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Shootin' School camp
Shootin' School Basketball Camp is accepting registration for boys and girls from grades 3-8. The camp is being held at the CYO Center in Port Richmond on July 15-18 and July 22-25 and at the CYO-MIV Center in Pleasant Plains on July 29-Aug. 1 and Aug. 5-8. The camp is from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. daily. Register online at ShootinSchool.com or call 917-692-6337.
Fastbreak basketball
The Fastbreak Basketball Center has openings in its Thursday night college division (18-23 years old) and Tuesday night men's league. Call 718-948-3710 or email fastbreakhoops.com
Tennis camp
The 2013 Greyhound Tennis Camp for boys and girls ages 8 to 18 will be held June 19-23 and June 24-28. There will also be a two-day training session June 29-30. Call Jim Walker (610-861-1531) at Moravian College or go to greyhoundtenniscamp.com.
Basketball camp
Registration for the 2013 Greyhound Basketball Camp is taking place. The camp for boys ages 12 to 18 will be held July 26-27. Call Jim Walker (610-861-1531) at Moravian College or go to greyhoundbasketball.com.


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JetBlue launching service to Philadelphia from Logan Airport
Five flights per day set to launch in May 2013
UPDATED 10:38 AM EST Dec 13, 2012
Philly anyone?
JetBlue Airways announced it is launching nonstop service between Boston's Logan International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport.
The initial schedule, set to begin on May 23, includes five daily flights
"Five JetBlue flights every day definitely beats a long drive, or the current air alternative," said Scott Laurence, JetBlue's vice president of network planning.
In 2012, JetBlue added nonstop service from Boston to Dallas, Texas; Grand Cayman; St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands; and Nantucket, Mass., with plans to serve Charleston, S.C. in early 2013.
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Release Date: November 27th, 2009
R|1 hr. 33 min.
Plot Summary
Pippa Lee (Robin Wright Penn) is a middle-aged woman married to a much older man named Herb (Alan Arkin), a celebrated publisher. After she and Herb move to a retirement community, Pippa's troubled past bubbles to the surface. Though a neighbor's son (Keanu Reeves) acts as her confidante, Pippa slowly inches toward a nervous breakdown.
Cast: Robin Wright Penn, Keanu Reeves, Alan Arkin, Julianne Moore, Winona Ryder, Maria Bello, Monica Bellucci, Zoe Kazan
Director: Rebecca Miller
Genres: Comedy drama
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James Harrod's Expedition
In 1774, James Harrod and a company of frontiersmen set out from Pennsylvania by river to explore America's western frontier. After traveling down the Monongahela and Ohio, they followed the Kentucky River to its junction with a creek called Landings Run. There they left their canoes and continued overland, crossing the Salt River into what is now Mercer County, Kentucky. They made camp at a large spring on June 16, christening the spot Harrod's Town. It would become the first permanent European settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains.
At the center of the original town was a fortification named Fort Harrod. The fort seen today on the site is a reconstruction built in 1927, across the road from the original fort site.


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Wilsonville, Ore. October 29, 2012 - Chez Gourmet from Marie is changing its name to Chez Marie. The company's name change coincides with its continued expansion along the West Coast. "We want to make it even easier for consumers to find our tasty products on store shelves," states Marie Osmunson, founder and CEO (chief eternal optimist). The name also recognizes Marie's personal passion for using wholesome ingredients to create healthy, GMO-free food.
The company won the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network's 2012 Angel Oregon's investment competition. One catalyst for growth? The increasing number of "Flexitarians" or people who try to eat a mainly vegetarian-based diet, with the occasional inclusion of meat.
"Many people want to decrease their overall meat consumption for health, economic, or environmental reasons. They are the driving force behind the growing 'meat alternative' category," states Osmunson. "Our products have an amazing taste and texture, and most importantly, they're made with ingredients that you can find in your own kitchen."
The company is updating its packaging and website to reflect its new name and updated brand identity. The new packaging will be on retail store shelves the first quarter of 2013.
Chez Marie's line of veggie burgers are available in more than 150 retail grocery locations including Zupans, Whole Foods, Fred Meyer, Market of Choice, New Seasons, PCC Markets and many restaurants in the Pacific Northwest including Burgerville.
To learn more, please visit www.chezmarie.com, Facebook or call 503.682.8822.
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Bio: Rosamunde landed in New York smack dab in the middle of Williamsburg. Since the neighborhood is known for its nightlife and interesting food choices, Rosamunde is a natural hangout with great beer and sausages grilled to perfection. With 24 beer taps, wine on tap and our housemade sodas we strive to make straightforward food a truly special experience.
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Giggity: the wildly popular San Francisco sausage grill Rosamunde is now officially slinging meat on Williamsburg's Southside, in the space formerly occupied by the sexy Savalas and, briefly, the snooty Masten Lake. This place has "smash hit" written all over it: the track record is proven, price is right (8 bucks get you a delicious sausage sandwich with two toppings), vibe is casual, and the options are myriad—in addition to all the real sausages, there are three different kinds of vegan sausages, plus vegan baked beans, potato salad (that has bacon), and fries. And we haven't even gotten to all the draught beers and the house-made sodas and the highballs!
Rosamunde (the name is taken from a German "Beer Barrel Polka") has 24 beers on tap and 15 in bottles. In the basement, they make eight different soda syrups ranging from ginger to cucumber to licorice, and you can order these straight up for $3.50 (the licorice is sublime) or mixed into a specialty highball ($8). Last night we tried both the licorice soda (spectacular) and the refreshing Pimm's Cup, made with the Cucumber syrup. Of all the sodas, principal owner Josh Margolis tells us licorice is his favorite, but he's most proud of the cola. "Cola's not easy," says Margolis. "Everyone's got an opinion on cola. It took me a long time to get that right."
The vegan baked beans—a rarity in our experience—are crazy good; vegetarians should get them as a side with the tasty Vegan Apple Sage, which we recommend with the sauerkraut and sweet peppers. You can also choose from such toppings as grilled onions, hot peppers, and beef chili. (Vegans should note that the rolls are NOT vegan.) Or you can get a bigger sausage plate for $10.75; that comes with baked beans, a green salad, one sausage, and some bread. The rest of the menu is a carnivore's delight, with sausage options including the popular beer sausage, a roast garlic chicken sausage, a duck & figs sausage, and even a truffle sausage made with chicken and pork.


