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Lindy Ruff dreamed of holding the Stanley Cup in his adopted town of Buffalo. He pictured himself skating around Memorial Auditorium with the chalice over his head. He envisioned himself clutching the Cup on the bench in First Niagara Center.
He held onto the dream for half of his life. Now he has to let it go.
Ruff's run in Blue and Gold came to an end Wednesday when the Sabres fired the longest-tenured coach in the NHL. Ruff, who turned 53 on Sunday, spent 26 years in the Sabres' organization. He coached the team for the last 16 years and also played in Buffalo for a decade.
The lengthy, memorable ride came to its conclusion with the Sabres near the bottom of the league with a 6-10-1 record.
"First and foremost, I would like to thank Lindy as a player, as a great coach and an outstanding citizen in this community and for all the work that he has done for the organization," said Darcy Regier, who hired Ruff on July 21, 1997, just a month after becoming general manager. "Unfortunately, the coaches too often pay the price. It's something that I not only avoided but made every effort to avoid in the past."
The decision had become unavoidable, however. Even Ruff's closest friends could see it.
Larry Playfair skated alongside Ruff for seven seasons with the Sabres, beginning in Ruff's rookie year of 1979-80. Playfair also worked with Ruff often as the president of the Sabres' alumni association.
He sensed their time together in the organization was coming to an end following an uninspired 2-1 loss to Winnipeg on Tuesday night.
"I watched Lindy's press conference after the game, and it's as down as I've seen him in a long, long time," Playfair said Wednesday night in First Niagara Center during a Junior Sabres game. "I don't typically do it, but this morning I watched it again on Sabres.com. You can just see he's tried everything he can try and the guys aren't responding. If he's out of answers, I look at it as maybe my friend Lindy Ruff gets a break now.
"I know he came here in hopes of winning a Stanley Cup. I think he put a lot, lot more pressure on himself than anybody else did. I'm thinking maybe this might be just a chance for him to catch his breath."
Ruff will no doubt get another opportunity to coach in the NHL. He'll bring a resume filled with accomplishments and disappointments.
Named Coach of the Year in 2005-06, Ruff holds the Sabres' record for most wins (571) and games coached (1,165). Those totals are second only to Al Arbour for most with a single franchise. Arbour coached the New York Islanders to 740 victories in 1,500 games.
"I think back to the interview," Regier said while choking back tears. "I called Scotty Bowman about him. I said, 'Scotty, who would you compare him to?' And he said, 'Darcy, he's a lot like Al Arbour,' for you older fans here, 'with a sense of humor.' I think Scotty was right."
Ruff guided the Sabres to four Eastern Conference finals appearances (1998, 1999, 2006, 2007), and they went for the Cup against Dallas in 1999 but lost in six games. He also appeared in the conference finals as a rookie before losing to the Islanders, one of seven trips to the postseason as a player.
He asked for a trade in 1988-89 but returned for his first head coaching opportunity after four seasons as an assistant in Florida.
"It was intriguing to him to come back to Buffalo," Playfair said. "He played here. He was the captain of our team here. We never won.
"He went on and got involved in coaching and then got the opportunity. I think he looked at it as, 'You know what? I didn't win as a player, but maybe we can pull this off as a coach.' Boy, he came close."
The Sabres won the Presidents' Trophy as the NHL's top team in 2006-07. Before falling to Ottawa in the conference finals, they beat the Islanders and New York Rangers. They were Ruff's final postseason victories.
Ruff and the Sabres have missed the playoffs three of the last five years. They also lost in the first round to Boston (2010) and Philadelphia (2011). They sat home during the postseason in six of Ruff's 14 seasons and were on their way toward doing it again.
"As a coach he can be demanding, but he cares a lot," goaltender Ryan Miller said by phone from Toronto, where the Sabres play tonight. "That's what you want. You want somebody there who cares, is going to put the time in and be professional.
"I don't have any doubts that Lindy's not done coaching. Certainly, his career will continue somewhere else. It's just unfortunate that the organization he cares so deeply about has to end."
Although Ruff had immediate success behind the bench, including four straight playoff appearances, he initially had naysayers because he replaced popular Coach of the Year Ted Nolan. Ruff won most of them over with his quick wit, intense attitude and designer suits and ties.
"He's been the face of the team for a long time," said retired defenseman Jay McKee, who played nine seasons under Ruff. "I respect him tremendously. He was a guy that not only was the coach here for a long time, but he played here. He's just a legendary figure as a Buffalo Sabre."
Ruff's demeanor changed this year. Players expressed displeasure with his public criticisms at the end of last season, so the coach eased up.
"He was actually more fiery in his younger years," McKee said. "I wouldn't say he got soft. He still has an edge and brings it out, but it's not all the time. He picks his spots maybe a little bit more than he used to during my career with him."
The change didn't work. The Sabres kept losing no matter which Ruff showed up for meetings and news conferences.
"He didn't lose the team in any way with respect to communication," Regier said. "In fact, communication has never been better. There were huge strides done in that regard.
"Unfortunately in this case, that change I think created a risk that didn't pay off."
Ruff's career with the Sabres is over, but it's unlikely his time in the area is finished. His four children grew up in Western New York, and his son Brian plays for the Junior Sabres. The Alberta native became a Buffalo guy.
So although his dream of bringing the Stanley Cup to town has ended, it won't fade easily. He's been carrying it for too long.
"My guess is wherever Lindy Ruff ends up going," Playfair said, "Buffalo will still be a big part of his life."
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Sweetin, 26, filed papers Wednesday in Orange County, Calif., for legal separation from Cody Herpin, 31, whom the actress had once called a "blessing" who helped turn around her life after years of methamphetamine addiction. The couple became parents of daughter Zoie in April.
"I was dumbfounded," Herpin tells PEOPLE, adding that Sweetin left their home and took their 7-month-old girl. "Over this past month something has been different. I'm concerned about our daughter and I just want (Zoie) home."
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Naaman Roosevelt's not giving up on his NFL dream.
The Buffalo native and former Bills receiver has been out of work since being released by his hometown team on Aug. 31, but remains steadfast in his belief another professional opportunity will come.
To get ready for that, Roosevelt has been working out six days a week at Proformance Sports Training in Amherst's Northtown Center under the tutelage of strength and conditioning coach John Opfer.
"I'm still working, knowing that one day it's going to come, sooner or later. I feel like whenever I get that chance, I'll be ready to go," Roosevelt said this week between heavy breaths at the end of a workout.
Roosevelt's focus in his workouts has been improving his speed. In Opfer, he's got a coach who specializes in just that, along with the added bonus of a previous relationship. Opfer worked with the University at Buffalo football team Roosevelt was part of in the 2008 season as a speed coach.
