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Guest post by George Maroulakos
Undermanned, and facing a streaking and prolific scoring team from the Midwest, was not the winning formula for Seton Hall as they faced the Creighton Bluejays in their home opener on Saturday at the Prudential Center. In front of a sizable Pirates crowd, including a reported nine NBA scouts, SHU was defeated 79-66 behind senior "walk-on" Doug McDermott who scored 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Overall, the Plank viewed this performance as "expected" under the circumstances. Without both of their Centers, Eugene Teague and Aaron Geramipoor, along with a less than full-strength Fuquan Edwin, the Pirates lacked the offensive punch and defensive consistency to match Creighton's squad for a full 40 minutes. During stretches, the Pirates were able to stay shot for shot with the Bluejays, and at times played physical with "Dougie McBuckets" to temporarily derail the likely NBA 1st round pick . However, there were many possessions where the Pirates seemed overmatched against a fluid offence that ran thru Creighton's star player, as well as on the defensive boards where they relinquished 11 offensive rebounds to a team lacking a true center of their own.
For the Pirates, Sterling Gibbs led all scorers with 17 points, while two other Pirates (Brian Oliver 12 points and Patrik Auda with 10 points) were in double figures, but it wasn't enough to overcome a 12 point halftime deficit and remain undefeated in Big East play.
During the post-game, it was revealed by Coach Kevin Willard that the absence of Eugene Teague may be longer than was initially hoped by Pirates Nation. While not explicit, Willard hinted that it could be multiple weeks until Teague returns. Consequently, the Pirates will need to figure out its offensive approach and defensive schemes with a quick turnaround for another upper-echelon sharpshooting team in the Villanova Wildcats, who will visit the Rock next.
A couple of Additional Observations from a crowded Section 19 at the Prudential Center:
• Coach Kevin Willard picked up his first Technical Foul of 2014 after vigorously objecting to a Traveling violation in the first half that was not called against Doug McDermott, which led to a kick-out 3-point make for the Bluejays. Replays show that it was a marginal miss / close call, but it became the tipping point for a number of calls that had not been going SHU's way over the past few games. Incidentally, the official who assessed the Technical Foul (James Breeding) was the same official who rung up Eastern Washington's head coach (Jim Hayford) in the last SHU game played at the Prudential Center.
• We were pleased to see that the arena was greater than 50% filled in physical capacity, in spite of the holiday break which left the student section baron. Certainly the attraction of seeing a future NBA player on a team who is a new opponent for the Pirates inside Big East competition was a contributor, but the Pirates faithful did come out and support the team. The Plank hopes today's performance does not dissuade attendance for Wednesday's night encounter with a ranked opponent coming in from Philadelphia.
• Doug McDermott extended his streak of consecutive free throws made to 45, before missing one late in the second half. Anyone who makes 45 straight foul shots should be commended for their consistency and achievement – well done Dougie!
Overall, today was a disappointing loss, albeit not completely unexpected, for the Pirates. As is customary in conference play, however, there isn't much time for SHU to feel sorry for themselves to avoid a two-game losing streak on Wednesday night.


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Entering its 20th year as the unofficial kick-off to the summer festival season in northwestern New Jersey, Spring Fest 2012 will feature carnival rides, food, games, candy and fun for the entire family.
The event kicks off on Friday, May 4, at 6 p.m. and will run through Sunday, May 6. Friday's festivities run until 10 p.m., and the festival hours will be 12-10 p.m. on Saturday and 12-6 p.m. on Sunday.
A special attraction on Saturday will include a visit by former New York Giant running backs Joe Morris and Rodney Hampton at the Hackettstown Regional Medical Center tent, where the two will sign autographs.
"It has been said that the Spring Fest is the start of the festival season!" said Claudia Conway of Fulton Bank of NJ, chair of the Festival Committee. "Well the festival season is here. Let the fun begin!"
Spring Fest annually attracts thousands of visitors from throughout northern and central New Jersey, as well as eastern Pennsylvania. In addition to the rides and other family attractions, dozens of businesses showcase their products and services. This year's festival sponsors include Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, MARS, Fulton Bank of NJ, and Warren County Community College.
Tickets for carnival rides are available for $15 for a sheet of 30 tickets. In addition, Friday night will be a "Wristband Night" where visitors can purchase wristbands for $30 that will be good for unlimited rides from 6-8 p.m. Wristbands for Sunday from 12-2 p.m. can also be purchased for $25. Advanced tickets can be purchased at these Hackettstown locations: Harpers Bagel & Bake Shop, Fulton Bank of NJ, and Jack's Scissor Wiz.
For more information and updates on this year's SpringFest, check out the Warren County Regional Chamber of Commerce's Facebook Page at facebook.com/WarrenCountyChamberofCommerce. For more about the chamber, visit warrencountychamber.org.

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California Route 66 Museum in Victorville, CACalifornia Route 66 Museum
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It has a lot of stops from Chicago to L.A., and the folks at the California Route 66 Museum want to make sure travelers along the Mother Road know that Victorville is worth a visit. The museum was founded in Old Town Victorville in November 1995, taking up quarters in the former Red Rooster Café, a roadhouse used in the filming of the "Jazz Singer" remake with Neil Diamond.
The area around the museum was once lined with such establishments, and the place itself is a definite throwback to the glory days of Route 66.
"We're a stop on the road, and we get a lot of people heading out from Chicago because this is their last chance to get souvenirs before they end up in Los Angeles," says Paul Chassey, a longtime volunteer and member of the museum's board of directors.
"When they get to Santa Monica, they usually fly home."
The museum does get some travelers heading the other way, and it does a brisk business in T-shirts, mugs, signage and other Route 66 items. It also serves as home to a growing exhibition of historic Route 66 memorabilia, as well as the major remnants of Hula Ville, which was once one of the Mother Road's most interesting attractions.
Hula Ville got its name from a nine-foot dancing hula girl sign that drew in travelers. The museum also is the base for an increasingly popular auto show, which serves as the major fundraising event. The special events are fun but the typical museum visitors are people interested in the history of Route 66.
"Day in and day out, it's people from around the country, and from Europe and Asia, who come in," Chassey says. "They've heard about the mystique of Route 66, and they're driving it. We're one of the stops along the road, and so we're something they've got to do. They really want to see what the roadway looked like back in the 1950s."
Find out more on Victorville's history, as well as other great stops along the iconic Route 66.


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HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Decatur police on Monday arrested a Target store employee and charged him with stealing in excess of $2,500 from the store.
Decatur police said Terry Glenn Vickers Jr., who worked a register in the electronics department for a short time, was arrested Monday on 1st degree theft of property charges.
He was taken to the Decatur City Jail and later booked into the Morgan County jail on a $5,000 bond.


