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The evangelist Billy Graham has advised presidents and spread the gospel to millions across the world. Now, the 95-year-old ailing pastor is turning to his friend and Upstate pastor Don Wilton.
Wilton, a pastor at First Baptist Church of Spartanburg, said he has known Graham for over a decade and still continues to visit him at his North Carolina estate. He said their relationship began when the evangelist invited him to his home a short time after his first sermon at the church.
"Increasingly, I was invited to come back and became his pastor and his very close friend over the years, and so I make very frequent trips to go and be with him," Wilton said.
Wilton made his latest trip to Graham's mountain estate on Thursday and said Graham's spirit has not diminished, despite his body growing weaker.
"Mr. Graham's overall health is declining but his spirit is still very strong, and he's very grateful for the hundreds of people around the world who are remembering him in prayer," Wilton said about Graham's health.
Todd Shearer, Graham family spokesperson says that Reverend Graham is feeling better than he was earlier this week. Shearer says the 95-year-old is comfortable at his home in Montreat.
"I think in many ways, I have the privilege of holding his hand while he dies...while he goes to be with the Lord," Wilton told FOX Carolina News.
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And now firearms and ammo is flying off the shelf faster than they can make it. So soros is making money like crazy, But he is behind the movement to disarm us also. So first he buys stock in these companies, Then pays for Obama to be president so he can create a scare so Soros makes billions off of Gun sales. Then when they take our firearms guess who will get them back for free to resale to some 3rd root country like Syria, And whats Crazy is soros is a Jew. He survived the Holocaust and a Uncle sent him to the London school of economics where he learned about investing. This man is so wealthy he can move his money around and crash entire economy's for fun and profit , He is known as the man who broke the bank of England.

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Former childhood movie star Shirley Temple died Monday night at her home in California, her family said in a statement, according to the Associated Press.
She was 85.
Known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, Temple died at her home near San Francisco, surrounded by family, friends and caregivers, according to the statement.
Best known for her doe-eyed turn in numerous 1930s films, including "Bright Eyes" and "Curly Top," the roles played by Temple allowed her to showcase a special brand of energy and optimism for a nation enduring the Great Depression.
Born on April 23, 1928, Temple started dancing at age 2 and acting at age 3.
By the time Temple was 5, she was stealing the show.
In 1934, Temple was awarded a special miniature Oscar for her outstanding contribution to the silver screen.
A talented singer, dancer and actress, Temple was America's top box-office draw from 1935 — the year she turned 7 — until 1938. She was credited with helping save 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy with films such as "Curly Top" and "The Littlest Rebel."
A drink - the Shirley Temple - was named after her. Children copied her curls. A doll in her likeness became a collector's item.
As Temple aged, her Hollywood popularity declined.
In a marriage that did not last, Temple married John Agar at 17 years old.
In her second marriage to San Francisco businessman Charles Black, Temple entered the world of politics. She served as a U.S. ambassador to both Ghana and Czechoslovakia.
Funeral services are pending. Her survivors include three children, a granddaughter and two great-granddaughters.
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Nicole LeBlanc, 39, turns from cameras as she enters a courtroom on Friday to plead guilty to charges that she murdered her ex-boyfriend, Richard Mannion Jr., in January. (JAMES A. KIMBLE Union Leader Correspondent)
BRENTWOOD - A Londonderry woman was allowed to plead guilty to second-degree murder for shooting to death her ex-boyfriend in January as he slept in his own bed, despite protests from the victim's family about a plea bargain that offered the possibility of parole.
Nicole LeBlanc was sentenced to 35 years to life in state prison on Friday for murdering Richard Mannion Jr., a Sandown father of four and Gulf War veteran who was shot once in the head at his home on the night of Jan. 14.
LeBlanc was initially charged with first-degree murder, which carries a mandatory life-without-parole prison term. She waived indictment on Friday to a new second-degree murder charge as part of a plea deal with state prosecutors.
The two-hour plea hearing in Rockingham County Superior Court was punctuated with calls from Mannion's family to maintain the first-degree murder charge so that LeBlanc would never be granted the possibility of one day walking free.
"Rick certainly did not have any chance to make a plea for his life," Dennis Mannion, the victim's uncle said on Friday morning. "He was asleep."
The deal also allows LeBlanc to petition a judge to have five years suspended from her sentence if she obtains a bachelor's degree and remains discipline-free for a decade.
"I can't guarantee you would ever be released from state prison," Judge Marguerite Wageling told LeBlanc on Friday while explaining terms of the agreement.
After listening to victim impact statements on Friday, Wageling suggested she may be reluctant to ever grant LeBlanc a sentence reduction."Ms. LeBlanc, you deserve every single day of this sentence - every single day of this sentence," Wageling said. LeBlanc, 39, who entered court with stooped shoulders and disheveled hair masking her face, offered no apology or statement and kept her back to Mannion's family during the hearing.
She was repeatedly prompted by Wageling to speak up while being quizzed about giving up her right to a trial. State prosecutors acknowledged that LeBlanc's history of mental illness played a role in agreeing to a lesser charge. Public defenders handed over a variety of mental health records showing that LeBlanc had been hospitalized because of mental illness.
LeBlanc also underwent another evaluation after she was charged with murder. "She has suffered from depression and has at least two documented instances of attempted suicide," Assistant Attorney General Peter Hinckley said.
Hinckley said his office gives serious consideration to input by a victim's family, but it also has to weigh a number of other factors when recommending a potential sentence.
"If I was the victim's brother, son or relative my opinion would be different," Hinckley said outside the courtroom about the sentence.
LeBlanc had lived with Mannion, 43, at his Sandown home in 2011 until he ended the relationship last summer, according to Hinckley.
LeBlanc responded by repeated telephone calls, text messages and a twice breaking a no-contact order by arriving unexpectedly at Mannion's home on Dec. 25 and Dec. 28, 2011, prosecutors said.
