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Everywhere you look there are temptations that lure you into spending more money and save less. From the commercials that air during your favorite TV show, to the flyers stores send you about their upcoming sales, you're put in a situation where you must resist the temptation to spend almost constantly. The following article provides personal finance tips to help make saving money easier for you.
Put some money into your IRA if you're able to do this. This will enhance your personal finances in the future! You can open an IRA at a bank, brokerage firm, credit union or even at a company that sells mutual funds. This could really help in supplementing your retirement, by contributing to it on a regular basis.
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You need to select a broker you can trust when you start to work on your personal finances. Never deal with a broker who is less than completely honest and forthcoming with you, and look for sterling references from other clients. You will only be respected as much as you prove you should be.
Talk to your friends when it comes to your financial situation. This will help you feel a little better about not being able to afford social activities with them. Some of your friends might be offended if you refuse to go out with them without explaining that you cannot afford to. Let your friends know if you are having money issues.
As time goes by, financial problems may crop up despite the best of plans. It is good to know what the late fees are and the number of days you can go over the due date. Do not commit to a lease without knowing this information.
Keep $10 or a bank card on you for small purchases. Recent laws allow the merchants to set a minimum purchase amount when credit cards are used.
It may seem hard to believe, but buying a home can save you money in the long run. Sure, it will cost some to pay the mortgage along with your monthly bills, but you'll eventually pay off the home. Try not to rent, as this does not set money aside towards any future benefit.
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It's been a while since the Pussycat Dolls, the multiple-revenue-streaming girl group formerly led by Nicole Scherzinger, were in the news for musical reasons. After titillating audiences (and selling more than two million albums) with singles like "Buttons" and "Dont'cha," the group's second record, Doll Domination underperformed—it debuted and peaked at No. 4, and efforts to recreate the lightning in a bottle of the first album's singles weren't even helped along by a sorta-remake of "I Will Survive." Members of the group fell by the wayside one by one, with new Dolls being introduced around the time that Scherzinger was claiming the crown on Dancing With The Stars last May. That incarnation of the band, however, is seemingly kaput, because PCD mastermind Robin Antin announced yesterday that she's holding auditions for a rebooted version of the group at the end of the month, when she'll be entertaining offers from the "most Beautiful Lead Singers/& amazing Dancers…triple threats!"
PCD are a brand as much as they are a girlband, although the lackluster sales of Doll Domination aren't the only hit their image has taken in recent years. Efforts to get Scherzinger's solo album out the door have been, shall we say, labored (although they seem to be clicking in the UK); the launch of the ancillary band Girlicious, which held its tryouts through a reality-TV competition a la the PCDs' 2007 series The Search For The Next Doll, stalled here, and the group is on the verge of going kaput; and the Pussycat Dolls Lounge in Caesars Palace has apparently loosened its last button. That Antin is holding auditions at a semi-anonymous Burbank rehearsal studio, and not in prime time, seems like something of a step down for a b(r)and that spawned everything from a lingerie line to a workout DVD.
But sometimes great things are spawned from humble beginnings, and let's be honest: Weirder things have happened than nostalgia for 2005 taking place a mere six years later, especially lately. Maybe Scherzinger's solo career will finally take fire here, and the New Pussycat Dolls can serve as her opening act. It'll be like torch-passing! So, good luck, Robin Antin. May you find the rump-shakers you're looking for on March 28, and may The New Pussycat Dolls at least spawn a song that's as catchy as this effort from The New Monkees:


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This was a great shoe esp at its price point. Watch with these "Premium" materials the price point will be over 100 buck.
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Sneaker News just showed you a couple of camo-printed Nike Roshe Run Premium palettes for women that'll have a bunch of dudes jealous they can't 1.5-up to get a pair. Luckily, Nike Sportswear has something of similar quality ready to go for men as well, a couple of new Premium-level Roshe Run releases that aren't quite as expressive as those camouflage pairs, but make up for it with visually apparent luxury. These come with a rich suede upper that keeps a mesh toe for breathability and comfort during the warm months, Thunder Blue and Sandtrap colorways just the kind of thing you need to anchor your smart-casual wardrobe this summer. Check out both pairs in more photos after the jump, let us know how these compare to the first half of the year's standouts and stick with Sneaker News for release info on these fall 2012 releases. Photos: atmos
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This was a great shoe esp at its price point. Watch with these "Premium" materials the price point will be over 100 buck.
i'd wear 'em... just won't buy 'em
i love these shoes but im not feeling any of these colorways
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The season for icicles is gone for now. At least we hope it is, since this was a particularly harsh winter in most of the country this year.
Now icicles may be pretty, but are they are on your house? If they are it means your house is improperly sealed and you are losing heat through your roof. The easiest way to find a home losing heat is to drive down the street and look for icicles on houses after a winter storm. They are not hard to find.
You may think this is limited to older homes or homes that are lacking insulation and that may well be true, but I have seen just as many newer homes and homes with plenty of insulation that still have icicles.
So what exactly causes icicles? Icicles are formed when heat escapes and warms the decking beneath the shingles and the snow or ice melts and runs down the roof until it reaches the roof edge where it starts to refreeze forming an icicle. They may be pretty but that is where the problem starts. Once the icicle has formed and the ice continues to build up it creates a dam and the melting water now has nowhere to go, so the water starts to back up under the shingle and into your house. This is a classic ice dam and can create a lot of damage. This can create mold issues, damage the insulation which in turn will let even more heat escape and icicles will form easier and quicker.
So if you have plenty of insulation in your attic what is the problem? You may not have an effective air barrier and all insulations are not created equal as an air barrier. It is not enough to insulate your attic you must also make sure it is sealed. You must make sure all penetrations or openings are completely sealed. Some of the most common areas to lose heat are exhaust fans, recessed lights, plumbing, wiring or any other crack or crevice. Recessed lights are also a big culprit, if not sealed properly.
Now it is also possible that you just have an inadequately insulated attic, so your best bet is to call a professional and have it inspected. Unfortunately it is difficult to completely stop all heat from entering an attic no matter how well its sealed or how much insulation is installed, but it can be done. The methods in which we build and seal homes are rapidly changing and one of the most effective ways to insulate an attic and prevent heat loss is a hot roof system. The benefits are too numerous to mention here, but it is a total air and vapor barrier and provides one of the most energy efficient insulating system available, not only does it prevent heat escape through the roof, but it will not allow heat to penetrate into the attic in the summer saving big dollars in energy cost.
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The third-year coach allowed himself to enjoy the moment as much as any on-field victory.
"My players represent me well and they represent the University well," Jenkins said during his media address Sunday morning. "You have guys who know what wearing that suit means and enjoy it."
As teams at every level throughout the nation prepare for season openers, the other business at hand for coaches - molding young men into future leaders - sometimes takes a back seat, but is never far from Jenkins' thought process.
"A football program is more than wins and losses," Jenkins said. "It's about building men."
