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Pick an album nobody talks about on here (much) ...
and sell it (in response to deep_blue's critique of homogenous music tastes...).
Post a track as a taster.
^This it if you'd consider exploring it further...
The Swirlies – They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days In The Glittering World Of The Salons
A shoegaze band who took the template and moved it forward with interesting and urgent song structures. Two classic albums in this one and the predecessor (Blonger Tongue Audio Baton).
This sounds fresh now, and it's 20 years old. The posted track is one of the more tuneful ones, but it's all quality stuff.wibblypig007, pentargo, heartworms, incandenza_, Loui_Tacceh, and amyblue this'd this
I believe I'm right in saying...
...that all of their stuff is available to download for free from their website too.
Am I being thick?
Just it seems you can only download one or two EPs hereJaguarPirate this'd this
The L_T seal of *fucking awesome*, one of the all-time indie records. Two Girls Kissing is the skyscraping highlight, or was that San Cristobal De Las Casas (rest ain't shabby either)funkycow this'd this
Strictly East Coast Sneaky Flute Music
is a top notch remix album too (if it tails off a bit at the end). Again, doing the drum 'n' gaze sort of thing quite a long time ahead of Kevin Shields.
their House Of Pancake remix is brilliant
if that's on that
Brokedick Car EP
and you're right, it is.amyblue this'd this
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Can't Maintain
Brilliant band. Crappy punky vocals and incredibly dark humour make this band what they are, that and they are decent musicians/songwriters in their own right. Great fun.funkycow and veridisjoe this'd this
Reminds me of one of those artists
who you've not heard of but see at a festival and their sort of one man band intensity wins you over.
the song 'we didn't come here to rock'
also has the best chorus ever "IF THAT'S WHAT GETS YOURRR DICK HARRRRDDDD, TELLING PEOPLE THEY'RE BAD AT MAKING ART!"
great song titles too..
..particularly fond of "The Michael Jordan of Drunk Driving"
Astronautalis - Pomegranate
file under: white boy rap/indie/full of tunes/super cheesyJaguarPirate this'd this
I've only listened to The Mighty Ocean & Nine Dark Theaters
but I really, really liked it - a bit Waits-ish at points too. He's great live too, full of energy and banter.
I'm glad you like him too
I was beginning to think he was obscure cos he's shit but he really isn't. I loved his last album 'This Is Our Science' too. Lovely guy too.
Clubroot - II-MMX
One of the best independent ambient dubstep producers out there at the moment, this album is fucking beautiful.DriftingSkeleton, stalecloud, and GrandMoffTarkin this'd this
Clubroot is a very solid producer
Great at full-lengths.
Earlimart - Everyone Down Here
one of my favourite albums of all time. For fans of Grandaddy, Elliot Smith, Pixies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxcr7OhwdIM (this is the first track on the album)Clair_de_Lune this'd this
I like it a lot
But not any other Earlimart albums.
Yeah, it's definietely Aaron's best work by far
although I found the new album System Preferences was a return to form and the song 'A Goodbye' was pretty incredible.
Floex - Zorya
Released a few years ago but it seems few people picked up on it. It's a really kaleidoscopic record because it has so many ingredients. The sound is based in both electronic and modern classical, but it is all seen together by a very jazzy structure. Highly recommended.GrandMoffTarkin this'd this
John Coltrane - Meditations
have been listening to more and more jazz over the past few years...started out with easier blue note hard bop and am now enjoying the much more chaotic free jazz stuff. this album is an awesome skronkfest with the original quartet plus added Pharoah Sanders...the energy is relentless.
fantastic album
much love for the term 'skronkfest'
detachment kit - of this blood
indie rock / post hardcore - loved this album since it's realease in 2004,and it still gets loads of airtime in my collection which is rare for me, full of les savy fav/modest mouse style goodness
from lovely calm numbers like this
to more stoppy starty shouty type stuff
- NO YOU'll NEVER DIE IE IE IEEEY -
the fact that these are the only two tracks on youtube really upsets me, chronology, ice queen, spider, ted the electic all fantastic
great album.Woodchuck this'd this
Jacobites - Robespierre's Velvet Basement
Rolling Stones obsessed ex-post punks doing the whole elegantly wasted thing. It's pretty trad but it, ahem, 'does the job' as it were.
amazing album!dont get why they aint famous?
Fatso Jetson - Cruel and Delicious
Mario Lalli and Larry Lalli are LEGERNDS amongst the desert rock scene that threw up Kyuss, QOTSA, earthlings? (who are also really underrated), Brant Bjork, and whoever else, as members of the OG stoner band Yawning Man. anyway, it's kinda punky (they first released stuff on SST), kinda deserty, kinda I dunno, just really good.
song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZjIiCHfrMk
Devo cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2RnBAByZpYWoodchuck this'd this
the supremes - i hear a symphony
its incredible,its honestly a perfect album.iv never understood why its not counted in "greatest albums ever!!!" fodder.
dusty springfield - you dont have to say you love me. - everyone should give dusty springfield a listen.
gucci mane - mr zone six. the absolute peak of drug fried trap.also sounds like a heroin addict with a mouth full of melted chocolate!
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Mother of All Saints
One of the best bands of the 90's in my opinions. It was so great to see them at ATP a few years ago. Rock deconstructionists in the same vein as Royal Trux, US Maple, Dead C etc. They fused garage, psych, pop, noise. I could have gone for any of their albums really but went for the Mother of All Saints which is my favourite.funkycow this'd this
will check this out
Only know TF from Funeral Pudding after I got hooked on Waited Too Long (a lo fi classic). Always wondered where to go next.
Heard a lot about these guys
Will check :)
I'm just going to talk about my favourite skweee albums cos the genre is so good yet it hardly gets talked about.
Eero Johannes - Eero Johannes / http://www.discogs.com/Eero-Johannes-Eero-Johannes/release/1442972
Pavan - Holy Volt / http://www.discogs.com/Pavan-Holy-Volt/release/2718705
Beat Bully - Kosmik Regn / http://www.discogs.com/Beatbully-Kosmisk-Regn/release/2808837
Randy Barracuda - Randy Barracuda / http://www.discogs.com/Randy-Barracuda-Randy-Barracuda/release/1914032
Its a mega fun synth led funk kinda genre. Its kinda like 8-bit but its usualy made with analogue synths rather than computers. Its made on minimal setups, and thats where the name comes from, the artists squeeze out all they can from the synths to make the tracks. Since its more synth based they do more live shows too. Just like 8-bit is confined by just using those bits. Its way more fun and satisfactory than 8-bit to my ears. Its pure funk bliss. It mainly originates from Scaninavia.
Eero Johannes - We Could Be Skweeeroes
Randy Barracuda: Ketamine Strut
Pavan - War (Live)
Beatbully - Ra?kks
Unwound - New Plastic Ideas
it's been a while since I wrote about them. Post-Hardcore band from Olympia, Washington connected to the K Records scene who were just as consistently great as Fugazi in the West coast version of the same scene and yet get hardly any of their plaudits. New Plastic Ideas maybe isn't their best album but it's certainly the most solid, all 9 tracks on it are fairly incredible for their time and it's the one I've been listening to the most recently.
Current favourite track, Aboretum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7jrscl-U1k
Blue Orchids - The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain)
Still one of my all-time favourite records. I saw them last week at the Social and they were totally ace.
http://youtu.be/7d1x5wM1NhYbatwingcharlie this'd this
Thanks for the tip companion!
Truly great stuff
Mi Ami - Steal Your Face
Headfuck chaotic post punk/post hardcore stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=353AFH2jC-c
Wilderness - S/T
It regularly baffles me how this band weren't slobbered all over during their existence. Good reviews on Pitchfork, shoegazey guitars, honking Ian Curtis vocals, song titles called 'Post Plethoric Rhetoric'. COME ON.
It's on Spotify. Half of it's on Youtube.
Could you link me to it on Spotify, please?
Can't seem to find it.
The Smith Street Band - No One Gets Lost Anymore
in that sort of intelligent pop emo punk thing, very good stuff! not usually the sort of music i go for, but this is a really good album. amazingly great live band as well, from Melbourne
this is their debut album (can check out all the songs via that youtube link or their bandcamp), have an equally good follow up called 'Sunshine & Techonology' as well
Epic45 - May Your Heart Be The Map
A truly lovely album combining various dosages of found noise, ambient, cyclical guitar sounds, and nods to post-rock. Accessible. Great for while out walking or while trying to make sense of this hyperactive world.
They also have an 6 track EP/mini album (In All The Empty Houses) which is also a slice of perfection, through a more pop angle to their sound. A record that I challenge anyone not to listen to and fall in love with.
A friend of mine lent me a copy
It was one of Word magazine's ten albums of the year in the year it came out (pretty leftfield for them). Beautiful pastoral feel to it. Extremely difficult to pick up new though. May listen to it now.
I really enjoyed this
though it sort of turned into background music as I was just lying around sort of half concious. I'll download it next pay day as it's only a fiver and listen to it out and about.
they work well as background or foreground - the EP particularly ticks the latter box
while their albums are more thr former, but with enough tracks that you'd happily play as stand alone songs
Brilliant band. Love Weathering too.
Playing 3 small gigs in April (Manchester, Birmingham and London) Go see. I have my ticket...
Pablo Honey by Radiohead
It's their most experimental album, in a world full of your Fourtets and your Ricardo Villalobos's, it was a bold move to throw down the shackles of the chic cold, minimal, glitchiness and resurect the distorted guitar and indie rock song structure which had gone unexplored for so long.
Here's a track from it that I'm guessing you haven't heard before, it's about the guitar and how easy it is to use as an instrument:
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
I think I've brought this up before. It's likely my favorite pop record ever. There really isn't a single note played on that record that doesn't make me incredibly happy, and doesn't feel PERFECT. A friend of mine (who introduced me to The Cure and Cibo Matto) introduced me to the record, and though I don't know what happened to him, I still have Pornography, Stereo*Type A, and this fucking album.
I love YouTube playlists, incidentally.
Haven't listened to this in nearly 10 years. It is/was pretty good. Gonna go back to it this afternoon I think. CheersThisTemporaryLife this'd this
Innoculate The Innocuous
is tremendous.ma0sm this'd this
miss u early noughties indie
the CD wouldn't fit in my Walkman.
I can see it right now if I look behind me. really need to put that on in a bit.
R.I.P Unicorns.
Sloan - One Chord To Another
It's better than whatever crap you're listening to. Unless you're listening to "Fink Along WIth Mad" - NOTHING beats that!
