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Saturday, January 29, 2011
It's All About the Fabric
Today it's all about fabric (well, mostly--I do have a quilt to share at the end...and a giveaway winner to announce). The first thing that came in this week was 7 5/8 yards of some dreamy fabric from Joanna--her latest line, Strawberry Fields! This is my favorite Fig Tree collection ever. Of course I still love Patisserie, Mill House Inn, Fresh Cottons, and Breakfast at Tiffanys--but Strawberry Fields is just breathtaking--honestly!
I love, love, love the ginghams...note to self...get lots of those for bias bindings!
I love the blues, the grays, the greens, the reds and the the lights!
The yellows are amazing as well--perfect dreamy yellows once again! Not only do I love this fabric, I'm absolutely in love with the design Joanna sent me to sew with it (she'll be introducing new patterns on her blog soon)!
Also in this week...1 yard of Sunkissed grey gingham (because it's the perfect neutral) and 1 yard of It's a Hoot for a border on a quilt I really need to finish!
Also in was 1 1/2 yards of Sunkissed for a bag...(I need to make this fast and will be sharing it soon)!
Out this week was 10 yards for the secret project that came in last week. Hopefully I'll get the go-ahead to share that quilt soon. Also out this week was 1/2 yard for binding on my Bliss "Paper Roses" quilt which I picked up yesterday from Judi. I truly love Judi's quilting--and love this quilt.
I think my favorite parts are the swirling feather flowers in the setting triangles. (Pattern "Paper Roses" by Joanna and Bliss fabric by Bonnie and Camille)!
So...for my stash report I have 11 1/8 yards that came in along with 10 1/2 yards that went "out." For the year to date that makes 39 3/4 in with 35 3/8 out...leaving 4 3/8 not busted!
Oh, and congrats to Jenny...I've just sent you an e-mail...you won the Le Petite Eccole French General fat eighth bundle from Judi!
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Sew Scrappy
Sewing more scrappy quilts was one of my quilting goals this year. Making more charity quilts was another goal. So, I was excited when I read this post and realized I could do some scrappy sewing and help someone out at the same time! (I used this block pattern to make my scrappy block).
Just the other day these wonderful scraps arrived from Peg and Becca at Sew Fresh Fabrics. I was so excited to see the solid lime piece--I've been wanting to sew with more colored solids, too! You can tell that I added in a few of my own scraps to make this block and didn't use every fabric sent...I have plenty of fabric to make another block to send and will be making that today! Thanks so much Peg and Becca for organizing such a fun sew-a-long! One thing that really helped as I put this block together was the fact that I have a box of 2 1/2" squares...it was so easy to pull a few to add into the "mix" of this quilt! I really need to remember to add in more squares from every project I make!
Something else to help me with my "sew scrappy" goals this year arrived in the mail this week, too. It's Kim Brackett's new book Scrap-Basket Sensations: More Great Quilts from 2 1/2" Strips--and it came from Kim herself! (Her first book, Scrap-Basket Surprises: 18 Quilts from 2-1/2 inch Strips (That Patchwork Place) is also one of my favorites).Of course I want to make the cover quilt from Scrap-Basket Sensations, "Picnic," right away and have already started collecting fabrics for it. There are so many wonderful projects included in this book, and the quilts work well with any fabrics--from traditional to modern.
Okay...that's all for now...I have some pattern editing to do today! Have a wonderful day!
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
How About a Giveaway?!
Time for a giveaway--yay!!! Judi, of Green Fairy Quilts has a La Petite Ecole fat-eighth bundle to give away. Judi is one of my blog-friends that I've been able to meet personally--she lives about an hour away from me and is an amazing quilter (I've loved every quilt of mine she's quilted)! She's also just as nice as can be, and I'm happy to have her as one of my blog sponsors.
Along with being a wonderful quilter, Judi is a busy wife and Mom to four adorable children...and she has an on-line fabric shop with terrific prices!
So...here's how you can enter...
- First, follow Judi's blog, then leave a comment here letting me know that you've done that.
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- Finally, go to Judi's web-site and pick your favorite product on her site (it won't be easy...she's got a lot of great stuff). Once again, come back and leave a comment here letting me know what your favorite is!
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Stash Week 4
I've been sewing on a project I can't share just yet...but I did get "Mon Ami" back from the quilter recently and am hoping to finish the binding soon.
Along the fabric front, I've been keeping good track of my stash this week...a lot came in, but a lot went out. I made a little chart of pre-cut yardages to help me with my calculations each week (these just apply to Moda pre-cuts which have a standard 42 pieces in each Layer Cake, Jelly Roll, and Charm Pack). A Charm Pack is 7/8 yard, a Honey Bun is 1 3/4 yard, a Jelly Roll comes in at 2 7/8 yards, and a Layer Cake adds 3 1/8 yards to your stash. Fat Quarter Bundles vary, but the biggest ones are 10 yards!
So...in this week was 10 yards for a store sample I've been working on (this includes the back and binding). Also in was some Ruby Star Rising by Melody Miller (because I love it), and some Make Life for a backing.
I found some green fat quarters and a couple of the pink prints from Denyse Schmidt's Greenfield Hill...(I want to make this quilt eventually).
And I also added a Pom Pom de Paris charm pack; I was worried this line would be too "pink" for my liking, but I just love it. There are some gorgeous yellows in this collection that I love as well. I'm going to combine this with some other French General fabrics and wish I had ordered a layer cake rather than a charm pack--it's just that gorgeous! So, 16 1/8 yards came in this week, but since I finished up these two quilts I had 10 7/8 yards that I was able to count as "stash used." For year to date this amounts to 28 1/2 yards in, 24 7/8 used with 3 5/8 net added to the stash. Not too bad...as long as I keep finishing up those partially finished projects!
Oh...and I'll have some more binding to do soon...Judi has just finished quilting my first Bliss quilt (pattern "Paper Roses" by Fig Tree & Company)! To see her beautiful work on this quilt go here!
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
I know you've seen both of these quilts before...here and.here and here...so why did it take me until now to get the outer borders on? "Vanilla and Blooms" had 3 borders, but "Sugar Twist" only had 1...why, oh why do I procrastinate adding borders? Does anyone have any suggestions? I seem to be border challenged! Now for those backs....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Be Mine Blog Tour Winners
Congratulations to all of the winners from the Be Mine Blog Tour. The grand prize winner was announced on Vickie's blog here. From my blog the winners are Karen from Badlands Quilts who won the $50 gift certificate from FatQuarterShop and Charlene who won the charm pack from me. Thanks so much to everyone for stopping by and for all the great comments! And...congratulations to all the winners! (Indidividual winners from each stop on the tour are posted on the individual blogs).
I'll be back soon with more of my weekend sewing!
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Monday, January 17, 2011
My intentions were to work on bindings and borders; I was most definitely not going to start anything new! But when I got the binding on my Verna topper I remembered that I'd never made any hexagons using that line of fabric.