Jenkins noted that some of his players are fathers and are juggling the responsibility of fatherhood and playing Division I football. Parenting skill counseling and even babysitting is available for those players.
"You'll see players bringing their kids to study hall and team meetings," Jenkins. "There's no reason for a father not to be there for their child. It's a struggle and a strain. I'm not priding myself that we have young fathers on the team - that's an issue in itself - but I am proud of those who are taking the responsibility and maintaining a high level at both."
"I couldn't be any prouder of a group of guys," Jenkins added. "I love my guys for their effort on the field, but I love them more for the men they've decided to be and what they exemplify. It's a good feeling."
Other thoughts from Jenkins:
On New Coaches: "Change is good. These people have been sent my direction to help me and teach this program something."
On Training Camp in New Smyrna Beach: "It doesn't matter where we're at. We could be in Green Bay, Wisconsin and we'd be ready. The city of New Smyrna Beach has been wonderful. They've opened up everything for us."
On last year's 8-3 record: "Those three bother me more than I like the eight. I HATE losing and that's a strong word. Games I lost in high school still bother me. Our goal is to win the national championship. We can't settle for anything less."
Does the playoff shun hurt as much?: "[Heck] yeah."
On this year's team compared to last year's team: "No team is the same as the previous year. You have to make the adjustment."
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High intensity interval training, or HIIT for short, is all the rage these days.
But what is it exactly? And is it any better than steady-state cardio? What are the benefits of interval training as opposed to regular cardio conditioning?
For one thing, interval training significantly improves your aerobic capacity in a short amount of time.
Starting off at one pace for a few minutes, increasing the intensity to a higher pace for a few minutes, and then slowing back down to the original pace will spike your heart rate and force it to pump faster to meet the higher demand on your body. Doing this several times in a row for a set amount of time will actually increase your heart's capacity and your body's ability to more efficiently speed up and slow down at your request.
Conditioning yourself like this, whether it's on skates or running or biking or other cardio exercise, with short bursts of speed followed by slower recovery periods, will help you tremendously as an inline skater. Especially if you want to try speed skating or skating with a group.
Skating faster to catch the end of a different pace line (more on pace lines to come in a future article) or adjusting your speed to match others while group skating is an important skill, and interval training can help get you to that level.
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The very first picture of the upcoming and most talked about movie Ghanchakkar is out. The picture is presently trending on Social Networking sites for various reasons. Ghanchakkar is directed by 'Aamir' and 'No One Killed Jessica' fame Rajkumar Gupta.
Ghanchakkar stars Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan in the lead roles. The film is produced by UTV Motion Pictures. This is Vidya Balan's first film after her marriage with UTV Baron Siddharth Roy Kapur. The film also has Sanjay Dutt in a cameo role. The Trade and Media has it's own speculation about Ghanchakkar being the 'Desi-Version' of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie starrer Mr And Mrs Smith. Some also says the film is about a funny couple who con's people for good.
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College Hockey:Hamilton Shuts Out Colby to Complete Upset
WATERVILLE, Maine — Hamilton advanced to the semifinals of the NESCAC tournament with a 4-0 victory over Colby Saturday afternoon. Colby was the third seed, while Hamilton is seeded sixth.
Hamilton scored first when Mike Engert scored just 1:38 into the game on assists from Sean Smith and Andy Laskowski. Hamilton then took a 2-0 lead five minutes into the third period when Steve Aubuchon scored the first of his two goals. Smith and Vic Cizmarik assisted.
Colby pulled goalie J.D. Hadiaris with 1:15 left in the game, but Aubuchon struck again with 50 seconds left on on an assist from Rob Gordon. Then with 17 seconds remaining, Nic Potvin scored another empty-netter on assists by Cizmarik and Aubuchon.
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Asus announced an updated Transformer Prime during CES. The model is the TF700T and it will bring an overall feature set that is close to that of the currently available Transformer Prime. The new model TF700T will have a few perks though, one of which is a nicer 1080p HD display. Anyway, given that we suspect some may have decided to wait for that release as opposed to buying the current model we should pass this news on. Bottom line here, if you have decided to wait it looks like that wait is going to be rather long. New details have come available from Asus and they have stated that the Transformer Prime TF700T will not be available in the UK until "June at the earliest." Furthermore, nothing has been stated about the price and so far. Asus has also remained quiet in terms of a US release.
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At the end of his show on Thursday, Bill O'Reilly apologized for incorrectly claiming no Republicans were invited to Wednesday's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, and admitted that he could have avoided the error with a quick Google search. "The mistake? Entirely on me," he said. "I simply assumed ... Republicans were excluded." Meanwhile, GOP officials took the less classy route by criticizing the organizers for not working hard enough to cajole some Republican into speaking. The RNC says it provided other suggestions, such as Sen. Tim Scott, after six prominent Republicans turned down invitations to speak. Sure, Scott had already been asked to attend and failed to RSVP, but why would organizers assume that meant he didn't want to speak?


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A Map and Simple Heuristic to Detect Fragility, Antifragility, and Model Error
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June 4, 2011
The main results are 1) definition of fragility, antifragility and model error (and biases) from missed nonlinearities and 2) detection of these using a single "fast-and-frugal", model-free, probability free heuristic. We provide an expression of fragility and antifragility as negative or positive sensitivity to second order effects, i.e., dispersion and volatility (a variant of negative or positive "vega") across domains and show similarities to model errors coming from missing hidden convexities -model errors treated as left or right skewed random variables.
Broadening and formalizing the methods of Dynamic Hedging, Taleb (1997), we present the effect of nonlinear transformation (convex, concave, mixed) of a random variable with applications ranging from exposure to error, tail events, the fragility of porcelain cups, deficits and large firms and the antifragility of trial-and-error and evolution.
The heuristic lends itself to immediate implementation, and uncovers hidden risks related to company size, forecasting problems, and bank tail exposures (it explains the forecasting biases). While simple, it vastly outperforms stress testing and other such methods such as Value-at-Risk.
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LPD: Three juveniles rob 56-year-old man of $1
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The Lexington Police Department is in need of tips in an incident they say involved three juveniles who robbed a 56-year-old man of $1 Sunday evening.
Capt. Robby Rummage of the Lexington Police Department says the man was returning from a trip to a store on Winston Road at about 6:40 p.m. He cut through a field off of Childers Court as he was going home and was approached by three juvenile males. Rummage said the man tried to fight back but was overtaken by the three juveniles in an area that the captain called "a remote spot."
The juveniles used hands and feet to knock the man down, according to police. They fled on foot toward the area of Jerry Hunt Auto Sales on Winston Road after taking $1 out of the victim's pocket.
"It just so happens you had three young guys (who) saw an opportunity to take advantage of somebody and they (did) that," Rummage said. "They ended up getting a $1 out of it."
No weapons were involved in the incident that's being investigated as a common law robbery. As of late Tuesday morning, the LPD had no leads in the case. Police say the victim, who estimated the age of each of the juveniles as being 15, suffered minor injuries.