job DONE.
Fucking great album!
Sloan have made some turd, but this is gold.
Hymie's Basement - Hymie's Basement
I've seen a couple of mentions of it but in 6 years, for an album this good, that's just not enough.
The last time someone put a gun to my head this made my top 15 records of all time...
It is: a project of Yoni Wolf (Why?) and Andy Broder (Fog). It sounds like it too, incorporating some of Yoni's lyrical fascinations from Why? and incorporating the production eccentricities from some of Broder's solo work.
It is: A tale about a van flooding on a road, a nuclear explosion survival guide, an anthropological study of the hand, a young educational guide to the human cardiac system. a study in self-abuse (the good kind)
It is: adventurous, curious, unique, idiosyncratic, fun.
It does: contains this lyric...
"Aren't babies born with creases in their palms?
Way before you'd think their hands most frequent movements've been established,
Have humans evolved to be born to hold hammers and swords?
In the years to come will see the emergence of a strong computer key finger,
In the years to come will we see a flattened mouse-pad palm?"
It sounds interesting but silly on paper. On record it's a heartbreaking epiphany about our place in the world.
This is 21st Century Pop Song, the opening track from the album and the best introduction to them I can imagine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpTz8r5OMdgma0sm, thedamnedear, incandenza_, Spicer, and rushmore this'd this
I can never put my finger on why
but I absolutely adore this album. Felt like a lot of sketched out half-ideas of two artists at the peak of their creativity. Nothing on there other than the first track is particularly striking in isolation, but this album still puts them at #33 of all time on my most-played last.fm list.
- Comaboy this'd this
Yeah I fucking love this album
Found it on vinyl second hand recently and I think I let out a little yelp of excitement.
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star
Has a suite of songs that replicate an LSD experience on one side (not as cheesy as that may sound), a white soul medley on the other and this gorgeous, glorious tune in the middle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kYgsELoMNEGorkys_Forever, Scorpio, DriftingSkeleton, yuggy, and anal_schwarzenegger this'd this
- craigfable this'd this
he's amazing!
big big fan of RUNT as well
Acid Mothers Temple - magical power from mars
just arrived in the post....havent listened to it yet.
Nada Surf
High / Low
Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
Doom soul. By a woman with surely one of the most emotive voices in the UK. I keep trying to talk about it on DiS and getting ignored. Has everyone listened to it already?
On this recommendation, went and watched her KEXP session from last year.
Quite impressed, glad you mentioned her.
Durutti Column- The Return of...
First release on Factory records, PROPER TRANSCENDENTAL BEAUTY:
Plus at the end of the album you get Martin Hannett going off on one, with this fucking amazing result: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycX1hEw6IT0
Yeah man.thedamnedear this'd this
Check out the second album 'LC' as well...
"Hound at the Hem" by Slim Twig
2 years in the making, as good as all the classic weird pop albums (with an extra helping of good old cinematic/evil vibes) and limited to 300 physical copies because the poor sod's record label shelved it for being too weird, forcing him to release it himself. I never see Slim Twig's name mentioned around these parts, except maybe for his affiliation with U.S. Girls. Top shelf shit and no mistake. You'll take it and like it!: http://slimtwig.bandcamp.com/track/heavy-splendour
Bogdan Raczynski - My Love I Love
I love this album - beautiful gentle half songs, layered wonky warm synths, lazy melodies, accordian, trumpet, terrible half singing, occasional spazzy beats, most tracks are less than 2 minutes long, all have the same name. Kind of Boards of Canada taking on Polish folk music.
It's like sketches of ideas, really simple but lovely, and messy, totally imperfect but great.
bdloamiathon this'd this
can't get on youtube ta work
so i don't know which track this is
probably great tho
Really like this
Will check out more, cheers
My favorite record of 2011 by a mile, but hardly saw anyone talk about it.
Really difficult to describe it without sounding like a dick, but it's like listening to a late night radio station playing Mulatu Astatke and 70s dub records all at the same time. Genuinely unlike anything I've heard before.
There's an excerpt on Youtube, but it doesn't really do it justice - you need to hear the whole thing ideally
Basically, if you've ever been excited at the prospect of a Madlib jazz project only to be kind of let down when you actually heard it, you'll dig this the mostthedamnedear this'd this
Such a good record
I think that's a fairly apt description.
Wipers - Is This Real?
Punk (Post-punk? The beginnings of 'alternative'? I don't know) BRILLIANCE! Eleven tracks of sheer excellence with some of the best-sounding guitar you'll ever hear. You'll also want to shout along to all the choruses.
Without further ado, here's 'Window Shop For Love':
wipers are amazing
youth of america is probably my favourite thoughgonad this'd this
William Tyler - Behold The Spirit
I chose this because he's got a new album out in a couple of weeks that I'll undoubtedly be plugging in the recommended albums thread if its anywhere near as good as this beautiful, otherworldly record. It's based around his mesmerising acoustic guitar playing but features splashes of brass and piano and enriched with occasional drones and found sound. If you like Six Organs of Admittance, James Blackshaw or the greats like Fahey and Basho then I pretty much guarantee you'll love it. This is the only studio recording I could find on youtube but there's quite a bit of live stuff that's well worth a watchtheShipment this'd this
Better than that
there's a little 5 minute promo film that features bits of various songs off the album as well as some words from the man himself
I love this kind of thing but I've never heard this before - cheers
no worries
he's touring in the US over the next couple of months and then hopefully he'll be over here for some shows in the summer
Great recommendation
finally checked out the clip - really beautiful stuff and ordered the album. Thanks.
emmanuelle parrenin- maison rose
really good experimentalish french folk from ages ago.
this is the most well known track i guess and it's amazing and AHEAD OF ITS TIME but it's pretty different to the rest of the album http://emmanuelleparrenin.bandcamp.com/track/topaze
the whole thing's on bandcamp
Thanks for this
Beautiful stuff, reminds me of Linda Perhacs a little in places.
Ma$e's Harlem World.
One of the all-time classic hip-hop records.
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Deep Turtle - There's A Vomitsprinkler In My Liverriver
Fucking insanity from some Finns circa 1994, reminiscent of Mr Bungle, Cardiacs and the Dead Kennedys being fed through a four-track recorder backwards, or something. Eighteen songs, in six suites of three. I said this about it a while back:
"like a more seamless, less self-conscious mr bungle, but with possibly more range and better songwriting? and a slier humour? and more punk? camp blackfoot were mentioned upthread - their music is pretty much in this album's unhinged shadow (as is the mars volta's, kinda)
each trilogy (interesting deconstruction of 'prog' as essentially consisting, short-story-style, of a beginning, middle and end) so far has been better than the one before it, and the first one was fucking amazing"
If you can get through Valz/Hot Mambo/Antivalz without suffering some kind of temporary delirium then you're a stronger soul than I. Imagine a very drunk Mars Volta playing a kids' party...
I was waiting for you to post on this thread...
This album sounds amazing so far :DtheShipment this'd this
This is brilliant
They remind me a lot of Uz Jsme Doma who you need to listen to if you haven't already
craw - bodies for strontium 90
Craw was an independent band from Cleveland, OH that was together for over 13 years, from approximately 1989 to 2002. Their first three records (s/t, Lost Nation Road and Map, Monitor, Surge) were engineered by Steve Albini, the 4th record (Bodies for Strontium 90) was engineered by Bill Korecky.
Listening to Craw is quite an experience. It's like when you are walking down the street and some stranger punches you in the face. You expect to be angry, but you feel this tinge of ectasy melt over your body. You don't understand it, but you want it again so you beg to be punched again. He is a little confused, but he does it. Between the crack of your broken nose and the warm blood running down your face, you are in heaven. You feel the incomparable pleasure course through your veins. You can no longer stand. Somehow, through the heavy panting you gasp out a gargled "AGAIN" but he's starting to get freaked out so he leaves. There's no time to beg, you can never live without this feeling again so you begin to hurriedly limp down the street. You come to a big pane glass window, and you smash your head through. That's enough, it drives you over the point and you experience the greatest moment of your life. Just afterwards, as you lie in the street with glass showering over your face, you realize that you don't want to live anymore. You will never have a better moment than that. Your first thought it of the horrors of the world you have to return to, like a baby coming out of the womb.
:D nice write up
I forgot this band existed, I haven't listened to them in ages
Rowland S Howard - Teenage Snuff Film
Haven't seen anything about it here!
Anne Laplantine - A Little Time May Be
Beautiful, lo-fi, melancholy bedroom pop with a mix of uncertain vocals, chopped up guitars and midi electronics. Reminds me sometimes of Jon Brion's soundtrack work on stuff like eternal sunshine. This is the only track I can find on youtube but it's on Spotify I think.
King of the Slums - Blowzy Weirdos
Baggy post-punk folk crossover from late-80s Manchester. Possibly THE most Mancunian album in the world ever. Great lyrics and song titles that portray a world of low-life chancers & scumbags, kind of like Happy Mondays meets Stan Barstow.
The Julie Dolphin - Lit
Like Lush on steroids or a more self conscious Daisy Chainsaw, I heard a couple of acoustic tracks on the radio and was hooked when I heard the album. A very muscly sort of shoegaze sound with crystal clear production, the girl singing does the whispery and the shouty thing without going into Courtney Love histronics and the songs are just so poppy they've stuck in my head for years. I think they were kiwis based in London, then they moved home and renamed themselves The Bads but I never heard anything as good as this.
If I broke the rules I would talk about Now, Now's "Threads", which is sort of Interpol/Arcade Firey and great, and Econoline's "Music Is Stupid" and ponder whether they were the UK's belated answer to the Minutemen.
rwake - if you walk before you crawl you crawl before you die
progressive metal made by hill people; vhs samples, acid and cheap speed. like it when bands couldn't be from anywhere that they're not from and i've never had a more vivid picture in my mind than the knotted roots and swampland here; rotting fish and skinned mustelids outside every hut. fucking vile aposematic vocals, genuinely melodic, earthy songwriting. baffled it/they're not held up as absolute top dogs in modern metal tbh. woodson lateral <3


