he will tell you that you are pressuring him and that he does not appreciate it.
Seduce him. If a man is falling out of love with you, it may show up in the bedroom. In the beginning, he couldn't keep his hands off you. Now, you find that he is always too tired, goes to sleep as soon as his head hits the pillow or starts heading back to his place after dinner instead of spending the night, it is possible he no longer loves you and is no longer attracted to you.
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Always gracious, Jack Nicklaus keeps saying Tiger Woods eventually will break his record of 18 major golf championships.
Yet as the 77th Masters begins Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club, Jack framed Tiger's quest perfectly.
Majors won by Tiger Woods
1997 » The Masters
2000 » U.S. Open
2000 » British Open
2001 » The Masters
2002 » The Masters
2002 » U.S. Open
2005 » The Masters
2005 » British Open
2006 » British Open
2008 » U.S. Open
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Note » a-amateur
6 a.m.-8:56 a.m. » Sandy Lyle, John Peterson, a-Nathan Smith
6:11 a.m.-9:07 a.m. » Larry Mize, Brian Gay, Russell Henley
6:22 a.m.-9:18 a.m. » Ian Woosnam, David Lynn, Kevin Na
6:33 a.m.-9:29 a.m. » David Toms, Richard Sterne, Ted Potter Jr.
6:44 a.m.-9:40 a.m. » Tom Watson, Ryan Moore, Kevin Streelman
6:55 a.m.-9:51 a.m. » Robert Garrigus, Carl Pettersson, Tim Clark
7:06 a.m.-10:13 a.m. » Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Jim Furyk
7:17 a.m.-10:24 a.m. » Brandt Snedeker, Ryo Ishikawa, Justin Rose
7:28 a.m.-10:35 a.m. » Jose Maria Olazabal, Marc Leishman, a-T.J. Vogel
7:39 a.m.-10:46 a.m. » Charl Schwartzel, Webb Simpson, Peter Hanson
7:50 a.m.-10:57 a.m. » Zach Johnson, K.J. Choi, Graeme McDowell
8:12 a.m.-11:08 a.m. » Michael Thompson, John Huh, John Senden
8:23 a.m.-11:19 a.m. » Stewart Cink, Nicolas Colsaerts, Thaworn Wiratchant
8:34 a.m.-11:30 a.m. » Bubba Watson, Ian Poulter, a-Steven Fox
8:45 a.m.-11:41 a.m. » Tiger Woods, Luke Donald, Scott Piercy
8:56 a.m.-17:52 a.m. » Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Padraig Harrington
9:07 a.m.- 6 a.m. » John Merrick, Thorbjorn Olesen, D.A. Points
9:18 a.m.-6:11 a.m. » Craig Stadler, Ben Curtis, a-Michael Weaver
9:29 a.m.-6:22 a.m. » Mark O'Meara, Martin Laird, Jamie Donaldson
9:40 a.m.-6:33 a.m. » Paul Lawrie, Thomas Bjorn, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
9:51 a.m.-6:44 a.m. » Trevor Immelman, George Coetzee, a-Alan Dunbar
10:13 a.m.-6:55 a.m. » Ernie Els, Steve Stricker, Nick Watney
10:24 a.m.-7:06 a.m. » Ben Crenshaw, Matteo Manassero, a-Guan Tianlang
10:35 a.m.-7:17 a.m. » Bernhard Langer, Lucas Glover, Henrik Stenson
10:46 a.m.-7:28 a.m. » Vijay Singh, Bo Van Pelt, Y.E. Yang
10:57 a.m.-7:39 a.m. » Angel Cabrera, Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott
11:08 a.m.-7:50 a.m. » Fred Couples, Dustin Johnson, Branden Grace
11:19 a.m.-8:12 a.m. » Hunter Mahan, Hiroyuki Fujita, Francesco Molinari
11:30 a.m.-8:23 a.m. » Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Martin Kaymer
11:41 a.m.-8:34 a.m. » Rory McIlroy, Keegan Bradley, Freddie Jacobson
11:52 a.m.-8:45 a.m. » Jason Dufner, Matt Kuchar, Bill Haas
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"If he doesn't figure it out now, after the spring he's had," Nicklaus said Tuesday, "I think it will be a lot tougher for him."