"I had formed a relationship with him then. I think the frustrating part on my end is I that I haven't been able to get my hands on him and then progress him from things we made improvements on back in '08, just because there's not the time in the season," Opfer said. "Here, with this opportunity, what's different is Naaman realizes 'Wow, this got taken away from me.' Now, he's more willing and open to changing some of the little things that maybe were nuisances to him before. That little percent of a movement of a mechanical flaw now has big opportunity to change him as an athlete in the NFL."
Opfer's workouts are indeed highly specialized.
"What we found with Naaman is that he's externally rotated. He almost wants to hockey stride through each foot plant and so what we did is we found that there's a major weakness in the inside of his groin and what we would call tibialis anterior muscle (near the shin bone]," Opfer said. "When we got those two things to straighten out, we realized he's losing a lot of forward push off of his stride.
"For Naaman, he's got phenomenal hands. He's got above-average speed, but for him to be in that upper caliber, he's got to get faster. When we really took at the biomechanics, that's what we found."
The results have been there in the past two months.
Opfer said Roosevelt, who checks in at 6-foot and 200 pounds, has shaved one-tenth of a second off his 10-yard time, and nearly two-tenths of a second off his 30-yard time.
"That's almost like covering an additional nine feet. That's significant gain," Opfer said.
"Going outside, running routes and things like that, I definitely feel a lot faster getting in and out of breaks and stuff like that," Roosevelt said.
Since being released, Roosevelt said his agent has fielded some calls from teams in the Canadian Football League interested in his services, but he's not ready to go that route just yet.
"It's about confidence and believing in yourself with this thing," he said. "I believe in myself and everyone else does. I've got a lot of support. It's believing and knowing I can do it. That's why I'm out here every day just working and working."
Roosevelt played in a total of 16 games over the last two seasons with the Bills, making 16 catches for 257 yards last season. He scored his only career touchdown on a catch-and-run that covered 60 yards against the New York Giants in Week Six of last year.
Roosevelt had a strong camp, but did not survive final cuts, when the Bills kept fewer receivers than expected.
"After the past two or three years I've been in the league, nothing's a surprise any more," he said. "Anything can happen at any time. It was definitely a disappointment, when things don't go your way, you want to know, why? What's the reason? It's a numbers game in the NFL. They kept two kickers and not as many receivers, so I respect it."
Roosevelt admitted his confidence was shaken, but points to the NFL experience he does have as proof he can perform at the game's highest level.
"I did question myself. Is it me that's not doing good? Am I messing up? You definitely start thinking and asking yourself if there's things I'm doing wrong. You ask yourself am I really supposed to be playing? Can I do this?" he said. "The past couple years, with whatever opportunity I had, I thought I performed. It's about getting a chance to go out there. I know I can make the best of them."
When he's not working out, Roosevelt keeps himself busy with music. He and his former high school teammate at St. Joe's, Domonic Cook, are part of a local group that have put out a mix tape.
"That's definitely a hobby I'm in love with. We do a lot of music," Roosevelt said.
But it's clear that Roosevelt, who will turn 25 on Christmas Eve, would prefer to keep it as a hobby, with the NFL once again being his full-time job.
"Naaman's played above his athleticism and got into the league. Now his athleticism is catching up with his skill set. His understanding of route running, his understanding of where defenses have holes in them, his hands — those are all qualities that he already had," Opfer said. "Now we've given him a chance to getting his body right and get his balance right. We're looking at some of the mechanics he got away with in high school and college. At this next level, they needed to be cleaned up, and that's exactly what we've been able to do."
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Running 30 minutes every day is a gift Cindy Mahoney has given herself for almost 35 years. She runs in rain, sleet, snow, and sunshine. Her run offers her time to clear her head, reflect, and earn enough "fitness points" to enjoy an occasional chocolate chip cookie.
So when she noticed a tingling in her jaw during a January run, she rationalized away the sensation. "It's just the cold weather," she thought fleetingly.
Ten days later, another unusual feeling — numbness in her fingers — shook her up enough that she drove herself to her doctor's office: after she had finished that morning's run. About an hour later, Mahoney was in an ambulance heading to Baystate Medical Center and asking the EMTs, "Who is going to pick up my daughter from school?"
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An EKG and blood tests confirmed Mahoney, 47, had a heart attack. Hospitalized for two nights, Mahoney was discharged Super Bowl weekend 2013 with multiple prescriptions, a new appreciation for American Heart Month, and a referral to a cardiac rehabilitation program.
Mahoney's friend had gone through Cooley Dickinson's cardiac rehab program and spoke highly of her experience, so she decided to give it a try. A busy mom to daughters ages 17, 15, and 7, Mahoney needed scheduling flexibility and proximity to home. "CDH is right in my backyard," she said.
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Mahoney's heart attack was attributed to Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD), a relatively rare and poorly understood condition that seems to affect more women than men. SCAD occurs when the layers of the coronary arteries separate from each other, enabling blood to flow into the spaces between the layers. As the blood accumulates, it can cause obstruction to normal blood flow within the heart, leading to chest pain, heart attack, and even sudden death, according to Mayo Clinic news.
Several weeks after her hospital stay, Mahoney remembers being "physically fine" — she had adjusted to her new medication regimen, been seen by her cardiologist Norman Perr, MD, and was scheduled to begin cardiac rehab — but felt vulnerable and wondered, "Is this going to happen again?"
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Hitman: Absolution's first appearance at last year's E3 was an undisputed success. IO Interactive's reborn Agent 47 immediately became one of the show's major talking points, and by the end of the week Square Enix's booth was adorned with dozens of nomination placards. And yet despite this warm reception, many fans of the series were left dismayed: it seemed as if IO had quietly snuffed out the open-ended design that had previously defined the franchise, leaving in its place a streamlined action shooter.
To make matters worse, Agent 47 appeared to have turned into a cop-killing murder machine - a slap-headed Jason Bourne, forced to evade a bullet-spewing helicopter on the roof of a gritty apartment block. The demo itself was certainly stylish, but aside from the protagonist's notable lack of hair, it seemed to have little in common with its predecessors.
Last week the game finally reappeared, and this time Square Enix copied the approach it took during the promotion of Deus Ex: Human Revolution – showing two demos of the same level, played in completely different ways. The new footage certainly demonstrates the game's versatility, but is this really the same Agent 47 that we know and love?
Here, with the help of game director Tore Blystad, we compare Hitman Absolution to its predecessors. Bear in mind that some of what follows is conjecture, as Absolution is still in development with no confirmed release date.
The old games: In the past, plot has never been a major component of the Hitman series. Most of the storytelling in each game has been confined to the cutscenes that sandwich each level, with Agent 47's genetic origins regularly cropping up as a narrative ingredient. Arguably the only recurrent supporting character of note is Diana Burnwood, Agent 47's plummy handler, and even she is little more than a voice, most of the time.
