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A common complaint by air travelers is the lack of internet accessibility both in airports and in-flight. Service can be hit-or-miss as airlines and airports attempt to catch up to the public's expectations, but Airfarewatchdog has done the hard work for us by compiling the only comprehensive worldwide list of airports' WiFi connectivity.
The lists are downloadable and include U.S. as well as international airports. Next to each major airport, Airfarewatchdog provides additional information such as the name of each network, the cost structure for getting online and other "need to know" tidbits.
Denver International Airport entered into a partnership with Boingo Wireless last year, offering customers a hybrid model. As the chart shows, users can choose between the free version — which includes a 15-30 second ad every half hour — or a premium access option that has greater bandwidth, resulting in faster speeds, and is ad-free.


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Aspen restaurant Little Annie's seized for not paying taxes
ASPEN — Little Annie's Eating House, one of Aspen's most affordable restaurants, is facing possible closure for failing to pay about $44,000 in state sales taxes.
State revenue officials changed the locks at the restaurant Tuesday and posted a sign in front saying "SEIZED" in red letters. The business will be auctioned off Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. if owner Ed Dingilian doesn't pay the taxes owed on sales from May through August, revenue department spokeswoman Daria Serna said.
Dingilian told the Aspen Daily News he would try to pay the debt before the deadline. He didn't want to say much for fear of hurting his chances of resolving the situation but pointed to the poor condition of the economy as the reason why the taxes weren't paid.
"It's not any easy time for anyone," he said.
In a town where restaurants serve dishes like sashimi tuna tacos and $50 steaks, the restaurant, around since 1972, serves basic food like hamburgers, pasta and chicken-fried steak.
Even if Dingilian is able to pay the tax bill, the restaurant could still be in danger.
The restaurant's lease is up at the end of the month and the building's owners have reportedly been considering leasing it to a new tenant. However, the building would have to remain an affordable restaurant, based on Aspen standards, under a deed restriction placed on the building by the city last year.
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Chelsea's title pursuit has taken on a relentless feel, their advantage at the top now gaping at seven points from a pack increasingly, perhaps perilously, pinning their hopes on winning games in hand. Emerging from thunderous contests such as this with victories so emphatic will only fuel conviction within this team, while deflating that of the others. This ended up as a thrashing.
Tottenham's wounds were admittedly all self-inflicted here, their display disintegrating into a series of mind-boggling errors in the last half-hour as if playing down to their wretched record in these parts, but Chelsea were still eager to capitalise. Demba Ba registered his late brace almost in disbelief, the visitors gifting him each reward while the home support pinched themselves at the simplicity of it all.
"After the first, complete control," said José Mourinho. "Easy: easy to pass, easy to control, easy for our supporters to enjoy, easy for me to be calm." He continues to insist the title is Manchester City's to lose: Manuel Pellegrini's team are now nine points behind in fourth with three games in hand, but each Chelsea victory heaps pressure on the challengers. There is no leeway for City any more, with the leaders unbeaten in the league in 14 matches stretching back to early December. They prevail even when they lose players in the warm-up these days. Fernando Torres tweaked his groin and hobbled away before kick-off, though Samuel Eto'o and Ba, the men who replaced him, scored three between them.
They were grateful for Spurs' generosity on that front. A team that had been constructed to compete vigorously, with Kyles Walker and Naughton doubling up on Eden Hazard down one flank and tacklers snapping into challenges aggressively in the centre, could take heart from a scoreless first half in which Chelsea had been frustrated, even nullified, if "not scared" according to Mourinho. The tactics may have appeared random, a "lucky dip" in terms of selection according to Gary Lineker, with Walker on the wing and Aaron Lennon cast as the playmaker, but they largely worked. Yet the manner in which Spurs wilted at the first hint of a game of catch-up undermined everything that had gone on before.
The mistakes by Jan Vertonghen and Walker for the first and fourth goals in particular defied belief, Sandro's clumsiness contributing to the hosts' third, with Younès Kaboul dismissed for conceding the penalty that provided the second. The French centre-half will miss next Sunday's derby against Arsenal, and Michael Dawson also hobbled out of this defeat early. Tim Sherwood has Benfica in the Europa League before then and resorted to asking journalists in his post-match press conference where they played as he seeks to make up the numbers. Normally that might have been said in mirth, but his mood had long since darkened by then.
It was the manner of Tottenham's capitulation that disturbed. The hour mark was approaching when Vertonghen, never entirely content at left-back, ambled on to possession only to slip as André Schürrle closed him down. That was slack, but the Belgian's worst error was to hook the ball back, while grounded, towards the centre with his right foot, his attempt to retain possession transformed into a perfect through-ball for Eto'o. The striker eased his finish beyond Hugo Lloris as Dawson slid in, then celebrated by staggering towards the corner flag holding his back, bent double at his ripe old age. Whether 32 or 35, as Mourinho had pondered out loud while unknowingly being filmed by Canal Plus, the Cameroonian is still a timely finisher.
"The best way to defuse the situation is to make fun, so it was a good [celebration]," said Mourinho. It is actually the veteran's birthday on Monday and he may still be celebrating this victory then. Spurs' composure drained with the concession, the referee Michael Oliver deeming Kaboul's faint grab at Eto'o, as the striker attempted to reach Hazard's delivery, worthy of a penalty and a dismissal. The Frenchman was apoplectic, his manager dumbfounded. Hazard's finish from the spot was merely emphatic.
Sandro, exposed as a makeshift centre-half, presented a loose ball to Ba in the six-yard box for the third before the most comical of the quartet of goals arrived in the final minute. Lloris's clearance was headed back towards the goalkeeper by Walker, with Ba stealing in to collect and convert. Sherwood sank into his seat as the net bulged, his own club's thoughts of a top-four finish in tatters, with the gap at four points but City have those three matches in hand.
Spurs' former technical co-ordinator is likely to play out the rest of the campaign with Louis van Gaal's name on everybody's lips as his successor-in-waiting. For Chelsea, success of a different kind may lie ahead.


