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GALENA, Alaska -- Yukon River flooding that knocked out power to the Alaska village of Galena has brought on a number of secondary problems, including how to keep bears away from hundreds of pounds of game meat that has spoiled in residents' refrigerators and freezers.
The flood caused by ice clogging the Yukon submerged some homes and washed out the road to the community's landfill. On Monday, emergency responders were developing plans to collect spoiled meat and fly it by helicopter to the dump, said Jeremy Zidek, spokesman for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
"All the freezers filled with game began to get pretty bad," Zidek said.
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Many Galena residents remain evacuated to other communities, and Zidek was unsure who would be doing the collecting. In rural Alaska, freezers often are kept in arctic entryways where it's cold in the wintertime and where they're accessible without entering a home.
Zidek had heard no reports of bears approaching, as has happened previously when rural villages flood.
The breakup of ice along the Yukon and other main Alaska rivers is a major spring event, marking the transition between winter transportation over ice and summer transit by boat. However, if the thick river ice begins to break up and move downstream before it has melted into small pieces, it can jam in narrow or shallow portions of river and create a temporary dam that backs up water into villages.
The Yukon below Galena jammed May 27, sending water into the community of nearly 500 that once hosted a U.S. Air Force Base. No one was injured, but some homes were flooded to the roofs.
Water did not recede until the weekend, and evidence of damage was everywhere Sunday, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. Ice floes had floated into yards, along with logs and other debris from upstream locations. Water remained around some homes and covered a baseball field.
The water knocked homes off foundations in both the old "downtown" section of Galena and a newer section built after a 1971 flood.
The problems with rancid meat played a role in responders asking evacuees to delay their return.
"Alaska's a free state, so I'm not going to tell people not to go home," said Glenn Farnsworth, a Division of Forestry employee who became the incident commander for flood recovery. "(But) I don't want kids coming back when I've got two tons of rancid meat in town."
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The flooding damaged fire trucks and the town is in poor shape to handle another emergency, Farnsworth said. No physicians were on hand, and the village nurse was away.
Water in fuel tanks and flooding of the community's sewage lagoon led to concerns about chemical and biological contamination, said acting city manager Greg Moyer.
"Did you smell those fumes? What is that? We need to know," he said.
A dike protected the former Air Force station. Zidek said barracks are being readied to house responders and returning townspeople who cannot immediately move back into their homes.
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The Travelle Wharton free agency tour has apparently hit a roadblock.
According to Bill Williamson of ESPN.com, Wharton decided to not make a scheduled trip to Denver, which was reported earlier today.
Wharton had visited the Panthers earlier this week, but apparently may have had economic reservations about visiting the Broncos (i.e. not enough money was being offered).
He's a versatile blocker who can play guard or tackle, starting 99 games in his career. But he missed last season with the Bengals because of a knee injury, and will need to prove to teams he's well enough to play.
And if he's looking for more than the minimum, he might need to wait until guys start going down in camps to create more need.


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John Moffitt will not be the answer to the Browns' injury-related problems at guard.
Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the trade sending Moffitt from the Seahawks to the Browns in exchange for defensive lineman Brian Sanford has been voided. Per Cabot, the Browns had some concerns about Moffitt's health so they decided to call the whole thing off and retain Sanford rather than add another injured guard to the mix.
The Browns are without Shawn Lauvao, who started camp as the team's right guard, because he had arthroscopic surgery on his ankle and Jason Pinkston, who replaced him, went down with a high ankle sprain in last week's preseason game. That may mean another move in the near future unless they are convinced 2012 seventh-rounder Garrett Gilkey is better than any available options.
Moffitt will head back to Seattle, where he will resume a battle he's been losing with J.R. Sweezy for the right guard job and continue to steer clear of the Lincoln Square Mall when he needs to use the restroom.


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Dr. Grumpy: "And that's it. Sorry about the list, it was insanely busy."
Dr. Brain: "Okay. Not your fault, but holy crap this is a lot of patients" (chuckles) "oh well, maybe some will die overnight."
3 of them did!
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Ahhh, the ol' Celestial Discharge!
Tranfer to Eternal Care Unit.
Do NOT piss off Dr. Brain.
What was the over-under?
don't want to be one of Dr. B's pts.
transfer to Jesus
Transfer to the eigth floor (of the 7 floor hospital).
looks like Dr. Brain has horrible power.
What anon at 8:29 said.
remind me not to be dr Brain's patient...I'd like to be around for awhile.
But it probably wasn't the problem cases that checked out.
10 points for compassion. Hope some die so I'm not inconvenienced! LOL.
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Know your medical work restrictions. Do you have a copy of your most recent APF (Activity Prescription Form) or PCE (Physical Capacity Evaluation)? You can find these records on the Claim & Account Center.
Note: The employer can still hire you if they want, but the risk of future injury would be on their workers' comp record, they would not be covered by the PW program.
There is no list of employers. It's up to you to mention your PW status. Many employers are familiar with the Preferred Worker benefits. For those who are not, the PW brochure is a good introduction.
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Vocational plans are developed to train disabled workers for new work. If you qualify, you and your vocational counselor will draft a vocational plan identifying services you will need to become employable again.
This plan will show the responsibilities that you, your counselor, your employer and others will have as you work toward this goal.
Once your plan is approved, you will have 2 options. Choosing between them is an important decision. In addition to talking with your counselor, you may want to talk with family members or professional consultants before making your final selection.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
An Interview with Richard Billingsley
With the 2009 BCS Standings set to debut on Sunday, the Guru decided to have a chat with Mr. Billingsley this week in a no-holds-barred, hour-long phone interview. This is what he had to say:
Guru: Why are you a college football fan?
Billingsley: I can honestly say it came by naturally. I was born into a football-crazy family. My grandfather and parents were big college football fans and I remember being a fan as a young child at 5-6 years old. I'm literally a fan before the game was on TV. It really boggles my mind that college football has gone from being on the radio to black-and-white TV to to color TV and now to every outlet you can think of. The first football game that left an impression on me was in 1957, it was Notre Dame beating Oklahoma that ended (the Sooners') 47-game winning streak. I was born in Oklahoma and still live here. I remember the entire state in such shock over that loss, literally like someone had died in the family. That made such an impact on me because I figured if it's that important to adults, there must be something to it, so I was hooked.
Guru: How did you get into the rankings business?