Rummage said incidences, such as the one involving the man, do not happen a lot in the City of Lexington. However, he urges residents to take precautions while walking.
"Stay in a well-lit, well traveled area," the captain said. "Be aware of your surroundings. If there's somebody following you, take an alternate route. (We) just ask people to be really vigilant and be aware of their surroundings."
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Former Hawks coach Larry Drew and center Zaza Pachulia returned to their former home last night with their new team. They were not shown much mercy, though, as the Hawks beat their former coach and center 102-97 last night at Philips Arena.
The Bucks continued their woebegone season, falling to a league-worst record of 13-52. The Hawks, after a moribund month and 1-14 stretch, won their second consecutive game to hold on to the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference by 3.5 games over the New York Knicks.
It took a while for the Hawks to nail the win down, but Jeff Teague and Kyle Korver helped the Hawks pull through. Teague scored eight of his 22 points in the final quarter and had eight assists, while Korver scored 12 of his 15 points in the fourth as well. Atlanta had another great night from behind the arc, making 13 of 29 three-pointers as every Hawk who played made at least one three.
Pachulia had just four points and five rebounds in 23 minutes, as Drew looked frustrated with the continued slide of his team. Drew signed on with the Bucks in the offseason after Atlanta declined to offer him a new contract. His first year in Milwaukee has been incredibly bumpy, with the team's fans hoping for a decent lottery pick to turn their fortunes after the season.
Atlanta, on the other hand, is still alive after a free-fall over the past month that saw them go from third to eighth in the East. Thanks to the ineptitude of their fellow East teams, though, they are still in the driver's seat to make the playoffs with 12 of their last 19 games at home.


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College Hockey:CCHA Names All-Rookie Team
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Three schools each have a pair of players among the six freshmen named to the 2003-04 CCHA All-Rookie Team by vote of the conference head coaches. At least one Wolverine has been honored in 12 of the 16 years since the team was created. The team will be honored at the 2004 CCHA Awards on Wednesday, March 17, at the Fox Theatre in Detroit.
2003-04 CCHA All-Rookie Team
F Matt Christie, Miami
F Marty Guerin, Miami
F T.J. Hensick, Michigan
D Matt Hunwick, Michigan
D A.J. Thelen, Michigan State
G Dominic Vicari, Michigan State
Matt Christie: The CCHA's leading power-play goal scorer this season with seven in conference play. Christie recorded 12 goals in conference play, tying him with two others for the freshman lead, and was tied for fourth on Miami in overall scoring with 30 points.
Marty Guerin: Emerged as the second-highest scoring rookie in conference play with 11 goals and 24 points in 28 games. Guerin, who was one of just six freshmen to record a shorthanded goal this season, finished tied for the Miami lead with a plus-10 rating in conference play.
T.J. Hensick: Led Michigan in both conference and overall scoring with 34 and 41 points, respectively. Hensick's 34 points in CCHA play made him the leading freshman scorer and second-leading scorer overall in conference play.
Matt Hunwick: Led Michigan with a plus-14 in CCHA games. Hunwick, who led his team with 54 penalty minutes, is the sixth Wolverine defenseman to be named to the All-Rookie Team in the last seven years.
A.J. Thelen: Third in the nation for scoring by a defenseman with 29 points overall. Thelen, whose 23 points in conference play tie him for third on Michigan State, is third in the CCHA with a plus-16. Thelen is ranked 16th in the NHL's Central Scouting MidTerm Report, the highest of any CCHA skater.
Dominic Vicari: Leads the CCHA with a 1.88 GAA in 20 conference games played. Vicari's .933 save percentage in those games ranks him second in the league. Vicari, who leads Michigan State with 13 wins on the season, recorded a nation-leading seven shutouts this season, six coming in CCHA play.
Honorable mentions
Forward — Tom Goebel, MSU; Darin Olver, NMU; Curtis Fraser, UAF; Andrew Schembri, OSU; Scott Parse, UNO; Paul Szczechura, WMU. Defense — Wes O'Neill, ND; Jonathan Sigalet, BGSU; Giovanni Flamminio, FSU. Goaltender — David Brown, ND; Jeff Jakaitis, LSSU; Brandon Crawford-West, MIA.
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Following on from their European tour, Motörhead are amped up and set to hit seven venues across the country as part of their annual UK November tour.
Tickets are on sale this morning to see the high-volume rock veterans Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee play some of the hits from their 20 album, career which spans 38 years.
The full tour dates are as follows, click on a date below to get your tickets now:
Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, 13 Nov 2013
Newcastle City Hall, 14 Nov 2013
02 Academy Brixton, 16 Nov 2013
02 Academy Brixton, 17 Nov 2013
Wolverhampton Civic Hall, 19 Nov 2013
02 Apollo Manchester, 20 Nov 2013
O2 Academy Glasgow, 22 Nov 2013
The band will be accompanied by special guests Saxon and supported by German rockers Skew Siskin for most of the dates.
With their 21st studio album expected to come out this summer, fans can expect to hear some new material as well as some of the old classics, like this one...
Turn it up!
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| Prince Turki at Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center in Jamaica, New York
Saudi Ambassador to the US Prince Turki Al-Faisal visited the Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center in the New York City suburb of Jamaica Friday night. At the center, he met with the board of directors of the Imam Al-Khoei Foundation, imams and Saudi students in the New York area. He also attended an iftar.
In remarks on the occasion, Prince Turki underscored the importance of Islamic solidarity. He noted Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's comment at the extraordinary Organization of the Islamic Conference summit in December that Islamic unity would be realized through strong belief, genuine love and sincerity in both word and deed.
Prince Turki also drew attention to the summit's final communiqué, which stressed the importance of fighting extremism that exists under the guise of religion or ideology as well as the need to enhance the pillars of moderation and tolerance.


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This afternoon cellist David Requiro led a master class at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM). While I normally do not identify the names of the students being coached, on this particular occasion the first such student was cellist Laura Gaynon, performing with accompanist Allegra Chapman. Those who read yesterday's summary of activities for Valentine's Day weekend will recognize that these are two of the founding members of the Phonochrome chamber ensemble; and for this afternoon Gaynon had prepared the "Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus" (praise to the eternity of Jesus) movement from Olivier Messiaen's "Quatour pour la fin du temps" (quartet for the end of time), which will be performed in its entirety at SFCM on Valentine's Day.
This movement is an extended melody performed by the cello against nothing more than a progression of repeated chords on the piano. Messiaen's tempo marking in "infiniment lent, extatique" (infinitely slow, ecstatic). After listening to Gaynon play through the movement, Requiro's first question was whether she was approaching this music technically or expressively, and I was glad to hear Gaynon reply with the latter option. Nevertheless, much of the coaching session involved teasing out how addressing specific technical questions of attack, breath, and phrasing would lead to determining an appropriately expressive rhetoric.
