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BUFFALO - The Randolph Cardinals stood single file for the traditional postgame handshake at All High Stadium on Friday night and, one by one, they slowly made their way through the line, sharing a few pleasantries and an occasionial brief embrace with the players from Avon.
Bringing up the rear was Jordan Dowiasz.
The Cardinals were merely saving the best for last.
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Above, behind the blocking of Michael Bowers and Cody Oldro (76), Randolph running back Jordan Dowiasz finds running room during Friday's Class D Far West Regional football game against Avon. Below, Chris Doubek is dragged down by Avon's John Ambroselli. See additional photos at cu.post-journal.com.
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The senior running back rushed for 252 yards on 27 carries and scored three touchdowns, including two during a decisive second quarter, to propel No. 4 Randolph to a convincing, 34-14, victory over the second-ranked Section 5 champions in the Class D Far West Regional.
Junior quarterback Mitchell Maycock and senior running back Alex Miinte both added TD runs, sending the Cardinals (9-2) into the New York State Public High School Athletic Association football semifinals for the third time in school history.
The previous two trips - 2005 and 2009 - they eventually came home with a state title.
''History means nothing,'' Randolph coach Pat Slater maintained afterward, ''but that's the good thing about high school football. Every year it's a new team, every team has its own identity and they have to come up with their own characters.''
The lead role this postseason for the red and white is Dowiasz, who has turned it into a personal highlight reel.
He opened the playoffs by scoring a pair of touchdowns against Cattaraugus-Little Valley.
He followed that with a 169-yard effort and four TDs against Silver Creek.
And then in the Section 6 championship game, he blitzed then top-ranked Maple Grove for 214 yards and two scores.
''He's pretty fast,'' said Slater, who registered his 212th career victory, ''and he's pretty good. We like that.''
Dowiasz scored on touchdown runs of 1, 73 and 42 yards, giving him 27 for the season. His first two TDs came before intermission when Randolph, which scored on its first four possessions and finished with 377 yards on the ground, opened up a 27-0 lead against the Braves (9-2).
Dowiasz's third touchdown - off an option pitch from Maycock - with under five minutes to go in the game stamped the Cardinals' ticket to Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester and a berth in the semifinals. That's where they'll meet top-ranked Tioga (10-1), a 54-13 winner over No. 3 Sandy Creek, 5 p.m. next Friday.
''This is a great feeling,'' Slater said.
Early on, though, the Braves' no-huddle, spread offense, directed by senior quarterback T.J. Crye, was clicking, moving them to Randolph's 32 on their first possession.
But on second down, Crye's pass was intercepted by Randolph junior linebacker Cody Oldro. Seven plays later, Maycock scored on a keeper from 13 yards out to give the Cardinals a 6-0 lead, one they would never relinquish.
''That (interception) was a big play for us,'' Slater said. ''We needed something to get us going and make them believe. ... Something like that against a team like that, it's great.''
Then, in the span of five minutes of the second quarter, Randolph scored three touchdowns - on a 1-yard run by Dowiasz, a 2-yard plunge by Miinte and a scintillating 73-yard burst down the far sideline by Dowiasz. With 6:52 remaining before halftime, the Cardinals led, 27-0.
That would be more than enough points, although the Braves did make things mildly interesting at times after that. Crye scored on a 4-yard run with under a minute remaining in the second quarter and later connected with senior John Ambroselli on a 11-yard touchdown pass with 3:09 left in the third period. Both TDs were followed by successful point-after kicks from Conner O'Donoghue.
But even though Avon did a decent job stopping the run after intermission, Randolph never lost its defensive composure either. Crye completed 15 of 32 passes for 239 yards, but the Cardinals yielded only 60 yards on the ground.
''We managed to make the plays when we needed to make the plays,'' Slater said.
And when Dowiasz took the pitch from Maycock late in the final period, he delivered again.
''All I saw was end zone,'' Dowiasz said. ''Then it was a sigh of relief.''
Added Slater: ''It's great to be moving on.''
NOTES: Junior linebacker Chris Doubek led Randolph with eight tackles and two assists and Oldro, the defensive most outstanding player, had seven solos and four assists. ... Doubek also had 51 yards rushing on 13 carries, while Miinte had 40 yards on six trips and junior Jared Pitchford had 27 yards on two carries. ... Micah Kehoe connected on three extra-point tries for the winners. ... Unofficially, Dowiasz, who was selected the offensive most outstanding player, has rushed for 1,541 yards this season. ... Jake Martinez had six catches for 95 yards and Ambroselli added six receptions for 86 yards for Avon.
Avon 0 7 7 0 - 14
Randolph6 21 0 7 - 34
Ran - Maycock 13 run (kick failed).
Ran - Dowiarz 1 run (run failed).
Ran - Miinte 2 run (Maycock run).
Ran - Dowiarz 73 run (Kehoe kick).
Avo - Crye 4 run (O'Donoghue kick).
Avo - Ambroselli 11 pass from Crye (O'Donoghue kick).
Ran - Dowiarz 42 run (Kehoe kick).


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Famous in her small town of River Heights for solving crimes and assisting the local police in catching the bad guys, Nancy Drew is addicted to mysteries.
I assumed this film would only appeal to a younger audience, but I was shocked to find that there were plenty of real scares and fewer cheesy moments than I had expected. Being that Emma Roberts is a current idol to many young girls, she was very fitting for the role of Nancy Drew.
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This film brings the classic character to life, with a modern-day twist, but with the same innocent charm that Nancy Drew has held for decades. Emma Roberts' portrayal of the timeless heroine is both refreshing and unique.
It is certainly a different take on the character of Nancy Drew, but is still very believable and does well to resurrect childhood memories for fans of the popular mystery series.
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HELENA, Alabama - After 48 years serving the Helena municipal government as an elected leader - four years as a council member and the subsequent 44 years as mayor - Charles "Sonny" Penhale seemed at a loss for words when he started his farewell speech tonight.
"Well, I don't know where to start. I didn't mean to get on the agenda," Penhale said at the conclusion of his final meeting as mayor under his four decades in office, eliciting some laughs from the audience.
Penhale is stepping down from the office he has held since 1968 after voters elected former police chief Mark Hall in the special runoff on Oct. 9. Hall won the race with roughly 63 percent of the vote compared to Penhale at about 37 percent.
With close to 100 people packed in the council chambers for the historic meeting that marked the end of one of Alabama's longest serving mayors, Penhale quickly found his speaking stride.
"It's been an honor to serve 44 years as mayor" and four years on the council, he said. "It's been great to serve this city, to see it grow to where it's at now."
The city has grown under Penhale's leadership, from about 1,100 people in the 1970 Census to roughly 17,000 today with most of the expansion happening in the last two decades. The city earned Money Magazine's 2007 title of being the top place to live in Alabama.
"That was done by the people of Helena, not by me," he said of the accolades received by the city.
During his farewell speech that lasted a few minutes, Penhale dished out compliments to the municipality's employees. "I do want to thank the employees we've got here," he said, pointing out their dedication to the job.
"They show that by the turnover we have. ... We very seldom have turnover," he said.
One employee in attendance was the mayor's son Ivy Penhale, who is a captain with the city's police department. Since he was 6 years old, the son has known his dad to be an elected city leader.
"I don't know it's really set it yet, honestly," the 54-year-old said about his dad leaving office.
"I've been with the city as a full-time employee since '93," he added. "It's been quite an experience and I hope to pass it on to my kids."
Serving the citizens runs in the Penhale family. The police captain's oldest brother, Garry Penhale, served as the city's fire chief before retiring. Their other brother, Donald Penhale, is retired from the military.
Sonny Penhale's grandfather Charlie Hinds took office as mayor of Helena in 1917, according to the city's website.
For anyone who thinks Penhale is going to fall out of sight, think again.
"I'm not going away," the outgoing mayor said, adding that if anyone needs to find him, "you know where I'm at."
He complimented the mayor-elect with optimism about his anticipated job performance. "I know Mark Hall is going to do a great job," he said.
In an interview after the meeting, Hall said he is looking forward to taking over as mayor. He expects a "smooth and easy transition."
"We've got a great council lined up. We've had time to speak to them. It's going to be a great cooperation," Hall said, adding that he has received "good input and information from everyone involved."