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"We apologized for not having met her expectations and expressed our regrets for the unpleasant experience, and that doesn't change, regardless of the results of the review."So they're not sorry for the actions. They're sorry she expected more from them. How nice. Separately, the article points out that the CATSA will not reveal publicly what their investigation into the matter finds, meaning it doesn't really matter what the investigation finds. They also won't reveal the CCTV tapes -- which could make sense on privacy grounds, but also sounds like they perhaps don't want people seeing what actually happened.

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A sixteen-hit attack and a strong effort by J.A. Happ leads to a Phillies win over the hapless Nationals, 5-4.
A strong start by J.A. Happ and a sixteen-hit attack by the Phillies' offense would lead to a Phils' victory over the last place Nationals, 5-4.
The Nats took a quick 1-0 lead in the second, as Josh Willingham hits a lead-off home run, his seventh home run of the season. The Phils tied the game up at one-all in their half of the second as, with two men on, and one man out, Carlos Ruiz hits an RBI double, knocking in Jayson Werth, who had earlier singled, and had moved up to second on Pedro Feliz's single, while sending Feliz, who had earlier singled, over to third. The Phils would take the lead in the third as, with two men on, and one man out, Raul Ibanez hits a two-run single, scoring Shane Victorino, who had earlier singled, and had moved on to third on Chase Utley's double, and Utley, who had earlier doubled, giving the Phils a 3-1 lead. Two batters later, with Ibanez still on first and now with two men out, Feliz hits an RBI triple, knocking in Ibanez, making it a 4-1 Phils' lead. The Phils would increase their lead in the fourth as, with runners on the corners, and no one out, Utley hits into a 4-6 force out, knocking in Jimmy Rollins, who had earlier doubled and had gone over to third on Victorino's single, while Victorino, who had earlier singled, was forced out at second base for the inning's first out, while Utley was safe at first on the play, giving the Phils a 5-1 lead. The Nats would come back in the sixth as, with two men on, and one man out, Josh Bard hits a two-run double, scoring Willingham, who had earlier singled, and had moved up to second when Ryan Zimmerman was hit by the pitch, while sending Zimmerman, who had earlier been hit by a pitch, over to third, cutting the Phils' lead down to 5-2. One batter later, the Nats would cut the lead down further to 5-3 Phils, as Anderson Hernandez hits an RBI single, scoring Zimmerman from third, before a Werth fielding error on the play allows Bard to score as well, turning it into a 5-4 Phils' lead, while Hernandez would move up to second base on the error. But that would be the game, as the Phillies' bullpen would shut the Nats down for the last three innings, with Brad Lidge nailing down his tenth save in the ninth.
J.A. Happ got the win as he pitched five and a third strong innings, giving up three runs on three hits and three walks, while striking out five. His record is now 3-0 with a 3.00 ERA. Chad Durbin pitched two-thirds of an inning, as he recorded his fourth hold, as he gave up an unearned run on two hits, while he struck out a batter. Scott Eyre pitched a 1-2-3 inning, as he recorded his eighth hold. Ryan Madson recorded his tenth hold as he pitched a scoreless inning, giving up just one hit and a walk, while striking out one. Brad Lidge recorded his tenth save as he pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out two batters. Ross Detwiler took the lost as he went four innings, giving up five runs on ten hits and a walk, as he struck out two. His record is now 0-1 with a 4.80 ERA. Jason Bergmann, Ron Villone, Mike MacDougal, Joe Beimel and Julian Tavarez combined for four scoreless innings, giving up six hits (Bergmann (1), Villone (2), MacDougal (1), Beimel (2)) and a walk (Beimel), while striking out three Phils (Bergamman, MacDougal and Beimel with a stikeout each).
The Phillies collected sixteen hits in the game, with all of the regulars getting at least one hit. Shane Victorino led the way with four hits as he raised his batting average to .293. Jimmy Rollins, Raul Ibanez, Jayson Werth, Pedro Feliz and Carlos Ruiz then followed with two hits each. Chase Utley and Ryan Howard got the other two Phils' hits. Ibanez knocked in two of the Phils' runs, while Utley, Feliz and Ruiz each knocked in a run. The Phils had seven extra-base hits in the game, six doubles and a triple.
The Phillies (26-20, 2nd) continue their weekend series with the Nationals (13-34). The game will start at 7:05 pm Eastern and will be played at Citizens Bank Park. The Phils' starter will be their ace Cole Hamels (2-2, 4.68), who is coming off his best start of the season on May 24 against the Yankees, as he went six strong innings, giving up just two runs, on eight hits, while striking out five, in the Phils' 5-4 extra-inning win. He will be going after his third win of the season. The Nats will counter with Shairon Martis (5-0, 4.86), who is coming off a no-decision against the Orioles on May 24, as he went six innings, giving up five runs on seven hits and two walks, as he struck out two, in the Nats' 8-5 win , He will be going for his sixth win of the year. The Phillies will be trying to win their first series at home since their earlier home series win against these same Nationals.


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Charles Wyly, 77, a Texas billionaire and philanthropist whose family donated millions of dollars to Republican causes and
arts projects, died Sunday after a car accident in western
, authorities said.
Wyly, who maintained a home near Aspen, Colo., was turning onto a highway near the local airport when his Porsche was hit by a sport utility vehicle, the Colorado State Patrol said in a statement. Wyly died at Aspen Valley Hospital. The other driver suffered moderate injuries.
In Texas, Wyly and his younger brother, Sam, along with their wives, gave $20 million to help build Dallas' performing arts center. They also donated heavily, but quietly, to Republican causes: The brothers had said they'd given about $10 million to
candidates and causes since the 1970s.
Last summer, the Securities and Exchange Commission accused Wyly and his brother of using offshore havens to hide more than half a billion dollars in profits over 13 years of insider stock trading. The brothers denied and were fighting the allegations.
Born in 1933, Charles Wyly was a child when the collapsed economy forced the surrender of his family's cotton farm in Lake Providence, La. He and his younger brother went on to attend Louisiana Tech University in the 1950s, then went to work for
Charles Wyly helped his brother run their startup computer software company, University Computing, and later founded and led several other companies, including arts and crafts retail chain
, which was sold in 2006.
Cornelius 'Corny' Cole
Longtime animator became a teacher
Cornelius "Corny" Cole, 80, a longtime animator, production designer and filmmaker who became an influential teacher and mentor to many of today's animators, died Monday at his Santa Clarita home of multiple system atrophy, said his daughter Dominique Cole Gilmour.
A graduate of Chouinard Art Institute who was known as an expert draftsman, Cole worked as an animator for a host of studios, including Disney, United Productions of America, Warner Brothers,
, DePatie-Freling and
Among his credits as a production designer are
"Shinbone Alley" (1971), "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" (1962) and "Gay Purr-ee" (1962).
Cole also designed the 1970 film
which won an Academy Award for short subject (cartoon), as well as sequences for such animated productions as "Heavy Metal" (1981) and "Roman City" (1994).
He received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Animated Film Society in 2006.
A faculty member at California Institute of the Arts from 1992 to 2009, Cole taught character
and figure drawing and was valued as a
Cornelius Cole III was born Oct. 12, 1930, in Los Angeles, the grandson of U.S. Sen. Cornelius Cole, who moved to a 500-acre ranch in Hollywood in 1881. Corny and his twin brother, Peter, were among the pioneering longboard surfers in Santa Monica and Malibu in the 1940s.
Billy Grammer
, a singer, guitarist and Nashville session musician whose 1958 hit
hit the top of the charts and led to a long career on the Grand Ole Opry, died Wednesday of natural causes in his home state of
, the Grand Ole Opry announced. Grammer, who suffered a
earlier this year, was 85.


