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Evan Turner's recent run of productive games has pushed him into the top-90 producers, and last night he posted 22 points, four rebounds, four assists, and an 8-of-12 mark from the field (including two threes). I'm still officially skeptical that he can hit 43.5 percent of his threes all year, as his jumper was as broken as anybody's for the last two years. Jason Richardson had a slow night hitting 2-of-8 shots for six points, but he managed eight rebounds and three steals to salvage the night. As long as he's healthy he's going to be in my lineups until further notice.
Thaddeus Young kept his foot on the gas with 20 points and seven boards, as did Jrue Holiday with 18 points, seven assists, three steals, and a block. Holiday had six turnovers, but he'll eventually get that under control. Dorell Wright still isn't making too much noise, in particular on offense where he had two points on 1-of-5 shooting, but the four rebounds, four assists, and one block in just 18 minutes will probably please Doug Collins. Spencer Hawes (six points, 13 minutes) is supposedly dealing with knee issues, but it feels like that's just a nice way of saying he's in Collins' doghouse.
Tricky Dick
Rick Carlisle has been on a bit of a rampage lately, changing lineups and rotations frequently and last night he demoted Darren Collison so Dominique Jones (18 minutes) could start at point guard. This was clearly a motivational tactic and it worked, as Collison only had a few major mistakes to go with 12 points, three boards, six assists, and five steals. His defense has been a huge sore spot for Carlisle, which probably comes into focus when Collison isn't performing efficiently on offense. Regardless, this would appear to be a major save by Collison but owners should be on red alert. I haven't been nearly as high on Collison's overall value preposition as others around here, but if you share my vision and want to float a low-ball offer this might be a good time while the dust is still in the air.
O.J. Mayo tweaked his ankle at the end of the game and that could mean he's due for some rest, which needless to say is a bummer for a guy that has been a common thread for winning fantasy squads. Mayo had 11 points on 4-of-10 shooting with five rebounds and seven assists despite playing on the bad wheel. I've said it before, but I think he's the last guy to see his touches decreased when Dirk Nowitzki returns in a few weeks. Jae Crowder was also given a surprise start, but I think it's time we all consider him to be the two-point, four-rebound, two-assist, one-steal guy he was last night in 24 minutes. He'll usually hit a three or two on a given night, but he's simply a glue guy for the Mavs at this point and nothing more.
Vince Carter scored 15 points with three treys and a full stat line, and will continue to be a guy owners can turn to while he's being relied upon so heavily by the Mavs. Elton Brand turned back the clock against his old team with 17 points, eight rebounds, one steal, and one block in 19 minutes off the bench, and that same 'old team' angle is enough to make me want to see it again before flinching. Shawn Marion appears to be healthy, scoring 17 points with eight rebounds, and owners can go back to using him as they normally would.
Lofty Territory
The Cavs could really use Kyrie Irving, as they are simply lost on most possessions and it's not really an indictment of any one player as much as it is a total lack of talent. Dion Waiters dealt with a banged up left (non-shooting) hand and will have an MRI on Wednesday, but he played through it and finished with 16 points on 7-of-20 shooting, three rebounds, seven assists, two steals, and one block. He's the only thing going for the Cavs on many possessions, but because he is already prone to forcing up shots and now he needs to – his field goal percentage is going to keep this run from being truly magnificent.
Jeremy Pargo hit just 3-of-12 shots last night, but finished with a respectable eight points, four boards, five assists, one steal, and one lone 3-point shot. Something in this ballpark should have been the expectation for owners going into this arrangement, with anything else being icing on the cake. Anderson Varejao continues to do his best Kevin Love impression without the 3-point shooting, scoring 20 points on 10-of-15 shooting with 18 rebounds, three assists, one steal, and one block. You could say his top 10-15 value is unsustainable simply because he's operating in lofty territory, but by the current makeup of the Cavs' roster and his ability I don't see any falloff.
Tristan Thompson (five points, six boards, no steals or blocks) continues to underwhelm, and I don't really see the upside for him at this point. If he was going to do things like steal, block, or make shots I think we'd have seen some signs of it by now. Also, it looks like some of my hope for Tyler Zeller (two points, two boards, 20 minutes) may have been premature, as he looked lost last night and got abused by Jermaine O'Neal. Maybe it's a function of playing next to the Tasmanian Devil in Varejao, but he is taking an extreme back seat right now. Daniel Gibson was a late scratch due to his elbow injury, and that's going to make him hard to trust until he can stay on the court for a few games. His return should help things in a macro sense for the Cavs.
The Suns beat up on a beat-up Cavs team last night, but one gets the feeling that things are out of control for Alvin Gentry. Even Goran Dragic has been struggling to play truly heavy minutes at just 33 per game, while his teammates are seeing much less than that lately. This doesn't really make sense for a team that struggles with depth, and along with Marcin Gortat's comments to a Polish media outlet it's fair to wonder what's going on behind closed doors.
For Gortat, his minutes are taking a hit due to Jermaine O'Neal's solid play, and again it's curious because Gentry could simply play both of them together for at least a little bit and hold a solid frontcourt advantage. Gortat scored six points on 3-of-7 shooting with three rebounds, two assists, one steal, and one block in 24 minutes, and based on his massive early season numbers it's an easy call to say owners should hang tight (and that Gentry is crazy for making this an either-or proposition).
O'Neal's knees look rejuvenated and he was the go-to guy on offense for much of the time he was on the court, even if his nine points on 4-of-9 shooting with six rebounds and two blocks in 21 minutes don't scream 'feed me, Seymour.' Yes, the Suns training staff is amazing and maybe O'Neal had super secret Kobe knee fusion, but one has to think his run and Gortat's corresponding slide are a short-term thing.
The rest of the Suns' box was pretty predictable, with Dragic putting up a fairly normal 19 points with five boards, seven assists, two steals, one block, and three treys, Michael Beasley scoring an empty 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting with four rebounds, one steal, and one three, Markieff Morris slowing down with four points, two boards, two steals, and one block in 24 minutes, Luis Scola scoring 14 points with four boards in 24 minutes, Shannon Brown putting up nine points with a relatively full line by his standards, and Jared Dudley scoring 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting with four rebounds and one triple in 21 minutes. Each of these guys except for Dudley and Brown make a case to be owned in most 12-team formats, and we've discussed Dudley's slow starts a whole bunch, but none of them outside of Dragic and Gortat are going to be reliable until Gentry stops with the 'everybody plays' rotation.
Blaze of Gory
The Kings are so bad. I cover them more or less like a beat writer as I work the relocation story for ProBasketballTalk.com and it's painful to watch the owners pull the whole Major League thing because they're broke and a mess. It manifests itself on the court as the general manager is empowered to make mind-numbing decisions with a coach that wouldn't get away with what he is doing at any other franchise. This in turn impacts fantasy owners, who have no clue what they're going to get out of their players on any given night.
Currently, the Kings are opting to go back to the playbook that has kept them in the basement by giving Tyreke Evans the keys at all costs. Evans, for his part, has been hot for the last three games and had another solid outing stat-wise with 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting with seven rebounds, six assists, two steals, and two blocks. This sounds great, but it comes at the expense of any sort of offensive concept, so with any good that we see there are two parts bad as Evans charges into three defenders seemingly on every other play. And when he's not doing that, he's either not seeing or refusing to pass to wide open teammates (even when he posts high assist totals). The net result is that the machinery simply doesn't work. Aaron Brooks (2-of-7 FGs, seven points, four assists), DeMarcus Cousins (9-of-22 FGs, 20 points), Marcus Thornton (5-of-13 FGs, 12 points), John Salmons (2-of-5 FGs, five points, 30 minutes) and Jason Thompson (3-of-8 FGs, seven points, five boards, three blocks) are all last night's examples of this.
Right now the shots are falling for Evans, and the Kings managed to get a win over the weekend against a Jazz team being derided by its beat writers for its lackadaisical play. That win, and a two-game sample size of good field goal shooting from the guards was enough for the Sac media and team to hail the new starting lineup as the greatest thing since Vlade Divac's restaurant opened in Old Sac.
This means owners shouldn't get excited over Isaiah Thomas' relatively big night coming off the bench. Thomas scored 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting with three rebounds, three assists, and two steals in what could be best characterized as a messy sparkplug-like effort. The Kings were wallowing in their own misery for most of the third quarter with the game slipping away, and Thomas quickly asserted himself and made a few big plays throughout the second half. He's still playing like a guy looking over his shoulder, trying to do too much when he's on the floor because – shocker – nobody knows what the hell is going on with the Kings offense and he's losing playing time left and right. On that note, Keith Smart has made several comments about sticking with the current lineup.
The whole situation might have been summed up best last night in a moment of hilarity for the Sac media after the game. Thomas was asked if he thought Jimmer Fredette should get more playing time.
"That's coach's decision. I think I should play more." Even when it's about Thomas, it's about somebody else in Sacramento. One of the team's best players from last season and their only chance at a reasonably orchestrated offense fields questions about why the other mismatched parts should be going down in a blaze of gory.