Now or not at all? Absolutely. As the self-appointed protector of Nicklaus' record — and I know Jack's on my side, deep down — I've crystallized this tournament as Tiger's last chance to launch a serious run at us.
By winning three PGA Tour events this season, Woods has positioned himself for a major breakthrough that's a long time in the making. He's been stuck on 14 major titles ever since winning the 2008 U.S. Open, dramatically and heroically.
His last victory at Augusta National also is memorable, having launched the most natural Nike commercial in history. In 2005, he birdied No. 16 as the ball paused long enough to show the logo before falling.
The overlooked part of that victory is how Woods then stumbled with two bogeys in regulation before beating Chris DiMarco in a playoff. That becomes a telling sign of how he's failed to finish well in the Masters lately, even while contending almost annually.
"I've been in the mix … and I just haven't gotten it done," he said.
And while Woods has played his way into the status of clear favorite this week, he's not even close to an even-money bet anymore. The field is just too deep. For so long, Tiger warped the perspective of golf to such a degree that it was surprising anytime he didn't win.
That's hardly the case now.
His own struggles and the emergence of other players have converged to a point where if he wins any major title, he certainly will have earned it.
The transcripts of the Tuesday interview sessions from Augusta National are always fun to read, partly for the sake of counting all the Tiger-themed questions. This year, they're justified.
The way Woods has played coming into the Masters, "It does have the feel of what we expect to see from Tiger," Phil Mickelson said.
"He's happy and he's relaxed and he just feels good about what he's doing with his game," said his friend, Steve Stricker, "and it's showing in his attitude, too."
No doubt, Tiger is in a better state after all of his turmoil on and off the golf course. He's also at a fascinating point in his pursuit of Nicklaus, who once stood at 14 major titles when he was 37 years old. Guess who's 37 right now.
"I have a lot of good years ahead of me," Woods said.
Regarding his record, Nicklaus said Woods is "too talented, too driven and too focused on that" for him not to get to 18 or 19 majors someday. Then again, that 15th win has proven to be unattainable to this point.
Look, I didn't wish the knee injury or the divorce or the swing flaws on Tiger, I just welcomed other golfers' rising to overtake him in all these majors recently. The irony is I never was a Nicklaus fan in his prime, favoring Tom Watson, Johnny Miller and other young stars.
But Jack has grown on me, with such a classy, unpretentious demeanor.
This guy once wore a nametag while visiting a course he designed in Park City. Now, picture Tiger Woods doing that.
So another Masters is starting, and it's time to play more defense.Next Page >
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HOUSTON (Sept. 30, 2010) – Girl Scout Senior Julie C. created a club at her school to boost school spirit to earn the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can achieve. Less than five percent of girls who join Girl Scouts earn this recognition.
"I learned how to stay organized and that I could come up with my own idea," says Julie, a 2010 graduate of Westside High School.
Earning the Gold Award is a significant honor that requires recipients to demonstrate outstanding leadership skills, career planning, community involvement and personal development. It takes more than 100 service hours and two to three years of intensive work to complete the award requirements, which include planning and completing a project that is a service to the community.
"I wanted there to be more school spirit created specifically for the baseball team," explains Julie as to why she chose the project.
After creating the club through her school, Julie and the members made good luck gifts and signs for the baseball players before games.
"Julie possesses natural leadership abilities and this project provided a vehicle for her to develop this strength," says Margaret C., Julie's mother.
As a member of Girl Scouts, Julie earned the Bronze and Silver Awards. At Westside High School, she was a member of Best Buddies, Business Professionals of America, student council and cheerleading. She is currently attending Texas State University studying public relations.
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White House mulls move as cybersecurity bill fails
White House mulls move as cybersecurity bill fails
"The president is determined to protect our nation against cyber threats," said Caitlin Hayden, spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council after Wednesday's failure in the Senate of a bill aimed at protecting US "critical infrastructure" from cyber attacks.
Hayden said the White House was exploring ways "to more effectively secure the nation's critical infrastructure by working collaboratively with the private sector" and that this may result in an executive order.
She said such an order "is not a substitute for new legislation" and "doesn't create new powers or authorities (but) it does set policy under existing law."
