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Both men -- who do have a lot riding on their partnership -- held a live video chat Friday (watch below) to discuss SpaceX's planned launch Sunday at 7:35 p.m. CDT. If the launch goes off on schedule -- and the weather is still iffy -- a Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying a Dragon 9 supply capsule bound for the International Space Station. It will dock three days after launch.
This would be the first of 12 supply flights to the station NASA has contracted for with SpaceX. The contract is worth $1.6 billion to the company. This flight carries 1,000 pounds of supplies but no astronauts. SpaceX won't be ready to do that for three-to-four years, Musk said Friday.
If things go smoothly, NASA takes a giant step toward the White House goal of turning over supply of the station and ferrying astronauts to commercial companies. That will get American astronauts off Russian Soyuz rockets, and free NASA to turn its attention to developing a rocket system for flights to deep space and, eventually, Mars. "Everything hinges on the success of folks like Elon and his team," Bolden said.
Musk wasn't overconfident, saying the flight "should be viewed as an early mission, which it is." He'll get more nervous as the scheduled launch approaches, Musk said. SpaceX has made minor changes to the rocket and capsule, he said, mostly on the software side. The first Dragon docking with the station in May was thrown slightly behind schedule by imaging and range-finding issues.
Taking questions from the online audience, Bolden and Musk discussed the major challenge to commercial spaceflight today. It's the time it takes to assemble rockets, Musk said. It takes between 12 and 18 months to assemble a Falcon 9 rocket today, he said. Considering that SpaceX wants to fly twice this year, four-to-six times next year and double that in 2014, Musk said the problem is obvious. "A pivotal breakthrough is needed in the rapid reuse of rockets," he said.
Bolden added that one breakthrough could come in the use of composite materials for rocket segments. He praised a "shell-buckling test" done last year at Huntsville's Marshall Space Flight Center. That test -- which used a giant press to determine how much force was needed to "crush" a space shuttle external tank segment -- showed it should be possible to build strong, safe segments to thickness and weight tolerances much less strenuous that NASA has historically required, Bolden said.
(This story has been updated to correct the month of the first Dragon launch. It docked with the station in May)


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Whoever takes over from Fabio Capello either as a caretaker manager or a long-term replacement faces the dauting task of living up to somewhat unrealistic hopes that England will land their first major trophy since the 1966 World Cup.
Left field
Mumbling Capello never at home in England
Fabio Capello arrived in London four years ago with a sparkling CV but for all his club success he departed still barely able to speak English and with his adopted country frought with division and long shots for success at Euro 2012.
from Reuters Soccer Blog:
4-2-3-1…4-5-1…4-4-2…that'll be four midfielders and two forwards then?
So Fabio Capello's masterstroke in revitalising Wayne Rooney and turning England from World Cup no-hopers to instant Euro 2012 favourites was....to tell the Manchester United striker to hang back a bit.
from Reuters Soccer Blog:
Unlike Del Piero et al, at least Beckham may get a farewell game
Fabio Capello's impromptu announcement that David Beckham was too old to play for England has divided opinion across the blogosphere.
from Reuters Soccer Blog:
England defence crumble in German masterclass
England coach Fabio Capello would do well to take a transcript copy of Germany coach Joachim Loew's post-match press conference – because in it he would find all the simple reasons why his side were trounced 4-1 and sent packing from the World Cup on Sunday.
from Reuters Soccer Blog:
If England's footballers were matchplay golfers
It's a strokeplay knockout golf tournament -- let's call it the World Cup of golf -- and an English player is on the tee box of the 18th hole needing a birdie four to advance.
Who will rise to the occasion and become a worthy replacement for Beckham?
Fabio Capello has plenty of options for the right midfield slot, even if David Beckham's snapped Achilles rules him out of the World Cup.
from Reuters Soccer Blog:
England sail through, but how are their World Cup chances?
So, once again, England qualify in style. The garages can start stocking up on plastic flags of St George, the breweries can breathe a sigh of relief and the tabloids can start their gradual shift from cautious support to the crescendo of expectation that will accompany Fabio Capello and his squad to South Africa next year.

