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Men: William & Mary 180, UNCW 167; UNCW 238, Delaware 115
HARRISONBURG, Virginia – Senior Gabe Thran and sophomore Christine Souther won the men's 100 Freestyle and women's 200 IM, respectively, on Saturday to lead UNCW at the Colonial Athletic Association Pod Meet at the Savage Natatorium.
The Seahawk men (3-3, 1-1 CAA) split their dual meets, topping Delaware, but losing to William & Mary. The women, meanwhile dropped all three meets and saw their record dip to 2-6 overall and 0-3 in the league.
Thran led a 1-2-3 Seahawk finish in the 100 Free with a time of 46.07 seconds. Juniors Alex Labonge and Adam Salzman finished second and third, respectively.
In the women's 200 IM, Souther won the event with a time of 2:08.41.
The UNCW men's 400 Free Relay of Valtteri Halonen, Salzman, Labange and Thran, closed out the meet with a win, posting a time of 3:04.78.
The Seahawks return to the pool on Nov. 9 for a 2 p.m. meet with NC State.


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Ray had it for years, but she just recently made it for the first time and said it makes a great Christmas cookie, "Very yummy."
"It is now a favorite and will be made again and again, not only for Christmas but for other occasions," Jessie writes.
Coconut Macadamia Cookies
½ c. butter or margarine, softened
½ c. sugar
½ c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 t. vanilla
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½ t. baking soda
½ t. salt
½ c. quick cooking oats, uncooked
½ c. chopped macadamia nuts
2 c. grated coconut, divided
Cream butter; gradually add sugars, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Add egg and vanilla, mixing well.
Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt; add to creamed mixture, mixing well.
Stir in oats, nuts and 1 1/3 c. coconut.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets (Jessie uses parchment paper instead). Sprinkle with remaining 2/3 c. coconut.
Bake at 375° for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool slightly on cookie sheets; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Yields 4 dozen.
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A Council Bluffs father is furious after his son is misplaced for almost an hour.
William Simpson says he was at their apartment complex on Monday afternoon around 1:30, waiting for his son to come home from school. The school bus was even on time that day. But, the only child left on the bus, was not his son.
Instead of home, his son, Jaden, ended up at a daycare. He says the daycare didn't notice they had the wrong child. "You grabbed my son," said Simpson. "You took him into your house, took off his coat, took off his backpack and you didn't notice you had the wrong child."
Jaden is safe now, but Simpson wonders if the bus company and the daycare are going to take steps in preventing future mix-ups.


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That's been the story of the West Virginia University basketball season, and Saturday afternoon was no different.
Down a single point with 11.6 seconds to play, junior point guard Juwan Staten — the Mountaineers' top offensive threat — couldn't get the roll on his drive to the rim, and No. 11 Oklahoma State escaped the WVU Coliseum with a 73-72 win.
"They were locked in and knew exactly what was getting ready to happen," said OSU head coach Travis Ford of his defense on the final possession. "But it's not easy to stop Staten one-on-one. We did a good job of playing defense with our feet and making him try to go over us."
It was the third time this season the Mountaineers (10-6, 2-1 Big 12) came up short in their bid to knock off a nationally-ranked foe. WVU was within six points of No. 10 Wisconsin late in the game at the Cancun Challenge in November, before losing 70-63. The Mountaineers held a 66-61 lead over No. 20 Gonzaga in Morgantown, but the Bulldogs went on a 13-2 run and won 80-76.
"I have the same assessment I had three weeks ago," said a frustrated WVU head coach Bob Huggins. "We're close. Our problem is that we have a whole bunch of freshmen who don't understand that when you stop playing hard, people take advantage of you.
"I don't know why the ball didn't go in. I don't know why we didn't get the rebound. If it goes in, we're sitting here talking about how far we've come (after a 13-19 finish last season). We got it at the rim with the guy that's finished more goals at the rim than the rest of our team put together. We got what we wanted."
The Cowboys (14-2, 2-1) deserved plenty of credit as well. Down 72-70 with a gold-and-blue-striped Coliseum crowd of 12,078 going wild, Markel Brown stepped into a 3-pointer for his 12th point of the game to put the visitors ahead with 15 ticks remaining. He was 0-for-4 from long range prior to that shot.
"It was just a big-time shot," said Staten. "He hadn't been shooting it well, and he shot it with a hand in his face. It was just a good shot."
The story of the game for OSU, though, was the play of player of the year candidate Marcus Smart. The sophomore finished with a game-best 22 points to go along with 13 rebounds and five assists. He blocked a shot and recorded a steal.
"He's the best player in America," said Ford. "He played four different positions, and he knows every play from every position. He's always very positive, and he's put together back-to-back high-level games (after scoring 24 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in a win over Texas last Wednesday)."
On the other end, the Mountaineers — who led by as many as eight in the opening half and didn't trail until Phil Forte's 3-pointer with 11:28 left to play gave the Cowboys a 54-52 advantage — were led by a season-best 21 points from sophomore guard Terry Henderson, who knocked down 5 of 7 3-point tries. Henderson also grabbed six rebounds, dished out four assists and blocked three shots.