Days later on Jan. 13, she broke into the home by smashing a basement window with a shovel found in his shed. She returned the next night, entering the home through the basement, with a .380-caliber handgun she had taken from a Hollis man whom she was once romantically involved with, prosecutors said.
LeBlanc used latex gloves, baby wipes and even donned Mannion's shoes to walk around outside his home to avoid detection, prosecutors said. She placed a folded towel to his head and fired a single round while he slept, according to Hinckley.
Mannion's ex-wife, Shannon Emerson, told Wageling that LeBlanc continued with her deception after the murder, arriving at her home offering to console her and her family while they were being questioned by state police detectives.
"I knew you were the one person who had everything to do with this," she said.
LeBlanc also posted several messages on Mannion's online obituary. State police ultimately unraveled the case when they questioned LeBlanc's one-time boyfriend, Dennis Johnson, of Hollis. Johnson, who was not charged, told investigators that LeBlanc had taken his handgun without his knowledge.
He later agreed to wear a body wire while drawing LeBlanc into a confession recorded by state police.
When asked about why she committed the murder, LeBlanc said during the recorded conversation that "she had her reasons," Hinckley said. "She also added she didn't feel bad about the victim."
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Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett is the 26th Discworld book. It's also the thematic prequel, if you will, to The Long Earth.
Lu Tze, a Monk of History, has taken on a new pupil, Lobsang. Together they must prevent the End of Time. Helping out is Susan, now working as a teacher, and still as ever, frustrated by the fact she's Death's granddaughter.
The man everyone is after is Jeremy. He can do to time what Joshua can do with the stepwise Earths. I point this out because Lobsang the automaton claims to be a reincarnated Tibetan. Mind you, he says he was a motorcycle repairman in Tibet, but if he's really as human as he claims, he can lie.
But I'm getting ahead of myself and Pratchett as Thief of Time was published eleven years before. And of course we can't ignore Stephen Baxter's role in the creation of The Long Earth.
Nonetheless, Thief of Time isn't about a multiverse of multiple Earths. It is instead about a multiverse of multiple Discs, all being mucked about by a devious clock, it's maker, and lots of wibbly wobbly timy wimy bits (minus the Doctor, his TARDIS, or any of his companions).
As with the majority of the Discworld books, this one lacks chapter breaks. Like Thud, the breaks are all marked with something relevant to the plot. Here it is a TOCK, the counting down of the clock to doomsday.
Just when I think I'm reading Terry Pratchett for fun, I find myself mulling over the ideas he presents. Time. How do we see time personally? How do we imagine history? Don't we cover up the holes in history? Don't we spend time, waste time, agonize over the use of time while it drains away? What is a perfect moment? And while some of Pratchett's characters wrestle with time, others are figuring out what it means to be human. Having a body that has orifices, various demanding needs, and necessity of "I"? And, finally, being Pratchett, there's chocolate.
LIBRARYTHING's highest rating is 5 stars, and I've awarded that rating to numerous books in the past. Vanna, can I buy another handful of stars to award this one?
Absolutely fabulous read, with Pratchett's usual humor, satire, and wonderful imagery and phrasing. All I'm going to say about this one is that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalpyse reunite with the forgotten Fifth Horseman. So Famine, Pestilence, War, and Death are joined by . . . Ronny, the Milkman. That's when it starts to get really weird.
Part of the Discworld series. Since everyone wants more time, its care and management is entrusted to experts who disperse it where needed. But someone is creating a special clock that may ruin it all.
This was one wacky book. Hard to follow, as I'd never read Terry Pratchett before and had no idea what I was getting into, but as even the non-human characters took on more and more convincing human characteristics, the story evolved and the social commentary began to really deliver some amazing food for thought. What a fascinating man Mr. Pratchett must be. Incredibly imaginative! I'd love to see what a truly creative film-maker might do with this.
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The Monks of History live in a Tibetan sort of area known as "enlightenment country." Their job: "to see that tomorrow happens at all." A mysterious Lady wants time-obsessed Jeremy Clockson to build a totally accurate glass clock. It will trap time and stop it, eliminating humanity's irritating unpredictability. This would make the Auditors, who observe the universe and enforce the rules governing it, very happy. It would also put Death out of a job, which the Grim Reaper isn't happy about. Fortunately, the History Monks have encountered this situation before; in fact, Lu Tze, the Sweeper, has personally dealt with it before. Even better, he has a new, gifted apprentice, Lobsang Ludd, the "thief of time." This time, they'll stop trouble before it can start! To add chaos to the mix, there's the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse--the one who quit before they became famous.
Although there are 25 other Discworld novels and many of the characters appeared first in previous books, you don't need to have read even one to enjoy The Thief of Time. (If you're the sort of reader who hates to miss any references, you might want to track down a copy of The Discworld Companion.) As a bonus, this book is a painless introduction to what quantum physics says about the nature of time. --Nona Vero
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Disheartening but essential viewing, Charles Ferguson's documentary explores the 2008 Global Financial Crisis with exemplary rigor.
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From Academy Award (R) nominated filmmaker, Charles Ferguson, comes "Inside Job," the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, "Inside Job" traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted
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You'll need a clear head to follow this impressive and angry American doc about the financial meltdown...
This scathing expose should be enough to alarm people all over the political spectrum.
Wall Street owns Washington. You might think you know this, but "Inside Job" makes you feel the enormity of it.
You don't have to know the difference between a credit default swap and a collateralized debt obligation to feel enraged anew by Charles Ferguson's thorough dissection of the country's economic collapse of 2008.
Whether it's parsing the definition of a derivative or detailing the bad faith of major financial institutions, the new documentary Inside Job approaches its deconstruction of the financial meltdown with laserlike focus.
[Ferguson] can get to a story later but provide so much more context that his film seems definitive.
Ferguson is so mad he's punching at whatever's in front of him. It's understandable, but this is more polemic than documentary.
