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It's a matchup many in Otero County always want to see.
But it's rare when it does happen.
The Alamogordo and Tularosa girls basketball teams played each other last other and for the second season in a row will face each other to open Alamogordo's VFW Holiday Tournament.
For a matchup like this, with Alamogordo being a Class 5A school and Tularosa being Class 2A, the Tigers have all the pressure to win since they are the Class 5A school.
The two teams tipoff Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the Tiger Pit.
"It's not a secret. Any time you're a 5A school playing a 2A school, you should win," Alamogordo head coach Fernando Sanchez said. "Doesn't mean you're always win and we know that more than anybody. We lost to Magdalena last year. It's fun because it's a lot of pressure on us. Tulie gets to play with a lot less pressure than we do because they're in that role of an underdog, but they're a good team. They're 7-3, definitely improved from last year, but we feel like we've improved too. But we have to play well. Definitely the pressure is on us to perform well."
The Tigers won last year's matchup 54-41 and both teams have improved this season with second-year head coaches. Alamogordo is 7-2 on the season and the Wildcats come in 7-3.
Alamogordo's strength has been it's defense this season, as has been the focus in practice in the start of the season, but has become more focused on the developing the offense lately.
"I think we've made a very big improvement on defense and stopping them from scoring," Tiger senior Mariah Moncada. "And that turns into our offense. I think we're just doing a lot better. I think we definitely need to win our home tournament to prove that we are definitely up there. I think a lot of people underestimate us, it's time to shine in our tournament."
Alamogordo is led by senior guard Stephanie Anderson, who leads the team in scoring, and with senior point guard Taylor Guinn running the offense. The Tigers have also developing more scorers as freshman post Krystin Archuleta scored 19 points in a 64-63 win over Deming last Friday night.
Sanchez said Alamogordo's man-to-man defense has been much better this season and he's had to do more coaching than teaching in his second season, but would like to see the offense improve.
"Offensively we still need to get better, our offensive flow still has to get better," Sanchez said. "We have to do a better job of making key baskets. I think we took a big step in that direction against Deming to put up that many points. We got to become more balanced defensively and offensively. We've been a heavy defensive team, every once in a while you're defense is going to be a little off and we've felt like we were a little off against Deming and our offense came through against Deming. Really the goal is be a little more of a balanced team and to find some more scorers and I think we're doing that."
For Tularosa, the VFW Holiday Tournament is a good one to be in. The next three days, the Wildcats will most likely see the best teams that they will see all season and a loss in the tournament doesn't hurt them on their state tournament since they'll be playing up, as far as classification, in competition.
Tularosa head coach Joe Estrada said this is a good tournament for the Wildcats to get better.
"They've talked about (the Alamogordo game) quite a bit and we talked about just before practice," Estrada said. "Apparently they've heard some things through social media ... but I said 'you know what, it's about us getting better and it's not about a rivalry game. It's about us getting better.' I want to make sure that we stay grounded all the time. Our focus is really district and the state tournament. We plan on making a run in the state tournament this year."
Tularosa is led by sophomore point guard Kyanne Kowatch, who's improved a lot from last season and is averaging 15.6 points per game, and freshman Aviana Garcia, who's second on the team with 10.1 points per game. Senior post Valerie Mendez leads the team in rebounds with 6.1 boards per game.
"Last year when Coach Estrada came here, we weren't used to his strategies and now we're used to him," Mendez said about the Wildcats' improvement. "We're talking more, we becoming more of a family. We're becoming one whole team and working together and working hard."
The Wildcats have very good guard play, but Estrada said he would like to see the inside game improve to get some points down low and in the paint.
"It's a good tournament and I like that fact that everybody we play is going to be bigger than us probably," Estrada said. "And that's something we have to learn and that's something we have to get used to. We don't much size this year. But we also plan on competing well, we're not just going to go. We're learning that we show up to play every day and every game, it doesn't matter who it is. And I think it's a mentality that we're working towards. Everything we talk about is about the end of the season. It (the VFW Holiday Tournament) will help us, no doubt about it."
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Alamogordo VFW Holiday Tournament girls bracket Day 1 schedule
All Day 1 games in Tiger Pit
El Paso Ysleta vs. Chaparral, 10 a.m.
Carlsbad vs. Anthony (Texas), 1 p.m.
El Paso Austin vs. Valley, 4 p.m.
Tularosa vs. Alamogordo, 7 p.m.


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Can Vanderbilt's turnover spree continue at this torrid pace?
It needs to, at least for one more week, as the takeaway-happy Commodores prepare for their annual in-state grudge match Saturday (6 p.m., ESPN2) at Tennessee.
Vanderbilt (6-4, 3-4 SEC) has 16 takeaways in its past four games and boasts a plus-8 turnover margin in its past two games without a turnover of its own. ...


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The beet salad at Proof. / Andrea Melendez/The Register
The roasted eggplant dish at Proof. / Andrea Melendez/The Register
Review: Proof (4.5 stars out of 5 Highly Recommended to Exceptional
Find it: 1301 Locust St.
Hours: 5 p.m. to close Wednesday through Saturday (weekday lunch hours will return in spring)
Info: 515-244-0655, www.proofrestaurant.com
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So what does it take to get noticed by one of the most prestigious food societies in the U.S.? For a start, you could serve marshmallows in your salad.
This is what youll find at Proof, an ingenious downtown Des Moines eatery. Of course, these are no ordinary marshmallows, just as Proof is no ordinary restaurant.
The James Beard Foundation, named after the famed food writer and chef, judges a culinary equivalent to the Oscars annually. This year, Proofs chef earned a high honor by being selected as a semifinalist for Midwest outstanding chef.
It was a well-deserved nod, and I find new reasons to concur every time I eat there.
