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Apple: Connecticut - Farmington - Westfarms
1500 New Britain Avenue
500 Westfarms Mall
The Apple Store is on the upper level of the Nordstrom wing, next to J.Crew. Closest parking is in the parking structure adjacent to Nordstrom on the southwest side of the mall.
Farmington, CT 06032
(860) 221-0800 (Local)
(800) 676-2775 (Toll-Free)
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When you find yourself in a town or outpost without enough players with which to form an adventuring party, or if you wish to adventure without other players, you may add henchman [sic] to your party. To do so, simply left-click on that henchman, then click on the "+" symbol next to that henchman's name in your party window. You may continue to add henchmen until your party is full.
During a mission, henchman [sic] will follow you and attack the targets you choose. They'll also heal your party and resurrect fallen party members if possible. Remember that henchman [sic] take their share of the spoils of each mission, including experience points and loot.
Players gather in outposts and towns, organizing expeditions for their journeys outside city gates. Whenever your character is in town, you may occasionally find it difficult to assemble an ideal group of players. When this happens, you can usually find several NPC adventurers waiting near the town gates, ready for recruitment.
Henchmen are computer-controlled adventurers who are always ready to travel with you. Some players hire one or two henchmen to round out a team. Others actually prefer to play alone, using one character to lead an entire team of henchmen, often complemented with heroes.
In order to hire a henchman, press "p" on your keyboard to open the Party Search panel. After that, click on the tab that reads "Henchmen". Then choose on the ones you want by clicking on them and choosing "add" on the bottom-right hand corner of the panel. Double-clicking the names will also add them to your party, or remove if they were already added. You can also add henchmen individually by clicking on the NPC and then on the "+" symbol in your Party Window.
The level of a "henchie" depends on your current location. When you map travel to another town or outpost, henchmen who aren't available in that location drop from your team. The ones who remain will have the same level they normally would if you recruited them from the new location. They also take their share of any gold and items you find on your adventures (Although items which drop for them do not appear).
Henchmen by campaign[edit]
- Special events
- Mad King's Guard (Halloween)
- Enchanted Snowman (Wintersday)
- Henchmen are not available in Ascalon (pre-Searing) in Prophecies. They are also not available in elite mission outposts and cannot be taken into The Underworld and The Fissure of Woe.
- Most of the henchmen are human; the exceptions are:
- Brutus and Sheena - Wallow
- Enchanted Snowman - Snowman
- Mad King's Guard - Candy Corn creature
- Talon Silverwing - Tengu
- If you perform an emote, your henchmen will also perform a related emote.
- Most henchmen have dialogue when spoken to in outposts and towns.
- Henchmen move at 104% the speed of player characters and heroes.
- Most Eye of the North henchmen move faster than heroes - a notable exception to this is Eve, who moves at the same pace as heroes.
See also[edit]
- Gameplay manual
- Hero
- Hero behavior (most of the article also applies to henchmen, since heroes and henchmen share the same AI.)
|Henchman skills quick references
|Prophecies • Factions • Nightfall • Eye of the North • Codex Arena • Guild Halls • Heroes' Ascent • Zaishen Challenges
|Core • Prophecies • Factions • Nightfall • Eye of the North

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Even when I'm not familiar with a guest on Graham Norton's couch, the impish talk-show host keeps me happily entertained.
"The Graham Norton Show" (9 p.m. Saturdays, BBC America; **** out of four stars) returns with all-new episodes at June 18 with Lady Gaga, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush and comedian Jason Byrne. It's now part of BBC America's new, two-hour comedy block called Ministry of Laughs and hosted by "The Nerdist" blogger Chris Hardwick. The block continures with the final season of "The Inbetweeners" at 10 p.m. and the new comedy, "Come Fly with Me," at 10:30 p.m.
Norton plays the warm-up act in this schedule, but he's the best part of it as far as I'm concerned. This is, by far, my favorite talk show on TV. The Irish comci opens each show in the audience where he gets someone to do some outrageous thing. That's followed by a short, hilarious monologue that involves photos, video clips and at least one joke about Camilla Parker Bowles.
His biggest tweak to the format, however, is when he brings out all his guests at once, putting everyone on equal footing. Norton expertly moves from one guest to another, encouraging them to chat amonst themselves as well. (But not too much; he does feign offense if he's left out of the conversation too long.)
And somehow, Norton almost always manages to get them to tell their most embarrassing stories. You also can expect musical performances, occassional skits, live segments shot outside the studio and audience participation segments.
One of the best parts of the show is when Norton invites audience members to sit in the infamous red chair, where they are asked to regale Norton and his guests with a story. If any one of the panelists gets bored or grossed out, they push a red eject button and the chair falls backward, dumping the speaker out.
The only downside to the telecast is that it seems like BBC America trims the show to get in all the commercials. I want more Graham!
Upcoming guests
June 25: Cameron Diaz, Kathy Griffin, Bear Grylls and Friendly Fires
July 2: Kim Cattrall, Jessie Wallace and The Saturdays


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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Gov. Tom Corbett was expected to address a rally of coal industry and mining supporters opposing stricter Environmental Protection Agency regulations being proposed to regulate pollution from coal-burning power plants.
