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John Val Clark was born Aug. 11, 1948 in Bishop. He and his family lived in June Lake for several years before moving to Bishop. John grew up hunting and fishing in the Owens Valley with his grandfather, brothers and friends.
The Bishop BroncosŌĆÖ soccer team made it to the semifinals at the Palmdale Classic Tournament held at the Lancaster National Soccer Center, Dec. 2-3.
Bishop beat out their High Desert League nemesis, the Rosamond Roadrunners, in the quarterfinals on a sudden-death penalty kick.
Soccer coach John McGurke chose the Palmdale tourney specifically to test the Div. 6 Broncos against stiff competition from larger schools.
The BroncosŌĆÖ first match, against Div. 5 Maranatha High from Pasadena, ended in a 1-1 tie.
The Big Pine Warriors basketball squad lived up to its name Monday night in a down-to-the-wire, 42-39 win over the Mammoth Huskies.
Big Pine went 3 points ahead of Mammoth off two free throws from Ryan Carrington. With eight seconds left in the game and three Huskies capable of hitting 3-pointers, the WarriorsŌĆÖ defense held the line.
What made the win that much sweeter is the fact Big Pine had just enough athletes to take the court, 5, competing against the 9-man Mammoth team.
ŌĆ£We started slow,ŌĆØ said coach Darren Chirrick. ŌĆ£We didnŌĆÖt play very aggressively to keep out of foul problems.ŌĆØ
Members of Inyo CountyŌĆÖs Occupy movement are getting more organized and working on establishing leadership roles.
At the next demonstration, scheduled for this Sunday in the Bishop City Park, Occupy 395 demonstrators will have an opportunity to have their opinion heard at a general assembly meeting.
At the general assembly, all participants will be able to vote on seven steering committee members, who will serve as organizers for the next two weeks.
A new election will be held every two weeks until a more permanent standing committee is elected at a later date.
The City of Bishop is looking into the possibility of consolidating its General Municipal Elections held in March of odd years with Inyo County General Elections held in November of even years.
Bishop primarily only holds elections for City Council, meaning a consolidation would cause a four-month reduction to some council member terms. And, according to some opposing arguments to the consolidation, it may mean focus on local council members and measures may get lost in the hyperbole of a presidential election, when local candidates accompany national candidates on a ballot.
Local dance instructor Dennis Wayne is planning a revolutionized rendition of one of the holiday seasonŌĆÖs most famous and well-known ballets, which he hopes will become a hometown tradition for years to come.
Wayne will be presenting the classic ŌĆ£NutcrackerŌĆØ story with a modern twist Dec. 16-18 at the Bishop High School Auditorium.
A local environmental watchdog group and a local community advocacy group are working together toward cleaner air and warmer homes in the Owens Valley.
Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District has nearly $5 million to put toward air pollution reduction. And, the Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action has been awarded $500,000 by Great Basin to replace residentsŌĆÖ inefficient fire places and old wood stoves. IMACA will start in the southern part of Inyo County and work its way north.
Eastern Sierra Transit Authority is seeking charitable people who care about the communities in the Eastern Sierra to help ŌĆ£Stuff-A-BusŌĆØ with non-perishable food items to support the Salvation Army food pantry.
Food collected during the Stuff-A-Bus campaign will be distributed to families in need this holiday season.
ESTA currently has donation boxes on each bus in the Bishop, Lone Pine and Mammoth areas to collect non-perishable food items from riders and has teamed up with KIBS/KBOV for a live remote broadcast from the Kmart parking lot today from 1-3 p.m.
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Jack Dean Waggoner of Tehachapi passed away Nov. 12, 2011 at his home in Golden Hills, with his family by his side.
Jack was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on May 25, 1926, to John Bryan (Barney) and Mable Waggoner, who preceded him in death along with one sister, Voncil.
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With the passing of time, our loved one's move on to knowing they will be able to join their first amazing love, ready with hand out to be able to hold forever again.
Born in Scottsbluff, Neb. on May 4, 1923, Mary Jane passed peacefully in her sleep on Nov. 22, 2011.


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FORT KNOX, KY (WAVE) – Fort Knox is on a heightened security alert following a fatal shooting on post.
According to Fort Knox PAO Kyle Hodges, Fort Knox police were alerted to a shooting in the parking lot outside of the Human Resource Command headquarters at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday.
A press release from Hodges confirmed the victim was an Army civilian employee of the United States Army Human Resources Command.
The victim was transported to the Ireland Army Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
"Special Agents from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command are investigating a personal incident and not a random act of violence," said Chris Grey, spokesperson for the independent Army investigative agency.
The post was placed on a full 100 percent lockdown at 5:50 p.m., but is currently under a heightened security alert.
The name of the victim has not been released.
Kentucky State Police said there is an alert to lookout for a person connected with shooting described as being a 5' 9'' tall man with black hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with additional information related to the shooting is asked to contact the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command at (502) 624-6332 or Fort Knox Police at (502) 624-2111.
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ExxonMobil released its annual Outlook for Energy on December 12, 2013. The Outlook is breathtaking in its detail, but one sentence in the press release caught my eye:
"Energy used for power generation will continue to be the largest component of global demand and is expected to grow by more than 50 percent by 2040 as improved living standards that come with urbanization and rising incomes lead to increased household and industrial electricity consumption through wider penetration of electronics, appliances and other modern conveniences."
First, it caught my eye as one who writes for a living: here at Navigant Research, we avoid really long sentences such as the above 56-word leviathan.
