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Spring 2004
GOV 384N • Gender and the U.S. Constitution
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Course Description
Where do women fit in the US constitutional order? When did they become legal persons and citizens? Are all women regarded as valued members of the American political community? Does the Constitution recognize differences among women and between women and men in ways that encourage empowerment and participation for all or dependency and denial for some? The Constitution may be imagined as both an institutional design for government and as set of social relations that link the populace, or the People, to the polity. In this later regard, the Constitution creates a political community dedicated to certain norms and values that are embodied and enacted in the American constitutional order. Citizenship is central to the way that the Constitution organizes the American political community. Citizenship defines the rights, duties, and civic status of different social groups within the population. Further, both federalism and the common law have historical played into contests over who counts as a citizen under the Constitution that is, who is included in We, the People. We will consider one such ongoing contest in detail namely the role of gender in shaping the civic membership of men and women under the US Constitution. The course will offer a broad examination of how the Constitution is gendered and how it organizes gender relations in our society. Particular attention will be given to the evolving terms of gender and citizenship under the Constitution. The course will be organized both topically and historically. Topics will include equality, citizenship, sexuality, marriage, labor, race, reproduction and parenting. The readings will include Supreme Court cases, as well as secondary works from law, history, and political science. In addition to attending class and preparing discussion questions each week, students will be expected to write a short essay (5-7 pages) on an assigned topic, and a longer research paper (25-30 pages) on a topic of their own choosing. Students will also be required to make a course presentation concerning their research topic sometime in the last couple of weeks of the class. The professor will give students comments on a draft of the paper in the last part of the course before a final paper is due. Please note that students who enroll in this course need to have basic familiarity with US constitutional law prior to the start of the course.
Some of the cases we will consider include: Adkins v. Childrens Hospital; American Booksellers v. Hudnut; Ballard v. US; Breedlove v. Suttles; Bradwell v. Illinois; Buck v. Bell; Carey v. Population Services; Craig v. Boren; Dred Scott v. Sandford; Frontiero v Richardson; Geduldig v. Aiello; Goesaert v. Cleary; Griswold v. CT; JEB v. Alabama; Kahn v. Shevin; Loving v. Virginia; Mackenzie v. Hare; Meritor Savings v. Vinson; Minor v Happersett; Muller v. Oregon; Oncale v. Sundowner; Pl. Parenthood v Casey; Reed v Reed; Roe v Wade; UAW v Johnson Controls; US v Morrison; US v Virginia; Webster v Reproductive Services; West Coast Hotel v. Parrish; and Zablocki v Redhail.
Some of the authors whose work we will consider for the course include: Akil Amar; Nancy Cott; Martha Fineman; Katherine Franke; Hendrik Hartog; Linda Kerber; Catherine MacKinnon; Linda McClain; Eileen McDonagh; Martha Minow; Gretchen Ritter; Dorothy Roberts ;Gayle Rubin; Kim Lane Scheppelle; Vicki Schultz; Joan Scott; Reva Siegel; Rogers Smith; Amy Dru Stanley; Robin West; and Joan Williams.

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Whitefish Bay Dominican played like it was on a mission Saturday afternoon and crushed Howards Grove, 78-47, to win the sectional championship at Brookfield Central.
Thus the Knights return to the state tournament for the first time since 2008. They were knocked out of the sectionals the last three years by Racine St. Catherine, and coach Paul Wollersheim did not want to see that happen again.
"For us to break through on Thursday (win over Brookfield Academy in the semifinals) and get an opportunity to play today, we're really, really excited," he said.
"It was a heartbreaking loss last year to St. Catherine's. We had beaten them twice during the season in really hard-fought games. We remembered that (loss) all season. We showed some tapes of that during the playoff run to see the energy level you have to play at to get to state."
The Knights played great defense in their victory Saturday and that is something that they don't always get credit for.
"People see that teams score 60 points on us," Wollersheim said. "But they get more possessions because we're scoring a little bit quicker. I think when we really dig in on defense, we can be right up there with some of the best teams in the state defensively."
Wollersheim is happy with the way his team his playing right now as they head to next week's state tournament.
"I thought the regional final and the sectional semifinal - those were both games that if we didn't have our 'A' game, those would have been opportunities for upsets. Once we got through that, we understood the energy level and we just played another really good game today.
"I think we're sharing the ball, we're playing fast, we're playing together and having fun."
The Knights only trailed 3-2 before they went on a 11-0 run and took a 15-5 lead after one quarter as freshman Diamond Stone had eight points.
They had a nine-point second quarter advantage led, 41-22, at intermission. Breon Jordan had 14 while Stone and Duane Wilson had 12 each. Wilson, the talented junior guard, went crazy in the second half, with 10 points in the third quarter and eight in the final period.
"The whole team was (on a mission)," Wilson said. "Dominican hasn't been to state (since 2008) and coach kept drilling this into us that we are one of the best teams to come out of Dominican. He said the other best team lost this game, so we took that personally.
"We practice hard every day and that has been the mission all season - to go to state. We work hard (on defense). You're not going to win a championship without playing defense."
The Knights shut down the Tigers' top scorer Ashton Holzman (15.1 ppg) and held him to nine points, as he rarely even looked for his shot. Mike Davis (14) and Noah Steines (11) led Howard's Grove.
Wilson had 30 points, Stone 16 and Jordan 14.
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ISLAMABAD – The United States has renewed pressure on Pakistan to expand the areas where CIA drones can operate inside the country, reflecting concern that the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan is being undermined by insurgents' continued ability to take sanctuary across the border, U.S. and Pakistani officials said.