Wednesday's rally at Highmark Stadium, a minor-league soccer venue, comes a day before the EPA hold two days of public hearings on the proposed regulations in downtown Pittsburgh.
Business and labor officials contend the regulations will drive up electricity prices and cost jobs in the coal and energy industries, and may not wind up cutting carbon dioxide and other emissions enough to make it worth those costs. Some environmentalists want even stricter rules and argue that the benefits to the environment - and a boom they predict in jobs relating to more renewable, efficient energy sources - make the regulations a no-brainer.
The rally Corbett will address was organized by the Pennsylvania Coal Alliance, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, and the National Miners Association.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, Pennsylvania was the fourth-largest coal-producing state in the country last year, accounting for 6 percent of all U.S. coal.
That's one reason advocates for both sides have descended on Pittsburgh where they hope to sell their message before hundreds of people testify. Similar hearings in Atlanta, Denver and Washington, where public comment hearings were held Tuesday and Wednesday, have drawn similar attention from advocates on both sides.
The EPA expects 1,600 people to speak in the four cities and has already received more than 300,000 written comments, which will be accepted until Oct. 16. The Pittsburgh hearings will run from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
The United Mine Workers of America and other unions opposed to the regulations said they expect 5,000 people to march in Pittsburgh when the hearings open Thursday morning. Environmental and other like-minded groups, including Physicians for Social Responsibility, have scheduled a counter rally to be attended by Mayor Bill Peduto.
Additionally, the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups held a national telephone news conference Monday to support the regulations. Those groups also contend a poll by the environmental group, Green For All, shows minority groups - who some say will bear the brunt if electricity costs rise - nonetheless view climate change as a threat and favor stricter pollution controls.


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South West, Ireland, Accessible, Ring of Kerry, Killarney, Dingle, Cliffs of Moher, Galway, Clare, Flights, American
Great holidays will often bring you to new, rugged, wild landscapes. If you're looking for an adventure, we've found just the place...
Nestled right in the heart of Ireland's rugged southwest, Shannon International Airport is your final destination following a rather pleasant flight to the northwestern tip of Europe. On landing, your first major decision will be whether to travel north or south.
Don't worry; distances are short enough to manage both, even within a week.
Accents (and landscapes) can change dramatically from town to town, though getting from place to place is reassuringly straightforward. Ireland boasts a modern road network that complements the winding boreens (roads) that meander through the wilderness. Essentially, it ensures you can get 'lost' without, ever getting, well, lost.
Limerick city, just minutes away from Shannon, provides a charming city base for exploring the wilder landscapes on its doorstep. Should your inner adventurer be keen to get going immediately, then a two hour drive will leave you in Killarney at the heart of the Ring of Kerry.
Killarney is a picturesque town with a long, proud history of looking after visitors from abroad. Expect welcoming hotels and guesthouses, friendly jarvey (horse and cart) drivers and spectacular natural backdrops.
To the south-west of the town is Killarney National Park, lying at the foot of the wonderfully named McGillycuddy's Reeks. Muckross House and Gardens, a 19th century mansion, forms the focal point of a sprawling park that contains mountains, lakes, woods and waterfalls, plus no shortage of wildlife.
Once the spectacular inland sights of Kerry have been taken in, make for the Atlantic coast, even venturing further south to West Cork and the Beara Peninsula.
From whichever direction you approach it, the first glimpse of the Atlantic is likely to take your breath away. Even visitors used to cliffs and coasts will be taken aback at the wildness of the Atlantic ocean. It's raw, it's invigorating and it lasts for miles.
The western areas of County Cork, Ireland's largest county, contain plenty of eye-catching ocean views and plenty of winding roads. A trip out to Mizen Head will leave you on the most southern tip of the entire island, with sea views that regularly include cameos from seals, dolphins and even whales.
A short drive up the coast will get you to Clare and the different scenery, activities and accents that come with it. The Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark provides a type of landscape not seen anywhere else on the island; 100 square miles of grey limestone is the Irish version of a lunar landscape.
Visit in April and May and it's alive with colour courtesy of blossoming wildflowers and wild orchids. For the remainder for the year it's just beautifully tranquil.
County Clare also boasts some of the finest surfing in Europe (though every Irish county with a western shoreline will justifiably make the same claim), with Lahinch being one of the most hospitable haunts for waveriders.
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After a day bracing fresh air and seaworthiness testing, the focus switches to Clare's lyrical heart; traditional Irish music. Any Clare pub worth its salt will host a traditional 'session' or two each week, they provide a great backdrop to a meal or a few drinks after a long day out on the waves.
On the road again and the Cliffs of Moher, sheer and spectacular, stretches out for five miles. Over 700ft at their highest point (marked by O'Brien's Tower), the cliffs invite you to pay full attention to your senses – no matter what the weather. A visitor's centre and a cliff-top walk makes this an essential stop on a visit to the south west.
After all that wilderness, set a course for the city of Tribes. Galway city is the west of Ireland in urban clothing: steeped in history, full of creativity, welcoming and with plenty to do. Try some famous Galway Bay oysters after a walk around the old city walls and landmark Spanish Arch. And, as with any pit stop along the coast, you will find plenty of welcoming restaurants and pubs.