More seriously, ExxonMobil forecasts that electricity usage will increase by 90% between 2010 and 2040, and that power generation will remain the leading component of energy demand. The Outlook suggests that much of this demand will come from the increasing electrification of developing economies and the resulting surge in energy demand within those economies. For the quality-of-life improvements these increases portend in developing economies, I am thankful.
Other Factors
ExxonMobil also forecasts that, "In the power generation sector, policies to stem GHG emissions will likely raise electricity costs for consumers, slowing demand growth. Power producers will also seek to utilize more efficient electricity-generating technologies, and shift from coal toward lower-emission fuel sources like natural gas, nuclear and renewables."
While ExxonMobil's Outlook focuses on electricity generation, there are other influences upon energy demand that must be considered:
- Demand-side management (DSM) programs, such as demand response (DR) and time-of-use (TOU) pricing, can influence consumers to shift consumption to off-peak periods, when renewable energy resources may exceed demand.
- Then again, some energy demand is nearly inelastic. We Texans don't like higher energy bills any more than anyone else, but we like boiling hot homes during the summer even less. We really wish the winds out in the Panhandle would blow in the middle of the summer afternoon, instead of 3 a.m. on a cold winter's morning.
- Conservation voltage reduction – the subject of an upcoming report from Navigant Research– can reduce energy requirements with no customer action. Automated control of capacitor banks or voltage regulators enables utilities to run their distribution grids at slightly lower voltages, reducing energy consumption by up to 4% with zero effect upon service to customers.
- Advances in transmission and distribution (as covered in Navigant Research's report, High-Voltage Direct Current Transmission Systems) can reduce reactive loss for energy transmission, delivering more of the generated energy to consumers. This becomes critical as renewable energy sources are exploited far from the load centers (i.e., cities).
Reasons for Optimism
These are all topics that we cover at Navigant Research and will continue to cover during 2014. In one sense, the smart grid is all about getting more out of the same amount of energy. More power from the same power, if you will.
I am nearly certain that ExxonMobil's prognosticators will have considered all these issues in their forecasts. Still, it bears repeating that there are lots of reasons to feel optimistic about our energy future. To the degree that improved technology makes life better in developing economies, that's one more reason to be optimistic.


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CROWN POINT — A Port Henry man was arrested Jan. 31 for allegedly stealing money from his employer's business.
Arthur F. Pelkey, 35, a fuel truck operator, allegedly stole cash from his employer's customers that was intended as payment to the business, Lewis-based State Police said.
The amount of money Pelkey stole and the name of the business was not immediately available.
The incident was reported to police Jan. 18.
Pelkey was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, a felony.
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---- — Shelbyville (13-1) left 13 runners on base on Thursday, but it didn't matter. Jake Keown and the Ram defense shut out Pana and came away with a 3-0 victory.
The Rams couldn't pull the trigger on a big rally in this game. They left the bases loaded in the 1st, a man in scoring position in the 2nd, and the bases loaded in the 3rd. They left a man on 3rd in the 4th, two men on in the 5th, and the bases loaded in the 7th.
Pana had a shot an early lead, when Metzger doubled with one out in the 1st and Zahradka singled. But Luke McConnell had a good throw in and Nate Standerfer threw to get Metzger hung up. Neil Yockey threw to the catcher, Garrett Manship, for the out.
In the 2nd Trexler led off with a single, but Keown picked him off and the Rams retired the next two men in order on a fly ball to McConnell and a pop up to Manship.
Finally, in the 3rd the Rams got a run in. With one out Luke Hatfield walked and Standerfer singled. Yockey singled to load the bases again. Hawkins and Manship drew back-to-back walks and Shelby was up 2-0. Despite having the bases still loaded with just one out, a pop out and a K, short-circuited the possible rally.
In the 3rd, McConnell caught another fly ball, but Winter reached on an error. Lett walked, but Yockey made an unassisted play to get Lett and threw to Standerfer to get the batter at 1st.
Eli Miller led off the 4th with a single and was sacrificed by Keown. On 3rd with just one out, Miller was stranded. Keown got two Pana hitters to pop up in the 4th and rang up the other, for Keown's first strikeout of the game.
Yockey and Hawkins had consecutive singles to start the Ram 5th. But, a K and a fielder's choice mitigated the chance to score. a ground out to the pitcher left two more on. Keown and the Rams retired Pana in order in the 5th. Miller caught a fly and Keown threw a batter out on a comebacker to the mound. He then rang up his second victim.
Clinging to a 2-0 lead and playing solid defense, the Rams were able to pick up an insurance run in the 6th. Miller led off with a single and went to 2nd and 3rd on passed balls. With one out, Hatfield launched a ball to center field for a sacrifice fly as Miller tagged and raced home, 3-0.
Keown and the Rams put Pana down in order again in the 6th. Keown threw out another batter, Hatfield squeezed a fly ball and Hawkins made the long throw across the diamond to get the other batter, 3rd to 1st.
A walka, a fielder's choice, another walk and an error loaded the bases with just one out in the Ram 7th. But again, a pop up and a ground ball to the mound, kept the Rams within reach as Pana came to the plate in the 7th, down, 3-0.
Keown rang up the first batter, but gave up consecutive singles. Pana looked to make a last ditch effort. However, Hawkins made an unassisted play at 3rd and Keown KO'd the next batter to make the Rams 13-1 and keep Keown undefeated (3-0).
Yockey and Miller led the Ram hitters. Yockey was 2-for-2, reaching base all four times with a couple walks. Miller was 2-for-5, scoring a run. Hatfield was 1-for-2 with a double, a run, and an RBI.