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Buried Alive
The Shawshank Redemption (July 29/08)
Based on a short story by Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption has certainly earned its reputation as one of the most effective prison movies in cinematic history - as the film, written and directed by Frank Darabont, contains virtually all of the tropes and devices that the genre has come to be associated with. The ensuing inclusion of such familiar elements as the Evil Warden and the Sadistic Guard are undeniably put to brilliant use by Darabont, with the end result a piece of work that - aside from a midsection that's almost egregiously episodic - manages to hold the viewer transfixed virtually from start to finish. Tim Robbins stars as Andy Dufresne, a mild-mannered banker who eventually develops a deep bond with fellow inmate Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman) during a double-lifetime sentence within the walls of Shawshank Prison. While it's virtually impossible to overstate the effectiveness of the two lead performances, Darabont does a superb job of transforming even the most minor of supporting characters into vividly-drawn, thoroughly compelling figures - something that is, of course, due in no small part to the expectedly accomplished efforts of such familiar faces as Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, and William Sadler. Yet as fully realized as Shawshank's landscape inevitably winds up becoming, there's little doubt that the film's most indelible element remains the touching friendship between Robbins and Freeman's respective characters. The chemistry between the two actors - coupled with career-best performances from the pair - ensures that The Shawshank Redemption ultimately packs an emotional wallop that one hardly would have expected from such an endeavor, and it's consequently not difficult to see why the movie's esteem has grown considerably in the years since its theatrical release.
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The Majestic
The Mist (November 22/07)
The Mist, based on the novella by Stephen King, follows a group of disparate characters - including Thomas Jane's David, Laurie Holden's Amanda, and Marcia Gay Harden's Mrs. Carmody - as they're forced to hole up in a supermarket after a strange (and, ultimately, deadly) mist rolls into town. Director Frank Darabont has infused The Mist with a B-movie sensibility that proves to be entirely appropriate, as there's certainly no denying the inherent familiarity of the situation nor the archetypal nature of most of the film's characters. The glut of recognizable faces within the supporting cast does initially lend the proceedings a disaster-movie sort of vibe, though there does reach a point at which Darabont slowly-but-surely starts to tighten the screws and ratchet up the tension. Some questionable special effects notwithstanding, Darabont has peppered The Mist with a number of genuinely terrifying sequences - with a disastrous trip to a nearby pharmacy easily the highlight of the film. But at a running time of over two hours, there's ultimately little doubt that the movie is at least 20 minutes longer than it needs to be - something that's surely reflected in Darabont's emphasis on the religious cult that quickly forms within the market. While it's easy enough to discern the point that the director is making here, the over-the-top nature of these scenes ensures that a little goes a long way. Still, the movie's underlying apocalyptic feel - cemented by the unbelievably grim (and downright haunting) finale - is more than effective enough to carry it through a few slow spots.