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A while ago now, I fell in love with a Little Peggy. I saw this Little Peggy sitting in a knitting shop and was immediately enamoured with her, just amazed at how CUTE she was and wanted one immediately.
Until that moment, I was in a very monogamous relationship with the Magic Wheel, (click HERE to read my first ever spinning post on Crochet with Raymond) but I confess that once I had seen this Little Peggy I wanted one of my very own. So I said to the Universe: "Universe, will you please bring a Peggy into my life? I love them so much and would love one of my very own, thank you very much" and continued on with my business. (I have just shared with you my manifestation secret, feel free to try it out for yourself)
Months later, my Mum went to a Spin In. At the time I was working on Saturdays and as my co-worker would not swap shifts with me I couldn't go myself, but rang my Mum while she was there because she was shopping on my behalf that day. And would you believe, there was a Wee Peggy for sale, one of the ladies from another Fibrecraft Guild was "culling" her spinning wheel collection and decided to part with her Wee Peggy.
Cue immense joy and the immediate purchase of said Wee Peggy.
The best part? Wee Peggy cost me $65. SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS! Not only was Wee Peggy cheap, but also in perfect condition which made me even more thrilled and feel totally blessed by the Universe.
This happened MONTHS ago now, but I'm finally going to show you some photos of my beloved little wheel and tell you a bit about this lovely brand of wheels. If you are interested in learning about NZ Spinning Wheels, there is an excellent database here, lovingly created by one of the founding members of the Fibrecraft Guild of which my lovely Mum is currently President.
So are you ready to meet Wee Peggy?
Isn't she just the cutest little thing??!! I absolutely LOVE Wee Peggy, to the extent that I bought her in the car up to Whangarei as I didn't trust the moving men with her. KB and I had to live for a whole week without furniture and limited kitchen equipment, so we bought in the car our necessities and Wee Peggy was one of them. (KB is the greatest, I can't believe she let me use up a quarter of our car space to bring my Spinning Wheel and didn't even complain…)
You can read all about Peggy wheels, named after a friend of the Rappards who made the wheels HERE. There are two varieties, the Little Peggy and the Wee Peggy. The main difference between the two is that the Wee Peggy has no front maiden, which meant that it could be exported as it came in a kitset. If anyone in another country (or NZ) has a Wee Peggy, I'd love to hear about how yours came into your life! For those of you who don't know the anatomy of a Spinning Wheel, the flyer sits between the maidens at the top of the wheel. In the picture below you can see Peggy has one maiden at the back. (Pointy bit)
Most Peggy Wheels are dated, and as soon as I found this out, I had to have a look to see how old my Wee Peggy is….
The last two numbers are the year the wheel was made, so 1976… Wee Peggy is four years older than me and being that she is in such amazing condition, I am even more determined to look after her, keep her out of the sun and keep her in tip-top condition.
In saying that, however, Wee Peggy gets a L.O.T of use. I'm currently on a 'spinning bender' and I am spinning my way through my fibre stash. In five weeks I'm going home for two weeks so plan to dye a couple of kilograms of fibre and send it back up North to my new home, so to make way for this impending fibre explosion, I'm spinning everything I have and I'm having so much fun!
On my bobbins are the singles I spun from this braid…
Which became this…
I've god a HUGE pile of handspun yarn on my table which makes my heart speed up when I look at it, I am so completely loving it, not just the process of making it from a piece of coloured fluff, but also the potential! but I'll show you these another day. I'm off for now, to try and take some nice photos of the Tappan Zee which is just lovely, I wore it the other day with much pride.
Hope you are all well and allowing beauty into your lives,
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HOBOKEN Three headless roosters were found in a garbage bag that was thrown into the Hudson River, city police said.
The dead birds, along with sliced fruit and different coins, were found in a bag that a witness saw being dumped into the Hudson River by two men near Pier A around 11 p.m. Sunday, police said.
The witness said the two men got out of a Honda CRX before they tossed the bag in the river.
The witness said he saw the same two men drop a similar bag in the river five days earlier, police said.
Police are treating an incident as animal cruelty and believe the birds were used to perform some type of religious ritual or sacrificial ceremony.
In April 2008, a North Bergen mother and son were charged with leaving countless decapitated animal carcasses lining a beach in Spring Lake.
Authorities believe the animals in the 2008 case were killed as part of a Santeria ritual.
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Olympics Sanction Women Fighting Each Other For JewelryAugust 13, 2009 – 2:36 pm by TheBaker
The big news from the International Olympic Committee on Thursday was that golf, and more importantly Tiger Woods, may feature in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Golf, along with 7-on-7 rugby, were chosen as proposed inclusions into the Olympic program, and will be voted on by the 106-member IOC assembly in October.
(Baseball and softball, which were removed from the Olympics a few years ago, didn't regain their place for 2016.)
While golf and rugby wait to hear their fate, another sport was given the green light for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London – women's boxing.
Yup, chicks beating up chicks isn't just a Hollywood "Million Dollar Baby" fantasy anymore. Apparently, the U.S. has held a women's championship since 1997 and the World Championships have been going on since 2001. Who knew?
I mean I knew Muhammad Ali's daughter was boxing, but I kind of forgot. I thought it was a novelty. It never helps when "My Name Is Earl" extra Tonya Harding claims to be a ring professional. Seriously, that woman would do anything for food at this point.
But no joke. Women beating women is actually a sanctioned event. As Kramer so eloquently decreed, "C-C-C-Catfight." And now, in the 2012 London Games, we'll watch chicks have an actual noble cause to duke it out for gold, though watching young socialites smash each other for a chance at Stavros Niarchos' family's fortune would be entertaining.
Women will fight in three weight classes: flyweight (105-112 lbs.), lightweight (123-132 lbs.) and middleweight (152-165 lbs.). Hmm, besides "Dance Your Ass Off" competitors when has 165 lbs., been considered middleweight for women?
Boxing was the lone Olympic sport in which women didn't compete. Hmm, let me ponder why… I was surprised to hear they have women's wrestling already, and it's been around since the 2004 Athens Games. Again, who knew?
Women's boxing came close to being included at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but the IOC said it didn't offer added value to the Olympic program. The IOC claimed because the sport wasn't competitive in enough countries it could lead to injury-risking mismatches. But the sport has grown exponentially in recent years. There are 120 international federations with female boxers and, in the 2012 Olympics' host site (England) there are 642 registered female boxers (up from 50 in 2005). Thirty-nine countries were represented at the 2008 World Championships.
"Women's boxing has come on a tremendous amount in the last five years and it was time to include them," said International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge.
British male boxer Amir Khan, who won a silver medal in 2004, isn't sold on the idea of letting women fight period, nonetheless in the Olympics.
"Deep down I think women shouldn't fight. That's my opinion," Khan told the BBC. "When you get hit, it's very painful. Women can get knocked out."
Britain's Hannah Behanny, who won two bonze medals at the European Championships, obviously disagrees.
"The guys in my gym treat me as an equal but there are still some people stuck in the old school who think it shouldn't happen. It's ignorance. Men get bashed up and bloodied. Women's boxing is more strategic. I've never seen a girl get knocked out."
Ms. Behanny must not be that good then.
The top current flyweight is Armenian Susianna Kentikian (25-0-0, 16 KOs). Finally, Armenia can win something besides weightlifting and eyebrow growing.
"I want a jab, right in the tits, until they turn blue and fall off."
Unfortunately, not all female boxers look like moderately attractive actresses Hilary Swank ("Million Dollar Baby") and Michelle Rodriguez ("Girlfight"). That's not to say there aren't some decent looking fighters. Though no Mia St. Johns in the bunch.
Duda Yankovich has some potential, though most of these ladies prefer their suitors to be, well, ladies. Holly Holm, pictured right with Yankovich, is also cute, in a scary kind of way. This Canadian chick is kind of hot. But for every one of these girls there's one like American No. 1 lightweight Ann Marie Saccurato.
I'm kind of on the fence about this whole female boxing thing. But I propose a few ideas to keep us interested.
– We get to choose via online poll who gets to wear the beach volleyball outfit and who gets to dress like the man they yearn to be.
– Over tanned and oiled beefcakes prancing around in nothing but a bow-tie and Speedo in between rounds holding round placards will be outlawed. Sounds ridiculously crude, doesn't it? It's amazing what we as males can get away with.
– Low blows are encouraged.
– The gloves come off after the second round.


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Hearst Television wins prestigious journalism award
Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism awarded
Hearst Television, the parent company of WCVB-TV Boston, has been awarded the 2013 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism in the Local Station Group category.
This is the 7th consecutive win for Hearst Television presented by the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
Hearst Television was recognized for "comprehensive and extremely well-presented" coverage during the 2011-2012 election cycle.
The award also acknowledged the group's use of the internet to complement broadcast coverage, including an election app, which WCVB-TV released in the spring of 2012.
The judges say they were impressed by the group's commitment to getting their stations, including WCVB-TV, to air an impressive amount of quality political journalism: "Shining a spotlight on this kind of commitment is a core mission of the Cronkite Award. The leadership of these groups asked their stations to dedicate themselves to this mission and the stations rose to the challenge."
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At stake are the ancient trees of the island's primeval forest. Kalani (Matt Haynes) a timber man from the our Northwest has come to this distant isle hoping to establish a sustainable logging community. As he attempts to take possession of the island that he has recently purchased -- an island he thought was deserted --- he finds himself having to negotiate with a lone resident, a mysterious Mapuche Shaman (Omar Vargas). Kalani's journey to a second Mapuche shaman (Danel Malan), whom he hopes will serve as a mediator of sorts; and the arrival of Kalani's ex-girlfriend, the ecofeminist Solen (Sylvia Malan), complicate the play's plot while deepening our sense of cultural conflict.
"El Ultimo"
When:7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 17; plus 2 p.m. Jan. 17
Where: Miracle Theatre, 525 S.E. Stark St.
Tickets: $16-$22, 503-236-7253
Web site: milagro.org
Directed by Cruz, the acting company generally holds its own. Although some moments might have been more effective if they had been handled more subtly, all four actors give earnest performances. The play is, however, not without some levity. In this regard, Haynes adeptly finds the humor in the ugly American dimension of Kalani's reaction to Mapuche traditions.
The magic of Mapuche culture is most apparent during the brief scenes when the actors donning masks take on the roles of Mapuche animal spirits. Cruz's strengths in physical theater are evident in the simply but imaginatively choreographed movements of these sequences.
This is a Teatro Milagro touring production; consequently the design elements need to be modest if only to facilitate portability. Even so Tomas Rivero's imaginative background murals, Danel Malan's character appropriate costumes, Rhiannon Rodriguez colorful lighting and Vargas' evocative sound design serve the production very well.
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— From Sal Livigno. Makes 4 servings.
Note: When chopping clams, remove from juice with hands and save the juice. Put chopped clams in clean bowl. Add saved clam juice slowly to clams. You will see sand and shell pieces down toward the bottom. Stop pouring when you see this.
3/4 cup olive oil
6 cloves garlic, chopped fine
24 top neck clams, washed and shucked and chopped (save the juice when opening)
1/4 cup parsley, chopped fine
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
Grated Parmesan and/or Romano cheese to taste
1 pound linguini
1. Heat oil in 10-inch sauté pan with the garlic. Brown garlic lightly.
2. Add clams and their juice. Boil, then turn down heat. Add parsley, salt and pepper. Cook, simmering about 2 minutes. Reserve the prepared sauce.
3. Cook linguini al dente. Drain. Portion in bowls. Ladle sauce over tops and serve with your favorite grated cheese.
Nutrition information per 10-ounce serving: 790 calories; 410 calories from fat; 30g protein; 68g carbs; 4g sugar; 46g total fat; 7g saturated fat; 45mg cholesterol; 4g dietary fiber; 420mg sodium; 15% Daily Values calcium; 110% Daily Values iron.