Proof was started by restaurateur Carly Groben, also a James Beard semifinalist, in 2010 and then sold to Zach Mannheimer and executive chef Sean Wilson a few years later. Since then, the partners have made the place their own.
Wilson retained the African-Mediterranean theme but amped up the dining experience with a playful, venturesome menu. Likewise, Mannheimer, a sommelier by trade, beefed up the wine program by offering unusual bottles from around the world.
Every meal is an adventure at Proof. The marshmallow salad was only my most recent surprise during a $50 prix fixe supper there last week. Simply called beet salad on the menu, it consists of roasted beets, pickled beets, goat cheese and arugula, which are all standard ingredients as beet salads go. Where the plate took a creative tangent was with the sunflower seed piccata, a crumbly mixture that added crunch, and the aforementioned marshmallows not the kind for smores but rather wonderful cubes of passion fruit fluff that added a tropical tartness to the dish.
The saba eel had even more wow. If youve ever had unagi at a sushi place, thats what this was like: unctuous oven-roasted fillets of eel glazed like they do in Japan but with one brilliant exception. Instead of using tare sauce, chef Wilson takes the dish to the Mediterranean by coating the eel with an Italian balsamic-style syrup called saba. Its an inspired twist and the eel is further enhanced with a bright potato salad spiked with what I think was wasabi paste to give it a sharp-horseradish-style bite.
I also appreciated the house-cured sausages for a generous charcuterie platter and chef Wilsons wonderful from-scratch vermouth that made my Manhattan sparkle.
Chef Wilsons fearless food is provocative, and I find his avant-garde approach quite entertaining. This, by the way, is the same chef who early on at Proof offered a wild food experience called submission whereby game customers could receive endless courses until they either threw their hands up and submitted or, presumably, the restaurant closed for the night.
My only complaint about Proof is the leisurely pace. With tables full, dinner can slow to 15 minutes or more between courses, which is a tick too long for all but the most patient customers.
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While watching Duke/UNC last nite, a poll was conducted asking which is the greatest rivalry in sports. I found the question very intriguing, but the choices I was offered were, well, not good. So, I'll make my own list with my own choices! And, to maintain consistency, I'll let my Top 5 include each one of my favorite five sports greatest rivlary (nfl, ncaaf, ncaab, nba, mlb, sorry NHL fans)
Here we go!
1) Yankees/Red Sox, MLB -- this blog isn't that long so I really can't list all the reasons why this is sports Greatest Rivalry. Contrary to popular opinion however, it's only been #1 for a short time. Not until the Sox actually won anything did this become a true 'rivalry'. Even when two teams hate each other, they're not true rivals until they're both good (see Nebraska/CU, football). And when Boston came back from down 0-3 in the ALCS, well, this rivalry was TRULY born. Why does this outrank Cardinals/Cubs? See above.
2) Ohio State/Michigan, NCAA football -- some really fun games got left off the list for this one, but well deserving. Big Blue could go 1-11, beat Ohio State and throw a parade......same thing in Columbus. There's a real hatred up there and when your respective stadiums hold 100k+, it can get kinda wild (apologies to Texas/OU, Army/Navy, Oregon/Oregon State)
3) Duke/UNC, NCAA basketball -- although not as much in recent years, this game can most always be counted on for a thriller -- less than 20 miles apart, these kids chewed the same dirt growing up and oftentimes got to meet 3 times each season (if not a 4th on the tourney!) Legendary coaches, amazing finishes, championship quality play, all-american after all-american -- what other college hoops rivalry even comes close?
4) Packers/Bears, NFL -- the oldest rivalry in the NFL, this one has been downright ugly over the years. Don't agree?? Just ask ANY Packers or Bears fan who lived and watched in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Pats/Colts, Broncos/Raiders, Bengals/Steelers ain't got nothing on this one, pal.
5) Celtics/Lakers, NBA -- if this list was made 25 years ago, this one almost certainly tops the charts....but it's not, so it doesn't. Reigning far supreme over any other 5-10 year 'rivalry' the NBA has offered over the years. Sure, Lakers/Kings in the 90s was fun....as was Bulls/Pistons and Lakers/Spurs. But all time?? I'll take C's vs Showtime anyday.
That's it for today -- holla tomorrow


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With a chance to win the game in overtime, Zeeland East's Spencer Viening got the handoff and looked for running room.
It wasn't there.
Zeeland West's 6-foot-5, 300-pound Jordan VanDort was closing fast.
With a chance to win the game in overtime, Zeeland East's Spencer Viening got the handoff and looked for running room.
It wasn't there.
Zeeland West's 6-foot-5, 300-pound Jordan VanDort was closing fast.
The impact of the hit knocked Viening back, but not down. Viening moved off and was hit again by another Zeeland West defender.
Viening still didn't go down. He spun left to find some room and ran over a third Dux defender for a 2-yard touchdown to give Zeeland East a 50-44 overtime win over Zeeland West in the Bird Bowl.
"It was all a blur," Viening said. "Somebody forgot to block VanDort and he came at me and hit me — hard. But I was able to bounce off of him and a just ran through the rest (of the defenders). It all happened so fast. It was amazing — especially my senior year. That just tops it."
Last year, the score was tied 44-44 after regulation as well, but East went on to win 60-52 in double overtime. Zeeland West got some revenge in the playoffs last year with a 46-0 stunner.
Viening and the Zeeland East seniors have had that game on their minds a long time.
"It means a lot," Viening said. "We have had to deal with that game for almost a year now. It feels good."
Zeeland East improved to 2-0, while Zeeland West dropped to 1-1.
"We put 'relentless' on our practice jerseys this week, and I told them that it was the way this game goes all the time," Zeeland East coach Derek Pennington said. "When we came back and won the game last year, we were relentless, and tonight, we were relentless."
Zeeland East stopped Zeeland West in overtime before getting the ball at the 10-yard line, which set up Viening's run.
