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DANA POINT - It's not how you start, it's how you finish.
That is the motto the Dana Hills football team adopted when it found itself with an 0-5 record midway through this season. The Dolphins could have easily packed it in after that disastrous start, but they didn't.
They regrouped and refocused, and now Dana Hills has turned its season around with three consecutive victories, including two in the Sea View League, to give itself positive momentum heading into the final two weeks of the regular season.
The Dolphins (3-5, 2-0), who moved from the South Coast League to the Sea View League this season, bring that winning streak into a showdown with Laguna Hills (5-3, 2-1) on Friday night that could decide the league championship.
"It's just this team mentality that we've really developed in the league games," Dolphins linebacker Justin Scott said. "It's our league to win. Coming down from the South Coast League last year we were predicted to win (the Sea View League title). The entire season we always knew it's ours to lose.
"We're the best team out there, and we're just going to play like we are."
Dana Hills' record took a beating early in the season, but the team gained confidence in losses to Trabuco Hills, Fountain Valley, Troy and JSerra. They only time the Dolphins looked outmatched was in a 42-14 loss to San Clemente.
"We played a great preseason schedule against a lot of tough teams," Dana Hills second-year coach Todd Rusinkovich said. "The players just continued to work hard and get better.
"We were finally peaking once Sea View League started, and that was kind of our goal to prepare all preseason and make sure we're prepared and ready to make a strong impact in our first time in the Sea View League."
Dana Hills got its first victory of the season against Irvine, 22-7, on Sept. 28, but the following week in the Sea View League opener against Aliso Niguel was when the Dolphins showed how much fight they still had left.
Starting running back Marcus Hughes went down because of an injury in the first half of the game and sophomore Brian Scott, the younger brother of Justin, replaced Hughes in the backfield. Scott opened the second half with a 77-yard touchdown run and helped the Dolphins erase a 12-point halftime deficit. They beat the Wolverines, 20-18, as Scott finished with 216 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries.
"I always knew that he had it in him," Justin said of his brother. "He's a great runner. He hits the hole hard. I couldn't be more proud of him and the way he has been playing this season."
Brian followed his coming out party against Aliso Niguel by rushing for 129 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries in a 31-0 victory over Capistrano Valley on Oct. 12.
"I'm extremely fortunate and honored to coach the Scott brothers," Rusinkovich said. "Justin Scott is one of our starting linebackers and Brian Scott was actually a starting linebacker before we moved him over to running back. Both are 4.0 GPA students, so they get it done in the classroom and on the playing field.
"Brian Scott is just a great kid, a really hard-working kid. He's very smart. You only have to tell him one time. He's very coachable. he gets it done. He's an outstanding running back with great vision, great footwork and he's able read his way through gaps and through his holes, and then he's able to break it at the end."
Another big key to Dana Hills' turnaround has been the outstanding play of its defense.
"We switched from a 3-4 to a 4-3 to highlight the personnel we have," Rusinkovich said. "We made some adjustments with what we're doing with that. In every game we've run our 4-3, we've won, so that's been a positive thing.
"We're just making adjustments and players continue to get better and grow as the season progresses. We had a lot of new guys at the beginning of the season in some different spots, new starters and we were kind of getting them adjusted to where they needed to be. As they continued to grow and get better, Dana Hills continued to grow and get better. They are just a great hard-working group of kids."
Dana Hills is coming off a bye week, but Justin said that won't hurt the team's momentum going into this week's game and its regular-season finale next week against San Juan Hills.
"I think we've been as focused as we have been for the last few games, if not even more focused right now," he said.
It's all about the finish, and Dana Hills is ready for that final push.
"The coaches just kept saying, 'It's not how you start, it's how you finish,' " Brian said. "We've been building on that ever since."
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The year 2012 was a great for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He was in that one movie with the man who thinks he's a bat and fights crime. And later he was also in a movie about an old president directed by some Spielberg guy. But neither of those bring us here today. That honor belongs to the movies he starred in between The Dark Knight Rises and Lincoln: Premium Rush (aka JGL's bike messenger thriller) and Looper (aka JGL's time travel insta-classic).
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Epson MovieMate 72 All-In-One Home Theater Projector Review: Overview
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Price | 1199 |
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- All-in-one projector with built-in (upscaling) DVD player, and 4 speakers
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House of Wonders: Babies Come Home
Average Rating 18 player reviews ( 4.5 out of 5.0 )
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As we enter House of Wonders: Babies Come Home, the ever-eccentric Larry is about to become a proud papa, with quintuplets due at any moment! Babies are expensive and Larry needs your help. Earn cash to decorate the House of Wonders nursery and welcome the babies in style. With eye-catching hidden object screens, never-before-seen special puzzles and a charming story, helping Larry in House of Wonders: Babies Come Home is sheer fun!