Decision time comes again: will it be the straight road back to Shannon Airport and home or a trip further north into the landscape that Oscar Wilde described as having a 'savage beauty', Connemara?
That's the thing with the west coast of Ireland, there's always another spectacular sight a little further up the road.
If you've got the taste for exploring and want to venture further north, Connemara, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Donegal await you.
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Worldview Basics
So what is a worldview? According to R. Wesley Hurd:
"It is one way of naming the 'grid' for thinking and believing that God built into every human being. It is a set of basic beliefs—about God, the world, human beings, history, death, knowing, as well as much more mundane things—that make up what a person assumes to be true. Out of one's worldview, a person evaluates, makes decisions, and makes meaning and sense of his or her life. James Sire, whose book The Universe Next Door (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1976) is one of the most helpful on the subject of worldviews, defines a worldview as a basic set of beliefs and 'concepts that work together to provide a more or less coherent frame of reference for all thought and action.' (p. 16)"
You have a worldview (whether you realize it or not) and so does the publisher of the material you are considering using. You may choose to use material presented from a different worldview than your own, but it is helpful to know this in advance, especially when working with young children.


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Q: What does the term "revaluation" mean?
A: Revaluation means that the local tax officials are "reassessing" or "rechecking" the value of real property in Harnett County. They are trying to equalize the tax value and the market value. Revaluation does not include personal property. The tax officials don't create the values; the values are determined by transactions that occur in the marketplace. The Tax Office simply has the legal responsibility to study those transactions and appraise your property accordingly.
Q: What is market value?
A: Market value is the most probable price, which a property should bring in a competitive and open market.
Q: Why is revaluation being done in 2017?
A: The State of North Carolina requires that every county complete the revaluation process at intervals of no more than eight years. The last revaluation in Harnett County was in 2009.
Q: Why have tax employees visited or why will they visit my home?
A: Revaluation is a lengthy process that takes about two to three years to complete. As part of the process, we review information on and/or visit the parcels in the county. Currently we have over 65,700 parcels. During home visits, appraisers verify square footage and look for changes such as room additions, decks, and outbuildings.
Q: What is the current status of the revaluation process?
A: The 2017 revaluation process has been completed. Residents should receive notices informing them of their new property values the first week of April 2017. This is a little later than expected and we apologize for any inconvenience. The notice will include the property's acreage and the new tax value.
Q: What is the Schedule of Values?
A: The Schedule of Values is a set of standards and rules for appraising property within Harnett County. These standards and rules assure that all property will be appraised in a uniform and fair manner. The Schedule of Values was approved by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners in December 2016.
Q: Where can I find a copy of the 2017 Schedule of Values?
A: Click on the following link for a pdf of the 2017 Schedule of Values: 2017 SOV
Q: Does higher property value mean higher property taxes?
A: Residents should not make any assumptions about taxes just because of the new property value. The actual amount of taxes that will be due will be based on the new property tax rate, which will be set no later than June 30, 2017. Once the new property tax rate is set, residents will be able to compute property taxes based on the revaluation.
Q: What if I don't agree with the new value of my property?
A: If you do not agree with your value, simply fill out the bottom two thirds of the revaluation notice, sign it, date it and give us a daytime phone number. Mail the form back to the Tax Office within 60 days of the date of the new revaluation notice, and we will review the property for which you are concerned. You must fill out the appeals part of the revaluation notice and return it to our office within 60 days of the date of the notice. Once we have completed our review, we will mail you a letter with our decision.
Q: Can I appeal beyond the informal hearing?
A: Yes. Following the informal hearing, a taxpayer may request to have a hearing before the Board of Equalization and Review. This five-member board will review the case again and make a decision. After the Board of Equalization and Review, taxpayers can appeal to the State Property Tax Commission and ultimately to the State Supreme Court.
Q: When will my taxes be due?
A: Tax bills are normally mailed in August and are due September 1. Taxpayers have until January 5 to pay tax bills without incurring interest.
Q: Where can I get more information?
A: You can contact the Harnett County Tax Office at 910-893-7521 or you may email your question to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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So, it has come down to this. The Republican Party, the unchallenged standard-bearer for conservative Christianity in America since Ronald Reagan was president, seems to be deciding between a sometimes-moderate, formerly pro-choice, Mormon, and an ethics-challenged serial philanderer with unfavorability numbers that would make any politician blanch, in their presidential primaries. The candidates who seemed to bank their support on evangelicals and conservative Christians: Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Rick Santorum, have seen their campaigns run out of steam, dismantle in a stream of never-ending gaffes, or slowly fade into the background. It's enough to make one wonder if the power of conservative Christianity in the United States is waning. Two recent articles at The New Republic debate this very question. The first, from Michael Kazin, argues that we are experiencing the twilight of the Christian Right.