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Two Canadian hikers were found on Mt. Lafayette after one of them activated his SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger. New Hampshire Fish and Game Department officials rescued the two hikers, after they ran into severe conditions on the mountain. "The only information that led us to starting the search was that we had this personal locator beacon signal activated," said Capt. John Wimsatt. "Otherwise, we wouldn't be searching."
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John Chepulis, 65, is in critical condition after an injury caused him 10 broken bones and a punctured lung. Fortunately for John his friends had a SPOT Satellite GPS MessengerTM . Once the SPOT's emergency alert was activated a helicopter arrived at the GPS coordinates air lifted John to safety.
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Cora Edmunds' husband, son and nephew were stranded at sea near Makkovik just before dark on Friday, when the motor on their boat broke down.With strong winds driving the craft away further out, rowing to shore was not an option.But a situation that could have ended tragically had a positive outcome instead, thanks to a satellite tracking device called a "SPOT." The device traces users' coordinates and relays them by computer, enabling people elsewhere to log on and see where they are.The men pressed the SOS button on the device, alerting Cora Edmunds, as well as the agency that handles the calls.
Pilot Theodore Wright made a quick radio call to ATC before cutting the electrical master switch, hopeful that would cut the trouble off at the source. But it was not, apparently, an electrical fire. While opening the door cleared some of the smoke from the cabin, flames were visible outside, apparently coming from the baggage compartment door, and Wright cut the throttles and dived for the Gulf of Mexico.
Wright, and passenger Raymond Fosdick managed to don personal flotation devices as the aircraft sank beneath their feet, and were rescued just before sunset Sept. 20 by the U.S. Coast Guard, which dispatched a helicopter after receiving an alert through a hand-held SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger. Wright bought the SPOT in 2008 to report his position to family and friends during a circumnavigation in a sailboat. It has been part of his kit ever since. "I don't go anywhere without it," Wright said, adding that his 406 MHz emergency locator transmitter failed to register the position of the aircraft, which sank about 60 seconds after landing on the water.


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GLFWDA is also a part of the United Four Wheel Drive Association (UFWDA), one of the largest supportive groups for off-highway recreation. GLFWDA is also active in land use issues and ORV trail maintenance activities in many parts of the region on both public and private lands. We enjoy an excellent reputation with Land Use managers as a group of responsible land users who are concerned about environmental issues and motorized access. We often field crews of volunteers with all the necessary skills, equipment, and training to handle diverse projects including clean up, fencing, signage and, trail maintenance.
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B. J. Thomas is one of the many solo performers to break out of the South of the United States in the mid 60s -like Glen Campbell and Tony Joe White he touched on the country sound, and like Johnny Rivers he used other peoples songs as his hit vehicles. You've heard this voice many times over the airwaves and this collection of songs is realisation of the string of hits and standards that this strong clear singer can call his own. Oklahoma born Billy Joe Thomas had a singing pedigree in the local church choir (like many of his peers) and by the time he was in high school in Texas, he had joined his first band, The Triumphs. Classmate Mark Charron became pivotal in B.J. Thomas' development as a singing star.
The pair collaborated on a number of songs when Charron joined The Triumphs as a guitarist, but it would be two of Charron's compositions, 'Billy And Sue' and `Mama', which would prove to be the launching pad for Thomas' career. 'Mama' became a worldwide hit and is still often used as an advertising jingle today, but once again like many of his peers, it took several re-issues on several small labels before the Scepter Records release in 1966 got the show on the road. The Scepter deal came about via friend and fellow musician Steve Tyrell, who had made the shift from artist to record executive, and B.J. Thomas' regional Texas success quickly translated to national fame. Thomas switched his source of material to a young writer and acquaintance called Mark James, who provided him with the instantly recognisable Hooked On A Feeling before going on to write 'Suspicious Minds' for Elvis Presley and 'Always On My Mind' for Willie Nelson.
At the pinnacle of his success, Thomas recorded two Burt Bacharach/Hal David compositions, 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' and `Everybody's Out Of Town' - the writers continuing their association with Scepter that they started with Dionne Warwick. On paper the pairing of B.J. Thomas and legendary writer Barry Mann in the early 70s looked like another winner, but the reality of a struggling record company stepped in. The single Rock And Roll Lullaby has been acclaimed by some critics as one of the best songs of this era, and most rock scribes note this as the finest B.J. Thomas recording.
A homage to the fifteen years of rock and roll which preceeded it, all involved with this project believed they were on a winner, until the release of the single co-incided with the financial end of Scepter Records. Two more hits, `(Iley, Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song' and `Whatever happened To Old Fashioned Love' followed many years and several labels apart, but the days of single after single hitting the charts were long gone. B.J. Thomas has continued to record up to present day, and it was his voice singing the theme to the TV show Growing Pains.
This collection covers all the major Australian hits of B.J. Thomas and include some of his more interesting releases such as his version of the Hank Williams song 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' and one of the first recordings of the Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil standard 'I Just Can't Help Believing', showcasing the rich legacy of B.J. Thomas' voice.
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Franklin faces Darvish on first day back in bigs
Mariners start newly recalled infielder at DH against Rangers' ace
ARLINGTON -- Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon wasted no time getting infielder Nick Franklin in the lineup, penciling the 23-year-old in at designated hitter on Wednesday against the Rangers' Yu Darvish shortly after he was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma.
He got right in the action, too, tripling and scoring as Seattle took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning. The Mariners ended up losing to the Rangers, 3-2.
McClendon said Franklin will likely play second base on Thursday to give Robinson Cano a day to DH, then Franklin could get time at shortstop, third base and even the outfield as things progress.
And that all sounds fine to Franklin, who hit .395 with four home runs in 11 games for Tacoma after losing out on the starting shortstop battle in Spring Training.
"Anything that will help the team win, I'm all for it," said Franklin, who saw his second-base job disappear when Cano was signed over the offseason. "My plan is to come here and work hard, just like I was in Tacoma, and go out there with a winning attitude and just have fun. Like I said in Spring Training, I'll do whatever it is to get in the lineup."