Billingsley: I was interested in college football rankings, such as the AP and the UPI - the coaches poll back in the old days - at a very young age. Back then, the polls came out on Tuesdays. The voting was done so late on Sundays it didn't meet press deadlines, so the rankings did not come out until Tuesdays in the papers. I'd run home from school looking at those polls in the newspaper and most of the time, I'd go 'man, did these guys watch the same games as I did? This is not right. There has to be a better way of ranking teams.' Even when I was a teenager, I thought they were not paying attention to strength of schedule and playing favorites with traditional powerhouse schools. I didn't think these should be tolerated. So I sat down one day and started tinkering with my own mathematical formula.
Guru: When did you first publish your rankings?
Billingsley: I first ran it for a couple of years, in 1968 and '69. In 1970 it was published for the first time, by a local neighborhood newspaper in Houston. I did that for years. It was just a hobby, something I printed out for friends, family and coworkers. It wasn't until 1994, when I started wondering who'd been No. 1 in my system back in the 1920s, and I thought I could find out, and run my system through those years if I had all the information I needed. So I sat down and wrote letters to every Division I school's SID (Sports Information Director), asking for their football records as far back as they have them. And every SID responded and sent me their press guide. That was my starting place. What I did not realize I'd come up against was that there's a vast amount of discrepancies between schools - not only did they not agree on the date, but the score, or in one instance, who won the game. But eventually I pieced everything together like a jigsaw puzzle. I started in 1869, everything from that point through the current year. I finally finished it in 1996 - it took me two years to do all that. One of my friends would tell me: 'you're either the most dedicated college football fan or you lead the most pathetic life of any man.'
Guru: And how did your rankings get into the BCS?
Billingsley: When I finished the project, I was pretty pround of what I had done and I took the results and mailed it to Richard Campbell, the director of statistics for the NCAA. He said it was amazing and he'd like to publish this in the NCAA records book. It was in the 1996 records book, and it was the first time ever I had gotten any recognition. And then the real break came in 1999, when Roy Kramer (then BCS chair and commissioner of the SEC) wanted to expand the computer rankings from three to seven. His deputy Charles Bloom called me and said we got your name from the NCAA and would like to see your work. And for the first time, my rankings were included in 1999. The fact is, in the six computers, there are the most time-tested brilliant mathematical minds - everybody but me, I'm not a mathematician - but one of the requirements is the BCS needed to see 10 years of rankings on a week-by-week and see how far back can you go. (Bloom) was amused that I had such a vast amount of information. How I ended up getting in the BCS was probably because they were impressed with my research.
Guru: You had to alter your formula after the BCS required that margin of victory (MOV) be dropped as a component. How did you feel about that?
Billingsley: That happened after the 2001 season, but I had actually agreed to take (MOV) out before the BCS requested us to take it out. It had become so obvious to me during the 2001 season that the coaches were using the scores of the game to manipulate the computers. It was the most unsportsmanlike thing I've ever seen in my life and I wanted no part of it. I agree that using MOV gives you a better predictor for future games, a more accurate predictor. But with it or without it, it has never changed my top two teams at the end of the season.
Guru: Your system tends to produce rankings quite distinct from the other five BCS computers. Why is that?
Billingsley: My system is probably more different from the other computer systems. The other five guys are looking at it from a purely mathematical standpoint - don't get me wrong, I applaud their systems and I have tremendous respect for what they do. But my system is not purely mathematically based. My rankings are based on rules that are put in place from a fan's perspective, things I think that are important to rank college football teams. My rankings are closer-ly related to human voters, an improved AP poll, if you will. It reacts to games more like a human voter but does it without biases like the name of team, the conference they play in, etc. It's mainly concerned with with wins, losses, strength of schedule (SOS) and head-to-head results. The core of my system is not something you see in most computers. It's not necessarily better - in purely mathematical terms, it's not as good - but the public relates very well to the system.
Guru: So how do you respond to the accusation that your system is a 'one-man poll'?
Billingsley: My response is that it's a 100 percent computer-generated formula, there's no personal input on a week-by-week basis. Anyone can duplicate the system if they have the program. Other than that I wrote the program, I have no influence.
Guru: But you do have a preseason ranking. Isn't that inherently biased?
Billingsley: In my system, you carry the rankings from one season to the next, exactly from last season's final rankings. You must have a starting position. Both Sagarin and Massey use that philosophy, the only difference is I found a way to do it without MOV and still have a pretty accurate system. Some people think before the season, everybody should start out equal, but my answer to that is it looks fair on the surface to start everyone equal, but it's not logical because we know for a fact that all teams are not equal, so how can we ignore that? It's more fair if Idaho starts out the same as Southern Cal. It's fair to Idaho. But is it fair to USC? In my mind, (to start out teams equally) skews any hopes of an unbiased SOS. That's why my SOS is dramatically different from what other computers are showing you.
Guru: Does it bother you that your rankings get tossed at a disproportionally high rate every week?
Billingsley: I certainly know my rankings give a different perspective. I know there are those out there like to say, 'look, Billingsley gets thrown out more than other computers, so it must not be any good.' My reponse is this: My computer program is more correlated to human votes than other computers, so of course it gets thrown out more often. But that's what the BCS was tying to accomplish. They don't want me to be like the other computers, they want a different perspective. It doesn't bother me that my rankings get thrown out more often, but it bothers me that people don't understand why,
Guru: Do you get disgruntled fans writing you as a result?
Billingsley: I do get hate mail from fans but you can't satisfy everybody. It's always from the fans of a few teams feeling that they're getting the shaft. If they love your ranking, they won't write, so 90 percent of the mail is bad. When this happened 10 years ago it broke my heart. But over the years, it just rolls off my back. I have always tried my best to respond to every email I get, but I finally have to post a message that says that I won't respond to anything with vulgarity. I've gotten some disgustingly vulgar email - those people really are not fans, they're just disgruntled human beings. You may not agree with me but at least you can be respectful.
Guru: What would you do to change the current BCS formula?
Billingsley: A couple of things. First, the weight between computers and humans should be 50-50. That's the way it was and then it changed because of an overreaction to that particular season (2003). In this formula, we're ignoring SOS - 33 percent is not enough weight to accurately describe SOS. The voters just don't have the capacity to gauge SOS the way they should, even if they had the inclination to do so. There is a difference, from a mathematically standpoint, between a 47th-ranked team and 48th but (the voters) cannot give us that distinction. That's why computers should have more weight. Second, they need to stop throwing out the high number (among the computers). They can throw out the low number but keep the high number. The reason I'm saying that is the six formulas we have now are narrowed down from hundreds of computer and it's the best we have, so we really shouldn't toss out two more in every ranking. For example, last season, I continuously had USC higher than other systems and at the end of the season, guess where they ended up? So my question is, why is it that the Trojans are not allowed to get the benefit of a system that gives them a higher rating?