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For two identical properties on the same street with similar incomes, their property tax is about the same, and so is the tax load; if one family retires, and their income decreases to 1/3 of what it was, then their tax load triples.
Yes, of all the flaws in the current property tax system, the one that really hits home is the disconnect between property values and the wealth. Land values might have jibed with net worth in 15th century England, but not so much today, especially in an era where real estate values can double in five years while real incomes fall.
While there are many ideas around for reforming the tax system, one thing we've tried to do at The Star-Ledger is create a basis for measuring how the flawed premise of the property tax really hits home.
We call it The Tax Trauma Index, and what it measures is property tax pain on three levels:
Taxation as a percentage of income: This measures the average homeowner's actual ability to pay the average tax bill.
Taxation as a percentage of home value: This measures the actual effective tax rate for each town. In simple terms, homeowner is getting more for his $10,000 tax bill if the taxes are paying to maintain a $1,000,000 asset rather than a house worth $500,000.
The average tax bill itself: Even if you're rich and live in a mansion, a jumbo tax bill still makes you unhappy.
For each measure, towns get a percentile ranking, and then the rankings are combined into a weighted average to produce a single number: On a scale of 1 to 100, how much to taxes hurt in this community?
We also allow you to calculate your own personal score. As our reader from Maplewood found out, the property tax system hits some harder than others:
The data show that for my town of Maplewood, the average tax load per household is 7.37%. But my own tax load is well above 20% because I, as an 'old-timer', do not have the modern salary of the average homeowner income of $137,340.
This reader's solution would be to fund school and county services with something other than the property tax. While this is just one of many ideas being floated, the one sure thing the numbers show is that the property tax burden in this state is not fairly distributed among towns or within towns either.
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Editor's Note: These are excerpts from past editions of the Press-Register.
• "At about a quarter past 4 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered in the carpenter shop of W.J. Cole, on Conception between Government and Church streets. The alarm was sounded and the fire soon extinguished without much damage. It was evidently a work of design, having been found in two separate apartments among a large quantity of newspapers, which were the only combustible materials of note. ...
"What shall we say of the alarm, but that it was the most alarming one that ever woke the old women of this quiet city from their slumbers. They thought the enemy had landed surely, for they could not imagine what other construction to put upon it."
• "ADVANCE OF THE FEDERALS. -- We have information from several sources that Paris, Tennessee, was occupied by the Federal forces [March 18]. About three thousand, it was thought, composed the advance guard of the invaders. All the public property had been removed."
Friday, March 22, 1912:
• "Edwin J. Gower ... tells a story of two young men who, while sitting at the same table with him in a hotel, were served among other things with small stalks of green asparagus. Now wait a minute -- they did not mistake it for celery. Far from it. One of the diners drew his knife laterally through his entire portion of asparagus and put several of the hard ends in his mouth. After chewing away industriously for a number of minutes, he said to his companion: 'Bill, these are the toughest onions I ever struck, and they haven't got a d----d bit of taste!'"
• "Mrs. W.D. Stratton and son, George Ketchum Gage, have arrived in their old home for a visit of several months."
Monday, March 22, 1937:
• "FAIRHOPE -- A vigorous campaign by the Mobile Press and the Mobile Register denouncing persons who strip dogwood trees of their blossoms today had borne fruit.
"Thousands of Mobilians visited Baldwin County today, where dogwood is blooming in profusion, but they managed to withstand temptation and refrained from strip acts.
"Branches were yanked from the trees in wholesale lots a week ago, when Mobilians, pouring across the newly-freed Mobile Bay Bridge, couldn't resist carrying home a few blooms. ...
"Four state highway patrolmen were on duty today in the county, casting dirty looks at anyone who slowed an auto near a dogwood tree."
Friday, March 22, 1962:
• "National twist champions Gene and Carol Joiner will appear Saturday at Fort Whiting for a state twist championship contest. A stage show with four bands will be held at the contest and the price of admission entitles one to compete in the contest in which trophies and prizes will be awarded."
• "The Mobile City Commission is ready to begin accepting applications for the position of manager of the municipal auditorium.
"The commissioners agreed Thursday that while the auditorium will not be ready for use for almost two more years, a manager is needed to begin arranging for conventions and other events."
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Exceedance of air quality target values for ozone in urban areas (EEA member countries), 1996-2002
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Data prior to 1996 with a coverage of less than 50 million people are not representative for the European situation. Year-to-year variations in exposure classes are partly caused by the changes in spatial coverage.
For references, please go to www.eea.europa.eu/soer or scan the QR code.
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Even at the choicest poker tables, with the highest stakes running; players vie for the winnings through an ever-dynamic mix of skill and luck.
For the following three natural gas producers to each outperform prevailing expectations with solid first-quarter earnings, a similar mix was required.
Luck of the draw
Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN ) used both skill and luck to lay down the most impressive hand in the group. With the ink barely dry on Devon's aggressive dealmaking to shed U.S. offshore assets in the Gulf of Mexico, all manner of pain has befallen the remaining Gulf operators following the disastrous explosion and sinking of a rig working for BP (NYSE: BP ) . Converting those offshore assets into pre-tax cash of $9.9 billion to fast-track an aggressive restructuring into the onshore space exhibits skillful maneuvering by Devon, but the accidentally fortuitous timing was purely the luck of the draw.
While BP clearly has all hands on deck to remediate this environmental catastrophe, another major buyer of Devon's assets in the gulf has indicated it will proceed with plans to develop its now-wholly owned Cascade-Chinook play. Referring to its decision to develop the offshore field, Brazil's Petrobras (NYSE: PBR ) indicated: "It's common to revisit procedures once we know what happened and the investigation is complete. It's too early to say we will change anything."
Meanwhile, just as my Foolish colleague Toby Shute predicted, Devon is deploying the mammoth windfall generated by these asset sales both to shore-up its balance sheet, and to improve shareholder equity with an impressive $3.5 billion share-repurchasing initiative. For Fools counting cards, that equates to roughly 12% of the company's market capitalization. I believe that Chairman and CEO J. Larry Nichols accurately conveys the strategic position of the newly restructured Devon Energy when he states:
Devon is emerging with a rock-solid balance sheet, a balanced portfolio of oil and gas projects and one of the lowest cost structures in the peer group. This positions the company to deliver low-risk, profitable, organic production growth on a sustainable basis.
Back on the skill side of the equation, Devon yielded a separate pre-tax windfall of $524 million from successful hedging, and reports a near-100% success rate on the 454 wells the company drilled during the quarter. Also, with a product mix that was weighted only 68% in natural gas -- at a time when natural gas producers are scrambling to increase their exposure to oil and natural gas liquids -- here again I view Devon Energy as the real deal among North American energy plays.
Producers pass (on) gas
With natural gas prices languishing in relative weakness amid a persistently elevated supply, producers are increasingly looking to enhance profitability through a greater focus upon oil and natural gas liquids within their overall product mix. As Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK ) CEO Aubrey McClendon explains: "That's where the money is these days with oil-to-gas values now exceeding three to one." Sandridge Energy (NYSE: SD ) recently revealed that oil production is 10 times more profitable than gas.
Reflecting this emerging focus upon optimization of liquids production, Chesapeake has indicated a desire to reduce its excessive natural gas weighting to a more balanced 80% of total production. Looking to the first quarter data, we find Chesapeake achieving half of that target, with liquids accounting for 10% of average daily production. Accordingly, natural gas production rose only 7% year over year, while liquids flowed into 35% more volume. To move closer to that 80/20-mix, Chesapeake will reduce its peak 2010 rig count by 12% to 105 rigs, and institute an even sharper curbing of effort in 2011 with a 17% reduction in gas-related capital expenditures.
For a company that nearly crumbled beneath the weight of weak gas prices not that long ago, a more diversified product mix will come as a welcome improvement.
So long, ex-XTO
In likely our last glimpse of XTO Energy (NYSE: XTO ) before it is subsumed into the giant fold of ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM ) , we find production of natural gas liquids increasing 9% year-over-year to help alleviate the impact of a 2% decline in oil volumes. Overall, revenue slipped 7% despite a 6% increase in production. Nonetheless, as with Devon and Chesapeake above, XTO's 32% earnings decline sufficed to surprise analysts with adjusted profit that was 15% ahead of Wall Street's average estimates. Sporting a first-quarter product mix featuring 17% of production in liquids, Exxon swallows XTO's natural gas exposure with a tasty liquids chaser.
So there you have it, Fools: Three natural gas producers that beat the street despite persistent weakness in the market for their primary product. Chalk it up to whatever combination of skill and luck that you will, but these operators prove that some players can win a pot regardless of the hand they are dealt. Of the three, Devon Energy appears to be holding the clear upper hand, but I look forward to hearing your thoughts in the comments section below.
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As ministries committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and united in his mission on college campuses, the following groups listed below met on October 25, 2010 and agreed to teach the staff, volunteers, faculty and student leadership of our organizations the following principles about relationships with other Christian groups. (John 13: 34 & 35)
1 We are all part of Christ's body.
2 We do not regard any campus as our exclusive field. We recognize that many students and faculty may be helped through the various appeals and styles of the different organizations.
3 We will seek to establish relationships and build bridges with our counterparts in other Christian groups on campus. When establishing ministries on new campuses, we will take the initiative to communicate with the leadership of existing groups.
4 We will speak well of and refrain from criticism of each other's ministries and members.
5 We commit to addressing problems on a local, regional or national level by humbly communicating with our counterparts, seeking the Lord together to resolve the issues.
6 We affirm the leadership commitments students and faculty have made to each other's ministries and will not actively recruit them away from those groups. When starting a new campus work, each organization will endeavor to select new leaders, not leaders from other ministries.
7 We recognize students and faculty have the freedom to choose their involvement with any campus ministry. In general, we will encourage them to select and be involved with one primary organization.
8 We will encourage collaborative efforts on a voluntary basis between our organizations. We are open to share experiences and resources to assist each other with the unique challenges of campus ministry.
Our work was built on the Trail West Agreement of 1971, in which leaders from several campus ministries met to develop a practical means of settling conflicts between local leaders on a number of campuses across the country.
Asian American Christian Fellowship - Melanie Mar Chow & Evelyn Fan Great Commission Ministries Churches - Greg Van Nada & Steve Hayes Baptist Collegiate Ministry - John Moore & Ken Owens The Impact Movement - Charles Gilmer Campus Ambassadors - Valorie Nordbye & Ryan Miller InterVarsity Christian Fellowship - Jim Lundgren & Janet Luhrs Balajthy Campus Crusade for Christ - Mark Gauthier & Keith Davy The Navigators - Jim Luebe & Mike Kozlarek Campus Outreach - Kent Bailey & Mike Hearon North American Mission Board - Mark Lydecker & Chad Childress Chi Alpha - Dennis Gaylor & Curtis Cole Reformed University Fellowship - Rod Mays Christian Union - Matt Bennett & Dave Riner Student Mobilization - Chuck Hetzler & Ted Shimer Coalition for Christian Outreach - Vince Burens & Dan Dupee Young Life College - Mike Gaffney & Steve Blacksmith Fellowship of Christian Athletes - Jeff Martin
February 16, 2011
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FRANKLIN — A Somerset County man with multiple sclerosis is appealing his conviction for growing 17 marijuana plants.
John Wilson of Franklin Township, Somerset County, says he used the drug to treat his condition. But he wasn't allowed to say that to the jury in his 2009 trial.
An appeals court ruled last month that a judge was right to bar the testimony and upheld his five-year sentence.
A marijuana advocacy group announced today that Wilson has asked the state Supreme Court to consider the case.
Since Wilson's conviction, New Jersey has passed a law to allow medical marijuana.
The program is still being set up and marijuana is not yet being distributed legally to patients.
Related coverage:
• Court panel rules Franklin MS patient can't claim he grew pot for personal use
• N.J. man with multiple sclerosis gets prison for growing marijuana
• Ill Somerset County man found not guilty of operating marijuana facility