In the lame-duck session, the bill backed by President Barack Obama failed to get the 60 votes needed to proceed under Senate rules. It was backed by a 51-47 vote.
The failure of the bill for the second time in three months prompted political sniping from supporters and detractors.
"Once again, Senate Republicans have chosen to filibuster much-needed cybersecurity legislation and, in so doing, have ignored the advice of the country's most senior military and national security officials," said Senator Jay Rockefeller, a key backer of the measure.
"Republican members have once again sided with the Chamber of Commerce, and not our military officials, on a national security issue."
Republican Senator Charles Grassley, however, claimed the bill was "flawed" and failed to see adequate debate.
"No one disputes the need for Congress to address cybersecurity," Grassley said.
"However, members do disagree with the notion this problem requires legislation that increases the size of the federal government bureaucracy and places new burdens and regulation on businesses."
The measure was blocked amid opposition from an unusual coalition of civil libertarians -- who feared it could allow too much government snooping -- and conservatives who said it would create a new bureaucracy.
US military officials have argued that legislation is needed to protect infrastructure critical to safeguarding national defense, including power grids, water systems and industries ranging from transportation to communication.
Senator Susan Collins, a Republican who supported the bill, said the issue remains of critical importance.
"Every day that we wait, our country becomes more vulnerable to a serious cyber attack, indeed a catastrophic attack," she said in a statement.
"Experts have also repeatedly warned that the computer systems that run our critical infrastructure -- our electric grid, pipelines, water systems, financial networks, and transportation systems -- are vulnerable to a major cyber attack."
Some industry leaders expressed disappointment on the failure of the bill.
"Stalemate doesn't make the issue go away," said Software Alliance president Robert Holleyman.
"There is no getting around the fact that we need to bolster America's cybersecurity capabilities. We urge both parties to put this issue at the top of the agenda in the next Congress."
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which promotes online freedoms, called the Senate bill "dangerously vague" and a threat to privacy.
"We're looking forward to having a more informed debate about cybersecurity next session, and hope Congress will bear in mind the serious privacy interests of individual Internet users," said EFF attorney Lee Tien.
"We don't need to water down existing privacy law to address the challenges of cybersecurity."
In a related matter, the White House confirmed reports this week that Obama signed a directive which can help the US military thwart cyber attacks.
"This step is part of the administration's focus on cybersecurity as a top priority. The cyber threat has evolved since 2004, and we have new experiences to take into account," a senior US official said.
"The directive itself is classified, so we cannot discuss all of the elements contained in it," the official said, adding that it "establishes principles and processes for the use of cyber operations so that cyber tools are integrated with the full array of national security tools we have at our disposal."
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Pinyin had his friend video tape the sex act, and when he suffered a ruptured colon, he refused to go to the hospital because he was worried what it would do to his reputation. It was not until later that he was anonymously dropped off, however he died in the waiting room. After this incident, Washington officially banned bestiality.


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3.5.10 – Tricia & Calvin Luker – We applaud the passage of H.R. 4247, the Keeping All Students Safe Act, in the House of Representatives on March 3rd, 2010. We are grateful to Representative Miller and Representative McMorris Rodgers for their leadership on this issue.
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We applaud the passage of H.R. 4247, the Keeping All Students Safe Act, in the House of Representatives on March 3rd, 2010. We are grateful to Representative Miller and Representative McMorris Rodgers for their leadership on this issue.
A few self-preservationist educators have written Our Children Left Behind [OCLB] expressing concern that barring the use of seclusion and restraint in Individualized Education Programs [IEPs] and Behavior Intervention Plans [BIPs] denies children and parents their right to "individualization" in an IEP or BIP. These same educators decry the move toward a federal law banning the use of restraint and seclusion by asking "where's the data?"
Are these self-preservationist educators serious? Our heads are still shaking. There is an abundance of data from state and federal public and private hospitals and adult and child residential facilities collected over the last four decades that shows both that the use of seclusion and restraint create the significant likelihood of injury to the person being secluded/restrained and to the persons applying the seclusion/restraint; and that using seclusion and restraint as part of an applied program to change behavior simply does not work. "In 1998, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis estimated deaths due to such practices at 150 per annum across the nation. Children have been noted at especially high risk for death and serious injury." [See SAMHSA Seclusion and Restraint: Statement of the Problem and SAMHSA's Response -- http://www.samhsa.gov/seclusion/sr_handout.aspx.]
