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My fantasy hockey mailbag is open once again - first time in almost two months. Ask your questions until Monday right here!
Jordan Staal is back tonight after missing 15 games. He is going to start the game with Cooke and Dupuis - should help him get off to a blazing start...
Cal O'Reilly is centering Steve Sullivan and Dustin Jeffrey.
James Wisniewski is back for the Jackets tonight. He's a great buy low for the rest of the season. Nothing to play for, but he is a good multi-category defenseman who can get hot.
The top three scoring duos in the league this season - Sedins, Lupul/Kessel, and Neal/Malkin.
Consistency is a very important quality to look for when constructing a fantasy lineup, especially in weekly head-to-head leagues. The most consistent players this season:
Patrik Elias (78 percent of games with a point), Malkin (76), and Stamkos (75).
Erik Karlsson has a point in 60 percent of Ottawa's games - incredibly impressive for a defenseman.
Corey Crawford's struggles continue. I finally dumped Dwayne Roloson in one of my leagues this week, and picked up Ray Emery. He hasn't been any good either, but I was about four months overdue on dropping Dwayne.
Brendan Morrison was a healthy scratch for the Hawks yesterday. Unsurprisingly, he's not working out as the second line center.
Did anyone expect such a strong season from JS Giguere? If so, kudos. He stopped 39 shots last night and has been Colorado's best player this season.
Today's Studs and Duds from the DobberHockey forums. Always a great read.
Two assists for David Jones. He's a likely trade target for some contending teams at the deadline.
Drew Stafford led Buffalo with seven shots on goal last night - he finished with only one assist, though.
To say I am excited to get back to rambling would be an understatement. Thanks a ton to Mike for covering me for the past two weeks. I really enjoyed his content and angle on the issues he covered. Always great to get a fresh perspective.
I was in Maui for 10 days with family – was great to get away from the computer, twitter, writing, etc. Needed a bit of a mental recharge after a tough January (lost some people close to me), and the trip did exactly what I was hoping it would.
I'll have a fresh 15 Prime Cuts this Monday morning, and I'll get back on the monthly fantasy mailbag wagon soon – likely in the next week.
A solid read from my buddy and fantasy hockey competitor, Rhys Richards. Rhys is a Wings fan and has a great read on the team.
"Nabokov has been unconscious of late, but his cap hit of just over a half million dollars will probably mean any team interested in him will have to overpay. In addition, several teams, not the least of which is last year's surprise playoff Cinderella story Tampa Bay Lightning, may be willing to pay more than Detroit can or should.
The pre-cap Red Wings were known for substantial acquisitions at the Deadline. Holland may be downplaying Detroit's interest in order to hook a big fish that may not be currently available due to ongoing playoff hopes or interconference rivalries. Shea Weber, Ryan Suter, Brenden Morrow, or Shane Doan could very well see their names scroll across the tv or computer screen at the Trade Deadline as they prepare to make the D home."
Assuming or guessing what Detroit does this summer is premature, but they are in a great situation to make some significant additions to a very, very good club. I wonder if the Winter Classic next season is enough to lure Lidstrom back for one more season? I think a lot of that depends on how the playoffs go.
I didn't catch any Canucks games while I was away, but I did see the Kings a few times (Hawaii picks up the LA Fox feed). The Kings have some good parts, but outside of Kopitar no forward creates offense. Richards can at times, but he's a complimentary talent. Stoll is useless on the wing, and Penner is useless anywhere. The Kings need to add a winger – David Jones and Ales Hemsky would both be great fits.
An extremely comprehensive review of Montreal's season to date. Some of the fantasy relevant stuff:
"After playing a high risk game over the first quarter (86 scoring chances against) Pacioretty has tightened up defensively and was on for just 59 scoring chances against. That he did this while his responsibilities increased is outstanding. Pacioretty also doesn't benefit from the same offensive zone starts that his linemates do, and drives the play up ice at a high rate. If Pacioretty's possession and play wasn't enough, the fact that he draws nearly twice as many penalties as he takes is a cherry on top."
Good stuff on Subban as well:
"In essence, Subban makes more successful plays per game than most players make plays at all. The kid is a stud dealing with an impossibly low personal shooting percentage despite putting up elite level shot production at 22 years old. He's still driving the play towards the opponent's end consistently, and still positive at even strength."
It sounds like the Blues may be hamstrung at the deadline by ownership issues. Too bad, as they aren't far off from being a cup contending team (in fact, they could get there now with the current roster – I just don't see enough scoring up front).
Speaking of scoring, Andy McDonald is returning this weekend. Great to see, as he has had a tough battle back from a concussion.
Martin Marincin is a really good defenseman with some offensive upside – check out more on him from the Copper & Blue.
"He's a player who has some offensive ability, but at the next level, will probably need to rely on his ability in other areas in order to be effective. So even though the offense is falling off, I'm encouraged by reports like Bruce's as well as my own viewings, which suggest that those kinks he needed to work out are coming along nicely."
