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Posts by Jeff Macke
'Bull markets don't die of old age': Time to start buyingJeff Macke at Yahoo Finance15 days ago
Pity the young bankers and wannabes now finishing up their summer internships on Wall Street. Young and frisky, dressed like swells and capering about Manhattan oblivious to the dangers lurking beneath the pavement. They laugh at the old-timers with our nervous twitches and superstitions. The better-educated among the new breed have an academic mastery of the dot.com meltdown and Great Recession but market crashes are like earthquakes; if you haven't actually experienced the sensation of the world dropping on your head you really don't know anything.
Hubris has to be beaten out of investors. Wondering if the February selloff was going to screw up your chances at scoring a Goldman Sachs (GS) internship doesn't count.
Walgreen becomes government whipping boyJeff Macke at Yahoo Finance16 days ago
We have met the enemy and he is us. Yesterday, in a series of hits as operatic and brutal as the last 15 minutes of the Godfather, the government effectively made inversion through corporate merger an offense punishable by corporate death.
Using the threat of an unlimited Treasury investigation, the President and Senator Dick Durbin stopped Walgreen (WAG) from moving to Switzerland. The wreckage of some $10 billion in lost stock value for mostly Main Street investors was left as a grim reminder not to cross the government by, in this case, following the letter of our own stupid laws.
Related: Walgreen stays at home
California water crisis creates investing opportunityJeff Macke at Yahoo Finance17 days ago
Americans have no idea how lucky we are when it comes to water. Even with the drought ravaging Californiamost of us are completely unaware of the depths of the water crisis in the rest of the world. The stats are mind-blowing. 780 million people lack access to clean drinking water. Every 21 seconds a child dies from water-related disease.
As the water crisis moves from something that happens to other countries into the U.S., it's a decent bet that American corporations will somehow, someway figure out ways to solve the problem at a profit. That's how capitalism works, after all. The question is when.
In the attached clip Tom Lydon of ETFTrends.com says the time is now. Millions of gallons a year of dirty, treated water gets dumped back into the Pacific every day, explains Lydon in the attached clip. "If you can capture that water and clean it then sell it back to the industries that use it, there's a great opportunity."
Living in denial can kill your portfolioJeff Macke at Yahoo Finance17 days ago
Stocks got hammered again on Tuesday, more than reversing Monday's bounce. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Dow (^DJI) both dropped about 1%. The Dow is now just over 4% off its record high from July 16th.
What's ailing the market? A bunch of things. Let's tick through them here. You're going to be hearing about this stuff all day so let's get it out of the way. We'll start with deals blowing up. This morning Walgreens (WAG) announced a completion of an acquisition for a foreign partner but it's not going to use the so-called inversion loophole and become a foreign domiciled corporation. Behind the scenes the U.S. Treasury, spurred on by the Obama administration, has vowed to make life complicated for U.S. corporations looking to move abroad. Inversions are dead.
Tesla to double in the next year? Trader says yesJeff Macke at Yahoo Finance18 days ago
Earlier this year when Joe Fahmy of Zor Capital predicted shares of Zillow (Z) had the potential to double in fairly short-order the idea seemed aggressive, to be generous. Four months later Zillow is more than 50% higher and short sellers are getting their positions foreclosed on by margin clerks across Wall Street.
In the attached clip Fahmy says the same sort of explosive move higher could be in the cards for controversial electric car maker Tesla Motors (TSLA). Cars and houses are both purchases subject to loans and economic strength but the business models couldn't be more different. What the two stocks have in common are relative strength and legions of haters.
Macke: Don't get caught in the crowd as fear buildsJeff Macke at Yahoo Finance22 days ago
July brokerage statements are going to be sent out today and for the first time in five months the percentage of you who throw them away unopened will rise. In fact, while ratings on financial TV and traffic on stock websites will almost certainly show an impressive spike this week the number of you who log in to your e-broker to see how your portfolio is doing will drop.
The reason is simple: If you're an average investor, or even a better than average investor, there's a good chance you lost money in July. You don't want to look at your statements because you know there's bad news inside. The impulse isn't any different than when you'd want to hide a bad report card from your parents as a kid. That isn't an indictment of your maturity or sophistication. It validates your humanity. We are hard wired to avoid what is painful. The last few days have reminded us that investing can be a scary, painful experience.
Time to place long-term bets on rising short-term rates: HoenigJeff Macke at Yahoo Finance22 days ago
Like life in the middle ages this weeks sell-off in equities has been nasty, brutish and short. Also like the the forgotten centuries prior to the enlightenment there isn't much of a legacy to speak of just yet. With a nearly 3% drop over the last five trading days the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJIA) has given away its meager gains for the 2014 but the S&P500 (^GSPC) is still well into the green heading into August. Related: The 20% market correction has already started
Perhaps most importantly to the collective psyche, Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB), the twin sweethearts of the American stock market are both well over 30% higher for the year. It's basically too late to pretend all is well but too soon to buy the dip.
Yelp, Twitter moves indicative of investors losing their cool
It's a psychological fact that human beings are horrible at gauging their own emotional state. If there's a thin line between love and hate the distinction between greed, boldness, prudence and fear can only be determined after the outcome is known. In real time your body just knows you're stressed. If the trades you make while under pressure turn out to be profitable your actions are retroactively defined as bold, not reckless. If you sit the sidelines for years waiting for a crash that never comes your prudence morphs into money-losing fear.
This week seems to mark an aggressive shift in market behavior. After months of small moves and complacency the volume has been turned up in a huge way. The shift started when Facebook's (FB) earnings beat triggered a big move that left many investors feeling left out of the party. Something in the collective mindset started to shift from a fear of getting caught exposed to stocks to panic over the prospect of missing the next big rally.
Target names new CEO: 3 ways he can become a retail legend
After a three month search Target (TGT) has found a new CEO. 55-year old Brian Cornell will become only the fourth person to head the company since 1984 and the first outsider to move straight into the top post. It's a smart move by Target's board. The nation's second largest mass-market discounter is coming off years of missteps and a humiliating 2013 full of scandals, revolts and credit card fraud. The place needed new blood and Cornell, with ten years experience at Pepsi (PEP) and three years heading Walmart's (WMT) Sam's Club stores seems like the right man for the job.
That doesn't mean it's going to be easy. I'm sure Brian has a pretty good handle on the situation but as the only person I know who actually gets choked up at the sight of a well-run store I can't help but offer a three step strategy that I think will get the Cornell era off to a bang-up start.
Step 1: End the revolt
Cash is king as the bull market ages
Of the many disconnects between investing strategies suggested by financial media and reality, none is so glaring as the binary fiction of investing decisions on TV and the gray-scale reality of portfolio management. In a Bulls vs. Bear medium suggesting investors might be wise to tweak their portfolios systemically is frowned upon if not disallowed entirely.
Related: Don't be fooled, all is not well for stocks
Welcome to reality as presented by the irrepressible Jonathan Hoenig author of founder of Capitalistpig Asset Management. In the attached clip Hoenig puts forth the radical idea that, while the bull market remains intact, this is still a good time to move some money out of mega-cap U.S. stocks.
Yes, the economy is strong and momentum, though flagging a bit, remains bullish. Hoenig isn't picking a fight with the Fed or the stock market. He just sees better opportunities overseas and in some assets other than equities.


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2013 fifth-rounder Christopher Clapperton is heating up again for the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada.
For the second week in a row, defenseman MacKenzie Weegar is tops among the Cats' CHL prospects.
The Canadian junior season is now a few weeks old, and with the college hockey season right around the corner, it's time to begin the weekly roundup for Florida's prospects.
With less than a month until the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, mock drafts of what the Lightning will do are becoming easier to find, with little consistency.
The Montreal Canadiens Top 25 Under 25 continues with No. 23 - RW Alain Berger
The Mock Oilers select Nicklas Jensen 31 OV in the SBN Mock Draft.
LHH Mock Draft: Tampa Bay Lightning Picks at #27
The 2011 European Hockey playoff season keeps rolling with the talented Salavat Yulaev Ufa winning at home to open their KHL Eastern Conference Final, while Lulea gets the bounces to go their way...
Brock Otten at The Scouting Report recently took in a game between the Ottawa 67s and the Oshawa Generals. His take on Ryan Martindale isn't promising.