In fact, the safety record on the use of seclusion and restraint in hospitals and residential facilities has been so dismal that the use of seclusion and restraint either has been banned altogether or permitted only under the most stringent rules and only in emergency situations. Those rules require the existence of imminent danger to the person or to others; the immediate involvement of trained medical personnel [at least an RN and in most instances a physician or psychiatrist]; continuous monitoring including checking vitals at regular intervals; and termination of the seclusion or restraint immediately once the danger has passed. The use of seclusion and restraint in adult or child residential facilities as a means of behavior management or treatment has been universally repudiated.
Given these established facts on the inherent dangers of the use of seclusion and restraint in the environments where we would expect they would be applied most safely and effectively – psychiatric and residential facilities with trained staff and medical professionals on site at all times – how can we even think of exposing our children to the use of seclusion and restraints in a school environment with none of the safety measures in place that are required in residential facilities? In a 5 month period in Michigan in 2003, two students, aged 12 and 15, were killed while being restrained. What other data must we produce to show the inherent risk – and stupidity – of using seclusion and restraint in schools?
Local, state and federal entities responsible for our schools have not been forced to be accountable for the use of seclusion and restraint in schools, either in application or in reporting usage. We should not reward them for their lack of accountability by allowing them to say that we need no law because they haven't been forced to keep data. Who needs data from schools when we already know the inherent danger as has been so carefully documented in institutions and residential facilities?
Our Children Left Behind [OCLB] is a group of volunteer parents [four moms and a dad]. We are parents who rely on our experiences and perspectives, along with what we read ourselves and hear from other families. It is difficult for us, as families, to listen to people who are self-serving preservationists of the status quo. Until the education establishment lobbies for more protection for students against educational malpractice, educational negligence and school-sanctioned assault and battery, we cannot and will not compromise. Our children's lives and futures are at stake
In the next several weeks you can expect that the educational self-preservationists will be calling their senators claiming that no data justifies barring the use of seclusion and restraint in our nation's schools. Call your senators and tell them the data already is in. Seclusion and restraint are dangerous practices that place lives at risk and serve no useful behavioral training purpose. Ask your senators why in the world we should permit the use of seclusion and restraint in schools when we no longer allow their use in those facilities that once were thought to be specially suited for their use. Tell them you support Keeping All Students Safe Act, S.2860.
Tricia & Calvin Luker, today's firstname.lastname@example.com
Calvin and Tricia are proud team members of Our Children Left Behind who fought to preserve the protections in IDEA '97. They also have been active in efforts in Michigan and nationally to eliminate the use of seclusion, restraints and aversives in public and charter schools; and have made presentations on the dangers of restraint/seclusion/aversives nationally. The Respect ABILITY Law Center is an original member of Alliance to Prevent Aversive Intervention and Seclusion.
I can say who is NOT defending the children. The "self-preservationist" educators that have you scratching your head are "trained" by the private attorneys retained by public school districts to argue any issue to benefit the district, not the children. That's why so many parents must protect their children by removing them from public school. These children are not simply "left behind"; they are cleansed from the public school system. LINK: http://www.keepeanesinformed.com/$58_million.htm
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Police in Novi say a diversion tactic called a "Gypsy Scam" was used several times in November to get into the homes of residents to steal valuables. Investigators say older adults were approached at their homes and engaged in a conversation with a woman who used various stories to gain their trust. Once inside, the woman distracts the homeowner while a man sneaks inside and steals things such as jewelry and cash.
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U.S. Rep George Miller met Tuesday with D'vondre Woodards, a 22-year-old young man who grew up in Richmond and was Miller's invited guest to President Obama's State of the Union speech.
Woodards serves as a Senior Fellow as part of the City of Richmond Operation Peacemaker fellowship.
Miller, Woodards and other Peacekeeper fellows met for an hour before President Obama's State of the Union Address. Peacekeepers shared their personal stories with Miller, including the reasons that compelled them to join the Peacekeepers program.
Miller encouraged the young men to stick with the program and congratulated them on their milestones.
Woodards shared with Miller that he just finished his first semester at Contra Costa Community College and hopes to attend Morehouse College or Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University to continue his studies.