With a final "thank you" to the crowd, Penhale received a standing ovation followed by numerous hugs and handshakes from attendees.
Penhale concluded his address by telling the audience it was "God's will" that led to his departure from office. "Also, the will of the people that voted me out," he quickly injected.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Republican Mid-Island City Council candidate Steven Matteo on Monday received the endorsement of borough GOP chair John Antoniello.
But Antoniello said it would be "some time" before all the wounds are healed from the bitter GOP Mid-Island primary.
Speaking at Republican headquarters in New Dorp, Antoniello called Matteo "by far the best candidate available."
Matteo last week defeated Lisa Giovinazzo in the GOP primary, a campaign that had split Republicans into battling factions. The party organization did not make an endorsement in the race.
Matteo is chief of staff to GOP City Councilman James Oddo, who is term-limited out of the Council and is running for borough president.
Antoniello said that Matteo's work with Oddo had prepared Matteo to "hit the ground running" in the Council.
"It's time we get the party together behind this candidate," he said.
But Antoniello acknowledged that party unity won't come immediately.
"The wounds were kind of deep," he said. "It will take some time to heal. But at the end of the day, we're all Republicans."
Matteo said he was "happy" to have Antoniello's endorsement as his campaign moves on to the fall showdown against Democrat John Mancuso.
Rep. Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) supported Ms. Giovinazzo in the race while other Republican officials here backed Matteo.
Grimm's spokeswoman Carol Danko on Monday said that Matteo has the congressman's "full support."
On primary night, Grimm also posted congratulations to Matteo and GOP mayoral winner Joe Lhota, on his Facebook page, and asked "my supporters to stand with the 2 Republican winners and give them your support in the general election."
Grimm backed Lhota in the primary.
But the Matteo camp on Monday also alluded to the divisiveness of the primary.
"After our victory last Tuesday night, we embraced and shared the goal of uniting the Republican Party and that remains our intent," said Matteo campaign spokeswoman Lisa Grey. "With that said, some extremely unfortunate statements were directed at Steve during the primary campaign. For now, our sole focus is victory in November."
Matteo has also been endorsed by the Conservative and Independent parties.


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County fire authority soliciting public input on budget
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — A county fire authority is seeking public input for its 2010 budget during its upcoming meetings.
The North County Regional Fire Authority's Board of Commissioners will be holding budget discussions during their public meetings, which take place the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month.
One of the main topics of discussion will be whether the fire authority, which currently operates under a fire levy and two separate emergency medical service levies, should run a new levy that would combine all of its current levies.
Taxing districts, such as the fire authority, pay thousands of dollars for each levy they run, said Chief Dale Fulfs.
"Our tax payers will save money by not having to pay for multiple levy elections every couple of years," he said.
The new levy could go to voters in August 2010, Fulfs said.
The Board of Commissioners' next meeting will take place on Oct. 28 at 3:30 p.m. at the authority's Warm Beach location (19727 Marine Drive, Stanwood).
The following meeting is scheduled for Nov. 11 at 3002 252nd St. NE, Arlington.
North County Regional Fire Authority serves more than 15,000 residents in north Snohomish County.
The authority was formed after voters approved the merger of two fire districts in 2007.
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Diversity a big issue in Langley council race
Growth, diversity and identity in this seaside city of 1,100 dominate the debate in the only contested race for the five-member Langley City Council.
Incumbent Russell Sparkman is being challenged by political newcomer Thomas Gill in the Position 3 contest in Tuesday's General Election.
City council members Rene Neff and Robert Gilman are also on the ballot for re-election, but both are unopposed.
Langley City Council members hold staggered four-year terms. The positions are unpaid, but members receive $50 per month for expenses.
Sparkman, 50, an Internet media consultant appointed last year to fill the unexpired term of Neil Colburn, is seeking his first full term on the council.
"Langley seems to me to have suffered an identity crisis during the years," Sparkman said. "I've never quite understood why, since I think Langley is one of the coolest places on the planet."
Gill, 25, a Whidbey Telecom tech-support agent, is a South Whidbey native, and a 2001 graduate of South Whidbey High School.
"I'm deeply concerned with the direction Whidbey Island is taking," Gill said. "In my years of college, leaving and returning to the island, I have seen many things occur that I don't understand."
Both candidates have strong opinions about the future of the Village by the Sea.
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Despite his political inexperience, Gill said he's running for city council because he loves Langley and wants to help shape its path.
He said Langley should "act like a city" and encourage a mixed-use approach to land to increase the population and widen the tax base. This should be done without extending the city's boundaries, so as to preserve the rest of the South End's rural character, he added.
Gill said he has become disturbed by the number of housing developments in previously rural areas outside the city.
"Why does the city insist on an inefficient use of land?" Gill said. "If Langley doesn't become a denser city, the entirety of Whidbey is destined to become a Mercer Island, and we're less than 30 years from that happening."
He said he would think outside the box to try to bring more competition to the city, to polish its image and to make it a destination for other South End residents.
"Langley is not really liked by South Whidbey at large," he said. "They don't feel like Langley has anything to offer."
Gill said it's important for the city to attract other islanders, because tourism may dry up if the poor economy continues.
"The locals are here, they're valuable, and we need to make them feel as such," he said.
As for development, Gill said that "for the most part, Langley is finally getting it right." But he added: "I would like to see more efficient use for the land that is allowed to develop."
Gill also said he supports continued cooperation between the city and the Port of South Whidbey in the development of Langley Marina, and that Langley Middle School, to be closed by the South Whidbey School District in 2011, should be utilized to the city's educational, recreational and cultural advantage.
Gill, who is single, is working toward a college degree in computer engineering. He said he's currently living with his parents "because
I can't find affordable housing in Langley."
He said his biggest peeve regarding the city is "the lack of pedestrian-vehicle separation."
"Most of the city doesn't have sidewalks, something that is essential to being a pedestrian-friendly city," he said.
"Langley needs to start growing again," Gill said. "The current stagnation has been bad for the city and the island."
Russell Sparkman
Sparkman has lived on South Whidbey since 2001 and in Langley since 2002.
He has been self-employed or the head of his own corporation since 1993, and currently operates his Internet consulting company Fusionspark Media from his home.
He spent eight years in Japan, where he published books on digital photography and did consulting work for corporations.
He and his wife Noriko have two children, Guy, 14, and Maia, 13.
Sparkman refers to himself as "an accidental politician."
He studied political science in college, and got his first taste of public life when he joined Langely's Planning Advisory Board, which led to his appointment to the city council.
He has chaired the economic development committee of the comprehensive plan process, and the mayor's Council on Economic Health.
"I have extensive background and experience in helping to govern Langley," he said. "I am running so that I may continue that work."
Sparkman said the roots of the city's economic problems stem from its dependence on tourism, which is prone to ups and downs.
"The cyclical vagaries of a tourism-based economy inevitably give rise to the 'who are we, what are we about' questions we hear, especially when businesses close during slow times," he said.
He said the key to the city's future is economic diversity. He said he would emphasize Langley's strong arts, culture and educational components.
And by doing that, the city would attract "the tech-savvy workers and entrepreneurs who represent our best hope for bringing families with school-aged children to our community, within our existing built environment."
He agrees with Gill that the city should continue to work with the Port of South Whidbey to develop Langley Marina, including the construction of a new underwater park to attract divers from throughout the nation, and perhaps the world.
He also supports the continued use of LMS for arts, culture and education.
Sparkman said the city is taking land-use planning in the right direction.
"There's a well-thought-out, innovative approach that's been in development since the comprehensive-plan update that began in 2006," he said. "The recent approval of plans for the Wharf Street area is a testament that these approaches can and do work well for our community."
He said if re-elected, he will "continue the work that I began for the city almost four years ago."
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Funny to see the Secret Waterfall "outed Ive been going there most every year since 1979. Jay and I simul-soloed it in '79. I think it's solid WI 3.
Best approach is from above. Drop off the Beaver Brook trail at the rock outcropping well before the Secret Icefall drainage. Before the Beaver Brook Trail was in, we approached from below. Not too bad, but the river crossing can be dangerous.