Hitman Absolution: Clearly we'll know more when we've played the full game, but for now it seems obvious that storytelling will play a bigger role in proceedings. Indeed, given the new focus on cinematic trappings, you could argue that it's the biggest single force behind the game's new directions.
From what little we know of Absolution's setup, Agent 47 appears to be on the run in the USA; at the very least, he's operating without any assistance from the International Contract Agency, who previously employed him. There's a recurrent villain in the story – a weapons manufacturer named Blake Dexter, voiced by Keith Carradine. Dexter somewhat resembles M Emmet Walsh in Blood Simple, and comes across as a cowboy bully type. Dexter is looking for a young girl named Victoria, and has hired the services of a contract killer named Wade – who looks suspiciously like Lynch, the eponymous star of IO's other psychotic series.
"The very high level story is the one that everyone sees," says game director Tor Blystad. "It'll be between levels and in places you wouldn't naturally need to plan. Everything else we've tried to cram in so that you can interact with it. You can ruin the setups, do whatever you want with the characters.
"That's always been the problem with the Hitman games – the player can kill everyone in the scene! If you have a main character in there, what do you do? After one second he's killed, and all your big drama disappears."
Finally, note that Absolution will have a far darker tone than its immediate predecessor, Hitman: Blood Money. The most recent demo opens with the violent murder of a nun at the hands of one of Wade's thugs, and later 47 eavesdrops as a security guard is tortured. The bleak approach is also reflected in the shadowy art style, which immediately contrasts with the bright aesthetics of past games – particularly the second and fourth in the series.


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Jefferson County Schools has discontinued the use of a controversial book being read by about 120 students at Harpers Ferry Middle School.
Attention was drawn to the book last week after a parent, Misty Frank, objected to her eighth-grade son having received the reading assignment from teacher Dawn Welsh.
Frank raised concerns about the use of profanity in the book, as well as its sexual content. She also objected to it having been assigned to a whole class and parents not having been forewarned about its graphic nature.
A winner in 2007 of the National Book Award for young people's literature, the semi-autobiographical novel focuses on a 14-year-old teenage boy, a Spokane Indian, who is living on a reservation but comtemplating leaving to attend an all-white school in hopes of a better future. It also details the pain he experiences while being in two different worlds, as well as his ultimate successes.
After hearing her concerns, school principal Joseph Spurgas provided Frank's son with an alternate reading assignment. He also said that was an option for other parents or students who were concerned about the book's content.
That will happen now with all students because the book has been pulled, Blanc said, adding that it won't be a problem to provide an alternate reading assignment.
"She is a very resourceful teacher, so she'll do another assignment with the same learning content standards and objectives - just through a different book," he said.
It's also an opportunity to remind county teachers "about the appropriate procedures to follow in a case like this, because we have to adhere to that," Blanc said.
The book has been controversial nationwide, with some school districts and libraries banning it due to concerns about language, racism and sexual content.
Supporters, however, maintain that the book's central themes -bullying, poverty, domestic violence. alcohol and drug abuse - mirror what many young people are already experiencing in their own lives. It offers a hopeful message about not giving up, supporters maintain.
- Staff writer Jenni Vincent can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 131.


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Man tried to rob bank on Fair Oaks Boulevard, deputies say
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department is looking for a man wanted in the attempted robbery of a Sacramento bank earlier this month.
Deputies said a man walked into the Chase Bank in the 3600 block of Fair Oaks Boulevard on March 1 and gave a note to a teller demanding cash.
The man eventually walked out of the bank without taking any money. He was seen riding away from the bank on a bike.
The same man was seen entering the Bank of the West in the 25000 block of Fair Oaks Boulevard on March 13. The man walked around the bank before being directed outside by employees, according to deputies.
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How does the Durango High School girls lacrosse team quit losing by a single goal? The answer isn�t complicated.�Play better,� DHS head coach Jenni Darlow said. �It is that simple.
�All of our one-point losses were winnable games. But we didn�t execute the little things that turned out to be big things.�
Big things because they turned a 4-0 record into a 1-3 record, with 12-11, 8-7 and 9-8 lossses to Fruita Monument, Aspen and Battle Mountain, respectively, with Durango�s win coming 10-1 over Eagle Valley.
�And they�re sick of losing by one,� Darlow said of the Demons.
DHS is looking to clear the one-goal hurdle when it hosts Mountain League opponent Summit at 11 a.m. today at DHS Stadium.The focus in practice this week has been intensity, as Darlow tries to shape a mentality that will push the Demons to bigger margins than those by which they�ve lost.Because only having beaten Summit once in the four years the two teams have played, Durango has a challenge ahead of itself.
�We have to put our heart in it, bring it and leave it on the field,� said Alyssa Montoya, daughter of Richard and Victoria Montoya.
The Demons have struggled with offensive production in spats this year, which will be a focal point today, with leading scorer Hannah Quick missing for a volleyball commitment.But they will have Sara Martin back in the midfield after trading her hockey stick for a lacrosse stick, and she�ll provide some support that could bolster Durango�s goal-scoring ability.�Sara brings some help, some speed and good skills into our transition,� Darlow said.Montoya should benefit from that.
A year after leading DHS in assists as a junior, Montoya is back at it again, tallying eight in the first four games, twice as many as anyone else on the squad.Darlow wants a little more selfishness out of her senior leader.�She�s been doing great with the assists,� Darlow said. �I want her to score some more goals.�
Montoya said she plans to add to her five-goal total today, with the specter of those one-goal losses looming large.
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One taste of this traditional curry-flavored soup, and folks will know it didn't come from a can! This soup fills the kitchen with a wonderful aroma while it's simmering.
- 1 medium tart apple, peeled and diced
- 1/4 cup each chopped carrot, celery and onion
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground mace
- 6 cups chicken or turkey broth
- 1 cup cubed cooked chicken or turkey
- 1 medium tomato, peeled, seeded and chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
- 2 whole cloves
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 1 cup cooked rice
- In a Dutch oven, saute the apple, carrot, celery and onion in butter for 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in the flour, curry, sugar, salt, pepper and mace until blended. Gradually add broth.
- Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add the chicken, tomato, green pepper, cloves and parsley; return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Add rice; heat through. Discard cloves. Yield: 8 servings (about 2 quarts).
Originally published as Mulligatawny Soup in Home-Style Soups, Salad and Sandwiches Cookbook 1996, p22
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"Scrumptious was my hubby's first word upon tasting this soup! I would've never put this combo of vegetables and seasonings together, but so glad I tried this recipe! This is dynamite. The only change I made was leaving the mace out as I didn't have any. So full of flavor, I'll make it again and again."
