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Vancouver Island University, with roots going back to 1936, is a public, degree-granting institution that offers university and college programs. VIU currently has a student population in excess of 18,000 full-and part-time learners, including 1,100 international students from more than 40 countries, and over 1,000 aboriginal students.
VIU's Faculty of Management offers undergraduate and graduate business and tourism programs that provide an enriched learning experience and prepare graduates to be leaders in a world where demands are constantly changing and expectations rising. Our programs appeal to recent graduates and those individuals who require higher education for career advancement or specialized training to broaden their educational background.
The School of Business offers various undergraduate diplomas and the Bachelor of Business Administration degree at the undergraduate level. At the graduate level, we offer the Post-Degree Diploma in Business Studies (PDDB) and the Master of Business Administration (MBA/MScIB) Program. The School of Business is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
VIU has four campuses located in the Central Vancouver Island region. The main campus, which hosts the MBA/MScIB Program, is in the City of Nanaimo. This scenic, 110-acre campus overlooks the coastal mountains of the British Columbia mainland and is about a 5 minute bus ride from downtown Nanaimo. VIU offers a 294-seat theatre, a new library, campus store, research centres, art gallery, and two Japanese gardens.
The new Faculty of Management Centre includes a lounge for graduate business students, lecture theatres, two new computer labs and seminar/break-out rooms for group activities. All rooms are technologically enhanced in order to simulate a creative business environment and the building has wireless access throughout.
VIU's main library in Nanaimo offers over 230,000 books/journals, online resources, viewing rooms and multimedia computer stations. Much of the campus has wireless capability.
In addition to the natural beauty of the region, which lends itself to many outdoor activities, VIU has a 20,000-square-foot gymnasium that features a fitness and weight room and multipurpose room. A four hundred-room Student Residence Village is also available on campus.
Facilities within a five minute walking distance include an indoor aquatic centre with an Olympic-sized swimming pool, wave pool and water slides; dual indoor ice rinks for skating and ice hockey; a 400 metre track, soccer and baseball fields; and an outdoor basketball and sand volleyball court (located in the Student Residence Village).


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DeathSwap is a PvP minigame that pits you against an opponent in survival Minecraft. After random intervals, you and your opponent will swap positions. Whoever dies first loses.
- Fully automatic DeathSwap games
- Multiple games at once
- Customizable time between swaps
- Lobby based or play with friends
- Automatically creates game when 2 people join lobby
- Random spawn location for each player
- Make a join sign (pic)
|/ds join
|Join the lobby!
|/ds leave
|Leave the lobby/game!
|/ds set <lobby/end>
|Set lobby and end spawn!
|/ds duel <player>
|Play with a friend!
|Admin permission node:
|Allow breaking of blocks in lobby
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1. Set lobby and end spawn locations with /ds set <lobby/end>
2. Each player use /ds join the game or /ds duel <player> to play with a friend
3. Each player is teleported to a random location
4. On a customizable interval between 20 and 120 seconds, the player swaps locations
5. There is a 5 second protection period after each swap
6. Each player attempts to set up a trap so when the other player swaps they die
7. Whoever dies first loses!
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orange_ghast Aug 03, 2014 at 04:13 UTC - 0 likes
How do you have multiple games at once in different worlds? I am using multiverse
Dankrushen Apr 23, 2014 at 21:42 UTC - 0 likes
What do you mean, "download these worlds"? There are no worlds here to download, if you want one, you'd have to download it, and if you need a step by step tutorial, just search it on google and maybe watch a video or something, and by the way, the thing that you are on a mac, changes nothing except for where your mc folder is located.
Jhpirate555 Feb 05, 2014 at 01:30 UTC - 0 likes
Hey i am having this problem every time players dies and then respawn in a different world with multiverse
[17:36:05 WARN]: [DeathSwap] Task #2268 for DeathSwap v1.6 generated an exception java.lang.NullPointerException at com.hawkfalcon.deathswap.utilities.Utility.restorePlayer(Utility.java:125) [?:?] at com.hawkfalcon.deathswap.DSListener$1.run(DSListener.java:112) [?:?] at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_7_R1.scheduler.CraftTask.run(CraftTask.java:53) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-14-g15b04d8-b2991jnks] at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_7_R1.scheduler.CraftScheduler.mainThreadHeartbeat(CraftScheduler.java:345) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-14-g15b04d8-b2991jnks] at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.u(MinecraftServer.java:587) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-14-g15b04d8-b2991jnks] at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.DedicatedServer.u(DedicatedServer.java:250) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-14-g15b04d8-b2991jnks] at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.t(MinecraftServer.java:545) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-14-g15b04d8-b2991jnks] at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:457) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-14-g15b04d8-b2991jnks] at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:617) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.2-14-g15b04d8-b2991jnks
nrallstars Feb 01, 2014 at 16:36 UTC - 0 likes
I was wondering if it'd be possible to add multi-lobby support, so I could use a multi-verse and put each game on a different world. I was also wondering if you could make the protection period editable in the config, because I really don't like it. This is a great plugin though, thanks!
BensDaMan Jan 27, 2014 at 14:08 UTC - 0 likes
Source? Nice plugin btw, just tested it with a mate
hlus99 Jan 26, 2014 at 08:31 UTC - 0 likes
how do you download it? like i have a mac and im sorta a noob, so can someone give me a play by play, a step by step tutorial for me of how to download these worlds?
Swyzen Jan 24, 2014 at 22:39 UTC - 0 likes
Looks sweet!
ksbdude Jan 22, 2014 at 03:56 UTC - 0 likes
When will this be updated??
DahDuff Jan 21, 2014 at 14:48 UTC - 0 likes
@hawkfalcon: Go
You should also put an option for multiple players in each game..when the teleportation commends they will cycle positions .
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A woman was killed in Haverhill on Monday.
The fire broke out at about 12:45 p.m. in a home on Brickett Hill Circle, according to Haverhill fire officials.
The victim was found on the third floor. Her name has not been released.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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A technology plan conceived in 2006 is blossoming at West St. John High School this year.
Students are making multimedia shows, studying math on laptop computers, learning Spanish through computer conferences and using technology for project-based learning about the wetlands and government.
"It's so exciting, " Principal Erica Merrick said Tuesday. "The kids are expanding their creativity and they're learning so much about technology."
The school has been adding technology since early 2007, following a decision by the St. John the Baptist Parish School Board to dedicate up to $1 million of an $18 million bond issue to upgrading technology at the district's two west bank schools.
It was a fight, recalled west bank School Board member Russell Jack, but citizens' groups and retired educators in the community weighed in and with Jack won the board's approval.
Since then the school has augmented local money with state grants.
Among the new programs at the small rural school of about 120 students is a multimedia production class for juniors and seniors. A group of nine students was at work this week creating a mock school news program, one they will premier for real during homeroom after the Labor Day holiday.
The 15-minute show will be aired weekly on the Internet, and cover topics including the ACT, the day's lunch, weather and sports, senior Damone Lewis said.
Student editor Blandy Young, a junior, replaced a green backdrop behind the class's two news anchors with a satellite view of the atmosphere using the computer, an appropriate setting for their weather report.