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SCHENECTADY An Amtrak train struck and killed a person on the track in the Mont Pleasant neighborhood this evening, city police said.
Department spokesman Lt. Mark McCracken said the incident happened about 8:45 p.m. near 10th and Congress streets.
He said the identity of the person is not known, nor the circumstances of the accident. He said there were no passengers aboard the train.
Late this evening, the track remained closed to train traffic as investigation continued by the department's Detective Division and Crime Scene Collection Unit.


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Erika Eisele, 30, a preparatory school teacher, and Tom Digby-Rogers, 31, a programme manager at the British Standards Institution, were married on March 30, 2013, at Old Marylebone Town Hall in London
Tom was by himself at the town hall in the final countdown to their wedding when he received a text sent from Erika's mobile: "I don't think I can go through with it." Several sweaty minutes passed before his soon-to-be sister-in-law confessed that she had sent it as a joke, without Erika knowing.
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HALIFAX - Robin CyrтАЩs fourth child has already packed a lifetimeтАЩs worth of emotional turmoil into her first 28 minutes in the world.
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Robin Cyr visits with her newborn baby girl in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the IWK.
Cyr, 34, was told her baby girl had died just after being born in the IWK Health Centre in Halifax around 3 a.m. Saturday.
But shortly after getting the devastating news, a stuttering, breathless nurse rushed back into the room to say the baby had started breathing again.
тАЬMy aunt was there, and itтАЩs a blessing because her prayers are very deep and strong,тАЭ said Cyr on Sunday, speaking in a whisper through tears at the hospital. тАЬWhen she started praying, my baby came back.тАЭ
The big baby girl тАУ who weighed nine pounds 14 ounces тАУ got wedged in the birth canal during the delivery. Once she was born, Cyr lay on the bed waiting, for 25 minutes, for any sign of life.
тАЬMy aunt looked at me and said, тАШYour baby girlтАЩs gone,тАЩтАЭ she said, adding the babyтАЩs body was taken out of the room after being declared dead. тАЬAnother nurse came over, two minutes laterтАжshe couldnтАЩt talk. She was speechless, and another nurse came over and said, тАШYour babyтАЩs breathing.тАЩтАЭ
A flummoxed surgeon told CyrтАЩs family that he had no explanation for the seemingly impossible recovery.
тАЬHe said itтАЩs a miracle,тАЭ said Cyr. тАЬHe said, тАШIтАЩm very sorry I gave up on your baby when I did, because I turned around and sheтАЩs breathing on her own.тАЩтАЭ
The chubby little girl тАУ with an impressive shock of dark hair тАУ is now breathing on her own in the neonatal intensive care unit, and looks like any other healthy newborn baby.
CyrтАЩs family and friends say theyтАЩre still processing the miracle that trumped the miracle of birth.
тАЬThe way the story progresses, by the time you get halfway through, you donтАЩt want to hear the rest, youтАЩre like, IтАЩm done. This is not going to end well,тАЭ said godfather Nevel Carvery. тАЬThen to have it end the way it ended, itтАЩs a roller coaster.тАЭ
Cyr had a name picked out for the baby, but said that will likely have to change.
тАЬEverybody just keeps saying, Miracle, Miracle,тАЭ she said.
A review is underway to determine what, if any explanation, there may be for the babyтАЩs apparent resurrection тАУ but Cyr says she knows the answer.
тАЬAll I can say is, hand of God,тАЭ said Cyr. тАЬThatтАЩs what everyoneтАЩs saying, sheтАЩs here for a reason. God brought her back for a reason.тАЭ


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Purpose: Pain behaviors such as grimacing and muscle rigidity are recommended for pain assessment in nonverbal populations. However, these behaviors may not be appropriate for critically ill patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) depending on their level of consciousness (LOC). This study aimed to validate the use of behaviors for assessing pain of critically ill TBI adults with different LOC.
Methods: Using a repeated measure within subject design, participants (N=45) were observed for 1 minute before (baseline), during, and 15 minutes after 2 procedures: (1) noninvasive blood pressure: NIBP (non-nociceptive); and (2) turning (nociceptive). A behavioral checklist combining 50 items from existing pain assessment tools and video recording were used to describe participants' behaviors. Intrarater and interrater agreements of observed behaviors were also examined.
Results: Overall, pain behaviors were observed more frequently during turning (median=4; T=−5.336; P≤0.001) than at baseline (median=1), or during noninvasive blood pressure (median=0). TBI patients' pain behaviors were mostly "atypical" and included uncommon responses such as flushing, sudden eye opening, eye weeping, and flexion of limbs. These behaviors were observed in ≥25.0% of TBI participants during turning independent of their LOC, and in 22.2% to 66.7% of conscious participants who reported the presence of pain. Agreements were >92% among and between the 2 raters.
Conclusions: This study support previous findings that critically ill TBI patients could exhibit atypical behaviors when exposed to nociceptive procedures. As such, use of current recommended pain behaviors as part of standardized scales may not be optimal for assessing the analgesic needs of this vulnerable group.
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China's Internet censors on Thursday deleted online references to an official pollution report which described the capital city as nearly unfit for human habitation, while state media tried to limit
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The English-language tabloid Global Times newspaper, which has close ties to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, quoted one of the report's authors as saying that the media had "exaggerated" its findings.
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Irony: It's one of those 'white man's' things, I guess
As for Idle No More, the title is profoundly ironic. One of the main problems for native people is the idleness that comes with living on remote reserves such as Attawapiskat in Northern Ontario. However, the Idle No More movement is not aimed at attracting more jobs. In fact, it opposes the very legal changes — contained in Bill C-45 — that would facilitate development…


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Casa Belvedere, the Italian cultural center on Grymes Hill, has scheduled its 2012 Winter/Spring Semester with a 12-week Parliamo Italiano Language Program with classes for toddlers, children, teens and adults. Also, it offers weekend Italian language immersion classes, a 10-session Italian Culture series, and In Cucina, an educational and entertaining hands-on cooking series.
Interested students are invited to attend the information and walk-in registration dates set for Feb. 16, 28 and 29, from 3 to 7 p.m., at the Casa Belvedere office, located at 79 Howard Ave., in the rear of the mansion. Registration is also available online at www.casa-belvedere.org.
Parliamo Italiano language courses have been designed to provide students with a sound basis for learning to communicate effectively and accurately in contemporary spoken and written Italian. Classes will be held in three locations: in the Casa Belvedere Mansion; at Notre Dame Academy, Grymes Hill, located directly across the street from the foundation's headquarters, and at Holy Rosary School, located at 100 Jerome Ave., South Beach.
The weekend Italian Language Immersion Class is 16 hours of "intensive" instruction conducted entirely in Italian that focuses on developing conversational skills.
Casa Belvedere's newest addition to its educational programming is a ten-week Italian Culture Course that introduces a wide variety of topics, taught by a number of different presenters who'll work individually and collaboratively, in order to experience the richness and diversity of Italy and its influence on America.
The course also is designed as a survey of the history, art, music, culture and people of Italy and will provide insights to the country's creativity that has affected the world for centuries and to this day. Classes will meet on Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Participants may select individual presentations or the entire series.
Lovers of Italian food can expand their cooking skills, learn new techniques and gain confidence in the kitchen by enrolling in Casa Belvedere's In Cucina Culinary Program.
Classes in this hands-on series, designed to be both entertaining and educational are conducted in an intimate setting and geared for those who want to learn how to cook Italian — from the novice to the more experienced home chef.
Note that Casa Belvedere is a New York City-based 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to preserve and promote an appreciation of Italian language, arts, literature, history, fashion, cuisine, and commerce.
Class schedules and registration forms are available on the web at the above-mentioned site. Family/sibling discounts and gift certificates are available.
Registrations are also being accepted by phone, e-mail and fax.
For additional information, interested students are encouraged to call 718-273-7660 or e-mail email@example.com.
Heading the birthday list today is Lillian L. Legazzo, former Borough Hall executive assistant, Robert Remauro, twin dentists Ron and Don Leventhal, Dean Curry, Joyce Donna Brown, twins Michelle and Kristen Donohue, Matt Chiminski, Wilma Collins, Joseph Trischitta, Effie Bohn, Margaret Rucci, Kaitlin Bradway, Diane Marroco, Jonathan Petrizzi and Gloria Glickman.
Tomorrow is birthday time for Wilma Collins, Bill Cullen Jr., Jessica Sitlinger who turns 7, Steven Suto and Kristina Accardo.
Happy wedding anniversary to Charles and Betty Driscoll and to Gloria and Glenn Golden.