"We didn't have a good series in overtime, but they did," Zeeland West coach John Shillito said. "You have to give them credit, you give Viening credit for finishing that last run."
It wasn't just Viening on the attack for the Chix.
Corey Westra scored on runs of 68 and 72 yards before catching a 65-yard touchdown pass — all in the second half. He finished with 14 rushes for 227 yards. Viening had 22 rushes for 109 yards and touchdowns of 10 (on a screen pass), 23 and 2.
"It is nice. Westra is fast," Viening said. "He takes a lot of pressure off me and comes up with some big runs."
In the fourth quarter, the Chix started with a 72-yard touchdown run from Westra, but Zeeland West's Casey Brinks came back with a 49-yard touchdown run.
Danny Bauder scored two long touchdowns to give Zeeland West a 44-37 lead, but Westra's 65-yard pass from Dylan Dykstra tied the game.
Page 2 of 2 - "That was obviously a huge play," Shillito said. "They made a couple of huge plays with the pass."
Zeeland West scored 22 points in the fourth quarter after trailing 31-14 in the third quarter.
"The same thing happened last year, except it was us who came back," Viening said. "They were up two scores on us last year. You just battle through."
Zeeland West put up 610 rushing yards on 56 attempts. Danny Bauder had 18 carries for 310 yards and touchdowns of 90, 80 and 51 yards.
"We just made some plays (in the second half)," Shillito said. "There were opportunities early in the game, but we didn't get it going."
Nick Jasch had 11 rushes for 134 yards and a 41-yard TD. Cole Hession added a 1-yard touchdown.
"I give a lot of credit to Danny Bauder on their team," Viening said. "He is fast. We couldn't keep up with him."
Zeeland East took advantages of three short fields early in the game after a Zeeland West fumble, missed fourth-down conversion and a poor punt.
Devin Butler scored on a 9-yard pass from Dan Pohanka in between TD runs from Viening and Westra. Avery Echols added a 27-yard field goal.
Zeeland West fumbled again late in the game, which set up Westra's 72 yard score, putting the Chix back up by two scores, 37-22.
"They came out with a different defensive scheme than we have seen in the past," Shillito said. "We had spurts where we didn't play well — and they played well. It was a good win for them."
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On Thursday, Michigan State missed out on All-American offensive tackle Jamarco Jones of Chicago De La Salle High School, who picked Ohio State. However, Jones was not the only offensive tackle prospect who made a commitment that day: Fairfields (Ohio) Danny Burns verbally pledged to Louisville on a visit there. The 6-foot-6, 310-pound Burns also had an MSU scholarship offer.
Offensive line recruiting is important for the Spartans this year because they signed only one player at that position last year Detroit Cass Techs Dennis Finley. The Spartans already have two high-level commitments in Brian Allen and Chase Gianacakos of Illinois, but are looking to add at least two more lineman to the class of 2014. Here are some of the top targets still on the board:
Mt. Lebanon's (Pa) Alex Bookser
Bookser has been at the top of MSUs list for a while. The 6-6, 295-pound prospect is the No. 30 offensive tackle in the nation for the class of 2014 according to Rivals.com. He has an extensive list of scholarship offers, but his top eight consists of MSU, Penn State, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Alabama, Northwestern and Tennessee. Bookser has developed a good relationship with MSU offensive line coach Mark Staten and is hoping to unofficially visit East Lansing this summer.
Berrien Springs' Nick Padla
Padla is a classic sleeper recruit who just started receiving MAC offers and is still waiting on his first one from a BCS school. The 6-6, 269-pound Padla has gained 20 pounds since his junior season and improved his technique and strength. If he continues to add size and improve over the next six months, he will be a quality BCS prospect. People often wonder how a player like Eric Fisher can come out of Central Michigan and be the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, but 17-year-old offensive line prospects are the toughest to evaluate. The Spartans will watch Padla's development this fall.
San Francisco City College's David Hedelin
If offensive line is the hardest position to project, taking a junior college lineman every year may not be a bad idea. Teams like Alabama and USC frequently use the junior college ranks to fill positional needs. The 6-5, 285-pound Hedelin has an MSU offer and because the Spartans will graduate Fou Fonoti and Dan France, he can compete for a starting tackle spot immediately. Hedelin, originally from Sweden, is a four-star prospect according to Rivals.com. Coincidently, the last four-star junior college offensive lineman MSU signed was Fonoti, also from California. Hedelin is projected to graduate in December, so he would be able to participate in spring practice.
Matt Dorsey is a recruiting analyst for SpartanMag.com and Rivals.com.


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TEMPE, Ariz. -- He's just a glove machine.
Which isn't exactly what you would expect for a guy whose bat did all the talking last summer.
But once the Angels signed Albert Pujols, Mark Trumbo went from AL Rookie of the Year runner-up to Man Without a Position.
The plan is to employ Trumbo at third base, but that's contingent on him learning the position this spring. There's always left field if that doesn't work out.
Strange transition, moving from the 29 homers and 87 RBIs of 2011 to collecting leather in 2012.
How many gloves has Trumbo stockpiled?
He pauses. He glances at the two by his feet. He wheels around to take inventory in his locker. He crinkles his eyebrows. Finally, he thinks he has it.
"Over 10, easily," Trumbo says. "I have a first-base glove, third base, outfield. Some are shaped differently."
Such as: For now, he's playing third base with an outfielder's glove, instead of a smaller infielder's mitt. He likes the size.
"I'm a proponent of the bigger glove," Trumbo says. "A lot of plays at third base are reactionary. You knock the ball down. You're not turning a double play. Things happen super quick."
As such, Trumbo is more comfortable with the bigger glove.
But the outfielder's glove he uses at third is different from the glove he'll use when (if) he plays left. The one he's using in the infield is broken in so it's more round and wide. The tips of the fingers are pushed down toward the glove's heel.