Jamie Benn has been a DobberHockey favorite for at least three years now. Defending Big D asks – is he the next Mike Modano? I'll say this as a huge Benn fan, ever since his WHL days – no.
"One subject that everyone seems to ask me about lately is Jamie Benn, and how exactly he stacks up to Mike Modano. I've been asked if it's fair to compare the two, if I think Benn can fill the shoes, and if I think Benn could put up the same kind of numbers over his career. These are all different wants of asking the same questions, really, and the answer isn't exactly as cut and dry as most would hope.
Before comparing the two players, it's best to answer if indeed it is fair to do so. The way I look at it, all is fair in sports fandom. It simply comes with the territory. Jamie Benn isn't the first athlete to be scrutinized and compared to the ghosts of franchise history. It's simply human nature to try and compare someone new to someone you're already familiar with. It happens in all sports at every level."
Nick Backstrom hopes to be back for the playoffs. Pathetic that Bourque only received a few games for one of the most blatant head shots you will ever see. Mathieu Perreault has filled in admirably, but he is no Backstrom. More on Backstrom and his frustrations here.
Mike Green continues to skate, and is on track. On track for what, exactly? Another injury? I feel bad for this guy.
"Mike Green skated again Thursday morning in full pads as he continues to work back into shape after sports hernia surgery on Jan. 17. The Washington Capitals defenseman was on the ice for the seventh time in the past 10 days and third in a row.
"He was on the ice today. So he's on schedule; that's what the main thing is," coach Dale Hunter said. "He feels better. He feels more comfortable out there than he was before."
Mats Sundin's number gets retired tonight by Vancouver Toronto. All jokes aside, he was great for the Canucks organization. He cost them money they weren't using, and he really helped the maturation and development of several players, most notably Ryan Kesler.
A totally irrelevant and awesome list by Justin Bourne – seven players who you wouldn't want to go for a beer with.
"Jay Bouwmeester is very special type of Canadian. To the Americans reading this, if you haven't met his type, let me explain it. (Caveat: my Dad's side is from Kindersley, Sask and my Mom was born in Moose Jaw, raised in Saskatoon. Not hating on farm boys.)
There's this certain type of Canadian farm boy who is slow in everything they do. Conversation, yes, but also tying their shoes, eating a bowl of cereal, whatever. They're not dumb (quite the opposite, often), they're just…dull. They're in no hurry. Yet on the ice, they function just fine. They were born into the game, so they know that doesn't work there."
Minor concussions are b-s. Dobber has made this point before. A concussion is a concussion. Nathan Horton has stopped skating after his symptoms flared up.
Zone starts are a very fantasy-relevant stat, and they have propelled the Sedins to elite status. Vigneault has had great success creating defined roles for his forwards.
"Whenever a shift starts in the defensive zone, Vigneault will get his top defensive forward line on the ice as much as possible. This is the line of Manny Malhotra, Maxim Lapierre and Dale Wiese. In fact if you look at the NHL players sorted by zone start percentage, you find that these are the top three and bottom three players in the league."
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Carolina Panthers TE Ben Hartsock spent most of his first nine seasons in the NFL clearing space for running backs and protecting quarterbacks, rarely getting any balls thrown his way. However, during minicamp, QB Cam Newton targeted Hartsock on a number of underneath routes and Hartsock did not have any noticeable drops.
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Unless you've living on a deserted island, had your head in the sand over the past few weeks, or just didn't visit any one of the 100's of web-sites geared toward the African-American market, I am quite sure you heard about the "uproar" in the Black male community over the latest movie by Tyler Perry entitled For Colored Girls. This new updated version of "Hollywood/Tyler Perry Hates Black Men" sentiment harkened me way back to my sophomore year in high school when a little movie called The Color Purple (which coincidentally just had its 25th Anniversary special on Oprah) hit the screen. I was like, "Wow, same song, just 25 years later!" Just as things were back in the mid-80's with The Color Purple, brotha's were UPSET over their portrayal in For Colored Girls (as many of my brethren are about most Tyler Perry films, yet our anger and disgust was/is pretty much non-existent when the discussion of the numerous movies/reality shows/videos that denigrate BLACK WOMEN are brought to the table…but I digress).
The truth of the matter is that, I don't want to debate the validity on the claim that all Tyler Perry movies denigrate or don't denigrate Black Men, nor I'm I here to make the argument that The Color Purple did (did not do) the same thing 25 years ago. Maybe they do, maybe they don't; personally I enjoy a couple of Mr. Perry's movies (especially Daddy's Little Girls) although his tv shows are a bit too coonish for my tastes. And when it comes to The Color Purple? Well, easily on my Top 5 all-time movie list. But my question to all of the men out there is: For Colored Girls?? Seriously!?! THIS is what it takes to get us "mobilized", fired up and pissed off!? When did a handful of movies by Tyler Perry become Public Enemy #1 in the minds of Black Men? When did a movie other than let's say "Birth of a Nation" become the apocalypse? When did we as men lose our way and get off the beaten path to find ourselves in this predicament? I mean, c'mon when did we become so damn sensitive? Better yet, when did we take our eye off the ball to the point where a movie could actually define who we are as men, husbands, and fathers?