"I'm doing my best to help this team win," he said. "But a loss is a loss. We had some mental mistakes at the end of the game, and we've got to fix that.
"I just really wanted to win. I wanted this one bad."
Staten finished with 20 points, eight assists and five rebounds, and Williams had the fifth double-double of his freshman season with 12 points and 13 boards.
"He's second or third in the league in double-doubles," said Huggins. "We've just got to get him to be more consistent."
WVU was outscored 26-14 in the paint, thanks largely to the play of OSU forward Le'Bryan Nash, who ended the game with 18 points and six rebounds.
The Cowboys, who have now won back-to-back games since a surprising conference loss at Kansas State last weekend, will be in action again Wednesday at home against TCU.
WVU won't have much time to sulk with a matchup at home against Texas on the schedule at 7 p.m. Monday.
"They're turning around quick like we are," said Huggins of Texas, which hosted Texas Tech late Saturday night. "Of course it's challenging. Everyone complains about quick turnarounds, but it is what it is. I'm more worried about Texas than when we play."
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Nash 7-13 4-6 18, Williams 1-4 0-0 2, Murphy 2-4 3-4 7, Brown 5-12 1-2 12, Smart 8-15 3-4 22, Clark 1-2 0-0 3, Forte, III 3-9 0-0 9, Soucek 0-0 0-0 0, Hammonds 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-60 11-16 73.
Williams 4-8 4-6 12, Noreen 0-0 0-0 0, Staten 7-12 6-7 20, Harris 3-11 4-4 11, Henderson 7-13 2-2 21, Dibo 2-5 0-0 6, Adrian 0-3 0-0 0, Browne 1-3 0-0 2, Watkins 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 24-58 16-19 72.
Halftime—West Virginia 41-39. 3-Point Goals—Oklahoma St. 8-20 (Smart 3-5, Forte, III 3-8, Clark 1-2, Brown 1-4, Hammonds 0-1), West Virginia 8-21 (Henderson 5-7, Dibo 2-4, Harris 1-6, Staten 0-1, Browne 0-1, Adrian 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Oklahoma St. 35 (Smart 13), West Virginia 38 (Williams 13). Assists—Oklahoma St. 10 (Smart 5), West Virginia 13 (Staten 8). Total Fouls—Oklahoma St. 15, West Virginia 16. A—12,078.


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Rep. Pat Gardner (D-Atlanta) appears to have defeated Rep. Rashad Taylor (D-Atlanta) to secure a seat in the state legislature.
Both incumbents faced off in a battle for the District 57 seat after legislators redrew district boundaries statewide last year.
With all 20 precincts reporting, Gardner received 62.08-percent of votes. Taylor received 37.92-percent of votes.
has represented District 57 for nearly 12 years.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte area is known for great local theatre.
One of the best is the award-winning Davidson Community Players. They've been around since the mid 60s, earning a reputation for excellence in their productions.
In 2011, they won North Carolina Theatre Conference's Community Theatre of the Year and were recognized by Metrolina Theatre Association in 2012 for Best Production and Best Direction for "Crazy for You" and Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress in "Rumors".
They rank among the finest non-professional theatre companies in the Southeast, attracting theatre-goers from throughout the Carolinas, drawing an audience of thousands each year.
Their current production is the Tony-award winning musical comedy "Pajama Game". It's a love story set in the middle of a labor strike at a pajama factory.
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After months of extensive renovations, Bloomfield Township's Maple Theater reopens its doors to patrons tonight as part of a special celebration to benefit a local children's charity.
From now through the weekend, the theater's new ownership will donate proceeds to Variety, The Children's Charity, with the exclusive run of "The Sessions" starring Helen Hunt and John Hawkes.
Patrons will have the familiar feeling of leaving the Maple knowing they've seen a quality film, but their overall experience should be totally different.
The 37-year-old landmark underwent more than $1 million in extensive renovations that will now allow movie theaters with larger screens, a total of 700 seats, and more legroom and wider aisles, said .
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"We've designed the new Maple Theater to offer an upscale movie-going experience for the local neighborhood and cinephiles all across metro Detroit," said Goldstein, a Bloomfield Township resident.
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Like the Secret Cinema series that drew people across Metro Detroit before the theater's closure over the summer, frequent moviegoers can expect unique programming and opportunities to sign up for film packages, clubs and loyalty rewards cards that collect points toward prize giveaways, said Communications Director Jeremy Mills.
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- The Maple Bar will be open daily from 3–10 p.m., offering beer, wine and liquor to movie patrons.
- Sign up for The Maple Theater newsletter and purchase tickets online at the new website.
- The Maple Theater is located at 4135 W. Maple Rd., Bloomfield Twp., MI, just west of Telegraph.


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RALEIGH — Police on Monday charged a Wake Forest teen with escalating acts of sexual misconduct involving women walking on Raleigh's greenway system.
Police charged Brett Edward Gunter Hill, 17, of 2525 Triffle Lane with two counts of sexual battery, one count of assault and battery, and one count of indecent exposure, Raleigh police spokesman Jim Sughrue said Monday.
