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Syracuse, N.Y. -- They'd called their big team meeting on Sunday after having been slammed by five goals at home on Saturday, hung their dirty laundry on the line and took turns beating it with their sticks.
The players spilled. The coaches spilled. Everybody spilled.
And then the members of the Crunch, the ones on skates and the ones in neckties, waited for Wednesday and the arrival in the War Memorial of the Albany River Rats, who'd surely pay for Syracuse's bad mood.
"We wanted to make a change," declared Jared Aulin, the Crunch center. "Nobody was happy with the way things were going, so everyone was given a chance to say what was on their mind and why we were struggling the way we were. Then, we came out . . . and waited until the third period again. Which wasn't good."
With that, the young man paused, but only for a moment.
"We did come back, though," Aulin said. "We tied it in the third and won it in a shootout. So that showed we can come together as a team."
The Crunch did that, all right, wiping out a 3-1 deficit with less than 13 minutes to play in regulation to finally defeat those River Rats 4-3 in Wednesday's shootout before 3,687 folks who were delighted they'd stuck around the old joint to the end.
"It was one of those situations," said Aulin of being two goals in arrears so late in the evening, "where you tell yourself, 'You can only go up from here.' You have to look at yourself and the guy next to you and just decide you want to do your job better and compete. If we can get that ingrained in everyone, we can carry this thing through and be successful."
It's an 80-game schedule, sure. Which suggests that to wring one's hands two weeks before Thanksgiving is a good waste of epidermis. But before dumping the Albany boys, the Crunch had won just once in its previous six starts and, pretty much since opening night, it had unveiled an offense that seemed to have otherwise hopped a ride with Amelia Earhart.
So, while early, it hadn't been a complete waste of energy for Crunch fans to at least locate their worry beads, if not actually fondle them.
Stats? Even now, even after knocking off the Rats, so many of the ones attached to this Syracuse outfit are in need of some air freshener. For example, entering Wednesday's affair, none of the AHL's 29 clubs had fewer than the Crunch's four victories, only one had fewer than the Crunch's 11 points, only two had scored fewer than the Crunch's 31 goals and only four had yielded more than the Crunch's 47 goals-against.
And then there is Syracuse's 1-for-35 showing over these last eight contests on the power play, which computes to a batting average of .029. And that makes Phil Linz look like Ty Cobb.
Again, there are 66 dates left on the schedule, which means there is plenty of opportunity for Ross Yates' bunch to awaken and smell the hockey coffee. But these early tilts (and their points) do matter, and for reference, one only needs to look back to last season when the Crunch's magnificent late surge still left it three lousy points shy of qualifying outright for the playoffs.
Hence, Sunday's meeting.
"It's one thing to lose games," said Dylan Reese, the Syracuse defenseman who's also a Harvard grad . . . and how many of those fellas has the Crunch suited up over the years? "But it's another to get beat physically and get outworked. And that's what was happening to us.
"In the first period, it was the same old, same old. We got outworked again, no question. In the second period we played better. And then we got into the third period and did some good things for sure. We tried to get too cute in the first two periods. When we recognize that we're muckers and grinders, we're going to become a pretty good team."
In the meantime, the fans -- who've made the locals the 10th-best draw in the league -- will wait. And if past is prologue, they'll do so fairly patiently.
They have, after all, remained faithful through this blah 5-6-2-1 start by the Crunch. And they've done so despite being displaced here and there inside the War Memorial that is in the throes of a winter-long makeover as those old seats in the lower level are being systemically replaced by spiffy (i.e., padded) new ones.
The project? Fantastic, of course. But the nuisance quotient? This franchise, and its devotees, deserve better than all of this uprootedness.
And so, in an effort to soften all of that, it just might be the skaters' duty to continue to respond to the beating of all that weekend laundry.
"We're kind of making a habit of getting behind, and that's not what you want to do," said Reese. "We're just waiting for that game to push us over the edge, and we're confident it's coming soon."
Maybe it arrived with the River Rats on Wednesday.
(Bud Poliquin's columns, his "To The Point" observations and his freshly-written on-line commentaries appear virtually every day on syracuse.com. Additionally, his work can be regularly found on the pages of The Post-Standard newspaper. E-mail: email@example.com.)


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The crowded room held many wonders, including an invisibility cloak and a bird able to regenerate from its own ashes, but there was something missing.
"What I'm trying to locate is a metal chest attached to a wall," I said to my wife and kids as an attendant dressed in a long black robe cast a suspicious glance in our direction. We were in the City at an exhibit of props from the Harry Potter movies and had been told not to take photos if we didn't want to incur the wrath of the legal wizards at Warner Brothers.
My wife held up a hand to show the attendant that she didn't have a photographic device concealed on her person, and he nodded as if to say, "We won't have to bring out the slug-worms this time."
"A metal chest on a wall sounds like something from 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,'" said one of my family's many experts on all things Potter.
"Sounds like something Dumbledore would own," added another expert.
"Isn't Dumbledore dead by the seventh book?"
"Well duh but if it's a magic chest -- "
"The chest," I interrupted, "is rumored to be magical. If you press a button on its side and utter the right spell-word, water squirts forth to quench your thirst."
There were groans all around. It's not easy being the only skeptical muggle in a clan of outspoken Potter enthusiasts.
"But that's not all," I said as the kids gave up on me and returned to pushing on through the crowd to get a better view of the glass case that held various Hogwarts uniforms. "The waters are also supposed to be restorative after standing in long exhibition lines."
"A fountain of youth?" asked my wife, the only one left with me.
"Let's not carried away. More like one of middle-age. And nearby I imagine there's an enchanted bench or something."
"Where once you sit down you never have to get up."
"Sounds perfect." I yawned. No matter how interesting the content, anything resembling a museum trip always has that effect on me.
And who knows? Today's magic is tomorrow's technology. Back when Jules Verne wrote "20, 000 Leagues under the Sea," submarines seemed as far-fetched as invisibility cloaks do today.
Maybe I'd live to experience the jam-packed exhibition where, once I'd located the right bench and fountain, I could lie down, pull my invisibility cloak over my head, and disappear for an hour or so.
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The "galactic impact" winner of NASA's International Space Apps Challenge crowd sources micro-climate data, using volunteers and low-cost sensors, to give a much richer portrait of weather patterns across a city.
The NASA Greener Cities Project, produced by a team of developers from Gothenburg, Sweden, has the greatest "potential to significantly improve life on earth or in the universe," the Space Apps challenge organizers said in a blog post Wednesday.
Other winners of NASA's second space apps challenge held April 20 and 21 include:
- Popeye on Mars, a greenhouse capable of surviving Martian weather conditions that harvests not just spinach to eat but the oxygen that spinach produces.
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Danielle Collins and Zack McCourt each collected a gold ball Saturday when they were crowned champions of the 2011 USTA Spring 18s nationals championship.
"This is still surreal to me. I've lost sleep the last few nights thinking about this," McCourt said after knocking off Austin Smith 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. "I think he got tired in the second set and I knew going into that third that he hadn't had any three-setters all tournament, so I was hoping he wouldn't have confidence going into it. I had a third-setter yesterday and thought that would give me the mental edge at this late stage of the tournament.
"When I got down I thought what would (Rafael) Nadal and Serena (Williams) do and how do they handle these situations? Their racket speed doesn't slow down. They keep stepping in, they keep playing and they don't start messing around with stupid errors," he said. "So I started trying to relax. I started singing songs to myself and thinking of silly YouTube videos."
Collins, who won the event last year, defeated Catherine Harrison in the title game 6-1, 6-1.
"If anybody had told me a week ago, even two days before the tournament started that I would have won the whole thing I wouldn't have believed them," Collins said. "I didn't have any confidence coming in. I just wanted to come in and try to get better each match. But after my quarterfinal round I thought, 'Wow, I've made an improvement.'"