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Commissioners putting casino money to good use
Last year, when Columbiana County received its first infusion of tax receipts from Ohio's first two casinos, we called on county commissioners to share the loot by spreading it around to the various county townships and municipalities.
Shortly thereafter, several town councils and boards of township trustees made pleas to the county to help them out of financial hot water by sharing the wealth.
Now, however, commissioners have announced a plan that looks like it will benefit more countians than parceling out the money willy-nilly to the various governmental entities.
In order to increase participation in the County Drug Task Force, and to help already participating police forces pay for their contribution, commissioners said last week that they will use casino money to pay a portion of the salaries of police officers assigned to the DTF.
Under the plan, in exchange for $10,000 from commissioners, the city and village councils of participating police departments would be asked to pass a resolution requiring the assigned officer to commit to working at least 20 hours per week at the DTF.
Commissioner Tim Weigle said, if funds permit, they will also offer to provide $20,000 annually to any police department, except the sheriff's office, that currently has an officer assigned to the DTF on a full-time basis. Commissioners may extend the offer to others which put an officer on full time.
Unfortunately, the DTF is being investigated by the state for financial irregularities, which has cast a shadow over its operations. The sooner this is cleared up the better, because the biggest problem facing Columbiana County today is drug abuse and the DTF is the best weapon we have at this point for battling this problem.
The DTF currently has only four departments participating – sheriff's, Salem, Lisbon and Leetonia, about half of what it was at one time. If we're going to win the war on drugs, we're going to need more fighters. We hope this promise of financial aid will encourage more police departments to participate.
Commissioner Mike Halleck said, "We feel this a prudent way to share the (casino) money we are getting with other communities." We agree. Kudos to commissioners for coming up with this plan.


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I love this cardstock so much! It definetly gives you layouts
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The Clear Lake girls soccer team finished the regular season with a shut-out win at Iowa Falls-Alden Thursday, May 29.
Iowa Falls played a heavy defensive game, which played right into the hands of the Lions. The Cadets kept a line of four defenders back and three mid-fielders back most of the game, hoping to keep the Lions away from the goal.
Clear Lake's defense did a good job of protecting goal keeper Ellie Biebesheimer. The Cadets rarely took a shot on goal and none were close to score.
With IF-A stacked back in the box, it was difficult to do too much maneuvering in the box, but Logan Anderson did manage to squeeze around a couple defenders and sneak a shot past the goalie in the 16th minute.
The Lions continued to put the pressure on IF-A and had several shots, but no more scoring the first half. Clear Lake also experimented with its lineup, moving Anderson to Emily Phalen's spot and Brie Wagler in for Katie Hewett, moving Madi Faber up to forward for a short time.
In the second half Clear Lake used a three-forward lineup (Faber, Ivy Hogg and Anderson), figuring with IF-A leaving seven people back on defense the extra body up front would help. The three mid-fielders (Phalen, Kaye Faber and Bailey Kibsgaard) were given the extra pressure of helping on defense. On several occasions the Lions demonstrated beautiful passing between the mids and forwards and were able to push the ball down into the corner. This opened up the middle just enough to allow the Lions to get several shots off.
There weren't any true 'assists,' but after some good triangle passing between Kibsgaard, Phalen and Anderson, the ball was pushed down to the corner where Kibsgaard crossed it and eventually Anderson was able to put the ball in five minutes into the second half.
With IF-A dropping so many players, the Lions were able to control the middle so the ball was again kept on Clear Lake's offensive half much of the game. With 14 minutes left, Erin O'Tool made a nice corner kick right into the middle, in front of the goal. After bouncing around loose, Phalen was in position to knock in the team's third and final goal.


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Longtime Manhattan cabaret staple and Springfield-based singer, Vickie Phillips, has been chosen as the recipient for "Outstanding Song Interpretation" at the 29th Annual Bistro Awards, demonstrating the staying power of the veteran entertainer.
The March 4th event, at Gotham's Comedy Club in Manhattan, will honor a number of entertainers, including actor, singer and dancer Ben Vereen who will receive the Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award. Phillips, whose career spans more than 50 years, has been recognized before by the Bistro Awards (previously The Back Stage Bistro Awards). She was honored for "Outstanding Achievement in Cabaret," during the second annual awards, in 1986. The awards, recognizing achievements in such fields as cabarat, jazz and comedy, were started by Harrington, who wrote a column for the trade weekly Back Stage, and recipients have included Charles Aznavour, Dionne Warwick and Eartha Kitt.
Phillips is known for her one-woman cabaret show, whose theme she changes each year. Her critically applauded "Songs Are Like Friends" helped earn her the Bistro award.
Phillips said she operates on advice received early in her career, when she was told "Vickie, an audience doesn't know what they want until you give it to them,"
"I am not – and I'm not sure I ever will be — in the Top 20. My most shocking, my most famous music is Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill, and Charles Aznavour," Phillips said.
A Pennsylvania native, Phillips will perform approximately 15 songs for the show, including a song she received special permission to play from Aznavour. The venue's website describes the show in these words: "Vickie creates miniature portraits of her travels from Pennsylvania to Transylvania and beyond . . . to the war ravaged cities of Arad and Bucharest, Romania, Budapest, Amsterdam, Vienna, Brussels, Brugge and Prague. In every city she visited, she was awakened to the echoes of memories and voices, still reverberating in the buildings, and her show captures the charm, spirit, scope and passion on these Eastern European streets, where Vickie's soul connected with the places, the people and her Jewish roots."
Among her other New York venues are Rose's Turn at 55 Grove St., Judy's and Don't Tell Mama Cabaret Theater.
Phillips has lived in Springfield for 26 years, since marrying her husband Stan. She taught acting at Longmeadow High for 12 years.
"I know I have a gift for teaching, because of what I start and finish with. It makes for exciting alliances with students," Phillips said.
Currently, she teaches at Bay Path College, in Longmeadow, where she directed "Chicago" two years ago.
"All acting comes from a state of truth within yourself and cannot be fabricated from any other source," Phillips said.
She added she likes being on both sides of the stage, in terms of future plans.
"I would consider everything I'm offered, teaching or performing. I can't cut the umbilical cord to something I love – a live audience, because it keeps me alive."
Tickets for the Bistro Awards, which are for 18 years and older, are $75, and can be ordered online from the Gotham Comedy Club. Tickets for Phillips' April show, at 9:30 p.m., are $20, and can be ordered online at The Metropolitan Room.