The outfield glove, it's broken in so it's more slender and narrow (almost like folded in half). It looks larger.
Since the Angels signed Pujols in December, Trumbo estimates he's added five gloves to his collection for test-driving and experimenting with. Options are good.
"It's an art form," he says. "What's comfortable for you, nobody else can tell you."
Biggest danger now as he moves across the infield, it appears, is Trumbo pulling the wrong glove out of his locker.
"It's getting a little cluttered," he says, chuckling.
Sunblock day? Another windstorm took the temperatures down to 60 degrees Wednesday.
Likes: The baby back ribs at Don & Charlie's in Scottsdale. Hadn't been there in several years, but it's a classic old baseball hangout during spring training. Was there the other night and saw George Brett, Robin Yount, Bob Uecker, Baseball Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson, former agent Dennis Gilbert, Joe Randa. ... Maxine Nightingale's old hit Right Back Where We Started From. Heard it on the radio today, and can't help thinking of the great flick Slap Shot every time I do. ... Very enjoyable watching Yu Darvish in Peoria on Wednesday. Particularly enjoyable the way he attacks hitters and doesn't dink around.
Dislikes: A stiff wind really made for a chilly day in Arizona on Wednesday. I'll take Florida's early spring weather over Arizona's.
Rock 'n' Roll Lyric of the Day:
"Well, I don't know, but I've been told
"You never slow down, you never grow old
"I'm tired of screwin' up, tired of going down
"Tired of myself, tired of this town
"Oh, my, my. Oh, hell, yes
"Honey, put on that party dress.
"Buy me a drink, sing me a song.
"Take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long"
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Phoenix, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) - Joe Johnson struggled with his shot throughout the contest but stepped up when it mattered most, hitting the game- winning layup as time expired in overtime to help the Brooklyn Nets defeat the Phoenix Suns, 100-98, at US Airways Center.
Johnson, who finished 6-of-19 from the field, gathered a long rebound off a Channing Frye missed 3-point attempt with 3.9 seconds left and drove the length of the floor before floating a layup over a pair of defenders for the dramatic win.
Brook Lopez tied a season-high scoring 27 points with seven rebounds and Shaun Livingston added 18 points and six assists off the bench for Brooklyn, which snapped a four-game road losing streak.
"Everybody touched the floor tonight. I used everybody and everybody did something that helped put us in a position to win. We trust each other. We came out in the third quarter and had our best quarter of the year," said Nets coach Jason Kidd. "Guys fought to go up, then we lose the lead then we come back and find a way to win. They all stuck together and thats what we've been talking about."
Deron Williams played just 4:40 before leaving the game with a sprained left ankle.
Goran Dragic netted 19 points with 10 assists for Phoenix, while P.J. Tucker and Eric Bledsoe scored 17 and 15, respectively.
"It happens. We have another game next week. We have look past this game, it's over with and we can't do anything about it and it is what it is," said Bledsoe.
Brooklyn opened the second half on a 16-0 run to take a 62-50 lead midway through third stanza. Marcus Morris ended a near seven-minute scoring drought for Phoenix by hitting a jumper with 5:02 left in the quarter.
Three consecutive 3-pointers from Gerald Green, Morris, and Frye pulled the Suns to within three, 68-65.
Trailing 73-67 to open the fourth quarter, Morris and Frye hit back-to- back triples to tie the game. Dragic then hit two free throws to take a two point lead with 9:26 left in the final frame.
Brooklyn pulled back in front at 5:20 when Johnson hit a floater in the lane for an 84-83 lead. Neither team led by more than three for the rest of regulation.
With less than a minute remaining, Dragic drove baseline and skipped a pass across the court to a wide-open Tucker, who buried the 3-pointer with 39.9 seconds left for a two-point Phoenix edge.
Coming out of a timeout, Johnson raced down and hit another floater to tie the game at 92-92.
Dragic came up empty on the Suns' last look with 4.9 seconds left to force the extra session.
Livingston split a pair at the free throw line with 1:48 left in overtime to put the Nets in front 98-94, but Phoenix came back with four to tie the score before Johnson's heroics.
Phoenix opened up at 29-18 lead after one quarter, but Brooklyn outscored its opponent 28-21 in the second to pull within four at the break.
Garnett finished with four points and 14 rebounds ... This was the first loss
for Phoenix at home ... Phoenix shot 35.7 percent (10-of-28) from beyond the
arc, while Brooklyn shot 16.7 percent (2-of-12) from deep ... Brooklyn wraps
up its three-game West Coast road trip at Staples Center against the Clippers
on Saturday ... Phoenix travels to Sacramento on Tuesday for the first of a
home-at-home with the Kings.
Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia in September has altered the date of the Penn-Villanova football game.
Kyle Busch won Sunday's road course race in Sonoma, California, but he still has a long way to go to become eligible for a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
NFL players have a very short shelf life to make significant amounts of money so it's tough to fault anyone who has outperformed a contract when they go knocking on the door to ask for more.
Pete Mackanin will remain interim manager of the Philadelphia Phillies for the remainder of the season, the team announced Tuesday.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have reportedly retained restricted free agent forward Kyle Singler with a five-year contract extension.
The Detroit Red Wings signed veteran forward Brad Richards a one-year contract on Wednesday.


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Following the EU's lead, the US finally allows people with spinal cord injuries to buy the motorized system that lets them independently stand upright, turn, and walk.
Claire Lomas of England has become the first person in the world to begin home use of the powered exoskeleton that helped her walk the London Marathon.
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The number of federal employees eligible to telework increased dramatically from 2011 to 2012, according to a new report from the Office of Personnel Management.