He asked Miller about his path to becoming a Congressman. Miller explained that he, too, attended a local community college before attending San Francisco State University and University of California Davis.
Miller also spoke to the group about his work, expressing his concern about the gridlock in Congress. "You know what they say, 'politics is like war without the guns,'" he told the Peacemakers. "This is serious business that we engage in here – the American people win and lose based on what Congress is deliberating. Students will get money to help pay for school, or they won't.'"
The primary purpose of the Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) Peacemaker Fellowship is to save lives. The fellowship is designed to create a viable space for selected individuals ages 16-25 to contribute in a real way to building and sustaining community peace, health and well-being, with the express purpose of eliminating gun violence in Richmond.
Each member of Congress receives one ticket for a guest to sit in the visitors' gallery of the House of Representatives to watch the speech,
Woodards has been involved with the Fellowship program for more than a year. He has already achieved Senior Fellow status as a result of his willingness to work with rival neighborhood individuals to create peaceful resolutions to existing conflicts.
He attends school and works. Raised in Richmond, Woodards credits the power and impact of the Fellowship opportunity and mentoring for his personal transformation. He said that he now mentors young men in his community as a result of his appreciation for those people who mentored him at critical times in his life.
Richmond's D'vondre Woodards Attends President's State of the Union Address
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (March 14, 2013) – Rutgers baseball will begin its eight-game Spring Break trip with a three-game weekend series at Richmond, beginning Friday at Pitt Field. The trip will continue with two midweek games at VCU before heading out to Louisville for the BIG EAST opener the following weekend.
Rutgers (3-9) is the midst of 24 straight true road games to start the season, the most of any Division I team in the nation. The Scarlet Knights are also in a stretch of 11-of-14 games in the state of Virginia.
Game 13: Friday, March 15
First Pitch: 3 p.m.
Rutgers Starter: LHP Rob Smorol (1-1, 3.20)
Richmond Starter: LHP Zak Sterling (2-1, 2.45)
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Game 14: Saturday, March 16
First Pitch: 2 p.m.
Rutgers Starter: RHP Tyler Gebler (1-2, 4.32)
Richmond Starter: RHP Andrew Blum (2-0, 3.24)
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Game 15: Sunday, March 17
First Pitch: 1 p.m.
Rutgers Starter: RHP Charlie Law (0-2, 9.50)
Richmond Starter: RHP James Lively (1-0, 1.42)
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The Scarlet Knights dropped two of three in their last series at William Mary & Mary, but the starting pitchers allowed just two earned runs over the weekend. Senior Rob Smorol (Clark, N.J.) did not allow an earned run in seven innings in a Friday no-decision, while classmate Tyler Gebler (Toms River, N.J.) earned his first win of the series in the middle game by giving up just one run over nine innings with 16 groundouts. It was the seventh time in his career the right-hander tossed nine innings. Fellow senior Charlie Law (Mainland, N.J.) backed that performance up by striking out a career-high 12 batters in seven innings. He walked just one and surrendered one earned run in the first inning. It will be the fifth straight weekend RU will use the same pitching rotation.
Offensively, senior Steve Zavala (Randolph, N.J.) has taken over the team lead in several categories – batting (.390), slugging (.585), on-base (.479), runs (10), hits (16) and RBIs (7) – after going 6-for-10 with two home runs in the series against the Tribe. He earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll in addition to being named the NJCBA Division I Player of the Week. Zavala has reached base safely in all 12 games.
Richmond (14-3) enters the weekend having won nine of its last 10 games, including a midweek home-and-home sweep over George Mason most recently. The Spiders own a 12-1 record at home, having played just four road games thus far. Brett Williams (.443) and Nick Poulos (.421) both have batting averages over .400 to lead an offense which is hitting .304 as a team, while Friday start Zak Sterling has a 2.45 ERA to pace the pitching staff.
Head coach Mark McQueen is in his sixth season at the helm of the program after serving 13 years as an assistant coach previously.
Rutgers and Richmond have never met on the diamond coming into the series.
Rutgers will stay in the city of Richmond to take on VCU in a pair of 6 p.m. games Tuesday and Wednesday. It will be the first midweek contests of the season for the Scarlet Knights.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs will not bring Curtis Joseph back for the 2009-10 season, reports the Toronto Sun.