So I made a Verna hexie flower...
Then I remembered these Soul Blossoms hexies that needed to be basted, so I basted them and made one flower.
Then...I decided to start more hexies using Verna and Central Park...
And I decided to make a Central Park flower... (still in progress).
So...needless to say...instead of bindings and borders...I have hexies and flowers! Even though I didn't accomplish my marathon border/binding goal...a plan did finally formulate for these hexies. I love it when you finally know what direction you're going to take with a project! Sometimes you have to just keep moving forward until the plan takes shape!
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Mix & Match Quilts--Blog Tour
Today I'm participating in a blog tour to help spread the word about a new book that provides 12 quilt designs using AccuQuilt Go! templates for easier cutting. For 5 days, several bloggers will review some of the projects in the book. Looking through the book, I was glad to see a handy reference chart which gives minimum fabric requirements for cutting the shapes used in the book. This handy chart also lets you know how many shapes can be cut from the specified strip size and from a yard of fabric. This is some great information--I was really happy to see it. There are quite a variety of projects included from home decor items to several quilts of different sizes and styles.
Mix & Match Quilts is available here.
Eight of the twelve projects in the book are being reviewed in this blog tour. You can see today's other featured quilt here. Tomorrow you can stop by Vickie's blog and Kelly's blog to see two more quilts from the book, and then they will let you know the blogs to visit for day 3!
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Stash...Week 3
My FatQuarterShop 2010 Designer Mystery Block of the Month arrived this week...and I'm unsure of what to do about counting this yardage. Since I made it the day it arrived I didn't count it in my totals; however, I counted up the yardage that arrived with the kit, and it added up to nearly 7/8 of a yard. I do have some great scraps left over each month from this BOM, so maybe I should be counting it. I'm not sure what everyone else does concerning BOM's and stash totals--if you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them.
This week I purchased 3/4 yards of Rural Jardin...I knew I wanted to use one for my binding on Mon Ami and couldn't decide which...so I bought both (I ended up going with the red, so at least some of this went out this week)!
I also needed some Luna Notte for the outer border and binding of my Rosette's quilt (1 1/2 yards total). I'm happy to say that this came in and went out this week as I got the borders sewn on and the binding cut and in my binding jar.
Since I finished this quilt top I went ahead and counted all the fabric that had gone into making this quilt top as stash busted--a whopping 8 3/8 yards according to the pattern.
Charm packs are one of my weaknesses, and they add to yardage totals fast. I think Giddy is a really fun Valentine's line; I'll use this to make a runner. Oasis has some of the beautiful grays that are showing up everywhere, and I just love the tones of this line. I'll definitely be getting more for a larger project.
I also got an Innocent Crush charm pack to add to my Anna Maria stash. It's just amazing to me that these 3 charm packs added up to 2 yards of fabric.
Anyway...4 1/4 yards came in this week making 12 3/8 in for the year...and it's only the 16th! But...on the positive side, when you finish a UFO you get to count all of the yardage in that project, so it really helps the numbers here--8 5/8 was "busted" this week meaning that I've "busted" 14 yards year to date and am on the positive side--having "used" more than purchased. The secret to this is definitely to finish your already started projects! (In year to date 12 3/8...used year to date 14 yards...total busted 1 5/8 yards)!
There seem to be a lot of people participating in this stash report with Judy...it's fun to read all of the reports!I'm not so sure what next week will bring...I may have possibly hit the "check-out" button a few times this week--and I have a good amount of fabric that will be arriving for projects I won't be able to share for awhile! But for now, I'm good!
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Something new on my worktable is"Butterscotch Tart" by Fig Tree & Company; I'm using Soul Blossoms by Amy Butler.
Something to make is yesterday's "Be Mine" blog tour project from Carol...
Stephanie! Tomorrow's project will be from Natalia...be sure to stop by!
We have a long weekend here...that extra day off is going to be nice. Hopefully, I can go through my inbox (thank you so much for the wonderful "Modern Valentine Table Runner" comments) and get some serious sewing in! Have a great weekend!
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Be Mine Blog Tour Projects 3 & 4
Today's "Be Mine" Blog Tour project is the Heart Struck Runner (love it)! Head over to Kim's blog for the tutorial!
Jen! Remember that you need to leave comments on all 7 blogs to be eligible for the grand prize drawing!
I've been working on nearly finished projects the last couple of days...so soon I'll have some finishes to share! I started quite a few things right before market sewing and Christmas gifts took over, so it's nice to be finishing my summer starts! I received some wonderful Fig Tree goodies from Joanna shortly before Christmas...some of my favorite things...Fig Tree patterns, fabric...
Also in this bag of goodies were these quilt labels by Moda. I hadn't seen these before--they are going to be lifesavers for me since I'm not always very good at labeling my quilts--the sides are already finished, so once cut they will be very easy to attach to the backs of quilts!
Hope you're enjoying the blog tour...be back soon!
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We are an Albany family with a special needs kid who is now getting pushback from the school. We are hoping to speak to a lawyer about next steps. Does anyone have a recommendation on an education lawyer who is familiar with the Albany Unified district? Needs help
We are looking for a special education lawyer for our underserved child in OUSD. Does anyone have any recent recommendations for someone who has experience in OUSD and good at coaching parents? The current atmosphere due to budget cuts, etc adds to the frustration and need for someone experienced and successful. Thanks! anon
We are looking for recommendations from the BPN community for an experienced lawyer who is familiar with education laws, Federal and State, and has a successful track record working with families in OUSD getting services for children. Our biggest fear is creating a hostile environment for our child, however, we do need help since there are many compliance issues. If you have a recommendation, it would be helpful if you asked the moderator for my email address. Thank you! Anon
However, it has been my experience that one should not operate out of fear of raising a hostile atmosphere. The special education providers, and their associates have no use for a hostile environment any more that the recipients of the services.
The first understanding that a parent should have with the staff of special education providers is that this ''case'' will be a continuing and regular responsibility of all those involved, and that all will be cooperatively focused to provide the services and catch problems as they happen. I have found that this a key to a productive relationship. I have a 15 yr old son who I am navigating through the system. Neil
I have a child in Special Education with ADD and some language processing issues. We have been in an ongoing disagreement with our school district (Albany USD) over his IEP and are at the point that I think we need an attorney to help us, as we are heading toward filing a suit (due process complaint) against the district for failing to provide appropriate services, and several other issues. Any suggestions? Unhappy Albany parent
Looking for a referal for a special education attorney, for my child who has Autism. Is there anyone that you can suggest to be good or if you know of an attorny you would not suggest, I would like to know as well; If you could share your experience. Thank you. Mary
I worked with Ms. Porter at an inhouse law firm, and she cared passionately about children's rights. She has special needs children, and she decided to put her passion and the expertise she had gained working on behalf of her children into her law practice. So she left the corporate world for her own practice emphasizing education law. Pat
We are looking for a special education lawyer or advocate who is familiar with working with Oakland School District. Our son is almost three years old and was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum about a year ago. We need a good attorney / advocate to guide us through his first IEP with Oakland because this is the transition IEP from services funded by the Regional Center to services funded by the school district. Thank you in advance. Thank you! John
WE are looking to hire a legal advocate familiar with the IEP process to be an advocate for our son who has special ed needs and is in the Accalanes School District. Our son was diagnosed with comprehensive ADHD and emotional problems and is classified as AB 3632. However, we are finding it difficult for the district to meet his needs and are looking for an advocate in the East Bay area to help us with the IEP process.
