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FAIRFIELD -- When it comes to playing collegiate baseball in June, there are no bad destinations.
For the second straight season the Sacred Heart Pioneers are headed south for the NCAA Regionals where they will open play against top-seed North Carolina State Friday night (7 p.m.) at Doak Field at Dail Park in Raleigh, N.C. No. 2 Vanderbilt and No. 3 University of North Carolina-Wilmington are also in the field.
"The guys are all excited and we're looking forward to it," said SHU coach Nick Giaquinto on Monday afternoon at the Pitt Center while watching ESPN's NCAA Tournament selection show. "You are sitting around waiting and you have no idea where you are going to go. We looked at all the regions and we had a pretty good idea they would be keeping us on the East Coast. ... It's not a surprise."
The Wolfpack (39-17) are the second straight Atlantic Coast Conference site for the Pioneers (25-30), who went to Clemson, S.C., last season and lost to the host Tigers and UConn in the double-elimination regional. SHU also made the 2006 tournament, but was defeated by the host Georgia Bulldogs and Jacksonville.
Northeast Conference teams have not had much success once they have advanced to the NCAAs.
"No team in the NEC has ever won a game in the regional -- it would be pretty cool to come out with one," said SHU junior shortstop John Murphy, who won a state title at Seymour in 2007. "It would be awesome."
The Pioneers, who along with Creighton are the only teams with losing records in the 64-team field, carry some momentum in with an 11-4 record over the last four weekends. Included in that stretch is a three-game sweep in the NEC at Dodd Stadium in Norwich. Once again Shepaug Valley graduate Troy Scribner, Nick Leiningen and Waterbury native Kody Kerski went the distance in their outings to help SHU repeat.
"We all just throw strikes," said Scribner, who was the tourney MVP two weeks ago. "We have some pitchers who throw some good off-speed stuff and we get people out. We've been doing it all year and it's worked out."
SHU figures to need its entire arsenal in Raleigh, especially in the opener against a Wolfpack squad that is 25-4 at home. N.C. State is led by ACC Pitcher of the Year Carlos Rodon, a 6-foot-3 southpaw who posted a 9-0 record and 1.46 ERA as a freshman after turning down the Milwaukee Brewers last summer after being taken in the 16th round out of high school.
Scribner, who went 7-5 with a 4.04 ERA, said the team learned last spring against Clemson how good the talent can be at regionals.
"Pitching is going to be tough," he said. "No matter where we go there's going to be a team where in the NEC their three-hitter could be one through nine on the teams we are going to play. ... Last year we had no idea what we were getting into. We came in and battled but they were way better than us."
SHU enters the NCAAs with nine freshmen, but has upperclassmen leadership from players like Murphy, Scribner, and Masuak graduate Hunter Phillips, a senior third baseman. And no player on the roster has ever missed out on conference tournament play in their college careers.
"We know what we are in for and what to prepare for," Scribner said.
Regardless of their preparation going into the weekend, the Pioneers remain an underdog just like most mid-majors at tournament time.
"I think the experience is definitely going to help," Giaquinto said. "Most of these guys have been to a regional. Last year we prepared our butts off but just didn't perform to well. Hopefully this year we will continue to prepare well and just play better."
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Fixed motors node to work around pwm driver bug
The node can now only do writes to /dev/pwm*, because doing both readsand writes causes the fstream to try seeking, which fails because it'snot supported by the driver. Then the fstream refuses to do any more io.
Fixed teleop with new units, and changes the refresh rate to be closer to true m/s.
Continuing work on standardization of units.
Added flush to motors node so hardware values actually change
Finished adding gpio control to motors node
I changed the Motor constructor to take pin numbers instead of filenames, and construct the file names itself. All that remains in testing.
Added forward/backward support to motors node
Changed motors node to write to pwm device files
Small tidying up.
Took out unneeded gensrv() in buttons, which caused a compilation warning, and made miniscule style changes to motors.cpp.
Updated the licensing information in many files.
This is a broken commit because I decided to do this at a bad time. Sorry! The build will be working after next commit, I promise (and I won't push till then). This commit reflects the licensing in the files after I used my auto-add/remove script.
actually removing what I removed
Made a lot of changes to the general structure.
Applied object-orienting techniques to the code, cleaning it up considerably. Major design changes are as follows:
Updated motors code.
Changed the definitions for the set_motors message, which forced a fewimplementation changes as well.
Changed "libscout_node" to "node" and "n" to "node" in other packages.
Updated the motors class and set_motors message.
Still todo: update the query_motors service, make the util file exported as a library.
Fixed bugs I saw in headlights code. Fixed object parameter missing error. Added no-set capability to headlights. Changed attribution in motors. Fixed CMakeLists.txt due to error I put in there on my last commit (extra comma). Should compile now. I'm sorry if it doesn't.
Updated motors.cpp and motors.h with small stylistic changes.
Added code inside motors.cpp to set and read individual speeds in different units. Also added appropriate headers to motors.h, and units field to query_motors.srv and set_motors.msg
Updated motors.cpp and motors.h to comply with coding standards and doxygen.
Changed the module comments so motors are properly labeled as a the motor module.Chaned indentation to four spaces.Put braces on a new line.
Edited manifest.xml and mainpage.dox to have better descriptions.
Added the ROS stack with the libscout, motors, and sonar packages to the reposititory, and associated files. There are probably still things missing. Libscout won't run properly, but it and motors will compile. Sonar is probably broken, but nothing depends on it yet, so this shouldn't be an issue.
Created first version of git repository; added libscout and motors packages.
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NEW YORK — Scientists reported more progress Thursday with a method of creating stem cells without using embryos.
The advance in cell reprogramming by researchers in Boston was praised as a more efficient way of turning skin cells into stem cells, a step toward developing new medical treatments. One expert said the new approach might be the first practical way to make such cells for creating new tissue to treat conditions like diabetes and Parkinson's disease.
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In 2007, when scientists first reported they had reprogrammed skin cells into stem cells, it was hailed as an alternative to getting stem cells from embryos, which are then destroyed. Since then, researchers have been working on fine-tuning the method.
Embryonic stem cells, which have the ability to morph into any type of cell, continue to be controversial. Last month, a U.S. judge cut off federal funding for research with them. (A different court ruled Tuesday that funding could resume while legal arguments proceed.)
