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Scouting Henry Sims
Tommy DeeThe more I learn in terms of talent evaluation, the more I realize that the best scouts never get fixated on one player for long stretches during games. You have to trust what you see and move on. Sims played on a team with two moster rebounders in my estimation in Kyle O'Quinn and Iona's Michael Glover. Having scouted Glover extensively I was expecting him to find the ball off the glass. Then I realized he was fighting his own teammates for the ball. Both Sims and O'Quinn finished in the top 10 in rebounding for the week with Sims getting 27 in 3 games. Sims, to me, is a steal for the Knicks who, should he not get the nod in camp, is official property of the Erie Bayhawks to start the season. My notes from the PIT.
– Love his polished fundamentals, which exist outside of the Hoyas uniform
– Great form from 12-15 feet in face up.
– Wish I could see more post action but PGs having trouble getting him at the right time
– Great vision
– Not a superior athlete
-Great finishing with both hands around the rim.
-Polished counter moves, best big here along with Watt in terms of making FGs… 16 total in 3 games is incredible volume for a big in this setting.
-Needs to improve his base. Gets posted too low defensively and slightly above average overall footwork.
-draft range mid-late 2nd round

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Composting in the City
Earth911.com, August 30, 2010, by: Libuse Binder
For some city dwellers, composting is as easy as adding your food trimmings and other compostables to the yard waste bin.
But for the millions residing in urban areas without compostable pickup, this reduction endeavor requires a bit of additional effort.
Andrew Hoyles, the compost educator at the NYC Compost Project in Manhattan works to teach people about the many urban options available. Full Article.


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Jenna Fischer, best known as Pam on NBC's hit TV show The Office, will head the cast of the new Neil LaBute play Reasons To Be Happy, playing Off-Broadway this coming spring. She will be joined onstage by three co-stars, Josh Hamilton, Fred Weller, and Leslie Bibb.
Produced by MCC Theater and directed by LaBute himself, Reasons To Be Happy is a follow-up to the playwright's acclaimed Broadway play reasons to be pretty, featuring the same four characters. The new work focuses on their lives three years later.
Reasons To Be Happy will play Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street). Previews begin May 16, with an opening on June 11. The production is scheduled to play until June 23.


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PAWTUCKET — Clayton Mortensen's 2013 season has featured a wide range of emotions.
From making Boston's Opening Day roster to landing on the disabled list with a right groin strain to getting designated for assignment for the first time ever, the 28-year-old Mortensen is living baseball proof that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Moving past what seemingly must feel like a lifetime's worth of transactions that were compartmentalized into a short period has perhaps been reconcilable thanks to the right-handed pitcher's new role with the Pawtucket Red Sox.
PAWTUCKET — Clayton Mortensen's 2013 season has featured a wide range of emotions.
From making Boston's Opening Day roster to landing on the disabled list with a right groin strain to getting designated for assignment for the first time ever, the 28-year-old Mortensen is living baseball proof that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Moving past what seemingly must feel like a lifetime's worth of transactions that were compartmentalized into a short period has perhaps been reconcilable thanks to the right-handed pitcher's new role with the Pawtucket Red Sox.
Viewed as a long reliever within the bullpen structure the moment the Red Sox acquired him from Colorado in exchange for infielder Marco Scutaro on Jan. 21, 2012, Mortensen will make his fourth consecutive start for the PawSox Monday night at McCoy Stadium against fellow International League playoff hopeful Buffalo.
The switch from coming into games to taking the ball in the first inning has proven seamless with Mortensen tallying a 1.80 ERA in 15 innings over his first three starts. From the player's vantage point, he's returning to his roots. Mortensen was mainly a starter during his first four pro seasons before converting to relieving in 2011, a season that saw him pitch 16 times for the Rockies and make 10 appearances out of the bullpen.
"It's kind of nice to be able to do it over again and remember how it felt to be a starter," Mortensen expressed. "I told (PawSox pitching coach Rich Sauveur) after my first start that I wouldn't mind going back into the starting rotation. The way things worked out, there was a spot open. We both said, 'Let's see how it goes.'
"I feel comfortable, but at the drop of a hat, I could go back to the bullpen," Mortensen continued. "That's just a thing I need to know for myself and for the team to know that I could do either way and do it effectively."
Mortensen didn't mince words when he stated that this year has been a grind. He distinguished himself as a valuable addition to Boston's relief corps, composing a 3.21 ERA in 26 appearances. His 42 innings spanned six major-league stints as Mortensen still had one option year remaining.
Baseball-wise, Mortensen entered the 2013 season in a good place, starting with Red Sox manager John Farrell awarding him a bullpen spot despite a spring training that featured mixed results (5.23 ERA in 10.1 innings while holding Grapefruit League batters to a .194 batting average).
Numbers aside, it marked the first time that Mortensen broke camp with his name attached to a big-league roster. The euphoric turn of events soon gave way to a painful reality that something wasn't quite right, nor had it been right for some time.
As much as Mortensen attempted to soldier along, he couldn't shake the groin strain that reached its nadir on May 18, when he was removed after recording just two outs in a game at Minnesota. The particular outing also featured two hits and a hit batsman.
Mortensen posted seven additional relief outings following that May afternoon in the Twin Cities before the Red Sox placed him and his 5.34 ERA in 30.1 innings on the disabled list on June 11.
"It's an injury that's been nagging for a long time, but in hindsight, I thought I could work through it, which is when you develop bad habits. It's hard to pitch when you don't feel right," Mortensen admitted. "It was something that wouldn't hinder me to the point that I couldn't throw, but it was something that I could feel every time because my delivery would change. I couldn't load on my back leg or drive the ball to home plate. As a result, my shoulder started to take the brunt of it."
A return to the Red Sox would prove short lived. Mortensen didn't pitch in the three days between his activation off the D.L. and getting DFA'd on June 29, his spot on the active roster going to infielder Jonathan Diaz.
"If you don't understand that it's a business, it's a move that can definitely mess with your head," said Mortensen. "I took it with a grain of salt that 'Hey, it happened to be me.' I knew that my numbers weren't good, but at the same time I knew I could perform at this level."
Even though he had been hurt, it was a bit surprising to see Mortensen, given the success he enjoyed in 2012, return to the same organization that had bumped him off the radar. Asked to reflect on another career first, Mortensen chose to view his taken-off-the-roster situation in another light.
"It's kind of hard for team to say that this guy hasn't thrown in a big-league game in 18 days, so we really don't know where he's at. We're not going to grab him and roll him out in a big-league situation where the game matters," said Mortensen, who remained in his Boston apartment while anxiously awaiting the next step. "I was hoping that I would get picked up by another team, but I was happy in sense that I got to stay here. The Red Sox know what I can do."
Mortensen knew what the first order of business entailed upon joining the PawSox on July 6. Shaking off the rust would prove challenging – his first Triple-A outing as a non-member of the Red Sox' 40-man roster saw him walk three and allow a home run in two innings. It didn't get much better, as Lehigh Valley tagged him for four runs in two innings on July 27.
"I had to get my arm and legs back in shape, so it was like starting back from square one again," said Mortensen.
Then came August 2, a night that saw the PawSox in need of help after original starter Steven Wright was summoned to Boston. Manager Gary DiSarcina turned to Mortensen, who ended up blanking Norfolk over four innings. He threw 49 pitches against the Tides, which served as a jumping-off point to the 79 pitches he issued over six innings against Louisville last Wednesday.