The Mariners recalled Franklin while placing right fielder Logan Morrison on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Tuesday, with a sore hamstring. The club also called up rookie outfielder James Jones from Tacoma and placed right-handed pitcher Blake Beavan on the DL with a sore right shoulder.
Jones, 25, was hitting .310 with seven runs, four home runs and four RBIs in 11 games for Tacoma. The Brooklyn native's first appearance with Seattle will be his Major League debut. He was added to give the Mariners some depth and versatility in their upcoming Interleague series against the Marlins in Miami.
"We're going to a National League ballpark, and he certainly can play defense and steal a base," McClendon said. "I'm not sure if there are a lot of at-bats for him, but I just thought it was the right move to make going into a National League ballpark with pinch-hitting, double switches, maybe a sacrifice bunt or whatever the case may be. I think he fits that mold and is your prototypical type player to do that."
McClendon said he'd be fine also playing Franklin in the outfield, even though he only played a few innings there in spring and has played only second base and shortstop since being drafted in the first round by the Mariners in 2009.
Franklin did play some outfield in his early high school years in Florida and sounded confident there as well.
"I'm really comfortable in the outfield," Franklin said. "It's a lot easier than the infield, that's for sure. Outfield is second nature. It's just go out there and have fun with it, but be smart at the same time."
McClendon said if Franklin produces with the bat, he'll find a way to play him, just like with any player. And with the Mariners getting shut out in three of their last six games, the first-year skipper is looking for answers.
"I'll try to fit him into what we're doing," McClendon said. "I still have other guys that have to play, and we have to get going. But one thing I've always said, managers don't make out the lineup. If a guy goes out and goes 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs, it's amazing how that name is in the lineup the next day. That's just the way it works. So let's see how it goes."
Franklin hit .225 with 12 home runs and 45 RBIs in 102 games for the Mariners last year and the switch-hitter was off to a hot start in Tacoma, batting .395 with three doubles, four home runs and 13 RBIs in 11 games (six at second base and five at shortstop).
The youngster wasn't happy with getting sent down in the Mariners' final cuts of Spring Training, but made the most of his time in Tacoma and now is back in the big leagues.
"It's just like a strike-three call," he said of his demotion. "You're not going to get to go back and change it to a ball. So you just deal with it. I wanted to go there and work on a couple things and as long as I could stay consistent and do the fundamentals right, that's all I was happy with."
After getting off to a nice start offensively, the Mariners (7-6) have fallen to 13th among the 15 American League teams in batting average (.230) and on-base plus slugging percentage (.663) going into Wednesday's games.


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Generally terms like "supersonic" are saved for matters of space and time and distance. But saying that tickets for the 2011 Coachella Music and Arts Festival sold out at speeds resembling something of a supersonic nature isn't too much of a stretch.
They went fast, very fast, back in January. And now the rooster has come home to roost for fest fans who were quick on their feet, or, rather, quick in the removing of their credit card from their wallet. It's nearly Coachella time, meaning thousands upon thousands of people will be trekking* to the desert some two hours east of our fair city.
The dates are Friday, April 15 through Sunday, April 17 and the headliners include Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Kanye West, and the Strokes. Other incidentals/know-a-dentals: Hotel shuttles'll be running and how, to handle crowdage. There's a Coachooser to help you map your days. And the high in Indio on Saturday is predicted to be 96 degrees.
Hello, mini hand fan. Hello, SPF 90.
If you didn't get tickets, you can see past Coachellas in beautiful 3D imagery. And you can follow along with the tweetery. You can also using the word "trekking" a lot, which we asterisked above. It's an important word when when is attending a desert music festival, right? One doesn't simply "go" or "drive" to Coachella. Really good words exist for really good reasons.
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This is the third in our biweekly series from Amy Pennington – urban farmer, founder of GoGo Green Garden, and author of Urban Pantry and Apartment Gardening – on how to start growing your own food, no matter how tiny your garden-to-be is.
Today: Amy shows us how to give our fruits and vegetables a head start by buying good seeds.
Starting Small: Buying and Storing Seeds
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Searching for and choosing which seeds to grow is definitely one of the best parts of gardening. Planting from seed gives the home gardener flexibility and offers a certain creative spirit to the garden. Just think: if you like spicy greens like arugula, there are twenty-something more plants you've probably never heard of that will round out your salad bowl! When purchasing seed, I suggest going with vegetables you love and those that you cannot otherwise find commercially. No sense in growing a market cucumber (that traditional green cuke you see everywhere) when you can grow a thin-skinned Israeli Striped Cucumber. Mix it up. Have fun with it. Using your garden wish list from last week, you're armed with a shopping plan. And I probably shouldn't tell you this, but here's the truth: order as many seeds as you like. Go crazy. Those shiny plant pictures are enticing and even if you purchase more seeds than your garden can handle, that's ok! When it comes time to plant you will have an inventory to choose from, and that's never a bad situation. Just make sure you order somewhat evenly from every crop rotation — leaf, root, flower, and fruit. When my seeds arrive, I file them in old recipe boxes by crop rotation, which helps to keep things uber-organized.