"But a trade involving the 2009 12th overall pick of the New York Islanders isn't likely, despite the fact Oshawa could find itself in a similar situation with de Haan to the one the team was in last year with Del Zotto, a 2008 New York Rangers first rounder."A little speculation about whether Calvin de Haan's junior team will trade him, in part based on whether they think he'll still be in juniors next season.
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A scene from Pascal Laugier's Martyrs. [Photo: Wild Bunch Distribution]
The common wisdom, inherited thanks mostly to the 1968-1978 boom of great American horror movies that accompanied some of the nation's most turbulent and hopeless years (at least among those that could be reflected via moving pictures), is that the worse off things are, the more relevant and powerful our cinematic nightmares become. That the halcyon days of horror are directly proportional to the index of actual human suffering. If that's so, the entire world has spent the last decade counting down the few remaining seconds left on the Doomsday Clock. While the few years leading up to Y2K brought with them a set of snarky, masturbatorily meta slasher movies that ensured audiences not only felt superior to the movies they were raised on, but also absolved them of any sense of socio-political obligation, the dozens and dozens of new horror classics that have swarmed out of every corner of the globe since then (not unlike the teeming cockroaches that burst out of E.G. Marshall's chest at the climax of Creepshow) seemed to impress upon us all that the biggest nightmare of all wasn't that the world would end, but that we'd have to continue living on in the colossal mess we've cultivated. Or, worse, that we'd have to continue cultivating a culture of killing. It's both too glib and too jingoistic to suggest that 9/11 perhaps ushered in what has clearly become another golden age of horror, easy though it might be when we're examining a time span during which political speechwriters used the word "terror" with more wanton relish than William Castle, Roger Corman, and the Crypt Keeper combined. Though the instantaneously repulsive spectacle in lower Manhattan and the deadening slow-mo retaliation certainly primed the world to absorb a whole lotta hurt, the new millennial horror paid forth brutalism in a multicultural banquet of carnage, grue, and dread. Some of our great new horror movies look to the past for assistance, others resonate with bleak nihilism for our future. Want stone proof the aughts sucked? Recue the blunt climax to the most diverting movie in our entire list of the 25 scariest post-2000 movies, Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell. We're totally fucked. Eric Henderson.
25. The Orphanage. It's difficult to talk about The Orphanage without talking about Guillermo del Toro. As melancholic as it is frightening, the film (which del Toro produced) makes us mournful even as we're dreading whatever lies in wait on the other side of a door or tucked behind a crawlspace. This uncomfortable blend, an unfortunate rarity these days, is something the creature-obsessed del Toro excels at, and it finds a uniquely clear expression under the careful direction of J.A. Bayona. The Spanish director privileges character and quietude over corpses and cheap tricks, lending the film a feeling of transcendence over the genre that its makers understand so well. Michael Nordine
24. Drag Me to Hell. Many horror films from the 2000s are so eager to splatter and slice their way into our hearts that they end up covering their canvases in bloody clichés. Not so with Sam Raimi's masterfully paced throwback, which is smart enough to withhold its more disturbing visceral elements until the very last moment. This directorial restraint allows the perfectly calibrated sound design and dread-inducing mise-en-scène to drive the viewer mad with anticipation. Anchored by Allison Lohman's brilliant performance as a loan officer fated for Hades's gallows, Drag Me to Hell is as much about greed as it is culpability, or more specifically our arrogant attempts to cover up sin even when the devil herself is staring us down. Glenn Heath Jr.
23. Visitor Q. A formally accomplished director when it suits him, Takashi Miike can be so shocking because he's willing to discard his conventional gifts and dive face first in the muck; he doesn't play the distancing art-house games that characterize the hypocritical Michael Haneke. Miike's most popular contribution to the horror genre is Audition, which acted as a correction to the self-serving immorality of Fatal Attraction and its endless clones. Visitor Q, on the other hand, acts as a correction to the relentless popularity of reality TV, a phenomenon that invites us to vicariously feast on human misery as distraction from our own daily indignities. The story follows a family as they casually film one another indulging in incest and necrophilia as well as a long list of other similarly taboo activities, and Miike stages each escalating atrocity with a flip, tongue-in-cheek, and sometimes nearly slapstick manner that's authentically horrifying. Yet, the filmmaker, as Audition made clear, is a moralist deep down, and the brilliant, surreal Visitor Q—so powerful and disgusting that many will probably find it unwatchable—is the ultimate middle-finger to media sponsored narcissism. Chuck Bowen
22. Suicide Club. Sion Sono kicks things off with one of the great openers in recent horror cinema: Holding hands and chanting "a one and a two," 50 uniformed Japanese high school girls throw themselves under a subway train, drenching bystanders in gouts and gallons of gore. Investigations into the ensuing outbreak of teenage suicide pacts, headed by Detective Kuroda (Ryo Ishibashi), leads to a tween-idol girl group disseminating hidden messages that exhort listeners to promptly snuff it, concealed in the media blitzkrieg surrounding their ear-candy megahit "Mail Me." Boasting plenty of splatter for the fanboys (much of it blatantly artificial CGI), Suicide Club at times deepens into an existential inquiry, even if it raises more questions about social media manipulation and interpersonal disconnect than it can hope to answer. An outrageous finale takes its audience behind the music, and through the looking glass, into a harsh realm filled with gerbils, raincoat-clad tykes, and new uses for woodworking tools. Budd Wilkins
21. The Human Centipede (First Sequence). The most remarkable thing about Dutch writer-director Tom Six's now-infamous provocation is that nobody seems to agree as to what it is. Even the critics that saw and despised it, of which there are many, don't all think Six takes the film's eponymous monster seriously. To be clear, he doesn't, and that's the crux of The Human Centipede (First Sequence), an effectively queasy chiller that constantly keeps you off-balance by anti-climactically pulling the rug out from under its viewers in almost every other scene. Dieter Laser's evil Dr. Hieter is a hilariously campy mad scientist, but the threat that he poses to his very scared victims is very serious. Vile though it may be, Six's vision is clever enough and jarring enough to make the story both rather funny and deeply unnerving. Simon Abrams
20. A History of Violence. Unconditional love and true evil are both core family values in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence, a cinematic shotgun blast to the face that splits the classic American dream in half. After effortlessly dispatching two wayward thugs, father, husband, restaurant owner, and gangster-in-hiding Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) finds himself physically and emotionally cornered like a classic western outlaw. As Tom's splintering identity sheds an outer layer of artifice to reveal a snakes skin underneath, brutal physical violence becomes his only communication device. But the real horror resides in the deafening silence of the film's aching final shot: a quiet dinner table standoff foreshadowing years of familial hell to come. GH
19. Let Me In. How fitting it is that the vampiric Ronald Reagan makes a cameo in Let Me In, the most unexpectedly tender, affecting film of its kind since Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark. The creatures of the night and the anguish of a generation raised by hypocrites and yuppies fit right into Matt Reeves's heartfelt depiction of '80s suburbia, a society that's ravaged itself on a steady diet of fear. Distinctly warmer in tone than the Swedish original (and featuring a newly conceived carjacking sequence as nail-bitingly prodigious as anything in Hitchcock), this justified remake nonetheless finds equal levels of unrest and hurt among its cast of characters, eschewing traditional notions of villains and heroes with a dramatically ambiguous push-and-pull of overlapping, conflicting motivations. Kids, cops, bullies, killers, and even a vampire seem to share the same twisted soul. The bloodshed is tragic regardless, while a deceptively upbeat tone guards the true nature of the sinister conclusion—the end of this story, but more importantly, the beginning of another just like it. Rob Humanick


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Minnesota coach Pam Borton wasn't distraught over everything that took place in her team's 81-56 loss at No. 8 Ohio State on Thursday night.
"We haven't been playing real well on the road. I felt like we played a little bit tougher, some of our kids. We battled, we fought," she said.
Then, she added, "I think we ran into a kid who had special night tonight."
The Buckeyes' Samantha Prahalis set a school record with 42 points in her final home game as Ohio State rolled over the Golden Gophers.
"She's a competitor, she's feisty, she has some swagger," Borton said. "She had a great evening and probably played her last game here at the arena just like she envisioned it."
Prahalis, leading the Big Ten in both scoring (21.3 points per game) and assists (6.7), had 22 points by halftime as the Buckeyes (24-4, 11-4) built a 12-point lead.
She hit 15 of 27 shots from the field including 7 of 12 3-pointers, and was 5 for 5 at the line. She also had six rebounds, four assists and three steals before leaving to a standing ovation with 2:27 left after breaking Katie Smith's 1994 record by hitting two free throws.