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"Another keeper. Wonderful flavour. I increased the vegetables, used 2 small Golden Delicious apples, (chopped, they meas. around 1 cup.) Will be making this again."
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When I anticipate a busy day during the holiday season, I make this cookie dough the night before. The next day, I just slice and bake. —Eileen Milacek, Waukomis, Oklahoma
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup finely chopped red and green candied cherries
- 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in milk and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. Stir in cherries and pecans.
- Shape into two 8-in. logs. Sprinkle the coconut over waxed paper; place each log on waxed paper and roll in coconut. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm.
- Unwrap dough and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: about 5 dozen.
Originally published as Jeweled Coconut Crisps in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2002, p91
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We recently caught up with Stark Pursuit to see what they are working on in the mag fed paintball world. These guys are serious about mag fed play. For them, it isn't just about milsim. It's also about the form factor that mag fed delivers. Small, light, unobtrusive—there is a slimming sleekness to markers that utalize paintball magazines and the 20 round ZetaMag. Tactically, magazine-based paintball is an entire new world that offers a variety of exciting tactical considerations and equipment options. We learned some exciting things about upcoming Stark Pursuit releases and ZetaMag projects that are in development. Check out our video interview with Ian from Stark Pursuit:
If you don't know about the ZetaMag, you should. It's a versatile twin-channel, 20 round capacity, reversible magazine originally designed for use with the Tippmann TPX/TiPX pistol. Operation and reloading is slick—it's a neat idea—you reload from the same magazine by releasing it and flipping it over in the marker. Both sides of the mag hold paint. The ZetaMag is truly one of the most innovative products in magazine fed paintball. They essentially took a standard Tippmann magazine, improved weather and dust sealing, the feed channels and doubled capacity while only adding 4-inches of length.
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Stark has been working hard to develop and release a ZetaMag compatible with the Tiberius T8.1—Tippmann's direct competitor in the paintball pistol market. They've already developed an aftermarket grip for the T8.1 that accepts ZetaMags. The grip includes an ambidextrous safety switch and release points as well as removable back grips. The idea is to create a grip that uses the ZetaMag but also provides the ultimate in fit and customization. If you aren't into pistol play, the same grip works with the Tiberius T9.1.
Currently, the development phase of the T8.1 aftermarket grip is complete. Stark Pursuit doesn't have the resources to tool and produce the product yet. Be on the lookout for a crowdfunding campaign to get the grip off the ground. Stark indicated that they might rely on potential customers to get the new grip into the production phase. We're excited to see if this product takes off.
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Here's something we didn't realize. The Tippmann 98 mag fed adapter that is about to come out? It turns out that Stark Pursuit was vital to the development process. Stark began the design in 2011-2012 and brought it to Tippmann for production. It's the perfect idea for one of the most popular paintball guns ever produced.
They are also working on a mag well for the Milsig M17. We got to see the "experimental" version along with a clear ZetaMag that currently isn't in production. If you want to see the clear ZetaMag, Stark is open to suggestions—contact them and let them know you are interested.
Stark Pursuit also showed us the "Menace Adapter"—a ZetaMag attachment for the CCI Phantom. The adapter removes the hopper system and allows for a magazine attachment in the rear of the marker. The whole system makes the CCI Phantom's form factor tighter. It just looks cool!
Another product that should be out soon is a magazine well for the Empire Trracer. A ZetaMag full of 20 first strike rounds will be the perfect complement to the legendary Trracer.
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ARLINGTON - New Riegel captured the third and final qualifying spot Thursday and two Carey players made it out as individuals at the Division III sectional tournament at Sycamore Springs.
The Blue Jackets fired a 342 to advance to the district, set for Thursday at Stone Ridge in Bowling Green.
Van Buren beat Allen East 314-335 for the team championship. The top three teams and top four players not on those teams gained district berths.
Brady Hall's 80 and Korey Williams' 81 paced New Riegel, with Andrew Hohman adding an 87 and Brandyn Reinhart shooting a 94. Lance Smith (100) also played for the Blue Jackets.
Columbus Grove took fourth over Carey via a tiebreaker after both carded a 348.
However, Carey's Corbin Blair fired a 79 and Lincoln Stansberry had an 82 to gain individual trips to the district.
St. Wendelin came in sixth with a 361, led by Joey DeHaven's 87 and Kieran Campbell's 88.
No one moves on from Green Hills
CLYDE - No area teams or players advanced from Thursday's Division III sectional at Green Hills.
Old Fort led the local contingent by upending Lakota 375-385 for ninth. Bettsville (475) came in 11th out of 12 teams.
Brad Heilman gave Old Fort an 89 and Matt Hill shot a 93.
Lakota's Nathan Ray carded an 88 and Kevin Woodruff chipped in a 94.
Tommy Kipps had a 105 for Bettsville and Ryan Hager tallied a 112.
Ottawa Hills scorched the course for a title round of 295, with Woodmore upending Fremont St. Joe 318-322 for second.
The top three teams and top four players qualified for the district set for Thursday at Stone Ridge in Bowling Green.
Cardinal Stritch's Sam Harrison (74), Crestline's Brian Barnett (78) and Colonel Crawford's Mitch Cook (80) all made it out as individuals. Sandusky St. Mary's Colin Crooks survived three holes of sudden-death over Gibsonburg's Adam Need for the final individual spot after each ended regulation with an 81.
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KALIDA - Fostoria had only three players compete and none of them advanced Thursday at the Division II sectional at Country Acres.
Austin Cornell shot a 97 for FHS, with Redmen Robby Crotty (117) and Luke Leonard (167) also hitting the course.
Van Wert beat Napoleon 325-331 for the team title, with Bryan (335) taking the third and final district team berth.


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von Mafarie 17. April 2005
1. guys that are such dumbasses and so poor that they have to go to a fake "prep school" 2. guys that swear that are ghetto and can survive anything, but they can't even survive public school 3. guys that a lourdes girl will never go out with
Don't ever date a columbus guy.
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There's a new party emerging from the eclectic music scene in Los Angeles. Keyboardist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin has gathered some of alternative rock's finest musicians to form the new band, Action Figure Party. Kurstin, who has recorded with the Red Hot Chili Peppers (on their smash album Californication), Matthew Sweet and other heavyweights of the pop and alt-rock worlds as well as his own critically acclaimed band, Geggy Tah, has been an important part of the alternative rock scene for years. At the same time, Greg's roots lie in jazz, groove, and soul music. Action Figure Party steps outside of the more traditional formats, blending Greg's diverse background to create funky, grooving music that is decidedly unique and captivating. With their first Blue Thumb release, Action Figure Party, the band shows just how well jazz and rock can hit it off by combining the intensity and energy of the latter with the improvisations and harmonic complexity of the former. It's a blend with an unprecedented sound.