With all the issues we face in our community none of this Hollywood or celebrity dribble should EVER crack our Kasey Kasem Billboard Top 100 countdown! At the end of the day, does criticizing and being up in arms about a handful of movies address our failing schools? Graduation rates? Poverty? Teen pregnancy? Foster children? Single parent households? NO, it surely does not! Sorry my brothers, we do not have the luxury of wasting our time, energy, and talents complaining about such nonsense. Our families and our communities expect & demand better of us (notice I said US!).
Do I have all the answers? NOPE! But, we must start somewhere, and if that means at minimum reclaiming our households, so be it. It is paramount for us not to just be present in the lives of our children and our spouses/significant others, but we must also be active and engaged as well. It was just this past weekend when I literally lost count on how many little Black faces I saw at a holiday event for kids; plenty of Mothers, Sisters, Aunts, and Grandmothers, but I could count the number of Black Men on one hand. And don't get me started on the countless times I hear brotha's say, "I have to babysit my kids today." Um, Babysit? You don't babysit YOUR kids! There is a mentality that many of us can't shake, and it's about time we did. Ask yourself, when was the last time you went to your child's school, read them a book, gave them a bath, feed them dinner, took them to the doctor, or picked them up from karate class? If you can't answer any of those questions correctly, then I'm talking to you. And before you ask, "Well, aren't you a stay-at-home Dad? So obviously you have plenty of time to do all of this?" it's not about being home all the time, because trust me I was at school, doctors appointments, bath time, etc… before I was laid-off. It's about making time for what is TRULY important.
I can hear the choir now, "Yo Bruh, you need to get off your soap box!" Well, maybe I do, BUT me getting off of my soap box isn't going to change our collective state of affairs is it? For years, our priorities have been all out of whack and now, somehow, a handful of movies are to blame for our lot in life? I'm not buying it! The fact is the poor choices we have been making are now coming back to bite us in the a%^. It's time for us to stop blaming the messenger and get to work earning the respect of our wives and our children. Leave the trivial nonsense/blogging of being "dissed" in a movie to others and let's get to work fellas. It's due time, and time is way past due…
Next time on Real Talk Wednesday's, "Boy, I Just Said NO!"


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(14 Recipes) Created by LCARLOCK9
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Very Good 4.3/5
(8 ratings)
Submitted by JENREDSVU
Carbs: 23.1g | Fat: 1g | Fiber: 5.4g | Protein: 5.2g | Calories: 111
Very Good 4.0/5
(2 ratings)
Great whole grain breakfast to make the night before and have for breakfast, can make and store leftovers for later!
Submitted by AMANDARN1
Carbs: 59.5g | Fat: 4.9g | Fiber: 6g | Protein: 10.8g | Calories: 322.8
Vindaloo is one of my favorite dishes in the world! This spicy Indian curry can be made vegetarian or with meat and is packed with spices. For those new to Indian cooking, I simplified the spice list, choosing five you might already have on hand.
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 61g | Fat: 4.8g | Fiber: 16.2g | Protein: 14.5g | Calories: 330.7
Looking for a simple curry that's flavorful but not too hot? This hearty stew fits the bill.
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 30.1g | Fat: 15.5g | Fiber: 9.2g | Protein: 16.1g | Calories: 296
Very Good 4.5/5
(11 ratings)
This is an adaptation of Susan Voisins' recipe at Fat Free Vegan. It is so creamy and tasty you would never pick it for Vegan.
Submitted by FLOWERDALEJEWEL
Carbs: 36.5g | Fat: 9.1g | Fiber: 9.5g | Protein: 15.4g | Calories: 269.3
I just made this up with the ingredients I had on hand. I think it turned out pretty tasty.
Submitted by TAILSFOX
Carbs: 34.7g | Fat: 13.8g | Fiber: 8.4g | Protein: 9.8g | Calories: 211
Very Good 4.1/5
(8 ratings)
My vegetarian ( or vegan) version of Jambalaya. I'm easy on the heat but you can add more cayenne pepper and some Tabasco to taste. If you want the recipe more soup-like, you will probably want to add more water.
Submitted by MISSTOYOU
Carbs: 21.2g | Fat: 7g | Fiber: 3.3g | Protein: 2.9g | Calories: 153.8
Caponata is a Mediterranean vegetable stew. Eat it as is, or atop toasted whole-wheat bread or pasta.
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 15.9g | Fat: 1.4g | Fiber: 5.4g | Protein: 2.3g | Calories: 76.1
Very Good 4.5/5
(26 ratings)
I've got a lot of cajun in me, and there are some recipes I can't live without! This is classic red beans and rice like my mama makes, only without any animal.
Submitted by KMCQUAGE
Carbs: 48.6g | Fat: 3.6g | Fiber: 18.5g | Protein: 14.9g | Calories: 277.3
Rich and full of flavor, this dish is at its best when served over rice.
