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ABC News Listening to America Poll, May 1996 (ICPSR 6820)
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This special topic poll, conducted April 30 to May 6, 1996, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. This poll sought Americans' views on the most important problems facing the United States, their local communities and their own families. Respondents rated the public schools, crime, and drug problems at the national and local levels, their level of optimism about their own future and that of the country, and the reasons they felt that way. Respondents were asked whether they were better off financially than their parents were at their age, whether they expected their own children to be better off financially than they were, and whether the American Dream was still possible for most people. Respondents then compared their expectations about life to their actual experiences in areas such as job security, financial earnings, employment benefits, job opportunities, health care benefits, retirement savings, and leisure time. A series of questions asked whether the United States was in a long-term economic and moral decline, whether the country's main problems were caused more by a lack of economic opportunity or a lack of morality, and whether the United States was still the best country in the world. Additional topics covered immigration policy and the extent to which respondents trusted the federal, state, and local governments. Demographic variables included respondents' sex, age, race, education level, marital status, household income, political party affiliation, political philosophy, voter registration and participation history, labor union membership, the presence of children in the household, whether these children attended a public school, and the employment status of respondents and their spouses.
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- ABC News. ABC News Listening to America Poll, May 1996. ICPSR06820-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-10-29. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06820.v2
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How did your bread turn out? Is this one a keeper? What did you do to tweak it?
19 thoughts on "Tuesday Chatter"
Still working on this one…it's at home rising while I work. Baking tonight!
This bread is so versatile:
I made it "natural", with cranberries and pecan nuts, with raisins and almonds, sprinkled with seeds and grains…
Would like to add some rosemary, one day!
I love it! And been baking it so often… The baker's in our village has long forgotten about my existence.
The only thing I never managed to is getting a "creamy yeast" after the 5 minutes!
But don't worry, the bread does rise (and how!!!).
I like your ideas for additions of dried fruits, nuts and seeds. I agree a wonderful bread. Even my husband liked it and he's not big on wheat bread. Definitely a keeper!
I need help! Please tell me what I did wrong.
I'm sorry that your bread didn't turn out well! It happens that way sometimes. My suggestions are to make sure that your yeast is not expired. Your bread should have risen quite a bit more. You can even add a little extra yeast to your breads if they don't rise the way they should. And, I think your bread would benefit from quite a bit more kneading. It should be smooth when it's ready to rise. And maybe use less flour. I know that where I live I always need less flour in my recipes.
E-mail me any time if you have any questions. I'm not a bread expert, but I do bake it quite often. mdurante AT comcast DOT net
It looks like it either was not kneaded enough or was torn when it was being shaped. I don't think it is a yeast problem, because it looks like it rose. It looked more wet than my dough did… does it effect the flavor or texture of the bread, or just the upper crust? Sorry… I know how frustrating it can be to follow directions to a "t" and have it turn out less than perfect.
Thanks for the help. It did rise well the first time but not so well in the pan. The yeast might be getting old, I'll try new yeast. I'll try more kneading too.
Since this recipe rises so well, I think it would be perfect for cinnamon raisin bread. I definitely want to bake this bread again (and again…).
I made one loaf with chopped walnuts and raisins.
I need help too! Mine did not rise in the oven. Rose fine during the two rising times but I ended up with a short dense loaf. I want to fix this and would appreciate any help!
This bread is a keeper for me. It rose very nicely and I used molasses. Very rich flavor. Unfortunately, I baked it too late in the day and then it started to rain. I couldn't get any good photos. But I really like this recipe and would use it again:)
I used maple syrup instead of the malt, and it came out with a great flavor and texture. This one's a keeper!


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Writing Proficiency Exams are graded holistically, which means that individual essays are not marked up by the reviewers in the same way essays are when they are written for a course.
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Tekfab Inc., Albany, OR, launched a new, updated website, www.tekfabinc.com, featuring its high-speed punching, cutting and material-handling equipment for the metalforming industry. The firm also designs and builds part stackers, offload tables, powered material carts, uncoilers and complete rollforming systems. The website includes videos and photos, and testimonials from customers.
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More than 7,000 people have been rescued from their homes after massive floods swept across Louisiana, and officials warned Sunday that even though the rain had subsided, dangers loomed.
"It's not over," Gov. John Bel Edwards said Sunday. "The water's going to rise in many areas. It's no time to let the guard down."