Mount Kevin Saint Love
The Wolves predictably did damage against the Kings' weak defense, though like most teams they played down to the Kings' level with 17 turnovers of mostly the unforced variety. Still, Luke Ridnour torched Aaron Brooks for most of the night with 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting, five assists, one steal, and one block, Kevin Love erupted with 23 points, 24 boards, two threes, two steals, and one block, Andrei Kirilenko scored 14 points with six rebounds, five assists, and three blocks, and Nikola Pekovic traded blows with DeMarcus Cousins to the tune of 16 points, eight boards, four assists, and a block.
I still think Kirilenko will be a solid fantasy player this season, but I was on the sell-high boat for the past two weeks. He's simply not going to have the eye-popping stats he had with Love out, and if owners can use this game to sell AK's early season production by all means do it. Kirilenko complained about back issues after the game, too, so he might not have been comfortable carrying the load that he did.
It's possible that Pekovic plays better with Love in the lineup stretching defenses, but I need to see him do it against an opponent with a somewhat imposing interior. Right now Sacramento, Golden State, and Portland don't qualify. Alexey Shved hit two huge threes but managed just eight points, two assists, and two steals in his 27 minutes. He and J.J. Barea (1-of-5 FGs, two points, four boards, six assists) are going to struggle to produce for standard league owners and Ricky Rubio's return is right around the corner. I still like Shved as a long-term stash with all those injury risks, but it's going to be hard for standard league owners to pull the trigger until at least one of the aforementioned gets hurt.
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Tears in Heaven
The Pacers cruised into Staples Center last night and won an ugly game in which both teams combined to shoot about 35 percent from the field and just under 60 percent from the foul line. George Hill was the hero late, taking a high pick-and-roll past an overmatched Pau Gasol with a perfectly placed tear-drop over the outstretched arms of a late-arriving Dwight Howard in the final seconds. There weren't any fantasy revelations on the Pacers' side of the box, as Hill (19 points, five rebounds, five assists) and David West (16 points, 10 boards, eight assists) continued to dominate production for the Pacers. The good news for Hill's owners is that he got a big win and the Pacers don't appear to be overly concerned about the lack of direction in their offense. And frankly, it's probably because they don't have any other options. D.J. Augustin (12 minutes) is not trusted by the coaching staff and the team's primary weapons offensively (Hill and Roy Hibbert) are not guys that are going to get others involved, with West's assists tonight notwithstanding.
This means that guys like Paul George (5-of-13 FGs, 12 points, nine boards, two steals) and to a lesser degree Lance Stephenson (four points, 2-of-8 FGs) and Gerald Green (three points, 1-of-8 FGs) are going to be on their own. And in the case of the latter two fellows, that's simply not going to be good enough for fantasy owners. Green is going to be high on my list of mistakes this season, though Doc and I were still marveling throughout tonight's game how he and his teammates have not been able to get him on track.
Pauer Outage
The Lakers are their own mess right now, with Dwight Howard writing the name of Bible verses from the book of Phil on his shoes and Kobe Bryant playing like Kelly Leak from the Bad News Bears. Kobe made half of the Lakers' field goals last night on a 12-of-28 shooting binge, triple-doubling with 40 points, 10 boards, and 10 turnovers in the loss.
Pau Gasol is being treated like a pariah in these parts, and I have to admit I might be late to the party here. Gasol hit just 2-of-9 shots for 10 points with nine boards, three assists, and one block and generally looked like garbage last night. Watching the approach that Mike D'Antoni has taken with him it initially looked motivational to me, as in Mike D trying to get the big fella to run and gun and fit his system. Then the stories about knee tendinitis and conditioning came, followed by the trade rumors, and as we've seen in the past Gasol has started to shrink amidst the chaos. It can't be understated how consistent Gasol has been over the past few years, and my initial reaction was to remain skeptical that his sky was falling at least for a week or two. But the sharks are circling in Los Angeles and if D'Antoni wants to play small ball things could get ugly quick. I'm going to remain patient, but I'm not thrilled to be the only one on that rapidly sinking boat.
Metta World Peace hit just 1-of-8 shots for four points and even if he didn't have the 12 rebounds, four assists, and steal I wouldn't be worried at all. Antawn Jamison (1-of-7 FGs, three points) has shown very little to suggest he can be a threat and MWP should be locked into D'Antoni's plans going forward. Dwight Howard scored 17 points with eight boards, a steal, and four blocks to go with a typical 3-of-12 mark from the foul line in the loss. I am looking forward to Steve Nash's return, whenever that may be, as Nash is still sidelined for that proverbial 'week.' It will mark the last transformation of the Lakers' offense, at least until D'Antoni gets fired during the Lakers' next meltdown. I'm kidding, I think.
Beard Me
I really hope you guys were able to procure James Harden from a panicky owner last week, as he is posting top-12 value in 9-cat leagues despite 4.1 turnovers per game and he is the No. 4 fantasy player in 8-cat formats. He had 24 points on 9-of-19 shooting with six boards, 12 assists, three steals, one block, and four triples in 44 minutes. He's scary good. Jeremy Lin is back on track after the various benchings and posted 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting with four rebounds, 10 assists, three steals, and one trey in 38 minutes. I think he'll go through some of those ups and downs all year but he'll remain a solid fantasy PG play. Omer Asik went for 13 and 18 with 6-of-9 makes from the field and 1-of-2 makes from the line. If you're not punting in his deficient areas right now, he's still only a late round value at best but I like him to continue cleaning things up even if it's just incrementally.
The Chandler Parsons show continues to roll along with no signs of stopping, as he scored 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting with seven rebounds, four assists, one steal, and two triples. He has cleaned up his shooting and that's the biggest driver behind his early round value aside from his 10 mpg increase over last season. I wouldn't bank on a regression in his shooting to last year's numbers, but it can't be ruled out either. Patrick Patterson has been hot lately and pushed his stock up into must-own territory for all but the shallowest formats. He scored 22 points on 7-of-14 shooting with two threes to go with five rebounds and a steal. I have a feeling he'll be a guy that goes on and off the waiver wire this season, but that won't happen if he can continue to take steps forward every night.
And One Thing Leads to Another
Kyle Lowry was surprisingly passive last night against his old team, which spurred old criticisms of the lax defense that put him in Kevin McHale's doghouse at the end of last year. Lowry clearly wasn't at 100 percent, though, and Toronto beat writers aren't quite ready to give him the dog label on defense yet, either. He scored just seven points on 3-of-10 shooting with eight rebounds, five assists, and a steal, which is all one needs to know about his value if this is going to be a 'bad night.' Jose Calderon picked up some extra responsibilities as a result, finishing with 12 points and seven assists. Owners shouldn't arbitrarily dump him just yet, as the Raptors are not deep and still rely on his playmaking ability and love showcasing him for trade.
Terrence Ross had his best game of the year with 19 points on 9-of-17 shooting, five rebounds, and one assist in a season-high 36 minutes. The roster is situated beautifully for him with a hole at small forward and nobody knocking down the door to take the spot. Dwane Casey has handled the rookie with kid gloves, and may do so going forward, but Ross is a viable stash with the hopes that one thing leads to another for him after last night.
Ed Davis scored 12 points with four boards, one steal, and one block in his 21 minutes off the bench, but as we mostly expected he's still sitting on a low-minute role. Jonas Valanciunas played 32 minutes and scored 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting with five rebounds, two assists, and one block. He should be owned in most formats as Toronto loves him and it's only a matter of time before we don't question his nightly workload, if we're not already there. Andrea Bargnani (21 points, four rebounds, three treys) is drawing the ire of beat writers and rightfully so. He doesn't play a lick of defense and rebounding is optional, but last night he made up for this weekend's 2-of-19 bricklaying convention with an 8-of-12 effort from the field.


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Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez has been a man on fire since his return on June 4 from a severe hamstring strain.
Hanley went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Los Angeles' 4-3 defeat of the Phillies on Saturday and 1-for-4 with a stolen base, an RBI and a run scored in Sunday's 6-1 victory. The 29-year-old is now batting .375/.414/.672 with five homers, three steals, 17 RBI and 13 runs scored in 22 games (16 starts) since his activation. And the Dodgers are three games over .500 in that span.
Ramirez has missed large chunks of time this season, but his injuries are not of the lingering variety and it's reasonable to expect him to maintain good health the rest of the way. If it's still possible to buy low, do it now. If you were ahead of the curve on that, pour yourself a tall frosty mimosa.
Puig Pouring It On
Hanley's hot bat wouldn't typically be playing second fiddle to anyone on any team, but Yasiel Puig Mania is in full effect out in Chavez Ravine at the moment.
Puig, 22, finished a home run short of the cycle on Sunday afternoon against the Phillies and now boasts a remarkable .436/.467/.713 batting line over his first 107 plate appearances in the major leagues. He has seven home runs, four stolen bases and 16 RBI in 26 games, and it doesn't look like the Cuban defector has any plans of slowing down.
Puig's batting line is certain to regress some over the final three months of the 2013 regular season, but it's hard to recommend selling high in fantasy leagues on such a phenom. The sky might be the limit for this kid. There's no doubt anymore that he is up for good.
Everything's Coming Up Kipnis
Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis carried lofty expectations into the 2012 season after his electric performance down the stretch in 2011. He did not fully meet the hype, slugging 14 homers and stealing 31 bases but batting just .257/.335/.379 across 672 plate appearances.
Which made him somewhat of a post-hype sleeper heading into 2013. And boy has he delivered.