The number rose from 684,589 to 1,020,034, according to OPM, a 49 percent increase. Meanwhile, the number of employees with telework agreements also rose, from 144,851 to 267,227, or 85 percent. Measured another way, the percentage of employees with telework agreements increased from 21 percent of the number eligible to 26 percent.
The systematic effort to increase federal telework has its roots in the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, although some groups had been pushing for it for years before the law. Telework is held to be a source of cost savings, through reduced need for real estate and energy, more productivity and less absenteeism. However, making it happen within agencies on a large scale has proved to be difficult.
Implementing the Acts requirements has meant a fundamental shift in how agency stakeholders have traditionally viewed and developed telework from simply a flexibility option exercised by individuals to an organizational change program with specific advantages to the organization, reads the OPM report. While the focus is increasingly on agency benefits, we emphasize that the change initiative represented by telework can only be successful to the extent that employee well-being is sustained through participation in these programs.
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Prosecutors released documents filed in the case of a driver charged in the fatal hit-and-run of a Miami Beach chef.
Karlie Tomica is charged with DUI manslaughter in Stefano Riccioletti's death. She is also charged with leaving the scene of a crash with bodily harm, DUI damage to property, and resisting an officer without violence.
Tomica, 20, was already charged with leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death on Jan. 28. She posted $10,000 bond that night.
According to documents released Friday, Tomica had a blood alcohol content between 0.208 and 0.225 when her blood was drawn two hours after the crash. She also had a 24-year-old woman's Florida driver license and several cards with bartending quotes.
Prosecutors also released crime scene photographs and 911 calls made after the crash.
"It was a loud thing and I just saw a guy flying across our property," said one caller.
"Someone got hit by a car, and the car kept on going, and the guy who got hit, he's laying on the concrete," said another caller.
Evidence logs showed Ricciolett's blood was found on Tomica's car.
Police credited Jairo Fuentes, a Good Samaritan who called 911 and followed the car that hit Riccioletti with helping them make an arrest.
"I kept screaming at her that she had to stop," said Fuentes in a statement to police.
Riccioletti was the executive chef at Terrazza at the Shore Club. Police say Tomica was leaving Nikki Beach Club, where she worked as a part-time bartender, when she hit Riccioletti.
"I started noticing his teeth were missing. He was bleeding really, really badly," Roosevelt Johnson, who works security at the Shelborne Hotel, told police in a sworn statement.
"She was, like, just unsteady on her feet, walking way too fast," said Julio Leyva, who works security at the condominium complex where Tomica lives.
An attorney representing Riccioletti's 19-year-old son, Jacopo Riccioletti, filed a wrongful death complaint against Tomica and Penrod Brothers, Inc, the owner of Nikki Beach Club.
"It shocks the conscience that she was able to walk out the door of Nikki Beach, (and) check out of her shift in a condition that would have suggested she was stumbling and slurring her words," said Elisabeth Culmo with Silva & Silva, the law firm that filed the wrongful death complaint.
Julie Fogel, the public relations and communications director for Nikki Beach issued a statement last week, saying: "Our deepest thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Stefano Riccioletti and our hearts go out to his children. The principals of Penrod Brothers, Inc have been in business for well over 40 years, have had thousands of employees around the world and have never had a situation like this. Karlie Tomica was hired as a part-time bartender in mid-November 2012 and came with 4 years of experience in the hospitality industry; first at Palm City Grill (Palm City, Florida) and for the past 2 years as a cocktail server at Hyatt Regency Miami's bar & lounge, Pure Verde, where she is still employed. Tomica signed all documents stating she would adhere to the strict policies that all employees must agree to. We have no further comment at this time."
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Some helicopter rescue swimmers will receive up to $2,400 after an administrative error cost them up to 16 months of special duty assignment pay. (MC3 Gregory A. Harden II / Navy)
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A handful of helicopter rescue swimmers and air traffic controllers are getting a big and unexpected payout.
Theyll collect as many as 16 months of mistakenly withheld special duty assignment pay, the Navy said in a fleetwide message, NAVADMIN 156/14, released July 7.
The message said that eligible sailors at four commands would qualify for the back pay that could put as much as $2,400 in their pockets because of administrative errors in the SDAP update released in March 2013 the last time the service updated these pay levels.
But when asked about the administrative errors mentioned in the message, Capt. Chris Halton, head of career progression at the Navy Personnel Command, said in a written response that the back pay came after input from the fleet and that less than 30 sailors would get the back SDAP.
The [unit identification codes] listed in Paragraph 7 [of NAVADMIN 156/14] were not on the previous NAVADMIN, Halton wrote. After input from the fleet, the Navy made a decision that these billets would be added to the next NAVADMIN and authorized back pay.
Halton didnt say what the fleet input was, nor did he specify what errors led the pay to be withheld or how officials would prevent this from happening again.
However, sources tell Navy Times that the commands and skills were inadvertently left off the list last year and that the back pay was authorized to make up for the mistake.
In addition to the two skills apparently left off the 2013 update in error, two skills were added to the list. Naval special warfare parachute riggers came on the list at the $150 per month level and tactical counter-intelligence/human intelligence analysts will get $225.
SDAP is tied to the billet a sailor is filling, although in some cases a specific Navy Enlisted Classification is required, too.
This year, the Navy says 25,681 sailors at 1,382 commands are in billets that qualify for SDAP, which is available to sailors in jobs defined by the Navy as extremely difficult or involving an unusual degree of responsibility.
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The Navy announced changes to the following special duty incentive pay levels in a fleetwide message, NAVADMIN 156/14, released July 7:
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|JSOC headquarters
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|$75, $150, $300
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|NSW parachute rigger
|Navy tactical CI/HUMINT analyst
|$300, $375, $450
|Crypto tactical info. operatives
|$150, $225
|IT/ET comm. support
|Strategic weapons facility
In addition, sailors with the following unit identification codes will be eligible for back pay at the following levels, because of what the Navy called administrative errors:
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|Air traffic controller
|03369 (4)
|Helo rescue swimmer (AW)
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Ashley Judd's comments on mountain top removal mining have sparked a firestorm of controversy in her native Eastern Kentucky.