This eye-opening documentary is critical of both parties in its search for answers about the causes of the 2008 economic collapse.
As a documentary, this is a clear-eyed, steadily building prosecution against Wall Street. But, in the end, Ferguson's film is just a moot trial in which the defendants have already escaped scot-free.
This is a powerful and coherent work that will explain where the money has gone. It just can't help get restitution against those who did it.
More entertaining than Wall Street 2 while saying infinitely more about the iniquities of those that claim to work for us.
This is a compelling documentary that will have you leaving the cinema absolutely seething.
Ultimately, Inside Job will not have much to offer those who follow financial news reports.
Inside Job offers a concise history in a documentary that speaks to everyone and knows exactly who's to blame.
Muchos aspectos t�cnicos probablemente se le escapen a quienes no tengan al menos un conocimiento b�sico sobre temas econ�micos y financieros, pero cualquiera podr� entender y compartir las conclusiones a las que llega este contundente documental.
A forceful argument about the dangers of unchecked greed and brazen lack of accountability.
Throughout, the interviewer goes beyond standard bland. From off-screen, his barbed questions are relentless in forcing heads to follow dotted lines and confront inconsistencies.
We want them to go to jail and realize the horror of what they've done? Is that too much to hope for? The answer may be too hard to face.
An insightful and very sorry tale of the worst kind of greed, this Oscar-winning documentary exposes the people behind the global financial crisis, men & woman who are still wealthy and still running the banking industry.
Inside Job is essential and empowering viewing about institutionalised corporate greed
I've only scratched the surface of this intelligent, riveting and informative film, which I cannot commend too highly.
Ferguson is more IF Stone than Michael Moore and is genuinely interested in getting answers, keeping himself out of the frame and only allowing his voice to intrude on the talking-head interviews when blatant spin needs to be challenged.
Likely to be one of the most shocking and edifying cinematic experiences of 2011.
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In this scathing, well told expose, writer and director Charles Ferguson is somehow able to unravel the byzantine ins and outs of our current economic engine and expertly show us in layman's easy to understand terms things like derivatives and leverage, while exposing the greed and arrogance of those architects on Wall St.
I've never seen such a compelling, insightful tale that holds your interest while parading a series of talking heads into view. The masterful editing of interview, media footage and graphics give such insight and reveal the truth: we the people are owned lock stock and barrel by big business.
Surely it is Ferguson's aim to reveal this truth, and, like all documentaries, you can edit footage so as to best support your argument, but here the conclusions are so obvious that no matter how you spin it, the evil is right in front of you.
The arrogance of some of these "insiders" managed to amaze even jaded old me. To allow yourself to be interviewed and then look right into the camera and say that you can't see any conflict of interest when an Economics Professor is paid by a bank to write a favorable opinion vis a vis said bank is astounding.
In revealing this slimy good old boys network, where the insiders are all on each other's board of directors, and former bank executives end up as political consultants, or the reverse, when political appointees exit into the private sector and end up working for the investment banks that they were supposed to be investigating should make us all mad enough to demand that the system be forever changed and regulated - a dream that will never happen as these insiders own everyone who can effectively change policy.
Such a sobering bit of dismal information - the investment banks knowingly committed fraud that caused millions to lose their pensions, and yet not a single exec has been indicted for any criminal activity - that alone should tell you who really runs the show.
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – After The Evergreen State College Geoducks shot their way to a 10- point halftime lead, the Oregon Institute of Technology Hustlin' Owls raised the stakes in the second half, pulling past the Geoducks for the 68-61 win in a Cascade Collegiate Conference women's basketball game on Saturday night in Klamath Falls, Ore.
In the first half, Oregon Tech (10-10, 2-6 CCC) took the lead very early but once Evergreen (3- 11, 1-6 CCC) found their shooting stroke, the Geoducks used an 8-0 run to take their first lead of the ball game. After OIT briefly took the lead back midway through the period, the Geoducks quickly grabbed it back, using 40.5% shooting to take a 36-26 halftime lead.
Junior Vanessa Caskey (Tacoma, Wash./Pierce CC) was nearly unstoppable in the first half, posting 15 points to lead the Geoduck effort. Evergreen also did a good time cleaning the glass, holding a 26-19 rebound advantage through the first 20 minutes.
In the second half, the Hustlin' Owls did their best to battle back, cutting the Geoduck lead to three points with 11:55 left to go and eventually tying the game up with 8:47 left to play. The OIT shooters warmed up in the second half, giving the Owls the lead with 7:01 left to play. Shooting in front of their excited student section, OIT seemingly couldn't miss in the waning minutes as Evergreen fell on the road, 68-61.
Evergreen was led by the 15 points from Caskey, who was held scoreless in the second half. Danielle Swain (Rainier, Wash./Black Hills HS) recorded the double-double with 14 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. Freshman Latifa Ward (Tacoma, Wash./Foss) came off the bench to chip in 11 points while senior Latrina Woods (Skyway, Wash./La Sierra University) rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10 points on the night.
The Geoducks brought down a season-high 44 rebounds on the night, their highest total since bringing down 46 on Nov. 10, 2009 against Saint Martin's.
Oregon Tech was led by a game-high 17 points from Aundrea Albright. Crissy Watts came off the bench to score 15 and Kassi Conditt had 10 rebounds as the Owls spread their offense around, getting points from nine different players.
The Geoducks return to Olympia next week as they play host to Concordia (Ore.) on Friday night in the back end of Cascade Collegiate Conference doubleheader. Tip-off with the Cavaliers is set for 7:30 p.m. at CRC Gymnasium.


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BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- Michael Lombardi came back to the Browns as unpopular as the day he left.
He realizes there are Cleveland fans who still despise him and Bill Belichick for releasing popular quarterback Bernie Kosar in 1993. Lombardi knows there are skeptics who question his ability to evaluate talent after failed drafts in Oakland. He understands the doubts about him jumping back into a front office after five years on TV.
