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It doesn't have the star-power alumni list of the private colleges across the state, but look closely and you'll find some impressive thinkers to come out of UMass, beyond the most repeated names of Bill Cosby and Jack Welch.
Former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin is a UMass grad, as are Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar and Hau Lung-pin, the mayor of Taipei.
Steven Sinofsky, who until November was president of Microsoft's Windows division, studied computer science at UMass. Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor and John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile, also are of UMass.
Betty Shabazz, the late widow of Malcolm X, earned her doctorate in education at the Amherst campus. Allen St. Pierre is a UMass Amherst alumnus, too; he's now executive director of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws.
The UMass ties to Hollywood are surprisingly impressive. Screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh ("Die Hard With a Vengeance,'' "Jumanji,'' "Armageddon'') is a graduate. So is Oscar winner William Monahan, who adapted the screenplay for "The Departed,'' singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie, composer and singer Taj Mahal, author Paul Theroux, Grammy winner Natalie Cole, Norm Abram of "This Old House,'' Jeff Corwin of Animal Planet, the Pixies' Frank Black and Joey Santiago, and Peter Laird, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Jeffrey Donovan of the TV series "Burn Notice'' worked his way through UMass by driving a campus shuttle bus. The actor Rob Corddry, formerly of "The Daily Show,'' went to UMass, too, originally planning to major in journalism but switching to English and spending much of his time there in the drama department.
Richard Gere attended the school — on a gymnastics scholarship — and majored in philosophy. But he left after two years and never graduated (clearly, a decision that stunted his career).


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El Mariel
Since his debut in 2004, the Cuban-American MC Pitbull has stayed true to his Miami roots and dedicated most of his work to the art of shaking butts. Yet given the politically charged title of his sophomore album, El Mariel, named after the infamous Cuban boat lift that relocated almost 125,000 Cubanos to Florida, Pit appeared to be preparing himself to become his people's mouthpiece. Instead, the project overflows with repetitive club-heavy songs, with only an occasional change of topic.
Focusing more on ass-shaking anthems, Pit becomes more of a one-trick potro than a political pundit. On the Miami bass throwback "Fuego," he takes aim at studio gangstas, over a boisterous interpolation of pop singer Debbie Deb's hit "When I Hear Music." Then Mr. Collipark helps Mr. 305 spit more heat than D. Wade in overtime on the marching band drum–laced "Ay Chico (Lengua Afuera)."
While eardrum-shattering beats and thunderous hooks are in the majority here, Pit does show brief signs of expansion. Take the precautionary drug-trade cut, "Come See Me," where he flows seamlessly over DJ Toomp's chopped-and-screwed version of Willie Colón's classic salsa number "La Murga." Similarly, "Blood Is Thicker Than Water" comments on earth-changing current events ("I escaped poverty (poverty)/I don't own jewelry, muthafucka, I own property/You can send 'em tsunamis that hit Indonesia/But ain't a muthafuckin' thing stoppin' me").
These moments of clarity are few and far between. Aside from a sparse few nods at poignancy ("Raindrops") and sonic variation (the Lil Jon–produced "Dime [Remix]"), El Mariel is one big party that goes on too long. In fact, Pit could've trimmed some fat by disposing of less-than-stellar cuts like the crossover miss "Jungle Fever," which features Wyclef's crackling wails. The music may knock in the club, but Pitbull's lack of diversity is a major issue. —JESÚS TRIVIÑO ALARCÓN
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SeaPAC R9-8.4 combines a RISC-based, embedded computer with a bright 8.4-in. TFT LCD. It offers an extended operating temperature range of -30 °C to +70 °C with no heaters or cooling fans required. It is available with up to 256MB RAM and 256MB Flash memory. Standard I/O includes Ethernet, serial, USB, CAN Bus, digital interfaces and a resistive touchscreen.


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2nd District: Frank LoBiondo (R) [VIDEO]
Know your Representatives. The political party that dominates the House for the next two years may well determine America's economic, environmental and tactical future as a global power. Townsquare Media News sat down with incumbents and major-party challengers in six of New Jersey's Congressional districts. Where do your candidates stand? Find out here
Townsquare Media New Jersey Shore News Director Tom Mongelli talks to 2nd district incumbent Frank LoBiondo.
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Wabash Students Solicit Peers for Hurricane Relief Bookby Brittney Dick • September 16, 2005 Share:
Two Wabash men are counting on other college students to aid them in a Hurricane Katrina relief fund-raiser.
Project coordinators Josh Bellis and Bryce Chitwood are collecting original poems, stories and pictures for a book called "Natural Disasters: Your Life, Your Thoughts, Your Story."
The team sent a press release to media sources, targeted friends at other schools and sent fliers to English departments at surrounding colleges.
Submission is limited to current college students, regardless of where they attend.
"We knew that (Hurricane Katrina victims) needed money and that may be something that college students don't always have," the friends said in a collaborative e-mail interview. "Therefore, we brainstormed until we found an idea that would allow college students to participate in a unique and interesting way but a way that would be financially helpful a few months from now."
Neither Bellis nor Chitwood have experience compiling or publishing a book, but they don't anticipate any problems.
"For us it's all about doing what we can to help, and we place our trust in our community and country that we can find the help we need to publish such an incredible piece of work," they said.
Various Wabash faculty and staff showed support and offered useful ideas.
Consequently, Bellis and Chitwood plan to assemble a mix of students and staff to review the submissions and determine the book's content.
"We hope to publish a wide range of creative work. The book would truly be a testament to the American spirit if it included various personal approaches to natural disasters," they said.
They hope to find a company to publish the finalized collection at no cost.
"We have high aspirations for finding a valuable company to help with this, given all proceeds will go to aid victims," they said.
They hope to have the volume available no later than early spring.
"If our project is small-scale it may only be available in a few local stores, but if it is incredibly successful we would like to see our book in stores all across the country," they said.
The friends are still considering options for donating the money.
"Our top priority is that it goes to helping those who need it most," they said. "We would love for funds to go to college students displaced by the story and are still looking for an organization that can do that."
Companies interested in publishing the book or college students wanting to submit entries should do so through email@example.com. Submissions can also be mailed to Wabash College; Attn: Operation Unite; P.O. Box 352; Crawfordsville, IN 47933.
Entries must be received by October 15.
Dick is a reporter for the Crawfordsville Journal Review. This story first appeared in that newspaper.


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Virtuous Remoulade
Remoulade is a spicy Creole mustard dip or sauce that goes beautifully with fish, rice balls called "cala," or with crab meat, vegetables, and chicken. It can contain any combination of horseradish, garlic, pickles, finely diced celery, and onion, Tabasco, whatever you wish. Here is my version.
Makes one cup.
1/2 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
1/4 cup Vegenaise
1/4 cup finely diced celery
1/4 cup finely diced sweet onion
Dash of hot sauce
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp. Creole mustard
Combine all ingredients and let mellow in refrigerator. Keeps about one week.