The incidents stretch back to March and ended this month, police say. All four occurred in Northeast Raleigh near Capital Boulevard, and all took place on or near the city's greenway system.
The first occurred March 9, when police accused Hill of slapping a woman's buttocks, Sughrue said. The next incident occurred May 12, when police say Hill exposed himself to a woman.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel and Wu Ashun of China have the clubhouse lead in the Malaysian Open after the second round was suspended because of darkness.
Schwartzel and Wu shot 4-under 68s Friday to finish 9-under overall at the European and Asian Tour event.
Some 75 players, half of the remaining field, were unable to complete the round. Scoreboard leader Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand was 10 under through nine holes.
Schwartzel and Wu had a three-stroke lead on China's Liang Wen-chong (68), England's Lee Slattery (70) and Scotland's Scott Jamieson (72). They were one shot ahead of a group at 5 under, including Rafa Cabrera-Bello, who had a 67.
The Spaniard had a difficult journey to the tournament. His bag and passport were stolen, so he flew from London to Madrid and back again to get a replacement before the 13-hour flight to Kuala Lumpur.
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Champions Tour: SAUCIER, Miss. — Hal Sutton has a new left hip and that's helping him get back to his old swing.
The result is the 54-year-old's best golf in more than a decade.
Sutton shot a 3-under 69 on Friday in the first round of the Champions Tour's Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic for a share of the lead with Steve Elkington, Corey Pavin and Roger Chapman.
"I've been trying to correct some bad habits that I had from that bad hip," Sutton said. "Today was progress."
The round was peppered with light showers and unpredictable wind gusts that helped keep scores from going too low. Sutton played in the first group of the day and managed to stay out of trouble for most of the morning — moving to 5 under with a birdie on 13 — but had two bogeys on the back nine and needed a 15-foot putt on 18 to save bogey.
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By Dave Ruthenberg, Sports Editor
Enid News and Eagle
It only took 17 years of two-school domination and multiple demands to fix a broken system, but the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) finally was forced to recognize the 800-pound bully in the room and stare it down.
This past week, the OSSAA board of directors, in a surprisingly unanimous vote, agreed to send significant changes in the structure of prep 6A football — where either Tulsa Union or Jenks have won the championship every year since 1996 — to a vote of the 32-member schools that make up the largest (based on average daily membership) classification.
"The playoff structure within Class 6A is definitely going to change," said OSSAA Executive Secretary Ed Sheakley after Wednesday's vote.
Of course the OSSAA still couldn't make it simple. At its Feb. 6 board meeting it approved two plans that were presented by its Constitution and Rules Revision Committee that were drafted in late January by 6A coaches and athletic directors. Once the schools vote on the plans, the board likely will take it up for final approval at its April meeting. Whichever plan gets approved, it will not take effect until 2014.
Support for
two-division plan
A two-division plan is supported by Enid head football coach Steve Chard, whose Plainsmen currently are the 19th-largest school in 6A based on ADM, but would become the third-largest in division two in the proposed plan, potentially giving the Plainsmen a more even shake at competing
for a title.
"I would favor a two-division plan," Chard said. "There is no similar discrepancy in any other class like there is in 6A football. Other classes have a top and bottom, but of course (6A) being the top class, there is no upper limit."
That has given rise to matchups between schools that have enrollments surpassing 4,000 (i.e. Broken Arrow and Jenks) competing against the likes of Bixby (1,336) and Tulsa Washington (1,287). Enid's ADM currently is 1,678.
The largest school, Broken Arrow, has an ADM of 4,586. To get an idea of the disparity, one would have to combine Enid, Ponca City (1,478) and Stillwater (1,441) to matchup numbers-wise with Broken Arrow.
Enid has not won a championship since 1983.
"It's certainly daunting to watch Union roll up with four buses full of players," Chard said. But he also is quick to point out that while he would like to see the inequities addressed, it doesn't pre-occupy his preparations or dominate his plans.
"I'm not uptight either way," Chard said when discussing the possible changes. "I don't spend any time worrying about it or discussing Union or Jenks with players during workouts. Our job is to prepare better and compete better."
However, Chard does see some obvious benefit to the much-needed changes.
"I will be glad to have a chance at a championship and it would present a much more equitable system year-in and year-out," he said.
Breaking down the proposals
Both plans currently on the table would maintain a 32-team Class 6A but split it into two divisions with eight teams advancing to the playoffs and crowning a state champion.
The first plan, as reported last week by the News & Eagle, would split Class 6A into two 16-team divisions with Division 1 comprising the 16 largest schools based on ADM, and Division 2 encompassing the next 16 schools. Each division would have two eight-team districts and the top-four finishers in each district would move on to the playoffs.
The second plan seems overly complicated as it maintains the current 6A districts but would also include two sub-divisions in each district that would consist of four teams from the largest 16 schools and four teams from the smallest 16 schools. Four teams from each district would advance to the playoffs with the large and small divisions sending two each, creating separate 8-team playoff brackets for the larger and smaller schools.
Each plan would create a three-week playoff instead of the current four-week system.
Sounds familiar
If the first plan sounds similar to the plan OSSAA rejected by an earlier 7-6 vote, it should. The only difference is the voted-down plan would have created a permanent Class 7A of the highest-ADM 16 teams.