Guru: Aside from the formula, do you want to see the BCS changed in any way?
Billingsley: I'm a fan of the BCS, but not because I'm a part of it. I think this system is the best way to bring together a No. 1 and No. 2 and keep the integrity of the season intact. I'm not a fan of a playoff. I prefer the way it is. In some seasons, the plus-one would make a lot of sense but it doesn't in every season. So whatever we do it's got to fit every season, that's what people forget. If you make a change based on one season's result, you're making a mistake. Any change that takes place should be made over a long period of investigation and research. We don't need a plus-one. If I have one criticism (for the BCS), it's that in the early years they made too many changes based on a knee-jerk reaction. But in their defense, they didn't have a choice. It was something we were all experiencing for the first time.
7 comments:
Great interview! Very interesting stuff.
- October 15, 2009 at 2:51 PM
- October 15, 2009 at 3:10 PM
- Jams said...
loved it! i would really enjoy more interviews like this.
- October 16, 2009 at 4:42 AM
So basically what Billingsley says is "I'm going to start my rankings by totally ignoring the massive turnover in college teams from year to year." Awesome. Gotta love the BCS.
- October 16, 2009 at 6:40 AM
The problem with Billingsly's ranking system, is that two teams could play identical schedules, have identical records, but the team that had the better season the previous year, will be ranked higher. He talks about trying to be fair, but this is about the most unfair thing I can think of.
- October 16, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Good interview.
Billingsley system still allows for teams to manipulate their schedule to game themselves to the top of the rankings.
The best way to evaluate teams is to see what they did against good teams (teams with a winning record-- 7 out of 12 with FCS schoolsnot counting). Good teams rarely lose to bad teams, so the best teams are those that win against the best competition.
Looking back to 2002, while the Ohio State/Miami Fiesta bowl was good and all, USC and Georgia both played harder schedules in harder conferences were at least as good if not better than either Ohio State or Miami, with each schools winning more games against good teams in the regular season.
Without a playoff, we are left with more mythical national champions. The only difference is we are told that Florida and OU were the best two teams in 2008 -- I disagree -- Texas, Utah, and USC were equally deserving and demonstrate why a playoff is necessary.
- October 17, 2009 at 7:04 AM
"The core of my system is not something you see in most computers. It's not necessarily better - in purely mathematical terms, it's not as good - but the public relates very well to the system."
I've always thought the entire purpose to the computer rankings was to be purely mathematical, unbiased, and who cares if the public relates well, like he even says elsewhere in the interview, people are happy when their team is ranked highly, and mad when they're not. The general public doesn't seem to be the best judge of these things.
Personally I'd like to see everyone follow Colley's lead and actually explain what it is they're doing. This way we can judge for ourselves (or at least those of us who are mathematically inclined) whether the algorithms are worth their weight.
- October 18, 2009 at 4:00 PM


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Alicia Silverstone Gives Birth Just In Time For Mother's Day! Congrats!
We knew someone was going to burst this weekend and that lucky mommy was Alicia Silverstone! The actress gave birth to a baby boy named Bear Blu on Thursday, May 5!
Congratulations go out to Alicia Silverstone and her hubby, Christopher Jarecki! The happy couple welcomed their new bundle of joy, a boy named Bear Blu weighing in at 7 lbs., 15 oz. and sources tell X17online.com that Alicia is already at home with the baby!
"Mom and Dad are completely in love" with their "beautiful baby boy," Alicia's rep said in a statement to People.
Alicia, 34, who has not announced the sex of the baby, had a water-birth at an LA-area birthing center, which might explain why she's been keeping up with her yoga exercises throughout her pregnancy!
Congrats again Alicia and Chris! What a perfect Mother's Day gift!
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Keynote Speakers at the event are John A. Zachman and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock. Zachman developed the Framework for Enterprise Architecture that has received broad acceptance around the world as a "periodic table" of enterprise models. Zachman is also known for his early contributions to IBM's information strategy methodology. Wirfs-Brock is an internationally renowned author and innovator who led the development of object design methodologies and invented the set of development practices known as Responsibility-Driven Design. Through her courses, IEEE Software column, conference tutorials and books, she has taught design and architecture concepts to thousands.
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Microsoft released a new video today in its " Scroogled" campaign against Google.
This time, it's warning people that Google will snoop on your Valentine.
The goal is, of course, to get people to leave Gmail for Microsoft's alternative freebie email service, Outlook.com.
Google is just "a habit" that people can't seem to break, Stefan Weitz, Microsoft's director of Online Services and the voice for the Scroogled campaign, told TechCrunch's Frederic Lardinois. Weitz even admitted that his own girlfriend can't break the Google "habit."
He also admitted that Scroogled is a very negative campaign, although today's Valentine's Day video is less in-your-face than the one Microsoft released last week.
The bigger question is, aside from giving the world a chuckle, does it work? Do people really care that Google is analyzing the words in their emails so they can post more relevant ads, as Microsoft claims, particularly with a free service?
Our guess: probably not.
Here's the latest attempt to convince them they should:
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service has suspended mail delivery to a Rapid City neighborhood because a carrier was bitten by a dog.
The last piece of mail residents on the 100 block of Montana Street got was a Nov. 8 letter saying they can pick up their mail at the post office.
A spokesman says it is an inconvenience for the 16 homes, but the agency has to keep its employees safe.
Lucie Ronfeldt says her husband had a stroke, so she has to go to the post office now to get the mail. She says it's not fair the whole neighborhood is punished because of one dog.
An animal control officer says the attack is under investigation and the agency will determine whether the dog is dangerous.
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By: Edward Keegan
Bruce Graham, the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) principal behind such legendary 20th century designs as Chicago's Inland Steel Building, Hancock Center, and Sears Tower, died on March 6 at his home in Hobe Sound, Fla. He was 84 years old. Born in Columbia in 1925, Graham grew up in Peru and Puerto Rico. He first visited Chicago for naval training while serving during World War II. Following architecture school at the University of Pennsylvania, he worked at SOM from 1951 until his retirement in 1989.