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Woman sentenced to 54 months in prison
Tamra L. 'Tammy' Wagner
Tamra L. "Tammy" Wagner, 44, of rural Bellevue, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at Cleveland Clinic.
She was born Feb. 28, 1968, in Kalamazoo, Mich., to Norbert and Tonya (Olesko) Woodhams. She married Richard Wagner July 8, 2000, and he survives.
Also surviving are her parents, Norbert and Tonya Woodhams of West Chester; a son, Zackery T. Knauss of Bellevue; and three siblings, Chris (Mark) Ritsema, Norbert (Kim) Woodhams Jr. and Jennifer (Todd) Kuipers.
Visitation will be 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Feb. 15, at Auxter Funeral Home, 1105 Castalia St., Bellevue.
Her funeral will be noon Friday at the funeral home. The Rev. Juli Lejman-Guy will officiate. Burial will follow at Bellevue City Cemetery.


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Hi, I am Jen. I am a new member of Gingerscraps' Creative Team.
I live in Southern California with my husband Travis and our son Alton.
I started digi-scrapping about 4 1/2 months ago. I also like to read, but since I discovered the Twilight saga, I haven't read anything else. :oops: I tried to re-read Harry Potter, but it wasn't the same. I also like to bake, and cook. My husband openly admits he married me for my chocolate chip cookies and stays married for the brownies.


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In Johan Santana, the Mets have the best starting pitcher in the NL East.
The 29-year-old ace proved that by going 8-0 with an 2.17 ERA after the break.
The Bravos may be looking to counter that, though. A report on ESPN.com has them very interested in ace Jake Peavy, who the Friars are gauging interest in.
Speaking of starting pitching, 35-year-old free-agent-to-be Derek Lowe isn't interesting in pitching for a New York team teammates have told FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal.
Have to see how that goes when it's time to start talking dollars.
Especially if Oliver Perez bolts.
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SUTTONS BAY, Mich. -Gary A. Arvo, 78, of Suttons Bay, passed away Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at Tendercare in Leelanau.
Gary was born Oct. 1, 1934, in Houghton to Arnold and Marie (Rautio) Arvo.
On June 9, 1956, he married Mary Ann Pirhonen, who survives, at St. Henry Lutheran Church in Nisula.
With bachelor's and master's degrees from Northern Michigan University, Gary taught U.S. History and coached basketball and volleyball for 38 years at Adams Township Schools in Janesville, Wis., Public Schools and L'Anse Creuse Public Schools.
Gary combined his passion for photography and the Civil War, photographing almost all Civil War battlefields, using slides to illustrate sites to his U.S. History classes.
His enthusiasm for travel had him touring Europe with his grandchildren, different families at different times in different countries. Trips abroad with Mary Ann also included Japan and Egypt.
Summertime in Suttons Bay meant flower and veggie gardens and gardens in his home church, Bethlehem Lutheran.
Retirement in 1994 included membership in the Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel. Gary served as the president of the Leelanau Chapter for ten years.
In addition to his wife of 56 years, Gary is survived by his children, Jennifer (Mark) Welsh, Roger (Kate) Arvo and Julie (Robert) Arvo MacKenzie; six grandchildren, Sarah (Brad) Olsen, Erik (Beth) Arvo, Jill Walsh, Lauren MacKenzie, Erica MacKenzie and Alex MacKenzie; sisters, Christine Koskey and Helen Ciucci; nieces and nephews, Joe (Laura) Ciucci, Mike (Lynn) Ciucci, Jodi Lishinski, Kim Reed, Lori (Rob) Witting; grandnieces, grandnephews, and a great-grandnephew.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 13 at 11 a.m. with a visitation one hour prior to the service at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Traverse City. The Rev. Paul Busekist will officiate.
Burial will be held at a later date in the Lutheran Cemetery in Suttons Bay.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Michigan Parkinson Foundation, 30400 Telegraph Road, Ste. 150, Bingham Farms, MI 48025; Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1050 Peninsula Drive, Traverse City, MI 49686-2799; or Hospice of Michigan, 900 E. Front St., Traverse City, MI 49686.
Arrangements are with Martinson Funeral Home in Suttons Bay.


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A remarkably realistic vagina and ass toy from Japan that features the ultra life-like quality of a premium sex doll but in the form of the hips, vagina, and ass only.
The toy employs a new technology which makes it feel as though you are pushing through layers of real vagina sugar walls in order to get at the virgin hymen of this sweet Japanese girl.
Prop this sexy Japanese butt up against a pillow and go in balls deep from behind! Can also easily be fucked in every position imaginable.


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More than 30 years after his ground-breaking exhibition at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, Conrad Atkinson is rightly regarded as one of Britain's most important living political artists. Landscapes, the first of a complete series on Atkinson's oeuvre, reviews work relating specifically to the land, and is published in response to the inclusion of Atkinson's early masterwork, "For Wordsworth, For West Cumbria," in the Tate Gallery's recent exhibition, A Picture of Britain, where the work was given central placement. The book includes an essay by Richard Cork, chief art critic of the London Times, an interview with Antony Hudek of the Courtauld Institute, and original writings by the artist. Represented in New York by the Ronald Feldman Gallery, Atkinson is also a Professor of Art at the University of California at Davis.
Pub. Date: March 2007
Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Format: Paperback, 104pp
Across the globe, in liberal democracies where the right to vote is framed as both civil right and civic duty, disillusioned creative activists run for public office on sarcastic, ironic and iconoclastic platforms. With little intention of "winning" in the conventional sense, they use drag, camp and stand-up comedy to undermine the legitimacy of their opponents and sometimes the electoral system itself.
Electoral Guerilla Theatre explores the recent phenomenon of the satirical election campaign, and questions:
• what is the purpose of such public political performances?
• what theatrical devices and aesthetic sensibilities do electoral guerrillas draw on to enhance their satire?
• how do electoral guerrillas create their public personas and platforms, and which audiences are they playing to and/or against?
• how do parodies and the "respectable" political performances that they mock interact and how can this tactic backfire?
Drawing on extensive archival and ethnographic research, Larry Bogad examines satirical campaigns around the world, placing his analysis in national, cultural, political and legal contexts. Electoral Guerilla Theatre will offer an entertaining, enlightening and informative read for those working across a variety of disciplines, including performance studies, social science, cultural studies and politics.
Pub. Date: August 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Textbook Paperback, 235pp
The Matrix (1999) was a true end-of-the-millennium movie, a statement of the American Zeitgeist, and a prognosis for the future of big-budget Hollywood filmmaking. Starring Keanu Reeves as Neo, a computer programmer transformed into a messianic freedom fighter, The Matrix blends science fiction with conspiracy thriller conventions and outlandish martial arts created with groundbreaking digital techniques. A box-office triumph, the film was no populist confection: its blatant allusions to highbrow contemporary philosophy added to its appeal as a mystery to be decoded.
Joshua Clover undertakes the task of decoding the film. Examining The Matrix's digital effects and how they were achieved, he shows how the film represents a melding of cinema and video games (the greatest commercial threat to have faced Hollywood since the advent of television) and achieves a hybrid kind of immersive entertainment. He also unpacks the movie's references to philosophy, showing how The Matrix ultimately expresses the crisis American culture faced at the end of the 1990s.
Pub. Date: November 2004
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Paperback, 96pp
The old dream of social belonging and political sovereignty—the dream of nation—was fraught with anxiety and contradiction for many artists and intellectuals in the 1950s. On the one hand, memories of the Second World War remained vivid and the chauvinism that had enabled it threatened to return with the growing tensions of the Cold War. On the other hand, the need to bind together into a new global identity—into a world nation or "family of man"—seemed ever more pressing as a bulwark against the rapidly expanding threat of a nuclear World War III.
The Pivot of the World looks at an exceptional effort to work out that geopolitical tension by cultural means as developed in three hugely ambitious photographic projects: The Family of Man exhibition that opened in 1955 and traveled the world for the next decade; Robert Frank's influential book The Americans, photographed in 1955-1956 and first published in 1958; and Bernd and Hilla Becher's typological record of industrial architecture, begun in 1957 and continuing today. Each of these projects worked to release the dream of nation—of belonging and sovereignty—from its old civic trappings through the medium of photography's serial form, in the experience of one photograph followed by another and another and another, so that all seem at once intimately connected and at the same time autonomous and distinct. Innovations in the serial composition of photographic form could open new possibilities for social form while the modern desire for political belonging could be made cosmopolitan, could be globalized—but in the most human of ways. This epic sense ofpurpose lasted only for a moment—it had already passed by the beginning of the 1960s—but it bears particular interest for any historical understanding of the contest over globalization that continues to hold such great consequence for us now.
Pub. Date: February 2006
Publisher: MIT Press
Format: Textbook Paperback, 230pp
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SINCLAIRVILLE - It will be Westfield battling Oracle Charter tonight for the championship after the first round of the Cassadaga Valley Holiday Tournament ended Thursday night.
The host Cougars (1-1, 4-2) led by a single point over Westfield (1-0, 3-3) after the third quarter in the second game of the night, but Jon Coe had all of his 11 points and Dan DeMarco added five points as the Wolverines went on an 18-11 run in the final period for the six-point win, 58-52.
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Cassadaga Valley's Cody Johnson (40) puts up a shot attempt on a fast break defended by Westfield's Dan Tofil (13) during Thursday's Cassadaga Valley Holiday Tournament.
Coe and DeMarco led Westfield with 11 points each while Dan Tofil had 10 points and eight rebounds and Tanner Dahl had 10 points.
For Cassadaga Valley, Randy Dalaba led the way with 15 points and eight rebounds, Mike Lancaster was right behind with 14 points, along with a block, three assists and four steals and Kyle Ruge had four assists.
In the first game, Oracle Charter improved its overall record to 6-1 by cruising to a 60-29 victory over previously unbeaten Clymer. Oracle Charter's only setback this season came against Clarence.
Jammarr Cunningham led Oracle's balanced attack with 15 points, Eric Waters added 14 , Antone Gulledge had 12 and Gerald Bibbs added 11 points
For Clymer, Dan Lictus was the top shooter with 15 points.
Oracle Charter will take on Westfield in the title game at 7:30 p.m. while Cassadaga Valley will meet Clymer in the consolation game at 6 p.m.