Lombardi can't change the past, so he's moving forward.
"I'm just asking for a fair and honest chance," he said.
Lombardi, who most recently worked as an analyst for NFL Network, was introduced as Cleveland's new vice president of player personnel on Friday, a hiring met with mostly disapproval by many Browns fans who associate him with those dark days in the mid-1990s before former owner Art Modell moved the franchise to Baltimore.
Lombardi is aware of the negativity surrounding his return. The only thing he can do to change people's minds is help build the Browns into a consistent winner.
"Look," he said. "There is a great passion for football in this town. To me, whether it was a positive reaction or a negative reaction, the reaction is important because that's how important football is. It's my job to prove the reaction to be positive. It's not anybody else's. I take the responsibility to work hard at my craft and do it."
The 53-year-old Lombardi laughed when he was asked if the less-than-enthusiastic reception bothered him.
"I have thick skin," he said. "I worked for Al Davis. I've been ripped before."
He last worked in the NFL in 2007, the final of his eight years working under Davis, Oakland's maverick owner whose phone conversations with Lombardi never began with a 'hello' or ended with 'goodbye.' Lombardi ran the Raiders' personnel department and helped the team win three AFC titles and make one Super Bowl.
Before joining Oakland, he spent two seasons in Philadelphia working with new Browns CEO Joe Banner, who knew his decision to bring Lombardi to Cleveland would be met with criticism. Banner, though, believes Lombardi will be a perfect complement to owner Jimmy Haslam and new Browns coach Rob Chudzinski.
"Listen, I understand that I'm going out on the limb myself by hiring Mike," Banner said. "So I didn't do this casually. I've spent a lot of time talking to him about everything that matters before I put him in front of Jimmy or Chud. Time will tell if it's right or wrong, but I made (the choice) confidently and with my eyes open about the perceptions, about the realities, about my own time I spent with him.
"I feel comfortable with it."
Haslam said he consulted with "people at the very top of the NFL business" before he and Banner began their search for a new general manager or personnel director. Haslam said Lombardi, who has 22 years of pro front office experience, received high praise.
"Everyone of them said this," Haslam said. "'If you can get Mike Lombardi to be your general manager, you should hire him immediately.'"
After being introduced by Banner, Lombardi opened his remarks by saying he was "humbled and honored" to be back in Cleveland. Lombardi never imagined being back in the building where he spent long nights along with Belichick and his coaching staff, which included Alabama coach Nick Saban and Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome.
Lombardi is fond of those years and said he has changed in the time since.
"When we left in '96 after the team moved it was heartbreaking," he said. "I think we've all grown from those days. I know I have, and I think our careers have all grown. I stand in front of you different professionally and personally and with more passion than ever."
Banner has maintained a close relationship with Lombardi since their time together in Philadelphia. As the Browns pointed out in their press release, Lombardi played an integral role in the 1998 draft and a trade for linebacker Hugh Douglas, laying the foundation for the Eagles, who made four consecutive trips to the NFC Championship and one Super Bowl.
Banner feels his friend has grown.
"There's no question he's changed," Banner said. "First, he's very introspective and I don't know if I would have used that word 15 years ago. So I think his sense of self and his awareness of self is dramatically different than it was. Like too many of us, you don't fully appreciate something until you lose it.


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To determine the top hospitals nationwide, U.S. News evaluates the quality of care in nearly 5,000 U.S. hospitals. The resulting list of 174 America's Best Hospitals were named by U.S. News earlier this year. The publication then ranked the top 10 percent of the finalist hospitals by evaluating patient survey results. Both lists are posted online at www.usnews.com. CDH is the only Chicago-area hospital to be ranked on both lists.
CDH has been named to U.S. News' America's Best Hospitals in orthopaedics since 2007 and has also been recognized nationally as a Thomson-Reuters 100 Top Hospital for the past three years. In 2008, Advance for Nurses magazine awarded the hospital's team of Advanced Practice Nurses their Best Nurses Team award. "We honestly don't strive to win awards," says CDH President and CEO Luke McGuinness. "We commit ourselves to excellent patient care and the awards follow."
Chief Nursing Officer Deb O'Donnell, RN, shares CDH's formula for success. "We committed to focus on creating a distinctive patient experience as an organization several years ago. With healthcare reform politics dominating the news, we must not forget the most important factor – the relationship between a patient and a caregiver. That's why this recognition is a great tribute to each employee's commitment and dedication – because the award is coming directly from our patients."
In the survey CDH was among the top of America's Best Hospitals in the percentage of patients who felt nurses were "always courteous, listened carefully and gave clear explanations." Similarly, CDH was among the top percent of patients who rated their overall care a 9 or 10 (10=highest, 0=lowest).
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About a month ago, a freshman at Palmer Trinity School who is a member of the cross country team was tackled by his fellow teammates in what several people have described as a bullying incident.
The student and at least three of his teammates were "playing around" when he was tackled, said Marina Bryant, president of Palmer's Student Council. It was not until later that the student realized his hip had been fractured. The incident came to light after the cross country coach saw the students sharing a video about it.
Soon after, the three students involved were expelled and the injured student did not return to school for some time. A schoolwide assembly was held to discuss the incident and reiterate honor code expectations.
Palmer Trinity spokeswoman, Suzanne Calleja, declined to provide details about the matter. Head of school, Tom Reid, commented generally on the school's bullying policy in a statement to the Herald. Palmer Trinity is a private school, grades 6-12, in Palmetto Bay.
"By signing this Honor Code pledge, students, staff and faculty commit to acting responsibly, being considerate and being respectful of the rights of other individuals," he said. "I see that occur every day on this campus. Yet, we all fall short occasionally, so we need to remind ourselves of our pledge."
Marina and other students from Students Offering Support (SOS), a student-run organization that focuses on sensitive student issues, including bullying, said the injured student was called names leading up to the incident.
But no one noticed, Marina said.