Collins and McCourt, Florida natives who have known each other since they were 9, also received the 2011 Sportsmanship Award.
"We normally try not to give the Sportsmanship Award to the tournament champion but this year these two players had the best sportsmanship hands down," tournament director Scott Novak said. "Between sets Danielle Collins was talking to kids in the crowd and relaxing. She worked with the St. Luke's kids earlier in the week and has been outstanding. And Zack McCourt came out on Friday while he was cramping to help me set up the courts for a clinic we were having for a group of little kids. He didn't have to do that. I tried to talk him out of it. They have both been model players on and off the court all week."


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Air New Zealand announced last evening that it had acquired a substantial shareholding in Australian-based airline Virgin Blue.
Further shares were acquired off-market last night which increased Air New Zealand's relevant interest to 14.9%. The purchase of the shareholding was completed from existing cash resources.
Air New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Rob Fyfe has reconfirmed this-morning that there is no intention to go over 14.99%.
"This is simply an investment in Virgin Blue that reinforces Air New Zealand's strategy to grow its business in Australasia which is continually evolving as a single aviation market. The Tasman alliance with Virgin Blue was a key step in this strategy. This investment cements the important relationship between our two airlines and demonstrates the confidence we have in Virgin Blue and its management to grow their business both within the Tasman alliance and beyond the scope of the alliance," says Mr Fyfe.
"The investment provides us with an interest in the number two airline in Australia and, through this, access to the opportunities in the growing Australian domestic market. Air New Zealand has no intention of entering the Australian domestic market in its own right," said Mr Fyfe.
Mr Fyfe says Air New Zealand will not be seeking representation on the Virgin Blue Board for at least six months and notes that any representation would be a decision for the Virgin Blue Board and shareholders.
Air New Zealand's Chief Financial Officer Rob McDonald says the cost of entry into Virgin Blue is A$145 million or 44 cents per share.
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STATEN ISLAND - During a two-alarm blaze, firefighters last night rescued a disabled man trapped on the second floor balcony of a Prince's Bay house.
Joseph Russo, 47, was stranded on a tiny balcony after the fast-moving fire erupted about just before 10 p.m. in the home at 38 Memo St.
Russo, who has a prosthetic leg and has difficulty moving, was hoisted into a rescue ladder just as the second floor of the home collapsed and the entire structure sagged inward, according to witnesses.
He was taken a block away Staten Island University Hospital, Princes Bay, for initial treatment and is in stable condition at the Ocean Breeze site, with burns on his back and leg.
Russo's wife, Vicky Russo, their 14-year-old daughter, Danielle, 14, and a family friend, Diane Antonique, 14, escaped safely out the front door during the fire.
Several firefighters sustained minor injuries from the blaze, according to FDNY.
"I tried to go back and get him, but the windows blew out and there was too much smoke; I was screaming," said Mrs. Russo today as she stood outside the charred structure. The smell of smoke hung in the air.
Only two old family photos lay in the ash on the sidewalk, everything else was destroyed, she said. "There are no words to describe this," she said.
Mrs. Russo said fire investigators told her the fire had started on the outside balcony at the side yard of the house, which sits at the corner of Trenton Court, across the street from a wooded area. The plastic fence was curled and melted by the heat.
The fire remains under investigation, according to New York Fire Department.
"He was trapped upstairs and screaming; we were yelling at him to jump into the pool below but I don't think he could get up to do it," said neighbor Al Bertone, who came running down the street, barefoot, with a baseball bat when he heard the two girls screaming, running down the street calling for neighbors to call 911.
He lifted up his shirt to show burn marks on his chest and belly, describing how he had tried to climb a ladder int he back to get to Russo, but the heat coming from the house was too intense.
He grabbed a hose in the backyard, he said, and sprayed the blaze until fire fighters arrived.
"It was moving so fast, the whole house just went up," said Bertone, who also helped lift the family's three dogs over the fence to safety.
The family is staying with friends and family for now, said Mrs. Russo, who lost even the keys to the cars in the driveway in the blaze.
Her daughter will be a freshman at Notre Dame Academy starting next week does not have uniforms or school supplies, she said, in between answering phone calls on a cellphone somebody loaned her.
"I'm just thankful we're OK," she said, crossing her arms over her chest and looking up at the house where the family of three has lived for the past 8 years. "Our neighbors have been so helpful, you never realize how wonderful people are until a time like this."
It is owned by her husband's aunt, who is on vacation now and has been up for sale for several months, she said.


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BOSTON -- Where have they been hiding this guy?
Seems like an appropriate reaction after watching Rubby De La Rosa make his first start in a Boston Red Sox uniform on Saturday night. From the first pitch of the game -- a 94-mph fastball -- the Tampa Bay Rays never looked like they had a chance.
De La Rosa completed one of the more impressive starts by a Red Sox pitcher in recent memory, overpowering their American League East rival Rays in a 7-1 triumph at Fenway Park, the Beanings of Beantown just one day old and still on the mind of Rays pitcher David Price, who was unimpressed with David Ortiz's comments the night before.
Once left for dead after losing 10 in a row, the Red Sox have won six in a row since Memorial Day to climb back to 26-29.
"I know I've heard whispers about how good this kid can be," catcher A.J. Pierzynski said of De La Rosa. "And I saw little glimpses of it in spring training. But to actually see him do it on this stage, in this situation, especially after last night and all that went down, was impressive, and hopefully he learns from it, gains confidence and builds on it."
De La Rosa, filling in for the injured, confidence-battered Clay Buchholz, led the way with a fastball that touched 100 mph, a changeup that wasn't much slower and a slider that fell out of the strike zone. He was a groundball machine, collecting more than 60 percent of his outs via the grounder. And at 25 years old, in front of a sold out crowd on a Saturday night, he was composed.
De La Rosa joined Pedro Martinez and Hideo Nomo as the only Red Sox pitchers since 2000 to throw seven shutout innings, allowing four hits or less without walking a batter and striking out at least eight.
"He looked confident," manager John Farrell said. "He was poised. A lot of good pitches, a lot of good stuff."
Pitching for an offense that knocked out Rays starter Jake Odorizzi in the fourth inning and scored seven runs on 11 hits, De La Rosa earned his first win since 2011, when he was a rookie with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
That's where the Red Sox got this guy, from those friendly Dodgers, the ones who not only ate about $264 million in salary, but also handed the Red Sox a pair of pitching prospects in De La Rosa and Allen Webster, among others, during the blockbuster trade of 2012. While Webster has toyed around in the minors, De La Rosa recovered from Tommy John surgery in '12, made his Red Sox debut as a reliever last season, throwing 11 1/3 innings while allowing seven runs, and began his quest to return to a major league starting rotation in 2014.
"I feel strong," he said. "I feel like everything I did in the past is working right now."
Asked about his recovery from Tommy John, one that often takes two years before pitchers find consistency with their delivery again, De La Rosa said he felt "almost 100 percent" recovered.
Almost? How many will he strike out when he reaches 100 percent?
Once a prized possession in Los Angeles, where he made his big league debut in 2011 and fanned 60 batters in 60 2/3 innings with a 3.71 ERA, he's always been a touted prospect. His pitch quality never a question, the Red Sox wondered if he would be better as a reliever. After Saturday's performance, it'd be hard to take him out of the rotation without giving him another chance.
"I have seen plenty of Rubby," said center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr., who spent much of last season in Triple-A Pawtucket with him. "And that's Rubby. When he's on, he's one of the best pitchers we have. The is evidence tonight, he pitched a very good game. I was glad to play behind him."
Playing without Dustin Pedroia, who is out with a sore right hand (though X-rays were negative), the Red Sox jumped on the Rays with a top third of the lineup that went Brock Holt, Xander Bogaerts, A.J. Pierzynski. The three combined to reach base seven times, drove in three runs and scored two more.
Holt had his first home run of the season, a two-run bomb in the third inning.