The reprogramming produces what scientists call iPS cells, for induced pluripotent stem cells.
The technology first used to make them involved disrupting the DNA of the skin cells. That method would introduce a risk of cancer to any patient who got transplanted tissue derived from the iPS cells. So researchers have been developing alternate methods.
The new approach is more efficient than earlier efforts and avoids tampering with DNA, said Derrick Rossi of Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. He and his colleagues reported the work in a paper published online Thursday by the journal Cell Stem Cell.
Their technique treats skin cells with modified forms of RNA, a chemical cousin of DNA that normally transmits instructions from genes to the protein-making machinery of the cell. Rossi has patented the technique and formed a company to use it.
Experts unconnected with the study praised the work.
The method appears to be highly efficient, which implies the resulting iPS cells will be of good quality, said Marius Wernig, an iPS researcher at Stanford University.
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It will take further work to see if the initial promise is borne out, Wernig said. If so, it would be the first practical method for generating iPS cells that could be used for transplant therapies, he said.
"If it turns out to be a very efficient way of generating iPS cells without any genetic modification, then it would be a big advance," Wernig said.
Kathrin Plath of the University of California, Los Angeles, called the work "very impressive" and said it appears to show the best approach so far for making such cells for transplant tissue.
"We will definitely try this method here at UCLA," she said in an e-mail.
Still, further study is needed to confirm the benefits of the new approach, she said.
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When Old Republic launched, World of Warcraft was its main competition. Now that Guild Wars 2 has come in and kicked a whole lotta doors down, the two "big" RPGs face the same up-and-coming threat.
They'll never actually stand together, of course, but still, the idea makes for some lovely fan art. This piece originally appeared in Level Magazine, and was done by Genzoman, an artist who we're big, big fans of.
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The celebrated Mark Morris Dance Group will soon bring its energy and style, its live music repertoire and several local dancers to enthrall audiences at the Mason Center for the Arts.
Where and When
Mark Morris Dance Group at George Mason University, Center for the Arts, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. Performances: Feb, 8-9, 2013, at 8 p.m. Tickets: $23, $38 and $46. Call 888-945-2468 or visit cfa.gmu.edu. Note: A pre-performance discussion, free to ticket holders, begins 45 minutes prior to each performance.
George Mason University Dance Gala at George Mason University, Center for the Arts, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. Performances: March 22-23, 2013, at 8 p.m. Tickets: $12-$20. Call 888-945-2468. General information call 703-993-1114 or visit: http://dance.gmu.edu">dance.gmu.edu.
The Mark Morris Dance Group features Mason alumni Rita Donahue (2002) of Fairfax, and Billy Smith (2007) of Fredericksburg. Mark Morris dancer Spencer Ramirez is from Springfield and attended The Juilliard School in New York City.
The dance troupe will perform pieces not seen in the company's previous visits to the Fairfax County area. They include "The Office," a work for seven dancers performed to live music of Dvorak, "Socrates," set to a piano composition of Erik Satie and "Festival Dance," a work for 12 dancers with music of a Hummel Piano Trio. Performances are Feb. 8-9.
The Mason School of Dance faculty also includes several Mark Morris Dance Group alumni such as Dan Joyce and Susan Shields. Shields danced with the White Oak Project, a venture of Mark Morris and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Joyce danced for about 10 years with the Morris group.
Joyce described the Mason School of Dance program as "building and developing employable professional dancers. Students also have the opportunity to receive training from the very best touring professional dancers and choreographers from all over the United States, in a wonderful facility."
In a recent interview, Mason alumni Billy Smith noted that auditioning for entry into the Mason School of Dance and being accepted did much to provide direction for his nascent professional dance dreams. "Mason provided a wide spectrum of dance experiences for me to know and learn; a rainbow of dance backgrounds and styles so I could gain knowledge from the best to do what I loved doing."
Smith is giving back to current Mason dance students. He is choreographing a new dance work for this year's annual Mason Dance Gala scheduled for March 22-23. Smith not only auditioned and selected 11 dancers and six understudies to perform in his premiere work. "It has been an intense rehearsal process, but so fulfilling," said Smith. "We work together in collaboration to create the final work the audience will see and hear." Smith's work will use music of Dvorak as accompaniment.
You can't go wrong to come see and hear the Mark Morris performances or the Dance Gala, noted Joyce: "If you love music please do come, and if you love dance do come."


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Lester del Rey
Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction imprint of Ballantine Books, along with his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.
Lester del Rey
Judy-Lynn and Lester del Rey at Minicon in Minneapolis, 1974
|Leonard Knapp
June 2, 1915
Saratoga, Minnesota, United States
|May 10, 1993 (aged 77)
New York City, New York, United States
|Pen name
|John Alvarez, Marion Henry, Philip James, Philip St. John, Charles Satterfield, Erik van Lhin, Kenneth Wright
|Writer, editor
|Fantasy, science fiction
|Helen Schlaz (second of four, m. 1945), Evelyn Harrison, Judy-Lynn Benjamin
Birth nameEdit
Del Rey often told people his real name was Ramon Felipe Alvarez-del Rey (and sometimes even Ramon Felipe San Juan Mario Silvio Enrico Smith Heartcourt-Brace Sierra y Alvarez del Rey y de los Uerdes). He also claimed that his family was killed in a car accident in 1935. However, his sister has confirmed that his name was in fact Leonard Knapp, and the accident in 1935 killed his first wife but not his parents, brother, or sister.[1]
Del Rey first started publishing stories in pulp magazines in the late 1930s, at the dawn of the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction. He was associated with the most prestigious science fiction magazine of the era, Astounding Science Fiction, from the time its editor John W. Campbell published his first short story in the April 1938 issue: "The Faithful", already under the name Lester del Rey. The December 1938 issue featured his story "Helen O'Loy" which was selected for the prestigious anthology The Science Fiction Hall of Fame. By the end of 1939 he had also placed stories in Weird Tales (edited by Farnsworth Wright) and Unknown (Campbell),[2] which featured more horror and more fantasy respectively. In the 1950s, del Rey was one of the main authors writing science fiction for adolescents (along with Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton). During this time some of his fiction was published under the name "Erik van Lhin".[citation needed]
During a period when del Rey's work was not selling well, he worked as a short order cook at the White Tower Restaurant in New York. After he married his second wife, Helen Schlaz, in 1945, he quit that job to write full-time. After meeting Scott Meredith at the 1947 World Science Fiction Convention, he began working as a first reader for the new Scott Meredith Literary Agency, where he also served as office manager.[3][4][5]
He later became an editor for several pulp magazines and then for book publishers. During 1952 and 1953, del Rey edited several magazines: Space SF, Fantasy Fiction, Science Fiction Adventures (as Philip St. John), Rocket Stories (as Wade Kaempfert), and Fantasy Fiction (as Cameron Hall).[6] Also during 1952, his first two novels were published in the Winston juvenile series, one with an Italian-language edition in the same year.[2]
In 1957, del Rey and Damon Knight co-edited a small amateur magazine named Science Fiction Forum. During a debate about symbolism within the magazine, del Rey accepted Knight's challenge to write an analysis of the James Blish story "Common Time" that showed the story was about a man eating a ham sandwich.[7] Del Rey was most successful editing with his fourth wife, Judy-Lynn del Rey, at Ballantine Books (as a Random House property, post-Ballantine) where they established the fantasy and science fiction imprint Del Rey Books in 1977.[8]
After science fiction gained respectability and began to be taught in classrooms, del Rey stated that academics interested in the genre should "get out of my Ghetto."[9][10] Del Rey stated that "to develop science fiction had to remove itself from the usual critics who viewed it from the perspective of [the] mainstream, and who judged its worth largely on its mainstream values. As part of that mainstream, it would never have had the freedom to make the choices it did – many of them quite possibly wrong, but necessary for its development."[11] For a number of years in the 1970s, Del Rey, himself, helmed the review column for Analog Science Fiction and Fact entitled The Reference Library.