General manager Brian Burke told the newspaper the Maple Leafs will look for another option as their backup goaltender in the coming season.
"Great service as a Leaf," Burke told the Sun on Monday. "But we are moving on."
Joseph told CFTO on Tuesday he had not heard anything from the Maple Leafs regarding the matter.
There has been some speculation the veteran goaltender will retire this summer. Last season Joseph was 5-9-1 with a 3.57 GAA and .869 save percentage over his 21 games.
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MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have traded veteran forward Daniel Briere to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for forward Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau and a fifth-round pick in 2015 draft.
The 36-year-old Briere, who is heading into the final year of his contract, recorded 13 goals and 12 assists in 69 games with the Canadiens last season.
Parenteau, 31, had 14 goals and 19 assists with Colorado.
The Boucherville, Que., native was selected 264th overall by the Anaheim Ducks at the 2001 NHL draft. Prior to joining the Avalanche, Parenteau suited up for the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers and New York Islanders.
Briere, who has also played for Phoenix, Buffalo, and Philadelphia, joined the Canadiens as a free agent on July 4, 2013.
"I think for one year it was a great experience," Briere said of his time in Montreal. "What we did in the playoffs was pretty amazing. This is what I'll remember the most. I think sometimes certain coaches like certain players. I don't think it was anything personal. But my responsibilities that I had probably were a little lower than I had expected coming in. That's why I'm looking forward to a new chance in Colorado."
Briere said it was difficult to watch from the sidelines as a healthy scratch.
"It's tough watching your teammates going out there and sacrificing their body while you have to just watch," he said in an interview. "But I kept saying to myself good things are going to happen, just be a good team player. And I feel in a sense it's a little bit of what's happening today."
Parenteau said he happy to be returning to his home province.
"I think I'm at a stage of my career where I'm old enough to deal with all the pressure that comes with it," he told a conference call. "It's a pretty big deal for a kid, I'm pretty much playing in my hometown. . . It's a huge deal for me, my family, everyone that surrounds me."
He also thinks he's a good fit in Montreal.
"I'm pretty good friends with Brandon Prust and Dale Weise and David Desharnais," he said. "I'm not coming into a locker-room that I don't know anybody, so that makes it even more exciting for myself. It's a great challenge, it's a great opportunity and I'm going to make the best out of it."


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Summary: Carlos FrÃas, an award-winning journalist and the American-born son of Cuban exiles, grew up hearing about his parents' homeland only in parables. Their Cuba, the one they left behind four decades ago, was ethereal. It existed, for him, only in their anecdotes, and in the family that remained in Cuba -- merely ghosts on the other end of a telephone.Until Fidel Castro fell ill.Sent to Cuba by his newspaper as the country began closing to foreign journalists in August 2006, FrÃas begins the secret journey of a lifetime -- twelve days in the land of his parents. That experience led to this evocative, spectacular, and unforgettable memoir.Take Me With Youis written through the unique eyes of a first-generation Cuban-American seeing the forbidden country of his ancestry for the first time.Take Me With Youprovides a fresh view of Cuba, devoid of overt political commentary, focusing instead on the gritty, tangible lives of the people living in Castro's Cuba. FrÃas takes in the island nation of today and attempts to reconstruct what the past was like for his parents, retracing their footsteps, searching for his roots, and discovering his history. The book creates lasting and unexpected ripples within his family on both sides of the Florida Straits -- and on the author himself.
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2013 Academy Award Nominee! Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay
"It's something extraordinary: like a live-action Miyazaki film, with Days of Heaven narration." – Noel Murray, Onion AV Club
"It's unlikely there will be a film as visually stunning or poetic this year - or perhaps any year - to rival Beasts of the Southern Wild." – Claudia Puig, USA Today
"Sometime miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring unknown faces, blindsiding you with creative genius. Beasts of the Southern Wild is one of the year's best films." – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl named Hushpuppy (the extraordinary Quvenzhané Wallis, making her film debut) exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions. This imaginative, fantastical and visually striking drama, the debut feature film from director/co-writer Benh Zeitlin, has been nominated for 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actress, Director and Adapted Screenplay. (Dir. by Benh Zeitlin, 2012, 93 mins., Rated PG-13, Fox Searchlight) Digital
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April 27, 2010 by Bob Livingston
Feeling stressed? Try rhodiola—an herb that is classified as an "adaptogen." This means it can help normalize your body's response to stress. After taking rhodiola for 10 weeks, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) study patients experienced a 50 percent reduction in symptoms such as worry, tension, fatigue and headaches. Other herbs in this mood-boosting group include ginseng and licorice.