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Roberta Savage 221 G Street, Suite 207 Davis, CA 95616She just had a baby so I don't know if she is working. If she isn't, however, any referral she would provide would be excellent. Another way to go would be to get an educational advocate, who attends meetings with you and helps structure the IEP, but is more collaborative and less hardball. Ask other IEP parents or attorneys for referrals. Hang in there
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Attorneys in the Bay Area include Elizabeth Aaronson 650-322-6387, Dave Sherman of Sherman & Zieglar, Valerie Montague 415-789-5693, Mike Zatopa of San Francisco.
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I need recommendations for attorneys who have been successful in suits against the Berkeley Unified School District. I have a child in Special Education and I believe she is being inappropriately place and underserved.
There are two excellent national disability rights firms located in the East Bay. The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) is located in Berkeley and Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) is located in Oakland. Either firm might take your case.
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Charles H. Joseph in his Random Tidbits Column for the January 1933 issue of The Sentinel analyzed the economic downturn then and the effect it might have on donations.
"Somebody should write a treatise on 'Comparative Wealth.' These days a rich man doesn't know whether he is rich or broke. He is so used to thinking in terms of how much excess money he used to have that he could never use and never spend, than even today when he has much more than he needs, he feels depressed and imagines that he is poor. Yet, under pressure, and with the proper appeal, money continues to be forthcoming for worthy causes. …Every day somewhere some group is raising money every hour in every day. If the fog of uncertainty would only lift so that we could see a little further ahead they that have wealth would dispense it more freely. It's nonsense to say that no one has any money any more. There are still hundreds of thousands who have more than they will ever spend or can spend without throwing it away."
What was true then is truer now. There is enough money in the world to ensure almost any universal solution to any conceivable issue. There is even enough food in the world at this time to "to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories (kcal) per person per day", according to data compiled by World Hunger Education Service, which would mean no one would go hungry if resources were appropriated properly. How to get the resources dispensed more freely is the challenge for nonprofits.
Increasingly, big donors are savvier than ever before. Whereas a good narrative and heart-wrenching picture might have worked in the past, nowadays donors are expecting their philanthropy to be like their investments. Specifically they are looking for ROI: return on investments. It becomes the task of the fundraiser to make the cause of how a donation to your specific cause is a good investment.
At times, that plays out into actual gains for the donor. This could the case when donor dollars give the donor publicity (think corporate sponsorship). If a wealthy individual or company is going through a bad publicity stint, getting involved in a good cause in a showy manner could push that unpleasant incident into the shadows.
Other times, the gains are not for the donor, but for the greater gain of mankind. If a donor is asked to fund an activity club in an inner city neighborhood, it is a feel-good donation, but not that compelling. If the activity club is able to show how involvement in its particular program ensures entry of children down the line into college, they have made a more compelling case. The donor is not just funding an activity, but is getting a greater return on investment down the line.
As Charles Joseph pointed out so many years ago, it would behoove those asking for donations to point out ways donors could "see a little further ahead" so that they open their purse strings feeling it is money well invested.


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DENVER - Idaho's Abid Akbar has been named the Western Athletic Conference Tennis Players of the Month for the month of September.
Akbar, a senior from Islamabad, Pakistan, advanced to the round of 16 at the prestigious Baylor Invitational with wins over players from Louisiana-Lafayette and Baylor before a tight loss to Hunter Reese of Tennessee, the tournament's No. 2 overall seed.
In doubles play, Akbar teamed up with Marius Cirstea to advance to the quarterfinals of the 32-team draw, narrowly falling 9-8 with a chance to reach the semifinals on the line.
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Officials tell the New York Post that the captain beat Douglas' son. The beating erupted after Cameron Douglas identified the man as his seller during a bail hearing. Douglas' psychiatrist Dr. Robert Millman allegedly told prison officials that a one hundred dollar bounty was put on Douglas by the captain after Douglas allegedly "ratted" on the captain during a hearing.
Douglas suffered a broken leg and finger during the prison battening. "He broke his femur, which is hard to snap, and had to have a rod inserted," a prison source told the Post. "He told health services staff that he hurt [his leg and finger] playing handball. You don't break a femur playing handball."
Michael Douglas in 2010 said he was at fault for Cameron's troubled past. But he said without jail Cameron was "was going to be dead or somebody was gonna kill him. I think he has a chance to start a new life, and he knows that". Cameron has told his judge "the opportunity to build myself and gain the tools I need to shape my future…. I feel so strongly, for the first time in my life, that I am truly ripe for positive reform and real achievement."
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Introduction of Chief Justice Roberts, at the Robert H. Jackson Center, May 17, 2013
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These remarks introduced Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., speaking at the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown, New York, on May 17, 2013. This introduction covers Robert H. Jackson's life path and legal career, including his first big legal case, which grew out of the 1913 strike against Jamestown's Street Railway Company. This introduction also describes some Jackson-like and Jackson-connected aspects of Chief Justice Roberts's life and career; including his birth and early boyhood in western New York State, his service as a law clerk to former Jackson law clerk Justice William H. Rehnquist, and his private law practice with former Jackson law clerk E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr.
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College Hockey:Freshmen Take Charge as Sioux Sweep Bulldogs
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota's large freshman class has struggled at times throughout the season, but Saturday against Minnesota-Duluth, the Sioux youth movement was an overwhelming force as UND downed the Bulldogs 5-1.
UND's youngest freshman, 17-year-old forward Jonathan Toews of Winnipeg, Manitoba, scored two of the team's five goals and added an assist while freshmen forwards Ryan Duncan and Matt Watkins each chipped in a goal.
UND's fifth goal, scored by sophomore Travis Zajac, was set up by a beautiful pass from T.J. Oshie, who leads UND's freshmen in scoring. He's also the team's third-leading scorer with 17 goals and 15 assists.
Nearly every goal the Sioux scored was the result of great passing that enabled the shooter to put the puck into an open net. There was little UMD senior goalie Isaac Reichmuth could do.
"I think we were just buzzing, moving the puck really well, and everyone seemed to know where each other was out there," Toews said. "When you're on the same page like that and everything's clicking, it's bound to go in for you."
Sioux junior goalie Jordan Parise helped his team complete the sweep with another solid performance after shutting out UMD 4-0 on Friday. Parise stopped 22 of the 23 shots he faced and now has a 10-0 career record against the Bulldogs.