"I just got into a pretty good rhythm," said Prahalis, the Buckeyes' only senior. "It was almost like one of those nights where you don't really see the defenders."
The Golden Gophers, led by Rachel Banham's 18 points and the 14 points and 11 rebounds of Micaella Riche, played good defense but could not stop Prahalis.
She scored 15 of Ohio State's points as it broke out to a 17-10 lead that it never relinquished. She had 22 by halftime, when the Buckeyes held a 38-26 lead.
Borton said at halftime she still thought her team could get back in the game.
"I felt like we had an opportunity. We were lucky to only be down by 12," she said. "We've got to get tougher and finish with contact and (realize) we're not going to get calls on the road and understand that. I felt like we missed about three shots in the lane to start the second half and we could have cut it to single digits at that point."
Instead the Buckeyes maintained their lead before Prahalis hit back-to-back 3-pointers to push the lead to 51-34. From there on, it was just a matter of waiting for the final buzzer.
"I don't know who wrote the script. Somebody did," said Ohio State's Jim Foster, in his 34th season as a head coach. "You haven't even talked about zero turnovers. Think about it: She was all over the place, helping on defense, our second-leading rebounder, led us in assists and scored the points."
Fans chanted, "Thank you, Samantha!" near the finish.
Prahalis, who had 25 points in the 76-65 loss at Minnesota on Jan. 29, broke the record after being fouled on a hustle play.
It was typical: She was always around the ball, at both ends.
"We didn't have an answer for her. She got hot and it didn't feel like she missed much," Borton said. "Never did I believe she was going to have 42, but she didn't miss. A lot was going her way."
As the lone senior on the roster, Prahalis had been a focal point all season for the Buckeyes. Even when they stumbled in three games against second-tier teams in the conference -- teams with a combined 41 losses through Thursday's games -- she still said she was proud of what the team had accomplished.
"I like the challenge I was presented," she said of the pressure applied to her as the most experienced player. "I don't know, I just wanted it to be a good year. And everyone stepped up."
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Who Should Hillary Pick For VP
by dystopianfuturetoday, Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:45:29 PM EDT
Wanted to get some thoughts as to whom everyone thought Hillary should ask to be VP?Edit: I know this has already been diaried, but I think it's important enough to warrent more discussion. After all, it is a very urgent subject and should not be taken lightly. Edit 2: Have we lost the ability to laugh? Is snark dead to MyDD? This is about as mild and tame as snark gets.


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Emergency officials say its important to be prepared for severe weather.
Cairo Fire Chief and member of the Alexander County Emergency Management Board John Meyer says it is important to know what to do before, during and after a storm.
Meyer says that these tips are important and can help save your life.
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Meyer also adds that Alexander County, among other counties have a notification system called Nixle that can send text messages directly to your phone. Check with your area to see what options you may have for any notifications to help you get the latest information. For Alexander County residents, text your zip code to 88777 to sign up.
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UNCW Press Release
WILMINGTON, North Carolina – Senior forward Keith Rendleman notched his 25th career double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds to power UNCW over NCAA Division II Coker, 62-47, Wednesday night at Trask Coliseum.
The Seahawks won their fourth home game in as many tries and evened their record at 4-4 on the season. The Cobras of Conference Carolinas now stand 2-4 on the season after losing to UNCW in the first regular season meeting between the two teams.
Rendleman, a four-year standout from Iron Station, N.C., had 11 points at halftime and added nine more in the second stanza for his game-high total. It was third double-double of the season after similar efforts against Richmond and Hampton. He also added a career-high six steals.
Junior guard Tanner Milson added 13 points for the Seahawks, who shot 42.9 percent from the floor. Junior guard Chris Dixon doled out a game-high four assists in 21 minutes off the bench.
Senior guard Andrew Morris was the only player in double figures for the Cobras with 12 points.
UNCW crept out to a 27-22 lead at halftime and survived an early rally by the stubborn Cobras in the second half before pulling away. The Seahawks forced 22 turnovers and held the visitors from Hartsville, S.C., to 26.3 percent (5-of-19) shooting from 3-point range.
Julian Nelson scored the first bucket of the second half to help Coker get within striking distance, 27-24, but Freddie Jackson hit back-to-back buckets and an 11-3 run gave the Seahawks some much-needed separation.
Milson dropped in a floater in the lane at 14:37 and Chris Dixon made the second of two free throw attempts to push the advantage to 45-32 with 10 minutes on the clock.
Jackson drained a trey from the left corner and Milson followed with a baseline jumper to give UNCW a 60-43 cushion with 3:29 left in the contest. The lead ballooned to as many as 19 points with 2:13 remaining.
UNCW jumped out of the gate early and used an 8-3 spurt over a 2:59 span to move ahead, 10-3. A three-ball by Milson gave the Seahawks an early seven-point margin with just over 16 minutes left in the first half.
After the Cobras closed the gap to 12-10, the Seahawks reeled off 11 consecutive points over the next 5:06 to take control. A jumper by Cedrick Williams on the right elbow began the spurt and a reverse layup by reserve forward Dylan Sherwood with 6:22 left in the opening period extended the margin to 23-10.
Coker battled back, however, to get within five points at intermission. The Cobras trailed, 27-17, with 1:27 left, but scored the final seven points of the period. A long three-pointer by Morris with one second remaining helped Coker cut the deficit to 27-22 at the break.
The Seahawks head back on the road for their next two outings, beginning Saturday with a 7 p.m. date on ESPN3 against ACC member Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
GAME NOTES: Buzz Peterson is 14-17 against non-conference opponents in his three seasons at UNCW … UNCW's last NCAA Division II opponent was Alaska-Fairbanks during the 1996 season … UNCW is now 45-35 against South Carolina schools in its history … Peterson used the same starting lineup for the third straight contest … UNCW outrebounded its opponent for the third time this season … The Seahawks nabbed a season-high 14 steals.
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Unforgettable and Sophisticated 6BR/6.5BA Home that Conveys Subtle Elegance in Hilton Head Island
- bedrooms 6
- baths 6½
- sleeps 15
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets considered no
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$ 2,595 - $ 6,013 / week
$ 11,121 - $ 13,529 / month
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5 Sandy Beach Trail, Burkes Beach
- 6BR/ 6.5BA (K, K, Q, Q, TT, Single Bunk, Double Bunk, SS)
- 4rd Row Home, 2nd street
- Private Heated Pool *
- Two minute Walk to Beach
- Wireless Internet
- Game Room
- Elevator
- Close to New Hilton Head Chaplin Park
- Limit 5 Cars
- Sleeps 15
Imagine an unforgettable and sophisticated 6BR / 6.5BA home that conveys a subtle elegance, unique and beautiful architecture, and seemingly limitless space and you have described this fabulous fourth row home. Beautifully furnished, the spaciousness along with architectural details such as dual winding staircases in the entry way to the 2nd floor bridge will astound you. On the ground floor adjacent to a private pool*, is a large game room with a pool table, ping pong table, foosball tables, bar table with chairs, 2 mounted TV's, and, conveniently, a full bath. And, this home is only a 2 minute walk to the beach.
Upon entering this stunning home, your eyes take in the elegant hardwood staircases and then pass to the tiled great room's bright vaulted ceiling above a decorative fireplace and a huge sailboat model. Two handsome cocoa matching sofas and coffee tables surround and frame the fireplace with built in shelves and a large mounted flat screen TV. There are also 2 matching club chairs covered in a beach themed fabric. Two French doors on either side of the bookshelves and fireplace take you to the first balcony overlooking the pool with an ivy covered privacy fence and plenty of seating with 6 lounge chairs and another 6 chairs with tables. The adjacent area in the great room offers a large dining table seating 10 along with a breakfast bar to the kitchen with 3 bar stools. The large luxury kitchen has stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, and an island with a cook top. In addition to the breakfast bar, there is a quaint drop leaf breakfast table. There is also a full laundry room off the kitchen and another outside door and stairs take you to the pool area.
Off the entryway is a half bath and the first of 2 master bedrooms. Bright and airy it features a king bed, a Carolina blue sleeper sofa, and a mounted flat screen TV. There is also a door to a private balcony and a door with stairs to the pool area. The ample private master bath offers a dual vanity, a walk in shower, and a Jacuzzi tub.
Across the entry way is a guest room with a queen bed and a mounted flat screen TV. It also has a private bath with a walk in shower only.