Students already have learned to import videos, edit sound, shoot video, write scripts, create story boards, direct and perform on camera. Now, they are using a software program, iMovie, but in the spring will use a more professional program called Final Cut Pro, West St. John instructional technology master teacher Shayla Guidry said.
Other projects for the class will include public service announcements, audio podcasts and a movie, Guidry said.
"The biggest thing I've seen in this class is students collaborating, and then you see the true leaders" emerge, Guidry said. "It's starting very well."
Teachers are gearing up for another class, digital media, to be offered in the spring, Merrick said. It wasn't offered this fall because not all the materials have arrived, and the school wanted to train more teachers, she said.
Students will use Adobe software to edit photographs, create graphic designs and use a variety of technology, Guidry said. "We're trying to have at least two teacher workshops a month, " she said.
Social studies teacher Jim Kline already has dived into the multimedia potential of the school's new equipment, strategically placed in the school library in new, circular work stations in the middle of the room.
Kline's eighth-graders are creating projects about wetlands. They're making a podcast, videos for the Internet site YouTube and PowerPoint presentations about the problem of wetland loss and solutions, Kline said.
He's already looking forward to the next unit on government, and devising projects the students can undertake about the St. John Parish Council. The entire social studies department this year is transforming instruction to project-based learning, Kline said. "All my units are projects. Students are doing hands-on learning."
Elsewhere in the school, teachers are combining laptops with lectures to teach math. Core-subject classrooms have whiteboards and students will learn Spanish using RosettaStone software. Teachers will learn to use software through a computer conference in a few days.
West St. John's students are "21st century learners. We are embracing that, " Guidry said.
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WHITEHALL -- The American Legion Post No. 69, 803 E. Colby, Whitehall is hosting a benefit breakfast to raise money for the Muskegon County Department of Veterans Affairs Food Pantry for holiday food baskets for local veterans.
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What she doesn't picture is rising sea levels, smog-choked city skylines and an ozone layer so thin she needs SPF-300 to go to the beach.
So park your car and take a walk through Fairhope's Windmill Market, where you can shop and eat while keeping your carbon emissions to a minimum.
The eco-friendly, brightly-colored open air market boasts up to 45 vendors, who sell everything from locally-combed honey to handcrafted carvings and goat-milk soap.
For fresh produce, stick to the outside aisles, where you'll find local farmers tantalizing your tastebuds and flowers freshly cut from gardens. Inside, buy cheese straws, candied nuts or Ravenite Pizzaria's bottled buffalo sauce.
When the packaged products make your mouth water, step over to the market's south side to Moe's Original BBQ, which promises to be "so good you'll slap your mama," according to a sign outside the restaurant.
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Think of the market as the place for the perfect fourth or fifth date, for the couple who's comfortable just enjoying each other's company.
And know with each step you take on this date day, you're reducing your carbon footprint — the market is a renovated self-storage facility designed to be a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified building, according to the market's Web site.
Among its green elements are a 35-foot tall windmill that generates much of the building's electricity and a community garden that uses raised beds to capture rain water and feed its plants.
The market is also just a few steps from some of Fairhope's other attractions: Ravenite Pizzeria for a slice, Page and Palette for a good read and McSharry's Irish Pub for a pint.


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Ford India Domestic Sales Up 15 Percent in 2011, Beating Industry Forecast
Mon, Jan 2, 2012
- Ford India sold 96,270 domestic wholesale units in 2011, a 15 percent increase which outpaced the single-digit industry growth forecast
- Ford India delivers its best-ever December sales performance, with 5,979 vehicles sold
- Exports continued to grow at a steady rate with more than 22,000 cars shipped, and the Figo reaching 32 foreign shores in 2011
- After reaching many significant milestones during the last 12 months, Ford India looks forward to a new phase of growth in 2012
Ford India capped a successful year in which the Figo became the country's most awarded car ever to deliver 15 percent full-year sales growth, topping the single-digit industry growth.
From January to December 2011, the company sold 96,270 domestic wholesale units, providing further evidence that Ford's fuel-efficient and best-in-class vehicles continue to attract large numbers of new-to-Ford customers despite difficult industry and economic conditions.
Ford India also posted its best-ever December sales, with 5,979 vehicles sold, a sharp jump from 4,301 in the same month of 2010.
"It's incredibly gratifying to see that our domestic sales have grown at such a steady pace, particularly given the challenging market environment. Overall, 2011 was a strong and positive year where we crossed many milestones," said Ford India President and Managing Director Michael Boneham.
He said that India also became an increasingly important exporter of Ford vehicles last year, with shipments reaching 22,521 vehicles, almost three times the number exported in 2010. From January to December, Ford's combined sales including domestic wholesale and exports are up 29 percent compared to the same period in 2010.
During 2011, Ford India expanded its export footprint for the popular Figo to 32 countries, with Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast added in December. With Chennai fast emerging as a hub for manufacturing small cars and low displacement powertrains for Ford, the Chennai-built cars and engines have reached several new foreign shores in 2011.
"With work commencing on our second plant in Sanand, expansion of the powertrain facility in Chennai, the launch of the All-New global Fiesta, and Figo's growing popularity in 2011 gave us many proud moments to cherish," said Boneham.
He said Ford India is eagerly looking forward to an exciting 2012, beginning with the Delhi Auto Show, where customers will discover new class-leading Ford products and technologies. Ford India will use the 7-11 January show to preview the second of eight new vehicles that Ford plans to bring to India by mid-decade.
"In 2012, starting with a global vehicle debut at the Delhi Auto Show, we will continue working hard to offer our customers exceptional service, and more fuel-efficient, stylish, affordable vehicles with advanced technologies that they expect from Ford. We look forward to another banner year."


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Documents show Kitsap prosecutor reviewed union's claims of misdeeds by Police Chief Fehlman, says no laws were broken
The city of Bainbridge Island asked the Kitsap County Prosecutor's Office to review charges of unlawful conduct by Bainbridge Island Police Chief Jon Fehlman that were raised by members of the city's police union, according to documents released Tuesday by the city.
In a confidential memo sent to the city on Aug. 9, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Russell Hauge said no laws had been broken and said his office would not attempt to prosecute Fehlman.
Officials of the Bainbridge Island Police Guild had claimed that Fehlman had broken state laws following the union's vote of "no confidence" in the chief in June.
Before Tuesday, city officials had never acknowledged that county law enforcement officials were reviewing the guild's accusations.
The prosecutor's office looked into five allegations of wrongdoing that were raised by the Bainbridge Island Police Guild.
The police union claimed Fehlman had failed to report two collisions that involved police vehicles; that Fehlman had obtained confidential license plates for his police vehicle and used the vehicle for personal use; that Fehlman had given police files to the city manager or had files turned over the the city manager; that Fehlman had not accounted for advance travel funds he had been given to attend a conference in 2009; and that Fehlman had lied under oath during the Ostling civil lawsuit against the city.
In his memo, Hauge said it was not a crime for failing to report an accident, and law enforcement officers who do not make a report of a traffic accident have not committed a criminal offense.
Hauge also said it was not a crime to use confidential license plates on a vehicle that is used for official business but is also used for personal use.
The deputy prosecutor also noted there was no evidence that Fehlman had provided police files to the city manager, but also raised the question that "the city manager, as the direct supervisor of the chief of the police, may, as a matter of law or policy, have access to police department files."