"He's been huge," stated DiSarcina matter-of-factly. "It's been unexpected because when we got him, we didn't know where he was physically. He didn't perform well out of the bullpen, but he's almost shined more as a starter. It's been a positive and a highlight for us."
Mortensen feels that he's acquitted himself just fine in a season filled with travails that have given way to a period of solace. Still, he's far from content, but also realistic.
"I would love to get back up with that team. It's a fun group of guys," he said. "I started the year with them and I would like to finish the year with them.
"If not, I'll take it into the offseason, work hard and get ready for next year, wherever that may be," he added. "It's one of those things where you can't worry about things that are out of your control. Over my career, I've learned to deal with the ups and downs."
As for Sunday's game, the PawSox received strong starting pitching from Charlie Haeger, timely hitting from Jackie Bradley Jr. and clutch defense from shortstop Jonathan Diaz in the team's 3-1 win over Buffalo before 10,455 fans.
Pawtucket featured a knuckleball pitcher for the second straight day as Haeger drew the start one night after the same Bisons outfit knocked around Steven Wright (five runs in five innings). Haeger retired 15 of 17 through five innings before allowing a solo home run to Clint Robinson in the sixth, a shot that cut Pawtucket's advantage to 2-1.
Other than making a mistake with his fastball, Haeger was brilliant. He ended up tossing six innings of one-run ball with five strikeouts and two walks.
"Steven throws his knuckler harder, so there's more tumbling action," said DiSarcina when asked to compare Wright and Haeger. "Charlie pitched well."
Bradley provided the PawSox with an insurance run in the seventh inning when he launched a solo home run into the right-field picnic area. His 10th round tripper also resulted in his second RBI on the afternoon.
Diaz was hitless at the plate, but took away three potential hits due to his stellar glovework. Inserted as Pawtucket's No. 3 hitter with Alex Hassan on the disabled list, Diaz came up huge on a force-out play that not only lowered the curtain on the top of the seventh, but also stranded the potential tying run for Buffalo.
"He also got the first run for us by tagging up on that deep fly ball," said DiSarcina about a heads-up baserunning play Diaz made in the fourth inning. "He was the MVP of the game."
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The other day I was at a pub quiz and a question had been asked which I didn't know the answer to. While discussing possible answers, one team member said what she thought was the right answer. It just didn't sound believable to me. Then another team member said the exact same thing and it suddenly sounded like it was probably the right answer. Now, there are lots of reasons why that might happen. I might just have been convinced by two team members voicing the same opinion. Or maybe the second team member simply sounded more confident in her answer, which led to me placing my confidence in her. Or, it occurred to me, it may have been because the first team member was not a native English speaker and the second was.
In an interesting recent set of studies researchers found that when people hear information they are less likely to believe it when the speaker has a non-native accent. According to the researchers, this isn't just because of prejudice, as one might assume. It's actually to do with the fluency effect. The ease at which a message is processed is assumed to be indicative of how truthful the message is. In their studies, even when people heard messages which were originally from a native speaker and simply being passed on by the foreign speaker, people still were less likely to trust the message than when it was said directly by a native speaker.
In studies looking at children, researchers found that children were more likely to endorse actions done by a native speaker than a foreign speaker. Although that research wasn't specifically looking at the fluency effect, it's quiet possible that it plays a role in guiding children's choices in selecting to trust information.
The worst part is that I had read this article just before the quiz, so this process was fresh in my mind and it still caught me up. So, for those non-native English speakers out there who are wondering why nobody believes things they say… you may want to put on your best native English accent and try repeating it. Some of us just can't seem to override the fluency effect.
Read more: Children's selective trust in native accented speakers.
Read more: BPS Research Digest Blog- Speakers with a foreign accent are perceived as less credible.


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Mike Price and Margene and Ace Calder announce the marriage of their daughter, Angela Price, to Beau Fausett, the son of Blake Fausett and Karen and Dan Peterson on Saturday, June 4.
A reception will be held to honor the newlyweds on Saturday, June 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Wellington LDS Stake Center, 935 E. Main.
TyAnna Lee Powell and Kristopher Lavon Powell have chosen June 4 to be married in the Mount Timpanogos LDS Temple. A reception will be held in their honor that evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Lion House, 63 East South Temple, Salt Lake City.
Parents of the bride are Tyrone and Joyce Powell, formerly of Price, and Kerry and Karla Powell of Huntington.
Kris is currently employed by AAA Insurance. TyAnna is an account representative for Del Sol. The couple plan to reside in Salt Lake City.


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42 U.S. Code § 1437e - Designated housing for elderly and disabled families
(a) Authority to provide designated housing
(1) In general
Subject only to provisions of this section and notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public housing agency for which a plan under subsection (d) of this section is in effect may provide public housing projects (or portions of projects) designated for occupancy by
(2) Priority for occupancy
In determining priority for admission to public housing projects (or portions of projects) that are designated for occupancy as provided in paragraph (1), the public housing agency may make units in such projects (or portions) available only to the types of families for whom the project is designated.
(3) Eligibility of near-elderly families
If a public housing agency determines that there are insufficient numbers of elderly families to fill all the units in a project (or portion of a project) designated under paragraph (1) for occupancy by only elderly families, the agency may provide that near-elderly families may occupy dwelling units in the project (or portion).
(b) Standards regarding evictions
Except as provided in section 1437n (e)(1)(B) [1] of this title, any tenant who is lawfully residing in a dwelling unit in a public housing project may not be evicted or otherwise required to vacate such unit because of the designation of the project (or portion of a project) pursuant to this section or because of any action taken by the Secretary or any public housing agency pursuant to this section.
(c) Relocation assistance
A public housing agency that designates any existing project or building, or portion thereof, for occupancy as provided under subsection (a)(1) of this section shall provide, to each person and family who agrees to be relocated in connection with such designation—
(1) notice of the designation and an explanation of available relocation benefits, as soon as is practicable for the agency and the person or family;
(2) access to comparable housing (including appropriate services and design features), which may include tenant-based rental assistance under section 1437f of this title, at a rental rate paid by the tenant that is comparable to that applicable to the unit from which the person or family has vacated; and
(d) Required plan
A plan under this subsection for designating a project (or portion of a project) for occupancy under subsection (a)(1) of this section is a plan, prepared by the public housing agency for the project and submitted to the Secretary, that—
(1) establishes that the designation of the project is necessary—
(A) to achieve the housing goals for the jurisdiction under the comprehensive housing affordability strategy under section 12705 of this title; and
(2) includes a description of—
(D) how the design and related facilities (as such term is defined in section 1701q (d)(8) [1] of title 12) of the project accommodate the special environmental needs of the intended occupants; and
(E) any plans to secure additional resources or housing assistance to provide assistance to families that may have been housed if occupancy in the project were not restricted pursuant to this section.
For purposes of this subsection, the term "supportive services" means services designed to meet the special needs of residents.
(e) Review of plans
(1) Review and notification
The Secretary shall conduct a limited review of each plan under subsection (d) of this section that is submitted to the Secretary to ensure that the plan is complete and complies with the requirements of subsection (d) of this section. The Secretary shall notify each public housing agency submitting a plan whether the plan complies with such requirements not later than 60 days after receiving the plan. If the Secretary does not notify the public housing agency, as required under this paragraph or paragraph (2), the plan shall be considered, for purposes of this section, to comply with the requirements under subsection (d) of this section and the Secretary shall be considered to have notified the agency of such compliance upon the expiration of such 60-day period.