While I would not question any of Requiro's tactics or Gaynon's approaches to his coaching, I have to say that, where this particular piece is concerned (and, for that matter, many other Messiaen compositions), the dichotomy that needs to be addressed is the one between mysticism and logic (with apologies to Bertrand Russell). The fact that the entire quartet was motivated by the apocalyptic visions of the tenth chapter of the Book of Revelations seems sufficient to suggest that this score is suffused with mysticism, whether we take the King James Version of the text "there should be time no longer" or the more pragmatic Jerusalem Bible version: "The time of waiting is over." Thus, Messiaen's tempo marking may be taken as an indication of an almost (but not quite) eternal "time of waiting," whose expansiveness will (in the full scope of the composition) be brought to conclusion by the subsequent "Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes" (dance of fury, for the seven trumpets).
While this excerpted movement certainly provided an excellent opportunity to experience Gaynon's cello work, it is also, in many respects, the one movement of the quartet that is most focused on an underlying sense of time-consciousness; and it this made for a promising foretaste of what will come when Messiaen's composition is performed in its entirety at SFCM this coming February 14.


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I have several statements separating my various bank accounts in Calc, they all use the same columns and have a Date column which I sort them by.
I want to create a 'Overview' sheet which contains the rows of all my different sheets and then sort it all by Date so I can see an overview of my finances. How would I go about doing this without having to copy and paste every time I edit my individual sheets?


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Here's an obscure Century Custom pressing by Chuck Edwards and the Apaches with a mix of garage and earlier rock styles that I like. "She Let Me Go" has gravelly vocals (credited to Tony and Eddie) over a great band that features good drum fills, a deep bass line and nice guitar work, plus a saxophone to tie it to the old styles.
The flip, "Lonely Apache" (written by Tony III) is a good, low-key instrumental. I don't know any names other than what's on the labels.
Released on Ludo Records 19796, I'm not sure of the date. The labels read "Recorded for Ludo Records by Century Custom Recording, Montgomery 6, Alabama 36106".


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When the Florida Legislature wanted to learn more about mooring fields and harbor management needs throughout the state, it turned to those who know the most about our state's waterways, the Fish and Wildlife Commission. In turn, the FWC reached out to the state's hundreds of waterfront municipalities and invited them to apply to be one of only five selected to participate in pilot programs to help determine the needs of communities with active harbors.
St. Augustine was selected as one of five municipalities earlier this year and proceeded to draft its pilot program ordnance. If the proposal was approved by the FWC and then enacted by the City Commission, it would be in force until July 2014 when the Legislature would review the programs and identify what might be considered for statewide adoption.
On Thursday, November 17, the City of St. Augustine learned that the FWC approved the city's proposed ordinance with only one minor change, thus clearing the way for consideration by the City Commission at its December 12 meeting.
The ordinance introduces several elements to the city's regulation of its harbor, including:
• designates how close to a marine structure, such as a dock, a vessel may anchor;
• restricts where one may anchor in Salt Run in order to protect the area's shellfish beds;
• designates how close to a mooring field a vessel may anchor;
• restricts where one may anchor in the San Sebastian River to keep the channel clear;
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• specifies the length of time an occupied vessel may be anchored inside the city but outside a mooring field.
The only change made by the FWC in its review was regarding to the last point. The city's proposal would have limited the time an occupied vessel could anchor outside a mooring field to 10 consecutive days in a 30 consecutive day period. The FWC changed altered the time frame to 30 consecutive days in any 45 consecutive day period.
Ordinance 2011-10, the one reviewed by the FWC, was approved on first reading by the City Commission in July (click here to read Ordinance 2011-10 as approved by the Commission). With incorporation of the change made by FWC, the ordinance is expected to be adopted at the Commission's next meeting on December 12. If passed, the ordinance will go into effect 10 days later.


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Whatever tools that you have - pen, pencil, crayons, paints, markers, or the numerous supplies from a hardware store - what could you possibly create? I would say anything. Whatever you wanted to create, you could as long as you dared to dream, dared to imagine, and dared to work on it to all of your heart's content. Anything would be possible.
Artist Michelle Grabner's latest exhibit, Work from Home, is currently featured at the Museum of Contemporary Art ( MOCA - Cleveland). Ms Grabner was an artist who literally used supplies from a local hardware store to start her career. Hardware stores have a lot of great stuff for everyone, including artists, so I would go in and look around in case someone thinks that could not possibly be the case. Anyway, Ms. Grabner has created everything from paintings to weaved works to sculptures to original and reproduced photographs that show her love of creating and birthing items in her artistic career and for observers' enjoyment.
Ms. Grabner does not just nurture her own talent. She and her husband, Artist Brad Killam, created a project call The Suburban where other artists literally stayed and lived in a shed in their backyard for sometimes months at a time and created unbelievable works of their own. There is a replica of The Suburban in the same area as the Work from Home exhibit. Ms. Grabner and Mr. Killam both remember their own struggles and triumphs as artists and want to help others as a result.
By looking at Ms. Grabner's own work as well as the collaborations with Mr. Killam and other artists; you see her ability and pursuit of creation. With bright colors, ambitious patterns, and items that represent her interests ( i.e. The Green Bay Packers), Michelle Grabner's exhibit shows creation at many levels as well as how creating can lead to a bright future with more creation as time passes. The artists that she has helped nurture show the same thing in their own ways. It is truly a joyful and thought-provoking exhibit to be a part of....even if for a few minutes.
Michelle Grabner's exhibit will be at MOCA - Cleveland until Sunday, February 16th. For more information, please visit www.mocacleveland.org or call 216-421-8671.


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Recently, there has been a discussion on Linkedin entitled " is it okay for a leader to bend a rule or policy?" Although the answers have come back mixed, a number have been quite supportive of the idea that it is okay for leadership to disregard rules and policies to some extent.
On the plausible and positive side there are some reasons that can make sense. For example, to lean toward the accommodation of a customer even though policy may indicate a different path. And perhaps applying common sense in a poor-policy situation sounds like an acceptable variance. But these are traps, and there are better ways.
First, in arguments against deviation from policies by leadership, are legal issues; bending the rules is a legally dangerous choice. It opens the opportunity for successful lawsuits and grievances, as well as criticism and the loss of jobs – as in the recent Secret Service escapade.
Second, if leadership sets the example of disregard for policy, it opens the gate for everyone else in the organization. For the boss to proclaim or demonstrate that he or she can do whatever because he or she is the boss is not only poor leadership, it creates tremendous resentment within the group.
So, how does one get around policy.
First, policy that is inappropriate, outdated, unnecessary, or just plain stupid, should be dumped. If, on the other hand, it is one in which some discretion in favor of the customer, for example, really needs to be made, change the wording. Instead of an ironclad decree, try substituting the word "recommended." "At the discretion of" can also be a way of accepting the intelligence of the individual involved while at the same time providing a checkpoint that must be considered.