Hauge also said the failure to follow proper accounting procedures on the use of advance travel funds was not against the law.
Evidence was also lacking on the allegation, he said.
"It is unknown if the amount paid to Chief Fehlman for advance travel was utilized or if there were, in fact, excess funds from the conference," Hauge said in the memo.
Hauge also cited "insufficient evidence" to purse a criminal charge that Fehlman made false statements during a sworn deposition in the Ostling civil rights case.
The Ostling family sued the city of Bainbridge Island, and the lawsuit also named Fehlman as a defendant, following the police shooting of Douglas Ostling in October 2010. A Bainbridge police officer shot Ostling during a 911 call to the family home, and the family won a $1 million judgement against the city earlier this year for its failure to properly train officers to handle incidents involving the mentally ill.
The union had alleged that Fehlman had said an officer had been given an oral reprimand after the shooting, which the guild said never happened.
Hauge noted that the lieutenant who was disciplined said that Fehlman had expressed displeasure with the lieutenant's part in the Ostling case.
"A reasonable person could find that this conversation constituted an 'oral reprimand' as stated by Chief Fehlman," Hauge wrote. "It is highly unlikely that a criminal jury would find the statement to be false beyond a reasonable doubt."
Officials of the Bainbridge Island Police Guild had claimed that Fehlman had broken state laws following the union's vote of "no confidence" in the chief in June.
Before Tuesday, city officials had never acknowledged that county law enforcement officials were reviewing the guild's accusations.
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1 - DEANAALLEN'S KITTEN should relish extra distance like all offspring of Kitten's Joy do. SAMITAR has huge class edge. RUTHENIA also should like more ground.
2 - COURTESAN will go better on grass than in slop. STREETHOMEALABAMA will try to steal this but may have to duel WALK OF STARS for lead. All three picks are offspring of strong turf sire Street Sense.
3 - HAMNET ships down from Woodbine and into Chad Brown's stable (28% winners) after being forced to check in debut. IRON WORKS gets Lasix after going wide. FRAME broke poorly and went five wide in first start, but has been bred for lawn.
4 - ALCOMATCH edges up off claim by Linda Rice, whose barn has become hot on lawn. SAINT PETE drops off claim as beaten 3-2 favorite. Has been in the exacta in 6-of-8 turf sprints. WAR HITCH attracted smart money in back-to-back dirt races at Finger Lakes; back on grass where his pedigree says he belongs. Price play.
5 - MY SPARKY gets right setup to storm off pace duel between POW WOW WOW and CURRENCY UNION.
6 - MELODY LIN needs fast pace like she got when she won from 14 lengths back. Gets it from pacesetter SATURDAY NTHE PARK. LA STRADA didn't like it when race came off turf. Back on the green.
7 - SPANISH GOLD should add to Pletcher's well-prepped string of first-time starting winners at the Spa. Bred-for-speed RECEPTA and JULIA TUTWILER must avoid also eligibles. PERFECT LA COMETE has put together solid string of Saratoga works for debut and meet closes tomorrow.
8 - DONE SMOKING was just short when stretched out on grass. SCAT AWAY has been drilling on schedule for debut for Linda Rice CELESTA adds shades.
9 - JOHA showed the speed in past two starts that he used to win a Grade 1 race last year. Ready to turn the stables on NOTACATBUTALLAMA, who has won three in a row. FRONT must overcome outside slot.
10 - SWEET WHISKEY (BEST BET) toyed with field as the 2-5 favorite and then unleashed a best-of-50 workout for this. DESIGNER LEGS has won three straight after being moved up in last on a DQ. BAHNAH is unbeaten in two races, but will have to go faster to beat top choice.
11 - TRUTH IS has the pedigree to stretch out off debut, sprint victory. FAST FALCON drops from graded stakes. BRAHAM disliked turf. Faced graded stakes foes in prior four races. Takes big drop. Suspicious.
12 - Just throw out last for 4-5 favorite MALIBU QUEEN who broke through the gate in first try at this low price. DARNLEY BAY closed well for second in first race in 13 months. CEBU suddenly discovered late kick with blinkers


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Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest CEO Chris Charbonneau Receives National Ruth Green Award
SEATTLE - On Thursday, March 18, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) presented the Ruth Green Award to Christine R. Charbonneau, President/CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest (PPGNW). The award is given to a Planned Parenthood affiliate chief executive chosen by her or his peers for outstanding leadership with board volunteers in planning, public affairs, and fundraising. It is one of the highest honors given to Planned Parenthood Affiliate CEOs for their work in carrying out the mission of Planned Parenthood. The award was presented at PPFA's National Conference Gala held in metropolitan Washington, DC, and celebrated by over 1,000 Planned Parenthood leaders who work every day to improve the health and lives of women across the nation.
"Chris Charbonneau is a true visionary among health care providers," said PPFA President Cecile Richards. "Whether she is leading a merger or creating a business model to ensure low-cost contraceptives for hundreds of thousands American women, Chris has an uncanny ability to innovate and create stability for her organization at the same time. Chris's leadership has been instrumental in putting Planned Parenthood in a better position to deliver more health care to more people in more places."
The Ruth Green Award was established in 1981 to honor a remarkable and talented CEO who has served Planned Parenthood as a volunteer, an executive director and as an ambassador-at-large for the mission of Planned Parenthood. "Chris Charbonneau is richly deserving of this award and the recognition for a career, and a life, that is committed to the mission of Planned Parenthood," said Han Nachtrieb, PPGNW Board Chair. "Through her vision, PPGNW is launching a project to serve patients online, implementing electronic medical records, and broadening access to contraception for low income women."
"Many of the successes mentioned are the cumulative efforts of many, if not thousands of people, all working to the same end. This award honors my 500 employees, and nearly 1000 volunteers who actually do all of the work that we dream up for them to do!" said Charbonneau. "I could not ask for a better team on the ground. As well, our PPGNW Board members are the most astute, risk-taking, nimble people and I am incredibly grateful for their partnership. For the millions of women we all see, the people in the clinics or the classrooms or on the phone ARE Planned Parenthood, not the CEO of an affiliate."
Chris Charbonneau has been a CEO for Planned Parenthood affiliates for twenty-three years. She began as a volunteer in Seattle in 1982 as a sexuality educator and public policy volunteer. Chris started PP of Greater Arkansas in 1986. She left Arkansas in 1988 and returned to PP of Seattle-King County as COO, directing its 12 health centers.
In 1993 she became the CEO of PP of Seattle-King County leading the affiliate from a three million to a $17 million organization. In 1996, Chris led a three affiliate merger that created PP of Western Washington (PPWW). In 2008, Chris lead another three affiliate merger combining PP of Alaska, PP of Idaho, and PP of Western Washington to form PP of the Great Northwest (PPGNW). Charbonneau is currently the CEO of PPGNW, with 28 health centers in Alaska, Idaho, and western Washington, providing medical services and sexuality education for thousands of women, men, and teenagers each year.
Over the years, Chris has worked on six statewide referenda on a woman's right to choose in two different states, and helped to win five of those. This summer, she expects that PPGNW will defeat a similar initiative in Alaska.
