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April 16, 2012
Shuttle Discovery to Fly Over Florida's Space Coast April 17
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with space shuttle Discovery on top will fly above sections of the Central Florida coastline and Brevard County on Tuesday, April 17, starting at about 7 a.m. EDT. This will be the final time Discovery will take to the skies over Florida's Space Coast as the spacecraft will be headed to its new home at the Smithsonian in Virginia.
The Space Coast flyover is expected to head south from Kennedy down the coastline past Patrick Air Force Base and then head back up north along the coast to Kennedy where it will make a pass over the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and shuttle runway one last time before the SCA heads out of the area.
Discovery will be transported to Washington Dulles International Airport in Sterling, Va., and then offloaded and transferred to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., for permanent public display on April 19. Before landing at Dulles on Tuesday, the SCA and Discovery are expected to fly near a variety of landmarks in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area between 10-11 a.m.
While travelling north to Dulles, the SCA is expected generally to fly up the coastline in Georgia and the Carolinas before taking a more inland route over Virginia. The exact route and timing of the flight depend on weather and operational constraints. If the flight is postponed for any reason, an additional notice will be released.
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Bow Hunters' Education Class
The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office will be hosting a Bow Hunters' Education Class on the following dates and time: Monday, September 1, 2014 and Tuesday, September 2, 2014 from 4:30 to 10:00 p.m. The class will be held at Camp Allegany, Allegany State Park, New York.
Cost: No Charge
There is no charge for the class. Participants must attend both days of instruction to receive a certificate. It is preferable that participants be at least 12 years of age. If a parent wants an 11-year-old to take the class, the parent must attend and sit with the child on both days.
What to Bring
Class size will be limited to 35 students. Those attending must bring some form of identification such as a driver's license, birth certificate, etc.; and a pen or pencil.
It is recommended that each person bring a packed dinner.
Pre-registration is required. Reservations for the class may be made by calling the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office dispatch at 716-938-9191.

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Fresh off their second victory of the season, the Lipscomb men's golf team hopes to ride the momentum this week at the First Tee Collegiate Classic hosted by the University of Arkansas-Little Rock.
The 54-hole event will be played on the par-72 Bear Den Course at the Chenal Country Club. The course is laid out over 7,326 yards.
Play will begin with a 36-hole, 8 a.m. shotgun start on Monday. The final 18 holes will be played on Tuesday.
Participating alongside Lipscomb in the 14-team field are, Abilene Christian, Arkansas State, University of Louisiana-Monroe, McNeese State, Missouri State, Nebraska-Omaha, Northern Iowa, Oral Roberts, Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, Southern Illinois, UT-Martin and host UALR.
Lipscomb picked up its first win of the spring two weeks ago in the Grover Page Classic with a three-round total of 856.
Caston Roberts led the Bisons and was crowned the individual champion with a 7-under-par, 209. After carding rounds of 70-68-71, Roberts was named the Atlantic Sun Conference co-golfer of the week for her performance.
Check back with LipscombSports.com on Monday for a first-day recap of the event.


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Hello all! I'm rather new here, not very well known, so I figure I should introduce myself.
I'm Walter.
Yeah, not much to it. I recently built a series of three Pirates Of The Caribbean themed vignettes, based off the classic attraction from Disneyland and Walt Disney World. They've been built for weeks. I just got around to finding the best pics and uploading them.
If ye be brave or fool enough to face a pirates' curse, proceed...
- Davy Jones
Arghh! Where Be The Treasure?
Give us the keys you scurvy lil' beast!
Link to entire set!
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Randall Friesen
I am an ordained Reverend but Jesus said don't put a lot of stock in titles, which is just fine with me.
By description, I'm a listener, a spiritual guide or director following the teachings of Christ. I'm 6' 2" and married to the 4' 11" Lauralea, father of four kids all over 5', father in law to one, and papa to a granddaughter.
Learning to live life, to write and to take pictures. Loving coke with eggnog, pizza, radio, British comedy, and all kinds of music.
My home phone (780) 352-8113
My office phone (780) 352-2721
My mobile (780) 360-2002
Send me paper at
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or electronic
or Skype me at randallfriesen
I've been blogging for nine years at randallfriesen.blogspot.com
drycold.com will let you see my latest pictures from flickr, just better.
Here are my Flickr pictures.
I was the 1,382,651 person to join Twitter.
lauralea.ca is the blog of the one who married me.
lauraleacooks.com ...and she can cook too.
malmomc.com is the church in The Field I presently care for.
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code50 needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 122 designs submitted by 46 freelance designers.
I don't want to talk to much about the project, because you will do the design from scratch: I want your ideas, how such a community can be designed perfectly.
* WINNER GUARANTEED * / No coding!
General understanding:
Design should be a clear & clean, trendy WEB 2.0 design.
The content / idea of the site is similar to the following WEB 2.0 projects:
- http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt
- http://www.gutefrage.net/frage/wer-…faksimiles
(Just for inspiration and understanding of how the site is working. I prefere a more trendy and user-friendly design.)
Name and domainname of the site: fragwas.de
Translated to english it means: questionsomething.de (frag = question, was = something).de
For the logo it doesn't matter how you'll design it. But i prefer the (DOT).de in it.
If you want to use capital letters for design-reasons, feel free in using it: "Frag was!" / "Frag Was!"
To summarzie: You can make what you want, no CI available - but make it awesome!! :-)
Elements on the site:
Elements on the site can be i.e. Tagcloud, Category-Menu, Login, Questions and Answers, Related Questions, User-Pictures, User-Review or whatever you think could be a cool feature or could have value for the user.
...and more work for the winner to come on this and other projects on regular basis.
** ONLY DESIGN / No coding **
- trendy and userfriendly design
- web 2.0
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hooman wrote:One of my staff was yelled at by a cyclist on a green mountain bike wearing black on Tuesday evening at the base of Jacob's Ladder. She was freaked out! She said she had seen him around on other days but this time he just got too close.
Likely - by reports that is his ground.
He is not a big guy from what I have glanced and his helmet has a bit of green to it also. It seems that many of us have had little interactions with him but no one has stepped forward with much else so it is hard to make an assessment of the guy. But it is reasonable to have some nervous misgivings. My one interaction makes me think he is a bit delusional.


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Volume 18 Issue 16 | September 09 - 15, 2005
Back to School
This time around, Im enjoying school a lot more
By Jane Flanagan
I was sitting at a Connecticut lake a few weeks ago taking in a gorgeous moment. It was late August, a cool 72 degrees and it felt like early fall. My 7-year-old son, Rusty, was busy digging in the sand, oblivious to what was in the air.
But I wasnt. I knew what was coming: [ital] school.[unital] When I was a kid I started feeling really depressed this time of year. Just the site of a pencil case could spark a sense of dread. Then there were those Back to School commercials with kids who, for some bizarre reason, were always smiling.
Yes, growing up I never cared for school. Its astonishing to think of it now, but it wasnt until I got to college that I discovered how much I enjoy learning. In all the years leading up to it, I only recall one, possibly two, teachers who sparked my imagination, but they were brief blips in a sea of rote learning and vague, often meaningless, concepts. I rarely seemed to connect anything I was learning at school to my life or the world at large.