So what changed? Well, the coaches likely surprised the board by coming together on a plan, forcing the OSSAA's hand in the matter.
At its Jan. 22 meeting, the 6A coaches and athletic directors approved the plans by an overwhelming vote of 28-3, with only Jenks, Union and Broken Arrow dissenting. Midwest City was not present at the meeting. Even Owasso, 6A's fourth-largest school, saw the need for change.
It's a plan that's long overdue. Actually, any kind of plan was long overdue. Seventeen years of 6A football championships being the sole providence of Jenks or Union spoke, no screamed, the need for change to the point OSSAA could no longer pretend to not hear the outcry.
Enid too big for Division Two?
But there could be an interesting twist in the 6A plot for Enid.
While the new plan could cast Enid, with its current ADM, as one of the top dogs in the restructured second division of 6A, that could all change in the next few years.
Enrollment in Enid Public Schools is trending significantly upward, particularly in the pre-high school grades.
According to Amber Fitzgerald, Enid Public Schools' director of human resources and communications, the district has seen growth of over 500 students in the elementary grades over the past three years and more than 1,000 students from pre-K to high school since 2007.
"We are the fastest growing school district among our 6A peers," said Fitzgerald. That growth is especially seen in the lower grades.
While this year's high school senior class has 354 students, the ninth-grade consists currently of 482 students. However, the most startling increase is at the first-grade and kindergarten levels where currently there are 720 first-graders and 718 students in kindergarten, indicating that, if the current numbers and trends hold up, Enid's ADM will see a significant jump in the next several years.
If the ADM for most other schools in 6A remains relatively static, Enid's numbers likely would push it right up into division one of a potentially restructured 6A. In other words, Enid could find itself right back in a situation of competing against the likes of Union and Jenks for a state title.
While that would certainly seem to deflate some of the excitement many around Enid would have regarding the proposed 6A fixes, it shouldn't detract from the basic premise and benefit of the new system, which is to provide an equitable basis to determine a champion, which is something everybody should feel good about.
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ERIE, Pa. — Mary T. Batta, age 92, of Conneaut, Ohio, died Monday evening, April 8, 2013, at UPMC Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa.
Born August 24, 1920, in Lowellville, Ohio, she was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Garchar) Novak.
For 25 years, she was employed as a cook at the former Pape's Restaurant in Conneaut.
She was a member of St. Mary/St. Frances Cabrini Parish, and a former member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary and Conneaut Senior Citizens. She was also a member of the Lake Erie Boat Club when her husband was active there.
Mary was an excellent bowler and bowled in the Senior Ladies Bowling League for many years. She also loved to play bingo with the Seniors at the Conneaut Human Resources Center.
Survivors include her son, Thomas G. (Elizabeth) Batta of Bloomington, Minn.; her grandson, Jeffrey M. (Jane) Batta and their children Zachary, Grace, Chloe and Max; grandson, Thomas J. (Amy) Batta and their children Samuel and Ryanne; as well as several nieces, nephews and more distant relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Blaine J. "Joe" Batta in 1992; a son, David in 1974; five sisters, Sister Mary Gemma of Vincentian Sisters of Charity, Betty Martinec, Katherine Gavalier, Yolanda Kushnir and Dorothy Stanko; and two brothers, John and Steve Novak.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m., Saturday, April 13th, at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, 480 State St., Conneaut, Ohio, with the Rev. Philip Miller as celebrant. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memory Gardens, North Kingsville, Ohio.
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The scientists at the IU School of Medicine-Bloomington nicknamed their new microscope the "OMG" for good reason—the images it produces are showstoppers. The DeltaVision OMX imaging system (its official title) is a $1.2 million dollar microscope that can peek inside a cell and image fluorescent proteins in unprecedented detail.
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Dennis James Montgomery, 40, was arrested Sunday at the Country Cs store on McConnells Highway a week after a repo man from Chesterfield County said Montgomery refused to allow him to take the 2008 Dodge Ram, according to a York County Sheriffs report. He is charged with pointing and presenting a firearm and unsafe discharge of a firearm.
The report states Montgomery ran outside his Zinker Road home with a shotgun when the 39-year-old repo man tried to hook his wrecker to the truck. Montgomery allegedly ordered the man off his property before insisting that he was not going to take his truck.
Montgomery then warned the man that he would kill him if he didnt leave and fired the gun at the ground behind the wrecker, the report states. Montgomery climbed into his truck and backed it up into the wreckers boom, leaving it with scuff marks.
Montgomery then drove the truck away from the house. A witness told police that he saw Montgomery stand outside with the gun and heard him threaten the repo man, the report states. He said he also heard the gunshot.
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Until they hit the ice in Prague this fall and do some things to erase the memory of their springtime disaster against Philadelphia, the Bruins will be ensconced in the Boston sports doghouse.
After adding Nathan Horton via trade from Florida Tuesday, the club has to hope it hasn't just added another dog to the pack.
