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Finals thoughts and a fond farewell
And then there were four ...
The San Jose Sharks avoided the ugly section of the history book by scoring a hard-fought, 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings Thursday night in San Jose. With the victory, they advance to face the Vancouver Canucks in the Western Conference finals.
In storybook fashion, Sharks winger Patrick Marleau netted the game winner, tapping a loose puck into a yawning net behind Wings goalie Jimmy Howard. A few days earlier, you might remember, Versus analyst/former Sharks player Jeremy Roenick had called Marleau "gutless" after a Game 5 loss. Roenick later backtracked a bit, saying he used the wrong word. Still, his commentary brightened the spotlight on Marleau's early-series struggles.
In Game 7, Marleau found his way, not only scoring the game winner but registering five shots, two hits, two blocked shots and a takeaway in his 20 minutes, 36 seconds. In the final seconds, Marleau made a strong defensive play in front of the net and he eventually cleared the puck down the ice as time expired.
Marleau wasn't the only Sharks player to step up his effort in the decisive game. Goalie Antti Niemi turned in another strong performance, turning back 38 of 40 shots to secure the win. He turned aside a last-minute drive off the magical stick of Pavel Datsyuk, who earlier found the top corner with a quick backhand. Datsyuk's slapper nearly handcuffed Niemi, who managed to glove down the well-placed blast.
I thought Dan Boyle was another huge factor for San Jose -- perhaps the biggest factor. Playing a game-high 27 minutes, 4 seconds, he assisted on a pair of goals, including the game winner. Boyle started the decisive scoring play by making a brilliant pass to Devin Setoguchi, who took the shot that leaked through Howard into the crease, where Marleau finished the job.
A Stanley Cup winner with the Lightning in 2004, Boyle was also credited with three hits and two blocked shots. I'm pretty certain that Sharks coach Todd McLellan would have liked to leave Boyle on the ice for the entire game. When he was on the bench, the Sharks were usually backed up in their end. Boyle is a difference-maker every single night.
Finally, Joe Thornton was all in throughout the evening. I was most impressed with his hard work on the backcheck. Thornton really busted a gut to get back to help prevent a shorthanded goal midway through the second period. And of course, he made a terrific pass to set up Setoguchi's power-play goal in the first period.
After dealing with Datsyuk for seven games, Thornton now gets to focus on Vancouver's Ryan Kesler. That figures to be a battle of a more physical kind.
I think Niemi will have to continue his strong play to get San Jose to the final round. With a Stanley Cup and a perfect 6-0 playoff series record on his resume, the quiet Finnish-born stopper has proven he can get the job done. The Canucks definitely know what he can do, as Niemi helped Chicago eliminate Vancouver last spring.
I suspect this will be another tough series. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see it go the distance. I'll take the Sharks to find a way to advance to their first Cup final.
And when they get there, I think they'll see the Lightning. I give them an edge over the Bruins, mainly because of Patrice Bergeron's concussion issues. I just think it will be really hard for B's coach Claude Julien to replace all the things that Bergeron does for the team. If he can return healthy during the season, he can be a difference-maker. That's a pretty big "if."
While I'm not certain about either pick, I am sure that this will be the last entry to my ESPN Insider blog. After 13 years in the ESPN family, I'm leaving to pursue a new opportunity with the NHL Network and NHL.com.
Among the hundreds of terrific professionals that I've had the great fortune to work with during my tenure at ESPN, I'd like to thank my Insider editors Dan Kaufman and Mike Hume. These two guys have made my life a lot easier over the past few years. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with both of them.
And, I'd be remiss if I didn't thank you, the reader, for taking the time to check out this space over the past few hockey seasons. I know we didn't always agree, but we share the same passion for this great game.
For now, I hope you enjoy the rest of the playoffs, and you can always look for me at the rink.