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Bringing blood-thirsty zombies and communists to the Peninsula City, a screening of the film, "Red Scare," a movie whose parts were filmed in Bayonne and Jersey City, will take place this evening at the Frank Theatres South Cover Stadium 14, on Lefante Way.
"It's a black-and-white, Mel Brooks-type spoof of zombie movies [set] in 1950s communist era," said local actor Chris Lucas, 43, who plays a general in the film.
The film centers around a Russian plot to send zombies over to the United States in an attempt to take over the country, according to Lucas, whose acting credits also include parts on ABC daytime soap opera, "One Life to Live," and a part in the film, "Quiz Show," which didn't make the movie.
A long-time Jersey City resident who now lives in Bergen County, Lucas' two sons, Adam, 9, and Sean, 7, also appear in the film as zombies.
Shot last summer, feature-length film was written and produced by Bayonne resident Sam Platizky, who runs the independent film company, Narrow Bridge Films.
Scenes were shot in various locations around both Jersey City and Bayonne as both the Bayonne Bridge and the Colgate Clock appear in the film.
The screening will take place at 7 p.m. tonight at Frank Theatres in Bayonne. Patrons will be allowed to start lining up at 6 p.m. Tickets must be purchased, however by 6:30 p.m.
Signed posters and promotional photos will be available (while supplies last), and DVD's will be sold at the event.
Producer Sam Platizky, who also stars in the film as "Rex Steel," and Director William Dautrick Jr. are scheduled to give introductory remarks this evening, followed by a question and answer period with cast and crew.
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STRONGSVILLE, Ohio – Tom Donelan has marketed just two products – playing cards and a poker-based dice game – since he established his home-based Heartland Consumer Products in 2008.
The dice game, invented by an Illinois grandmother, is called Square Shooters. Donelan said more than 250,000 of the games have sold nationwide over the past three years in 12,000 stores, including Walmart, Walgreens and Target.
Donelan, a Strongsville resident, knew from the start that he could develop other games using the same Square Shooters dice. The possibilities seemed endless, and Donelan wasn't sure which course to take.
"Instead of trying to be judge and jury and tell the American people the best way to play with the dice, we thought we would ask them to tell us," Donelan, 44, said. So last fall, Donelan ran a website contest on squareshooters.com for the best new dice game. There were more than 100 submissions based on various card games, including poker, canasta and hearts, and existing dice games like Farkle.
The winner, Ryan Strong of Springville, Utah, won $2,000. Heartland wants to market and sell Strong's game, 9 Shooters Quickdraw, and plans to raise investment money this spring on Kickstarter.
Donelan would like to create even more dice games but doubts there is enough physical space for them in retail stores. Instead, he would make them available on the Internet, and aims to start a sister company to market online dice games.
"The contest showed that people like these games in digital form," Donelan said.
Donelan – who previously worked in retail sales for companies like
Shearer's Food Inc. – was looking to buy rights to a well-established game product when he founded Heartland Games in 2008. At the time, the company that owned Vegas playing cards had filed for bankruptcy, so he bought the Vegas brand. Three weeks later, the Great Recession hit, and the playing cards and Heartland itself struggled.
"It was like we had a patient on the operating table and the lights went out in the hospital," Donelan said.
Heartland Games managed to survive the next 18 months, selling its playing cards. Then, in 2010, Carmelyn Calvert, of Eldren, Ill., sent Heartland an email. She had invented and patented a game in which players roll dice for the best poker hand and wanted help promoting it.
Donelan deleted the email, but his marketing director had also received a copy and urged him to take a second look.
"It seemed like someone must have already done something like this," Donelan said. "It didn't seem like a remarkable, innovative, sophisticated new thing.
"But that's where the genius lies. It was like a brick-in-the-forehead sort of invention, like putting the peanut butter on the chocolate. Nobody had done it."
The game consists of nine dice, each, of course, with six sides. That's a total of 54 total sides – enough to depict 52 playing cards and two jokers. However, Calvert had to divide the 54 card faces among the nine dice so that any roll can produce any poker hand.
"There are 40 straight-flush combinations in poker," Donelan said. "She had to figure out a way to arrange the card faces so that you could achieve all 40 of those straight-flush hands. And she was able to accomplish it."
Donelan said he recognized that Calvert had invented more than a game. It was a game system, ripe with possibilities. Donelan, to come up with Square Shooters, expanded upon Calvert's idea. His adapted game is similar to Yahtzee, but instead of score sheets it includes game cards, which tell players which poker hand to roll for.
"We constructed the game so that you're always close to winning," Donelan said.
Donelan said that for now he will concentrate only on Strong's 9 Shooters Quickdraw game, at least until it takes root. Then he may look to other game submissions from his contest.
But Donelan will also continue to sell Square Shooters. He says games like that bring families and friends together -- at after-dinner nights, holiday gatherings, cocktail parties -- like nothing else can."Those social moments will never go away," Donelan said. "There is a permanent place for board gaming – and we think a permanent place for cards on dice."


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LAS VEGAS, NetWorld+Interop 2004, May 11, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions enabling broadband communications, today announced a low power, multi-rate serial 10 Gigabit transceiver (transmitter/receiver) that enables networking equipment manufacturers to standardize on a single chip design supporting both Very Short Reach (VSR) and Long Reach (LR) optical link applications. Broadcom's new transceiver is especially suited for LR applications, providing peak performance and a small footprint for compact module and high-density line card solutions.
The Broadcom(R) BCM8152 multi-rate Gigabit transceiver is targeted for both module and line card applications. For module applications, the low jitter generation and ability to adjust the phase and threshold of input signals allow an optical module to achieve longer reach. For line card system applications, high port density within a small footprint is achieved. For this application, a special 10 Gigabit serial receiver is designed to improve the eye opening of the received signal in support of the 10 Gigabit small form factor interface (XFI) as specified by the 10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable (XFP) Group.
Modules and high-density line cards take electrical signals and convert them to serial optical signals for transmitting and receiving data throughout an optical network (which is the preferred method used to transmit data at high speeds over long distances). The BCM8152's small form factor is designed to reside within 10 Gigabit hot-pluggable modules and high-density line cards for optical switches and routers within metropolitan area networks (MANs), multi-service switching platforms, add and drop multiplexers (ADMs) and Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) transport equipment.
According to Dell'Oro Group's "4Q 2003 Router Summary Report," there is an increase in demand for both 10G POS (Packet over SONET/SDH - Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) ports and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports, and it is expected that 10 Gigabit per second (Gbps) router revenue will grow 31% year-over-year in 2004. SONET and SDH are networking standards for transmitting data at high rates over fiber optic lines.
The BCM8152 is a fully integrated, Multi Source Agreement (MSA) compatible, multi-rate transceiver that operates at high speed transmission rates supporting OC-192/STM-64 (9.953 Gigabits per second), 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10.3125 Gbps), 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel (10.519 Gbps) or one of the supported forward error correction (FEC) rates (10.664, 10.709, 11.095 and 11.318 Gbps). With low jitter generation of 200 femtoseconds (or 2mUI RMS), the BCM8152 provides ample margin for designs required to meet the ITU and Telcordia maximum limit of 10mUI RMS for jitter generation.
"For wideband tunable 300-Pin MSA transponders to address long haul applications, low jitter and the ability to adjust the phase and threshold for control are required when providing this type of high-quality and reliable transponder," said Jerry B. Wood, Director of Harris Corporation, Government Communication Systems Divisions. "The BCM8152 met our performance requirements the best and is targeted to address the needs of long reach and long haul applications."
"The BCM8152 is a third generation 10 Gigabit optical transceiver that sets new levels of flexibility and performance in a single chip, CMOS device. Broadcom has continued to invest in transceiver development to enable the transition of networking equipment to 10 Gigabit data transmission by continuing to offer high performance, cost-effective solutions," said Nariman Yousefi, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's Networking Physical Layer/Optical Line of Business.
BCM8152 Technical Information
The BCM8152 transceiver offers a high level of silicon integration including a 16:1 multiplexer, 1:16 demultiplexer, clock multiplier unit, and clock and data recovery unit with a limiting amplifier. Low cost is achieved through the use of a standard CMOS process and a small 15 x 15 mm plastic BGA package.
Price and Availability
Samples of the BCM8152 are currently available to all Broadcom customers. Production is scheduled for July 2004 with large volume pricing at $91 each.