Jackie Bradley Jr. added his first round-tripper of the year in the fifth, when he cleared the right field fence with a man on base. Bradley suffered a scary moment in the eighth, leaping at the Green Monster in left-center to reach for a hard-hit ball off the bat of Wil Myers. Bradley just missed, the ball bounced off the wall and hit him in the face. Down for a minute or two, Bradley remained in the game.
"How close was I to catching it?" Bradley asked the trainers when they visited him in center field, blood pouring out onto the warning track.
It was a complete effort for the Red Sox, and led by a 25-year-old pitcher who might have been stuck in the minors if it wasn't for Buchholz's injury and lack of production.
Again, where did they find this guy?
"Yeah, you know, sometimes, you ask that question," marveled veteran reliever Edward Mujica. "Does this guy have enough to be in the big leagues? I don't know what (goes into the organizational decisions), but he did an outstanding job today.
"Yeah, 98, 99, 100 mph and throwing strikes? This is a guy who is going to be in the big leagues for a while."
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But McCain didn't stop there. He went on to accuse Democrats of unseemly haste, and of reaching a new low in partisanship. Which strikes us as a new high in chutzpah for McCain.
His memory is either terribly faulty, or extremely selective. Take the haste charge. The Obama administration and Congress have been wrestling with this issue virtually non-stop for 11 months. It's time to fish or cut bait; actually, it's long past that time.
Then there's the partisanship charge: McCain claims President Obama and the Democrats made no serious attempt to win GOP support for health reform. Where's he been this last year, moose hunting in Alaska with Sarah?
Has he forgotten the Gang of Six — three Democrats and three Republicans — who dickered for weeks over the details of health reform before it became clear Republicans wouldn't be caught dead signing onto anything resembling real reform? Republican participation actually was part of a strategic stall. Their game plan was given away back in July when Rep. Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina advised fellow Republicans that if they could defeat the top priority on Obama's domestic agenda it would be the president's Waterloo.
McCain complained on Fox News Sunday that the political climate in Washington is "more partisan . . . more bitterly divided than it's been." He's got that right. But the blame rests primarily with a Republican Party that, lacking a positive agenda of its own, is determined to deny Obama and the Democrats any accomplishment — climate legislation, real regulation of the financial industry or health insurance reform. Especially health reform.
As for McCain's contention Democrats never gave serious consideration to any Republican proposals, to date there hasn't been any GOP proposal to take seriously.
It should be no surprise that Republicans would put party above country and the common interest in this matter; it's a continuation of the treatment they accorded Bill Clinton, the last Democratic president. The surprise is that John McCain would be so public a part of it. We had thought better of him.


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December 3, 2008
9:00 a.m.
Commissioners' Conference Room
Commissioner Faye Stewart presided with Commissioner Bill Dwyer, Bill Fleenor, Bobby Green, Sr., and Pete Sorenson present. County Administrator Jeff Spartz, County Counsel Liane Richardson and Recording Secretary Melissa Zimmer were also present.
There will be correspondence to the Board for LRAPA.
Warren Harper, Junction, City, said he is present on behalf of the Harper family. He said they came to the Board last month to try to get an exemption off of farm use of a bridge they put in for logging. He indicated they went through the correct process initially and then the County said they needed a permit. He added that the bridge has been used for logging. He has observed the loads going across with no problem. He wanted to use the bridge for farming. He said the access to their farm was changed due to the river. He said they have a verbal commitment from neighbors to allow them to go through their property and it is a long way around and difficult. He said they can't raise the kind of crops they want to raise because it is hard to get in and out.
Carol Berg Caldwell, Eugene, said she appreciated the budget meeting. She said there was a survey some time ago that was taxpayer funded by the County that dealt with public safety. She said it showed that 67 percent of respondents preferred more focus on crime prevention and social services with only 17 percent for hard jail beds and more deputy hires. She was concerned the County was ordering these surveys that aren't valid or implemented in tax measures.
Neil Freedman, Mayor of West Fir, indicated they didn't know the results of their election until November 24. He said he won the mayorship by one vote, 53 to 52. He wanted to know what is going on with the quiet zone. He wanted the Oakridge Police Department to be a depository for unused pharmaceuticals but nothing has happened. He announced they are having a bridge lighting on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.
Ann McClucas, Eugene, said she had lunch with Jim Gillette's lawyer, David Force. She said they came up with an idea for resolving Gillette's case without costing the County or Gillette more money. She said Force proposed meeting with the Board in Executive Session along with Marc Kardell so both sides could be heard in a rational way.
Jim Gillette, Eugene, commented that his last court session had at least 20 errors from the County judge. He said it will be remanded back to him. Gillette said he wants a hearing. He said if he wins the other case he has no other justification except for a letter that Jane Burgess sent him. He said that fire arms training is not illegal. He stated that he wants to settle this with the County. He said he wants to turn his land into a park. He stated that this is an aggravation and it is keeping him from progressing. He wanted an Executive Session with both lawyers.
Zachary Vishinoff, Eugene, distributed an article from The Register Guard about costs going up with the basketball arena. He thought the County should get involved and put it to the voters.
A. Approval of Minutes
B. Public Works
1) ORDER 08-12-3-1/In the Matter of Setting a Public Hearing for the Proposed Vacation of a Portion of West Boundary Road (Co. Rd. 360, Blakely Road), Located in the Southeast One Quarter of the Northwest One Quarter (SE 1/4 NW 1/4) of Section 14, Township 19 South, Range 1 West of the Willamette Meridian, in Lane County, Oregon (19-01-14-24).
2) ORDER 08-12-3-2/In the Matter of Revising the Current Load Posting on Earnest Covered Bridge (State Bridge ID No. 39C176) Located at MP 0.04 on Paschelke Road with a 9-Ton Weight Limit for All Vehicles and the Load Posting on Mosby Creek Covered Bridge (State Bridge ID No. 39C241) Located at MP 0.20 on Layng Road With an 8-Ton Weight Limit for All Vehicles.
MOTION: to approve the Consent Calendar.
Green MOVED, Sorenson SECONDED.
a. Commissioners' Attendance at Senior Holiday Dinner.
Stewart reported that the Board of Commissioners is hosting a holiday dinner on December 25. He added that they are looking at acknowledging that this will be the 30th year. He aid if any Board member was going to attend to serve food at noon.
Fleenor indicated that he will do it.
Stewart thought he might be able to attend. He added they will be serving over 650 dinners.
Dwyer recalled that for the past eight or ten years he has been buying turkeys for Food for Lane County. He reported that last year they set a high benchmark. He said there was $27,000 for Christmas Turkeys. He commented that hunger is at an all time high and he will make an effort to try to feed as many people as possible. He said he would appreciate any discretionary funds. He reported that they fed 3,200 families last year.
Stewart indicated that he will help out.
a. Announcements
b. PRESENTATION/Working for You Video.
c. DISCUSSION/Time Management Sales.
Richardson said they were informed that the County's Time Management Program (the way they currently allow employees to sell) wasn't in sync with IRS rules. She said they have developed a plan that will comply with the IRS rules and still allow employees to sell time management.
a. ORAL REPORT/Bag Fee Proposal.
Sarah Grimm, Waste Management, gave a report on implementing a bag tax. (Copy in file).
Fleenor asked for this to come back for further discussion.
b. DISCUSSION/Land Management Financial Update.
Marsha Miller, Land Management, reported that the Land Management Permit Fund is an enterprise fund that is fully supported through fees. She noted in the first quarter of this fiscal year, they had seen significant reduction in the revenue between 30 and 50 percent. She said the programs are completely dependent on the economy. She commented that they couldn't have predicted the current economic crisis they are in. She added that looking at building and planning programs across the state, there are very few who can fully maintain themselves. She said the current situation they have in Land Management is not attainable. She noted budget law does not let them deficit spend. She stated they are in a situation where they have to take significant reductions in the area. She said the reductions will impact AFSCME, Admin Pro and non-reps. She added that without additional funding or some type of bridge funding, the impacts will be devastating. She was seeking direction on how they should move forward.