Challenging offseason awaits Predators
On the muggy morning after, the Nashville Predators and their fans look to the future. Here are three of the questions they might be pondering:
First and foremost: Can they keep Shea Weber in Music City?
The Grizzly Adams of playoff defensemen, Weber can be a restricted free agent on July 1. That means interested teams -- read: anyone with enough cap space -- can deliver an offer sheet to his door. The Predators could match an offer, but a potential suitor could make the deal so rich that it would be budget-breaking for Nashville to do so.
Weber earned $4.5 million last season. When I look around the league, I have to figure he could command an annual salary of $7M or more. He could opt to sign a one-year deal in Nashville and test a completely open market as a UFA in July 2012. Of course, the landscape for player movement against the backdrop of a CBA negotiation next summer could be quite different.


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Since June 2005 the Transport Authority of Rotterdam (RET) ordered a total of 64 state-of-the-art BOMBARDIER FLEXITY Swift light rail vehicles.
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Terps Knock Off North Carolina In ACC Tournament, 13-5
April 24, 2010
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Junior attackman Grant Catalino scored a career-high six goals to lead the No. 4 University of Maryland men's lacrosse team to a decisive 13-5 victory over No. 3 North Carolina in the semifinals of the ACC tournament Friday night at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium.
Maryland (9-2) will compete for the ACC tournament championship for the first time since 2006 on Sunday, April 25, when it takes on No. 1 seed Virginia, which dispatched No. 4 seed Duke in the first semifinal by a score of 16-12. The Terps and Cavaliers are slated for a 3:30 p.m. start at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium.
The Terps never trailed in the game and jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on Catalino's first tally of the day, a simple dodge around his defender that he finished with a sneaky shot over Carolina goalie Chris Madalon's shoulder.
Junior attackman Ryan Young, who finished with four points on a goal and a game-high three assists, gave Maryland a 2-0 lead going into the second quarter with a wrap-around goal at the 2:26 mark of the first.
Maryland was able to get off to such a good start thanks to senior Bryn Holmes, who dominated the face-off X. Holmes won all three first quarter face-offs and 4 of 6 in the second quarter to give Maryland an overwhelming advantage in possession time. He finished the day winning 13 of 20 face-offs.
Redshirt -junior Brian Farrell gave the Terps a 3-0 lead in early in the second quarter with a nice transition goal that started with a big save by senior Brian Phipps on a tough shot by UNC's Gavin Petracca. Phipps made the save and the rebound was picked up by senior Dean Hart, who got the ball ahead to Farrell. Carolina didn't pick Farrell up as he entered the attack zone and he made the Tar Heels pay by ripping a shot past Madalon.
Carolina finally got on the board, snapping a scoreless stretch of 22:44 with Jimmy Dunster's only goal of the evening at the 8:16 mark of the second.
But Maryland responded with Catalino's second goal of the night four minutes later. Redshirt junior Dan Burns dodged his defender and slipped a pass to Catalino, who curled into the right wing and buried a shot inside the near pipe.
After a Carolina goal by Thomas Wood cut the Maryland lead back to 4-2 freshman John Haus, who grew up playing lacrosse in North Carolina, scored his first of three on the night. It was again a save by Phipps that started the transition opportunity, but this time it was Hart pushing the ball up the field. He drifted into the left side of the UNC box and saw Haus coming in from the midfield line. Hart hit Haus with a good pass in stride and Haus stepped into a shot and laced a low 12-yarder past Madalon to give the Terps a three-goal cushion going into halftime.
The third quarter was all Maryland as the Terps outscored the Tar Heels 3-0. Haus scored his second of the game at the 10:30 mark to put the Terps up 6-2. Catlaino then scored back-to-back goals, the first coming on the extra-man unit off an assist from Young and the second off an assist from Burns, to up the Maryland lead to 8-2 at the end of the third.