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AMHERST -- The Ramblers (9-7-0-1) were run out of the Stadium tonight, 6-0 by the Halifax Lions (5-6-1-0) in Maritime Junior A Hockey League action. Amherst is in the middle of a three-games-in-three-days stint, having defeated the Bent Division-leading Truro Bearcats 4-3 here Friday.
Following is the live transcript:
6:30 p.m. -- Teams out for the warmup. Former Rambler Shane Robar is dressed for the Lions. Robar requested a trade in the offseason since he is attending school in Halifax this year.
Devon Cudmore leads the Ramblers on the ice and is taking the bulk of the shots, so he'll be starting. It's his first appearance since Oct. 16, a 5-2 road loss to Woodstock, and his first start on home ice. He came on in relief in a 6-3 loss to Pictou County on Oct. 10. Cudmore is 1-2 with a 3.02 GAA and .915 save percentage in 199 minutes this season.
Same lineup as Friday for the Ramblers, save for Cudmore. Out are Scott Bragg (undisclosed) and Jonathan Pardy (shoulder). Halifax scratches are Chris Lamb, Mitch Carabin and Colin Cook.
Starter for Halifax in net is Kody Blois (3-6-1-0, 2.65 GAA, .931 Sv%)
Referee tonight is Colin Miller.
7:02 p.m. -- Puck has dropped and we're underway. Same first line as last night for Amherst, Chipman with Barron and O'Byrne, with Smith and Boudreau the first D pairing.
7:03 p.m. -- Other line combos for the Ramblers are Matthews-Layton-Bissonnette, Orr-Carson-Coleman, and Estey and O'Neill rotated in. Other defence pairings are Matheson-McLaughlin and Mercer-Herrett, with Mathieu as the seventh defender.
7:06 p.m. -- Derek Smith tries to go back-door, and Justin Matthews just misses him on a cross-crease pass. First good chance for the home side.
7:07 p.m. -- Halifax with some good jump to start this game. A much smaller team than Truro, but pretty quick.
7:08 p.m. -- Cudmore caught out of position with the puck laying in his crease, but Derek Smith sweeps it aside just in time.
7:11 p.m. -- Kodi Estey with a rookie mistake trying to carry the puck out of the defensive zone and turns it over, but Halifax can't capitalize.
7:13 p.m. -- Smith and McLaughlin out as a defensive pairing for Amherst.
7:14 p.m. -- Lions on the board first. Travis Perry's high wrist shot bounces off Cudmore's shoulder and settles just over the line at 8:21. Assists to Wayne Bedecki and Robbie Veriker. 1-0 Lions
7:15 p.m. -- Nine minutes in and the Lions are outshooting the Ramblers 13-5.
7:16 p.m. -- First fight of the night, as Shane O'Byrne and Andrew Wigginton go at it off a scrum in the corner. Flurry of punches followed by a long pause then a flurry to end it. A draw at 9:04. Corey Crocker uses the lull to talk to his troops, perhaps an early wake-up call as Halifax is taking it to the Ramblers.
7:18 p.m. -- Wigginton with the extra minor for checking from behind plus a game misconduct, so he's gone and Amherst gets a power play.
7:20 p.m. -- Now a five-on-three as Trevor Layton's stick gets chopped out of his hands while crossing the neutral zone. Steven Popovich for slashing at 10:32.
7:21 p.m. -- First minor to Halifax is over. 1:16 left in the Popovich penalty.
7:24 p.m. -- Second minor is over. Ramblers with four shots on the extended PP.
7:25 p.m. -- 6:22 to go in the period. Faceoff at the Amherst blueline.
7:27 p.m. -- Now 2-0 as John MacDonald outhustles a Ramblers defender to the front of the net and tips in a centering pass over Cudmore's shoulder at 14:39. Assist to Robbie Veriker. Goal was announced as Travis Perry from MacDonald and Veriker, but MacDonald tipped it in. 2-0 Lions
7:29 p.m. -- Jeremy Barron with a one-timer from the slot, but it's right at Blois.
7:30 p.m. -- 2:53 to go. Faceoff at the Amherst blueline.
7:31 p.m. -- Ramblers handed a power play as Robbie Veriker shoots the puck at Cudmore well after the whistle had blown. He goes for unsportsmanlike conduct at 17:12.
7:33 p.m. -- Puck goes in off a scrum in front of Blois, but the whistle had been blown for a couple of seconds, and the Ramblers don't protest.
7:34 p.m -- In the final minute now. Penalty has expired.
7:35 p.m. -- Ramblers with some good pressure in the final minute. Wes Herrett just missed the far post on a wrister.
7:35 p.m. -- First period is over. Shots are 16-11 Halifax.
After 20 minutes -- We've seen this before, as the Ramblers have come out flat again against a team they should match up well with the night after beating a superior opponent on home ice. Hopefully the home side gets a good talking to during the intermission.
*** Second goal for Halifax has been changed to John MacDonald from Perry and Veriker.
7:51 p.m. -- Second period underway.
7:51 p.m. -- Lions think they've made it 3-0 just 25 seconds in, but Miller waves it off.
7:55 p.m. -- Shane O'Byrne tries a dump-in, but can't get it by a Halifax defender, so he slashes him right in front of the ref. He'll sit at 2:48.
7:56 p.m. -- Cudmore gets a piece of a one-timer, but not enough to stop it from crossing the goalline at 3:41, and it's 3-0. Stuart Lenehan with the goal, from Travis Perry and Dylan King. 3-0 Lions
7:58 p.m. -- Ramblers look lifeless out there, with Halifax creating turnover after turnover in the Amherst zone.
8 p.m. -- Justin Matthews just catches the outside of the post on a nice rush.
8:01 p.m. -- Steven Popovich left unchecked as the Ramblers are running around in their own end, and he beats Cudmore on the blocker side at 7:15. 4-0 Lions. Goal is announced as Justin Belanger from Ben Clarke and Popovich, but that's wrong.
8:01 p.m. -- Cudmore's night is over, and Jon Waye is in. Not Cudmore's fault the score is what it is, as the Ramblers didn't give him much help. Four goals on 21 shots.
8:06 p.m. -- 9:36 left in the period. Shots 7-2 Halifax in the period.
8:07 p.m. -- Waye gets a blocker on a wrist shot and covers up, but has to check behind him to make sure he's got the puck. Been that kind of night.
8:11 p.m. -- Simon Bissonnette sprung on a partial breakaway, but can't beat Blois. Continued pressure from the Ramblers draws a penalty, as Kyle Mariani goes for cross-checking at 14:04.
8:13 p.m. -- A Justin Matthews wrist shot pinballs off some legs in front, but sails wide.
8:14 p.m. -- Good little dangle from Adam Chipman, but Blois has the short side covered up and stops that. Penalty is over.
8:14 p.m. -- Blois looking very impressive in the Halifax net. Ramblers had half-a-dozen shots on the PP.
8:17 p.m. -- Good work from the combo of Chipman, Barron and Coleman, but Blois stands tall.
8:18 p.m. -- Another defensive lapse and it's 5-0 at 18:39, as Chris Riguse is left unchecked at the side of the net. Assist to Jordan Thomas. 5-0 Lions
8:19 p.m. -- Final minute.
8:20 p.m. -- Period over. Shots 14-10 Amherst in the period, 26-25 Halifax through two.
After 40 minutes -- This game is over. Blois is stopping everything in sight, and the Ramblers are playing terrible defensive hockey. It's eerily similar to the last time Amherst played back-to-back home games, winning a close contest against Summerside by playing disciplined defence then throwing it all out the window the next night against Pictou County by falling behind 5-0 en route to a 6-3 loss. It's as just as much the fault of the coaching staff as it is the players, as this point should've been hammered home to this team before leaving the rink Friday night and hammered to them again when they got to the rink today.
The goal now should just be to win the third period and get something positive before boarding the bus to Bridgewater for a Sunday afternoon contest.
8:37 p.m. -- Third period underway.
8:39 p.m. -- Halifax on the PP. Yohann Mathieu called for high-sticking at 2:58.
8:42 p.m. -- John MacDonald's wrist shot is only partially stopped by Waye, as it trickles over the line at 4:14. Soft goal. Assists to Ben Clark and Stephen Woodworth. 6-0 Lions
8:44 p.m. -- Waye tries a stretch pass for Kody Orr who might have a breakaway as the Lions are changing, but it's 10 feet too wide, Orr falls down and the puck sails down the ice for icing. Typical of how things have gone this evening.
8:45 p.m. -- No quit in these Lions, who haven't stopped skating despite having this one well in hand. A small team, but with plenty of speed and a bit of firepower.
8:46 p.m. -- Josh Coleman caught flat-footed in the neutral zone and trips a Halifax player on the way by. Off he goes at 7:04.
8:47 p.m. -- Power play is negated as Wayne Bedecki of Halifax is whistled for tripping at 7:49.
8:49 p.m. -- Derek Smith is cross-checked in the back near the Halifax bench. Adam Chipman jumps to his defence and it's one big pile. Just pushing and shoving before things settle down. Kyle Mariani gets two for the check and a game, and Chipman gets two for roughing plus a 10-minute misconduct at 8:35, so it's still four-on-four.
8:51 p.m. -- Coleman penalty over. Amherst on the PP.
8:52 p.m. -- Ramblers can't win on the scoresheet, so they try to win with their fists. Jordan Thomas of Halifax and former Lion Simon Bissonnette square off. Thomas with more punches landed and strips Bissonnette down to his undershirt. Bissonnette wrestles him to the ice to end it. Both get fighting majors at 9:37.
8:55 p.m. -- And now Shane O'Byrne of Amherst and Ian Saab of Halifax dance at 9:57. Nothing spectacular there. Only message sent by Amherst was "We can't beat a last-place team and we don't know what else to do, so let's fight." O'Byrne gets fighting plus a game expulsion for his second bout of the night, and Saab gets five for fighting.
8:58 p.m. -- 8:42 left. Ramblers don't even have a shot on goal in the period. Halifax has 10.
8:59 p.m. -- Just as that last sentence is typed, the Ramblers are credited with a shot on goal. Don't know where that came from.
9:01 p.m. -- Ramblers have already boarded the bus to Bridgewater, and are not putting any effort into getting something out of the final 20 minutes.
9:05 p.m. -- Three minutes to go. Just horrible to watch.
9:05 p.m. -- Justin Matthews sent flying into the Halifax net to stop play. Travis Perry of Halifax and Amherst's Kodi Estey called for roughing as well as 10-minute misconducts at 17:41.
9:08 p.m. -- In the final minute.
9:09 p.m. -- And mercifully, it's over. Shots 13-3 Halifax in the third, 39-28 Lions for the game.
Three stars -- 1. Travis Perry, Halifax; 2. John MacDonald, Halifax; 3. Ben Clarke, Halifax. Can't argue with Perry and MacDonald, but what more did Kody Blois have to do?
Final thoughts -- The worst loss handed to the Ramblers this season was by a last-place team in their division that wasn't averaging 2.5 goals per game. Woodstock beat Amherst 5-0 on Oct. 4, but that was at the showcase weekend and Woodstock had only lost once this season coming into tonight's action, so at least the Ramblers could rationalize that as simply being beaten by a better team.
A shockingly poor display given the result just 24 hours ago, and an inexcusable lack of preparation from the coaches and execution from the players. The only saving grace is that there is little time to dwell on this with a road trip to Bridgewater on Sunday.