Homage to Green Goddess Salad
Serves six.
6 cups any combination of lettuces, arugula, mustard greens, frisée
1 Asian pear, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
4 Tbsp. each of toasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds
4 Tbsp. currants, raisins, or dried cranberries
1/2 cup coarsely crushed sweet potato chips or Terra chips
2 tsp. soy sauce
2 tsp. mirin
1 tsp. Sriracha (Vietnamese chili-garlic sauce)
1 tsp. sesame oil
1 tsp. minced garlic
2 tsp. minced fresh ginger
2 Tbsp. any vinegar or lemon juice
1/3 cup olive oil
Whisk all dressing ingredients together and taste for seasoning. Toss with all salad ingredients just before serving. Top with crushed sweet potato chips.
Maque Choux
I know it's impossible to get good fresh corn this time of year, but there are some very good frozen brands of shoepeg white corn. Don't bother with the yellow corn.
Serves six.
2 Tbsp. olive oil
4 cups frozen sweet white corn
1 sweet red pepper, diced
1 sweet onion, diced
1 box cherry tomatoes, halved
In large skillet sauté onions with peppers until translucent. You can add a pinch of sugar, some salt, and plenty of freshly ground black pepper.
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MEDIEVAL VILLAGE: Living History
WHEN : Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th May, 12 - 5pm both days. Combat displays at 1.30pm & 4.30pm
WHERE : Festival site @ Abbey Grounds, Abbey Street
FREE family event, heritage displays & interactive settlement with Fingal Living History Society.
Come visit one of Wicklow's ancient monastic ruins and immerse yourself in the day to day life of a Medieval settlement with heritage displays, craft & cooking. Combat displays 1.30pm & 4.30pm daily
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Student Co-Authors Paper in Nature, May 20, 1999
by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., May 20, 1999 -- Aaron D. Stump, a senior majoring in materials engineering at New Mexico Tech, was a co-author of a scientific paper which was recently published in the weekly science magazine Nature.
Stump is a native of Tucumcari and longtime resident of Portales. He is a graduate of Portales High School the son of Jerry and Meg Stump, former Tucumcari and Portales residents who now hail from Buffalo Lake, Minn.
The paper which he co-authored was titled "Aerosol-Assisted Self Assembly of Mesostructured Spherical Nanoparticles."
The paper was the result of research work which Stump was directly involved with last summer at the University of New Mexico's Center for Microengineered Materials. The research project was a collaborative effort which also involved scientists at Sandia National Laboratories, as well.
Stump currently is working on his senior design project at New Mexico Tech, another collaborative assignment which involves engineers at Motorola in Albuquerque.
Stump, a member of the New Mexico Tech chapter of the Materials and Metallurgy Society, has been attending the state-supported research university under a Counselor's Choice Scholarship.
When he is not pursuing his studies and research projects, the Portales High graduate trains and boxes as a member of the Socorro Boxing Club. In addition, Stump says he enjoys writing in his leisure time, particularly short works of poetry and fiction.
"I believe the New Mexico Tech materials engineering department is probably one of the best available in the nation for an undergraduate education," Stump says.
The hard-studying, hard-working materials engineering senior also has acquired a deep respect for his fellow students while at Tech: "I'd like to convey my congratulations to all the recent New Mexico Tech graduates in materials engineering and other fields," he adds.


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On June 16, ASLA hosted over 60 Congressional, Administration and affiliated organization staff for a Congressional Briefing and Green Roof Reception. As a member of the High Performance Building Congressional Caucus Coalition, ASLA hosted the event as part of High Performance Building Week, which is aimed at raising the awareness of the benefits high performing, energy efficient buildings provide and policies that aid in this effort.
Featuring a presentation by ASLA Executive Vice President/CEO Nancy Somerville, Hon. ASLA, the briefing emphasized the benefits of green roofs and other green infrastructure techniques and how these techniques contribute to the overall performance of buildings. Somerville also highlighted the importance of green infrastructure techniques, like green roofs, rain gardens, permeable pavements and others in dealing with critical water quality issues, carbon sequestration, and urban heat island effect. She shared how ASLA's green roof has lowered heating and cooling costs, decreased the building temperature, and serves as a resource for those interested in learning more about green roofs.
Roxanne Blackwell, ASLA's Manager Federal Government Affairs, then emphasized the importance of passing HR 4202, the Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2009. This bill would help states, cities, and other qualified entities to plan, design, and implement green infrastructure solutions to address stormwater runoff and other water quality and quantity issues.
To learn more about HR 4202 and the benefits of green infrastructure, visit ASLA's Green Infrastructure Campaign.
Photo slideshow of the Congressional Briefing and Green Roof Reception.
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Illinois students selected for U.S. Senate Youth Program
Delegates to travel to D.C. and receive $5,000 scholarship
SPRINGFIELD, IL  – The Illinois State Board of Education joins U.S. Senators Richard J. Durbin and Mark Kirk in congratulating the two Illinois high school students selected as delegates to the 50th Anniversary U.S. Senate Youth Program in Washington, D.C. in March. Robert Chun of Oak Brook and Patrick McGlasson of Eldred were selected from applicants across the state to represent Illinois.
"We congratulate our two Illinois delegates, their teachers and their families,'' said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch.  "These students and their peers across the country will enjoy a rich and unique opportunity to experience the democratic process up close as other student leaders have done for 50 years now.â€
The U.S. Senate sponsors the USSYP, created in 1962, and The Hearst Foundations funds the program. The program aims to instill a more profound knowledge of the American political process and a lifelong commitment to public service.
Each year the competitive, merit-based program brings 104 outstanding high school students — two from each state, the District of Columbia and the Department of Defense Education Activity — to Washington, D.C., for an intensive week-long study of the federal government. The Hearst Foundations provide each of the 104 student delegates with a $5,000 undergraduate college scholarship and encourages them to continue coursework in government, history and public affairs.
While in Washington March 3-10, the student delegates will attend meetings and briefings with senators and Congressional staff, the President, a justice of the Supreme Court, leaders of cabinet agencies, an ambassador to the United States and members of the national media.
Robert Chun attends Hinsdale Central High School and serves as student representative for Republican State Representative Chris Nybo of Elmhurst. In addition, Robert writes a political column for the school newspaper, serves as president of Citizen Club and is running for precinct captain. He is involved in mock trial, Ladder-Up Financial Liberation and National Honor Society. Robert hopes to attend Georgetown University and to someday work in Washington, D.C.
Patrick McGlasson attends Carrollton High School and serves as Student Body president. Patrick has served as head page for the U.S. Senate and credits the experience with changing his outlook on life. He also served as a U.S. House page. He is a member of National Honor Society, and as a volunteer in the State's Attorney's Office. He is currently working on a Congressional campaign. Patrick hopes to attend the University of Illinois to study history and political science.