"If you talk to the teachers and the kids who were involved they'll say they were shocked, they were good students and good teammates," Marina said. "They didn't realize what they were doing and they got punished for it.
"I took it as a learning experience, to try to notice more bullying to see if it happens.''
Marina and about 50 SOS students from area high schools discussed the incident recently as part of their fifth annual "Bowling Against Bullying" fundraiser at Bird Bowl, where they raised $2,291. Proceeds will go to the Miami-based Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment, a nonprofit that runs 25 to 30 yearly programs to supplement Miami-Dade Schools' anti-bullying curriculum.
"When we started there wasn't much awareness of it on the part of school administration, or people who are in charge of programs," said Frank DeLaurier, executive director of the Melissa Institute. "They've gotten much more knowledgeable, often for unfortunate reasons."
Teddy Murphy, SOS president and a senior at Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove, paused the spares and strikes to lead a discussion on different forms of bullying.
"Bullying is something everyone faces, either directly or indirectly," said Teddy, who referenced the recent allegations of bullying in the Miami Dolphins locker room.
Stefan Zachar, SOS vice president and a junior at Westminster Christian School in Palmetto Bay, enumerated different forms of bullying, including physical, emotional and cyber.
"Maybe you've said something on Facebook and it's misunderstood," Stefan said. "It can really hurt someone. You have to be more aware and open. Instead of being a bystander, take notice."
Several students noted examples of bullying they had encountered, such as excluding people at the lunch table, and the posting of unflattering pictures online without permission. One student said coaches bullied student athletes who didn't perform as well as others.
Sometimes, it's not just the students who get bullied. According to Ransom Everglades junior and SOS historian, Chloe Gouraige, a group of male students bullied a history teacher online because of his sexual orientation. The students were suspended and have since graduated, she said. The teacher remains at the school.
"Even though you try to prevent bullying in school, there will be people who do it anyway," Chloe said. "They just think they're joking around, or they feel insecure."
The line between "joking around" and bullying is spelled out in the 2008 Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up For All Students Act that governs all K – 12 public schools in Florida. Miami-Dade County Public Schools' policy against bullying and harassment further defines bullying as "systematically and chronically inflicting physical hurt or psychological distress on one or more students or school employees."
Yet students may not always associate a friend's actions with bullying.
"I believe [it's bullying] when the person is really hurt by it, if it's getting old to the person," said Chloe.
"It's very hazy and it's not well-defined whatsoever," Teddy said. "That is a very fine line because you don't know what your impact is…oftentimes the bullier doesn't know they're doing it."
This fine line may be one reason there are hundreds of "unfounded" reports of bullying filed every year, according to Deborah Montilla, district director of Student Services at Miami-Dade Schools. The anti-bullying programming she helps implement, with support from community partners such as the Melissa Institute, trains schools, students and parents to identify bullying behavior.
Data released by Student Services of the last three years indicate a "downward trend" in the number of reports in which further investigation confirmed bullying had actually occurred. In the 2011-2012 academic year there were 640 reports of bullying confirmed. The number of reports from the 2012-2013 academic year will not be released until next week, but the department projects the reports of confirmed bullying will tally 520. The data includes information from 340 schools, PreK-12th grades.
Although the specific number of reports citing cyberbullying or cyberstalking was not available, the statement said there is a "high prevalence" of bullying and harassment through social media outlets. This trend has been highlighted in a number of high-profile Florida cases.
In 2010 the proceeds from the SOS fundraiser went to the Josie Lou Ratley Fund. Josie Lou, 15 at the time, suffered long-term brain damage after she was attacked in Deerfield Beach in March 2010 by 15-year-old Wayne Treacy. Treacy knocked Josie Lou to the ground at her bus stop, kicking her head with his steel-toed boot. The two had had a heated text message exchange. Treacy was convicted for attempted first-degree murder with a weapon and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Just last week, mother of Rebecca Sedwick filed a wrongful death suit against two girls in Polk County who were charged with aggravated stalking of their classmate, 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick. Rebecca committed suicide last September after she was allegedly bullied repeatedly in person and online.
SOS member Jillian Woodard, a junior at Westminster Christian, said today's use of technology and social media leaves an "open door" for bullies.
"People post their life on it," she said, and it makes bullying as easy as leaving a mean comment.
Trish Ramsay, education director for the Melissa Institute, said there has not necessarily been an overall increase in bullying because of technology. Students who bully in person are likely to transfer to cyberbullying.
The issue is that cyberbullying is often more severe than other forms. Through technology, she said, "you are able to bully someone without any consequences to your own feelings—such as you see the hurt in their eyes, or you see them cry, or get mad."
"It unleashes their sense of irresponsibility," she said. "It's not just a local, state or national problem, it's recognized by World Health Organization as a global problem that affects us all."


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Since it was discovered, red panda bones have become common at the site. Wallace said the ancient Tennessee "firefox" was probably much larger, about the size of a mountain lion, and thrived in the thick forests once found in that part of the world.
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New work. Not from my residency in Venice, though. Made these screenprints with Ernest Milstead and his students at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA, last fall.
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After reading this post about the debate on what is ethical and what is not ethical when posting pictures that may have graphic material in them, such as ones taken at the Boston Marathon, my opinion has not changed on what is ethical reguarding this subject. I do not think that it is ok to post graphic pictures such as ones that have been posted after the bombings at the marathon. Not only are some people not able to look at things that are graphic because it sickens them but it is not right to put the people who were actually at the event and lived through the awful experience in a position where they might see the pictures and not be able to handle reliving it. Also it may anger ther people who are in the pictures because everyone who sees them will see what has happened to them and it may also make the people in the pictures very uncomfortable having to see those images again after seeing them in real life already. These type of photos should not be made public for any type of event that may happen similar to this.