Maryland's scoring barrage continued into the fourth quarter with Haus's third goal of the evening, just 40 seconds into the quarter. Haus came around from behind the left side of the Carolina goal on the invert and was knocked to the ground, falling away from the crease. But Hause somehow managed to flip the ball over his shoulder past Madalon for the 9-2 Terrapin lead.
A violation on the ensuing face-off gave Maryland the ball right back and Farrell made the Tar Heels pay immediately. Holmes took the free possession and raced into the Carolina box. The Tar Heels stopped his progression, but Holmes found Farrell in the left alley, where he ripped a shot from 15 yards into the upper far corner to give the Terps an eight goal lead.
Carolina tried to claw back into the game with goals by Marcus Holman, Wood and Petracca, but the Terps would not be denied on this night.
Catalino scored back-to-back goals midway through the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach for good. Catalino's six goals marks the first time a Terp has scored that many since Joe Walters put up six goals at Johns Hopkins in 2006.
Senior attackman Fran Gormley closed out the scoring with his fist goal since 2007 off an assist from Young at the 2:58 mark.
The offense wasn't the only key to the victory as the Terrapin defense was tremendous, playing its best complete game of the season. Junior Brett Schmidt took center stage for the Terps' "D" with his match-up against UNC All-American Billy Bitter. Schmidt was dominating in his performance, holding Bitter without a point for the first time in 30 games. Schmidt, along with help from the rest of the Maryland defense that supported him whenever he needed it, allowed Bitter only one shot in the game and helped four Bitter into committing six turnovers. Schmidt finished the game with two groundballs and a game-high four caused turnovers.
Junior All-American Max Schmidt and junior Ryder Bohlander were also terrific for the Terps at close defense with four groundballs and a caused turnover each. Farrell finished with two groundballs and two caused turnovers, while freshman Jesse Bernhardt had three goundballs and one caused turnover. Phipps was solid in cage for the Terps, stopping 13 shots.
Maryland won the groundball battle over the Tar Heels, 42-33, thanks in large part to winning groundballs in its offensive end of the field. Young finished with five groundballs, while Catalino had four. Gormley and sophomore Joe Cummings each had three groundballs.
The ACC championship game will be televised live by Raycom Sports on Live on Comcast Sports Net Mid-Atlantic and Fox Sports South. The game will be shown on a tape delay on NESN (4/26, 3 p.m.) and Sun Sports (4/26 at 9 p.m.).


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So we're going on our vacation tomorrow...if you can call it that.
Travis and I will be heading to Grand Forks tomorrow. It's a little get-a-way! I'm pretty excited to watch some UND hockey and meet up with some old friends. However, I am terrified of the food. I've been doing so well lately that I don't want to screw it up and eat a whole bunch of terrible food and gain all the weight back. I have been eating a lot of salads lately and know that I can make good choices, it's just having the will power to do so.
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About a month ago we had just created the basis for our responsive design, see Hur bygger man en sajt som fungerar både på mobil, tablet och desktop – på respektive form factors villkor?. Time to give an update on the progress.
The areas that we have been working on are markup & semantics, http requests, amount of loaded KB and screen size adjustment.
On the markup and semantics front we have made additional switches from a traditional <div> structure to one of HTML5 tags (we where happy that the <time> tag was re-introduced). Our timestamps are printed in a humanized format, see timeago – a jQuery plugin.
We also added support for schema.org and microformats.org/ on images and author information. Tests width Google Rich Snippets Testing Tool indicate that it will give added value in search results. Schema.org and RDF also has a draft pending that seems interesting.
With regards to keeping the amount of http requests down we use regular methods like sprites (depending on how big you have to make the sprite, it might actually also save a good deal on total KB size) and media querys combined with a script loader to only load relevant CSS styles and JS per device. @bengoodyear created a script for loading the share buttons only when the user indicates that he or she wants to use them. An additional nice feature is that on mobile you will be able to click the share buttons individually, thus removing the need to load them all.