A good test is to put yourself in the subordinates position: how do you like it when your superiors disregard rules and policy, but you get called on the carpet for little infractions? One of leadership's goals ought to be to build a team. That doesn't happen when one individual can do whatever while the rest have to follow the rules. In a way, to you, this boss person feels like a cheat.
The best leaders play the game fair. If it doesn't work, fix it. Otherwise, observe it.


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Click here for more information on Barrett, The Honors College, as Garrett is a student there along with several other Sun Devil student-athletes
Career Overview:
- Competed at the NCAA West Regional Championships in the 10k and placed 80th with a career best 31:06.
- Recorded a career best time in the 8k at the Pac-12 Championships (25:01).
Arizona State 2013:
- Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 8k and placed 35th with a time of 26:13.
- Competed at the Wisconsin Invitational in the 8k (24.26).
- Placed fifth at the George Kyte Invitational in the 8k (25:10.1)
Arizona State 2012:
- Competed at the Pac-12 Championships and placed 36th in the 8k (24.27).
- Placed eighth at the George Kyte Invitational in the 8k (25:45.2)
Arizona State 2011:
- Recorded a career best time in the 8k at the Pac-12 Championships (25:01).
- Competed at the NCAA West Regional Championships in the 10k and placed 80th with a career best 31:06.
- Placed tenth at the George Kyte Invitational in the 8k (26:45.0).
Arizona State 2010:
- Redshirted.
- Competed unattached from the team in two events.
- Posted a season-best 16th-place finish at the Arizona State Invitational (15:54.8).
High School:
- A 2010 graduate of Corona del Sol High School (Tempe).
- Lettered three times in soccer, twice in track & field and once in cross country.
- Did not start competing in track & field and cross country until the start of his junior year.
- Earned all-city honors in cross country (2009) and track & field (2010) as a senior.
- Also was all-region in both sports the same years.
- 2009 All-East Valley cross country selection.
- Finished as the state runner-up in the 3,200m run as senior with his teammate taking the title.
- Member of the National Honor Society.
- 2009 Epsilon Sigma Alpha Outstanding Youth State Award.
Personal: Majoring in kinesiology...Parents are Tim Baker and Mindy Slama... Has four siblings: brothers Carter and Chris and sisters Amanda and Emily...Born October 19, 1991, in Phoenix...Hobbies include soccer and Ultimate Frisbee...Full name is Garrett Richard Baker-Slama...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
With the fast-paced world today, the everyday stresses of life are hard to escape. But with a chronic condition like rheumatoid arthritis, those everyday stresses are compounded by managing the disease itself, and that can have negative effects on your health. So how do you balance stress and RA? Hear from two leading experts on how to manage stress, and, therefore, better manage your RA.
Welcome to this HealthTalk webcast. Before we begin, we remind you that the opinions expressed on this webcast are solely the views of our guests. They are not necessarily the views of HealthTalk, our sponsors or any outside organization. And, as always, please consult your own physician for the medical advice most appropriate for you.
Gina Tuttle:
Hello and welcome to ArthritisTalk. I'm Gina Tuttle. With the fast-paced world today - e-mails, cell phones, fax machines - the everyday stresses of life are hard to escape. But with a chronic condition like rheumatoid arthritis, those everyday stresses are compounded by managing the disease itself, and that can have negative effects on your health.
So how do you balance stress and RA?
I'm happy to introduce my co-host, Dr. Michael Schiff, medical director of the Denver Arthritis Clinic Research Unit and professor of clinical medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, rheumatology division.
Dr. Schiff, do you find that stress plays an important role in affecting your patients' rheumatoid arthritis?
Dr. Michael H. Schiff:
I think there is a relationship [between] rheumatoid arthritis and stress, because no one wants to have inability to do things, or more trouble, and that obviously is stressful. Stress, in itself, can play a role in making the rheumatoid arthritis worse or not allowing some of the new therapies to make our patients better. So, I would agree that there is a definite interplay of stress and rheumatoid arthritis.
Thanks, Dr. Schiff. We've got a lot more to cover. But first, we're happy to tell you that support for this program is provided to HealthTalk by Amgen and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. We thank Amgen and Wyeth for their support and commitment to patient education.
I'd like to remind you that the opinions expressed on this program are solely the views of our guests and not necessarily the views of HealthTalk, our sponsors or any outside organization. Please consult your own doctor [about] medical advice most appropriate to you.
Dr. Schiff:
I'm happy to introduce our first guest for today's program, RA patient and health professional Gail Riggs. Gail is a retired clinical lecturer from the University of Arizona Medical School and has since given numerous talks nationwide about RA management. She is also past president of the ARHP, that's the Allied Health Professionals of the American College of Rheumatology and was chosen as one of the National Arthritis Foundation's 50 Heroes.
Gail, in your experience as a patient and educator, what is the relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and stress?
I feel RA causes stress and then stress exacerbates, or worsens, the rheumatoid arthritis. And, in my own instance, I feel that it plays a role in lowering resistance and then you are vulnerable to a bug, or the flu that comes along, which might exacerbate or put the patient in a flare.
In my own case, my mother had a stroke that was very stressful, many years ago. I had started college, and I felt my resistance was pretty stretched. Then the Hong Kong flu of 1958 came along, and darn if I didn't have a flare.
Dr. Schiff, is there some truth to the idea that stress could also be a trigger for RA itself?
Dr. Schiff:
I believe that is true, that RA can be triggered or a flare, as we've just heard, can be triggered by stress. We did a study many years ago with a liaison psychiatrist, a medically trained psychiatrist who came into the arthritis clinic and interviewed our patients who either had the onset of autoimmune disease such as RA or lupus, and he did find that there was a stress that seemed to precede the flare of the arthritis, or precede actually the onset of the disease much like we just heard. However, we did this when I was an immunology/rheumatology fellow in New York City and we were faulted by the fact that we did not have a control group on the New York City subway, who probably were under stress as well. But, I do believe it.
There is some animal data that speaks to this, but the data really isn't that solid.
Would you guess that the people who develop RA, the stress might trigger it but they would have developed it anyway?
Dr. Schiff:
Gina, that's an interesting question, and we really don't have the answer to that. We really don't know the trigger for rheumatoid arthritis. It may be multi-factorial, meaning multiple things [cause] it and maybe we need this piece of stress to trigger it or not. And again, we don't have the data in hand to answer that question.
Stress seems unavoidable for [most] people. Gail, what are some of the physical symptoms of stress?
I think anxiety is one of the big ones. Where you are not connected to the present; you are either hyper-worried about the future, or maybe there is a regret of the past. In any case, there is an anxiety, which, in turn, produces its own fatigue.
If you are stressed, your body is going to be held tensely and this will create stiffness, it might even create some gait problems, some headaches. Stress can cause sleeplessness, nervousness. It possibly even creates indigestion.
Dr. Schiff, do you have anything to add to the list of symptoms?