We know what the stats say. Nathan Horton once scored 31 goals in an NHL season. We also know that his scoring total has decreased every season since. Injuries have played a part in that, as have a coaching carousel, a supporting cast that sometimes resembled an average AHL squad and the rigors of playing out the string starting in early March with little to play for.
We also know what some scouts say. There have been questions about Horton's willingness to show intensity on a nightly basis and keep focused on the task at hand. He's a big body at 6-foot-2, 229 pounds, but sometimes plays smaller than those measurements. He can be a power forward or he can be a power outage.
General manager Peter Chiarelli addressed those concerns about Horton during a conference call this afternoon.
"There seems to be a thread out there saying that he's, I don't know if you want to call it a neutral-character or whatever. What I know, what our research shows, what our due diligence shows is that he's a good person, he competes," said the GM. "I guess occasionally he's … and that's what's grown into this thread, so to speak. But he's a big-bodied kid. He can skate, he can shoot. He's only 25. And he's what we're looking for."
There's no doubt there's time for Horton to improve and mature and find that elusive level of consistency. We witnessed the transformation of Marc Savard from a one-dimensional playmaker into an effective two-way player that even could kill penalties at 30 years of age. Bruins head coach Claude Julien obviously has the knack for squeezing more out of a player that has previously been extracted. Although he would never admit it, Phil Kessel was even aided by Julien's tutelage. By most accounts, Horton is nowhere near as aloof or stubborn as Kessel.
During Chiarelli's reign as GM, the Bruins' "due diligence" has been a 50-50 proposition. Boston brass obviously was counting on Michael Ryder, David Krejci, Marco Sturm and others to increase their production last season in Kessel's absence, and instead the team was left with the league's worst offense. They obviously didn't see any hints that Dennis Wideman's character, and Ryder's also for that matter, was such that he would treat the regular season like a Hawaiian vacation and admit publicly that he couldn't seem to get motivated enough to play non-playoff games.
There are plenty examples where the Bruins have been right about a player's production – Tuukka Rask – and character, be it Rask and Milan Lucic's ability to make an NHL mark at a young age or Mark Recchi's ability to be the consummate leader in a youthful locker room.
Horton said the right things during his introductory conference call, and Chiarelli obviously has every reason to believe he has just added the type of piece that will make his team more of a threat next season. But we won't know until he hits the ice and actually deals with the raised expectations and finds out what life is really like playing for Julien whether he'll shake his reputation or live up to it.
That's where the second part of this equation comes in: making sure Horton has the right environment to thrive. That starts with the Bruins not messing with their depth up the middle. It means shaking this idea that moving Savard, their best offensive player four years running (who took a cap-friendly deal to stay) for a defenseman or another winger somehow makes the Bruins better. Boston right now has the perfect combination of a great playmaker, a solid two-way performer and one of the best defensive forwards in the league (with a little offensive pizazz) manning its middle. Depending on how he fares learning Julien's system and rounding into a three-zone player, Horton could easily fit on the right side of Savard, Krejci or Patrice Bergeron. With any of those three guys putting the puck on his stick, he should be able to hit his production goals with just a little hard work added to his natural ability.
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Best Doughnuts in Vegas
The donuts in Las Vegas are on a par with BBQ. Avoid at all cost.
Touting Ronalds as making good donuts is akin to recommending Taco Bell for bean burritos. If you want really good donuts, drive to Los Angeles. I do.
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i gotta take issue - the apple fritter at Ronalds can compete with the so cal donut spots.
Don't get me wrong, i'm a donut man fan ( lived about 3 miles away )
Loved primo's on the westside ( buttermilk and the cinnamon rolls )
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Are you focused on the westide vs. Eastside ?
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Spent a long week in Los Angeles at the end of June 2011. (This thread is getting old) Waled into one of my favorite donut shops at 11:00PM one night to see a completely full case and a variety at least quadruple that of any Las Vegas donut shop's selection when they open first thing in the morning.
This town is dismal when it comes to donuts.
I'm with KJS on this one. I'm very familiar with all of the L.A. places that KJS mentions (Primo's was a childhood hangout and Randy's is walking distance from my brother's) and I think Ronald's offerings are comparable in quality. I haven't had better doughnuts in Vegas since the first couple years of the original location of Lamar's (on far west Sahara).
How 'bout that crazy Donut man @ 3242 E Desert Inn Road???
And also a nomination for Ronald's tofu cream as an ideal soothing finish after a spicy lunch somewhere in the Chinatown vicinity.
LA has more donut places per capita than any other city in the country. Lots of competition there breeds better donut places. The best apple fritters I have ever had was at some little mom and pop place in Redondo Beach. Now if I really want one I get it from 7-11. Not the best but it satisfies my craving for it. I have not tried Ronalds. Will have to try it someday.
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That must be it. The name eludes my memory but if the address matches up, then that it is. They had great apple fritters there but I haven't had one in a long time. Of course, they were made just how I like them. Fried for a longer time so the apple fritter is almost crunchy, which I love. Not sure if that would please everyone.
Has anyone tried Las Vegas Donut House at 4080 Paradise Road?