Shelbyville (13-1) was to play host to Monticello on Friday.
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Ram stats: Miller 2-for-5, run; Keown 0-for-2, BB, sac; Hatfield 1-for-2, BB, sac, 2B, run, RBI;Standerfer 1-for-4, run; Yockey 2-for-2, 2 BBs; Hawkins 1-for-3, BB, FC, RBI; Manship 0-for-2, 2 BBs, RBI; McConnell 0-for-4, FC, ROE; Peifer 0-for-1 (Duckett 0-for-1) (Hendryx 0-for-1). Pitching (W) Keown (3-0) 7 IP, 0 runs, 6 hits, BB, 4 Ks.
Pana stats: Lett 0-for-2, BB; Metzger 1-for-3, 2B; Kirk 1-for-3; Trexler 2-for-3; Spencer 1-for-3; Clark 0-for-3, FC; Zahradka 0-for-3; Winter 0-for-2, ROE. Pitching (L) Spencer 2 1/3 IP, 2 runs, 2 hits, 3 Ks.


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We already told you that Michael Pineda was lousy for the Yankees against the Phillies Friday night. He threw 71 pitches without escaping the third inning, and his velocity was down again, with his mechanics allegedly out of whack. Potentially even worse? I'll give you potentially even worse:
Pineda said his arm was sore tonight, and when asked where exactly, he pointed to back of right shoulder.— Sweeny Murti (@YankeesWFAN) March 31, 2012
Pineda insisted that the shoulder discomfort was normal, but it also took a while to get him to admit to any shoulder discomfort at all, and unsurprisingly, the Yankees are going to investigate:
After complaining tonight of soreness behind right shoulder, Michael Pineda will have MRI tomorrow morning.— Sweeny Murti (@YankeesWFAN) March 31, 2012
A hurt shoulder would explain ... pretty much everything. Reduced velocity. Reduced command. Inconsistent mechanics. The Yankees, of course, don't want Pineda to have a hurt shoulder, but at least it would be an explanation.
As part of the offseason trade, Pineda underwent a thorough physical, including a shoulder MRI that he obviously passed. If anything in there is wrong, it's gone wrong fairly recently. So Yankees fans can't complain about damaged goods, not that that's any consolation at all. Like, seriously, that is zero consolation.


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Think cycle...
Cycle end on 2012? I have no idea. They don't even say how far along we
are in this 62-million-year cycle.
I doubt any of this is specific to any day or week or month or year for that
matter. These are long periods of time.
Do cosmic forces control life on Earth?
Motions of our solar system are similar to Earthââ¬â¢s biodiversity cycle
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Updated: 2:31 p.m. PT April 23, 2007
The rise and fall of species on Earth might be driven in part by the undulating motions of our solar system as it travels through the disk of the Milky Way, scientists say.
Two years ago, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley found the marine fossil record shows that biodiversity ââ¬â the number of different species alive on the planetââ¬âincreases and decreases on a 62-million-year cycle. At least two of the Earthââ¬â¢s great mass extinctions ââ¬â the Permian extinction 250 million years ago and the Ordovician extinction about 450 million years ago ââ¬â correspond with peaks of this cycle, which canââ¬â¢t be explained by evolutionary theory.
Now, a team of researchers at the University of Kansas (KU) have come up with an out-of-this-world explanation. Their idea hinges upon the fact that, appearances aside, stars are not fixed in space. They move around, sometimes rushing headlong through galaxies, or approaching close enough to one another for brief cosmic trysts.
In particular, our sun moves toward and away from the Milky Wayââ¬â¢s center, and also up and down through the galactic plane. One complete up-and-down cycle takes 64 million yearsââ¬â su**CENSORED**iously similar to Earthââ¬â¢s biodiversity cycle.
Galactic bow shock
The KU researchers independently confirmed the biodiversity cycle and have proposed a novel mechanism by which the sunââ¬â¢s galactic travels is causing it.
Scientists know the Milky Way is being gravitationally pulled toward a massive cluster of galaxies, called the Virgo Cluster, located about 50 million light years away. Adrian Melott and his colleague Mikhail Medvedev, both KU researchers, speculate that as the Milky Way hurdles towards the Virgo Cluster, it generates a so-called bow shock in front of it that is similar to the shock wave created by a supersonic jet.
ââ¬ÅOur solar system has a shock wave around it, and it produces a good quantity of the cosmic rays that hit the Earth. Why shouldnââ¬â¢t the galaxy have a shock wave, too?ââ¬Â Melott said.
The galactic bow shock is only present on the north side of the Milky Wayââ¬â¢s galactic plane, because that is the side facing the Virgo Cluster as it moves through space, and it would cause superheated gas and cosmic rays to stream behind it, the researchers say. Normally, our galaxyââ¬â¢s magnetic field shields our solar system from this ââ¬Ågalactic wind.ââ¬Â But every 64 million years, the solar systemââ¬â¢s cyclical travels take it above the galactic plane.
ââ¬ÅWhen we emerge out of the disk, we have less protection, so we become exposed to many more cosmic rays,ââ¬Â Melott told SPACE.com.
How cosmic rays affect life
The boost in cosmicââ¬âray exposure could have both a direct and indirect effect on Earthââ¬â¢s organisms, said KU paleontologist Bruce Lieberman. The radiation could lead to higher rates of genetic mutations in organisms or interfere with their ability to repair DNA damage, potentially leading to diseases like cancer.