(2) Notice of reasons for determination of noncompliance
If the Secretary determines that a plan, as submitted, does not comply with the requirements under subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary shall specify in the notice under paragraph (1) the reasons for the noncompliance and any modifications necessary for the plan to meet such requirements.
(3) Standards for determination of noncompliance
The Secretary may determine that a plan does not comply with the requirements under subsection (d) of this section only if—
(4) Treatment of existing plans
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a public housing agency shall be considered to have submitted a plan under this subsection if the agency has submitted to the Secretary an application and allocation plan under this section (as in effect before March 28, 1996) that have not been approved or disapproved before March 28, 1996.
(f) Effectiveness
(1) 5-year effectiveness of original plan
A plan under subsection (d) of this section shall be in effect for purposes of this section during the 5-year period that begins upon notification under subsection (e)(1) of this section of the public housing agency that the plan complies with the requirements under subsection (d) of this section.
(2) Renewal of plan
Upon the expiration of the 5-year period under paragraph (1) or any 2-year period under this paragraph, an agency may extend the effectiveness of the designation and plan for an additional 2-year period (that begins upon such expiration) by submitting to the Secretary any information needed to update the plan. The Secretary may not limit the number of times a public housing agency extends the effectiveness of a designation and plan under this paragraph.
(3) Transition provision
Any application and allocation plan approved under this section (as in effect before March 28, 1996) before March 28, 1996, shall be considered to be a plan under subsection (d) of this section that is in effect for purposes of this section for the 5-year period beginning upon such approval.
(g) Inapplicability of Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policy Act of 1970
No tenant of a public housing project shall be considered to be displaced for purposes of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policy Act of 1970 [42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.] because of the designation of any existing project or building, or portion thereof, for occupancy as provided under subsection (a) of this section.
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, title I, § 7, as added Pub. L. 93–383, title II, § 201(a),Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 662; amended Pub. L. 95–557, title IV, § 412,Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2110; Pub. L. 100–242, title I, § 112(b)(3),Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1824; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 100–358, § 5,June 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 681; amended Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 622(a),Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3813; Pub. L. 104–99, title IV, § 402(d)(6)(A)(ii),Jan. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 42; Pub. L. 104–120, § 10(a),Mar. 28, 1996, 110 Stat. 838; Pub. L. 104–330, title V, § 501(b)(4),Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4042; Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 595(d),Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2656.)
References in Text
Section 1437n (e)(1)(B) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was repealed by Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 576(d)(2),Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2640.
Section 1701q of title 12, referred to in subsec. (d)(2)(D), was amended generally by Pub. L. 101–625, title VIII, § 801(a),Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4297, and, as so amended, does not contain a subsec. (d)(8) or a definition of the term "related facilities".
The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policy Act of 1970, referred to in subsec. (g), probably means the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policy Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91–646, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1894, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 61 (§ 4601 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4601 of this title and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 7 of act Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, 50 Stat. 891, as amended, required publication of information and submission of annual report by the Authority and was classified to section 1407 of this title, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 93–383.
1998—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 105–276struck out heading and text of subsec. (h). Text read as follows: "The provisions of this section shall not apply with respect to low-income housing developed or operated pursuant to a contract between the Secretary and an Indian housing authority."
1996—Pub. L. 104–330, § 501(b)(4), which directed amendment of "subsection 7" of the United States Housing Act of 1937, probably meaning this section, by striking subsec. (l), could not be executed because this section does not contain a subsec. (l).
Pub. L. 104–120amended section generally, restating former subsecs. (a) to (g) relating to designated housing as subsecs. (a) to (h) relating to designated housing for elderly and disabled families.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104–99, which directed the temporary amendment of par. (2) by substituting "in accordance with the written system of preferences for selection established pursuant to" for "according to the preferences for occupancy under", could not be executed because of the amendment by Pub. L. 104–120which amended section generally retroactive to Oct. 1, 1995. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1996 Amendments note below.
1992—Pub. L. 102–550amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions relating to and defining "congregate housing" and providing for design, development, and acquisition of congregate housing for displaced or elderly families, limitation on amounts for contracts for congregate housing, and costs for central dining facilities.
1988—Pub. L. 100–242struck out "annual" before "contributions" in proviso.
1978—Pub. L. 95–557substituted "(1) low-rent housing which, as of January 1, 1979, was built or under construction, with which there is connected a central dining facility where wholesome and economical meals can be served to such occupants; or (2) low-rent housing constructed after, but not under construction prior to, January 1, 1979, connected with which there is a central dining facility to provide wholesome and economical meals for such occupants. Such occupants of congregate housing may also be provided with other supportive services appropriate to their needs under title IV of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978" for "low-income housing (A) in which some or all of the dwelling units do not have kitchen facilities, and (B) connected with which there is a central dining facility to provide wholesome and economical meals for elderly and displaced families under terms and conditions prescribed by the public housing agency to permit a generally self-supporting operation".
Effective and Termination Dates of 1996 Amendments
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–330effective Oct. 1, 1997, except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 107 ofPub. L. 104–330, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4101 of Title 25, Indians.
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–120to be construed to have become effective Oct. 1, 1995, notwithstanding the effective date of any regulations issued by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to implement amendments by sections 9 and 10 ofPub. L. 104–120or any failure by Secretary to issue any such regulations, see section 13 ofPub. L. 104–120, set out as a note under section 1437d of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–99effective Jan. 26, 1996, only for fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998, and to cease to be effective Oct. 21, 1998, see section 402(f) ofPub. L. 104–99, as amended, and section 514(f) ofPub. L. 105–276, set out as notes under section 1437a of this title.
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by subtitles B through F of title VI [§§ 621–685] of Pub. L. 102–550applicable upon expiration of 6-month period beginning Oct. 28, 1992, except as otherwise provided, see section 13642 of this title.
Inapplicability of Certain 1992 Amendments to Indian Public Housing
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–550not applicable with respect to lower income housing developed or operated pursuant to contract between Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Indian housing authority, see section 626 ofPub. L. 102–550, set out as a note under section 1437a of this title.
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|Congratulations WHS class of 2007
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At 7:30 in the Holmes Convocation Center, Watauga High School's senior class will celebrate graduation.No tickets are needed, and people attending are encouraged to use the ASU parking deck. Valedictorian Brianna Fleming, salutatorian Cindy Burton, student body president Breanna Brown and senior class president Kinsey Spencer will speak. An estimated 340 students are expected to graduate, 65 percent of whom plan to attend a four-year institution. Fear not, Watauga will not be losing all of its seniors. Approximately 60 seniors have accepted invitations to attend ASU.
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2012 DRAFT PROFILE – Dalton Thrower, D, Saskatoon (WHL)
Each week until the entry draft in June, Point Blank will be reporting on the top prospects in this summer's NHL Entry Draft. This week's profile is defender Dalton Thrower, ranked as the 26th best North American skater in the final CSS rankings. You can keep a watch on our profiles via the "2012 Draft" tab at the top of the page and check out profiles of Islanders' young guns filed under the "NYI Prospects" tab. We're also working on a mock draft, which will be published in early June.
Many hockey insiders marvel at the talents of Red Deer defenseman Matthew Dumba. However, others question whether Dumba – at six-foot, 185 pounds – could withstand the pounding of a rigorous 82-game NHL schedule, playing as frenetically as he has over the past two-plus seasons in the Western Hockey League.