Carbs: 37.7g | Fat: 19.9g | Fiber: 9.1g | Protein: 8.8g | Calories: 342.1
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A very nice cold weather soup.
Submitted by ERIC_ANDREW
Carbs: 14.5g | Fat: 1.4g | Fiber: 4.8g | Protein: 5.8g | Calories: 86.2
Incredible! 5.0/5
(2 ratings)
Easy to prepare and alter to taste
Submitted by PEACH3ES
Carbs: 26.9g | Fat: 1.9g | Fiber: 7.4g | Protein: 5.7g | Calories: 135.9
A simple, hearty meat-free meal. Pair with a green salad, and dinner is ready.
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 45.6g | Fat: 1.5g | Fiber: 7.6g | Protein: 8.8g | Calories: 213.1
Very Good 4.2/5
(44 ratings)
Serve as a side dish or over pasta or rice as a main dish.
Submitted by QUABBIN
Carbs: 26.9g | Fat: 1.5g | Fiber: 9.2g | Protein: 7.5g | Calories: 144.1


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When John G. Roberts, Jr., emerges from behind the red curtains and takes his place in the middle of the Supreme Court bench, he usually wears a pair of reading glasses, which he peers over to see the lawyers arguing before him. It's an old-fashioned look for the Chief Justice of the United States, who is fifty-four, but, even with the glasses, there's no mistaking that Roberts is the youngest person on the Court. (John Paul Stevens, the senior Associate Justice, who sits to Roberts's right, is thirty-five years older.) Roberts's face is unlined, his shoulders are broad and athletic, and only a few wisps of gray hair mark him as changed in any way from the judge who charmed the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing, in 2005.
On April 29th, the last day of arguments for the Court's current term, the Justices heard Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder, a critical case about the future of the Voting Rights Act. Congress originally passed the law in 1965, and three years ago overwhelmingly passed its latest reauthorization, rejecting arguments that improvements in race relations had rendered the act unnecessary. Specifically, the bill, signed by President George W. Bush in 2006, kept in place Section 5 of the law, which says that certain jurisdictions, largely in the Old South, have to obtain the approval of the Justice Department before making any changes to their electoral rules, from the location of polling places to the boundaries of congressional districts. A small utility district in Texas challenged that part of the law, making the same argument that members of Congress had just discounted—that this process, known as preclearance, amounted to a form of discrimination against the citizens of the New South.
Roberts said little to the lawyer for the plaintiff, but when Neal K. Katyal, the Deputy Solicitor General, took to the lectern to defend the Voting Rights Act, the Chief Justice pounced. "As I understand it, one-twentieth of one per cent of the submissions are not precleared," Roberts said. "That, to me, suggests that they are sweeping far more broadly than they need to to address the intentional discrimination under the Fifteenth Amendment"—which guarantees the right to vote regardless of race.
"I disagree with that, Mr. Chief Justice," Katyal said. "I think what it represents is that Section 5 is actually working very well—that it provides a deterrent." According to Katyal, the fact that the Justice Department cleared almost all electoral changes proved, in effect, that the South had been trained, if not totally reformed.
Roberts removed his glasses and stared down at Katyal. "That's like the old elephant whistle," he said. "You know, 'I have this whistle to keep away the elephants.' You know, well, that's silly. 'Well, there are no elephants, so it must work.' "
Roberts was relentless in challenging Katyal: "So your answer is that Congress can impose this disparate treatment forever because of the history in the South?"
"Absolutely not," Katyal said.
"When can they—when do they have to stop?"
"Congress here said that twenty-five years was the appropriate reauthorization period."
"Well, they said five years originally, and then another twenty years," Roberts said, referring to previous reauthorizations of the act. "I mean, at some point it begins to look like the idea is that this is going to go on forever."
And this, ultimately, was the source of Roberts's frustration—and not just in this case. In a series of decisions in the past four years, the Chief Justice has expressed the view that the time has now passed when the Court should allow systemic remedies for racial discrimination. The previous week, the Court heard a challenge by a group of white firefighters in New Haven who were denied promotions even though they had scored better than black applicants on a test. Roberts was, if anything, even more belligerent in questioning the lawyer defending the city. "Now, why is this not intentional discrimination?" he asked. "You are going to have to explain that to me again, because there are particular individuals here," he said. "And they say they didn't get their jobs because of intentional racial action by the city." He added, "You maybe don't care whether it's Jones or Smith who is not getting the promotion," he said. "All you care about is who is getting the promotion. All you care about is his race."
When Antonin Scalia joined the Court, in 1986, he brought a new gladiatorial spirit to oral arguments, and in subsequent years the Justices have often used their questions as much for campaign speeches as for requests for information. Roberts, though, has taken this practice to an extreme, and now, even more than the effervescent Scalia, it is the Chief Justice, with his slight Midwestern twang, who dominates the Court's public sessions.