Cosmic rays are also associated with increased cloud cover, which could cool the planet by blocking out more of the Sunââ¬â¢s rays. They also interact with molecules in the atmosphere to create nitrogen oxide, a gas that eats away at our planetââ¬â¢s ozone layer, which protects us from the Sunââ¬â¢s harmful ultraviolet rays.
Richard Muller, one of the UC Berkeley physicists who co-discovered the cycle, said Melott and his colleagues have come up with a plausible galactic explanation for the biodiversity cycle. Muller and Robert Rohde
also speculated that our solar systemââ¬â¢s movement through the galactic plane was behind the cycle,
but the pair could not conceive of any reason why conditions on the north and south side of the galactic plane should differ.
ââ¬ÅThatââ¬â¢s where they succeeded,ââ¬Â Muller said in a telephone interview. ââ¬ÅThey came up with something we didnââ¬â¢t think of, which puts an asymmetry in. Iââ¬â¢m delighted they did that and I congratulate them.ââ¬Â
A first-step hypothesis
Richard Bambach, a paleontologist at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History who was not involved in the study, said he is excited the biodiversity cycle has been independently confirmed, but cautions the galactic hypothesis is still in the early stages of formulation.
ââ¬ÅItââ¬â¢s a first-step hypothesis,ââ¬Â Bambach said. ââ¬ÅItââ¬â¢s an interesting idea, but weââ¬â¢re a long way from knowing if that is really why biodiversity changes.ââ¬Â
For one thing, scientists have yet to discover a bow shock around the Milky Way, though such shock waves have been found around other galaxies.
ââ¬ÅI think itââ¬â¢s a very nice idea,ââ¬Â said Philip Appleton, a Caltech astronomer. ââ¬ÅI think weââ¬â¢re only beginning to come to grips with these kinds of behaviors. Weââ¬â¢re realizing that not only do galaxies interact with each other gravitationally, but also that the environment theyââ¬â¢re traveling throughââ¬âthe ââ¬Ëwindââ¬â¢ they createââ¬âcan actually produce noticeable effects.ââ¬Â
Last year, Appleton and his team discovered a bow shock surrounding a galaxy in Stephanââ¬â¢s Quintet, a galactic cluster located 300 million light years away. The shock wave is traveling about 620 miles (1,000 km) per second relative to the cluster.
The Milky Way is hurtling toward the Virgo Cluster at about 125 miles (200 km) per second, so any bow shock it generates would consequently be weaker, Appleton said.
If future studies confirm the galaxy-biodiversity link, it would force scientists to broaden their ideas about what can influence life on Earth. ââ¬ÅMaybe itââ¬â¢s not just the climate and the tectonic events on Earth,ââ¬Â Lieberman said. ââ¬ÅMaybe we have to start thinking more about the extraterrestrial environment as well.ââ¬Â
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Five years after voters spoke out about dog racing in South Tucson, the state has sent the city a letter to say that it and its voters overstepped their authority.
Part of the letter said:
"(Arizona Department of Racing) believes that this law interferes with its power and authority to regulate the industry and the property on which the races are conducted..."
Back in 2008 South Tucson voters approved the Tucson Dog Initiative, which is an ordinance that prohibits injecting greyhounds with anabolic steroids. Dog advocates have said the drugs harm the dogs while racing advocates have said that the drugs keep the dogs out of heat and prevents fights in the kennels.
Tucson passed a similar ordinance when council members believed that the dogs were being taken there to do the injections and get around the law.
But the state does not outlaw the use of the drugs. Right now only South Tucson is getting the notice, and the South Tucson council will discuss it at their meeting Wednesday.
"I'm sure that the council will respect the vote of the electorate. However, there may be some other discussion as to what the city might want to do regarding clarifying its position as to whether or not that particular law is enforceable by the city of South Tucson or not," said South Tucson city manager Luis Gonzales.
The city attorney will likely present some options with action at a later meeting. Tucson Greyhound Park general manager Tony Fasulo said that the track is still following the ordinance until they have direction otherwise.
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As our parents get older, they may need more help with daily living. With all the options out there, it can be difficult to know what is the best way to take care of an aging relative.
Sprenger Health Care of Mishawaka is hosting an event tonight to help baby boomers, senior citizens, and their families learn more about the available health care and living options available.
The free program, "Are You Puzzled About Lifestyle Options for Seniors?" will be held in the Sprenger Community Room at 6:30pm. A dinner will be offerec at 6:00pm.
Topics covered will be tips on understanding the differences in assisted living options, how to select home health care, adult day care services options and a discussion of care options following a hospitalization.
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Sipsey Valley (1-4) forced Curry (1-4) into making poor decisions and capitalized on the Yellow Jackets' mistakes with a balanced offensive attack. The Bears intercepted four passes, returning three of them for touchdowns.
Travis Sailo intercepted a Curry pass and returned it 65 yards for the first score of the game. Shortly after, Sipsey Valley recovered a fumble on Curry's first play on the ensuing drive, which led to 6-yard touchdown run by Markeith Gray that put the Bears up 13-0.
Before going down with an injury in the second quarter, Gray had three receptions for 45 yards and was quarterback Garret Lewis' favorite target in the first half. Lewis finished the night 10-of-15 for 206 yards and two touchdown passes.
Jamarius Leatherwood contributed in all phases of the game. He scored on a 62-yard pass, a 70-yard kickoff return, a 55-yard run and a 10-yard run in the game.
Running backs Trey White and Marvin Murphy combined for 85 yards on the ground.