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The grim weight of the economic slowdown is deepening the public's divisions over government's role in promoting prosperity and the distrust of financial institutions and major companies, according to a new Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll. Rudi Diezmann has made his living with computers for so long that the first one he worked on ran on punch cards and "filled a cabinet the size of a large freezer," as he recently recalled. He found the fledging industry compelling enough that he dropped out of college in 1968 to sign on. "I discovered computers in my early 20s," he says, "and I never looked back." Over the next four decades, Diezmann rose to senior positions at many of the companies driving the information revolution: Honeywell, Adobe, Oracle, Cisco, and Apple (twice -- the second time managing a team of more than 100 employees in Tokyo). In 2006, he joined a San Francisco-based start-up as a vice president, directing a team of engineers who were developing software for an online poker service. His house in San Jose was once valued at more than $1 million. Then came the Great Recession. Squeezed by the slowdown, the company laid Diezmann off last October. And now, at age 62, he finds himself unemployed for the first time in his adult life. "I don't spend money," he says. "I'm in major retrenchment. I'm going to lose my home in another three months or so if something doesn't come through. I've started looking for anything, which is sort of tough because once you make the decision to move down [to a lower-paying job], you can never come back." Diezmann's struggles encapsulate one of the most striking findings in the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll. Government figures show that the unemployment rate is higher for racial minorities than for whites and higher for those without a college degree than for those with advanced education. Still, the survey demonstrates that the downturn has struck with unusually broad reach across American society. In response to the poll, a head-turning 70 percent of Americans said that a relative or close friend has lost his or her job at some point since the economic slowdown began in 2007. Strikingly, Diezmann and others who responded to the poll from the upper rungs of the income ladder are as likely to say they know someone who has lost a job as are those on the lower steps; whites are as likely to have friends or relatives who have been displaced as are minorities. That widespread sense of vulnerability carries obvious political risks for congressional Democrats and President Obama. Though Obama's ratings for handling the economy did not fall precipitously in the poll, they continued to erode steadily, as they have since last summer. Combined with a spike in anxiety over the country's direction, Obama's slipping grades increase the odds that Republicans will make major gains in November's midterm elections, even though the survey found registered voters divided about evenly when asked which party they intend to support for Congress. But like earlier Heartland Monitor polls, the survey found all the ingredients for political turmoil that could continue long past November, whatever the outcome. The grim weight of the extended slowdown, the poll suggests, is deepening the public's divisions over government's role in promoting prosperity and the widespread distrust of financial institutions and major companies. The survey also captures the emergence of attitudes that don't fit easily into the platform of either political party: a prickly "America First" streak anxious about the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries and a censorious conviction that Americans summoned hard times on themselves through irresponsibility at all levels. Indeed, the belief that average Americans must manage their finances more responsibly as the economic storm lingers is one of the most powerful chords in the poll. "I don't see this as the new normal, but it's not going to get all the way better either," said Tara St. Clair, a homemaker in Eagle, Wis., who responded to the survey. "We were living well beyond our means." The diffuse sense that the downturn represents "a kind of divine retribution for profligacy," and the pull toward economic nationalism represent two of several respects in which the attitudes expressed in the new poll distantly echo arguments heard in American politics during the Depression, notes Robert Reich, who was Labor secretary in the Clinton administration and now teaches public policy at the University of California (Berkeley). One difference, though, is that while President Roosevelt mustered trust in government to respond to the Great Depression, this crisis has battered Americans' faith in all institutions, including Washington. The result, Reich forecasts, could be a period of sustained social and political turbulence. "If the economy continues to generate few jobs and no growth and stagnant wages," he says, "isolationism and anti-establishment fervor is going to grow." The latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll is the sixth in a series exploring the ways that Americans are navigating the changing economy. The poll, conducted by Ed Reilly and Brent McGoldrick of FD, a communications strategy consulting firm, surveyed 1,201 adults from August 27 through 30. It has a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points. This survey focused on how Americans define economic success for themselves and for the nation, and on what they believe are the most important steps that government, business, and individuals can take to restore prosperity. The poll found little change in Americans' day-to-day living situation since July 2009. In a Heartland Monitor poll released that month, 27 percent of those surveyed said they can "live comfortably and save an adequate amount for retirement or other needs." In the latest poll, that number rose to 30 percent, a change within the margin of error. Similarly, the share of adults who said they can get by but don't have enough money to save dropped slightly from 50 percent last summer to 45 percent now. This time, 22 percent of those polled said they found it hard to make ends meet each month, the same response as last July. That number rose to 28 percent among adults without a college degree, compared with only 12 percent of those with advanced education. The bigger change was respondents' waning faith that better days are approaching. In the Heartland Monitor survey released in April, 70 percent of adults said they expected the economy to improve over the next year. In the new poll, that optimism dropped sharply to 55 percent, with only 8 percent expecting significant improvement. In April, only about one-fourth expected the economy to deteriorate further; now, two-fifths believe that the downturn will deepen. Diezmann, for instance, has felt the temperature drop on a website he has used to track available executive positions: He found 18 openings to look at in February and 25 in March. Last week, "they sent me an e-mail saying they'd found no jobs at all for me," he says. "That brief uptick seems to have gone away." Not surprisingly against that backdrop, the survey found Americans emphasizing back-to-basics prudence in their personal financial planning. When asked to rank their short-term financial goals, respondents predominantly emphasized steps to balance their books: making ends meet, living debt-free, saving money each month, and learning how to better manage their personal finances. (The only less immediate priority that ranked near the top was working in a personally rewarding career.) Follow-up interviews with respondents underscored the extent to which many Americans have now reduced their economic ambition to just staying above water. Ronda Holmes of Portsmouth, Va., has a steady job as a cafeteria worker in the public schools, but layoffs in the community have left her feeling acutely vulnerable. "Right now, with everything going on," she says, "I guess your main goal is to get by and survive." The poll also asked respondents to identify the long-term goals that they consider the milestones of financial success. On that front, too, Americans are focused on the basics: living comfortably in retirement; having enough money to fund education for themselves or a family member; providing their family with a more comfortable life than they had when they were younger. Owning a business or working long-term for a single employer ranked much lower. Despite all of the housing market's travails, paying off a mortgage and owning a home also continued to rank high among the public's long-term goals. "There's a sense of accomplishment and pride and ownership -- it's something that's yours," said Elmyra Jackson, a homemaker in Anniston, Ala., when asked why she considered paying off a mortgage a top goal. "That means a lot to me, because it meant a lot to my dad." With joblessness so prevalent, the survey found that Americans see the unemployment rate, far more than any other indicator, as the most important measure of the economy. When asked which gauge offered the single best indicator of the economy's overall health, more respondents picked the unemployment rate (43 percent) than the trend in incomes for average families (25 percent); the gross domestic product (17 percent); the performance of the stock market (7 percent); or the profitability of major companies (4 percent). Likewise, when asked what would be the most telling sign that the economy is recovering, more respondents identified a decline in unemployment (34 percent) than chose increased consumer spending (15 percent); more businesses expanding their operations (15 percent); a stabilization of housing prices (11 percent); a decline in business bankruptcies (9 percent); or a consistent increase in the stock market (7 percent) or corporate profits (4 percent). All of these results suggest that whatever happens with other key indicators, most Americans are not likely to feel much better about the economy until unemployment begins a steady decline -- a prospect that still appears remote based on the August employment figures. "Increasing profits for companies is deceiving," said Ray LaFever, a nuclear reactor operator in Waterford, Conn., who responded to the survey. "The unemployment rate going down is the most important thing. If you put people to work, they'll pay more taxes, take more ownership in their community, and buy more. One thing feeds into another. [But] we are just dead in the water right now." Americans are not only united in viewing unemployment as the critical measure of recovery, they also substantially agree on what business and individuals should do to promote a revival. But they remain closely, and deeply, divided over the best strategy for government to pursue. On the central question of government's role in the economy, Americans are split into three comparably sized camps, just as they were in the two Heartland Monitor polls earlier this year. Thirty-five percent of those polled agreed with the Ronald Reagan-like sentiment that "in the current economic environment, government is not the solution to our economic problems; government is the problem." Another 28 percent took the liberal position that "government must play an active role in regulating the marketplace and ensuring that the economy benefits people like me." The remaining decisive 33 percent said they "would like to see government play an active role in the economy" but are unsure that they "can trust government to do this effectively." On this fundamental choice, the electorate fissures into familiar but telling camps. Nearly two-fifths of whites, compared with just one-sixth of African-Americans, embrace the Reaganite position. (Alone among whites, college-educated women are notably less enthusiastic about that view.) Blacks are twice as likely as whites to embrace the liberal position. Hispanics fall between those two poles, dividing closely between the Reaganite, liberal, and "it depends" camps. Twice as many independents pick the conservative (41 percent) as liberal position (20 percent). But nearly another two-fifths of independents say they are open in theory to government activism -- although they aren't convinced it can deliver what it promises. All of these results show that neither party enjoys a natural or stable majority for its preferred view of government's role; the balance can tip depending on whether Americans view government intervention as successful. And today, the balance is tilting toward those who believe that the government's massive economic intervention under Obama has been mostly unsuccessful. Turning to the role of employers, the survey captured a complex set of attitudes. Trust