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Simply Wonderful Game. Each scene had it's own little quirks like steam that puffed out and bubbles blowing and a running river and faling items even an upside down room, it made it a real challenge to find things. The Story was neat with you having to help Larry furnish the baby's rooms and when you thought it was done you had to do a search and rescue for the baby's. I thought the mini games were pretty neat too. Great Job!! See more See less
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Global Positioning Studies (GPS) is an interdisciplinary visual art and design initiative that positions students at the crossroads between a local sense of place and a global understanding of that place in the world. Through direct experience, Global Positioning Studies courses encourage students to engage the world as a fertile ground for art making and critical research.
The School of Art & Design weaves community and environmentally driven components into much of their programming – including core-curriculum courses, School-wide projects, initiatives and visiting lectures.
Art and Environment is a multidisciplinary graduate and upper-level undergraduate studio/seminar course. It is designed to increase awareness for the interactivity of studio artists and the environment. We will be examining the natural world as media, catalyst and content. Students will meet once a week as a group to address the seminar and field component of the course. The other scheduled class sessions will be dedicated to studio work. The course will include readings, presentations, field trips and art making with accompanying critiques.
Art and Environment: COASTAL MAINE is a four-week, indoor/outdoor field course for artists(undergraduate students, graduate students, and non-traditional students) offered with the generous support of the Robert M. MacNamara Foundation. The focus of the course will be to study and discuss the notion of place as it pertains to the unique microenvironment of Coastal Maine. We will do this by engaging water, natural resources and recreational adventure as means to explore the larger environmental and cultural issues that form and shape the area.
Art & Environment: Hawaii is a semester long, outdoor field course for artists. The focus of the course will be to study and discuss the notion of place as it pertains to the to the unique microenvironment of the Hawaiian Islands. We will do this by engaging water, natural resources and recreational adventure as means to explore the larger environmental and cultural issues that form and shape the area. Through exposure to sites and with the expertise presented by various guests, we will examine what it means to be influenced by geography and explore how that influences our artwork.
This spring-break study abroad art history course examines a variety of geographical locations and types of landscapes, artistic schools and a wide selection of artists, through both the media of painting and photography. The course will provide students an in-depth understanding of how place was foundational in the transformation of landscape art during the nineteenth century in Paris, its suburbs, and the nearby countryside where artist colonies and communities flourished.
The WVU Ceramics Area has offered a comprehensive summer study program at Jingdezhen since 1995, and in 2004, it expanded the partnership to include a fall semester program that provides advanced undergraduate, graduate and professional-level studies in ceramics, including basic language, culture and Chinese ceramic art history. Participants explore the historic connections of western ceramics to its roots in China and the preservation of ancient process and techniques. Students have the opportunity to study with some of China's most prominent teachers and ceramic artists.
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The Disegno Italia summer course provide students with the opportunity to earn six hours credit in Italian art, design and culture in a four-week course that begins at il Sillabo in San Giovanni Valdarno, located twenty minutes outside of Florence in the Tuscan countryside, and concludes in Milan at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) where students absorb the professional design culture of contemporary Italy. Learn more at the Disegno Italia Website .
The Architect Frank Lloyd Wright course provides an opportunity to look closely at Wright's life and work and place it in the context of developments in modern architecture. Students will consider how each of his designs responds to the particular location and function for which it was built. His iconic structures—from the early Prairie Houses, to Fallingwater, to the Guggenheim Museum—can only be understood in relation to their response to place. Students will pursue a semester-long research project taking advantage of the easy proximity of Wright's masterwork, the Kaufmann House (Fallingwater), and his late Usonian design, the Hagan House (Kentuck Knob). The direct experience with these specific buildings allows students to come to terms with Wright's theory of organic architecture that has been so influential on today's green designers.
West Virginia University's Jackson Hole Photography Workshop is a 10-day intensive field course that explores the diverse and remote region of northwestern Wyoming. The workshop partners with the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts in the heart of downtown Jackson, Wyoming as its home base. Daily excursions exploring this stunning region are complemented by darkroom and digital work sessions, critiques of work in progress, gallery visits, and evening presentations. The course is limited in size to insure a close working relationship with the faculty and a significant amount of one-on-one attention.
Learn more at the Jackson Hole Photography Workshop Website.
Medieval painted stained glass in France comprises of a research course to France to study examples of architectural stained glass windows c. 1140-1400. To participate in this trip to Paris and regional churches to see stained glass in situ and in museums and studios, students must have completed a Medieval Art period survey course. Students will take part in two pre-spring break and two post-spring break discussion meetings, participate in all activities of the study trip, engage in photography and writing on a daily basis during the eight days in France, and present their photos, observations, and analyses to the class.