Sipsey Valley was motivated on Friday night. Olivia Mills, 17, is a senior at Sipsey Valley High School who sustained serious injuries in an automobile accident Sunday. This week was supposed to be homecoming week for the Bears, but the school decided to postpone the festivities in light of Mills' accident. Before the game there was a moment of silence.


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Aurea Montes-Rodriguez is the Vice President of Organizational Growth at Community Coalition, a social justice non-profit based in South Los Angeles. Born in Mexico but raised in South L.A., Aurea is responsible for the development and sustainability of the organization. She is a passionate advocate and community organizer focusing on building black and brown unity who has been working in South L.A. for nearly fifteen years.


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St. Petersburg, Fl. — Gardella, Wesley (Buddy) passed away on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Egret Cove Home in St. Petersburg Fl., where he had resided for the past 22 years. Buddy was born in Haverhill, the son of Joseph and Beatrice (Durgin) Gardella on May 15, 1933.
He attended St. James Schools. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army having served during the Korean Conflict. He worked for many years for the Lagasse Amusement Co. of Haverhill and later as a painter and holiday lighting installer in many cities and towns in and around Ma. He was a lifetime member of the Plaistow N.H. Fish and Game Club and also a lifetime member of the Crescent Yacht Club of Bradford, where he spent many happy years organizing and participating in their many activities, his favorites being the annual Children's Christmas Party, the annual Boat Parade, and the Special Olympics Fund Raiser. Buddy was the first recipient of the Yacht Club to be honored and presented with the Annual Tony Favara Award. In addition to his parents he was pre-deceased by his only sister Barbara Gardella of Lawrence Ma. He is survived by his daughter Barbara Gonzalez of Palm Bay Fl., three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren as well as several cousins. He is also survived by his partner of 26 years, Judith Churchman of St. Petersburg, Fl. and her two sons Charles ( Leigh ) Percival of Arlington, and Tim Percival of St.Petersburg, Fl. and their four children who loved him as their grandfather.
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Neither Reid nor his representative, Bob LaMonte, could be reached for comment.
The Philadelphia Eagles fired Reid after 14 seasons on Monday, the same day the Chiefs parted ways with coach Romeo Crennel.
The search for Crennel's replacement has been led by Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt, who intends to take on more responsibility in the day-to-day operation of the franchise.
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Nineteen and seventy-one was a good year for the Pittsburgh Pirates. More than a good year, actually. In 1971, the Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.
It wasn't a perfect year, though. On the 14th of August, with Roberto Clemente out of the lineup, they were no-hit by future Hall of Famer Bob Gibson. That was more than 41 years ago. And in those 41-plus years, through thick and thin and ups and downs, the Pittsburgh Pirates had not been the victims of another no-hitter.
Until the last Friday of the 2012 season. On the 6th of August, the Pirates were riding high, 62-46 and with the inside line on one of the National League's wild-card postseason berths. They would, if nothing else, almost certainly enjoy their first winning season since 1992. Except everything fell apart. Friday night, they lost for the 35th time in their last 49 games. Worse, Friday night the Pirates failed to get a hit for the first time in more than 41 years, a span that included 6,541 games.
As if all of that weren't enough, it was the Pirates' 81st loss of the season. So their quest for a winning season, something that many of their fans literally cannot remember, will continue for at least one more year. Oh, and Friday night's loss merely added to the franchise's major professional record for consecutive losing seasons (North America Division).
Homer Bailey and the Cincinnati Reds are in a completely different place. While Bailey hadn't been outstanding this season, he's finally established himself as a reliable major-league starter, and had presumably locked down a spot in the Reds' postseason rotation.
If not, he certainly did that Friday night with his no-hitter, the seventh in the majors this year. It was just the third complete game and the second shutout in his six-year career, during much of which he's fought against injuries and ineffectiveness. Not Friday, though.
Friday, Bailey would give up only two baserunners. In the third inning, Clint Barmes led off with a grounder to third baseman Scott Rolen, but he botched the play and Barmes reached safely. Bailey retired the next three Pirates in order. In the sixth, Andrew McCutchen reached on a one-out walk, then stole second. Bizarrely, McCutchen also tried to steal third -- the Reds were ahead 1-0 on Todd Frazier's first-inning sacrifice fly -- and was thrown out. Garrett Jones lofted a deep fly ball to end the inning.
And that was it for the Pirates. In the third, Frazier made a nice play on Alex Presley's fly ball down the left-field line. And in the eighth, Pedro Alvarez lined out to Rolen, who was essentially playing shortstop with the infield shifted. In the bottom of the ninth, the score still one-nothing, Bailey struck out pinch-hitter Brock Holt and got pinch-hitter Michael McKenry on a fly to left. And the no-hitter went into the books when Presley lifted a high pop to short center field, where Brandon Phillips gathered it in.
It was the 15th no-hitter in Reds history, but their first since Tom Browning threw a perfect game in 1988. Browning's gem also came in a 1-0 game, also in September. The tough-luck loser in that one was Dodgers right-hander Tim Belcher, who gave up only three hits and one walk in seven innings. Friday night, the tough-luck loser was Pirates right-hander A.J. Burnett, who gave up seven hits and one walk in eight innings.
Meanwhile, Cincinnati seems primed for the postseason. They're tied with the Nationals for the most wins in the majors, and they haven't lost more than two games in a row since early August.