Roberts's hard-edged performance at oral argument offers more than just a rhetorical contrast to the rendering of himself that he presented at his confirmation hearing. "Judges are like umpires," Roberts said at the time. "Umpires don't make the rules. They apply them. The role of an umpire and a judge is critical. They make sure everybody plays by the rules. But it is a limited role. Nobody ever went to a ballgame to see the umpire." His jurisprudence as Chief Justice, Roberts said, would be characterized by "modesty and humility." After four years on the Court, however, Roberts's record is not that of a humble moderate but, rather, that of a doctrinaire conservative. The kind of humility that Roberts favors reflects a view that the Court should almost always defer to the existing power relationships in society. In every major case since he became the nation's seventeenth Chief Justice, Roberts has sided with the prosecution over the defendant, the state over the condemned, the executive branch over the legislative, and the corporate defendant over the individual plaintiff. Even more than Scalia, who has embodied judicial conservatism during a generation of service on the Supreme Court, Roberts has served the interests, and reflected the values, of the contemporary Republican Party.


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SI's Daily Olympic Briefing: July 31
Story Highlights
Michael Phelps will likely end Tuesday with an Olympic record of 19 career medals
U.S. women's gymnastics competes in the team final competition at 11:30 a.m. ET
LeBron James and Team USA takes on Tunisia; Missy Franklin goes for gold again
LONDON -- The final rival for Michael Phelps is a 77-year-old gymnast whose athletic career ended decades ago. Tonight, Phelps swims for history, and with two medal races (the 200 butterfly and 4x200 freestyle relay) and two strong changes to hit the podium, he should end his evening with a record 19 career Olympic medals. That would put him one medal beyond Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, and firmly atop Mt. Olympics.
The American swimmer is the individual headliner on Tuesday but the team to watch will be the U.S. women's gymnastics squad as the team final competition begins at 11:30 a.m. The U.S. women lead Russia and China after qualifying, and it will be an upset if they do not bring home gold. Medals will also be awarded today in canoe slalom, diving, equestrian, fencing, judo, shooting and weightlifting.
Phelps won the 200 butterfly in Athens and Beijing and is the favorite for the final, which starts at 2:49 p.m. With any color medal -- Phelps is SI's pick to win gold over Takeshi Matsuda of Japan -- he would tie Latynina for the all-time mark. Though, Phelps had the fourth-fastest run in qualifying, he was quite happy with his swim. Matsuda, South Africa's Chad le Clos and Chen Ye of China are Phelps' strongest competitors.
The women's 200 freestyle (2:41 p.m.) is a stacked race, including Missy Franklin (who won the 100 backstroke final) and Allison Schmitt of the U.S., France's Camille Muffat and Italy's Federica Pellegrini, who won the event in Beijing. Franklin qualified eighth, but will be in the hunt in the final.
[KILLION: Franklin's legend continues to grow]
Australia's Stephanie Rice was the prerace favorite in the 200 individual medley (3:43 p.m.) but watch out for China's 16-year-old comet Ye Shiwen, who set an Olympic record in the semis, and Australia's Alicia Coutts. Rice finished a surprising sixth in the 400 IM, in a race won handedly by Shiwen.
The last medal event of the night in swimming is the men's 4x200 freestyle relay, in which Phelps (and possibly Ryan Lochte) will compete in an event the U.S. has set 11 world records in since 1920. SI predicts a U.S.-France-Australia finish, and it would be shocking if the U.S. does not medal here.
There will also be preliminary heats (starting at 5 a.m.) and semifinals (starting at 2:30 p.m.) in the men's 100 free (the Australian pair of James Magnussen and James Roberts are the ones to watch); women's 200 butterfly (Japan's Natsumi Hoshi is SI's pick in the final), men's 200 breast stroke (Japan's Kosuke Kitajima gets another shot at gold)
Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber will compete for the U.S. in the gymnastics team final (11:30 a.m. start), leading the competition heading in with a score of 181.863 followed by Russia (180.429), China (176.637) and Romania close behind at 176.264. Great Britain, Japan, Italy and Canada round out the eight teams who advanced to the final at North Greenwich Arena.
[CAZENEUVE: U.S. needs Wieber's best to win gold]
Wimbledon has plenty of A-listers on center court today, including women's singles action featuring Venus Williams (U.S.) vs. Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada), Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) vs. Andy Murray (Great Britain), Andy Roddick (U.S.) vs. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) and Laura Robson (Great Britain) vs. Maria Sharapova (Russia). The matches start at 7 a.m.
[WERTHEIM: Mixed reviews for Wimbledon's new lawn]
Archery features men's and women's individual action. Among the American competing today are Jacob Wukie (4:13 a.m.) and Jennifer Nichols (5:44 a.m.).
Badminton continues with men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles. Play begins at 3:30 a.m. and runs until the final match (which starts at 3:54 p.m.).
Look for the U.S. men's basketball team -- who rolled over France by 27 in its opener on Sunday -- to continue the party against Tunisia (5:15 p.m.) Other games of note include Australia-Spain (6:15 a.m.) and France-Argentina (3 p.m.). Spain defeated China by 16 in its opener.
[THOMSEN: Love becoming key contributor for U.S.]