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Yes. I've been there a couple of times very early in the morning when something wakes at o'dark thirty. I've gone there at 6:00AM and just before 7:00AM to what I would describe as an abysmal lack of variety. 8 different cake donuts, 6 different yeasts, a fritter, a cinnamon bun and a couple of twists. Maybe six trays total.
That being said, I bought a raspberry filled, a crumb glazed and cinnamon bun. All were very good. Not small like Krispy Kreme not huge like Blinkie's Donut Emporium in Topanga Canyon in Woodland Hills. Good size, fresh and tasty,
Went back another time at 10:40AM. Locked up tight with the cases still full of product. Sign on the door states the operating hours are 8:00AM to 10:30AM. Seems to be flexible on the opening but hard and fast on the closing. Maybe he has another job?
I wish he would donate that to a food shelter.
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Extension To Host Milk the Goat Contest
It's fair time and the University of Missouri Extension Council is at it again. This year instead of "Kiss the Pig" they will be hosting a "Milk the Goat" contest.
Six lucky contestants from each branch of Scotland County Emergency Services have volunteered to compete for the dubious honor of milking a goat in front of the grandstand. The two candidates with the most votes will compete against each other on Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. at the Scotland County Fair. To vote for the person you would most enjoy seeing milk the goat, visit any one of these locations: US Bank, Bank of Kirksville, Community Bank of Memphis, Memphis Democrat, Casey's, and the Extension office.
Each vote is 25c and you can vote as many times as you want. The cans will be picked up Tuesday morning, July 6th. The contestants are Twila Hogarth, EMT; Chris Feeney, Fire Department; Bill Holland, Sheriff's Department; Michelle Miller, Police Department; Clinton Duppong, Highway Patrol; and Teresa Lee, Emergency Room Physician Assistant. Proceeds from the contest will be used in the county for future programs.


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Wild Salmon: The End-All and Pee-All?
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Privacy: The floor-to-ceiling stalls come with their own glamour lighting. But what's with that oval-shaped hole at the top of the door that allows people to peep in? (Well, if they're as tall as Platt.)
Amenities: A full-length mirror faces the illuminated ones at the communal sink. And what a sink! Water from ball-valve faucets runs onto a flat, stainless-steel basin resembling a fish-gutting table.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Valparaiso University had 32 members of its football program named to the Pioneer Football League's Academic Honor Roll for their work in the classroom during the Fall 2011 semester, nearly doubling the number of student-athletes from the 2010 season.
"One of my goals when I started here at Valpo in 2010 was to raise the team's grade point average," head coach Dale Carlson said. "By seeing the increase in the number of players on the PFL Academic Honor Roll, it shows we are headed in the right direction."
The PFL athletic directors and coaches established the honor roll as a way to recognize the league's outstanding student-athletes. The academic honor roll consists of student-athletes who have participated in football at a member institution during the fall semester and posted a 3.0 grade-point average or higher while enrolled in classes full time.
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Here's the good news: You can help save unwanted horses. And in some cases, finding ways to help the animals you love can
even lead to increased client confidence and trust.
Contributing factors
It's not hard to see how the costs could take an inexperienced horse owner by surprise. According to a February 2009 survey
conducted by the Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC), the average horse costs about $3,000. However, you can buy a horse for as
little as $50. The scales become unbalanced when feed costs of $2,300 to $2,500 per year and medical costs of $500 to $1,000
per year become more than owners bargain for.
If someone winds up in dire financial straits and can't afford to keep an old or lame horse, they might consider abandoning
it. In this case, you can offer to vaccinate or euthanize at a reduced cost. "The equine practitioner becomes the voice of
reason when dealing with someone who just can't afford a horse anymore," says Dr. Tom Lenz, UHC chairman and past president
of the American Association of Equine Practitioners.
By early 2008, McDaniel says, more horse owners were feeling financially pressed and the situation was desperate "Every time
you opened a magazine or newspaper you saw more articles about unwanted horses being neglected or turned loose," he says.
"Rescue facilities overwhelmed with the increased costs of caring for more horses reached out and asked us for anything we
could spare in the way of free products. We wanted to respond to that."
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ISPAH set up a special website,
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text: Dennis Smith, professor in the College of Optometry, received the Michael G. Harris Award for Excellence in Optometric Education. The award, presented by the American Optometric Foundation to one U.S. or Canadian optometry faculty member each year, recognizes an optometric educator who has demonstrated ongoing and consistent excellence in the education of optometry students and/or the advancement of optometric education. Read more about Smith's award.


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Twenty years ago, there was a notorious fast food hamburger restaurant commercial with the tag line: "Where's the beef?" It implied that their competitors did not deliver much in the way of actual hamburger on their menus… the underlying assumption being more beef is better.
I use it here to emphasize that few vendors actually articulate clear, quantifiable value propositions for their products. In other words: "Where's the value proposition?" Most vendors assume their customers will understand the value proposition intuitively or that it does not matter.
News flash: it matters. This is especially true when it comes time for the economic decision maker (such as the CFO) to sign the purchase order. He/she will want some justification for the CapEx or OpEx. Providing the answer "because we need it," with little actual supporting financial justification, typically provides a response of, "Not until you can build a case for it." This means delays in purchase, implementation and benefits, assuming there really are any.