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While many of us will have no problem planning the timing of our turkey, whipping up creamy mashed potatoes and baking a creamy green bean casserole, we often forget about the beverages. Soda is perfectly acceptable, juice and milk have their place and even a good bottle of red wine is essential to a well-rounded feast, but have you thought about a signature cocktail?
Cranberry orange rum cocktail brings a sense of elegance and whimsy to a holiday table. Serve it before dinner with a light appetizer or after dinner as an accompaniment to delicious pecan pie. Cranberries are not only deliciously tart, but have a long history at the holiday table. Cranberries date back to the American Indians. They were called by many different names, but ultimately the name cranberry was adopted by early European settlers. The cranberry is one of only three species of fruit indigenous to the United States. It's fitting that they grace the table at our Thanksgiving feasts.
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Thanksgiving is right around the corner--are you ready? We at Beanilla are so excited for the holiday season! Not only is it our busiest time of the year, but also our favorite. Cookies, pies, candies or just about any baked good or pastry you can create is our forte. The addition of our high quality vanilla beans, extracts, vanilla sugar and vanilla salt can bring your desserts to a whole new level of deliciousness!
Speaking of delicious, who doesn't love pumpkin pie?! Although this pie only seems to hang around for a brief time during the holiday season, it is almost always a staple on the holiday dinner table. Traditionally baked in a flaky rolled pie crust and garnished with a dollop of creamy whipped cream, the creamy custard-like texture is unique and quintessentially Thanksgiving!
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What is your favorite holiday tradition? Is it the perfect pumpkin pie, a deliciously mastered parker roll recipe, lump free gravy or maybe a wonderfully moist turkey!? Whatever your traditions may include, one item almost always is included in holiday celebrations -- Pie! Apple, pumpkin and pecan are just a few of the traditional holiday pies that often grace our tables.
Pecan pie is southern in its origins. Recipes for the pie appeared in southern cookbooks as early as the late 1800's. Corn syrup, but most notably Karo syrup, is ultimately responsible for what is considered a traditional pecan pie. Flaky pie crust, a creamy layer of caramelized syrup and a crunchy layer of toasted pecans is traditional, but there are many variations that include chocolate, peanut butter and bourbon. Our version adds fresh cranberries to the pie to cut the sweetness and adds a tart fruitiness to the dessert. The pie itself contains a relatively short list of ingredients, making it crucial that each ingredient is high quality. Vanilla is one of the key ingredients in pecan pie. The flavor of the beans enhances the filling and adds a bold vanilla flavor to the entire pie.
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The leaves are beginning to fall, the air is crisp, and autumn has arrived. My thoughts drift to hot apple cider, crisp fresh picked apples and everything pumpkin I can create. Pumpkin is a unique flavor reserved exclusively for the fall season. Rarely do you see a pumpkin pie or pumpkin bread gracing the table in the heat of the summer.
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Leaves are turning bright red, yellow and orange. The smell of fresh cider and hot cinnamon donuts lingers in the air. Swimsuits and suntan lotion are traded for hayrides, wool blankets and cold metal bleachers at football games. It's fall in Michigan! The apples are abundant and it is the perfect time of year to make caramel apples.
The caramel apple has an uncertain history. Some say that a Kraft caramel salesman is credited with the first commercially publicized caramel apple. In the 1950's a man by the name of Dan Walker convinced Kraft to print and publicize a caramel apple recipe on the back of their wrapped caramel packages. It was an instant success. Families were able to make simple caramel apples with just three ingredients. An apple, a wooden stick and packaged caramels from Kraft. While this is a very heartwarming story, many historians would disagree, stating that there are recipes for caramel dating back to the 1700's and even earlier.
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Grocery shopping when you're a kid can be downright monotonous. Walking behind one of your parents while they decide which macaroni and cheese was a better buy was never my idea of fun; except when we were bribed to be on our best behavior. This meant that my brother's and I would break off from our macaroni and cheese indecisive parents and beeline for the Brach's candy bins. Brightly colored hard candies sat next to soft and chewy fruit slices. Ultimately I would choose the wrapped chocolate creams. Raspberry, vanilla, maple and orange were just a few of the flavors they had to offer. More often than not my perfectly measured bag of treats would consist of a few raspberry, perhaps a vanilla, but mostly orange creams. I loved how the orange flavoring played beautifully with the slight bitterness of the dark chocolate. I haven't been to the candy bins in years but the allure of dark chocolate and orange cream still calls my name from time to time.
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Trying to get yourself ready for the day amongst the chatter of young children, the moodiness of a teenager and a spouse that can't seem to find the car keys is enough to make you want to pull your hair out! Getting any number of children, backpacks, lunches and maybe a spouse out the door is no easy task. Wouldn't it be nice to take a few minutes, grab a cup of coffee (or tea) and enjoy a slice of homemade sweet bread? A cup of caffeine and a slice of chocolate cappuccino bread can bring a much need energy boost to start your day off right.
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(For a Delicious 1st Birthday)
As parents we spend the first year of our children's lives celebrating all the momentous milestones: The first smile, rolling over, crawling, the first tooth, the first word and finally the first attempt at walking. Many sleepless nights are spent in those first few weeks as well as numerous trips to the drugstore for infant Tylenol for a cranky teething baby and wandering through the aisles of what seems like endless cabinet safety latches and toilet safety clips. Through all the sleepless nights, mounds of diaper changes and endless feedings we endure, sweet innocence prevails. Sweet moments of first words, softly read lullabies and clean, baby soft skin linger with us as parents as they grow and become more independent and less dependent on us.