Space: Atacama is a six credit multimedia, adventure art course that takes students into the remote and magical desert region of northern Chile to investigate themes of perception, space, multi-media and the environment. We explore these subjects through daily expeditions launched from the class base – a small cabin at the foot of the Andes Mountains, just outside the small desert town of San Pedro de Atacama. Traveling by foot, bicycle, and 4×4, equipped with camcorders, laptops, digital cameras, and GPSunits, students venture out in teams into remote regions of this fascinating and breathtaking landscape, recording and documenting their experiences. Students also learn and are exposed to Chilean as well as pre-Columbian/Andean history and culture, witnessing the largest desert folk festival in the region. After 2-day visit to Chile centuries old capitol of Santiago visiting important cultural and historical landmarks, students return to the US to complete a multimedia project that responds to their journey and newfound knowledge. This course is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Learn more at the Space: Atacama Website .
Maps are ubiquitous, apparently benign objects or digitally generated data we often take for granted, but it is precisely because they permeate society and appear so "real" and "natural" that they hold such authority and power. Maps, or geographical images, are process and product, concept and artifact, abstract and material, poetics and politics. Historically under the purview of geography, as a visual element of the spatial turn, maps and mapping techniques are currently at the nexus of interdisciplinary study, including art and art history. Students in this course will investigate the complex relationships between space and place, studying key thinkers, theories and approaches that consider its production, lived spatial practices and mobilities, contestation and overlapping meaning, and how these relate to maps and mapping. We will examine types and uses of maps and their histories, construction and digital technologies as they intersect with mapping practices, engage in critical map reading, and consider how they inform art-making.
The painting scene in NYC is experiencing an influx of artists who are responding directly to the urban environment and making international waves. Painters are creating 2-D painting, street art, painting-driven installation, and site-specific, in-situ painting connected to and influenced by NYC's multifaceted environment.
This course surveys a cross section of the NYC and Burrows' painting scene, allowing students to experience, discuss, and practice current trends in painting taking place and directly connected to 'the art centre of the world'.
This six credit Painting in China summer course is designed for students to study traditional Chinese landscape painting in China. Students will be directed in discovering personal connections with traditional Chinese art and establishing relationships to their own art making practices. Students will be engaging in a working relationship with the artists and craftsmen from Nanjing and surrounding areas. The Nanjing University of the Arts faculty will lecture and demonstrate their skills and ideas, introducing the students to traditional and contemporary Chinese landscape painting. Studio time is designed to allow the students an opportunity to incorporate Chinese painting techniques, materials, and concepts into their own artistic expressions. Using paper and other flexible supports for painting will allow the students to express their feelings or intellectual concepts as direct as possible.


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Finding that fuzzy sensation
Thanksgiving and the holidays are the most difficult time to be away from the United States, says my my coworker Laura Raynaud, a fellow American who's been living in Toulouse for 12 years now. These celebrations, charged with family traditions, make your heart ache more nostalgically than ever. While your friends and family back home are busy baking pies, cooking the big bird, and sharing their robust dinner with their loved ones around a candlelit table, you're thousands of miles away, working your regular hours and reading Facebook updates and newspaper articles about everyone's habitual Thanksgiving activities. Needless to say, you can't avoid a sense of longing, bordering on regret for having left your country in the first place.
But I'm incredibly lucky. I was able to spend Thanksgiving with some of the most important people in my life at the moment: my French friends. I had given up on the idea of cooking Thanksgiving at my place: too difficult to pull off with a full work schedule, and knowing that I was going to Dorian's parents' place to celebrate his birthday Saturday night (the night before I was planning my Thanksgiving luncheon). It was a sad prospect, but probably for the best, as it would have caused me too much stress and wouldn't have felt complete. Having abandoned that thought and settled for Skyping with my parents on the big day, I stumbled upon a retrospectively evident solution. On Wednesday, I was sitting with Dorian, Marc and Rosy in a tea room (duh), discussing what we were going to do for Dorian's birthday dinner on Saturday…and all of the sudden, everything clicked into place. Why not do it at his parents' place? A few phone calls and ingredient lists later, we had roped Dorian's mother, Chantal, into the deal, and we were left scrambling to find a turkey.
In the end, Chantal wasn't able to find a turkey on such short notice, but she worked magic nonetheless. Upon our arrival in Moissac on Saturday afternoon, Rosy and I, the token Americans, picked out the necessary food ingredients at Chantal's organic store and once back at the house, everyone settled into a cooking frenzy. As Dorian and Marc set up the sleeping quarters for the night – 4 mattresses squished together in a row – Rosy and I scrambled to put together a meal worthy of Thanksgiving standards and of Dorian's birthday bash, learning scrupulously from Chantal, the leader of the project. Eventually Laury and Leslie arrived and our party was complete. With everyone working together towards a common goal, in a spacious, warm and welcoming kitchen, and thanks to the house's three ovens and extensive cooking equipment, we were able to pull together a complete, traditional Thanksgiving meal. Mashed potatoes (not too mashed, with plenty of skins!), sweet potatoes, green beans with almonds, roast duck with delicious stuffing (who needs turkey?), homemade cranberry sauce, homemade cornbread (so. good.), butternut instead of pumpkin pie, apple pie. Stick a few candles into the butternut pie and you have a birthday cake for Dorian! After dinner, we waddled around the kitchen with our food babies, washing the many dishes we'd used for our copious meal, and we eventually retired to the living room, where we watched the Lion King in English with Greek subtitles. Our crash and burn on our four-mattress friend nest concluded the perfect day.