Del Rey was a member of an all-male literary banqueting club, the Trap Door Spiders, which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers, the Black Widowers. Del Rey was the model for "Emmanuel Rubin".[12]
"There is no writer in this field who is more steadfast in practicing the rule that fiction is first of all entertainment", Algis Budrys said in 1965. Reporting that the stories in a collection of del Rey's fiction could not be dated by reading them, Budrys stated that he had remained a successful writer because "del Rey has remained his own individual ... he writes for himself, and his readers". Budrys said that[13]
The typical del Rey character is an individual who is trying to do the decent thing to the best of his ability. The typical del Rey story problem is that of a good and faithful being trying to understand a complex situation which prevents his immediately knowing the decent thing to do. When he writes a story whose problem becomes apparent only in the last paragraphs, this is frequently the nature of his "trick" ending — the mood is not shock but sorrow; the payoff is not in some irrevocable destruction of this personality but in the reader's realization that even a decent individual must pay the price of ignorance.
Normally, del Rey even then leaves an opening for the protagonist to grow and go on in, and even his worst losers retrieve something — call it dignity.
Del Rey was awarded the 1972 E. E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (the "Skylark") by the New England Science Fiction Association for "contributing significantly to science fiction, both through work in the field and by exemplifying the personal qualities that made the late "Doc" Smith well-loved by those who knew him". He also won a special 1985 Balrog Award for his contributions to fantasy, voted by fans and organized by Locus Magazine. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him its 11th SFWA Grand Master in 1990, presented 1991.[14][15]
Selected worksEdit
- Marooned on Mars (1952)
- Rocket Jockey as Philip St. John (1952)
- Attack from Atlantis (1953)
- Battle on Mercury as Erik Van Lhin (1953)
- The Mysterious Planet as Kenneth Wright (1953)
- Rockets to Nowhere as Philip St. John (1954)
- Step to the Stars (1954)
- For I Am A Jealous People (1954)
- Preferred Risk (1955) with Frederik Pohl [as by Edson McCann]
- Mission to the Moon (1956)
- Nerves (1956)
- Police Your Planet as Erik Van Lhin (1956)
- Day of the Giants (1959)
- Moon of Mutiny (1961)
- The Eleventh Commandment (1962)
- Outpost of Jupiter (1963)
- The Sky Is Falling (1963)
- Badge of Infamy (1963)
- The Runaway Robot (1965)
- The Infinite Worlds of Maybe (1966)
- Rocket from Infinity (1966)
- The Scheme of Things (1966)
- Siege Perilous (1966)
- Tunnel Through Time (1966)
- Prisoners of Space (1968)
- Pstalemate (1971)
- Weeping May Tarry (1978) with Raymond F. Jones
Short fiction collectionsEdit
- ... And Some Were Human (1948)
- Robots and Changelings (1957)
- The Sky is Falling and Badge of Infamy (1966)
- Mortals and Monsters (1965)
- Gods and Golems (1973)
- The Early del Rey (1975)
- The Early del Rey: Vol 1 (1976)
- The Early del Rey: Vol 2 (1976)
- The Best of Lester del Rey (1978)
- War and Space (2009)
- Robots and Magic (2010)
- Rockets Through Space (1957)
- Space Flight, General Mills, Inc. 1958, 1957; Golden Press, 1959
- The Mysterious Earth (1960)
- The Mysterious Sea (1961)
- The Mysterious Sky (1964)
- The World of Science Fiction, 1926-1976: the History of a Subculture (1980)
As editorEdit
- The Year After Tomorrow with Carl Carmer & Cecile Matschat (1954)
- Best Science Fiction of the Year #1-#5 (1972–1976)
- ^ "People & Publishing". Locus. Locus Publications. January 2008. p. 8.
- ^ a b Lester del Rey at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2013-04-12. Select a title to see its linked publication history and general information. Select a particular edition (title) for more data at that level, such as a front cover image or linked contents.
- ^ Moskowitz, Sam (1966). Seekers of Tomorrow. World Publishing Company. p. 181.
- ^ Knight, Damon (1977). The Futurians. John Day. p. 180. ISBN 0-381-98288-2.
- ^ Davin, Eric Leif (1999). "From Wisconsin to Mars: A Conversation with Raymond F. Gallun". Pioneers of Wonder: 216.
- ^ Ashley, Michael (1975). The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 3: 1946-1955. CBI. p. 331. ISBN 0-8092-7841-3.
- ^ Knight, Damon (1996). In Search of Wonder. Advent:Publishers. p. 284. ISBN 0-911682-31-7.