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Lonnie White went from Asbury Park, N.J. to USC in 1982. While there, he set a single-season record for kickoff return yardage in 1986 that stood until 2010. White played under John Robinson and Ted Tollner. He earned his degree and went on to a career as a writer at the Los Angeles Times. White also wrote a book on the UCLA-USC rivalry. For the first time, he reveals he received money while playing at USC:
Imagine an empty lot with a young college football player sitting alone in a parked car late at night. After a few quiet minutes, a luxury sedan arrives and headlights flash.
Thats the sign for the athlete to move. He starts an uneasy conversation with the driver, but that chat does not last long before the two exchange bags and part.
Once back in his own car, the player smiles when he looks into a small brown bag filled with money. Its $5,000 cash, and it could not have come at a better time.
Sounds like a bad movie. It isnt. It was life for me when I played college football at the University of Southern California in the 1980s. If I were caught, my actions would have had an impact on thousands connected with the program.
To this day, its something Im ashamed about. Rent was overdue, and my household bills were delinquent. I needed the money to live. So accepting the $14,000 in different forms of benefits over my college years three decades ago was an act of survival.
Bending rules to benefit a player has a long history in college football.
According to my father, Elwood White, a two-sport high school standout at Montclair (N.J.) High, it was a problem in the late 1940s when he played at Morgan State, a historically black university that dominated competition under coach Eddie Hurt.
It was an issue when colleges recruited my brother, Tim White, a two-sport All-American at Asbury Park (N.J.) High, in the 1970s, and it was still a concern when I went through the process in the early 1980s.
In many ways, its really not that difficult for college football players to establish connections to outside money sources. It starts with an upperclassman who takes new players under his watch, forging relationships connected to playing the same position on the field or being from the same hometown.
When I enrolled at USC as a freshman in the fall of 1982, my main upperclassman role model was my brother.
As a crafty fifth-year senior, Tim was a true connection to tradition at USC. He played on two Rose Bowl-winning teams and was a member of a national championship squad.
But Tim also knew about the other side of college football.
By the time Tim began to be recruited in the late 1970s, USCs football program already had a negative reputation for pushing the envelope when it came to following rules. As a result, two of the five seasons that my brother played for the Trojans, they were blocked from appearing on television and in bowl games because of NCAA or Pac-10 penalties.
It didnt take long before I noticed that my brother seemed to have a great relationship with a wealthy USC football supporter. Whenever Tim had a financial problem, his answer man usually responded.
Unlike other upperclassmen, who often assume roles as deal brokers within a program (keeping first-year players from meeting their benefit sources), my brother loved taking me along to meet our money man.
We would use the meeting as a joyous occasion, but for most of my freshman year, I didnt exactly know how the process worked. This was before cell phones, and my brother kept me in the dark when it came to details. I just remember taking a variety of items, from signed footballs to player-issued season tickets, to our benefits source in exchange for money, usually cash.
Even though I knew what I was doing was wrong, it seemed like everyone I knew who played college football enjoyed some type of extra benefits as a player.
My money source was season tickets. Every scholarship player was given four home game tickets and the option to purchase an additional four.
These tickets often sold for more than face value and thats how I ended up alone in the parking lot waiting for a brown bag drop off.
By then, I was a senior who had learned this side of college football from my brother and his classmates.
It must be noted that all this went on without the coaches knowledge. That seems hard to believe. It is true, though. At major programs, the pressure to win and the time commitment the coaches put forth toward the program itself leaves major opportunities for players to interact with people who have a different agenda.
For example, during my senior year, I had a strong game at Washington State, scoring a touchdown and building up solid kickoff return yardage that left me ranked in the top 10 nationally.
The following week, a fledgling agent began to wine and dine me, because he felt I was a sleeper NFL prospect.
He would give gifts sneakers, sweat suits and paid household bills. He would also pass along cash, not major money but get-around money.
He ended up dropping me, wouldnt return calls and, instead, wound up representing my former roommate, Ron Brown, a late-round pick by the San Diego Chargers.
With todays media in love with scandals, people would have a field day with some of the unknown things that happened within college football programs decades ago.
Everything from $100 handshakes (when players are slipped cash during meet-and-greet events) to sponsored party trips (often featuring women, sex, drugs and alcohol), would be exposed.
Even my recruiting stories would have been interesting. For example, the amount of tickets and free transportation offered by Rutgers would certainly have had a couple of days life as an Internet story, and the private plane Notre Dame sent to fly me to South Bend would at least be blog material.
(After I declined to commit to those schools, their attitudes changed immediately. Instead of driving me to my home after my trip to a Rutgers game, I was dropped blocks away and my father had to pick me up. And, Notre Dame left me snowed in at an airport when it came time for me to return to New Jersey.)
It also should be noted that I understand that every college football players experience is different and there are many athletes who never receive money or illegal benefits. But it would not be wise to think that it doesnt happen or that it only involves cut-throat successful programs. Or that it has stopped.
I know at least five athletes, who are either a relative or close family friend, who played at the BCS level last season. And they all agree, theres more rule-breaking going on than people know.
Its the dirty secret of college football that will continue to grow as money and power is connected with the sport.
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Cubs Minor League Recap: 4/21/14
Iowa, Tennessee and Daytona all racked up big wins, while Kane County continued its small losing streak Monday. Here are some highlights from yesterday's minor league action:
Iowa Cubs (9-9)
T-2nd Place (-1.5)
Six scoreless innings from RHP Kyle Hendricks helped Iowa beat Round Rock at home, 5-1.
- Hendricks completed his third consecutive quality start, going six innings, giving up two hits, walking two and fanning six to pick up his third win of the season.
- RHP Yoanner Negrin (1.86) earned his first hold with a 1-2-3 seventh, and RHP Brian Schlitter (3.60) earned his third save, allowing a run over two innings.
- CF Matt Szczur (.246) went 3-for-4 with a run, a triple (1), one RBI (8) and a stolen base (5).
- 2B Arismendy Alcantara (.262) went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and his first homer of the year.
Tennessee Smokies (9-9)
T-2nd Place (-2.0)
The Smokies scored a season-high 10 runs in Birmingham to beat the Barons, 10-5.
- RHP Dae-Eun Rhee gave up two earned runs over five innings, striking out four and walking five to earn the win.
- RF Rubi Silva (.206) notched his second straight, multi-RBI game, going 2-for-5 with a first-inning home run and a game-high three RBI (6).
- CF Jae-Hoon Ha (.172) was 3-for-5 with three runs, a double and a solo homer, his first of the year.
- LF John Andreoli (.234) went 2-for-6 with two runs, a triple (1), one RBI (5) and a stolen base (8).
Daytona Cubs (4-13)
5th Place (-10.0)
Daytona battled Clearwater in a contest that featured five runs for each side in the first four innings, followed by six scoreless frames. The Cubs scored in the top of the 11th inning to win, 6-5.
- RHP Jake Arrieta made his fourth rehab start, and first with Daytona. Arrieta fanned seven hitters while allowing three home runs in 5.2 innings of work. He went 1-1 with a 0.73 ERA (1 ER/12.1 IP) in three starts with Tennessee.
- RHP Jose Rosario (1-2, 5.19) took over in the seventh and threw four scoreless frames for the win.
- RHP Arodys Vizcaino (1.50) earned his first save with a perfect 11th inning of work.
- C Chadd Krist (3-for-5) doubled in the 11th to put two runners in scoring position.
- DH Dan Vogelbach (0-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB) scored on a wild pitch in the 11th to put the Cubs ahead.
- 3B Jeimer Candelario (.214) went 2-for-4 with a run, two doubles (3) and two RBI (5).
Kane County Cougars (11-6)
1st Place (+0.5)
Kane County lost its third straight game, falling to visiting Clearwater, 5-3.
- RHP Josh Davis (1.69) allowed two runs on two hits in the ninth to suffer the loss, his first.
- RF Yasiel Balaguert (.328) went 1-for-4 with two RBI. His 14 RBI are tied for second in the league.
- 1B Jacob Rogers (1-for-4) knocked in his 11th runner of the year, tied for 12th in the league.


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A coffee tree will produce about 2 pounds of coffee beans per year - if you brew a 12oz. cup daily using 17 grams of beans, 2 pounds will give you coffee for 53 days (possibly less when you consider that roasted beans lose 20% of their weight). Taking into account the amount of work required to harvest, wash, dry, roast, grind, and brew coffee, it seems highly unlikely that consuming 7 trees' worth of coffee beans annually was a ubiquitous behavior throughout human history. It would seem to make sense that some people are better adapted to drinking it than others.
Note that I am not saying you shouldn't drink coffee, nor am I saying you shouldn't drink it every day - the point I'm making is that if you don't tolerate coffee well, it is definitely not a sign that you are in ill health. Coffee is awesome, and if you can drink it without problem, that's great! Different foods work for different people.


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Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse and Pittsburgh will kick at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 23, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday.
The game, which welcomes the Orange back to the Carrier Dome after two weeks on the road, will be televised by the ACC Network. It will be shown on WSTM-3 in Central New York.
Syracuse (5-4, 3-2 ACC) faces a tough test this weekend on the road at Florida State before it returns home to take on the Panthers.
The Orange needs one win in its remaining three games to become bowl eligible.
Follow Michael Cohen on Twitter at @Michael_Cohen13.


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Where You Live Week 2: One Island, Many Faces
By Cassandra Sommer
April 14, 2009, 1:57PM
Complete the following activities:
2. A unique way of life
Staten Island has a unique culture, or way of life. While people around the world live differently than those in the United States, people in this country live differently from state to state and city to city. For example, what we call soda is known as "pop" in many parts of the South. High school proms on Staten Island take place in big ballrooms, but in many other parts of the country they are held in the school gym.
Culture refers to the part of the environment that is human-made, and includes language, food, ideas, arts, customs and traditions.
Look through the newspaper for photos/stories that illuminate the culture of Staten Island.
3. Many ethnic influences
Staten Island is made up of people of many different ethnic backgrounds. People of Asian descent, Italian descent, Russian descent and more make this borough their home.
Over a few weeks, look through the newspaper for stories and photos focusing on some of the different ethnicities that can be found on Staten Island. Clip each story and keep it in a folder. Review the stories and photos you have collected. Make a collage showing the different influences that can be found here. How do these different influences make Staten Island a special place?