Images has the biggest impact when considering amount of loaded KB. This is the reason why we load a small thumbnail (16:9) as the default image. If the screen size is big enough a bigger image will load automatically. To avoid a "jump" when the bigger image is loaded we added the size of the bigger image in the CSS, so what the end user might be able to see (depending on loading speeds) is that the image goes from being blurry to sharp. The right CSS for our set of four layout widths is applied with media query.
We built a custom solution as we have our home-brew Image Management System that we connected to Drupal. If you are using Drupals own image field, you might want to check out Responsive images module.
With regards to the amount of loaded CSS files I tried out Responder module – a good solution if you want to add a responsive design to a current theme. In our case since we are using Omega Responsive HTML5 theme and have added our own solutions it does not look like a module we will add.
The markup generated by Drupal and its modules is not the best, there is a lot that does not need to be there, thus adding both unnecessary KB weight, accessibility and styling issues. This is something we are still working on, and I assume we will have to make some kind of compromise.
To limit the amount of markup loaded we first add the navigation as a <ul> <li>- list, and then with that as a base use javascript to create a <select> pulldown-menu to be used in the mobile version. This way it is easier to select a link in the mobile version, and the screen is not filled up with a list of links.
Responsive videos is also a bit of a challenge. In our case we need to support Arenan, Youtube and Vimeo.
There is a new version of Arenan being launched next year, and we are working with the implementation of that one. A big improvement will be made on how it is embedded. It will now be added as a background in a div, that is replaced by a Flash player when the user clicks the play button. Sorry, no HTML5 video support yet due to rights management issues.
This means that we can also get a small size image for each video/audio clip, and re-size it the same way we re-size images.
Currently we are experiencing problems with the size of the video, when it actually starts playing. This is something we are working on together with the team building the new version of Arenan.
Right now we are looking at using Fitvids module on all iframes to add the scaling ability to Youtube, Vimeo and other embedded materials. Might be that iframe as a target tag is to broad 😉 We will have to test and see, would have been nice if Vimeo and Youtube added a class name to their embed code, so that you would be able to target them.
With regards to the set of four widths we are using, the styling has progressed nicely. It takes a while to start thinking mobile first, but when you get a hang on it it comes naturally. The interesting questions that arise then are what kind of differences do you want on the different devices? Do you want bigger images if you are using a tablet? These are the kind of questions we are thinking about, and will test on users to see what the final version will look like.


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2010 Undergraduate Commencement
Plymouth State University awarded more than 800 undergraduate degrees May 22 during their 139th Commencement ceremony. Accompanied by a bagpiper, the graduating seniors and faculty marched the traditional route from campus over Route 175-A and gathered on Currier Memorial Field to celebrate the class of 2010. The crowd of 4,000 people was welcomed by PSU President Sara Jayne Steen, who, as the first college graduate in her family, urged the class of 2010 to think about their dreams as they relate to others. (read more)Read More


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I've been told several conflicting stories about the origin of the default "Bliss" wallpaper that over a billion PC users have gazed at after booting into Windows XP for the first time. One reader insisted it was from Ireland and told me he passed by that field every day, and that the cut in it was a road. Another told me it was from New Zealand, and said he could provide photographic evidence.
It turns out, however, that the Bliss background hails from Sonoma in northern California. And it was taken by a former photographer for National Geographic.
"Chuck O'Rear was so entranced by the green of the grass and the white clouds in the perfectly blue California sky that he pulled over and got out his camera," a Daily Mail article notes. "Never for a moment did he think the shot would become the most viewed image on the planet."
Now 69, O'Rear says that Microsoft engineers chose his shot as the default wallpaper for Windows XP and paid him an undisclosed sum for its use. He can't say how much because of a non-disclosure agreement, but there are rumors that the shot is the second-most expensive photograph ever sold. I hope so, given the exposure it got.