The flooding killed at least four people. The latest casualty was reported Sunday night, with officials confirming that a 59-year-old man was swept away by the current while walking along a road in Tangipahoa City on Friday. The man, who was not identified, drowned, said Devin George, director of the state registrar.


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How do you eat your granola? I typically use mine as a mix-in for ice cream or yogurt. I've also mixed granola into vanilla frosting with delicious results! This blueberry granola, however, was reserved for granola upside-down cakes and blueberry chocolate granola cupcakes. Despite the granola being earmarked, I managed to shovel handfuls of granola into my mouth using long-forgotten skills that I have relearned thanks to Myles.
Blueberry Granola Recipe
My blueberry granola recipe was inspired by the granola recipe at Half Assed Kitchen. I don't expect anyone to make it exactly as written (although you would not be disappointed if you did); rather, I hope that you use my recipe to inspire you. Don't like dried blueberries? Try raisins or dried cherries. Don't like sunflower seeds? What about adding some nuts?
This recipe can make either extra crunchy granola or soft and chewy granola – it all depends on how you bake it. I've included instructions for both ways.
Blueberry Granola Recipe
- 2 1/2 C whole oats
- 3/4 C cacao nibs
- 1/2 C dried blueberries
- 1/4 C sunflower seeds
- 1/4 C pumpkin seeds
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 C brown rice syrup
- Mix everything together in a big bowl.
- Spread evenly on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- For crunchy granola, bake at 250 F for 60 minutes. The granola will not seem crunchy, but once it cools, it will get very hard. For more sticky, chewy granola, bake at 350 F for 20 minutes.


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With only 7 days before Santa arrives the television seems to have turned itself over to 24/7 yuletide programming.
The finale of So You Think You Can Dance was the last straw as such fall populars as House, Glee, CSI, Fringe and Trauma all had their mid-season closers this past television week.
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On a summer afternoon calling for lemonade and Popsicles, Palo Alto's avid chili chefs will fire up their stoves, hover over giant stockpots and contend for the title of this year's best bowl of chili. With 12 returning teams, four new competitors and three ice cream booths to temper the heat, the event is expected to draw thousands -- food-lovers and children alike -- to Mitchell Park Friday afternoon.
The festival, now in its 33rd year, celebrates all things summer, using chili only as a starting point. Additional food will be available from vendors, while live music by San Francisco-based band La Gente will energize the park with its own fusion of reggae, salsa and rock. Kids' activities will include arts and crafts, bounce houses, classic party games, airbrush tattoos and a screening of the World Cup game at 1 p.m., according to organizers.
The festivities begin at noon, and chili tasting opens to the public at 1:30 p.m. with tasting kits available for purchase.
Both professional and hobbyist chefs have been preparing carefully for July 4 -- cooking practice batches, making tough ingredient decisions and designing booth decorations.
For the cook-off, teams are split into two divisions, Open and Corporate, in which they compete for first, second and third places. The Corporate Division encompasses teams entering as a company or organization, while Open Division includes all other teams. Five overall titles are awarded: Best Overall, Best Spirit, Best Booth, People's Choice and Youth Choice.
Team Vineyard -- which took Best Overall and first place in Corporate Division last year -- is returning this year with confidence. After the 2013 competition, the judges sent a wrap-up email to all teams summarizing what chili characteristics they had looked for.
"And they pretty much described everything in our chili," Team Vineyard leader Marius Milner said.
Milner is "the keeper of the recipe" and adjusts it slightly each year, he said. "I'm of the unpopular school that likes beans in chili. ... It gives it nice texture."
He refers to the International Chili Society (ICS) rule that "true" chili does not contain beans.
Altogether, Team Vineyard cooked up 19 gallons of chili for last year's competition -- and there were no leftovers.
"Half of (the cook-off) is being able to cook; the other half is being able to manhandle such enormous quantities," Milner said.
Team Vineyard was formed by a group of friends at Vineyard Christian Fellowship of the Peninsula, and Milner had non-competitive chili cooking experience. The team gains additional experience each year cooking an 8-gallon batch of chili for a church fundraiser.
"Three years ago we decided, 'Hey, let's try a chili cook-off,'" Milner said. "I'm not a chef. I just really enjoy cooking."
This year, the team plans to add a vegan chili to its arsenal and, at the same time, keep a lookout for Rich Chili, a team largely comprised of professional chefs for Google. Milner said he is also interested in trying some of Rich Chili's famed creation.