There are many seed sources, from nurseries and hardware stores to mail-order catalogs and online companies. I have to admit that while I have my favorites, there is no ONE resource for seeds. There are, however, a few rules to follow that will help narrow down your options:1. Always purchase organic seed. By purchasing organic seed, you are supporting growers who have carefully and naturally bred plants for the best production. Additionally, as big corporations continue to gain control over the vast majority of our seed options, purchasing organic helps keep diversity alive. Over the last several hundred years, we have lost a fair amount of genetic diversity in our seeds; as gardeners, we have the ability to play a key role in that selection.2. Choose varieties adapted to your local conditions. By doing so you run the least risk of failure, as the plants are acclimated to your regional conditions. Plants evolve and change to accommodate their environment, so when you purchase seed that has been grown close to home (or grown in conditions similar to where you live), you're increasing your chances of success.3. Sow dates and maturing times are important. Many seed packets read "Sow after last frost," which can be confusing. In my view, seeds fall into three categories of planting times: those that can be planted first thing in spring, those that do well in heat (considered "heat tolerant" or "heat lovers"), and those that are good cool-weather crops. Check out your local university extension for specific planting calendars — they are a great resource. 4. Check the life cycle of your plant: maturing times ("50 days," "85 days") are helpful, as they allow you to map your garden around your schedule and make plans based on when you will be harvesting. For example, if you're planting lettuce in May and traveling for the month of July, you should steer clear of varieties with a 60-day maturing time. Instead, opt for quick-maturing lettuces that have a 45-day turnaround. 5. Note whether the plant is open-pollinated, heirloom, or hybrid by looking on your seed packet. Open-pollinated and heirloom seeds produce mature plants that create seeds that, when replanted, stay true to the parent plant. Opt for these varieties if you would like to save your seed. Hybrid plants have been cross-bred (think of Mendeleev's crossed pea plants), and their seeds will not produce plants with the same qualities as the parent.
Ordering Strategy and First PlantingIt is important to keep climate in mind when purchasing seeds. For example, the Pacific Northwest has mild winters that allow for year-round gardening (especially hardy greens and brassicas like kale, cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli), but a short, cool summer season that makes melons, peppers, and corn (which need long, hot summers) challenging to grow. In contrast, Midwestern states have a hot summer season ideal for tomatoes and peppers, but winters that are generally too cold for unprotected outdoor crops. Size matters, too: if you are growing in small containers (which will limit a plant's growth) it is best to choose a smaller variety of plant. If dwarf varieties of your favorite vegetable are available, select those.
For your first planting this year, think lettuces, greens, and root vegetables. Spring planting begs for lettuces. Don't hold back — I purchase far more lettuce seeds than anything else because they are quick-growing and continue producing until your second crop rotation of flowers and fruits like tomatoes and broccoli is ready to harvest. (And because I'm addicted to salad.) Carrots, radishes, beets, and turnips are popular and easy-to-grow spring root vegetables.
ResourcesHere are a few great sources for reading up on and buying seed. Seeds of Change - This company has an awesome website with lots of great information. Even though they are located in the Pacific Northwest, they sell varieties that won't do well there. Pay attention to the growing cycle of each plant and make sure it doesn't require a long hot season (but if you're in hot New York like my family, plant some corn!) Seed Savers Exchange - These folks are the bomb. They are more costly than others, so I order from there selectively, but they are a wonderful organization dedicated to saving and sharing rare and heirloom seeds. I picked up a packet of "Crisp Mint Lettuce" last year — a frilly Romaine-like lettuce — and it was awesome.
Fedco Seeds - This seed company is old school and dedicated to the craft of seed saving. They have many varieties and do well in Northern latitudes. The only downfall is there are no pictures in the catalog and not many online, so you have to go off of their whimsical descriptions. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - This company is totally rad, and they carry a lot of heat-loving plant varieties. They are my one-stop source for melons and peppers. Check them out for inspiration and rare seeds. They are small and wonderful. Osborne Seeds - A Pacific Northwest seed company that sells varieties just right for our climate. Sorry, East coasters, but HURRAH for us!
Do you have any great seed resources? List them in the comments!
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A 37 year-old man from Roseville, CA by the name of Obiwan Kenobi has been arrested and charged over a four car pile-up on a motorway last week.
Seems Kenobi, while driving, came across some cars backed up on the road. While trying to change lanes, he hit two of them then sped off, which went on to cause the pile-up.
He's been charged with hit-and-run causing injury, but is currently out on bail.
What reports fail to mention is why he's got that name. Did he change it because he was anxious to avoid any Imperial entanglements?
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Texas Longhorn
The Texas Longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to over 70 inches (1.8 m) tip to tip for bulls, and up to 100 inches (2.54 m) tip to tip for steers and exceptional cows.[1] They are descendants of the first cattle in the New World, brought by Christopher Columbus and the Spanish colonists, and have a high drought-stress tolerance. Texas Longhorns are known for their diverse coloring, and can be any color or mix of colors, but dark red and white color mixes are the most dominant.
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Registries for the breed include the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America, founded in 1964 by the Kerr County rancher Charles Schreiner, III; the International Texas Longhorn Association, and the Cattlemen's Texas Longhorn Registry.[2] The online National Texas Longhorn Museum displays the diversity of horns found in the breed, stories about notable individual cattle of the breed, as well as a gallery of furniture made out of horns from the animal.[3]
The longhorn with the longest recorded total-horn-length marks in at 129.5 inches (3.29 m) and belongs to longhorn M Arrow Cha-Ching. This longhorn is owned by Richard Flip who lives near Fayetteville, Texas. The second longest on record is 3S Danica of Tallgrass Cattle Company, who measured in at 100 inches (2.54 m) tip to tip on September 13, 2018.[4]
Due to their innate gentle disposition and intelligence, Texas Longhorns are increasingly being trained for steer riding.[5][6]
History of the cattleEdit