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Caleb Folan, Marc Wilson and Stephen Hunt are amongst those named in Giovanni Trapattoni's preliminary Republic of Ireland squad for the forthcoming friendly against Norway.
Trapattoni has chosen 27 players from which a final squad will be selected for the match on 17 November in the Aviva Stadium, kick off 7:45pm.
Wolves midfielder Hunt has only just returned to action for his new club following a foot injury, but is on course to win his first cap since playing in the infamous World Cup play-off second leg match against France in Paris.
Also back in the fold is Hull forward Folan, although he is struggling with a leg injury having only just returned to action because of a previous problem, while Stoke's Marc Wilson and Preston's Keith Treacy come in.
Wilson's Potters team-mate, Jonathan Walters, has been given his first international call-up.
Aston Villa's Ciaran Clarke has not been called up despite declaring his desire to play for the Republic.
Everton's Seamus Coleman has kept his place in the panel after being brought in as cover for the qualifiers and he could make his first senior appearance.
Trapattoni said: 'This friendly is a good opportunity to bring some players that we have not seen much of into the squad. It is their chance to show me what they can contribute to the team.
'Friendlies are extremely important for us to continue to build the strongest squad possible for the Euro qualifiers.'
Preliminary Republic of Ireland squad for friendly international against Norway at the Aviva Stadium, 17 November, 7.45pm:
Shay Given, Keiren Westwood, John O'Shea, Seamus Coleman, Richard Dunne, Sean St. Ledger, Greg Cunningham, Kevin Foley, Paul McShane, Kevin Kilbane, Stephen Kelly, Darren O'Dea, Marc Wilson, Darron Gibson, Glenn Whelan, Paul Green, Liam Lawrence, Stephen Hunt, Aiden McGeady, Keith Treacy, Damien Duff, Keith Fahey, Jonathan Walters, Robbie Keane, Kevin Doyle, Caleb Folan, Shane Long.


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Liverpool, NY – The annual drive through the Lights on the Lake holiday light display will cost a few dollars more this year than last.
Vehicles can drive through the 2-mile-long exhibit at Onondaga Lake Park from 5 to 10 p.m. nightly from Nov. 15 through Jan. 6, officials announced today.
Admission at the gate will be $10 per car Monday through Thursday, $15 per car Friday through Sunday. That's up $2 on Mondays through Thursdays and $3 the other days compared with 2011 admission prices.
Wegmans will sell tickets for $6 from Nov. 1 to Nov. 14, good any night of the exhibit except New Year's Eve. Visitors who show a Wegmans Shoppers Club card at the gate on Mondays and Tuesdays also can get in for $6.
The 23rd edition of the animated light show will begin Nov. 13 with a pedestrian-only walk through, followed the next day by the Lights on the Lake Dog Walk. Both are scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m. and are free.
On New Year's Eve, the band R5 featuring Ross Lynch from The Disney Channel's "Austin and Ally" show will headline the AmeriCU Credit Union First Night. The family-friendly new year's celebration also will include games, food, music, a family dance party, a children's balloon launch and a midnight ball drop.
The First Night celebration runs from 6 p.m. to midnight Dec. 31. Tickets are $5 in advance, $8 at the door and will be available at Wegmans. Children 5 and under will get in free.
Lights on the Lake is a joint venture of Onondaga County and Galaxy Communications. It is sponsored by Wegmans.
County Parks Commissioner William Lansley said prices were raised to more closely match the admission fees charged for light displays elsewhere in New York and in other states.
He said this year's show will include a bunch more displays. Among them will be displays depicting a candy arch, a gingerbread house, a sailboat, Old Man Winter, a horse and carriage pulling a gift box, and elves playing basketball.


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Three-time world champion Will Lowe is on a winter rodeo hot streak.
After turning in a lofty bareback riding score of 88 during the final round of the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo on Saturday night, Lowe finished second in the title race with a four-ride score of 325 and earned $8,201.
It was Lowe's third strong finish at a sizable Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association winter show within the past month.
Lowe, who lives in Canyon, also won the SandHills Stock Show Rodeo in Odessa on Jan. 15 ($4,845) and then tied for first at the National Western Stock Show Rodeo in Denver on Jan. 23 ($8,964).
"Things are clicking right now," Lowe said. "I've been drawing the right horses, and it's like the dice have been rolling the right way for me. The horses that I've been drawing have been complementing my style."
In last week's PRCA bareback riding standings, Lowe was ranked No. 1 in the world title race with $21,028.
When this week's world standings are released today, Lowe is expected to remain No. 1.
Steven Peebles of Redmond, Ore., won the bareback riding title at the Fort Worth rodeo and earned $9,030 after finishing with a four-ride aggregate score of 333. Kay Blandford of Sutherland Springs, who won the barrel racing title, was the Stock Show Rodeo's top earner with $17,797.
Other Fort Worth champions were Casey Martin of Sulphur, La., steer wrestling; Spencer Mitchell of Colusa, Calif., and Broc Cresta of Santa Rosa, Calif., team roping; Matt Shiozawa of Chubbock, Idaho, tie-down roping; Clayton Savage of Casper, Wyo., bull riding; and Cody Wright of Milford, Utah, saddle bronc riding.
Wright clinched the saddle bronc riding title after turning in a finals score of 91, the highest mark in a bucking stock riding event throughout the 17-day rodeo. Wright, a two-time world champion, earned the big score aboard a bronc named Tipped Off, owned by the Montana-based J Bar J Rodeo Co.
Throughout the eight-second ride, Tipped Off made high, hard jumps, but Wright kept on putting rhythmic spurring licks on the horse from the time they left the chute until the buzzer sounded.
"He really left out of the chute and jumped and kicked," Wright said. "During each jump, he stayed in the air long enough that it helped me get my feet set in the right place each jump so I could do my part better."
n PBR update: Guilherme Marchi, the Professional Bull Riders 2008 world champion, earned $41,226 after winning the Built Ford Tough Series tour stop last weekend in Portland, Ore. Marchi, a Brazilian who has a home near Dallas, clinched the title after turning in scores of 87, 88, 86 and 87.5.
The tour is scheduled to stop this weekend in Oklahoma City.
n NCHA update: A cutting horse named Smoothe Bye Design and rider Phil Rapp of Weatherford won the 4-year-old open division title Jan. 29 at the Augusta Futurity in Augusta, Ga., after turning in a finals score of 221.5 ($10,165).
The National Cutting Horse Association show was produced by longtime newspaper publisher W.S. Morris III, whose company, Morris Communications, owns the Amarillo Globe-News.
Brett Hoffman, a Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame member, has written a rodeo column for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram during the past two decades. E-mail him at email@example.com.