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iPhone / iPad App Development – Redwood City
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Asim Jalis – writer iPhone / iPad Programming , director MetaProse.com Create iPhone / iPad Apps Partly short lectures and hands-on training class you will learn the intermediate Xcode and Objective-C for iPhone / iPad apps. This class is recommended for people who have some background programs, and to start posting useful interesting iPhone / iPad apps What we cover Partly storyboards to create programs with multiple monitors. Chance restrictions on creating views that portable devices. Chance timer events for carrying out repeatedly. Partly Core Location to get your current location. Partly Web Services and JSON / XML parsing to talk to servers in the cloud. Chance Intermediate Objective-C. Classes, Properties, protocols and delegates you Partly You have several iPhone apps created. Partly six hours of practical training. Chance All the course material and the source ZIP file. Chance certificate of completion. Chance Wi-Fi and power. Make sure you bring your Apple laptops and power cords subscribe Dublin / East Bay Category Partly Date: Sat, February 16, 2013 at 9 am sixteen Chance Location: Hyatt Place, 4950 Hacienda Drive, Dublin, CA Chance Sign-Up: http://iosdublin.eventbrite.com register Redwood City / Peninsula Category Partly Date: Fri, 04 March 2013, from 9 AM to sixteen Chance Location: Seaport Conference Center, 459 Seaport Ct, Redwood City, CA Partly Sign Up: http://iospeninsula.eventbrite.com
about teacher Partly Asim Jalis author iPhone / iPad Programming . He joined Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Salesforce. In 2008, he made his first iPhone. Asim is a MS Computer Science at the University of Virginia, and master's degree in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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There is an open public meeting of the Mayor and Council Monday at 7:45pm in the Council Chambers of . Prior to the meeting, there will be a work session beginning at 7pm in the upstairs conference room.
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introduction of the bond ordinance to authorize the improvement of Center Street, from Boulevard to River Road, in the amount of $183,000.
Also on the agenda is the appointment of Scott Mooney as Borough Prosecutor, to replace Michael Kingman who recently resigned, and Marc D. Ramundo as alternate Borough Prosecutor.
On Tuesday there will be a combined work session and public meeting of the Planning Board in the Council Chambers of Borough Hall at 7:30pm. The borough's planner, Joseph Burgis, will be discussing updating the to include acquisitions of flood prone properties.
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are continuing their search for a 14-year-old autistic boy missing for over three weeks.
Avonte Oquendo (ah-VAHN'-tay oh-KEHN'-doh) was last seen on Oct. 4 walking out of a school in Queens.
NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks said Sunday police have no new leads to report and that resources may shift in the search, but they're still looking for him on the assumption that he's still alive.
On Friday, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Friday 80 detectives assigned to the case were reviewing 196 pieces of video and following up on more than 450 leads.
The reward for Avonte's safe return is up to nearly $90,000. Police ask anyone with information to call the police TIPS hot line.
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The 2013-2014 school year is upon us and it's time once again for the Golden Apple Awards! This year marks our 23rd season presenting Golden Apple Awards to teachers in our community who are making a difference in the lives of their students. Along with our partners at Edinboro University, we'll award 32 teachers who are nominated by their students and cap off the year with a banquet honoring those teachers. If you know of a teacher who deserves to be recognized, you can nominate them by logging on to yourerie.com and clicking on contests. Write an essay describing why you would like your teacher to be the next Golden Apple Award winner! Who knows, maybe we'll see you in your classroom this school year!
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TRIPTORELIN (TRIP toe rel in) decreases testosterone in men and estrogen in women. It is used to treat advanced prostate cancer and endometriosis.