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Gov. Snyder's mantra during the campaign was "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs," but where are they? In the governor's draconian budget it is evident that he intends to cut, not add, public employee jobs and to reduce middle-class, family sustaining jobs to low wage positions.
By doubling the deficit with a $1.8 billion tax cut to business, thus raising the deficit to over $3 billion, Snyder is creating a crisis. Part of his solution is spending cuts in revenue sharing to cities and municipalities and huge reductions in K-12 school aid by $470 per student. Snyder is also expecting public employees to take a pay cut, to pay more of their benefits and to relinquish their collective bargaining rights.
Snyder's state budget will lead to more bankrupt cities and school districts, thus making them ripe for emergency financial manager control. Snyder and the state treasurer would have the right to appoint this EFM, a "czar" or company that could fire the elected officials in cities and school districts and terminate collective bargaining agreements for workers. Employees could be terminated, "privatized," or forced to work for less money and possibly without benefits. How does that strengthen the economy of local communities and the state of Michigan?
If you value your vote, call Gov. Snyder and your state legislators and tell them that this manufactured crisis and provision for emergency financial manager control is an affront to democracy and our election process.
Let's not turn Michigan into Wisconsin!
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Hello to all readers,
I am sharing here my experience for all to comment on.
I had a problem opening my Microsoft Excel file, an error message appeared:
Unable to read file.
I think this problem started when my computer was infected by a lot of virus, but all of it was cleaned by my anti virus application. But after such disinfection I could no longer open my file.
The file is present but cannot be read.
I am now asking for some advices on how to fix this file. All your advices will be of great help to me.
Thanks a lot for reading my post.
# Comment Id: 21710
This error occurs when the file has damages on various portions of the file structure.
Excel 2002 will track the first damage and repair it by launching Excel under Safe Mode.
The rest of the damage was detected by Excel and restart itself. If this restart doesn't work, you will get an error like this.
To fix this, click on the link below:
Solution to Unable to Read File Error Message in Excel
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Your Excel application has been corrupted. Please re-install your Office and repair it.
Hope your problem will be solved. Otherwise, your data has been corrupted.


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Syracuse, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University's College of Nursing will begin offering a doctor of nursing practice degree — DNP for short — in the fall semester of 2013. The degree program will be part time and available online.
The DNP is the nursing profession's highest clinical doctorate, designed for individuals working in clinical practice and in areas that support clinical practice, such as administration, organizational management, leadership and policy.
Upstate said the degree provides nurses with the preparation to assume a larger clinical role that encompasses populations and systems, as well as individual patients. Upstate also said DNPs can help improve outcomes and quality of care by translating research into clinical practice.
Requirements for admission include a master's degree in a clinical area, such as nurse practitioner. Nurse practitioners who apply must have national board certification in their specialty, and all applicants must have active registered nurse license.


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During the pursuit the suspect rammed and injured an officer on a motorcycle on Pascagoula Street.
Pascagoula Police Capt. Shannon Broom said the injured officer was taken to Singing River Hospital by a fellow officer. His injuries were not believed to be serious, Broom said.
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Even with snow blanketing the ground, a new piece of legislation in Lansing should put Jackson County residents to thinking about their lakes in the summer. Namely, they should take up this question: How can they protect them from government's overzealous need to regulate?
As reporter Danielle Salisbury wrote Monday, a bill in the state House would prohibit docks at road ends. This idea would have a major impact locally, whether you agree with it or not. Jackson County has about 165 road ends and who knows how many private docks at those spots.
The bill's sponsors say the idea is to clear up confusion and put case law into legislation. We believe it's a solution in search of a problem. This is a situation where neighbors, not laws, should take care of any disputes.
This state legislation should be familiar to Jackson County's lake residents. The Road Commission and Jackson County Board of Commissioners in 2008 put forth an ordinance to address the issue of docks at road ends. At most, it could have led to fines or jail time for scofflaws. County officials ultimately dropped the issue.
So, what has happened since the county's failure to act? Well, nothing as far as we can tell. County officials jumped into this issue largely due to an argument between a few neighbors in Clark Lake. There really was no epidemic of similar disputes then or now.
While there is no compelling need for government to act, there are real consequences to new laws at the county or the state level. They could undo many agreements between lakefront property owners and "back lotters" who use docks as a means to access the water. One Realtor who lives on Clark Lake described the state bill's impact as "devastating."
The reality is that in most cases, "front-lotters" and "back-lotters" come to arrangements amicably that work just fine. Most simply, and responsibly, agree that lake access is in the common interest.
And in those cases in which they cannot agree, we suggest they use the court system. That is what happens now from time to time. It is an unpleasant and expensive enough alternative that should lead neighbors to work out differences on their own.
Putting a state law on the books also means more work for the police. If neighbors argue about a dock, does anyone want to call a police officer to the scene?
Our law-enforcement personnel are busy enough with petty arguments between people who can't act like adults. Their time should be better spent on actually preventing crime — or when loud or rowdy folks are partying excessively on these docks. They can cite existing laws to ticket, or even arrest, people who are a true nuisance.
Jackson County residents have an obvious interest in seeing lake disputes resolved in a friendly way. Often, however, the law is a clumsy way to address these situations, and it could cause fresh headaches for people who live on this area's bodies of water.
We encourage our area lawmakers to vote against this legislation — and let neighbors figure out lake access for themselves.


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By FRAN SYPEK
SPRINGFIELD - The big offensive burst was provided by a coach's son.
The concept of team defense was played to perfection, and the goaltending was solid.
That's the road the Longmeadow High School hockey team took en route to the Western Massachusetts Division III championship. Unfortunately for the Lancers, it was the path Shrewsbury used to reach the state final after the Colonials beat Longmeadow 3-0 in a state semifinal game Thursday night before 2,564 at the MassMutual Center.
Shrewsbury (17-4-3) advances to Sunday's state Division III title game at TD Banknorth Garden against Shawsheen at 2:45 p.m. Shawsheen edged Norwell, 4-3 in the other state semifinal Thursday at Harvard.
Longmeadow closes a season, one that will be remembered for a late charge that brought the Lancers a sectional championship, at 9-11-3.
Castan Sommer, whose father, Roy Sommer, is the coach of the Worcester Sharks, scored twice for the Colonials, including the opening strike 32 seconds into the game. That goal stunned the Lancers, who were forced to play catch-up for the first time since their sectional semifinal victory over Westfield.
This time, there was no miracle finish and a dramatic shootout victory. The Lancers were simply beaten by a better team.
Longmeadow's incredible run to the state semifinal was fueled by junior forward Devin Joyce. The son of coach Jim Joyce accounted for five of Longmeadow's seven postseason goals, including a pair during Monday night's 4-1 victory over rival East Longmeadow in the Western Massachusetts championship game.
Coming down from that emotional victory over their fierce rival may have been a bit too much for the Lancers. The Colonials were more aggressive from the start, and built a 2-0 first period lead.
"We had a flat practice (Wednesday) and we were tired," Jim Joyce said. "We went through quite a run just to make the playoffs and then we had two tough games against Westfield and East Longmeadow."
Last January, Longmeadow was 2-8-1 before getting hot.
"We really came together just to make the playoffs," Jim Joyce said. "But we just didn't have the legs we had the past two games and it showed."
Sommer, whose uncle, Webb Sommer, was the Springfield Indians trainer during the 1991 Calder Cup season, opened the scoring 32 seconds into the game. Connor Mauro found Sommer alone in front of the net and hit the 26-point scorer with a perfect pass.
Sommer saw an opening on the right side of the net and he didn't miss, sending a shot past freshman goalie Tom McCarthy's stick side to provide Shrewsbury with a 1-0 lead. The Lancers nearly gave up another goal inside the game's first two minutes. But Zach Quinn missed the net after he skated in on a clean breakaway.
The Colonials did get a two-goal cushion when Sommer struck again at 9:15 of the first period. Sommer drove to the net and converted a feed from Steve Stanislawczyk.
The goal came two minutes before captain Robbie O'Reilly nearly pulled Longmeadow even with a short-handed bid. O'Reilly intercepted a pass in the neutral zone, raced in alone, but goaltender Pat Coates made a sharp save.
Late in the period, the Lancers put some pressure on Coates, but he foiled a close-range bid by Joyce.
Coates (29 saves) came up big again early in the second period when he rejected four straight Longmeadow bids.
"We had some opportunities that would have sparked the crowd and the bench, but we just didn't finish them," Joyce said.
Shrewsbury built a 3-0 advantage early in the second period on a goal by Pat Brossi. Matt Brodley sent a lead pass to Brossi, who scored from the slot.
Joyce was robbed by Coates later in the period, and O'Reilly had another good bid sail wide of the net.
Longmeadow may have entered the tournament with a losing record (7-10-3), but the Lancers certainly proved they belonged. Actually, they went into the postseason with a 7-7-3 Division III record with losses coming to Division I Cathedral and Billerica, and to Division II Sandwich.
Playing a tough schedule did pay off for Longmeadow because by the time the tournament started, the Lancers were ready. They knocked off reigning state Division III champion Westfield and top-seed East Longmeadow in the sectionals.
"Two months ago, we weren't even supposed to make the playoffs," O'Reilly said. "We were complete underdogs."