Kipnis got off to a sluggish start in April but the 26-year-old is hitting .333/.421/.618 with 11 home runs, 47 RBI and 14 stolen bases in 55 games since May 1. He was 6-for-10 with four extra-base hits and six runs scored in the Indians' three-game weekend sweep of the White Sox.
National League Quick Hits: Rockies outfielder Michael Cuddyer is working on a 27-game hitting streak … Bryce Harper (knee) will be activated from the disabled list Monday … Ryan Howard finished 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in the Phillies' loss to the Dodgers on Sunday … Marlins backup catcher Jeff Mathis hit a walkoff grand slam in Sunday's dramatic win over the Padres ... Ross Detwiler (back) is expected to start Wednesday against the Brewers … Giants reliever Santiago Casilla made his first rehab appearance Sunday at High-A San Jose and reported no issues with his right knee … Madison Bumgarner allowed just one run over seven innings Sunday in the Giants' win over the Rockies … Kyle Kendrick suffered a concussion Sunday when he was hit in the head by a pitch … Cardinals sinkerballer Jake Westbrook was hammered for six runs on 10 hits over four innings Sunday against the A's … Gio Gonzalez tossed seven shutout innings, fanning seven batters, in the Nationals' rout of the Mets on Sunday in New York … Diamondbacks starter Trevor Cahill lost again Sunday against the Braves and wound up 0-5 with a 9.85 ERA over 24 2/3 innings in June … Zack Wheeler was knocked around again Sunday against the Nationals and now has a 5.06 ERA and 1.50 WHIP through his first 16 major league innings … Matt Adams was scratched from the Cardinals' lineup Sunday in Oakland due to food poisoning … Marlins right-hander Nathan Eovaldi has a 2.00 ERA and 0.94 WHIP in three starts since his activation from the disabled list … Marco Scutaro is day-to-day with a lingering back issue … Cubs outfielder Ryan Sweeney will miss at least the next two months because of a fracture in his left rib cage.
American League Quick Hits: Angels outfielder Mike Trout was held out of action Sunday due to a minor hamstring issue … Michael Pineda was shelled for four runs over just three innings Sunday in a rehab start at Double-A Trenton … Chris Davis launched his 31st home run of the season on Sunday night against the Yankees and is now on pace for 61 home runs and 156 RBI … Royals outfielder David Lough had three doubles and a homer in Sunday's victory over the Twins … Adam Lind is day-to-day with mid-back tightness … Orioles phenom Manny Machado hit his sixth home run of the season and his 38th double in Sunday night's defeat of the Yankees … A's third baseman Josh Donaldson slugged his 13th home run of the year in Sunday's win over the Cardinals … Koji Uehara blew his first save Sunday since taking over as Boston's primary closer … Indians ace Justin Masterson threw his third shutout of the season Sunday against the White Sox … Coco Crisp is day-to-day with back spasms … C.J. Wilson struck out 10 batters and allowed just one (unearned) run over seven innings Sunday in the Angels' defeat of the Astros … Jose Bautista hit his 19th home run of the season -- a game-tying blast -- in Sunday's eventual loss to the Red Sox … Paul Konerko (back) is expected to return to the White Sox lineup Tuesday … Miguel Cabrera cranked his 25th home run of the year on Sunday … Orioles infielder Brian Roberts was activated from the 60-day disabled list on Sunday afternoon … Dustin Ackley (thumb) is aiming to return to the Mariners' starting lineup Tuesday night against the Rangers … Veteran catcher Ramon Hernandez signed a minor league deal with the Blue Jays … Michael Bourn is on the paternity leave list … The Orioles acquired outfielder Eric Thames from the Mariners for minor league infielder Ty Kelly.

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Patsy Ruth Floyd, 78 of Wilburn, passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Wednesday, August 29, 1934 to the late Earnest and Grace Horner McKinney.
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I still remember the look on Ray Nicosia's face during his final interview of the 2011-12 wrestling season. Nicosia, then a junior at Pocono Mountain East, didn't go to Hershey's Giant Center to take home a sixth place medal in the Class AAA 145-pound class.
I still remember the look on Ray Nicosia's face during his final interview of the 2011-12 wrestling season.
It wasn't anger. It wasn't sadness. It definitely wasn't satisfaction.
If I could describe it in a word — emptiness.
It is a bitter pill when an athlete — any elite athlete in any sport — has to settle for something less than what they expected. It may sound shallow, but it's true that the best athletes always want more.
Nicosia, then a junior at Pocono Mountain East, didn't go to Hershey's Giant Center to take home a sixth place medal in the Class AAA 145-pound class. Suddenly, Nicosia's 33 victories last year meant little to him.
I remember the determination in his voice as he spoke about next year and I kept thinking how much fun next season was going to be watching this guy.
He understood the message his coach, Chris Potter, was telling him and he was willing to do whatever it took to win this year.
Nicosia finished sixth at 152 pounds at the Super 32 Challenge in Greensboro, N.C., this summer — one of the top national tournaments. It's the first sign that Nicosia has his sights set high.
If everything falls right, the senior could be Monroe County's first state champion in wrestling. It's a long season, but if you knew this kid like Potter and others close to him do, there's a good chance for a special season.
We could have a few wrestlers headed to the state tournament in March.
Kenny Yanovich was a state qualifier for Pleasant Valley and is a junior this year. Sean Bianco is a senior for the Bears, who was a win away from a state medal last year.
And then there is Colby Ems, whose improvement from his freshman to sophomore year was a huge jump. Ems, a junior at East Stroudsburg South, was also a state qualifier a year ago.
There's also a battle at heavyweight to watch this year. Pleasant Valley's Mike Benner, Stroudsburg's Cody Cooper and PM East's Jeremy Candelario are all very close in ability.
I'm anxious to see Stroudsburg's Shane Jones, South's Mason Byrne, PM East's James Palys and Joe Fogle.
But above it all, watching Nicosia chase a goal could be the story to watch. He has the talent, the skill, the coaching and the drive that no coach can instill in an athlete.
Alabama football coach Paul Bear Bryant once said, "It's not the will to win that matters — everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
It's the will to prepare to win that matters. Looking back, I think that's what I saw in Nicosia's eye that day last March.


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Match 23 - NCAA Championship Semifinals
vs. No. 3 Grand Valley State
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Match 24 - NCAA Championship
vs. No. 2 West Florida/No. 20 Saint Rose Winner
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Live Webcast
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UCSD travels cross-country this Monday, Nov. 26, with a final destination of Evans, Ga., for the showcase event of the 2012 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship. The semifinals and title matches for both the men and women of Division II will take place at Blanchard Woods Park, with the Peach Belt Conference serving as the host. The 48-team championship field is all the way down to the final four. The second-seeded West Region champion Tritons (16-2-4) will take on top-seeded Midwest Region winner Grand Valley State (20-1-3) in the first semifinal on Thursday, Nov. 29. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. PT. Top-seeded South Region winner West Florida (22-1) faces third-seeded East Region champion Saint Rose in the second semifinal that same day at 5 p.m. PT. The winners will meet on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 12 p.m. PT to conclude the 25th edition of the tournament and determine the 2012 NCAA Division II women's soccer champion. UCSD will be the designated visitor against GVSU.
The 2012 NCAA Division II Semifinals feature four teams that have either won the national championship or finished as national runners-up over the previous four seasons. UCSD dropped the 2010 title match to Grand Valley State, which is making a fourth straight semifinal appearance and has played in three consecutive finals, winning back-to-back national titles in 2009 and 2010 before being edged, 2-1, by Saint Rose a year ago. Saint Rose is a semifinalist for a fifth year in a row, having posted three third-place showings in the lead-up to the 2011 crown. West Florida lost 1-0 (2OT) in the 2008 final to Seattle Pacific and returned to the semifinal round again in 2009.
The Tritons are in search of an eighth national title. The first five came during the NCAA Division III days, with the last two coming in UCSD's first two seasons at the Division II level (2000, 2001). UCSD has subsequently made eight consecutive NCAA tournaments and 12 of 13 since moving to Division II. The Tritons take a record of 22-8-3 in NCAA Division II Championship games heading to Georgia.
Tickets for the championship are $10 a day general admission for adults, and $5 a day for seniors (65+), students and military personnel, all with identification. Children two years of age and under will be admitted free.
All three games of the final weekend of the 2012 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship will have live webcasts and live stats available, free of charge. The broadcasts, produced by NCAA Productions, will feature commentary by Kyle Binder. Fans can access the links through both NCAA.com and UCSDtritons.com.
McMANUS ATOP DIVISION II WINS LIST
With the 2-1 overtime victory over Western Washington on Nov. 16, Brian McManus achieved win No. 433 in his 26th season as the UCSD head coach. That number puts him one win ahead of Gabe Mejail of Merrimack (MA) for the most all-time among NCAA Division II women's soccer coaches. McManus has led the Tritons to seven national titles, with five in Division III and two in Division II, as well as a record eight California Collegiate Athletic Association crowns. All-time regardless of division or active status, McManus ranks fourth in wins and seventh in winning percentage (.839).