The gorgeous dual winding staircases lead you to the second floor with 4 more bedrooms and a bridge to a loft overlooking the great room. There is another front balcony with 2 chairs and a table at the other end of the bridge.
The second master king bedroom is also very spacious with a large mounted flat screen TV and very pretty tropical bedding. The palatial, private master bath, again, has dual vanities and a separate walk in shower and Jacuzzi tub.
A queen bedroom with mounted TV shares a jack and jill full bath with a bedroom with 2 twin beds and another wall mounted TV.
The last of the 2nd floor bedrooms is a wonderful kid's room with a single bunk bed over a double bunk bed. Decorated in a red, white and blue sailboat theme, it also has a mounted TV and private bath with a shower only.
Another bonus with this home is The Chaplin Community Park adjacent to the area with tennis courts, nature trails, basketball court, beach access, picnic pavilion, playground, rest rooms, and outdoor showers.
* Pool heated upon request at an additional charge with two weeks notice. Please note that this pool can not be heated from November 1st through March 31st.
** Parking is limited to 5 cars.
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Truth-O-Meter checks claims on deficit, NJ property taxes
Rep. Leonard Lance says President Obama broke promise on cutting deficit, Chris Christie claims property taxes spiked in decade before becoming governor
By Caryn Shinske :: Published on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 at 7:30 a.m.
In Context: Menendez and 'absolutely'
Two videos from the U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Joe Kyrillos distort remarks U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat, made during a recent debate.
By Erin O'Neill :: Published on Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 at 7:30 a.m.
More Menendez, Kyrillos claims tested on Truth-O-Meter
The Truth-O-Meter finds accuracy issues in claims about passage of a budget in the U.S. Senate, who's voted against hiking New Jersey's minimum wage.
By Caryn Shinske :: Published on Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 at 7:30 a.m.
In Context: "Government's the only thing that we all belong to"
Gov. Chris Christie has joined other GOP leaders in blasting a statement from a video played during the Democratic National Convention
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CLEVELAND -- The Browns have hired a pair of executive vice presidents, filling out their front office under new owner Jimmy Haslam.
Sashi Brown was hired as executive VP and general counsel on Wednesday. Brent Stehlik will be an executive VP and chief revenue officer.
Brown spent the past eight seasons as general counsel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. His duties included negotiating contracts, licensing issues and litigation. He was an attorney with a Washington, D.C.-based law firm before joining the Jaguars.
Stehlik was with the San Diego Padres the past three seasons, serving as senior vice president for business operations.
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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Victoria Azarenka is starting to find some rhythm in her Australian Open title defense, almost dancing onto the Rod Laver Arena court to some disco tunes before racing through her 6-1, 6-0 second-round win over Eleni Daniilidou in 55 minutes.
With temperatures forecast to top 102 degrees, Azarenka didn't want to be out in the heat.
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British Colonial Luxury Oceanfront at Jupiter Beach in Jupiter
- bedrooms 3
- baths 3½
- sleeps 6
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- community Jupiter Ocean Grande
- rates (USD) $ 5,500 - $ 7,500 / month
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Luxurious living at its finest just steps from the ocean! Spectacular panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal from private balconies off each bedroom. Professionally furnished/decorated with the finest touches and quality British Colonial furnishings. This spacious, 2800+ sq ft condo features a grand foyer, gourmet eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, great room with wall-to-wall sliding glass view of the ocean, dining room, laundry room, two guest bedrooms with private baths, and a huge master suite with Jacuzzi tub, plus a powder room. Everything you need for a perfect home-away-from-home vacation.
Jupiter Ocean Grande is a short drive from PBI Airport, Gardens Mall, Downtown at the Gardens, Palm Beach Zoo, planetarium, shopping, restaurants, golf courses, and nature centers. Everything you want for rest and relaxation is right here with minimal driving. And don't forget to enjoy walks on its white sandy beaches along the ocean.
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Burt Reynolds Museum
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Juno Beach FL 33408
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Basic Gameplay
Before we delve into specifics, you'll need to learn how to play the game! Last Blast is a first-person shooter (or FPS), which is quite different from the typical game on Neopets. If you're not familiar with this style of game, play through it one or two times just to get used to controlling Zarex before you start trying for a high score. It'll benefit you in the long run!
Because there are so many controls, and the in-game instructions do such an excellent job laying them out, I won't go over every detail. There are, however, a few important things to point out. First, if you use your computer mouse with your right hand, you should stick to the Type 1 controls. If you use it with your left hand, go with the Type 2 controls. Second, when you're using the Bzzt Blaster gun or the Virtublaster 3000 you can simply hold down the spacebar (or right control key) to fire repeatedly. For the other two guns, the Goo Blaster and Sleep Ray, you can only fire one shot at a time. Finally, you can ignore the night vision keys along with the instruction pages on Equipment. These were features that were originally meant to be activated by purchasing items with neopoints, but TNT decided against it in the end and the items were never released. Thankfully, the path to a high score won't take you into any of the dark rooms where night vision would have been helpful!
Once you have a good handle on the controls, the next thing you need to learn is how to effectively use the different guns. The gun you start out with, the Bzzt Blaster (which is mapped to the 1 key on your keyboard), is easy to aim with and is the only gun with unlimited ammo, but it's weak and doesn't fire very quickly. Because of its unlimited ammo, it's an ideal choice for when there's only a few Spyder robots around, but if you start to get surrounded, switch to something else ASAP!
The Virtublaster 3000 (mapped to the 2 key) is a rapid-fire gun that can take down enemies quickly, but it requires more precise aim than the other guns. This is useful in just about any situation you find yourself in, but you have to be careful not to run out of ammo.
The Goo Blaster (mapped to the 3 key), is a close-range weapon with a wide area of effect and a somewhat small supply of ammo. It's also your new best friend. Any enemy that's directly in front of you when you fire is significantly damaged, with the added benefit of becoming stunned for a few seconds. As such, this is the perfect gun for dealing with large swarms that are closing in. If all that wasn't good enough, both the small and large robot Spyders, the most common enemies in the game by far, will be destroyed by a single shot of the Goo Blaster.
The final gun is unique in that doesn't do any damage at all. Instead, the Sleep Ray (mapped to the 4 key) puts every enemy in front of you to sleep! It covers a very long distance and wide area, so use it whenever there's just too many enemies to take out quickly even with the Goo and Virtu-blasters. Also, enemies that are asleep will take more damage from all guns, so if your Goo and Virtu-blasters run out of ammo, this can be useful to cut down on how many Bzzt Blaster shots you'll need to fire. It has very limited ammo itself, however, so be careful how often you use it.
If you ever need to check on your ammo for any of your guns, pressing the tab key will open up the HUD on the left and you can see a meter under each gun representing your remaining supply. Alternately, there's a ring surrounding your crosshair that shows how much ammo is left for your active gun.
We're almost ready to start playing, but there's still one more thing you need to know, and it's the most important! The scoring in this game runs on an invisible timer. Each enemy has a base point value that you'll earn when you defeat it, but every minute or so that value will go down. For example, when you first start the game, the small Spyder robots will give you 10 points per kill. That will gradually decrease to 9, 8, 7, and so on until you get no points from them at all. More difficult enemies give more points, but they all decrease at the same rate and after enough time, only the last two enemies will still give you any points at all: the green aliens and the Sloth robots. The problem is that their points stop decreasing at 1, so it's not a viable strategy to just keep mowing down enemies for as long as you can. You have to work quickly, and your ultimate goal should be to make it to the third and final level as fast as possible so you can make the most out of the high points you earn from those two enemies before the score timer runs out.
Now we can start! In order to progress from level to level, you have to locate three switches on the walls (they kind of look like blue eyeballs) and destroy them. You should destroy them with the Bzzt Blaster to save on ammo. I'll walk you through the levels the best I can, but if you find my descriptions on where to go confusing, there's a handy map on a screen in each level right at the beginning. Take some time to memorize the layouts of the levels before going for a trophy!
Level 1: You start out with only the Bzzt Blaster. Begin walking straight until you reach a tunnel that will take you right. Follow this tunnel all the way to its end while killing the Spyder robots that spawn. They WILL spawn behind you, so pay attention to the arrow indicators telling you where attacks are coming from. It's very important that you keep moving no matter what! Kill all the robots you see, but don't let them slow you down. When enemies are behind you, turn around and then continue walking backwards while you pick them off. Once you reach the end of the tunnel, you'll see a switch on the wall. Destroy it and you will receive a random gun.