"I drove the same route between Napa and San Francisco a couple of times a week in 2002 or 2003 but this was January when the grass is the most brilliant green here so I jumped out and took a couple of shots and then carried on my way," he told O'Rear. But his memory must be off, since Windows XP shipped in 2001. "I had no idea when I took the photograph that anything like that could happen. It is probably the most recognized photo on the planet."


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Well, this is a first.
I don't think I've ever been part of a historical record before. And now here I am part of at least three. I can't claim a lot of credit. I preformed no acts of heroism to help accomplish the achievement. I participated in no organized event to put more people in a small place than had ever been placed in such a miniscule site before.
Mr. Guinness did not come looking for my help in establishing a new benchmark to which future generations might aspire. I neither marched nor sat in protest.
I merely happened to reside in Texas where we established records for the most 100-degree days in a year, as well as achieving the distinction of surviving the hottest summer on record. We also set a new benchmark for the driest year and the hottest June, the hottest July and the hottest August—ever.
I think we also earned the distinction of being the hottest state in the country for the last three months, based on average temperatures across the state. I may be wrong about that last one; with so many prestigious honors one tends to get a bit giddy over all the accolades. Forgive me if I have overstated our accomplishments.
I'm thinking we should all get certificates—and tee-shirts, stating that we survived the hottest summer on record. The shirts should be brown, the current hue of the Texas landscape. They could have a bright orange orb in the center, representing the sun, which we observed most every day for the past year.
But perhaps I am a bit too prideful. Oklahoma, our good neighbor to the north, also set records for the hottest they've ever been since folks started jotting down how warm it gets every day. I think New Mexico also earned new honors as well.
The thing is, as I travel around the Southwest I'm finding few people who are particularly proud of these monumental accomplishments. I am finding folks looking wistfully at the sky, hoping that the drought will break. And they check the thermometers on the back porch to see if there might be a dip in those 100-degree marks.
I've kicked through a few fields of scraggly cotton and ruined wheat with several farmers who'd just as soon forego the honor of these records in exchange for a few inches of rain and some relief from the heat.
I've watched all summer as stock tanks shrank to nothing more than a damp spot in the deepest part of the pond. After more than a decade in the Southwest I've grown accustomed to crossing rivers that contain no more than a trickle of water in the summertime. Those are dry gullies this year and some of the bigger rivers, the Brazos, for instance, are way down from their usual flows.
I've seen more dust devils in one field in less than 30 minutes than I'd previously seen in an entire year. I've attempted to photograph clouds of dust sweeping across bare fields in front of 50-mile-per-hour winds. I've come home with sand in my ears and dust in my throat. My truck needs washed.
So, I'd like whoever is in charge of passing out honors in Texas to go ahead and send me my certificate. I wear a size large tee-shirt, so get that in the mail, too.
And then as far as I'm concerned, we can close the books on this record-breaking year and hope we never see another to match it.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's telecoms regulator is proposing to change the way it will allocate the next batch of airwaves to be made available to mobile operators facing burgeoning demand for mobile data.
Telecoms operators have previously paid billions of pounds to secure long leases on the best chunks of airwaves, known as the real estate of the mobile industry, most recently in the 4G auction.
But Ofcom Chief Executive Ed Richards said the industry would have to become more flexible on the terms of spectrum ownership to solve problems such as interference and the changing dynamics of the industry.
That means operators could own specific parts of spectrum for shorter lengths of time as newer demands emerge, he said.
But the flip side for consumers is that, with spectrum changing hands more often, products such as handsets and tablets would need to be updated and retuned, and could become obsolete faster.
"At every stage, industry and consumers will need to modify their expectations in relation to the spectrum certainties of the past," he said at the Telecoms Regulation Forum on Tuesday.
A consultation on the changes is expected to be launched by Ofcom on Wednesday as part of its strategy to eventually reallocate the 700 MHz spectrum, some of which is used for television broadcasting to mobile services, in about 2020.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by David Goodman)


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Good morning! How has your week been going? Are you excited for a new month to begin? It'll be starting in a few days! This week's releases are SO wonderful that they'll make the wait a little easier. This week, we also have a new designer joining us! I'm SO EXCITED!