But Im a mom now and so Im getting another crack. My son is starting first grade this week and I get to come along for the ride. And while he may still be focused on sand pits and bike riding, Im wondering what this year will be like. If last year is any indication, Im going to like first grade a whole lot better this time around.
For last year my rambunctious son started out at his new school by saying that he hated being indoors all day. Oh no, I remember thinking, This is not boding well. He has no idea! But, unbelievably, it wasnt long before he stopped complaining about being cooped up and started talking about worms and recycling.
Soon he was peering in the kitchen trash to scout out wayward aluminum cans. This shouldnt be here, Mom, he said, pulling out a goopy Progresso beef barley soup can. We have to take care of Mother Earth! This summer watching me dig in the garden he spotted my shovel too close to a familiar wriggling creature. Be careful, Mom! Worms are good for the soil.
I realize this may sound corny, but this has me recalling the lyrics of a song, well, from a corny musical, The Sound of Music. (I loved that movie as a kid and inexplicably think I like it even more now). The song is and the lyric is Somewhere in my youth I must have done something good. Marias point is that out of that she has found the dream man in her life. But for me, it resonates for my kid, my school and me. Somewhere in my miserable, wretched school days, I must have done something good. Because buddy look at you now.
And while Im marveling at how easily he is transferring school knowledge to the kitchen and backyard, Im also learning about him. Most of what hes talking about falls under the subject headings that once sent shivers through me, Math and Science. The fact that anyone could have this much fun with them is a revelation to me.
But the highlight of the entire school year was his endangered animal. All the children were assigned an animal and his was a cheetah. Soon he was drawing the yellow-orange creature all the time. So when the time came to draw it on the special T-shirt they were making, he drew an impressive rendering. He insisted we look up the cheetah on the computer and wanted to know which of the 20-odd cheetah drawings we most liked and wanted for the office.
But Im still nervous anticipating first grade. Its when the work of reading and writing will begin in earnest. My nervousness is not unwarranted. This summer we were supposed to have Rusty read on his own some (it never happened), to practice some math (likewise), and other things I no longer remember that we never did.
So we may have some challenges ahead. Yet somehow the Back to School LL Bean and Lands End catalogues with the be-backpacked kids that seem to be arriving daily are not making me feel blue. Im too busy wondering what this years endangered animal will be.
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A New Cure, A New Room: 2013 Style Cure Recap
Did you participate in our very first Style Cure? In August, thousands of readers and some of our contributors took on a room in their homes and refreshed it with a new coat of paint and a project. Let's look back on some of the highlights:
Style Interviews
- Dabney's Interview: Eclectic & Interesting
- Lauren's Interview: Light & Bright On a Budget
- Alison's Interview: Me, or the Kids?
- Tara's Interview: Quirky Meets Classic Glam
- Julia's Interview: Romantic Tomboy
- Kim's Interview: Strong Visual Impact
Treasure Hunts
- Kim's Treasure Hunt: City Culture & Style
- Alison's Treasure Hunt: Inspiration Scouting, From Bed
- Tara's Treasure Hunt: My Purple Period
- Lauren's Treasure Hunt: From Home
- Dabney's Treasure Hunt: Inspiring Workspaces
- Julia's Treasure Hunt: In a New Direction
- Pure Inspiration: 10 Gorgeous Style Cure Pinboards Created by Our Readers
Paint & Pairings
- Alison's Wall Pattern Project: Help! Color?
- Dabney's Paint & Pairings: Black, White & Bold Pops of Color
- Julia's Dining Room Paint & Pairing: Sultry Gray Walls & Warm Brown Shelf
- Lauren's Paint + Pairing: White, Gray & Warm Wood Tones
- Kim's Paint & Pairing: Deep Blue + Mismatched Nightstands
- Tara's Paint & Pairing: Passion Plum & DIY Curtains
Making Progress
- Alison's Shopping Trip: Time To Shop Around The House!
- Lauren's Shopping List
- Dabney's Project Progress: Purged, Cleaned & Shopped Out
- Kim's Project Progress: Measuring, Ordering & Minding the Details
- Tara's Project Progress: Sewing Practice & Fabric Reveal
- Julia's Style Cure Progress: Cleaning out the IKEA Cabinet of Emotional Clutter
The Big Reveal
- Tara's Before & After Photos: The Jewel Box Glimmers
- Dabney's Before & After Photos: The Workroom Reveal
- Lauren's Before & After Photos: The Kitchen Reveal
- Julia's Before & After Photos: Final Results in the Dining Room
- Alison's Before & After Photos: A Newly-Shared, Freshly-Cured Kids Room
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Summertime Equals Rollercoasters!
I am from Ohio where we had two options for amusement parks, the first was Cedar Point and Kings Island. I will never forget the rides there including one at Kings Island called "The Beast" which was a all wooden roller coaster. A little bumpy yes but so much fun!


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (July 8, 2005) - Former Buccaneer player Andrea Roberts has been named the new head softball coach at East Tennessee State University, announced by the ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics on Friday.
Roberts, who was a member of ETSU's inaugural softball team in 2001, returns to Johnson City after a three-year coaching stint at Bellhaven College, in Jackson, Miss., where she served as an assistant during the 2003 season and moved to the helm of the program for the next two seasons in 2004.
"We welcome Coach Andrea Roberts as the new head coach of Buccaneer softball," said ETSU Associate AD/Senior Woman Administrator Barbie Breedlove. "She brings experience as a player here at ETSU combined with head coaching experience, great knowledge of the game, and energy and enthusiasm to this position."
Roberts began her coaching career as an assistant varsity/head junior varsity coach at Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport, Tenn., before moving to the Versitas School in Jackson, Miss., where she started the first fast pitch softball program in school history. Upon moving to Bellhaven, Roberts led the team to a school-record 28 wins in 2004 and proved her recruiting skills by signing 12 student-athletes within three months of taking over the program.
"I'm really excited about coming back home," said Roberts who is originally from
Roberts takes the ETSU reins from former head coach Amy Fuller, who led the Bucs to a 78-96 record over three seasons. Fuller guided the Bucs to a 25-33 overall mark in 2005, including big non-conference wins over
"Our former head coach Amy Fuller laid a great foundation and Coach Roberts will build on that foundation and take us to a championship level," Breedlove said.
"I feel like I couldn't be at ETSU at a more opportune time with the support and the great athletes," Roberts said. "I'm excited to build on the excellent foundation left by Coach Fuller and to be a part of something that is in the process of being great."
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Health and fitness industry sales and marketing professional Eddie Tock has launched a new company, Eddie Tock Health Club Sales and Marketing Consulting. For the past 21 years, Tock had been a partner in consulting company Sales Makers, where he worked with more than 850 clubs in 39 states and six countries. He has been a speaker at Club Industry and the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association trade shows. His new company will provide health and fitness clubs with sales, marketing and management strategies and tools.
A 7-year-old boy died last month in an apparent drowning after going down a curling water slide at the Donelson-Hermitage YMCA in Nashville, TN. An autopsy report ruled the death accidental, but the Y, as of press time, was still working closely with The Redwoods Group, its risk and insurance partner, to investigate the incident. Per Y policy, the two lifeguards who were on duty at the time of the drowning were put on paid leave pending the outcome of the investigation, and one of the two lifeguards resigned, says Phil Newman, vice president of communications for the Y of Middle Tennessee, the umbrella organization of the Donelson-Hermitage Y.
