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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Is Brent Burns the "X" factor for the Sharks in their opening round playoff series?
"I think it's two great teams playing against each other," Burns said here Tuesday when asked the question. "That other kind of stuff is for you guys to do and decide."
All right, then. I will decide. He is.
Everyone loves to say a team has an "X" factor because no one quite knows what an "X" factor is. But it sounds dangerous and important and vaguely sinister.
If you list those adjectives, then also throw in "hairy" and "big" and " frenzied," well, that pretty much fits Brent Burns. So I unilaterally declare him to be the "X" factor when the Sharks begin their best-of-seven against the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night.
Burns' story is familiar to Shark fans by now. However, for those just coming to the party, here's the summary: Burns began the season as a defenseman, the position he's played in the National Hockey League since 2005. But with the Sharks sucking wind and parched for goals back in March, coach Todd McLellan had the brainstorm to move Burns up front and have him play forward.
For those unfamiliar with hockey, it was a little like taking a 6-foot-5, 225-pound linebacker and converting him into a running back -- at about 100 mph, because hockey moves so fast.
The lineup switch turned on an offensive faucet. Burns, lined up alongside center and captain Joe Thornton, scored five goals in his first nine games at forward. Other Sharks seemed to absorb and amplify the mojo. More goals occurred. The team won nine of its next 13 games.
Burns' downhill go-the-net style was gorgeously unruly and effective. Sometimes he tried to skate through a defender. Sometimes he went all elbow-tastic with opponents in front of the goalie. Thornton is best at describing what it's like to be on the ice with Burns.
"It's pure craziness out there," Thornton said the other day. "He's very raw at it. But when I heard about the move to forward, I actually thought it would work because we'd seen how skilled he was. Nobody can get the puck off him. And he skates so well. It creates a lot of chaos out there."
Here's why all of this might matter more than usual against Vancouver, especially early in the series: The Canucks might need time for the proper chaos adjustment. It's not easy to counteract a line with the 6-5 Burns and the 6-4 Thornton on the same line with 6-2 energy guy TJ Galiardi.
Keep in mind that Burns' flip to the forward spot happened so late in the season that the Canucks saw him there just once, in a 3-2 Sharks victory on April 1 at HP Pavilion. Vancouver held Burns off the scoresheet in that game. But at one point, as the Canucks were occupied with Burns bedlam, Thornton found extra room and scored a goal.
Alain Vigneault, Vancouver's coach, is not unaware of the Burns dynamic.
"Him combined with Thornton on that line ... it's been real effective for them," Vigneault said Tuesday. "And a big challenge for us."
An even bigger Sharks benefit is this: By creating a line around Thornton that requires much defensive attention, McLellan has placed the Canucks in a position of choosing whether to put their best shut-down line (probably with Ryan Kesler) against the Thornton group or the skilled threesome of Patrick Marleau, Logan Couture and Martin Havlat. The third line, centered by Joe Pavelski, has also become more of a scoring threat.
The official Sharks stance is that Burns might switch back to defense next season. But his eight goals and 17 points in 20 games as a forward would translate to a 32-goal and 68-point season over a normal 82-game schedule. That sort of production would be difficult to discard if McLellan believes it can continue.
The "X" factor of Burns is not the only reason this Sharks team is better than last year's outfit that began the playoffs against St. Louis and lost to the Blues in five games. But if nothing else, he is going to provide more entertainment along the way.
By the time it's over, Burns might do much more than that.
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Investigators have started the delicate task of interviewing hundreds of young boys and girls who survived Friday's mass murder inside a Connecticut elementary school where a gunman killed 20 first graders and six educators before taking his own life.
On Monday, Lt. J. Paul Vance, a spokesman for the Connecticut State Police, said officers from his agency's Major Crimes unit will continue working "24 hours a day" to "answer questions surrounding this tragedy and how and why it occurred." He said, "there are many, many witnesses that still need to be interviewed" and pledged "we will not stop until we've interviewed every last one of them."
Included among them, are several hundred students at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown who survived Friday morning's rampage by a 20-year-old gunman named Adam Lanza.