"…contrary to the whims of lazy pundits, the waning of enthusiasm for battling over "social issues" is not due to higher concerns about jobs, the deficit, and the economic future […] Put simply, the Christian Right is getting old. According to the largest and most recent study we have of American religion and politics, by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell, almost twice as many people 18 to 29 confess to no faith at all as adhere to evangelical Protestantism. Young people who have attended college, a growing percentage of the population, are more secular still. Catholicism has held its own only because the Church keeps gathering in newcomers from Latin America, Africa, and Asia, few of whom are likely to show up at a Santorum rally. To their surprise, Putnam and Campbell discovered that conservative preachers infrequently discuss polarizing issues from the pulpit. Sermons about hunger and poverty far outnumber those about homosexuality or abortion. On any given Sunday, just one group of Christians routinely grapples with divisive political issues: black Protestants, the most reliably Democratic constituency of them all."
Kazin concludes that if conservative Christians "hope to transform our pluralistic, profane culture into a new Jerusalem", they will have to "find new holy battles to wage." So are the culture wars essentially over? Are Christian conservatives no longer kingmakers in the Republican Party? Not so fast, says Ed Kilgore, who notes that while the Christian Right has botched attempts to control this election cycle, news of their demise is greatly exaggerated.
"It is true that they have been less conspicuous in this campaign, and less united in candidate preferences. But if they haven't been able to pull their muscle behind a single candidate, that's not a sign that they are on the wane—it's a sign that, as far as the Republican Party is concerned, they have already won. Look at the potential nominees: Unlike 2008, no candidate in the field is pro-choice by any definition. Only Ron Paul seems reluctant to enact a national ban on same-sex marriage. Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum. and Herman Cain have been vocal in fanning the flames of Islamophobia; again, only Paul has bothered to dissent to any significant degree."
Kilgore points out that the fight over abortion, a key issue for Christian conservatives, is escalating at the state level, not diminishing, and that a "younger generation of culture warriors, some more radical than their elders, are just beginning to come into view." Indeed, if there's been one new phenomenon this year within Christian Right circles, its been the emergence of controversial neo-Pentecostal spiritual warriors into the mainstream. Journalist and author Jeff Sharlet has long argued against assertions that the Christian Right will fade away after a bad election or two, or because the current crop of leaders are growing old. That they have been a part of our spiritual makeup since the beginning.
"We don't like to consider the possibility that they are not newcomers to power but returnees, that the revivals that have been sweeping America with generational regularity since its inception are not flare-ups but the natural temperature of the nation. We can't conceive of the possibility that the dupes, the saps, the fools—the believers—have been with us from the very beginning, that their story about what America once was and should be seems to some great portion of the population more compelling, more just, and more beautiful than the perfunctory processes of secular democracy. Thus we are at a loss to account for this recurring American mood."
So should we worry about the Religious Right? In so far as they battle against the rights and freedoms of religious minorities, yes, we should. Bad candidates and legislative setbacks don't erase generations of grassroots organizing from the pulpits, and it would be folly to believe otherwise. Until demographics finally hit that magical tipping point, and conservative Christianity becomes simply one voice among many, vigilance is the watchword. As for Newt Gingrich's ethical problems, we should never forget that evangelicals love a good forgiven sinner.


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When a bomb planted by Libyan terrorists tore Pan Am flight 103 from the sky on December 21, 1988, 270 people — 259 of them on the plane and 11 more on the ground — were killed. When a Soviet MiG-23 fired two air-to-air missiles at Korean Air Lines flight 007 on September 1, 1983, 269 people were onboard. Because the bomb aboard the Pan Am flight detonated earlier than planned, it was possible for investigators to painstaking reconstruct the plane as part of the investigation to determine the perpetrators of the heinous crime. The Soviets, however, hampered the investigation of their own crime, with the result that substantial questions remain unanswered a generation later.
After KAL 007, President Reagan addressed the nation, referring to the incident as a "crime against humanity which must never be forgotten."
However, within a year, Reagan's administration was working to restore normal relations with the Soviet Union.
Among the passengers of KAL 007 was Rep. Larry McDonald (D-GA), who was both a member of the House of Representatives and chairman of the John Birch Society, but the "collateral damage" from the Soviet attack included another member of Congress: Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson (D-WA), whose last public appearance was at a press conference denouncing the Soviet Union. Sen. Jackson died of an aortic aneurysm on September 1, 1983.
In a Foreword to Jeffrey St. John's 1984 book on the KAL 007 attack, Day of the Cobra, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) recounted meeting the family of Neil Grenfell from flight 007 while his own plane, KAL 015, was on the ground at the Anchorage airport at the same time as KAL 007, and his immediate emotional connection with the two Grenfell daughters: "In the quiet of the night, I can still hear those precious children laughing. I can feel their little arms around my neck. I can see them waving good-bye and blowing kisses to me as they departed. I simply cannot accept their deaths. My mind rejects any notion that a civilized country could wantonly, intentionally, premeditatedly shoot down an unarmed plane loaded with innocent men, women, and children."
With time, Sen. Helms continued to make inquiry of Soviet, and later Russian, rulers seeking to determine what actually happened to the passengers of KAL 007. As was recounted for The New American last year,
In 1991, Senator Helms, as Minority Leader of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a report that noted: "KAL 007 probably ditched successfully, there may have been survivors, the Soviets have been lying massively, and diplomatic efforts need to be made to return the possible survivors."