Saskatoon (WHL) defenseman Dalton Thrower finds himself in a similar boat as Dumba, yet not with the same fan-fare. Still, the six-foot, 190-pound Thrower's play is synonymous with his name. The North Vancouver, British Columbia-native enjoys throwing his body around, engaging physically in a manner that set many-a-tone for his Blades over the past three seasons.
"I grew up a Canucks fan, watching (current Florida Panther and former Canucks defenseman) Jovo (Ed Jovanovski) play," said the 18-year-old Thrower. "Right now, I love watching (current Canucks defenseman) Kevin Bieksa play.
"I play like him (Bieksa). I play a two-way game. My strengths are my skating and my physical play. I am a defenseman, who really enjoys the physical aspect of the game."
Surprisingly bypassed by TSN's Craig Button in his recent top-60 draft list, Thrower's break-out 2011-12 campaign has many prognosticators believing that his name will be called at the tail end of the 2012 NHL entry draft's opening round. The draft is set to be held on June 22-23 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
"I have coached Dalton for three years," said Blades eighth-year head coach Lorne Molleken, whose coaching resume includes assistant coaching stints with the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (1998-2000), San Jose Sharks (2002-03) and the Pittsburgh Penguins (2003-04). He also served as an interim head coach in Chicago during the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons, where he went 18-21-8 in 47 games. "He came here as a 15-year-old with all kinds of potential, and each year we have expanded his role. This season, we rely on Dalton to play against the opposition's best players. He does a good job on the power play, and he has really elevated his physical play."
Thrower, who only registered 27 points – six goals and 21 assists – in his first two seasons (2009-11 – 123 games) for the Blades, doubled that scoring output in just 66 games this past season. He collected 54 points – 18 goals and 36 assists – leading all Blades defensemen in scoring. He also finished eighth amongst all WHL defensemen in scoring, three behind the aforementioned Dumba (20-30-57).
"As he physically matured from a 155-pounder, as a 15-year-old, to a 190-pounder, as an 18-year-old, Dalton really stepped his play up offensively," said Molleken. "He had games where he was able to score four-to-five points a games.
"He was assertive in all situations, and became a much more confident player. At times, when our top defenseman Duncan Siemens – (a 2011 first round selection (11th overall) by the Colorado Avalanche) – was hurt, we asked Dalton to play upwards of 35 minutes a night."
Thrower helped his Blades (40-29-1-2) finish fifth in the WHL's Eastern Conference standings, but their postseason run was short-lived, as they were swept in four straight by the fourth-seeded Medicine Hat Tigers.
"My experience in playing in the WHL is invaluable," said Thrower. "For me, it is the best route to get to the NHL."
Growing up in Squamish, B.C. (population 17,158), Thrower began skating at age four. Two years later, he would join a local hockey organization, where he would play there up until his second year of Bantam hockey. His hockey education also included spending 10 months in Kelowna, attending the Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy.
The Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy, according to its site (www.pursuitofexcellence.ca) is a "very intense comprehensive hockey development program, a school with high academic excellence, participation in a very competitive minor hockey league, and an unparalleled training program for acquiring rock solid life skills and life values."
"I always loved the game of hockey," said Thrower, whose younger brother Josh, age 15, would follow in his older brother's footsteps and attend the Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy. Josh, a forward, was selected in the 2nd round (23rd overall) of the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft by the Calgary Hitmen. "I played baseball and hockey until the second grade, when I decided to solely focus on hockey."
At 14, Thrower and his family would move to North Vancouver, where he would play for the North Shore Winter Club, Subsequently, Thrower was selected by Saskatoon in the 2nd round (30th overall) of the 2008 WHL Bantam Draft.
Prior to joining the Blades, Thrower would spend the 2008-09 season with the Vancouver Northwest Giants of the British Columbia Major Midget League. He scored eight goals and added 11 assists in 31 games, registering 72 penalty minutes.
Outside of WHL play, Thrower played for Team Canada-Pacific in the 2010 Under-17 World Hockey Challenge, playing alongside teammate Siemens and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the 2011 NHL Entry Draft's top overall selection. In five games, he was held scoreless.
This past February, Thrower was a late invitee at the 2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game in Kelowna. Despite being held off the score-sheet in his team's – Team Orr – 2-1 victory over Team Cherry, Thrower would let his presence become known as he would come to the rescue of one of his WHL teammates – Saskatoon's Lukas Sutter – by exchanging pleasantries with Plymouth power forward Tom Wilson, who stands at 6-foot-4, 205 pounds.
After Wilson leveled Sutter on an open ice hit, sending the 6-foot-1, 203-pound forward sprawling head over skates in his own zone, Thrower quickly jumped off the bench and went after Wilson – who stood four inches taller and 20 pounds heavier – looking for retribution.
"I was still on the bench when it happened, but the defenseman changed right after the hit and I saw Wilson still on the ice," said Thrower to NHL.com.
Sutter, best friends to Thrower since his arrival to Saskatoon back in 2009, greatly appreciated the friendly gesture.
"That's what best friends are for," said Sutter to NHL.com. "It was a good hit, and he (Wilson) caught me at the end of a shift.
"Dalton was the first guy to have my back … I wouldn't expect anything different from him."
Less than six weeks away from realizing his ultimate dream, Thrower is fully ready for the challenges that await him.
"Honestly, right now, it is hard for me to picture myself being drafted," said an emotional Thrower. "But when June comes, it will be very exciting.
"This is my ultimate dream … to play in the NHL."
If the Islanders are unwilling to select the diminutive Dumba with the fourth overall selection, therefore selecting either Swedish winger Filip Forsberg or Quebec (QMJHL) center Mikhail Grigorenko with that pick, could it be feasible for the Islanders to trade its second and third round picks to move back into the latter stages of the first round to select a future top-four defenseman in Thrower? Possible.
"I know that Dalton is very determined to be successful on the next level," said Molleken. "I know what he is made of. I know what he is willing to do … to succeed."
The NHL Draft is just 37 days away.


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The growing interest among filmmakers in issues surrounding the modern food system and agri-food cultures will be represented in Amsterdam this weekend at the third Food Film Festival, an initiative of the Youth Food Movement Netherlands which is part of the Slow Food Youth Network.
Running from today until Sunday, the program includes three world premiers, a European premiere and fourteen Dutch premieres. At its heart is a program of shorts, including the Dutch animation Super (by Johan Klungel, 2012) and Meatwork (Madeleine Parry, 2012) from Australia. The festival opens with the Dutch premiere of Canned Dreams (Katja Gauriloff, Finland, 2011) about the faces behind typical supermarket products.
But film enthusiasts won't be just sitting in the audience. The Food Film Festival includes many debates and side-events. As today is World Water Day, Oneworld Live (NCDO) and the festival are presenting a special discussion entitled Chewing on Water to investigate the water footprint of food, along with special guest Arjen Hoekstra, the creator of the Water Footprint concept.
The 2013 Great Debate will bring together a wide spectrum of thinkers to discuss why GMO food is such an emotionally charged discussion. Mark Bittman, New York Times columnist and author of the book Food Matters: A Guide To Conscious Eating will deliver the keynote speech for this year's festival.
For the second year, the festival also welcomes chefs, food producers, students, scientist and food activists from all over the world to the Slow Food Youth Conference. Slow Food President Carlo Petrini gave the keynote speech at the conference opening on Wednesday, and will also address the FoodPoliticsEU Conference on Saturday - a platform to link farmers and consumers created by Youth Food Movement Netherlands and NAJK (young farmers organization) in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Of course, where there's talk about food, people get hungry! The legendary Food Film Festival restaurant is serving sustainable meals under the supervision of young and promising chefs Joris Bijdendijk and Samuel Levie. Outside the main venue, the festival market has expanded this year to include a variety of Food Trucks that add quick, tasty and healthy snacks to the festival menu.