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Kenston is now 11-3 and 6-0 in the Chagrin Valley Conference Chagrin Division as the game marked the halfway point of the division schedule. Kenston maintains a one-game lead over West Geauga and a two-game lead over Chagrin Falls, who the Bombers play at 7:30 p.m. Friday at home.
Orange dropped to 5-8, 2-4. The Lions will play Saturday at Warrensville Heights.
It was a back-and-forth game as the score was 17-17 when Kenston's Jay Weemhoff came off the bench and sparked an 11-1 Bomber run. Weemhoff hit two 3-pointers during the run as Kenston took a 28-18 lead. Weemhoff finished with 14 points as he hit four 3-pointers. He also had three rebounds.
Kenston coach Josh Jakacki said Weemhoff may come off the bench for the Bombers, but that doesn't mean he's not a big contributor.
"He's got that ability," Jakacki said. "He can score in bunches. He does that for us off the bench."
Orange coach Derrick Zeigler said he wasn't happy with the Lions defense in the second quarter.
"We talked about getting matched up and getting back in transition," Zeigler said. "That kid hit two 3-pointers and we didn't get back and close out. That's where the game turned right there."
Weemhoff said he doesn't hesitate to shoot.
"Whenever I come off the bench, if I have an open 3, I'll shoot it," Weemhoff said. "I really felt hot all night shooting the 3."
But Weemhoff also spoke of the Bombers' depth. Kenston used 10 players with eight of them scoring. That includes playing without starting center, 6-foot-8 Sam Coverdale, who was out sick.
"We have a good 11 guys," Weemhoff said. "Anyone can start to get hot. Everybody can come off the bench and shoot the ball. We have a lot of shooters."
It was 31-22 at halftime, but the Bombers came out after the break and started blowing up that advantage. By the end of the third quarter, Kenston led, 47-35. That lead grew even more as Kenston led by as many as 15 early in the fourth quarter.
However, the Lions weren't going to go away quietly. Trailing, 51-36, Orange went on a 9-0 run to pull within 51-45 with 2:55 left in the game.
A Williams' layup with 22 seconds left in the game finally pulled the Lions within a possession at 56-53.
Kenston's Darryl Richards went to the line to ice the game with just a few seconds left, but missed both foul shots. Richards finished with 14 points with all three of his field goals being 3-pointers. He also had five rebounds.
Poor foul shooting in the fourth quarter was a key part to Orange's rally as the Bombers were 8-for-16 from the foul line in the fourth quarter after making 8-of-12 free throws in the first three quarters.
Williams got a quick outlet pass and raced up court. His contested 3-pointer at the buzzer didn't fall.
"We talked about it in the timeout," Zeigler said. "(If Kenston misses) he has to go to the ball and use his individual athletic ability to make a play. He got a good look, it just didn't go in."
Williams didn't score in the first quarter, but quickly heated up as he finished with 21 points, three rebounds and three assists.
"He's a good player," Jakacki said. "He had as good a look as you could hope for."
Jakacki wasn't happy with how the Bombers played in the fourth quarter.
"The fourth quarter was very ugly," Jakacki said. "We made it too close for my comfort. I have to give Orange credit for making it a game. We made some bone-headed decisions. We did things that are uncharacteristic."
Kenston had just 12 turnovers for the game, but half came in the fourth quarter. Add in the poor foul shooting and that gave the Lions the chance they needed to get back into the game.
"I have to give them credit, they didn't give up," Zeigler said. "They kept battling. They played to the end. They helped us out by missing some free throws and they had some turnovers here and there."
Orange had its own spark off the bench as Charles Parks scored 12 points with five rebounds. He had nine of his points in the fourth quarter.
"He's been good for us lately," Zeigler said. "He's an undersized kid playing with a lot of heart and toughness."
Rayshawn Watkins also had a good game for Orange as he had 14 points with eight rebounds.
Jeremy Wyers had just four points for Kenston, but chipped in with five rebounds and a team-high four assists. Austin Lamb came off the bench and scored seven points with six rebounds for the Bombers.
The lights momentarily went out three times during the second half, which caused little trouble. Each time the lights came back on almost immediately and two of the three times the outage came when play was stopped.
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Postma, of Hudsonville, was talking with a business acquaintance, Rob Landback of Rockford. Rockford said his mother-in-law, Rosemarie Jakeway, also of Rockford, owned "a concert grand piano" that had been in storage for about 15 years. Costs were becoming prohibitive. Did Postma know someone who might want it?
"I said, 'I'll offer you $300 for it and take my chances'," Postma said. "I drove out (to Novi, Mi.) with a crew and equipment. It's not a concert grand, it's a parlor grand. I didn't luck out. It wasn't pretty. It could not be restored. It was better off in the trash. They have to serve the human purpose. Otherwise, they're a bookcase like this, or firewood."
It was a blow to Jakeway, who had stored the piano upon the change from Novi to Rockford in 1995. She had played the piano as a child. When she was a piano student in the sixth grade living in Kalamazoo, her parents bought the Knape parlor grand for her. A fraternity was about to take over the historic home where the piano had been in use, and wanted to sell it. That was in 1946.
The piano had been part of many elaborate parties on the third-floor ballroom in the home of Charles E. Stuart. Stuart, an attorney, came to Kalamazoo in 1835 and formed a law firm with Governor Epaphroditus Ransom. In 1847, local voters sent Stuart to the State Legislature, and in the winter of 1852-53, elected him to the U.S. Senate. During his term as Senator, he bought considerable acreage in the area around Mountain Home Cemetery. Then, in 1858, he built a fashionable Italian Villa on what later became Stuart Avenue. The Knape grand piano is dated 1896, and may have been purchased by Stuart. In 1904, the home, now recorded by the State of Michigan as an historic site, passed to Charles Hayes, a local real estate speculator active in establishing the area around Henderson Park on West Main hill. Prominent attorney Harry C. Howard bought the house in 1924 and occupied it until his death in 1946, when college students made their bid and the Jakeway's got the piano.
"It weighed 1,000 pounds," she said. "You had to have a house with good floors."
While the history of the instrument is both interesting and personal, Postma said sentiment should not stand in the way of disposing of pianos that are no longer useful. "I remind people, a piano is a wooden servant. If it doesn't serve the humans, it should be replaced." Still, it's hard. When memories of Grandma playing hymns in the living room or kids taking lessons in the basement come to mind, a final goodbye to the piano can be difficult.
After giving the piano a look, Postma contacted his friend Daryl Aukeman, of Jamestown, who has a saw mill and wood kiln. A licensed contractor, Aukeman also does marquetry (forming decorative patterns of inlaid wood).
"He is a good thinker," said Postma.
The two men brainstormed on a design that would incorporate the exterior case of the piano, and for shelves, use some distinctive pieces of cherry Aukeman had on hand. The two men, friends for about 20 years, came up with a display case that, by removing one main shelf, could also be used as an entertainment center. The mechanics were repurposed, too.
"The action parts we have given to a family in Cutlerville as spare parts for their old Knabe grand should they have need of them," Postma wrote to Jakeway's daughter-in-law. "The cast iron plate was recycled to become some other useful item. I kept all the screws and hinges for use in my own shop. It didn't go to waste."
Postma said of the piano repurposing project, "It was a lot of work. I have probably $1,500 to $2,000 in time, money and cash invested. I put it up for sale for exactly $2,000. There were no takers on e-bay or Craig's list."
Postma offered it to the library for use as an eye-catching display of classical music CDs for an indefinite time, but it is for sale. The display has proven to be effective, according to library director Melissa Huisman. It has already prompted two large donations of classical music CDs.
There's more good news for music listeners who use the library. "We are not going to charge a fee for renting music anymore at the library" said Huisman. Formerly there was a charge of 50 cents for three weeks to rent music CDs. The revenues, about $525 to $540 a year, was added to the budget to purchase more music. Huisman said music will now be free, and the budget to purchase new music will be reduced fo $1,450 – slightly less new music in exchange for no-cost rental.
When Jakeway saw photos of the new display case, she was reassured that the old piano had come to a good end. In an e-mail to Postma, her daughter, Michelle Landback, said, ""I showed Mom the pics and she is pleased that you found a great way to let it be admired and appreciated long after it can make good music!"