Although it can't substitute completely for spending time with my parents and with the melting pot of families we normally celebrate Thanksgiving with, I can still find that feeling of warmth that Thanksgiving gives me, the fuzzy sensation of love, friendship and laborious digestion.
So this Thanksgiving, I am thankful for my friends, who mean the world to me and who make my time in France, away from my culture and family, worthwhile and rich.


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Good morning coders, I have a hand surgery that the surgeon coded but I don't feel the documentation supports what he wants to code and I'm not sure what procedures could be bundled. I have the op note and his codes. Am I making this harder than it should be? I need your advice. Thanks, Paula
Left hand dog bite with deep infection with left hand penetrating wound
of dog bite in the first and second web space with deep palmar space
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in the carpal tunnel in Guyon's canal.
1. Left first and second web space exploration of separate penetrating
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The Old Paths, a Georgia-based gospel group with members from across the state, perform in concert.
WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Christ Baptist Church, 770 West Five Notch Road, North Augusta
About the group: The Old Paths have released 10 CDs since starting their ministry in 2003.
The group's name is inspired by Jeremiah 6:16, which says, in part, "Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls."
The group is composed of members: Doug Roark of Athens, Ga.; Jeremy Peace of Rome, Ga.; Tim Rackley of Douglasville, Ga.; and Brandon Barry of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
COST: Free, but an offering will be taken.
Learn more: See theoldpathsonline.com for more information or call the church at (803) 819-0978.
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Yonkers Raceway
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Location | Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40°55′05″N 73°51′55″W / 40.918021°N 73.86529°WCoordinates: 40°55′05″N 73°51′55″W / 40.918021°N 73.86529°W |
Owned by | Timothy J. Rooney Sr. |
Date opened | 1899 |
Race type | Standardbred Harness Racing |
Course type | Dirt |
Notable races |
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Yonkers Raceway, founded in 1899 as the Empire City Race Track, is a one-half-mile standardbred harness racing dirt track and New York state-approved slots racino located at the intersection of Central Park Avenue and Yonkers Avenue (Exits 2 off the New York State Thruway) in Yonkers, New York near the New York City border. It is currently owned by the five sons of the Pittsburgh Steelers football legend Art Rooney.
Yonkers Raceway, considered a city landmark, was opened in 1899 by William H. Clark's Empire City Trotting Club. Clark died in 1900 and, with much litigation by his heirs over its proposed sale, the track remained closed for most of the next seven years except for special events. One such event occurred in 1902 when Barney Oldfield set a one-mile (1.6 km) record in an automobile at Empire City Race Track. Driving the Ford '999', he covered the distance in 55.54 seconds.[1]
The facility was purchased by New York grocery store magnate James Butler who reopened it for Thoroughbred horse racing in 1907. Among the notable thoroughbreds who raced at Empire City, in 1936 Seabiscuit won the Scarsdale Handicap at Empire City. After the death of James Butler in 1934 the track continued to host "the flats" until 1942 when it was converted back to being a harness track. In 1950, William H. Cane, for whom the Cane Pace is named, headed a syndicate formed as the Algam Corporation which acquired Empire City and converted it to Yonkers Raceway. Its popularity having greatly declined since the 1960s (when crowds would occasionally reach 50,000), the entire property, according to some, had become an eyesore due to its owners leaving it in a state of disrepair.[citation needed]
In 1972, the Rooney Family acquired Yonkers raceway and has maintained live harness racing until the present.[2]
Yonkers Raceway underwent some cosmetic changes in the late 1990s. It was used as a flea market, and hosted the annual Westchester County Fair, sponsored by the county's Park Department. In 1996, the finish line was relocated to the end of the stretch, increasing the length of the stretch from 440 feet (130 m) to the current 660 feet (200 m). The following year, the Raceway grandstand was demolished. There was consideration on selling the site to the National Football League Jets that would have included a stadium; however, the plan was shelved after the environmental impact statement showed there would be significant traffic from elsewhere in the metropolitan area, and there was not enough political support for it.
In 2015, Yonkers Raceway applied for permission from the New York State Gaming Commission to relocate its finish line back by approximately 100 feet. This proposal was endorsed by the New York division of the Standardbred Owners Association.[3] As of early 2016, the new finish line has been built but has not yet been activated.
Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway[edit]
Yonkers Raceway had a US$225 million renovation designed by EwingCole[4] to put in more than 7,500 high-tech slot machines. The first phase opened on October 11, 2006, with 1,870 video gaming machines installed.[5] Despite a "soft opening", with no major advertising or promotional campaigns, Yonkers netted $3.8 million in revenue in its first week, outpacing its nearest competitor, Saratoga Casino and Raceway, by two-thirds.[6] The second phase of the project, which opened on December 28, 2006, added 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) of space to bring the total number of slot machines to 4,000. On March 12, 2007, the third phase opened to bring the slot machine total to 5,300. Because the facility falls under state lottery laws, the minimum age to play the slot machines at Empire City is 18, unlike the other area casinos, where it is 21.
In January 2013, Empire City Casino completed a new $50 million expansion designed by Studio V Architecture that added 66,000 square feet to the casino.[7] The expansion "featured a porte-cochere sculptural entrance, the largest 'window in the Northeast, a 300-foot long and 27-foot high depiction of the New York City skyline made entirely of nails, a new gaming floor with nearly 700 slot machines, and two new restaurants – Dan Rooney's Café & Bar and Pinch.[7]
If enhanced casino gaming is approved in New York State, and a full gaming license is secured by Empire City Casino, it intends to invest more than $310 million to build a 400-room hotel, 5,000-seat multi-use arena, and a 2,500-space parking garage and more. In a 2012 report released by the New York Gaming Association, it is estimated that this would "give a $572 million jolt to the local economy and create 2,979 jobs." [8]
As of 2015, the casino hosts Blackjack, Craps, Roulette and Baccarat in addition to the slot machines. The games are fully automated.
- Dan Rooney's Café & Bar: The first restaurant to open in Empire City Casino's $50 million expansion is an Irish Pub styled after the original Dan Rooney's Café & Bar which was established in Pittsburgh in the early 1900s by the Rooney family. The train car dining room hosts 35 flat-screen televisions and nightly dueling pianos.[9] "Two-time Michelin star winner and local New Yorker, Chef Christopher Lee" created the pub's menu which contains a burger that won the Greenwich Food & Wine Festival Burger Battle in 2012.[10]
- Pinch: The second restaurant in Empire City Casino's expansion, Pinch, was created by Ducasse Studio, the consulting service of the "French chef and culinary impresario", Alain Ducasse.[11] The name, Pinch, is "a playful take on pintxo (pronounced PEEN-cho), a type of Basque tapa, as well as a hint that the menu mixes a bit of this and a bit of that." Pinch will seat 250 people and has an international menu.[11]
- Alley 810: A Craft cocktail lounge, opening in 2013, that will have two bowling lanes.[citation needed]
- Nonno's Trattoria: A staple of Empire City, Nonno's Trattoria is a classic Italian Restaurant.[12]
- Empire Terrace: A restaurant the overlooks the racetrack allowing gamblers to dine while watching live races.[13]
Comedy Night[edit]
- In June of 2010, Empire City Casino began a monthly "Comedy Night" that is "on par with the best clubs in Manhattan."[14] By the fall of 2010, Empire City expanded its comedy nights to twice a month, and by November of 2012 it became a weekly event. Every Wednesday night, three comedians perform and it is touted as "Yonkers' best kept secret"[15] with acts such as Jessica Kirson, Nick DiPaolo, and Joey Kola.[14]
Lucky Break[edit]
- In 2012, Empire City Casino began filming a singing competition show, "Empire City Casino's Lucky Break," in collaboration with clear channel and Mike Ausley Productions.[16] The winner of Lucky Break receives $25,000 cash, and a trip for two to Los Angeles to meet with record executives.[16] The singing competition is hosted by KTU's radio personality Mike Ryan and Clare Galterio. It is filmed on Tuesday Nights at the racino and airs on WLNY.[16]
- The competition begins with a 16-week qualifying round. Each week, nine contestants perform in front of a panel of rotating judges, and the two contestants with the highest scores advance to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals are four weeks long, and each week four singers advance. Over the following two weeks, the remaining 16 contestants perform, and the top four from each night continue on to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the eight contestants sing, and the top four singers proceed to finals. In the finals, the best three singers move on to the grand finale, where the winner is announced and awarded the grand prize.[16]
Season | Winner |
1 | Nicole Ortiz |
2 | In Progress |
Summer Concert Series[edit]
- In 2012 Empire City Casino launched its 9-week Summer Concert Series. Every Sunday acts such as Pat Benatar, and the Village People performed trackside at the racino for 1,000 visitors with ticket prices ranging from $20 to $50.[18] In 2013, Empire City expanded its Summer Concert Series to 14 weeks with artists like Gavin Degraw and Kenny Rogers and doubled the seating to nearly 2,000.[19]
Feature stakes races[edit]
Yonkers used to be the site of the Cane Pace, one of the legs of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers. It is now the host track for another leg, the Messenger Stakes. Yonkers is also home to the Yonkers Trot, one of the legs of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters. Due to the renovations at Yonkers, the Messenger and Yonkers Trot were moved to different racetracks for the 2004 and 2005 editions. The Messenger was moved to Harrington Raceway in Delaware in both years, and the Yonkers Trot was moved to Hawthorne Racecourse in Stickney, IL in 2004, and Freehold Raceway in New Jersey in 2005.