This is more important than anything else, so pay attention: If you're on a trophy run and don't get the Goo Blaster, restart the game now! The reasoning is simple. Up until the very end of this level, the only enemies you encounter will be the small and large robot Spyders which are both destroyed with one blast of the Goo Blaster. To defeat as many enemies as possible while also keeping your time spent in this level to a minimum, it's by far the best option. Once you have it, double back through the tunnel killing Spyders along the way for the rest of the level. The most efficient way to take care of them is to let a group gather in front of you, then take them all out at once. Instead of walking around them during their stun time, continue walking into them so that you can pick up any health, oxygen, or ammo they drop. Once you're out of the tunnel, turn right and you'll come to a fork. Go left and you'll walk through a tunnel with lava and end up in a wide open room. You'll see two red doors. Go through the tunnel between them and you'll find switch #2. Destroy it and one of the doors will open, but it's best to ignore it. Double back to the large room and go left past the still-closed door and into the tunnel to the right of it. You'll find the last switch halfway through. Destroy it and the last door, the exit, will open. Go through it as fast as possible. If you encounter tank enemies towards the end of this level, keep in mind that they'll take two Goo Blasts to be destroyed. Pay attention to your ammo and don't be afraid to go out of your way for a few seconds to collect more!
Level 2: Go straight through the tunnel until you come to a room with large crystals. Go into the first tunnel on the right and you'll find switch #1 which will reward you with another gun. Unfortunately, you're going to want reset here as well if you don't get the Virtublaster. You'll need to be able to switch between the Goo and Virtu-blasters in this level so you don't run out of ammo for either. You'll also start encountering the alien enemies here which are more easily defeated with the Virtublaster. Resetting will test your patience, but it will pay off in the end. Return to the crystal room, switching between Goo and Virtublaster when necessary, then enter the next opening on the right. You'll come across another tunnel branching to the left and a door. Go through the tunnel to find switch #2. Go back, then walk past both of the now-open doors you see to find a huge room with the exit door on the left. To open it, you'll need to go find switch #3 in the back towards the right and destroy it first. Remember to kill everything you see while keeping your time and ammo usage to a minimum!
Level 3: The enemies start coming hard and fast now, so your health will definitely become an issue if it hasn't already been. Always try to distance yourself from enemy groups so they don't get too many attacks in before you take them out. There will be two paths from the first room; take the one on the right. You'll end up in a large red room. There will be a small tunnel leading off to the right where you'll find switch #1. Once you destroy it and get the Sleep Ray, that's it! We don't want to actually complete the game, so your mission now is to wander around, stay alive, and keep racking up points until the score timer runs down. There are TONS of enemies now so that shouldn't be too difficult. Start using the Sleep Ray any time the swarm becomes too big so you can pick everything off safely. Pay very close attention to health, oxygen, and ammo drops because you'll need a lot of them.
This game isn't all that popular, so with the above strategy and enough practice you're practically guaranteed a trophy. The hardest thing is making snap decisions about which gun is best for the situation, which you'll get better at with time. Good luck, and thanks for reading!


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Irene Mary Wohrle was born on Feb. 18, 1923, to Mary Elizabeth and Thomas Triplett in Turner, Blaine County, Mont. Surrounded by her family, she went to her Heavenly home on Dec. 10, 2012.
When Irene was a child, she lived in Montana, Colorado, and Washington State, settling in Spokane before moving to Deer Park around 1935.
She graduated from Riverside High School with the class of 1941 and married Howard J. Wohrle on December 13, 1941. They enjoyed 63 years together. Irene continued to live in the home she and Howard built 70 years ago on part of the former Arcadia Apple Orchard.
Lester "Jean" Mize peacefully passed away on Dec. 20 2012, at Royal Park Care Center at the age of 82. He was born in Moscow, Idaho, on Oct. 27 1930.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lester C. and Marie Mize, and a granddaughter, Megan Elizabeth Whitehill.
Lillian E. (Roll) Kagele, age 83, passed away on Nov. 29, 2012 in Spokane surrounded by family.
She was born April 7, 1929, in Deer Park, and was a lifetime resident of the area, working for many years as a waitress at various restaurants.
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She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Kagele, and a daughter, Karen Gabel.
Linda Jean Coe was born on Sept. 16, 1946, in Bell, Calif., to Erik and Clara Ferm. Linda was raised by her aunt and uncle, Gunde and Albert Rude in Wallace, Idaho.
Linda had two sisters, Judy (Mitch) Almeida and Carol Mueller, and a stepbrother, Loren Rude.
On July 18, 1970, Linda married Gary Coe. They would continue as soulmates and best friends over the next 42 years. In 1977, they moved to Loon Lake where they still reside. The family includes two sons, Brad (Kari Kaufman) and Brian (Lisa Miller) and seven grandchildren.
Gail William Martin, age 96, a longtime resident of Elk, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012.
He was born Dec. 26, 1915, in Ekalaka, Mont., to Fred and Delia Martin, The fifth oldest of eight children, he had four sisters, Violet, Ruth, Ora and Annadene and three brothers, Harold, Max and Lyal.
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The Jaguars signed OL Steve Vallos and LB Brandon Marshall and waived QB John Parker Wilson and RB Keith Toston.
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A Signing Day open thread for Longhorn fans keeping track of the LOI and various commitments throughout the day.
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The fireworks started on Friday with the commitments of Jaxon Shipley, Chet Moss, and Taylor Doyle and it didn't take long for the momentum to continue on Saturday morning. After a meeting with Mack Brown in his office, Arlington wide receiver Miles Onyegbule received his scholarship offer and committed on the spot.
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Kendall Marshall, the first round draft pick of the Phoenix Suns, wrapped up his nine-game NBA Developmental League stint Thursday night.
The former North Carolina Tar Heel started, played 30 minutes and scored 7 points while handing out 9 assists in the Bakersfield Jam's 107-87 win over the Idaho Stampede.
In his nine games in the D-League, Marshall averaged 9.6 points, 7.6 assists and 3.3 turnovers per game. He shot only 31% (31-of-99) from the field, 22% (6-of-27) from three-point range and 69% (18-of-26) from the free throw line.
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CEO Note: Progress for Sharks
If you're like most ocean lovers, you've probably spent a few nights this week tuning in to Discovery Channel's Shark Week. But as we celebrate our collective love of sharks, we should also take a moment to reflect on the many threats that sharks face.
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Oceana Victory—NOAA Backs Down from Undermining State Fin Bans!
After months of public campaigning and pressure by Oceana and other conservation groups, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has officially backed down from a proposal that would undermine bans on the sale of shark fins in Washington, Maryland and California. NOAA has not yet ruled on other states, or clarified whether it will drop disturbing language in a new shark fishing rule.
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Victory! Maryland Becomes First East Coast State to Ban Shark Fin Trade!
Maryland made history today by becoming the first East Coast state to ban the possession, sale and distribution of shark fins throughout the state. They join the entire West Coast, as well as Illinois and Hawaii, in banning the fin trade, which drives the cruel and unnecessary act of shark finning and is contributing to the near-extinction of many shark species.
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Illinois Senate Passes Shark Fin Ban
When you think of Illinois, "shark fins" may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But this inland state does have a shark fin trade, and it may soon be history.
After Oceana collected over a thousand signatures from concerned Illinois citizens this week, the Illinois Senate voted to pass a shark fin ban in the state. The bill is now heading to Governer Pat Quinn's desk, awaiting his signature. If it passes into law, Illinois will be the first non-Pacific (and first inland!) state to ban shark fins in the United States.
Why is this an important issue for Illinois? Chicago is a hub for shark fins in the Midwest, and lawmakers are concerned. Shark fins are considered an Asian delicacy, and one fin can sell for several hundred dollars. This creates a lucrative business for shark fishermen, some of whom use a cruel practice called "finning"—cutting the fins off a live shark and then throwing the bleeding animal overboard to die. Finning is illegal in U.S. waters, but fins sold in the U.S. may be imported from countries that allow finning. And even in the U.S., shark populations are struggling, with some populations having declined by 90%.
Every shark fin sold contributes to the disappearance of our sharks. We're so happy that the Illinois legislature is recognizing the danger to our oceans, and we hope that Governor Quinn signs the bill and makes Illinois a Midwest leader for our oceans.