Jamel Herring of the U. S. faces Daniyar Yeleussinov in a men's light welterweight bout (opening bouts start at 8:30 a.m.; second session starts at 3:30 p.m.). Boxing also has men's light flyweight action.
France's Tony Estanguet is SI's pick for gold in the canoe single (C1) men's final (10:06 a.m.) at the Lee Valley White Water Centre.
The U.S. women' soccer team looks to improve to 3-0 in pool play as it faces North Korea (12:15 p.m.) at Old Trafford. Other games of note include Japan-South Africa (9:30 a.m.), Canada-Sweden (9:30 a.m.) and Great Britain-Brazil (2:45 p.m.).
SI's pick for the women's synchronized 10m platform diving final (10 a.m.) is the Chinese team of Chen Ruolin and Wang Hao. Mexico's Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco are also serious contenders.
Equestrian medals will be handed out in the eventing team jumping final (5:30 a.m.) and eventing individual jumping final (9:30 a.m.)
Italy's Andrea Cassara is SI's pick for the men's foil individual finals (2:10 p.m.). The American Race Imboden is also a contender. The prelims begin at 5:30 a.m.
Argentina is SI's pick in women's field hockey and the U.S. gets its opportunity to upset the favorites today (2 p.m.) at Riverbank Arena. A rising U.S. team defeated Argentina at the '11 Pan-Am Games and lost to Germany 2-1 in its London opener.
Men's team handball continues with six matches, including Serbia-Croatia (11:15 a.m.) at Copper Box.
Judo will hand out two medals, including the women's 63kg (11 a.m.) and men's 81kg (11:10 a.m.) Azerbaijan's Elnur Mammadli won the latter event in Beijing and is looking to repeat.
Norway's Tore Brovold and Valeriy Shomin of Russia are the favorites in the skeet men's final (9 a.m.).
The men's and women's singles quarterfinals in table tennis will be contested, including an anticipated match between China's Ding Ning and Japan's Ai Fukuhara (7 a.m.). Play commences at 5 a.m.
There are six men's volleyball matches today, including the U.S. against Germany (11:45 a.m.) and Brazil-Russia (5 p.m.).
The U.S. men's water polo team plays Romania at 2:40 p.m., one of six matches today in that sport. One to watch is Olympic titleholders Hungary against European championship runners-up Montenegro (3 p.m.).
Weightlifting will hand out medals today in the women's 63kg and men's 69kg categories.
"You can call me Mr. Balboa if you'd like to." -- U.S. high jumper Jesse Williams, on drawing parallels with a famous movie underdog.
948: Athletes competing in swimming at London, which represents 8.6 percent of all the athletes at the Games.
100: U.S. athletes who speak one or more foreign languages.
2: World rank in the women's judo 57kg class for Portugal's Telma Monteiro, who was upset by American Marti Mallory in an opening-round match on Monday.
1. A Spine-Tingling Space Where Dreams Will Be Made -- And Crushed, By Marina Hyde, The Guardian. Crass corporatism cannot extinguish the raw drama of the Olympic Park, argues Hyde.
2. Hope Solo Can Learn A Few Things From Brandi Chastain, By Sally Jenkins, Washington Post. Writes Jenkins: "Hope Solo can be huge fun, in her irradiated Attack of the 50-foot-Woman way. But Solo abhors an attention vacuum, and in the absence of it she will say anything to make cameras and microphones return, even if it means insulting Brandi Chastain and jacking around with her U.S. soccer team's equilibrium at the Olympics."
3. LeBron and His Dream Team Seem To Be Sleepwalking, By Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian. Says the British writer: "If Arthur Miller was starting out on Death of a Salesman, Biff would not fantasise about being an American football star, it would be basketball and hoop dreams all the way."


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Thursday, April 24, 2014
The Associated Press
(Continued from page 1)
House Speaker John Boehner said the GOP proposal is a "credible plan" for Obama and that he hopes the administration would "respond in a timely and responsible way."
Monday's Republican plan contains few specific and anticipates that myriad details will have to be filled in next year in legislation overhauling the tax code and curbing the growth of benefit programs.
Tine is growing shorter before the deadline to avert the fiscal cliff, which is a combination of expiring Bush-era tax cuts and automatic, across-the-board spending cuts that are the result of prior failures of Congress and Obama to make a budget deal.
Many economists say such a one-two punch could send the fragile economy back into recession.
GOP aides said their plan is based on one presented by Erskine Bowles, co-chairman of a deficit commission Obama appointed earlier in his term, in testimony to a special deficit "supercommittee" last year — in effect a milder version of a 2010 Bowles proposal that caused both GOP and Democratic leaders in Congress to recoil.
Unlike Bowles' official 2010 plan, drafted with former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson, the version released Monday drops the earlier endorsement of Obama's proposal to increase tax rates on family income exceeding $250,000 back to Clinton-era levels, with the top rate jumping from 35 percent to 39.6 percent.
Bowles, in a statement, said he was flattered but the GOP plan does not represent his proposal.