- ^ Davin, Eric Leif (1999). Pioneers of Wonder. Prometheus Books. p. 226. ISBN 1-57392-702-3.
- ^ Letson, Russell (1994). "Contributions to the Critical Dialogue: As an Academic Sees It". Science Fiction Fandom: 230–232.
- ^ Ashley, Michael (2007). Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1970-1980. Liverpool University Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-84631-003-4.
- ^ Davin, Eric Leif (1999). Pioneers of Wonder. Prometheus Books. pp. 14–15. ISBN 1-57392-702-3.
- ^ Asimov, Isaac (1994). I. Asimov: A Memoir. Doubleday. pp. 380–383. ISBN 0-385-41701-2.
- ^ Budrys, Algis (December 1965). "Galaxy Bookshelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 147–156.
- ^ "del Rey, Lester" Archived 2010-10-25 at the Wayback Machine. The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index to Literary Nominees. Locus Publications. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
- ^ "Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master" Archived 2011-07-01 at the Wayback Machine. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). Retrieved 2013-04-02.
- Citations
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. pp. 135–136. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
External linksEdit
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- Works by Lester Del Rey at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Lester del Rey at Internet Archive
- Works by Lester del Rey at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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- Lester del Rey at the Internet Book List


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Can Gatorade Reach Goal To Regain Ground With G Series?
February 6, 2010: PepsiCo's Gatorade still owns a Goliath's share of the sports drink category at more than 80%. But Gatorade's share used to be over 90%. Last year, it repositioned itself as 'G," but still saw sales decline and even discontinued its under-performing Tiger Focus along with some other lines, not because of Tiger Woods' personal problems but "to make room for our planned series of innovative products in 2010." Industry analysts said that Gatorade sales were down 14% through the first three-quarters of 2009 and that TIger Focus was down almost 35% versus the previous year.
Meanwhile, the Davids of the category, which overall has taken a sales hit, have been grabbing some of Gatorade's defecting consumers in what has been a vibrant attempt to bring the giant down, including Coca-Cola's PowerAde, which has about 25% of the market, sibling Glaceau Vitaminwater, Mott's Accerade and All-Sport.
Concurrently, Gatorade has had a significant shake up in marketing, naming Jennifer Storms as svp-sports marketing last June to replace Jeff Urban, who resigned that month after 10 years with the company; and hiring Andrea Fairchild as vp-marketing last month, filling a position vacated by John Galloway in November.
For the second time in as many years, Gatorade is undergoing a complete transformation. The brand is now unveiling G Series in an attempt to "stake out new ground by delivering a broader product line to help address the sports performance needs of more athletes," according to PepsiCo. G Series is described as "a new line of sports performance products that provide the fluid, fuel, and nutrients athletes need before, during, and after a workout, practice or competition."
The official launch has come during Super Bowl XLIV week, where the brand set up a Gatorade Performance Lab and had visits from NFL players including Eli Manning, Matthew Stafford, Tony Gonzalez, D'Brickashaw Ferguson and Vincent Jackson, as well as upcoming draft selections Sam Bradford and Tim Tebow. During the game itself, consumers will see a Web spot and prime product placement, with a new logo, in territory that Gatorade continues to own — along the sidelines. Either Sean Payton, head coach of the New Orleans Saints, or Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell will get doused with a G Series product on national TV.
Afterward, marketing will continue to utilize Gatorade's extensive roster, including Usain Bolt, Serena Williams, Peyton Manning, Misty May-Treanor, Dwyane Wade, Derek Jeter, Ellery Hollingsworth and Landon Donovan. Support will include print, online and experiential activation. Lead agency is TBWA\Chiat\Day, Los Angeles.
"Our goal is to leverage our scientific resources and knowledge of athletes to redefine the sports performance nutrition landscape," Sarah Robb O'Hagan, CMO for Gatorade, said in a statement. "As a first step, we are innovating our product lineup to meet a greater range of needs for more athletes."
Each product of the G Series is designed to meet the distinct performance needs around workout or competition usage: Gatorade Prime 01 for use within 15 minutes of a workout or competition; Gatorade Perform 02/Thirst Quencher for use during physical activity; Gatorade Perform 02/G2, a low-calorie drink during exercise; and Gatorade Recover 03 to provide hydration and muscle recovery benefits after exercise.
"Every successful brand evolution delivers a one-two punch of image and innovation, and the G Series is a major step on our journey from a sports drink to a sports performance innovation company," said O'Hagan. "For too long, this category has relied on flavor extensions and it's time to reset the clock in terms of functionality, and that's what we're doing in 2010."
The TV spot, "The Journey," is played out to 2010 NFL playoff scenes of players in action, on the sidelines and in the locker room, interspersed with shots of Gatorade products being used. In voiceover, rap musician/actor Common explains, "Twelve begin the second season. Twelve tribes converge . . . But 12 become eight . . . eight become four . . . four become two." The spot concludes with shots of both the Colts and Saints before text reads, "Only one will be remembered." The full spot runs a minute and a half but Gatorade will also break it into 15- and 30-second slots.
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Suspect in David Rivera campaign-finance scandal charged Friday with federal crimes
A former candidate under FBI investigation with former U.S. Rep David Rivera surrendered Friday afternoon and was to be charged with federal crimes over his campaign finances.
The charges against Justin Lamar Sternad stem from an investigation by the newspapers, which first found discrepancies in his congressional campaign-finance reports last August.
The FBI then began investigating Sternad, whose reports could have concealed as much as $100,000 in services and mailers, some of which attacked a Democratic rival of Rivera, who is a Republican.
Sternad is to surrender 2 p.m. Friday in federal court and be charged with lying on his federal campaign reports to hide the source of secret money funneled into his run for Congress. Sternad will also be charged with conspiring with others as part of the alleged scheme to defraud the United States.
Sternad, cooperating with authorities, is expected to plead not guilty. His lawyer, Enrique "Rick" Yabor, refused comment.
Although Rivera is a target of the investigation, his name is nowhere in the indictment of Sternad, a source told the newspapers.
Sternad and two campaign vendors who performed work for him have talked to the FBI and a federal grand jury to describe Rivera's involvement in Sternad's mercurial bid for Congress, which ended Aug. 14 when he lost the Democratic primary to Joe Garcia, who later beat Rivera in the general election.