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Volume 85, Issue 7, July 2014
We report on the development of the first integrated mid-infrared, far-infrared, and terahertz optical Hall effect instrument, covering an ultra wide spectral range from 3 cm−1 to 7000 cm−1 (0.1–210 THz or 0.4–870 meV). The instrument comprises four sub-systems, where the magneto-cryostat-transfer sub-system enables the usage of the magneto-cryostat sub-system with the mid-infrared ellipsometer sub-system, and the far-infrared/terahertz ellipsometer sub-system. Both ellipsometer sub-systems can be used as variable angle-of-incidence spectroscopic ellipsometers in reflection or transmission mode, and are equipped with multiple light sources and detectors. The ellipsometer sub-systems are operated in polarizer-sample-rotating-analyzer configuration granting access to the upper left 3 × 3 block of the normalized 4 × 4 Mueller matrix. The closed cycle magneto-cryostat sub-system provides sample temperatures between room temperature and 1.4 K and magnetic fields up to 8 T, enabling the detection of transverse and longitudinal magnetic field-induced birefringence. We discuss theoretical background and practical realization of the integrated mid-infrared, far-infrared, and terahertz optical Hall effect instrument, as well as acquisition of optical Hall effect data and the corresponding model analysis procedures. Exemplarily, epitaxial graphene grown on 6H-SiC, a tellurium doped bulk GaAs sample and an AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor structure are investigated. The selected experimental datasets display the full spectral, magnetic field and temperature range of the instrument and demonstrate data analysis strategies. Effects from free charge carriers in two dimensional confinement and in a volume material, as well as quantum mechanical effects (inter-Landau-level transitions) are observed and discussed exemplarily.
Invited Article: An integrated mid-infrared, far-infrared, and terahertz optical Hall effect instrument85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4889920View Description Hide Description
We report on the development of the first integrated mid-infrared, far-infrared, and terahertz optical Hall effect instrument, covering an ultra wide spectral range from 3 cm−1 to 7000 cm−1 (0.1–210 THz or 0.4–870 meV). The instrument comprises four sub-systems, where the magneto-cryostat-transfer sub-system enables the usage of the magneto-cryostat sub-system with the mid-infrared ellipsometer sub-system, and the far-infrared/terahertz ellipsometer sub-system. Both ellipsometer sub-systems can be used as variable angle-of-incidence spectroscopic ellipsometers in reflection or transmission mode, and are equipped with multiple light sources and detectors. The ellipsometer sub-systems are operated in polarizer-sample-rotating-analyzer configuration granting access to the upper left 3 × 3 block of the normalized 4 × 4 Mueller matrix. The closed cycle magneto-cryostat sub-system provides sample temperatures between room temperature and 1.4 K and magnetic fields up to 8 T, enabling the detection of transverse and longitudinal magnetic field-induced birefringence. We discuss theoretical background and practical realization of the integrated mid-infrared, far-infrared, and terahertz optical Hall effect instrument, as well as acquisition of optical Hall effect data and the corresponding model analysis procedures. Exemplarily, epitaxial graphene grown on 6H-SiC, a tellurium doped bulk GaAs sample and an AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor structure are investigated. The selected experimental datasets display the full spectral, magnetic field and temperature range of the instrument and demonstrate data analysis strategies. Effects from free charge carriers in two dimensional confinement and in a volume material, as well as quantum mechanical effects (inter-Landau-level transitions) are observed and discussed exemplarily.
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- Optics; Atoms and Molecules; Spectroscopy; Photon Detectors
A compact, diode laser based excitation system for microscopy of NV centers85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4885469View Description Hide Description
We demonstrate that a recently introduced family of direct-emitting green laser diodes is a simple yet efficient light source for excitation of NV centers in diamond. Thanks to their fast (sub-ns) response time, these sources are suitable for a broad variety of measurements, including pulsed optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) and fluorescence lifetime imaging. This feature, together with a drastically simplified design, is a significant advantage over the traditional excitation system comprising an Nd: YAG laser switched by an acousto-optic modulator. We introduce a simple design for such a compact laser system and experimentally verify that it enables simultaneous lifetime and ODMR measurements on NV centers. In particular, we find that the NV− charge state remains stable in spite of the short excitation wavelength of the new source.
Total power millimeter-wave spectrometer for measurements of dust opacity at cryogenic temperatures85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4887416View Description Hide Description
A highly sensitive total power millimeter-wave spectrometer has been built to investigate the opacity of important interstellar-dust analogues in the 10–300 K temperature range. The key elements of the spectrometer are a frequency agile synthesizer followed by a microwave amplifier and a subsequent frequency multiplier. In a first step, the frequency range of 72–120 GHz is covered by the spectrometer, and a room temperature Schottky detector is employed as a detector. A newly developed two channel (sample/reference) copper sample holder is cryogenically cooled for the 10–300 K range. Here we present the technical details of the spectrometer including examples of the obtained results. The analysis of these results will be published elsewhere.
Frequency stabilization of a 1083 nm fiber laser to 4He transition lines with optical heterodyne saturation spectroscopies85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890393View Description Hide Description
Two kinds of optical heterodyne saturation spectroscopies, namely, frequency modulation spectroscopy (FMS) and modulation transfer spectroscopy (MTS), are demonstrated for locking a fiber laser to the transition lines of metastable 4He atoms around 1083 nm. The servo-loop error signals of FMS and MTS for stabilizing laser frequency are optimized by studying the dependence of the peak-to-peak amplitude and slope on the optical power of pump and probe beams. A comparison of the stabilization performances of FMS/MTS and polarization spectroscopy (PS) is presented, which shows that MTS exhibits relatively superior performance with the least laser frequency fluctuation due to its flat-background dispersive signal, originated from the four-wave mixing process. The Allan deviation of the stabilized laser frequency is 5.4 × 10−12@100 s with MTS for data acquired in 1000 s, which is sufficiently applicable for fields like laser cooling, optical pumping, and optical magnetometry.
High repetition rate laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using acousto-optically gated detection85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890337View Description Hide Description
This contribution introduces a new type of setup for fast sample analysis using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The novel design combines a high repetition rate laser (up to 50 kHz) as excitation source and an acousto-optical modulator (AOM) as a fast switch for temporally gating the detection of the emitted light. The plasma radiation is led through the active medium of the AOM where it is diffracted on the transient ultrasonic Bragg grid. The diffracted radiation is detected by a compact Czerny-Turner spectrometer equipped with a CCD line detector. Utilizing the new combination of high repetition rate lasers and AOM gated detection, rapid measurements with total integration times of only 10 ms resulted in a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.13 wt.% for magnesium in aluminum alloys. This short integration time corresponds to 100 analyses/s. Temporal gating of LIP radiation results in improved LODs and consecutively higher sensitivity of the LIBS setup. Therefore, an AOM could be beneficially utilized to temporally detect plasmas induced by high repetition rate lasers. The AOM in combination with miniaturized Czerny-Turner spectrometers equipped with CCD line detectors and small footprint diode pumped solid state lasers results in temporally gateable compact LIBS setups.
Angle of incidence averaging in reflectance measurements with optical microscopes for studying layered two-dimensional materials85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4889879View Description Hide Description
Reflectance spectrum measured using an optical microscope with a large numerical aperture objective lens is shown to get modified. The change is most prominent when there are optical interference related features in the spectrum. This modification is shown to arise primarily due to the wide range of angles of incidence involved in the measurement and a simple formulation is provided to correct for this in simulations. The importance of such analysis is brought out through a reflectance contrast spectroscopy based study for identifying mono-layer and bi-layer graphene and MoS2.
A method for eliminating Faraday rotation in cryostat windows in longitudinal magneto-optical Kerr effect measurements85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890825View Description Hide Description
A solution to the problem of disturbing effect of the background Faraday rotation in the cryostat windows on longitudinal magneto-optical Kerr effect (LMOKE) measured under vacuum conditions and/or at low temperatures is proposed. The method for eliminating the influence of Faraday rotation in cryostat windows is based on special arrangement of additional mirrors placed on sample holder. In this arrangement, the orientation of the cryostat window is perpendicular to the light beam direction and parallel to an external magnetic field generated by the H-frame electromagnet. The operation of the LMOKE magnetometer with the special sample holder based on polarization modulation technique with a photo-elastic modulator is theoretically analyzed with the use of Jones matrices, and formulas for evaluating of the actual Kerr rotation and ellipticity of the sample are derived. The feasibility of the method and good performance of the magnetometer is experimentally demonstrated for the LMOKE effect measured in Fe/Au multilayer structures. The influence of imperfect alignment of the magnetometer setup on the Kerr angles, as derived theoretically through the analytic model and verified experimentally, is examined and discussed.
Improved signal to noise ratio and sensitivity of an infrared imaging video bolometer on large helical device by using an infrared periscope85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4891317View Description Hide Description
An Infrared imaging Video Bolometer (IRVB) diagnostic is currently being used in the Large Helical Device (LHD) for studying the localization of radiation structures near the magnetic island and helical divertor X-points during plasma detachment and for 3D tomography. This research demands high signal to noise ratio (SNR) and sensitivity to improve the temporal resolution for studying the evolution of radiation structures during plasma detachment and a wide IRVB field of view (FoV) for tomography. Introduction of an infrared periscope allows achievement of a higher SNR and higher sensitivity, which in turn, permits a twofold improvement in the temporal resolution of the diagnostic. Higher SNR along with wide FoV is achieved simultaneously by reducing the separation of the IRVB detector (metal foil) from the bolometer's aperture and the LHD plasma. Altering the distances to meet the aforesaid requirements results in an increased separation between the foil and the IR camera. This leads to a degradation of the diagnostic performance in terms of its sensitivity by 1.5-fold. Using an infrared periscope to image the IRVB foil results in a 7.5-fold increase in the number of IR camera pixels imaging the foil. This improves the IRVB sensitivity which depends on the square root of the number of IR camera pixels being averaged per bolometer channel. Despite the slower f-number (f/# = 1.35) and reduced transmission (τ 0 = 89%, due to an increased number of lens elements) for the periscope, the diagnostic with an infrared periscope operational on LHD has improved in terms of sensitivity and SNR by a factor of 1.4 and 4.5, respectively, as compared to the original diagnostic without a periscope (i.e., IRVB foil being directly imaged by the IR camera through conventional optics). The bolometer's field of view has also increased by two times. The paper discusses these improvements in apt details.
- Particle Sources, Optics and Acceleration; Particle Detectors
Performance of the beam chamber vacuum system of K = 500 cyclotron at Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre Kolkata85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4884901View Description Hide Description