Lt. Vance declined to detail the process of interviewing the surviving school children but noted, "It's a very, very tender, tender issue. I can tell you that any interviews with any children will be done with professionals, with parents, and with investigators, as appropriate. The investigators will determine how, when, where, and why we'll do this. Again, understand we will handle that extremely delicately when the time arises."
Robert Hettleman, who heads the Manhattan District Attorney's Office's Child Abuse Unit, said while many of the same rules apply no matter the age of the witness being interviewed, some special steps have to be taken when dealing with children.
The task should be left to those specially trained to deal with children. Then it's important to choose an interview location that strikes a balance between comfortable and too distracting. For that reason, their homes, where all their toys, television and other distractions are easily found, may not be ideal.
"One of the pitfalls people can fall into is wanting too hard to entertain the child and that's not the goal," Hettleman said.
The interviewer also has to clearly explain who they are and what the purpose of the questioning is. Investigators then usually speak to a child for a time about things other than what they're interested in questioning the child about, trying to establish a baseline of the child's vocabulary and intelligence level.
Even more so than adults, questions to children, who can be more impressionable, shouldn't be leading.
"You never want to have the answer in your question, if that makes sense," Hettleman said.
More In Newtown shooting
- Newtown Families Try to Move Gun Lawsuit Back to State Court
- Connecticut Not Yet Ready to Enforce Post-Newtown Gun Law
- Sandy Hook Report Due Out Monday; 911 Calls Remain Under Seal
- Sandy Hook Elementary School's Demolition Nearly Complete
- Sandy Hook Kin Calling on Starbucks to Ban Guns in Shops
- Mother of Sandy Hook Victim: 'No Perfect Solution' to School Plans
He also said it's important to make sure you understand the terminology that children use when giving answers. For instance, if a child says he saw someone get hit with "a stick," that could be describing many different objects. Also, it's important to let the children know that, in this instance, it is all right to talk about topics like guns or killing that their parents may have forbidden them to talk about.
For that and other reasons, the interviews should be conducted with the child alone, if possible.
"It's certainly understandable, given what's happened here, that a parent would say, 'I don't want my child separated from me for even a minute,'" Mr. Hettleman said. "But the best way to get information is to do it right."
As tragic as it is, the Newtown case – with the gunman dead, no others involved and the guns having been legally obtained and licensed by the shooter's mother – appears to be opened-and-closed. Lt. Vance, however, said authorities will conduct a thorough investigation for "the poor victims, the(ir) families, the people of Connecticut that need to know and see a clear picture as to exactly what happened here."
"There are many people…that have broken hearts over this and we're going to do everything that it takes to ensure that we uncover every bit of evidence, that we examine every facet of it, that we conduct as many interviews with everyone that we need to do to point a clear picture as to exactly how and why this tragedy occurred," he said.
Lt. Vance said there is no timetable for when the investigation will be completed.
Two teens at Columbine High School killed 12 fellow students and a teacher and wounded 21 others in a 16-minute span on April 20, 1999. It took 13 months for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office to complete its report, which relied upon the work of 80 investigators interviewing students, teachers and others with information about the crimes.
"In all, investigators completed more than 4,400 leads. They examined videotapes, 911 recordings, ballistic reports, medical and autopsy reports, and physical evidence collected at the scene and the conspirators' residences," the report states.
In the report's foreword, then-sheriff John Stone wrote, "because the shootings ravaged many lives, we feel an obligation, in the interest of public safety, to document that final moments of the deceased and provide the public with a shared understanding of that day."
The report provided a comprehensive detailing of the event and put an end to rumors that there was a third shooter who was never apprehended. But it was also criticized for leaving unanswered the most fundamental questions of motive and the effectiveness of the police response.
A 15-member task force subsequently empaneled by the Colorado governor to review the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office report on the Columbine shooting was subsequently critical of the police response and the fact that reported internet threats made prior to the shootings by one of the teen shooters were not acted upon by local police. More than 15 lawsuits were filed against the police department, and Sheriff Stone chose not to run for re-election in 2002.