Rich Chili took three titles last year: People's Choice, Youth Choice and First Place in the Open Division, a title previously held by longtime competitor Elmo & the Old Quackers.
Elmo, which came in second place in the Open Division last year, had a 10-year win streak in its division before Rich Chili entered the competition three years ago. In addition, the team has taken home the Best Overall title four times in its 22 years of competition.
Formed in 1992 by a group of lifeguards at a local pool, Elmo & the Old Quackers begins preparing for each year's competition months in advance, focusing on both chili and the team's other forte -- booth decorations, with a different theme each year. Elmo took first place last year in Best Booth category, a title the team wins consistently.
"Half my garage is dedicated to the Chili Cook-off," team Elmo leader Jodi Scherer said of her team's commitment.
The "Elmo" in the team's name comes from an alcoholic drink, while the "Quackers" harkens back to sweatshirts that Scherer and her fellow lifeguards had to wear one year when their manager imposed a short-lived duck motif at the pool.
As for the award-winning chili, Elmo's team leader Jodi Scherer describes it as "just the right combination of everything. It's not so spicy it burns your mouth ... and (you) don't just taste the heat."
Scherer, sticking to ICS guidelines, agrees that beans have no place in chili. The team's 20-gallon batch last year contained 60 pounds of meat, she said, noting the recipe's signature thickness. Scherer created the recipe herself more than 20 years ago, and this year she plans to add one more ingredient: bacon. The team is unsure how the addition will affect their chances.
"It really depends on the judges," Scherer said. "We don't know what they like. ... You never know."
Scherer looks forward to seeing other veteran competitors at this year's cook-off, including the Lounge Lizards, the Palo Alto Fire Department and Margarita Meeta Chili.
"It's like a family. ... We see these people once a year," she said.
Also returning to the cook-off are Good King Wench & Lass, The Triumphant Toques, Bierhaus and corporate teams Whole Foods Palo Alto, EPA Can Do and the Palo Alto Family Y & The Ace of Sandwiches. Entering the competition for the first time this year are Downtown Streets Team, Golden Slaters, Glenn's Hawaiian Style Chili and the Hope Center of Palo Alto.
New to the event this year is the Stanford Federal Credit Union Ice Cream Taste Off, which will provide a sweet accompaniment to the cook-off -- and a handy dessert for chili tasters. Local purveyors Tin Pot Creamery, Scoop Microcreamery and Green Girl Bake Shop (featuring vegan ice cream) will compete for two titles, People's Choice and Best Overall.
"It's just a little starting place to see what people think," City of Palo Alto events coordinator Ali Williams said of the inaugural ice cream competition.
Community members can take part in the competitions by voting for their favorite chili and ice cream. They can also help choose a Palo Alto-based community organization to which Team Vineyard will give a $1,000 donation.
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In September I got a Scott CR1 (2007 model) for my 17th birthday. It's my first road bike and I love commuting on it.
Up until I got my Scott I was a strict mountain biker. So when I got my road bike I got a pair of mountain bike pedals for it since I already had the shoes.
Now, after 3k miles or so, my pedals are really wearing themselves out. I want to get a pair of road bike cleats. But which ones should I start with? I don't want the "entry line" cleats but I also don't want to spend more than $150 MAX.
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The Laogai Research Foundation
Communist China has won many gold medals at the London Olympics. However, these successes should not make people forget about the terrible reality of the country´s wast network of forced labor prison camps. This article by Peter Müller (The International Society for Human Rights) is still as topical today as when it was written in 2007:
In order to uphold its rule and to suppress its people, every dictatorship must be accompanied by a prison system, whether it is a concentration camp (in which the prisoner's work is exploited for economic gain) or other types of camps. In every respect, the Chinese Communist labour reform camps-- in terms of scope, cruelty, and the number of people imprisoned—not only rivals the Soviet systems. In fact it surpasses it.