Emily Andre, a resident of Antioch, who attends Antioch Community High School and Tyler Hixson, a resident of Monticello, who attends Monticello High School, were chosen as alternates.
Chief education officers in each state select the delegates after nomination by teachers and principals. In addition to outstanding leadership abilities and a strong commitment to public service, this year's students rank academically in the top 1 percent of their states.
Among the many distinguished former program delegates are U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the first program delegate elected to the Senate; U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner of Colorado, the first former delegate elected to the House; New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie; former Chief Judge Robert Henry, U.S. Court of Appeals; former Ambassador to West Germany Richard Burt; and former presidential Advisers Thomas "Mack" McLarty and Karl Rove.


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Today the nation honors the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the reverend and activist who led the American civil rights movement. As King studied nonviolence as practiced by Gandhi and imagined by Henry David Thoreau, now his own life and work are the subject of study. Here are 12 essential reads about the short life of King, who was assassinated in 1968 at age 39.
"The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement" (2013), "Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63" (1986), "Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-1965" (1998), and "At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68" (2006), all by Taylor Branch. Branch's latest book on King, published last month, is a condensed, highlight-heavy sampling of his award-winning trilogy about King. The first book, "Parting the Waters," was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1987, and the two following books were also highly praised. Totaling almost 3,000 pages, Branch's exhaustive trilogy provides a deep look into King's life.
"Martin Luther King Jr.: A Life" (2002) by Marshall Frady. For those who might want a less voluminous introduction to King, Frady's slender volume, part of the Penguin Lives biography series, provides a lively overview of King's life and work.
"Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference" (1986) by David J. Garrow. Garrow's 1981 book "The FBI and Martin Luther King Jr." publicly explicated the surveillance the FBI conducted of King, but it was 1986's "Bearing the Cross" that is considered a more significant book. Researching it, Garrow interviewed more than 700 people, and went on to receive a Pulitzer Prize in 1987.
"Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." (2001) by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Bryan Collier. For children ages 5 and up, this picture book biography was awarded a Caldecott Honor and is an accessible introduction to King.
"My Life With Martin Luther King Jr." (1994) by Coretta Scott King. The 1994 edition of King's personal 1969 memoir was reframed for high school students, with updated language.
"The Martin Luther King, Jr., Encyclopedia" (rev. 2008) by Clayborne Carson, Tenisha Armstrong, Susan Carson, Erin Cook, and Susan Englander. History professor Clayborne Carson leads the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University and has produced six volumes of King's written work, papers, letters and speeches. This encyclopedia, aimed at students grade 10 and up, is an entry into King's life and work.
"Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism 1941-1963" and "Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism 1963-1973" anthologies by the Library of America. These anthologies show the world King entered, the challenges the civil rights movement faced and what the cost of its victories were, up close. Authors include Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, John Steinbeck, Charlayne Hunter, John Hersey, Joan Didion, Gordon Parks and Earl Caldwell, the only reporter to witness the assassination of King.
"Martin Luther King Jr.: The Essential Box Set: The Landmark Speeches and Sermons of Martin Luther King, Jr." (2009) This 15-hour-long audiobook includes recordings of King's significant speeches, showing off his gifts as an orator, with additional narration by colleagues and scholars placing them in context.
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The UN Documentation Research Guide presents an overview of selected UN documents, publications, databases and websites.
United Nations documentation reflects the complexity of the UN as an organization. The Regulations for the Control and Limitation of Documentation, ST/AI/189/Add.3/Rev.2, define documents and publications:
"A document is a text submitted to a principal organ or a subsidiary organ of the United Nations for consideration by it, usually in connection with item(s) on its agenda."
"The term 'United Nations publication' refers to any written material which is issued by the United Nations to the general public."


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As a public institution, the California State University is committed to
being as open and transparent to the public as possible. In response to recent
discussions about the California State University's executive compensation policies
and practices, we have created this central page to make the documents related to those
policies more readily accessible.
The CSU Board of Trustees is dedicated to fulfilling its mission to serve
California's students, and as a part of that responsibility, is working to keep the
CSU competitive in the national marketplace for faculty, staff, and administrators.
As detailed in the following documents, the CSU's executive compensation policies have
been modified several times over the past few years. The board is open to reexamining
the current policies on executive compensation and making further modifications as needed.


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Tuesday is Election Day. Today, we reprint a list of the Northwest Herald Editorial Board's recommendations in contested races that McHenry County voters will see on the ballot.
To help make your own informed decisions, visit Northwest Herald's Election Central page online, where you can read candidate responses to our questionnaires and watch video interviews with candidates in contested primary races.
Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. For a list of polling locations, visit the McHenry County Clerk's website. Please remember to vote.
To track results as they come in, visit Election Central starting shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Northwest Herald staffers will provide around-the-clock, election night updates on results, breaking stories and a twitter feed. Readers can join in the discussion by adding the hashtag #nwhec to their tweets.
Here's a recap of our endorsements:
U.S. President
Mitt Romney
U.S. Congress, 6th District
Peter Roskam
U.S. Congress, 14th District
Randy Hultgren
Illinois House, 52nd District
David McSweeney
Illinois Senate, 26th District
Dan Duffy
McHenry County Board District 1
Anna May Miller, Yvonne Barnes, Robert Nowak, Nick Chirikos.
McHenry County Board District 2
James Heisler, Donna Kurtz, Carolyn Schofield, Ken Koehler
McHenry County Board District 3
Kathleen Bergan Schmidt, Joseph Gottemoller, Mary McClellan, Nick Provenzano
McHenry County Board District 4
Sue Draffkorn, Mary Margaret Maule, Sandra Salgado, Bob Martens
McHenry County Board District 5
Tina Hill, John Jung, Paula Yensen, Michael Skala
McHenry County Board District 6
Diane Evertsen, Scott Summers, Mary McCann, Ersel Schuster.
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Orange County Modernism: The Legacy of Paul Rudolph
April 16, 2011
Seligman Homestead, Sugarloaf, NY
Join DOCOMOMO US chapter president Theodore Prudon and DOCOMOMO US/New England chapter president David Fixler at a lecture on the legacy of architect Paul Rudolph. The talk will focus on the architectural significance of Late Modern architecture, specifically Paul Rudolph's work, as well as the challenges and opportunities in preserving Late Modern architecture.
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I am seriously at a loss! Jake is hott, there is no doubt about that, however he has stuffing for brains! I really thought that ABC did a good job of picking him to be the bachelor for this season, especially after he came back on Jillian's to tell her about Wes being a player, only on the show for exposure etc. Yet when the girls were warning him about Vienna he wouldn't listen. In fact he just got defensive about it.