On December 10, 1991, just five days after Senator Helms had written to President Boris Yeltsin of the newly established Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic concerning the whereabouts of U.S. servicemen who were POWs or MIAs, he sent a second letter to Yeltsin concerning KAL 007. Helms wrote: "One of the greatest tragedies of the Cold War was the shoot-down of the Korean Airlines flight KAL-007 by the Armed Forces of what was then the Soviet Union on September 1, 1983.... The KAL-007 tragedy was one of the most tense incidences of the entire Cold War. However, now that relations between our two nations have improved substantially, I believe that it is time to resolve the mysteries surrounding this event."
Nearly two decades later, those mysteries remain unresolved. In 2001, the International Committee for the Rescue of KAL 007 Survivors, Inc. was formed "to uncover and disseminate the truth about the KAL 007 incident and to effect the rescue and return home of its survivors." The committee maintains, "Japanese radar trackings, Soviet ground-to-ground and ground-to-air communications, KAL 007's flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, the debris (and lack thereof), eye-witness testimonies.... All these and more, when pieced together, tell of a plane which was, indeed, damaged, but which managed to land safely, and of passengers who survived and were rescued by the Russians — only to be imprisoned to this day." Although such a possibility stretches the limits of the imagination, the evidence which allows for the possibility of a controlled 'ditching' of the plane cannot be discounted.
Incidents of mass murder such as Pan Am 103 and KAL 007 may seem troublesome to the international agendas of the political elites, but for the families, and for those who remember the shock and horror which such acts of terrorism evoked in 1983 and 1988, the victims must never be forgotten, and the perpetrators of the crime forever held responsible— at least in the court of public opinion, if not before the bar of the justice of nations.
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Recently promoted Jason Kipnis hit for the cycle to highlight a 13-2 rout as Triple-A Columbus beat the Durham Bulls to claim the Governors' Cup in Game 4 of the best-of-5 Finals.
Kipnis and his new teammates piled on top of closer Vinnie Pestano, who fell to his knees in front of the mound after striking out Omar Luna to seal the win. The Clippers totaled 20 hits in dethroning Durham in its own park.
"Those never get old," Clippers manager Mike Sarbaugh said of the on-field celebration. "You work all year long. To be able to celebrate at the end, to be the winner, that's what you play for. You go through 144 games and the playoffs, so to be the last one to win, I think its very rewarding."
Columbus will face the Pacific Coast League champion -- Memphis or Tacoma -- for the Triple-A National Championship on Tuesday in Oklahoma City. The game will be televised nationally on Versus.
Kipnis, who made his Triple-A debut Tuesday in Game 1 of the Finals, went 4-for-5 and capped the cycle with an RBI triple in the sixth inning. The Indians' 2009 second-round pick out of Arizona State homered to right leading off the second, singled in the third and doubled and scored in the fifth.
The triple sealed the cycle, although Sarbaugh said he was the last to know.
"I didn't even realize it until he got to third. He mentioned it to me and it caught me off-guard," said Sarbaugh, who coaches third base. "I didn't realize it, but it's quite an accomplishment. He picked a great time to do it.
"He was really pumped. It was a bang-bang play, he got in safe. It's a very big accomplishment for him. Jason came here for the championship round and really swung the bat well, was a big part of helping us win this. He stepped up big for us."
For the Clippers, it's the eighth league championship in franchise history and the first since 1996, when they were a Yankees affiliate.
"At one point, the Clippers had the best record in the International League," said league president Randy Mobley. "Guys came and went, but at playoff time, they all answered the bell."
The Clippers raised the Cup and sprayed each other with champagne at home plate following a brief ceremony, with Sarbaugh taking a few bottles down the back of his jersey from elated players.
"I thought it was a really good season to develop players and be able to win here at the end," he said. "It's a testament to our player development system."
Columbus captured the Cup on solid pitching throughout the playoffs, posting a 2.33 ERA. But the lineup really came together in the Finals, outscoring the Bulls, 37-10, in four games.
"I thought the key to the first round and Finals was our starting pitching," Sarbaugh said. "And we feel good if we get deep into the games with guys like Vinnie, Jess Todd, Josh Judy -- to get to those guys late in the game, that was a real key to our success. Zach McAllister, Yohan Pino, Paulo Espino, that was the key to it. We swung the bats well this series, but the pitching was the key."
The Clippers last reached the Governors' Cup Finals in 1997, when they fell to Rochester. They finished the regular season 75-65, taking the Wild Card out of the North Division.
The Bulls, the iconic Rays affiliate, pulled out a dramatic walk-off win Thursday to keep their season alive but fell behind early in Game 4 and never got close. Mobley congratulated Durham, which led the league with 88 wins, and cited former ace Jeremy Hellickson, league MVP Dan Johnson and manager of the year Charlie Montoyo.
"I just told them after the game [Thursday] that I was proud the way we battled and came back," Sarbaugh said. "I was happy with our effort, what we brought to the game last night. I knew we'd come back ready."
Sure enough, the Clippers came out swinging, scoring four runs over the first two innings. Cord Phelps had an RBI grounder in the first before Kipnis launched his first postseason homer to start the second. Josh Rodriguez and Jose Constanza followed with RBIs for a 4-0 edge.
Rodriguez struck again with a two-run single in the fifth en route to a 3-for-5 night. Phelps drove in two more and Jared Goedert scored three runs and drove in one.