What actually is the fate of the people sent to the Laogai ? How do they suffer ? Generally speaking the living conditions in Gulag and Laogai camps are rather similar - Hard labour daily for up to 12-14 hours, in
On top of all these dreadful conditions the Laogai exercises sometimes very sophisticated mental torture, e. g. by demanding self confessions. Once done – the prisoner has no chance of evading or refusing – renewed confessions are requested. Since the prisoner has not received an official court sentence, he does not know when he shall be free again. Thus there is no hope of freedom. It is destroyed on purpose. Spying and reporting on fellow inmates is demanded to prove one's 'progress to personal reform'. There is no privacy whatsoever, in some camps the prisoners live and work day and night without any clothing – in order to break down their remaining resistance and their personalities. Probably worst of all is a constant flood of letters from friends and relatives, incl. parents, children, spouses. These letters accuse the prisoner of political and other "crimes". The writers distance themselves from the prisoner, canceling all former relationships. The prisoner is thus totally deprived of all warmth, hope, and confidence. Consequently the suicide rate is high, very very high.
Regardless of the exact numbers, millions of people are currently suffering within the Laogai, and more are sentenced to serve time in the camps every day. The Chinese government considers national statistics about the Laogai to be state secrets. But the Laogai is a difficult thing to keep secret. It remains the most extensive and secretive network of forced labor camps operated by any country in the world
We have no right to forget about those deprived of their freedom in the Laogai.
The Laogai is not a dying institution as some have suggested. It is true that the composition of the camps has changed. In the past, the majority of criminals were jailed for political reasons. The majority of today's inmates are incarcerated for more common crimes. Nevertheless, this does not indicate a fundamental change in the nature of the Laogai. To the contrary, the Chinese government's dependence on the Laogai as its primary tool of suppression is as strong now as it was in the days of Chairman Mao Zedong's rule.
For those imprisoned for common crimes but deprived of their due process or forced to labor under barbaric conditions, the Laogai is alive. For those imprisoned for publicizing their beliefs, for those caught fighting for Tibetan and Uighur independence or Trade Unions, for those persecuted for asserting their religious rights, the Laogai is very much a living institution. Only the attention of the world can bring about an end to their suffering.
Why do business with the People's Republic of
The inhuman Laogai system in China justifies each and every Boycott.
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The Oath
The Obama White House and the Supreme Court
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President Obama and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts both went to Harvard Law School and worked on the Harvard Law Review, but their similar legal backgrounds have led to dramatically different conclusions. Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, author of The Nine, presents an insider's account of an ideological war between the Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration. Toobin argues that the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision and the Affordable Care Act ruling show how the Constitution is being reinterpreted — and how Supreme Court precedent is being quickly overturned.
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So let me ask you this," Greg Craig said, "does anyone there think he's not the president?"
It was about 10:30 on the morning of January 21, 2009. Craig was settling into his first day of work as counsel to the president when he received an unexpected phone call.
David Barron was on the line. He, too, had just reported for duty, as the second-in-command in the Office of Legal Counsel, which served as the in-house legal team for the attorney general — designate, Eric Holder.
In the excitement and chaos of the previous day — when Barack Obama was sworn in as the forty-fourth president of the United States — neither Craig nor Barron had paid much attention to the peculiar way Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. had administered the oath of office. Early the next morning, Barron had read several newspaper articles about the botched oath and decided to look into the issue. He was concerned enough about what he found to place the call to Craig.
So was Obama really the president?
Barron's answer was, well, complicated.
The Constitution for the most part speaks in majestic generalities and employs the first person — "I" and "my" — in only a single provision. Article II, Section 1, states: "Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: 'I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.' "
Article I of the Constitution, which defines the powers of Congress, is more than twice as long as Article II, about the presidency. This difference reflected the framers' belief that the legislative branch of government would be the most powerful. (Article III, which creates the judicial branch, is just 376 words, half again as short as Article II.) Still, the inclusion of a formal oath in the constitutional text reflected the importance of the presidency — and, more to the point, the president. It is the only oath spelled out in the Constitution. In contrast, the vice presidential oath was established by act of Congress, and the current version has been in use only since 1884.
The model for the framers was England's Coronation Oath, which had been promulgated in 1689, but the differences between the two oaths were as significant as the similarities. The King had to swear before a bishop or archbishop in the Church of England; there was no such requirement in the United States, and George Washington began the tradition of judicial administration of the oath in 1789. New York chancellor Robert Livingston conducted the first inauguration. (At that point, of course, Washington had not had the chance to nominate anyone to the Supreme Court, and it was four years later that a justice, William Cushing, swore in Washington for his second term.) The ecumenical nature of the presidential oath is reflected also in the option of "swear (or affirm)." Some Christian sects, notably the Quakers, did not believe in the use of the word "swearing," so the Constitution made sure they were not excluded. (Only Franklin Pierce, in 1853, chose to affirm his presidential oath.)