Following the April 16, 2007, mass murder at Virginia Tech University, in which 32 students and faculty were killed and 17 others wounded, a report ordered by the governor was released 135 days after the incident.
"It is a slow process," Lt. Vance said. "It's just not something that's done in 60 minutes like you see on TV."
Tamer El-Ghobashy and Will James contributed to this report.

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Best show review I've read in ages VS. a non-interview
When I arrived home, the "cash exchange" kiosk would not give me US $ for the Icelandic cash I'd just earned. When I asked the man why, he said, "Unstable economy." My natural response was, "Yeah...theirs or ours?" He huffed & puffed & then I blew his kiosk down with a goodbye kiss. Alas, here's one of the best show reviews I've read in AGES:
It's even better than the non-story a Seattle reporter just posted at
due to my interview refusal.
Not to pin one against the other, but why the hell not? They arrived in my inbox at the exact same time.
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the only thing that could've made that review better was if he'd arrived in time for 'Ha Why?' ... i would have liked to read the metaphors he found for that performance.
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He might have just been a nice guy by saying he didn't show up in time for that performance.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A lot of people are still on the fence about who to vote for.
And, perhaps the biggest headache for a lot of folks out there, isn't just who to vote for, but which party to choose.
Lynn Bailey, the director of elections in Richmond County says, "This is a primary, so you do have to choose one party or the other."
Making that party choice has a lot of voters, like Jeff Futrelle, frustrated.
"It's a hard choice because I would like to vote for the people that I know are going to be right for the job, but in this case I won't be able to," he told News 12's Laura Warren.
Futrelle typically votes Republican, but he is switching teams for the sake of the sheriff's race.
"It's not a good political system when you have people that are willing to switch parties to another party in order to vote for the sheriff's race, in this case, and abandon their own political party," Futrelle said.
Secretary of State Brian Kemp was in Augusta Monday to speak to the Rotary Club.
"I know it's frustrating for people, but that's just the way the laws are in Georgia and that's what we follow," he said.
Kemp's office is in charge of elections for Georgia.
He says, "Our primaries are run by the parties, now anyone that doesn't want to vote a Republican or Democratic ballot, they can go vote tomorrow and vote a non-partisan ballot."
If you choose to vote non-partisan, your ballot will only have the non-partisan races, like the judge races and TSPLOST. And whether you choose a Democrat ballot, a Republican ballot or a non-partisan ballot, you will be bound to that choice if there is a runoff election.
"The runoff is simply a continuation of the initial election, so if we have a runoff, you would have to stick with that party's run off all the way through," Bailey said.
But, it's important to remember your party choice in this primary does not affect your choice in the general election.
"In November, you can mix it up anyway you want. You can vote for a Democrat here and a Republican there and mix it up all over the place," Bailey said.
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History is the study of the human past. Historians look for, identify, and explain continuities, evolution, and sudden change in societies over time, and they construct narratives based on evidence that they have sifted and analyzed. The discipline of history plays a central part in the liberal arts curriculum, largely because it empowers its students to develop a nuanced understanding of human relations that is essential to active and effective citizenship.
In their courses, history majors examine the influence of social, political, economic and cultural institutions on society, reflect on the relationship between the individual and the community, and identify the role of power in human relations. As they move through the program, majors develop skills and habits that apply to many fields and prepare them for a wide variety of careers: thinking critically, constructing persuasive arguments, evaluating texts, recognizing analytical strengths and weaknesses, and communicating their findings clearly.


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OK, not exactly. But metaphorically? Some guy in New York was minding his own goddamn business on Saturday at the subway when his face ran into a fist. The fist belonged to a stranger. The stranger took exception to the man's face because, supposedly, he thought his face looked like Shia LaBeouf Full Story
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Shia LaBeouf and girlfriend Mia Goth were in Germany a few days ago. They were caught on camera in a fight as they were exiting a cab. She was pulling on his bag, asking him to stay. He ended up getting into a car without her with some random sketchy locals who filmed him ranting about how she pushed him to that point. Full Story
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Shia LaBeouf's hero, Brad Pitt John Wayne, greeted him with a kiss to the hand last night at the New York premiere of Fury. As far as we know, the event happened without incident. No drunken outbursts, no fights, no plagiarism. Would Shia dare when Brad's around? It's an interesting reaction – the response to authority, or perceived authority. Full Story
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EAGLE - As Eagle hones in on its final numbers for the 2013 budget, a number of community representatives made appeals for town dollars last week.