Also last month, a 4-year-old boy died at an Austin, TX, hospital after he drowned at a Life Time Fitness swimming pool in Austin. The drowning death is the first at a Life Time Fitness club in the state of Texas and the second drowning death at a Life Time club.
The owner of Klamath Boxing and Fitness in Klamath Falls, OR, died from an apparent suicide June 9, the same day he was to report to jail on sex charges involving a 15-year-old girl, according to multiple media reports. Edward G. Clarke was found hanging by a rope in the club, which was shut down in November due to code enforcement.
Clarke had been charged with rape and sexual assault. He was arrested May 23 after witnesses told police that Clarke and the girl engaged in a sex act in a vehicle outside a Medford, OR, movie theater. Under Oregon law, a person is charged with third-degree rape if they have sex with a person under 16 years old.
A nearly 12-hour SWAT standoff in Round Rock, TX, ended peacefully on June 25 as the owner of Lifestyles Health and Fitness Club, who was barricaded inside the club, surrendered to police, according to FOX 7 in Austin, TX. Police had evacuated several people from the gym and the shopping center that houses the gym. According to the TV report, the owner called police and threatened to kill himself. The landlord of the shopping center described the owner as being short-tempered.
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For the week ending 4 February 2012 / 10 Shevat 5772
R' Eli Lob
Graduated Ohr Lagolah in 2010
Working in Chinuch and Kiruv in Savanna, Georgia
R' Eli Lob is Youth Director of Savanna's 400-member Orthodox shul. He heads Savannah's NCSY and studies mornings in Savannah's four-member kollel.
In his "spare time" he teaches a Daf Yomi class, a Chumash shiur, shares the weekly Torah reading, writes for his shul bulletin, is a trustee on the Chevra Kadisha, and kashers kitchens of people becoming more observant.
"People are moving in the right direction here," says Rabbi Lob.
He also teaches Judaism to Jewish teens in a male Catholic military school. (His students are exempt from Catholicism class.) Students' favorite topic: All aspects of interpersonal relationships.


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Making the Ruler Measure Up
Did you know that MS Word comes with a built-in ruler?
Well, it does if you're using the Page / Print Layout view or the Normal view and it's pretty easy to access.
I find the Word ruler very helpful with layout decisions, setting tab stops and for making quick changes to paragraph settings.
To display Word's ruler, simply use the View menu, Ruler choice.
Rulers appear.
If you use the Page / Print Layout view, you'll see a ruler across the top and up the left side.
In the Normal view, it's visible across the top only.
Okay, so now that we've got the ruler displayed, are you wishing it were in a different measurement?
I mean, I'm happy with the inches, but would something else work better for you?
Yes? Well, you're in luck, because you can change its measurements rather quickly, so let's take a look.
The first thing you need to do is to go to the Tools menu, Options choice.
In the Options window, you're looking for the General tab.
On this tab, you're looking for the Measurement units field.
Use the pull down list to pick the type of ruler you'd like displayed.
Click OK.
And, just like magic, the ruler is useful to you. Imagine that!
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Lady Panthers settle for runner-up in 6A
RUSSELLVILLE — For those watching in the Russellville High School gym, the 6A Volleyball State Championship match was one to remember. The Benton Lady Panthers fell 16-14 in the fifth and final set of the 6A state final to the Jonesboro Lady Hurricane on Saturday night to finish as runner-up in the state.
"It was a great game," Benton Coach Brandy Chumley said. "If you go out with a loss, you want it to be a game like that. Hard in everything that they gave."
"It was a marvelous volleyball match," Jonesboro Coach Craig Cummings said, "and if it were on ESPN it would be a classic, I think."
Panther fans were out in full force on Saturday night as the 6A match was the last of the night. The Panther student section was rooting on the Lady Panthers as they jumped out to a 9-6 lead in the final set after junior Ashlie Dintleman spiked it down for a kill assisted by junior Taylor Lindberg. Benton was down 6-5 before senior Xandra Lock had two aces during a 5-0 run.
But, unforced errors by the Lady Panthers allowed the Lady Hurricane to go ahead 10-9 helped by a double block by setter and MVP Susannah Kelley and Halen Robinson.
Benton would bounce back to take a 14-13 lead helped by two of senior Allison Reynolds kills, but a net call tied it up and Caroline Moye and Nikki Tagupa would spike down perfect sets from Kelley to take the match and the state championship.
"I wanted it for the seniors so bad," Chumley said.
"They wanted it. Every time we came together, we said 'believe', and they fought hard for this. This is the best we have played all year. You can't ask for anything more than that. They gave their hearts, they gave everything physically and mentally that they had. It's not the end that we wanted, but at least they can hold their head up and walk off the court knowing they gave everything they had."
Jonesboro (30-3) would take the match 21-25, 25-22, 25-19, 19-25 and 16-14.
It started off well for the Lady Panthers as they led 6-2 and 9-4 after a Dintleman block in the first set before allowing the Hurricane to come back to tie it up at 12-12. Benton responded with a 3-0 run which included a kill from Taylor Lindberg, and a Lindberg/Reynolds double block.
Benton would later finish a 5-0 run when Reynolds set up senior Stacy Cooper with a kill to take a 21-14 lead, en route to a 25-21 win.
"Fabulous volleyball," Cummings said. "Sometimes in these state championships, the games can be one-sided to a certain extent, and to have Benton, they're an unbelievable team, well-coached and technically sound, and to have a match go back and forth like that, it felt like we were playing ourselves in a way, because we like to think we're very good defensively and they're awfully good defensively. Benton is a very deserving team as well."
But it was the second and third sets which would be the Lady Panthers' downfall. Benton would lead 14-8 and 19-15 before allowing the Lady Hurricane back in it in the second set.
Down 21-17, Jonesboro would go on a 5-0 run to take the lead at 22-21 before taking the last three points to even the match.
Lack of aggressiveness and coverage defense allowed Jonesboro to take an 8-1 lead in the third set before Benton's comeback, the Lady Panthers would get within 13-11, fell short. Benton would fight off Jonesboro in the fourth set to even the match back up before falling in the final.
"We quit being aggressive at the net and that's when we had our letdown," Chumley said.
"We were strong at the net most of the time. Defense, they played their hearts out. [Jonesboro] is a very good team and I'm proud of what we did. They're very good, well-coached, solid team. They deserve all the success they have. I just hate the success was at our expense."
The Lady Panthers finished 23-4 on the season, including sweeping every match and ending up 12-0 in the 7A/6A South conference.
Chumley had 29 assists, six kills and six assisted blocks for kills for the Lady Panthers in the state final. Lindberg added 20 assists, seven kills and five assisted blocks, Reynolds led the team with 18 kills and added six assisted blocks, Dintleman had nine kills and seven assisted blocks, Lock had nine kills and four aces, and Hastings had seven kills.


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The HRV girls basketball team snapped its four-game losing streak Tuesday night with a 39-34 win over David Douglas. Lindsay Benjamin led the Eagles with 15 points, while Becki Flory pitched in eight and Meghan Merz five. The Eagles sit at 5-9 in the conference with two games remaining. See the Saturday edition of the Hood River News for more details.
HRV girls drop fourth straight to Parkrose
Friday, Feb. 1
PORTLAND — The most difficult thing about a losing streak is stopping it. When a team is struggling, it can't count on any gimmies or any breaks — especially on the road.