Jerad Head went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and went 8-for-16 with two homers, nine RBIs and seven runs scored in the series. He finished the postseason with a league-leading 13 hits.
"I'm really happy for Jerad Head," Sarbaugh said. "He was a guy who was up and down four times this year, so to be able to be here for the playoffs and be a big part of this championship, he really stepped in and swung the bat well."
Espino, who spent most of the season with Double-A Akron, held the Bulls to a pair of runs over six innings for his second playoff win. Aaron Laffey and Zach Putnam each threw an inning before Pestano finished it off.
Bulls starter Paul Phillips (1-1) lasted only 1 1/3 frames and was tagged for four runs on five hits. J.J. Furmaniak and Chris Richard drove in the runs for Durham.
The Clippers continued their tradition of growing beards once the postseason began. Sarbaugh said it was cool with him.
"The last few years, they'd do it for playoff time and I like it, it builds chemistry if the guys want to do it. I was all for it," he said.
And Kipnis, who arrived only days ago?
"He has a little bit of scruff," Sarbaugh laughed.
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You know you've arrived not only when you get invited to the State of the Union address, but when you're asked to sit next to the first lady herself. That's where General Motors' new CEO, Mary Barra, will be sitting tonight.
Barra, the first woman to lead a major auto manufacturer, was one of the guests singled out to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama for "represent(ing) the stories of millions of Americans across the country, who are working hard to better their communities, improve their own economic outcomes and help restore opportunity for all" according to the White House.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Facing the league's top scorer, Gordon Hayward did his best Kevin Durant impersonation.
"You always bring it against the best. He's an unbelievable player," Hayward said.
Hayward scored a career-high 37 points, including Utah's final 17 points, to overcome Kevin Durant's 48 points and lead the Jazz to a 112-101 win over Oklahoma City on Tuesday night.
"Once you hit a couple of tough ones then the basket starts looking pretty big. You feel like you can almost throw up anything and it will go in," Hayward said.
After the Thunder sliced a 24-point Jazz lead to 99-94, Hayward made five straight jumpers — two of them 3-pointers — as he personally outscored the Thunder 17-7 to clinch Utah's fourth straight home win.
"How about Gordon! He was huge. I mean we needed every last basket he made for us," Utah coach Tyrone Corbin said.
The Utah forward made 13 of 16 field goals and added 11 rebounds and seven assists to offset Durant, who matched this season's NBA high scoring total that he set against the Timberwolves on Saturday.
"I was in the zone a little bit tonight. It's finally good to be there. It's been a rough season shooting for me," said Hayward, who has been taking hundreds of shots late into the night at the practice facility during this home stand.
Hayward said he noticed on film that he'd been leaning back and fading away as he shot jumpers. He also felt he looked out of rhythm in his shooting motion. His accuracy had dropped below 40 percent before three straight games of making at least half his attempts.
"He got whatever he wanted. He was moving, cutting and getting everyone involved, and then it opened up for him," Durant said.
Without Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka, Durant took the ball nearly every possession in the fourth quarter. He missed all four final-period field-goal attempts but made 11 of 13 from the line in the final 12 minutes. Westbrook is out with a knee injury and Ibaka didn't dress because of flu-like symptoms.
Derrick Favors had 15 and Marvin Williams scored 12 to help snap the Thunder's eight-game road winning streak, two off the franchise record of 10 straight. Richard Jefferson, Enes Kanter and Trey Burke all had 10 points.
The Jazz easily drove the lane for draw-and-kicks, which led to a bevy of open jump shots. The Thunder looked visibly winded, playing at 4,250 feet above sea level at the tail end of a three-game-in-four-night stretch.
Favors capped an 11-2 run with a jumper to give the Jazz their largest lead at 84-60. The margin is Utah's second largest of the season, just behind a 28-point lead the Jazz had in Sacramento in a 122-101 win on Dec. 11.
But Durant kept attacking and the Jazz started missing after shooting well above 60 percent for much of the game. Utah finished at 58.8 percent and the team with the worst record in the Western Conference beat the top club in the conference.
The atmosphere turned testy in the fourth quarter when the Thunder fought back. Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks got a technical for crossing midcourt to protest a call with 10:16 to play. Moments later, official Zach Zarba prohibited a Jazz fan from throwing a ball in the air behind the basket while Durant shot free throws. Then Kanter was whistled for another technical with 9:19 remaining.
The Thunder used a 7-0 surge — all on free throws — to draw within 92-82.
Oklahoma City's comeback strangled the free-flowing Jazz offense for a time. Eight turnovers in the fourth quarter allowed the Thunder to trim the lead to 99-94 after Durant's two foul shots with 4:50 left.
"We fought. We fought, but we can't play just one quarter every game. We made too many mental mistakes and they capitalized on them," Durant said.
Ibaka, a 6-foot-10 forward, had not missed a game this season and is averaging career highs in points (14.1) and rebounds (8.7).
"We were missing one of the best presences at the rim, if not the best, in the league," Reggie Jackson said. "He cleans up a lot of our mistakes."
Outside of Durant, only Jackson reached double-figures in scoring with 20 and the Thunder shot 17.6 percent from outside the arc (6 of 34).