And with all that viewing, talking and eating, visitors who want to get active over the weekend can join workshops on topics ranging from Korean cooking to the 'Skills Workshop' (by Jamie magazine) and a ravioli lesson using Slow Food Presidia products. In one of the most popular sessions, Ben Reade, Head of Culinary Research and Development of the Nordic Food Lab, will be leading a unique seminar to investigate taste, through a virtual trip through northern Europe.
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By TERRY WILLISSun Advocate reporter
The struggles continue for the Carbon High Dino football squad as they hosted the Ogden Tigers for their homecoming game. The Tigers didn't respect the homecoming festivities and took control of the game with a 49-0 win over Carbon.
Even with all his years of coaching experience this loss affected Coach Leo Paur to the core. Despite it all, the first thing he wants the public to know is that he is not giving up on either this year's team or for the long haul. With coaching changes happening to Carbon almost every year for a while now, he realizes that this is a process that will take some time.
"I have never looked into my kids eyes, in all my years of coaching, and seen the fear of losing in them before a game. But that is what it seems like we are facing. It is more than what a lot more practicing will fix. We have to find a way to get them to believe and commit to the game."
Right now Carbon is relying heavily on sophomores to fill in the gaps.
Paur is worried that this is a lot to ask for kids just coming into their own to face squads heavily packed with seniors and juniors from the other teams.
"We just can't base our team on that and be successful. Their gritty, but over matched," he stated.
Paur's next year's goal is to try and establish a sophomore team, even if it only has 11 players.
He would like to approach the junior high coaches to actually establish a Sophomore Freshman team. He knows there are two strong junior high programs and feels like drawing the freshman in to play on a soph/fresh squad would help in the building of the Carbon program.
Long term, he has set his sights on region championship in the next three years and a state championship in five. Immediately his goal is to get wins for this year's team and he still believes they can do it.
"We are a better team than how we are playing right now. We have to kick the losing tradition and start a new winning one."
Paur also echoed the feelings of past three coaches as they struggled with their losing seasons and that is that the kids and parents need to evaluate their dedication to the program in general. He has not had one practice where his entire squad has shown up.
As the team prepares to face Emery down in Castle Dale this Friday night, they have to face one more obstacle. They can't practice on their home field due to repair work being done on the track.
Friday night will be a big test for the team as Coach Paur spent much time with them on Monday reviewing films of the latest loss and trying to get them to rethink their attitude about what they can achieve.
Friday nights kick-off will be at 7:00 in Castle Dale.


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20 Dogs Give Their Best 'Puppy Eye' ExpressionsDevan McGuinness
We've all heard (and likely used) the term "puppy eyes". I never really understood where the term came from, but understand it to be used to reference a facial expression that's supposed to elicit some compassion.
Then I started looking at puppy photos and I totally started to see where the cute term came from. I never realized just how much a dog could say with just his eyes but man, it's a lot! As a cat-person, I am used to my furry pet giving me one look — usually uninterested or angry. I will say that looking at these sweet dog faces, I wanted to give them whatever they were asking for … and then learn how to do those eyes myself, that could come in handy!
Click through to see 20 adorable dogs giving their best 'puppy eye' expressions:
What Ya Doing? 1 of 20Someone wants to play.
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Please, I'll Stop 2 of 20I'm guessing this little dude had trouble not going to the washroom indoors.
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So Bored. 3 of 20Even I want to go play with him.
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Another Please? 4 of 20It would be hard to say NO to those eyes.
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Get Me Out 5 of 20He seems surprised - those big eyes!
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I Wish I Could Play 6 of 20He seems so sad & I wonder why!
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I'm Sorry 7 of 20I forgive you!!
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Play? 8 of 20I think this one is the cutest!
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Wanna Play? 9 of 20Um, yeah!
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Walk? Please? 10 of 20Those gorgeous blue eyes would be hard to avoid.
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Can I Have One? 11 of 20Sure, have them all!
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Want. To. Eat 12 of 20He is very focused on something.
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I'm Busy 13 of 20Seriously, this kills me.
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I Didn't Mean It 14 of 20I totally believe you.
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Stop. Seriously. 15 of 20Ha, poor dog!
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I'm Sad 16 of 20At least he looks comfortable.
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Can We? 17 of 20I really want to know what he sees!
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What's That? 18 of 20Puppy (that is all)!
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Hello! 19 of 20Hi there cutie!
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Please Play! 20 of 20I think he needs a friend.
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:: The term puppy eyes, totally easy to see where that comes from, right? ::
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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Maternal Events and Pregnancy Outcomes (MEP Project)A Multi-site Protocol
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The purpose of this study is to find out if antiretroviral drugs are safe and well tolerated by HIV-positive pregnant women and their infants in South Africa and Zambia.
HIV Infections
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|Observational Model: Cohort
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|Maternal Events and Pregnancy Outcomes in a Cohort of Human Immunodeficiency Virus‐Infected Women Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub‐ Saharan Africa
- Number of Congenital birth defects [ Time Frame: At birth ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Adverse Pregnancy outcomes [ Time Frame: At outcome of pregnancy ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2010
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|December 2012
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|December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Although the use of HAART in pregnancy has significantly reduced rates of vertical transmission of HIV-1, some questions remain regarding the safety of these therapies and their potential impact on the uninfected infant.
The overall goal of the project is to establish a voluntary exposure-registry and perform observational surveillance on HIV - positive pregnant women who are exposed to antiretroviral products during the prenatal period, in order to evaluate the outcome of the pregnancy and safety of the products in HIV-positive pregnant women, and their infants.
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- Able and willing to participate and provide informed consent
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00639145
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|University of Limpopo / Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
|Medunsa, South Africa
|Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)
|Lusaka, Zambia
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|Richard Marlink, MD
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|March 14, 2008
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|August 13, 2013
|Health Authority:
|South Africa: Research and Ethics Committee
United States: Institutional Review Board
Zambia: Research Ethics Committee
Keywords provided by Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation:
HIV Seronegativity
Treatment Experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Seropositivity
HIV Infections
Immune System Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Lentivirus Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Virus Diseases
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Some of Ye Salty Dogs and Lassies get a wee writer's block frum tyme to tyme...( I wount be reveiling me identity ) .
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Better yet , post yer own yummy recipe(s) in the Venganzine Pyrate Cookbook and maybe DaveL will make it sticky...
A few campfire oldies but goodies are still in me head...oooey gooey gopher guts...mutilated monkey meat...chopped up baby parakeet...
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When this exact guitar arrived at Willcutt's in 2010 I fell in love with it, obsessed over it but didn't have the funds to make the purchase. And of course it sold and I was devastated. I copied its image to my desktop and have been looking at it forlornly for almost 3 years.
This weekend I got out my '96 CU22 with Dragon 1's and thought it sounded incredible. And for the first time in quite a while I wondered how much of a difference having a stop tailpiece would make toinewise. I searched for the 53/10 Limited on EBay becuase even if my long lost love was gone there were some other incredible tops in that run.
And there she was. What's more, she was mint and sitting at Garrett Park Guitars not 45 minutes from my house in Northern Virginia.