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The Scottish Crannog Centre is an award-winning and interactive centre which shows what Iron Age life was like with a reconstructed prehistoric loch-dwelling.
Built as an archaeological experiment based on discoveries underwater, the thatched roundhouse, in the shallows of Loch Tay, is a living museum on the water. It overlooks the remains of 4 of the 18 ancient crannog settlements preserved in the loch, with the picturesque village of Kenmore to the east, and stunning views towards Ben Lawers and Killin to the west.
The 5-star Scottish Crannog Centre has exhibits and activities to engage all interests from the specialist to the passer-by. Inside, some of the 2,500 year old artefacts are displayed with DVDs and interpretive boards while outside visitors can dress up and try several ancient crafts and technologies including fire-making without matches. News and special events are posted regularly on the centre's website, Twitter and Facebook.
Facilities include toilets, giftshop, snackbar and covered outdoor picnic area and dugout canoe hire. There is free parking, a bus stop outside the front door and racking for bicycles. Discounts are provided to groups and those who visit using sustainable transport.
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Postby stingstang » Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:27 pm
I have always been fascinated with Triathlons and the fitness requirement to do such a event.
Im very unfit at the moment but am getting back on the bike so to speak. Swimming and cycling have never been a problem for me but im running is something i dread. im also completely new to organized events and such.
Just suck on a few things.
1. With all my searching i cant find any Triathlons in the next 6 months (im in Perth btw). Where could i get a listing or more info from?
2. due to my lack of fitness im looking to start small. but i would hate to do all the effort to do too small a event. Anyone got any experiences with the smaller events? rough lengths etc?
Thanks in advance!
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Postby cp123 » Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:20 pm
Over here novice races in the summer are 2/10/2 or 4/16/4 up to sprint distances of 5/20/5. Then all the other tradition distances after that.
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Postby rovill » Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:17 pm
There is no shame in doing shorter races, and you wont be wasting your time by doing one. When i first started tri's i entered a series of 'super sprint' races, that was a 350-10-3. It was perfect for starting out. If you haven't done one before then a shorter one would be best to start off with, it doesn't need to be the highlight of your season.
As to where to find races, try a website called 'beginnertriathlete' or find a local tri club and ask when some races are.
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Postby Evo6point5 » Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:26 pm
There's Mandurah 70.3 in October (registration opens next Tuesday at 9am Perth time)
http://www.usmevents.com.au/Triathlon__ ... Mode=Print
Then a series starts around november - march with 5 sprints (1 olympic).. google telstra tri series
Albany Half is on January 5.
my first tri was a half so no need to necessarily start with a sprint
Good luck!
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Postby Ken Ho » Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:18 am
My run was more of a stumble. The good thing about long course, is that completion is a goal in itself, and so long as you do a decent time in the cycle, you have tons of time to finish the run. Lots of walking, and I was not the only one. I would look silly doing sprints.
I could not swim at all six months before the event, and I had no dramas, and if you are a solid swimmer already, you are sweet.
I'm probably going to do Yeppoon 70.3 in August too, though the entries fees for Ironman events are not cheap, and the entries for Im Cairns open the day Yeppoon closes, so that will be a grand down on one day if I enter both. Ouch !!
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Postby fab at forty » Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:33 pm
maybe get a team together and enter if you don't want to do the whole thing but want to see what its like?
I'll be doing it - think its going to be awesome.
Otherwise, join a tri club and you'll soon get sucked in....
good luck!
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Postby Roxsta99 » Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:29 am
They run the Telstra tri series and have a Enticer division for newbies testing their levels and then the Pursuit races for more competitive and confident athlete. Races normally kick off around mid Dec. good luck with your training..
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Postby fab at forty » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:25 pm
I wouldn't worry at all about being slow, you're still going to be faster than the 99.9% of the population sitting on their couch at home.
Were you looking at the fastest times or the slowest times?
Just get out there and do it - on race day you'll be so high on the atmosphere you'll be sprinting over the line and you won't care how long it took you.
Alternatively, do your first tri in a team if you can, then you can get an idea of what its all about before you commit to doing it by yoursef.
the main thing is just get out and do it - you definitely won't regret it!
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I found the swim a lit tougher than I thought it would be (get a wetsuit if your in Melbourne) and found they really hammered me. My strongest leg was the ride and found that I made up some ground. The run was tough as you have used a heap of energy and your legs feel funny after the ride.
I am in the Clydesdale class and I wasnt as fit as I wanted to be so both events were a struggle, but in the end I completed them, so achievement number 1 and I wasnt last in either my class or overall, achievement number 2
I would say if you can swim 2 km in a pool or 500m in open water, can cycle 50km and run 10km individually you can complete a sprint event (500m swim - 20km ride - 5km run)
Triathlons are not easy but why do it if it was and by finishing you are already a mile ahead of 99% of the population who couldn't do them
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Postby lucky7 » Mon Aug 20, 2012 3:53 pm
drcolossus1 wrote:I don't want to hijack the thread but what is the go with beginners and finishing times. I want to do my first Tri later in the year (XO Tri Series in Melbourne) and it is supposed to be a perfect beginners race, but I've looked at the results/times from previous years and they are damn fast for my age group. Sure, I can run a 24 min 5k but not after a swim and bike. I know I'm not crazy fit but for a beginner I thought there would be more BEGINNERS!! It kinda makes me not want to sign up of I'm going to finish 5 minutes behind everyone in last place.
Have a look at the shorter distances ones run as part of the Gatorade Series - will be something like a 300m/10km/3km (S-B-R) - the 5km run you mention are usually the sprint distance races, which don't tend to get as many new triathletes.
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eveready2 wrote:In the fear of sounding like a fool, what do you wear? I was thinking about doing my first in a couple of weeks.
Whatever you like!!
Some people just wear shorts/tshirt for their first tri as there's no point spending money on clothing if you don't like it. You can buy tri shorts which have a thinner chamois enabling them to be worn in the swim and run too. Personally I'm going to wear long compression pants and "tri" tank. If people race in budgies, I doubt you'd look weird in anything!! (note: I don't recommend subjecting the spectators to racing in budgies ).
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Postby cubepeloton » Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:00 am
How many of you join a Tri club in your area? Is it worth it? I'm like an absolute beginner and would probably do those mini-series for a start. Are most tri clubs meant for super serious and competitive types?
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cubepeloton wrote:Sorry to necro post (better than creating a similar thread)
How many of you join a Tri club in your area? Is it worth it? I'm like an absolute beginner and would probably do those mini-series for a start. Are most tri clubs meant for super serious and competitive types?
If you want to be involved in just about any sort of competetive sport and are a beginner I would highly recommend joining a club. There are usually a wide range of athletes, some serious and some not so serious, you will usually find people who are your pace that you can train with. Training with a club is a great motivator and much easier than training solo, definitely great for when you are just starting. There are also usually plenty of experienced competitors around who will show you the ropes and will happily answer your questions without making you feel silly for asking them. So yes, it is worth joining a club, especially for an absolute beginner.
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Postby cubepeloton » Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:23 am
nescius wrote:If you want to be involved in just about any sort of competetive sport and are a beginner I would highly recommend joining a club. There are usually a wide range of athletes, some serious and some not so serious, you will usually find people who are your pace that you can train with. Training with a club is a great motivator and much easier than training solo, definitely great for when you are just starting. There are also usually plenty of experienced competitors around who will show you the ropes and will happily answer your questions without making you feel silly for asking them. So yes, it is worth joining a club, especially for an absolute beginner.
Thanks for your inputs. Definitely with you on having club mates as a great motivator and for asking questions. I think there is also the social aspect of it. Only thing is that it can be quite costly with membership fees, coach fees for each session etc. Might be worth for me to pop in and find out more/get a sense of the people there before committing.
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Department of Revenue News Release
November 05, 2009License Office Agents Named in Monroe City, North St. Louis County, Owensville, Paris, Princeton, Sarcoxie & Wentzville
JEFFERSON CITY - Management contracts for seven more local motor vehicle and license offices were awarded today using a reformed process that allows both incumbent agents and challengers to compete to operate the offices.
"Customer service and financial efficiencies are the top criteria of the new system," said Gov. Jay Nixon. "I made the reform of the awarding of license offices one of my top priorities, and we have come a long way in a short time."
The seven offices awarded today are in Monroe City, North St. Louis County, Owensville, Paris, Princeton, Sarcoxie and Wentzville. All of the offices will remain at their current locations, except in Paris.
Bidders have the option of returning a portion of the office's revenues to the state. Two of this week's winning bidders will return some of their revenues. The estimated amount of money that will be returned to the state in the first contract year from the 134 offices that have been awarded so far under the new bidding process is $753,621.
The Monroe City License Office has been awarded to the incumbent agent, which is the city government of Monroe City. The city has been the office agent since 1997, and it submitted the only bid for the office. No return to the state was included in the bid. The office is located at 109 Second St.
A new agent, Invaluable Solutions, LLC, has been awarded the management contract for the North (St. Louis) County License Office. The company, which specializes in business and office management consulting, is associated with Neal and Becky Mumma of St. Louis. The winning bid was one of four that were submitted. The office is located at 10990 New Halls Ferry Rd., and a 12.25 percent ($51,112) first-year return to the state was included in the bid.
The Owensville License Office, located at 1106 W. Highway 28, has been awarded to the incumbent agent, the Gasconade County Farm Bureau Service Co., Inc. The local Farm Bureau affiliate has been the office agent since 1976. The winning bid was the only one submitted, and no return to the state was included in the bid.
Christy Barton of Paris has been named as the agent for the Paris License Office. Barton has been the incumbent agent since 1990, and she submitted the only bid. The office will move from 301 S. Main St. to a new location at 112 S. Main St. No return to the state was included in the bid.
The Princeton License Office management contract has been awarded to Donna P. Herdrich of Princeton, who has been the incumbent agent since 1994. Herdrich's bid was the only one submitted, and no return to the state was included. The office is located at 703 W. Hickland St., Suite B.
The City of Sarcoxie has been selected to be the agent for the Sarcoxie License Office. The office is located at 111 N. Sixth St. The city has been the office agent since 2007, and the city's bid was one of two submitted. No return to the state was included in the winning bid.
The Wentzville License Office, located at 807-B E. Pearce Blvd., has been awarded to a new agent, Elle Management, LLC. The company is associated with Terri House Harris of O'Fallon, who is the current manager of the Ferguson License Office and the former manager of the Bridgeton and St. Charles offices. Jacqueline Hosack and Megan Leone, both of O'Fallon, are also associated with the enterprise. The group's winning bid, which was one of eight submitted, included a 5 percent ($14,126) return to the state.
Details about any changes in office operations, if any, will be announced by the agents.
Although Gov. Nixon authorized the Missouri Department of Revenue to implement the new bidding system in January, it didn't become part of state law until legislation was signed by the Governor this past summer. The new law was overwhelmingly approved by both Republican and Democratic members of the Missouri Legislature.
Of the 134 offices awarded so far, 77 have gone to incumbents or been awarded to relatives or groups associated with incumbent agents. Fifty-seven of the offices have been awarded to new agents. Of the 183 total offices, bidding has closed on 181, and two remain open. For a list of winning bidders for license offices, please go to http://oa.mo.gov/purch/awardedfeeoffices.pdf.
Alana M. Barragán-Scott, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, noted that the new bidding system provides all offices a chance to improve.
"Even when an office is awarded to an incumbent agent, that person or group has had to re-examine all office operations and make specific promises on how they'll treat customers," she said. "This is a healthy process that encourages better operations, no matter if the office stays with the current agent or goes to a new bidder."
All local license offices provide services that are overseen by the Department of Revenue, but each office is operated by an independent contractor. Transactions that are conducted at these offices include the issuance and renewal of driver licenses, issuance of titles for motor vehicles, and the issuance and renewal of registration for motor vehicles, boats and outboard motors.
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UH Community Colleges awarded $434,000 to expand "reverse transfer" programUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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HONOLULU - The University of Hawai'i Community Colleges, a leader in innovative teaching, will receive $434,000 from the Kresge Foundation as part of a multi-state initiative called "Credit When It's Due: Recognizing the Value of the Quality Associate Degree."
The initiative is supported by five national foundations that have joined forces to award $6.4 million in grants to encourage partnerships of community colleges and universities to significantly expand programs that award associate degrees to transfer students when the student completes the requirements for the associate degree while pursuing a bachelor's degree. Hawai'i is one of 12 states to receive funding support.
The grant money will be used to improve the "reverse transfer" pilot program and scale up activities to include all seven community colleges, the three public universities and some private universities.
John Morton, University of Hawai'i vice president for community colleges, emphasized the importance of systemizing how the university award's associate degrees.
"58 percent of community college students transfer to public universities in Hawai'i without an associate's degree," said Morton. "With this grant, we will be able to improve and systemize the reverse transfer process to help individuals--especially those who stopped out of college before earning a bachelor's degree--receive a college credential that they've already earned."
Fall 2011 data indicated that 932 out of a total of 1,606 community college students transferred to either UH Manoa, UH Hilo or UH West O'ahu without receiving an associate's degree.
Peter Quigley, UH Community Colleges associate vice president for academic affairs, said: "We are fortunate to have Kresge Foundation's support to take our reverse transfer process to the next level for the students in the University of Hawai'i System. The campuses have worked hard to get us this far, and although we are one of the leaders in the nation in this area, we have much room for improvement. This grant will insure we have a model program."
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LOCKPORT – Chadd G. White, 30, of Ashland Avenue, Niagara Falls, pleaded not guilty in Niagara County Court Wednesday to a five-count indictment accusing him of taking part in the theft of a car March 11 in front of Foley's Bar on Buffalo Avenue in the Falls.
White is charged with third- and fourth-degree grand larceny, second-degree criminal mischief, third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, third-degree auto stripping and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. White, a parole violator who has four previous felony convictions, was held on $50,000 bail.
On Nov. 9, David Mount Pleasant, 29, of Mount Hope Road on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation, admitted to third-degree auto stripping for his role in the theft.


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April 2008
Drive-through to Curb Flu
Karen S. Gordon
ISDH Field Epidemiologist, District 10
Pleasant autumn weekends in Indiana are commonly spent going to community fall festivals, watching a college football game, or working in the yard. Public health officials at the Warrick County Health Department (WCHD) participated in a less leisurely activity the first two Saturdays in November 2007. WCHD decided to offer flu shots to Warrick County residents on those weekends by using a method of delivery different from anything they had attempted in the past. Plans were made to employ drive-through clinics as the primary means for dispensing their annual supply of seasonal flu vaccine. Shots were available for $10 to anyone aged 12 years and older. This strategy had been considered in a previous year but the delayed and uncertain shipment of vaccine prevented scheduling the clinics.
On November 3, a drive-through clinic was held from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Boonville. There had been some concern about whether or not the public would accept a vaccination given in an outdoor venue. However, workers who arrived on that first Saturday morning were greeted by at least 2 dozen cars in line 45 minutes before the clinic was due to open. The first hour of operation was extremely busy, with cars lining the entire length of the parking lot. After the initial surge had received vaccine, the numbers remained steady. During the 3 hours, vaccine was administered to 574 people. Comments from patrons included that coming to the clinic was convenient since they were coming into town for other errands, they liked the ease of not having to get out of their vehicles, and some seemed to enjoy the novelty of it. Those who seemed the most appreciative were drivers who transported one or more elderly family members who were wheelchair dependent or otherwise mobility challenged. Some drivers elected not to receive the shot themselves but brought others who needed it.
On November 10, a second clinic was offered with similar objectives and the same time frame. This clinic was set up in the parking area adjacent to the Apple Center in Newburgh. Once again, drivers navigated the stations, occupants rolled down their windows, rolled up their sleeves, and 563 people received their best protection for the upcoming flu season.
The WCHD envisioned the clinics as a low-cost, easy way of providing protection against influenza to the public, requiring less staff time and resources. Overall, 1,137 people received flu vaccine during the WCHD's drive-through clinics. This exceeded the original projections for delivery of 500 doses at each of the 2 clinic sites.
Additionally, the WCHD used the opportunity to conduct a full-scale mass immunization exercise. The goal of the exercise, titled FLU- X, was to test the WCHD's notification, communication, command, and response procedures including, in this case, the rapid administration of vaccine in a public health emergency. The scenario for this exercise was pandemic influenza. Other local agencies participating in the drill included the Sheriff's Department, Emergency Management Agency, American Red Cross, and the Salvation Army.
Sharon James, Kathy Manning, and Cecelia Scott, WCHD public health nurses, led the immunization effort. A group of volunteer nurses assisted with giving injections. Carmen Downing directed the administrative functions, particularly those involving registered volunteers who aided with records completion. WCHD Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Frank Hijuelos, was the event coordinator. All were pleased with the success of their venture.
In the Celebration of Leadership held on March 18, 2008, the WCHD was nominated in the Project Division of the Health & Social Service Category for the drive-through flu clinic project. The Celebration of Leadership is Leadership Evansville's awards ceremony to recognize the servant leaders in the community and region.
The author acknowledges Sharon James and Frank Hijuelos for their contributions to this article.