"Big saves at key times, that's what makes for good goaltending," UND coach Dave Hakstol said. "And we got that all weekend."
In contrast, Reichmuth's career record against UND fell to 2-8-1. The Bulldogs have now lost 12 of their last 13 games against the Sioux. In three starts against UND this season, Reichmuth has given up 16 goals.
"That's as bad defensively as we've played," said UMD coach Scott Sandelin. "But they (the Sioux) had a lot to do with that. They were moving, they were jumping, they were a half-step quicker, and they won the battles.
"I thought, on four of the goals, what's your goalie going to do? You can't fault him," Sandelin said.
Toews got the Sioux on the board first with a power-play goal at 6:13 of the first period. He fired in Duncan's centering pass from the slot to beat UMD senior goalie Isaac Reichmuth high stick side. The two freshmen teamed up for the game-winner at the 13:30 mark. Duncan tapped in a pass from Toews to give the Sioux a 2-0 lead at the end of the first period.
UND blew open the game with two second-period goals nine seconds apart. Sioux junior forward Rastislav Spirko hit Toews with a backdoor pass to put the Sioux up 3-0 at 5:59. Off a face off deep in UMD's zone, sophomore center Rylan Kaip battled through the defense and got off a centering pass that Watkins tipped in, giving the Sioux a 4-0 lead at 6:08.
UMD scored it's first and only goal of the series on the power play at 13:53. After Parise made a save on Michael Gergen's shot from the right circle, Andrew Carroll got his stick on the puck, and slid it through the crease where Matt McKnight knocked it in.
The Sioux halted UMD's momentum when Oshie carried the puck across the slot, drew the UMD defense to him and then shoveled a pass to Zajac, who shot the puck into a wide-open net. That goal at 16:05 gave the Sioux a 5-1 lead that they would hold to game's end.
"Tonight, we had spurts, but from start to finish, UND was the better team," Sandelin said. "I thought they played extremely well. They had that passion and that want. They deserved to win."
With both teams coming into the series after a week off, Hakstol thought the Sioux elevated their play after a somewhat rusty Friday performance.
"We saw some chemistry between some of our forward units tonight," he said. "Some guys made great plays."
At 20-13-1 overall and 13-11-0 in the WCHA, UND moved up to fifth place in the league, thanks to Minnesota State's sweep of St. Cloud State. The Sioux remain one point behind fourth-place Colorado College.
With the regular season nearing an end, the sweep of UMD puts the Sioux in position to think about home ice for the WCHA playoffs. But Hakstol said the team isn't looking too far head.
"That's all it is, one step. We're a long ways away yet," he said. "But it was one real positive step toward solidifying home ice."
UND travels to Denver University for a two-game series with the Pioneers Feb. 24-25. UMD is 9-19-4 overall and 6-15-3 in league play. The Bulldogs are at home Feb. 24-25 for a two-game series with Colorado College.
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Alexis Dobbs' clutch free throws late preserved American's victory over George Washington.
Dec. 8, 2012
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Five Patriot League teams combined for another day over .500 as three squads earned victories Saturday.
American (4-4) evened its record thanks to a late 17-7 run and a few late free throws from junior guard Alexis Dobbs as the Eagles outlasted George Washington 57-54 Saturday at Bender Arena. Dobbs scored 13 points, while Jen Dumiak chipped in a team-high 14 with five assists in the win. The Eagles led by as many as eight points before settling for a 25-19 lead at halftime. The Colonials battled back and took a one-point lead at the 12:43 mark of the second, and eventually went up seven with seven minutes remaining. Geleisa George's layup capped off nine straight Eagles points as they retook the lead, and Dumiak's 3-pointer put American ahead 53-51 with 1:21 left. Dobbs hit two foul shots with 15 seconds left to give the Eagles a four-point lead, and sank two more in the closing ticks after George Washington cut it to a one-point with a 3-pointer.
Catherine Lewis scored a career-high 19 points as Colgate (4-5) won its second straight, posting a 67-62 victory over St. Francis (Pa.) in Hamilton, N.Y. Lewis did all of her damage in 19 minutes off the bench, hauling in a team-high seven rebounds and shooting 4 of 6 from beyond the arc and 6 of 8 overall. The Raiders took a 35-33 lead into the locker room at the half thanks to a flurry of late 3-pointers. After trading the lead in the early moments of the second, Colgate pushed ahead by seven just past the midway point. A pair of free throws brought St. Francis (Pa.) within two at 58-56 with 3:33 remaining, and Rebecca Keegan's jumper at the 1:52 mark tied the game. Josie Stockill connected on an and-one with 1:20 left to put the Raiders up three, and late free throws from Lewis, Kobiela and Jhazmine Lynch iced the game. Missy Repoli added 14 points and six rebounds, while Lauryn Kobiela chipped in 11 points and four dishes.
Four players set career highs as Lehigh (4-5) routed Niagara 72-49 at Stabler Arena. Katie O'Reilly scored a career-best and game-high 16 points in 22 minutes off the bench, including a perfect 7 of 7 showing from the charity stripe. Kelly Peterson added 13 points, while Alexandra Yanzti tallied a career-high 10, and Elizabeth Sharlow led all players with a career-high 14 rebounds, including 11 on the offensive glass. The Mountain Hawks dominated Niagaray 56-38 on the boards. Lehigh shot just 24 percent in the first half but managed a 25-22 lead at the break before opening the game in the second. Lehigh used a 21-10 stretch over a 7:10 stretch of the second half to turn a 41-31 lead into a 62-42 advantage at the 5:39 mark and never looked back.
Lisa Mifsud tallied a team-high 11 points off the bench, Brisje Malone scored 10 and Alex Smith grabbed a team-best 10 rebounds in Holy Cross' 61-49 loss at Quinnipiac. The Crusaders (4-5) never led in the game and were behind 37-26 at halftime after shooting 10 of 28 from the floor. The second half didn't get any better for Holy Cross, which went 0 for 7 on 3-point attempts to finish 3 of 13 for the game. Quinnipiac hit 9 of 30 from downtown and sank five more buckets than the Crusaders on 21 more attempts.
Navy (6-5) dropped its 10th straight game to Mount St. Mary's in Emmitsburg, Md., in a 53-45 defeat Saturday. The Mount outscored the Mids 20-8 to close the game to rally for the victory. Chloe Stapleton scored a team-high 10 points in 27 minutes off the bench for Navy, while Audrey Bauer and Alix Membreno tallied nine points apiece. Mount St. Mary's outscored Navy in the paint 32-14 and only committed 10 turnovers. The Mids led 23-20 at halftime, but it didn't take long for the Mount to tie the game early in the second. The Mids took a 37-33 lead with 11:09 remaining, but The Mount scored on each of their next eight possessions to take a 50-39 lead with 4:49 to go.
Sunday's lone contest features Lafayette heading to No. 20 Ohio State at 1 p.m.