Eagle is eying a $4.6 million operating budget next year - which is down approximately $200,000 from its 2012 spending plan. The biggest impact was the decision from the town of Gypsum to cease the Costco revenue-sharing agreement in 2013. The agreement dates back six years and splits unencumbered sales tax revenues from the Costco retail block. In 2012, Eagle received approximately $385,000 from the Costco revenue-sharing agreement.
With that revenue source now projected to be zero for 2013, Eagle's operating fund revenues over expenses is projected to drop from $377,000 in 2012 to just $24,000 in 2013. However, Eagle Town Manager Willy Powell has noted that the town has built a healthy fund balance during the past few years, which will help Eagle absorb the revenue share loss. In 2011, the fund balance was $1 million. This year, it is projected at $962,000 and in 2013, it is projected at $782,000.
As the town absorbs the revenue share loss, the 2013 budget anticipates no employee layoffs and no wage increases. But the 2013 spending plan also reflects a large capital project - the Eby Creek Road improvements. Eagle has been stockpiling money for this project for years and will contribute $3 million toward the $17 million roadway improvement plan that includes construction of four roundabouts, imprint to the existing roundabouts, a new pedestrian bridge over Interstate 70 and various landscaping and sidewalk improvements. Construction is slated to begin this summer and completion is scheduled for 2014.
With the big budget decisions finalized previously, Tuesday night was community request night and the public hearing for the overall budget. Four local representatives made appeals for town funding in 2012.
John Bronn, of the Eagle County Historical Society, requested $3,000 for a historic building identification program. Bronn said the local history group would like to place markers on Eagle buildings that would give a brief synopsis of their origins and uses over time.
"We think the signs are attractive enough to be representative of our town," Bronn said. "We think it would serve as a tourist attraction."
Bronn is forming an advisory committee to identify buildings for the project, and when completed, the inventory will include about 30 properties. After discussion, the board agreed to fund the program.
Holli Snyder, of NRC Broadcasting, was also successful with her request for $2,500 for the Free Family Fun Fair at the Eagle River Center. Snyder noted the winter event has been presented since 2007 and brings in an estimated 25,000 people from all over the valley.
The Vail Valley Partnership and the Eagle Air Alliance each received $5,000 donations from the town - approximately half of what the Vail Valley Partnership and the Eagle Air Alliance each requested.
Finally, the Walking Mountains Science Center received a $6,000 donation for programs it presents in Eagle schools.
No one offered comment during the public hearing for the 2013 budget, and the town will formally adopt the spending plan at its Dec. 11 meeting.


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NEW ORLEANS — Every team talks about the importance of the play from the offensive and defensive lines. Baltimore Ravens veteran center Matt Birk said the 49ers and Ravens personify that philosophy.
"Whoever wins the battle of the trenches will go a long way toward determining who wins this game," Birk said Tuesday of the upcoming Super Bowl.
Being physical and stout on both sides of the lines are trademarks of Ravens coach John Harbaugh and 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh.
It's something they learned from watching Michigan play while growing up. Now they are putting that knowledge to good use in building Super Bowl-caliber teams.
Birk got his first taste of just how good the 49ers defensive line is when the Ravens beat the 49ers 16-6 in 2011.
"Both teams are physical up front," Birk said. "Their defensive line is as good as I've seen. I said that last (in 2011) after we played them on Thanksgiving. It starts with their physicality."
The 49ers finished with the fourth-ranked defense against the run and pass. Also, they were fourth in rushing offense.