in business remains frayed: A majority of those polled said they had less faith than a year ago in national banks, investment banks, and major corporations to make decisions in the interest of average Americans. But other questions found more-nuanced attitudes. Just one-fourth said that U.S. businesses should hire more American workers now even if that means reducing benefits for existing workers or increasing prices for consumers; nearly seven in 10 said that employers should hire only if "it makes sense for their business to do so." At the same time, respondents gave employers' motivations mostly positive reviews: 34 percent said that employers prioritize the interests of their employees when making hiring decisions, compared with 24 percent who said that businesses focus most on delivering value to customers, and 21 percent who said that their principal goal was to benefit shareholders. Just 16 percent said that employers aim mostly to maximize profits "in order to give their executives bonuses." Eric Blake, a software developer in Loveland, Colo., spoke for many when he said, "The only way the economy will get turned around is if there are businesses that are profitable." What are the most important steps businesses can take to promote recovery? Just 42 percent said that spending more on research into new products would contribute significantly; 52 percent believed that spending more to train workers would be very important. Those polled put more faith in increasing investment in equipment and technology (55 percent); working with local and national government officials to develop new strategies for growth (58 percent); and, above all, shifting more operations from foreign countries to the U.S. (66 percent). Repatriating jobs and increasing training ranked Nos. 1 and 2 when the poll asked respondents to identify their top priority for business. When queried about how ordinary Americans can contribute to recovery, the poll's participants showed a powerful tilt toward ledger-balancing -- another back-to-basics impulse that could have very different implications for the nation than for individual families. When asked what would contribute significantly to recovery, about four-fifths of those surveyed said that Americans should reduce their debts and learn more about how to better manage their money; nearly three-fourths said that saving more would be a very important step. Nearly another three-fourths said that workers could boost recovery by improving their skills. By contrast, only about one-third said that "spending more money to stimulate the economy" would provide a major boost. When asked to identify what should be the top priority for individuals, far more respondents picked reducing debt than any other option. While policy makers have long exhorted Americans to save more, this instinct toward thrift, if acted upon, could complicate recovery if it means that consumer demand, which has already retrenched in the slowdown, remains sluggish. Alan Viard, a resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, acknowledged that risk but says that, on balance, "from a long-term perspective, an increased desire to save really is good news." Reich, though, argues that the balance sheet is more complex. "From the standpoint of the individual and family, it makes a lot of sense to batten down the hatches, to spend less and save more," he says. "From the standpoint of the national economy, everything I've just said is completely irrational. What's smart for individuals and families to do can be exactly the wrong strategy for the nation as a whole." Although it may be appropriate for families to maintain a tighter grip on their wallets, he contends, then "government policies have got to be countercyclical with a vengeance now." And that means more stimulus -- a strategy that has been largely taken off the table in Washington but retains some support among the public, according to the poll. When the Heartland Monitor survey asked how the government should balance the potentially competing demands of jump-starting growth and managing the vast federal deficit, respondents showed a clear tilt toward reviving the economy. Presented that choice, only 20 percent said that Washington should focus on reducing the deficit, even if it means raising taxes and retrenching programs such as Medicare. The rest picked options that would increase the deficit, with conservative means for reinvigorating growth slightly besting the liberal preferences: 39 percent of those polled said that Washington should reduce taxes, spending, and regulation even if it means increasing the deficit; 33 percent said that the government should increase spending on infrastructure, education, and the social safety net even if that produces higher deficits. Whites were much more likely to prefer tax cuts and spending reductions than Hispanics or African-Americans, who leaned more toward a government investment agenda. Once again, college-educated white women were much less supportive than other whites of the conservative small-government option. One tax cut did find majority support: 52 percent of those polled said they would back tax incentives for business to hire more workers, even if it meant increasing the deficit; just 42 percent said they would oppose such cuts. Intriguingly, a much higher share of Democrats (62 percent) than Republicans (42 percent) said they would support such a move. "What they should do is give tax incentives to small businesses, not just throw money around," said LaFever, who voted for Obama in 2008 but considers himself a political independent. "We should be helping the existing companies get bigger." Bolstering small business also topped the list of responses to a question about structural changes in the economy that might accelerate recovery. Asked to rank a series of options, four-fifths of those polled said that making it easier for small businesses to start and expand their operations would be very important to recovery -- more than any other option. Other top priorities included helping workers get more education and training (74 percent); revitalizing manufacturing (65 percent); and promoting high-tech jobs in fields such as energy and biotechnology (also 65 percent). A smaller percentage (46 percent) identified narrowing the income gap in America as a significant contributor to recovery; enthusiasm for that idea, not surprisingly, dropped as income rose. Another option that ranked near the top captured a current of thought that crackled through the entire survey. Seventy percent of those polled said that reducing the number of jobs that are outsourced to foreign countries would be very important in promoting recovery; only bolstering small business and improving skills ranked higher. Although most economists do not consider outsourcing a major drag on job growth, when the survey asked respondents to list the single largest structural change that could quicken recovery, reducing outsourcing tied with increasing skills. Across a variety of other questions, the poll revealed a similar tug toward economic nationalism and anxiety about globalism, though not necessarily a full-scale retreat from it. On the question of what individuals could do to promote recovery, 68 percent cited "making a greater effort to purchase products made in America" as a very important step. That was almost identical to the proportion (66 percent) that identified shifting more jobs from overseas to the U.S. as a major priority for businesses. In follow-up interviews, several respondents were impassioned in their concern over the flow of jobs abroad. Tara St. Clair, the Wisconsin homemaker, said that her husband's employer once outsourced his entire department's responsibilities to the Philippines. "These things shouldn't be allowed to happen," she said. "A company has the right to make cuts and save money, but there has to be some kind of regulation about how you have to do business in this country. If you want to sell things here and have an office here, you should have to employ people here. There has to be some kind of line." Blake, the Colorado software developer, has a similar view on outsourcing; he said he would impose tariffs on foreign goods to the point "where they would be a hell of a lot more expensive and we'd be forced to buy American and put Americans back to work and American companies back in control." Despite the anxiety about outsourcing, however, only a minority of respondents would follow him down that road. In the question about structural changes, 36 percent said they believe that restricting imports from foreign countries would significantly contribute to recovery. Many more (61 percent) said that opening more foreign markets for U.S. products was a high priority for recovery. "Getting involved in the global economy is a good thing for us because that's where the growth is, at least for the bigger corporations," said John Woodley, a high school teacher in Essex, Vt. These crosscurrents suggest a profound ambivalence about globalization: a desire to benefit from its advantages (cheap foreign products and growing middle-class markets in other countries) while minimizing its costs (the shift of jobs to foreign countries that helps create those middle-class consumers). When asked directly how the U.S. should orient itself toward the global economy, 23 percent of those polled picked an "open" position of encouraging free trade, expanded immigration, and foreign investment; 36 percent picked an economic nationalist position of resisting all three; and 32 percent preferred a planned economy strategy of targeting government tax breaks, research dollars, and training assistance at priority industries. Intriguingly, the industrial policy approach generated the most support among two groups that don't usually agree on much: African-Americans and college-educated white men. That pull toward planning hasn't been much of a factor in the national political debate since the 1980s, and yet the survey suggests that such an appeal could find a substantial audience. It is one of several strains of sentiment in this survey that don't have a comfortable home in either party. Another is the America First current of economic nationalism evident on many questions. One-fifth of those polled picked the more protectionist or nationalist positions on at least four of the poll's five questions that touched on those issues. That group, which Brent McGoldrick labels "pessimistic patriots," tends to be more white and less educated than the country overall, more female than male, and more likely to live in Midwestern and border states that have been hit hard by deindustrialization. Pessimistic and distrustful of institutions, they are "ripe for a populist appeal from a third-party candidate," McGoldrick says. This survey suggests that another attitude is also beginning to coalesce: The sense that no segment of American society is responding to the nation's mounting challenges with a sufficient sense of urgency and accountability. That view ripples through the strong belief that the best thing individuals can do to promote recovery is to reduce their debts and better balance their spending and income. Other polls have consistently found that most Americans believe that political leaders of both parties are focused more on scoring points against the other side than on solving problems. This survey shows that Americans don't absolve even themselves from that dynamic: Two-thirds believe that the country is more divided than united in the signals that it sends to national leaders about the policies they should pursue. LaFever, the Connecticut nuclear power plant employee, may have come closest to capturing the frustration that links these views in his passionate plea for the United States to refocus its priorities and roll up its sleeves. "Enough flamboyancy, enough hoopla," he said. "Pay the national debt down; enough with the wars; we should be creating jobs here. I'm not worried for myself, but I'm worried for the next generation of kids. And I like Obama, but there's no meat on the bone.... Show me something. The Republicans are just against what the Democrats are for. I really am fed up with both parties." All signs indicate that Republicans could capture one or both chambers of Congress in November, in part because Democrats control Congress and the White House at a moment when so many Americans are dissatisfied with the country's direction. But the craving for responsibility flickering through this latest Heartland Monitor survey suggests that dissatisfaction will only deepen if divided government devolves into debilitating confrontation. And if that happens, more Americans will likely join LaFever in disdaining both parties, with results that could be as volatile as they are unpredictable.