Unfortunately for the HRV girls basketball team — which had lost three straight games coming in to Friday's game — the Parkrose Broncos didn't plan on making matters any easier, extending the Eagles' streak to four by a score of 54-47.
"Parkrose is a much improved team," HRV coach Tracy Norton said of the Broncos, who have won three of their past six conference games after starting out 0-8 in the Mt. Hood Conference.
"They came out strong from the get-go and never let up both offensively and defensively," she said. "It seemed like everything they threw up went in, and when they missed, they got their own rebound and put it back up."
HRV (4-9, 5-13) had a difficult night shooting but an even tougher time on the boards, recording just nine as a team. Becki Flory led the Eagles with three, while Meghan Merz and Becca Meierbachtol each had two.
"It was an off shooting night for us," Norton said, "but to make matters worse, we had our worst rebounding night of the season. We just weren't able to make enough space underneath to get boards."
Norton said Parkrose consistently took the ball strong to the hoop and played aggressive on both ends of the floor, particularly after halftime. She said the Eagles were unable to match the Broncos' intensity late in the game and that HRV's defense was a step behind all night, which made for a difficult comeback.
"When you're not hot as a team, you have to make up for the lack of offense with strong defense, and we just didn't do that," she said.
Norton added that the Broncos' tough second-half defense also affected Eagles' leading scorer Lindsay Benjamin, who found her stroke in the first half but was unable to get many clean looks in the second.
Despite the pressure, Benjamin still managed to score 21 points to lead the Eagles. Merz netted 10, Meierbachtol nine and Flory and Mickie Halliday had three apiece. Brittany Reed notched a free throw to round out the scoring.
HRV played at David Douglas Tuesday, but results were not available at press time. The Eagles play Gresham at home Friday and close out the season at Sandy on Feb. 12.
"Putting a stronger emphasis on rebounding will be an issue for us this week," Norton said. "I'm hoping we come out a little angry this week and play more aggressively against David Douglas and Gresham."
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Ahmadinejad ally linked to prison deaths released from custody
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's official news agency is reporting that authorities have released a close ally of the president from custody, a day after he was arrested over an alleged role in the torture and killing of prisoners.
The Wednesday report by IRNA quotes an unnamed official as saying Saeed Mortazavi, a senior official who once served as Tehran's prosecutor general, has been released.
Mortazavi has been at the center of an escalating confrontation between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his conservative rivals in parliament ahead of the June presidential election.
A parliament probe two years ago found Mortazavi responsible for deaths by torture of at least three jailed anti-government protesters in 2009.
On Tuesday Ahmadinejad strongly denounced Mortazavi's arrest, saying he would pursue the case after his return from a visit to Egypt.


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If you are looking to do something different, and a new crowd to do it with, FAT Village is the place to be this weekend.
That's when Josh Miller throws out the welcome mat, rolls out the grill and dishes out free burgers and dogs for BBQ Friday at C&I Studios. The 6 p.m.-to-whenever party at the music, graphic design and film production firm (541 NW First Ave., Fort Lauderdale) is BYOB, and flip-cup and beer-pong competitions have been known to break out.
As Miller, founder and director of C&I Studios, says of his community-building event: "We wanted to do something that was low-key and fun and, no matter what, 100 percent free."
On Saturday, the warehouse plays host to Live at C&I Studios, a night of music that features the piano-driven pop of the Jacob Jeffries Band, which once called South Florida home before lighting out for New York. Orlando indie rockers Hoyle and Nashville adventurers Fauna Halo also will perform.
Jeffries will be performing in the room where his band recorded the video for perhaps the definitive version of their song "Crazy Under the Moon." The former Plantation resident says the show will be special.
"My songs have taken on a different shape over the past several years, especially the past several months," he says. "My writing has gotten a lot more introspective … and honest."
Jeffries mother died in February after an illness that began with a breast cancer diagnosis several years ago.
A New York resident, Jeffries has been back in town for two weeks, playing the piano he grew up with, which is now in his sister's Plantation home.
The visit is part of his annual pilgrimage to help teach musical theater to kids at the Lovewell Institutue for the Creative Arts at Nova Southseastern University in Davie. Jeffries and his students, ages 9-12, aim to create a two-act musical in three weeks.
"I've been involved with Lovewell since I was a kid," Jeffries says. "It's cooperative and collaborative. It's a really great program."
The singer, who expects to be in town playing gigs on and off through the middle of July, says the Jacob Jeffries Band has a lot of new music in the pipeline. A summer single is a possibility, and a new EP or album should be out by the end of the year, he says.
Fans will hear some of that music in a stripped-down format on Saturday at C&I Studios.
"These songs are a lot more settled in the idea of organic piano playing, more singer-songwriter, less affected," he says. "The space is nice and intimate. We're going to do piano with a little guitar. I want the new songs to stand out there on their own, without a lot of support."
Admission is $6 at the door, $4 if your smartphone shows your Facebook "like" of C&I Studios. More info: 954-357-3934, Facebook.com/CIStudios.
The largest supermoon of the year peaks on Saturday and Sunday, which can only mean one thing: naked sushi at S3. The new hot spot on Fort Lauderdale beach (505 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd.) was built with a separate banquet room featuring tables that could accommodate sushi-covered models, and on Sunday they make their public debut. The Full Moon Rising party will include musicians, fire dancers, a DJ and complimentary sushi from 5 to 10 p.m. The sushi will be served from the models by S3 servers, but if you've seen the staff, you know that's not bad, either. And, bottom line, the moon over the water should be spectacular. Info: 954-523-7873, Facebook.com/S3Restaurant.
How much Bettie Page can Las Olas Boulevard handle? The same weekend that the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale opens its Bunny Yeager photography exhibit, featuring images of her most-famous model, the Bettie Page Clothing chain will open a location a few blocks away at 1016 E. Las Olas Blvd. The store, specializing in a sexy rockabilly-pinup mashup, has its grand opening 6-9 p.m. Friday with wine, hair and makeup styling, raffles and 25 percent off everything. DJ Andre Rouzo spins. Info: 954-766-4343, BettiePageClothing.com.
Your chance for stardom or an opportunity to punch Gordon Ramsay in the face? Either way, casting directors for "Hell's Kitchen" will be at the Eden Roc (4525 Collins Ave. Miami Beach) on Saturday, looking for chefs who can stand the heat on the Fox reality show. The open casting call runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: TheConlinCompany.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, 310-313-9100.
Popular and durable South Florida blues band David Shelley and Bluestone will have an album release party for "Trick Bag" from 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday at the Funky Biscuit (303 SE Mizner Blvd., Boca Raton). Buy a CD, and the band will sign it, and the first 100 purchasers get a "Trick Bag" swag bag. Info: 561-395-2929, FunkyBiscuit.com, DavidShelleyAndBluestone.com.
Perhaps the most polarizing of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" (a close race, I know), Teresa Giudice will make an appearance at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale on Friday to talk about her latest cookbook, the summer-themed "Fabulicious! On the Grill: Teresa's Smoking Hot Backyard Recipes." The 7 p.m. event includes a book-signing followed by an audience Q&A hosted by SouthFlorida.com's bubbly Micaela Hood, who should provide some engaging balance to all the put-up-your-dukes Jersey-ness. Info: 954-262-0255, MOAFL.org.