The beam chamber of Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata's K = 500 superconducting cyclotron is pumped by liquid helium cooled cryopanel with liquid nitrogen cooled radiation shield. Performance of the vacuum system was evaluated by cooling the cryopanel assembly with liquid nitrogen and liquid helium. Direct measurement of beam chamber pressure is quite difficult because of space restrictions and the presence of high magnetic field. Pressure gauges were placed away from the beam chamber. The beam chamber pressure was evaluated using a Monte Carlo simulation software for vacuum system and compared with measurements. The details of the vacuum system, measurements, and estimation of pressure of the beam chamber are described in this paper.
Determination of the ReA Electron Beam Ion Trap electron beam radius and current density with an X-ray pinhole camera85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4885448View Description Hide Description
The Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University is used as a charge booster and injector for the currently commissioned rare isotope re-accelerator facility ReA. This EBIT charge breeder is equipped with a unique superconducting magnet configuration, a combination of a solenoid and a pair of Helmholtz coils, allowing for a direct observation of the ion cloud while maintaining the advantages of a long ion trapping region. The current density of its electron beam is a key factor for efficient capture and fast charge breeding of continuously injected, short-lived isotope beams. It depends on the radius of the magnetically compressed electron beam. This radius is measured by imaging the highly charged ion cloud trapped within the electron beam with a pinhole camera, which is sensitive to X-rays emitted by the ions with photon energies between 2 keV and 10 keV. The 80%-radius of a cylindrical 800 mA electron beam with an energy of 15 keV is determined to be m in a 4 T magnetic field. From this, a current density of j = (454 ± 83)A/cm2 is derived. These results are in good agreement with electron beam trajectory simulations performed with TriComp and serve as a test for future electron gun design developments.
Improvement in the statistical operation of a Blumlein pulse forming line in bipolar pulse mode85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4883177View Description Hide Description
The paper presents the results of studies on shot-to-shot performance of a water Blumlein pulse forming line of 1–1.2 kJ of stored energy. The experiments were carried using the TEMP-4M pulsed ion beam accelerator during its operation in both unipolar pulse mode (150 ns, 250–300 kV) and bipolar-pulse mode with the first negative (300–600 ns, 100–150 kV) followed by a second positive (120 ns, 250–300 kV) pulse. The analysis was carried out for two cases when the Blumlein was terminated with a resistive load and with a self-magnetically insulated ion diode. It was found that in bipolar pulse mode the shot-to-shot variation in breakdown voltage of a preliminary spark gap is small, the standard deviation (1σ) does not exceed 2%. At the same time, the shot-to-shot variation in the breakdown voltage of the main spark gap in both bipolar-pulse and unipolar pulse mode is 3–4 times higher than that for the preliminary spark gap. To improve the statistical performance of the main spark gap we changed the regime of its operation from a self-triggered mode to an externally triggered mode. In the new arrangement the first voltage pulse at the output of Blumlein was used to trigger the main spark gap. The new trigatron-type regime of the main spark gap operation showed a good stability of breakdown voltage and thus allowed to stabilize the duration of the first pulse. The standard deviation of the breakdown voltage and duration of the first pulse did not exceed 2% for a set of 50 pulses. The externally triggered mode of the main gap operation also allowed for a decrease in the charging voltage of the Blumlein to a 0.9–0.95 of self-breakdown voltage of the main spark gap while the energy stored in Marx generator was decreased from 4 kJ to 2.5 kJ. At the same time the energy stored in Blumlein remained the same.
Simulation of direct plasma injection for laser ion beam acceleration with a radio frequency quadrupole85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890155View Description Hide Description
The direct plasma injection scheme (DPIS) has been being studied at Institute of Modern Physics since several years ago. A C6+ beam with peak current of 13 mA, energy of 593 keV/u has been successfully achieved after acceleration with DPIS method. To understand the process of DPIS, some simulations have been done as follows. First, with the total current intensity and the relative yields of different charge states for carbon ions measured at the different distance from the target, the absolute current intensities and time-dependences for different charge states are scaled to the exit of the laser ion source in the DPIS. Then with these derived values as the input parameters, the extraction of carbon beam from the laser ion source to the radio frequency quadrupole with DPIS is simulated, which is well agreed with the experiment results.
A novel fast-neutron detector concept for energy-selective imaging and imaging spectroscopy85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890392View Description Hide Description
We present and discuss the operational principle of a new fast-neutron detector concept suitable for either energy-selective imaging or for imaging spectroscopy. The detector is comprised of a series of energy-selective stacks of converter foils immersed in a noble-gas based mixture, coupled to a position-sensitive charge readout. Each foil in the various stacks is made of two layers of different thicknesses, fastened together: a hydrogen-rich (plastic) layer for neutron-to-proton conversion, and a hydrogen-free coating to selectively stop/absorb the recoil protons below a certain energy cut-off. The neutron-induced recoil protons, that escape the converter foils, release ionization electrons in the gas gaps between consecutive foils. The electrons are then drifted towards and localized by a position-sensitive charge amplification and readout stage. Comparison of the images detected by stacks with different energy cut-offs allows energy-selective imaging. Neutron energy spectrometry is realized by analyzing the responses of a sufficient large number of stacks of different energy response and unfolding techniques. In this paper, we present the results of computer simulation studies and discuss the expected performance of the new detector concept. Potential applications in various fields are also briefly discussed, in particularly, the application of energy-selective fast-neutron imaging for nuclear safeguards application, with the aim of determining the plutonium content in Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuels.
Focusing of intense and divergent ion beams in a magnetic mass analyzer85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4891419View Description Hide Description
A magnetic mass analyzer is used to determine the beam composition of a vacuum arc ion source. In the analyzer, we used the concentric multi-ring electrodes to focus the intense and divergent ion beams. We describe the principle, design, and the test results of the focusing device. The diameter of the beam profile is less than 20 mm when the accelerating voltage is 30 kV and the focusing voltage is about 2.0 kV. The focusing device has been successfully used in the magnetic mass analyzer to separate Ti+, Ti2+, and Ti3+.
- Nuclear Physics, Fusion and Plasmas
A system to measure isomeric state half-lives in the 10 ns to 10 μs range85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4886814View Description Hide Description
The Isomeric State Measurement System (SISMEI) was developed to search for isomeric nuclear states produced by fusion-evaporation reactions. The SISMEI consists of 10 plastic phoswich telescopes, two lead shields, one NaI(Tl) scintillation detector, two Compton suppressed HPGe γ-ray detectors, and a cone with a recoil product catcher. The new system was tested at the 8 UD Pelletron tandem accelerator of the University of São Paulo with the measurement of two known isomeric states: 54Fe, 10+ state (E = 6527.1 (11) keV, T1/2 = 364(7) ns) and the 5/2+ state of 19F (E = 197.143 (4) keV, T1/2 = 89.3 (10) ns). The results indicate that the system is capable of identifying delayed transitions, of measuring isomeric state lifetimes, and of identifying the feeding transitions of the isomeric state through the delayed γ-γ coincidence method. The measured half-life for the 10+ state was T1/2 = 365(14) ns and for the 5/2+ state, 100(36) ns.
Time-frequency analysis of non-stationary fusion plasma signals using an improved Hilbert-Huang transform85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4887415View Description Hide Description
An improved Hilbert-Huang transform method is developed to the time-frequency analysis of non-stationary signals in tokamak plasmas. Maximal overlap discrete wavelet packet transform rather than wavelet packet transform is proposed as a preprocessor to decompose a signal into various narrow-band components. Then, a correlation coefficient based selection method is utilized to eliminate the irrelevant intrinsic mode functions obtained from empirical mode decomposition of those narrow-band components. Subsequently, a time varying vector autoregressive moving average model instead of Hilbert spectral analysis is performed to compute the Hilbert spectrum, i.e., a three-dimensional time-frequency distribution of the signal. The feasibility and effectiveness of the improved Hilbert-Huang transform method is demonstrated by analyzing a non-stationary simulated signal and actual experimental signals in fusion plasmas.
X-ray polarization splitting by a single crystal evaluated with synchrotron x-rays85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890336View Description Hide Description
In hexagonal crystals such as quartz, an asymmetric Bragg reflection from two equivalent internal crystal planes can separate unpolarized x-rays into two linearly polarized components. The perfectly polarized and tunable x-rays from a synchrotron are ideal to evaluate polarization spitting in detail. One unanticipated feature is that additional reflections from the crystal affect the diffraction intensity of the two polarized components, an effect that is unlikely to matter in polarization spectroscopy of radiating plasmas for which the crystal is intended.
Investigation of the adhesive bonding technology for the insulator structure of EAST neutral beam injector85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890563View Description Hide Description
A key issue on the development of EAST ion source was the junction design of insulator structure, which consists of three insulators and four supporting flanges of electrode grid. Because the ion source is installed on the vertical plane, the insulator structure has to withstand large bending and shear stress due to the gravity of whole ion source. Through a mechanical analysis, it was calculated that the maximum bending normal stress was 0.34 MPa and shear stress was 0.23 MPa on the insulator structure. Due to the advantages of simplicity and high strength, the adhesive bonding technology was applied to the junction of insulator structure. A tensile testing campaign of different junction designs between insulator and supporting flange was performed, and a junction design of stainless steel and fiber enhanced epoxy resin with epoxy adhesive was determined. The insulator structure based on the determined design can satisfy both the requirements of high-voltage holding and mechanical strength.
Breakdown assisted by a novel electron drift injection in the J-TEXT tokamak85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4890287View Description Hide Description
A novel electron drift injection (EDI) system aiming to improve breakdown behavior has been designed and constructed on the Joint Texas EXperiment Tokamak Tokamak. Electrons emitted by the system undergo the E × B drift, ∇ B drift and curvature drift in sequence in order to traverse the confining magnetic field. A local electrostatic well, generated by a concave-shaped plate biased more negative than the cathode, is introduced to interrupt the emitted electrons moving along the magnetic field line (in the parallel direction) in an attempt to bring an enhancement of the injection efficiency and depth. A series of experiments have demonstrated the feasibility of this method, and a penetration distance deeper than 9.5 cm is achieved. Notable breakdown improvements, including the reduction of breakdown delay and average loop voltage, are observed for discharges assisted by EDI. The lower limit of successfully ionized pressure is expanded.
Design and characterization of a 32-channel heterodyne radiometer for electron cyclotron emission measurements on experimental advanced superconducting tokamak85(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4891040View Description Hide Description
A 32-channel heterodyne radiometer has been developed for the measurement of electron cyclotron emission (ECE) on the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST). This system collects X-mode ECE radiation spanning a frequency range of 104–168 GHz, where the frequency coverage corresponds to a full radial coverage for the case with a toroidal magnetic field of 2.3 T. The frequency range is equally spaced every 2 GHz from 105.1 to 167.1 GHz with an RF bandwidth of ∼500 MHz and the video bandwidth can be switched among 50, 100, 200, and 400 kHz. Design objectives and characterization of the system are presented in this paper. Preliminary results for plasma operation are also presented.