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I grew up enjoying classic dense cheesecakes complete with graham cracker crust and a slightly sweet sour cream topping. On special occasions, sweet cherry pie filling would cascade over the side adding to the decadence of the cake. My mother was an accomplished cook and there was always some sort of pastry or dessert in the house. On holidays and special occasions we could count on her creating the most delicious and decadent treats. She made everything from homemade pies to crème filled chocolate cupcakes. The most memorable and often most requested was her sour cream cheesecake.
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The kids are back to school, the leaves are starting to turn and the Christmas decorations are beginning to show up in the big box stores..... What???? Christmas decorations already?! I don't know about you, but I am not quite ready to let go of the last bit of summer we have left! I stepped outside this morning and was hit with a wall of hot, humid air and thought to myself, "I am oddly okay with this." I know that in a few short weeks we will be bundled up in sweaters and blankets to watch Friday night football games and sipping on hot apple cider. So..... for now I'm savoring the hot sticky weather by making a very summery treat! Lemons are often associated with memories of warm sunny days, the smell of freshly mowed grass and a cold glass of refreshing lemonade savored on a hot sticky day. Throw in a few ripe red raspberries and you have the perfect summertime drink! Raspberry lemonade bars are that cool, refreshing glass of lemonade in a handy and very portable dessert. As many of you have already packed up for a last summer weekend at the beach, or your last weekend up north at the cottage, why not savor the last warm days of summer? I encourage you to make a batch of raspberry lemonade bars to enjoy it just a little bit more. Better yet, serve them with some Vanilla Bean Lemonade to wash 'em down!
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07-21-2013 10:35:17 | More by Kori
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On-tap at the Greenbush vs. Shorts Throwdown at Ashley's in Westland. It pours a murky copper with some trudges of amber at the edges. The head is pretty nonexistent, and while I don't expect my old ales to carry a bunch of foam, this may have been due to the pour itself. The small, gray ring leaves a minuscule amount of lacing on its descent.
If Shorts didn't come out and say that this beer was brewed with Granny Smith apples, one good sniff and you'd be able to figure that out on your own. Huge sweet and borderline-tart apple aroma that meshes so well with the soft blanket of sweet caramel and toffee malts. Lots of spices seem to be floating around as well; cinnamon, nutmeg, and maybe even a light dash of honey.
The booze is pretty tame in the aroma, especially for an old ale. As Stray Cat warms up, the complexity spreads out even more. Lots more bread and buttery malts join in with another fruit-like aspect, possibly pineapple. The warm malts, spices, and apples couple together nicely to form a sort of "apple pie-esque" aroma. Savory and delectable. Though Brett was used, I'm not getting any of the funk you may expect - possibly a good thing, I don't think it would work too well here in heavy doses.
The taste is just like aroma said it would be - laden with smooth, soft cinnamon spice, mildly tart green apples, and a huge wave of bread, caramel, and toffee malts. It has a reasonably active acidic crispiness to it that gives the tongue a little tingle, keeping things interesting. Hops are a bit more lively on the palate as well; perfume-like, bright, and lightly citric. There's a whole lot going on here, and I'm loving every minute of it.
I nursed this for close to an hour, and even then, the booze never got hot at all. The flavors, however, did continue to expand and open up over the entire time span, creating a wonderfully complex flavor profile. The finish contained a good amount of bread, biscuit, caramel, and dying apple sweetness. At the very tail end, I caught just the slightest amount of cheesy-funk, most likely from the yeast. It was a nice little tweak, although it wouldn't be missed if it wasn't there. Medium-thick bodied, a little sticky and oily on the palate, though this is relatively thin compare to many other old ales; decent carbonation for the style, on the low-side.
What an interesting brew, though I expect nothing less from Shorts. Very glad I got to try this one, as it definitely sounded the most interesting out of the entire line up. Strangely enough, it probably ended up being my favorite beer of the 10+ I sampled that night. So unique and so drinkable for an old ale. My hope is that they bottle this one day. It would certainly be a shame if they never made it again.
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07-02-2013 23:11:30 | More by GrindFatherBob
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Appearance: a nice brown with a small tan head that doesn't stick around.
Smell: strong malts, toffee, sour apples, and a yeasty funk
Taste: opens up like a decent old ale but adds some complexity with the apples and finishes off with the wild yeast funk blend and super strong syrup. pretty tasty for the unique take, but i think ill stick to my good classic old ales.
Mouthfeel: super thick and syrupy. heavy and sticky
Overall: good and unique but not good enough to surpass the Bell's old ale for the classic old ale, curmudgeon for the syrupy molasses taste, or a wild for the funk.
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05-03-2013 05:02:00 | More by dudecandle
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Stray Cat Street Fighting For The Devil from Short's Brewing Company
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2005 Jordan & Kuwait
My first trip to Jordan and Kuwait was very memorable. The hospitality of these host countries was second to none. The quality
2005 Paris France
The annual trip to Paris France for the Salon du Cheval.
2005 England Visit
Our visit to England to see Susan George's fine collection of Arabian horses was a treat.
2005 Brazilian Nationals
The 2005 Brazilian Nationals was an amazing show. I had been to Brazil before but never for the show. The organizers did a
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Oriental Image - Italy
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2004 Salon du Cheval - Paris
The 2004 Salon du Cheval in Paris. Always the top show in Europe and a great way to end the year.
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2008 Pride of Poland National Championships and Sale. Photos by Katarzyna Dolinska.