The impressive guest list for the Action Figure Party includes: bassist Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers; Sean Lennon (turntables), Incubus' Jose Pasillas (drums), and Cibo Matto vocalist Miho Hatori. The Party also boasts trombonist Gabrial McNair (who plays keyboards for No Doubt), David Ralicke on trombone and sax (from Beck's band), Buckcherry's Yogi on guitar, and bassists Daniel Shulman (plays with Garbage), Fima Ephron (a Gil Scott-Heron associate), and Mike Elizondo (who has played with Dr. Dre and Eminem). Drummers Yuval Gabay (from Soul Coughing), Gary Novak (Chick Corea, Alanis Morrissette), and Brian Reitzell (from Air and Redd Kross), along with percussionist John Molo (Phil Lesh and Friends) kept watch over the Party's beat.
"The energy was electric," Kurstin says. "This was the first time that this group of people had been in a room together and it was intense. It was the perfect marriage of being relaxed and being on edge." For many of these musicians, it was an ideal opportunity to show their creative versatility and passion for improvisation.
The music will prove truly revelatory to listeners who only know these rock musicians from their other work. "The guys on this album love jazz and are great improvisers, but their audiences don't necessarily know that side of them. We got to collectively explore, and, in some way, we all stretched beyond what we might normally do." Kurstin composed all of the album's selections (except for Pamelia Kurstin's "No Sleep"). "I attempted to write these songs with each particular musician in mind," Kurstin explains. "To some extent, though, once you get into the studio you just see what unfolds, given how inspiring these players are."
Kurstin masterfully swirls soul, jazz, dub, and rock together in his palette: one style streams into the other seamlessly, and each flavor is layered densely on top of the others, creating a textured, funky blend. Most people I've met respond best to the simplest of grooves," Kurstin notes. "Most of the jazz we relate to comes from that place. I wanted to point out the familiarity in this music: a simplicity that draws you in along with the energy of the funk."
"Everybody Ready," which opens the album, establishes the Action Figure Party concept, bouncing between infectious feel-good choruses and jazzy solo turns. The catchy title track is pulled largely from the world of alternative rock, with Kurstin's vocals bursting through a brightly colored landscape. "Pong Baby" hearkens back to the heyday of soul with David Ralicke's horn providing a backbone to Kurstin's sinuous keyboards—which leave no doubt that he is the latest in a line of great soul-jazz keyboardists. Kurstin's keyboard heroes include Herbie Hancock, Augustus Pablo, McCoy Tyner, Ramsey Lewis, and Alice Coltrane.
The pulsating energy of "Action Figure Party" returns in "Clock Radio," which also features Kurstin on lead vocals. Kurstin's singing lends an infectious and catchy dimension to the record with his engaging voice and humorous, poetic lyrics. "Gettem" is a rush of jazz and pop's kaleidoscopic colors, all seen through Kurstin's unique prism. The hugely enjoyable, upbeat "The Clapper" rollicks along, channeling the album's mood to a more jazz-centered focus.
Sean Lennon adds some truly modern sound effects to the driving energy of "Gamera." The title of "No Sleep" gives an idea of its mood: a spacey, laid-back spirit overlaid on a wash of rhythm guitar and percussion that will no doubt appeal to fans of ambient and dub music. The closing track, "Flow," the most traditional, jazz-oriented track on the album, "might point ahead to the next chapter in my career," says Kurstin.
As a young jazz pianist, Kurstin studied with the iconoclastic Jaki Byard at the New School in New York City and at Cal Arts. Even as a very young man, Kurstin could pinpoint exactly what he wanted to achieve musically. "Jaki Byard was the whole reason I went to the New School. In high school, I was a big Charles Mingus fan, and Byard, who worked with Mingus, was one of my favorite pianists. I wanted to learn from him, so I tracked him down in New York." Kurstin has gone on to perform and tour with such noted artists as vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, as well as with his own popular jazz quartet in Los Angeles.
Kurstin, who plays organ, synth, piano and guitar, is a remarkably versatile musician. He scored great critical success with his previous band, the genre-busting duo, Geggy Tah, which showcased his cutting edge soundscapes and quirky compositions. His skills as a top-notch keyboardist are clearly no secret; he has also appeared on countless sessions with some of today's biggest artists including the Chili Peppers and Sheryl Crow.
What are Kurstin's hopes for the album? With Action Figure Party he has provided these alternative-rock players another musical arena to explore ("I love interacting with these innovative musicians in the world of improvisation."). "I want the young listeners of punk and alternative rock to see the commonality between jazz and the music they love," says Kurstin. "I really love what happened with the emergence of hip-hop–how the samples offered a glimpse and introduction to classic jazz. The potential to entice new fans into the world of jazz has been an inspiration and driving force for my music."
With its funky beats, driving rock rhythms, flowing improvisations, and catchy songs, Action Figure Party will surely become a favorite of fans of rock, jazz, hip-hop, and jam bands alike.


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Rio Tinto is a leading international mining and exploration group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto, a London listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining and processing the earth's mineral resources – metals and minerals essential for making thousands of everyday products that meet society's needs and contribute to improved living standards. Major products include aluminum, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Rio Tinto's mining activities span the globe but are most strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses also in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.
CEO: Sam Walsh; Revenues: $51.17 Billion (2013); Employees: 66,331 (2013)
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In 2009 Rio Tinto set a target to reduce the intensity of greenhouse (GHG) emissions by six percent between 2008 and 2013. A further four percent reduction is targeted to give an overall ten percent reduction by 2015 as a result of the expected completion of planned capital projects. (Performance is gauged relative to 2008 as the base year.). Rio Tinto's GHG emissions intensity has reduced by 3.7 percent between 2008 and 2010.
Rio Tinto had previously set and met a target to reduce on-site GHG emissions per unit of production by 4.8 percent from 1990 levels by 2001. It had also set a group-wide energy efficiency target of reducing energy usage per ton of production by five percent by 2008 based on 2003 levels.
Rio Tinto aims to reduce freshwater use per ton of product by 6 per cent by 2013 from a 2008 baseline.
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My first experience at Lean Startup Machine (LSM) was also the first Lean Startup Machine ever held. It was just over a year ago, and I mean that literally. I walked into LSM at Hive at 55 and began relationships that I hold among the closest in my professional life today.
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LORETTO - Rob Krimmel's best early season chance for his first career victory slipped away Wednesday evening in his first home game as head coach at St. Francis.