Matt Laird, Land Management, stated that Land Management is in financial trouble and heading toward difficult times. He said they are in a national recession and a lot of their problems have to do with the building industry. He recalled that last year Land Management budgeted for reduced permit volumes for this year. He added it was balanced by implementing significant fee increases in hopes that would provide enough revenue to sustain their current operation. He said they knew at that time they would have to watch the first quarter of this fiscal year. He said it was apparent the numbers were falling short of the target that would be needed. He said management has tried to control costs by not filling vacant positions. He stated it has not been enough to overcome the lack of the permit revenue. He commented that they didn't foresee the lack of the banking industry. He noted Land Mangement administration is also down 40 percent. He indicated the total Land Management Division shortfall is projected at $2.5 million. He commented that with these impacts, they cannot continue with business as usual, even with a worforce reduction of 40 to 50 percent of all positions. He stated the budget will not balance without some type of additional funding. He stated that all programs within Land Management Division will be affected and will significantly alter the way they currently do business. He added it will have impacts on the hours of operation, permit processing timelines and customer service in general. He noted under the Board's direction, staff in Land Management Divission has worked hard in the last few years to increase their customer service level. He urged the Board to try to find a way to maintain as many employees as possible by developing some type of creative financing to sustain the division until the economy picks back up.
Tanya Heaton, Public Works, discussed Land Management's budget. (Copy in file).
Fleenor thought Option B looked good and he said they need to be careful and see how things play out and try to maintain a skeleton of an operation, maintaining the building permit and inspections. He was willing to take the risk, knowing they might have to take the money out of the general fund.
Sorenson thought they should authorize $283,000 from the solid waste fund and $475,000 from the general fund and then come back in two months to give a report back on whether they could make the transition of the planning function off the general fund.
ORDER 08-12-3-4/Providing Direction to Public Works Land Management Division for Revenue and Expense Reductions and Authorizing an Interfund Operating Loan from the Solid Waste Disposal Fund to the Land Management Fund in an Amount Not to Exceed $283,000; and Authorizing a Transfer from the General Fund Service Stabilization Reserve to the Land Management Fund in the Amount of $475,000.
MOTION: to approve Option B for ORDER 08-12-3-4.
Sorenson MOVED, Dwyer SECONDED.
Green asked what this would look like for the general public.
Laird explained that even with Option B, it would be an over 50 percent cut in personnel. He will drastically alter work flow in the Land Management Division. He indicated that turnaround times will be impacted.
Sorenson wanted to begin thinking about how to react to downsizing. He wanted a report back on the possibility of a general fund assist to the planning effort. He wanted to work on the overall fees in the department. He thought they could possibly consolidate Land Management and Waste Management.
Stewart stated that he has worked hard the past four years to improve processes with permits. He said they are asking to make a large cut and he thought they could be out of compliance.
Fleenor commented that they are dealing with a difficult financial circumstance and they don't know how long it will take. He wanted to be cautious. He didn't know if they could continue to fund employment opportunities for some of their employees, to retain them at the expense of eroding away of their strategic reserves. He said if they pass Option B, they will be below $40 million. He added that this will also have an impact on next year's budget and they will have more layoffs. He commented that they have to protect the core interest of the County first.
Green urged the Board not to put this back in the general fund. He encouraged the Board to maintain core services. He said the Board is going to have to discuss where the money is coming from. He asked if customer service was a priority, who will be there to provide the service.
Fleenor said for the amount of money they are talking about digitizing documents, it could be put into public safety and buying back jail beds. He said to him that is more important. He thought they should step back and reassess how they are thinking in terms of promises in the future. He thought Public Works should think about reorganizing and minimizing. He thought if they looked at the number of cubicles in this building that are vacant as a result of having 2,000 employees down to 1,300, he thought they could bring all of the Delta Complex here with regard to personnel. He agreed for Public Works to come back in a month to see how they are going to approach this. He wanted to know if they are going to continue to add long range planning as part of the building permits even though they may transition over to the general fund. He also wanted Waste Mangement to consolidate into Land Managmeent and into Resource Manaement. He indicated that he would support this motion.
Sorenson wanted a report back in two months. He said they have to be able to make decisions prior to the budget in July. He liked the Land Managemnet and Waste Management consolidation. He also wanted enterprise fund increases.
Green commented that they should not add services to the general fund until it is stabilized and to make a commitment in advance. He thought it does a disservice to the other departments competing for general fund dollars.
Stewart stated that he won't support this. He thought there were others areas they could have reductions. He hoped they could generate jobs. He added that they need to keep people upright instead of getting rid of them.
VOTE: 3-2 (Green, Stewart, dissenting).
Fleenor thought the vote was difficult because they didn't have many options. He added that if they delay doing anything, they will go further in the hole. He stated that this was to stop the bleeding today.
Stewart thought they could have looked at Title III money. He thought the decision could have been made next week. He also thought there was economic development money that could have been used.
Heaton reiterated that they will do a board order that confirms the reduction. She said they will authorize a loan in the amount of $283,00 and bridge funding from the general fund in the amount of $475,000. She said that they will all be in the supplemental budget on December 17. She added that they have to do a reduction of force paperwork and meet with staff about the result of this discussion. She indicated they will start working on the items that Sorenson and Stewart identified. She said they have Title III projects that Stewart wants them to look at and a project of scanning.
c. ORDER 08-12-3-3/In the Matter of Delegating Authority to the City of Westfir to Allow the City to Pursue the Establishment of a Train Whistle Quiet Zone for Crossing Number CF-583.80 (ODOT)/766237 (USDOT) on Winfrey Road.
Ed Chastain, Public Works, explained that this is to assist West Fir in the establishment of a quiet zone on Winfrey Road at the Union Pacific Crossing. He said it is the main line that comes through Eugene. He reported there are 28 trains a day. He noted that Westfir is in a canyon and the noise is amplified by the surrounding environment. He said this assists them by delegating authority for them to ask to go through the Federal Rail Administration Rule to establish a quiet zone.
MOTION: to approve ORDER 08-12-3-3.
Dwyer MOVED, Fleenor SECONDED.
d. FIRST READING AND SETTING SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING Ordinance No. PA 1254/In the Matter of Amending the Rural Comprehensive Plan to Redesignate Land from "Commercial" to "Residential" and Rezoning that Land from "RC/RCP, Rural Commercial" to "RR-5/RCP, Rural Residential;" and Adopting Savings and Severability Clauses (file PA 07-5485; Oregon Land LLC). (Second Reading: 12/17/08, 1:30 p.m., Commissioners' Conference Room)
MOTION: to approve a First Reading and Setting a Second Reading and Public Hearing for Ordinance No. PA 1254 for December 17, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.
Dwyer MOVED, Fleenor SECONDED.
Letter from LRAPA
Stewart thought they should have the director of LRAPA and DEQ at the next meeting.
Dwyer concurred.
Sorenson asked if there was any other partner besides Springfield making a similar request.
Stewart recalled that last year they funded $45,000. He commented that if there is no energy to continue the IGA, there has to be a letter sent by Decmeber 31 to LRAPA indicating that next year Lane County won't participate. He added that Lane County is still obligated to pay the $45,000.
Letter to Jeff Merkley
Stewart indicated he has a letter drafted by Alex Cuyler to Senator Elect Merkley. He asked if it met board approval. He said it is to congratulate him on his success in gaining office.
MOTION: to send a letter to Jeff Merkley.
Sorenson MOVED, Dwyer SECONDED.
Stewart announced that the O & C annual meeting is on Friday and this Board has three votes. He and Fleenor will be there. He asked if any other members were going to attend. He said if not, then he needs a proxy for him and Fleenor to attend.