A close friend of Rivera's, Ana Alliegro, worked as Sternad's campaign manager and repeatedly delivered fat stacks of cash to Rapid Mail & Computer Service, owner John Borrero told The Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald and then the FBI.
Another vendor, Hugh Cochran of Campaign Data, told the newspapers and FBI agents that he spoke with Rivera about running computer queries to identify voters to whom the different mailers were sent.
A third vendor, Expert Printing, produced the mailers but has refused to talk to The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald.
Rivera has denied wrongdoing. He could not be reached for comment on Thursday.
Alliegro, who was supposed to talk to the FBI in September, skipped out on her meeting with federal agents and is rumored to be overseas. Initially, Alliegro's parents and lawyer didn't know her whereabouts. Now she has been in contact with them.
Without Alliegro's testimony, federal authorities could have trouble determining Rivera's actual links to the unreported stacks of cash that funded Sternad's campaign.
Sternad became a FBI target soon after a series of stories published in The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald that raised questions about his campaign during the Democratic primary. Sternad had sent out at least a dozen well-designed mailers targeted to different types of voters: environmentalists, African-Americans, immigration hard-liners and those with rural sentiments.
One of the mailers, sent to women, savaged Joe Garcia for his divorce. The mailer echoed a line of attack that originated with Rivera.
Garcia's campaign, which refused comment Thursday, found the sophisticated campaign work highly suspicious for a political newcomer with no name and little money. Sternad, a married father of five and employed at a Miami Beach hotel, had had financial troubles in the past.
Yet, despite the expensive mailings, Sternad's campaign-finance reports at the time listed no campaign vendors and claimed he raised only $11,383.60, which wasn't nearly enough to cover the cost of the mailers through July. After the campaign vendors told The Herald and El Nuevo Herald that many of Sternad's expenses were paid in cash and far exceeded the amounts listed in his reports, Sternad then claimed he loaned himself $64,356.70 — a huge sum for someone whose assets were minimal.
"I did not previously report this loan because I was unaware of the final monetary obligation incurred by my campaign," Sternad wrote to the Federal Election Commission.
"I have now received invoices for the expenditures," he wrote, "and this amendment represents satisfaction of those invoices."
Experts say it's a federal crime to knowingly file false federal campaign-finance reports. And those who willfully and knowingly file the documents cannot necessarily escape prosecution by amending the reports after the fact.
Sternad, when it was time to file his campaign close-out report, decided to do no more harm. He filed 17 blank pages with the FEC.
And Sternad took the extraordinary steps of invoking his right against self-incrimination in an Oct. 19 letter.
"On counsel's advice, I invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States not to answer or submit the information requested on FEC Form 3, on the grounds that I may incriminate myself," Sternad wrote.
"Please refer all additional inquires to my attorney, Rick L. Yabor."
Soon, Sternad began cooperating with authorities. Sources say he never came directly into contact with Rivera. That was Alliegro's job. Alliegro reportedly referred to Rivera as "D.R." or as "The Gangster."
By the 2012 elections, Rivera had garnered a reputation as a bad-boy of Miami-Dade politics. He narrowly avoided a 52-count state indictment in an investigation of his personal and campaign finances.
The IRS, however, picked up where the state left off. It began examining Rivera in connection with a $500,000 contract from a dog-track, Magic City Casino, to run a pro-slot machine referendum in Miami-Dade County.
Rivera initially denied he was paid for his services. He later said the money, paid to his mother's company, was a loan so he was never really paid.
The cloud of investigations and Rivera's reversals ultimately helped doom his reelection in the newly drawn District 26 that stretches from Kendall to Key West. He lost to Garcia by nearly 11 percentage points in a district that the president, a Democrat, carried by about 7 points in November.
Miami Herald reporter Patricia Mazzei and El Nuevo Herald Executive Editor Manny Garcia contributed to this report.


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After months of legal maneuverings, Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and defensive end Will Smith finally are getting answers from the man who crafted the pay-for-performance system that resulted in multiple suspensions of players and coaches.
Per Larry Holder of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is testifying on Friday at the appeal hearing convened by former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue — and Vilma and Smith are present to watch and listen.
I wonder if they were frisked for eggs.
Williams' testimony comes a day after former Saints assistant Mike Cerullo testified. Though no one is saying anything about what was said (so far), Cerullo undoubtedly was grilled regarding his motivations for blowing the whistle more than a year after he was fired, the accuracy of his recollections, and the creation of those controversial notes listing the pledges made to the Brett Favre bounty pool, especially since the notes show that interim head coach Joe Vitt kicked in $5,000, something for which he never was investigated or punished.
There's also a major discrepancy regarding the cash that Vilma supposedly displayed to his teammates. Cerullo says the money was given to Williams for safekeeping; Williams says he didn't.In the end, Tagliabue will make a decision based on his scrutiny of the evidence, including the performance and demeanor of the witnesses. And it all will be subject to further scrutiny from Judge Helen Berrigan, who reminded everyone on Thursday that she is ready to issue rulings — and that she's apparently leaning against the league's position.


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BOSTON, MA-A couple of school records fell and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's indoor track and field team turned in some good performances at the Boston Indoor Games at the Reggie Lewis Center Friday evening.
For the women, sophomore Patience Noah (Framingham, MA/Keefe Tech) turned in one record-breaking performance. She finished eighth in the triple jump at 35 feet, ¾ of an inch. Freshman Kim Urena (Marlborough MA/Marlborough HS) broke the school record in winning her heat at 500 meters in 1:21.08 and qualifying for the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships. Sophomore Caitlin McGarigal (Shutesbury, MA/Amherst-Pelham Regional HS) ran 3000 meters in 10:48.81, the seventh fastest time at UMass Dartmouth, which also qualified her for the ECAC Championships. At 1000 meters, sophomore Megan Oliveira (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS) finished in 3:11.89, the third best time in school history.