Many of the traditions associated with the inauguration began with Washington, as the first president knew they would. "As the first of everything in our situation will serve to establish a precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part that these precedents may be fixed on true principles," Washington wrote to James Madison shortly after his inauguration. On the occasion, which took place April 30, 1789, on the steps of Federal Hall, in lower Manhattan, Washington took the oath from a judge, not a cleric; he wore civilian garb, not a military uniform; he placed his hand on a Bible as he recited the words; he gave a brief, inspirational speech immediately after the ceremony; he made sure that any citizen who so desired could attend and view the swearing in. Washington Irving, who was six years old in 1789 but apparently a spectator at the inauguration, recounted in the 1850s that the new president had concluded the oath by saying, "So help me God." No contemporary account mentioned Washington's use of that phrase, and it remains unclear whether he did. In any event, all modern presidents have chosen to follow the oath with those words.
Like many other aspects of American government, the administration of the presidential oath evolved in a haphazard manner. In 1797, Oliver Ellsworth became the first chief justice to administer the oath (to John Adams), and thus the tradition began of the nation's highest legal officer performing the honors. But sometimes he didn't. (John Tyler and Millard Fillmore were sworn in by lower court judges.) Assassinations led to improvisations. Following the murder of James A. Garfield, in 1881, Chester A. Arthur was sworn in by a judge of the New York Supreme Court; following William McKinley's death, in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt took the oath from a federal district court judge. Most famously, Sarah T. Hughes, a federal district judge in Texas, administered the oath to Lyndon B. Johnson, on Air Force One, on November 22, 1963. Sentiment sometimes played a part, too. Calvin Coolidge took the oath from a lowly notary public — John C. Coolidge, his father. In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt recited the full oath without interruption by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes.
Notwithstanding the constitutional text, the precise words of the oath varied over time. When Chief Justice William Howard Taft swore in Herbert Hoover in 1929, he said, "preserve, maintain, and defend" the Constitution. The error was largely ignored at the time, but a thirteen-year-old girl who had been listening on the radio wrote to the chief justice about it. Taft responded, and disclosed still another, earlier mistake. "When I was sworn in as President by Chief Justice Fuller, he made a similar slip," Taft wrote to the girl, Helen Terwilliger, "but in those days when there was no radio, it was observed only in the Senate chamber where I took the oath ... You are mistaken in your report of what I did say. What I said was 'preserve, maintain and protect.' ... You may attribute the variation to the defect of an old man's memory." In 1945, Harlan Fiske Stone began the oath with "I, Harry Shipp Truman ... " Truman, who had a middle initial but no middle name, responded, "I, Harry S Truman ... " Twenty years later, Lyndon Johnson forgot to raise his right hand until halfway through the oath, and Chief Justice Earl Warren said "office of the Presidency," not "President."
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A story creation model called movement-oriented design (MOD) is introduced for systematically developing effective digital stories, in conjunction with story creation principles articulated by Robert McKee, a Hollywood guru of script writing.
Using e-learning content that encourages learners to be creative and innovative requires innovative pedagogy.This innovative pedagogy can be developed by using digital storytelling. These digital stories need to be engaging with a well defined spine, and a moving narrative to keep the learner engaged. McKee Principles can be used to achieve this. However, how to encourage creativity, and inculcate the spirit of innovation through e-learning content, needs further exploring.
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A goal by Tommy Watters with 9:30 remaining in the final period snapped a deadlock with Hamden and allowed the Blue Wave to pick up a season-opening 2-1 win.
Operating on the power play, Watters gained possession in center ice and skated into the Hamden zone, weaving around two defenders. Closing in on the net, Watters slid a pass to teammate Owen Koorbusch. After the Hamden defensemen and goalie overcommitted for a potential Koorbusch shot, he sent the puck back to Watters for a close-range one-timer with only five seconds left in the man advantage.
"I just tried to weave through a little, got lucky and passed to my good friend Owen. He gave it back and I thought I was dreaming when I saw an open net," Watters said. "We were antsy all day. We wanted to get here and play our best and we did. I think we can only build up from here."
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Darien's Brendan Hathaway seemingly couldn't wait to get the season underway, as the senior captain gave his team a 1-0 lead just 28 seconds into the new campaign. Hathaway received a pass from fellow captain Trent Bergin and tipped his shot into the back of the Hamden net for the early advantage.