Graham led many designs for the Chicago office during its heyday in the mid-20th century. In theory, the corporate model that the founders had established was one of equal partners. Differentiation came from credits accrued through work that individual partners brought to the firm. Graham realized that about 80 percent of the firm's commissions came from the street through SOM's excellent reputation in corporate America and made sure that his assistant was assigned to the phones so that all such projects could be credited to his account.
The architect was known by his associates for his ability to calculate floor-area ratios and structural bays in his head to provide developers with straightforward architectural solutions for their real estate while sitting in a meeting. He legendarily developed engineer Fazlur Kahn's structural tube high-rise concept into the "bundled tube" system used at the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) by pulling a handful of cigarettes out of his pocket and demonstrating the stability provided by combining the tall, thin forms.
More than two decades after his departure from Chicago, Graham's Hancock and Willis towers still rank as two of the city's four tallest structures, and the Willis Tower remains the tallest skyscraper in North America.


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STARKSBORO — For the second time, 13-year-old Connor Norland has chosen to celebrate President Barack Obama's election by shaving his head.
In 2008 the Starksboro youth shaved his entire head and donated his hair to Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis.
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ADDISON COUNTY — Addison County balloting in the Presidential race on Tuesday mirrored statewide voting, as Vermont became the first state in the nation placed in Democratic President Barack Obama's column in his march toward a second term.
Meanwhile, county voters also backed winners in all statewide contests. Eric Davis, a political analyst and a professor emeritus of political science at Middlebury College, noted how closely local balloting tracked with statewide results in what he called a big day for Democrats across Vermont.
MIDDLEBURY — Addison County, Huntington and Buel's Gore voters on Tuesday overwhelming endorsed incumbent Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison, for a fifth term in office and also elected New Haven Democrat Chris Bray to represent them in the Legislature's highest chamber.
Ayer, the former Senate majority whip and current chairwoman of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, was the top vote-getter, notching 12,943 tallies. Bray, the former Addison-5 state representative and 2010 candidate for lieutenant governor, finished second, with 9,915 votes.
VERGENNES — Residents of the five Addison Northwest Supervisory Union towns on Tuesday rejected a proposed $6.5 million bond to fund repairs and major upgrades to Vergennes Union High School, 2,244-1,653.
In percentage terms, voters said no by 57.6 to 42.4 percent to a plan that included improvements to the school's auditorium, installation of a six-lane track and an artificial turf playing field, upgrades to its kitchen and cafeteria, roof repairs to several areas of the building, and parking, sidewalk and traffic-flow improvements.
MIDDLEBURY — Rep. Harvey Smith, R-New Haven, won re-election to a sixth term representing Addison-5 in the Vermont House on Tuesday after defeating Democrat challenger Ed McGuire of New Haven, 1,145-959.
Smith, 67, is a lifelong farmer and is in his second stint representing Addison-5, a district that includes the towns of New Haven, Bridport and Weybridge.
BRISTOL — The proposed new Bristol town plan passed with a decisive 68.7 percent of the vote on Tuesday, ending an eight-year process that at times seemed to divide the town on issues of zoning proposals and resource extraction.
"In all honesty, I'm ecstatic," said Kris Perlee of the Bristol Planning Commission. "A lot of work was done by a lot of people to make a plan that reflects the desires of the town as a whole."
VERGENNES — Incumbent Reps. Greg Clark, R-Vergennes, and Diane Lanpher, D-Vergennes, easily won re-election to their respective House seats representing the Addison-3 district amid heavy voting in Tuesday's General Election.
Lanpher, 56, was the top vote-getter in securing her third consecutive term representing the communities of Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes and Waltham. She finished with 2,635 votes, compared to 2,355 for Clark, who secured his fifth consecutive two-year term.
RIPTON — Rep. Willem Jewett, D-Ripton, comfortably won his contest for a fifth consecutive term representing the Addison-2 House district, defeating independent challenger Tim Ryan by a 1,400-882 margin in voting on Tuesday.
And after the ballots were counted, Jewett confirmed to the Addison Independent that he will run for the post of House Majority Leader when his party caucuses on Dec. 8. Jewett currently serves as House Majority Whip. Democrats maintained their sizable majority in the Vermont House amid heavy voter turnout in the Nov. 6 General Election.
BRANDON/PITTSFORD/SUDBURY — For the first time in 37 years, the Brandon-area Vermont House district will send a Democrat representative to Montpelier.
And for the first time ever, there will be a Republican and a Democrat representing Brandon, Pittsford and Sudbury together in the Vermont House.
Republican incumbent Butch Shaw and Democratic challenger Steve Carr were the top vote getters in Tuesday's General Election, and they will jointly represent the new Rutland-6 district in the Vermont House.
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Carlike ride with SUV capability.
The Durango was redesigned a couple years ago with new exterior styling and a surprisingly luxurious interior. Because of that top-to-bottom makeover, the Durango had few changes last year, and the story is much the same for 2013. Behind the signature cross-hair grille is Chrysler's fuel-efficient 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine and a five-speed automatic transmission, which come standard. A 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 is optional, and it brings with it a six-speed automatic. Towing capacity is rated at 6200 and 7400 pounds, respectively, for the two powertrains, and rear- or all-wheel drive is available with either engine. The Durango's unibody construction is similar to that of the Mercedes-Benz M-class and the Jeep Grand Cherokee and is a welcome contrast to the old body-on-frame chassis that punished occupants of the previous Durango. Thanks to the underpinning swap, the Durango has surprisingly good body control. Add in nice brake-pedal feel and accurate steering, and you have a 5000-pound SUV that feels astonishingly light on its feet. The interior features three rows of seats with room for seven, but second-row captain's chairs are also available. Outward visibility is only OK due to the high front cowl, but the Durango still successfully combines SUV capability, crossover versatility, and carlike performance.
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SXT models can now be optioned with the Rallye Appearance Group, which means 5 more hp than the standard V-6 model with the looks of an R/T. Crew models now have standard premium leather seating, heated first- and second-row seats, and bright door handles. The Technology Group, which includes blind-spot and rear cross-path detection monitoring, as well as adaptive cruise control, can now be added to the R/T.
Front, side, and side curtain air bags; traction and stability control; roll mitigation; hill-start assist; and trailer-sway control are standard. Blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-path detection, and forward-collision warning are optional.
Handles well for an SUV
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Organ Transport Lunch Cooler
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- Big enough to hold a typical frozen meal, plus a couple of sodas, and / or viscera
- Not fit for actual human organ transport, but are you really gonna do that?