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STONY BROOK, N.Y. - A miracle comeback sent UMass to its first-ever NCAA Semfinal in lacrosse with a 11-10 overtime win over Hofstra on Saturday afternoon at Stony Brook's La Valle Stadium. The Minutemen rallied from a five-goal deficit with 8:03 left in the fourth quarter with six consecutive goals capped off by freshman Jim Connolly's career-high fifth goal of the game with 1:53 left in overtime.
It was only fitting that Connolly, the third member of his family to play at UMass, scoring the winning goal off a feed from Brett Garber, the grandson of legendary coach Dick Garber - the father of UMass lacrosse.
No. 10 UMass (12-4) had previously lost 10 quarterfinal games in its quest for its first-ever lacrosse final four. UMass is just the third team from New England to reach the semifinals, joining Yale (1990) and Brown (1994).
No. 2/No. 3 seeded Hofstra finished the season at 17-2, suffering both losses to UMass. The first came back in the season-opener, an 11-7 UMass win.
UMass scored its fifth consecutive goal as Rory Pedrick ripped a shot from 20 yards out with 49 seconds left to tie the game at 10-10.
Senior captain Jake Deane was the other big hero as he won an amazing 20-of-25 face-offs in the game including all eight in the fourth quarter and overtime. He scooped up 12 groundballs in the win.
Goalie Doc Schneider made an amazing point-blank save on Hofstra's Mike Unterstein in overtime to give UMass the chance to win it.
The Minutemen made it 10-9 on a Andrew Recchione goal with 4:14 left off a feed from Rory Pedrick.
UMass ripped off three goals in 1:34 to get back to within 10-8 with 6:29 left in the fourth quarter. Senior Jamie Yaman began the run with a bounce-shot goal off a feed from Clay Stabert with 8:03 left. Morris took it on himself with a roll dodge around the left post to make it 10-7 with 7:27 left.
John Keysor scored on a bounce shot to make it 10-5 with 9:46 left in the fourth quarter.
The Pride built the lead back to four goals in the third quarter taking a 9-5 lead as Tom Dooley scored his second goal of the game to make it 8-5. Chris Unterstein returned from his first-half injury midway through the quarter and scored a man-up goal on a wraparound the left post to make it 9-5 with 6:48 left in the half.
Connolly scored his third goal of the game bringing UMass back to within 7-5 just 15 seconds in the half off a Jake Deane face-off win which was scooped up by Dan Whipple.
Hofstra made it 7-4 with 2:19 left in the half as Tim Treubig scored on a shot through Doc Schneider's legs.
Morris scored on long shot off a pass from Brian Jacovina with 7:51 left to make it 6-3. Connolly brought the Minutemen to within two at 6-4 also off a feed from Jacovina where he deaked and scored to the top right corner with 3:46 left in the half.
The Pride made it 6-2 as Mike Unterstein scored on a bounce shot into the right corner.
Hofstra scored two goals in the first 50 seconds of the second quarter to take a 5-2 lead as Chris Unterstein scored both goals, the first on a fastbreak inside the left post. The second came on a roll around Jack Reid and scored while falling to the ground. The play proved costly for Hofstra as Chris Unterstein was injured on the play and did not return for the half.
For the second week in a row, UMass rallied back from a 3-0 deficit in the first quarter with the final two goals of the period. Clay Stabert got UMass on the board off a quick passing play from Morris with 1:49 left in the first quarter. Jim Connolly made got UMass to within one with a great individual effort. The freshman grabbed a groundball and scored while falling down with 2.9 seconds left in the quarter on a bounce shot.
Hofstra jumped out to that 3-0 lead on goals by Tim Treubig, Chris Unterstein and Mike Unterstein all in the first 12:10.
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The basement is a good place to brew as long as the temp is constant and it is dry. However, if you have the means, I recommend finding an older refrigerator or chest freezer to use as a fermentation chamber. Connect an external thermostat and you can have a humidity controlled, temperature controlled, light-free, clean Fermentation chamber anywhere.
Well the easy answers are this: Light exposure - One assumes that since it's in the basement that won't be a problem. Temperature - Not only ambient temperature, but whether or not the fermentation vessel will be on the concrete, which will leech heat. Type of beer you brew. Lagers and saisons aren't going to get made in the basement closet. :-) Out of ...
Don't worry about the CO2 from the fermentation. That was recently CO2 in the atmosphere anyways. See, the barley plant used it to make the barley seed. Then you made the barley seed into wort. And the yeast made the wort into CO2 (and beer!). As Disney taught us, its the circle of life! Now your heating method for your kettle? That's a different ...
Yep, it seems it does affect it. You will get lower carbonation at higher elevation and also the boil temperature is lower in higher elevation. See a forum post and communication on HomeBrewTalk: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/effects-altitude-carbonation-1523/ "The other issue is when you drink the beer. Since you are at altitude when you open and drink ...
I'm thinking of covering a wall in my brewery (aka the garage) with various six-pack boxes -- probably just the side, cut out. I have a lot of six-packs as well, but my recycling company takes them, so they'll take the cuttings or any that I don't want.
Those are not wax coated. And you can recycle them. Does your recycling center accept cardboard boxes from children's toys? Do they accept magazines? Do they accept old posters? All pretty much the same thing. You'll know wax cardboard when you see it. It does not get as easily damaged by moisture as regular cardboard. And you usually have to seek it out.
If you know anyone that likes to wash and/or detail their car(s), they could use the six-pack boxes to store their car-care products. It would be worth asking them if they would like to use your six-pack boxes for storing the bottles of products. One example of how i use them: I store the products that deal with interior in one six-pack box labeled "...
Next time you're at your local brew shop see if they'll take em off your hands. They might leave them as a freebie for anyone who wants to take em. The brew shop I go to sometimes has used equipment left by brewers for cheap or free. MoreBeer sells blank 6 pack carriers for $0.95, so there's probably a homebrewer who'd pick em up. http://morebeer.com/...
Since recycling won't take them, you might try talking to the store you bought the 6-packs from originally. Every liquor store I have been in has a "build your own 6-pack" option from their singles, and they have a basket of those boxes sitting out for people to use for their selection. They might be willing to take them back to reuse for that. I will note ...
If you happen to have a room with a lot of plants, put your fermenter in there, they'll love it, and convert the CO2 back to O2.
Since the closet is in the basement I would check the following: Temperature. If your fermentor is too cold then your fermentation may never take off, or it may be sluggish and give out before the beer is fully fermented. If your fermentation is too hot, then the yeast will produce off-tasting chemicals that might make your beer taste a little bit like ...
if you are comfortable with the temperature variances, then making cider outside should be ok. Although you should cover in a tarpaulin or other thick plastic sheet - the UV radiation may kill the yeast, or at least reduce it's capacity.
Airlines routinely select their wines and foods to account for taste differences during flight, nothing that they taste typically less sweet in the air, although this is more to do with the in-flight conditions - pressurized climate, dry air dehydrating passengers, harsh light, engine noise etc, all go to affect the perceived taste of the wine and food. In ...