For the first half of this year, I sat through more than 70 vendor product presentations. I can count on two fingers the number of times there were demonstrable, quantifiable value propositions. Many times, the vendors touted features as benefits while skipping the value part entirely. (Note: features are not benefits and may have neither benefit nor value.) Many vendors say their products are better than their competitors'. That's nice, except
Quantifying value is harder than it seems. There are many issues and it takes time. I understand that when you are up to your neck in alligators, it is hard to remember your original purpose was to drain the swamp. However, before buying any network storage product, it is prudent to make sure the vendors have quantified the value of that product for your environment.
All value proposition quantification must be validated. This means the premises or assumptions must be correct. The arguments and formulas must be clearly understood, logical and sound. The conclusion (quantified value proposition) must follow the arguments. In other words, there should be no leaps of faith.
The value proposition will usually be couched in terms of total cost of ownership (TCO), payback (most CFOs prefer payback) and return on investment (ROI). These are comparative values against current or alternative products. The key will be the assumptions. One incorrect or absurd assumption will invalidate the results. Many payback and ROI calculators are based on reducing downtime or OpEx savings that will be difficult to prove or capture after the fact. Do not be afraid to get the promised quantified value proposition in writing. If possible, get it in a measurable service level agreement (SLA) with refunds based on missed targets.
Quantifiable value propositions means proposed network storage products have internal credibility. That credibility increases if the results match or beat the prognostication. My recommendation is to always insist on quantifiable value propositions. Some vendors will be unhappy with this demand; some vendors will step up to the challenge. In the end, you'll end up with a better product.
About the author: Marc Staimer is president and CDS of Dragon Slayer Consulting in Beaverton, Oregon. He is widely known as one of the leading storage market analysts in the network storage and storage management industries.


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Sprinkles Cupcake ATM: See How It Works (VIDEO)
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First Posted: 03/ 6/2012 2:29 pm Updated: 03/ 9/2012 5:03 pm
It's alive!
Less than a week after Sprinkles Beverly Hills announced their very first 24-hour cupcake automat, the baked goods ATM is up and running.
Sprinkles engineer Vineet Chaplot was on hand for the machine's launch to make sure everything was going smoothly. He pointed out that behind the automat's bright metal grates, you could see 600 freshly-made, individually boxed cupcakes ready for the day.
Eventually, the ATM will also offer Sprinkles cupcake mixes, apparel and dog treats.
We stopped by to test out the cupcake ATM and found the process as easy as getting a soda from the vending machine or money from an ATM.
Watch the video above to see how easy it is for cupcake fiends to satisfy their craving any time of day.
New York is next in line for the convenient cupcake dispenser; Sprinkles recently announced that they were eying midtown, downtown and the Upper West Side neighborhoods for the next three cupcake ATM locations.


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Without U.S. citizenship, Shirley Williams has always relied on the community to make good choices when it comes to electing members of the Poway Unified School District Board of Education.
"Because I don't vote, I take what I get," said Williams, an officer for the Palomar Council PTA. "I rely on the community to make the right choices and so far they have."
The English-born mother of four has watched her children go through Mt. Carmel High School, the youngest currently a sophomore. She says the biggest change she's seen in the six-year age difference between her youngest and eldest have been the class sizes.
"When the eldest was a freshman in high school, math class was capped at 20 students. We don't have that luxury now," Williams said.
She expects this, along with discussions about bond issues, equalization funding, propositions 30 and 38, technology and bullying to be at the forefront of the
Incumbents Linda Vanderveen and Andy Patapow will face off against challenger Kimberley Beatty for the two seats that will be available on the school board come November.
"I expect some searching and intelligent questions and I'm hoping for some thoughtful and meaningful answers from the candidates," Williams said.
The forum will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Poway Unified School District Offices and will be moderated by The League of Women Voters of San Diego.


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The Big Ten has agreed to no longer schedule Football Championship Subdivision opponents (prior to 2006, known as NCAA Division I-AA opponents) during non-conference play.
So just how is Maryland and Rutgers, who are scheduled to join the Big Ten in 2014, supposed to take that? Is this move being made because the Big Ten nonconference schedule is, in Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez's word, "ridiculous"? Or is it because, with Maryland and Rutgers joining the league, there will no longer be a need for Big Ten schools to schedule FCS opponents?
Just saying ...
Oh, and is a title or the name of a group with the word "subdivision" in it supposed to make you feel more significant than the one with "I-AA" in it?
I'll tell you the word that does it for me: "playoffs", which is what they have in the "subdivision."
Again, just saying.
Anyway, I see soon-to-be Pope K, currently known as Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, was at it again on the eve of last night's Duke-North Carolina game, talking up the great rivalries of college athletics, and how these great rivalries are really what intercollegiate athletics is all about.
Last month, from his pulpit on his SiriusXM radio show "Basketball and Beyond," Coach K lamented the fact that Maryland had decided to leave the ACC for the Big Ten. To help make his righteous point, he talked about brand — the Duke brand and the ACC brand, for instance — and he talked about people — "Duke people and ACC people", for instance.