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Sorry to butt in, but I saw you and Befram messaging. The RP section hasn't been deleted! Apparently "MMO Date Online is the name given during our staff April Fool's prank, but it was neglected to be changed back." So yes, it is pretty dead still, but I am currently trying to revitalize it. Would you still be interested in roleplaying?
"gasp" how could you forget Andrim? I'm joking of course, had forgotten all the names as well. And yeah a real pity we didn't get there, a lot of fighting there at the end I got to say:P So Xalrek (big bad dragon) was basically just trying to reform himself all this time, if I got it right? And I imagine Andrim would have joined in against Reed at the end, with Kinrais father dead he had really just lost a major goal, and I believe some sort of comraderie must have grown from all the characters running around, risking life and limb. Pity though that he would never have gotten the chance to use those moon metal items he'd forged, but that's what rp is, nothing goes as planned.
Yikes, and here I still am, probably stuck for another 5-6 years of studying, unless my memory is completely falling apart. Anyhow, I probably asked this before but did you know how Amn would end? Just the general idea of it I mean, can be a bit difficult to be exact when there's a bunch of other people throwing their characters in.
Still, I just hate the idea of a story unfinished so hence the question^^.
Why in the world do I answer you in my own visitor messages? Anyhow, frequent is a strong Word for me, mostly realised I should check what happened with the rest of you, cause no matter how it ended I had a fun time with you guys. That being said I check here for replies from time to time, on another note, man I'm regretting not saving Fieryfly's christmas videos now.
Hmm, did the group get deleted?
Any problem if I take temporarily control of Cirno for my post?
Edit: well too late to stop me now. Not that it really mattered though "shrugs".
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Wouldn't it be 5?!
You should! And then, when KH: 3D comes out, you'll be all caught up story wise! Ah, speaking of PSP, I gave my PSP and KH:BbS game to my friend. I wonder if I'll ever get it back. Luckily, she didn't delete my saved files.
Yeah, magic works well against Vanitas. Or, "kill or be killed."
Yeah, but you kind of did go there with Aqua. Well, in any case, she's the only Master Keyblade...at that time...
At least you know you aren't sexist. xD That and your girlfriend will know no one will bully her with you around.
Well, Aqua put Ventus in a room within Castle Oblivion, but I think Terra/Xehanort had Castle Oblivion created to get closer to Ventus, despite forgeting about him. Ventus's heart entering Sora is the Secret Ending. Aqua was in the Realm of Darkness. Continued in KH: 3D!
Short? Well, I'll just add some updated information! I started working on Avant Bastion. I decided it to be like a tower, with several floors, as followed:
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2: Bathing Area
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Yeah, it is a difficult piece. But then, that's what makes Final Fantasy music so amazing!
Yup! And the response: "Well, you know, blah blah blah...but not really." Ah, people make complicated things simple all the time. How else are novels created?
So...Sentinels are world creators? :O
Wu, Zestians - What if the lightshow created by the crystal geckos and lava becomes hypnotic, causing the weak-minded to be attracted towards them and thus burn up -- What if crystal people like things were created from that?! Like anti-form Sora, but in crystal form! As for the giant fire beetles, they can "swim" in the lava like fish.
I'm finally done with finals, which means school.
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Just in case you missed the interview the night before Thanksgiving!
Our homie Cesar Navarro aka DJ SURVIVOR recently made news on FOX13NOW.COM for spreading holiday cheer spinnin' tunes for everyone at The Gallivan Center during the tree lighting ceremony.
I won't forget the day this year The Make A Wish Foundation reached out to us to make his wish come true - to hang out with us in the afternoon and take over the show for a day as a guest U92 DJ. Be sure to check out the full news article courtesy of FOX 13 NEWS to see Cesar's journey fighting cancer to now doing what he loves to do.. DJ!
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Free downloads of the evaluation version are available from the Southampton server. Login as "public" with a blank password. The 32 bit VFX Forth for Linux version is available in rpm and deb packages for 32 bit and 64 bit Linux variants, and a tarball. VFX Forth for Linux is suitable for all x86 32 and 64 bit Linux distributions.
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VFX Forth for DOS is built from the same source tree as VFX Forth for Windows, and includes the same VFX code generator, graphics and other tools. VFX Forth for DOS is mainly used for embedded applications. The PowerNet TCP/IP stack is available. For more details see our PowerNet page.
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All of the titles below are historical fiction and yes with some elements of romance. I enjoy anything written by the last three authors and Ellen Jones.
Thank you, Gary Paulsen, for bringing Bass Reeves to my attention. Reeves was an African American, born a slave, who in Paulsen's eyes (and now mine) was a true American hero. After an argument and fight with his owner, Bass left his home in Arkansas and travelled to Oklahoma territory, home and hideout to all sorts of cowboy criminals. Reeves became one of the most successful lawmen in American history, sent into the lawless territory time after time, ultimately bringing hundreds of men to justice.
Legendary Jazz Musician, Fats Domino once wrote that he was 'Going to Kansas City – Kansas City here I come!' Whether you know the song or not, you probably know that Jazz is as important to Kansas City as Jack Stack Barbeque and the Christmas Lights on the Plaza every year. With summer half gone, Independence Day past, and back-to-school time just starting to appear on the horizon, you may be wondering what there is to do around town – or if there's something you've never done before.
I was going to create an ongoing blog series that focused on historical figures who were famous but no one remembers why. It was going to be called "Relics of Obscurity". I decided that the first subject would be Millard Fillmore.
Millard Fillmore was President. His first and last name sort of rhyme. It seemed like a good idea, in a cut your own hair sort of way. Its not surprising that"Relics of Obscurity" ran aground.
On July 17, 1938, Douglas Corrigan took off in his 1929 Curtiss Robin monoplane. His alleged destination: Los Angeles, CA. His final destination: Dublin, Ireland.