When UCSD and GVSU meet on Nov. 29, it will serve as a rematch of the 2010 national championship game, which went to the Lakers, 4-0, under frigid conditions (high 20s, light snow) in Louisville, Ky. From the current Triton roster, four players (Danielle Dixon, Hayley Johnson, Jessica Wi, Ellen Wilson) started that match, as did first-year assistant coach Sarah McTigue, while Gabi Hernandez and Rachel Leslie came off the bench. GVSU had four current players start that contest, and five appear as substitutes. Kayla Addison accounted for the game-winning assist in the first half and scored the fourth goal late.
FABULOUS 15 FOR McMANUS
The trip to Georgia this week marks UCSD head coach Brian McManus' to the NCAA Semifinals in his 26 seasons in charge. McManus took 10 Triton squads to the Division III semifinals, with five national crowns, and now awaits a fifth Division II semifinal match (3-1 record).
The Tritons were ranked No. 5 in the final regular-season NSCAA/Continental Tire national poll. The ranking matched UCSD's season high from Sept. 25. Of the participants in Georgia, semifinal opponent GVSU is No. 3, West Florida is No. 2, and defending national champion Saint Rose is No. 20.
Grand Valley State University (20-1-3, 11-1-1 GLIAC) is located in Allendale, Mich. The Lakers are making their fourth straight NCAA Semifinals appearance. They have 10 NCAA Division II Championship berths to their credit, all coming over these past 10 years. To make it to Georgia this season, GVSU knocked off Rockhurst (3-1) and UW-Parkside (2-0), before outlasting No. 17 Minnesota State on penalty kicks, 5-4, following a dramatic 2-2 draw. The Lakers had taken a 2-0 advantage into the final 10 minutes of that affair at home on Nov. 18, before seeing the visiting Mavericks draw level with goals in the 83rd and 86th minutes. GVSU was an automatic NCAA qualifier as the tournament champion for the sixth straight year of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC). Senior goalkeeper Chelsea Parise is the 2012 Daktronics Midwest Region Player of the Year and GLIAC Defensive Player of the Year. She has posted a 0.34 goals-against average to lead the nation. As a team, GVSU is tops nationally in goals-against average (0.365) and shutout percentage (0.75), with 18 clean sheets among its 24 matches. The Lakers have allowed just nine goals in an even 2220 minutes this season. The team is led offensively by its senior striker tandem of Ashley Botts (17 G, 5 A) and Kayla Addison (12 G, 5 A). Freshman Casey McMillan and senior Maria Brown have added nine goals and five helpers apiece. Senior Alyssa Mira has provided a team-best nine assists to go along with her three goals. The Lakers are 7-1-1 outside of Allendale, 0-0-3 in overtime and 1-0-2 against ranked foes in 2012. GVSU has not played away from its home venue since Oct. 28. Dave Dilanni is 197-17-17 in his 10th season as the GVSU women's head coach, all resulting in trips to the NCAA postseason.
UCSD is 0-1 all-time against the Lakers, having dropped a 4-0 decision in the 2010 NCAA Division II championship game in Louisville, Ky.
The University of West Florida (22-1, 0-0 GSC) is out of Pensacola, Fla., with the Argonauts members of the Gulf South Conference (GSC). West Florida qualified automatically for the NCAA postseason as the champions of the GSC Tournament. Winners of 11 straight, the Argos beat North Alabama (4-2), Tampa (2-0) and Armstrong (1-0), all at home, to advance to Georgia. Of those seven goals, junior forward Chelsea Palmer has scored one and assisted on five others. Palmer leads the squad for the season with 46 points from 14 goals and 18 assists. Junior teammates Shelby Bush (15 G, 6 A) and Sashana Campbell (11 G, 6 A) follow Palmer on the points chart. Sarah Story, another junior, is the regular West Florida goalkeeper (0.57 GAA, 86 Saves, 12 Sho). UWF is a perfect 9-0 away from Pensacola and 4-1 against ranked teams this season. The Argos have not contested a single overtime match in 2012, or had to play on the road since Oct. 28. Joe Bartlinski is the West Florida head coach.
UCSD and West Florida have never met in women's soccer.
The College of Saint Rose (20-2-2, 12-1-2 NE-10), the defending national champion, is making a fifth straight appearance in the semifinal round of the NCAA Division II Championship. The Golden Knights, out of Albany, N.Y., had their stretch of five straight Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) titles snapped in the semifinal round of their tournament, and thus earned at-large qualification into the 48-team NCAA field to extend their streak to seven straight NCAA postseason appearances. Saint Rose has won four straight matches since then, all away from home, to get to Georgia, and 12 of its last 13, outscoring opponents 30-5 during that span. Junior forward Carmelina Puopolo, the 2012 Daktronics East Region Player of the Year, leads all of Division II in assists (17) and total points (57), having scored a team-leading 20 goals. Junior midfielder Sydney Bond has 13 goals and four assists. A third junior, California native (Harbor City) Jessica Gerski, is Saint Rose's starting goalie (0.42 GAA, 64 Saves). Saint Rose is an undefeated 11-0-1 outside of Albany, 0-1-2 in overtime and 2-1 against ranked sides this season. Of the 12 goals the Golden Knights have surrendered in 2012, only one has come in the first half. Two-time NSCAA National Coach of the Year (2009, 2011) Laurie Darling Gutheil is in her 17th season at the helm.
UCSD is 1-0 against Saint Rose, having edged the Golden Knights, 1-0, in the 2010 NCAA Semifinals in Louisville, Ky. It was the only loss that Saint Rose suffered that season as the then-top-ranked Golden Knights finished 21-1. Annette Ilg tallied the lone goal of the match at 55:41, with current Triton assistant coach Sarah McTigue providing the assist. The match was played in temperatures in the low 30s with snow flurries.
UCSD got through the NCAA Third Round/Quarterfinals at Metro State in Denver, Nov. 16-18, thanks to an overtime winner (90:51) by Gabi Hernandez against No. 23 Western Washington (2-1) and a second triumphant penalty-kick tiebreaker this postseason against No. 15 Colorado Mines (6-5) following a scoreless draw. Kelcie Brodsky stopped three shots in that tiebreaker, and senior Alexa Enlow converted the decisive spot-kick.
UCSD has played 10 overtime matches this season, going 5-1-4 in those contests. The Tritons have kept their 2012 campaign alive through four consecutive overtime games this postseason, with sudden-victory winners coming from Jessica Wi (2OT vs. SPU) and Gabi Hernandez (OT vs. WWU), in between a pair of penalty-kick tiebreak successes. This is the most overtime matches the Tritons have had since at least the 2000 season.
Senior tri-captain Gabi Hernandez has really stepped up her scoring prowess in this, the final postseason of her college career. Leading up to the scoreless draw with Colorado Mines in Denver on Nov. 18, she had notched a goal in four straight matches to begin the Tritons' second season. The run has included winners against Stanislaus and Western Washington. Hernandez also converted her kicks in tiebreakers against Sonoma State and Mines.
Cassie Callahan and seniors Hayley Johnson, Jessica Wi and Ellen Wilson were selected on Nov. 19 to the Daktronics All-West Region First Team, with Gabi Hernandez earning a spot on the second team. It was a second such honor for Johnson in as many years, and third for Wilson after second-team nods as a freshman and junior.
Senior defenders Hayley Johnson and Ellen Wilson have each started all 89 games that UCSD has played since they stepped foot onto the La Jolla campus. Johnson has generally played at left back, with Wilson a center back in head coach Brian McManus' traditional three-defender alignment. Alongside forward Gabi Hernandez, the three fourth-year seniors are tri-captains this season. Wilson is the only Triton to have played every minute in 2012. She has led UCSD field players in minutes played in each of her four years.
The Tritons have not missed a beat following the departure to graduation of two-time All-American goalkeeper and 2011 CCAA Most Valuable Defensive Player Kristin Armstrong, thanks to the play of Kelcie Brodsky. The true freshman out of Agoura Hills has started all 22 games thus far and posted league-leading numbers of a 0.56 goals-against average and .884 save percentage. Her goals-against average ranks her 12th in the nation in the NCAA Division II. The All-CCAA Second Team pick is seventh in save percentage. Most recently, Brodsky posted her ninth shutout through 110 minutes of scoreless soccer before saving three attempts in the Nov. 18 penalty-kick tiebreaker with Colorado Mines to lead UCSD through to the NCAA Semifinals.
Hayley Johnson is fifth on the program's all-time assists list with 33 over her stellar four-year career. She is tied for third on the team in 2012 with six assists after back-to-back team-leading double-figure season totals of 10 in 2010 and 14 in her All-America 2011 campaign. Earlier this year, Johnson passed current UCSD assistant coach and former Triton All-American Kristin Jones' total of 29 assists from 2000-03. She is three helpers away from tying a trio of former program greats in second.
Triton Athletics is excited to announce a new partnership with Advanced-Online which provides a web-based, on-demand option for UCSD apparel and merchandise. Fans now have access to over 600 products that can be processed and shipped within 24 hours. Advanced-Online also offers special-event and championship gear. Access the site at UCSDTritonsGear.com.
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And for the second year in a row, Dogtown hotdogs won first place in Middletown Main Street's Lamp Post Decorating Contest.
Thirty businesses competed in the contest, which is in its second year.
The community, giving Dogtown the win for the second time, cast about 600 votes overall.
Young's BBQ placed second and Femme Fatale Boutique placed third.
The friendly competition created a festive atmosphere for downtown shopping and dining during the holiday season, said program director Tracy Skrobot.