Genetic analyses show that the Texas Longhorn originated from an Iberian hybrid of two ancient cattle lineages: "taurine", descending from the domestication of the wild aurochs in the Middle East, and "indicine", descending from the domestication of the aurochs in India, 85% and 15% respectively by proportion.[7] The Texas Longhorns are direct descendants of the first cattle in the New World. The ancestral cattle were first brought over by Christopher Columbus in 1493 to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Between 1493 and 1512, Spanish colonists brought additional cattle in subsequent expeditions.[8] The cattle consisted of three different breeds; Barrenda, Retinto and Grande Pieto.[9] Over the next two centuries the Spanish moved the cattle north, arriving in the area that would become Texas near the end of the 17th century. The cattle escaped or were turned loose on the open range, where they remained mostly feral for the next two centuries. Over several generations, descendants of these cattle evolved high feed- and drought-stress tolerance and other "hardy" characteristics that have gained Longhorns reputation.[10][11]
Early US settlers in Texas obtained feral Mexican cattle from the borderland between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande and mixed them with their own eastern cattle. The result was a tough, rangy animal with long legs and long horns extending up to seven feet. Although this interbreeding was of little consequence to the makeup of a Longhorn, it did alter color. The varieties of color ranged from bluish-grey, and various yellowish hues, to browns, black, ruddy and white, both cleanly bright and dirty-speckled.[12] Portuguese cattle breeds, such as Alentejana and Mertolenga, are the closest relatives of Texas Longhorns.[13][14]
Decline and revivalEdit
As Texas became more heavily settled following annexation by the US, the frontier gave way to established farms and ranch lands. The leaner beef of the Texas Longhorn was not as attractive in an era where tallow was highly prized, and the breed's ability to survive on the poor vegetation of the open range was no longer as much of an issue. Other breeds demonstrated traits more highly valued by the modern rancher, such as the ability to gain weight quickly. The Texas Longhorn stock slowly dwindled, until in 1927, when the breed was saved from near extinction by enthusiasts from the United States Forest Service, who collected a small herd of stock to breed on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Lawton, Oklahoma.[15] The breed also received significant attention after a Texas Longhorn named "Bevo" was adopted as the mascot of The University of Texas at Austin in 1917, and an image of the animal became commonly associated with the school's sports teams, known as the Texas Longhorns. A few years later, J. Frank Dobie and others gathered small herds to keep in Texas state parks. Oilman Sid W. Richardson helped finance the project.[16] They were cared for largely as curiosities, but the stock's longevity, resistance to disease and ability to thrive on marginal pastures quickly revived the breed as beef stock and for their link to Texas history. The Texas Legislature designated the Texas Longhorn as the state mammal (large) in 1995.[17]
Texas Longhorns with elite genetics can often sell for $40,000 or more at auction, with the record of $380,000 on March 18, 2017, for a cow 3S Danica and heifer calf at side during the Legacy XIII sale in Fort Worth, Texas.[18] Commercial ranchers cross-breed Texas Longhorns with other breeds for increasing hybrid vigor and easy calving characteristics. Smaller birth weights reduce dystocia for first-calf heifers.
- ^ Siebert, Charles (July 2011). "Food Ark". National Geographic.
- ^ "Cattlemen's Texas Longhorn Registry". Cattlemen's Texas Longhorn Registry. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "The Alan Rogers Texas Longhorn Museum". longhornmuseum.com.
- ^ "A $380,000 Longhorn? A Look At The Never-ending Race For The Biggest Horns In Texas". Texas Standard. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ "A fresh mount: Bob McCormick breaks longhorn steer to ride for bicentennial parade". Tri-Stock Livestock News. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ^ "Oklahoma couple breeds longhorns for riding". The Fence Post. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ^ McTavish, Emily Jane; Jared E. Decker; Robert D. Schnabel; Jeremy F. Taylor; David M. Hillis (2013). "New World cattle show ancestry from multiple independent domestication events". PNAS. 110: E1398–406. doi:10.1073/pnas.1303367110. PMC 3625352. PMID 23530234.
- ^ Rouse, John E. (1977). The Criollo: Spanish Cattle in the Americas. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press.
- ^ Stacy, Lee (2003). Mexico and the United States. Tarrytown, New York: Marshall Cavendish. p. 233. ISBN 0761474021.
- ^ Barragy, Terrence J. (2003). Gathering Texas Gold. Cayo del Grullo, TX: Cayo Del Grullo Press. ISBN 9780961160487.
- ^ University of Texas at Austin (March 25, 2013). "Decoding the genetic history of the Texas longhorn". ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ Hoyt, Alan M. "History of the Texas Longhorns". Double Helix Ranch.
- ^ Hillis, David M. "Frequently Asked Questions about Texas Longhorn Cattle". Double Helix Ranch.
- ^ Kidd, K. K.; et al. (1980). "Immunogenetic and Population Genetic Analyses of Iberian Cattle". Animal Blood Groups, Biochemistry and Genetics. 11 (1): 21–38. PMID 7396241.
- ^ Donald E. Worcester. "Longhorn Cattle," Handbook of Texas Online. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ Galbraith, Kate. "Symbol of Texas Owes its Survival in Part to Oklahoma". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
- ^ "Texas State Symbols". Texas State Library and Archives Commission. tsl.texas.gov. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ "Texas Longhorn Cow Sells For $380,000.00". rightsidesd.com. March 19, 2017.
Further readingEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Texas Longhorn cattle.
- Will C. Barnes, "Wichita Forest Will Be Lair of Longhorns", The Cattleman, April 1926.
- Dan Kilgore, "Texas Cattle Origins", The Cattleman, January 1983.
- James Westfall Thompson, History of Livestock Raising in the United States, 1607-1860 (Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1942).
- James Frank Dobie, The Longhorns (Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1980) (ISBN 029274627X).
- Don Worcester, The Texas Longhorn: Relic of the Past, Asset for the Future (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1987) (ISBN 0890966257).
- Premier Longhorns-Information About Texas Longhorns


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This recruiting game is crazy. Kids are reporting offers made to them for 2018.
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: : Yes yes, I know, I have know idea how to spell it. And because I can't spell it, I can't look it up. I've tried various possible spelling combinations, and also searched through Greek and Latin dictionaries, but to no avail.
: : I realised my problem when I was lamenting the loss of the dypthong??? to a friend, after my 10 year-old stepdaughter asked me why I spelt encyclopaedia the way I did. I explained that when I went to school the 'a' & 'e' were joined in such words as this and Aesop, Vitae, etc. etc. And that these are dypthongs. I also explained that 'ae' (stuck together of course) is pronounced differently to 'a' or 'e' on their own, but we've lost all that over time.
: : But it was then to my horror I realised, that while I grew up with the term I had no idea how to spell it. Nor did I know whether it was originally latin, greek or whatever?
: : So can someone please set me straight on this?