MOTION: to move that Fleenor and Stewart share proxy votes.
Dwyer MOVED, Fleenor SECONDED.
12. EXECUTIVE SESSION as per ORS 192.660
Per ORS 192.660 (2)(h) for consulting with counsel on litigation and (2)(d) for deliberations.
There being no further business, Commissioner Stewart recessed the meeting into Executive Session at 2:50 p.m.
Melissa Zimmer
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The German sports group is reportedly set to receive a $2.2 bln offer for the unit. Having overpaid for Reebok in 2006, Adidas has since turned it round and may be loath to sell. But Reebok has little strategic use. Fiduciary duty demands a cold appraisal of its financial value.
Nutreco's $3 bln buyout shows value of food chain
The Dutch fish and animal-feed giant is about to be gobbled up in a $3.4 bln friendly deal. The buyer is SHV, the family outfit behind the Makro cash-and-carry chain. With no synergies, this deal is better seen as a long-term bet on growing global demand for protein.
Qualcomm signals $2.5 bln belief in Bluetooth
The $120 bln U.S. chipmaker has bid for Britain's CSR. It is betting the "Internet of things" will bring rapid growth in Bluetooth-linked cars, stereos and watches. But paying 27 times 2015 earnings looks rich, especially as rival suitor Microchip warns of industry weakness.
Bankers get painful and needed conflicts reminder
A $76 mln penalty against RBC for working both sides of a deal is the latest blow to skewed loyalties. Even with recent slaps at Goldman and Barclays, it isn't clear the message is reaching Wall Street. Delaware courts seem up to the task of delivering it as loudly as it takes.
Blackstone sale may kick off next deal trend
Spinning off its advisory arm marks an end to the buyout firm's beginning. Merging it with ex-Morgan Stanley banker Paul Taubman's shop potentially heralds the start of something else. The rise in global M&A could spawn a super-boutique or entice a big bank to buy an indie firm.
Facebook and Google catch glimpse of split future
Symantec and EMC may join eBay and HP in breaking up. These old-time tech companies have become unwieldy, often by acquisition. Relative newcomers like Facebook, Google and Alibaba are following a similar growth path. Investors are on board now, but their carve-up time will come.
Free spirit (and marketing power) of Lollapalooza doesn't come cheap
In an era when everything is shared or rented, including music, there's a premium to be paid for actual experience – like, say, a festival. That partly explains the media mogul's interest in Live Nation, which is stalking the promoter behind Lollapalooza and other big gigs.
Glencore Rio takeover would be harder than Xstrata
Ivan Glasenberg's miner-trader is stalking $90 billion iron giant Rio Tinto. Though there's some logic to a deal, Glencore will be loath to pay much of a premium, and the clash of cultures would be extreme. Rio is also in a better position to resist than rival Xstrata in 2012.
Rio Tinto can dig in against Glencore
The miner's shares leapt after it admitted rebuffing the commodity trading giant. Yet the timing is opportunistic, as iron ore slumps, and a $160 bln merger looks suspiciously like a takeover on the cheap. So Rio's board can justifiably demand a big premium, or no deal.
Rob Cox: Flurry of ski M&A aims to control weather
CEOs and corporate financiers revel in the power of the deal. One company, Vail Resorts, is taking the idea to extremes. By acquiring clusters of snowy U.S. retreats in different climates and selling "Epic" season passes, it is trying to smooth bumps caused by Mother Nature.
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A landmark week in Sasquatch sightings
The flurry of big Bigfoot news continues. Yesterday, the Buzz brought you the video of not one, but two, Sasquatch sightings in Bradford, Pa. And we shared with you a meticulous mapping of 92 years' worth of Bigfoot sightings across U.S. and Canada.
But now comes the capper: A clear photo of what Sasquatch Genome Project experts are calling a sleeping Sasquatch.
See the amazing image of an alleged Bigfoot creature caught snoozing in the woods of Kentucky here.
Behind the voice of iPhone's Siri, an actor with attitude
Siri is at once commanding, yet calm, cool and collected. This is a voice that assures everything is going to be all right. Just ask me, and I'll give it to you straight. Still, she isn't without a hint of ironic snark on occasion, either.
In short, Siri represents a masterpiece of what actors call voice work.
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Bikers getting a bad name from ugly NYC road rage attack?
It's been all over the news and the Internet all week. Family goes for a drive in its SUV. Suddenly, they are surrounded by bikers on all sides. Then things get really ugly – and dangerous.
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Jerry Seinfeld has a new comedy series – sort of
At first blush, it seems like a bit of show business news that should shake Hollywood: Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a new comedy series. After all, his last TV show -- the long-running, much-beloved "Seinfeld" – is now a classic ranking with "All In the Family", "I Love Lucy" and "The Honeymooners."
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Stink bugs swarming Lancaster County and beyond
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Top photo: Melissa Pinckney, left, 12, working on "Jasmine"; Ashley,16, and Chris, 10, Pinckney, working on "Heather", all from Cayuga, NY, at the Cayuga County Fair which starts today.
Right: Emily Clark, 11, from Poplar Ridge, on "Brandywine III, competing in Walk-Trot competition at the cayuga County Fair.
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Fresh off a frustrating town hall meeting in Romulus last week, U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, took to the pages of the Detroit News Tuesday to respond to critics of H.R. 3200, the health care bill he sponsored in the House.
In an op-ed piece, Dingell wrote that the turnout made him very happy and that he wanted to hear from opponents and supporters of the still-evolving legislation.
He urged full, free and fair debate before stating what he calls "the facts." Below you'll find each of Dingell's "facts" about the legislation with analysis for each.
He opens with a series of claims about what the bill will do (note: Why would he stretch the truth here? These are all gonna be true.):
• Will end the practice of denying insurance because of pre-existing conditions.
True: In fact, right up top in the summary the House bill purports to prohibit preexisting condition exclusions.
• Will not allow termination of insurance if you become seriously ill.
True: The bill prohibits the "rescission of health insurance coverage without clear and convincing evidence of fraud."
• Will preclude exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles or co-pays.
True: Co-payments and deductibles are covered under a tiered system HR 3200 refers to as cost-sharing. The bill caps out of pocket spending and provides credits to low- and moderate-income families.
• Will end annual or lifetime caps on coverage.
True: Three various changes to the House bill are floating around right now, and will eventually be merged for a vote. In all three, there is no annual or lifetime caps on benefit payments, according to Reuters.
• Will provide guaranteed oral, hearing and vision care for kids.
True: From HR 3200 as introduced in the House, under the heading Minimum Services to be Covered: "Well baby and well child care and oral health, vision, and hearing services, equipment, and supplies at least for children under 21 years of age."
• Will allow people to keep their doctor and their plan if they wish, while also creating more choices of insurance plans.
True (and updated), but employers could change it for you: Politifact revised its earlier support of this statement, pointing out that while nothing in the bill would force you to change your health care, your employer could do it for you.
ABC's Jake Trapper presented the following hypothetical to President Obama: If the public option is the cheapest "then lots of employers will want to have their employees covered by that cheaper plan, which will not have to be for-profit, unlike private plans, and may, possibly, benefit from some government subsidies, who knows. And then their employees would be signed up for this public plan, which would violate what you're promising the American people, that they will not have to change health care plans if they like the plan they have."
But, Dingell says, fiction is trumping facts in some of the debates. He writes that the bill:
• Will not lead to employers discontinuing health care coverage in favor of government coverage. Based on an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, H.R. 3200 will actually increase the number of people who get health insurance coverage through an employer compared with current law.
Debatable: While the CBO did speak glowingly of H.R. 3200, the fact remains that employers could dump employees' existing coverage and force them to sign up for the government program. There would be a penalty however, except for small businesses. The L.A. Times writes that there is some debate over whether business might still drop coverage because paying the penalty might still save them money.