Perhaps you've heard this story before? You spend the time to prepare an awesome lunch, and carry it with you to work only to find that, when the lunch whistle sounds, some filthy thief raided your tupperware and has stolen your juice-box. Sure, there are plenty of ways to combat the dreaded lunch thief. You can leave passive-aggressive notes, but those only get laughed at. You can resort to shelf-stable items that require no refrigeration, but they kinda suck. Or, you can hire Dolph Lundgren to guard your lunchbox.
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New York! Make sure you head over to Hendershot Gallery to see "(Re)Print," a collection of works by some of the world's best known street artists. As the name suggests, many of the works in this show are extremely limited and one of a kind prints (with many at very reasonable prices too!) Some of the arists featured in the show include ASVP, Anthony Lister, Chris Stain, Clown Soldier, Gaia, Gilf!, Icy & Sot, Imminent Disaster, Judith Supine, Know Hope, Labrona, Other, Paul Insect and many more.
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Martina McBride Is Getting a Namesake
Martina McBride and Train frontman Pat Monahan gave two newlyweds the gift of a lifetime, performing 'Marry Me' during their onstage wedding at the 2012 ACM Awards. Now, that lucky couple -- Frank Tucci and Christina Davidson -- are giving a huge gift to McBride: a namesake.
The bride and groom are expecting a baby girl, and they're naming her after the songstress, who was such a big part of their wedding day.
Tucci took the news to Twitter, writing, "We were married @ACMawards 2012: you sang Marry Me. We're expecting a baby girl Sept 12 by C-sec. We're naming her Martina @martinamcbride."
Of course, the 'Concrete Angel' hitmaker shared her congratulations, adding that the surprising news was "amazing." It really is a fairytale with a happy ending for the couple, and certainly deserved, as they met at a support group after both of their former spouses tragically passed away within two months of each other.
Their very public ACM Awards wedding was actually McBride's idea. At first, the country singer admitted she thought it was a crazy idea, but one that was "worth throwing out there." It certainly was, as the happy couple now has an extremely memorable wedding -- a memory so sweet that they'll remember it always through their daughter's name.


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After an aborted event back in July, we were finally able to welcome John Hegley to the shop today, for a simply fantastic event. I still couldn't quite believe that someone who I have always loved to watch - and did so a lot during my student years (don't forget John started performing his poetry in 1980!) - was standing in the courtyard garden of our shop, holding everyone enthralled and making them laugh:
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Here are just a few things we were up to last week....
My sweet mom's birthday was on January 24th, so we celebrated last weekend at my parents' house!
It was unseasonably warm at the beginning of last week, so we were able to spend the afternoon outside!
I have been cooking lots of SkinnyTaste recipes over the past few weeks. Last week I made Santa Fe Turkey Stuffed Peppers. They were SO good!
We went to the library one day last week. We go twice a week during the summer, but I'm not as good about taking them as often during the school year.
I took this picture of them before we left the house that morning...they look so sweet and cooperative, right?
Not so much! These were just a few of the outtakes! Ha!
I think I mentioned that we are hosting our small group this semester! We had taken about a year break after hosting weekly for 2 years, but have our fun group back in our home again. We had 23 people this week!
We celebrated one of our leaders birthdays that evening with this fun cake from Rick's Bakery!
Friday, we spent the day in Arkadelphia with Julee and Preslee! We had the best time with them! It was such a fun, easy day. Julee and I were able to spend the entire day talking and hanging out while the kids played. We loved getting to see their new house, too. I was so thankful for some much-needed time with them! We miss those girls like crazy!!
Preslee decided to be my little buddy on Friday! She spent a lot of time in my lap giving me kisses and making me kiss her forehead. :)
Our friend and photographer, Kelsey, blogged pictures from our family session in November! Go check out her blog! She is super talented!!!
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POTSDAM, Germany, June 25 (UPI) -- Even if the world can limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, sea levels could still rise between 5 and 13 feet by the year 2300, German researchers say.
However, emissions reductions that kept the temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius could go a long way toward inhibiting rising seas, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research reported Sunday.
The predictions are based on observed sea-level rises over the past millennium, as well as on scenarios for future greenhouse-gas emissions, researchers said.
"Sea-level rise is a hard to quantify yet critical risk of climate change," study lead author Michiel Schaeffer of Wageningen University, said. "Due to the long time it takes for the world's ice and water masses to react to global warming, our emissions today determine sea levels for centuries to come."
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I would like to point out first that it seems that only the "original" flavor is organic (if that is something that is important to you). It did have a slight Red Bull like taste but overall it is one of the better tasting energy drinks. It didn't make me super jittery but it did give me a lil extra pep to make it through a late night.
We've got four words for you. Good Energy. Smart Organics.
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Nutrition Facts: Per 1 can 8.4 fl oz. (250 ml)
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It's an ok product to drink I guess. I would not buy it at all. My house dont like energy drink to sugary. Other people maybe. But not for us.
I liked it.Taste is good. I would like to buy it again and again. The best thing is it has only 5 calories and it's organic. I have tried so many energy drinks this one became my favorite.
This gave me energy without making me feel jittery or making me crash after a few hours. I love that it is an organic vegan energy source, I can't wait to try their other products. Guru tasted so refreshing!
The taste wasn't good at all!!!! It had a metallic after taste. I did feel more energized after consumption but it wore off pretty quickly and I found myself needing another pick me up not even an hour later.
This energy drink is one of the best drinks I had.i felt no crash. I used this during working out and felt good pump and energized. Strongly recommended!!!
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HARTSVILLE, SC – Coker fell behind big in the early stages of the contest against Barton College Thursday night and couldn't recover in a 79-65 men's basketball defeat. Coker drops to 6-21, 4-16 in the CVAC, while Barton moves to 17-10 overall and 13-7 in the conference.
The Bulldogs took advantage of Coker's ice-cold 1-12 start from the field to open up a 23-3 lead after 10 minutes of play. The Cobras had no luck making a big dent in the lead and went into the break trailing 38-19.
Coker shot only 27 percent in the half while BC connected on 50 percent of its attempts. The Bulldogs held a 27-13 rebounding advantage but the Cobras only turned the ball over three times to Barton's eight.
Coker found their stroke in the second half for 55 percent shooting but still couldn't find a way to slow Barton down, who shot 59 percent after the break. BC's lead never ballooned but hovered around 20 points for most of the second half. Last minute turnovers by the Bulldogs allowed the Cobras to slash the margin down to the final 14 point differential.