: : And I have to say, that while there are no longer practical reasons for such spelling, I'd really like them back. To me, words that use these 'dypthongs' look quite beautiful.
: : I can see the arguments for making the spelling of words more practical, but I often wish we could retain some romanticism in the spelling of words too. That's no doubt why I still refuse to drop the 'u' in colour, labour, etc and keep my 'r' before the 'e' in centre and theatre. And I wonder how long it will be before we lose the 'b' in 'doubt'.
: : I'm sure many current teachers would find my attachment to these now defunct or soon to be defunct words, tedious.
: Diphthong: a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable (as in coin).
: Origin: Gre*k 'diphthongos,' from 'di' = twice + 'phthongos' = sound. Compact OED.
: The curious ones among you might enjoy checking the introduction of diphthongs, and their representation, in the Og(h)am alphabet during the 6th to 8th centuries in Ireland.
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Viticulture has been taking place in the Mosel since the Romans brought cultivated grapevines here two millennia ago. It turns out the region's unique geologic and climatic conditions are perfect for growing great Riesling along the Mosel and its tributaries, the Saar and Ruwer. The cool continental climate, the slate soil, and the steeply-hilled topography all work together to produce beautiful Riesling.
For generations the Weis family has been making wines in Leiwen. Nik Weis' great-grandfather owned a top parcel within the Laurentiuslay, widely acknowledged as the best vineyard of Leiwen. Nik is the proprietor of the winery today. In the 1990s, he bought more unreconstructed (pre-flurbereinigung) parcels of Piesporter Goldtröpfchen and, in 2001, the Saarfeilser Marienberg. His marriage to Daniela, a native of the Mosel wine village of Mehring, added a parcel from that village's Blattenberg vineyard.
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When I first met J.C. Suares in 1993 when I began working on what became POZ, the only thing I knew about him was that he had designed 7 Days, a gorgeous but short-lived but New York weekly, and that he was recommended to me by Richard Perez-Feria, POZ's first editor.
Over the next 20 years, J.C. and I became close friends. There wasn't anyone who was part of POZ's launch who took more pride in what we had created than J.C. His expertise—not just in design and illustration, but all aspects of publishing—was crucial to our launch and success.
But I didn't realize the extent of his considerable influence on journalism and editorial illustration until I read his obituary last week in The New York Times. In the lead paragraph, it described him as having "radically altered the way editorial illustration was used at The New York Times, as the first art director of its Op-Ed page."
J.C.'s radical inspiration was that instead of having artists illustrate a specific passage of text, as in "we need something showing the Capitol Building" or "we need a rabbit image," J.C. gave the illustrator license to interpret an entire article. He wanted the artist's voice and interpretation to be heard, rather than simply illustrating a writer's work.
J.C. brought that philosophy to POZ as well, helping to cement a culture of respect for the voices of artists just as much as we respected our writers. It was J.C.'s persuasive insistence that led to POZ devoting so much space to lush photography, vibrant illustration and exceptional design.
Once, early in our relationship, I overruled him on a design suggestion he had proposed. I knew he was annoyed, but he went ahead and designed it as I requested. When I saw the finished pages, I thought they were great and was effusive in my praise. Then he said, "Now look at this one," and showed me a version created as he had recommended. The difference was so dramatic and obvious that I could only meekly give my approval, getting a "harrumph" from him in return. I never overruled his judgment again.
In the mid '90s, our West 12th Street loft office was staffed with ACT UP warriors, drag queens and downtown performers, newly out young gay men and lesbians, friends and relatives of Xavier's and mine, and staid professionals from the publishing industry. Even amongst that colorful cast, J.C. stood out, sometimes arriving at the office in riding gear, wearing jodhpurs and long leather English field boots that came up his knees.
An employee once said to me, "That J.C. guy really takes his fetish gear seriously!" and asked if J.C.'s boyfriend was into the same scene. I had to explain that J.C. had come to our office directly from having played polo in New Jersey and not only was his outfit not fetish gear, but he wasn't gay.
For more than 30 years, J.C. was married to the amazing Nina Duran, also a POZ contributing artist. In those days, finding a straight man who was passionate about the epidemic and gave so generously of his time and talent was unusual. But I never heard J.C. correct anyone when they assumed he was gay; he was post-gay before the phrase was popular.
When J.C. arrived at the loft each month to design the next issue, he sat down with large sheets of plain white paper and a stack of colored markers. "OK, what have you got?" he would ask, as the editorial staff described the upcoming profiles and features. Everyone in the office loved this process, because J.C. provided a masters-level tutorial as he worked, explaining the reasons behind where he placed a headline or pull quote, why he chose certain colors or fonts or his use of photography and illustration. He loved the back-and-forth, soliciting opinions from everyone, while he sketched quickly, laying out pages for our design department.
When someone on our design staff gave notice, usually resigning for a better opportunity—sometimes presented by J.C. on behalf of one of his clients—he would tell me, "It's OK, they need to spread their wings. I've already got someone you can replace them with…" There's a legion of professionals in the publishing industry that benefited from his mentorship and support or even owe their careers to his guidance.
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In 1997, J.C., Nina, Xavier and I were at a friend's house in the south of France when we met Olive, a mutt whose future was uncertain because she had killed a neighbor farmer's chickens and the farmer was threatening to poison her. Our friends couldn't send her back to the shelter because she already had two strikes and would get euthanized. She was a biter, back then, but took a shine to Xavier and me. J.C. took charge of her future as seriously as if she was an orphaned human. "She's picked you," he said. "You've got to take her home, it's done." A few weeks later, Olive arrived at JFK Airport and spent the next 12 years with us, sketched many times by J.C.
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It looks like the plan to have the Chinese Music Chart Awards ceremony broadcast from Taipei has been scuppered, thanks to the tone-deafness of the Chinese organizers, who made the mistake of "unilaterally" announcing last week that this year's ceremony would be held in Taipei to mark the chart's 20th anniversary, without first obtaining the Taiwanese government's approval. However, the subterfuge used by the Taiwanese co-organizer and the government's muddled response remain a cause for concern.