• Will not create an undue burden for small businesses. According to the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation, 96 percent of small businesses will pay no additional fees under the bill. In fact, small businesses will benefit from tax credits to empower them to provide health insurance for their employees. Small businesses are now paying 18 percent more than big businesses for the same policy; we will stop this unfair practice.
Debatable: The version of H.R. 3200 introduced in the House included a sliding-scale tax credit for qualified small employers, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation report Dingell cites. Small businesses can earn tax credits for up to 50 percent of its health insurance coverage expenses. However, only companies with 10 employees or less making less than an average of $20,000 each qualify for the full credits. From there, credits are reduced on a sliding scale as businesses increase staff and average compensation. The committee did in fact report that only 4.1 percent of small businesses would be affected by a health care surcharge required of all employers.
But various small business groups, including the stringent anti-tax group National Federation of Independent Business, say that the payroll tax penalty for those who do not meet the obligations laid out in the bill could be crippling to small businesses. The Wall Street Journal reports this penalty will equal 8 percent of their payroll. In other words, if a small business follows the plan, they're not likely to see much tax increase, but if they fail to meet the obligations, the punishments could be crippling.
As for the 18 percent higher coverage costs, that assertion comes courtesy of a report prepared by the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
• Will not exempt members of Congress. Our health care plan will be subject to the same rules as all other employer-sponsored plans.
True: But it's also true that many Democratic lawmakers have expressed opposition to giving up their health plans for the government-run plan.
• Will not cover illegal immigrants, leaving American citizens to pay for it. Section 246 of H.R. 3200 specifically prohibits federal funds from being spent to cover illegal immigrants.
True: According to PolitiFact.com, illegal immigrants will not get free health care under the bill. Chain email's suggesting otherwise are false.
• Will not lead to government-sponsored euthanasia. This bill provides an option for individuals to discuss life-extending measures under various scenarios and for Medicare to cover the cost. It is entirely the individual's choice; it does not require anyone to use the benefit and it does not penalize those who don't. Patients and their families would consult with health professionals, not government officials, if they choose to use the benefit.
True: The claim that the House health care bill pushes assisted suicide is nonsense, according to FactCheck.org. The section of the bill in question would require Medicare to pay for voluntary counseling sessions to help seniors plan for end-of-life medical care, such as choosing a hospice and, yes, making decisions about life-sustaining treatment. There's no requirement that doctors counsel their patients to refuse medical treatment. "The intent here is to simply make sure that you've got more information, and that Medicare will pay for it.," President Obama said in an AARP town hall meeting on July 28.
• Will not lead to government-sponsored abortions. An amendment was added in the Energy and Commerce Committee that explicitly states no public money can be used to fund abortions.True, with exceptions for rape, incest, danger to mother: He's referring to an amendment offered by Rep. Louis Capps, D-Calif., under which the public plan could include abortion, but that the cost could not be paid through tax dollars, only through premiums paid by the insured. The same goes for private plans included in the health exchange, according to Politifact.com. Public funding would only be permitted for abortions allowed under the 1976 Hyde Amendment in cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is in danger.
Dingell appears to be telling the truth, or a very close approximation, in every one of his statements. But of course, the topics he chose not to address may be just as telling.
Chime in below with questions you wish legislators would answer or more research relevant to Dingell's statements above.


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My g-g-g-grandfather, Charles BALLENGER, came to Athens County, Ohio sometime between 1833 and 1840. As yet, I don't know who his parents were or where he came from. Charles is almost certainly related (brothers? cousins?) to James BALLENGER (died 1855) and William BALLENGER, who came to Athens Co. about the same time and lived next door to him. The surname is sometimes spelled Ballinger.
Great-Great-Great Grandparents
Charles BALLENGER, born 29 June 1815 (prob. in Maryland or Virginia), died 19 October 1891 in Delaware County, Ohio. He married:
Elizabeth J. "Jane" ADAMS, born 13 August 1815 in Virginia, died 13 September 1891 in Delaware County, Ohio. They had 8 children:
1. Margaret Ann BALLENGER, b. ca 1838, Ohio
2. Martha BALLENGER, b. ca 1841 Athens Co., Ohio
3. Rebecca BALLENGER, b. ca 1843 Athens Co., Ohio
4. Priscilla BALLENGER, b. ca 1845 Athens Co., Ohio
5. Ann Maria BALLENGER, b. ca 1847 Athens Co., Ohio
6. Charles BALLENGER Jr., b. 8 November 1849 Athens Co., d.19 June 1935 Delaware Co., Ohio
7. Caroline BALLENGER, b. 10 Aug 1852 Athens Co., married Edward Williams, d.17 April 1926 Delaware Co., Ohio
8. James M. BALLENGER, b. 19 January 1855 Athens Co., d. 8 March 1913 Delaware Co., Ohio
James Madison BALLENGER, born 19 January 1855 in Athens Co., Ohio, moved to Delaware Co. by 1880, where he died 8 March 1913. On 19 January 1881 in Delaware Co., Ohio, he married:
Anna M. PAYNE, born 3 May 1864 in Ohio, died 20 November 1924 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. They had 4 children:
1. Charles C. BALLENGER, b. 15 July 1882 Delaware Co., d. 7 January 1953 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio
2. Clarence BALLENGER, b. August 1888 Delaware Co., d. 18 April 1954 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio
3. Cyril BALLENGER, b. 6 July 1896 (twin) Delaware Co., d. 26 August 1944 Bexley, Franklin Co., Ohio
4. Cecil BALLENGER, b. 6 July 1896 (twin), married Charles Parker, d. 22 May 1993 Westerville, Franklin Co., Ohio
Charles Cleveland BALLENGER, born 15 July 1882 Delaware Co., died 7 January 1953 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. On 12 December 1906 in Delaware Co., Ohio, he married:
Irene Pearl CLARK, born 28 November 1887 in Delaware Co., died 21October 1965 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. They had 4 children:
1. Florence N. BALLENGER, b. 3 December 1907 Delaware Co., married Gordon Meeks, d. 14 April 2000 Franklin Co., Ohio
2. Unnamed female infant, b. and d. 27 December 1908 in Franklin Co., Ohio
3. Lloyd Russell BALLENGER, b. 3 May 1911 in Westerville, Franklin Co., married Nora EBERHARD on 30 March 1935 in Kentucky, d. 4 June 2002 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio
4. Dwight "Smokey" BALLENGER, b. 27 April 1916 in Westerville, Franklin Co., d. 20 January 1990 in Westerville, Franklin Co., Ohio
I would love to connect with others researching the Ballenger family, particularly anyone who knows or suspects who the parents of Charles, James, and/or William Ballenger (all born between 1815-1820) might be. You can leave a comment below or email me directly at sbishop@asenseoffamily(dot)com. I'd be happy to share the information I've collected!
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When the 2014 Camp Fund total hit $12,434 last Sunday, the Rose and Louis H. Linowitz Charitable Foundation pledged to match the next $5,000 raised by the community, challenging readers to be generous in donating to this year's campaign.
An anonymous donor from Trenton sent $500 with a note, "The enclosed donation is given in memory of my dear father, Walter, who was a member of the Trenton Kiwanis Club many years ago. He generously supported all of its charitable activities."
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According to Greg Payne of ESPNBoston, Shaquille O'Neal participated in the Boston Celtics walkthrough and shoot around and is still on target to play in Game 3.
O'Neal has played just five minutes since February when he injured his right calf. It's reasonable to question how much O'Neal will able to contribute.
"I have no idea, I really don't," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said Friday. "And I don't say it to be funny, I just don't, but I know he's going to be big, I know that."
ESPN's research team, Peter Newmann and Dean Oliver, however, expect O'Neal to have a big positive impact. They studied the statistics of O'Neal's impact against the Heat this season and found that Boston is not only better offensively, they are better defensively with O'Neal on the court.