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I want to tell you the story of a tough soccer player who loved that sport, our country and his family.
Almost four years ago at a fundraiser in Grand Rapids, a man by the name of David Warsen stopped by with his wife and niece to say thank you for my radio show's support of the military.
I told him I think it's my job to pay tribute to those who serve and protect us.
He went on to tell me how proud he was of his son, David Warsen Jr., who had just become a Navy SEAL in California.
Warsen told me to read a book titled "Lone Survivor."
He said the book would take me into what it takes to be a Navy SEAL and the risks they face in combat.
Within the next year, I read the book on a long flight to California. It was the most powerful read of my life. I cried like a baby feeling for men I never had met.
Fast forward almost two years later to August 2012. As I was wrapping up a broadcast in Lansing, I received an email from close friend Sean Ellis. He wrote that a former employee of his, David Warsen, had died in combat in a canyon in Afghanistan. As I read his tribute on air, the connection to the Warsen family did not come back to me immediately.
I knew the name sounded familiar, though. After the show, I searched my past email and saw a note from David Warsen Sr.
I immediately called and said I was sorry for his loss.
A couple of weeks later at a live broadcast, I arrived on site to see a tattered Grand Rapids Crew soccer flag on a pole just above me. There was the name "David Warsen" in tribute to their fallen friend. I found out then that Warsen loved the game of soccer, played in high school at East Kentwood, and had touched so many lives inside the GR Crew soccer family.
David Warsen Sr. later told me a foundation was being set up in David's name, and money raised would help disadvantaged kids play soccer and help other Navy SEAL families.
Last summer, we raised money for the foundation through a golf tournament in Warsen's name.
The efforts to raise awareness and funds continued last week in conjunction with the showing of the movie "Lone Survivor." In a special screening in Grand Rapids, more than 500 people attended and helped raise almost $10,000 for the David Warsen Memorial Foundation.
As I stood in that full theater, my journey with the Warsen family seemed so surreal.
I believe life is meant to be about people who come into your life. I never met David Warsen Jr., but I am so thankful I met his family.
God bless David Warsen and all who have served and protected this country today.
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Commenting on the Royal College of Physicans' report on obesity, published today, Professor Lindsey Davies, President of the Faculty of Public Health, said:
"We welcome this report's emphasis on the vital role that physicans play in tackling this public health crisis. FPH supports the call for a single government lead on obesity, who would co-ordinate government action across every department - but every government department must play its part. The only way we will ever tackle the problems caused by obesity is by everyone working together.
"Obesity is not only caused by how much we each eat or drink: if tackling it were as simple as telling people to eat less and move more, we would have solved it by now. Our chances of being obese are also affected by factors like whether we have easy access to affordable fruit, veg and other healthy foods, and if it safe to let our kids play outside. That's why if governments focus on personal choice alone it is, at best, a red herring and, at worst, a dereliction of duty for everyone's health.
"We look forward to supporting the implementation of this report and working together with organisations like the Royal College of Physicians to make that happen."
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- Cheryl Casey and Ed Dexter are co-owners of Cheryl's on 12th, which is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. An Open & Shut item in Sunday's Business section contained incorrect information.
- California voters rejected a ballot initiative to repeal the death penalty. A graphic from The Associated Press in Wednesday's A section contained incorrect information.
- Multnomah County Circuit Judge Kathleen Dailey ruled Wednesday that the city of Portland was liable for the false arrest, assault and battery of Jose Gasque. An article in Thursday's Metro section incorrectly implied that the judge concluded that Gasque's handcuffs were too tight during an arrest.