Reference designs for BCM8152 XFP applications are also available to accelerate time-to-market for low-cost line card and interconnect solutions based on the XFP module specification. The XFP reference design includes an evaluation board, reference schematics, a user manual, and software with a graphical user interface (GUI). A standard BCM8152 evaluation board is also available for customer evaluation.
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Broadcom Corporation is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions that enable broadband communications and networking of voice, video and data services. We design, develop and supply complete system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions incorporating digital, analog, radio frequency (RF), microprocessor and digital signal processing (DSP) technologies, as well as related hardware and software system-level applications. Our diverse product portfolio addresses every major broadband communications market, and includes solutions for digital cable and satellite set-top boxes; high definition television (HDTV); cable and digital subscriber line (DSL) modems and residential gateways; high-speed transmission and switching for local, metropolitan, wide area and storage networking; home and wireless networking; cellular and terrestrial wireless communications; Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway and telephony systems; broadband network and security processors; and SystemI/O(TM) server solutions. These technologies and products support our core mission: Connecting everything(R).
Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and may be contacted at 1-949-450-8700 or at www.broadcom.com.
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Akron Art Museum. 1 S. High St. 330-376-9185 or akronartmuseum.org. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday (until 9 p.m. Thursday). Closes all major holidays. $7; $5, those 65 and older and students; free for youth ages 17 and younger. Free admission the third Thursday of the month. Exhibit: "New Artifacts: Works by Brent Kee Young and Sungsoo Kim." Through Sunday, April 7. Exhibit: "Adolph Gottlieb: Sculptor." Through Sunday, Feb. 17. Exhibit (Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Gallery): "Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders," featuring photographs years ago of members of the Chicago Outlaw Motorcycle Club. Through Sunday, July 21.
Allen Memorial Art Museum. 87 N. Main St., Oberlin. 440-775-8665 or oberlin.edu/allenart. A strong permanent collection makes the Allen well worth a trip to Lorain County. The Weltzheimer/Johnson House (a Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian House, 1948-50), 534 Morgan St., is open the first and third Sundays of the month, from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is $5. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Free. Exhibit (Ripin Print Gallery): "Beyond the Surface: Text and Image in Islamic Art." Through Sunday, June 30. Exhibit (Ellen Johnson Gallery): "Religion, Ritual and Performances in Modern and Contemporary Art." Through Sunday, June 30. Exhibit (Stern Gallery): "Religion, Ritual and Performances in the Renaissance." Through Sunday, June 30.
Cleveland Museum of Art. 11150 East Blvd. 216-421-7340 or clevelandart.org. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday (until 9 p.m. Wednesday and Friday). Closed major holidays. Free admission to the permanent collection. Admission may apply to touring exhibitions. Exhibit (Glass Box Gallery): "Installation by Fred Wilson." Through Sunday, May 5. Exhibit: "Studio Glass in Focus: Dialogue and Innovation." Through Sunday, April 14. Exhibit: "Picasso and the Mysteries of Life: Deconstructing La Vie." Through Sunday, April 21. Exhibit: "Studio Glass in Focus: Dialogue and Innovation." Through Sunday, April 14. Exhibit: "American Vesuvius: The Aftermath of Mount St. Helens." Photography by Frank Gohlke and Emmet Gowin. Through Sunday, May 12. Exhibit: "British Drawings From the Cleveland Museum of Art." Opens Sunday. Through Sunday, May 26. Event: "Discover Gallery One." Second Sundays programming series for families to explore Gallery One with art-makings, scavenger hunt, ArtLens Turbo Talks (led by a museum educator), and Art Stories Storytime. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. 02/10/13 Free.
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. 11400 Euclid Ave. 216-421-8671 or mocacleveland.org. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday (until 10 p.m. Thursday). $8; $6, senior citizens; $5, students with valid ID. Free admission on the first Saturday of the month. Exhibit: "Inside Out and From the Ground Up." The inaugural exhibition at MOCA Cleveland's new building spreads throughout the museum. Through Sunday, Feb. 24. Exhibit: "Inside Out and From the Ground Up: Video Salon." Features works by Jeremy Blake, David Hammons, Oliver Husain, Corey McCorkle, Jennifer West and Haegue Yang. Through Sunday, Feb. 24. Exhibit: "Katharina Grosse: Third Man Begins Digging Through Her Pockets," massively scaled paintings and installations. Through Sunday, June 9. Exhibit: Corin Hewitt installation: "The Hedge." Through Sunday, April 14. Event: MOCanection, A Pre-Valentine Mingling Night for Grownups. 7-9:30 p.m. today. 02/8/13 $10, non-members; free for MOCA members.
Transformer Station. 1460 West 29th St., Cleveland. 216-938-5429 or transformerstation.org. 12-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday (until 9 p.m. Thursday). Free. Exhibits: "Light of Day: Photographs From the Collection of Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell" and "Bridging Cleveland: Photographs by Vaughn Wascovich." Through Saturday, May 4.
Art Gallery. 4134 Erie St., Willoughby. 440-946-8001 or theartgalleryoh.com. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday; 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday; 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Exhibit: Silk Paintings by Shannon Rae and Lisa Evert. Meet the Artists: 6-8:30 p.m. today. 02/8/13
Ashtabula Arts Center Gallery. 2928 West 13th St. 440-964-3396 or ashartscenter.org. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Saturday; and during theater performances. Exhibit: "These Are the Stories I Tell: Portraits from Goldenseal," featuring works by photo journalist Carl Feather. Artist's reception: 6:30-8:30 p.m. today. 02/8/13 Through Monday, March 4.
Avon Lake Public Library. 32649 Electric Blvd. 440-933-8128 or alpl.org. 1-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Saturday. Demonstrations: Portrait artist Bill Kufahl. Meet the Artist: 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 02/10/13
BAYarts. 28795 Lake Road, Bay Village. 440-871-6543 or bayarts.net. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday (until 7 p.m. Thursday); noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Exhibit (Sullivan Family Gallery): "Coastal Journey." "Coastal Journey." Doris Minnich, paintings, and Sue Peplin, ceramics. Opening reception: 7-9 p.m. today. 02/8/13 Through Saturday, March 2.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Main Campus between the Q and G Building, 9500 Euclid Ave. 216-444-2200 or my.clevelandclinic.org. Exhibit: "Map Quest." Artists mapped their personal experience by extracting essential features of their environment and how they interconnect in a variety of different media. Continues through Wednesday, May 15.
Cuyahoga Community College. Eastern Campus' Gallery East, East 1 Building, Room 135, 4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills. 216-987-2473. 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday. The 13th annual Art Therapy Exhibit: "Celebrating Difference: Exceptional People, Exceptional Art." Opening reception: 6 p.m. Thursday. 02/14/13 Through Tuesday, March 5.
Galleries at Cleveland State University. 1307 Euclid Ave. 216-687-2103 or csuohio.edu/artgallery. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday; noon-8 p.m. Saturday. Exhibits: "Animatopoeia: A Most Peculiar (Post Modern) Bestiary" and "Dante Rodriguez: New Works." Continues through Saturday, March 2.
Hessler on the Heights. 2174 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights. 216-245-2987. Noon-7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Grand Opening. Featuring family-friend activities, including face-painting, sock puppetry, the Laughter Club, live music, poetry and works by various artists. Opens: 2-7 p.m. Sunday. 02/10/13
Tremont ArtWalk. West 14th Street, Starkweather and Professor avenues, Cleveland. 216-241-2740, 216-241-1209 or tremontartwalk.org. Open house of galleries and studios in the area of West 14th Street, Starkweather and Professor avenues, Cleveland. Tremont ArtWalk. Meet the Artists: 6-10 p.m. today. 02/8/13
University of Akron. Myers School of Art's Folk Hall's Emily Davis Gallery, 150 E. Exchange St. 330-972-6030 or uakron.edu/art. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday (until 8 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday). Exhibit: The 2013 Juried Student Exhibition. Continues through Thursday, Feb. 28.
Ursuline College. Florence O'Donnell Wasmer Gallery, 2550 Lander Road, Pepper Pike. 440-646-8142 or ursuline.edu/wasmergallery. Noon-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sunday. Annual Faculty Art Show: "One Department, Many Voices II." Opening reception: 5-9 p.m. today. 02/8/13 Through Friday, April 5.