For the men, two Corsairs placed eighth in their events. Junior Kevin Markie (North Attleboro, MA/North Attleboro HS/Nichols) was eighth in the triple jump at 45 feet, 3 ½ inches, placing him third on the all-time list at UMD. In the long jump, senior J.T. Harold (North Andover, MA/ Austin Prep) was eighth at 21 feet, 3 ¼ inches. Junior Eric Nygaard (Medway, MA/Medway HS) ran the mile in 4:25.54, the fifth best time at UMD, and junior Steve Burke (Norwell, MA/Norwell HS) finished in 4:27.95, the eighth best time at UMass Dartmouth. Both runners qualified for the New England Division III Championships. Freshman Darius Smith (Plympton, MA/Silver Lake Regional HS) ran 200 meters in 23.46 seconds, the ninth best time at UMD, while junior Nick Santoro (Shrewsbury, MA/St. John's HS) ran 5000 meters in 15:32.83, and qualified for the Division III New Englands.
Team-wise, the men scored two points and were 18th in an 18-team field, while the women scored one point and finished 16th of 17 teams.
"It was good experience for us to compete at a high level meet like this," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Steve Gardiner. "It was good for our team to see the competition out there, and see what they have to do to compete at this level. It's a learning process for us, and a step we're trying to take to be able to compete against scholarship schools."
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European stem cell bank aims to speed drug development
Ten international drug companies are to team up with scientists from 11 European countries to create a bank of stem cells for a project aimed at speeding up the development of new medicines.
StemBANCC, coordinated by Swiss drugmaker Roche and managed by scientists at Oxford University, aims to use so-called human-induced pluripotent stem cells - derived from people with hard-to-treat conditions - as research tools.
Martin Graf from Roche, who is coordinating the project, said the goal was to generate 1,500 induced pluripotent stem cell lines derived from 500 patients that can then be used by researchers around the world to study a range of diseases, including diabetes and dementia.
In recent years, researchers have developed a way of reprogramming ordinary adult cells taken from skin or blood, for example, to create stem cells that can be used to generate any type of cell.
These induced pluripotent stem cells can offer a supply of different kinds of human cell such as cardiomyocytes, or heart cells, and neurons or nerve cells that can be used for a broad range of laboratory tests in early stage drug development.
The research that resulted in the creation of the first induced pluripotent stem cells was a significant breakthrough which won the scientists behind it - John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka - this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine.
Graf and Zameel Cader of Oxford University, who announced the project in London, said the raw material for the project would be largely skin and blood samples taken from patients with diseases such as Alzheimer's and diabetes.
The research will focus mainly on these conditions as well as peripheral nervous system disorders such as chronic and neuropathic pain, central nervous system disorders such as dementia, and neurodysfunctional conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Cader said that because the stem bank's cell lines will be derived directly from real patients, they will include genes that may be the culprits in causing the development of diseases - making them useful for early testing of the efficacy and toxicity of potential new medicines.
"This is essentially what is so transformative about stem cell technology - for the first time you can get at the cells that are relevant from the patients with the conditions," he said. "That is what is so exciting about it."
The project is a public-private partnership backed by the European Union's Innovation Medicines Initiative and is half funded by the drug industry and half by the EU.
Other drugmakers involved are Abbott, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Merck KgaA, Novo Nordisk, Orion , Pfizer and Sanofi.


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Recently, one of our awesome sales people, Mary, took a long weekend to spend some quality time with her dog, Josie. Josie and Mary went to Camp Dogwood where there were lots of things for the dogs (as well as their owners) to learn and do. From what I hear (mostly from Josie), they both had an awesome time!
Throughout the year, Camp Dogwood holds a fundraiser – the Dogwood Yard Sale. The event is "mostly for humans" according to their website. This year, WarmlyYours handpicked a few products and donated them to the Yard Sale Silent Auction to help raise money for important animal related issues. We selected the Under Area Rug Warmer and Under Desk Heater because we have received great feedback from animal owners whose pets love them. We also donated the Elements 4-bar Towel Warmer so the humans wouldn't feel left out! According to Alysa Slay (one of the Directors at Camp Dogwood),
The mission of Camp Dogwood is committed to the dog, the bond between people and their dogs, and the community. As part of its commitment to the community, Camp Dogwood organizes the Dogwood Yard Sale at each camp to raise money for various dog related rescue groups and non-profits. The Dogwood Yard Sale is comprised of the generous donations of the campers and staff of Camp Dogwood - items can be gently used dog related items, gift certificates, or merchandise donated by businesses. At the Fall Camp 2009, Camp Dogwood raised approximately $1500. The recipients of this money are Rescue Cavaliers and Collie Rescue of Greater Illinois. Rescue dogs from each of these organizations have attended Camp Dogwood.
Overall, the auction was successful and everyone involved had a great time. It is also the mission of WarmlyYours to give back to the community and if we can keep a few dogs warm and cozy at the same time, all the better. Go Camp Dogwood!
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Dear Mary and Warmly Yours -
Thank you so much for not only the very generous donations to the Dogwood Yard Sale, but for taking the time to share such positive and kind remarks about Camp Dogwood. We are proud to share with you commitment to the community and wish everyone at Warmly Yours a very happy holiday season.
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Denis Nguyen has only dropped one set in three matches at the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional Championships (Gil Talbot).
New Haven, C.T. – Denis Nguyen of the Harvard men's tennis team rebounded from a loss in the second set en route to a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 victory against Dragos Ignat of Columbia and a berth in quarterfinal round in the singles bracket of the Division I USTA/ITA Northeast Regional hosted by Yale.
Nguyen will face fourth-seed Vasko Mladenov of St. John's, who is ranked 38th in the nation, Monday at 10 a.m. with a trip to the semifinals and a chance to compete in the ITA National Championships, Nov. 8-11, on the line. The semifinal round is slated to begin at 2 p.m.
Nguyen held a bye in the opening round before defeating local opponent Michael McGinnis of Boston College, 6-4, 6-2. In the round of 32, he bested Princeton's Augie Bloom, 6-3, 6-1. The sophomore, who earned All-Ivy League honors for singles play in 2011-12, is one of seven student-athletes from Ancient Eight institutions to reach the quarterfinals.
Shaun Chaudhuri narrowly missed the quarterfinals, losing to Will Spector of Brown on a tiebreaker in the third set of the round of 16. The sophomore led Spector, 6-1, but dropped the second set, 6-2, to set up the deciding third frame. He swept Marist junior Dalen Klassen, 6-4, 6-1, and Cornell's Venkat Iyer, 6-3, 6-1.