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Georgia Department of Banking and Finance's Order to Cease and Desist Issued to Jonathan Hampton Becomes Final
Atlanta, Georgia ~ On December 3, 2009, an Order to Cease and Desist issued by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance ("Department") to Jonathan Hampton of Lake Park, Georgia, became final.
Mr. Hampton was issued an Order to Cease and Desist by the Department for purposefully withholding information requested by this agency in violation of O.C.G.A. § 7-1-1013(11) during the examination of America's Mortgage Broker, LLC.
Pursuant to state law, the Department may revoke the license of a mortgage broker or lender that employs an individual against whom a final Order to Cease and Desist has been issued within the preceding five years if the Order resulted from conducting mortgage business with an unlicensed person or committing prohibited acts.
Rod Carnes, Deputy Commissioner for Non-Depository Financial Institutions
Phone: (770) 986-1371
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The Department has regulatory and/or licensing authority over state-chartered banks, credit unions, trust companies, mortgage brokers, mortgage lenders, mortgage processors, check cashers, sale of check companies, money transmitters, international banking organizations, and bank holding companies conducting business in Georgia. Visit us on the Web at: http://dbf.georgia.gov/


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We've had some feedback about hosting Founders & Funders on Feb 15, 2010 (Family Day). And the feedback has been, I love the event, but can you do it on a different day. We like to think this is all about entrepreneur enablement. So if no entrepreneurs show up, it's pretty hard to do the enablement part.
We are finalizing a new date with the venue. I'm leaning towards Monday, March 1, 2010. I'd like to connect with everyone before SxSWi & Mix.
Once the new date at the venue is finalized, I will begin sending out personal invitations. How do you get an invitation? Step 1 is to let us know that you are interested. We have begun reviewing applications (and in case you're curious, we make everyone tell us why they should participate: Founders, Funders, a limited number of Service Providers – Jevon made Jonas and me justify our participation I am hoping to finalize the venue and date this week, with the first round of invitations sent out by Friday.


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I have seen many ppl selling pets that once you sell you can never again claim. Such as racial pets. I'm sure these must just be ppl who don't collect, but is there a way to sell some pets and still keep them for your main toon?
I know that toons on one account seem to share all pets. But some ppl seem to be selling Multiples or have doubles somehow. I have seen this with TCG pets.
I wonder how they are doing this.
Would buying a second WoW account, and transfering a toon to that account, then give the second account all the pets from the main account? Then allowing you to sell said pets and still have them on your main???
I know this is kinda shady, but I don't know if it's possible, and it don't seem to be breaking ToS. Anyone know?


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WASHINGTON - The broad, automatic spending cuts known as sequestration have re-emerged as a central issue in efforts to end the partial government shutdown and avert a federal default.
Many conservatives view the past seven months of lower spending levels as one of their rare accomplishments in dealing with President Barack Obama and want to continue them.
But GOP defense hawks complain that the next round of automatic cuts falls almost entirely on the Pentagon, and many Republicans want to shift that burden to domestic programs.
Obama and Democrats would do away with them altogether, substituting new taxes and maybe some spending cuts elsewhere in their place. Republicans are agreeable - Democrats much less so - to trimming future Social Security benefits or making wealthier retirees pay higher premiums for Medicare in place of the automatic cuts.
Sequestration deals mostly with the day-to-day operating budgets of federal agencies. The Veterans Administration is exempt, as are the biggest "mandatory" benefit programs like Social Security, food stamps and Medicaid. The president's health care program - "Obamacare" -also is exempt.
The impact of the automatic cuts that went into effect in March was not as harsh as many people feared. Some agencies were able to move money around to prevent or reduce furloughs.
For many Americans, however, the impacts have been real. Health research has slowed, thousands of Head Start slots have been eliminated and poor people have been left hanging on waiting lists for housing subsidy vouchers.
The future is uncertain but easing or eliminating a new round of automatic spending cuts in January is likely to be a focus of any budget talks once the government reopens fully. Giving agencies more flexibility to adjust to reduced funding levels also is being discussed.
A brief primer on the automatic spending cuts and what might happen next:
• Sequestration was established by the 2011 Budget Control Act to reduce government spending by $1.2 trillion over 10 years. The cuts were to be divided between defense and domestic programs and achieved through caps on the money Congress can appropriate each year.
• For fiscal 2013 ending Sept. 30, sequestration lowered Congress' spending cap from $1.043 trillion to $988 billion. Of the $55 billion in spending cuts, $22 billion was from a 4.5 percent cut in domestic programs and $33 billion was from a 6 percent cut in military spending. That reduced the Pentagon's budget this past year from $552 billion to $519 billion. In addition, benefit programs were cut $17 billion. Of that, $11 billion was from fee reductions for Medicare providers like doctors and hospitals. The other $6 billion was spread among smaller programs like farm subsidies. Altogether the sequester produced total budget savings of $72 billion in 2013.
• For fiscal 2014, the sequester lowers the cap on what Congress can spend to $967 billion. Virtually all of the additional savings would come from new and deeper cuts to the military. The Pentagon's budget would drop from $519 billion to $498 billion.
• The debate: House Republicans want to maintain the $967 billion cap for fiscal 2014 but shift all the sequester cuts from the Pentagon to domestic programs. Democrats want to do away with the sequester entirely and set the spending cap at $1.06 trillion.
Congressional leaders tentatively have agreed to extend the 2013 cap of $988 billion for three months while they attempt to negotiate a broader deal for easing or replacing the automatic spending cuts.


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When asked what it takes to have a great football program, Will Muschamp fired the words quickly out of his mouth. "It takes hard work to have a great program," the Gators football coach said.
LAKELAND | When asked what it takes to have a great football program, Will Muschamp fired the words quickly out of his mouth.
"It takes hard work to have a great program," the Gators football coach said.
And that's what Muschamp stressed Thursday night to the Lakeland Dreadnaughts football players at the team's annual football banquet held at First Presbyterian Church.
"Players, ask yourselves every day, are you getting better, because you never stay the same," Muschamp said. "You must get better or you are just surviving, and that's a person who does just enough to get by. And I can't win with those types of players or coaches."
Muschamp is definitely getting better and is on the verge of returning the Gators to greatness.
This past season, his second season in Gainesville, Muschamp led the Gators to an 11-win season and an appearance in the Sugar Bowl, after posting a lackluster 7-6 record in 2011.
Florida lost 12 seniors from the 2012 squad, including seven from one of the nation's top defensive units. But the Gators appear to have reloaded.
Florida, once again, turned in one of the best recruiting classes in college football. According to ESPN, Florida had the No. 2-rated crop of seniors in the 2013 national recruiting war. Gainesville has become a five-star recruiting magnet.
Muschamp said the Gators environment and resources sells itself to top recruits, but it's what they do on and off the field that makes the difference in his team's success.
"There's no substitute for hard work," he said. "In order to have a great program, you must have a bunch of good players that are dedicated and committed to putting in the work to achieve the level of success that we want."
Long-time Dreadnaughts Bill Castle has tasted the accomplishments that Muschamp is striving to achieve.
Castle, who said he was honored to have Muschamp be the speaker of the hour, has led the Dreadnaught to six state titles and two national championships in his three decades of coaching Lakeland. The Dreadnaughts finished this past season with a 9-2 record and an appearance in the first round of the state playoffs.
"He's a very busy guy," Castle said about Muschamp, "and we appreciate him taking the time to come down to speak with our players and say great things about our program."
At one point a few years ago, Lakeland was a breeding ground for Gator-bound players like Chris Rainey, twin brothers Maurkice and Mike Pouncey and Ahmad Black, who all helped the Gators win at least one national championship.
Also as part of the program, Lakeland High inducted former standout-running back Dale Terrell and former administrator Dennis Dunn in the Lakeland High School Hall of Fame.