Grammy winners Drake and Miguel are touring together this fall, and tickets for their Nov. 5 stop at Miami's AmericanAirlines Arena go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at all Ticketmaster locations and at LiveNation.com. Prices are $49.75-$99.75. Drake, of course, is Drake, and the Would You Like a Tour caravan aims to drum up interest in the upcoming album "Nothing Was the Same," featuring the hit "Started From the Bottom." He's also no stranger to Miami, having just shot a video for the single "No New Friends" with DJ Khaled and Rick Ross. But Miguel may be having the more-interesting time lately, thanks to the single "Adorn," which made many critics' best-of lists and won a Grammy for best R&B song, and his inclusion in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People list. Rapper Future opens.
Friday is Go Skateboarding Day, and the Museum of Discovery and Science (401 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale), home to the traveling exhibit "Tony Hawk: RAD Science," will begin a contest to win an autographed Tony Hawk skateboard. You can enter Friday through Aug. 21 with a like at the MODS Facebook page or joining the museum's email list at http://bit.ly/RADScience. Also, on Tuesday, the museum will host pro skateboarder Brian Sumner during the last two hours of the interactive Create-A-Skate Live workshop from 1 to 4 p.m. Info: 954-467-6637, MODS.org.
The city of Pompano Beach this weekend will introduce a monthly free Friday movie series with an 8 p.m. screening of the surprisingly funny "Hotel Transylvania" at the Pompano Beach Amphitheatre (1801 NE Sixth St.). Did we forget to mention free popcorn and cotton candy? Info: 954-786-4111.
Teen film actress Bailee Madison will return to South Florida for a Saturday meet-and-greet screening of the animated children's movie "Monica" at Young at Art Museum (751 SW 121st Ave., Davie). "Monica," with Madison voicing the title role, was created by cartoonist and Young at Art resident artist Rob Cabrera, best known for his syndicated comic strip "Silo Roberts." The event, a fundraiser for the childhood cancer nonprofit Alex's Lemonade Stand, takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Museum admission (includes movie) costs $13, $12 for seniors and children older than 1, $11 for Broward County residents. Info: 954-424-0085, YoungAtArtMuseum.org; AlexsLemonadeStand.org.
Boston's on the Beach (40 S. Ocean Blvd.), a fixture in Delray Beach for more that 30 years, will host a fundraiser on Wednesday for victims of the bombings during the marathon in its namesake city. "In the wake of the horrific events of that day, we are all patriots searching for a way to help," says Mark DeAtley, Boston's general manager. Beginning at 6, the night will include music, celebrity bartenders, discounts, giveaways and a silent auction, with all proceeds going to the One Fund. Among the locals on the bill are the Amber Leigh Band, Funkabilly Playboys, McGowan's Chair, Blues Dragon, Famous Frank Ward and the Blue Tuesday All-Stars. There is a suggested $10 donation at the door. Info: 561-278-3364, BostonsontheBeach.com.
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Happily N'Ever After (US - DVD R1)
Gabe chews on the animated equivalent to a rice cake and watched the paint dry
When the evil, buxom, and bootylicious stepmother Frieda (voiced by Sigourney Weaver) gathers an alliance of evildoers, things look bleak for Fairy Tale Land. Cinderella, who's hip enough to go by Ella (who looks like an animated version of Winona Ryder, circa 1995, and is voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar), and the servant who loves her, Rick (who looks like an animated Jared Leto, circa 2000, and is voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr.), are heroic enough to take back the kingdom. Love blossoms and morals are telegraphed.
I view the Shrek movies as total throwaways. They're entertaining enough the first time you see them, but they have absolutely zero staying power in light of even the weakest Pixar flick. They're all calories, no protein. When presented with a Shrek cash-in I wasn't very excited.
The funny thing is that Happily N'Ever After, though obviously inspired by the oodles of cash raked in by the first two Shrek films, has a very similar plot to that of the third Shrek flick (or at least what I gather from the plot synopsis, it hasn't been released at the time of writing). Interestingly enough, one of the seventeen producers also acted as one of the eleven producers on Shrek 3 (I wonder how the two scripts ended up having similarities, and I wonder if there were any lawsuits considered?). And that's really the only funny thing about the movie. That and Rumplestiltskin stuck carrying a baby the whole movie, that was pretty funny. For a comedy it's really not very amusing.
Derivative, cash-in plot (cash-in is not the same thing as rip-off, as I'm sure the writers and directors had the best intentions) and lack of comedy aside, the film is still entirely lifeless. The actors, many of them great voice talents (Patrick Warburton, Andy Dick, Wallace Shawn, John Di Maggio, George Carlin, and Rob Paulsen) all phone it in without exception, including the usually reliable Sigourney Weaver. I don't really blame them; the characters are archetypes in the most negative sense, even if that may be the point.
The animation varies wildly from pretty good (considering the low-budget aspirations of the film) to downright awful. The only more blandly animated theatrically released, CG cartoon I can think of is Hoodwinked, which at least had some bull's-eye jokes. I actually like most of Happily N'Ever After's character designs, which remind me of the classic, Chuck Jones era Warner Bros. characters, but the movement and characterization is severely lacking. Sometimes the lips aren't moving to the words at all, and often it's very obvious that different characters have been animated by different people and crammed in the same scene. I'm willing to forgive the lack of finish to the films overall look (it appears that just one more rendering pass might've fixed this), but quality and continuity control seems to have dropped the ball here.
Oh come on! The one thing I should expect from a CG animated feature DVD is impeccable image quality, and Lionsgate gives us this combed and interlaced stinker? Image detail is, of course, sharp, but not nearly as sharp as so many other comparable discs on the market. The film's one strong point is its design, and the colour scheme is nicely produced, but gradients are messy and warm colours noisy. The real problem is the interlacing and combing effects though, which despite my most sincere efforts found their way into my screen caps.
Part of cashing in on Shrek is adding a few pop songs to your flick and an awkward singing moment in the film's centre. Like the rest of the movie, these aren't particularly exciting. The DVD's Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track is well balanced, features some impressive surround effects, and I can't place a single error. It's not huge, and the boring music could use a bit of a bass boost in parts, but it works for a kid's flick. Some specific sound effects are pretty impressive (like the shooting magic bolts, the motorcycle sounding witch's brooms), but on the whole pretty average.
Though releasing such a blah film is a pretty iffy choice on Lionsgate's part, their hearts and minds are in the right place with the DVD's extras. The disc is aimed at kids, and though I can't really call it a success, it's a nice try. Things start with the opening menus, which offer the viewer a choice of good or evil themes. The menus are hosted audibly by Andy Dick and Wallace Shawn, and the directions are made pretty clear even for kids who might not be old enough to read.
The games section of the extras is another entree in the 'nice try' book. Most of us that have an affinity for kid's films on DVD are probably aware of the fact that DVD games pretty much never work. These are simple, not action based like the awful game that accompanied the Condor DVD I had to review a few months back, and there is a possibility that the wee ones could be entertained. I was bored pretty quickly.
The film's main director (there are technically two), Paul J. Bolger, has a commentary track, and hosts the disc's three brief featurettes, seems like a really nice guy. The track and mini-docs are informative enough (Bolger's Irish accent is a plus), and entertaining enough, but like the film are pretty forgettable. The filmmaker's effort comes through, and I feel a little bad about bad mouthing the film itself, but not bad enough to take back the review. Better luck next time guys.