Yonkers Raceway ran the Yonkers Trot and the Messenger on November 25, 2006, becoming the first harness track in America to host two Triple Crown races on the same day. Glidemaster, by virtue of winning the $728,000 Yonkers Trot, became the eighth horse to clinch the Trotting Triple Crown; the trotter would go on to be named 2006 Harness Horse of the Year.
Yonkers Raceway is also home to the Art Rooney Pace for three-year-olds. However, continued delays in the reopening of the track forced the 2006 edition of the race to be moved to Monticello Raceway.[20] The final of the 2007 Art Rooney Pace, run on June 2, 2007, was the richest race in Yonkers history, with a $1 million purse. It was won by Southwind Lynx with a late outside run in 1:52.3. Tim Tetrick was the driver. The current track record for a trotting race horse is 1:54 and 3 fifths of a second set by Shutter Boy on October 30, 2009, with the trainer John McDermott and driver Yannick Gingras(this was not a stakes race).
Notable stakes races[edit]
- George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series
- Blue Chip Matchmaker
- Art Rooney Pace
- Lawrence B. Sheppard Pace
- Lismore Pace
- Yonkers Trot
- Hudson Filly Trot
- Messenger Stakes
- Lady Maud Pace
- New York Night of Champions
- Several New York Sire Stakes Events
Many bus companies offer regularly scheduled round-trip bus service to Empire City Casino from a variety of locations in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Bus stops are located near subway stops, train stops, and other popular areas. Most packages include food and/or free play vouchers with the ticket price.[21]
Metro-North offers a "one-day-getaway" option that is the most popular package offered by MTA. The package includes a $10 free play and $10 food voucher, as well as free shuttle service to Empire City Casino from the Mount Vernon West train station.[22]
Several Bee-Line Bus Routes make stops at Empire City Casino as well: Route 7, 20, BxM 4c, 430, 440, and 470.[23]
Economic contributions[edit]
Education: Nearly 70% of the Empire City's gross revenue goes directly to New York State. Since opening in 2006, Empire City Casino has contributed more than $1.7 billion to New York State education.[24]
Fiscal Year | Education Contribution |
2012/2013 | $275,638,891 |
2011/2012 | $314,571,014 |
2010/2011 | $304,725,375 |
2009/2010 | $263,512,725 |
2008/2009 | $236,806,212 |
2007/2008 | $253,026,478 |
2006/2007 | $72,658,826 |
Economic Activity: With nearly 1,300 employees and 14 unions, Empire City Casino is the largest private employer in Yonkers. According to a New York Gaming Association (NYGA) report released in 2013, 79% of Empire City's employees worked full-time with an average salary of $41,635.[25]
The report continues that the "purchases of goods and services (including construction on the new expansion) from New York State suppliers and contractors totaled more than $74.3 million in 2012, directly supporting 33 full-time-equivalent (FTE) jobs with these businesses, with nearly $25.6 million in wages.[26] Using a multiplier effect, Empire City's spending in 2012 on payroll, purchasing, and construction indirectly supported 573 additional jobs in New York businesses, with wages totaling nearly $34.0 million and increases New York's economic output by $88.6 million."[26]
According to the NYGA report, in 2012 Empire City Casino produced nearly $448 million in economic activity and $374 million in revenue for state and local governments and directly and indirectly supported nearly 4,000 jobs across the state.[26]
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- ^ "SOA of New York supports moving Yonkers finish line" (Press release). Yonkers, NY. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ "Top Projects of 2006–2007" (PDF). New York Construction. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ Gannon, Michael (2006-10-12). "Yonkers Casino Off To Modest Start". The Journal News. Archived from the original on 2006-10-31. Retrieved 2006-10-16.
- ^ Gannon, Michael (2006-10-24). "Yonkers Casino Already State's Most Profitable". The Journal News. Archived from the original on 2006-12-03. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
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Revealed on Monday as the first collaboration in a few months between the heads of fragment design and Uniform Experiment, the F.C.R.B. x Nike Air Max+ 2012 reveals more details in a dozen new photos today. Produced in conjunction with the FCRB x mastermind JAPAN capsule this season, these dark Air Max 2012s add reflective metallic branding, including the fictitious team's insignia on the heel and Mastermind's skull and bones something like the exclamation point on the forefoot Swoosh. If this turns out to be the last major AM2012 release then it's going out with a bang on Saturday, December 22nd; let us know what you think after checking out all the new shots below.
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Answer Guy: Getting inside a 'can of corn'
Updated 10:00 pm, Sunday, July 29, 2001
AG: The origin of "can of corn" is the most-repeated question received here. Although it was answered a few seasons ago, here it is again. A couple of possible sources of the phrase are cited in the definitive "New Dickson Baseball Dictionary." The most accepted: The phrase, first used in 1896, makes reference to a long-ago practice where a grocer would use a stick to tip a can of vegetables off a high shelf, then catch it in his hands or outstretched apron. Another possible source: Such a pop fly is as easy to capture as "corn from a can."