Reporters Lindsey Boerma, Cameron Joseph, Naureen Kahn, Rebecca Kaplan, and Clifford Marks contributed to this report. contributed to this article.


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text: Iran test-fires missiles in Strait of Hormuz exercisesBy the CNN Wire StaffUpdated 7:49 PM ET, Mon January 2, 2012Just WatchedTensions rise in the Strait of HormuzreplayMore Videos ...Tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz 02:17Story highlights A second missile is also successfully tested, Iranian media saysReports: Missiles are fired on Sunday and Monday as part of maneuversIran began the exercises on December 24The nation says it has no plans to close the Strait of HormuzIran test-fired two missiles Monday, the final day of its naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, state-run media reported.The Qader missile, a long-range sea-to-shore missile, was fired during the "power" stage of the maneuvers, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency. The test was successful, and the missile hit its intended targets, according to the report. "A large number of the long-range surface-to-sea Qader missiles have already been delivered to the Iranian Armed Forces," IRNA said.A surface-to-surface Nour missile was also successfully tested Monday, according to Iran's Press TV. The Nour is an "advanced radar-evading, target-seeking, guided and controlled missile and can easily find its target and destroy it," IRNA reported, quoting 2nd Adm. Seyed Mahmoud Musavi."Iran's navy test-fired a number of medium-range and long-range missiles in the final stage of the naval drills," Press TV said.A short-range Nasr missile would also be test-fired Monday, IRNA said.Just WatchedWhat's Iran's real plan?replayMore Videos ...What's Iran's real plan? 01:57PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedReport: Iran tests nuclear fuel rodreplayMore Videos ...Report: Iran tests nuclear fuel rod 02:10PLAY VIDEOIran began the exercises in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman on December 24, IRNA said. Western diplomats have described the maneuvers as further evidence of Iran's volatile behavior.Iran also successfully test-fired a medium-range, surface-to-air and radar-evading Mehrab missile on Sunday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. A submarine also successfully fired torpedoes at mock vessels, according to the report.Fars added that plans for Monday involve "a new tactic which is designed to prevent any movement in the Strait of Hormuz if the Iranian navy so desires."The French Foreign Ministry said Monday the missile tests send a "very bad signal to the international community.""We want to underline that the development by Iran of a missile program is a source of great concern to the international community," the ministry said in a written statement. That's why Iran is prohibited from "pursuing any activity on ballistic missiles capable of delivering a nuclear (war)head," per a U.N. Security Council resolution, the statement added.Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he believes the Iranian exercises and missile tests reflects "the dire straits of Iran in light of the tightening sanctions around her, including the considerations in the last few days regarding the sanctions of exporting petroleum as well as the possibility of sanctions against the Iranian Central Bank."Because of their "dire situation," Barak said, Iran is "pulling out the envelope of threats in order to deter the world from continuing the sanctions."The naval exercises focused attention on the strait -- a shipping channel leading in and out of the Persian Gulf between Iran on one coast and Oman and the United Arab Emirates on the other. It is strategically important because tankers carrying oil travel through it -- some 15 million barrels daily in 2009, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.Read why Strait of Hormuz is so importantIran last week threatened to close the strait over planned sanctions targeting its oil industry and companies that do business with Iran's Central Bank. The sanctions are intended to force Iran to curtail its nuclear program.The Obama administration was quick to say any closure would be unacceptable and vowed to keep the strait open. But Iran's Press TV reported on Saturday the nation has no plans to close the strait.The French Foreign Ministry statement emphasized the need for the "freedom of navigation" in the strait.On Sunday, Fars reported that Iran had succeeded in building and testing the country's first domestically produced nuclear fuel rod. The rod was successfully tested and installed in the core of a research reactor in Tehran, the news agency said, citing the nation's atomic energy agency website.Iran has repeatedly insisted its nuclear program is for peaceful, civilian energy purposes only. But it has rebuffed demands to halt its production of enriched uranium, and a November 8 report by the United Nations' nuclear watchdog found "credible" information that Tehran has carried out work toward nuclear weapons -- including tests of possible bomb components.In December, the United States as well as several other Western and Asian nations announced increased sanctions against Iran in an international effort to tighten the screws around the suspected nuclear weapons program.More from middleeastSource: Syrian warplanes kill leaders of al Qaeda affiliateAmid brazen, deadly attacks, gay Syrians tell of fear of ISIS persecutionDriver hits Israeli border police, authorities call it terror attackPowered by Livefyre


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May 14, 2010
Warning: only hardcore nerds — or those with a soft spot for hardcore nerds — will find this YouTube footage (below) touching. Game designer Anders Howard, with the help of his friends, designed a video game to propose to his girlfriend Steffany; he got friends and family together for a launch event of the game and had her test drive it in front of everyone; in it, a Steffany-look-alike has to walk around a cartoon city collecting food (she writes a foodie blog called Dinner Love) and along the way gets help from an Anders-look-alike, as well as flowers, love letters and ultimately a ring. Super geeks can even play the game for themselves here.
May 4, 2010
SEDUCE ME, a new five-part original series directed, written by and starring Isabella Rossellini, recently launched over on SUNfiltered. Her original kooky web series GREEN PORNO examined how animals mate; this time she's exploring how animals seduce each other. The series trailer is above; each of the new episodes is linked to below:
March 11, 2010
Okay, we know this will be twice in one week that we're going rogue and abandoning the whole love and sex thing, but this is worth it! OK Go is an indie band that has mastered viral marketing with clever, innovative one-shot vids for their songs. First there was "A Million Ways," in which they did an awesome little dance routine in someone's backyard. Then they upped the ante with a choreographed number on a set of treadmills for "Here I Go Again." Then came "WTF?" — its psychedonkulous colors and patterns made you go WTF when you watched it (here's how they did that one). Now, for the song "This Too Shall Pass" from their new album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky," they've done it again — even better! It's a giant Rube Goldberg machine in a two-story warehouse that moves along in perfect freakin' synch with the song, all captured in one glorious take (after more than 60s tries over two days). You can read all about how they did it in this Wired article.
Check out the four video installments of "The Making of TTSP" over on SUNfiltered.