Temperature is the most important thing to consider. You want the ambient temperature to be about 5 to 10 degrees cooler than your target fermentation temperature (varies by style)--active fermentation increases the temperature of the fermenting wort by that much so you want to keep it cool. In addition to the specific temperature, you want to make sure ...
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Students Gearing Up for Homecoming Musical at Sterling College
Sterling College's homecoming musical, Children of Eden, will take place in Culbertson Auditorium, October 13-15, at 8:00 p.m. on the Sterling College campus. This musical is noteworthy as it is the last musical production by the Gordon Kling and Diane De Franco-Kling as they are retiring at the end of the academic year.
Gordon Kling began directing musicals at Sterling in the fall of 1968. Since then, he and Diane, who joined the department in 1972, have directed, choreographed, and designed costumes for the theater program for over 40 musicals.
"They have done an amazing job building the theatre program here at Sterling College," said President Paul J. Maurer. "They are always so generous with their time and talents during the musicals and plays. They made the theater department what it is today, and their leadership will be greatly missed."
The musical opens with the creation story from the book of Genesis. Adam and Eve convene with the Father and live in the Garden of Eden until Eve eats the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil .They are banished from the garden, where their family grows with Cain, Abel, and Seth. Eve sees the same rebellious spirit in Cain that she saw in herself upon eating the fruit. The first act continues to investigate the strain of the consequences of sin, as the characters learn to cope in this new environment.
The second act tells the story of Noah and the ark. Noah and his sons build the ark, and the animals return to board it. Another story line focuses on the conflict between Noah and his youngest son, Japheth. Japheth is unhappy with the wives that Noah has arranged for him. He wants to marry the servant-girl, Yonah, but she bears the mark of Cain. The story elaborates on the concept of free will, and the conflict the Father has with allowing his creation to control its fate.
The students and faculty in the theater and music departments have been working together to produce the show. Those in the cast have dedicated over 100 hours each to the production. Matt Hastings of Independence, Kan. will play the Father, David Ireland of Norco, Calif. as Adam and Noah, Phil Taylor of Norco, Calif. as Cain and Japheth, Shiloh Duff of Scott City, Kan. as Abel and Ham, Ryan Ehresman of Wichita, Kan. as Seth and Shem, Kaedra Dixson of Atwood, Kan. as Eve and Mama, Tillie Wilbeck of Inman, Kan. as Yonah, Larissa Versaw of Canon City, Colo. as Aphra, and Samantha Davison of Wichita, Kan. as Aysha.
Other cast members include Paul Brecht of Manhattan, Kan., Brandon Hoesli of Salina, Kan., Ben Jones of Sterling, Kan., Cody Martin of Hutchinson, Kan., Travis Norton of Libral, Kan., Stuart Parman of Arkansas City, Kan., Shane Rogers of Wichita, Kan., Taylor Stucky of Pretty Prarie, Kan., Nathan Sullivan of Wichita, Kan., Nathan West of Oklahoma City, Okla., Jamie Fitzgerald of Liberal, Kan., Rachel Gardner of Topeka, Kan., Ashley Hasart of Norco, Calif., Greta Larson of Clay Center, Kan., Mandy Lee of Tulsa, Okla., Kayla Miller of Nickerson, Kan., Chelsey Moore of Wichita, Kan., Gabrielle Reeves of Haysville, Kan., Kacie Rogers of Wichita, Kan., Cara Spencer of Lyndon, Kan., Raven Taylor of Wichita, Kan., Kristen Wiens of Nickerson, Kan., Chloe Wootton of Norco, Calif., and Amanda Xydis of Ann Arbor, Mich. Young cast members include Bryson Brownlee as Young Cain, Macy Brownlee, and Isabel Brownlee, all three children of Larry and Amy Brownlee of Sterling, Kan., Benjamin Pattison as Young Abel and Jayson Harding, both sons of Professor Felecia Squires of Sterling, Kan.
Children of Eden is based on a concept by Charles Lisanby, the book by John Caird, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. The orchestrations are by Bruce Coughlin and Martin Erskine. Schwartz also wrote the music for Godspell, Wicked, and Pippin. Children of Eden is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Seating is reserved, and doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available in the Sterling College Box Office beginning October 10. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 1-5 p.m., and at 7:00 p.m. until show time on performance nights. Ticket prices are $8 for adults, and $5 for students, children, and senior citizens. Contact the box office for more information, (620) 278-4279.
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Charles Richard LeBeau
Position: DB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: September 9, 1937 in London, OH
High School: London
College: Ohio St. (school history) (LeBeau college stats)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 5th round (58th overall) of the 1959 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 79 (377th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2010
Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com


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As this week begins, I'm stuck with a choice of writing about either St. Patrick's Day, or the 2014 Primary Election in Illinois. The luck o' the Irish got plenty of coverage in my columns during previous years, so how about giving the primary election its due? Only around 30% of voters actually vote in the primaries, while the remaining 70% complain about the choices they're stuck with in the November election.
How should we vote as faithful Catholics? About a decade ago, Catholic Answers put together a "Voting Guide for Serious Catholics" that tried to answer that question. Rather than tell you who to vote for, Catholic Answers gave us a booklet that focused on what types of issues are important to the Catholic faith, and how we should weigh them. Obviously there are many important issues that play a factor in voting: jobs, the economy, the environment, immigration, taxes, and so forth. But according to Catholic teaching, there are five specific issues that are "non-negotiable". This means that they are ALWAYS considered wrong and immortal, and politicians should not support them under any circumstances. The five non-negotiables are: 1) Abortion, 2) Euthanasia, 3) Embryonic Stem Cell Research, 4) Human Cloning and 5) so-called Homosexual "Marriage". Let's take a look at all the statewide races in Illinois this year, and get an idea where the candidates stand.
There are at least six choices for Governor in the primary: two Democrats and four Republicans. Our incumbent Governor, Pat Quinn, claims to be a "proud Catholic" but has taken the wrong position on virtually every one of these issues. His opponent in the Democrat primary is Tio Hardiman, the former director of CeaseFire Illinois. According to Illinois Citizens for Life, Hardiman is not as pro-abortion as Governor Quinn (Quinn is rated a "4" for "Totally opposed to pro-life issues) but neither is he in fully pro-life. Hardiman also has some baggage in his background, being charged with domestic violence and having a restraining order against him. On the Republican side, three of the candidates are pro-life and pro-traditional marriage. Unfortunately the fourth candidate, Bruce Rauner, is openly pro-abortion and said he was fine with Illinois passing homosexual marriage, and he is ahead in the polls. For the remaining three, Dan Rutherford is solidly pro-life and anti-gay marriage, but voted for gay civil unions, and has called on Republicans to not focus on social issues. Kirk Dillard has been pretty solidly pro-life and he was outspoken against Illinois legalizing same-sex marriage, but he voted in favor of human embryonic stem cell research and appeared in an Obama campaign ad, praising Obama's record (which he now says he regrets). Bill Brady has been reliable on all these issues, and was the Republican nominee against Quinn last time, but lost and raised doubts about whether he can win this time.