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Woodbridge High School officials tonight decided to allow 30 students to participate in Thursday's graduation, reversing a ban imposed earlier today after a water balloon fight spilled into school hallways.
The school rescinded the graduation ban after a nearly two-hour closed-door meeting tonight, capping a long day of student protests and angry calls by parents, who had consulted a lawyer and were considering legal action.
When the seniors' pre-planned water balloon fight spread from the football field into the school hallways this morning, teachers and administrators intervened and herded students into a classroom to hand out suspensions. The seniors were also told they could not participate in graduation or a school-sponsored post-graduation party.
An angry group of parents came to the high school after learning of the suspensions and met with school administrators at 11 a.m. in an attempt to have the graduation ban lifted, but they were rebuffed. The suspended students stood outside the school in protest for much of the day.
"We're in the top 20 of the class," said Lindsay Leddy, one of the students. "They're treating us like criminals. We've never gotten in trouble before."
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By Dr. Michael Baremboym
When there are no problems, the neck works so well that it is easy to be taken for granted.
Neck pain was induced purely by the near or far side of "automatic" cervical motion abuse. Neck activity is dominated by myriads of muscular reflexes. So powerfully delicate in their usual coordination, yet an instant of excessive abuse can throw them into a fury that can cause an episode of previously unimagined chaos. The reality is that the neck is a multi-articulated structure whose gross motion and appearance of unitary movement — like the bending of a spring — is, in reality, the coordinated summation of numerous small movements, which obviously occur at specific — and palpable sites.
Neck pain is especially widespread among office workers with intensive computer use, and the frequency has been escalating through the past decades. During the same period, physical activity in general decreased. It is unlikely that occupational use of computers will decrease in the future; thus, strategies for treatment and rehabilitation for those with neck pain are important. There are direct relationships between development of musculoskeletal disorders and physical workplace factors such as repetitive work tasks, static contractions, and tiring postures.
When car accidents, falls, tension, over-exertion or other injuring mechanisms occur, the inability of the spine to compensate can result in minor displacements or derangement of one or more vertebrae, causing irritation to spinal nerve roots. A great deal of effort has been applied in chiropractic medicine toward understanding and treating functional disturbances of the neck.
Chiropractic manipulation is a common therapeutic treatment for neck pain performed on vertebrae that have abnormal movement patterns or fail to function normally. The objective of this chiropractic treatment is to reduce the vertebra misalignments, which results in improving the function of the spine. Proper motion function of the cervical spine is dominant for normal organization of muscle action in the neck.
Cervical spinal traction is one of the oldest and most unique methods for patients' neck pain treatment. New, advanced model of traction unit can be easily accustomed to create spine correction depending on neck curvatures, muscle spasm and patient comfort. This treatment involves not only align changed spinal biomechanics, but also protect motor and muscular dysfunctions. It has been found to be most beneficial for long term result in patients with neck pain.
Typically, performing resistance exercises during course of treatment, neck pain suffered gains in muscle strength which keeps the spine and muscles in proper tone and promotes better circulation.
We will reduce pain and improve the neck functionality as well as to educate on how you can account for your own health via exercise, ergonomics and other therapies to get better in neck activity. Neck pain and muscle weakness can be effectively restored using chiropractic manipulative therapy, spine motion restorations, cervical traction and cold laser therapy.
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BRIDGETON — This year's Cinco de Mayo celebration will be held on May 1 in downtown Bridgeton.
CompleteCare is partnering with Bridgeton Main Street and the City of Bridgeton for the annual Cinco de Mayo Cultural Fest. The all-day event is free to the public and will feature a variety of family friendly activities.
Some events include live music from regional bands, authentic Mexican and multi-cultural foods, ethnic dancing, crafts, vendors, and a number of activities for children such as face painting, arts and crafts activities, piñatas, and moon bounces.
In addition, there will be many displays and exhibits from area non-profits offering educational, recreational, and health resource information.
"We are so proud to sponsor this event," said Curtis Edwards, vice president of Community Services & Government Relations at CompleteCare. "It's a great way to celebrate the diversity of our community and anyone who's been to the festival before knows that it's always a good time."
"Bridgeton's downtown is the perfect venue for this event," said Carola Hartley, executive director of Bridgeton Main Street. "We will be closing off two blocks of Commerce Street to include our center city businesses and allow them to be open and participate in the festivities."
Nelva Ancona, associate director of Farmworker services for CompleteCare is also looking forward to once again hosting the event.
"The purpose of this festival is to promote cultural awareness and further understanding and harmony among the different cultures in our community. We invite everyone to come celebrate and enjoy the festivities!"
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois sealed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. Hillary Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket.
Obama's victory set up a five-month campaign with Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a race between a 46-year-old opponent of the Iraq war and a 71-year-old former Vietnam prisoner of war and staunch supporter of the current U.S. military mission.
But on the final night of the primary season, Clinton won South Dakota.
Both Obama and McCain exchanged criticism over the war in Iraq and sought to claim the mantle of change in a country plainly tired of the status quo.
"It's not change when John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time, as he did in the Senate last year," Obama said in remarks prepared for delivery in St. Paul, Minn.
"It's not change when he offers four more years of Bush economic policies that have failed to create well-paying jobs. ... And it's not change when he promises to continue a policy in Iraq that asks everything of our brave young men and women in uniform and nothing of Iraqi politicians." In a symbolic move, he spoke in the same hall where McCain will accept the Republican nomination at his party's convention in September.
McCain spoke first, in New Orleans, and he accused his younger rival of voting "to deny funds to the soldiers who have done a brilliant and brave job" in Iraq. It was a reference to 2007 legislation to pay for the Iraq war, a measure Obama opposed citing the lack of a timetable for withdrawing troops.
McCain agreed with Obama that the presidential race would focus on change. "But the choice is between the right change and the wrong change, between going forward and going backward," he added.
One campaign began as another was ending.
The former first lady praised her rival, whom she said "has inspired so many Americans to care about politics and empowered so many more to get involved. And our party and our democracy is stronger and more vibrant as a result."
"I am committed to uniting our party so we move forward stronger and more ready than ever to take back the White House in November," she said in a final-night rally in New York.
Only 31 delegates were at stake, the final few among the thousands that once drew Obama, Clinton and six other Democratic candidates into the campaign to replace Bush and become the nation's 44th president.
Obama sealed his nomination, according to The Associated Press tally, based on primary elections, state Democratic caucuses and delegates' public declarations as well as support from 19 delegates and "superdelegates" who privately confirmed their intentions t/o the AP. It takes 2,118 delegates to clinch the nomination at the convention in Denver this summer, and Obama had 2,129 by the AP count.
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Thousands of homes in Birmingham have been without water after a major burst.
Water provider Severn Trent said the Quinton, Warley and Northfield areas were affected due to the problem at Frankley treatment works.
The company has apologised to customers and said most homes were now receiving water with the remainder expected to be working by 6pm.
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Alan Miller, Co-Founder of Innisfree, Dies at Age 62
Alan Miller, who advised companies on combative takeover fights and co-founded proxy-solicitation firm Innisfree, died at age 62 following a battle with lymphoma.
Miller has been a fixture in the deals world for decades and helped lead one of two major firms that court shareholder votes in most major deals.
The other is Mackenzie Partners, whose chairman and chief executive, Dan Burch, often has squared off with Miller in contentious deals and in proxy fights.
Here is the official obituary released by Innisfree, along with details on the memorial service for Miller.
"Alan demonstrated grace under pressure and was the person you wanted on your team during the toughest fight. For more than 30 years, Alan advocated fiercely on behalf of his clients around the world. He always put others first and had a will to win that was unparalleled. We are deeply saddened by his loss and extend our sympathies to his family, particularly his wife and children, who meant the world to him."
Alan founded Innisfree with Arthur Crozier, Jennifer Shotwell and Meredith Cole in 1997. The firm quickly grew to 45 employees with offices in New York, London and Pittsburgh. Alan took great delight in the choice of the firm's name, which was based on a poem written in 1892 by William Butler Yeats:
By William Butler Yeats
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight's all a-glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet's wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.
Innisfree has advised on most of the high profile M&A transactions and proxy contests since its inception. The firm has worked with, among others: HP in its merger with Compaq; CF Industries in its acquisition of Terra Industries and its defense against Agrium, as well as Xerox, Stanley Works, IMS Health and Burlington Northern Santa Fe in their respective friendly merger solicitations. Most recently, Alan represented Barnes & Noble in its proxy contest victory over the Yucaipa Funds, as well as Potash Corp. and Airgas in their successful defenses of unsolicited offers by BHP Billiton and Air Products, respectively.
Alan grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, graduated from Stuyvesant High School and attended Syracuse University. Early on, he established his reputation in contested matters with his work on Lockheed/Simmons, Texaco/Icahn, Norfolk Southern/Conrail, Glaxo/Wellcome, Viacom/Paramount Communications, Northrop/Grumman, Ingersoll Rand/Clark Equipment, Johnson & Johnson/Cordis, and Great Western/Ahmanson.
Alan was an avid Yankees fan, an inspired fisherman, a Bob Dylan connoisseur and a tireless advocate for Scotland's and Cuba's most famous exports. He is survived by his wife, Melissa; his mother, Miriam; his sister Diane, his brother, Larry; and his two beloved children, Harry and Josie.
A memorial service for Alan will be held on Thursday, August 4th, at 2:30 PM at Riverside Memorial Chapel, 180 West 76th Street, New York, NY (800) 262-6609.
Donations can be sent in Alan's memory to:
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Housing and Urban Development:
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RCED-97-36: Published: Feb 21, 1997. Publicly Released: Feb 21, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the implications of one of the proposals to dismantle the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Housing Opportunities and Empowerment Act, focusing on the: (1) bill's proposed changes in housing assistance, community development, and housing finance and the potential impact of these changes on the customers of these programs; and (2) capacity of the states and other federal agencies to assume HUD's functions and the tasks to be accomplished in dismantling HUD within the 5 years specified in the bill.
GAO found that: (1) the recent proposal to dismantle HUD, S. 1145, couples reduced federal funding with fundamental changes to the federal role in housing and community development; (2) if enacted, such a bill could have far-reaching effects on renters, communities, and would-be home buyers; (3) while the bill's plan to institute a voucher system to allow tenants to choose their residence could expand housing choices for renters in some areas, its phaseout of assistance for specific projects could reduce the supply of affordable housing and housing choices in other areas, according to HUD and state officials; (4) nonetheless, rising costs make current levels of housing assistance increasingly difficult for the nation to afford in an era of declining federal discretionary budgets; (5) accordingly, budgetary constraints may well reduce federal housing programs and services, whether these programs are reformed or not; (6) the bill's creation of a block grant for community development would give the states and localities more choice in spending federal funds, but the total federal funding for community development programs would be cut by about 40 percent; (7) the current beneficiaries of federal programs targeted to their needs might receive less assistance in an open competition for funds at the local level; (8) also, small cities would see a significant reduction in the federal funding for their projects; (9) although some of the bill's other provisions are designed to reduce the federal government's risk in insuring loans and guaranteeing mortgage-backed securities, these same provisions would make purchasing a home more difficult, especially for low-income and first-time buyers; (10) both the states and the federal agencies that would receive HUD's functions generally believed that they could assume additional programmatic and administrative responsibilities if they also received additional resources; (11) however, several of the federal agencies cautioned that they did not seek to assume HUD's functions; (12) HUD maintained that transferring its functions to other agencies would break up the network it has developed to implement its programs, would adversely affect the delivery of services to its clients, and would eliminate the focus on housing and community development it has provided as a cabinet-level department; and (13) the bill's implementation would depend on the resolution agency's ability to transfer functions and administer, and in some cases resolve, complex financial commitments within the required 5-year period.
Oct 3, 2016
Elderly Housing:HUD Should Do More to Oversee Efforts to Link Residents to ServicesGAO-16-758: Published: Sep 1, 2016. Publicly Released: Oct 3, 2016.
Jul 13, 2016
Credit Programs:Key Agencies Should Better Document Procedures for Estimating Subsidy CostsGAO-16-269: Published: Jul 13, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 13, 2016.
Jun 8, 2016
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit:Some Agency Practices Raise Concerns and IRS Could Improve Noncompliance Reporting and Data CollectionGAO-16-360: Published: May 11, 2016. Publicly Released: Jun 8, 2016.
May 31, 2016
Housing for Special Needs:Funding for HUD's Supportive Housing ProgramsGAO-16-424: Published: May 31, 2016. Publicly Released: May 31, 2016.
May 2, 2016
Rural Housing Service:Actions Needed to Strengthen Management of the Single Family Mortgage Guarantee ProgramGAO-16-193: Published: Mar 31, 2016. Publicly Released: May 2, 2016.
Jan 8, 2016
Troubled Asset Relief Program:Status of Housing ProgramsGAO-16-279R: Published: Jan 8, 2016. Publicly Released: Jan 8, 2016.
Sep 15, 2015
Affordable Rental Housing:Assistance Is Provided by Federal, State, and Local Programs, but There Is Incomplete Information on Collective PerformanceGAO-15-645: Published: Sep 15, 2015. Publicly Released: Sep 15, 2015.
Jul 23, 2015
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit:Joint IRS-HUD Administration Could Help Address Weaknesses in OversightGAO-15-330: Published: Jul 15, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 23, 2015.