The first date was with Tenley meeting his family and they all fell in love with her. She wasn't my pick, however out of the 2 left she was the better of the two. It was clear that she would fit into their family perfectly! The one concern that Jake's Mom had was the daughter in laws getting along, since the women as she put it hold the family together. She asked Tenley how she handled conflict and Tenley told her about her divorce. I was like, EGADS!!!!! Do we have to hear about this again!!!!! The evening ended great Tenley and Jake had a great night however, Jake kept saying there wasn't a "physical" spark between them. Tenley couldn't figure it out, however, I knew what he was talking about, he didn't have a hard on with her like he did when he was with Vienna. It really annoyed me! I was like SERIOUSLY!!!! Tenley already told you that a physical relationship would be left for marriage and you said you respected that about her. Jake was so contradictory in his words and behavior.
Prior to Vienna meeting his family he mentioned that Vienna had some issues with the other girls, or something like that, I can't remember the exact wording. His Mom caught on right away and asked "is this the girl that didn't get along with the other girls in the house?" Jake got defensive and said yes. She went on to say that "Jake, there is usually something to that." Mom's know best. He was frustrated that he had painted a poor picture of Vienna, and when Vienna showed up she was true to form. She didn't have anything positive to say, she was poking at Jake, it was really an uncomfortable situation to watch. Then when each of the family members took her aside all was forgotten. Vienna was the girl to love! They all felt bad for even having a bad impression of her! It was so scripted it made your stomach turn.
The last few days in St. Lucia were picture perfect and beautiful. Jake had great dates with both Tenley and Vienna. The dates were strange though, Vienna being the last to see Jake was the first to be with him. They went to a sulfur spring and had a mud bath. Vienna wasn't too happy about it but she played along. Soaping Jake up in mud - and then rinsing off in a waterfall. Tenley and Jake went snorkling in the crystal clear water, and it was definitely more romantic. Vienna ended her date by giving Jake the ring her dad gave her along with a note. Tenley ended hers by giving Jake a shadow box of photos that included their fortunes from San Fran. I thought Tenley's was more meaningful than Vienna's.
The show gave the impression that Jake was going to 1. Choose Tenley or 2. Choose neither based on the show last night or the previews. When Tenley came in first I knew it was all over.
He will be the sorriest man alive for choosing Vienna! The girls were right! He was a prize to be WON she has no interest in being a wife and a mother. Now that he is on DWTS just wait . . . she's not going to like the fact that he is dancing with SEXY half dressed Chelsie Hightower. Just picture the next 10 yrs if they make it to the altar. She was insecure around the other girls, didn't have any friends in the house, so when it comes to company Christmas parties, etc. what is going to happen??? He will talk to a pretty flight attendant or another woman and she'll flip! His Mother's concern was right . . . with regards to the sister- in - laws getting along. It's just going to take one disagreement or conflict of interest and the TRUE Vienna that we all saw will come out and he'll be in the middle between his family and his wife.
When women DON'T have other women friends that is a huge RED flag! Some women do prefer to hang with guys, yet they should be able to make women friends. Vienna just doesn't have the ability to do it because her focus is all about herself, and no one else. I love on After The Final Rose how Jake continued to come to her defense about the stuff being written about her. Well, you can tell the boobs are fake, and she has extentions so . . . you know that those weren't lies. It's quite clear that he doesn't want to look at the truth about her.
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Whether you've washed your hair with soap because you ran out of shampoo, built a canoe out of drywall or even resorted to eating haggis, we've all had to make do at one point or another. Join the RoundAbout gang this week as they barely scrape by in the 38th installment of the show. If you've ever wanted to own a thoroughbred sports car but just don't have the means, listen in to learn about a pedal-powered Porsche replica that's built out of crap you're guaranteed to have lying around the house. Talk about making do with what you've got! In similar fashion, a group of Chinese students built a replica Bugatti Veyron out of … wait for it … cigarette packs! Learn about the hilarious vanity license plate that one tree-loving arborist wanted to snag for his ride. Too bad the Michigan Secretary of State said "no plate for you!" Now he has to make do with something else. Enjoy all that and a whole lot … well, some more on this week's awe-inspiring episode of RoundAbout, #38, the "Scraping By" episode.
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Featuring: Zach Bowman, Jeffrey Ross, Michelle Naranjo, Craig Cole and Ben Sanders
RoundAbout records LIVE on Fridays at 6PM ET/3PM PT. Visit RoundAboutShow.comand click Watch Live to watch our webcast and look in on all the antics.


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The Grove Heritage Trails app offers historical tours of the local area. The content draws on images, oral histories and historical documents from the archives of The Grove Library and other institutions. Those taking the tour will be able to listen to narration about points of interest along the trails.
Primarily designed as a self-paced walking tour, this app can also be used to browse items from the collection.
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Ontario is stepping up its fight against the national opioid crisis with new front-line addiction and mental health workers for every community in the province and the distribution of almost 80,000 additional naloxone kits per year to front-line organizations.
Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, was joined by John Tory, Mayor of Toronto at The Works Needle Exchange Program in Toronto today to announce new measures to tackle Ontario's opioid crisis.
The province is providing funding for every board of health in Ontario to hire more front-line workers, such as addiction outreach workers and nurses, to help municipalities expand supports for people impacted by opioid addiction and overdose. This will allow communities to improve addiction outreach, education and planning while working on early warning and surveillance of opioid overdoses.
More than 6,500 additional naloxone kits per month will be distributed in the community to those at risk of opioid overdose and their friends and family, through community organizations such as shelters, outreach organizations, AIDS Service Organizations, Community Health Centres and withdrawal management programs. This will broaden the reach of existing harm reduction programs that are currently offered by Public Health Units and community partners.
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Animal CSI: Inside the Smithsonian's Feather Forensics Lab
This story by Rhitu Chatterjee originally aired on National Public Radio June 19. Click here to listen.
Carla Dove smiles as she tears open a small, flat cardboard box. She is sitting at a lab bench in her office at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
"It's kind of like Christmas for me because I never know what's going to be in the packages," she says.
Inside the box are a bunch of sealed sandwich-size bags. Dove counts the bags.
"Eight samples today," she notes. Each sample consists of grayish pieces of feathers, and sometimes bones, all from inside the stomachs and intestines of Burmese pythons.
Dove is an ornithologist and a forensic expert of sorts. But unlike most forensic scientists, who help identify perpetrators of crimes, Dove identifies victims. And the victims in this case are birds. From the skimpiest of remains — mere bone fragments and feathers — Dove often can trace the dead bird's species. The aviation industry relies on Dove to identify the birds involved in thousands of collisions between birds and planes every year.
Recently, she was called in to solve a different sort of murder mystery — applying her skills to figuring out which types of native birds are falling prey to the giant Burmese pythons now thriving in Florida's Everglades.
Park officials know the snakes are devouring rabbits, foxes, even alligators. They have sometimes caught the pythons in the act. In addition, scientists have documented declining populations of a range of mammals in the area, suggesting the big snakes may be slowly wiping them out.
But less is known about which birds these pythons have been snacking on. So park officials recently approached Dove for help. She gets to work, picking up one of the plastic bags, labeled "Python no. 780. (Collected on) March 18th, 2013."