For U.S. Senate, there are at least three candidates in the primary. The incumbent, Democrat Dick Durbin, has a similar record as Pat Quinn – he claims to be a practicing Catholic, but has been on the wrong side of every one of the non-negotiable issues. In fact, he may be even worse than Quinn, and over the years has morphed from a centrist downstate Democrat to a rabid partisan who was rated more extreme than Obama on social issues. On the Republican side, there are two candidates. Jim Oberweis is the first and better known of the two, having run unsuccessfully for major office five times previously, before finally being elected state senator in 2012. Although Oberweis was against overturning Roe v. Wade and compared pro-lifers to the Taliban in 2002, he has since changed his views and has been consistently good on pro-life and pro-family issues since then, and helped lead the fight to oust Illinois Republican Party chairman Pat Brady after the latter used his spare time to lobby for homosexual marriage. The lesser known of the two candidates, Doug Truax, is a first time candidate who also holds the correct view on all non-negotiable issues, and has expert knowledge on Obamacare since his private sector career involves helping people evaluate health care plans. He has also been married to the same women for 21 years, and is a west point graduate and army veteran.
For Treasurer, the incumbent office holder (Dan Rutherford) is running for Governor, so this is an open race with three candidates. On the Democrat side, State Senator Michael W. Fredrichs is unopposed, and unfortunately it's the same case as Quinn and Durbin – he has been totally hostile to Catholic social teaching and is strongly pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage, with a voting record to prove it. (There are no "Lipinski type" pro-life Democrats running statewide, it seems) On the Republican side, there are two candidates: the first is Tom Cross, who served as Minority Leader in the Illinois House for many years until stepping down to run for Treasurer. He is rated a "4" by Illinois Citizens for Life, meaning "Totally opposed to pro-life issues". Worse, he claimed to be against same-sex marriage for years, then flip flopped at the last second and voted in favor of it when the bill came up for a vote, and also voted for numerous other things totally against Catholic beliefs, such as Planned Parenthood's "Comprehensive" sex education bill that would teach grade school children how to use artificial birth control. The second candidate, Bob Grogan, lives in Downers Grove with his wife Beth and their three children. He currently serves as Auditor of DuPage County, where he was elected twice, and is fully pro-life and pro-family. Bob is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) as well as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), so he is also well qualified for the position he is seeking. From a Catholic standpoint, this seems to be the most clear cut race to me, since only one of the candidates believes in Catholic values and is well qualified for the job.
So, that's a brief overview of some of the contested statewide offices on the ballot in Illinois, and where the candidates stand on non-negotiable Catholic moral teachings. Sometimes we have 2 or 3 candidates running for the same office that uphold Catholic values, but sometimes we have only one. In each case, I will vote for the candidate that I think best upholds the values I believe in. How will you vote?


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Archive for January, 2012
Tire Workouts
A common event in strongman competitions, the tire flip, is one unconventional workout that will truly take every muscle in your body to complete. But it isn't necessary to be a strongman competitor to flip [Read more...]
Sea Monsters
Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Romanian Marines wait to return to the USS Whidbey Island while ashore at Capu Midia, Romania. The Romanian and American Marines were [Read more...]
Back in the Day
Assault on Tinian On July 24, 1944, the 4th Marine Division made the first and only shore-to-shore amphibious assault on the beaches of Tinian during WWII. The campaign for Tinian was a crucial part of [Read more...]
Battle of Midway
Just six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, which nearly decimated the United States' naval power, the United States found an opportunity to even the playing field. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz had a valuable [Read more...]
2nd Marine Division Making Mehraj Safe
By Cpl. Marco Mancha ATROL BASE MEHRAJ, Helmand province, Afghanistan — Every drop of sweat from their foreheads cools their faces as Marines patrol through the Afghan heat. Every cautious step through the cratered terrain [Read more...]
Uncle Sam pays for your college
Education is an important element in today's military, and the Marine Corps is doing what it can to send its active and veteran members to school. As a Marine, deciding on a plan to take [Read more...]
Staff Sgt. Bart C. Davis
Inside the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 hanger is an honor roll, a wall covered with patches of distinguished Marines who have done outstanding work. Staff Sgt. Bart C. Davis' patch was elevated to [Read more...]


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Love him or Loathe him, and there are very few who fall anywhere in between those two extremes, Liverpool striker Luis Suarez is a player who polarises opinion more so than any other in recent times. Not since the days of Eric Cantona, has the Premier League enjoyed the services of a player so beguilingly brilliant, yet equally adept at the role of pantomime villain.
Suarez is probably the one player most fans are united in their loathing of. Certainly the Uruguayan hasn't helped his cause by some of his actions. Two biting incidents (resulting in a combined 18 match ban, 8 for Ajax, 10 for Liverpool) plus his racially-motivated baiting of Manchester United's Patrice Evra were shameful incidents for which he paid a right and heavy penalty.
Then there are the questions over whether he plays within the spirit of the game. Critics point out that Suarez seldom needs much encouragement to fall over when challenged, or his last-gasp handball save that denied Ghana a goal in the World Cup, which saw Suarez sent off before Asamoah Gyan missed the penalty. It wasn't so much the handball that Suarez was castigated for, but for his wild celebrations afterwards.
Yet while Suarez actions were indefensible in the biting and Evra incidents, his actions in the other two are absolutely no different to any other player in the modern game.
Had Wayne Rooney palmed away a goalbound shot from Asamoah Gyan to save England from certain defeat in the World Cup Quarter Finals and then the Three Lions progressed to the semi-final on penalties, he'd be lauded as a hero, sacrificing himself for the good of the team. At worst, pundits would accuse him of doing the "professional" thing and the "right thing for his team in the circumstances".
As for the diving accusation, Suarez is simply following what he has been told. He is by no means the only player in the Premier League who falls over with unerring regularity. You only have to take a look at some of the penalty decisions that referees' have given, such as Ramires for Chelsea against West Brom, to see that falling in the box theatrically can and does pay.
Yet most of Suarez incidents in the penalty area this season have been for decisions not given for him. Against Manchester United recently, Liverpool were awarded three penalties, the third of which came from a blatant dive by Daniel Sturridge. Yet Suarez could and should have earned a penalty in the first half for a clumsy tackle in the box by Marouane Fellaini.
He also should have had at least one penalty against Chelsea when Samuel Eto'o, who was already booked and fortunate to still be on the field, clearly fouled him in the box, yet the referee did not give it.
Suarez is currently the 10th most fouled player in the Premier League, some way behind the leader Eden Hazard of Chelsea who has been fouled 85 times. Suarez has been fouled 49 times according to the stats, but any Liverpool fan will tell you, it could easily be double that had his reputation not gone before him.
For the most part, Suarez this season has been a changed man; he has seemingly found a way to channel his frustrations into his game and he has become a much better player for it.