Mainland Affairs Council Minister Wang Yu-chi (王郁琦) appears to have put the kibosh on holding the awards show in Taipei after he told a legislative committee on Thursday that the organizers' announcement had been "unwise" and that the government would not agree to such a ceremony being held here. Earlier in the week, a meeting of 26 Cabinet agencies had only decided that the organizers needed to submit additional paperwork before a decision would be made on whether the Dec. 29 ceremony could go ahead. Among the additional information requested was what role, if any, the Chinese government plays in the annual extravaganza.
While the plan to hold the show in Taipei only hit the headlines last week, it turns out that it had been in the works since at least January. That is when the Taiwanese co-organizer, the Taipei Artist Agency Association (TAAA), applied to the Taipei City Government's Department of Cultural Affairs to hold what it said would be an annual association event at the Taipei Arena this month. It said the event would be a concert aimed at promoting the nation's music industry to the world.
However, in April the association changed the title of the event to the Chinese Music Chart Awards without anyone appearing to notice. The department and Taipei Rapid Transit Corp, which operate the arena, apparently approved the revised application without reviewing the change of title or the event details, which is against regulations.
While the TAAA was still telling the Taipei City Government that the event was just a concert, it described the show as an awards ceremony in documents filed with the National Immigration Agency for entry permits for Chinese entertainers.
The ceremony appeared to be such a done deal as far as the Chinese were concerned that early last month a Chinese travel agency began advertising tours to Taipei that included tickets to the event.
The problem with having the awards ceremony in Taipei is that the award categories are divided into two divisions — China, and Hong Kong/Taiwan, disparaging Taiwan's sovereignty by putting the nation on a level with a special administrative region of China. Plus, Taiwan already has its own music industry awards — the Golden Melody Awards, which are open to Chinese-language artists from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and elsewhere as well as Taiwanese Aboriginal artists.
It appears the government was caught off-guard by the Beijing organizers' announcement. Given the efforts by President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) administration and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to pander to Beijing and Ma's promotion of a "one country, two areas" formula, it is not hard to surmise that the government might have signed off on holding the show in Taipei if the news could have been kept out of the limelight a little while longer. It's not hard to imagine the paperwork for it would have been okayed as another "cross-strait cultural exchange."


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This is Granada Television's definitive Sherlock Holmes, starring the late Jeremy Brett. We are calling this show Sherlock Holmes (1984), but the episodes were made between 1984 and 1994 and were first broadcast under the various titles of Conan Doyle's collections of Holmes stories:
Series 1 & 2: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Series 3 & 4: The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Series 5 & 6: The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes
Series 7: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Two specials, lasting two hours each and based on Doyle's two full-length Holmes books, The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles, were included in The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
David Burke played Holmes's literary side-kick, Dr John Watson, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, while Edward Hardwicke (pictured, right, on this page, with Brett as Holmes) took on the role for all other seasons.
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"Big Little Mother" picture book (review)
"Big Little Mother" is the second collaboration between Duluth illustrator Chris Monroe and Minneapolis-St. Paul author Kevin Kling.
The first, "Big Little Brother," was an autobiographical story about Kling's uneasy relationship with a younger brother who was taller than he.
In "Little Big Mother," Kling looks back at how he got along with his big sister. (The book's title is an uncharacteristically labored reference to Kling's first book, hinging on a comment made by the children's mom.)
The sister seems a bit bossy, but her creative streak compensates for her authoritarian personality. She is the sort of girl willing to give her cat, Kittywumpus, a "celebrity makeover." She has the novel idea of teaching Kittywumpus to play piano by putting cream cheese on the piano keys.
Kittywumpus is all good with the piano strategy but objects to the makeover by running away. Let's pause here.
If only more unwilling makeover subjects on reality TV would follow Kittywumpus's example. Imagine how much more interesting it would make all those scolding "What Not To Wear" type shows. It was so annoying when Stacy and Clinton made Mayim Bialik ditch her quirky wardrobe for a boring generic golf-and-tennis club mom look.
Anyway, as Kittywampus stays away, the enterprising sister eyes her little brother. She gives him a (perhaps intentional) experimental punk haircut. She teaches him to play Couch Cushion Treasure Hunt, Adventures In Cardboard and other fun games reminiscent of the young Allie Brosh's "Hyperbole and a Half" pastimes.
He is transformed when she teaches him the shuffle-ball-change move familiar to young tap dancers and older Jazzercize participants. When he accompanies his sister to her tap dance class, looking on with the mothers and other siblings, he can't help speaking up and showing off his sweet moves.
It's a sweet, nostalgic story told from a distinctly rose-colored view. But that only means that "Big Little Mother" would make excellent holiday gifts for siblings who had similarly symbiotic relationships.
"Little Big Mother" by Kevin Kling (Borealis Books/Minnesota Historical Society, $17.95), ages 3 and up.


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You know the 1017 error? You do if you've been trying to play Final Fantasy XIV! It's the message for a full server. YouTube user Beingbanana came up with an "easy fix."
Just make sure you have chopsticks, a battery, and your copy of Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics. Very important!
How to fix 1017 error (Server Full) in FFXIV ARR [beingbanana@YouTube]
To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft.


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- 1. Why does no one seem to care?
(The following article was sent to me anonymously. It's a timely, accurate, and thoughtful essay that needs to be read by every American.)
Are you aware that we the people are under assault in this country? Maybe not you personally, yet, but when one group of patriots in America is deprived of their freedoms guaranteed to them by the Constitution, it's a hostile invasion of all who stand for liberty. And that is what happened to the ranchers in Harney County, Oregon, in the past weeks, and in Nevada before that. There is a systematic taking of our precious liberties.
Why does no one seem to care?
Where is the media on this? Where are the folks who are focused on restoring our trust lands across the western United States? Are we to sit and watch those among us get incarcerated for ranching? For peacefully protesting the egregious treatment they have received from their own government, for years?