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Marylanders: Tell Your Senators to Protect Sharks
Today, the Maryland state Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee is holding a hearing on numerous bills including a bill that would ban the possession, sale, trade and distribution of shark and ray fins.
This bill will help protect global shark populations by reducing the demand for their fins. Each year, tens of million sharks are killed so that their fins can be used in shark fin soup. In the United States, the cruel and wasteful practice of shark finning is illegal. However, many fins are imported from all around the world, contributing to the demand for shark fins and the overfishing of sharks.
Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, and California have already passed similar laws, and bills have also been introduced in New York, Illinois, Florida, and Virginia. Oceana supports Maryland's initiative and asks that state residents do so as well.
Please show your support by telling your legislator to vote for SB 465!
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Great news this shark week! We just got word that Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber will sign a bill this afternoon banning the sale, trade, and possession of shark fins in the state. Oceana was instrumental in the passage of this bill, which passed the State House and Senate with bipartisan support.
The bill's passage moves the U.S. West Coast closer to a full ban on the trade of shark fins, thereby helping to protect global populations of at-risk shark species that are being targeted in unsustainable and unregulated fisheries worldwide.
While shark finning is illegal in the U.S., current federal laws banning the practice do not address the shark fin trade. As a result, fins are being imported to the U.S. from countries with few or even no shark protections in place.
Governor Chris Gregoire of Washington State signed similar legislation into law on May 12, 2011 and a bill in the California legislature passed the Assembly and is currently under consideration in committee in the Senate.
We commend Governor Kitzhaber for his extraordinary leadership to protect the ocean's top predators, and congratulate our Pacific colleagues for their work in achieving this victory!
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That's right. I'm back in the saddle again. It's been a long time coming, but I'm happy to announce the return of Montco Mommy.
During the summer of 2012, I decided to take a break to enjoy more time with my children. They were off. We had many planned trips to the beach, to see family, camping. It was a whirlwind of a summer.
It was a smart decision. My time is spread so thinly and the column seemed to be something I did largely for my own enjoyment. It hadn't occurred to me that it would be missed. I, of course, aim to help other parents by venting my frustrations, offering my two cents and minimally showing you that nobody's perfect and crazy things do happen all the time, to all parents!
As the children went back to school (pre-K and second-grade this year, my how time flies), I figured it would only be a matter of time before I would be once again writing my weekly column. But as football practices melted into homework assignments, Mommy got bogged down in the usual.
I started back to Home and School meetings for my son's school. I was working as hard as possible at my job here at Patch. I was trying to keep my house neat and orderly, be a good wife, be a good daughter, please my friends, still have a "life" (whatever that means, haha) – you know, the usual routine.
By early November, that all added up to another bad sinus infection. That soon turned into the typical pneumonia (sadly a fairly common reoccurrence for me these days).
After rounds of antibiotics did not clear up the illnesses, I was still suffering from lacking the ability to breathe. Additionally, a sharp stomach pain began to plague me. After a quick stop in the ER, we found that I was actually in need of some major emergency surgery.
In my life, I suppose there have been many instances where I technically could have died. I've been in car accidents. I've played a lot of sports. I've zip-lined and hiked. Biked and camped. But, I've never actually for one tiny moment thought I could actually die.
No, I know I'm not immortal. I just think when you are "young" (don't laugh), busy and living a chaotic life, you don't stop to think about death too often. It's uncomfortable and something you can't dwell on. Sure, it happens to us all, and there is seldom much you can do about it. However, I for one almost never considered it. That is, until Nov. 4.
As I was rushed into emergency surgery, awoke too early and still intubated, and then proceeded to suffer for days later, with no pain medications and an adverse reaction to anesthesia, yes. I finally started to think about my own life's eventual end.
I'm not what I'd call a morbid individual. I don't want to dwell on it. But after recovering, there are a few things I have tried to focus on in my life. For one, I want to appreciate all that I have. I have a wonderful job, two beautiful and healthy children, a very supportive husband and a home to call our own. I'm blessed each and every day, and sometimes in the hustle and bustle of it all, I forget that.
I'm not big on resolutions, but I do vow this year, and in many to come, to try to remember how that day felt. I want to remember to be grateful. I want to enjoy each and every day I have.
This all likely sounds like a long-winded way to explain why I'm back with my column. But the truth is, in addition to providing what I hope is a community service, lending a shoulder to cry on, a soapbox to stand on and a forum to discuss, debate and even vent to me, I find this space therapeutic.
On top of all that, and perhaps more importantly for me, this space also chronicles my life. It shows the good times and the bad. It will be an everlasting collection of my family's stories. It will show my kids someday how I thought, what was wonderful about my life and what I struggled with day-to-day. If someday, I'm not here to tell the story, I want them to have access to all of that.
I hope you will come along for the journey, too!


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One would think that I would sit down to write this article with loads of confidence. After all, coming off of correctly predicting the three finalists for Canadiens General Manager, I'm practically the Maggie the Monkey of Habs personnel decisions. But compared with the set of five or six competent candidates for GM, the coaching pool is a group of has-beens and may-never-bes.
I've taken the 15 names that have been suggested in several places, and grouped them into three categories. I've outlined their cases, and made initial judgments as to whether I'd give them more than a first conversation. I ended up with a list of 4 finalists, and I will break each of them down in a follow-up post. Enjoy.
The Has-Beens:
Guy Carbonneau – Canadiens Head Coach 2006-2009, Currently RDS analyst
Pro: Carbo got the best out of a team that had no business competing in 2008, meaning that expectations were a little too high going into the centennial year. He was likely fired prematurely, and Gainey quickly realized that the problem was the players, and not the coach, as he followed that season by letting all 10 UFAs walk.
Con: Guy has admitted that his greatest problem is with communication. He also had a tendency to abandon line combinations too quickly. He's been out of coaching for three years, but I would like to think that he's learned a lot from his time away and his successor's mistakes, and that he'd be more ready the second time around.
Verdict: If his communication skills have improved, I can think of worse candidates. While that may not sound like a ringing endorsement – that's because it's not – when it comes to this group of candidates, that means we'll keep him IN CONTENTION.
Michel Therrien – Canadiens Head Coach 2000-2003, Penguins Head Coach 2005-2009, Currently a scout for the Wild and RDS analyst
Pro: Therrien did a solid job with the Penguins, taking them to the Stanley Cup finals in 2008. He's pretty much the opposite of Cunneyworth when it comes to temperament – as explosive as they come - and that's something the Habs haven't had for many years.
Con: Much like Patrick Roy, one has to worry about how he would self-destruct if things didn't go well. He was lousy in his first tour of duty with the Canadiens, and has also been out of coaching for three years.
Verdict: I don't think he's the right type of coach for this team at this time, and I'd worry how he'd affect the development of guys like Subban, and particularly Eller. ELIMINATED
Marc Crawford – Nordiques/Avalanche, Canucks, Kings, Stars Head Coach 1994-2011, Currently analyst at TSN.
Pro: He won a Stanley Cup 16 years ago, whatever that means. He plays an offensive style, meaning that guys like Subban would have freer reign than under Martin.
Con: The guy has had minimal success in the 16 years since winning a Cup, including no playoff appearances in five years of coaching since the lockout.
Verdict: While it may help in the sales department to hire an offensive-minded coach, it won't help on the scoreboard. One must only look at the four teams remaining in the playoffs to understand how important playing a strong defensive game is. If you combine this fact with Crawford's lack of recent success, as well as his idiotic nonsensical commentary on TSN this year, Crawford must be ELIMINATED.
Bob Hartley – Avalanche, Thrashers Head Coach – 1998-2008, Currently Head Coach of Zurich, in Switzerland
Pro: Hartley has won championships at every level, failing only to have success with a dearth of talent in Atlanta. He plays a defensive hard-nosed game, and won the Stanley Cup with Colorado in 2001.
Con: He's known as a guy that can take a good team and make them a championship squad. That is why I believe he would be a great fit with the Washington Capitals. He's been out of the NHL for four years, but at least he's worked in hockey for a part of that.
Verdict: I have a lot of respect for Hartley as a coach, but I just don't think he's the right fit for the young Habs. I hope he gets another crack at the NHL, just not in Montreal. ELIMINATED
Jacques Lemaire – Canadiens Head Coach 1983-1985, Devils and Wild Head Coach 1993-2011
Pro: Lemaire has had a lot of success in the NHL coaching a highly defensive game, insulating goalies like Brodeur and Backstrom. He is highly respected, won the Stanley Cup in 1995, and turned the Devils completely around last season.