Michael Pierce led CC with 12 points and five rebounds before fouling out. Four more Coker players scored nine points each in a balanced offensive effort.
Casey Moore tallied 23 points and six rebounds for Barton and Jacoby Key added 19 for the visitors. Ervin Gregory scored 15 points and grabbed six boards off the bench.
In their final regular season contest, the Cobras will travel to Queens University of Charlotte this Saturday at 4:00 PM.


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PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks tumbled from their 2011 NL West title with a thud this season, and that means changes are in store for 2013.
General manager Kevin Towers said the top priority is upgrading the left side of the infield, particularly at shortstop, a position that is thin in the team's otherwise outstanding minor league system. He indicated that third base is another target.
He characterized the free agent market as ``not real strong.''
``So probably those moves to upgrade those positions more than likely will have to come via the trade,'' Towers said.
The Diamondbacks, he said, would like to ``add another power arm'' as a late-inning reliever along with setup man David Hernandez and closer J.J. Putz and ``definitely'' need a left-handed specialist. Towers said the team expects to pick up Putz's option for next season.
Towers also will be looking for a veteran pitcher to add to the team's young rotation, especially when right-hander Daniel Hudson is not expected to be back from Tommy John elbow surgery until August at the earliest, manager Kirk Gibson said.
Towers said it's highly unlikely the team will trade right fielder Justin Upton. But center fielder Chris Young could well have played his final game for Arizona, potentially losing his job to young Adam Eaton. Eaton is aggressive and extremely fast, and has shown a knack for drawing walks.
Towers effusively praised Eaton, who is recovering from a broken hand after being hit by a pitch last Saturday, as the bona fide leadoff batter the franchise has lacked since Tony Womack held the job for the 2001 world championship team.
``It's been something we've been looking for. It's very tough to find,'' Towers said. `` ... He brings that swagger, that little bit of edge, cockiness. However you want to put it. That's the way he played in the minor leagues, too. He's an exciting player and he's only going to get better with time.''
With A.J. Pollock also in the mix in the outfield, Young could be the odd man out. Arizona's center fielder for six seasons and a superb defender, Young is just a .239 career hitter. He came on strong to start this season, then was sidelined with a shoulder injury and never regained that fleeting form at the plate. He is due to make $8.5 million next season, the final year of his contract.
``I have no idea, not even the slightest clue, what's going to happen,'' Young said. ``Players rarely know anything that's going to go on in the offseason, or what the offseason plan is. Only time will tell really.''
Upton, who injured a thumb early in the season and struggled to regain his 2011 form until a late-season charge, got a vote of confidence from owner Ken Kendrick in a radio interview and a big voice of support from Gibson, who benched the slugger for three games earlier in the season. Not all of Upton's numbers were off. He raised his average to .280 with his late performance and his 107 runs tied Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen for second-most in the NL, one fewer than Milwaukee's Ryan Braun.
``I'm going to be optimistic about the situation,'' Upton said. ``This is where I played my entire career. I enjoy playing here, so we'll see.''
The Diamondbacks were the definition of an average team, finishing at 81-81. They never were more than five games below .500 or four games above it.
``We kept searching and searching and searching,'' catcher Miguel Montero said, ``have a good series, a good game, and then it just kind of disappeared. We kept searching to get it back again. That's the difference in us going home early and some other teams are still playing.''
While there were plenty of negatives, one undisputed positive was the play of Aaron Hill, whose season arguably was better than any other second baseman in the league. Hill batted .302 with 26 home runs, 44 doubles and 85 RBIs.
``Numbers-wise I don't think anybody matches up,'' Gibson said. ``The numbers in themselves are an indicator of who you have, but the intangibles are really what I look for. I think that's where your impact comes in. ... I think you could call Aaron Hill relentless. He likes baseball. He enjoys the game. We're very, very excited about Aaron on our team.''
Jason Kubel had a big early season in left field but tailed off badly at the plate in recent weeks. His average dipped to .253 but he still led the team in homers (30) and RBIs (90). First baseman Paul Goldschmidt (.286, 20 home runs, 82 RBIs) had a strong first full season, as did rookie left-hander Wade Miley (16-11, 3.33 ERA). Montero, who got a big new contract before the season began, batted .286 with 82 RBIs. Ian Kennedy, a 21-game winner in 2011, recovered from a slow start to finish 15-12.
But it didn't add up to the kind of long winning streaks the Diamondbacks needed to make a playoff run.
``We didn't execute like we did last year but people made adjustments to us,'' Gibson said. ``So it's on us to make adjustments to them.''
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• 13-gallon (49-liter) plastic trash bag (white bags are best for decorating)
• Two wooden dowels or straight sticks, one 24 inches (60.96 cm) long, the other 20 inches (50 cm) long.
• Scissors
• String or fishing line
• Ruler
• Clear packing tape
• Ribbon and permanent markers for additional decoration
1. Cut open the trash bag to form a flat plastic sheet.
2. Measure six inches (15.24 cm) down on the long stick and make a mark. Lay the short stick at the mark and form a "t" or cross shape. Tie the sticks together and use some tape if necessary.
3. Put the sticks down on the trash bag and use your ruler to draw a line around the frame from the top stick to the side and then down to the bottom point. Use your ruler to continue the outline on the other side of the t-shape. It should look like a diamond. Cut your diamond two inches (5 cm) wider than your diamond pattern.
4. Lay the sticks on the plastic diamond shape and fold the edges over the stick frame and tape it down. Turn the kite over and decorate it using your markers.
5. Cut a piece of string 20 inches (50-cm) long. Poke holes in the top and bottom of the kite and tie the string in a knot in the top and bottom holes (if necessary, use some tape to keep it secure). Then tie on the rest of your string to the middle of the string.
6. Tape the ribbon to the bottom of the kite to create a tail for your kite.
7. On a windy day, take your kite outside and start running, holding tightly onto the kite string. Keep your kite away from power lines and trees.


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Defective Lottery Ticket Dashes Man's Millionaire Dollar Dreams
A defective lottery ticket raised and then dashed an out-of-work man's dreams. It was like a printing machine played a cruel trick on him.
Massachusetts resident Paul Pasquarosa bought a lottery ticket the day before his birthday, claiming he was feeling lucky. And he believed his luck went through the roof when he scratched a million dollar Cashword lottery ticket and thought he was a winner.
"I'm looking at it; I have three red words. It says three red words wins a million dollars. I called my son and told him things were gonna be OK," Pasquarosa, a father of two, said.