"We can see what's in here and go to work and identify what birds this nasty python has been eating," says Dove.
Identifying the birds from their DNA is nearly impossible in these cases because the half-digested remains are contaminated with snake DNA. Instead, Dove concentrates on subtle distinctions among feathers.
"Sometimes they are nice and complete feathers and I can recognize them right away," says Dove. But often, she has only tiny fragments to go on. Like the one she pulls out from the bag with the help of tweezers.
"Even though it's as tiny as a strand of hair really, it can be enough to have some special diagnostic microscopic features to help us determine if it's a heron or maybe it's a bird of prey or a pigeon or a dove," she explains.
The piece she holds is a downy bit from the base of a feather. It contains tiny branches called barbules. Dove gently places it on a glass slide, and turns on her microscope.
"I'll let you have a look at this," she says. "In the middle of the slide there's a tiny piece of a downy barbule that has me excited."
All I see are a bunch of fine, transparent needles with bits of color here and there. But Dove recognizes the pattern instantly. It belongs to a group of birds that includes cranes and rails. This bird, though, is different from the other birds in that group, Dove says. She suspects the python's victim was a limpkin.
Forensic Ornithology Gets Its Start
The field of forensic ornithology had its start in 1960, when a flock of starlings brought a passenger plane down in Boston Harbor. The crash destroyed the plane and killed most of the people onboard.
The airline — Eastern Airlines — sent the bird remains to an ornithologist named Roxie Laybourne at the Smithsonian Museum. Laybourne identified the flock as starlings, and from then on she became the go-to person for an airline industry trying to solve bird-strike cases. (She would later become Dove's mentor.)
"After the Boston crash, that's when the airlines industry started to get really interested in birds that are causing damage to airplanes," says Dove.
Most such strikes don't cause crashes, but it's still really important to know which species was involved, Dove says, so you can try to change the flight path, or alter the airport environment or design stronger aircraft engines.
And there's a huge demand for Dove's expertise. Just this past year, she processed about 8,000 cases, many of them involving military airplanes.
"We get a lot of samples from Afghanistan," Dove says. A few years ago, she solved the mystery of a large unknown bird that flew into a fighter jet at Bagram air base.
"There was several million dollars' worth of damage," says Michael Begier, the national coordinator for the Airports Wildlife Hazards Program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was called in by the Air Force to help with this case.
Dove had identified the offending bird as a black kite.
"The black kite is a raptor, but it's similar in size to some of the vulture species we have in North America," says Begier. It was up to Begier and his team to prevent such accidents from happening again. So they went out to Bagram air base and started looking for black kites.
"One of the things we discovered is that trash disposal at the base was in a spot that brought the birds closer to the runway and the flight paths of the jets," he says. Once the trash was removed, the birds disappeared.
The Story Of Python No. 780
Dove is able to identify birds from anywhere in the world, in part because the Smithsonian Museum has a massive collection of birds.
She takes me out into a climate-controlled hallway, stacked from floor to ceiling with wooden cabinets.
But it's the python victims that are on her mind today. She wants to confirm that the fragment she saw under the microscope was indeed from a limpkin, and she's in luck — in addition to the fragment, the plastic bag also contained a single intact feather.
"Here we go to the limpkin drawer," says Dove, as she walks up to one of the cabinets. She slides off the door and pulls out one of the drawers.
Inside are a bunch of very still, very dead birds that look something like a crane, all brown in color with lots of white specks.
Dove holds the single feather from the sample against the wing feathers of one dead bird. The match is perfect.
"I think we have solved this case!" she declares. "Python No. 780 was feasting on a limpkin on 18th of March, 2013."
In all, Dove has examined the remains of nearly 150 Burmese pythons. She has found that they snack on some 30 species of birds, including limpkins, mallards, egrets, herons and wood storks.
A Dying Field?
Dove's keen eye and knowledge of feathers have come from more than two decades of practice. She's the only person in the country with these skills, and she worries about the future of this kind of analysis.
"Unless I have someone to follow me around, and do some research on the microscopic structure of feathers, I think that one of these days the whole expertise in this field is going to go away," she says. These days, she says, students are more interested in "instant satisfaction" and cutting-edge technology.
Dove inherited her lab from the only other U.S. scientist to do this work: Laybourne, who was already in her 80s.
Dove says she has yet to find the person who will take over when she retires — the special ornithologist who can continue the work in this unusual feather forensics lab.
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Veteran St. Louis Officer Found Dead in His Home
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A veteran St. Louis police officer who was recently demoted following a female subordinate's accusations of sexual harassment has been found dead.
A source reports that officers went to the home of Sgt. Robert Ceriotti Thursday morning after he failed to report to work. It was supposed to be his first day back since being demoted from lieutenant by the Board of Police Commissioners.
Officers found Ceriotti dead in his bed. Police say there were no signs of trauma or foul play. His attorney believes he died of natural causes.
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auction, on January 27, 2011, of Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture in New York will feature significant works by artists from across Europe. The morning session of Important Old Master Paintings is led by Titians monumental Sacra Conversazione, a rare work by the artist still in private hands (est. $15/20 million*). The afternoon session of Old Master Paintings and Sculpture is led by An Italian Marble Relief Portrait of Cosimo I de Medici by Baccio Bandinelli, executed just prior to the future Grand Dukes rise to power in 1537. The sale will be on exhibition in Sothebys York Avenue galleries beginning 22 January, alongside the full calendar of Old Masters Week auctions.
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The morning session of Important Old Master Paintings is led by A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria by the Renaissance master Titian. The work is one of only a handful of multi-figured compositions by the 16th-century artist that remain in private hands, and is the most important to appear at auction since 1991. The painting was shown in public for the first time in more than 30 years at Sothebys New York this past October, and has since been on exhibition at Sothebys galleries in Paris, Amsterdam and London.
Painted circa 1560, Sacra Conversazione is a mature work executed by Titian at the height of his artistic abilities. He had established his reputation as the leading artist of his time, and his profound use of color and innovative technique have since made him one of the most influential figures in the history of Western art. While historically referred to as The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, the present canvass subject lies within the more traditional representation of a sacra conversazionea holy conversation between the Madonna and Child and saints. The main focus of the composition is the tender representation of the Madonna and Child as they engage Saint Catherine, and in particular the gesture between the female saint and the Christ Child.
Another highlight of the morning session from an Italian artist is The Virgin and Child by a Window: Madonna of the Cherries by Leonardo da Vincis most faithful and productive interpreter in Lombardy: Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli, nicknamed Giampietrino (est. $700/900,000). Madonna of the Cherries represents one of the artists finest works, and certainly one of the best left in private hands. The painting is essential in understanding both Giampietrinos career and his master Leonardos time in Milan, whose presence fundamentally transformed 16th century Lombard painting.