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HUD Public and Indian Housing Programs:Progress on Prior GAO Recommendations to Enhance Accountability and EfficiencyGAO-15-747T: Published: Jul 10, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 10, 2015.
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Troubled Asset Relief Program:Treasury Could More Consistently Analyze Potential Benefits and Costs of Housing Program ChangesGAO-15-670: Published: Jul 6, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 6, 2015.
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SPRINGFIELD -- Lorenzo Gaines, suspected of setting a two-family home in the Upper Hill neighborhood ablaze on Christmas Eve, was ordered held without right to bail following a dangerousness hearing on Monday.
District Court Judge Robert Gordon ordered the 42-year-old Gaines to be held pending a bindover hearing set for Feb. 14, according to court documents. A bindover hearing determines whether a case will be heard in District Court or Superior Court.
Gaines was arrested last week and charged with setting the fire at 185-187 Northampton Ave. He denied arson and other charges during his arraignment last week and was without bail pending the dangerousness hearing on Monday.
Gaines is well-known in the community, including, most recently, his position as director of a non-profit organization that provides financial aid advising to college-age youth.
Those who testified on behalf of Gaines, at the behest of his defense attorney Alan Black, included Steven Bradley, vice president for government and community relations and public affairs at Baystate Medical Center.
Bradley told Gordon that Gaines had always been "extremely professional" and "well thought of" in the professional circles that they shared.
Assistant Hampden District Attorney Robert Schmidt summoned Springfield Police Officer Gary Johnson, an investigator for the Springfield Arson and Bomb Squad, who said he found evidence four separate fires had been set with an open flame in the basement and on the first floor of the home.
Christina Zimmerman, who lived above Gaines on the second floor and escaped the blaze with her two young children, testified that Gaines began acting strangely after his girlfriend moved out with their three children.
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HAMILTON — An attorney representing former Hamilton Mayor John Bencivengo, convicted on corruption charges in 2012, has filed a petition for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case.
Bencivengo was convicted for taking bribes from an insurance broker who wanted his help in retaining her contract with the township school board. He has unsuccessfully argued in lower courts he was not guilty because he had no official authority over the board.
Now, attorney Jerome Ballarotto — who has represented Bencivengo since his arrest in April 2012 — has asked the Supreme Court to take over the case from the lower, Appellate level, which recently rejected Bencivengo's request for a re-hearing. Bencivengo's Supreme Court petition was filed on July 16.
The Supreme Court justices will discuss the application at their Sept. 29 conference and decide whether they will review the case, which has already been heard and rejected by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
But according to the Supreme Court's public information office, the odds are against such a review: Of the 10,000 cases filed with the court each eight-month term, only about 100 are granted review.
Ballarotto could not be immediately reached for comment but, in an April interview, he said the chance of the case being heard was a long shot.
"Your best shot is with the jury," Ballarotto said.
Bencivengo is currently serving a 38-month prison term at a federal prison in Lewisburg, Pa., and is scheduled for release in June 2015.
In November 2012, a jury found Bencivengo guilty on five counts of extortion, bribery and money laundering after he solicited and accepted $12,400 in bribe money from his close friend Marliese Ljuba, an insurance broker who turned to Bencivengo for help in keeping her lucrative contract with the Hamilton school board.
Ljuba was cooperating with the FBI at the time, wearing a secret recording device and eventually testifying against Bencivengo as the U.S. Attorney's Office's key witness in the case.
Three federal judges reviewed Bencivengo's appeal in March but rejected it, ruling that, although the mayor did not possess actual power over the school board, the influence his position came with was enough to warrant an arrest and conviction.
He then requested that all 14 Third Circuit appellate judges review his case and was turned down.
Bencivengo's former community planning director Rob Warney, who helped mask the bribe money from Ljuba to Bencivengo, pleaded guilty to money laundering and testified against Bencivengo as part of the prosecution.
He was sentenced to an 18-month prison term at federal correctional institutions in Pennsylvania and was released on home confinement last month.
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A little more than two decades ago, a kid came out of Brantford, Ontario, and into the NHL. He went on to win four Stanley Cups and break a record that most figured would not be approached. Along the way, he spent a few years in Washington with the Capitals.
And no, it's not Wayne Gretzky. It's the other kid from Brantford, Doug Jarvis.
Jarvis has had an interesting career in hockey, and he's now in his 25th year at the NHL level. After a 13-year playing career in the NHL, Jarvis is now in his 12th year as an assistant coach for the Dallas Stars. He earned his fifth Stanley Cup ring—and first as a coach—last June when the Stars defeated the Buffalo Sabres in the Stanley Cup finals.
Jarvis broke into the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens in 1975-76, a year after he recorded 45 goals and 133 points for the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey Association. On June 3, 1975, the Toronto Maple Leafs selected the 20-year-old center with their second pick (24th overall) in the 1975 Entry Draft.
Jarvis was excited, and not only because he had grown up following the Leafs. But he would never don a Leafs sweater. Just 23 days after the draft, Toronto traded Jarvis to the Montreal Canadiens for defenseman Greg Hubick.
"My home was about an hour from Toronto," he says of his youthful allegiance to the Leafs. "They were a team that I saw a lot of, obviously. Actually it was a team that at that time was losing some key people in the center of the ice—Dave Keon was retiring and Norm Ullman. I thought it would be a pretty good opportunity to catch a spot on that team, whereas Montreal tended to have a lot of depth. So when I got traded to Montreal and I wasn't sure what to make of it, I just said to myself, 'You just have to go and do your best and play the way you've always played and see what happens.'"
To this day, Jarvis says he does not know what was behind the deal. It is a bit unusual for a team to trade a player who has yet to even attend a training camp.
"I really don't know," he muses. "It's one of those [things] where you get a phone call. I'd never really met in person with any of the Toronto people at that time. All I was was a draft pick at that time. They just phoned and said, 'Your rights have been traded to Montreal.'"
The deal turned out to be a terrific one for Jarvis and the Habs—and quite a stinker for the Leafs. Jarvis became a top-notch checking line center and faceoff man. He also became the most durable player in league history. Each of his first four seasons in Montreal concluded with him getting his name etched onto the Stanley Cup. On the other hand, Hubick played just one season in Toronto before being farmed out to the Leafs' Dallas farm club, where he was a teammate of current Caps coach Ron Wilson. (Hubick later resurfaced for a brief cup of coffee with Vancouver in 1979-80.)
"I was pretty fortunate," he says of joining the Canadiens just as their dynasty was about to take flight. "Montreal was looking for a specific person. They were looking for a checking center-ice man and there was a role that they wanted filled. Even though I had come out of junior with a fair amount of offensive points, really my strength lay in the fact that in junior I was expected to do a fair amount of checking, as well. I kind of learned the game from that angle. I had already had some schooling in that aspect of the game when I got to the NHL. So I was able to catch a spot with them and work into the group."
Jarvis spent seven seasons in Montreal, racking up an aggregate plus/minus rating of plus-105. When you take into consideration that he was frequently on the ice against the opposing team's top scorers, it's quite an achievement.
Just prior to the 1982-83 season, Jarvis learned that he and three of his teammates were headed to Washington. New Capitals general manager David Poile acquired Jarvis, defensemen Rod Langway and Brian Engblom and winger Craig Laughlin from the Habs in exchange for forward Ryan Walter and defenseman Rick Green. The trade still stands as one of the best in Caps' history, and it instantly boosted the fortunes of the then-sagging franchise.
"That summer, before we came, I know there as a big 'Save The Caps' campaign," Jarvis remembers. "We really didn't know what we were walking into. But after meeting with David Poile and seeing the type of man he was and what he wanted to accomplish here, I think we all got on board and got excited about the team. And really, when I look back on my three and a half years here, we really had enjoyable times seeing the team go from a non-playoff team to a team that all of a sudden was recording over a hundred points a season. It was fun to be part of that kind of a building process."
In his second season with the Capitals, Jarvis won the Selke Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL's top defensive forward. He remains the only Capital ever to win the award.
When he came to Washington, Jarvis brought along a streak of 560 consecutive games played. At one time, Ron Wilson's uncle, Johnny Wilson, held the NHL record with 580 consecutive games played. Former Ranger forward Andy Hebenton broke that mark in the 1960s. While Jarvis was still with the Canadiens, St. Louis's Garry Unger broke Hebenton's mark and established the new league standard at 914 consecutive games played.
When he finished his third season in Washington, Jarvis's streak stood at 800 games. In 10 NHL seasons, he had not missed a single game.
"It probably hit home as I heading up to Garry Unger's record of 914," he remembers. "Other than that, you would pass somebody on the consecutive game ladder, maybe about the 500-game mark and then the 600-game mark and it would generate a little bit of news and then it would fade away. And you'd go on for another couple of years and it wouldn't be heard about again until you got to somebody else. It wasn't probably until it got into that last training camp that it started to build almost from the start of training camp."
That last training camp was with Hartford. Early in the 1985-86 season, the Capitals dealt Jarvis to the Whalers for forward Jorgen Petterson. Washington was looking to infuse more youth into its lineup, and with Hartford, Jarvis would be able to keep the streak going. He left Washington with the streak at 825; he stretched it to 882 by the end of that season. Early in the 1986-87 campaign, he passed Unger. He earned the Masterton Trophy that season, awarded annually for perseverance and dedication to hockey.
Jarvis played in the first two games of the 1987-88 season before retiring to a coaching position. He appeared in 964 NHL contests without missing a single game. For a 5-9, 170-pound checking center, it was a remarkable feat.
"I was fortunate," Jarvis allows. "There's no doubt that there are a lot of things that can happen, not only on the ice, but also at practice—the flu, those kinds of things. I was very blessed to stay free of injury. It's not one of those things that you can set out to do. You can't say, 'I'm going to break a record' like that. You just have to come and play one game at a time and wait and see what happens. When I look back, the games just seemed to add up and they kept going. So I felt very blessed and fortunate to stay free of injury."
It's been a dozen years since Jarvis set the new mark. Does he think his record will one day be broken?
"I do," he states. "Again, it's not something that you can set out to do. But there have been people who have approached it. I know that a few years ago Steve Larmer was within a season of it, so there are some people who have progressed to it. It wouldn't surprise me. I never thought that I'd get to that point myself, but it happened."
As soon as his playing career came to a close, Jarvis transitioned into a coaching role. It was a move he had been preparing for throughout his playing career.
"I always enjoyed the coaching aspect of the game," he says. "Even when I was playing, I really enjoyed watching other games and studying games and looking at the strategy that was being employed. So getting into coaching was something that I wanted to do when I was done playing. And it happened that when my playing days finished, I got a job interview in Minnesota as an assistant coach there, and caught on there that year."
That was in 1988-89. After two games with Hartford in 1987-88, Jarvis went down to Binghamton of the AHL where he served as a player/coach for the rest of the season. It's the only time he has ever spent any time in the minors during his pro hockey career. He has been with the Stars as an assistant ever since. During his dozen seasons with the Stars, Jarvis has worked under three different coaches and three different general managers. His longevity with one organization is rare in the coaching field, which is generally characterized by much turnover.
"It's a profession that usually has a fair amount of movement in it," he agrees. "And I haven't moved. I haven't pushed to move, either. I like the organization and I like the people that I work with, too. That's a big part of the business, enjoying your working environment."
Take a quick look at the roster of those Stanley Cup winning teams that Jarvis played on in Montreal. You'll note that many of the players on those Scotty Bowman-coached clubs went on to post-playing careers as coaches, general managers, scouts and other front office positions in the game. Was there something about playing for Bowman that created front office/coaching types? Or was there something in the water in Montreal?
"I think the organization itself in Montreal was a great learning ground for any young player coming in there," says Jarvis of the preponderance of former Habs behind NHL benches and in NHL front offices. "Excellence was demanded, and they went about their business in a certain way to achieve that excellence. I think all of us who went through that process there really learned a lot about the game, how the game is to be played and expectations of players and that sort of thing. I think those things have been a big benefit to anybody who had an interest in sliding into another role when their playing days were done."
While Jarvis played on Cup-winning clubs in his first four seasons as a player in the league, it took him 11 years to win the Cup as a coach.
"It's a little different as a player," he says, of the Cup-winning experience. "You feel like you're out on the ice, you're really making things happen. I've always felt that coaching is the next best thing to being a player, because you're still close to the environment and close to what is going on. So I think the same feelings apply there. As a player, you're right out there in the action. As a coach, you're one step removed from that even though you're still very close to what is taking place."
"No doubt, it's the Stanley Cup," he says, when asked about his best hockey memory. "And in particular, it's the first one. As a kid growing up, your dream was to play in the NHL and then to actually get your name engraved on the Stanley Cup. It certainly was a very memorable experience and something I look back on in a real fond way."
Ask Jarvis which of his personal achievements—Selke Trophy, Masterton Trophy or iron-man streak—he is most proud of, and you may be surprised.
"I think maybe the Selke," he says. "That's [being compared] against your peers that are playing, being compared favorably to every other forward in the league. So that has some weight when I look back on it."
These days, Jarvis coaches Selke Trophy winners. Dallas winger Jere Lehtinen has won the award two years in a row. And Dallas center Guy Carbonneau—like Jarvis, one of the best faceoff men of his era—has three Selke Trophies to his credit.
But more importantly to Jarvis, he is coaching Stanley Cup winners.
Doug Jarvis: NHL Ironman
Big Game Hunter
Lafleur and Bossy: Offensive Superstars of the mid-1970s
Early Leagues and the Birth of the NHL
The Shifting of a Dynasty
The Titans: NHL Governors of the 1940s
The Patrick Heritage
A Lifetime of Caps Hockey: Yvon Labre's 25 years in D.C.
Opening Night, Oct. 9, 1974
The Capitals' First Win
The Hiring of David Poile