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After Various Close Calls, Lizette Salas Earns First LPGA Win At Kingsmill Championship
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) – Lizette Salas didn't have to wait long to be tested in her latest attempt at a breakthrough victory on the LPGA Tour.
The challenge came on the first hole Sunday in the Kingsmill Championship, after the Mexican-American was overly cautious with her first putt, leaving it nearly 10 feet short of the cup with a sliding, downhill test to save par.
She made it, the start of a day when she did little wrong on her way to a four-shot victory.
"Yeah, that was a big putt just to start off the day," Salas said. "Downhill slider to the right. I mean, I even threw in a fist pump because I knew how important that was for me mentally and on a confidence standpoint."
The 24-year-old Salas made it look easy the rest of the way, even while shooting just an even-par 71 on the River Course.
Salas started the day with a three-shot lead, doubled it with birdies on the par-5 third and par-3 fifth. A bogey on the par-4 eighth was her only hiccup — and only her third bogey in four rounds — until she three-putted the par-3 17th.
She finished at 13-under 271 and earned $195,000.
Yani Tseng, Kraft Nabisco winner Lexi Thompson and Sarah Jane Smith tied for second.
Salas was never really challenged in the final round on the River Course, and when her final putt fell on the 18th hole, she cupped her head in her hands and covered her face in celebration. Her winning moment was quickly interrupted, however, when four fellow players arrived and doused her with champagne, water and wine.
The victory came after Salas flirted with victory several times in her three years on tour. It also came after she missed the cut two weeks ago and realized she needed to change her mental approach to give herself a fighting chance.
"I felt like I wanted to be perfect all the time," she said. "I felt like I needed to play like a top tier golfer every week. That's not it. It's about feeling confident. Golf is a sport where you can't control everything. ... I just took a step back and looked at golf differently. I just tried to have fun this week. That was the most important thing."
This year, she tied for third in the season-opening event in the Bahamas and shared the lead after three rounds in the Kia Classic in her home state of California, but Anna Nordqvist closed with a 5-under 67 — to Salas' 70 — to win by one.
Last year, playing alongside winner Inbee Park in the final group of the Kraft Nabisco, Salas shot 79 to tie for 25th. Two weeks later, Salas lost a playoff to Suzann Pettersen in the LPGA LOTTE Championship in Hawaii. Salas chunked her approach into the water on the first extra hole after closing with a tournament-record 62.
The daughter of Mexican immigrants, Salas was introduced to the game when her father, the head mechanic at Azusa Greens west of Los Angeles, did some handyman jobs for the club pro and, instead of pay, asked him to teach his daughter to play.
She went on to star at Southern California, where she was a four-time All-America selection and helped the Trojans win the 2008 NCAA title.
The victory came on a rare weekend when her parents didn't come to the tournament, but watched from their home in California, and it brought tears to the eyes of Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez, who has been a mentor of sorts for Salas.
"I'm crying. I'm so proud of her," Lopez said by telephone after watching the celebration on the green. "She looked great out there, just very confident and swinging great. ... Like she said on TV, she was ready. It was time."
Salas expects "some tears of happiness" when she sees her parents Monday.
Tseng, seeking her first victory since 2012, got within three with three birdies in a four-hole stretch on the back nine, but she finished with two pars and a double bogey for a 69, expanding Salas' lead to five shots.
Thompson had a 69, and Smith shot 66 — the best round of the day.
Tseng nearly made it very interesting at the par-5 15th, but her eagle putt stopped just short of the cup.
"One more roll it will be in," she said. "I know if I make that I have a good chance."
The tournament also featured a golf rarity, a double eagle. It was scored by Frenchwoman Joanna Klatten on No. 15.
Klatten said her drive left her a perfect distance away for her 3-wood, and she had a feeling something great was coming.
"It's intuition. I had a good feeling about that shot," she said. "Of course there is a little bit of luck in that."
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Here's a bit of pre-Final Four happiness. Remember Patrick Thibodeau, the Down Syndrome kid who played, and scored, for his high school basketball team? Well, he'll be at the Final Four and you won't.
Thibodeau and another Maine teen with a similar story (autistic team manager, scored 9 points in his team's final game) have been sent to Detroit by a bunch of McDonald's owners to see the Final Four up close and personal. Maybe it's their way of making amends for the McLobster. Whatever the reason, it's yet another reason for us to be jealous of kids with Down Syndrome and autism; they get all the lucky breaks.
Hoop dreams come true for two high schoolers [NECN]


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Farmingdale State 2 (2OT)
Mount Saint Vincent 1
Jessica Graziano (Levittown, NY/Division Ave.) scored off a cross by Jenna Goldman (Levittown, NY/Division Ave.) with three minutes remaining in the second overtime to give the Rams a 2-1 victory and their first conference win of the season against Mount Saint Vincent (2-2, 0-2 Skyline). Farmingdale's record improves to 1-1-1, 1-0 in the Skyline.
Jenna Leite (Plainedge, NY/Plainedge) scored the Rams first goal at 13:56 on a breakaway. Mount Saint Vincent's Katherine Gentsch evened the score at 1-1 with ten minutes remaining in the first half.
Pam Baione (Farmingdale, NY/Plainedge) made 10 saves in goal for Farmingdale State.
The Rams host Skyline opponent Manhattanville College on Wednesday, September 21st at 4:00pm.


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It seems to me that there is no obvious way to bind an attribute ( a collection of BeanModel) to a DualListField.
An example :
The DualListField has a store of BeanModel (A, B, C) in the left panel where A,B,C are a list of available rights.
The BeanModel class i want to bind to my FormPanel has an attribute "rights" which is a list of BeanModels A, C
I bind my BeanModel class to the FormPanel.
According to me, A & C should be moved to the right panel of the DualListField (they are selected).
B should be the only model left in the left panel (not selected).
Is it ok so far ?
I've been trying to implement that behaviour in a DualListFieldBinding class which extends FieldBinding but i can't do the moving process in the onConvertModelValue method.
I could do something with overriding the setValue method of DualListField where i did the moving process, but i sometimes ran into ugly pojo/BeanModel ClassCastException which seem coming from limited support for nested lists of beans.
Before going any further, i'd like to know what is the correct way to do it and i'd like to raise a more general problem :
How to bind easily an ModelData attribute which is a collection of ModelData to a complexe Field which can display a list of selected elements among a list of available elements ( DualListField, CheckBoxListView ...) ?
It's a recurrent problem in our web application and we still don't have a nice way to solve it.
It looks like something missing in the GXT's binding i'm a huge fan of. But i hope i'm wrong
Thanks in advance


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Event: Model Railway Show
Wednesday - Friday 14 -16 February 2018
Join us at the National Slate Museum for a steam-filled spectacular in our Model Railway Show.There's loads of activities to enjoy during the show including free rides for children on miniature steam engines.
There are daily demonstrations, talks, and various layouts of all shapes and sizes on display - from 00mm to 32mm gauge engines, as well as trade stands to buy some items to take home and don't forget to bring your own 00 gauge trains and have a go on the test track layout!
This year will also feature demonstrations of the slate carrying incline, located in Padarn Country Park as well as storytelling sessions for children. The Model Railway Show is a fantastic opportunity for people of all ages to enjoy numerous working and static displays.
A complete rail lover's dream and a great day out for all the family!


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Thermaltake Overseer RX-I Chassis Review
Cases, cases, cases – it is almost the second month of the new year, and I have my first chassis to review. Since I just arrived home from CES 2012, I know there's going to be some stiff competition coming out this year, and it should be interesting to see where each chassis falls in comparison over the year. Although a case says a lot about you, why even bother if it can't keep your hardware at reasonable temperatures? Most companies are aware of this problem and have provided quite reasonable options these days. Today we'll take a look at one of Thermaltake's recent releases, the Tt Overseer RX-I; so if you've had your eye on this one, this review will help you decide if it's the right fit for you. Let's take a look at what this full tower has to offer.
Closer Look:
The box is rather boastful of what can be found inside. The box doesn't have anything to hide as it arrived on my doorstep in full color. The front and back display what the entire chassis looks like, and the box seems to have an overall transformers theme. Some of the unique features we'll discuss later are disclosed on the back side in full color.
The sides of the box provide handles, which has become one of my favorite things about any case box these days. I need a way to carry it into the house, and therefore a lack of handles makes me, and my back, sad. The box indicates that it could potentially come with an optional 500W PSU for an additional price. There are no additional color options marked on the box. The other side of the box provides the usual list of features in multi-lingual options.
Cutting open the top reveals the front of the case. A nice Thermaltake logo is presented through the plastic bag reminding you that you bought a true Tt product. The usual foam caps hold and protect the top and bottom of the case. Even with the beating this box took, the case arrived with no harm at all; a plus-one to the packing team. Sitting in its foam caps, the Overseer wants to be let out of the bag already and is telling me to stop with all the photographs…