Referee Assignment
The Boston Celtics cannot be too pleased with the referees assigned to Game 3.
The NBA announced that the crew reffing Game 3 of the Boston Celtics-Miami Heat series will be Steve Javie, Bill Kennedy, and Bob Delaney.
The Celtics have bad history with all three officials, as Chris Forsberg of ESPN Boston details:
Said Rivers of Kennedy: "The technical on which I got thrown out was the most unprofessional technical by a ref I've ever had. He stood there and goaded me and goaded me and stared at me. Look at the film. I actually walked away. He asked me, 'Where do you want the ball?' And I said, 'Ask them,' talking about my players. That's my right to say that, and he walked away... He stood there and stared me down and stared me down and goaded me until I turned around and said, 'What?' That's when I got thrown out of the game. In a [5-point] game? Think about that."
Forsberg has more on each referee and their problems with the Celtics so go ahead and read.
Celtics Quotables
Via Greg Payne of ESPNBoston, from Celtics morning shoot around:
Are the Celtics still confident?
"Yeah, of course," said Rondo. "If I didn't we'd be planning vacations right now. I don't have any plans."
From practice on Friday:
"The urgency is there," Garnett said. "This is it. We've used all of our lifelines. I hate to say it like that but it's true. This is not a cool, kind of keep your composure. Nah, this is, You got to get the next game.'"
"We're taking their best shot," Garnett said. "I still don't think we've played our best basketball and we've got to do that. We can't just come out here and talk about it. We're not on the white sands of the beach no more. We're back in the jungle. Hopefully that'll do some good for us."
"We still feel like it's going to be a seven-game series," Pierce said. "I like our chances, especially with our backs against the wall."


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Our countdown of the Pac-12's top 25 players in 2012 continues.
Most of this looks back, but, of course, there also is a good dose of projecting forward. A lot of good players, as it happens every year, won't make the preseason list. It is in their hands to make the postseason list.
You can review our 2011 postseason top 25 here.
19. Cameron Marshall, RB, Arizona State
2011 numbers: Though ASU had a higher pass-run ratio last year, Marshall still carried the ball 230 times, running for 1,050 yards. He matched LaMichael James for most rushing touchdowns in the conference with 18 while averaging 4.6 yards per carry. He also caught 24 balls (second among Pac-12 running backs) for 188 yards.
2011 postseason ranking: Unranked
Making the case for Marshall: As we continue to venture deeper into this list, making the case for guys becomes much easier. Marshall made the case for himself last season when he was one of seven Pac-12 backs to rush for more than 1,000 yards. And he did it in a spread offense that was pass first. With Todd Graham's new run-first, up-tempo spread attack, we could see Marshall's numbers skyrocket. It's very conceivable that when we publish the postseason top 25, Marshall could find himself in the top 10. At 5-foot-11, 223-pounds, he's proven to be durable enough to play through injury -- as was the case last season. He's an NFL prototype and should be the centerpiece of the Sun Devils' offense this season. The scheme will be more downhill-centric, which should accentuate Marshall's talents and frame. His pass-protection skills are sound -- considering the offense he played in previously -- as are his hands out of the backfield. Marshall is, without a doubt, one of the most complete backs in the conference.
No. 20: Dion Bailey, LB, USC
No. 21: Shayne Skov, LB, Stanford
No. 22: Curtis McNeal, RB, USC
No. 23: Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington
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Fayetteville-Manlius High school officials went class by class pulling out 60 juniors and seniors. They took the teenagers to conference rooms where white makeup was applied to their faces. They now represented students killed in DWI-related accidents. The students returned to their classes, but for the rest of the day they couldn't speak or text because they were "dead." "The idea is if the student wasn't around, they wouldn't be able to carry on conversations," said Doug Lawrence, F-M assistant principal. The message: Don't drink and drive, because this is what can happen to you and your friends. The high school is hosting a two-day event Thursday and Friday that's part of the national "Every 15 Minutes" program, which offers real-life experiences without the true risks. Every 15 minutes refers to the statistic that someone dies from an alcohol-related accident every 15 minutes. "I think when you get involved in something like this and play an active role, you truly get a lot out of it," said Sam Centore, one of 60 F-M juniors and seniors preselected to portray one of the "living dead." "You get emotionally connected and it's not just statistics," Centore said. "And because everyone sees it, it will have a real community impact and everyone will share their reactions." The day culminated with a simulated two-vehicle traffic accident on school grounds using two vehicles the Manlius Fire Department retrieved from the junkyard. Fire department officials contacted the school about a year ago about the program, and they've been working on details for the past year. Juniors and seniors watched the scene as police, fire and ambulance workers responded, extricating victims using hydraulic tools and treating the injured. A coroner also arrived to process the fatalities and police booked the drunk driver. Throughout the day, the crash "victims" were filmed at the police station, court, hospital and morgue. Later, they were among the 60 students taking part in an overnight retreat at the Craftsman Inn, where they learned about making good choices and wrote letters to their "survivors" urging them to avoid drunk driving. Students can watch the whole day's events during a 20-minute video to be presented at an assembly Friday morning. Students and their parents will talk about their feelings as they participated in Thursday's mock crash at the assembly, and an F-M teacher will share her personal experience with a drunk driver who injured someone in her family. 'The idea is for students to experience firsthand the sensations of being involved in a tragic, alcohol-related accident. "It's a bit of shock treatment for these kids, so they see what could really happen to them and their friends," said Bob Bennett, Manlius' deputy fire chief. Centore, a senior, said it was "kind of spooky" to play a dead kid but it also drove the message home. "It kind of creeps you out to think about it, but that's why it has such an impact," he said. "Kids have this idea nothing will ever happen to them, that it only happens to someone else." Junior Erin Sauer, 16, said "we hear about people this happens to you, but it doesn't really affect us. This really shows you exactly what it's like." Rose Avellino, 16, also a junior, said she found the message powerful. "It's something that will last with me forever," she said. Elizabeth Doran can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 470-3012.


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text: A quick reminder that you are all invited to tonight's Scheme UK meeting at LShift where Satnam Singh will be talking about Circuit Design using a language embedded in Haskell, and demo its application on a real FPGA. More details can be found at http://schematics.sourceforge.net/scheme-london/next.html Directions to the LShift offices can be found at http://www.lshift.net/contact.html We start at 7pm. Matthias.


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My Tuesday was made a little less pleasant by an unwanted house guest.
I met the intruder during the noon hour in my bathroom. I was fortunate enough to have my glance turned downward as an orange-red centipede quickly crawled under my bathroom door, making hideous zig-zag movements and scurrying under a cabinet. It quickly abandoned its cover, making a mad dash for my feet. Those things are so fast.
My first thought was to jump on top of the sink and scream frantically, but instead I stomped the antagonistic arthropod under my boot. Thank goodness I had my boots on.
Everything about centipedes is disgusting, right down to the crunch and squish they project when stepped on. They're awfully resilient, too, as it took multiple stomps for my unwelcome company to stop moving.
I love most animals. If I see a cricket in my apartment, I will scoop it up and take it outside. Not centipedes, though. They die automatically.
For one thing, just look at them. They are absolutely repugnant in every respect. Some people have pet lizards, even snakes, that they are able to feel affection toward. People even have ant farms. Nobody has a centipede farm. At least they better not.
Apparently centipedes are good for eliminating spiders and other insects around the house, but I think I would take spiders over centipedes any old day.
After my encounter, I looked up information online to try and find out how to prevent, or at least reverse, a centipede infestation in my home. What I found instead was a video on YouTube of a giant centipede killing and eating a mouse. Yes, a mouse. The centipede must have measured a foot in length. I guess I can go ahead and cancel my meal plans for the next few days. I am mortified that such a horrendous creature actually exists.