The deleted scenes are mostly extended scenes. The unmemorable nature of the film insured that even though I watched them immediately after the main feature, I couldn't tell you what was different about the majority of them. There are sections of unfinished (more unfinished?) animation that give away a few of the deletions, but I was kind of lost. The alternate ending, on the other hand, is truly different. It's a little 'quirkier' than the ending the film, erm, ended up with, but not any better. Things are forgettabgly wrapped up with a series of Lionsgate Kid's trailers.
The theatrical release of this flick is mind boggling, because everything about it screams 'Straight to Video'. It's made to take advantage of lazy parents that have worn out their kids' Shrek 2 DVD. It's entirely inoffensive, listless, and forgettable. It's low budget, and rather uncreative. I don't really recommend it to anyone, but not recommending it would imply that I had a particularly strong opinion on the film's quality. I don't. It's so bland I just don't care, and have all but forgotten it already.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Some material may not be suitable for children
Disc Details
Release Date: 1st May 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Alternate Ending, Featurettes, Games, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Paul J. Bolger, Yvette Kaplan
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Patrick Warburton, Andy Dick, Wallace Shawn, John Di Maggio, George Carlin, and Rob Paulsen
Genre: Animation
Length: 87 minutes
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New London's Finizio signs minimum wage increase into law
New London — With a stroke of the mayor's pen Tuesday afternoon, city employees and contractors who earn minimum wage got a $1.40 per hour raise.
Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio signed an ordinance, approved Monday night by the City Council, to raise the minimum wage for municipal employees and contractors working for the city to $10.10 an hour.
With the signing of the ordinance, New London became the first Connecticut city to raise the minimum wage to $10.10, something President Barack Obama, in his State of the Union address, urged governors, mayors and private employers to do.
"This is long overdue," the mayor said. "It's a good step for our city, and hopefully, other municipalities throughout Connecticut will follow suit, hopefully the state will follow suit and hopefully the nation as well."
Finizio said the ordinance, which he proposed in January, was inspired by the president's "call to action."
Later Tuesday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy commended the city's action.
"I applaud Mayor Finizio and the City of New London for taking steps that will help increase the momentum in our efforts to raise the minimum wage both on the state level and nationally," the governor said in a statement.
Finizio will attend President Obama's appearance today at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain to tout his proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to the same amount. Finizio said he and his husband were invited by the White House to attend as VIP guests.
The City Council approved the ordinance in a 6-1 vote Monday night.
"Some of the hardest-working people in America work at low-paying jobs, and they deserve the dignity of a fair wage," Council President Wade A. Hyslop said in a statement.
Councilor Martin Olsen voted against the raise.
Though the city's full-time employees make more than $10.10 per hour, the raise will benefit about 25 seasonal employees who work at various programs run through the city's Recreation Department.
Finizio said he will include funding for the same number of those seasonal positions in the budget he will present to the council on April 1. The wage increase will cost the city approximately $13,500 annually, the mayor said.
"I feel that is a nominal impact to do the right thing," Finizio said Monday night.
The minimum wage in Connecticut is $8.70.
Mayor Finizio about to sign #MWraise ordinance. #NewLondon pic.twitter.com/7zGKMt8B5K
— Colin A. Young (@ColinAYoung) March 4, 2014
Signed and delivered to the city clerk. Minimum wage for #NewLondon municipal employees and contractors now $10.10. pic.twitter.com/WxYTwcIcgw
— Colin A. Young (@ColinAYoung) March 4, 2014
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Once upon a time, I was a suburban housewife. I lived with my husband in a pretty house on a tree-lined street on the outskirts of Chicago. It wasn't huge, but it netted us a couple thousand square feet of space. Since we didn't have kids or pets, it felt exactly big enough for us to share—until we decided we no longer wanted to share our lives together.
Before I knew it, I had traded in my spacious suburban lifestyle for a tiny apartment in the city, my car for a transit pass, and long hours in rush-hour traffic for reading on the bustling El.
My new apartment is much smaller than my former house—probably about 500 square feet. It's a tiny one-bedroom in Logan Square. The building is a little old, it has some quirks, and sometimes it feels kind of like a dorm. Still, I unabashedly love it here.
While downsizing can be a painful process for some, here are some steps I took to help make it more of an adventure and less of a painful parting with treasured things:
In a way, I was lucky. I didn't have to really downsize a whole house—just half of one. Still, I tried to go through my things with a critical eye.
One of the best parts of starting a new life is that you can look at all of your "stuff" and really think about it. Is it something that defined who you were, or does it continue to define who you are? Is it something that you actually use and love, or is it a thing you held on to because you felt obligated?
Only keep what truly matters to you and what you know you will actually use at least once a year. Everything else can be donated or sold.
I took a slightly different tack than many others do when they downsize and have to rely on storage for the overflow. Often people will cram their apartments full and put only a few things in storage to "clear space." I did the inverse of that.
I moved everything except a few basics into a storage unit. Here's what I took with me to the apartment:
That's it.
As I settled in, bought groceries, and learned my way around the neighborhood, I thought about what I actually missed having on hand and what I missed out of habit.
I ended up moving in a bookcase and filling it with my favorite books, some extra cookware (I made room for my KitchenAid stand mixer, my most prized possession), all of my in-season clothing, and a few extra sets of sheets and towels. That's it.
The trick to living minimally is planning ahead. I plan out my meals a week in advance. I make prodigious use of the library and my streaming media subscriptions. I can honestly tell you, I don't miss the clutter and I don't mind making the trip out to storage to get something (the key to this is a meticulously organized storage space).


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Jacqueline N. Crawley, an internationally renowned behavioral neuroscientist, has received a five-year, nearly $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to understand the synaptic dysfunctions that limit how people with certain neurodevelopmental disorders form memories and learn. The research also will investigate the effectiveness of potential targeted therapies for the disorders: fragile X syndrome, Rett syndrome, Down syndrome and Angelman syndrome.
All of the conditions result in varying degrees of intellectual impairment and may cause physical disabilities. Fragile X syndrome also is the most widespread single-gene cause of autism. Rett syndrome is a disorder of the nervous system that affects mostly girls. Down syndrome and Angelman syndrome also affect cognition and have physical manifestations.
"Although fragile X, Rett, Down and Angelman syndromes do not share the same genetic signatures, they all are characterized by impaired synaptic plasticity and unusual shapes of their dendritic spines in neuronal synapses," said Crawley, Robert E. Chason Endowed Chair in Translational Research, a researcher with the UC Davis MIND Institute and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
"My collaborators and I hypothesize that the basic molecular defect responsible for these synaptic abnormalities and intellectual disabilities will be the same across these neurodevelopmental syndromes. We plan to test novel behavioral and pharmacological interventions that can be readily implemented clinically if they are proven to be safe and effective," she said.
For memory and learning to occur, a complex sequence of molecular actions must take place to create new connections between neurons in the brain, Crawley explained. Upstream in the sequence are the mutated genes that alter the biological pathways crucial to the downstream development and strengthening of synapses, the small gaps between neurons that are fundamental to learning and memory.
A typical mature neuron has thousands of synapses through which it receives information from other neurons. Previous research has shown that learning and memory requires numerous complex connections between neurons. Each connection occurs through a synapse.