Portrait of a Lady, Three-Quarter Length, in a Green Velvet and Orange Dress and a Pearl-Embroidered Black Hat is an elegant portrait characteristic of the style Lucas Cranach the Younger perfected during his years in Wittenberg studying with his father (est. $3/4 million). The sitter is very clearly from the aristocracy, and Cranach takes great pains to describe her costumes splendid variety of color and texture. From the late 1940s to the early 1960s, Pablo Picasso turned to similar portraiture by Cranach in developing a series of linoleum cuts, and indeed the contemporary aspect of the present painting is remarkable.
The January sale is highlighted by an expressive modello by Sir Peter Paul Rubens with a notable history. The Martyrdom of Saint Paul (est. $1.5/2 million) is the only known, complete study for Rubenss large altarpiece painted for the High Altar of the Church of the Augustinian Priory of Rood Klooster near Brussels, of which St. Paul was the patron saint. The actual altarpiece was destroyed during the French bombardment of Brussels in 1695, leaving the present sketch as the primary surviving visual record of its composition. The beautiful work condenses the story of Pauls martyrdom into a single dramatic and emotional moment, with Paul kneeling at the center of the composition while an executioner holds him roughly by the collar and the Roman woman Plautilla wraps a blindfold around his eyes.
Brothers Pieter Breughel the Younger and Jan Breughel the Elder lead the Flemish Renaissance works on offer in the January sale. Pieter Breughels Return from the Kermesse is one of the finest known versions of this composition, which was very popular during his lifetime and appears to have been entirely designed by the artist (est. $2/3 million). The scene depicts a merry procession of villagers returning from a kermesse, still in the throes of revelry. Jan Breughel the Elders Panoramic Landscape with a Covered Wagon and Travelers on a Highway is a quintessential example of the artists mature landscapes (est. $1/1.5 million). The work is dated 1612, a time when he was enjoying great success with the various courts of Europe, including Arhdukes Albert and Isabella, the Habsburg regents of the Netherlands, and Emperor Rudolph II and King Sigismund II of Poland.
Dutch Golden Age artist Gerrit Dou entered Rembrandts studio in 1628, originally having been trained as a glass engraver. An Elderly Woman, Seated by a Window at her Spinning Wheel, Eating Porridge is an early painting by the artist, and he continued to use its basic compositional form throughout the remainder of his career (est. $2/3 million). Little-seen until the Dutch Genre Painting exhibition of 1984 that traveled to Philadelphia, Berlin and London, this picture was formerly thought to be a copy after a painting in Scherwin. That picture is now widely acknowledged to be a replica or copy of the work currently on offer.
Also from the Dutch Golden Age is Willem van der Vliets A Scholar in his Study with Figures with Masks, possibly an Allegory (est. $1.2/1.8 million), which has been the subject of enormous interest since its appearance on the market in 1983. One of only six known history paintings by van der Vliet, the work continues to puzzle scholars and collectors in regards to its subject. Various explanations have been offereda playwright surrounded by his characters; a philosopher rejecting the sexual advances of earthly lovebut to this day none are totally satisfactory. A grand and impressive picture, it stands as one of the most unique images of Dutch 17thcentury art.
Luis Meléndezs Still Life with Tomatoes, a Bowl of Aubergines and Onions leads the Spanish paintings in the January auction (est. $1.5/2 million). With its glowing-red tomatoes and just-ripening aubergines artfully arranged on a sunlit table, the painting is characteristic of the work that made Meléndez the greatest Spanish still life painter of the 18th century. Romantic landscape painter Joseph Mallord William Tuner R.A.s Mountain Landscape, Bonneville, Savoy is a highlight of the works on offer by British artists ($1.2/1.8 million). Purchased by Turners most devoted patron and friend Walter Fawkes, this landscape marks a turning point in the young painters career. The canvas illustrates his ability to liberate his work from a reliance on topographical imitation, instead edging toward a new manner of representation where value is based on color and a poetic sensibility.
Works from prominent foundations and institutions also highlight the sale. Property of the Beaverbrook Foundation in New Brunswick, Canada, formerly in the collection of press baron, business tycoon and politician Lord Beaverbrook, is led by Claude-Joseph Vernets A Grand View of the Sea Shore Enriched with Buildings, Shipping and Figures (est. $1.5/2 million). William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, later 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, who was already a notable collector, commissioned a pair of grand views from Vernet in 1774 for a substantial sum. The size was to be comparable to the Ports of France, Vernets most important paintings, though the artist had not attempted a picture on the same scale since. The work, which presents a serene seascape at sunset, is signed and dated 1776, and was later in the collection of Robert, Earl Grosvenor, and then descended to the Dukes of Westminster until 1959.
Works sold by the J. Paul Getty Museum to benefit future painting acquisitions are highlighted by The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels and Flanked by Saint Bridget and the Archangel Michael, erroneously known as The Poggibonsi Triptych (est.$200/300,000). The authorship of this arresting triptych has in the past been ascribed to numerous artists, but the work has most convincingly been attributed to the as-yet-unidentified Master of Pratovecchio, who worked in and around Florence in the mid-15th century. Another highlight of the Getty works is Portrait of Laura Pisani by Gabriele Cappellini, called Calzolareto (est. $150/200,000). While the precise identity of the young woman in the painting has been debated by scholars, she appears to be a member of the large and powerful Pisani family, which had branches in Italian cities including Ferrara and Venice, and possibly a poet.
Property of the Cleveland Museum of Art, also being sold to benefit future acquisitions, is led by the pair of paintings Horatius Cocles Defending Rome against the Etruscans; the Wounded Horatius Cocles Swimming the Tiber (est. $200/300,000). The grand and imposing pair is attributed to a Follower of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, possibly The Master of Jerusalem Liberated, and depicts the exploits of the Roman hero Horatius Cocles. Another highlight of the works on offer from the Cleveland Museum of Art is Philips Wouwermans Dune Landscape with Figures (est. $100/150,000). The prolific artist produced over one thousand paintings in his lifetime, despite dying at the relatively young age of 48. In the present work, the horses and figures seem secondary to the beautiful, serene dune landscape in which they travel.
Old Master Paintings and Sculpture 2pm
The robust afternoon session spans medieval enamels and sculptures to neoclassical bronzes, and features a large group of Renaissance and Baroque bronzes from the Abbott Guggenheim collection, among other private collections. Leading the works of art on offer is An Italian Marble Relief Portrait of Cosimo I de Medici, attributed to Baccio Bandinelli, circa 1537 (est. $300/500,000). This portrait of the young Cosimo I de Medici was apparently executed when the future Grand Duke of Florence was 17 years old, just prior to his rise to power in 1537. While the combination of simple clothing and the lack of a beard suggest his age, the portrait nonetheless captures the subjects authority and commanding presence. Baccio Bandinelli was a faithful servant to Cosimo throughout his career, essentially becoming his official court sculptor.