Dr. Schiff:
I think Gail has done a very nice job of discussing most of the symptoms, and I would agree with Gail wholeheartedly.
Can the stress affect the inflammation, Mike?
Dr. Schiff:
As I mentioned before, I think that this is probably true. But again, we don't have all the pieces to exactly prove that.
Gail, how can stress specifically affect RA symptoms? For example, do you find it causes more pain and fatigue? You mentioned fatigue, but what about pain?
Yes, probably, because you can't relax enough to rest or sleep well. And when your body is fatigued you will have more pain. If I get a solid seven or eight hours of sleep at night, the next day I feel marvelous. But if I have interrupted sleep at night, I hurt more in the morning when I wake up. So pain and fatigue go hand in hand.
And Mike, is that what you see in your patients?
Dr. Schiff:
Gina, that's exactly what I see in my patients. When I'm sitting down with a patient who has rheumatoid arthritis, we talk about stress levels, but sometimes they are very difficult to control.
As you heard from Gail, one of the [things that affected her] stress levels was her mom having a stroke, and obviously that's something we can't control and many stresses we can't control.
What we would like to do is get their arthritis under the best of care that we can, get the inflammation, as best we can, controlled, and get the immune system, which is sort of running at 100 miles an hour in our RA patients, under control so the stress will have less of an impact.
Gail, it seems to me that the more your RA is acting up, the more stress that brings into your daily life. How do you begin to break that cycle?
It can be a vicious cycle. First of all, you need to stop and take a deep breath and think about what's really important at this time in your life. You need to get your priorities straight. Sometimes, it's a multitude of daily stressors that are harder on you than the big ones. It's those little daily stressors over and over and over again, and we need to begin to think what is really important to us.
So, do you have some stress management techniques, Gail?
The one that I use most frequently is exercise. I have found that this is probably the best stress releaser. I find that when you exercise, it literally takes your mind off of your anxiety and your stress. It forces you to focus on your body. For example, when you are doing the weight machines, or lifting weights, you have to concentrate very specifically on what you are doing. It is almost a total distractive mechanism. If you are doing aerobics, it forces you to breathe deeply. By the way, I like to use the elliptical trainer because it has less impact on my damaged ankles and feet.
Explain what the elliptical trainer is.
It's a machine where you stand in cups, so to speak, and have the motion of a bicycle [except that] you're standing, and it's almost like you're standing up riding a bicycle. It is a wonderful aerobic workout.
Dr. Schiff:
I would agree with you. I think exercise, especially as you mentioned, exercises that are non-resistive and put joints through range of motion, will not only help the stress but also obviously will help the patient's muscles and rheumatoid arthritis.
What other techniques, Gail, like medication or, you mentioned breathing exercises, have you found helpful for others or for yourself?
I especially like to do deep breathing exercises that are slow and rhythmic. And I have found those to be very effective. [Deep breathing exercises are] also a very good sleep producer in the evening or when I go to bed. I find that that gets me to sleep faster than anything.
Going back to the exercises, I think you need to always be aware that there are different exercises for the different parts, which will affect stress but will also affect the body, and we talked about strengthening exercises which strengthen the muscles and increases metabolism and as you strengthen your muscles, you decrease your pain.
Stretching, of course, is very important in order to insure your range of motion; we talked about aerobics. I think a very important issue, especially as we age, is that you learn to do some balance-directed activities because we do have tendency to lose a little bit of our balance as we age.
What about aquatic exercises?
[Aquatic exercises] are probably the most excellent exercises we can possibly do. It is important, as we age, that we do weight-bearing exercises to prevent osteoporosis.
Dr. Schiff:
This will hopefully help our patients sleep better, too.
Exactly, it does. When you have a good 30 to 45 minute workout you sleep so much better.
If we want to begin an exercise program, Gail, what's the first step?
You have to make a commitment. There are just no ifs, ands or buts about it. You have to say, "I need to do this for me. This is what is important to me." We need to get that balance in life that I talked about a little bit earlier where sometimes we get so mired in our work that we forget to take care of our personal health.
There are three things that we need to keep in balance: work, our relationships and our personal health. It's usually the personal health issues that we give up before we give up the other two. But those affect the other two and can make them worse.
I would think that, depending on how your rheumatoid arthritis affects you, the exercises might be different than what you would have before you were diagnosed. I understand the National Arthritis Foundation has some help?
Oh, my goodness, yes. The National Arthritis Foundation has all kinds of aerobic programs, all kinds of programs for people who are maybe not as fit as others. And they have pamphlets on all of them. There are national training programs throughout the country, not only at the YWCAs and YMCAs [but also at] health centers that have gotten certification in Arthritis Foundation programs. So they are available everywhere.
Dr. Schiff:
I would just add to that that the secret word, is "resistive." If our patients are not doing very resistive exercises - the classic example would be Arnold Schwarzenegger bench pressing 600 pounds. RA patients need to be thinking that that's not what they want to do.
They want to be doing repetitive exercises, like the elliptical trainer that Gail talked about where we can do multiple repetitions and work on our muscles and not be pushing hard or causing damage. And then they can speak to their physician.
There is a very simple prescription to a registered physical therapist sometimes that is worth doing, and [those are called] Activities of Daily Living, which are joint protection and muscle strengthening exercises and the registered physical or occupational therapist can go through that with the patient and teach them what to do and not to do at home.
The typical [saying is] "Do it 'til it burns." You don't do that, I assume, if you've got RA? You don't want it to hurt anymore. Is that right?
Dr. Schiff:
That's correct.
There is always that two-hour pain rule. If you have pain two hours after you've done something, you've overdone it.
Now, much as we try to help ourselves, if these techniques don't work, is it common, Gail, to have something like anti-depressants brought in as part of treating stress and anxiety?
Well, I believe so. And numerous patients are on anti-depressants, and anti-depressants do decrease pain. However, not all patients can take anti-depressants. If for some reason they experience the side effects of an anti-depressant and it doesn't fit into their treatment regimen, then there is the meditation and the exercises that they can fall back on.
Dr. Schiff do you find anti-depressants common among RA patients?
Dr. Schiff:
The good news is that we're really very good at decreasing inflammation in our patients. Some of the newer therapies actually will markedly improve patients' fatigue level and their abilities to do these exercises and do these kinds of things that you've heard from Gail. So, the use of anti-depressants has markedly decreased in the RA patient population.
Do anti-depressants, in general, interact with the RA medications?
Dr. Schiff:
There is a concern, because many patients who have pain will be on pain medicines or analgesics and one needs to be concerned about that, so one does need to talk to their physician.
Gina, we have to remember we're not just talking about RA patients, we're talking about a person with rheumatoid arthritis and they may have other problems, such as a little congestive heart failure, maybe diabetes, maybe some pulmonary problems, so all of this really needs to be discussed with their physician because they may not just be on arthritis medicine, they very well might be on other medicines for other medical conditions.