"We hypothesize that upstream genetic abnormalities undermine the actin stabilization that is fundamental to the internal cytoskeleton modifications which change the shapes of dendritic spines to appropriately form and stabilize new synapses," Crawley said. "Failure of the actin cytoskeleton to properly reorganize is predicted to be a shared endpoint for intellectual disabilities of neurodevelopmental disorders."
The study, "Convergent Synaptic Mechanisms in Neurodevelopmental Disorders," will be conducted in mutant mouse models. It is funded by a $2.9 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Crawley's collaborators include Gary S. Lynch, professor of psychiatry and human behavior, and Christine M. Gall, professor of anatomy and neurobiology, both at UC Irvine.


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Sharks top Kings 2-1 to force Game 7
The Sharks and Kings will need a Game 7 to decide this series.
San Jose played an airtight third period to hold on for a 2-1 victory over Los Angeles in Game 6 at HP Pavilion on Sunday to tie the Western Conference semifinal series at three wins apiece.
"That's been our go-to style of play all year, and we stuck with it, and they didn't get many chances in the third," Sharks forward T.J. Galiardi said.
The Sharks hope to be the first road team to win a game in the series on Tuesday night and advance to their third Western Conference finals in four seasons. San Jose is 5-2 all-time in deciding games of series that go to the limit.
"No matter how high we elevate our game, they're right there," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said of the defending Stanley Cup champion Kings. "And I don't see it changing for Game 7."
The Sharks nursed a one-goal lead throughout the final period, not in the manner of letting Los Angeles come at them in waves but rather by matching the Kings' aggressiveness and not allowing them extended zone time.
"I guess you never want to use the word 'protect' - then you end up on your heels instead of your toes - but I thought we played a solid third period and took some of their strengths away from them," McLellan said.
The Sharks took a one-goal lead into the third period after each team scored in the second.
San Jose jumped out 2-0 at 4:10 when Galiardi scored his first goal of the postseason with a shot from the right circle that beat Kings goalie Jonathan Quick low to the glove side. Sharks defenseman Scott Hannan made a nice backhand feed through center to Galiardi, just eluding the stick of Kings forward Kyle Clifford.
"He's kept his confidence - just keep shooting and it'll go in," Joe Thornton said of linemate Galiardi.
But the Kings answered at 13:53 when captain Dustin Brown beat Antti Niemi from behind the goal line with a shot that ricocheted off the San Jose goalie. The scoring sequence started when Tommy Wingels blocked Matt Greene's point shot to the corner.
The Sharks failed to convert during a four-minute power play on a double-minor at midperiod after Los Angeles' Justin Williams high-sticked San Jose defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic. San Jose managed only two shots late in the second of the consecutive 5-on-4s.
The Sharks scored the only goal of a first period that from their viewpoint started better than it ended.
San Jose converted a 5-on-3 power-play goal at 6:09 when Joe Pavelski found Thornton on the weak side for the captain's second goal of the playoffs 71 seconds into Anze Kopitar's delay-of-game penalty. Mike Richards hooked Brent Burns 14 seconds earlier as the Sharks earned three power plays in the opening five minutes. The goal snapped a shutout streak of 102 minutes, 14 seconds for Quick, who blanked San Jose in Game 5.
"The power play was the difference tonight," McLellan said. "But we want to maintain the momentum through the power plays and not lose it. We'll have to be better in Game 7."
The ice tilted for the remainder of the period, which probably had a lot to do with the loss of Sharks defenseman Justin Braun at 3:58 to cut San Jose's blue line personnel to five skaters rotating different partners with each shift. Braun went down on his own moments after stepping on the ice for his second shift. Braun returned at the start of the second period.
The Sharks mustered the first eight shots of the period, but went without any rubber on Quick for the final 12:56 while the Kings put the final eight shots of the period on Niemi, who was tested by L.A.'s swarming forwards.
Niemi spearheaded two penalty kills and got help twice from the crossbar. Niemi robbed Trevor Lewis twice at midperiod on the Kings' first power play and made a right-pad save on Clifford late in the period at even strength.
"Both goaltenders in this series have been tremendous," McLellan said. "I thought Nemo was very solid. He's a calming influence for us. Any time we made mistakes, he was there. He settled things down and got us whistles that we needed. Very seldom is that talked about. He was very good at managing the game from the crease."
Briefly: Adam Burish made his series debut, playing right wing on San Jose's fourth line and killing penalties. Defensemen Jason Demers, Matt Tennyson and forward Tim Kennedy were healthy scratches. ... The Kings made one change, putting Jordan Nolan on a checking line for rookie Tyler Toffoli, who had appeared in each of the first five games.
Sharks vs. Kings
Series tied 3-3
Game 1: Kings 2, Sharks 0
Game 2: Kings 4, Sharks 3
Game 3: Sharks 2, Kings 1, OT
Game 4: Sharks 2, Kings 1
Game 5: Kings 3, Sharks 0
Game 6: Sharks 2, Kings 1
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Ross McKeon is a freelance writer.


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This evening dress is made of a sequinned fabric, beautiful , but so hard to cut and to sew. I had blisters from the scissors :)) But, it was worth the trouble. This is the thing with sequins… It takes a lot of time to prepare the cut out pieces, before sewing them. The advantage is that the is no need to use a complicated pattern, as the fabric itself is spectacular.
The dress is lined and has a normal zip, not concealed, for excluding any incidents when zipping the dress up.
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By Basilian Father Chris Valka
One in a series
A couple of weeks ago, an older gentleman, who I will name Steve, approached me after Mass, convinced that I was the right person to answer a question that he has been unable to answer for the past 30 years. He would go on to warn me that many people have tried, thinking they were up to the task, but failed to satisfy the logical mind of a retired Ford engineer.
"What are some of the rational and logical explanations that could explain WHY a "Good & Kind & Loving & All-Powerful God" would create an Earth populated by emotional & greedy humans who have free will to do as they please only to watch them destroy each other and eventually die to never be heard from again at which time they will be judged for their sins he already knew they would commit and shuttle them off to Heaven or Hell?"
After handing me a printed copy of the question above, we agreed that I would come to his house for dinner and discuss the question.
This past week, Steve and I met as planned. After the usual small talk, Steve told me about the God who saved him from the depths of darkness. He also rattled off tenets of the Baltimore Catechism as he described a Catholic faith that provided his life with necessary parameters, rules and categories. Later, Steve would describe the great hurt he felt when he was laid off by Ford, and the great joy he felt when he married his wife 40 years ago this year.
As Steve spoke, I prayed that God might use me to give him the answers he so desperately longed to have. At the same time, I wished that my high school students could be with me that evening to hear someone speak with such meaning about life's deepest longings and most simple blessings.
When it was finally my turn to respond, I prayed and started to speak.
When it comes to our faith, many of us start off on the wrong foot — mostly likely because that is what we were taught to do. We have approached our relationship with God in categories: this equals that; that equals this; and this has such and such consequence that requires such and such to remedy it. The difficulty with this approach is that our faith is first and foremost a relationship; therefore, it does not fit so neatly into categories, nor is it easily mapped out into problem-and-solution statements.