Still, he added, "Every offer put forward brings us closer to a deal, but to reach an agreement, it will be necessary for both sides to move beyond their opening positions."
By GOP math, their plan would produce $2.2 trillion in budget savings over the coming decade: $800 billion in higher taxes, $600 billion in savings from costly health care programs like Medicare, $300 billion from other proposals such as forcing federal workers to contribute more toward their pensions and $300 billion in additional savings from the Pentagon budget and domestic programs funded by Congress each year.
Boehner signaled in discussions with Obama in 2011 that he was willing to accept up to $800 billion in higher tax revenues, but his aides maintained that much of that money would have come from so-called dynamic scoring — a conservative approach in which economic growth would have accounted for much of the revenue. Now, Boehner is willing to accept the estimates of official scorekeepers like the Congressional Budget Office, whose models reject dynamic scoring.
Under the administration's math, GOP aides said, the plan represents $4.6 trillion in 10-year savings. That estimate accounts for earlier cuts enacted during last year's showdown over lifting the government's borrowing cap and also factors in war savings and lower interest payments on the $16.4 trillion national debt.
Last week, the White House delivered to Capitol Hill its opening proposal: $1.6 trillion in higher taxes over a decade, a possible extension of the temporary Social Security payroll tax cut and heightened presidential power to raise the national debt limit.
In exchange, the president would back $600 billion in spending cuts, including $350 billion from Medicare and other health programs. But he also wants $200 billion in new spending for jobless benefits, public works projects and aid for struggling homeowners. His proposal for raising the ceiling on government borrowing would make it virtually impossible for Congress to block him going forward.
Republicans said they responded in closed-door meetings with laughter and disbelief.
The GOP plan is certain to whip up opposition from Democrats opposed to any action now on Social Security, whose defenders say should not be part of any fiscal cliff deal. And Democrats also are deeply skeptical of raising the Medicare age.
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I brought my wife here as a surprise for our Anniversary. We did the all day couples package and it was great! The girls at the front desk were very helpful in my planning and were ready to help set up the champagne and snacks that I brought in. We had nice robes to relax in before our massages and they offered hot tea (my wife loved it). I didn't think I would really enjoy a facial or pedicure but I was impressed, I was so relaxed and liked that we were able to sit together for the pedicures. We will definitely be going back! Highly recommend for a day of luxury
I had the most amazing spa experience! I scheduled a pedicure for my first visit, and didn't know what to expect but was totally amazed by the quality. I had a 50 minute pedicure and it was so relaxing I can't imagine going anywhere else after that. You get your own private room so you don't hear other people talking on their cell phones or to eachother and no heavy odors. Very wonderful experience! I highly recommend Heather for nails, perfect polish job and very professional!
Overpriced and not worth it! Worst spa experience. I went and spent the $85 to get their most expensive pedicure for 80 min. The first 27 min was me sitting with my feet in the foot bath waiting for the gal to come back to the room after leaving to come back "in a few minutes." I took my Kindle to read since this was my day to relax and enjoy peace and quiet. I never got that. She was constantly talking, asking me questions of what I do, how I stay in shape, what I eat for breakfast, etc. I was there to relax and read, not be friends with you!! After she was done, she took me back to the relaxation room, put my water down and said "have a seat" and left. i never saw her again. She never said it was nice meeting you, thank you, etc. I will NEVER go back and be sure to inform others. My office is in the same complex and I'll be sure to tell my coworkers to spend their hard-earned paychecks elsewhere. I've had a better pedicure at a regular nail salon for more than half that price!
Great place to recharge after a long week. Yolanda and Heather are amazing!
I got a mani-pedi here and really enjoyed my experience. It was so relaxing and Melissa did a great job perfecting my nails. The atmosphere was tranquil and quiet, and I loved the tea offered before the service. You feel taken care of here, I recommend this day spa!
I had the Aroma Chakra Massage and Reflectology in The Woodhouse Day Spa.I paid more than one hundred dollars for sick symptoms and a headache for the rest of that day. Manager just ignored me.
I recently went to The Woodhouse Day Spa for a stress relieving massage and had a very positive experience. The therapist was attentive and I got the relief I was needing! I would highly recommend the spa to anyone in need of an ultra professional, relaxing treatment.
I had a wonderful massage and facial! Laura did my massage and was fabulous! Pennie did my facial and it was amazing. I felt very relaxed and peaceful. They also have a great facility. I would highly recommend wood house to anyone!
If you need to relax this is the place to go! – I love the Wood House! They have a wonderful staff and the services are fantastic. I almost fell asleep during my Minkyti facial. They give you tea and make you feel at home before and after the service! A+!
Don't always get what you paid for – I have been going to Woodhouse for 2 years to get a massage. If I schedule in advance and can get an appointment with Pete its fine.
On several occasions, when I called week of for an appointment and received a "massage" from someone else I felt that what i received was a back rub not a massage, not even close. Unfortunately when I commented to the person at the front desk I was brushed off.
Only get a massage here if you can get an appointment with Pete. Otherwise you are wasting your time and money and will feel anything but relaxed when you walk out.