Con: Lemaire is already 66 years old, and for an organization that has already employed six head coaches in the past decade, a short-term option might not be ideal. Lemaire would also instill yet another trap-like system, although that didn't seem to bother stars like Kovalchuk and Parise last season since the Devils were winning.
Verdict: He's currently retired, and there are rumors he was asked to return to the Canadiens mid-season when Martin was fired, but declined. That doesn't mean, however, that with more stable management and a large chunk of cash, he wouldn't be open to return for one or two more years. He would be a respected presence and would help with development. IN CONTENTION
The Anglos:
Jon Cooper – Norfolk Admirals Head Coach 2010-present
Pro: Cooper is the type of up-and-comer in the AHL that the Canadiens don't currently have. Boucher would have been that guy, but he was poached by the Lightning, the organization ironically of which Cooper is a part. His team won an astounding 29 consecutive games, and is currently in the AHL's Conference Finals.
Con: This will be a common theme for this group, but he's an Anglo. It's possible that if Julien Brisebois had gotten the job, Cooper would have been interviewed – considering his Norfolk connection - but with Bergevin, it seems doubtful. There is no way of knowing whether Cooper has the poise to deal with the pressure of coaching in Montreal.
Verdict: He won't be in contention, but based on his track record, he should be. I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes head coach in a place like Colorado or Columbus in the next couple of years, but he's probably too risky at this point for a team like Montreal. ELIMINATED
John Hynes – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Head Coach 2010-present
Pro: Hynes came out of the US National Team Development Program, and helped to advance young Americans like Patrick Kane. He's a good Xs and Os guy, and stresses up-tempo north-south hockey. If that sounds familiar, it's because he reminds players a lot of Dan Bylsma, his predecessor with the Baby Penguins, and now a successful NHL coach.
Con: Like Cooper, Hynes is unilingual, and has no NHL experience in any position. I would at least interview the American, but he's also likely too much of a risk, and it's hard to justify hiring an American Anglophone with no NHL experience in Quebec. ELIMINATED
Dallas Eakins – Toronto Marlies Head Coach 2009-present
Pro: Unlike Cooper and Hynes, Eakins played in the NHL, and has NHL experience as an assistant coach. He's got glowing reviews from those he's coached, and has had success at the AHL level. He's primarily a defensive coach, and despite the goaltending difficulties in the Leafs organization, has shut down the opposition year after year.
Con: Obviously, he's Anglophone, and would be a first-time NHL head coach. He's been passed over for the Leafs head-coaching job several times, but given the (lack of) success of those that have been chosen over him, that doesn't greatly concern me.
Verdict: The Canadiens have the opportunity to hire a good young coach, with NHL experience, who was a former player, and now has a chip on his shoulder, who could one day haunt the dreams of Leafs fans? Of course….IN CONTENTION.
Mike Haviland – Blackhawks Assistant Coach 2008-2012
Pro: Haviland was a finalist for the Jets' Head Coaching job last summer, and is seen as a sure-fire future head coach. He has a relationship with Bergevin, and is well respected. He's a former winner of the AHL's Coach of the Year award.
Con: Considering Bergevin – and myself – is looking for a guy similar to Quenneville, it's doubtful he hires someone that apparently didn't fit with Q's mentality, especially when he doesn't speak French. He also had trouble figuring out the Hawks' powerplay, which is something that must be rectified in Montreal if the Habs are to compete. To me, he's still compelling as a candidate though. IN CONTENTION
The Francos:
Patrick Roy – Quebec Remparts Head Coach, GM, and Owner, 2005-present
Pro: He's got the pedigree, has been a Head Coach for seven years, and has the experience dealing with the pressure-cooker that is Montreal.
Con: Much like Therrien, he's got the fiery temper that could cause things to go downhill fast, and unlike Michel, he's got no NHL coaching experience.
Verdict: I wouldn't trust Patrick, in this market, to be able to handle this job without prior NHL experience. He's a sideshow that this team doesn't need right now. Stay away. ELIMINATED
Gerard Gallant – Blue Jackets Head Coach 2003-2007, Saint John's Seadogs Head Coach 2009-present
Pro: Gallant has had incredible success since being named Seadogs Head Coach, challenging for back-to-back Memorial Cups. He was a top candidate for the position with the Ottawa Senators.
Con: The guy was atrocious in three seasons with Columbus in the NHL, although he didn't have much to work with. He also, deceptively, doesn't speak much French.
Verdict: Not really sure why his name has been so prominent in some circles. The guy has failed at the NHL level, never making the playoffs, and has arguably thrived only on the basis of having a team stacked with future NHLers. I wouldn't go there. ELIMINATED
Jean-Francois Houle – Armada de Blainville-Boisbriand Head Coach 2011-present
Pro: Thought of as one of the up-and-comers in the coaching ranks, and seems like a natural fit to occupy this role at some point, considering he's bilingual.
Con: Like many of these candidates, he's young (only 37 years old), but that didn't prevent guys like Guy Boucher from getting NHL jobs.
Verdict: Probably not ready to go straight to the NHL, but certainly an interesting name, with potential. He shouldn't be in the running for the main gig, but would be an interesting choice to come to Hamilton as the possible future head coach of the Canadiens. ELIMINATED
Benoit Groulx – Rochester Americans Head Coach, 2009-2010, Gatineau Olympiques Head Coach, 2001-2009 & 2010-present
Pro: Considered another up-and-comer, Groulx has had success at the junior level, leading the Olympiques to three Memorial Cup appearances, finishing as runner-up twice.
Con: In a short stint in Rochester, the Americans struggled, and Groulx's willingness to move up to the next level must be in doubt, considering how he left the AHL after only two years in charge.
Verdict: Gatineau has historically been a breeding ground for Canadiens Head Coaches, developing talents like Pat Burns, Alain Vigneault, and Claude Julien. Like those names, however, Groulx would need development in the AHL. I would only consider him for the Hamilton job. ELIMINATED
Clement Jodoin – Hamilton Bulldogs Head Coach 2011-2012
Pro: He has NHL experience as an assistant coach, and AHL experience as a Head Coach.
Con: Yes, they had a discombobulated roster, but the Bulldogs were terrible last season. His QMJHL teams also haven't had that much success, as he's only qualified for a single Memorial Cup.
Verdict: Considering his age and experience, the fact that Jodoin has yet to earn an NHL head-coaching gig is a red flag to me. His name and results at every level don't instill confidence as a fan. I wouldn't go there. ELIMINATED
Pascal Vincent – Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, Montreal Juniors Head Coach, 2000-2011, Jets Assistant Coach, 2011-2012
Pro: Vincent is considered a top coaching prospect, and many believe he'll get an NHL bench boss gig in the coming years.
Con: He had mixed results in the QMJHL, coming under criticism for failing in the playoffs with talented teams.
Verdict: It's a common theme among this group, but Vincent needs to either spend a few more years as an assistant in the NHL, or make a Kirk Muller-like jump to the AHL to be a head coach. I would talk to him about the Hamilton job as well. ELIMINATED
Short-List/In Contention - I will discuss these candidates in depth and make a choice in a follow-up post in a few days
Guy Carbonneau
Jacques Lemaire
Dallas Eakins
Mike Haviland


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not watching the game but this Chris Morris has some interesting stats (and decent form) even accounting for two tier SA first class system. Someone to watch out for for SA?
not watching the game but this Chris Morris has some interesting stats (and decent form) even accounting for two tier SA first class system. Someone to watch out for for SA?
Dirk's dander is up here, giving Dwayne Smith a real going over. Doubt he's pitched one in the batter's half yet.
Good heat for an old boy too.
Cricket Web's 2013/14 Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"The committee discussed the issue of illegal bowling actions, and believed that there are a number of bowlers currently employing suspect actions in international cricket, and that the ICC's reporting and testing procedures are not adequately scrutinising these bowlers."
- Even the ICC's own official press release thinks things must change
gotta sleep but wanna see MJ has in store for us
Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ?
With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left
That was a bit hideous from Tendulkar.
National Scrabble Champion 2009, 8th, 11th and 5th in 2009/2011/2013 World Championships, gold medal (team) at Causeway, 2011 Masters Champion
Australias Darren Lehmann is a blatant loser insists Stuart Broad
Countdown Series 57 Champion
King of the Arcade
Reply from mods to my prank bans in public:
Reply from mods to my prank bans in private:
MSN - evil_budgie @ hotmail.co.uk
MJ - when he's not an embarassment with the ball he's an embarassment with the bat
Craig Kieswetter - best forward defensive in T20 cricket
Malinga must be close to burnout playing all this cricket.
de Kock, looking hard and firm.