Thus, our relationship with God is not defined by our devotions and obligations; rather, by its gifts and communication. Rabbi Abraham Heschel wrote, "Prayer may not save us, but it makes us worth saving." I have always loved that quote because it puts the emphasis on the process. What we learn simply by being in this relationship is that we are not nearly as independent as we believe. The very act of praying reminds us that we are connected to something bigger than ourselves.
In response to Steve's question, I think its answer lies in our very ability to ask the question. Ultimately, Steve's question concerns the meaning of our lives. Yes, God could have made humanity without the capacity to sin, but the meaning of our life is increased because of our potential — in either direction. I believe a fulcrum is a good metaphor: the greater the distance between the poles, the greater our ability to rise to greatness. Our dignity is found in the tension we hold along the spectrum of good and evil, and our challenge is see ourselves as God sees us. Ultimately, we are worth saving because we are not only greedy, but also generous; not only selfish, but also selfless.
As for Steve, he was more than satisfied with my answer (which I have greatly condensed for this blog). After I finished my explanation, I watched him think to himself for at least 10 minutes with his eyes closed and head tilted back. Much like a computer processing through equations, Steve tried to find holes in the logic. Somewhere along the way, he accepted that God could not not have created us, because love, in its essence, is generative. God creates, and what God creates is great. Amen.
Father Chris Valka, CSB, was ordained a priest for the Congregation of St. Basil in May and is teaching at Detroit Catholic Central High School in Michigan.


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Hearty New England Seafood Chowder
We find many ways to prepare the abundance of fresh seafood available in our area, and this "fish chowdy" is a hearty favorite. Featuring a flavorful combination of haddock, shrimp and scallops, the chowder is great to serve to a group.
Total TimePrep: 10 min. Cook: 1 hour
Makes15 servings (3-3/4 quarts)
- 4 pounds haddock fillets, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
- 1/4 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/4 pound bay scallops
- 4 bacon strips, diced
- 3 medium onion, quartered and thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups diced peeled potatoes
- 4 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Place haddock in a Dutch oven; cover with water. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Add the shrimp and scallops; simmer 10 minutes longer. Drain, reserving 2 cups cooking liquid; set liquid and seafood aside.
- In a soup kettle, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp; drain on paper towels. In the drippings, saute onions until tender. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually stir in reserved cooking liquid. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat. Add potatoes; cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Add the milk, seafood, butter, parsley, salt, lemon-pepper and pepper; heat through. Sprinkle with bacon.
Nutrition Facts1 cup: 237 calories, 8g fat (4g saturated fat), 101mg cholesterol, 531mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 1g fiber), 29g protein.
Originally published as New England Seafood Chowder in Country Extra November 2004
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My Review
Nov 29, 2015
I was disappointed with this recipe. The broth was very thin, and I thought it needed more flavor. The next time I make it, I will definitely use more flour and spices. The broth was the texture of soup; not a chowder.
Apr 26, 2011
We love this chowder and I make it for potlucks too! >"<
Feb 3, 2011
Great recipe, I did add a little more flour as we like it a bit more thicker. Flavor and taste was so nice would defintely make it again. One of the better ones we have tried.


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LITTLE ROCK — Despite a growing number of public calls for his resignation, Lt. Gov. Mark Darr has so far given no indication that he intends to leave office before his current term ends in January 2015.
LITTLE ROCK — Despite a growing number of public calls for his resignation, Lt. Gov. Mark Darr has so far given no indication that he intends to leave office before his current term ends in January 2015.
After Darr, a Republican, reached a settlement last week with the state Ethics Commission that calls for him to pay $11,000 in fines for 11 violations of state campaign finance and ethics laws, Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat, said he should resign. Soon after, all five Republican members of the state's congressional delegation also called on Darr to step down, as did the chairman of the state Democratic Party and several Republican and Democratic candidates for office.
The leader of the House Democratic Caucus said that if Darr has not resigned by the start of the fiscal session next month, the caucus will seek a House vote to impeach him.
If Darr does resign, a special election could be held to fill the vacancy, according to Beebe spokesman Matt DeCample.
"The preliminary research that we've done says that the governor is required to call a special (election), so we're continuing to study that in the event that we have a resignation," DeCample said.
But with the office up for election in November anyway, a special election may be seen as unnecessary. DeCample noted that after Win Rockefeller died in office in July 2006, the state Democratic and Republican parties agreed not to ask for a special election and the office was allowed to remain vacant until the general election four months later, when Bill Halter won the seat.
Currently seeking the office of lieutenant governor are Republican state Reps. Charlie Collins of Fayetteville and Andy Mayberry of Hensley, and former state Highway Commissioner John Burkhalter, a Democrat. Darr, who dropped out of the 4th District congressional race in August, has not said whether he will seek re-election.
Arkansas does not have a process for voters to recall a constitutional officer, so if Darr refuses to step down, impeachment would be the only option for his removal. If the House were to vote for impeachment, the Senate would conduct a trial. A two-thirds vote in the Republican-controlled Senate would be needed for a conviction and removal from office.
"I'm personally not in favor of that," Senate President Pro Tem Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, said last week of the possibility of impeaching Darr. "I haven't heard anything that makes me think he needs to be impeached."
House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, said though a House spokeswoman last week that he would be willing to begin the impeachment process if at least 51 of the 100 House members indicate they want him to act. The current makeup of the House is 51 Republicans, 48 Democrats and one Green Party member.
The Ethics Commission said it found evidence that Darr used campaign money to make about $31,500 in personal purchases, received about $3,500 in improper travel reimbursements, accepted $6,000 in campaign contributions that exceeded the individual limit, accepted contributions after the amount needed to retire his debt had been raised, made personal expenditures with campaign funds that exceeded the loans he made to his campaign and submitted campaign finance reports that omitted required information.
A legislative audit that took a more in-depth look at Darr's travel reimbursements found that he received more than $9,000 in improper reimbursements.
Darr has said the violations were the result of inadequate record-keeping and misinterpretations of state laws. He has said he mistakenly believed that because he had loaned money to his 2010 campaign, he could repay the loans by using campaign money for personal expenditures.
The state Ethics Commission offers several training sessions on campaign finance laws during every election cycle. Ethics Commission Executive Director Graham Sloan said last week that to his knowledge Darr, a former pizza business owner who had no political experience when he ran for office in 2010, has never attended any of those sessions.
Pulaski County Prosecutor Larry Jegley has said he may seek funding for a grand jury to investigate complaints about Darr and others.
Several of those calling for Darr's resignation have noted that Paul Bookout, a Democrat from Jonesboro, resigned from the state Senate in August after the Ethics Commission gave him a smaller fine, $8,000, for violations that included using campaign contributions for personal expenditures. A special prosecutor is reviewing Bookout's case.
The state Democratic Party has sought to make political hay out of Darr's case by criticizing state Republican Party Chairman Doyle Webb and Republican gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson for not taking a stronger stance against Darr. Webb and Hutchinson have said Darr should resign if he is criminally charged.
"According to Asa Hutchinson, all's fair as long as you manage to avoid criminal charges, despite Mark Darr's own admission of illegally spending campaign and taxpayer dollars. Is this the standard to which a Hutchinson administration would hold itself?" the Democratic Party said in a news release last week.
Hutchinson said it was his understanding that the Pulaski County prosecutor was reviewing the case to determine whether criminal charges are warranted and that "until then, we should let the process work and expect the decision of the Ethics Commission in terms of fine and amended reports to be fulfilled."