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VA Patriots Softball Team by Grant McAllister - about 4 years ago
"After being plagued by injuries and starting our softball season 0 - 5, the team came back strong and won the next 5 games to secure a record of 5 - 5. Our efforts, as a team, pushed us from 6th place to 3rd place on the season. I've never met so many people with that much heart and spirit! This was a great group people to play with and our shirts made us truly feel like a team. Thank you CustomInk!"


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Released: Jan 1, 1999.
Genre: Sufi rock, Classical rock, Psychedelic rock.
Label: EMI, Lips Records.
Number Of Tracks: 10.
Junoon was a Pakistani rock band which was the biggest rock band in South Asia at the height of its popularity in the mid to late 1990s.
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Released: Apr 27, 2004.
Genre: World.
Number Of Tracks: 19.
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- Members of the U.S. Supreme Court have expressed skepticism of a state law establishing a 35-foot buffer zone for pro-life counselors outside abortion clinics.
Some of the justices seemed to challenge the Massachusetts law in oral arguments Wednesday (Jan. 15), questioning whether it protects free speech while seeking to limit obstructions outside the state's abortion centers.
Last January, the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston upheld a 2007 law that established a 35-foot zone around the entrances and driveways of abortion clinics. The measure bars pro-life sidewalk counselors from entering that zone to talk to women considering an abortion or scheduled for one unless those women provide consent.
The law protects the rights of patients while also ensuring pro-lifers could exercise their First Amendment rights, the appeals court said in its opinion. Pro-lifers contend, however, the scope of the buffer zone makes it almost impossible to speak to women going to the clinic.
The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), which signed onto a friend-of-the-court brief in support of pro-life counselors, expressed hope the high court will defend free speech in its ruling.
"We need to pray the Supreme Court does the right thing in upholding freedom of speech for all, including for those of us who are convictionally pro-life," ERLC President Russell D. Moore said in a statement to Baptist Press.
Mark Rienzi -- representing Eleanor McCullen, a grandmother who had done peaceful sidewalk counseling with abortion-minded women for years before enactment of the Massachusetts law -- told the justices the broad principle in the case is "a law that makes it illegal to even engage in consensual conversation, quiet conversation, on a public sidewalk ... for which Mrs. McCullen can go to prison, I think, is not permissible under the First Amendment."
"That's an extraordinary power for the government to ask to selectively control speech among willing participants on public sidewalks," said Rienzi, senior counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
"It's a place where the government claims it can essentially turn off the First Amendment," he said.
At some of Massachusetts' abortion clinics, the only opportunity to communicate with an abortion-minded woman is to wave a flyer as she drives through an entrance to the center's parking lot, Rienzi told the court. "If you have to stand 35 feet back and do that, the evidence here shows there's essentially zero chance to reach that audience," he said.
Jennifer Miller, assistant attorney general for Massachusetts, told the justices that experience demonstrated "there had to be a certain amount of space around the facilities. What we had, for example, were pro-choice advocates swearing and screaming at pro-life advocates within the buffer zone.... You had the Pink Group, which is a pro-choice organization, pushing and shoving and jockeying for position."
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia countered by saying, "[S]urely you could have a law against screaming and shouting within 35 feet or protesting within 35 feet. Isn't that more narrowly tailored? I mean, what this case involves, what these people want to do is to speak quietly and in a friendly manner, not in a hostile manner, because that would frustrate their purpose, with the people going into the clinic."
Associate Justice Samuel Alito posed a hypothetical case to Miller that appeared to indicate his doubt regarding the law's constitutionality.
"A woman is approaching the door of a clinic, and she enters the zone," Alito said. "Two other women approach her. One is an employee of the facility; the other is not. The first, who is an employee of the facility, says, 'Good morning. This is a safe facility.' The other one, who's not an employee, says, 'Good morning. This is not a safe facility.' Now, under this statute, the first one has not committed a crime; the second one has committed a crime. And the only difference between the two is that they've expressed a different viewpoint. One says it's safe; one says it's not safe. Now, how can a statute like that be considered viewpoint-neutral?"
The Obama administration sided with Massachusetts in defense of the buffer zone. Ian Gershengorn, principal deputy solicitor general with the Justice Department, told the court the law "is simply a place regulation that does not ban speech, but instead effectively moves it from one part of a public forum to another, in this case away from the small areas."
Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy joined Scalia and Alito in appearing to express skepticism about the law. Even Associate Justice Elena Kagan, certainly not considered a pro-life vote on the court, acknowledged the law has some problems, saying she is "a little bit hung up on why you need so much space."
Amy Howe, editor of SCOTUSblog and a former law school professor, wrote on the blog after the arguments that five of the justices -- Scalia, Alito, Kennedy, Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Clarence Thomas -- "may well be ready to strike down the law because it prohibits too much speech, such as the peaceful speech in which Eleanor McCullen wants to engage."
The ERLC joined in a brief by the Christian Legal Society that not only urged the Supreme Court to strike down the Massachusetts law but to reverse its 2000 opinion upholding a similar law in Colorado. The brief, which nine other religious organizations also signed onto, contended the Massachusetts law violates a sidewalk's legal status as a public forum open to peaceful assembly and speech.
The high court's 2000 opinion regarded a Colorado law that established a 100-foot zone around abortion clinic entrances. Inside that zone, a pro-lifer needs permission in order to get within eight feet of a person to counsel or distribute a handout.
The high court's opinion regarding the Massachusetts law could affect ordinances in several major U.S. cities that have enacted similar buffer zone measures.
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling in the case, McCullen v. Coakley, before it adjourns in late June or early July.
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