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Remember I expressed that I didn't like SLV and what they put in their perspectus. Well they took it a step further. Be very very careful with this investment. The only reason you invest in SLV is that they store your silver, but that may not be the case. You only change the language, because you want to be shielded. Here is what they recently changed:
Alastair MacLeod has provided a dynamite commentary with respect to the GLD and SLV where the proprietors have changed their prospectus' to reduce the security for these vehicles. You may not have the protection you thought you had as it puts the custodians of those vehicles off the hook.
Read the article by googling it. They either have your silver or they pretend they do.
Sentiment: Strong Buy


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Syracuse, N.Y. — Conservative commentator Glenn Beck mentioned Kevin Bott, the Green Party candidate for Syracuse mayor, as part of an episode about the liberal propaganda machine rewriting history on the taxpayer dime.
Bott is associate director of Imagining America, a consortium of colleges and universities that supports cultural engagement between higher education and communities. That often happens in the form of theater and other written and spoken word workshops. Bott has focused his work in recent years on helping men transition from prison.
Beck's website says: "Using publicly available video, Glenn showed what some of the people involved want to do with the program. They discussed changing the face of government by getting radicals to run for office and involved with changing policy. They discussed redistribution of wealth, inequality, and oppression."
During the piece, Beck turned to a bulletin board to show pictures of these radicals. (Skip to about 5:30 minutes in the clip.)
» Glenn Beck: Is this the next Common Core?
When he got to Bott, Beck seemed to be at a loss for words.
He said: "At a minimum security prison in Uganda, he does some work there, transitioning criminals back to freedom. Some of the stuff he does in the prison there and the prison here is ... whatever ... but it's on your money, your dime."
On Facebook, Bott's friends took it as a badge of honor to be demonized by Beck.
Bott wrote: "Could there be a prouder moment for a progressive than to be targeted by the likes of Glenn Beck?!! Amazing."
Bott is challenging Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, a Democrat in the Nov. 5 election. Ian Hunter is running on the Conservative Party line.
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PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Cavaliers coach Byron Scott was coy when asked about possible changes to his starting lineup for tonight's game against the Phoenix Suns at USAirways Arena.
"There will be a few of them,'' Scott said after the morning shootaround. "I don't know exactly what right now. That's not true. I do know. But I'm not telling you. I've got a pretty good idea what I'm going to do tonight, but I'd rather wait until tonight and then let you guys know because they don't know yet....It could be multiple. It could be one.''
But he gave himself away when discussing the progress of rookie Christian Eyenga vs. newcomer Alonzo Gee, who has been starting since Anthony Parker went out with a bad back two games ago.
"Zo looked uncomfortable [Friday],'' Scott said. "It was a matter of thinking so much about what he was supposed to do or what he needed to do instead of just trying to play basketball and react to the situation....Christian is still playing pretty steady basketball, still making so mistakes on the defensive end when his man doesn't have the ball but his overall defense has gotten so much better. His off-the-ball defense has to get better.''
The only other possible change Scott could make would involve starting rookie Samardo Samuels at center for Ryan Hollins. Rookie Manny Harris seems to have won the starting shooting guard spot with Daniel Gibson out.
On the injury front, Parker is the only player who has a chance to play tonight. Scott called him questionable. Anderson Varejao (right ankle) and Joey Graham (right quad) remain out, while Gibson and Leon Powe (right knee surgery) are not with the team.
Gibson tweeted that the rehabilitation on his sprained left ankle is going well: "Got on the court 2day.. Man it Felt good! Slow pace but that's a big step in the right direction!!''


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Ward F Councilwoman Viola Richardson and New Jersey City University official Rolando Lavarro are the official winners of last week's Jersey City special election.
Ward F Councilwoman Viola Richardson and Rolando Lavarro are officially the winners of last week's Jersey City special election, according to final vote totals posted today by the Hudson County Clerk's Office.
Richardson is the top vote-getter, with 4,102 votes, while Lavarro came in second place, with 3,558, the results show. Lavarro, a New Jersey City University official, leads third-place finisher Suzanne Mack by 226 votes, according to the results.
The two vied with 15 other candidates to fill two at-large vacancies on the City Council.
Lavarro, reached by phone, said he's "elated" at the news that he'll soon be sworn-in as the city's first Asian-American council member. He conceded that he's been "reserved" until the results were final.
"I'm trilled," Lavarro said. "I'm absolutely thrilled and overjoyed with excitement at the opportunity."
Certification for last week's election was delayed as county officials sought a court order to open two voting machines whose cartridges had never been returned. Those cartridges turned out to be in extra machines, and had no votes recorded on them, County Clerk Barbara Netchert said today.
Richardson and Lavarro will now replace former council members Mariano Vega and Willie Flood as two of the council's three at-large representatives. The council will have to appoint someone to fill Richardson's Ward F seat until a special election next November.