Rick was awesome to deal with and today I brought home an incredible instrument. I plugged her into my rig and she sang. The 53/10 pickups have an incredible clarity and a forward tone. They are perfect for me. The split sounds are excellent and I found some wonderful rounded tones working with the volume and tone knobs.
The quilt on this guitar slays me. What I didn't expect was how much I would love the feel of the PF09 finish on the neck as well as the absolute beefiness of it. Here are Rick's shots, I'll post my own if I can put the guitar down.


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Throughout its history, the home for South Carolina Post 3 in Greenville has been used as a bomb shelter, USO club and a place for square dances.
But in 2002, the building transformed into a museum — educating residents, school students and others on military history — thanks to the vision and perseverance of Cecil Buchanan, a 45-year member of the post.
"Cecil is the catalyst that really got it going," said Peter Butchart, volunteer director of the Cecil D. Buchanan War Museum. "He was quite a collector himself."
The vision to turn the 1933 building into a post museum started when Buchanan visited the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Fla. The director there encouraged Buchanan to start a museum at his post. When he pitched the idea to the executive committee, the members approved the idea but told him, "It will never work."
The post museum now averages 12,000 visitors a year from all 50 states and several foreign countries.
"It became Cecil's passion, maybe obsession," Butchart said. "He wanted this thing to be so good. He contacted people. He made phone calls. He asked for donations and got a lot of donations."
The museum boasts thousands of artifacts, documenting each war era from the Spanish-American War through the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Included among the interesting pieces of memorabilia that adorn the walls, floors, nooks and crannies of the post building are:
Each year, more than 100 school groups — from elementary through high school and even college — regularly visit the museum. During these visits, students hear from veterans from war eras that they are currently studying or researching. Earlier this month, for example, a homeschooled group listened to several World War II veterans talk about their experiences in the Pacific and European theaters.
"The military history is not being taught, especially in the public schools," Butchart said. "We feel it's important to teach this part of our country's history. And we're doing our part. And we do it not just with school groups, but everyone who walks in those doors gets a history lesson."
It was a love of military history and teaching that drove Buchanan to create the museum.
"I saw that war history was not being caught," said Buchanan, an 85-year-old Korean War veteran who also taught computer technology and computer science at nearby Greenville Technical College. "In my political science courses, I made them tie in with past war histories."
The museum's success would not possible without Buchanan, of course. And on June 23, 2013 — Buchanan's 62nd wedding anniversary — the post officially renamed the museum after him. At the ceremony, Buchanan was surprised when he was presented with the Order of the Palmetto (the highest civilian award in South Carolina).
"I was thrilled to death," Buchanan said. "I think anyone would be thrilled to death to receive such recognition."
Butchart said that Buchanan leads by example. Even when Buchanan's health began to fade, he would set up a work night at the museum.
"Cecil is very dedicated," Butchart said. "He may not have been able to work more than an hour, but he worked hard and is fun to work with. He's an enjoyable guy. He's been a great example to all of us."
The museum is located at Post 3, 430 N. Main St. in Greenville, S.C. Admission is free. Call (864) 271-2000 or visit www.americanlegionmuseum.weebly.com/ for more information.


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Jeff Mercer caught this eight-pound, 26 1/2" redfish in Hell Peckney Bay in Estero, this past Sunday, Feb. 21. It was caught just past noon, when the crystal clear water was starting to warm-up. The entire day's catch included a few reds, two snook, pompano, jacks and a limit of speckled sea trout; all caught on a natural color Berkley GULF shrimp. / SUBMITTED
Palmetto Ridge junioor Gina Paz (2) being closely guarded by Samantha Peter (8) of Naples as the lady Bears make the trip to Naples High, Feb. 23. Naples won 19-6. / JOHN WISSOCKI
Lely's Lisa Feola gets the call when it comes to pitching against the tougher teams on the Lady Trojans schedule. Feola and a strong team effort downed Gulf Coast 3-1.
St John Neuman sophomore Tiffany Nelz, in her match against Evangelical Christian's Jamie Halgrim, as the teams meet, Feb. 22, at Golden Gate Community Park. / JOHN WISSOCKI
St John Neuman junior Elba Campos takes on Elizebeth Cossu, as the lady Celtics of St. John Neumann host Evangelical Christian, Feb. 22 at Golden Gate Community Park. / JOHN WISSOCKI
St John Neuman girls varsity tennis team having a little fun before the start of the match against Evangelical Christian School of Ft Myers, Feb. 22, at Golden Gate Community Park. / JOHN WISSOCKI
The Palmetto Ridge lady Bears shake hands with Naples after their 2-1 upset of the Golden Eagles, Feb. 23, at Palmetto Ridge. / MARK BLOCK
Naples' John Walker on the mound for the Golden Eagles as they visit Palmetto Ridge, Feb. 23. Naples won, 10-0. / MARK BLOCK
Palmetto Ridge's Blaine Ison (112) during his semi-final match against Lake Gibson's Brandon Jorge, at the 2A State Wrestling finals in Lakeland, Feb. 21. Ison lost 7-3 and took third overall at the tournament. /Sue L'Hommedieu
Palmetto Ridge's Cody Singletary (125) took fourth overall at the 2A wrestling state finals, Feb 21 in Lakeland. Singletary lost to Oviedo's Ray Rowland, 1-0. / Susan L'Hommedieu
Palmetto Ridge's David Tanguma (135) took fifth overall at the 2A Wrestling State finals, Feb. 21 in Lakeland. / Sue L'Hommedieu
Lely senior Wismit Moinius won the 130-pound Class 1A wrestling championship at the FHSAA State Finals with a 5-1 decision against Cocoa Beach senior Nic Watson.
The Naples Youth Baseball Club eight-and-under team including from the left in the back row, Julian Gonzalez, Nick Kythreotis, Calab Thoman, Joey DiNorsia and Easton Laplaca. In the front row are Kaden Kitchner, Cooper Smith, Justin Jackson, Anthony Kythreotis and Jake Sundall. / SUBMITTED
Pelican Bay resident Tim Cranch took home three first place finishes and one second place in the 55-59 age bracket fo the Collier County Senior Games, Feb. 21. / SUBMITTED
Naples resident Jamie Shisler helped lead Gymnastics World of Fort Myers Level 8 and 10 gymnasts to impressive performances at last week's IGI Chicago Style meet. Shisler, a Level 10 gymnast, placed fifth all-around, earning third on Vault, fifth on Bars and Beam and sixth on Floor. Area gymnastas excelled in their respective age divisions at this the nation's largest meet, drawing more than 4,300 competitors. Level 8 gymnast Callie Longo placed seventh All Around, taking third on Bars, fifth on beam and ninth on Floor. Marissa Nychyk placed ninth All Around earning sixth on Bars and Vault. Cathryn Baxter earned fourth on Vault. Trisha Hughes also competed at the event. / PATRICIA HUGHES


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Audrey Niffenegger's spectacularly compelling second novel opens with a letter that alters the fate of every character. Julia and Valentina Poole are semi-normal American twenty-year-olds with seemingly little interest in college or finding jobs. Their attachment to one another is intense. One morning the mailman delivers a thick envelope to their house in the suburbs of Chicago. From a London solicitor, the letter informs Valentina and Julia that their English aunt Elspeth Noblin, whom they never knew, has died of cancer, and left them her London apartment. There are two conditions to this inheritance: that they live in it for a year before they sell it; and that their parents may not enter it. Julia and Valentina are twins. So were the estranged Elspeth and Edie, their mother.