Barbara Hughes began her presentation by personifying Narcissa Whitman. "Narcissa" commenced by explaining how she was called into missionary work in 1835, and then met and married Dr. Marcus Whitman. The Whitmans, along with Henry and Eliza Spalding, traveled to Fort Walla Walla in what is now known as Washington State. Through the slide presentation, as well as the information and descriptions given by Mrs. Hughes and "Narcissa," the audience followed Narcissa from her missionary calling to the tragic Whitman Massacre.
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Riak Backend Based on CouchDB B-Tree
The CouchDB with a Riak backend didn't get too far and since then we've got BigCouch. But the opposite combination seems to be interesting too.
Kresten Krab Thorup released a backend for Riak based on couch_btree riak_btree_backend.
When compared with LSM trees and Fractal trees, B+Trees do not show the highest write performance. And recently the Acunu research team has published a paper Stratified B-trees and versioning dictionaries about a new data structure, the "stratified B-tree":
A classic versioned data structure in storage and computer science is the copy-on-write (CoW) B-tree — it underlies many of today's file systems and databases, including WAFL, ZFS, Btrfs and more. Unfortunately, it doesn't inherit the B-tree's optimality properties; it has poor space utilization, cannot offer fast updates, and relies on random IO to scale. Yet, nothing better has been developed since. We describe the `stratified B-tree', which beats all known semi-external memory versioned B-trees, including the CoW B-tree. In particular, it is the first versioned dictionary to achieve optimal tradeoffs between space, query and update performance.
With its pluggable storage backend (InnoDB, Bitcask, couch_btree, etc.), Riak might provide at some point a "stratified B-tree"implementation too.
Update: Here's the Hacker News discussion about the "Stratified B-trees and versioning dictionaries" paper.
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Ramsar COP7 DOC. 31
"People and Wetlands: The Vital Link"
7th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971),
San José, Costa Rica, 10-18 May 1999
Ramsar COP7 DOC. 31
Information Document
Letter from the Permanent Mission of Israel
Mission Permanente d'Israel
auprès de l'Office des Nations Unies
et des Organisations Internationales à Genève
Mr Delmar BLASCO
Convention on Wetlands
28, chemin de Mauverney
1196 Gland
19 March 1999
Dear Mr. Secretary-General,
Further to our telephone conversation of 15 March 1999, I am requesting that the enclosed document be circulated by the Secretariat as an official COP-7 document.
Please accept, Mr. Secretary General, the assurances of my highest consideration
David Peleg
Permanent Representative
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Cop/7 Doc. 30 refers to the Pan-Asian Regional Meeting held in Manila on 22-24 February 1999 and erroneously claims, in paragraph 5, that "the meeting decided that the Delegation of Israel should leave the meeting".
The record, based on the extract of the minutes of the meeting, as attached to Doc. 30, clearly points to a different fact: it was the Chair's request, not the meeting's, that Israel should leave! That request was arbitrary: it was not supported by either a consensus, or a vote. The record shows, unmistakeably, that a number of delegations dissociated themselves from the Chair's ruling and from any interpretation that some other delegations may have attached to it.
The incontrovertible disagreement on this issue among Asian Contracting Parties can only lead to the conclusion that the Chair's one sided ruling in the Manila meeting is totally irrelevant to the proceedings of COP-7


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Contador and Andy Schleck should go one-two in Paris, but third place is open, says Horner. (Eloy Anzola)
Bicycling: What's your greatest asset as a cyclist?
CH: Knowing my limitations. That is the biggest asset that anyone as an athlete—as a cyclist anyway—needs to know. Limitations are simple. And there's a wide range. There are limitations on how much food you can eat, how fast you can go on the bike, when to know when to attack, when to know if you should attack right now if you're just going to blow up 10 meters after you get off the front of the group and come back and then get dropped.
When you know your limitations you can push yourself to the edge of your limitations. But if you know that going to train a thousand miles in one week is just too much, you're over your limitations. So you need to know, what are your limitations on training, your limitations when you get to the race, your limitations on how many calories you can eat so you don't get fat, or how many calories you can not eat so you don't bonk. [Laughs] It goes across the whole spectrum of the sport. Know your limitations, and that will make you a fantastic professional.
Bicycling: Over your long career you've won all kinds of races: criteriums, time trials, stage races, one-day races, even field sprints. How is that you've ridden yourself into the role of a Grand Tour contender?
Chris Horner: It's a difficult question. Each year you change; your physique changes. So as a professional athlete, you're always trying to change for the better, you're always trying to get faster, find news ways to improve. Every year I've been trimming a little bit of weight here and there; I've been training good, eating good, resting good. So you just keep focusing on what you can do to make yourself better. I'm turning 40 this year and even at 40 you still got goals—hopefully you do, otherwise you retired already. [Laughs]
Though he wasn't racing in Europe in June, Horner followed the competition online. (Eloy Anzola)
Bicycling: So are you riding better now than you ever have?
CH: I'm riding faster than I ever have; I don't think the power is better from three, four years ago. But I think the speed is faster because the weight is lower. The power is the same, because you take five pounds, seven pounds, sometimes as much as 10 pounds off—depending on what times of the season you're comparing—and you're going to go faster.
Bicycling: Who are the influences in your life?
CH: My kids influence me every day. I got three kids, two girls and a boy. They're fantastic. I always like to tell everyone they are absolutely the first thing I miss when I reach the end of the driveway; the moment I step in the home when I get back they are the first thing that gives me a headache. [Laughs] My girlfriend has a huge influence on my life. Just to be a better person, to be a good parent, a loving dad. I love my girlfriend. Those are the biggest influences.
Have there been other riders who have influenced me? Certainly. Racing with Jani (Brajkovic) has always been a good influence. You see his diet and how it's working for him and the results he gets. I take little bits and pieces from other guys, too. I'm always paying attention in the race to what people are doing. And when we go to the dinner table I'm paying attention to what people are eating and seeing what's working for other riders.