Colgate opened up a double-digit lead in the second half before the Red Flash rallied to tie with three minutes to go. The Raiders, who made 14-of-20 3-pointers, hit two big ones down the stretch to pull away for an 85-76 win at DeGol Arena.
"Not the way we wanted to draw it up," said Krimmel, whose team fell to 0-4. "We wanted to go into Thanksgiving with a win, and we talked about getting better at the end of the day. I thought we did some things in stretches, but consistency, that's got to be our key."
St. Francis led at the half, 37-36, but Colgate shot lights out in a 15-2 run over the first 2:35 of the second half to build a 51-39 lead. The Raiders were 11-of-13 from 3-point territory at that point.
St. Francis rallied, as it usually does at home, and caught up at 68-68 on a layup by Stephon Whyatt with 5:47 to go. The Flash had a chance to take the lead from the free-throw line with 3:33 left, but Ronnie Drinnon made 1-of-2 to leave it tied at 72.
Colgate (3-3) answered with a 9-2 run, sparked by Pat Moore, who finished with a game-high 25 points. Damon Sherman-Newsome hit a 3-pointer for the Raiders, then Umar Shannon, who scored 24, pulled SFU within 75-74 on a bucket with 2:02 to play.
Moore followed that up with two big baskets for Colgate, the first on a drive, then hitting a 3-pointer from the left wing for an 80-74 edge with 44 seconds left. Moore was 7-of-8 from 3-point land.
"That's one of their strengths, and give them credit," Krimmel said of the Raiders' shooting. "We did a bad job of containing dribble penetration. That's one of the things we focus one. We forced rotations, and they found the open man and made those shots. We have to do a better job guarding the ball."
St. Francis remains winless, and next up is a trip to Notre Dame on Saturday. Road games at American and Lafayette offer chances to win, but the Flash's troubles away from home have been well-documented, not to mention that both of those teams already have good wins over Northeast Conference opponents. American beat Quinnipiac and Mount St. Mary's, while Lafayette beat NEC preseason favorite LIU.
The Flash's next two home games are against Lehigh, led by preseason All-American scoring machine C.J. McCollum, and a very good Bucknell team that's 5-0 with a victory at Purdue. St. Francis figures to be decisive underdogs in both of those games.
If the Flash can't beat American or Lafayette, they'll be staring at a potential 0-9 start going into a home game against Kent State on Dec. 20.
Krimmel's biggest challenge over the next few weeks will be to keep his team from getting discouraged as the potential losses pile up before the start of conference play, which is all that really matters for a program like St. Francis.
"We've just got to keep working and controlling the things that we can control," Krimmel said. "Continue to defend, continue to rebound. It seems like a simple formula, but we've got to continue to work and not make any excuses for what Colgate did tonight and our schedule. We've got guys in there that will battle and a staff that will battle."
Stephon Mosley had 15 points, Drinnon and Dom Major 14 apiece for St. Francis. Moore led five Colgate players in double figures.


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Each November, countless youth enjoy an annual right of passage, trudging through the hills and valleys of the Mountain State on their first hunting excursion.
I, certainly, was no different, going on my first adventure through the great outdoors when I was 12 years old.
To this day, I remember the excitement before that first trip with the man I looked up to more than any other - my dad.
The excitement wore off quickly, though, once we hit that first steep hillside in the wee hours of the morning in the backwoods of Wood County.
As the trip started, my dad told me he knew the perfect spot for me to bag my first deer. Looking back, that likely was a ruse, as I never really remembered my dad bringing home anything bigger than a squirrel following a hunting trip - and only one of those.
That was the farthest thought from my mind, however, as we slogged what seemed like 10 miles into the forest, me trailing far, far behind during most of the
Finally, after what seemed like hours, we came to rest on a large felled tree overlooking a quaint little valley.
For the next several hours, we sat frozen - literally - sipping coffee and starring at that small inlet waiting for our prize-winning deer.
Alas, as late afternoon approached, the mighty hunters, clad in their Elmer Fudd attire and blaze orange began the long walk back to the car - emptyhanded.
Throughout the years, we had many, many more trips with the same result - a lot of sitting and no fruits for our laborious trek.
Notwithstanding the lack of success on the hunting front, I still would not trade those many wonderful memories for anything in the world.
You see, those adventures were not about hunting at all. Even if we would have seen a deer, which we never did, we likely would not have raised a gun or fired a shot.
The trips were more about bonding and spending time together, something that always was in short supply with my dad's busy schedule at the glass factory and mine with my studies.
During our many travels, we never really talked much, and when we did, it was never about anything too important. For us, we had that unspoken bond that we would be there for each other in times of need and for those everyday moments as well.
On Nov. 30, it will be 15 years since my dad lost his battle with cancer. There still are not many days that go by without at least a thought toward the many good times we enjoyed together.
Whether it's hunting, fishing or just a Sunday drive, memories from those excursions can last a lifetime. They certainly have for me.
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Among the innovations enabling a new approach to the bioprinting of cartilage is the use of visible light-activated gelation. [Tissue Engineering Part A]
Crediting their 3D bioprinting technology, researchers report a significant first: living human cartilage grown on a laboratory chip. The researchers add that this advance brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the creation of replacement cartilage for patients with osteoarthritis or soldiers with battlefield injuries.
The researchers responsible for this result were led by Rocky Tuan, Ph.D., director of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, member of the American Association of Anatomists.
According to Dr. Tuan, the creation of artificial cartilage requires three main elements: stem cells, biological factors to make the cells grow into cartilage, and a scaffold to give the tissue its shape. All three elements are provided by his team's approach, said Dr. Tuan, because it involves the extrusion of thin layers of stem cells embedded in a solution that retains its shape and provides growth factors.
"We essentially speed up the development process by giving the cells everything they need, while creating a scaffold to give the tissue the exact shape and structure that we want," explained Dr. Tuan.
This approach to 3D bioprinting was described April 27 at the Experimental Biology 2014 meeting, during a session entitled Biological and Physical Principles of Matrix-Guided Tissue Engineering. Dr. Tuan's presentation was called "Biomimetic scaffolds and natural matrices for stem cell-based tissue engineering and modeling."
In addition to offering relief for people with osteoarthritis, replacement cartilage could also be a game-changer for people with debilitating joint injuries, such as soldiers with battlefield injuries. "We really want these technologies to help wounded warriors return to service or pursue a meaningful post-combat life," insisted Dr. Tuan, who co-directs the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, a national consortium focused on developing regenerative therapies for injured soldiers.
The ultimate vision is to give doctors a tool they can thread through a catheter to print new cartilage right where it's needed in the patient's body. This vision may have moved closer to being realized by Dr. Tuan's method, which uses visible light, unlike previously developed methods, which require UV light, which can be harmful to living cells.