Charbonneau's commitment to her mission and her staff includes supporting community educators who carry the message of family planning, and community organizers who educate the public and legislatures of Washington, Idaho and Alaska, about issues important to Planned Parenthood's mission. Currently, in Washington State, PPGNW's on-the-ground political force is the second largest, only smaller than Service Employees International Union's. PPGNW's next challenges include expanding its laboratory services to help more Planned Parenthood affiliates offer affordable services, and the adoption of telemedicine technologies, so that the agency can serve people in the most remote places that PPGNW covers.
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CRYSTAL FALLS - Forest Park is a win away from playing for a state volleyball title, but Thursday's semifinal match against Battle Creek St. Phillip might as well be for the crown.
In going up against St. Phillip Thursday, the Lady Trojans are facing a team that has won the Class D state championship seven straight seasons and a state-record 18 times overall. In fact, since the MHSAA state volleyball tournament began in 1976, St. Phillip has advanced to the Final Four in all but four seasons.
"They are a very well-rounded team," Forest Park coach Kim Bjork said. "They are a powerhouse.'
St. Phillip is led by outside hitter Sierra Hubbard-Neil, who was second in the Miss Volleyball Award voting Monday. She is committed to continue playing volleyball at Western Michigan.
Hubbard-Neil is the team's only returning starter from last year. She has played on the past three state title teams.
"We've been there as a school, but outside of Sierra, these girls haven't been on the court in this situation," St. Philip coach Vicky Groat told the Battle Creek Enquirer earlier this week. "Sierra is the one everyone knows, and everyone else has put in their time, and it's their time to prove they are just as good as the girls in the past. I think they want to prove to themselves and everyone else out there... after we lost those girls from last year. They are a loose group. A really enjoyable group of girls."
"It's going to be tough match, no doubt about it," Bjork said. "But we are up for the challenge. We are going to need to play our best match of the season."
The Trojans have been here before. Thursday's semifinal is a rematch of a semifinal played in 2011. St. Phillip pinned the only loss of the season on Forest Park in that match, 25-22, 25-12, 25-14.
"We do have the right girls that could step up and challenge Battle Creek," Bjork said. "Our serving needs to be sharp and our passers need to be digging out every hit possible. We need to have smart net play and our blockers need to be on the block.
"Everything needs to be clicking for us, and these girls have been stepping up their level of play every match."
Forest Park's season ended in the quarterfinals against Onaway last year, so the Trojans didn't get a chance for the St. Phillip rematch.
"We are pretty pumped up!" Bjork said. "We are going to do our best to make the U.P. proud."
The MHSAA plans to provide broadcast coverage of the games on the MHSAA.TV and MHSAANetwork.com Websites.
There will be live streaming video of all of the games on a subscription basis on MHSAA.TV. Fans can watch four matches in a single day by purchasing a Day Pass for $9.95. Fans can also purchase a Month Pass for $14.95, which will grants access to all three days of the Finals, and the MHSAA L.P. Girls Swimming & Diving Finals on Saturday.
The games will not be shown on cable television by FOX Sports Detroit or Comcast. They will only be shown on MHSAA.TV.
There will also be a separate live audio stream from the finals at MHSAANetwork.com, which is free.
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The New York Knicks will begin the postseason on Saturday. They just don't know who their opponent will be.
The NBA released its postseason schedule today and whether the Knicks finish with the seventh seed and face the second-seeded Miami Heat or if they land in eighth and play the top-seeded Chicago Bulls, they'll do so on Saturday.
The Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers are currently tied for seventh, but New York owns the tie-breaker, so Doug Collins' squad needs to beat the Pistons in Detroit AND have the Knicks lose to the Bobcats in Charlotte tonight to stay out of the eighth seed.
Considering Collins sat Andre Iguodala, Lou Williams and Thaddeus Young in Wednesday's win over the Milwaukee Bucks, it doesn't seem like Philadelphia is in a rush to play Miami.
Woodson, meanwhile, has said he wants to beat the Bobcats, but will be reducing minutes. Center Tyson Chandler has already said he'll ask for a reduced workload while Carmelo Anthony has floated the idea of not playing at all. The Knicks will be flying to their playoff destination immediately following tonight's game.
Whatever happens tonight in Charlotte, the Knicks will be playing a Bobcats team that is trying to avoid finishing with the lowest winning percentage in NBA history (Or the highest losing percentage, for that glass-half-full crowd). In other words, Charlotte is untalented, but motivated.
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The Christmas season was celebrated by Our Lady of the Lake Altar Society at Benedict's Plantation on Dec. 11. Christmas caroling, delicious food, a money tree and door prizes added to the festivities.
Names to know were Rev. Mark Lomax, pastor, and Rev. Buddy Noel, parochial vicar and club officers Patty Leo, president; Cindi Manint, vice president; Rose Patterson, recording secretary; Jerry Adams, corresponding secretary and Elmida Geauthreaux, treasurer. Lynn Sperry was thanked for chairing the luncheon.
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Last Saturday, I had all of my hair chopped off. All. Of. It.
It reached past my bra strap and now skims my shoulders. (You can see the before and after pictures over at in these small moments.)
I have a love-hate relationship with my ponytail. As much as I wish I didn't rely on it, I need some way to pull my hair back when I'm wrangling my kids all day.
So, once my a-maz-ing stylist, Melissa, gave me my great new cut, I asked for some ideas on how I could style it in a prettier and more stylish way than my ponytail.
She pulled together some easy styles that I can do in just a few minutes. (I also love Melissa's tutorials for curling short hair, doing a fun side braid, and creating beachy waves.)
To learn even more new tips and tricks, be sure to like Melissa's Facebook page, where she shares pictures, videos, and ideas.
Here are the styles she came up with…
Early Morning Hair 1 of 9Melissa bravely sent me this photo, taken just moments after she woke up so that she could best illustrate her before and after hairstyles. (I wish I looked this cute when I woke up!)
Bouffant with Headband 2 of 9Tease the crown and tie hair with a clear rubber band in ponytail. Take another clear ponytail holder and wrap it around to create bun effect.
Fishtail Braid 3 of 9Take hair into two big pigtail sections and fishtail braid.
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French Braid Bangs 4 of 9French braid front section, then use a bobby pin to tuck the ends under.
Bobby Pinned Bangs 5 of 9Pull back your small front section or bangs and loosely pull them back and take two bobby pins and crisscross them to keep the hair down. Its okay if it's messy and not uniform.
Bobby Pinned Bangs–Top View 6 of 9You can see the way the bobby pins are crisscrossed in this view.
Half Up 7 of 9On each side, take a small section and wrap it back, using a bobby pin to secure it towards the back of the head.
Side Ponytail 8 of 9After teasing the top section, bring the hair around to a side and secure with a small clear ponytail holder.
Even More Tutorials 9 of 9Melissa's YouTube channel is loaded with great information.
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Thank you SO much, Melissa!
Don't miss the other posts in this Dump the Mom Frump series:
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YouTube moved swiftly to remove Auvinen's videos and profile page from the site within hours of the murders. While many believe that's a proper and respectful response to the violence, some observers wish YouTube had allowed the videos to stay on the site so users could gain a better understanding of what happened.
"Yes, many people would find those videos disturbing," said Sonja Baumer, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California at Berkeley. But, she cautions, "how is the public going to learn what led him to do this? The public is curious and it should have the right to respond. What are we supposed to do, just forget about it until the next time it happens?"