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"What are you going to do? Things like that happen," Hamden coach Bill Verneris said of the early Darien goal. "It was a great game. I knew they had a good team. We discussed it that it would probably come down to discipline at the end, and we were the guilty party."
Hamden answered back when Mike Regan won a race to a loose puck inside the right faceoff circle and unleashed a blistering slap shot past Darien goalie Michael Collins with 5:26 remaining in the opening period. Tim Gontarski and Dan Chicoine picked up the assists.
It was the only blemish on an otherwise perfect night for the Darien netminder, who stopped 19 of Hamden's 20 shots.
"Mike has put in his time. He was our third goalie last year. He really stepped up tonight and was a big reason we won that game," Gerwig said. "I thought we settled down and played very well in the third period. I don't feel that we played to our overall ability, but I think we did a lot of good things out there to give us a chance to win the game. That's what you've got to do when you play great teams like Hamden."
Pressing for the equalizer, Hamden had a few opportunities but was denied by several saves by Collins and some hard hitting by Dana Wensberg and Koorbusch. Hamden's final shot on net came with 2:20 remaining, but Matt Barnett was stopped by Collins.
Up next for Darien is a home tilt with West Haven on Saturday at 5:10 p.m., followed by an "away" clash against New Canaan on Wednesday at 4 p.m. Both games are at the Darien Ice Rink.
"We haven't beaten Hamden since I was in high school, so it feels good to come out as a senior and take care of them early," Hathaway said.
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Goals: D--Brendan Hathaway, Tommy Watters; H--Mike Regan. Assists: D--Trent Bergin, Owen Koorbusch. H--Tim Gontarski, Dan Chicoine. Goalies: D--Michael Collins (19 saves); H--Matt Hoff (19); Shots: D--21; H--20.


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Mike Thompson loaded a shell into his shotgun and snapped the barrel into place. He raised the gun, calmly uttered "pull" and fired at the flying clay pigeon, shattering it as it ascended. He released the shell and pocketed it in his vest in one swift motion.
Thompson, the Democratic congressman who was born and still lives in St. Helena, was wearing khakis and loafers. The smell of the shot just fired rose from the gun.
"These buzzards are going to eat some of these clay pigeons when we're done," he joked, pointing to the birds circling above the canyon in Napa.
Thompson, 62, is a gun owner and avid hunter who supports new gun regulations. He chairs the House Democrats' Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, which was formed after the Newtown, Conn., shooting, and on Thursday unveiled its proposals, including banning new sales of military-style assault weapons and limiting assault magazine capacity.
Thompson, a former state senator, frames his career as one that has straddled the political line. He has angered both the left and the right in his years in Congress, but now his proclaimed dedication to bipartisan problem-solving will be required to push any measure to reduce gun violence through the Republican-controlled House.
The group he leads did not get as much attention as the White House effort led by Vice President Joe Biden, and he is not as visible as others fighting for new gun regulations, such as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg or former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. But having a quiet yet central role in a major policy fight is classic Thompson, friends and colleagues said.
A family of hunters
Thompson comes from a family of hunters and learned to shoot as a young boy. Growing up in the Napa Valley, he would take his gun on bike rides to hunt ducks. He dropped out of high school after his last basketball season because he felt at the time "there wasn't a lot of reason to stick around," he said.
He enlisted in the Army in 1969 and was sent to Vietnam. He was there for six months when a soldier in front of him tripped a booby trap, sending shrapnel into Thompson's legs.
"One piece went in my nose, but when you have a nose this big it's a hard target to miss," he said.
He was evacuated and later received a Purple Heart. After serving as an airborne instructor at Fort Benning, Ga., he worked a number of jobs back home in California before becoming the maintenance supervisor at Beringer Winery.
Thompson, who passed the high school equivalency test in the Army, went to Cal State Chico to get his college degree. During graduate school there, he decided to finish his original high school requirements as well.
"I have a GED, an undergraduate degree, a high school diploma and a master's degree, in that order," he said. "I just felt that I needed to do it."
As a graduate student in the early 1980s, Thompson received a fellowship to work in the state Capitol. He eventually became chief of staff to Assemblyman Lou Papan and to Papan's successor, then-Assemblywoman Jackie Speier.
In 1990, he made his first run for elected office, winning a state Senate seat. Eight years later, he was elected to the House. He has never lost an election.