February 5, 2010
To kick off your Superbowl weekend, check out these 3 bits that you won't (but should!) see during the game this Sunday — all are in response to the anti-choice, anti-equality, anti-gay Christian group Focus on the Family's 2.5-million-dollar spot (that we mentioned the other day) featuring football star Tim Tebow and his mom talking about how she refused to have an abortion after doctors advised her to. Hey, good for Mrs. Tebow, who had the right to make her own decisions about her reproductive health! Guess we can now hold our breath until CBS runs an equally "appropriate" ad about preserving that right to choose:
November 5, 2009
Infomercial parodies are a fine art that only a few have mastered. But we think YourTango has just joined the ranks of elite spoofers with their "SpatSolver." We guarantee you'll be wishing this thing was real in seconds! Yeah, the commercial goes on a little too long, and the free "Apologizer" is pretty unfunny, but the site itself is impressively authentic looking and the bit about wearing the SpatSolver as a fashion accessory is Bumpits genius.
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September 17, 2009
This week, the Sundance Channel launched its third season of "Green Porno," Isabella Rossellini's wacky exploration of all the weird ways animals do it (this time around, there are more overt environmental messages throughout). To honor the show, we're holding another contest where one lucky EMandLO.com reader will win an eco-friendly prize pack. It includes Ella Vickers bags made out of recycled sails, "1 Bag at a Time" farmers market bags, a Boku journal made from recycled paper, a Sundance Channel T-shirt made from organic cotten, a Sundance Channel pen (eh), and a copy of the new Green Porno book! All you have to do is watch this short episode, this one, this one and this one (4 in all, not the teaser linked to above) to answer the following five contest questions, then send your correct (duh) answers to us via this form, including a way for us to reach you in case you win. (All questions apply only to creatures featured in season three of Green Porno.) We'll choose one winner at random from those who answered correctly (sorry, only those with addresses in the United States will be considered due to shipping limitations). Good luck!
September 10, 2009
Zach Galifianakis is one of those weirdo comedians you either love or you hate. We love him, mostly for his entirely inappropriate sexual humor. So if you haven't checked out his Funny or Die series, "Between Two Ferns", we recommend you blow off work for 15 minutes and do so.
August 10, 2009
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The attempt to override Mayor John Cook's veto of a resolution last week, has failed.
Council had unanimiously voted to initiate a discussion with the Federal Government on the decriminalization of narcotics, last week. Hours later, Mayor Cook vetoed the resolution.
Today, City Representative Beto O'rourke did not get the support he needed to override that veto.
Only four of the eight city council members voted for the override, including, O'rourke, Steve Ortega, Susie Byrd and Ann Morgan Lilly.
The other four members of Council, Melina Castro, Rachel Quintana, Eddie Holguin and Emma Acosta voted against the override.
Council needed six of the eight votes in order to override the veto.


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Honorees at WFUV Gala in NYC on May 8
Soul/gospel legend, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and civil rights icon, Mavis Staples will be awarded the "Artist of the Year" honors at WFUV's Annual Gala on May 8 at Gotham Hall in New York City.
Staples, a Grammy-winner for 2010's You Are Not Alone, her highest Billboard chart debut of her 50+ year career, Staples will receive the "Artist of the Year" Award and perform at the Gala.
Staples' career began in the 1950s when her family's iconic gospel-folk group, The Staple Singers, became a popular household name with hits such as "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself." Their spiritual and political sound became voices of the Civil Rights movement alongside Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Decades later, Staples' notable collaborations as a solo artist include Ray Charles, Natalie Merchant, Bob Dylan, Prince and Wilco. The story of Staples and her musical family is chronicled in the new, critically acclaimed book by Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot: I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March Up Freedom's Highway (Scribner, 2014.)
Now in its seventh year, the WFUV Gala will also honor Verne Lundquist with the "Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting." Lundquist, the lead play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports' coverage of college football also does play-by-play for NCAA basketball, including the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, and provides commentary for the Masters and the PGA Championship, among other PGA Tour events. He is admired by peers as a humble professional and the kind of on-air personality that will soon be extinct in the business.
Scott Simon, one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters, will receive the "Charles Osgood Lifetime Achievement in Broadcast Journalism." The host of "NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon," which the Washington Post called "the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial," Simon has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars.
This is the third year WFUV will honor an individual or organization for their "Community Service," and the 2014 recipient is Katherine Oliver, principal partner at Bloomberg Associates, an international consulting service founded by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg as a philanthropic venture to help city governments improve the quality of life of their citizens. As the former Commissioner of The New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (2002-2013), Oliver is largely responsible for Big Apple's ascent to unprecedented heights as an entertainment-industry destination, resulting in the funneling of $70 billion in direct funds to the city.
WHAT: The gala is a benefit to support WFUV (90.7 FM), New York's source for music discovery, and a noncommercial, member-supported public media service of Fordham University for more than 65 years.
WHERE: Gotham Hall, 1356 Broadway, New York, NY 10018
WHEN: Thursday, May 8, 2014. Cocktails at 6 p.m.
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WFUV Radio's Annual Gala 2014 will begin with a cocktail hour at 6 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by dinner, awards and live entertainment. Attire is "festive." For more information about the event or to purchase tickets, please visit www.wfuv.org/gala, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (212) 930-8898.
About WFUV: WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org), New York's source for music discovery, is a noncommercial, member-supported public media service of Fordham University for more than 65 years. WFUV has received national recognition for its award-winning weekday format of adult album alternative music, award-winning local news and sports, and a diverse weekend lineup. WFUV's robust website has extensive audio archives, videos, song playlists, an events calendar, blog and other resources.
About Fordham University: Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 15,100 students in its four undergraduate colleges and its six graduate and professional schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre at Heythrop College, University of London, in the United Kingdom.


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Royal Patrons Circle
RPC is celebrating 30 years of ROM support!
Thirty years ago, a small group of ROM supporters started an annual giving program to support their beloved Museum. Today, RPC has over 850 members and raises more than $1 million every year for the ROM's highest priorities.
As we look to the next 30 years, we hope RPC continues to grow and increase its support of the ROM. If you are not already a member of RPC, please consider joining this vital group at the heart of the Museum and enjoy unique benefits including transferable membership cards and exclusive events.
As a special incentive for first-time RPC donors, we invite you to make a multi-year pledge and receive the bonus of RPC membership at $1,500 for your first year (regular $1,800). For more details please contact Jayne Whitfield at email@example.com or 416.586.5842.
Thank you so much to our past and present supporters. We look forward to celebrating RPC's legacy and bright future with you at our RPC events over the coming months.
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The City of Santa Clarita has launched its fourth "Business Minute" video testimonial, this one featuring H3 Publications Inc.'s Publisher Dave House, whose company produces "decline," "ROAD" and "tri" magazines, three of the world's most-read cycling and triathlon based publications.
The piece is part of the city's efforts to raise awareness about successful companies doing business in Santa Clarita.
"Our city is home to more than 6,000 businesses and the Santa Clarita City Council values each and every company based here," Mayor Marsha McLean said "The 'Business Minute' spotlights allow the city to showcase a variety of companies — from small industry leaders like H3 Publications to recognized brands like Princess Cruises — visually to our community and to an international audience."
H3 Publications Inc. is an International publishing company with readership in more than 70 countries. H3 opened its office in Santa Clarita in 2003, where production began on "decline" and "ROAD" magazines.
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"decline" magazine is a downhill and freeride-specific mountain bike magazine focusing on gravity racing, all-mountain riding, and freestyle. "ROAD" magazine is dedicated to the beauty, culture, personalities and lifestyle of the road cycling community. "ROAD" has provided event support and extensive local editorial coverage of the Amgen Tour of California during the cycle race's four stops in Santa Clarita.