Lampposts along both sides of Main Street in downtown Middletown were uniquely decorated by local businesses to help get the town in the holiday spirit.
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In August 2006, astronomers demoted Pluto from planet to icy dwarf.
Unlike real planets, said the scientists, Pluto wasn't powerful enough to shove anyone else around.* Yet this is the very reason astrologers will keep using him. Pluto's gravitational force may leave other celestial bodies undisturbed. But his appearance in the chart, by aspect or by transit, definitely shakes up people's lives on planet Earth.
Case in point-a scene from one of my own Pluto transits: On the living room floor of my rented canyon home, I was sobbing, half naked, with my hands around my husband's ankles as he struggled to free himself out the front door, eventually dragging me onto the pavement. He was leaving the marriage. I must have threatened suicide, because in the next scene, my husband had called the fire department. Three shiny red emergency vehicles appeared in the driveway. As neighbors gathered and a line of uniformed men marched in to observe me, I heard my husband explain he had somewhere else to go. I didn't know astrology at the time. Later I discovered that my natal Saturn was in Scorpio, conjunct my husband's Ascendant, and Pluto was transiting that point. My husband was transforming his approach to the world (Pluto crossing his Ascendant). My Saturn tried hard to fasten onto him and hold back the stream of events, but instead, the entire structure of my life was tearing apart (Pluto crossing Saturn).
Pluto went back and forth over my soon-to-be-ex-husband's Ascendant, moving on to square his Midheaven. During that time, he not only got divorced, he found sobriety, relocated with his girlfriend to another state, became a father, and launched a new career. All were powerful transformations of persona and calling. I was changing too. It was hard. Many days I lay on the floor and stared up at the sturdiest ceiling beam. That was how I could end it all. My sister had told me about a woman she knew whose husband had just left her. With her newborn baby in the next room, this woman stood on a chair, threw an extension cord over the ceiling beam, looped the cord around her neck, then rocked the chair out from under her feet. I didn't do that, but in every other sense of the word, I did die. It was the most painful time of my life. And the most rewarding.
For many months I journeyed in the underworld, scooped out, frightened beyond comforting, forced to surrender. I was so profoundly humbled, I had to let go of all the naive and selfish notions that had gotten me there. From that release, I was reborn. In the years since, I've been so grateful for that transit that when I talk about Pluto, I have to watch my words. I worry I'll sound as wacky as transformational psychologist Stan Grof claiming childbirth can be a pleasurable even orgasmic experience (huh?!). But it's true: the life I enjoy today began when Pluto crossed my Saturn. Further journeys to the underworld have brought more gifts. That's why part of me wants to tell people, "A Pluto transit coming up? What a blessing!"
Of course, part of me still quakes in fear. In the past eighteen years, I've gone through several Pluto transits. Pluto has conjoined Mercury, Venus and my Sun; squared my Moon and Ascendant; opposed my Midheaven. These periods brought distress, transformation, and rebirth. Yet none arrived with the deadly intensity of that first Pluto/Saturn experience. Some transits came and went so softly, it's as though Pluto had merely tip-toed through my life. Even so, I never underestimate Pluto's power. The year Pluto was about to conjoin my Sun, I called my favorite psychic. With a nervous laugh I had to ask, "Am I going to die this year? Or is anyone else I love?" "No," she said, "but you will be changing quite a bit!"
I'm not a psychic. When a client calls, I can't predict what event Pluto will bring; nor can I promise whether he'll be mild or fierce. Yet I do know what lies ahead. All Pluto transits follow the same basic plot-a combination of the Sumerian myth of Inanna visiting her dark sister Ereshkigal, and the Greek tale of Pluto, the one where he abducts sweet Persephone and rapes her in the underworld. This combined story is what I often tell my clients:[1] There you are, cavorting innocently enough through the flower field of your life, when Pluto suddenly throws his hands around your ankles and drags you into the underworld. There he strips you naked and hangs you upside-down on a meat hook. When I meet with clients during or after their Pluto transits, most say "Yes, that's exactly how it was."
Pluto stories often begin with an unhappy surprise. The underground middle of the tale can last a few days, a few weeks, or stretch into long months, depending on the choices made. All alone you suffer, until a door opens in your underworld locker and in walks Pluto. "How are you doing?" he asks. "Miserable," you reply. "Would you like to get down from that meat hook?" "Yes!!" "Fantastic," says Pluto. "All I ask is that you give up that which you hold most dear, the thing you're convinced you can't live without." "Not that!" you cry. "Your choice," says Pluto. He exits and you continue to writhe in pain.
Pluto wants us to surrender something. But why does he make us suffer so? Can't a deity give us transformation without the grief? When I was ten, I asked a similar question of the Christian God: "If you're so Almighty and can do anything you want, why did you choose to kill your only son, letting people mock him while driving nails through his hands and feet? Couldn't you imagine a better way?" The motif of the suffering hero also appears in indigenous cultures, where shamanic journeys take initiates through literal or figurative dismemberment, going to the harrowing brink of death (and sometimes beyond) before their shamanic powers are won. In Buddhism too, some of the great masters are initially beaten and humiliated by their teachers, or made to suffer devastating trials and losses before their opening into enlightenment. Why do Pluto transits, along with so many mythic and spiritual traditions, offer the same pain-ridden story of death, transformation and rebirth?
Here's how it was explained to me years ago, just as Pluto left my Saturn. In an elementary schoolroom holding the Al-Alon meeting that stitched me back together, one of the old-timers said: "It's like this. Let's say you've got a toddler attached to her binkie. If she keeps sucking the damn pacifier, she'll grow buck teeth. Because you want her to be beautiful and confident, because you want her to learn how to soothe herself without the plastic, you take it away. She shrieks in pain. She doesn't understand you're doing it because you love her. If she could understand, you'd explain it; but she doesn't, so you can't. Instead she cries bloody murder until one day she just lets go. She enters the greater freedom of life without her binkie. And ever after that, because of losing that binkie, she'll wear the most beautiful smile."
Pluto operates like a good parent or a wise spiritual master. He doesn't engineer our suffering; our own confusion does that. It's not the transit, but our resistance to it that creates the pain. We're attached to something disempowering; it holds us back. The crucial part of Pluto's interrogation is to identify "that which we hold most dear," so we know what to relinquish. Initially we're frightened it's something external we must lose-a marriage, a child, our standing in the world. These may or may not disappear. But more often the real binkie we're sucking on is some stupid notion that has been holding our limited world in place. That dysfunctional mindset must be shattered if we're going to grow. To paraphrase Albert Einstein, "We can't solve our problems using the same mind that created them."
Exhausted from your suffering, you can't hold on anymore. The next time Pluto appears, you say "Take it. I give up." Immediately his handmaidens appear; they lift you off that gruesome hook. They bathe you with scented oils and dress you in new robes. You look like royalty. "You can now return to the land of the living," says Pluto. "But before you go, accept this small token of my appreciation." It is a small treasure chest containing a jewel that is unspeakably exquisite and rare.
Pluto is the god of wealth. And his transits do enrich us. Despite his rather grim modus operandi, he aims to leave us better off than when he found us. Empowerment, not destruction, is his game. After Pluto opposed my Midheaven, I was blessed with a substantial promotion. But before that I suffered corporate humiliation and came perilously close to being fired. My boss' Gemini Sun was conjunct my Midheaven. He was going through that Pluto transit too. The rumors about his family troubles were pretty wild. At work, he was angry and I became his target. Yet I didn't resist or play the victim. I wanted to learn as much as I could from each of his attacks. What did I give up? The notion that I, the straight A Phi Beta Kappa success girl, should always be loved for what I do. It was difficult, but knowing that Pluto requires surrender greatly reduced my pain. A few months later a new CFO was hired. At my boss' direction, he scrutinized my performance, to fire me perhaps. In the end he concluded that I deserved a raise.
The Pluto Clans
Pluto transits also define generations. Spending approximately ten to twenty years in each sign, Pluto describes the current cultural obsession plus the enduring interest of the group born then. Its sign suggests how that group will transform the world. Pluto was in Cancer from 1913 to 1938. The generation born during these years (which saw the Depression and two World Wars) was fiercely protective, security-conscious, and nationalistic. These are deep Cancer traits, along with its sentimental focus on home and family. Appropriately enough, this group redefined the American Dream as the version we still embrace or reject today-raising the proverbial 2.4 kids in the mortgaged home behind a happy picket fence.
Much has been written about the "look at me" Pluto in Leo group (1937-1958), aka the Baby Boomers or the "Me Generation." Every zodiac sign is a reaction against the excesses of its preceding sign; this is especially true with the differing Pluto generations. If Cancer is the archetypal parent, Leo is the Divine Child. Creative, exhibitionistic, playful, and narcissistic, the Boomers' American Dream was to "find themselves," or at the least, become a rock star. Now in their fifties and sixties, many are still searching and/or playing in rock and roll bands. This group has spent plenty of time in therapy poring over their childhoods, and they've spent plenty of dollars spoiling their children. They're obsessed with staying young.