In any case, I think I may be sleeping in the office until I do some serious bug spraying and close examination of my living quarters. I would rather have a stiff back in the morning than have to deal with a 54-legged, venomous, primeval bedfellow.
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But as with life, as soon as I finished making my bag, I moved on to other projects and deadlines on my to-do list and simply forgot to take photos. When we recently had a lucky sunny day here in Seattle; I decided that it was high time to get those photos taken to share this finish with you.
I also continued with the pops of yellow inside the bag. Bright yellow zipper<check>. Bright yellow pocket linings<check and check>.
When I measured the 1 inch box on the pattern print-out, it was the correct size width-wise, but slightly off length-wise. I thought this was strange, but figured that maybe the hand-drawn scale wasn't 100% accurate. Plus it was only off by about 1/8 of an inch--how much could that really matter? Unfortunately, my print-out was slightly skewed (thanks to my printer) and in my
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FLINT, MI – A jury found a Flint man not guilty of second-degree murder charges Friday, Oct. 4, after a trial in which he was accused of killing a retired Genesee County sheriff's lieutenant while burglarizing his Flint home in 2011.
Aaron Antwaun Robinson, 20, was found guilty of first-degree home invasion, safe breaking, larceny of a firearm, receiving/concealing a stolen firearm and felony firearm. Authorities say he broke into the East Jameison Street home of retired sheriff's Lt. Lonnie Thomas, who was fatally shot when he walked into the home during the Aug. 5, 2011, incident.
Genesee Circuit Judge Archie Hayman presided over the trial.
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton could not be immediately reached for comment.
Sentencing was set for Oct. 28.Thomas was the first black man to hold a sheriff's department supervisory position in the 1970s and the first black lieutenant when he was promoted in 1980.


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Village Project offers volunteer training: The Village Project, a nonprofit that serves people with cancer in Bay Village, Avon Lake and most recently in Rocky River will hold an information and training workshop on Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at its new headquarters, 27378 West Oviatt Road in Bay Village. The Village Project, founded in 2011 as the Village Food Project, changed its name earlier this year to reflect it broadening mission beyond providing nutritious meals to people with cancer and their families. The group's volunteers now also help with lawn care, household chores and other services. For more information about the Village Project, email firstname.lastname@example.com. (Village Project)
Westlake candidates night: Candidates for school board and city council seats in Westlake will be in the spotlight Tuesday during a candidates forum sponsored by the local chapter of the League of Women Voters. The event begins at 6:45 p.m. at the Westlake Porter Public Library, 2733 Center Ridge Road. Candidates in contested races are to answer questions submitted by the audience. Check in at cleveland.com for live coverage of the event. (League of Women Voters)
Guacamole lessons: Who doesn't like good guacamole? The Rocky River Public Library will host Eric Williams, executive chef/owner of Momocho and El Carnicero, on Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. He'll show how to make his popular guacamole, a favorite on his menu. The event, in the library's auditorium, is free and no registration is required. It's the second in a series of four cooking programs that the library is sponsoring. (Rocky River Public Library)


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The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee on Monday accused the Obama administration of completely shutting Congress out of major foreign policy decisions, including how to deal with Russia's aggression on the Ukraine border, and the delayed Iran nuclear talks.
Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said the White House has not reached out to Congress in any meaningful way on Russia, and totally ignored Congress's advice not to extend the Iran nuclear talks.
"There's not a robust engagement the way that we were used to on really sensitive national security issues," Rogers said on Fox and Friends Monday morning.
Rogers said that last week, White House officials brief members on the Iran nuclear talks, and were told by most that the talks should not be extended.
"[E]verybody there said, why are you giving them more money, you shouldn't do it," he said. "The next day they announced they're giving more money."
The four-month extension of the nuclear talks will give Russia access to another $2.8 billion in assets that were frozen by the United States. Secretary of State John Kerry defended the move by saying sanctions will remain in place against Iranian oil sales while talks continue on the fate of Iran's nuclear program.
Still, Rogers said most in Congress were clearly opposed to the extension, and said the White House has no interest in taking advice from members.
"There has been a bipartisan push that I've really not seen in Congress in a long time, pushing back on the president's foreign policy," he said. "And they have an absolute tin ear."
On the situation in Ukraine, Rogers blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for contributing to violence along the border that led to the downing of a Malaysian passenger jet.
"This is an unmitigated tragedy where he's really massacred 295 people by playing fast and loose with these weapons systems," Rogers said. Many, including officials within the Obama administration, are blaming Russia for making available the high-end missile system needed to shoot down the plane from 33,000 feet.
Rogers called on the administration to start building up a missile defense system in the Czech Republican and in Poland, and to perform military training in Poland to show Russia the U.S. is serious. He said that could rally the Europeans around tighter sanctions against Russia.
"He will understand certainty and strength," Rogers said. "Right now, we don't either of those."


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He's runs with grace, hits with power and has a spotless reputation off the field.
And man, I'm beginning to hate watching Curtis Granderson.
What else are Red Sox fans supposed to say after he hit the go-ahead home run off Jonathan Papelbon in the 10th inning tonight, breaking a 1-1 tie and powering the Yankees to a 3-1 win?
It's an unfortunate situation. I'll be the first one to admit the Yankees have several players that deserve grudging respect, beginning with Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. But another one? Another guy that I'd love to watch play well if he wore any other uniform? Hell, he's even on his fourth season blogging, and gracious about it.
While many of us fixated on the renewal of our dislike for Alex Rodriguez and Co. in the offseason, the Yankees went out and picked up a talented under-30 outfielder who could easily improve while surrounded with sluggers in the Yankees lineup. He has his weaknesses -- he hit a putrid .183 in 180 at-bats against lefties last season -- but he's another force to be reckoned with.
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Despte a non-league loss to state-ranked Pelham on Saturday, Rome Free Academy remains at No. 2 in the this week's state rankings. The Black Knights will host No. 1 Cicero-North Syracuse, 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Kennedy Arena.
NYSSWA Boys Ice Hockey state rankings for February 4
Full rankings available at NYSSWA website
Division I
1. Cicero-North Syracuse-3 (18-1)
2. Rome Free Academy-3 (15-2)
12. West Genesee-3 (12-5-1)
Division II
5. Skaneateles (14-1-4)
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Fairfield Inn & Suites Atlanta Downtown, Atlanta
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast and WiFi
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- 156 smoke-free guestrooms
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> * The next-best performance is the method used by most tribander > manufacturers, using the capacitance between the metal cover and the coil. > I > have heard reliable estimates that these traps are roughly 0.1 dB loss per > trap. This is not necessarily total gain loss per trap, but loss in that > element, which may not have a big effect if the current is low (e.g. a > director has lower current than the reflector or driven element in a > Yagi). I want to add some detail and considerations about the above. Although extra losses in a dipole/vertical (of reasonable size) are more or less coincidentd with trap losses, traps and coils in parasitic elements of yagis have quite a bad effects over gain, much more than is normally claimed. The usual equivalence that trap/coil losses is comaparable with its heating is not true in parasitic elements. A small heat can also be the sign of a small current flow, which means a low contribution of the element in object to the antenna gain. If the main problem of yagi is that parasitic elements are reactive (longer or shorter) and the radiated power quickly decrease if elements are made shorter or longer than a 3-5% compared with operating frequency, a trap/coil further contributes to reduce current flow, and consequently gain. It's not an absolute, but along 30 years of tests I never found a single calssic tribander with traps on all elements showing any sort of real gain on 20m if compared to a simple full size dipole. My conclusion is that tribander manufacturers are extremely optimistic individuals dealing with a no way job of pulling out gain where it's not possible to have. Frequency, inductor material and size togheter dimension and shape and capacitor Q are factors to be modeled, the latter has to consider also dielectric losses. May be it's Dallas interest to visit and dowload something from http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp/page3.html 73, Mauri I4JMY _______________________________________________ Antennaware mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/antennaware
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