H3 has established a reputation for producing high-end magazines featuring stunning photography and in-depth features and editorial content in an oversized print format, which is also available online. The 10-member staff launched a triathlon publication in February 2011 which has garnered positive feedback within the industry.
The city launched its "Business Minute" video campaign in 2010 with the goal of highlighting the breadth of successful companies based in Santa Clarita. The city is focused on raising awareness of companies within target industries including tourism, film, aerospace, biomedical, manufacturing, lifestyle and technology.
The goal of the visual campaign is to extend the reach of the city's business retention and attraction efforts by highlighting why companies choose Santa Clarita as the place to do business through testimonials from local business owners, presidents and CEOs.
The interview with H3 Publications Inc.'s Dave House will be featured on ThinkSantaClarita.com, SantaClaritaCityBriefs.com, YouTube, SCVTV Local Television (Time Warner Channel 20, AT&T U-verse Channel 99 and streamed on SCVTV.com), declinemagazine.com, ROADmagazine.net and Tri-Magazine.com.
To see the latest edition of the Santa Clarita Buisness Minute or learn more about other companies doing business in Santa Clarita, visit ThinkSantaClarita.com or contact the city's Economic Development Division at (661) 255-4347.


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Carhartt Taps Joe Monahan as SVP of Sales
This work wear brand has hired Joe Monahan, a former Nike executive, as SVP of sales.
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Southern Tide Expands Shop Concept
Southern Tide, a Greenville, S.C.-based sportswear brand whose signature product is a polo with a skipjack logo, is instituting a new shop-in-shop program.
— Feb 26, 2015
2XU Aims to Boost U.S. Sales
The Australian-based activewear brand that specializes in engineered compression apparel is launching its first global marketing campaign.
— Feb 24, 2015
Highlights from the Vegas Shows
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Under Armour, ABG to Offer Muhammed Ali Collection
A capsule collection of performance apparel, footwear and accessories will launch next month.
— Feb 18, 2015
JNCO Brand to Be Relaunched
Remember the superwide-leg JNCO jeans from a couple of decades ago? They're back.
— Feb 18, 2015
J. Crew and Lacoste Team for Shirt Line
J. Crew has tapped Lacoste for a line of exclusive polo shirts that will hit stores next week.
— Feb 12, 2015
Patrick Guadagno Joins Roc Nation
Jay Z is ready to rock with his Roc Nation Apparel brand and has found a chief executive to lead the business.
— Feb 12, 2015
Express Signs NBA All-Star Stephen Curry
The NBA All-Star, among the league's greatest shooters, has signed a deal with Express to be the first-ever brand ambassador for the retailer's men's wear.
— Feb 10, 2015
Online Verticals: Focused in Fashion
Online vertical retailing keeps mushrooming, with new entrants raising funding almost as fast as it takes to place an order on one of their sites.
— Feb 9, 2015
Iconix Buys Pony in North America
Iconix Brand Group Inc. has ponied up $37 million in cash for the North American rights to the athletic brand Pony.
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The 17th Summer Get-Together is shaping up to be quite an event June 5 & 6 at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds! In addition to the outdoor show & shine, the swap meet & car corral, vendor exhibits and arts & crafts, several other marquee attractions await show goers! Here's a look at some of the excitement!
Concours d'Elegance
Inside the spacious Young California Building Goodguys will hold the Concours d'Elegance exhibit featuring regal 30's era Packards, Bentley's, Cadillac La Salles and other concourse style beauties. A collection of vehicles from the nearby Blackhawk Automotive Museum will also be exhibited.
The NoCal Packard Club, Early V8 Ford Club and the Classic Car Club of America will participate in the event. Northern California has long been a hotbed for classic cars and concours style events, led by the grand daddy of them all – the Pebble Beach Concours which celebrates the 75th anniversary of Jaguar this August on the Monterey Peninsula.
Street Challenge Autocross
The autocross will be moved to the paved lot and share space with the swap meet. This marks the first time Goodguys will run an autocross on the famous stretch of asphalt! Back in the 1970s, the SCCA used the entire patch of paved lot holding some of the west coast's most exciting autocross events!
Competition will be held in 4 categories – Vendor class, Street Machine ('55 & newer), Street Rod ('54 & older) and the truck class (no year cut off for this event). The autocross is free to all event participants. Tech will be held starting at 8:30am both days with timed runs 9am to noon, 1-4pm Saturday and 9am to 1pm Sunday.
Tri-Valley Quarter Midgets
The club of junior midget racers will hold racing exhibitions both days. A field of 15 to 20 cars will enter the competition which will feature a selection of different age groups and classes. The track will be located in the paved lot behind the amphitheater. Session times are 9am to noon and 1pm to 4pm both days.
Tracy Clutchburners Exhibit
The Tracy Clutchburners, who later this summer will be celebrating their 20th annual "Picnic in the Park" will be the featured Club at the 17th Summer Get-Together. Twenty cars belonging to club members will be displayed throughout the weekend inside the Hall of Commerce building.
These guys know how to have fun. Their Picnic is one of the "can't miss" summer events on the hot rodding calendar. Stop by and introduce yourself and check out their sweet rides!
Of course an entire weekend of traditional Goodguys activities await you plus a chance to win a 1965 Mustang from Live 105 as well as the brand new GT Mustang! For complete event details visit www.summergettogether.com


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Safavieh Carrie Grey Polyester Side Chair (Set of 2)
Carrie Arm Chairs (Set of 2) is a timeless piece, beautifully crafted with graceful curves.
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Carrie Arm Chairs (Set of 2) is a timeless piece, beautifully crafted with graceful curves. This dining chair features an expresso finish with a grey polyester fabric seat, individual nickel nail trims and a decorative nickel handle, sure to match any decor. Chairs features a solid beech wood top frame and legs. Deep seat and concave curved back make this one of the most comfortable chairs available.Add pure elegance to your dining room, bedroom or hallway with this set of two timeless Safavieh Carrie side chairs. These chairs blend understated color with flashes of gleaming accent metal for a genuinely attractive seating solution in any decor situation. The seat on each exquisite chair sits 20.5 inches high.- Color: Grey
- Materials: Polyester Fabric and Wood
- Finish: Espresso
- Seat height: 20.5 in.
- Seat dims: 20.1 W. x 16.9 in D.
- Chair Dimensions: 34.8 in. H. x 20.1 in. W. x 24.6 in D.
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Color | Grey |
Material | Wood |
Finish | Espresso Nickel Wood |
Chair Type | Accent Chairs Dining Chairs |
Set Size | Set of 2 |
Assembly | Assembly Required |
Chair Back Height | Standard |
Chair Seat Material | Polyester |
Furniture Frame Material | Wood |
Furniture Pattern | Solid |
Seat Style | Solid Upholstered |
Dimensions | 34.8 in. H. x 20.1 in. W. x 24.6 in D. |
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Stunning Dining Chair I purchased for of these chairs for a 5 foot square dining table. I was using benches on 2 sides and these chairs on two sides. Once delivered and assembled (which was a breeze), they looked so great with the rest of my room, I ordered 4 more!!! The fabric is gorgeous and meticulously tailored.The silver nailheads and ring handle add a touch of sophistication. I shopped for chairs for months -- and these chairs not only proved to be an incredible value but an cherished addition to my family room remodel. I would highly recommend these chairs. They are light to lift, sturdy and simply gorgeous.
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DALLAS -- The Edmonton Oilers made the most of limited offense and both parts of their goalie tandem.