Despite appearing to have the winning criteria, a printing error proved it wasn't a winner at all.
Pasquarosa's lawyer, George Miller, inspected the ticket, saying, "At first glance I believe this gentleman won a million, but on a closer inspection, I saw there was an offset in the printing. Mr. Pasquarosa was not just disappointed but visibly ill."
The moral of the story? Check your ticket before walking out of the store.
Lottery officials attempted to remove 2,200 defective tickets that were printed in a lot of 20 million.


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If you're going to delve deeply into cooking Vietnamese food, get over your fear of heat and make some caramel sauce! It's not as difficult as you may think. Just get some sugar, water and a saucepan. Once you've mastered it, it will quickly become your stealth ingredient. All you're doing is nearly burning sugar.
Caramel sauce (nuoc mau, pronounced "nook mao") is one of the cornerstones of Vietnamese cooking. It's primarily used in kho dishes to simmer savory foods such as whole fish, pork, shrimp, chicken, eggs and tofu — homey foods that are the soul of Vietnamese cooking. The color and flavor of caramel sauce are transformative, making food not only look beautifully amber but also delectable.
The term nuoc mau was originally coined in South Vietnam. People in North Vietnam called the same ingredient nuoc hang ("nook hahng"), literally translated as 'merchandising water', probably because it was so often used by food hawkers to enhance the appearance of their wares. Think of how molasses add to the flavor of barbecued foods.
The traditional method of making this sauce requires you to add boiling water to the caramelized sugar, which starts a dramatic reaction that's not for the faint of heart. The point of doing this is to arrest the cooking process so that the sugar doesn't burn to a bitter black stage. I find it easier to place the pan bottom into a sink filled with water and then adding the remaining water to dilute the sugar. The result of both approaches is the same bittersweet inky sauce that's a staple in every Vietnamese kitchen.
Use caramel sauce for Viet kho dishes, or as a little cheat in your marinades for foods that will go on the grill so that they color nicely. Don't put it on ice cream or other desserts. Its sweet, dark coffee flavor will taste yucky bad. Finally, select a light-colored saucepan to monitor the caramelization, and make sure it's clean.
Resist buying the heinous tasting pre-fab caramel sauce at the Vietnamese market that's labeled "coconut thin sauce". You're better
off doing it yourself! The photos below are for encouragement.
Makes 1 cup
1 cup sugar
¼ cup plus ½ cup water
Fill the sink with enough water to come halfway up the side of a 1-quart,
heavy-bottomed saucepan. Place the sugar and 1/4 cup of the water into the saucepan and cook over medium-low heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves, about 2 to 3 minutes.
As the sugar melts, the mixture will go from opaque to clear. Small bubbles will form at the edge and gradually grow larger, moving toward the center of the pan. Eventually, bubbles will cover the entire surface. After about 15 minutes, the sugar will begin to caramelize and turn in color. You'll see a progression from cham
pagne yellow to light tea to dark tea.
When smoke starts rising, remove the saucepan from the heat and slowly swirl it around. Watch the sugar closely as it will turn darker by the second; a reddish cast will set in (think the color of a big and bold red wine) as the bubbles become a lovely burnt orange. Pay attention to the color of the caramel underneath the bubbles. When the caramel color is that of black coffee or molasses, place the pan in the sink to stop the cooking process. The hot pan bottom will sizzle upon contact and the bubble action will subside.
Add the remaining 1/2 cup of water (there may be a small dramatic reaction) and place t
he saucepan back on the stove over medium heat, stirring until the caramel has dissolved into the water. The result will be slightly viscous; flavor-wise, it will be bittersweet. Pour the caramel sauce into a small glass jar and let it cool; it will thicken further. Store indefinitely in your kitchen cupboard.
Recipe from: Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors (Ten Speed Press, 2006) by Andrea Nguyen.
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Reviewed by Katie S. (age 7)
This is a very good story because Nancy, George, Bess and Julia are trying to solve a mystery. I like to read mysteries! It's good because they have no idea where the flowers they are looking for are. It was exciting to see how they solved the mystery. I think the illustrations are very good because the trees and people are very good.
Everyone, I think, would like this book because Nancy, Julia, George, and Bess made a good team. They worked together very well. I think my friend Allie would like to read the book because she likes the Nancy Drew series, and she hasn't read this one yet. I think the readers would like the part when they found the flowers because they find them in a very interesting way.


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Dagur Kari's The Good Heart opens with Lucas, a shaggy-haired young homeless guy, sharing dinner with a kitten and singing it to sleep. We then meet Jacques, a crabby bar owner who gets so angered by his "relaxation tape" that he literally gives himself a heart attack. These are not encouraging scenes. They don't exactly portend a lot of subtle shadings in the forthcoming picture. I'm not quite sure what to make of The Good Heart, primarily because its intentions are so unclear. It's supposed to be a comedy, I guess, but it ain't funny; when it tries to move us, it's even less successful. It's a singularly unlikeable picture, shot through a washed-out, desaturating haze that tamps down the color and amps up the drabness.
The set-up is that Jacques (Brian Cox) and Lucas (Paul Dano) end up sharing a hospital room, and Jacques takes something of a shine to the young man. He has no family and no friends, and this was his fifth heart attack, so he decides to take Lucas under his wing and teach him how to run the bar so that he can leave it to him. I may not frequent enough New York bars, but it would seem that if there's one guy you don't want to learn the business from, it's Jacques; he abuses any new customer that wanders into the establishment, since he apparently makes enough to pay the rent and bills from his half-dozen or so regulars, all "colorful characters" straight out of Central Casting.
These scenes are painfully tedious and one-note, punctuated by would-be comic interludes like the long scene where Jacques tells Lucas about how broccoli makes him fart. The whole enterprise is overdone and boorish, and then it takes a whimsical turn, which doesn't play either. April (Islid Le Besco) wanders into the bar one rainy night, and, through an improbable series of events, her and Lucas wind up falling in love and getting married, which drives a wedge between he and Jacques, who hates everyone so she's no exception, but maybe he doesn't, and oh who cares.