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Union says its members have a stake in utility and review board decision on town future
SPRINGHILL – The union for the Town of Springhill's municipal workers is seeking legal status at an upcoming meeting about possible dissolution of the town.
"On behalf of Local 919, our lawyer has written the utilities and review board asking for standing at the June 18 meeting, which is known as a 'hearing for a preliminary order,'" CUPE national representative Betty Jean Sutherland said in a news release.
Sutherland said the union understands the board will not hear evidence or arguments on the merits of the application at the June 18 meeting. The merits of the application will be considered at the public hearing, the date of which will be advertised once in the newspaper and tentatively scheduled for the fall.
Local 919 also wishes to have formal standing to call witnesses or to cross-examine witnesses at the public hearing.
"CUPE Local 919, on behalf of its members, has a real and substantial interest in this application," said Sutherland
Sutherland said the union localand its members have a rich history in the town. The union was certified in 1965. As new classifications arose over the years, they were added to the bargaining unit and the collective agreement.
"This history of collective bargaining has included a number of key components of value not only to the members of Local 919, but also to the town and its citizens," Sutherland said. "This value and ongoing contribution to the community should not be lost, and that's what we will be telling the UARB when it meets."


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A couple of days ago, legendary Cape Town emporium Merchants on Long sprouted a pop-up shop in legendary Chelsea emporium the Shop at Bluebird. As you can probably conjure, I was all abuzz and aflutter. And the razzle dazzle only got worse as I poked around in the lusciousness at the opening party. Sourced from all over the Continent, the pieces on display in this perfectly curated space are simply to-wobble-for.
I had Africa-shaped sequin eyes, which is why I probably didn't notice the Royals, aristocrats and one or two (or sixteen) of Brit fashion's elite. There I was (in Clarks, M&S knickers I've had since 1996 and a head full of frizz), hoping that one of the spiky neon cuffs by Leather Rose would accidentally fall into my bag or a stunning Guidemore necklace would magically choke me until I promised to bring it home.
Alas, there was none of this shenanigans, but at least I get to share my favourites with you.
1. Necklace, Guidemore. 2. Wallet, Near Far. 3. Kaftan, 4MaCoHa.
4. Cuff, Leather Rose. 5. Basket, Design Afrika.
More info and pics here.
And here are all the people I didn't notice at the party.
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Big wisdom-teeth extraction day on Friday. Drove my husband, the intended victim, down to the oral surgeon and attempted to control the wild ones in the waiting room while they yanked his teeth out in the inner sanctum. My son wanted to know if he could take his shoes off and lounge on the waiting room's leather couches. Received reproachful looks from a doughy couple in the corner.
Called back to pick up my husband, like a package I needed to sign for. There he was, slumped on a hallway bench, chin lolling on his chest, eyes closed, like a transient at a bus stop. I said hello, and the eyes rolled back in his head, mouth jerking back in a cartoon grimace. He was happy to see me.
Then the fun part. How to get a 6'3", 200 lb. ,heavily-medicated man down a flight of stairs without looking like a tumbling act from Cirque du Soleil. Answer: a previously overlooked elevator, and an obliging male attendant. It's like these people have done this before!
Spent the rest of the weekend watching my husband inspect the holes in his mouth every five minutes, and later, when the Vicodin was safely worn off, keeping him from making yet another trip to REI to stock up on crampons and additions to his impressive backpack collection.
He did send me flowers for Valentine's Day. Not sure if that was the drugs working, but I'll take them either way.