Jackson started for an injured Westbrook in all three matchups with the Jazz this season, and the Thunder won the first two. Oklahoma City had taken four straight and 10 of 12 in the series before Tuesday night.
"When you give a team confidence, it changes the whole game," Durant said.
Six of the Thunder's eight losses have been by eight or fewer points, and this one seemed destined to be just the second blowout defeat before Oklahoma City's comeback.
Down the stretch, Hayward looked a bit like Durant with floating jumpers, long 3s and drives to the hoop.
"G had a phenomenal game. We rode him to the win," Burks said.
NOTES: The Jazz waived forward Mike Harris on Tuesday. He appeared in 20 games this season, averaging 4.2 points and 1.7 rebounds in 11.3 minutes per game. … Utah's Andris Biedrins also didn't dress because of flu-like symptoms. … The Thunder sent forward Ryan Gomes to Boston and acquired two second-round draft picks from Memphis in a three-team deal. . After trying to guard Durant much of the game, Williams fouled out with 4:51 to play. . The Thunder dropped to 15-1 this season when Jackson scores above his season average of 12.8.


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I can't say that I'm a fan of 60 Minutes in general, but by and large I can ignore it, except when it cuts into The Amazing Race because some sort of sporting event ran long and threw off CBS's entire Sunday night lineup.
Last night Big Brother was the bumped show, because apparently announcers spent a good long time in shock that wunderkind Tiger Woods lost or something, and I lamely sat watching the end of the show shocked by how completely irrelevant Andy Rooney is now.
Typically when this show runs into TAR, he's griping about one of his pet peeves like a cantankerous old man and that's fine, it kind of reminds me of my grandpa, and I at least get it. I do work at TWoP, after all, and I appreciate people sounding off with their opinions. But yesterday my mind was boggled by the inanity that came out of his mouth.
He literally did his entire segment on things that exist. I'm not even remotely kidding.
He basically said that he was sitting at his desk earlier in the week thinking about all the tools he needs to do his job on a daily basis. These tools weren't iPhones, computers or even a Blackberry. Nope, not even close. Instead he marveled at elastics, a tape dispenser and a staple remover. Apparently in his world a staple remover is a fantastic invention that might even be more useful than the stapler itself.
Then he went on to expose his antiquated ways when he wielded a letter opener and informed the world that it didn't get much use anymore. Not because most people send emails or text messages, but because he has a woman who opens his mail for him. For a moment, I thought that Mad Men started early. Lastly, he showed off his telephone, a model that probably was made circa 1989, but at least it didn't have a rotary dial. He half-heartedly lamented the fact that he gets unwanted phone calls.
I hate to pick on an older guy for being out of touch, but even my nearly 90-year-old grandma is more aware of technology. And isn't there a producer on this show who has veto power on what actually gets filmed for this? Is there not bigger news in the world that could be reported during this time? Or at least could Rooney comment on something that happened in this decade? Perhaps a segment on how the stapler industry is struggling in this tough economy because the world is becoming increasingly paperless and instead relying on emails and such? Just a thought. Pointing at things on your desk isn't a newsy segment, and certainly doesn't deserve primetime promotion... even if it was just by accident.
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We've been combing through court records, with certain limitations. We looked at lawsuits and bankruptcies since the shows started airing ... and all divorces, regardless of date.
- DIVORCES: The ladies of "Real Housewives of Orange County" took top honors with 12.
- LAWSUITS: It's a tie!!! The casts of "Real Housewives of Atlanta" and "Real Housewives of New Jersey" each have a total of 8.
- BANKRUPTCIES: "Real Housewives of D.C." won with 2.
As for the losers, we know ... it's an honor just to be nominated.


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It's one of the questions that veteran religion writers hear all the time in their newsrooms and usually struggle to answer. You are sitting at your desk and, let's say, a business writer walks up and asks: How many Jews are there in the state of Colorado? Or maybe it's a larger-scale question, such as: How many Southern Baptists are there in the United States, really? Or try this one: News stories keep saying that liberal Protestant churches are in statistical free fall, but does anyone have hard numbers that people on both sides of that debate would agree are accurate?
The religion writer rolls her or his eyes, hearing this, and tries to explain that large-scale numbers of this kind are almost meaningless when covering religion stories because all of these groups use different standards for membership and some update their membership rolls more often than others and, and, and, so forth. The business writer scowls and says, "Gee thanks a lot (or words to that effect). All I needed was one solid number for the background paragraph in my story."
So what are reporters supposed to do?
As a rule, I used to tell newsroom colleagues that you can quote national and regional statistics for individual groups, knowing that they are flawed, or you can quote the U.S. Religion Census or similar large-scale efforts, knowing that they are still flawed, but tend to be consistent over time.
At the local level, all you could really do is quote the number of congregations and then focus on attendance patterns. When in doubt, you have to go sit in pews and count people and then ask the congregational leaders to discuss the patterns. In the end, the numbers you really want for local coverage are (a) the number of congregations and (b) the average attendance in weekly services.
I experienced this Godbeat flashback while reading a short, but very clear, report by the Peggy Fletcher Stack in The Salt Lake City Tribune that focused on a question that will probably be asked a zillion times or more in the next six months. That urgent question: How many Mormons are there in the United States, anyway?