The girls move to Elspeth's flat, which borders the vast and ornate Highgate Cemetery. Julia and Valentina come to know the residents of their building. There is Martin, a brilliant and charming crossword puzzle setter suffering from crippling obsessive compulsive disorder; Marjike, Martin's devoted but trapped wife; and Robert, Elspeth's elusive lover, a scholar of the cemetery. As the girls become embroiled in the fraying lives of their aunt's neighbors, they also discover that much is still alive in Highgate, including — perhaps — their aunt.
Author of one of the most beloved first novels in recent years, Niffenegger returns with an unnerving, unforgettable and enchanting ghost story, a novel about love and identity, secrets and sisterhood, and the tenacity of life — even after death.
"Niffenegger's ghost story is a stirring meditation on doubleness featuring twins Valentina and Julia; their mother, Edie and her twin, Elspeth; the two halves of Highgate Cemetery in London; the Western duality of body and soul. Audie Award — winner Bianca Amato gives a brilliant performance: Julia and Valentina's voices are differentiated just enough to tell them apart; Elspeth is Oxbridge refinement, but her twin has Americanized her accent. Amato's greatest challenge is Martin, a brilliant crossword setter whose neuroses prevent him from leaving his flat. Amato gives him a wit and allure that let the listener become as entranced with him as Julia does. This well-paced and lustrous audio will mesmerize and delight. A Scribner hardcover (Reviews, July 27). (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
From the bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife, comes a spectacularly compelling second novel set in and around Highgate Cemetery in London.
When Elspeth Noblin dies of cancer, she leavers her London apartment to her twin nieces, Julia and Valentina. These two American girls never met their English aunt, only knew that their mother, too, was a twin, and Elspeth her sister. Julia and Valentina are semi-normal American teenagers—with seemingly little interest in college, finding jobs, or anything outside their cozy home in the suburbs of Chicago, and with an abnormally intense attachment to one another. They are twenty.
The girls move to Elspeth's flat, which borders Highgate Cemetery in London. They come to know the building's other residents. There is Martin, a brilliant and charming crossword puzzle setter suffering from crippling Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Marjike, Martin's devoted but trapped wife, and Robert, Elspeth's elusive lover, a scholar of the cemetery. As the girls become embroiled in the fraying lives of their aunt's neighbors, they also discover that much is still alive in Highgate, including—perhaps—their aunt, who can't seem to leave her old apartment and life behind.
Niffenegger weaves a captivating story in Her Fearful Symmetry about love and identity, about secrets and sisterhood, and about the tenacity of life—even after death.
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Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist and a guide at Highgate Cemetery. In addition to the bestselling novels The Time Traveler's Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry, she is the author of three illustrated novels, The Three Incestuous Sisters, The Adventuress, and The Night Bookmobile, and the editor of Ghostly. She lives in Chicago.
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In the brave new world of the very near future, children will enter their public schools passing police checkpoints, surveillance cameras, metal detectors, X-ray scanners and warrantless physical searches. Parents will relax, knowing their child is now "SAFE." No violent evildoers will be able to get past that wall of security.
But what none of the checkpoints, scanners and cameras will detect is the child who walks right past, armed to the teeth with a hidden weapon actually enforced on him by the school itself. The weapon comes in many names and varieties: Ritalin, Luvox, Prozac, Zoloft, Cymbalta, Paxil, and more. Each weapon lovingly loaded into their child by concerned parents before they send them off to their "safe" school. And while the child's backpack and pockets are checked by the armed force on the way in, the pharmaceutical poison is building up in his blood system, racing to the brain like a lit dynamite fuse.
As communities reel from one massive act of student violence after another, most recently in Newtown, Connecticut, the nation looks for answers. How many are looking at the schools themselves as the conduit through which millions of students are drugged with mind-altering drugs?
Some history. In 1965, the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) changed education forever as the seeds for today's massive restructuring — away from academics to behavior modification — began. It was psychology's crowning moment. The ESEA allocated massive federal funds and opened school doors to a flood of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and the psychiatric programs and testing needed to validate them. The number of educational psychologists in the U.S. increased from 455 in 1969 to 16,146 in 1992. As of 1994, child psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors and special educators in and around U.S. public schools nearly out-number teachers.
To date, there has never been issued a single peer-reviewed scientific paper officially claiming to prove ADD/ADHD exists. Nor has there ever been a single bit of physical evidence to confirm the disease exists. So-called experts on the subject have refused to answer the simple question, "is ADD/ ADHD a real disease?"
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The USO, in collaboration with Hire Heroes USA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, offers Career Opportunity Days (CODs) for wounded, ill and injured troops, spouses and caregivers. A COD is a non-traditional career fair where employers connect with seven to 10 troops based on interest and background. Employers conduct mock interviews and provide feedback, providing an additional level of support for transitioning service members to meet with employers offering jobs. These CODs are limited to 25 employers and 100 service member attendees to ensure the size and magnitude of these events does not overwhelm the troops. Career Fairs are overwhelming to most people in general and many of these men and women have anxiety as a result of post traumatic stress, so it is our goal to ensure their experience is positive and impactful.
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When: Monday, October 24, 8:30 p.m.
Opponent: @Winnipeg (2-4-1)
UPDATE: Marty Biron will be in net tonight. Wojtek Wolski will return to the lineup in place of Erik Christensen and Jeff Woywitka will be back in on defense in place of Brendan Bell. (1:35 p.m.)
EARLIER: Monday night's game against the Winnipeg Jets marks the end
of a two-continent, seven-game road trip that could have gone far worse for the
New York's effort on Saturday night against
Edmonton left a lot to be desired, but the Blueshirts have to be reasonably
pleased with a .500 road trip that could have crushed the team in the early
going. If the Rangers don't look past
Monday's game to two weeks of home cooking, they could return to Broadway with
a 3-2-2 record and six home games ahead of them.
There's no doubt that the road weary Rangers have reached
their breaking point with the last month of crazy travel, but luckily the final
test of the grueling world tour will come against one of the NHL's weakest
The former Atlanta Thrashers have struggled mightily thus
far this season and rank in the bottom third of the league in every major statistical
category. Winnipeg has given up 3.4
goals per game and is ranked 21st on the penalty kill, so if the Blueshirts can
improve even a little on Saturday's woeful effort they should have an opportunity
to score some goals.
Even though Henrik Lundqvist is fine after a health scare
against Edmonton, New York will surely give Martin Biron his first start of the
season so that Lundqvist can have an extended break before playing in front of
a raucous Madison Square Garden crowd for Thursday's home-opener.
Biron is no slouch, but the Rangers must play a much more
solid all-around game without Lundqvist behind them to cover up for the team's
multitude of mistakes.
Though the Blueshirts should be content with a 2-2-2 record
considering their early-season slate, New York has to be concerned with the
troublesome issues that have plagued the team since the start of the year.
The Blueshirts are still dead last in the league on the
power play, have continued to take way too many stupid penalties, haven't
generated any offense and haven't played close to a 60-minute game.
Considering the absurd travel schedule and injuries to key
players New York may deserve a bit of a pass for some of those issues, but it
is worrisome that this team hasn't appeared at all like the blue-collar group
of a year ago that would have been appalled with the early-season efforts of
these Blueshirts.
We'll get a better read on this club when it returns home
and begins to play a normal slate of games, but Monday night's matchup against
Winnipeg represents a golden opportunity for the Blueshirts to emerge from a
dismal stretch of play with a winning record.