I remember the discomfort in my corporation when the Pluto in Virgo group (1957-1972) came of age. Dubbed "Gen X" or "Slackers," these flannel-wearing greenies were more down to earth and cynical than their parents, also highly educated and often underemployed. They weren't motivated by the same corporate carrots that enticed us Pluto in Leo managers. We'd reward them with a raise and they'd resign the following week-to pursue a more interesting opportunity, starting at the bottom in an entirely different field. So it goes with mutable signs. Appropriate for earth sign Virgo, this group is ecologically minded, setting new cultural standards for recycling and organic foods. Consistent with Virgo's health orientation, this group has taken alternative medicine mainstream. Hopefully they still have time to save the planet (and fix our broken health care system too).
You won't find the Pluto-in-Libra people (1971-1984) wearing hiking boots and flannel. Tattoos, body piercings, body waxing, sculpted "lady gardens"-this group understands the human body is a work of art. True to their ruling planet Venus, its females pursue sex without apology or shame. Along with their metrosexual males, they've transformed the game of hooking up, giving us speed dating, online match-making, and busy urban pickup scenes. Beauty-loving, idealistic Libra is the relationship sign. It also has difficulty making up its mind. This generation wants it all-exciting dates, a romantic marriage, adorable babies-but many of these twenty-and thirty-somethings can't seem to find the ideal mate with whom they'll settle down. "The Bachelor's" rose ceremonies are designed for this group-as are the slew of other TV reality shows featuring competing Libra professionals-hair stylists, interior designers, top chefs, models and fashion designers. Pink is their new black.
Black will never go out of style with the Pluto in Scorpios (1983-1995). In middle school this group dyed their hair black, donned Goth pants and T-shirts, and draped themselves with chains. Pluto's home sign Scorpio is dark, deep, and attuned to the invisible. Would Harry Potter have been an international sensation without this group lining up at midnight to buy the latest volume? The Scorpio generation isn't troubled by the explicit violence or sexuality of their gangsta music and video games. Unlike their Libra predecessors, they won't be carrying tiny dogs into dance clubs, or bringing brightly colored exercise mats to yoga and Pilates classes. This first wave of this group has just entered college. Some are fighting in Iraq, perhaps to return with a dark new set of issues for the culture to contend with. The deadly school shooters in Jonesboro, Columbine, and Virginia Tech have emerged as the Slytherins of this group. We'll see how Scorpio's Harry Potters heroes rise to answer the call. Meanwhile, the Pluto in Sagittarius (1996-2008) generation is now emerging. Watch for them to perfect the principles of "The Secret" and otherwise lighten things up.
Chrysalis of Change
Pluto's culture transformations and the enduring obsessions of its generations hint at the central paradox of Pluto. By transit we know him as a powerful change agent, but by natal position he's a force of tremendous fixity and focus. Pluto can indicate where we're powerful. He can also show where we get stuck. By house or aspect, he suggests the familiar hamster wheel of issues we'll chase around for much of our lives.
Recently I got an email from a client who's been struggling to find his place in the world, at work and at home (where he still lives with his parents). "These days everyone seems like the worst of my family," Dean wrote. "At my job I'm around people who are abusive, unaware, vile, poisonous, angry, hopeless and mean. Just like home. It's almost funny how this keeps happening. I wonder why I never get too far away."
We could say it's Pluto's fault. Pluto is in his 4th house of family and home, rules his Scorpio Sun in the 6th house of employment, and squares his Ascendant persona. In the houses Pluto touches there's a potential for dramatic transformation-and for being denied what we most desire. A 4th house Pluto may long for nurture and support but never find it. With Pluto we can program our own failures, unconsciously provoking the very scenarios we most hate and fear. In the 6th we may yearn to be a powerful influence in our work environment, yet find ourselves consistently at odds with co-workers and bosses. With Pluto square Ascendant, we may crave loyalty and appreciation from our relationships, but find ourselves locked in power struggles, or worse, ignored.
"Hades," the ancient Greek word for the underworld, originally meant "unseen." Invisibility is an important feature of our Pluto landscape; unseen forces encircle us down in Pluto's cave. Above ground we feel powerless, as our internal demons gather strength in their dark hiding place. To vanquish them, we must bring them into the light. This means becoming conscious of them-which was the great obsession during Pluto's transit through Scorpio. In the eighties we went on a cultural binge of exposing secrets, raising awareness of the physical and psychological abuses that were previously hushed up: domestic violence, addiction, child molestation and incest. Depth psychology moved into the mainstream, transforming astrology as well. Astrologers took off their fortune teller turbans and became counselors identifying psychological issues.
Yet as Pluto shifted into Sagittarius, we grew weary of the exposes. My clients and I were less interested in poking through the particular tyranny of their childhoods. Not that childhood is irrelevant. It's just that Pluto's run through Scorpio erupted into an orgy of psychological blame, ironically undermining the empowerment we initially hoped to gain from our new insights. Given the potential for victimization in the areas Pluto touches, it became a tricky business, validating clients' difficulties without increasing their sense of being thwarted and abused.
When Pluto entered philosophical Sagittarius in the mid-nineties, our hunger for meaning grew. We wanted something more numinous. We wanted the planets to give us Sagittarian things-readings that were inspiring, spiritual, more adventurous and optimistic. No longer feeling caged by our past, we wanted to know what we could do now to change our future. Astrologers looked at Pluto through a new paradigm: now he represented the matrix of our own beliefs. This gave us new power, because beliefs were something we could change. Our early Pluto experience was just one reality. We could, like spiritual adepts, enter others.
Pluto will be in Capricorn soon. (Editor's note: Dana Gerhardt wrote this article when Pluto still was in Sagittarius. The planet entered Capricorn on 26th January 2008 and moved backwards again in Sagittarius in June 2008. But since 27th November 2008 Pluto entered definitely the zodiacal sign of Capricorn.) The paradigm will shift again. There is, however, an enduring method to Pluto's madness. Through this planet we're meant to earn our power. According to author and teacher Carolyn Myss, this may be the very purpose of our lives-to learn the management of power.[2] As Pluto moves through the zodiac, he teaches that there are at least twelve ways of doing so! But what gets in the way? From Myss' vantage as a medical intuitive, she long puzzled over why some people couldn't heal. As an astrologer I've often had a similar dilemma. Why do some people never get beyond their familiar issues, seemingly unable to grow in the directions they desire? Myss suggests one culprit is the tremendous naiveté of people, in particular the belief that becoming "conscious" or "spiritual" means the end of all bad things. "This is," she says, "a child's notion." When you look at the great teachers from Jesus to Buddha, notes Myss, none has ever made a safe or perfect place for themselves. What does this mean? Perhaps that our Pluto difficulties shouldn't be feared or avoided. Rather we should value them.
As Pluto enters Capricorn, our Sagittarian naiveté (ie, "The Secret's" claim that we can create anything we desire) will be refined by Capricorn's pragmatism. Pluto transits always bring new ways of seeing reality. Traditional approaches will gain renewed popularity in many fields, including astrology. We'll surely see changes in Capricorn-ruled institutions-governments, leadership, business. We can already smell these coming.
But it's not necessary to get too far ahead of ourselves. Transformation is inevitable. Going through it has its own rewards. Pluto simply asks that we surrender fearlessly to the shifting, unpredictable quality of life, to its fantastic dance of energy. Along with its transformation symbols, the Phoenix and the snake, we could add the humble caterpillar. Consider the following Pluto meditation: "I am caterpillar. The leaves I eat taste bitter now. But dimly I sense a great change coming. What I offer you, humans, is my willingness to dissolve and transform. I do that without knowing what the end-result will be; so I share with you my courage too."[3]
* Thanks to amateur astronomer Laurel Kornfeld http://laurele.livejournal.com for informing me that the debate about Pluto's planet status is ongoing. Writes Ms. Kornfeld, "Only four percent of the IAU voted on the controversial demotion, and most are not planetary scientists. Their decision was immediately opposed in a formal petition by hundreds of professional astronomers." You can find the petition of astronomers who opposed the demotion here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/planetprotest/
1. I am grateful to Georgia Stathis, from whom I first heard this basic story of a Pluto transit during her talk "Pluto: The Planet of Choice," at the First International Cycles & Symbols Conference, July 26-30, 1990, San Francisco, CA.
2. This material is paraphrased from the following tape: Caroline Myss, Ph.D., Anatomy of the Spirit (Sounds True Audio, 1996).
3. From Joanna Macy, "The Council of all Beings," in World As Lover, World As Self, (Parallax Press, 1991, p. 205)
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Is spring becoming the new "summer" at the box office? Although summer has traditionally been the time when Hollywood rolls out its biggest blockbusters and special effects-heavy films, last year's "The Hunger Games" (released in March) proved major blockbusters can happen earlier in the year. Hollywood seems to have taken notice, and several movies slated for release this spring have the potential to become hits, even before "Iron Man 3" officially kicks off the summer movie season on May 3. A spring release date also gives some of these movies a chance to stand out and not get lost in the summer movie shuffle, as several films were overshadowed last summer by all the hype surrounding "The Avengers."
"Jack the Giant Slayer" (March 1)
Retellings of famous fairy tales seem to be a trend in Hollywood right now, from this winter's "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" to last year's dueling "Snow White" films, "Mirror Mirror" and "Snow White and the Huntsman." "Jack the Giant Slayer" joins this tradition, offering a new look at the tale of a boy named Jack (Nicholas Hoult) who grows a magic beanstalk that takes him to a giant's fortress in the clouds.