Andy Nguyen won two matches to advance the round of 16 after a first-round bye. The senior co-captain defeated Ismael Dinia from Binghamton in straight sets, 7-6, 6-2, and edged Dragos Dima of Cornell, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. His run ended with a 6-2, 6-3 setback to Marc Powers of Yale.
In just his second weekend of collegiate competition, freshman Kelvin Lam swept Joris Van Eck of Marist, 6-2, 6-2, but was eliminated by Xander Centenari of Dartmouth, who advanced to the quarterfinals in the round of 32.
Freshman Nicholas Mahlangu beat Dartmouth's Sam Todd, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2, in the round of 128 before falling to eventual quarterfinalist Sam Fleck of Cornell in a close match, 6-7, 6-0, 7-6.
In doubles competition, Nicky Hu and Andy Nguyen advanced to the fourth round after defeating the Dartmouth duo of Centenari and Cameron Ghorbani, while Lam and Denis Nguyen made a third-round exit.
After Nguyen wraps up play, the Crimson will prepare to host the Harvard Halloween Classic Oct. 26-28.
Main Draw Round of 128
D. Nguyen – Bye
Chaudhuri – Bye
A. Nguyen – Bye
Lam – Bye
Nicholas Mahlangu def. Todd (Dartmouth) – 6-3, 6-7, 6-2
Mihai (St. John's) def. Nicky Hu – 7-6, 4-6, 6-2
Main Draw Round of 64
D. Nguyen def. McGinnis (Boston College) – 6-4, 6-2
Chaudhuri def. Klassen (Marist) – 6-4, 6-1
A. Nguyen def. Dinia (Binghamton) – 7-6, 6-2
Lam def. Van Eck (Marist) – 6-2, 6-2
Fleck (Cornell) def. Mahlangu – 6-7, 6-0, 7-6
Main Draw Round of 32
D. Nguyen def. Bloom (Princeton) – 6-3, 6-1
Chaudhuri def. Iyer (Cornell) – 6-3, 6-1
A. Nguyen def. Dima (Cornell) – 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Centenari (Dartmouth) def. Lam – 6-4, 6-2
Main Draw Round of 16
D. Nguyen def. Ignat (Colombia) – 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
Spector (Brown) def. Chaudhuri – 1-6. 6-2, 7-6
Powers (Yale) def. A. Nguyen – 6-2, 6-3
Mlandenov (St. John's) def. D. Nguyen – 7-6, 6-2
Consolation Singles
Round of 32
Nicky Hu def. Morth (St. John's) – 6-3. 6-4
Round of 64
A. Nguyen/Hu – Bye
Lam/D. Nguyen def. Holland/McCasin (Army) – 8-2
Round of 32
A. Nguyen/Hu def. Kremheller/Amyot (FF) – 8-3
Lam/D. Nguyen def. Every/Moser (St. John's) – 8-4
Round of 16
A. Nguyen/Hu def. Centenari/Ghorbani (Dartmouth) – 8-2
Azargui/Burke (Brown) def. Lam/D. Nguyen – 8-5
Powers/Hoffman (Yale) def. A. Nguyen/Hu – 8-6


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Sisvel and Audio MPEG Grant SanDisk an MPEG Audio Patents License
MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA, TURIN, ITALY AND ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, March 16, 2007 - SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) has acquired a patent license for the use of the MPEG Audio technology from SISVEL S.p.A and its U.S. subsidiary, Audio MPEG, Inc. Under the license, SanDisk is licensed to sell products using the patented MPEG Audio compression technology developed by France Telecom, Telediffusion De France, Philips Electronics, and the Institut fur Rundfunktechnik (the Research and Development laboratory of the German speaking Broadcasters). In light of the license agreement, the parties have agreed to dismiss the litigation and administrative proceedings pending between them.
According to Daniel Schreiber, SanDisk's vice president and general manager, Audio and Business Unit, "The agreement with Sisvel and Audio MPEG covers all of SanDisk's music players for now and into the future." Schreiber also stated that "SanDisk is pleased to have joined the licensing program and values the technology that becomes available under the agreement, as it increases our flexibility for an expanding line of audio/video products. The parties have had their differences, but this agreement moves them forward in the right direction."
"The decision by SanDisk to take a patent license from Sisvel and Audio MPEG again clearly illustrates the success and importance of MPEG Audio in the field of audio compression and confirms the industry's appreciation of the research and development behind MPEG Audio technology covered by the patents we are licensing" said General Richard Neal, USMC (Ret), President of Audio MPEG.
By taking a license, SanDisk has joined over 800 other companies that are licensed on these patents for MP3 players and other products using MPEG Audio compression technology.
About S.I.SV.EL. S.p.A.
SISVEL is a patent management company that has become a leader in its field. Founded in 1982,it has offices and subsidiaries in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Together with its U.S. subsidiary, Audio MPEG, Inc., SISVEL has the exclusive worldwide rights to grant licenses under patents for essential elements of the MP3 and MPEG audio compression standards. To date these patents have been licensed to over 600 companies. A list of the patents licensed is available on SISVEL web-site www.sisvel.com and www.audiompeg.com .
About SanDisk Corp.
SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the world's largest supplier of flash data storage card products using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is headquartered in Milpitas, California, and has operations worldwide, with more than half its sales outside the U.S. More information on SanDisk SSDs is available online at www.sandisk.com/ssd.
For additional information:
Sisvel, S.p.A.
Public Relation Office
Alberto Leproni
E-Mail: email@example.com
MEDIA CONTACT: SanDisk Corporation
Ken Castle
(408) 801-2195


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In a series that was the best I've ever seen in my lifetime, the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime in game seven of the Western Conference Final to move on to face the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Final.
The Western Conference, in terms of elite teams, is clearly the better side, but the way the Rangers are gelling, this is not going to be an easy series for the Kings. New York is playing with tremendous emotion, they have excellent speed, and Henrik Lundqvist is money in the cage. Los Angeles brings size, "deep" depth at forward, and a never say die mentality.
Let's take a look at the match-up in terms of offense, defense, goaltending, coach, and intangibles.