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Santa Barbara news sources are reporting that a shark attack has claimed a life at Surf Beach in Northern Santa Barbara County. Barely two years ago, Lucas Ransom was killed when a great white shark bit off the majority of his leg in a tragic incident. Noozhawk reports: "A 38-year-old man was fatally injured Tuesday when he was attacked by a shark while surfing at Surf Beach near Vandenberg Air Force Base west of Lompoc, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department. The … [Read more...]
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Great White Sharks Invade Santa Barbara
After a rash of Great White Shark sightings and activity in Santa Barbara the last couple weeks, we thought we'd put up some information about these magnificent apex predators... Great white sharks are exceptionally large and live in most major oceans, in the coastal surface waters. They can reach lengths of more than 24 feet and are capable of weighing up to 6,000 pounds. The great white shark is known to be the largest predatory fish in the world. Where does the largest predatory fish in … [Read more...]
Shark Attacks, Global Warming, and Climate Change – Can They Be Connected?
In recent times, Australia had five incidents of unprovoked shark attacks in Western Australia alone. In South Africa, two casualties resulted from five similar accidents. In Reunion, a French island, two out of 4 shark attacks had been fatal. Two such reports had also emerged from the Seychelles, and both had fatal results. Nonfatal shark attacks had also been reported in Brazil, Russia, Mexico, and the Indonesia. What the Numbers Say about Climate Change and Shark Attacks Of the various … [Read more...]
Reunion Island Claims Third Fatal Shark Attack Victim in a Year
UNBELIEVABLE NEWS... hot on the heels of last week's fatal shark attack in Western Australia, French Authorities are reporting today that 22-year old surfer Alexandre Rassica was attacked and killed in the Indian Ocean, in waters off of Reunion Island. This makes for the third deadly shark attack since last year, with attacks also taking place in June and September of 2011. The story is being covered by Reuters, The Huffington Post, and the Washington Post, among others. UPDATE: From the … [Read more...]
In a grisly turn of events, the savage sharks of Western Australia have claimed yet another victim, as 2012 shapes up to be one of the most fatal years on record. The Herald has coverage of the event: The 4m killer dubbed Brutus by surfers near Wedge Island, 180km north of Perth mauled a 24-year-old man as he surfed with a mate at 9am yesterday. The victim, whose identity is yet to be released, was surfing about 200 metres off an isolated beach, the WA Department of Fisheries said. A … [Read more...]
Rincon: Queen of the… Sharks?
Spotted recently at Rincon County Park in Santa Barbara, CA... Known for occasionally amazing surf, consistent overcrowding, and a bloody history of shark attacks, Rincon is a scary, scary place to paddle out. Respect the ocean, respect the locals, and respect the 20' bloodthirsty residents of the local reefs. Luckily the Santa Barbara government is looking out for us citizens, and posted this notification to stay away! … [Read more...]
UPDATE: The victim has been identified as Lucas McKaine Ransom of Romoland, a city in Riverside County. Lucas was in the water with a friend between 9 and 9:30 a.m. when a shark bit his leg off, according to Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown. A fatal shark attack has occurred at Surf Beach near Vandenberg Air Force Base in sharky Northern Santa Barbara County. The Santa Maria Times is reporting that the victim was a 20-year old UCSB student from Orange County whose name has not yet … [Read more...]
Gaviota Great White Shark Attacks Kayaker
The infamous Gaviota Great White Shark has struck again! Kayaker Duane Strosaker posted a fantastic report of an attack he endured on August 2nd - while kayaking off the coast in the always-sharky waters of Northern Santa Barbara County. "Without warning at about 12:40PM, when I was around 5 nautical miles from Gaviota State Beach, a great white shark, which I estimated to be at least 15 feet long, bit and held onto my kayak. It attacked from my left side, with its head coming up from the … [Read more...]
Pismo Beach Shark Attack
Can't say we didn't warn you!!! And people call us paranoid... Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean the shark aren't out to get you. From KEYT.com: "Pismo Beach officials say a surfer is recovering from a shark bite. The 19-year-old surfer says a shark bit him on the foot shortly before 7:00 p.m. Friday night at Shell Beach near Silver Shoals. He says the shark was about 4 feet long, and was brown with dark spots. Officials say advisories are now posted, but beaches in the area will … [Read more...]
More carnage from frightening Northern Santa Barbara County, as the devastated carcass of yet another shark attack victim washes ashore. The following picture was sent in by a dedicated Fear Beneath reader who investigated the rotting mass of flesh and found evidence of extensive Great White Shark injuries. Our dedicated readers are familiar with our on-going coverage of the Bixby and Cojo Ranches, and the prolific quantities of Great White Shark activity associated with the … [Read more...]


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P-Bruins Continue Playoffs Sunday In Portland
Providence, RI - The Providence Bruins defeated the Portland Pirates 2-1 Friday evening at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. The P-Bruins got their goals from Vladimir Sobotka and Jeremy Reich. The series is tied at one. The P-Bruins continue the Calder Cup Playoffs at the Cumberland County Civic Center Sunday versus the Pirates at 4:00 p.m.
After a scoreless opening period, the P-Bruins took a 1-0 lead at the 2:02 mark of the second period. Johnny Boychuk banked the puck off the boards down the ice for Brad Marchand. He found Sobotka in front of the net, who tallied his first goal of the playoffs. Providence went into the second intermission leading 1-0.
In the third period, the Pirates tied the game at one at the 3:33 mark, with a shorthanded goal. Tyler Bouck netted his first goal of the playoffs with Derek Whitmore recording the lone assist. The P-Bruins retook the lead at the 10:32 mark. Adam McQuaid held the puck at the point and sent it down the boards for Wacey Rabbit. He found dropped the puck off for Reich, who skated into the right face off circle and scored his first goal of the post-season. Providence went onto the 2-1 victory.
Tuukka Rask stopped 27 of 28 shots for the P-Bruins, while Jhonas Enroth made 38 saves for the Pirates. The P-Bruins were 0-for-5 on the power play and 6-for-6 on the penalty kill.
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