Avon Lake Public Library. 32649 Electric Blvd. 440-933-8128 or alpl.org. 1-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Saturday. Author Fireside Chat: Sherry Newman Spenzer, "Baby Daddy." 2-3 p.m. Sunday. 02/10/13
Cuyahoga County Public Library. Strongsville branch. 18700 Westwood Drive, Strongsville. 440-238-5530 or cuyahogalibrary.org. Meet the Author: Cleveland Clinic doctors Marc Gillinov and Steven Nissen, "Heart 411: The Only Guide to Heart Health You'll Ever Need." 2 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13 Free, but registration required.
Cuyahoga County Public Library. Orange branch, 31300 Chagrin Blvd., Pepper Pike. 216-831-4282 or cuyahogalibrary.org. Meet the Author: Sharon Kreighbaum, "Is Your House Overweight?" 7 p.m. Tuesday. 02/12/13 Free, but registration required.
Kent State University Library. 1125 Risman Drive 330-672-3456 or kent.edu/library. Meet the Author: Lawrence Brown, "The Tale of Rufus' Red Shoes," on the influence of African-American literature on black culture. Noon Wednesday. 02/13/13
Learned Owl Book Shop. 204 N. Main St., Hudson. 330-653-2252 or learnedowl.com. Meet the Author: Kelley Grealis, "The Descendant." 1 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13
Mac's Backs Bookstore. 1820 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights. 216-321-2665 or macsbacks.com. Meet the Authors: Mwabatu Okantah, "Muntu Kuntu Energy" and Mary Weems, "For(e)closure" (a finalist for the 2012 Main Street Rag Poetry Contest). 7 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13
Visible Voice Books. 1023 Kenilworth Ave., Cleveland. 216-961-0084 or visiblevoicebooks.com. Meet the Author: Kevin P. Keating, "The Natural Order of Things." 7-9 p.m. today. 02/8/13
Westlake Porter Public Library. 27333 Center Ridge Road 440-871-2600 or westlakelibrary.org. Annual Big Book Sale. 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. today; 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday; 1:15-4:30 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/10/13
Wickliffe Public Library. 1713 Lincoln Road 440-944-6010. Winter Book Sale. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. 02/8/13-02/9/13
Church of the Saviour. 2537 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights. 216-321-8880 or chsaviour.org. Arts in the Cathedral series: Inlet Dance Theatre. 2 p.m. Sunday. 02/10/13 $10; $5, students 18 and under.
Cleveland Museum of Art. 11150 East Blvd. 216-421-7340 or clevelandart.org. Viva! & Gala Performance (Gartner Auditorium): Flamenco Vivo/Carlota Santana (replaces the canceled Juan Siddi Flamenco performance). 7:30 p.m. today. 02/8/13 $34-$54.
Great Lakes Youth Ballet. Brecksville Center for the Arts, 8997 Highland Drive, Brecksville. greatlakesyouthballet. Free demonstration class. 4-5:30 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13
Akron Symphony Orchestra. E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 198 Hill St. 330-535-8131 or akronsymphony.org. Concert: Bach's "Brandenburgs." Jeannette Sorrell, guest conductor, harpsichord. Works by Brandenburg and Handel. 8 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13 $22-$52.
Baldwin Wallace University. Kleist Center for Arts & Drama's Allman Theatre, 95 E. Bagley Road, Berea. 440-826-2240 or bw.edu. Opera: Benjamin Britten's "Turn of the Screw." 7:30 p.m. Thursday. 02/14/13 Through Sunday, Feb. 17. $15; $10, senior citizens and students.
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. PlayhouseSquare's Hanna Theatre, East 14th Street 216-241-6000 or clevelandjazz.org. Concert: "Jazz & Other Genres." Sean Jones, conductor; with vocalist Franc West. 8 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13 Pre-concert talk at 7:30 p.m. $25-$40.
Cleveland Orchestra. The Country Club, 2825 Lander Road, Pepper Pike. 216-231-1111 or 216-231-7557 or clevelandorchestra.org. The Women's Committe of the Cleveland Orchestra's Meet the Artist series: Michael Sachs, trumpet and Massimo La Rosa, trombone in conversation with Gary Ginstling, Cleveland Orchestra general manager. Today: luncheon at noon, followed by interview and a short performance by the artists at 1 p.m. $35. Reservations required.
Cleveland Orchestra. Oberlin College's Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., Oberlin. 1-800-371-0178 or oberlin.edu/arseries. Artist Recital series: Gianandrea Noseda, conductor; Massimo La Rosa, trombone. Works by Rachmaninoff, Rota and Prokofiev. 8 p.m. today. 02/8/13 $47; $42, senior citizens; $15, students. Tickets $3 more at the door.
Cleveland Orchestra. Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave. 216-231-1111 or clevelandorchestra.com. Concert: Gianandrea Noseda, conductor; Massimo La Rosa, trombone. Works by Rachmaninoff, Rota and Prokofiev. 8 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. 02/9/13-02/10/13 $31-$119; $10, students. Free Sunday for ages 7-17 with a full-price adult ticket. Master Class (Reinberger Chamber Hall): Guest soprano Ellie Dehn working with students from Northeast Ohio colleges. 4 p.m. Wednesday. 02/13/13 Open to the public, but tickets are required. Concert: Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; Ellie Dehn, soprano; Michael Kelly, baritone. Works by Nielsen and Beethoven. 8 p.m. Thursday. 02/14/13 Through Saturday, Feb. 16. $31-$119.
Cleveland Pops Orchestra. Severance Hall, 11101 Euclid Ave. 216-231-1111 or 1-800-686-1141 or clevelandpops.com. Concert: "A Valentine Fantasy." Carl Topilow, conductor; with guest violinist/pianist/guitarist/soprano Janice Martin. 8 p.m. today. 02/8/13 $19-$78.
North Coast Men's Chorus. Windows on the River, 2000 Sycamore St., Cleveland. 440-799-4270 or ncmchorus.org. Event: The fourth annual Mardi Gras Celebration. An evening of music, merriment and masquerade. 6-11 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13 $50. Reservation required. Proceeds benefit the chorus and its Youth Outreach Program.
Severance Hall. 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. 216-231-1111 or clevelandorchestra.com. Concert: "Made in America," featuring the Ohio State University Wind Symphony. Russel Mikkelson, Scott A. Jones and Jonathan Waters, conductors; Caroline Hartig, clarinet. Works by Bernstein, Copland, Fillmore, Gerswin and Ticheli. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. 02/12/13 $10.
Cleveland Institute of Music. 11021 East Blvd. 216-795-3211 or cim.edu. Most events free unless indicated. Seating passes will be distributed in lobby 30 minutes before the concert and may be reserved one week in advance. Concert (Kulas Hall): Preparatory Division Concerto Showcase. CIM President Joel Smirnoff, conductor. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. 02/12/13
Cleveland Metroparks. Nature Center, Chippewa Creek Drive, off Ohio 82, Brecksville. 440-526-1012 or clevelandmetroparks.com. Brecksville Reservation. Concert: Sunday in the Park Duo (Christopher and Karen Ellicott). Program includes classical and contemporary arrangements. 2 p.m. Sunday. 02/10/13 Free.
Cleveland Public Library. Main Library, 325 Superior Ave. 216-623-2821 or cpl.org. Music at Main Library series: Maelzel Quintet (Linda Sandhaus, flute; Alice Mantey, oboe; Diane Tizzano, clarinet; Harlan Meinwald, horn; and Michael Dalby, bassoon). Fine Arts Department, third floor lobby: Works by Haydn, Hindemith, Gershwin and others. 2 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13 Free.
Hudson Library and Historical Society. 96 Library St. 330-653-6658 or hudsonlibrary.org. Concert (in the library rotunda): "Ring in the Year of the Snake," featuring the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble. 2 p.m. Sunday. 02/10/13 Free.
James A. Garfield National Historic Site. 8095 Mentor Ave., Mentor. 440-255-8722 or nps.gov/jaga. Concert: Hiram College Choir's "Songs of the Civil War Era." 1 p.m. Sunday. 02/10/13 Free, but seating is limited.