"Being the class clown and frequently getting into trouble and not graduating high school - you almost feel like you're doomed," said Nancy Abruzzini, who grew up with Thompson and lives in Napa. "But boy, he's turned it around."
Patient but passionate
Former colleagues describe Thompson as respectful and patient, but not one to back away when confronted.
Ed Matovcik, his former chief of staff, recalled how Thompson used to read all the letters sent to his office, a trait that drove the staff crazy because it would take so much time. When Thompson received critical letters, he would call the writers himself. While most would respond thoughtfully, some would be aggressive and rude - and Thompson had no qualms arguing back, Matovcik said.
"He doesn't suffer fools," said Matovcik, who was Thompson's chief of staff for 16 years.
That aggressiveness extends to Thompson's work, colleagues said. They described him as a tireless campaigner even when he is way ahead, and Tom Hannigan, the former assemblyman from Fairfield, said Thompson would go "like a bulldog" after people who were holding up his policy goals.
"He could put a bureaucrat through the wringer if they weren't moving the ball forward," Matovcik said. "That was always fun to watch."
Valerie Brown, the former assemblywoman and Sonoma County supervisor, remembered how a number of state lawmakers were once holding out on agreeing to a budget and tried to leave the negotiations.
"When they went down to the garage, they found that the keys to their car were being held by Senator Thompson," she said. "They had to come back and deal with it."
Thompson is down-to-earth and, as Matovcik said, is "still that country blue-collar boy from St. Helena."
Thompson can name what occupied many of the buildings in downtown Napa before the current tenants. He tells detailed anecdotes about growing up in the area, with the habit of re-creating dialogue how he remembers it. He is restoring an old tractor, but hasn't made much progress.
Napa to Washington
People in the area call him Mike, and his wife, Janet, is a nurse at St. Helena Hospital, where Thompson was born. They have two sons - one a deputy sheriff in Napa County and the other a firefighter in Chico.
But the small-town boy has grown adept at playing Washington politics. He helps raise hundreds of thousands of dollars and contributes to other Democratic candidates. He is known for being able to work with Republicans and is a member of the shrinking Blue Dog Coalition of moderate Democrats. He sits on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, which oversees the tax code, and has been able to pull in millions of dollars for projects in the district.
"He knows how the system works, and he works it," said Speier, now a Democratic congresswoman.
Thompson said he plans to keep running for re-election as long as he feels he can serve the district and can keep having some fun in the job.
"Washington is a seniority-based institution - the longer you're there, the more ability you have to do things for your district, for your constituents," he said.
Backs wine industry
Many of his constituents work in wine, and Thompson, who owns 20 acres of grapes in Lake County, is the industry's advocate in Congress. He helped start the Congressional Wine Caucus and is a top recipient of campaign contributions from the alcoholic beverage industry.
"He doesn't do anything he doesn't believe in, but if the vintners have a problem, he's the No. 1 guy they go to," said Peter McCrea, the owner of Stony Hill Vineyard.
He receives high rankings from environmental groups and once held a news conference in front of the Interior Department - complete with 500 pounds of dead fish from the Klamath River - to protest Bush administration water policies.
But when he was reportedly on the short list as a nominee for secretary of interior in 2008, a number of environmentalists expressed concerns that some of his votes favored the timber industry. Hunting and fishing groups strongly backed Thompson, who is a member of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, although President Obama ultimately picked Ken Salazar.
Opposed Iraq war
In 2002, Thompson triggered a backlash when he traveled to Iraq and came out against the looming war.
"Providing any president with a blank check for a unilateral attack without exhausting all diplomatic efforts and gaining allied support would be a great disservice to our 200 years of constitutional democracy," he wrote in October 2002 in the Washington Post.
Critics labeled him a traitor. The message machine at his office in Washington was filled every night with vitriol "so ugly I didn't want the interns to hear the messages," Matovcik said.
Thompson, who now travels the world as a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said last month he based his concerns on his experience in the Vietnam War.
"I went to all the hearings, all the briefings to try to figure this out - it just didn't add up," he said. "I had been in a war and it was a similar situation. If you look back, the guys that sent me to Vietnam and everybody else who went to Vietnam sent us there when things quite honestly didn't add up."
Regional gun hearings
Thompson recently hosted town halls in the Bay Area about what could be done to reduce gun violence. He sought to make clear in his introductory remarks that he is a gun owner and hunter and that the task force was not trying to take away Second Amendment rights, but that did not reassure everybody.