So much so that if the football writers or the PFA, in their wisdom, award the Player of the Year award to any other player, then they are making a mockery of the trophy.
By any measure you want to use, Suarez has been head and shoulders and then some, better than any other player in the Premier League this season.
Goals? Suarez has 28 in the Premier League, that is nine more than second placed Daniel Sturridge. He's netted 13 league goals more than Sergio Aguero and 14 more than Eden Hazard, the two players most likely to be his main contenders for the awards.
Does that take into account games played, well no it doesn't. Aguero has only played 17 times for Manchester City, so his 15 goal strike rate (plus 5 assists) is hugely impressive. Hazard's played 31 league games for Chelsea, scoring 14 goals and creating 7 goals for team mates.
Suarez stats though have them beat: He's played 25 of Liverpool's 29 league games, scoring 28 goals and creating 11 goals for team mates – the most in both categories in the Premier League.
Those are the kind of stats that only players like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo can compare to.
As for the bad boy reputation, Suarez has earned 4 yellow cards this season, no reds. In this category Hazard and Aguero do have him beat with Hazard picking up two and Aguero yet to be booked. Steven Gerrard has seven. Wayne Rooney eight.
But since when did Football Writers or fellow professionals consider yellow cards when picking their player of the year?
You can't even argue that Suarez has had less of an impact on his team than the likes of Aguero or Hazard. Both have been superb for their respective teams this season but Suarez has been on a different planet to other players in the Liverpool team, and indeed the rest of the Premier League, at times this season.
It does make me laugh when I hear pundits extolling the virtues of Hazard or Aguero. They are majestic players, but in a par with Suarez this season? Really?
Here's something to consider. In 2013/2014 at the time of writing, Suarez has a better Goals per Game ratio this season than Lionel Messi. Only just, but then again, unlike Messi at Barcelona, Suarez doesn't take penalties for Liverpool. If he did, he'd have potentially ten more goals to add to his tally in the same number of games.
Name another player in Premier League history who has scored 28 goals in 25 games without taking penalties for his club?
Yet it's incredible to think that Suarez effectively missed the first month of the season due to his suspension. Deserved, yes, but doesn't that put his redemption into perspective?
Hopefully Suarez will receive his vindication, rather than vilification at the end of the season but given the closeted view of many football writers and his polarising personality amongst fellow professionals, I doubt that will be the case.
And it will be a shame as perhaps no player over the past ten years deserves it more.
But for the blinkered few, there will be few players over the last ten years who deserve it less.


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HEADLINES : Ohio
Gov. John Kasich's new state budgeton the horizon; 'sweeping' tax reform planned
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The more than $100 billion mix of policy and politics known as the state budget rolls out Feb. 4 as the major spending statement of John Kasich's final two years of his first term as Ohio's chief executive.
With buzz beginning about what insiders are dubbing "the re-election budget," Kasich's blueprint for state spending is likely to be kinder and gentler than the lean-and-mean plan he drew up in 2011.
Two years ago, with a multibillion-dollar hole to fill and Ohio's economy still reeling, the Republican governor broke out the chainsaw, carving away billions in state spending from local governments and schools.
Now, with Ohio on more stable financial footing, Kasich's next budget is expected to feature a major income tax cut for Ohioans as well as a reshaping of the state's formula for funding schools.


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Intervention, Prevention and Suppression Programs Having Positive Effect on Reducing Gang Violence in City of Duarte
After a series of gang shootings in late 2007, early 2008 in the cities and unincorporated county areas of Duarte and Monrovia – Duarte and Monrovia have decided on complementary but different paths in search of a long-term solution to reduce gang violence.
Monrovia and the County of Los Angeles have recently initiated a gang injunction that will make it illegal for identified gang members to engage in certain activities in designated "safe zone" areas.
Duarte intends to continue utilizing its strong arsenal of intervention, prevention and suppression activities to combat gang violence, and programs that effectively target youth and young adults with positive alternatives to the gang lifestyle.
"After careful consideration, the City of Duarte has decided not to implement a gang injunction," said City Manager Darrell George.
"We are satisfied that our Public Safety and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department staffs have been successful in dealing with problems caused by gangs in our community as documented by the latest FBI crime statistics," added George.
Duarte intends to ensure continued cooperation and communication among the agencies. This past week Mayors, City Managers and respective law enforcement heads from both cities met to discuss how to continue the agencies positive working relationship despite the differences in enforcement strategies. Both cities have had a history of cooperatively working together on many common issues and fully expect this to continue in the future.
Duarte's efforts to combat gang violence have been successful in helping to keep gang violence and gang associated crime down over the past few years. In addition to employing the services of a full time Special Assignment Deputy whose sole duty is gang investigation, strategies include monthly parole compliance searches conducted in cooperation with the California Department of Corrections and Parole and monthly probation searches carried out in cooperation with the Los Angeles Department of Probation.
To date, these monthly probation, parole searches and ongoing patrols have resulted in 360 arrests, and a significant increase in the confiscation of both weapons and drugs since the uptake in gang activity started in late 2007.
Keeping a heavy watch and pressure on known felons has made a difference in significantly reducing the number of Part 1 Crimes that include homicide, rape, robbery, vehicle burglary, grand theft, auto theft, and arson. Robbery is at an all time low, as is grand theft and auto theft. The only spike has been residential burglaries, up 30%, a national trend that law enforcement relates to the economic situation.
Duarte has also continued to increase its outreach efforts to elementary school, middle school, and high school age students and young adults through dozens of mentoring, sports, and workforce programs, as part of its multi-pronged approach to combating the gang problem.
Working to break cycles is an important focus of the City's anti-gang strategy.
The Gang Alternative Prevention Program (GAPP) enlists a full time probation officer to facilitate and work with outreach consultants at each of the City's elementary schools, focusing on families that have gang membership in the family.
Mentoring programs such as D.A.R.T, the Duarte Area Resource Team, a volunteer and career mentoring program for high school age students with 60 members, and CHYLL, Cardinals Helping Youth Live Lives, at Northview Middle School with 45 members, are also making a difference by involving youngsters in community service and helping to instill in them higher educational goals.
Other youth programs having a positive effect on young lives are the Duarte Youth Boxing Club with 60 members and monthly Teen Cultural Awareness programs offered at the Duarte Teen Center that usually attract as many 30 teens a session.
In conjunction with the Foothill Workforce Investment Board, and with funds provided by a California Gang Reduction Intervention Grant (Cal-GRIP), the City identified and found part-time employment in local businesses plus enrichment programming for 14 at-risk teens. This past summer over 35 youth and young adults were employed through a similar effort.
"Duarte will maintain these and other comprehensive strategies to address gang violence and implement other services as needed to make our combined areas safe and enjoyable for all our residents," said George. "Should the need arise to discuss an injunction at a later time, the Duarte City Council and I will not hesitate to review the matter at that time," he said.