Baumer's point is that the videos posted to YouTube by Auvinen, who went by the username Sturmgeist89, may offer clues as to why he allegedly gunned down six of his classmates, the school nurse, and its headmistress.
Baumer was studying political participation by young people on YouTube prior to the shootings. While studying groups that were proponents of anti-immigration, she stumbled upon on some radical right-wing YouTube users with loose connections to Auvinen.
Hours before the shooting, authorities say Auvinen posted a video to YouTube that revealed his plans. Some of the other 88 clips he uploaded shed light on what Finnish police called Auvinen's "radical beliefs." A YouTube spokeswoman declined to comment.
In fairness, YouTube is in a no-win situation. Leave the videos up, and the company is accused of insensitivity. Take them down, and it's accused of censorship, regardless of the unpleasant nature of the material.
The world's most popular video-sharing site now finds itself in the middle of a very heated debate over issues of free speech, censorship, and whether the site is responsible for spotting criminals. Noel McNamara, president of the Crime Victims Support Association, was quoted Thursday in The Age, an Australian publication, saying he believes YouTube should filter for criminal or potentially criminal material.
This, according to John Palfrey, executive director of Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, is too much to ask for any community site.
"The squeeze is definitely on YouTube," Palfrey said. "But it's nearly impossible to filter information as it goes online--whether you're filtering for copyright violations or hate speech. The only hope (YouTube) has, once they are notified by technology or human beings, is to take a look at something and then to take it down. I think you can require them to act responsibly after they know something is on the site."
Internet video allows anyone to broadcast to millions, but there isn't any regulatory body to supervise. According to Palfrey, YouTube must judge what is acceptable content, and is therefore thrust into the role of being the site's Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
"TV is now on the Web, and it conveys the same sort of power and impact," Palfrey said. "Yet there is no FCC or someone saying you can't show that. YouTube finds itself in the same position as a government regulator. It must make judgment calls in the same way the FCC draws the line for broadcast media."
According to reports, some of Auvinen's videos espoused violent, white supremacist, and neo-Nazi ideas. Many people are asking why this material was allowed on YouTube. Auvinen owned a previous YouTube account under the username NaturalSelector89, but was booted from the site for violating its user agreement, according to reports. He simply created a new account under the name Sturmgeist89, which means "storm spirit" in German.


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Authorities in northwest Iowa say several people have been arrested in connection with a double stabbing at a baptism party over the weekend.
Storm Lake police say the fight broke out Saturday at the Sunrise Pointe Golf Course club house.
A man was stabbed twice in the face and a woman was stabbed in the arm. They were treated at a hospital and released.
The Sioux City Journal reports 34-year-old Andreas Guillen, of Storm Lake, has been charged with two felony counts of willful injury, a felony charge of assault causing bodily injury and a misdemeanor charge of rioting.
At least three other people have been charged with misdemeanor rioting in connection to the incident. Another woman faces a misdemeanor charge of not following police commands during an investigation.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- For the first time in the Grand Rapids Griffins 14-season history, one of the team's players has been named the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award recipient.
Griffins left wing Chris Minard got the call Friday afternoon before their home game versus Toronto.
Minard, who has struggled for two seasons with a concussion and its aftereffects, missed the first 36 games of this season and returned to action Jan. 15.
"Anytime you're recognized by the league it's always nice," Minard said. "It was kind of a cool feeling when I found out, but I've got to thank all the guys on the team. I couldn't have done it without them or the medical staff and coaches. They helped me out."
Despite playing just 34 games, Minard has scored 21 goals, one coming during Friday night's game versus Toronto.
"Last year when he first signed here he had a heck of a time with this concussion still lingering," Griffins coach Curt Fraser said. "He was up and down and bothered by that injury all last year."
"This year, the same thing happened again. He goes through the first half of the year and can't play, but he worked hard off the ice."
"Then he comes back and look what's he's done for our team. Fantastic. All of us in the locker room, the coaches and players, we couldn't be happier for this guy.
"This is well earned and well deserved. This kid's worked hard to get back where he is."
The award, which is voted on by coaches, players and media members that make up the 30 cities of the league, is given to the hockey player who best exemplifies sportsmanship, determination and dedication.
It was first presented by the AHL in 1978, and honors the late Fred T. Hunt, a long-time contributor to the league who won three Calder Cup championships as a player and three more as a general manager.
For Minard, one of the hardest parts has been accepting the fact that he couldn't just play through it, and he cautions others who go through the same thing.
"Be patient and stay positive and don't come back too soon," he said.
"When you hurt your shoulder or your leg, you play through a little bit of pain, but when it comes to your head it's a serious issue and you just can't mess around with it."
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Foot Traffic will be offering two unique group runs later this week, one from the new downtown store and one from the Lake Oswego location, the first a chance to "reflect" on running safely as the days grow shorter, the second a celebration of estrogen.
Here are all the details from Laura Thomas, the manager of the downtown store:
Foot Traffic is offering a special group run and an extra event this week to help you get those evening runs in! Run or walk with us this Thursday at 6PM at the Downtown store and Friday at 6PM at the Lake Oswego store.
First, our regular Downtown Thursday run will become the NIGHTLIFE Run. This takes place at our new Downtown location (SW. 3rd & Taylor). We're celebrating National Running Safety month with our friends from Brooks. The run will kickoff at 6PM on November 8th, though arrive a little bit early to check-out Brooks gear to test for the run. We will run (or walk) 3, 5, or 7 miles, and all paces are welcome. Plus, we will have prizes and New Belgium beer post-run. Contact Laura (email@example.com) or call 503.525.1243 for more information.
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They converted a pickup to run on vegetable oil; hydrogen's next
Other green efforts at school
Teachers throughout Central New York have been helping their students learn about cars and trucks, and different energy sources.
Cato-Meridian has had a long history of success with its solar-powered car. In early October, Cato-Meridian High School tied for first place with Auburn High School at the Central New York Electrathon Challenge at the Oswego Speedway. Cicero-North Syracuse, Cazenovia and Baldwinsville also battled to see which student-built electric car could drive the most laps in an hour at the competition.
Students at Cicero-North Syracuse High School and Solvay Middle School are converting diesel cars and trucks to run on vegetable oil.
And in the spring, an advanced auto class at C-NS will make a regular gas car run on hydrogen fuel. Engineering classes in the technology department at C-NS also plan to construct a fuel cell car later this school year.
His license plate, "VEGGYCAR," says it all.
Hawkins converted his diesel car to run on vegetable oil two years ago. He now drives 3,500 miles -- or about four months -- before having to stop at the gas station to fill up. Hawkins figures he spends $200 a year on fuel, but saves an estimated $3,000 every year by using free vegetable oil from Jake Hafner's Restaurant & Tavern to power his car.
For the last seven years, Hawkins has not only been teaching high students about cars and trucks, but also ways to keep the environment clean.
"We really push the alternate fuels and green thinking," he said.
In mid-October, Hawkins showed his auto students how vegetable oil -- or waste oil used to deep-fry foods -- can power a diesel-fuel pickup truck. The students put an alternate tank filled with 20 gallons of vegetable oil into the back of the truck and ran additional fuel lines under the vehicle. They also installed a switch on the dashboard, which gives the driver the option of running the "veggie" truck on diesel fuel or vegetable oil.