During a recent speech to the National Press Club in Washington, Judd called mountain top removal "environmental genocide." She says the process is "the state-sanctioned, federal government supported, coal industry operated, rape of Appalachia."
Judd has long been an outspoken critic of the mountain top removal.
C-Span carried Judd's hour-long speech on its website.
Here are some of the excerpts from Ashley Judd's speech.
"I am very proud to be a Kentuckian. And, of the many things my Creator has seen fit to allow me to accomplish, being an Eastern Kentuckian is the simple fact that brings me the most honor, the greatest sense of self. I love and am proud of being a hillbilly."
"And it gets bigger with every Appalachian mountaintop that is blown up, every holler that is filled, every stream that is buried, every wild thing that is wantonly and recklessly killed, every ecosystem that is diminished, every job that is lost to mechanization, every family that is pitted one against the other by the state-sanctioned, federal government-supported coal industry-operated rape of Appalachia: mountaintop removal coal mining."
"Children in eastern Kentucky draw creeks black. They don't know they're supposed to run clear."
Judd points out the Appalachian Mountains are the oldest in North America, possibly in the world. She questions whether mountain top removal would be allowed in any other historic mountain ranges.
"I am here to tell you, mountaintop removal coal mining simply would not happen in any other mountain range in the United States. It is utterly inconceivable that the Smokies would be blasted, the Rockies razed, the Sierra Nevadas flattened, that bombs the equivalent to Hiroshima would be detonated every single week for three decades. The fact that the Appalachians are the Appalachians makes this environmental genocide possible and permissible."
Judd calls mountain top removal "strip mining on steroids." She says coal companies launch massive PR campaigns to spread their "incessant propaganda" to "celebrate the site as an example of how good for Appalachia mountain top removal coal mining is."
"Why they even built a prison on one former site. Guess what? The foundation subsided and the locals call it sink sink."
Judd also made an apparent reference to StoneCrest Golf Course in Prestonsburg.
"On another site they built a golf course. I'm not to keen on reinforcing stereotypes about my people, but I don't know a lot of hillbillies who golf."
I should mention Eastern Kentucky is home to the nation's oldest continuous played golf course. The Middlesboro Country Club opened in 1889.
Judd also urged the Press Club members to "commit your journalistic integrity to stop mountain top removal immediately."
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Please watch this clip, in the attachment, of Ashley Judd showing her ignorance of the real situation in Eastern Kentucky... For the full video please visit press.org and look for Ashley Judd.. I am appalled that she would stand in front of the world and talk about "Her People" in a degrading manner! I, for one, do not want to stand by and let her tell the story of Eastern Kentucky WRONG just because it doesn't fit into her political agenda. This is a video clip for the National Press Club in Washington D.C. that was nationally televised on C-SPAN. So we do have a reason to be upset with her, please forward this video to everyone in your contact list also...
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Civil Rights legend Rosa Parks smiles as she is honored at an event commemorating the 1999 Congressional Gold Medal of Honor Monday, June 14, 1999 at the National Council of Negro Women in Washington, D.C. / Patrick D. Witty
Rosa Parks greets children at a Christmas party for Helping Other People at a Detroit community center in 1997. People need to know the full story of Parks' activism to fully appreciate who she was, Parks biographer Jeanne Theoharis said. Failing to do so limits Parks' significance, wrongly casting her as a woman who did a single courageous act. In reality, she fought for much of her life to make the world a better place. / RICHARD LEE/Detroit Free Press
Coretta Scott King, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow, comforts Parks at the Rosa Parks Library & Museum in Montgomery, Ala, in 2000. "I wish my mother was here to see this," Parks whispered to King. / GABRIEL B. TAIT/DETROIT FREE PRESS
Parks leaves a voting booth at the Detroit Election Commission in August 1996. Her husband, Raymond Parks, had fought for voting rights for black people in Alabama during the civil rights movement. / GABRIEL B. TAIT/DETROIT FREE PRESS
Vice President Al Gore presents Parks with the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor in Detroit during a tribute to Parks in November 1999. / David P. Gilkey/Detroit Free Press
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Nelson and Winnie Mandela flank civil rights icon Rosa Parks as the Mandelas arrive at Detroit Metro Airport on June 28, 1990. At Nelson Mandela's left is federal Judge Damon J. Keith. Also there to greet them were Gov. James Blanchard, far left, and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, far right. / DAVID LONGSTREATH/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ebonee Abraham holds a poster of Parks at the civil rights icon's funeral in Detroit on Nov. 2, 2005. / AMY LEANG/Detroit Free Press
Detroit artist Gwen Habiba Owens presents a print of her collage "The Storyteller" to Parks in 1986. The occasion marked the 31st anniversary of Parks' trial over not giving up her seat on the bus in Alabama. / Patricia Beck/Detroit Free Press
Rosa Parks visits with a Boy Scout troop at the NAACP's annual Fight For Freedom Fund held at Cobo Hall in 1997. Parks fought nearly her entire life to improve the lives of others and fight injustice. / KARIN ANDERSON/DETROIT FREE PRESS
In 1990, a group of dignitaries gathered at Detroit Metro Airport to greet South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela. On his way to the airport, federal Judge Damon J. Keith stopped to pick up another freedom fighter.When Mandela got off the plane, every dignitary seemed invisible to him except one -- and he headed straight for her.
"Rosa Parks! Rosa Parks! Rosa Parks!" Mandela said, while hugging her.
"Mandela and his wife were just thrilled to meet her," recalled Keith. "Of all the people there to greet him, the one who stood out to him was Rosa Parks."