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Car Review
2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe: First Drive Review
Sometimes there's so much buzz about a new car that when you finally get to drive the thing, it's kind of a letdown.
Sometimes. But not in the case of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray coupe.
Given that the new 'Vette's got 460 horsepower under the hood, this may not come as a surprise. Let's be honest, though -- Corvettes have been pretty fast cars for a pretty long time. What they haven't been, however, is properly refined, at least not in recent decades. That's where the new C7 Corvette really lives up to the hype.
Performance? Yeah, It Has That.
Let us first give the C7 its due as a butt-kicking sports car. Although the new 6.2-liter V8, code-named LT1, has the same displacement and pushrod design as the outgoing C6 Corvette's LS3, it also has revamped internals that crank out 30 more horses along with extra low-end punch. This becomes apparent when you floor it at, say, 2,500 rpm in second or third gear. The LT1 simply gets up and goes, right now, whereas it's easier to catch the laid-back LS3 napping.
Our test car had the popular 6-speed automatic, which is surprisingly satisfying, ripping off full-throttle upshifts with a distinctive "bap-BAP" sound like a pistol cock. We've sampled the novel 7-speed manual, too, and it's a rewarding gearbox in its own right. Both fit the car's character well. We're not sure which we'd choose.
On tight roads, the C7 instills new confidence, its staggered-width performance rubber hugging the road with downright exotic zeal. The C6 was often criticized for being fidgety and uncommunicative at the limit, but the C7 wants to stay the course and talk you through it. The driving position remains superb, affording a clear view over the low hood between voluptuous front fenders.
If you come for the performance, in other words, you're not going to be disappointed.
But again, Corvettes have been massively capable, world-class sports cars at least since the C5 debuted back in the '90s. The C7's dynamic improvements are nice, but they're not as revolutionary as some may lead you to believe.
Sophistication? It Has That, Too.
What really sets the new Corvette apart is its overhauled cabin, which -- as advertised -- is finally competitive with the car's snobby European rivals. The materials are generally excellent, highlighted by rich-looking dashboard trim and classy stitched accents. The dashboard design, too, is a huge step forward, ditching the generic look of the C5 and C6 for the cockpit-like contours of the underrated C4. In previous Corvettes, you sort of gritted your teeth and hoped the interior wouldn't fall apart after 50,000 miles. With the C7, however, you find yourself wondering, "Is a Porsche interior really that much nicer?"
Another difference-maker is the new Corvette's cabin technology. We remember shaking our heads at the dated dot-matrix readouts in the C6 Corvette, but the C7 is full of fancy, high-resolution displays, including driver-configurable gauges with distinct themes depending on the selected driving mode. The standard 8-inch infotainment system is similarly advanced, with graphics and features that are leaps and bounds ahead.
And the seats. Oh, the seats! At long last, Chevy has given us a modern Corvette with supportive, well-built buckets that we wouldn't want to swap out at the first opportunity. The C6's inexcusably flimsy chairs already seem like a distant memory. You can even upgrade to more aggressively bolstered sport seats, though if you ask us, the standard chairs are more than adequate.
In short, the hype is real when it comes to the C7's refinement. This isn't just a bargain performance car. It's a genuinely luxurious one, too, which makes it even more of a bargain than ever.
AutoTrader Says
We're not ones to jump on the latest sports-car bandwagon, but the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette really does have it all. At a starting price of just over $50,000, it's a towering achievement. America should be proud.


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Hello February. It's cold in MABRA. Please warm up.
Meanwhile, things are happening in the doping world. Besides June and July, it seems that February is a hot time of the year for pros getting popped by WADA. You might remember this time last year when Floyd was making big news of his own ultimately winning Douchebag of the Year honors.
This year, not to be outdone by Floyd is Ricardo Ricco. You might remember this fellow from events such as:
Tossing his bike in a race
Standing on the podium of Giro di Italia totally doped up
Having a pretty hot girlfriend who tested positive for CERA, a new form of EPO
And, of course, testing positive himself
Now, holmes has taken it to a TOTALLY NEW LEVEL. Before the season really even gets kicked off, he gets hit with a sudden illness as a result of a blood transfusion gone wrong. Ricco is in the hospital, no hot girlfriend, no team, no future. I ALMOST feel bad for this guy. Browne Eye blog has a nice little editorial on it here. Much better than an anonymous illiturate can do here.
Cycling fans take note of how much Ricco has aged in the past 2 years. A result of the stress that goes with doping for sure...oh...and DOPING!!!
Of course, Cav sums it up the best..to Cyclingnews: Mark Cavendish recently told the press, "It's like a parasite coming back into the sport." The sprinter bristles. "It's not the fact of what he did, because everyone can make a mistake. But he doesn't see it as a mistake. He's not even sorry about it."
So, it sounds like it has Cavs support..and I like that cocky cockney speaking missle so Mr. Ricco, you are Douchebag of the Week.


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Police Find Sex, Drugs & Foam At 16th Birthday Party In Ohio! (2 Teens Arrested For Underage Alcohol Drinking)
"A wild foam party ends with a bust. Several people are arrested when hundreds of teens get together to party. It was billed as a "Sweet 16″ party, but police say it included sex, drugs and lots of foam. Five young adults were charged with crimes ranging from drug possession to underage consumption of alcohol. Five juveniles could also face charges. Video of the party, which included dirty dancing in a bath of foam, was posted on YouTube. "Our officers responded, they found juveniles everywhere, a lot of juveniles in cars, they saw evidence of alcohol, marijuana usage, just a lot of kids doing things they shouldn't be doing," said Lt. Bruce Felton, with Solon police. The rave was billed as an "electrofoam" party…held late Friday night at the Grantwood Golf Course pavilion in Solon. According to police, around 750 young people between 16 and 19 attended the party. Golf course officials say a 16-year old and his mother rented out the place, with the boy charging $10 for people to get in. "What he did is he went on Facebook and Twitter and was actually charging money for this party and actually threw what was called a foam party, so there was a lot of other extra-curricular activities going on," said Don Holub, Solon's director of recreation.' - Fox 8
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Capitals bounce back after snapping 8-game win streak, beating Canadiens 5-1
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MONTREAL – The goals keep going in for Alex Ovechkin — and the Washington Capitals keep winning.
Ovechkin scored twice to reach the 30-goal mark and the Capitals won for the 13th time in 16 games with a 5-1 victory over the sagging Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
The Russian star stretched his league lead to three goals over Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos in his race for a third Rocket Richard Trophy as the NHL's top goal-scorer. He has 20 goals in his last 18 games.
"It's good, I'm pretty happy I scored some goals and we won the game," said Ovechkin. "But we still have three games left to play and the next one is the biggest game of the year."
The Capitals will be at home to face the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night with both teams battling for first place in the Southeast Division. Washington has a three-point lead and each team has three games remaining in the regular season.
"Now we have some time to relax and refresh our bodies and our minds and be ready for the next one," Ovechkin added.
Troy Brouwer also scored twice and Nicklas Backstrom had the other goal as the Capitals took the early lead and were never in danger against the listless Canadiens.
Max Pacioretty spoiled Braden Holtby's shutout bid with 5:09 left in regulation, and the Canadiens were serenaded with a chorus of boos from the Bell Centre crowd in their final home game of the regular season.
Montreal defenseman Josh Gorges said the team was "soft" and that it will have to get back on track if it hopes to go far in the playoffs. The Canadiens have conceded 25 goals while losing four of their last five games since clinching a playoff spot.
"We have to do that especially this week," said Gorges. "I've been through enough (to know) you can't just show up in Game 1 of the playoffs and think, 'Now I'm going to start playing, now our team's going to click.'
"That doesn't work. We have to make sure we're prepared this week and have the effort. If we get scored on, so what? We have to bounce back and have that championship mentality."
Giving up early goals has hurt the Canadiens of late, and the trend continued as the Capitals scored on two of their first three shots and four of their first 11 against Carey Price.
A careless pass by P.K. Subban went to Backstrom, who fed Ovechkin before he faked a pass and beat Price with a low wrist shot at 4:49.
Mike Ribeiro, who had three assists, won a faceoff in the Montreal zone and Brouwer's long shot sailed past a screened Price only 1:08 later.
"For most of the year in the first periods we were the stars of the game," said center Tomas Plekanec. "Most of the time we were up, but now we're chasing the score after the first few minutes and then we're not playing the right way."
Coach Michel Therrien said it will likely be good for the Canadiens to get out of town to sort out their troubles. They end the season with road games in New Jersey, Winnipeg and Toronto.
"We've got to focus on our defensive game," said Therrien. "We have a week to go, three games, and I'm convinced we'll be ready for the playoffs."
Brouwer, who has six goals in his last five games, got his second of the night on the Capitals' first shot of the second frame. Ribeiro won a battle in a corner and Marcus Johansson fed it to the right circle for Brouwer's high shot that beat Price cleanly at 3:49.
Washington needed only 18 seconds on its first power play to score on a tic-tac-toe play from Mike Green at the point to Ovechkin in the left circle to Backstrom at the side of the crease at 7:50.
Ovechkin was parked in the left circle for a one-timer through Price's pads on Washington's second power play at 13:23 of the third.
Pacioretty scored on a feed from behind the net from Plekanec.
It was another rough outing for Price, but while many in the crowd took to mockingly cheered routine saves, he avoided being pulled for a third time in four starts.
After the game, players had to stay out on the ice to greet some fans.
"To go out there at the end and have to meet people that are great fans who support us very night and to have to shake their hands after a disappointing performance like that — they don't deserve that," said Gorges.
Notes: Raphael Diaz returned after missing 25 games with a concussion and it was newcomer Davis Drewiske who sat out as Yannick Weber played a third game in a row. . . Brandon Prust was awarded the Jacques-Beauchamp Trophy as Montreal's unsung hero as voted by the local media. He returned after resting a bad shoulder for a game.


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