Jordan Eberle and David Perron scored in the shootout, and Devan Dubnyk come on in relief of injured goalie Ilya Bryzgalov in the Oilers' 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Sunday night.
"It's nice to get a win," Perron said, "mostly with the shot total that was tonight (Dallas 45, Edmonton 32). We greased one out."
Dubnyk stopped two of three shots in the tiebreaker. Dallas' Kari Lehtonen failed to make a save in the shootout after stopping 30 shots through the first 65 minutes.
"Things weren't really going our way for the first half of the game, so you knew there was going to be some shots," Dubnyk said. "I thought we responded pretty good to it."
Edmonton's Ales Hemsky scored 5 seconds before the second period ended, and Andrew Ference fired in a slap shot with 5:07 remaining in regulation to tie it again.
Ryan Garbutt scored two goals, including a short-handed tally that gave Dallas a 1-0 lead in the second period. He also put the Stars ahead in the third.
"It's obviously pretty important to have good shootouts," Garbutt said. "We've had (Rich) Peverley scoring goals in the last two games, but we need more guys stepping up when we've got the opportunity."
Garbutt nearly had a hat trick but he was stopped on a breakaway attempt by Bryzgalov with 3:41 left in the second. Garbutt collided with Bryzgalov, who left with an upper-body injury and didn't return.
"That line and (Garbutt) have played well," Dallas coach Lindy Ruff said. "He had eight shots and he skated well. He could have had four goals tonight. He's creating them himself with his speed."
Bryzgalov, who made 28 saves, trailed 1-0 when he came out.
Edmonton coach Dallas Eakins praised both of his goalies.
"Both those guys, and especially (Dubnyk) coming in the way he did, they were a real catalyst for our team," he said. "To come in off the bench, it's never easy. You've been sitting there for a long time, and then to make especially those saves in tight, that kept us going.
"When your goaltending's good it allows you to hang around in the game. They could have easily been first or second stars or second and third, which would have been maybe a first in the NHL."
The Oilers improved to 2-1 in shootouts. The Stars dropped to 3-3, including two straight losses in the tiebreaker.
Ruff said there was a difference between Friday's 2-1 loss to Chicago, which owns the NHL's best record, and Sunday's defeat against the seventh-place team in the Pacific Division.
"This was a lot more frustrating," he said. "There was glorious opportunities to put it away. We've got to bear down better and make sure we finish on some of those opportunities."
Edmonton's other shootout win was on Oct. 7, when Eberle scored the deciding goal against New Jersey.
Garbutt put the Stars in front in the second period when he stole the puck near the Edmonton blue line, skated in alone on Bryzgalov, and put a backhander into the upper right corner of the net.
The unassisted goal came at 11:37, just 1 second before Dallas' Jordie Benn was to come out of the penalty box. It was the Stars' second short-handed goal this season.
Garbutt has five goals this season, and 10 in 76 NHL games.
Dallas had 18 shots in the first period, but couldn't score against Bryzgalov.
In the second, the Oilers finally broke through against Lehtonen, who had shut them out in Edmonton on Nov. 13.
Jones sent a pass from the top of the right circle to Hemsky in front. Lehtonen stopped Hemsky's first attempt, but Hemsky poked in the rebound. The Oilers had been scoreless in 108 minutes against Lehtonen.
"It was just kind of a loose puck battle and I wanted to go in hard just to win it," Jones said. "The puck squirted out behind us, and I just turned and threw it there.
"It's kind of been my mentality all throughout hockey, just get pucks there. It was a big goal for us late in the second to tie it up."
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Eakins wouldn't elaborate on Bryzgalov's injury. "I've got to keep this under wraps until we check him out a little further," he said. . Center Tyler Seguin, leading Dallas with 12 goals, missed his first game this season because of concussion-like symptoms resulting from a hit during Friday's game against Chicago. . The Stars failed to score on four power plays, including 9 seconds with a 5-on-3 advantage late in the first period. Dallas is the only NHL team with fewer than 10 power-play goals. Seguin has two of the Stars' nine. The team is 1 for 37 at home and 9 for 86 overall. . The Oilers were 0 for 6. Their two first-period power plays followed Stars bench minors for too many men on the ice. . Defenseman Jamie Oleksiak played and started his first game for Dallas this season, and was credited with two blocked shots and three hits. He was recalled from Texas of the AHL when Stephane Robidas went on injured reserve.
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(Photo by Glenn James/NHLI via Getty Images)Game Information
Arena: American Airlines Center Location: Dallas, Texas |
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Dan O'Halloran Linesmen: Don Henderson, Lonnie Cameron |
Attendance: 12,673 (68.4% full) |
Team Stat Comparison
Edmonton | Dallas | ||
2 | Goals | 2 | |
0 | Power Play Goals | 0 | |
6 | Power Play Opportunities | 4 | |
0 | Shorthanded Goals | 1 | |
4 | Penalties | 4 | |
8 | Penalty Minutes | 8 | |
32 | Shots on Goal | 45 | |
15 | Hits | 22 | |
22 | Faceoffs Won | 35 |
Scoring Summary
1st Period | EDM | DAL | ||
No scoring this period | 0 | 0 | ||
2nd Period | EDM | DAL | ||
11:37 | Ryan Garbutt (4)
(Shorthanded) Unassisted |
0 | 1 | |
19:55 | Ales Hemsky (5)
Assists: Ryan Jones, Sam Gagner |
1 | 1 | |
3rd Period | EDM | DAL | ||
3:45 | Ryan Garbutt (5)
Assists: Antoine Roussel, Vernon Fiddler |
1 | 2 | |
14:53 | Andrew Ference (2)
Assist: David Perron |
2 | 2 | |
No scoring this period | 2 | 2 | ||
Shootout Summary | EDM | DAL | ||
Shootout attempt by Jamie Benn saved by Devan Dubnyk | 0 | 0 | ||
Shootout GOAL scored by Jordan Eberle on Kari Lehtonen | 1 | 0 | ||
Shootout GOAL scored by Rich Peverley on Devan Dubnyk | 1 | 1 | ||
Shootout GOAL scored by David Perron on Kari Lehtonen | 2 | 1 | ||
Shootout attempt by Alex Chiasson saved by Devan Dubnyk | 2 | 1 |
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I'm aware this is a dead thread but... If you're going to go Damage Malph, you should get a Tiamat. There's great things in Tiamat, like 100% splash damage on Malphite. Allows you to be scary in team fights. If you're going Tank Malph, why not get Randuin's Omen and Frozen Heart...Here's why! Randuin's has several passives, one of them being something like a 20% chance on being hit to slow all speed on enemy by 35% (can also be activated). Frozen Heart has an aura that lowers Attack Speed by 20%. Ground Slam lowers attack speed by 50% for 4 seconds. Randuin's and Frozen Heart also have Cool Down Reduction, bringing you to the max 40, while giving you more armor, and Randuin's gives a little health. At this point, if you ult into a group of enemies and pop Randuin's and Ground slam, all their DPS are now...ineffective. They can't attack worth **** and can't until they relocate. This gives your team plenty of oppurtunity to waste them.
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The View and breakfast were great
Elevator was dinging all night....and yes being so close to the elevator probably didn't help, but that is something that they should be able to mute for individual floors as needed
Easy highway access, decent size room and good response to problems.
We didn't like being charges 15 a day for parking and that the common areas were unkept even in the early mornings, ie overflowing garbage cans, ashtrays and glasses left from the night before on the patio area.