The film has a good cast — including Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy and Stanley Tucci — and I'm hoping it will be a fun, adventurous take on this favorite fairy tale. However, my main concern, based on some of the scenes in the trailer, is that the film could end up being a little too "silly," as "Mirror Mirror" did last year. It doesn't necessarily have to be as gritty as "Snow White and the Huntsman," but I'm afraid if the film doesn't take itself seriously enough, it could end up being a flop.
"Oz the Great and Powerful" (March 8)
Years before Dorothy dons her ruby slippers and travels the yellow brick road through Oz, the magical land receives another unlikely visitor: a circus magician from Kansas named Oscar Diggs (James Franco). Set before the events of the 1939 movie musical "The Wizard of Oz," "Oz the Great and Powerful" follows Oscar's journey as he meets three witches, all of whom may not have Oz's best interests at heart.
Directed by Sam Raimi (who also directed the Spider-Man trilogy featuring Franco), "Oz the Great and Powerful" will likely be a slightly darker take on the books of L. Frank Baum. While it's always risky to attempt a prequel or a sequel to a well-loved classic, I think "Oz the Great and Powerful" will be a fresh, creative take that will still pay homage to the original.
"Olympus Has Fallen" (March 22)
Last year brought us dueling "Snow White" films, and this year, there's another case of Hollywood "deja vu." "Olympus Has Fallen" is the first of two films slated for release this year about terrorist groups taking over the White House and holding the president hostage. In this version, Aaron Eckhart plays the president and Gerard Butler plays a disgraced former Secret Service agent. "White House Down," which opens this summer, stars Jamie Foxx as the president and Channing Tatum as the Secret Service agent who has to save him.
It's a bit unusual to have two films with almost identical plots being released so close together, and it will be interesting to see which is more successful. "Olympus Has Fallen" has the advantage of coming out first, but Channing Tatum has become one of the most buzzed-about Hollywood stars recently, so that could give "White House Down" an edge. I think the concept of these films is an interesting one, and I hope at least one of these movies turns out to be a tense, well-made political thriller in the style of "Air Force One."
"G.I. Joe: Retaliation" (March 29)
First, I have to make a confession. Although the first G.I. Joe film, released in summer 2009, took quite a bit of flak from fans and critics (it received only a 34 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes), I quite enjoyed the movie (don't judge me!). ;) It isn't deep, and it's not a work of cinematic greatness. However, it is a guilty pleasure, and it reminded me of the cheesy, light-hearted fun of the 1980s cartoon. I think the sequel could be an entertaining popcorn flick, as well.
The sequel originally was slated for release last summer but was delayed. Although officially the studio said they wanted to delay the film's release in order to add 3D, according to rumors the delay was more about including additional scenes with Channing Tatum's character "Duke." Supposedly Duke was going to be killed off early in the film, but Tatum's increasing star power has perhaps made film makers rethink that choice. Action movie veterans Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson also will both be joining the sequel.
"Jurassic Park 3D" (April 5)
Although it's no secret 3D re-releases of classic films are probably just shameless attempts to earn more money, ;) it is nice for fans to have another chance to see favorite films on the big screen. Although Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" is one of my favorite movies, I never got a chance to see it in theaters. Now 20 years old, the film still holds up as a fun action/adventure film, and — no matter how many times I see it — it's still a tense experience. This is one of Spielberg's best films and is well worth a re-release.
"Oblivion" (April 19)
Out of all the films slated for release this spring, this film may be the one I'm most excited about. Starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko ("Quantum of Solace") and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ("Game of Thrones"), this science fiction film is about an ex-Marine commander named Jack Harper (Cruise) who is stationed on Earth in the year 2073, years after the planet was almost destroyed in an alien invasion. When he rescues a mysterious stranger from a wrecked spacecraft, she causes him to question everything he assumed he knew about the invasion.
The trailer for this film is tense and intriguing, and many of the plot details remain a secret. I'm excited because one of the script writers is Michael Arndt, who also is working on the script for the 2015 "Star Wars" film. "Oblivion" will give us a taste of how Arndt handles science fiction and perhaps an idea of what we can expect from the new "Star Wars."
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BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Department of Water Resources mailed letters to about 1,700 entities warning widespread groundwater curtailments may occur throughout the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer, unless the water outlook improves.
IDWR Director Gary Spackman sent the warning, dated Jan. 28, to agricultural irrigators, cities, cemetery districts, power companies, industrial plants such as Jerome Cheese and Glanbia Foods, and others who rely on well water.
Spackman explained IDWR completed curtailment predictions based on years with similar Upper Snake River runoff forecasts. Surface Water Coalition irrigators made a call against junior groundwater users in 2005, requiring them to provide mitigation water or be curtailed for decreases in spring flows caused by their pumping.
According to IDWR's calculations, there's a roughly 5 percent chance runoff will be the same as in 2001 — the worst water year since 1981. That would result in a 227,000-acre-foot water obligation from groundwater irrigators with a priority date after Sept. 23, 1974, and the potential curtailment of 76,000 irrigated acres.
There's a 30 percent chance that groundwater users with a priority date after 1989 will owe about 38,000 acre-feet, with the potential for 13,000 acres of irrigated ground to be curtailed. There's also a 50 percent chance of no obligation.
IDWR Deputy Director Mat Weaver said the calculations were made during the first week of January, and the moisture outlook has further eroded since, increasing the odds of curtailments. Weaver emphasized certain groundwater users are also facing a recent IDWR ruling that they owe additional water to satisfy a call by Rangen, Inc., a research fish farm in Hagerman.
"I think between the two delivery calls, unfortunately, it's looking very likely we will be taking curtailment action this year," Weaver said, acknowledging there's some acreage overlap.
Internally, Weaver said IDWR has considered the need to hire additional staff and coordinate with law enforcement if curtailment orders must be delivered because they would be "of a size and magnitude we've not had to deal with in the past."
Lyle Swank, watermaster for Water District 1, said snowpack in the Upper Snake system is just slightly below normal. However, more than 60 percent through the water year, two key reservoirs are less than a quarter full.
Lynn Tominaga, executive director of Idaho Ground Water Appropriators, believes he could mitigate calls under a 1989 priority date. But he doubts he could purchase enough water to avoid locked wells under a 1974 priority date.
"If it stays like it has been during the last two months, there won't be any water available," Tominaga said.
Spackman must make his water supply forecasts by April 15.
Chubbuck Public Works Director Steve Smart plans to share the IDWR letter with his City Council and warn them of the "specter of curtailment."
"If it does actually happen, we'll have no choice but to eliminate landscape irrigation," Smart said.
John Simpson, an attorney with the Surface Water Coalition, believes Spackman was wise to send notice of the declining water conditions to help users make appropriate planting decisions.
"I was in a meeting yesterday where the Bureau of Reclamation stated reach gains in the area from Blackfoot down to Milner were at all-time lows," Simpson said.


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Watering the lawn, plants and trees is OK during the winter but evaluate before watering.
South Central Kansas is experiencing an extended dry period that has spells of above normal warm weather and also cold weather. Your landscape plants are probably needing additional water to survive the winter unscathed. Everyone has common questions about apply water during winter so as not to harm plants or equipment.
Should I water during a winter drought?
The answer is "Yes"! During periods of winter drought, you should be rightfully concerned about your landscape plants. Horticulturists encourage people to water trees, lawns, and shrubs .
At what temperatures should water be applied to plants? Will frozen water harm the plants?
Water can be applied to landscape plants any time the temperature is above freezing and the soil is not frozen so that it can soak into the ground. Once the water is applied, the temperatures can drop below freezing and there will be no harm to the plants. Although most outside faucets have a drain to prevent freezing, for safety reasons, it is best to remove the hose from the faucet and completely drain the hose and sprinkler once the water is applied. A hose attachment does not allow for proper drainage.
What about using my automatic sprinklers? You should always remember that in winter, the weather in the Pratt area can be very warm one day and then the very next day many degrees below freezing. Extended cold, winter weather will damage an underground system if not properly drained and prepared for winter.
How much should I water?
As a general rule of thumb, soak the soil to at least a depth of 6 to 8 inches. This holds true for the lawn, flowers and some trees and shrubs. This depth provides moisture to the crowns and a vast majority of the feeder roots. Trees should be soaked more deeply.
How long should the water be applied in order to meet these criteria?
There is no easy answer to this question. How long to let the water run depends on the system applying it and the water pressure. As a rule of thumb, to apply an inch of water using an impact sprinkler in a full circular pattern will take four hours or more.
How often should I water?
Here, again, it depends on the type of plants, soil and weather conditions. Normally, a soaking every two to four weeks is sufficient. When in doubt, use the old screw driver and prove the soil. This tool is also helpful in insuring the soil isn't frozen below the surface. Plants with a limited root system such as those near sidewalks or the foundation of a building, will need to be watered more frequently than those in green areas.
Which plants need watering the most?
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Rockford-area lawmakers reacted with some skepticism to Gov. Pat Quinn's call to make his 67 percent income tax increase permanent.
Put in place three years ago, the 5 percent income tax is supposed to shrink to 3.75 percent at the end of the year. Quinn made the pitch Wednesday in his budget speech to the General Assembly.
"I don't know if that's the best way to go," said state Rep. Chuck Jefferson, D-Rockford.