So, if a patient's RA is [worsening], that itself is bound to cause stress. Maybe one thing to do is to find another treatment for the RA itself? Is that possible? Can the newer RA therapies help?
Dr. Schiff:
Gina, the good news to the patients with rheumatoid arthritis and their physicians is that not only have we thrown away the crutches, we've now thrown away the wheelchairs. The therapies currently available, especially some of the new biologic therapies and the combination of therapies with biologics and methotrexate, have just been giving us absolutely outstanding results. A paper at the last European arthritis meeting, which 9,500 rheumatologists attended, was presented showing an 85 percent response rate if you combine methrotrexate plus a drug called etanercept or Enbrel. That is most a pleasing result to myself and to patients.
What are some of the other biologics? What's available currently?
Dr. Schiff:
Well, the biologics include what are called TNF agents, which is a protein that is increased or up-regulated in rheumatoid arthritis and includes etanercept or Enbrel, infliximab or Remicade, which has been a very good medicine as well, and then the newest kid on the block is adalimumab or Humira and that, too, has had excellent results. There is another protein that is up regulated in rheumatoid arthritis that's called IL-1 or interluken-1 and this protein, if blocked with a medicine called Kineret (anakinra), which is a biologic, can also give patients significant improvement.
Gail and Mike, thank you both so much. I'd like now to bring in our RA patient advocate Kelli Thompson to hear her story. Kelli was diagnosed with RA almost two years ago. She is currently practicing law in Knoxville, Tennessee. Kelli, how has stress affected your RA?
Well, Gina, I think it has played a big role in my RA. It causes increased pain and most importantly, for me, fatigue. Stress plays a big role in fatigue.
Dr. Schiff:
Kelli, what sort of things do you find cause the stresses that impact RA?
Well, to me, the biggest stress factor would be work related and that kind of goes along with my job. Being a lawyer is stressful in and of itself, and having RA kind of compounds it. Then the other big stress factor to me is I try to do a lot of volunteer activities and sometimes you tend to overdo it, you know, take on too much responsibility and that can certainly affect RA.
So what are some of the coping strategies you use to manage your stress?
Well, like Gail said, exercise is a big thing. I exercise an hour a day, five days a week. I use the elliptical machine, I do a spinning class, because that's real low impact for me. And I make sure that I get eight hours of sleep every day.
And then with respect to work, I kind of said that I'm going to go in, get my job done and then leave my job behind.
Easier said than done, sometimes.
Dr. Schiff:
Yeah, and at work, in the workplace do you have some special techniques that you use, Kelli?
Well, to me the biggest part associated with my job and managing stress is to make sure I'm organized so that I get things done. I'm not facing deadlines at the last minute, and trying to work long hours to get something done. And then I kind of set my hours. I can't work extreme hours and I say I'm leaving by this time of day and just go home and leave work behind me.
Dr. Schiff:
Kelli, do you have any over all advice for other patients with RA to help them with their stress management? Do you think your program would be the one you recommend?
Well, whatever works for each person, because everybody's different. But, to me, the biggest thing is to find the medication that works well for you and if you're not getting a good response to keep looking.
I met some other people in my area who have RA and we get together about once a month and that's just a big stress reliever for me, too.
Kelli, do your symptoms improve when your stress is under control?
Yes, absolutely. And I think that when I was first diagnosed in October of 2001, I was under a lot of stress because of a lot of uncertainty about what was going to happen to me. I was 37 years old. My grandmother had had RA for a number of years, probably about 40 years, so I knew what impact it would have and I was under a lot of stress. And then once I got on medication that was effective and worked well, that made a big difference to me. And then just managing stress overall. It makes a big difference in my life if that's under control.
So, quite a difference from what your grandmother obviously went through?
Oh, absolutely. I would say I'm 85 percent better than I was right after I was diagnosed, and I can lead a relatively normal life.
I was lucky because I've never been on any other of the disease-modifying drugs. My doctor prescribed Enbrel first and it really made a big difference to me.
We are almost out of time, but before we go, I would like to also like to ask Gail and Dr. Schiff for their final thoughts. Dr. Schiff?
Dr. Schiff:
Rheumatoid arthritis itself can be stressful, and you've heard that from Kelli. And that stress can make rheumatoid arthritis worse. But you've also heard from Kelli that we are so much better off today than when her grandmother had rheumatoid arthritis, and one needs to talk their physician and rheumatologist so that you can get your rheumatoid arthritis under the best control and then you can better deal with stress in the ways that both Kelli has mentioned and Gail has so outstandingly outlined for us.
I think Kelli is so accurate in seeking out support groups, especially in the early stages of arthritis; that is very helpful. And we should be so thankful today that we do have all the disease-modifying drugs that we do. When I was diagnosed in 1945, we didn't have much of anything, and it is so heartening to see young people today who do have the disease go on to lead a very normal life.
One last point I would like to mention, since the topic is focused somewhat on stress, that many candidates of stress don't like to ask for help. [But] there are times when we just have to, and we have to learn to delegate. It sounds like Kelli has learned how to do that. And that balance in life, I think, is incredibly important.
Great thought. Gail Riggs, and Kelli Thompson, and of course, Dr. Michael Schiff, thank you each for a very informative program. And to our listeners, if you would like to join one of our discussions, or if you have questions and comments, please contact us at the Rheumatoid Arthritis Information Network. We invite your input!
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On Sunday, April 20, 2014 there were four NHL Stanley Cup playoff games. Philadelphia, Boston, Montreal, and San Jose all posted wins. Here is a look at the games, and where all the series now stand.
Philadelphia Flyers @ New York Rangers - After having been dominated in Game 1, the Flyers needed to make something happen. Game 2 did not start out well for the visiting team, as the Rangers built a 2-0 lead in the first 8:22 of the game.The game's turning point may have come at 14:14, when Jakub Voracek made a terrific individual play, skating around the Rangers' defense, and then beating goalie Henrik Lundqvist from point blank range, to cut the lead in half. Perhaps inspired by Voracek's play, Philly came out and scored two more unanswered goals in the second period. The crew from Broad street entered the third period, nursing a one goal lead. Backup goalie Ray Emery (starting his second consecutive game in place of injured Steve Mason) made several key saves to keep his team in the lead. The Flyers were finally able to exhale when Wayne Simmonds scored an empty net goal to make the score 4-2 with only 26 secs remaining in the game. 4-2 would be the final score. Goalie Ray Emery was named #1 Star of the game. Having stolen home-ice advantage, the Flyers can now look forward to home games coming up on Tues, April 22, and Fri, Apr 25. The best-of-seven series is now tied 1-1.