AG: Hold your Comet! The Mariners claim the bricks are cleaned after every game, but are bound to show wear and tear when 6 million feet trudge through the ballpark yearly. A sealant is also applied for protection, but the bricks will never look the way they did when Safeco first opened (or if they had been displayed on a wall, not a walkway). If you continue to be dissatisfied with the cleanliness of your fan brick, stop at a Guest Services booth and report the problem, which will be forwarded to the ballpark's maintenance director.
AG: This is one of those ingrained baseball practices that seems to violate the rules, but does make sense. The runner is called out on the presumption that the fielder was close enough to the base to have touched it when he had the ball. Not requiring an actual touch of the base is a way to avoid collisions between fielders and runners, and possible serious injuries.


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The immediate effects of a head injury can include dementia symptoms, such as confusion, memory loss, and changes in speech, vision and personality. Depending on the severity of your injury, these symptoms may clear up quickly, last a long time or never go away completely.
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Certain types of head injuries, however, may increase your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or other dementias later in life. The greatest increase in future dementia risk seems to occur after a severe head injury that knocks you out for more than 24 hours. A moderately serious head injury that causes unconsciousness for more than 30 minutes, but less than 24 hours, also seems to increase risk to a smaller extent.
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Lottery Applications Now Available for Ten Affordable Units at The Hideaway in Goleta
Lottery applications are now being accepted for ten income-restricted condominium units at The Hideaway, 7900 Hollister Avenue, Goleta CA, 93117. Five studio units for moderate income households have an estimated maximum sales price of $213,429. Three one-bedroom units for above-moderate income households have an estimated maximum sales price of $458,870. Two two-bedroom units for above-moderate income households have an estimated maximum sales price of $517,395. Final sales prices for the income-restricted units will be based on the actual purchaser's gross household income and size as well as interest rates at time of sale.
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So, we have had two presidential debates so far and by most reckonings the first was a Mitt Romney score, while the second, last week in New York, went to Barack Obama. If the race for the White House is seen in sporting terms (it comes but every four years, like the Olympics) we could say that tonight's Battle in Boca is the elimination round.
Follow that logic — faulty of course — and we might assume that the main prize on November 6 will go to Mr Obama again. Tonight's debate, on the grounds of tiny Lynn University, will be watched once more by millions and will theoretically focus exclusively on foreign policy. On that, Mr Obama done good.
Remember the promises he made four years ago? End the "dumb war" in Iraq, begin to wind down the Afghanistan conflict and dispatch Osama bin Laden. Done. And there is the incumbency advantage. Mr Obama is the Commander-in-Chief. On his only overseas foray as candidate, Mr Romney was an oops machine.
Yet the task for the President tonight is not looking so easy. The surge enjoyed by Mr Romney since debate one in Denver — polls now show them in a dead heat — has in part come from his picking at his Democrat rival on foreign policy and his stoking of voter uneasiness about China, a nuclear Iran, and the murder of the US ambassador in Libya. True, Mr Romney made a hash of that last issue the last time around, but it doesn't mean he won't try again here in Boca Raton.
Mr Obama will be asked to explain one more time how it was that some of his top people spent days blaming the Benghazi tragedy on a mob riled up by an anti-Islam video when it's now clear that the intelligence services — or parts of it — knew it was an attack by militants from the outset.
In the broadest terms, the Republican argues that Mr Obama has run an "apologetic" foreign policy — that he hasn't wielded the American cudgel like he was meant to. This takes us to Iran and reports yesterday that its regime may now be willing to hold direct talks with the US on its nuclear programme, though after the election.
This may or may not happen. But the point you will hear from Mr Romney is: why hasn't this been dealt with already? More broadly, he will posit that the Arab Spring is becoming an Arab Nightmare and that Mr Obama is to blame.
Somehow, Mr Romney has managed to rewrite Mr Obama's national security record from spot-on to cack-handed. Tonight the President must undo that. If he doesn't, round three will got to his rival. And so might the White House.
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American Staffordshire Terrier
The American Staffordshire Terrier is noted for its impressive strength, protective nature, and fearless courage. The breed is classified by the American Kennel Club. It is often confused with the "American Pit Bull Terrier," a different, distinct breed recognized by the United Kennel Club. The primary distinction is that the American Staffordshire Terrier generally has a larger bone structure, head size, and is heavier than its relative, the American Pit Bull Terrier.
Physical Characteristics
This stocky and muscular breed is large, combining great strength with agility and grace. Its springy gait and low center of gravity, meanwhile, help it remain balanced while jumping, and nimble enough to easily escape an opponent's teeth. Speaking of teeth, the American Staffordshire Terrier's jaws are immensely powerful.