Be so funny if both IPL teams lose today.
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.
Walt Whitman
'Mon the Lions!
de Kock has something about him, doesn't he? Lovely wristy cuts and pulls. Kid will surely play tests.
Harby's action getting a wee bit chucky under pressure here.
McKenzie not concerned tho. Three fours on the skid.
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New York Giants
Trumaine McBride - CB
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|Years played
|2007, 7th round, 11th pick by Bears
Pierre-Paul is the draft's biggest risk
Giants GM Jerry Reese continued his penchant for gambling, selecting the biggest boom-or-bust prospect in the draft, DE Jason Pierre-Paul, writes PFW's Eric Edholm.
2010 draft choices by team: Giants
Here are the players who were chosen by the New York Giants in the 2010 NFL draft.
Giants say Feagles might not punt again
Giants head coach Tom Coughlin and GM Jerry Reese indicated that P Jeff Feagles thinks he might not be physically able to play another year.
Reese's stamp is all over Giants' draft
Each year, GM Jerry Reese has continued to take risks, but calculated, high-reward risks that continue to add talent to a good Giants roster.
Giants' defense will be tested early
The Giants and new coordinator Perry Fewell know that they will face two tough, but very different, challenges to open next season in the run-heavy Panthers and the passing-proficient Colts.
Giants' Reese once again goes with big upside
Jerry Reese learned from Ernie Accorsi that you can never pass on pure pass rushers. They are just too rare. Thus, the selection of Jason Pierre-Paul should shock no one.
Giants may surprise with offensive pick
Although most pundits expect the Giants to draft a middle linebacker with their first-round pick, the whispers we're hearing indicate that an offensive player, such as TE Jermaine Gresham, wouldn't be a shocking choice.
Giants sign ex-Seahawks S Grant
The Giants have added some insurance at safety with ex-Seahawk Deon Grant, which seems to suggest that the Giants are not expecting to have a healthy Kenny Phillips to start the season.
Giants re-sign veteran P Feagles
Veteran P Jeff Feagles signed a new contract with the Giants on Thursday, ensuring the 44-year-old will play his 23rd NFL season in 2010.
Giants' Coughlin expects Umenyiora to compete
Tom Coughlin made strong comments last month, saying he wasn't prepared to guarantee a starting job to DE Osi Umenyiora, but Umenyiora has responded positively, Coughlin said.
Giants say Umenyiora can earn his spot
DE Osi Umenyiora wasn't happy with his role in the Giants' defense last season, a unit that clearly underachieved. Will he be happy when next season rolls around? Stay tuned.
Giants sign Sorgi to back up Eli
The Giants announced that QB Jim Sorgi, who has been Peyton Manning's backup for the past six seasons, now will compete to be the No. 2 behind Eli Manning in New York.
Rams sign ex-Giants DT Robbins
The Rams have agreed to terms on a three-year deal with free-agent DT Fred Robbins, a key cog in the Giants' defense during their 2007 run to the Super Bowl.
Report: 49ers sign QB Carr
The 49ers have reached a contract agreement with QB David Carr, The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger is reporting, quoting Carr's agent, Mike Sullivan.
Signing of Rolle speaks volumes about Phillips
The Giants appeared upbeat on the subject of FS Kenny Phillips' health at the Indianapolis Combine. But their signing of free-agent FS Antrel Rolle suggests there might be a problem there.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed McBride and promoted defensive end Jammie Kirlew to the active roster from the practice squad.||||||| McBride has played in 47 games with 10 starts since entering the NFL as a seventh-round draft pick by Chicago in 2007. He also spent time with Arizona and New Orleans. He has 50 tackles, one interception, six passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
The Bears have waived McBride, who suffered a knee injury against Green Bay and has been held out of practice the last few days.||||||| McBride was a seventh-round pick from Ole Miss who started nine games as a rookie.


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EMC unveiled its Symmetrix DMX-3 high-end, storage-array system, previously code-named Symmetrix 7, Monday. The system will begin to ship in early September, according to company executives speaking on a conference call.
The DMX-3 system can store up to one petabyte of data and features increased processing power, internal bandwidth and new mirrored memory technology. It will also support the upcoming low-cost Fibre Channel (LC-FC) disk drives due to appear in the market early next year, according to David Donatelli, EMC's executive vice president of storage platforms. The new array will support a maximum of 960 disk drives and will be qualified to support up to 1,920 drives in the first half of 2006, he said. Come the second half of 2006, EMC expects the DMX-3 will support more than 2,000 disk drives, Donatelli added.
"Our great expectation is that DMX-3 maintains and grows our lead in the high-end storage market," Joe Tucci, EMC president and chief executive officer, said. "Over time, we'll see a bit more robustness in the high-end marketplace as a whole." As the cost per terabyte of high-end storage becomes comparable to that offered by midrange systems, more customers will move up to high-end systems, he explained.
Tucci predicted that 15 percent of Symmetrix sales in EMC's current third fiscal quarter will be of the new DMX-3 system. "We expect the ramp [from DMX-2 to DMX-3] to look very similar to the one from DMX-1 to DMX-2," he said. "DMX-2 will continue to be offered in the marketplace," with EMC expecting that many customers will maintain a combination of DMX-2 and DMX-3 systems, Tucci explained. There will likely be some cannibalization of the company's existing DMX-2 systems with users of DMX-2 3000 arrays being be the first to adopt DMX-3 systems, he added.
Last week, EMC announced strong second-quarter financial results, reporting double-digit year-over-year revenue growth for the eighth consecutive quarter. The driving factors for the company's success were sales of its midrange storage systems together with strong performances by its services business and its virtualization software VMware subsidiary.
Tucci expects the midrange storage array market where EMC has its Clariion products to continue to grow several times faster than the high-end market where Symmetrix plays. "We will push both lines with full vigor," he said. Over time, customers can expect to see more and more commonality between Clariion and Symmetrix, Tucci added. "Will they ever get to be exactly same architecture? Not in the near-term future or the mid-term," he said. "There will be a lot of common components and common code, but at the core, they will still be a little bit different."
The CEO stressed EMC has been listening to its customers, who have voiced concern over the way high-end storage vendors have traditionally released new hardware at the same time as new software, leading to support headaches as users struggle to have both hardware and software certified. DMX-3 runs on EMC's existing Enginuity 5x71 operating environment, which the company released in October of last year, he said. In this way, customers can run DMX-1, DMX-2 and DMX-3 on the same software, according to Tucci


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Posted: 2:06 pm Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Former Dwyer running back Donald Russell leaves Kentucky
By Matt Porter
Former Dwyer running back Donald Russell is looking for a place to play.
Russell, a sophomore at Kentucky, was granted his release from the school in early December.
Dwyer coach Jack Daniels said Central Florida is an option for Russell, and that he planned to contact Florida Atlantic and Florida International.
"He had [interest from] some other Division 1 schools that were out-of-state, but he wants to stay in-state," Dwyer coach Daniels said.
Miami showed interest, but that's up in the air with wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill leaving for Florida. Daniels and Hill had spoken about Russell.
When Russell committed in Jan., 2009, he chose Kentucky over Southern Mississippi, Rutgers and USF.
Daniels said Russell, who was a All-Area Large Schools honorable mention as a senior in 2009, didn't see a future in Lexington. Russell impressed UK coaches in the spring and vaulted himself into the No. 2 tailback slot, but was surpassed on the depth chart.
"They switched to more of a spread offense, and he's more of an I-back," Daniels said. "He was having a good season and getting stuff done. He did all they asked. He didn't feel like he was getting a fair shake in the new offense."
Here's what the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader wrote about Russell when he was given his release:
The 5-foot-11, 209-pound Russell showed promise at times.
He rushed for 137 yards in mop-up time as a true freshman last year and entered the season as the No. 2 back behind starter Derrick Locke But Russell eventually was passed for the backup position by true freshman Raymond Sanders, and his playing time dwindled. He had just one carry in a 38-20 win over Vanderbilt and didn't play in the regular-season-ending 24-14 loss at Tennessee.
Russell finished the season with 64 carries for 293 yards and two TDs and also caught 14 passes for 134 yards.
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