Location - close to Berkeley
1. Heater didn't work. Got cold in the night. 2. It's a ghetto run-down building, branded as a Sheraton. I fell for the name. 3. Next to busy highway and streets. Woke up several times in the middle of the night to the sounds of fire trucks and cars and trucks.
Not much
TV did not work, no hot water in sink, changed rooms and tv still didn't work, yucky smell.
very quiet given how close to freeway. good free internet. Comfortable bed.
Paying for parking ... but did now upfront that this was going to be true.
Veey comfortable bed. Room facing the bay.
Rust spots in tub.
Bar & restaurant were under renovation-- if I had known at time of booking I would have stayed somewhere else
Conveniently located in downtown Berkeley, across the street from the BART station and a couple blocks from the Cal campus. Some nice restaurants and bars nearby. Very nice accommodations and this was the quietest hotel I've ever stayed in. I never heard a single sound outside of my room.
Rooms are a bit small but still very nice and comfortable.
Wonderful location. Grand old building which has been well maintained. It had been some years since I last stayed there and the place seemed in better shape than it was.
Our oasis on the hill! The Claremont is a special place and I return there whenever I can; the location is central yet private and the staff is friendly, attentive, helpful and genuine. Each staff member, from the housekeeping staff to the manager, smiles and greets guests and is not only ready, but willing, to make your stay enjoyable. When there was an issue at check-in with the room assigned. Frank Flynn quickly and apologetically gave us another room with no question. In chatting with Fracesco (I'm sure I have not spelled his name correctly-my apologies!) in the lobby, we told him we were headed into the city the next day; he not only cautioned us about traffic and crowds in the Golden Gate Park area due to a concert, he recommended alternative areas to visit-and when he saw us a couple of days later, he asked how our trip went! A special shout-out also to Mohammad and Zachary who took care of us for breakfast in the Meritage restaurant-their service standards and guest treatment should be the envy of fine dining establishments everywhere. They made the start of our days happy and pleasant and really made an impact of the pleasure of staying at the Claremont!
The charm of an old beauty like the Claremont is also sometimes what makes you miss some things you might find in a newer hotel; the HVAC system can be unreliable and loud, the bathroom does not have an exhaust fan, etc. But having noted that, the graciousness of the wide hallways and high ceilings easily make you overlook those modern facility differences!
This hotel was fantastic! The rooms had plenty of space, the staff was attentive, we will definitely return!
VERY friendly and attentive Bellmen. Delightful Staff
Loved the boutique vibe that the hotel has, it seems SF is lacking modern hotels that are similar to the Ace and plentiful of tacky hotels. The decor is very minimal, with concrete floors- it feels similar to a loft you would want to live in. The restaurant downstairs had a really great brunch and the staff were very friendly. The actual location is pretty central, so it's not that difficult to leave the touristy area of Union Square.
There wasn't a mention of the $45 (plus tax) for the valet. So that got a bit expensive. You also have to call 30 minutes ahead. The shower is also a lukewarm temperature. And a bit difficult to work with it being stuck.
I like how this establishment did not honor my booking they gave me a ridiculous excuse and shoved me out the door
Fred the supposed manager was very unprofessional he tried to justify his BS by giving me two cookies which I almost threw at his face
Had an excellent time. Would definitely go back.
Staff was AMAZING. They bent over backwards to help me. They had free shuttle service to Downtown Oakland! Place was clean with delicious, free breakfast. Hands down, though, it was staff that made this place excellent!
Nothing. I will stay here again. Best hotel in Oakland!
EVERYTHING! The customer service was outstanding, the rooms were large and very clean. Awesome location (it's worth the extra $ to have a water view room). I liked that they offer a free shuttle to Jack London Square. Parking at this hotel is FREE (unlike some other hotels nearby). The pool and bar is really nice, too.
There wasn't anything I disliked about this hotel. I will definitely stay if I'm in the area again.
This is a simple place with a nice courtyard and pleasant rooms. Nothing fancy but good. Central location.
The furniture was a bit cramped for the space.
Cheaper alternative to the more expensive waterfront hotels in the area. Great food at the diner next door.
Parking cost $15/day. You can hear people walking above your room if you're on the 1st floor.
THat was close to good places
no breakfast
Room had very tasteful decor, bed was comfortable, staff friendly and helpful and location perfect for the first three days of a travel vacation.
Like the room size, rooftop and location.
From the room you could hear the street noise. Definitely the hotel can do a better job isolating the noise!
Large room. Comfy bed tv built in bathroom mirror was cool. Only bad thing was the satellite tv had bad reception kept pixelating. It was quiet and comfortable. Loved how they had microwave and mini frig. As well as dishes and flatware.
Just the tv reception.
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I'd pack a good pair of boots since that'd be a hell of a trip. I've seen just about all those conditions with an M-16 with limited cleaning ability (most times the cleaning kit in the buttstock and sometimes just a water rinse) and it has always performed. It's not what I would call self cleaning, but it's more rugged than people give it credit for. It's not like you are firing thousands of rounds between wipe downs either. Most engagements involve a round count you can add up on your fingers and even if you fired all the rounds you carried that's probably less than 300. If you are too lazy to at least wipe down your rifle every 300 rounds well, you probably aren't real tactically sound anyway and you won't be carrying it long regardless. The heat and cold are going to affect the round more than the rifle, but that salt water and desert sand is going to be rough on any piece of equipment with moving parts. No matter what rifle you take, it will require a lot of lube and frequent care at a minimum.
Id just take an ak47 thats just me ar15 are nice too with the ak there is much less cleaning it is known as a mudgun it can be burried for 18 years and be fired after cleaned and dunked in motor oil and still shoot know thats reliable to me
Specifically, an AK47, immune to dirt, mud, grime, sand, water, and political crap.
i was thinking i would really love to have a gunship... the c130 type.. im pretty sure that would work well against many enemys.
One battle with all those conditions?
On second thought, i think i would take my Bible and a lot of beer.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is showing the Pro Bowl more love after previously threatening to cancel it if play didn't improve.
Goodell said in an ESPN Radio interview Monday (http://es.pn/1gkbauy ) that participants played harder and made the game very competitive.
''It was real football,'' Goodell said. ''It was something that I give a lot of credit to the players.''
Goodell said Domonique Foxworth, president of the player's union, worked with players to come up with the idea of changing the game from its usual AFC versus NFC format. The new unconferenced format based partly on pickup games and fantasy sports gave players something to get excited about, he said.
''I believe it was a very, very positive step and I salute the players and I'm glad they had so much fun,'' Goodell said. ''And I think fans had a fun time watching - I know I did.''
NFL greats Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders picked teams during a two-day draft. Team Rice beat Team Sanders 22-21 on a touchdown and 2-point conversion with 41 seconds left.
The game was more defensive than in recent years with eight turnovers and nine sacks. Neither team scored in the third quarter or for the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter.
''Guys were competitive and we're having fun, but at the same time the competitive juices get going and you want to win,'' Carolina linebacker Luke Kuechly said on the field after the game. Kuechly had a game-high 12 tackles, including 11 solo tackles.
The future of the Pro Bowl is unclear. The NFL hasn't committed to holding future games or said whether the game will stay in Hawaii, where Pro Bowls have been held 34 of the last 35 years.
''Here, right here,'' Kuechly said when asked where future Pro Bowls should be held, echoing comments from other players who say the game and festivities offer a reward for players and their families and a chance to get to know other stars throughout the league.
''We're going to play regardless, but I think it's easiest to play it here,'' Kansas City running back Jamaal Charles said.
Tourism officials in Hawaii have proposed several options to keep the game in Honolulu, including alternating years with other cities.
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