That moment at the airport speaks volumes about the impact Parks had on not only America, but the world.
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On Monday, Parks would have been 100 years old.
Her centennial birthday draws fresh attention to the black woman who, in the midst of Jim Crow laws, refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Ala.
This act of courage, which resulted in her arrest, sparked a yearlong bus boycott that began to knock down the walls of legalized racial segregation in America.
People who knew Parks, and scholars who have studied her, say the best way to honor her legacy is to carry on her life's mission: to make America a better place for all people, regardless of color, class, gender, or economic background.
Parks began that quest well before the evening of Dec. 1, 1955, when she took a stand by continuing to sit.
She and her husband, Raymond Parks, a barber by trade, were political activists in their home state of Alabama for years. Sadly, one of the most enduring myths about Parks is that she refused to give up her seat because she was tired after working all day as a seamstress in downtown Montgomery.
That myth bothered Parks for years and prompted her to write in her 1992 autobiography, "My Story" (Puffin, $6.99): "People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. ... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."
Historian Jeanne Theoharis underscores Parks' nearly lifelong activism in her new book about Parks, "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" (Beacon, $27.95). Theoharis, a professor at the Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, is one of several Parks scholars set to speak Monday at the Henry Ford.
People need to know the full story of Parks' activism to fully appreciate who she was, Theoharis said. Failing to do so limits Parks' significance, erroneously casting her as a woman who did a single courageous act down South, then moved north to quietly live out her life.
"The myth of the simple seamstress took on a life of its own," Theoharis said. It became part of a kind of romanticizing of the civil rights movement, that has stifled it, she said. "If she is going to be used to tell the story of American history, we need to tell the whole story."
People need to know, Theoharis said, "how undaunted she was, and how fearless she was, and how she kept on keeping on."
In Detroit, Parks fought against police brutality, economic injustice and for political empowerment and against apartheid in South Africa, among other issues.
Neither the news media nor the wider public paid close attention to Parks after the bus boycott in Alabama.
"Usually, the people interviewing her just wanted to know the sensational part, and what was sensational is what was publicized, and most often that was the boycott," said her longtime friend Elaine Steele of Detroit. "People were more interested in the event."
Parks' desire to improve the lives of others and fight injustice was the reason the two of them started the Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development in 1987. The institute, among other activities, organizes trips for young people to travel to historic places locally, nationally and internationally. The institute also offers a program in which young people tutor senior citizens in computer skills.
Parks wanted her husband's name to be a part of the institute because too few people knew that he, too, had been a fearless freedom fighter. It's one of the things she loved about him. When she met him, he was one of the primary people working to free a group of black men sentenced to death for raping two white women, despite nonexistent evidence against the men, who became known as the Scottsboro Boys.
Raymond Parks had also fought for voting rights for black people in Alabama, but was never able to register to vote himself until after the couple moved to Detroit in 1956.
The civil rights icon called her husband "Parks."
"Parks was also the first real activist I ever met," she wrote of her husband in her autobiography. "He was a longtime member of the NAACP when I met him. ... Parks was the first person ever to mention that case to me -- about what was going on with the Scottsboro Boys and how he and a few others had gotten together to raise money to help pay the legal fees and defend them in court and keep them out of the electric chair. They were working in secret, and he didn't even tell me the names of the others. Parks used to say that all their names were Larry."
Raymond Parks died in 1977.
Steele initially met Parks when she was a junior at Cass Tech High School in the early '60s. She was in the dress design curriculum there; her after-school job was working at a sewing factory, making aprons. The person she sat next to was Rosa Parks.
"I knew how to operate a domestic machine, but I was not as familiar with commercial machines. Commercial machines are 10 times faster," Steele recalled. "I had to remove many of my stitches because they were no way straight."
Parks showed her how to remove the stitches quickly and how to steadily operate the commercial machines.
Their friendship continued after Steele graduated from high school and started working as a clerk in the federal building. Parks had been hired as an administrative assistant to then-newly elected U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Detroit.
Conyers said he met Parks when she lived in Alabama. As a young lawyer, he had gone down South to assist in the civil rights movement.
When he decided to run for Congress, she volunteered for his campaign. "Everybody was just amazed that I had Rosa Parks on my campaign staff. I'd made up my mind that as soon as I got elected, one of the first people I would hire would be Rosa Parks."
Theoharis' book praises Conyers for hiring Parks because, until that time, in spite of her fame, Parks' economic footing was precarious.
"Recognizing her need, skills and the value to his own emerging political base, Conyers put an end to a decade of economic insecurity for Rosa Parks," Theoharis wrote in her book. "With this position, Parks now had a salary, access to health insurance and a pension -- and the restoration of dignity that a formal paid position allowed."
In a recent interview, Conyers said he was blessed to have Parks working for him. He got the double benefit of having a hardworking, caring and dedicated employee, and the respect that came from having Parks on his staff.
"Many times, people came to my office just to see Rosa Parks, to get a picture with her, to get her autograph or just to say hello," Conyers said.
Besides, he owed her a debt of gratitude. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Detroit to endorse Conyers' run for Congress, and "I'm sure she had a lot to do with that," the longtime congressman said.
Conyers described Parks as a humble, quiet person. "She never raised her voice. She never was angry or argumentative.
"Here's how humble she was: She was always getting invitations to travel to speak, frequently long distances. She came to me one day and asked that her pay be reduced because I was letting her go to these engagements.
"She is the only person, in all my time working, who has ever asked for a pay decrease."
He refused her request.
Parks worked for Conyers until retiring in 1988. She died Oct. 24, 2005, at age 92. She was laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit.
She never sought the limelight, Conyers said. In fact, she preferred to avoid it.
"If you didn't know who she was, you'd think she was just another citizen, not someone famous who is given credit for reviving the civil rights movement in this country.