Kent State University. Cartwright Hall's University Auditorium, 650 Hilltop Drive (off East Main Street) kent.edu. Concert: Undergraduate and Graduate Concerto Competition Winners. 3:30 p.m. Sunday. 02/10/13 $5-$10.
Kent State University. Music & Speech Building's Ludwig Recital Hall, 1325 Theatre Drive 330-672-2172 or kent.edu/music. Concert: "The Eternal Flame: Visions of Love Throughout the Medieval World," featuring medieval music ensemble Bernardus. 5:30 p.m. Thursday. 02/14/13 Free.
Lorain County Community College. Stocker Arts Center, 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria. 440-366-4040 or stockerartscenter.com. Concert: LCCC Civic Orchestra. Robert Beckstrom, conductor. Works by Brahms. 3 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13 $7-$8. Concert: LCCC Civic Concert Band. Feature selections from the Ohio Music Educations Association's band contest list. 3 p.m. Sunday. 02/10/13 Free.
Lorain Public Library. Main branch, 351 W. Sixth Street 440-244-1192 or lorain.lib.oh.us. Music at Main series: Don Wicks, keyboard. 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday. 02/10/13 Free.
Plymouth Church, UCC. 2860 Coventry Road, Shaker Heights. 216-921-3510 or plymouthchurchucc.org. Concert: The fourth annual Men of Cleveland Celebrate Black History: "Raising the Praise." Program features anthems, spirtuals and traditional as well as contempory gospel selections. Guest conductor (former Clevelander): The Rev. Dr. Daniel Mario Cason, of Birmingham, Ala. 7:30 p.m. today. 02/8/13 $10.
Trinity Lutheran Church. 2031 West 30th St., Cleveland. 216-321-1393 or clevelandbeckerath.org. Brownbag Concert: Wesley Hall, student at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. 12:15 p.m. Wednesday. 02/13/13 Free.
University of Akron. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave. 330-972-8301 or uakron.edu/music. Most events free, unless indicated. Faculty Recital: "Rethinking Race: Black, White and Beyond." Frank Ward, bass-baritone. Spirituals, work songs, and art songs writeen by African-American composers. Plus works by Purcell, Mozart and Schubert. 3 p.m. Sunday. 02/10/13 Free.
University of Akron. Student Union Ballroom, 303 Carroll St. 330-972-8301 or uakron.edu/music. Concert: The 25th annual Band Clinc. Featuring the Champion High School Symphonic Band, Revere High School Wind Ensemble and the UA Concert and Symphonic bands. 7 p.m. Monday. 02/11/13 Free.
University of Akron. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave. 330-972-8301 or uakron.edu/music. Most events free, unless indicated. Concert: Jazz Ensemble. 8 p.m. Tuesday. 02/12/13 Free.
West Side Hungarian Reformed Church. 15300 Puritas Ave., Cleveland. 216-476-3736 or wshrccalvincenter.com. Concert: Inside World Music presents Rajko Band. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13 $35-$40, includes dinner.
WordStage, A Chamber Music Theater. WordStage presents "Proust in Love, the Story of Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn" at the following locations. Tickets: $15 or Pay What You Can. Details/reservations: go to wordstagevt.com or call 216-712-6926. Wordstage's "Proust in Love." First Unitarian Church of Cleveland. 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights. 8 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13 West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church. 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River. 8 p.m. today. 02/8/13
Cleveland Public Theatre. 6415 Detroit Ave. 216-631-2727 or cptonline.org. Big Box series features more than 10 world premiere workshop showings of theater, dance, opera and genre-defying performances through Saturday, March 9. Tickets: Friday, Saturday -- $15; $13, senior citizens and students; Thursday -- $10. Genre-defying performances. James Levin Theatre: Vickie L. Williams' "Vigil." 7 p.m. today-Saturday. 02/8/13-02/9/13 Steve Maistros' "Half Cut" and Kevin D. Marr II's "An Unforgotten Memory: A Story Unfolded." 7 p.m. Thursday. 02/14/13 Through Saturday, Feb. 16.
Convergence-Continuum. The Liminis. 2438 Scranton Road, Cleveland. 216-687-0074 or convergence-continuum.org. The 2013 Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts features four world-premiere one-act plays with two presented each evening. The plays are part of a three-year intensive program under playwright and professor Mike Geither, and are co-produced by Convergence-Continuum and Cleveland State University. Deborah Magid's "The Formula" and Michael Laurenty's "Dye Jung." 8 p.m. today-Saturday. 02/8/13-02/9/13 $10; $5 for students with ID. Rachel Baird's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" and Claire Robinson's "Puppet Party." 8 p.m. Thursday. 02/14/13 Through Saturday, Feb. 16. $10; $5 for students with ID.
Ensemble Theatre. Coventry Elementary School, 2843 Washington Ave., Cleveland Heights. 216-321-2930 or ensemble-theatre.org. Charles Smith's "The Gospel According to James." 8 p.m. today-Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/10/13 Through Sunday, Feb. 17. Meet the paywright Saturday, Feb. 16. $18-$20; $10, students with valid ID.
Karamu House. Arena Theatre, 2355 East 89th St., Cleveland. 216-795-7070 or karamuhouse.org. Judi Ann Mason's "A Star Ain't Nothin' But a Hole in Heaven." 8 p.m. today-Saturday and Thursday; 3 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/14/13 Through Sunday, Feb. 24. $20-$25; $17-$22, senior citizens 62 and over; $16-$21, students.
None Too Fragile Theatre. 1835 Merriman Road, Akron. 330-671-4563 or nonetoofragile.com. Martin McDonagh's "A Behanding in Spokane." 8 p.m. today-Saturday. 02/8/13-02/9/13 Through Saturday, March 9. One Sunday matinee: 2 p.m. Feb. 17. One Monday performance: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18. $20 or "Pay-As-You-Can" at the door.
PlayhouseSquare. 14th Street Theatre, 2037 East 14th St., Cleveland. 216-241-6000 or playhousesquare.org. Annabelle Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn's "You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up." 7:30 p.m. today, Tuesday-Thursday; 5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 6 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/14/13 Through Sunday, Feb. 17. $20-$35.
PlayhouseSquare. 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. 216-241-6000 or playhousesquare.org. Allen Theatre's Second Stage: Michael Milligan's "Mercy Killers." 7 p.m. Monday. 02/11/13 Details: go to mercykillerstheplay.com. Free. Kennedy's Theatre (basement of Ohio Theatre): "Flanagan's Wake." 8 p.m. today-Saturday. 02/8/13-02/9/13 Through Saturday, April 27. No performances Saturday, Feb. 22 and Sunday, Feb. 23. $25. Palace Theatre: "Les Miserables." 7:30 p.m. today; 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/10/13 $10-$80. State Theatre: "The Walking Dead Live: An Evening With the Cast and Creators of the Show on AMC." 8 p.m. Thursday. 02/14/13 $35-$100.
Aurora Community Theatre. 115 E. Pioneer Trail 330-562-1818 or auroracommunitytheatre.com. Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." 8 p.m. today-Saturday. 02/8/13-02/9/13 Through Saturday, Feb. 16. $16.
Baldwin Wallace University. Kleist Center for Arts & Drama, 95 E. Bagley Road, Berea. 440-826-2240 or bw.edu/theatre. Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues." 7:30 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13 $10; $5, students.
Brecksville Little Theatre. Brecksville Old Town Hall, Ohio 21 and 82. 440-526-4477 or brecksvillelittletheatre.org. Fred Carmichael's "The Robin Hood Caper." 8 p.m. today-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/10/13 Through Saturday, Feb. 16. $10.
Cassidy Theatre. 6200 Pearl Road, Parma Heights. 440-842-4600 or cassidytheatre.com. Jule Styne, Bob Merrill and Isobel Lennart's "Funny Girl." 8 p.m. today-Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/10/13 Through Sunday, Feb. 24. $15-$20.
Chagrin Valley Little Theatre. Main Stage, 40 River St., Chagrin Falls. 440-247-8955 or cvlt.org. Ken Ludwig's "The Fox on the Fairway." 8 p.m. today-Saturday. 02/8/13-02/9/13 Not recommended for younger audiences due to mature themes. $16; $12, senior citizens and students.