Detroit Red Wings @ Boston Bruins - The heavily favored Bruins were stunned by a 1-0 shutout loss in Game 1, with Pavel Datsyuk providing late game heroics. There would be no such drama this time around. In the first period, goalie Jimmy Howard's errant attempted outlet pass wound up on the stick of Bruins forward Justin Florek who shot into the vacated net at 7:28 to give Boston a 1-0 lead. Just a few mins later, Reilly Smith scored a power play goal at 10:35. That would be all the home team needed, as they cruised to a 4-1 victory. Boston goalie Tuuka Rask was named #1 star of the game. By virtue of having won Game 1, Detroit now has home-ice advantage. Games 3 and 4 will be played in Detroit on Tues, April 22, and Thurs, April 24. The best-of-seven series is now tied 1-1.
Tampa Bay Lightning @ Montreal Canadiens - Having dropped the first two games on home ice, the Tampa Bay Lightning desparately needed to win this game to avoid falling into a 3 games to none series deficit. The Florida-based team again had to rely on backup goalie Anders Lindback, who had also started the first two games of series in place of injured star goalie Ben Bishop. Lindback had been quite underwhelming, having surrendered 8 goals on 67 shots in the first two games (.887 save %). When Rene Bourque scored just 11 seconds into the game, it looked bad for Tampa. It was, but not as one would imagine. The officiating was rather curious on this night. Lindback was relatively strong all night, after the initial goal. Tampa eventually tied the game at 1-1, and it looked like they had taken the lead, when a phantom goaltender interference call wiped out the tying goal. The call was made by relatively inexperienced French-Canadian (just coincidence) referee Francois Charron. The linesman also blew an offside call, which would have given Steven Stamkos, a breakaway. Probably as early as next season, goaltender interference will become a reviewable call. When that happens, it will be the call made in this game which will be referred to as the call which initiated the rule change. In any case, Montreal won 3-2. Game four is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22 in Montreal. Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher was named #1 star of the game. Montreal leads the series 3-0.
Los Angeles Kings @ San Jose Sharks - Having allowed the Sharks to jump out to a 5-0 lead in Game 1, the Kings were determined to get off to a better start in Game 2. They did just that. Los Angeles scored twice in the first period, and held a 2-0 lead going into the second period. By the midway point of the second, San Jose had tied the game at 2-2. Their scoring wasn't done by the usual suspects; rather it was fourth liners Mike Brown and Raffi Torres who tallied for the Northern California squad. At 14:45, the Sharks took the lead, on a long slapshot by Justin Braun, which found it's way through traffic at wound up in the net. Trailing 3-2 going into the third, the Kings dug themselves into a deeper hole when Patrick Marleau scored just 1:08 into the third period; the Sharks' fourth unanswered goal of the night. Adding salt to the wound, was Joe Pavelski, who scored a fifth unanswered at 4:07. When all was said and done, the final score was 7-2 in favor of San Jose. In these first two games, the Kings have been outscored 13-5. Sharks forward Mike Brown was named #1 star of the game. Games 3 and 4 will be on Tuesday, April 22, and Thursday, April 24 in Los Angeles. San Jose leads the series 2-0.


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College Hockey:Record-Tying Win Keeps Union Atop ECACHL Standings
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — When you give up two shorthanded goals and still win, you must be doing something right.
Union survived shorthanded tallies by Zach Mayer and Christian Jensen on Saturday to take a 5-2 ECACHL victory from winless Yale at Ingalls Rink.
It is the sixth straight win for the league-leading Dutchmen (6-0 ECACHL, 7-5 overall), and broke the team record for consecutive ECACHL victories. The old record of five was set Jan. 18-Feb. 1, 2003.
It also ties the team's overall record for consecutive wins. The Dutchmen won six in a row Dec. 21-Jan. 10 during the 1996-97 season.
But the Dutchmen, who got goals from Scott Brady, Casey Ftorek, Jordan Webb, A.J. Palkovich and Olivier Bouchard, aren't celebrating the team's best-ever league start.
"It means nothing until we're 7-0, and then that means nothing until we're 8-0," said Ftorek, whose power-play goal late in the first period gave the Dutchmen a 2-1 lead. "We have to play every game like it's our last and most important. That's contributed to a lot of our victories this year."
Union coach Nate Leaman wasn't happy with the shorthanders by Yale (0-6, 0-8), both on breakaways. Mayer scored with 27.9 seconds left in the first period to tie the score, 1-1. Jensen took advantage of a Sean Streich giveaway in the Union zone and beat goalie Justin Mrazek with 4:06 left in the second, cutting Union's lead to 4-2.
"They were outworking us," Leaman said. "Later in the game, I thought we had some good chances. But they really had their feet moving on the penalty kill, and were pressuring us on the breakout hard. We coughed it up a couple of times. You have to give them credit."
Ftorek's power-play goal with 11.3 seconds left in the first helped Union quickly recover from Mayer's goal and gave the team the lead back. He blasted a shot from the slot past goalie Josh Gartner.
"We went out for the faceoff, and wanted to gain back some momentum after the shorthanded goal, which was kind of a dagger with [less than] 30 seconds left," Ftorek said. "The pass came across, and I was fortunate to get a good shot off and it went in. I think it put the momentum right back on our side for the start of the second period."
The Dutchmen got the first two goals of the second period. Webb scored his team-leading 11th goal of the season, a power-play tally, less than five minutes in.
Webb picked up his 99th career point when he assisted on Palkovich's goal with 7:50 left in the second. He sent a pass to defenseman Michael Beynon coming off the bench. Beynon skated around the net, and hit Palkovich with a pass as he was coming down the right wing. Palkovich one-timed it past Gartner.
"A guy who made a big play on it was [defenseman] Chris DiStefano," Webb said. "I just happened to be the other defenseman. I think there was some confusion with the line change. Chris made a nice play, playing the body on the guy. I just managed to get it from their player. I saw [Beynon] coming off the bench. I just tried to get it to him as quickly as I could."
Ken Schott covers college hockey for The Daily Gazette in Schenectady, N.Y.
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March 19, 2014—There comes a time when even the most adorable offspring needs to leave home, and that time is here for Móhú, the Red Panda born last year on Father's Day to Sequoia Park Zoo's Red pandas Sumo and Stella Luna.
Next month, Móhú will be heading off to the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, to be a companion for an older female there while the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' (AZA) species Survival Plan Coordinators evaluate plans for her future breeding possibilities.
"While we'll be sad to see her go – it's been fascinating to watch the family interactions evolve as she's grown," says Zoo Manager Gretchen Ziegler, "It's important that she leave her parents like she would in the wild at about this age."
The AZA established the Species Survival Plan (SSP) Program 20 years ago. Many of these SSP programs represent species that urgently need to be conserved and protected in the wild, and their efforts significantly contribute to field conservation efforts, species recovery, veterinary care for wildlife disease issues, and the establishment of sustainable zoo populations.
Red panda talks are offered daily by the zookeepers around 11 a.m. during feeding time. So if you haven't visited with Móhú for a while, now is the time to see her before she's off to new bamboo pastures. And meanwhile, Stella Luna has been spotted gathering nesting material – possibly in preparation for another litter.
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