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Featuring 2,632 Audio Recordings from the Florida Folklife Collection including interviews, field recordings and performances at the Florida Folk Festival dating back to 1954. The State Archives of Florida houses thousands of unique sound recordings currently undergoing digitization; highlights from these efforts are available on this page as sampler CDs, podcasts, and MP3s.
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The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park invite you to the 62nd Annual Florida Folk Festival this Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25, 2014 on the banks of the historic Suwannee River. The Festival has once again been named a "Top 20 Event" in the Southeast! With the best of Florida's music, arts and culture there is something for everyone. You're sure to hear plenty of wonderful music, enjoy tasty food, join a jam session, take a workshop, do a little shopping and pay tribute to Florida's land, people and diverse cultural heritage! In addition to a full schedule of performances, you'll find plenty to amuse and educate. Read more...
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I am so happy I ordered this painting! It is so beautiful on my wall. The picture of it here does not do it justice. The colors are so much more vibrant in person! As the other reviewer mentioned, the entire picture does not wrap around the frame, or I would have given it 5 stars. The advertised picture is a little misleading... Nevertheless, I would say it is a wonderful buy and a beautiful addition to any room!
I love this piece. I was a little worried when I pulled it out because it seemed like a lot of open space in the painting. However when i put it in my living room on my forest green wall it looked beautiful. The oranges, reds, yellows and browns balanced nicely with the darkness of the wall color. The painting has a very "warm" feeling. I am very happy with this piece!!
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It was different during the Bulldogs' tourney opener Monday. In dispatching Jacksonville Christian 70-24 in Jacksonville State University's Pete Mathews Coliseum, they played almost exclusively zone defense and never pressed.
It's hard to see Anniston (12-10) playing that kind of game in Thursday's 5:30 p.m. quarterfinal matchup with Chris English-led Weaver, but this season's Bulldogs have a big picture — bigger, even, than the county tournament.
"This is a different group, younger group," Anniston coach Schuessler Ware said. "Basically, we're just trying to get them to go out and enjoy what they're doing and stay within the program, doing what we need to do to prepare for postseason."
Anniston has one player, Monquavious Frazier, who saw regular playing time a year ago. He was among the first two players off the bench.
Ware has a whole new cast of regulars, and he has spent the first two-plus months of the season testing the Class 4A Bulldogs against eight higher-classified teams. The schedule so far has included 6A Carver-Montgomery, Gadsden City and Thompson and five games against 5A opponents.
It's all designed to toughen the Bulldogs for area tourney play.
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Anniston was clearly the stronger team against Class 1A JCA (5-13) on Monday, which is why Ware went with a 2-3 zone defense. The Bulldogs got runouts off of missed shots and turnovers but did not press.
"We've played them several times in the first round, and I know, in the past, Coach Ware plays whatever he needs to play," JCA coach Tommy Miller said. "We go way back, and when he sees that he's got the ballgame won, he's not going to do anything to embarrass you.
"I think he knew tonight there was a big difference in size, personnel, depth, everything."
Anniston got balanced scoring, with Quintavious Dobbins adding 12 points and Quindarious Jackson scoring 10.
JCA got half of its points (12) from Dakota Crook.
"After the first few minutes, we got Dakota to go to the basket some," Miller said. "He did well. He went to the basket strong and made some shots in the first half off the baseline, and he can do that. That's his strength."
Though Miller's team was overmatched, he saw encouraging signs.
"I felt like that we didn't get intimidated, and we played all we can play," he said. "I felt like we battled on the boards hard.
"We were at a disadvantage, height wise and physically, but Daylon (Brackett) really battled on those boards and Dakota. We had a tenth-grader, Chris Armbrister, when he was in the game, he really battled on the boards, so it was good to see that."
Anniston's big picture starts with its next game in the county tournament, and Ware made no bones about it. The hot-shooting English and Weaver won't see much of the 2-3 zone.
"He's going to get some pressure," Ware said. "He can get ready for it."
Anniston has won the county tournament 15 times, including three in a row from 2007-2009. The Bulldogs made the finals in 2012, losing 42-39 to Oxford.
This year, Anniston is seeded behind No. 1 Oxford and No. 2 White Plains, but the Bulldogs see no slight. It's all about the big picture.
"Basically, we just want to get better," Ware said. "With the season and the schedule we've played so far, as long as we can see progress each game, and that's all we can ask of them."
Said Massey, "We came out pretty bad, but I told the team, we've got to step it up. If we want to go to state, we have to step it up as a team."
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As I delved deeper into each Rune to flesh out my thoughts more, I felt more in tune with the Runes on a whole. Strangely enough, the Runes I'd so carefully crafted (and wrote about in this book) were lost when we moved last year. I remember carefully packing them so I could get to them as soon as we unpacked, but I still haven't been able to locate them. Along with the Runes were a beautiful set of Goddess Tarot cards, and a growing collection of semi-precious stones. I'm sure they'll be found at some point in the future. Who knows, perhaps they're meant to be handed down to one of my kiddos!
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