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The Whale Resort is a 3.5 acre beachfront property with three homes, each home is privately secluded from the others, with trails and pathways full of colorful vegetation, connecting each home through-out the 3.5 acres.
The Whale Resort is a large beachfront property located on the edge of Canaza, a small town about 15 minutes from Puerto Jimenez, a much larger port town that offers all the amenities such as restaurants, bars, banks/ATMs, pharmacies, medical facilities, tour operators, a commercial airport, and plenty of shopping, but if you're in a big hurry, Canaza also has its own small grocery store about 5 minutes away.
We have a friendly full-time staff including a 24/7 concierge, a maid, a groundskeeper, a chef, a tour guide, and a tour planner. They are available to take care of your every need. They'll be taking care of the grounds, the pool, daily house cleaning services, as well as preparing daily gourmet meals per your request. If you prefer to cook, great, we have a large fully equipped kitchen, as well as a large gas grill. We also offer services to provide for all of your daily transportation needs including dining out, shopping, groceries, and ground tours. All of our water tours provide beachfront pickup at The Whale Resort.
Last April a most generous client rented out the resort for me and my team for three days. We were hired to conduct a photo-shoot and the client specifically chose The Whale Resort due to its outstanding scenery. And certainly it was truly the best option. The resort gives us access to a jungle, a beach, the ocean, pools, and not to mention the beautifully crafted homes. This job doubled as one of the best vacations we have ever had. There were ten of us and the place was evidently big enough for more. Honestly, the hardest part of the job was choosing where to shoot first. Every inch of the place was attractive beyond words; parallel to or even surpassing the beauty of our models. As a photographer, the place was truly a paradise to me. It filled every single one of my senses with pleasant calmness. We have nothing but praises for the place! After every pictorial session we are very pleased to arrive to a wonderful feast prepared by an outstanding chef. When the day ends we are always glad to retire to our rooms. The mattress seems to relieve us of all the stress built up in our bodies for the day. The stylist, Jenny, didn't have much trouble at all. The resort maid was always there to give her assistance in washing, folding, and even ironing the clothes that will be needed for the shoot. The concierge knew all of the best spots and he even gave us a tour. The entire resort staff was outstanding just like the resort itself, I would personally give them a five star. Me and my team would like to commend Mike and Barb, the owners, for their unparallelled hospitality. They were always there to check on us and see if there is anything we need or if there is anything they can help us with. I must say, these two should serve as a model to other resort owners. They're very hands-on in managing their resort. In those three short days that we've stayed there they've treated us like family and it is truly an experience that I would never forget. I look forward to returning to the resort as soon as possible.
William B.
Detroit, Michigan
Go Blue!
We stayed here for a week and loved it. The area surrounding the home is non-touristy, natural, serene, and private, situated amidst the tropical forest and along the shoreline. The home is newly renovated, tastefully decorated, secure, and very comfortable for a family to spread out, hang out, and enjoy. (more…)
We stayed here in the beginning of March with our 2 children (20 months and 3 &1/2) and our good friends with their 2 year old. We had such an amazing time and the house was absolutely perfect for all ages. There was plenty of room for 4 adults and 3 little girls. The master bedroom was phenomenal, the master bath was perfect! (more…)
We just got back from an amazing Costarican adventure with our three kids, 13, 11, and 8. My husband and I have been to the Osa peninsula 4 times but this was the first trip with the kids so we decided to rent a house. We had the most wonderful time at the Whale Resort! It definitely exceeded our expectations! This is a gem of a place with the best ambiance around.
We've been to Costa Rica before but this was our first trip to the Osa. WOW the wildlife was incredible and we never had to leave the house to see it. This was the first time we ever stayed directly on the beach, sooo fortunate to find La Resort Ballena. This house was amazing. You could tell that it has been newly renovated – everything was brand new and so fresh and clean.
I've had a lot of cool vacations but this one took the cake. Nothing like lifting your head from the pillow and all you see is the water. The surroundings were invigorating, but felt very relaxing too. I was swimming and watching dolphins at the same time. It was kind of like Gilligan's Island with A/C, daily cleaning services, and a chef! Needless to say, the fish was VERY fresh!
I am recommending "The Whale Resort" as a fabulous destination vacation. The house was amazing. It was right on the beach and there wasn't a bad view from anywhere. We had A/C when we weren't swimming, but there was almost always a nice breeze coming off of the ocean too.
All the comforts of home and secluded privacy. It felt like we were on our own private fantasy island. Monkeys eating out of our hands, Toucans, Scarlet Macaws, Orchids, there is even a Tilapia farm on the property, so if you wanted to catch your own fish, they will cook it up for you! This whole place was mind blowing. Hard to put it in to words. Magical. Just sitting here writing this review is taking me back, and giving me that blissful feeling all over again. Enough said, already planning for 2015.