The picture is ultimately undone by our inability to engage with any of the characters onscreen. In Lucas, we have yet another of Dano's sullen, withdrawn loners; I'm not saying he's a bad actor (There Will Be Blood makes a compelling case to the contrary), but on the heels of Little Miss Sunshine, Gigantic, and Explicit Ills, I'm beginning to suspect that maybe he's not the most versatile one. His sole acting choice here appears to have been to develop an irritating little habit of standing and walking with his hands up and tightened, like Mr. Burns. Cox is always fun to watch, but he's way overdoing it here--it's an undisciplined, overcooked performance, the kind of thing he usually comes up with when not guided by a strong director. His blustering interpretation, and the lack of subtlety in the writing, keeps us from giving a damn about Jacques, which is a real problem when we're supposed to care about him in the end. The script gives him a couple of softer beats in the third act, but by then, it's too little, too late. Le Besco makes no impression whatsoever with in her one-dimensional role; I can't even recall what she looks like, much less anything about her performance.
Everything about The Good Heart is forced--the atmosphere, the humor, the performances, and the ending, which is so obvious that it borders on insulting. In many ways, it feels like the result of an Indie Filmmaker's Mad Lib; it has all the ingredients (actors with street cred, gritty look, and a quirky, devil-may-care attitude about narrative), but no soul, no momentum, and no payoff. This is the kind of indie that makes moviegoers long for a big, empty studio picture, full of pretty people and lots of explosions.
Jason lives in New York. He holds an MA in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU.


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Whether you're going it solo or partnering with up to three other adventurers online, Daggerdale offers an "authentic D&D experience," according to Bedlam Games, with its DNA forged in the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition.
The rundown from Atari:
Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale centers on the desperate struggle to defeat the evil Rezlus and his Zhentarim in their attempt to invade and conquer the Dalelands. Players are charged with the task of restoring order to Nentir Vale by unlocking the secrets of the Mines of Tethyamar, defeating the evil within the treacherous Tower of the Void, leading to the final confrontation with Rezlus himself.D&D Daggerdale is also headed to PlayStation Network on May 31.
Sharkey says: D&D Online found new life as a F2P, a new Neverwinter Nights online game is in development, and Daggerdale drops tomorrow. If you're a D&D fan, you'll soon have plenty of options to explore your favorite universe. The question is, will these games be any good? Cryptic is the studio behind Neverwinter, and if Star Trek Online is anything to go by, it won't live up to its name. And Bedlam Games is best known as the studio now working on the in-limbo DJ Hero competitor, Scratch: The Ultimate DJ. Will they deliver? We'll start to find out tomorrow.


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Ryan Whitney met the media at Rexall Place on Sunday wearing a San Francisco Giants baseball cap, not Edmonton Oilers headgear.
The embattled 30-year-old defenceman whose time in Edmonton started on an incredible high in 2009-10, reach the lowest of lows as a healthy scratch this season.
Whitney had 38 points and was plus-20 in his first 54 games as an Oiler after they acquired him from the Anaheim Ducks for fellow blueliner Lubomir Visnovsky three years ago. But he wrecked his ankle stepping in a rut at Rexall Place just after Christmas in the 2010-11 season and was never the same after that as he tried to rehab from surgery.
This season, with his ankle healthy, at least in Whitney's eyes, he found himself either in the third defensive pairing or a press box sitter 11 times. He finished up this season with a pulled muscle in his leg the last three games — his final three games in an Oilers jersey.
Whitney had the 'A' on his jersey, but team brass removed it and gave the responsibility to Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle this season.
There was no move during the season to negotiate a new deal for the unrestricted free agent.
They could have traded the Boston product at the deadline, but former Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini chose to keep him rather than take a second-round draft pick, for example. That's the going rate for UFA trades like Douglas Murray, Robyn Regehr and Jordan Leopold.
In the final 10 days of this season, Whitney sat for three games, played against Anaheim on April 22, but got hurt and that was it.
During his last season as an Oiler, he became the fans' whipping boy. He shrugged that off as an occupational hazard, but couldn't have fathomed the roller-coaster ride he had here.
"I never would have thought I wouldn't be playing (after his incandescent start to his time as an Oiler). I've been through a lot ... a tough ending," he said.
"This year, I was pegged in a spot as a fifth or sixth defenceman, battling to stay there ... at some point it didn't matter because I knew I wasn't getting higher," said Whitney. "First meeting with Ralph (head coach Kreuger) before the season, I was told I was in the bottom pair. It was set in stone. I got scratched a game against Vancouver, came back and played against Colorado and Ralph talked about a new start for me. I was with Jeff Petry, but for one period. I'd never mention a player's name, but there were other players who could have been scratched at times, but never were."
Whitney tried to keep his frustration to himself.
"I'd like to think I'm a professional. You have to eat ... once in a while. When your boss tells you things, that's how life works. I didn't necessarily agree with a lot of it, but that was there decision.
"I'm looking to prove them wrong.
"I still believe in myself and I'm hoping for a fresh new start. It's not about making money. I've made lots of money. I think I can still play. Obviously, there were games I didn't play well, but there stretches where I thought I did," said Whitney, who did average 18-1/2 minutes of ice time a game when he did dress.
Krueger went with four defencemen — the Schultzes, Justin and Nick, and Petry and Ladislav Smid — for all 48 games. Mark Fistric, Corey Potter and Whitney rotated, with Theo Peckham the eighth guy only getting in four games.
"We made a decision that these four guys were the top-four defencemen and he couldn't break into that," Krueger said. "He ended up in a challenging situation. It was a difficult role for Ryan to accept, but I thought he did an excellent job on the power play when asked.
"But he never quite reached the potential we saw in him my first year with the Oilers (as Tom Renney's associate coach) when he came out of the gate (27 points in 35 games and plus-13 in 2010-11).
"I believe it was because of the injury. I believe with another summer of training Ryan has the potential to be a better player again."
Krueger thought Whitney handled his demotion the best he could.
"He was not a problem for us. I kept communicating with Ryan. He did the best he could with a difficult role, for somebody as proud as he is and who expected to be a top four defenceman in the NHL," Krueger said.
The Oilers are going to need another puck-moving defenceman to help Justin Schultz get the puck to the young stars, but Whitney figures the Oilers are on the right track.
"Obviously, I've had some differences with the coaching staff, but I really do respect Ralph a lot. He's a really good person, but the guys on the team I wish them the best.
"The new GM (Craig MacTavish) has a thought process on what he wants to do. He knows they need a puck-mover, several puck-movers on a lot of good teams," Whitney said. "I don't know what they'll do to become a really good team, but they're close. They do need pieces."
He didn't mind losing the assistant captain's role.
"It's not the best thing but it didn't bother me. That's more a compliment to Hallsy (Hall) and Ebs (Eberle). That was something that was going to happen. One of those kids will be wearing the C at some point," said Whitney.