A number of gun rights advocates decried any attempt by the government to regulate guns and warned the Obama administration was scheming to ban guns altogether.
For the most part, Thompson listened patiently. But when one man told Thompson he needed to re-examine his core values on guns as someone who faces re-election, Thompson interjected: "My core values are just fine, young man."
Thompson probably does not have to worry much about re-election - he won his 2012 race by about 50 percentage points - but enacting new gun control regulations will not be so easy.
The Newtown shooting has galvanized the government to address gun violence in ways that other mass killings have not. Efforts to bolster background checks seem to have some steam, but even in the Democratic-controlled Senate, an assault weapons ban introduced by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is facing headwinds.
Love at first shot
Thompson, who collects duck decoys, was duck hunting in the Yolo Bypass when he first heard about the shooting in Newtown. His efforts on the task force come more than 55 years after he fired a gun for the first time - an experience he vividly recalls, although he is not sure if he was 5 or 6.
He was fascinated by the guns hanging in the hallway in the home he grew up in, and one day his father took him to shoot in hopes of breaking his interest.
But, as Thompson's father learned, that strategy did not work. One shot at a fence post, and Thompson was ready to shoot again.
Drew Joseph is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @drewqjoseph


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Davis gets revenge against former team
LOS ANGELES " Zach Randolph had 27 points and 11 rebounds, Eric Gordon also scored 27 points and the Los Angeles Clippers snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Golden State Warriors 118-105 on Monday night.
Gordon had a career-high six 3-pointers and has scored 21-plus points in each of his last five games for the Clippers, who beat the Warriors for the first time since Nov. 2, 2007.
Baron Davis added 25 points and 10 assists for the Clippers, who got off to a slow start and were without starter Al Thornton, missing his second game of the season with a right foot injury.
Stephen Jackson had 28 points and C.J. Watson added 16 for the Warriors.
The Clippers started the fourth period ahead by eight, but the Warriors cut the lead to three when Jackson hit a 3-pointer with 7:02 remaining.
But the Clippers kept hitting their 3s.
Gordon had two consecutive treys and Davis hit an uncontested 3-pointer with 1:09 left to make it 114-102.
Randolph, back from a two-game suspension for punching a player, was a late addition to the starting lineup because he had been visiting his ailing father in Indianapolis.
Fred Jones provided a spark off the bench for the Clippers in the third quarter, contributing two high-flying dunks and eight points in that quarter. The Clippers also got help from Gordon, who helped Los Angeles score seven points within 1:12 in the period.
Jones had a driving slam dunk and Gordon added an uncontested 3-pointer from the bottom left of the key to put the hosts ahead 78-64.
The Warriors went on a 17-2 run midway through the first quarter behind Jackson's eight points. Jackson sparked the spurt by hitting two free throws and Jamal Crawford added an uncontested jumper from the right side of the key with 4:19 left to give Golden State a 25-11 lead.
But the Clippers surged back and led at the half, 60-55. Los Angeles capped a 15-2 run to end the first quarter behind two 3-pointers from Baron Davis and one time-expiring trey from Marcus Camby. Gordon chipped in eight second-quarter points and Randolph added seven to give the Clippers the lead.
Jackson continued to score, though, and Los Angeles couldn't stop him. The Warriors shot 52 percent in the first half, including Jackson's 20 points on 9-for-14 shooting. Notes: Thornton is listed as day to day with a right foot injury. "He tried it out and just couldn't push off his foot," Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said before the game. "Once he gets to that point, we'll see." … Clippers center Chris Kaman (strained arch) could be out for another two weeks. Kaman originally injured his foot on Nov. 26 and has had the flu for the last three days.


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The late singer's wedding gown, from her marriage to Bobby Brown, will be auctioned off at Heritage Auctions on June 24-25.
Houston's custom-made, high neck, ivory satin Marc Bouwer wedding dress contains a built-in "Carnival" bodice, full-length sheer nylon sleeves and a silk mesh overlay, adorned with iridescent sequins and bugle beads in various elaborate floral motifs. The dress's hem has some marks and scruffs and the veil has a small hole in it.
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The opening bid is $3,500 and the dress is estimated to be worth at least twice that. Houston's wedding dress originally cost $40,000, Vanity Fair reported.
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