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"From The Fantastic Fantasy Zoo!" ZuKow is back with a new guest host Conrad Domalski, the host and producer of the "Fantastic Fantasy Show" for a BRAND NEW EPISODE of "From The Zoo" with Eric Church as your Band of the Week!!!
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Restaurant biz is tough; how Everett eateries make it
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Steve Hanson (center), of Olympia, poses with family members while celebrating his birthday at the Austin restaurant in downtown Everett.
Annie Mulligan / For The Herald A large party enjoys happy hour at the Austin restaurant in downtown Everett on Friday, Dec. 14. The Austin, which has been open a little over a month, replaced Chopstix and hopes to become a regular hangout for locals and visitors. Photo taken 121412
Mark Nelson, guitarist for the Seattle-based cover band the Beatniks, sings to a packed dancefloor at the Austin restaurant on Dec. 14.
Annie Mulligan / For The Herald Dozens of people fill the dancefloor at the Austin restaurant in downtown Everett. The Austin, which has been open a little over a month, replaced Chopstix and hopes to become a regular hangout for locals and visitors. Photo taken 121412
He recently opened The Austin Bar and Grill downtown, having previously owned J.R.'s Steakhouse in Marysville.
Delacerda's new place is one of several changes that bode well for Everett's nightlife now that the economy seems to be improving. But when it comes to getting the restaurant started, it's the usual trial and occasional tribulation.
"The biggest challenge is letting people know we have good food and it's affordable," Delacerda said.
The closing of J.R.'s and the opening of The Austin happened about a month sooner than Delacerda would have liked, due in part to a liquor-license deadline. That means not as many people know about the new restaurant at 2820 Oakes Ave.
The burger-and-steak joint, which features music nightly, opened in the space formerly occupied by Chopstix.
Chopstix opened five years ago in Everett, just as it seemed the downtown scene was flourishing. But as job losses piled up during the recession, so did restaurant casualties. The Flying Pig, a decade-old fixture downtown, closed its doors in early 2011. The Majestic Cafe relocated to the Pig's old space at 2929 Colby Ave.
Prohibition Grille at 1414 Hewitt Ave., which opened around the same time as Chopstix, recently got a makeover, courtesy of the Fox TV show, "Kitchen Nightmares." The show's star and renowned chef, Gordon Ramsay, renamed it Prohibition Gastropub, simplified the menu and marked down prices.
"Basically, it's like opening a brand-new business," owner Darlene "Rishi" Brown said. "It's the best thing that ever happened to me."
Sean Straub was one of the Prohibition diners selected by the network. Straub also is leading an effort to market restaurants in the Everett area. Straub thinks the restaurants that weathered the recession all did a few key things.
"Some of the restaurants that failed, they weren't sure what their identity was," he said.
Examples of restaurants that have strong, unique identities, Straub said, include Terracotta Red, an Asian-fusion restaurant at 2820 Hewitt Ave., and The New Mexicans at 1416 Hewitt Ave., which serves New Mexican-style southwestern dishes.
Providing good affordable food and drink is the other necessity to being a successful restaurant, Straub said. During the recession, some establishments tried to cut corners, maybe offered smaller portions.
"People are driven to value," he said.
That's the message that Delacerda is trying to accomplish with The Austin. His Marysville restaurant was known for steaks, which Delacerda says patrons can still find at The Austin. But people also can find burgers for under $10 and shrimp risotto for not much more, Delacerda said.
The Austin also hopes to capture the after-9 p.m. crowd in downtown with a variety of bands and DJs, including two-step Tuesdays, which was a popular feature at the Marysville location, Delacerda said.
The later evening crowd is picking up for the Fish Tale Brew Pub, across from Comcast Arena at 2019 Hewitt Ave. Manager Jason Dean is pleased with both Fish Tale's food and beverage sales since opening in late 2011. Like many restaurants in downtown Everett, Fish Tale does well when Comcast Arena has an event.
"Our area of Everett really hinges on the ebbs and flows of Comcast," Dean said.
More events at Comcast could give the restaurants in the area a boost. But like most, Fish Tale relies on regular customers to keep it going.
Dean isn't worried about the churn of restaurants and bars downtown. Like Delacerda and Straub, he knows the industry is a tough one.
"As long as places reopen, then I think we're moving in a positive direction," Dean said.
Herald reporter Andrea Brown contributed to this report.
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