Dr. Tuan and colleagues described this innovation earlier, in an article that appeared online April 9 in Tissue Engineering Part A, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. In this article, entitled "Cartilage Tissue Engineering Application of Injectable Gelatin Hydrogel with In Situ Visible-Light-Activated Gelation Capability in both Air and Aqueous Solution," the authors wrote, "We have developed an injectable, biodegradable methacrylated gelatin-based hydrogel capable of rapid gelation via visible light-activated crosslinking in air or aqueous solution. The mild photocrosslinking conditions permitted the incorporation of cells during the gelation process."
At the Experimental Biology meeting, Dr. Tuan also reported that his team used the 3D printing method to produce the first tissue-on-a-chip replica of the bone-cartilage interface. Housing 96 blocks of living human tissue four millimeters across by eight millimeters deep, the chip could serve as a test-bed for researchers to learn about how osteoarthritis develops and develop new drugs. "With more testing, I think we'll be able to use our platform to simulate osteoarthritis, which would be extremely useful since scientists really know very little about how the disease develops," predicted Dr. Tuan.
At present, the researchers are working to combine their 3D printing method with a nanofiber spinning technique they developed previously. They hope combining the two methods will provide a more robust scaffold and allow them to create artificial cartilage that even more closely resembles natural cartilage.
Artificial cartilage built using a patient's own stem cells could offer enormous therapeutic potential. "We hope that the methods we're developing will really make a difference, both in the study of the disease and, ultimately, in treatments for people with cartilage degeneration or joint injuries," concluded Dr. Tuan. "Ideally, we would like to be able to regenerate this tissue so people can avoid having to get a joint replacement, which is a pretty drastic procedure and is unfortunately something that some patients have to go through multiple times."
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|Disorder-Induced Microscopic Magnetic Memory
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The magnetic-recording industry deliberately introduces carefully controlled disorder into its materials to obtain the desired magnetic properties. But as the density of magnetic disks climbs, the size of the magnetic domains responsible for storage must decrease, posing new challenges. Beautiful theories based on random microscopic disorder have been developed over the past ten years. To directly compare these theories with precise experiments, an American–European team, led by researchers from the University of Washington, Seattle, first developed and then applied coherent x-ray speckle metrology to microscopic magnetic domains in a series of thin multilayer perpendicular magnetic materials of varying disorder. Their results, at odds with all previous theories, have set a new reference point for future theories.
To investigate how microscopic disorder influences the evolution of the magnetic domains—and perhaps enables them to remember their previous arrangement as these systems are cycled around their major hysteresis loops—the collaborators deliberately introduced disorder in the form of interfacial roughness into a series of thin cobalt–platinum multilayer films representative of the materials in the newest ultrahigh-density disk drives. The films had domain widths of about 100 nm and their magnetization was perpendicular to the plane of the film.
The coherent magnetic speckle metrology technique at ALS Beamline 9.0.1 was used to directly probe the effect of disorder on the spatial structure of the magnetic domain configuration. In this technique, linearly polarized, soft x rays pass through the films, and a CCD camera collects the scattered light. To be sensitive to the magnetic domains, the photon energy was tuned to the cobalt 2p→3d resonant transition. Dependent on the polarization of the incident light relative to the orientation of the electron spin, this resonant scattering process is the quantum analogue of the classical Faraday effect.
Coherent x rays, produced by passing them through a pinhole, generate highly speckled scattering patterns, with the random arrangement of speckles being due to the exact configuration of the magnetic domains in the sample. In effect, each speckle pattern acts as a unique fingerprint for the magnetic domain configuration. Small changes in the domain structure will change the speckles, and comparison of the different speckle patterns provides a quantitative determination of how much the domain structure has changed.
The experiments immediately answered one longstanding question: How is the magnetic domain configuration at one point on the major hysteresis loop related to the configurations at the same point on the loop during subsequent cycles. This is called microscopic return-point memory (RPM). For the smooth samples with magnetically soft loops, the researchers found little or no RPM. In sharp contrast, they always found strong RPM for rougher, hard-loop samples. In short, the RPM was partial and imperfect.
The researchers also posed for the first time and then answered a second important question: How are the magnetic domains at one point on the major loop related to the domains at the complementary point, the inversion symmetric point on the loop, during the same and during subsequent cycles? This is called complementary-point memory (CPM). As with RPM, they found the CPM was also partial and imperfect. They found no CPM for the lowest-disorder samples, but for the more disordered samples, they found significant, nonzero CPM, and the CPM was always a little smaller than the RPM.
No existing theory was capable of reproducing these experimental results. With the asymmetry between RPM and CPM suggesting a theory that incorporates a small component to break the spin inversion symmetry, the researchers developed two new theories fit their data. Their future work will focus on determining whether or not one or both of the new theories is correct and on determining whether RPM and CPM exist in other magnetic systems.
Research conducted by M.S. Pierce, C.R. Buechler, and L.B. Sorenson (University of Washington, Seattle); J.J. Turner and S.D. Kevan (University of Oregon); E.A. Jagla (Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy); J.M. Deutsch, T. Mai, and O. Narayan (University of California, Santa Cruz); J.E. Davies and K. Liu (University of California, Davis); J.H. Dunn (MAX Laboratory, Sweden); K.M. Chesnel and J.B. Kortright (Berkeley Lab); and O. Hellwig and E.E. Fullerton (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies).
Research Funding: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft. Operation of the ALS is supported by BES.
Publications about this research: M.S. Pierce, C.R. Buechler, L.B. Sorenson, J.J. Turner, S.D. Kevan, E.A. Jagla, J.M. Deutsch, T. Mai, O. Narayan, J.E. Davies, K. Liu, J.H. Dunn, K.M. Chesnel, J.B. Kortright, O. Hellwig, and E.E. Fullerton, "Disorder-induced microscopic magnetic memory," Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 017202 (2005); E.A. Jagla, "Hysteresis loops of magnetic thin films with perpendicular anisotropy," Phys. Rev. B 72, 094406 (2005); and J.M. Deutsch and T. Mai, "Mechanism for nonequilibrium symmetry breaking and pattern formation in magnetic films," Phys. Rev. E 72, 016115 (2005).


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If you are well aware of what a charge is, then you know there is nothing in the rule or definition of a charge that says anything about 3 strides, I'm not sure where you are getting that. For fun, let's assume there was some rule about 3 strides, could you point out where in the video Rome took 3 strides to make the hit?
I'm well aware of what a charge is and I think they got the call wrong - It sure looked to me like he took more than 3 strides, also, Horton wasn't "watching his pass", he was checking to make sure he was onside and the hit was way later than "just a second" -
Maybe I'm thinking about a different hit.....the hit I saw has Rome skating backwards as Horton is carrying the puck through the middle of the ice in the neutral zone. Horton passes the puck and then Rome comes to a stop at the blue line to lay the hit on Horton. By my count, there were approximately ZERO strides.