"The veggie car is amazing because you don't have to spend so much on the gas because that's a major problem with people today. You're spending what, $40 every time you fill up, maybe more. This is practically free," said Meghan Ryan, 16, a senior at C-NS. "I would (convert to a veggie car) if I had the resources to do it, but I'm going to college so I won't be able to come here to get the filtered oil."
Hawkins built a pumping station, where he shows students how to filter waste oil through special bags.
"Every once in a while we'll have a French fry stuck in there," Hawkins said. "I pump it into these jugs and filter it. We use it just like a gas pump."
Anthony Cirillo, 17, a senior at C-NS from Clay, helped convert a veggie car in Hawkins' auto class last year. He's now planning to take an advanced auto class in the spring, where he'll learn to convert a regular gas car to run on hydrogen.
"I had no clue you could run any type of car off (vegetable) oil," Cirillo said. "It never would have crossed my mind. After doing this, it really has erupted. I was actually looking into buying a diesel myself. Not for driving, but to convert it and sell it for someone else to use.
Hawkins said saving money is nice, but it's not the only reason why it's important to consider alternate fuel sources.
"As these students, who are soon going to be adults, get onto the real world they're going to have to learn you have to recycle and the ozone is being depleted and our sources of fuel are becoming very depleted," Hawkins said.
"I am trying to teach them there are alternate sources of fuel and energy-saving type methods," he said. "It's the world I live in and my children are going to live in."
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Lade was instrumental in holding Villanova and Albany to single-digit goal totals. He averaged 4.5 ground balls and 2.0 caused turnovers in the two victories. Against Villanova he picked up four ground balls and forced a turnover. He also marked the Wildcats' leading scorer, Kevin Cunningham, and held him without a point. Against Albany, Lade collected a season-best five ground balls and tied his personal best with three caused turnovers. His primary assignment was All-America attackman Brian Caufield, who scored one goal. Lade joins Matt Tierney (twice) and Joel White as SU defenders to receive the honor in the seven weeks the conference has been awarding it.
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Realizing the Paris Agreement: How can Asia manage the transition to a low-carbon economy?
By Venkatachalam Anbumozhi. Posted December 24, 2015
As the world celebrates the Paris agreement, after 20 years of fraught meetings, its significance for the future development pathways of the emerging economies of Asia cannot be underestimated. Critically, it will increase the flow of additional public and private finance for vulnerable countries for both low carbon and climate resilient investments. Low-carbon green growth pathways toward a possible 1.5°C limit and 5-year reviews will be played out through the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). Read more.
Green investment in Asian cities: Lessons from the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, and Japan
By Joni Jupesta. Posted January 20, 2015
The concept of "green growth" has been connected to the "green economy for sustainable development and poverty reduction," which is the first theme of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD). In addition, making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable is becoming one of the 17 sustainable development goals proposed by the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals targeted to replace the United Nations Millennium Development Goals which will expire in 2015. Read more.
Window of opportunity still open on climate action
By Preety Bhandari. Posted November 12, 2014
A set of reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the last of which was released on November 2, 2014, sets the scene for governments to renew their efforts on the issue through ambitious commitments for a comprehensive climate agreement in Paris in December 2015. Read more.
Time for an Asian environmental miracle?
By Erik Solheim. Posted July 17, 2014
The world is changing fast as Asia continues to surge ahead. In less than two generations, the Republic of Korea has gone from being one of the poorest countries in the world to one of the richest and a global leader in technology and manufacturing. The People's Republic of China (PRC) is set to become the largest economy in the world in 2014. In Viet Nam, 15-year-olds are performing above OECD average in education. Under the new leadership of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India will aim for the skies. Read more.
The food, water, energy nexus
By Vinod Thomas. Posted May 19, 2014
Striking rates of economic growth notwithstanding, 550 million people remain hungry in the Asia and Pacific region, 65% of the population has no safe piped water, and more than 600 million people live without electricity. Overcoming these problems requires a combined approach in which food, water and energy are treated as a nexus, rather than as separate, standalone issues, which has too often been the case in the past. Read more.
Green cities: Changing the culture of waste
By Amy Leung. Posted May 13, 2014
Asia's drive to urbanize is taking an increasing toll on the environment with growing mountains of solid waste as city dwellers consume and discard resources at an ever increasing rate. If "green" cities are to be the answer to these environmental stresses then they will need to develop much more effective programs to reduce, reuse, recycle and recover waste. Read more.
Urbanization can be good for the environment
By Guanghua Wan. Posted December 18, 2012
Urbanization degrades the environment, according to conventional wisdom. This view has led many developing countries to limit rural—urban migration and curb urban expansion. But this view is incorrect. There are a number of reasons urbanization can be good for the environment, if managed properly. First, urbanization brings higher productivity because of its positive externalities and economies of scale. Asian urban productivity is more than 5.5 times that of rural areas. The same output can be produced using fewer resources with urban agglomeration than without. In this sense, urbanization reduces the ecological footprint. The service sector requires urbanization because it needs a concentration of clients. Read more.
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1. Pivotal hearing: After the rush to get it done in time to salvage the 2011-12 season, the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement has at least one portion that isn't crystal clear.
There's a dispute between the National Basketball Players Association and the league about the Bird rights of waived players, an issue that could affect several teams, including the Trail Blazers. ESPN reports that the case will go before a arbitrator in mid-June.
The CBA allows teams to exceed the salary cap to re-sign their own players, a provision commonly called the Bird exception. Teams that obtain a player through a trade inherit that player's Bird rights.
What's unclear in the CBA is if those rights also transfer when a player is claimed after being waived by a team. The union says they should, but the league says the clock on Bird rights should reset when a player is waived. A team gets a player's Bird rights after three years under contract, and there's also a two-year "early Bird" exception.
For the Blazers, the ruling will affect what they can do with forward J.J. Hickson, whom they claimed after Sacramento waived him. Hickson will become a restricted free agent once Portland signs a qualifying offer on him.
Next month's hearing will clear up if Portland will get his Bird rights. It remains unclear if the Blazers will keep Hickson, but having his Bird rights gives the Blazers flexibility in how much they can pay him if they do decide to try to hold onto him.
In 19 games with the Blazers, Hickson averaged 15.1 points and 8.3 rebounds, including 18.5 points and 10.7 rebounds in 10 starts. In his short time in Portland, Hickson made such a strong impression that he scored 94.4 percent "stay" in Sean Meagher's "You be the GM" feature on Oregonlive.com.
The Blazers have higher priorities before Hickson, though, starting with retaining Nicolas Batum and filling their needs at point guard and center. If they burn their available cap space -- which will be in the $14 million to $24 million range -- a Bird exception would be very valuable if they do decide they want Hickson long-term.
The ruling will affect other teams, too, especially the Knicks, who picked up both Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak off waivers. New York has no cap space to re-sign them with and needs all the exceptions they can get.
The Bird expection was named after Larry Bird, who is believed to be the first player signed that put his team over the salary cap after it was first established in 1983. And speaking of Larry Bird ...