In this case, this veteran religion-beat pro had to walk readers through several levels of statistical twists and turns. The result is complex, but clear.
The hook for the story, she explains, was an eyebrow-raising number in the U.S. Religion Census:
Its report pegged U.S. Mormon growth at 45.5 percent, jumping from 4,224,026 in 2000 to 6,144,582 in 2010. The 2000 figure, though, was much lower than the 5,208,827 listed in the LDS Church's almanac. If researchers had been given that figure, the percentage of growth would have been considerably smaller, closer to 18 percent. ...
Here's how the LDS Church explains the discrepancy between the 2000 Religion Census figure and its own almanac for the same year.
"Total [LDS] Church membership numbers are derived from those individuals who have been baptized or born into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," spokesman Scott Trotter said Wednesday. "They are neither projections nor estimates." Trotter acknowledged that, in past years, LDS membership figures reported to the census researchers "were understated."
For those years, he said, the LDS Church "left out numbers of members who, although baptized, were not currently associated with a specific congregation. This year, we included total membership numbers to more accurately reflect all of those found on church records."
You can see clearly the dilemma in this shift. If accuracy is the goal, should religious leaders pick one big computer-records-based statistic or attempt to nail down a number that is real, but almost impossible to know -- which is the pew-level reality, which is then projected nationwide?
A Church of the Nazarene official, given several paragraphs to explain the basics, says that Mormon leaders have essentially decided to use a method that resembles the formula used in most Protestant bodies.
What you end up with, of course, is a number that includes Mormons who rarely ever pass through the doors of their local stake, let alone the doors of a regional temple. This is where Stack's story gets especially interesting.
The LDS Church does not remove any name from the list unless the person is excommunicated, asks to be removed or is dead. That means that a large number of members remain on the rolls who no longer attend or even consider themselves to be Mormon.
"We estimate that only 40 percent of LDS Church members in the U.S. attend church regularly," said Matt Martinich, an independent researcher who studies Mormon demographics for cumorah.com. "That number varies by region -- some areas have very high attendance like 70 percent and some as low as 20 percent."
Martinich gets that activity rate by comparing the ratio of members to congregations, LDS seminary and institute enrollment, and member and missionary reports.
Personally, I was fascinated that the Mormon pew rate estimate -- 40 percent -- was so similar to the national rate for Americans who claim (think decades of Gallup Polls) to attend some kind of worship service on a weekly basis. I was also intrigued by the reference to regional differences among Mormons. Where is that 70 percent number the norm? What region has so many "Jack Mormons" that the attendance figures are down around 20 percent? Is that Utah or Nevada?
Looking ahead: Is it time to admit that there is no monolithic "Mormon voter" or, to cut to the chase, "Mormon donor"?


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Yesterday's sentencing of Russia's most prominent opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was just the latest in a steady stream of blows to the democracy that President Vladimir Putin has ruled with near-dictatorial authority for more than a decade. Navalny, an anticorruption activist, was given a 5-year prison sentence for what most observers say are trumped up charges of embezzlement.
If you know anything about Navalny, or about Pussy Riot, or about new laws in Russia that erode freedom of speech, punish gays and lesbians, and intimidate nongovernmental organizations, there's a good chance you've read the work of Masha Gessen, Miriam Elder, or Michael Idov.
Gessen is the author of, most recently, The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin (as well as an upcoming book for Tablet's sister organization's Jewish Encounters series), and a regular contributor to the New York Times. Elder is on her last days as Moscow bureau chief for the Guardian (she is moving to Buzzfeed later this month, where she'll be the site's foreign editor). Idov is editor in chief of Russia GQ. All three are children of Soviet refuseniks and have dedicated the past few years (or, in Gessen's case, the past two decades) of their journalistic careers to understanding what's happening in Russia and to making that place comprehensible to the rest of us. Reporters of similar backgrounds have come before them (New Yorker and Tablet Magazine contributor Julia Ioffe among them), but they are the few holdouts. As the picture from there turns grimmer, and in light of their parents' experiences, one has to wonder how much longer they'll stick around.
In today's Vox Tablet, contributor Julia Barton speaks to each of them about why they've chosen to live and work in the place from which their parents fled, what they want their readers to understand about life and politics in Russia, and what sort of future they see there, for themselves and for the country. [Running time: 14:00.]


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NFL superstar lists insane mansion for $3.5 million
This prime piece of real estate would be a touchdown for any buyer with nearly $4 million handy.
Famed NFL running back LaDainian Tomlinson, aka "L.T.," is once again listing his California abode, after two years of attempts to find a buyer.
The home features a colorful pool in the backyard with waterfalls, a grotto, and the best part: a pirate-y rope bridge!
After you invite everyone over for the pool party of the year, they'll need a place to crash and this house has more than enough room.
The spacious 9,610 square feet of living space is highlighted by 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, a movie theater, gourmet kitchen, salt water aquarium, and custom finishes. There's also a barbecue pavillion, basketball court, and golf green on the property.
If you want to scoop up this awesome pad, you'll have to plunk down the $3.495 million asking price.


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