The dog's short and shiny coat, which is pressed close against its body, make it very attractive. The American Staffordshire Terrier's coat can be solid or patched and is seen in any color; however, all white, more than 80 percent white, black and tan, and liver are discouraged by kennel clubs.
Personality and Temperament
The generally playful and docile Staff (as it's lovingly referred to at times), shows affection to strangers in the presence of its owners. This protective dog is basically good with children, but is aggressive towards strange dogs, particularly those who pose a challenge to it. The Staff is daring, tenacious and adamant, and is always craving for its owner's attention and love.
The American Staffordshire Terrier can stay outside in temperate climates, but it feels most comfortable while indoors, sharing its master's home. This energetic breed needs daily exercise, such as a vigorous game outdoors or a long leash-led walk. Minimal coat care is required.
The breed is also often placed in group commonly referred to as "pit bulls;" therefore, be prepared to educate strangers or passerby of the breed's genteel nature when walking the Staffordshire.
This breed, which has an average lifespan of 12 to 14 years, is prone to minor health problems such as elbow dysplasia, hypothyroidism, and heart disease, and major ailments like progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), canine hip dysplasia (although seldom seen), and cerebellar ataxia. The American Staffordshire Terrier may also suffer from cruciate ligament rupture and allergies. To identify some of these issues, a veterinarian may run hip, thyroid, cardiac, elbow, knee, and eye exams on the dog.
History and Background
A cousin to the American Pit Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier was originally bred by crossing certain old terriers (e.g., the English Smooth Terrier) with an old variety of Bulldog.
The American Staffordshire's excellent fighting ability made the breed an instant favorite for fanatics of dogfighting, a sport which became popular in the United States in the late 19th century. Unlike dogfighting fans in England, however, Americans preferred fighting larger "pits." In the U.S., the dogs were known by such names as Yankee Terrier, Pit Bull Terrier, and American Bull Terrier.
The breed was accepted for registration in the American Kennel Club's stud book in 1936, later revising the breed's name to American Staffordshire Terrier in 1972.
Docility became nearly as important as ferociousness for fighting dogs, as handlers needed to be able to control these powerful dogs in the midst of a fight. The American Staffordshire was no different, and it soon developed into a trustworthy dog with a sweet disposition. In spite of this, many chose the breed for its ravenous fighting quality.
Breed-specific laws in the U.S. would target the American Staffordshire in the 1980s, seeking to limit the population of the breed. Be that as it may, the American Staffordshire is still loved today by fanciers who prefer this playful yet misunderstood breed.
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We got a new puppy in Sept, 2014, she is playfull and loves our older labs, also both girls. Most people who meet her love her because she is friendly and loves attention. They call her a blue Pit, and we try to correct them and tell them she is a Staff, but even the Vet put her down as a Pit. We live in the country where she has a lot of room to run and play. These dogs get a bad reputation and its not right. We had her fixed so no more puppies, but how anyone could hurt these dogs and not know them makes no sense. I had a brindle Pit when I was growing up and she was one of the best dogs I ever had. People either love or hate, bigotry is ignorance, intolarance, and stupity, and you can't change stupid.
With all due respect Mommy Dearest, the concern with staffs as well as pit bulls and rotties is twofold.
1) Yes, we all know there are great owners who properly train and socialize these breeds so that the true nature and friendly temperament shines through.
However, these breeds tend to attract more than a few guys who act like they just got out of jail or want to look "tough" next to a potentially aggressive breed. Many of these owners tend not to bother socializing the dog and raising it well and suddenly, someone gets bit, mauled, and it's game over.
2) Being attacked by a neglected staff/pit bull/rottie can easily be life-threatening.
Sorry, but no unsocialized Irish Setter, Husky, Lab, or even Shepherd will do the kind of damage a staff would in an attack.
Get a bite from any other breed and live. Get a bite from staffs? You could be dead.
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incorrect! any dog can do the same damage, shame on you for thinking you know enough to leave a statement as such on a public forum. there is ZERO scientific proof that the staff has any such " lock jaw" so why would their bite be worse than say a German shepherd? a staff has the bite force of 235 lbs and the shepherd has a bite force of 238 - again another ignorant person who doesn't know jack for fact but feels the NEED to paint the breed in a negative light.
My husband and I have recently adopted a Staffordshire Terrier while visiting Myrtle Beach. My niece rescues Pit Bulls in Michigan. If I hadn't been exposed to pits while visiting her I would only have the news media opinion to form an opinion with. We recently lost an English Bulldog to a rare heart cancer. If it hadn't been for my husband I never would have known how great a companion bulldogs can be. Now with this Staffie which is 8mos old how lovable they can be. I've known people bit by dogs and how traumatic it is. We need to remember dogs are animals and depending on their training makes a difference between good dogs and bad dogs. Like anything in life there are good and bad. God made all....it's up to us to take good care of what we have.