Other marble works include An Italian Marble Relief of the Madonna and Child by Domenico Rosselli, circa 1480 (est. $200/300,000). The serene and charming relief appears to be the marble from which the polychrome stucco relief of the same composition in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London was made. An Italian Marble Bust of Christ the Redeemer Depicted as Zeus, attributed to Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli, mid-16th century derives from the ancient sculptures of Zeus or Zeus-Serapis that the artist would have encountered during his sojourn in Rome (est. $120/180,000). Montorsoli worked for Michelangelo on some of the masters most important sculptural commissions, including the Medici chapel in Florence and the Medici tomb in San Lorenzo.
Leading the bronze sculpture on offer is A Rare French Bronze Bust of Gilbert De Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, by Pierre-Jean David dAngers, possibly cast by Charles Crozatier, dated 1829, Paris (est. $200/300,000). This previously unpublished bust, showing General Lafeyette as an ancient philosopher en hermès, is the only known full-sized bronze version of the portrait made by David dAngers in 1828-29. The work is a masterpiece of portraiture, capturing not only the physical likeness of the subject, but also his moral character. Another highlight of the sale is A Life-Size South German Gilt and Painted Lindenwood Group of the Madonna and Child, from the Circle of Hans Multscher, circa 1480 (est. $120/180,000). The sculpture was probably at the center of an altar or shrine, common in Southern Germany and Austria in the late Gothic period.
The afternoon sale also features The Stowe Cistern: A Massive George I Silver Two-Handled Wine Cistern, Jacob Margas, London, 1714 (est. $1/2 million). Cisterns, enormous reserves of precious metal formed into objects of display and ostensible use, represent the height of conspicuous consumption in the late Baroque period. The imposing English cistern on offer in January is one of only eight known to have survived from the reign of George I. This baroque masterpiece was created by Jacob Margas, one of the Royal goldsmiths, and later formed part of the collections of the Dukes of Buckingham at Stowe.
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White House adviser: 'Grand bargain' will be difficult
On this edition of Capital Download, This Week with Susan Page, Director of the White House's National Economic Council Gene Sperling talks about budget negotiations and what it may take to reach a great compromise.
Director of National Economic Council castigates House Speaker John Boehner for flatly ruling out higher revenue in any deal.
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner's latest comments dismissing higher taxes from being included in any budget deal raise serious doubts about whether President Obama and congressional Republicans in the end will be able to reach a "grand bargain," White House adviser Gene Sperling says.
In an interview on USA TODAY's "Capital Download," Sperling said Monday that encouraging remarks Sunday by Republican Sen. Bob Corker -- a Tennessean who said Republicans might be open to changes in the tax code that generate additional revenue -- were immediately offset by Boehner's unyielding stance that same day. "The talk about raising revenue is over," the House speaker declared on ABC's This Week.
"If the Republican leadership that controls the House of Representatives says ... that from now on, every single penny of deficit reduction has to come from things like Medicare, education, research; that there can't be one single penny that comes from closing a loophole or a tax expenditure for a very well-off American -- that is the type of absolute position that makes that kind of compromise very difficult," said Sperling, director of the White House National Economic Council.
Sperling was interviewed in the ornate Secretary of War Suite in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, part of the White House complex. Sitting under a portrait of James M. Porter, secretary of war from 1843-1844 in the Tyler administration, his comments underscored what a battle reaching a deal will be.
He didn't respond directly when asked if Obama trusted Boehner. "They have had very good conversations in the past," Sperling said. "It's unfortunate that for whatever reason they have retreated from where they were in December and have now taken this hard, absolutist line."
In "fiscal cliff" negotiations late last year, the two men came close to reaching a compromise agreement that would include tax hikes and changes in entitlements. Obama said he would support a deal that included moving to a less generous calculation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security beneficiaries.
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The Dolphins have not protected quarterback Ryan Tannehill well all day.
Now we'll see if they do a better job with Matt Moore. Kyle Williams dropped Tannehill inside the Dolphins' 10-yard line early in the fourth quarter for the sixth Buffalo sack of the day and Tannehill needed medical attention on the field after the play.
Tannehill limped off the field a short time later and he's questionable to return with a knee injury. Tannehill and the Dolphins offense had a miserable first half and things got worse in the second half. They ended the first half with 56 yards and had just 58 when Tannehill left the game, leaving even the mathematically challenged with a clear idea of how bad things got.
After a long pass to Brian Hartline, things got even worse. Moore was picked off by Bills safety Jim Leonhard and the Dolphins are back on defense down 13-0 with 10:31 to play in the game.
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We know it's early, but according to one NFL observer, the forecast looks the same for the Texans.
Brian Billick, the former Ravens coach and Fox Sports analyst, has his post-draft power rankings and puts the Texans at No. 8.
That is behind Denver, Baltimore and New England in the AFC, just like last year.
His comment: The post-Manning era in the AFC South hasn't been as friendly to the Texans as many had predicted. The Colts are the younger and more explosive team and may have already closed the gap in the division.
The Texans may have their first chip on their shoulder. And we haven't had rookie camp yet.
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Rylan wrote:Crankshaft wrote:Simon Despres for Jonathan Bernier would be an interesting offer and one that would draw from the Pens' strength.
Can't keep trading young defenseman though. That just depletes that strength and actually makes the Pens weaker in negotiations with Letang. That has a lot more negative to it than positive.
I agree you can't keep trading young defensemen in trades for rentals (Morrow), but in this deal you get a young, starting caliber goalie. You still have 3-4 more in the pipe line, in addition to anyone you bring back if/when you trade Letang.


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Weekly World News' own Gossip Ninja wrote his usual column for the December 19, 2000 issue. Who knew that nine years later, his prediction would come true?
While the circumstances were slightly different, Woods did suffer facial injuries this past weekend after a suspicious car crash.
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Virginia and Libero Daniel made up their minds more than two weeks ago on whom they'd be supporting in California's presidential primary. So they marked their absentee ballots and mailed them in early.
Both voted for Republican Rudolph W. Giuliani. And then the former New York mayor quit the race.
"I felt like hell," Virginia Daniel, 80, said Monday, her vote already somewhere in the bowels of the Los Angeles County elections office.
To the couple, today's primary feels as though they headed out to a big party and snagged a good parking spot -- only to find that they had the date wrong.
In this volatile primary season, an unknown number of people have already voted for candidates who are no longer in the race. Others find that, after voting absentee, they changed their minds about which candidate they support.
"You get a call or two saying, 'I'd like to get my ballot back,' " said Stephen Weir, president of the California Assn. of Clerks and Election Officials.
Those with the greatest remorse, it seems, are those who voted for the politically dead.
Some are angry at themselves and at their candidate. "He quit too soon," said John Edwards supporter Mildred Zollinger, 87, of Porterville in Tulare County. Some, like Virginia Daniel, are disappointed and know "a couple of other people who say the same thing."
But some like her husband are sanguine about the inadvertent decision to disenfranchise themselves.