Regarding checking to make sure he was onside....I'm sorry, but I have to call BS on that. He passed the puck ahead to a player receiving it just before the blue line. That player was a few strides ahead of him....there is no possible way he could have ever gone offside, so if he is checking to make sure he stays onside, he doesn't belong in the game of hockey, let alone playing at the NHL level.
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OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — Birds chirped, squirrels chattered and a tropical thunderstorm blew through an otherwise very alpine — and packed — Squaw Valley Chapel on a fine July evening, thanks to the exceptional creativity of Celso Machado, the virtuoso Brazilian guitarist, percussionist and composer whose "gift for making music out of anything and everything around him," including his own hands, mouth, body and a wide array of musical instruments from all over the world, "is his mission in life," as his bio reads.
Followed by the performance of his "Folguedo" in two movements for guitar ensemble and greeted by standing ovation, Machado's concert, drawing on the richness and diversity of Brazilian and world music, wrapped up the Sixth International Sierra Nevada Classical Guitar Festival and Competition, a four-day full immersion into all things guitar with Squaw Valley offering a stunning backdrop.
Showcasing a roster of high-caliber artists including Rene Izquierdo, Marc Teicholz, Connie Sheu, Anthony Kakamakov, Mesut Ozgen, T. Singh, Jon Mendle and Giacomo Fiore, the Festival emphasized classical elements while at the same time exploring innovative directions for the instrument and its music, ranging from Mr. Singh's Kachaapi Veena, an Indian classical guitar of his design, to Mr. Fiore's just-intonation guitar and Miss Sheu's exquisite recital focusing on music by women composers.
All the while, adult and young guitar competitors alike sharpened their axes and performed challenging pieces for the judges. Matthew Fish, John Briton, Max Zuckerman and Jesse Freedman, first, second, third and fourth prize respectively in the Adult Division, and Sean Keegan, Karey Wang and Sedona Farber in the Youth Division are this year's competition winners.
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When it first opened, One Sunset was heralded as a long-awaited culinary addition to the Gates Circle neighborhood, an upscale restaurant where bars and clubs once dominated.
When it closed just a year later, the business left $160,000 in unpaid government grants and loans, and it soon found itself the subject of a criminal investigation.
It also led the FBI to a city lawmaker.
"We found Brian Davis almost by accident," said U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr.
Davis, who has since resigned from the Common Council, was sentenced to a year in prison Wednesday and became the second City Hall figure to be convicted as a result of the One Sunset investigation.
The other is Timothy Wanamaker, the city's former economic development chief. Like Davis, Wanamaker pleaded guilty to charges unrelated to One Sunset.
Both men admitted to stealing from the city and in the end took plea deals acknowledging their guilt.
But even prosecutors wonder: If not for One Sunset, would either official's criminal wrongdoing have been uncovered?
No one will ever know for sure, but it's clear that while the FBI's investigation into the restaurant's public subsidies never led to any charges - the investigation is still open - it did result in two unrelated but high-profile prosecutions.
Davis, a longtime Council member and one of the restaurant's biggest political backers, became the latest casualty when Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny sentenced him to prison.
"I can sum it up in four very simple words," Davis said Wednesday, "and those words are, 'I am truly sorry.'?"
Davis pleaded guilty in May to stealing $48,000 in public funds while serving as Ellicott District Council member, an admission prosecutors described as historic.
"This is an extreme case where an individual elected to represent the community abused that position and stole money which could have benefitted those residents," Hochul said after the sentencing.
In his plea deal, Davis admitted to stealing money from local community groups that received city and federal money from his Council office. After those groups received the funds, Davis arranged for them to kick back a portion of the money to him or his friends.
"Mr. Davis' actions were not, as he would have you believe, the result of sloppy bookkeeping," said Christopher M. Piehota, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Buffalo. "There was a willful intent to steal money."
In sentencing Davis to a year in prison, Skretny gave him closer to the minimum than the maximum allowed by federal sentencing guidelines, which called for a term of 10 to 16 months.
"It's a sad day when a former public official comes to federal court for sentencing," the judge said. "It's the breach of public trust. You misused it and abused it."
Federal prosecutors sought two years in prison, a tougher-than-normal sentence, and like Skretny, they pointed to Davis' abuse of his office and the people he was elected to serve.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Russell T. Ippolito Jr. also cited the lawmaker's efforts at hiding his wrongdoing - he used "pass-through agencies" and friends and associates to cash checks on his behalf - and his 2009 state court conviction for pocketing campaign contributions and filing false financial-disclosure reports with the state.
"This was not an accident. This was not sloppy bookkeeping," Ippolito told Skretny. "The defendant acted thoughtfully and intentionally in stealing the city's money."
Ippolito was responding to Davis' contention that the taxpayer money deposited in his personal bank account was always intended for community groups in his district.
"He had so much going on, he just dumped it into his private account," said Kimberly A. Schechter, an assistant federal public defender. "The problem is he's a doer. He's not a detail person. It got sloppy, and it got criminal."
Schechter asked for a nonprison sentence of community service and probation. In seeking leniency, she pointed to his public humiliation in the media.
"Given his conduct, the publicity seemed over the top," Schechter told Skretny.
Skretny disagreed and said the media was simply doing its job.
Davis faced up to 10 years in prison for his conviction on a single count of stealing from an organization receiving federal funds, but judicial guidelines recommended a much shorter sentence, a recommendation Skretny elected to follow. He also ordered Davis to pay back the $48,000 he stole.
"You're here because as a public official you stole money," the judge told him. "There's no question you did wrong. And there's no question this was the result of planning."
Davis acknowledged his mistake more than once and apologized to the court, the government and the people of the Ellicott District.
"I did misuse government money, and I totally accept responsibility for that," he told the judge. "There is no excuse I can come up."
At one point, when it became clear Skretny was not going to consider probation, Davis asked him to consider home confinement instead of prison.
"You honor," he said, "I plead with you for that second chance."
The judge rejected his request but gave him the opportunity to surrender to prison authorities at a later date.
The FBI, meanwhile, remains interested in One Sunset, the failed restaurant that led to Davis' and Wanamaker's convictions.
Owned by Leonard Stokes, a former high school and college basketball star who is friendly with Mayor Byron W. Brown, the restaurant is believed to still owe the city money. City officials could not be reached to confirm whether Stokes has repaid any of it. One Sunset closed in late 2008.
Brown has repeatedly denied giving Stokes special treatment.
Davis' sentencing is the result of an investigation by FBI and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Inspector General.
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