And then he said, "And when you give that up, what price is that? What does that do? The fact that there will never be a Duke-Maryland game again. There may never be a Texas-Texas A&M game again, a Syracuse-Georgetown game again. Those schools aren't gonna schedule one another. I mean, that's not gonna happen. And in Maryland's case, that's the only conference they've known. And they're right in the middle of the ACC. And now their fans, they don't have a place. They're outsiders. They really are outsiders. What price? What price is paid for that?"
How nice that Coach K has developed this sudden concern for Maryland fans. Please.
A.) What price is that?
How many millions more dollars Maryland, which, thanks to ACC cornerstone Chairman Yow, is in desperate financial straits, will now receive as a Big Ten member will be the price. Everything has a price, right? Although I'm sure Coach K does his nationally syndicated radio show for freebies.
B.) There will never be a Duke-Maryland game again?
Once the ACC expands again, Duke-Maryland games would have been few and far between, as Maryland's ACC "rival" is set to be Pittsburgh, meaning the Terps and the Panthers would play two regular-season basketball games every year.
Boy, if that doesn't get the fires stirring — for both Pitt and Maryland.
C.) The ACC is the only conference Maryland has known?
Um, no. Maryland — like Duke — was in the Southern Conference before Maryland, along with Clemson, Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State, South Carolina and Wake Forest, founded the ACC in 1953 because the Southern Conference prohibited its schools from participating in bowl games.
D.) "And now their fans, they don't have a place. They're outsiders. They really are outsiders."
That's right, outsiders. Just like that book you read in high school. So change the Maryland nickname from Terrapins to Ponyboys. Or Sodapops or, better yet, Two-Bits. Because, for the past 60 years, that's what Maryland, a founding member of the ACC, and any other school north or south of the state of North Carolina has ever been to the ACC anyway. They've been the Outsiders — the Greasers.
Now, however, just as Coach K is because of his radio show, as well as many other of his perks, they'll be better paid greasers. Whether we like it or not, more power to Maryland, and more power to Coach K. If anybody deserves to be well paid, it's him. But that doesn't give him the right to be judge and jury because somebody else is in a position to replenish his own coffers, and then takes the opportunity to do so.
Great rivalries like Carolina-Duke? Yeah, they are great. But even the great and powerful Mike Krzyzewski, more so than anybody, should be honest enough to admit, in this sad day and age, the fuel of big-time intercollegiate athletics is direct deposit.
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Marvel screened early footage of the tentpole, set for release by Disney on Aug. 1, 2014, on Saturday at Comic-Con. Director James Gunn appeared with cast members Chris Pratt (who portrays Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax the Destroyer), Benicio Del Toro (the Collector), Lee Pace (Ronan the Accuser), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Djimon Hounsou (Korath the Pursuer) and Michael Rooker (Yondu).
SEE ALSO: Comic-Con: Why Superhero Movies are Here to Stay
Marvel Studios' president Kevin Feige is producing. Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Jeremy Latcham, Alan Fine and Stan Lee are exec producing.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma state employee retirement accounts could become more flexible but riskier under a proposal that now awaits Gov. Mary Fallin's signature.
The proposal would allow state employees hired after July 2014 to choose between a defined contribution option and the current defined benefit system. The House gave final legislative approval to the bill Tuesday with a 72-20 vote, sending it to the governor.
A defined contribution plan like a 401(k) is generally considered the riskier of the two options, since the benefits it provides to a retiree often depend on the performance of the retiree's chosen investments and the economy. Rep. Randy McDaniel, R-Edmond and the bill's sponsor, said it would bring mobility and freedom to state workers' retirements.
"The fact is this meets a need," McDaniel, who also works as a financial planner, told the chamber before Tuesday's vote. "There are public employees calling me all the time saying they want mobility, they want choices."
The bill would give new state employees 90 days to choose between the defined contribution and defined benefit option. The choice would be permanent. If employees don't make a choice within that time, they'd automatically slide into the defined contribution plan.
Defined contribution plans have become more common among U.S. employers since the 1980s, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and by 2010 more than half of private employees had access to the option. The plans can save employers almost half of their benefit costs per participating employee, the Bureau says.
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South Washington County Schools is looking for people who are dedicated to our community to become Minnesota Reading Corps or Minnesota Math Corps tutors in district schools.
The School Board held a Special Meeting with the Superintendent's Cabinet for the purpose of conducting their annual retreat on July 24.
Cottage Grove Middle School's Josh Eidem will move to an Assistant Principal role as the new school year gets underway.
The School Board met on Thursday, July 17, with the following items on the agenda:
South Washington County Schools is holding a Job Fair on Wednesday, July 30, from 1-4 p.m. at the Washington County Work-Force Center (13000 Ravine Parkway, Cottage Grove).
After serving as the district's Director of Technology for the last three years, Andrew Baldwin has accepted a position with Farmington Area Public Schools as their Director of Instructional Techno
Kids Club students in grades four through six in District 833 recently visited the West St. Paul Club Horseshoe Pitching courts.
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Pending School Board approval, District 833 has selected three new assistant principals: Jonathan Hunt for Park High School, and Mark Canton and Dr. Chai Lee for Woodbury High School.
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