"I think the best way for people to honor her is to exemplify her ideas in their own lives, to continue to struggle for justice for all and to resist discrimination of any sort."
Perhaps Parks said it best in her autobiography:
"I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try to teach or live equality and love than it would be to have hatred or prejudice. Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love ... that's the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be."
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1. 'Jobs' Opens today
Ashton Kutcher, a seemingly fun-loving Hollywood actor (and an Iowa native), tackles the role of Steve Jobs, one of the most complicated visionaries of our time, in the movie Jobs.
2. Alan Jackson Sunday
The country music star closes out the Grandstand at the Iowa State Fair, 3000 E. Grand Ave., at 8 p.m. Gary Allan opens. $39. Go to iowastatefair.org.
3. Roller derby tournament Today-Sunday
The Des Moines Derby Dames and roller derby teams from around the country will compete in the Womens Flat Track Derby Association playoffs at Hy-Vee Hall, 730 Third St. Bouts start at 9:30 a.m. each day, and the top two finishers for the weekend will advance to the WFTDA championships in November. $23.50 per day or $66.50 for a three-day pass through dahlstickets.com.
4. Iowa Improv FestToday-Saturday
The fourth annual Iowa Improv Fest features performances by Comedy XPeriment, Comics in Action, 88Improv, Paperback Rhino, Half Masted, Anything Improv, the Weisenheimers and Grandma Mojos starting at 7:30 p.m. at Stoner Theater, 221 Walnut St. Tickets to the festival are $25 for both days or $15 for one day through Ticketmaster.
5. Restaurant Week Starts today
The annual Des Moines Restaurant Week encourages residents to explore the citys dining options at a lower cost. Thirty five restaurants, including Baru 66, HoQ, 801 Steak & Chop, Proof and Wasabi Tao will offer two lunches or a three-course dinner for $25. Go to desmoinesrestaurantweek.com.


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Thursday, December 06, 2012
Molasses Ginger Spice Cookie Recipe: Make Them Big, Soft, and Chewy or Tiny, Cute, and Crunchy
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The Mister and I love cookies! I always make giant batches of cookies, and freeze them for longer storage. I will have to make a batch of each. The ginger snaps will be first. Looking forward to trying them. Yum.ReplyDelete
12 dozen cookies....that sounds like a lot!ReplyDelete
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# openLastClosedFile plugin v1.0.2
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def onClose(self, view):
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def run(self, view, args):
fileName = sublime.packagesPath()+"\\User\\openLastClosedFile.tmp"
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if length > 0:
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lastline = lastline.rstrip("\n")
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writeFile = open(fileName, "w")
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My defenses are weakening.
Maybe its because I just read that Northwestern football generated $235 million between 2003 and 2012 and its not even one of the so-called football factories.
Maybe its because Im all for former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter raising cane if it will lead to NCAA reform or give college athletes a voice.
Its definitely because Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has a clause in his contract pocketing him an $18,000 bonus (one weeks pay) for a national championship won by OSU wrestler Logan Steiber.
As the parent of two college students, who havent been handed a free education, Ive been adamantly opposed to paying athletes on scholarship.
But the recent groundbreaking decision by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board to recognize Northwestern football players as employees and allow them to unionize is softening my stance.
Especially when juxtaposed with news of Smiths latest bonus. At the very least that reward is incredibly insensitive given the raging debate over fair compensation to college athletes who walk around with nothing but lint in their pockets despite generating billions of dollars for their schools, conferences and the NCAA.
I admired Kain Colter even before he put on a suit and became the face of the College Athletes Players Association. Last season, in a game where the Buckeyes trailed in the fourth quarter before winning, Colter ran for a touchdown, had a TD reception and completed all 12 of his passes. In a real game. Teddy Bridgewater didnt come close to that in his Pro Day.
Colter, who has led the union push, drew attention to the cause last season by wearing APU wristbands for All Players United. Youll now find them on the wrists of OSU players as well.
Everyone thinks this union talk is about paying players. Ultimately it may come to that. But Colter is quick to note the stated goals of CAPA are guarantees of lifetime medical coverage for injuries sustained in college, minimizing college athletes brain trauma risks and raising the amount of money that athletic scholarships provide.
At the bargaining table, CAPA will fight for schools to pay the full cost of attendance. Its a little known fact that the current NCAA-mandated full ride comes up a few thousand dollars short at most schools, sticking the kids and their parents with the bill.
A scholarship covering 100 percent of expenses would be one way to get around actually paying athletes, which, face it, would open several cans of worms: Does the third-string running back make as much as the starting quarterback? Do you pay athletes in non-revenue sports at all? Will some sports be dropped if universities are forced to pay every athlete?
Heres my favorite question for which there might not be an answer for: If teams unionize, isnt the NCAA obligated to kick those teams out since it governs sports for student-athletes, not employees?
So many questions. So few answers. Derek Jeters love life is less complicated.
I dont have an MBA from Harvard, and Im out of my league talking about anti-trust laws, collective bargaining and potential work stoppages, but let me offer one suggestion.
How about actually enforcing the NCAA rule calling for no more than 20 hours a week involvement in athletically-related activities?
If coaches want to work 20 hours a day and sleep in their office, maybe that helps them feel like theyre actually earning their $4 or $5 million salaries. But the student-athletes should have the option to be students and work a part-time job for spending money.
In his ruling, NLRB regional director Peter Sung Ohr cited overwhelming evidence that Northwestrn football players were working more than 40 hours a week and more than people considered university employees.
The ruling quoted Colter, who said he was discouraged from taking a required chemistry class because it conflicted with morning practice. He eventually changed majors.
Restrictions on when athletes could take classes continued in the spring, the supposed off season, with scholarship players being told by their coaches and academic/athletic advisers that they could not take any classes that started before 11 a.m. as they would conflict with practice, the ruling stated.
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