2. That's B-I-R-D: Bird, now the Pacers' president, isn't one to run off at the mouth, so his brief statement to the Indianapolis Star's Mike Wells after Indiana's embarrassing 115-83 Game 5 loss to Miami carried huge weight. Bird, in a late-night phone conversation with Wells, said:
"I can't believe my team went soft. S-O-F-T. I'm disappointed. I never thought it would happen."Asked to elobarate, Bird said, "That's all I have to say." And really, what else did he have to say?
The Star's Bob Kravitz equated Bird's words to another piece a sports psychology Bird used during the 1984 Finals, when he called the Celtics "sissies." In the next game, Kevin McHale clotheslined the Lakers' Kurt Rambis, which set the tone that turned the series in Boston's favor.
On Wednesday, the Pacers responded to Bird's words the way you'd want them to, with Danny Granger saying, "I agree with his assessment. We did play soft. We got smacked around. We got beat up, we got bullied, and we really didn't respond well."
And the opportunity is certainly there for Indiana to do something about it. Miami will be without forward Udonis Haslem, who was suspended by the league for his flagrant-2 foul on Tyler Hansbrough, leaving the Heat even more short-handed that they were with Chris Bosh out for the series.
Coach Erik Spoelstra complained about the Pacers taking hard fouls on his star players, Wade and LeBron James. "The league does not have a problem with hard fouls on our two main guys," Spoelstra said, surely lightning his wallet with a coming fine for criticizing officiating.
The target of the Heat's frustration is Hansbrough, whose hard foul that cut Wade's face was upgraded to a flagrant-2 Wednesday, but who was not suspended. The Heat contend that Hansbrough has been acting as a goon against them not only during the series, but in all nine games the teams have played this season.
"I mean, Hansbrough, it's not the first time he's gone after one of our players this year," James said. "We have two guys suspended and basically they have no one suspended."
At North Carolina, Hansbrough got his nickname "Pscyho T" because of his extremely high work ethic, but it's pretty good hockey goon nickname.
4. Shaqtin a ... something: Well, here's another general manager candidate the Blazers have whiffed on. Less than week after the Magic's GM job came open, there's already talk that they could snatch up the much-prized Shaquille O'Neal and leave the Blazers grasping for ...
Wait ... did that really say Shaquille O'Neal?
Apparently it's true -- according to ESPN, O'Neal will interview with the Magic for the GM job that was vacated by Otis Smith. Really ... seriously ... not a joke ...
You can imagine the conversation if Shaq gets the gig: Listen, Dwight, as a dominant big man you should be averaging 35 points and 17 rebounds a game. Then in the playoffs, those need to go up to 48 points and 92 rebounds per game.
ESPN's Marc Stein follows the original report with an analysis in which he guesses O'Neal lobbied hard behind the scenes to be interviewed, and the Magic decided to give him one as a courtesy.
Stein also points out that the Shaq talk obscured one juicy part of the original TV report of his colleague, Chris Broussard, who noted that Orlando's top-tier wish list has Doc Rivers returning to the franchise as either coach, GM or both. See, now there's one Doc -- as opposed to Dr. O'Neal -- you would love the Blazers to get their hands on.
5. As the Kings turn: Apparently there is no high road in the Sacramento vs. Kings situation, which continues to produce soap-opera-worthy plot twists.
This morning the Sacramento Bee's Tony Bizjak reported that restaurant owner Patrick Mulvaney got a shock when the Kings canceled a banquet at his establishment. This was done because team officials had seen his signature on a letter to the NBA calling for the Maloof family to sell the Kings.
Mulvaney, though, tells the Bee he never signed the letter and did not give permission for his name to be attached to it. Greg Hayes, a member of Mayor Kevin Johnson's arena task force, had put the letter together hastily and admitted to the Bee that some of the 21 signatures on it were not signed by the people who were named.
Hayes said five of the names were signed by proxy, but the Bee found the number to be seven, and that five of the people whose names were used did not give permission to have their signatures forged onto the document.
The Maloofs had hired a private investigator to check into the forgeries, which sounded crazy and paranoid at the time, but seems prudent now. The mayor's people sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice asking to check if the Maloofs were guilty of harassment and intimidation for hiring the P.I., which seemed prudent at the time, but now seems downright vindictive.
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Annadale family lives with autism
"Everyone needs a piece of me," Mrs. D'Amora said. "But Nick needs the most."
The D'Amoras are one of the thousands of families affected by autism on Staten Island who depend on services funded through Medicaid and other programs to make life a little easier — and Nick is one of the many people with autism here who depend on those services to make his life brighter.
But as more and more children here and nationwide are diagnosed, wait lists for these services are only growing — and funding for programs like Medicaid are continually under threat of cuts or administrative changes.
Nationwide, one in 110 children have autism, according to Centers for Disease Control estimates. The city Health Department does not track the amount of people living with autism spectrum disorders in New York City, but based on the amount of births each year in the borough and the CDC figures, they estimate that as many as 1,100 people on Staten Island from ages 0 to 21 have an autism spectrum disorder.
Unlike many autistic adolescents here, Nick has the services he needs now — but when he ages out of them at 21, Mrs. D'Amora fears there will be no resources for him and the huge population of autistic children who will soon be autistic adults.
"The services are a lifeline to him," Mrs. D'Amora said. "They afford a family some respite in their life from a disability that does not take a vacation."
Mrs. D'Amora has her master's degree in special education, but even for her, it's hard to balance caring for Nick — a happy, dark-haired young man — with paying enough attention to her other two children, Christian, 8, and Natalie, 7, and nurturing a marriage.
When a respite program worker visits her home, Mrs. D'Amora has a chance to make dinner. When a community habitation worker is helping Nick practice setting the table or buying something at a nearby deli, she can help Christian and Natalie with homework. When Nick's at a day trip with On Your Mark — a program for which he sat on a waiting list nine years, until this summer — she can spend some time with his siblings, or her husband.
But that isn't why the services matter to her.
"It's about dignity and respect for the person who has the disability," she said.
And that's why she's afraid for the future.
Most people think Medicaid is for the poor, Mrs. D'Amora said. But many states, including New York, offer waivers that provide Medicaid to children with developmental disabilities, like autism, regardless of their parents' income.
Medicaid funds pay for many of the services her family gets, like respite and community habilitation services, and recreation programs. But a change to the state's waiver system, and the perennial threats of cuts to Medicaid funding in Washington have her worried.
A new law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week will force private insurance providers to cover the treatment of autism spectrum disorders — a big help for many families who must pay for therapies or diagnoses out-of-pocket. But the law applies to things like physical, occupational and speech therapies, not programs administered with Medicaid funds like those provided by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities. It doesn't apply to the services Mrs. D'Amora is most worried about — respite and community rehabilitation for families, day or quality residential programs for autistic adults, who often do not have private insurance.
"It does nothing for the lifespan of services that people need and deserve," she said.
And as the population of children diagnosed with autism continues to balloon, wait lists for those programs grow longer and longer for families on Staten Island. Nationally, at least 1 million people with intellectual or developmental disabilities nationwide are on waiting lists for services they may never get, according to The Arc's 2011 Family and Individual Needs for Disability Supports (FINDS) survey.
Nick won't be entitled to the services he gets now once he turns 21. Mrs. D'Amora has already started putting him on wait lists for adult day programs so he will have something to do each day when he is grown.