"I would have rather been able to vote for somebody that's on the ticket," said Libero Daniel, 90, a retired engineer for the city of Los Angeles. "That's the way the game goes, I guess."
Although mail-in voting is expected to be a record high for a primary in California, the ballots haven't been arriving particularly early, said Weir, the Contra Costa County clerk-recorder.
In all, about 4.1 million mail-in ballots are expected -- nearly half of what Weir said was the state's anticipated voter turnout. More than 1 million of the outstanding absentee ballots, Weir said, probably will be dropped off at polls or arrive in the mail today.
Still, said Dean Logan, Los Angeles County's acting registrar-recorder/county clerk, some voters might have held back "waiting to see what's been happening in the earlier primary and caucus states."
He said county voters had requested slightly more than 741,500 mail-in ballots -- a record for a primary and second only to the number requested for the 2004 general election.
Lynn Struiksma, 39, of Los Angeles didn't wait to cast his vote. He liked Edwards' focus on poverty issues and mailed in his ballot the day before the former North Carolina senator withdrew. He has "absolutely" no regrets, he said, because he's working on a film production today and would have had trouble getting to the polls anyway. And he hasn't paid much attention to the race since mailing his ballot in, knowing his decision was made -- and moot.
"I don't know which way I would be persuaded if I had to go vote right now," Struiksma said.
David Goss, a retired aircraft machinist from Atascadero, said he had no second thoughts about his early vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic race, despite the drama driven by Barack Obama's rise in the polls.
"I know how my 401(k) did under her husband," Goss said of the New York senator and former first lady. "I think she'd make the best leader." Yet reflecting the Democrats' overall satisfaction with their slate of choices, Goss said: "It wouldn't be the end of the world if Obama won."
Marsha Slowinski, 49, a stay-at-home mother in Arroyo Grande, held off mailing in her ballot until the middle of last week to ensure against regrets. The dramatic moments that have marked the race since then affirmed her decision to vote for Obama, which she made after watching the Democratic debate in South Carolina.
"He just seems to me to represent a new beginning," the San Luis Obispo County resident said.
But others who have watched the campaign dynamics change by the day say they would vote differently if they still had a ballot to cast.
"I probably would vote for [Republican John] McCain," said Patricia Venti, 66, of San Gabriel, who cast a lukewarm vote in early January for Mitt Romney. But Venti's support for McCain wouldn't be much warmer.
"I don't believe in all his things either, with the war and the immigrants," she said. "I don't think any of them are worth beans."
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An image of what appears to be a new helmet logo for the Dolphins recently emerged, via the fan site DolfansNYC.com.
On Wednesday, Dolphins CEO Mike Dee addressed the rumored logo leak on Twitter, without specifically denying that the leaked image is the new logo.
"Lots of buzz re logos," Dee said. "Love the passion! We continue to explore a # of design alternatives…final decision by Draft."
Of course, he didn't admit it, either. It's possible that the logo is simply one of several potential choices.
Either way, change is coming for the Dolphins. Their fans surely would prefer that change come in the form of improved performance.


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Bruins 4, Maple Leafs 1
BOSTON -- The results weren't there, but Claude Julien insisted he liked the way his Boston Bruins were playing in the final games of the regular season. All that was missing, the coach said, was the scoring.
Wednesday night, in the Stanley Cup playoff opener, the scoring arrived at the right time.
The Bruins, the Cup champions two years ago before going out in the first round last year, poured four goals past a shaky James Reimer over a span of 19:24 over the first and second periods and clubbed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 to take the lead in a series that resumes Saturday night in Boston.
After going 2-5-2 over the last nine games of the regular season, averaging two goals per game over that stretch and ultimately losing the Northeast Division, the Bruins settled into the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference. They outclassed the fifth-seeded Leafs, making their first playoff appearance since 2004, in Game 1.
David Krejci scored one goal and assisted on two others, reclamation project Wade Redden had a goal and a helper and Milan Lucic added two assists in front of Tuukka Rask, who broke a personal four-game playoff losing streak (dating back to four losses to Philadelphia in 2010).
Nathan Horton and Johnny Boychuk also scored for the Bruins.
James van Riemsdyk gave the Leafs an early lead and that was it for the Toronto offense as the Bruins, scoring four goals for the first time in 10 games, moved to 4-1 against the Leafs this season.
The Bruins outshot the Leafs 40-20. Reimer made 14 saves (and the Bruins had a goal waved off) in the third period but it was too little too late.
Phil Kessel, traded by the Bruins in the deal that landed Boston Tyler Seguin and Dougie Hamilton, was again ineffective against his old team, with only one harmless shot on goal. In 23 games against the Bruins, he has three goals and nine points and is a minus-22. He still gets booed by TD Garden fans every time he touches the puck and the crowd broke into taunting chants of "Kes-sel, Kes-sel" in the third period.
Redden was in the Boston lineup replacing 19-year-old Hamilton, Redden playing in his 102nd playoff game (he came in with 47 points).
"I think Wade feels pretty good about himself right now," Julien said of the defensemen, exiled to the minors by the Rangers for two years because of his meaty contract (he signed with the Blues this year and was dealt to Boston at the deadline).
The two points in the first period were the 48th and 49th of Redden's playoff career, but the goal was his first in the playoffs since 2007.
The Leafs scored the first goal of the series, striking quickly on the power play at 1:54 of the first period. Patrice Bergeron was off for tripping when Cody Franson set up van Riemsdyk alone with an open net. Van Riemsdyk scored his 12th career playoff goal.
The Bruins then struck for two goals in the final 3:40 of the period, Redden's slapper going in off Reimer and Horton deflecting in Redden's shot with 11.7 seconds left. Toronto argued Horton's stick was too high when he tipped the puck down, but the goal held up under review.
The building rocked and the red light was on for Seguin 1:10 into the second period, but the puck had hit the post.
The Bruins did make it 3-1 when the Leafs, tired and needing a change, flubbed the puck in front of their net and Krejci picked it up, wheeled and scored at 10:25 of the second.
NOTES: Redden posted his eighth career multi-point playoff game. ... The franchises last met in a playoff series in 1974, and the Leafs haven't beaten the Bruins in a series since 1959. ... Julien already had his game face on early Wednesday morning. Asked what he expected from the Maple Leafs, he said, "I don't care. I think it's more about what I expect from our team. I don't care what they do, what I care (about) is what we do." ... The Bruins came in with a roster loaded with 1,273 games of playoff experience, while Toronto had just 206 games of experience. The Bruins had 22 Cup rings (17 of the players around two years ago), the Leafs none. ... Boston came in 26-6-5 in its last 37 games against the Leafs, 11-1-1 in the last 13 at TD Garden. ... Kessel entered with 15 points in 15 playoff games, all with the Bruins. ... Toronto got Ryan Bozak back after he missed the last two games of the regular season with an upper-body injury. ... Rich Peverley, who had 12 points in 25 games during the Bruins' Cup run in 2011, was a healthy scratch.