Cleveland State University Department of Theatre & Dance. PlayhouseSquare's Allen Theatre's Second Stage Theatre, 1407 Euclid Ave. 216-241-6000 or csuohio.edu/theatre. Tarrel Alvin McCraney's "In the Red & Brown Water." 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday and Thursday; 2 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/14/13 Through Sunday, Feb. 17. $5-$10.
Coach House Theatre. 732 W. Exchange St., Akron. 330-434-7741 or coachhousetheatre.org. Agatha Christie's "Black Coffee." 8 p.m. today-Saturday and Thursday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/14/13 Through Sunday, Feb. 17. $18; $12, students.
GB Community Theatre. Ashtabula Arts Center, 2928 West 13th St., Ashtabula. 440-964-3396 or ashartscenter.org. Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart." 8 p.m. today-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/10/13 Through Saturday, Feb. 23. $14; $12, senior citizens and students. $2 discount available when tickets purchased in advance.
Hudson Players. Barlow Community Center, 41 S. Oviatt St. 330-655-8522 or hudsonplayers.com. James McDonald, David Vos and Robert Gerlach's "Something's Afoot." 8 p.m. today-Saturday. 02/8/13-02/9/13 Through Saturday, Feb. 23. One Sunday matinee: 2 p.m. Feb. 17. $12-$14.
Lakeland Civic Theatre. Lakeland Community College, I-90 and Ohio 306, Kirtland. 440-525-7134 or lakelandcc.edu/academic/arts/theatre/. Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt's "Next to Normal." 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/10/13 Through Sunday, Feb. 17. $15; $13, senior citizens; $7, students.
Mighty Goliath Productions. Avon Lake High School's Daniel Ross Performing Arts Center, 175 Avon Belden Road, Avon Lake. 440-308-9895 or mightygoliath.com. "Oklahoma!." 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/10/13 Through Saturday, Feb. 16. $13-$15; or $10 in advance at ticketspigot.com.
Murderous Mayhem. At La Casa Bella Party Center (behind Roseland Lanes), 26383 Broadway Ave., Oakwood. lacasabellapartycenter.com. Murder Myster Dinner Theater: "Strike of the Gods." 6:45 p.m. Saturday. 02/9/13 $25. For tickets, call 440-954-4107 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Oberlin College. Hall Auditorium, 67 N. Main St. 440-506-4790 or oberlin.edu. Don Nigro's "Lucia Mad." 8 p.m. today; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday. 02/8/13-02/9/13 $11; $8, senior citizens; $5, students. Tickets $3 more at the door.
Royalton Players. Altenheim Community Center, 18533 Shurmer Road, Strongsville. 440-877-0009 or royaltonplayers.com. Mark Camoletti's "Don't Dress for Dinner." 8 p.m. today-Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/10/13 Through Sunday, Feb. 10. $8-$10. Senior citizens get $2 off for Sunday performance.
Stow Players. Silver Springs Park's Heritage Barn, 5328 Young Road 330-655-6051 or stowplayers.org. Roger Bean's "The Marvelous Wonderettes." 8 p.m. today-Saturday. 02/8/13-02/9/13 $12-$14.
Twinsburg Community Theatre. Twinsburg High School Auditorium, 10084 Ravenna Road 330-963-8722 or twinsburgrecreation.com. "The Music Man." 7 p.m. today-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. 02/8/13-02/10/13 $9-$10.
Weathervane Playhouse. 1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron. 330-836-2626 or weathervaneplayhouse.com. Pearl Cleage's "Flyin' West." 8 p.m. today-Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Thursday. 02/8/13-02/14/13 Through Sunday, Feb. 24. $21; $19, senior citizens Thursdays and Sundays; $5, children (ages 17 and under) and college students.
Workshop Players Theatre-in-the-Round. 44820 Middle Ridge Road, Amherst. 440-988-5613 or workshopplayers.com. Gerald Marks and Seymour B. Simons' "My Way." 8 p.m. today-Saturday. 02/8/13-02/9/13 Through Sunday, Feb. 24. Sunday matinees begin 3 p.m. Feb. 17. $14.
PlayhouseSquare. 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. 216-241-6000 or playhousesquare.org. Palace Theatre: Blue Man Group. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. 02/12/13-02/14/13 Through Sunday, Feb. 17. $10-$70.
AUDITIONSFor the region's most comprehensive look at auditions at theaters and other arts organizations, go to cleveland.com/auditions.


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Some of the best women's basketball in the country will be at Hope College beginning tonight.
The college is hosting the NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament championships this weekend at Hope's DeVos Fieldhouse.
Tonight in the Final Four, two unbeaten team meet at 5 p.m. in Amherst, Mass. (31-0) and George Fox, Oregon (31-0). At about 7 p.m., Illinois Wesleyan (26-5) and St. Thomas, Minn. (30-1) meet.
St. Thomas defeated Calvin College last Saturday in a quarterfinal game played at University of Chicago.
On Saturday, the third-place game will be at 4 p.m. followed by the championship at 7 p.m.
Hope is hosting the women's final four at DeVos Fieldhouse for the third time in five years.
There are a number of related websites available, including information on the games, and details about attending a game at DeVos Fieldhouse.
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By Michael Aigotta
August 19, 2008, 7:02PM
I am a young driver (18, almost 19) and I love driving ...but driving on Staten Island takes talent, and everyone who lives here knows that. Seeing as most of us are less-than-perfect drivers, it couldn't hurt to at least have some safe main avenues and boulevards on which to drive. Try telling that to Richmond Avenue. But wait a... Full story »
A Tasty Prince's Bay Secret
By Michael Aigotta
August 06, 2008, 12:08AM
I'm playing Zagat today, because I want to tell everyone about a restaurant at the foot of Seguine Avenue, an unassuming building with light blue siding, some tables and chairs outside, and a few neon signs in the windows... that may be one of Prince's Bay's best kept secrets. The Wild Boar Inn, at the very end of Seguine Avenue,... Full story »
Trains on the Brain Again
By Michael Aigotta
July 29, 2008, 12:37AM
So....I'm a little upset right now. All I've been hearing lately is constant ups and downs regarding the North Shore rail line and West Shore light rail. Me, I really want to see these two rail corridors materialize, because the connections they'd create, the convenience they'd give us, the economic upturn we can expect following their opening....well, I can't quite... Full story »
Every Neighborhood Deserves a Patch of Green
By Michael Aigotta
July 20, 2008, 1:38AM
In my travels this summer on Staten Island (with the help of a bicycle ;-D), I've learned a lot about the different looks of the many different areas and centers that combine to create the patchwork of an island that we call home. The greatest neighborhoods here have many great assets ...but among them, there is one that they all... Full story »
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July 13, 2008, 11:22PM
Hey there everybody. So what I want to talk about today is something I've been mulling over for the past week: Greenstreets. Not unlike the rest of New York City, Staten Island has a large number of these. ...and what are Greenstreets exactly? Perhaps between lanes in a road intersection, or a median in a major avenue (i.e. Hylan Boulevard,... Full story »
The Tuscan Sun Shines All the Way to Main Street
By Michael Aigotta
June 27, 2008, 11:12PM
It is an exciting time to be Main Street. With the loss of New York City Limits up on Amboy Road comes THREE, not one, not two, BUT THREE new businesses, which are to open in the very near future. I talk a lot about saving and supporting the small businesses of Tottenville, the life and character of this town.... Full story »
How Limited was City Limits?