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A friend says: Boy, you can see how much those plants of yours like you.
I take these things more seriously than I should, and for a moment warmly contemplate the thought that I have won the affection of my beans and tomatoes, my lilies and cleomes.
But I shake that thought right out of my head.
I know my plants. And I know me. I don't exude some sort of odor or aura that charms plants and makes them grow. Remember when we planted beans in a Dixie cup in grammar school to demonstrate the miracle of life and the wonder of seeds and soil? I was the kid whose bean died.
I still kill more than my fair share of plants. Tomatoes should smell the blood on my hands and tremble. If plants were dogs, they'd growl with suspicion every time I walked by.
But you should see my beans now, a 7-foot-high curtain of green stretching across my garden, producing beans faster than I can pick them for weeks on end.
Those of you who are died-in-the-wool horticultural Calvinists, who proclaim you can't be one of the chosen unless you're born with a green thumb, well, you can suck on that excuse until you're pushing up daisies.
I am definitely not one of the chosen. And yet my plants look happy.
So I've been thinking about my friends the plants, and what makes them look so happy. I study their expressions when I'm standing next to them and when I'm not. Even when I'm not around, they're just as red, white and blue, just as bright and tall and green, just as full of leaves and fruits.
When I get home, I'm glad to be greeted by them, but I can tell they really weren't sad I was gone. I suspect they'd be just as happy to see you as they are to see me.
I'm increasingly suspicious, in fact, that my plants don't really like me at all.
What they really like is my soil. They like the little piece of the sky I open up to them. They like the rain that I make sure soaks in around their feet, and that little extra water I sometimes remember to give them when it doesn't rain for many weeks. They like the way I introduce them to our seasons, being careful to plant tomatoes in their season, and lettuce in its season.
They like the things that I help to provide them with. That's what makes this garden grow. It's not a green thumb, it's not an aura, it's not something I or anyone else was born with.
This knowledge of what it takes to make plants grow doesn't come instinctively.
Plants aren't like us. They don't, for example, have legs. Consider what your life would be like if you stayed rooted to the same exact spot every day of your life, come rain or shine, cold or heat, hurricanes or pestilence. It would change your outlook and attitude on everything from breathing to sex.
And plants don't "eat" in the way humans do. They manufacture virtually all their own food, and they use the sun, rain and air to do it. So why are you getting gardening advice from that silly TV announcer claiming that lawn fertilizer will give you a green thumb? He's just taking advantage of your misunderstanding about plants, and your superstition that there's some sort of hocus pocus powder that will make plants happy.
What makes plants happy is what has made them happy for half a billion years: sufficient sunlight and water; the right seasons; and good topsoil that gives their roots room to breathe and grow. They can't make this kind of topsoil in a factory, and true topsoil can't be moved from place to place without losing its most beneficial properties.
But you can quickly and easily help build topsoil in your own yard, using the same techniques that nature has been using for half a billion years. Virtually all of the ingredients you'll ever need are no more than a block away from your house and free for the taking.
Every gardener I've talked to who has used the simple, old-fashioned methods of building soil hauls out pictures of their tomato plants as if they were grandbabies. Those tomatoes are growing so vigorously they're like green geysers of foliage spewing out of the tops of the cages, absolutely covered with tomatoes. I gave other gardeners the same fine tomato varieties to try in their modern, bare-dirt gardens, and the plants aren't even half as tall or nearly as productive.
Twice a year at Mobile Botanical Gardens, I teach a course that shows you step-by-step how to make your plants happy so that you're at last happy with your garden. The next 7-week course starts the second week of August, and you can register for the Tuesday noon classes or the Wednesday evening classes at 6:30. They fill up fast, so it's wise to register early. Call 251-342-0555 for more information.
These are the right and simple ways of making plants happy, and once you've mastered them, people will think you've inherited some kind of magical green thumb.
Of course, it's not in your genes or your thumbs. But it is in your hands.
Bill Finch is chief science adviser for Mobile Botanical Gardens, where he teaches his popular Gulf Coast Gardening classes. Email questions to email@example.com. Speak to him directly on the Gulf Coast Sunday Morning radio show, from 9 until 11 on 106.5 FM. Watch him cutting up with weatherman John Nodar on the Plain Gardening segment on News 5 at Noon, every Friday on WKRG.


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|Colorado: Where Batman Really Hangs Out
|Written by Sherry
|Friday, 10 August 2007 05:51
Every summer, a whole lot of Mexican long-tailed bats migrate to an abandoned mine in southern Colorado and every evening at 8:18 pm sharp, you can witness them leave the cave for their nightly journeys. All 250,000 of them. A steady stream of bats pouring from the cave for 30 minutes.
This is a Shea boy thing if ever I've heard one. Hey Mark, it's only a 3-4 hour drive away and then a mile hike but what a finale! I'll loan you a car!
Hords of bats against a mountain sunset. Abandoned mines (haunted, no doubt!)waist high in bat poop.
You gotta admit that Colorado is so much cooler than Seattle.


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The Archbishop of Canterbury appealed to hundreds of bishops to demonstrate mutual generosity as the row over sexual ethics continues to embroil the Anglican Communion.
In his second presidential address at the once-a-decade Lambeth Conference on Tuesday, Dr. Rowan Williams said that warring factions in the worldwide Communion were "threatening death to each other, not life."
He said that some in the Communion regarded the independent actions of some provinces as "confused or reckless innovation" that were a "body-blow to the integrity of mission and a matter of literal physical risk to Christians."
"The reaction to this is in turn felt as an annihilating judgment on a whole local church, undermining its legitimacy and pouring scorn on its witness," the Archbishop said.
He acknowledged that demonstrating generosity would be costly for traditionalists and liberals, who remain at odds over a number of issues including the ordination of homosexual clergy, the blessing of same-sex unions and cross-border interventions.
"If both were able to hear and to respond generously, perhaps we could have something more like a conversation of equals – even something more like a Church," said Williams.
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He challenged bishops to take up the recommendations of the 2007 Dar-es-Salaam meeting of primates, which asked different factions within the Communion to take simultaneous steps towards each other.
"To the innovator, can we say, 'Don't isolate yourself; don't create facts on the ground that make the invitation to debate ring a bit hollow?' Can we say to the traditionalist, 'Don't invest everything in a church of pure and like-minded souls; try to understand the pastoral and human and theological issues that are urgent for those you are opposing, even if you think them deeply wrong?'" he asked.
Williams went on to reaffirm his support for the Anglican Covenant and the formation of an international body responsible for issuing guidance on what constitutes "a grave and lasting divisive course of action by a local church."
"We need to speak life to each other, and that means change," he said, adding later, "I find it hard at present to see another way forward that would avoid further disintegration."
Around 650 bishops are gathered in Canterbury for the Lambeth Conference, which runs until Sunday. Around a quarter of the bishops in the Anglican Communion chose to stay away from the conference in protest of the presence of pro-gay bishops, including some of those involved in the consecration of the openly gay Bishop of New Hampshire, Gene Robinson.
Williams appealed to the bishops to remember their shared Anglican identity rooted in Jesus Christ as the "one unique center" and acknowledge "that the only responsible and Christian way of going on engaging with those who aren't here is by speaking from that center in Jesus Christ where we all see our lives held and focused."
He told the bishops: "I think we perhaps can, if and only if we are captured by the vision of the true Center, the heart of God out of which flows the impulse of an eternal generosity which creates and heals and promises.
"It is this generosity which sustains our mission and service in Our Lord's name. And it is this we are called to show to each other."


text: I love the expression on HBC's face here: This is from the Planet of the Apes premiere, with Tim Burton and his then-wife Lisa Marie. The lore goes that HBC and Burton got involved around this time, so... perhaps that explains the expression on HBC's face, which seems to say, "REALLY? He's with Cover Girl over there? OKAY. if you say so." Also, I believe her skirt is sheer. I'm sure the expression on Lisa Marie's face has a tiny bit to do with that. Oh, drama.