Offense: The Kings lead the NHL in goals for per game in the post season, at 3.48 while New York is 8th at 2.70. Los Angeles has an excellent top six crew of forwards and the bottom six is as good, if not better, than any team in the league. Coach Darryl Sutter has a talented group of players that really filled its' biggest need with the Marian Gaborik acquisition at the trade deadline (In a related story, Kings GM Dean Lombardi is wanted on felony robbery charges in the state of Ohio). Justin Williams, after the Kings won a thrilling series with the Blackhawks, called "Gabby" the missing piece for LA. He was dead on, since adding an offensive talent like #12 allowed Sutter to balance his lineup. The Kings survived a series of 0 goals from their best offensive player, Anze Kopitar, in the Western final, so that tells you how deep this crew of Kings forwards is. Mike Richards is mostly playing on the bottom two lines, and he's a second line center on many NHL clubs. The Kings "That 70's line" of Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Carter, and Tanner Pearson brings speed and energy. Carter was amazing in the series against the Blackhawks and is a big reason the Kings have a chance to win their 2nd Cup in three years. New York has not scored a lot of goals and Martin St. Louis is their points leader with 13 in 20 games. Chris Kreider has come in to give New York a shot in the arm on offense and he has 10 points in 10 games. The Rangers will rely heavily on his speed and that of guys like Carl Hagelin and Matt Zuccarello. Simply put, though, the Rangers don't score a lot of goals. Their power play is operating at a 13+% level while Los Angeles is cruising at 25+%. In addition, the Kings can throw four interchangeable lines at you while the Rangers struggle to find a fourth unit. Advantage: Heavily for the Kings.
Defense: The Rangers have a very good top four defense in Ryan McDonough, Dan Girardi, Marc Staal, and Anton Stralman. Their third pair of John Moore and Kevin Klein is solid too. New York's deep defense allows Coach Alain Vigneualt to not worry alot about exposing one of his pairs to a major mismatch. Any of the three pairs can face high end talent. The question for New York is what pair do they put against the Kopitar line and which one gets the Carter line? I'd imagine we see 27 and 5 go against Kopitar, Gaborik and Brown while Staal and Stralman get the 70's line, at least initially. As for the Kings, Drew Doughty is the best defensemen in the NHL and he'll log a ton of minutes. Doughty will make some mistakes but he'll more than make up for that with numerous "how'd he do that type of plays?" The questions, though, for LA come with the rest of their crew. The injury to Robyn Regehr has been huge and getting Willie Mitchell back in game two against Chicago was very important. Mitchell and Doughty are great penalty killers. Slava Voynov elevated his game in the Blackhawks series and along with Jake Muzzin, Alec Martinez and Matt Greene, they are key to Los Angeles' ability to win. Will the Rangers speed be too much for those guys? Somehow the Kings were able to overcome Chicago's speed up front, but the Rangers are likely faster. However, the Rangers forwards don't have the high end skill like Chicago had with Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa, and Patrick Sharp. The Kings, however, are one injury away from the slow footed Jeff Schultz being inserted in the lineup. Advantage: Rangers, because of their balance and depth.
Goaltending: Does it get any better than Jonathan Quick vs. Henrik Lundqvist? These are the best goalies in the NHL going head to head for Lord Stanley. Amazingly, they both play different styles. Quick is far more aggressive and moves around much more than King Henrik. Lundqvist is the ONLY goalie in the league who can pull off the "deep in the net" style that he employs. That allows him to rarely be out of position on shots. The Rangers defense knows how #30 is going to play and they are a solid defensive unit. The Rangers are 2nd in the playoffs in goals against yielding 2.25 a game while the Kings are more leaky, at 2.86 per contest (9th overall). But those stats speak more to the style of play and defense of the teams than the net minders. Los Angeles has run into issues when they turn the puck over in the neutral zone, and that has led to a lot of odd man rushes against. Sutter must limit those against a fast Rangers club. Both goalies have had strong outings and also some poor ones, mostly because the team in front of them has struggled, at times. Overall, the Rangers have been more consistent, but they haven't played the high end talent that Los Angeles has faced in San Jose, Anaheim, and then the 2013 Cup Champion Blackhawks. Advantage: Neither team, goaltending is a dead heat.
Coaching: I was not a John Tortorella fan and when they canned the fiery bench boss and replaced him with Vigneault, I expected marked improvement from New York. Did I think it would translate into a Stanley Cup Final run? Absolutely not. But give credit to the new bench boss (and GM Glen Sather too for some "ballsy" moves behind the bench and with personnel). He managed to survive a terrible schedule early in the post season and rally from a 3-1 hole against Pittsburgh. He's doing a super job. Sutter is in an elite coach. He maintains an even keel so his team doesn't get too high or low emotionally and he is a master tactician. Most other coaches would be golfing by now after facing a 3-0 hole in the opening round, but Sutter, assistant coach John Stevens, and the rest of the staff found a way to turn it around, mostly by fixing their poor neutral zone play. Sutter has a keen sense of who has it rolling on a given night and who just doesn't have it. That's why guys will move up and down the line-up. He somehow was able to win against the Ducks with both Regehr and Mitchell out, that speaks volumes to the coaching given that that they won with a guy who played the entire season in the AHL in Schultz. Advantage: Los Angeles.
Intangibles: Ever since St. Louis' mom passed away unexpectedly, the Rangers have been a different team. Anyone who has played hockey, at any level, knows that it is a team game that requires intensity and an emotional commitment. New York clearly has that and throw Dominic Moore's personal situation into the mix as well. The Rangers are on a mission. On the other hand, the Kings have won three game seven's on the road, a feat that has never been done before in NHL history. They came back from a three game hole in the first round and were down 3-2 against the Ducks and survived. They were losing 2-0 early in game seven against the Hawks and scraped out a W. One thing that favors LA is the travel schedule. While the Rangers sat for days waiting to figure out who they would play, once they finally did they had to fly cross country to California. So I think that negates any rest they received. Both teams have played a lot of hockey. Advantage: Slight edge to Kings due to home ice.
So I think this is going to be an excellent series, but it will be lower scoring. It will be hard to top the Chicago-LA Western Final, no doubt. Both teams could win this thing, especially if the Kings can't get net presence on Lundqvist. But I think the Kings will find a way and overcome a Rangers team that seems to keep improving.
The Pick: Despite the fact that broadcaster Kenny Albert and Rangers assistant GM, Jim Schoenfeld, are some of my favorite people in hockey, it's Los Angeles in 6.


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