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For people who have a garden, wish they had one, enjoy looking at them, or just want an evening out, there is an event taking place Wednesday for such folk. It's the 19th Annual Minot Symphony Secret Garden Tour and Garden Store and from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m. there will be opportunity for viewing local gardens, musical entertainment, refreshments and getting together with old or new friends.
The Secret Garden Tour is open to everyone. Tickets for adults and children over 12 are $12 in advance or $15 on the night of the tour. Advance tickets will be sold up until 4 p.m. today and can be purchased at Lowe's Floral & Garden Center, Lien's Jewelry and the Mohall Flower House Garden Center. Tickets may also be purchased at the gardens on the day of the tour or at the Scandinavian Heritage Park from 4 to 6 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Minot Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to the garden tours, there will be a garden store with yard art from local artists as well as music performed by the Northern Lights String Quartet and two student musical groups. Refreshments will be available at Scandinavian Heritage Park from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The tickets will have maps, the addresses of the gardens on the tour and descriptions of the gardens.
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Another garden belonging to Dora Mae Tarvestad, located in northwest Minot, is terraced and has a barrel fountain along with perennials and a brick pathway. Tarvestad's friend Al can be seen tending to one of the many flowers.
Paulette Dailey, garden tour chairperson and executive director for the Minot Symphony Orchestra, said the flowers in the tour are beautiful because of all the rain and there are very creative people whose gardens are featured.
Gardens featured on the tour include Mike and Deb Klimpel in southwest Minot; John Sinn and Ellen and Monte Sipma, both in southeast Minot; and Patrice Mitchell, Dora Mae Tarvestad and friend Al, and Charles and Jule Herrmann, all northwest Minot. Dailey said addresses are not provided ahead of time so that people will attend the garden tour. Special features in the gardens include water features, garden sheds, secluded seating areas, yard art, succulents, herb garden, birdhouse collection, a Catalpa tree, container gardening, gates and arbors, window boxes, sun and shade perennial gardens, flower and vegetable beds, a garden that has been rebuilt after the flood and a garden store with yard art from local artists.
Dailey said the garden tour is a great fundraiser for the Minot Symphony Orchestra and the proceeds are used for support of the orchestra or for scholarships for students in grades 7 through 12 to attend International Music Camp or to participate in Dakota Chamber Music. Some of the students end up playing in the symphony, she added. "It's a great thing and we want to support the community," Dailey said.
People do not need to have expert or huge gardens to be included in the annual garden tour. Dailey said every year she and other committee members look for gardens in the community or through word-of-mouth. "We'd love to have people volunteer their gardens," she added. "It's a great thing because gardeners work so hard and every garden is worthy." Every year, Dailey said they have people they will ask to feature their gardens in the tour, but mostly find gardens anyway they can.
Usually the Minot Symphony Secret Garden Tour is well attended, Dailey said. It was held during the year of the flood and the year after and still had a decent crowd, she added. This year on the tour are two gardens located in neighborhoods that were flooded in 2011.
Everyone is encouraged to attend the garden tour. "If you like to see people, the creativity of the gardeners, the flowers, so many variables of plants and flowers, and seeing other peoples' ideas," Dailey said, then the garden tour is an event for you. "It's a laid-back evening," she added. "You walk around and look at gardens. It's a nice, quiet evening in a crazy world."


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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ The death last week of a Huntsville teen who was struck by a car while crossing busy Whitesburg Drive is an all-too sad reminder of how dangerous our city streets can be.
It also drives home the need for drivers, pedestrians, schools, parents, city planners, traffic engineers and others to do everything possible to make streets safer.
Whenever a pedestrian and a 4,000-pound vehicle collide, the pedestrian will always lose. No charges were filed against the driver. From all indications, it appeared to be an accident.
But in that instant, a life filled with promise was snuffed out, a family deeply scarred and a driver forever impaired by the horror.
Such tragedies occur daily in cities and rural areas across America.
Sadly, the chance for more car-pedestrian collisions will likely increase as financially struggling individuals resort more to walking and drivers get more distracted by cell phones and other mobile gadgetry.
What will it take to limit this carnage?
For starters, schools and parents can do a better job of stressing pedestrian safety rules in their teaching. The loss this year of Huntsville's longstanding Safety City complex due to budget cuts took away a major teaching tool for schoolchildren on rules of the road. The $200,000 budget savings seems minuscule in the scheme of a $220 million city budget.
Cities must also find ways to steer pedestrians to well-marked crosswalks. It does no good to drill home the importance of using crosswalks if transportation planners don't incorporate them into their designs. Does this mean the city should build expensive overhead walkways at every danger spot? At roughly $800,000 to $1 million a piece, certainly not. But designated crossing areas, adequately spaced, are a must.
Officials could deter errant crossings with landscaping barriers, fencing, or perhaps tighter enforcement of jaywalking laws.
City Councilman Will Culver faced a roadblock recently when trying to muster support for a half-mile of fencing alongside the Northwoods public housing subdivision to deter residents from crossing seven-lane University Drive. Several Northwoods pedestrians have been killed there, including a 21-year-old woman in April 2009 whose grandfather helped lead the charge. The residents voted overwhelmingly against it on Dec. 14, effectively killing plans for the fence.
Human tendency is for pedestrians to take the shortest route between two points. Compelling emphasis on the dangers of darting across busy roads could dissuade some pedestrians from taking chances. But there will still be some who think they can master the traffic.
It will take a joint effort to limit pedestrian deaths. Surely, the city that helped put man on the moon can find a way to make his road crossings here on Earth a lot safer.
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The Oregon State Beavers know they had their chances against the ninth-ranked Oregon Ducks on Saturday in the 115th Civil War at Autzen Stadium.
Three times in the first quarter, the Beavers defense stopped the high-powered Oregon offense, forcing turnovers on downs. But three times, the OSU offense failed to turn the chances into points.
By late in the second quarter, the Beavers were staring at a 28-7 deficit, and they never recovered. OSU coach Mike Riley and his players talk about the 49-21 loss to the Ducks:


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Reviewed By David E (OREGON, OH) Reviewed for a 2016 Chevy Silverado —8/19/2016 5:52 AM
Like that it's aluminum and has a rugged look.not only a rugged look but very sturdy. It does interfere with parking sensor at times but not that big a deal.
Reviewed By William D (FALLBROOK, CA) Reviewed for a 2005 Chevy Silverado —8/14/2016 7:32 AM
I a contractor with a lifted truck which carries a lot of tools. I've always used the trailer hitch ball to stand on to reach for tools. The Go Rhino Step makes it so much easier that this is my second one. The first one broke when it hit my trailer tongue while backing up to it. Which is the only problem I have with it. being cast aluminum. Otherwise I love it and just have to be a little more careful.
Reviewed By Kenneth H (Buffalo, NY) Reviewed for a 2016 Chevy Silverado —5/16/2016 4:46 AM
I go the 2 foot Go Rhino Hitch step for my 2016 Chev. Silverado It looks GREAT and is made Excellent! My main reason was to protect the rear bumper (Plastic coating) I got the stainless steel which looks great with my running boards.


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A Clockwork Orange T Shirt Surgery
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A Clockwork Orange T-Shirt Surgery ((With Attached Suspenders!))
I found this while thrifting in my home town and scored it for $2 ((Hell yes! I never score that kind of good deal!)). It was washed out and terribly mis-shapen.
I also got this knitted giraffe-print short-sleeved sweater which I hacked up also.
I resized them, joined them together + then MADE white suspenders out of thick white elastic my mummy had at her house. Ta-daaa, Clockwork Awesomeness
I wear the suspenders down mostly, adds to my street cred.... LOL
And a cute myspace pose pic ((I swear its the only time I have EVER posed like this. Forgive me))
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Josie · Williamsport, Pennsylvania, US
Super similar story. Amazingly cheap, awesome thrift store find of a Clockwork Orange Shirt. Dark Green with the boys silhouettes under the bridge in bright orange says "droogs don't run" & on the front & on the back "I'm singing in the rain" It was so big that I took the sides in & just made it into a baseball t. It is a fucking awsome shirt, I thought you would appreciate it as much as I do.
I want that shirt! lol
And the new back & suspenders made it even better. genius!
(my thrift stores suck. >.> )
And the new back & suspenders made it even better. genius!
(my thrift stores suck. >.> )
DIS.AR.RAY · Las Vegas, Nevada, US · 32 projects
HOLY JESUS! I want all of it! lol. Not only the amazing clockwork orange shirt, but the batman beltbuckle, the white suspenders, and the pants! [they are pants that I could probably find everywhere, but I figured since I'm demanding everything I'd throw those in as well ]
That is amazing!
yay thrifty goodness
That is amazing!
yay thrifty goodness
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Kalli · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 13 projects
Ahhh jealous much!
Kudos on the awesomeness and thriftstore find. Score!!
Kudos on the awesomeness and thriftstore find. Score!!
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