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The mothers in your life deserve the best, so make sure that's what they get on Sunday. If you're still looking for gift ideas, restaurant listings or something handmade from the heart, consult this guide before Mom's big day on May 13.
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If you're looking for something to do in North Ridgeville this weekend, here are a couple of ideas.
The North Ridgeville Branch of the Lorain Public Library, 35700 Bainbridge Road, will hold a book sale 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. It features a large assortment of books, movies and puzzles for all ages. It's sponsored by the Friends of the North Ridgeville Branch Library Inc. For more information, call the North Ridgeville Branch Library at 440-327-8326.
The Lone Tree Tavern, 33009 Lorain Road, will the Blue Eyed Soul Band Saturday at 9 p.m.
VFW Post 9871 will hold a buffet breakfast for the public from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday at 6805 Lear Nagle Road. Adults $6; senior citizens $5; children age 9 and younger $2.50.


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Reports that U.S. Senate candidate Monica Wehby was accused last year of stalking a former boyfriend overshadowed her Friday debate with Jason Conger, her rival in the Republican primary.
Moments after the debate ended, Wehby rushed from the room as reporters tried to ask questions about the accusations contained in a 2013 Portland police report.
"I don't know what to think ... but it was bizarre," said Conger, a state representative, after watching her leave.
Still, Wehby and Conger, the two front-runners among five seeking the GOP nomination to face U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., in the fall, did talk about several issues during Friday's debate.
The event was sponsored by the City Club of Portland and held at the Sentinel, a downtown hotel.
Here are four videos on topics they discussed: Gun control, Cover Oregon, immigration and equal pay.
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Mansfield seized opportunity
The early-season ineligibility of Joey Lynch became a blessing for Bremertons baseball team a year ago. It was impetus to move Alex Mansfield into the starting lineup at second base. Mansfield got off to such a great start, that Lynch, now playing at Olympic College, was moved to the outfield when he returned to the lineup.
It was the old classic, I got the position, Im not giving it back, said Bremerton coach Mike McKnight. Alex just kind of came out of nowhere, but he had a great year. He hit over .400.
Mansfield, who earned first-team all-Olympic League honors. has been impressive in early-season drills, especially defensively, where he could be called upon to play some shortstop this season when versatile Joe Bollinger takes his turn on the mound.
Hes gotten smoother and better, McKnight said. Hes made a couple bad-bounce plays where you just kind of look at him and go, Oooh! He can handle the glove. Hell be our leadoff hitter. Hopefully, hell repeat what he did last year.
Bollinger, unlike Mansfield, didnt take the league by surprise. He was a first-team utility player as a sophomore and repeated as a junior after hitting better than .400.
Hes our best hitter. Hes got good power at the plate and drives the ball into the gaps. Joe reminds me a little of Terrel Hansen, McKnight said of the former Bremerton athlete who went on to play at Washington State and later spent 10 years in the minors. Terrel was one of those guys who could do everything. He was a good hitter, but could play wherever you wanted him to play.
The versatile Bollinger has pitched, played shortstop, second, outfield and even caught a couple games for the Knights. Hell do whatever you want him to, McKnight said of the 6-footer. Thats what I like about Joe. He just wants to play baseball. Third base or outfield might be his best spot. He sort of sees himself going on (to college) as a right-fielder, McKnight said. Hes got a cannon for an arm.
That arm will likely be pitching a lot of innings for the Knights.
Bollinger, who uses a high leg-kick, will lead a staff that includes senior lefty Cory Beahm.
If he brings his A game, he can be tough, McKnight said of Beahm, a southpaw with good mound presence who can be sneaky-fast at times.
Other pitchers, all untested at the varsity level, include senior Briggs and juniors Charlie Marza, Noah Garguile and Ron Gingrey. Mansfield was even pitching during a drill inside the schools gym earlier this week.
All throw fairly well, but theres not one that can say, Im the guy. Its probably going to be Joe, McKnight said of Bollinger. He doesnt really want it, but he knows we need him. Hes been a leader since his sophomore year. Hes the guy they all look up to.
McKnights also hoping for another repeat year from his only other returner senior third baseman Josh Walesby, who also hit over .400 last season.
Hes solid, McKnight said. Hes kind of a big, square guy, but hes faster than he looks.
Now, the veteran coach can only hope that some other players, stepping up from the junior varsity ranks, will fill in the other holes.
Defensively, McKnight thinks the Knights will be OK up the middle. Junior catcher Rood-Olson is coming around, and McKnight said fleet center fielder Reggie Williams can go out and get a ball as nice as anyone, and theres a little room out there at Legion Field. And in addition to Bollinger and Mansfield, Marza gives the Knights another solid middle infielder.
Beahm, Briggs and Garguile are vying for time at first base. Gingreys got the inside track at third. Outfield candidates are senior Taylor Empolen-Smith and juniors Dean Jacobs, a lefty who can also pitch, and Anthony Belgarde. Derrick Wests an infielder/outfielder.
Tryouts attracted just 31 players, and after cuts, the Knights were left with just 26 varsity and junior varsity players.
Were keeping our fingers crossed that we dont lose any more, McKnight said.
Bremerton lost its opener, 7-2, againt North Mason in Belfair on March 8. Its scheduled to host Capital on Monday, March 18.
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MARQUETTE - Bills sponsored by state Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, designed to increase payments in lieu of taxes to local governments for state-owned land within their boundaries, were approved in the Senate Tuesday and are headed to the House.
Casperson and Rep. Darwin Booher, R-Evart, who sponsored Senate Bills 1021 and 1022, said their legislation intends to address repetitive problems with PILT payments not being made in full or on time.
When the state purchases land, that land is removed from the local property tax rolls. To make up for the loss of this property tax revenue, the state is supposed to pay PILT or swamp taxes to the affected local units of government and school districts.
"Our local governments and schools count on these funds to maintain critical services and help provide a quality education," Casperson said in a news release. "I sponsored this reform because it is time for the state to meet its obligation for the land it owns. Michigan residents are not allowed to pay only part of their taxes, and neither should the state. This will ensure schools and locals receive payments on time and in full, and will also ensure that the cost of owning property is fully taken into consideration as the state looks at buying more land."
Some of the changes the legislation provides include increasing PILT payments for purchased lands by ensuring payments are based on current taxable values and current millage rates, increasing payments on tax-reverted land from $2 per acre to $4 per acre, forcing the state to make payments by Feb. 14 to locals that have submitted their information as required and inserting a penalty on the state for not making payments on time, which would be identical to that assessed on landowners who do not pay property taxes.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources owns about 4.6 million acres of land, with the vast majority of that located in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula. In addition, the federal government owns approximately 3.1 million acres.
"In total, about 20 percent of Michigan's land base has been taken off the tax rolls," Booher said in a news release. "Purchasing more and more land affects our communities. Education and local services are negatively impacted when land transfers ownership to the state because the state payments are significantly less than what would be paid by a private owner.
"Simply put, this legislation is about ensuring that our schools and local governments receive timely and fair compensation for property owned by the state."
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