"Without these services, there's no quality of life," she said. "How would you like to be home with your parents your whole adult life?"
Families are already reporting that the cuts have hit home: According to the FINDS survey, 62 percent of families report services being cut in their communities, and 43 percent said services were cut at their schools. Nearly half of parents and caregivers — 46 percent — said they had more responsibilities than they could handle.
To Mrs. D'Amora, and to many parents like her, the math just doesn't add up: Funding for services for those with autism is in danger of decreasing, while the population increases.
"It's our responsibility to take care of them. You don't cast them aside. The days of Willowbrook are over, and we should never go back to anything like that," she said. "And you should not cut budgets on the backs of those who are less fortunate, the most disabled members of society who cannot take care of themselves."
Mrs. D'Amora is especially worried about how an upcoming change to the New York's administration of Medicaid funds for the developmentally disabled, known as Medicaid Waiver 1115, might affect Nick's current services. According to the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, the waiver would create "specialized managed care models" to provide medical and long-term services for the developmentally disabled.
But Mrs. D'Amora and others are concerned the change will take away the many choices parents have now about where to seek services for their children, undoing 40 years of progress. And few parents have been attending hearings on the change, she said.
Mrs. D'Amora said little concrete information has been provided to parents about the change — but she has been told that different services paid for by Medicaid, from recreation programs to medical costs, will be pooled together and subject to a cap. She recently discovered Nick's medicines cost up to $1,500 a month, when her pharmacy notified her the family had reached its prescriptions cost limit under their private insurance.
"If my son is using $1,500 a month in the medical part, where does this leave room to have benefits for community rehabilitation, respite, recreation?" she asked. "They can't answer me."
The services and technology Nick receives —many of which Mrs. D'Amora has had to fight hard to get, and some of which she seeks out and pays for herself — are vital to his continued progress, Mrs. D'Amora said.
Nick has learned to use a DynaVox — imagine a much clunkier iPad —as his voice. He touches words on the screen of the device's screen, and it says them aloud. Then he repeats the words. Nick loves to eat and cook, and the device is loaded with kitchen phrases and ingredients so he can help make the salad at dinner time.
"We'll say, 'What do we have to do, Nick?'" Mrs. D'Amora said. "He'll make the entire salad."
For a long time, Mrs. D'Amora thought her son was a visual learner. But a trip to Texas, where she and Nick worked with autism education innovator Soma Mukhopadhyay, helped her realize that the reason her son always listened so well to instructions was that he is an auditory learner. They read Nick a story about the history of the Greek marathon, then asked him what 'marathon' meant.
"He spelled out on his device, 'to run for a cause,'" Mrs. D'Amora said. "We were just floored."
Mrs. D'Amora felt like she came home from Texas with a different son. She stopped talking to him in short sentences. He let her know his favorite color is orange, and he's too old to trick or treat this year.
Like any child, Nick ought to be able to have fun, too, Mrs. D'Amora said. Thanks to day trips with On Your Mark, and a teen night at the G.R.A.C.E. Foundation — an organization Mrs. D'Amora helped found — he's made friends. He had his first pool party this summer, and a dozen friends from the teen night came.
"It's so nice for me to be able to tell you my son has friends," she said.
Knowing that her son can have these little bits of normalcy make Mrs. D'Amora rest a little easier. But she still worries about what will happen to him after she and her husband are gone.
"It's no joke when the parents like myself say we need to live forever," she said. "I fear what will happen when I die."
Most days, Mrs. D'Amora and her family roll with the punches, she said. But when she thinks about dying, autism hits her right in the face.
"That can be something that makes you want to not get out of bed in the morning," Billy D'Amora said.
So they work hard to ensure Nick grows into as independent a young man as possible, into someone who is happy and flourishing.
On a recent afternoon, as dinner time neared, Nick opened the refrigerator and looked. Mrs. D'Amora and a community habitation worker asked what he wanted, an Nick gestured to leftover pasta.
Mrs. D'Amora asked him to say what he wanted. He repeated after her, one word at a time: "I want pasta.".
But first, he had to set the table. He made sure to count out five plates, five utensils, and five napkins.


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Hi ilan_s,
Any idea which of Peter Hart's videos you found this technique on?
I'd like very much to see how this works.
That said, if you try the "step over the mast... stay behind the mast foot " technique I described above,
I think you will find that you gain significant ground upwind, and can tack very nicely, even in the lightest
of winds on just about any board that will float you.
Fore and aft balance/trim gets a bit tricky on < 100 liter boards, but if you stay back, and step over the mast, keeping your weight in the wider and more floaty area of the board behind the mast foot, and figure out how far apart to place your feet to maintain fore and aft balance/trim..
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SHELBY COUNTY, Alabama -- Monday night's storm downed a few trees and led to perhaps 200 or more people seeking emergency shelter in Shelby County, but officials say it's not over.
Governments in Shelby County remain concerned over the second round of severe weather that could include tornados this afternoon and tonight.
"Thank goodness there were no reports of damage in Shelby County from last night's storms," Shelby County Emergency Management Supervisor Hubbard Harvey said this morning. "Right now we are watching the weather very, very closely, especially the temperature, to see if the storms are going to redevelop or not."
The National Weather Service is predicting the storms to move into central Alabama this afternoon, reaching the more southerly parts of the region between 2 and 3 p.m., and the Birmingham area sometime after 3 p.m. The agency projects a "high" threat level for tornadoes today.
Shelby County and its cities are continuing to brace for the storm's arrival today. Alabaster's school district is dismissing two hours early, while Shelby County's district and the University of Montevallo are closing at 1 p.m.
Montevallo City Hall is closing at 2 p.m. due to weather concerns, Pelham City Hall is closing at 1 p.m., and other municipalities may close early as well. The Shelby County Courthouse is closing at 3 p.m. today.
Emergency shelters will be open in various communities around Shelby County today. A list of shelters is available at http://al-shelbycounty.civicplus.com/AlertCenter.aspx.
They include:
- West Shelby Community Shelter at 4175 Hwy 22 in Montevallo
- Westover City Community Storm Shelter at 3312 Westover Road in Westover
- Vincent Community Storm Shelter at 5384 Hwy 62 in Vincent
- Columbiana Community Storm Shelter at 107 Mildred Street in Columbiana behind City Hall
- Pelham Police Department headquarters and Pelham fire stations
- Helena City Hall auditorium
"We opened our shelter in the police department building. We had 174 folks come in," Pelham Mayor Gary Waters said today, noting they stayed until about 1 a.m.
"The only thing we heard about was a tree down in the tree tunnel," Waters said about damage in the city related to the storm. "We were very fortunate last night. We're just planning to do it ditto if necessary" tonight.
People came in to the Pelham Police Department building with blankets, sleeping bags and pillows. They watched weather broadcasts on television through the night to learn the latest storm predictions, Waters said.
In Helena, the City Hall auditorium will again open as a shelter today, Mayor Mark Hall said. He said a couple of people came into City Hall on Monday night for shelter, while others sought refuge at the Helena First Baptist Church.
"We just had a couple of trees down, but no damage to any structures. Of course no injuries," Hall said. "We're going to do the same thing today that we did. All the department heads and the police department are on standby for response."