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June 27, 2008, 9:49PM
Confusing title? Well let me help clear things up somewhat. New York City Limits was a restaurant that opened about two years ago at the SW corner of Yetman Avenue and Amboy Road, and about two months ago, it closed down. To see this restaurant close made me so upset, partly because it sucks to see any small business in... Full story »
Ideas for Huguenot
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June 25, 2008, 1:29AM
...ok, ok, I know this blog is supposed to be about Tottenville, but sometimes...actually, most of the time, I feel like the entire South Shore is my neighborhood, especially since most neighbs here don't have everything that everyone needs, so people travel. Many of my friends live in other areas because Tottenville High School and CSI take kids from all... Full story »
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June 16, 2008, 12:16AM
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June 02, 2008, 10:24PM
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May 29, 2008, 1:03AM
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May 28, 2008, 9:32PM
A favorite shop of mine here in Tottenville, the Scented Cottage, which pegs itself as "A Real New England Gift Shop," recently posted, to my horror, a For Sale sign. Whether or not this means the imminent closure of the shop or not, it frightens me to see the few nice, small shops left in town are coming on hard... Full story »
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May 23, 2008, 12:25AM
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The 2nd Annual Classic Car Gathering Cruises into Sun PeaksSeptember 18, 2012: Kamloops Classic Car Clubs Join Free Show n' Shine this Saturday
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Sun Peaks, BC - The streets of Sun Peaks' pedestrian village will once again be lined with vintage cars glinting in the autumn sun this Saturday. Kamloops and area classic car clubs and individual collectors will join the Vintage Car Club of Calgary for a public Show n' Shine.
This is the second consecutive year the Vintage Car Club of Calgary has chosen Sun Peaks for their annual event. With three days of club events including a wine and tapas tasting, Canada's Alpine Village has proven to be the perfect venue for the group.
"We had such a good time last year," said Sylvia Heikamp, organizer for the Vintage Car Club of Calgary. "The facilities, the food and the hospitality are all reasons we are returning this year."
Most of the Calgarian vintage cars will drive the scenic 600 kilometre journey to Sun Peaks along the TransCanada Highway via Rogers Pass.
"The drive is a huge part of this event," says Heikamp. "We are also going on a driving tour of some wineries in the region on Sunday."
To date, almost 50 cars have registered for the event. The Calgary club will be joined by members from the Kamloops Street Rod Association, the Old English Car Club of Kamloops and the Ford Nuts Cougar Club as well as by individuals from the surrounding region. Interested classic car owners can contact Louise Bermudez at 778-689-5912 or email@example.com to participate.
"It's great other clubs are joining in," says Heikamp. "We are all coming together with a common bond and interest. Most of our cars are European so it will be great to see some 'Detroit Steel' American classic cars too!"
The Show n' Shine will run from 10:00am to 3:00pm on Saturday, September 22. Everyone is welcome to attend. Masa's Bar + Grill will be offering a BBQ Burger Special on Saturday from 11:00am to 2:00pm featuring a $5 burger, $4.75 draft beer and buckets of beer for $20.
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Syracuse, NY -- A Syracuse man is charged with attempted murder in the March 1 shooting of a man outside a South Side Bar, Syracuse police said.
Clinton Hill Jr., 29, of 508 Boyden St., was charged today with attempted murder, criminal use of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon, all felonies. In addition, Hill has been charged with violating federal probation.
Olusegun Gbengbe, 32, was shot five times about 1:15 a.m. March 1 after he stepped outside the B&B Lounge, 310 South Ave., police said. Gbengbe was taken to University Hospital, where he was treated and released a day later.


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MOBILE, Alabama -- Authorities are searching for a man wanted after he robbed a gold buying store while wearing a mask on Monday, according to the Mobile Police Department.
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Employees told authorities the man stole money from the store before fleeing on foot.
The suspect is described as a black man with a light complexion. He wore blue jeans, a black hooded sweatshirt with a white stripe running down the sleeves, a ball cap and black shoes during the robbery.
Anyone with information on the suspect or the crime can contact MPD at 251-208-7211.
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Process has hardly been a 'model of inclusion' | Letter to the Editor
I am writing in regard to Vashon Allied Arts' proposed new performance center design, which is currently under review at King County.
It has been disturbing for me to watch the badly flawed process that led to the building's design. A letter in last week's Beachcomber called this process "a model of inclusion."
That is a characterization akin to saying that black is white.
A strategy of inclusion is essential to an organization that presents itself as the face of the arts community on Vashon. Instead, the design process we have witnessed has been hierarchical in the extreme, driven by a promise of millions of dollars from a single wealthy patron, with the all-important work of programming and conceptual design of the building done by an exclusive team committed to pushing through their own vision. Emblematic of this approach was removal of a University of Washington student's design suggestions in a design review for the town after pressure from the executive director.
The resulting building is a perfect reflection of this process. It is inappropriately sited. It is an order of magnitude out of scale. And it is not consonant with the foundational goals of VAA.
There is a groundswell of disaffection and alienation from VAA shared by many Island artists. It cannot have gone unnoticed by the VAA board; I think to a large degree it is a consequence of the elevated money quest the board has embarked upon in its goal to become a "regional hub for the arts."
I call upon the board to put the permit application on hold, call a series of widely advertised public gatherings and listen to the community's concerns. So far, mine have been met with barrages of salesmanship and cheerleading.
Hectoring, lecturing and sales-pitch delivery are not tools of inclusion.
I have been intermittently involved with VAA for almost 40 years and am concerned about the future of this much-loved institution. I sincerely hope the board reconsiders and recovers. A great deal is at stake.
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Another life for The Little Gem Saloon
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:32 PM
The former Little Gem Saloon at 445-49 South Rampart, at the intersection with Poydras, is being revitalized by Dr. Nicolas G. Bazan. The building dates to 1889, when a German immigrant named Francis Roder erected five row houses along South Rampart, according to a report prepared by the Historic District Landmarks Commission, which granted the building local historic status. Three of those original five row houses survived, and today they function as a single interior space. Although it has fallen into decay, the South Rampart Street corridor was once a haunt of the founding fathers of jazz. Louis Armstrong was arrested there when he fired a celebratory gunshot in 1913, carted off to the boys home where he learned to play the cornet. He also performed powdered in whiteface at the Iroquois Theater, which still stands a few doors away from the Little Gem. (Photo by David Grunfeld, Nola.com |The Times-Picayune)
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Why did you post the same tread twice?
Anyway, I think you download them off the internet.
Hi i was just wondering how the virtual console worked - how do u download the games - do u need internet at home ? or is there another way u can do it
Why did you post the same tread twice?
Anyway, I think you download them off the internet.
*insert crappy urine related Wii pun here in a attempt to be funny, when really I'm not*
WOO! My Wii has finally been dispatched, so I shoud get it tommorrow! Now you can all stop crying for me .
my bad - i tried to stop it the 1st time so i could be more specifc on the title
thanx - so what does that mean for ppl like me who dont have internet at home
As far as I'm aware, they are downloaded to the Wii via the internet and are stored either in the internal memory (flash based, 512 MB) or in SD memory cards.
if you havnt got internet, you might be in luck, i heard some virtual console games will be bundled with normal wii games, its still a romour tho.
ok thats not bad . So do u think there is a chance that u could download off internet - via internet cafe, mates house etc. Store it on a card (or something similar) and then put it on wii.
i think u need your wii with you.
i also think you downloasded it from internet
they will say all that in this month so I will wait and no more rumours
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|21. Baby Makes Three
This one gave me a hell of a hard time getting started. I almost gave up on it. But I'm glad I didn't, because it turned out really fun once I got an angle on it.
I'd had a scene sitting around ever since I finished Ever After, in which Demona goes to the OB-GYN for a checkup, and I'd joked with some people about what labor would be like for MacBeth. But every time I tried to turn it into a story, I'd get stuck.
And then I decided to cross over with ER. At once, everything fell into place and from then on it was easy as could be. Poor Carter having to deal with an apparently injured-then-healed MacBeth, Doug Ross checking out the Weird Sisters ...
Needing a reason to get them sent to the ER in the first place, I introduced Bryce Canmore, and hot on his heels was Orpheus Bluestone. Until I wrote this one, I had no idea Matt and Eurydice were going to have a kid. Bryce's remark about his father killing Orph's father was one of those things that just happens and spawns its own storyline.
Title: It was almost "Here Comes Demona With a Baby Carriage" but that was too long, so I just chose something a little more manageable.
Memorable Line: Never before in history had a man known just what it was to give birth.
22. Mother's Day
23. Whirlwind
24. Lost and Found
25. Love Machine
26. The Wedding
27. Fallen Angels
28. Lead Me Not ...
29. Romances
30. Playing God
31. On the Rocks
32. Flashie Thing
33. Broadway Goes to Avalon
34. The Wreck of the Margot
35. Menagerie
36. Club Gung-Ho
37. The Horror of Innsbrook
38. Xantasia
39. FoxFire
40. Lyre, Lyre
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