We know that these lands do not belong to the federal government. The federal government manages those lands for we the people under contracts that were supposed to be assigned back to the states years ago. The federal government contracts grazing leases to local ranchers. These grazing leases abut the ranches owned by private citizens of the United States. These ranchers, by and large, are good stewards of the lands they lease to use for grazing. But they are methodically being deprived of the use of the lands owned by we the people, even with legal leases to do so. In Oregon, the Burea of Land Management (BLM) is burning grazing land that is under lease to ranchers for grazing their cattle, and the BLM is burning the cattle, homes, and corrals in the process.Click here to read more
- 2. Shawna Cox: Eyewitness to LaVoy Finicum's Murder
Shawna Cox: "We should never be ashamed to be an American....we have to make a difference...this was a man who was killed in cold blood....we need to pray for the men who did this, and we need to pray for the families....This is God's country. He created the Constitution for us....As a nation, we have to pray."Click here to read more
- 3. Victoria Sharp: Eyewitness to LaVoy Finicum's Murder
01/26/2016. Victoria Sharp: "Ryan Payne put his hands up out the window, and they shot at him but missed...They riddled the car with bullets....He (LaVoy) was just walking with his hands in the air, and they just shot him. I saw him....After he was down on the ground, they shot him 3 more times....They bombarded our vehicle with bullets, they hit Ryan in the shoulder...We were on the floorboard screaming.."Click here to read more
- 5. Fox News Reporter Dennis Lynch Puts His Life at Risk Standing Up for the Bundy's
I'm sure that Fox news reporter Dennis Lynch did not anticipate his actions on April 12, 2014. He suddenly realized that Clive Bundy was right. The Bundy family was right. The patriots who stood facing down the BLM thugs with AR-15s were right. No matter what the letter of the law stated, it was an egregious unjust law. And then, Mr. Lynch discovered what he was made of.
- 7. Don't Tread on Us. American Citizens are Not Your Slaves!
You want the cattle? Moooolon Labe!
What you will see here is American citizens facing AR-15s, and breaching the gate forcing the BLM to drop their weapons. These American citizens would rather die than be slaves to a tyrannical government.
- 8. The Truth About Why the BLM Wanted Cliven Bundy off the Land: Harry Reid and Money and Power
Don't be fooled into believing that the BLM cares about a bunch of dusty, old tortoises that are supposedly endangered.
Think about it. In the name of the poor, dear tortoises, the BLM just spent millions of dollars to round up 300 of Cliven Bundy's "trespassing cattle." They managed to kill about 130 of them in the process. Why? Because, not only don't they care about a bunch of tortoises, they also don't care about a bunch of cows. Using their helicopters they ran many of them to death in 100-degree desert heat. Many of those cows were pregnant and weren't given veterinary care; many of the newborns that survived their births died from lack of nourishment and callous treatment; many cows were fat with milk, having been separated from their newborn calves. Each cow that died at the hands of the BLM thugs had a value of about $1500.
The BLM had enough money to pay thugs to intimidate, taser, and throw Americans to the ground. The BLM had enough money to hire cowboy mercenaries to help round up Cliven Bundy's cattle. The BLM had enough money to send over 80 brand new shiny trucks to Clark County. The had enough money to arm their thugs with helmet, body armor, and AR-15s.
Yet, the BLM didn't have enough money to feed the desert tortoises at the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center, so they euthanized them. See Desert Tortoise Conservation Center plan to Euthanize Hundreds of Tortoises in Nevada.
Put on your thinking cap. Does this make logical sense? Of course it doesn't! Because it isn't the truth.
In fact, the federal government doesn't care about any endangered species. If they did, they wouldn't allow the wholesale slaughter of every "endangered" critter that gets cooked by SOLAR and chopped up by WIND.
So, what do the federal government and their corporate cronies care about?Click here to read more
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AHL Game Night: 4-2-10 Admirals at River Rats
Against all odds, Keller, Tokarski, and the Admirals have life.
Dustin Tokarski allowed 1 goal on 32 shots for the win. He's been good down the stretch, and he'll need to be amazing in the final 5 games of the season to get the Admirals over the hump.
First Period
ALB Blanchard, (14) (Micflikier, Samson), 12:37
NOR Keller, (16) (Jones), 16:03
Second Period
Third Period
NOR Keller, (17) (Case, Jackson), 13:29
Justin Keller and Tokarski were the game's first and second stars.
Tonight was supposed to be a funeral for the Norfolk Admirals. With Ty Wishart out hurt and Lashoff and Mihalik called up due to injuries, the Admirals blueline consisted of Scott Jackson and a bunch of no-names. On the road. Against a hot Albany club that's dominated the series this season. And, somehow, the Admirals have parlayed doom into hope, despite being outclassed for much of tonight's game. They made their own breaks. Blair Jones made a great individual play to steal a puck to set up Keller on the first goal, Tokarski made every key save he had to to keep it 1-1, and then in the final frame, when the Ads looked to just be holding on for a point, Justin Keller got a little daylight and used his laser shot to propel Norfolk to the win. That's why they play the games.
It's now essentially a four team race for three spots, and everything looks to have gone Norfolk's way tonight. Inside the division, Binghamton smoked third place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 6-2, meaning the Admirals are 3 points back of the Penguins. In the crossover, Lowell (which is struggling), fell 5-2 to Hartford and Bridgeport is down 4-1 to Manchester very late in the third period. If that score holds, Norfolk will be 2 points back of both the Devils and Monarchs, and in all three cases the Admirals will hold one game in hand.
Can they defy the odds again tomorrow night in Binghamton? If they do, they can pull within 1 point of the Penguins for 3rd place in the East Division. Moreover, they could pull back into a playoff spot if Lowell falls in regulation to Worcester and/or Bridgeport falls in regulation to Portland. Theoretically, with the Lightning off until Tuesday, the Admirals should get Matt Lashoff and Vladimir Mihalik back for tomorrow night, and one would hope a forward or two might also be thrown into the mix, because tomorrow is make-or-break for Norfolk, and Binghamton has been playing well.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
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