2011-2012 season:
Conference Preview > (10/3/11)
Conference Preview > (10/4/11)
Predict Where The Rangers Will Finish > (10/5/11)
Rangers Season Preview > (10/5/11)
Claim Jeff Woywitka Off Waivers > (10/6/11)
King" Vs. The Kings In Season-Opener > (10/7/11)
Doom Rangers In OT Loss To Kings > (10/7/11)
Duck Anaheim, Rangers Must Stay Out Of The Box > (10/7/11)
Offense, But Rangers Pick Up Another Point > (10/8/11)
Erixon Will Stick Around For The Time Being > (10/9/11)
Learned: Two Games In The Books > (10/10/11)
To Move Stepan To First-Line Left Wing > (10/10/11)
Show Early Improvement With Faceoffs > (10/11/11)
Vinny > (10/13/11)
Must Find A Way With Patchwork Defense > (10/14/11)
Top Line Shows Promise, But Rangers Have No Answer For John Tavares > (10/15/11)
To Chew On > (10/17/11)
Future On Broadway In Doubt > (10/17/11)
Must Slow The Sedins, Score Some Goals > (10/18/11)
Lundqvist Beats The Canucks, With A Little Help In The Third Period > (10/19/11)
Is Not Well In Ranger-land > (10/19/11)
Slow Start Might Not Cut It Against Calgary > (10/19/11)
Scores Winner With Just Over 1 Second Remaining In OT >(10/20/11)
Path To New York Is Clearing Quickly For Carl Hagelin And Ryan Bourque > (10/21/11)
Seek Third Win In A Row Against Renney's Crew > (10/22/11)
Averted As Rangers Are Shutout By Edmonton > (10/23/11)
Whirlwind Road Trip Concludes In Winnipeg On Monday > (10/24/11)
here for our full 2011-2012 Season Archive >
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The Utah Permanent Community Impact Fund Board awarded Carbon County with more than $6 million in funding toward four county projects. CIB members met Jan. 5 and reviewed the requests from the county.
The four special projects proposed by the county had an original price tag of $5.8 million, all of which was funded by the CIB.
Increased construction costs and changes in scope have increased the cost to $13.4 million, a difference of $7.6 million.
The Carbon County Recreation and Transportation Special Service District agreed to fund $4 million of the amount, leaving $3.6 million in outstanding proposed costs.
County officials began exploring some years ago the need to relocate the county road shop.
The current facility on Carbonville Road has proven to be inadequate for the level of work performed by the county.
As a result, the county plans to transfer operations to a facility to be constructed on Airport Road.
Originally, the project was anticipated to cost almost $1.4 million. However, soil problems, construction cost and design escalations have increased that figure to slightly more than $2 million.
County officials requested the difference from the CIB, which was awarded as a $194,430 supplemental grant and a $525,000 loan.
The funding is expected to cover the costs of the first phase of the new road shop.
The second project reviewed by the CIB was the county's ambulance garage.
While still working in a building more than half a century old, county emergency medical crews are looking forward to a state-of-the-art facility to be constructed on Airport Road near Tram Electric.
"The current ambulance garage should have been condemned long ago," said Commission Michael Milovich in an interview this week. He explained that the walls have numerous cracks in them, some measuring more an inch across. He said that make-shift repairs cover the cracks with sheets of plastic and duct tape. In addition, the roof leaks and there are other problems with the building.
The new garage was originally estimated to cost just over $2 million but has increased to $2.7 million. County officials told CIB members that the original site planned by the county was not acceptable. As a result, the county acquired acreage costing $200,000.
While the county worked to find the new site, plans have been delayed. Those delays have made the project budget subject to rising construction costs.
Further, the county modified the design plans. One change has been in the scope of the emergency operations center. The facility, set to be housed on the second floor of the ambulance garage will serve as a crisis management headquarters in an emergency and as a backup communications center for the state's public safety dispatch center in Price.
Changes in state voting law will bring electronic voting machines to the area. As the administrator of public elections, the county will have to house the equipment. The computers an other electronic equipment must be housed in a controlled environment, protected from excessive heat, cold and moisture. The county has opted to create such a housing facility as part of the ambulance garage.
Those changes have increased the cost of the facility by more than $700,000. County officials requested supplemental funding from the CIB to cover the increased cost. The board voted to fully fund the project with a grant for $357,320 and a loan for the remaining $360,000
The third funding consideration presented by the county to the CIB was the county expo center planned for construction at the fairgrounds.
The original facility was designed to be 10,000 square feet. A total change of scope has increased that to 33,000 square feet.
At conception, the designs allowed for recreational and agricultural exhibitions. A significant change in design, a reinforced concrete floor will make the facility capable of hosting industrial exhibitions and trade shows.
Further, a sport court flooring option will allow expanded recreational opportunities and community event staging.
Originally planned to be constructed with a budget of $911,000, the project has increased to a facility that will cost an estimated $5.5 million.
The change in scope adds an additional $4.6 million to the center's price tag. Dennis Dooley, special projects director for the county, explained that the county's recreation and transportation special service district has agreed to fund $3.5 million of the increased cost.
Due to the change of scope of the project, county officials rescinded their original request and gave up previous funding awards. A new application for the project was created with a funding request for nearly $2 million needed to complete the facility.
The CIB accepted the request and agreed to fund the county's project with a grant for $997,000 and a loan for $998,000.
The final funding request from the county relates to the proposed North Springs Shooting Center located near the defunct town of Wattis in the southwestern region of the county. The shooting range has also seen a total change of scope from the original plans. As a result, a new application was submitted and the county again opted to forfeit previous funding awards.
When county officials originally requested funding from the CIB, plans called for a single purpose, indoor shooting range. That has changed to a multipurpose outdoor range venue.
Original designs were for a handgun range that would serve as a public range and training facility for local law enforcement.
At present, designs call for a series of ranges. A mock western town will provide cowboy action shooting. The police training range and handgun ranges have been kept, while expanded plans include muzzle loading, general rifle and sporting clay ranges. In the future the county plans to include a 1,000-yard rifle competition range and a full trap and skeet facility.
In its proposal to the CIB, county officials explained that there is a great deal of interest in shooting sports and the county wishes to create a world-class facility what will attract tourists and professional marksmen.
The changes in scope required the purchase of more than 600 acres at a cost of $300,000. The total project cost was originally estimated at $1.5 million. That amount has doubled to $3 million for completion of the first three phases of a four-phase project.
The special service district has agreed to a $500,000 contribution and the county received a grant for $1,285,000 and a loan for $1,290,000 from the CIB.
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PARISHVILLE Fire and rescue units and divers from around the county were called out at 8:15 p.m. Monday to a report of two snowmobiles that had gone through the ice on the Rainbow Falls Reservoir, a man-made lake in the southwest corner of the town of Parishville. `
Parishville Rescue, according to scanner traffic, reported at 9:15 p.m. that three victims were out of the water and that a fourth person was still in the water.
Emergency officials on scene had reported to dispatch that victims were reportedly in the water in the vicinity of 946 Raquette River Road.
At least two of the victims were taken to Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Potsdam, and another victim, described as suffering from severe hypothermia, was being taken to Swift Field in South Colton to meet a LifeNet helicopter coming from Watertown. The chopper was expected to arrive in South Colton at 10:15 p.m. to pick up a 56-year-old male who had been in the water for about an hour, but the chopper crew reported at 10:10 p.m. they were diverting to the Potsdam Airport due to ground conditions.
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