"We promised to reduce the tax to the original numbers and the governor's talking about getting away from that. We're always going to need the money," said Jefferson, who likes an alternative proposed by House Speaker Mike Madigan that would slap a 3 percent surcharge on incomes of more than $1 million.
"The speaker's very good at being creative, and that's a good thing. I think the millionaire's tax is the way to go. If I were making $1 million, I don't think I'd mind paying a 3 percent surcharge," Jefferson said.
State Rep. Joe Sosnowski, R-Rockford, said he is not surprised Quinn wants to make the temporary increase permanent.
"He's going to need this and more according to the amount he wants to spend. His message is the same as last year — things are getting better, we just need more money," Sosnowski said.
Sosnowski faulted Quinn for dismantling a successful effort to thwart fraud and abuse in the Medicaid system. The program, Sosnowski said, "found thousands and thousands of people receiving Medicaid that should not have been getting it. This hurts people who should be getting it. And at the same time, we're cutting education."
Sosnowski believes the temporary income tax increase should be reduced as scheduled.
"Put pressure on the leadership to act appropriately. We're taking in more money than ever before, and they're not serious about redirecting or reducing spending," Sosnowski said.
Veteran state Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, also is not surprised that Quinn wants to extend the income tax increase.
"We were told back when it passed that this money was going to be used to pay bills and then sunset at the end of 2014. We knew back then it wasn't true and we warned people."
Syverson, first elected in 1992, said: "It's clear it was never the governor's intent to use this to pay bills. That's evident by looking at how the money was used for pension payments and expansion of Medicaid."
Despite the law saying the state must pass a balanced budget, "when the tax increase was passed, it was used to cover shortfall spending, not to pay bills."
Syverson said the state is taking in $10 billion more in income taxes than it was three years ago, "but these guys still can't balance the budget. In addition to the 67 percent tax increase, there's been huge series of fee increases. In the last four years they've added over 100 new fees in Illinois, and the existing fees have all gone up."
And despite all the new tax revenue, "unemployment is still the second worst in the country; we still have more than $7 billion in unpaid bills. So even though we took in $25 billion in new taxes over the last three years, our unpaid bills only were reduced by about $1 billion. That means $24 billion went someplace else," Syverson said.
State Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Rockford, said Quinn's tax extension plan can have political viability if it's coupled with another Quinn idea to give property taxpayers a refund of $500, to be paid in August.
"This would allow people with lower property taxes a greater benefit," Stadelman said, noting that property taxes in the Rockford area are "sky high."
However, if the income tax increase is allowed to expire, Stadelman said, "the state faces major cuts in law enforcement and education."
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There is a misconfiguration with 25 cubit games. If you win the game you cubits. I start the day with 50 new cubits. I win all the games I play but still I end up with no cubits. That is not a good user experience.
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fenolftaleina wrote:They just don't care about chess, they just want to win more and more money, forcing the players to buy VIP. With this new system, for example, you can win 4 games (50 cubits' games) in a row and then when you lose a single game, the balance will be negative, because you get 10 cubits for a win and you lose 50 for a defeat. Just consider this, of the 100 cubits at stake they get 90 and give only 10 to the winner, they're taking the 90%!!! This is a commercial site, and you want to win money, it's ok, but I think you went too far with this. People is blind and they say "this is awesome". So the players are in most cases losing their cubits, and after a few time there will be a lot of player without any cubits, or too little. Nice strategy chesscube, you're getting worse and worse. I hope you lose all your users.
alcaponegaler wrote:I dont understand when i play a game for exaple 25 kubik ,when i win the game win only 12 kubik and so i lose 13 kubik for a game,can so explain it to me.a lost all my kubik and i dont lose a game.
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CHELMSFORD -- The Rotary Club of Chelmsford is actively seeking qualified candidates to attend this year's Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference, to be held June 28-30 at Worcester State University.
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It is now after 12am. Earlier this evening my ex-daughter-in-law put one of their cats out. In the snow. He is only young and this is his first time seeing snow. :mad: My granddaughter has been out looking for him but he could be anywhere. She has gone to her Dad's to check/take care of his dog as he is away but will go back our again afterwards. Please keep him,Tigs, in your thoughts and prayers.
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Vikings can clinch conference title
The Glen Oaks men's basketball team can clinch their third conference championship since 2005 Wednesday night.
To do so, the No. 3 Vikings will have to top Muskegon Community College. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. following the women's game.
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Medical centers hit by IV fluid shortage
03/31/2014 7:42amA shortage of the IV fluids have led facilities like the Huntsman Cancer Institute to implement conservation strategies, while other smaller clinics are working from shipment to shipment.
How much of charitable donations reach those in need?
03/31/2014 7:53amWhen you give money to charities, do you know how much really goes to the people who need it? State officials say a lot of Utahns don't know where the money is going when they sign a check.
Military suicide rates climbing in nation, including Utah
03/31/2014 8:34amA large study of nearly 1 million soldiers shows the Army suicide rate surpassed the civilian suicide rate in 2008 and continues to rise. And Utah is no stranger to military suicide.
Police ask public's help to find Family Dollar robbers
03/31/2014 9:45amTaylorsville police are looking for two men who they say robbed a Family Dollar store at gunpoint Sunday. Investigators suspect one of the gunmen robbed the same store in early March.
Quiz: Where is this in Utah?
03/31/2014 10:28amThink you know the spaces and places of Utah? Have you been there and done that? Take this quiz and prove it.
5 moments that made someone's day
03/31/2014 11:11amLife can be a roller coaster, but even in the dark times, there is always good to be found in the world. Whether it's the stranger that gives up their seat on the train or the person that puts away your shopping cart for you.
Need better rates? Local company combines personal lending, crowdsourcing
03/31/2014 11:30amIf you've applied for a loan recently, then you know how tough banks' lending criteria have become. A new lending option called a Sponsored Loan applies the concept of crowdsourcing to personal lending, providing low interest debt management.
Analysts say Utah redistricting tough on Democrats
03/31/2014 1:47pmUtah's seven-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson has brushed aside speculation that his decision to retire from Congress this year was spurred by fear he would lose his seat to a tough GOP challenger.
Officer jumps over hood of stolen car to avoid being hit
03/31/2014 1:53pmA Unified police officer had to dive over the hood of his vehicle Sunday to avoid being run over by a driver who investigators say was aiming for him.
Police looking for potential witness in downtown shooting
03/31/2014 3:02pmPolice say they have found the rental vehicle driven by a woman possibly connected to a California man shot and killed by police last week.
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3 judges randomly selected for Utah same-sex marriage case
03/31/2014 4:45pmThree veteran 10th Circuit Court of Appeals judges will hear arguments next week in Utah's same-sex marriage case.
Woman accused of killing child in stroller gets 88 days in jail
03/31/2014 6:01pmKimberly Samantha Re Munoz, who is accused of hitting and killing a 2-year-old who was being pushed in a stroller by his mother, was sentenced to 88 days in jail Monday for the death of Gavyn Barnett.
Provo City Center Temple topped with Angel Moroni statue
03/31/2014 6:05pmThe Angel Moroni statue was placed on top of the new LDS Provo City Center Temple Monday.
Hurricane police search for man involved in pharmacy robbery
03/31/2014 6:32pmPolice are seeking the public's help in locating a man involved in an armed robbery Monday.
Ukrainian pleads guilty after flight disruption
03/31/2014 7:21pmA Ukrainian man who told the FBI he had been drinking heavily for 50 days before causing a ruckus on a flight from Boston to Salt Lake City pleaded guilty Monday to interfering with a flight crew as part of a deal with prosecutors.
Suspect in BYU student assault gave victim a ride home, charges state
03/31/2014 7:26pmA man arrested for investigation of breaking into a female BYU student's apartment and fondling her had given her a ride home from the store earlier that day, according to court documents.
Man in 'total disbelief' after crashing into moose
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Health care website buggy on deadline day
03/31/2014 8:01pmUtah residents signing up for health insurance ahead of Monday night's deadline encountered problems with the online marketplace reminiscent of the website's launch in October.
2 arrested during Holi's festival of colors
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Air pollution tracking goes airborne, thanks to Weber State invention
03/31/2014 8:22pmStudents at Weber State University say they've found a new and improved way to track air pollution. Instead of getting data from fixed areas in the state, their system can bring information specific to a neighborhood.
Hearing set for former officer charged with DUI
03/31/2014 9:02pmA preliminary hearing has been set for a former Washington County sheriff's lieutenant charged with DUI.
Salt Lake police arrest 2 in kidnapping of New York woman
03/31/2014 9:42pmTwo people have been arrested in the case of a woman who police say was kidnapped in New York and brought to Salt Lake City as part of a human trafficking ring.
Orem massage parlor raided on suspicion of sex crimes
03/31/2014 10:09pmOrem Police detectives raided a massage business Monday they said was offering sex acts in addition to the spa treatment.
First Uintah County drug treatment center planned for 2015
03/31/2014 11:06pmOrganizers are working to open a faith-based drug treatment center in Uintah County by the beginning of 2015. The proposed center, the first of its kind in the county, has support from law enforcement, prosecutors and judges.
Parents arrested for using heroin in front of children, police say
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Thrown from car and run over twice, Provo man shares story of survival
03/31/2014 11:16pmA Provo man is thankful for the support of his family after he was nearly killed in a car crash three months ago. He is slowly recovering, but his medical bills are piling up.
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