Before I show you the new goodies (and the new designer), I've chosen a few layouts to show off, using May 2014 {Designer's Choice} buffet and this month's Monthly Mix, "True Colors".
Created by emscraps. I love the circle frames! The paper layers are wonderful as well.
Created by justpennys. I love the framing of the picture and the arrows pointing to the coal! Too cute!
Created by emscraps. The clusters are so wonderful! The wavy pieces draw your eyes to the picture.
So, I did hint that we had a new designer joining the team, didn't I?
Jenn of Girl Boy Girl Designs is joining the team here at Gingerscraps!
As we do, we ask our newest designer to tell us a little about herself and this is what she had to share:
My name is Jen Balding – designer behind Girl Boy Girl designs. I am married to my high school sweet heart (20 years next month!) and I have 3 children, girl – boy – girl … which is where my design name came from (so creative!) I have been designing longer than I can remember (literally…they say the memory is the first thing to go *LOL) and I have a special passion/obsession for hybrid crafting. I am so happy to be joining the Ginger Scraps team, and can't wait to get to know everyone better!
Make sure you check out her store and see what she has in there for you!
Remember, when you spend $10 in the store, you get a great grab bag!
Bundle: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Be-Happy-Bundle.html
Kit: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Be-Happy-Kit.html
Alphas: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Be-Happy-Alphas.html
Flair: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Be-Happy-Flair.html
QuickPage Album: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Mirror-Mirror-QuickPage-Album.html
Printable Greeting Cards: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Mirror-Mirror-Printable-Greeting-Cards.html
Brag Book Album: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Mirror-Mirror-Brag-Book-Album.html
Word Art: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Mirror-Mirror-Word-Art.html
Alpha Pack AddOn: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Mirror-Mirror-Alpha-Pack-AddOn.html
kit: https://store.gingerscraps.net/You-Say-It-s-Your-Birthday-full-kit.html
bundle: https://store.gingerscraps.net/You-Say-It-s-Your-Birthday-bundle.html
Kit: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Adoption-Day-Kit-by-Trixie-Scraps-Designs.html
Clusters: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Adoption-Day-Clusters-by-Trixie-Scraps-Designs.html
Quickpages: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Adoption-Day-Quickpages-by-Trixie-Scraps-Designs.html
Photo Cards: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Adoption-Day-Photo-Cards-by-Trixie-Scraps-Designs.html
Complete any 10 challenges, and you will receive a brand new designer collab! Each month we will offer a brand new GingerBread Ladies collab as a reward for completing the GS challenges. Visit the GS Forum for all the details.
Go forth! Have fun! Share those amazing layouts with us! Most of all, find something that you just can't live without!


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Ben 10 Galactic Racing - 3DS
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The first kart racing game set in the popular BEN 10 universe features Ben and his alien friends competing in an over-the-top, galactic grand prix through a variety of tracks on five different planets! Compete for the best times in the high-speed grand prix modes or engage in four-player multiplayer mayhem!
- Fast-paced racing action set in the BEN 10 universe and based on the hit Cartoon Network TV show.
- Race in over 30 different karts in 25 exhilarating and challenging grand prix tracks spread across 5 environmental planets from the BEN 10 universe.
- 15 characters for players to race as, including heroes like Ben, Kevin and 10 of Ben's most popular alien forms.
- An "Ultimate" power move unleashes a super charged, race changing boost of speed and power themed to each character's abilities.
- Drifting and mid-air stunts that both add to the excitement of the race and charge up character-specific attacks and defenses.
- Single-player and Multiplayer modes include: Single Race, Grand Prix Circuit, Time Trials, Short Circuit, and Arena Showdowns (multiplayer only)
- DS exclusive! Play as the alien hero Diamondhead.
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