The Ravens allowed the seventh-fewest yards per carry (4.0-yard average) during the regular season. In three playoff victories, they held their opponents to an average of 3.4 yards per carry.


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Winners of MTV's 'American Idiot' contest got big surprise at end of musical.
On Thursday night, winners of MTV's "American Idiot" contest were not only treated to a great show — but a surprise mini concert by Green Day, who took the stage to play "American Idiot" and "Basket Case." So, all in all, it was a pretty great night.
"I think I had heart failure! It was the most amazing experience," contest winner Fallyn Ruzzi told MTV News following the show. "I mean, the play was great, and then Green Day played songs, too!"
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Raiding dedicated funds has become all too common a practice for state budget writers
Early this month, the New Hampshire House Finance Committee began work on the 2014-15 state budget. Its starting point is a budget proposal issued in February by Gov. Maggie Hassan that includes steps to restore education and health care spending cuts in the current budget.
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The Steelers signed another of their own free agents today, inside linebacker Stevenson Sylvester.
Sylvester became an unrestricted free agent after the Steelers did not issue him a tender as a restricted free agent. They drafted him in the fifth round in 2010 after he played at Utah. He played in ten games last season and had no defensive statistics. Sylvester has started one game in his career and played in 41.
The Steelers also entertained three other unrestricted free agents today along with two more draft prospects.
The veterans visiting their facility are former Pitt running back LaRod Stephens-Howling (Cardinals), linebacker Tavares Gooden (Ravens) and guard Antoine Caldwell (Texans).
The college prospects are Penn State inside linebacker Michael Mauti and linebacker Malliciah Goodman of Clemson.
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Mountain View "personal genetics" startup 23andMe on Wednesday released another conciliatory statement in its unusual war of words with the federal Food and Drug Administration, which has demanded the company stop marketing its signature DNA tests.
"We stand behind the data that we return to customers -- but we recognize that the FDA needs to be convinced of the quality of our data as well," co-founder and Chief Executive Anne Wojcicki wrote in a blog post.
The company sells a $99 test that, using genetic material from a customer's saliva, can identify DNA variants. Users then can compare their genotypes to others in the company's database of nearly 1 million samples to learn, for instance, how many traits they share with people prone to breast cancer.
The company, which has come under fire before from federal officials and others concerned about the direct marketing of gene tests, has argued that it's simply in the business of crunching data, not diagnosing disease.
But the FDA, in a harshly worded letter released Monday, said the product falls under federal rules for medical devices. And, the agency wrote, 23andMe has failed to assuage regulators' concerns despite more than a dozen meetings and "hundreds of email exchanges" over the past year and a half.
Expressing fears that consumers might opt for unnecessary medical treatments -- or forgo needed ones -- based on information from a 23andMe test, the FDA ordered the company to drop plans for a TV marketing campaign and provide information it's requested within 15 days.
23andMe customer Jim Shuma, via email, called the FDA's letter "regrettable and shortsighted," saying that information from one of the company's tests led him and his doctors to discover a greatly elevated risk of heart disease.
The startup would seem to be financially well-positioned for a legal fight with the feds. 23andMe has raised more than $125 million from backers including Google (GOOG) co-founder Sergey Brin -- Wojcicki's estranged husband, whose fortune is estimated by Forbes to approach $23 billion
But perhaps acknowledging the very long odds of winning a fight, the company on Monday released a statement acknowledging it had "not met the FDA's expectations regarding timeline and communication. ... Our relationship with the FDA is extremely important to us."
Wednesday's blog post by Wojcicki does not delve into much greater detail, and a company spokeswoman said there would be no further comment for the time being.
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Tech Tip 14
Proper Equipment Grounding Prevents Shock Hazards
- Shock injury to humans or animals
- No equipment grounding conductor
- No neutral-to-ground bond at main panel
- Earth is only ground fault return path
- High-impedance ground fault path
- Use equipment grounding conductors to provide low impedance path for fault current
One reason for grounding electrical equipment is to prevent injury and death when equipment insulation fails. Proper grounding increases safety by allowing failed equipment to be quickly de-energized. Common grounding mistakes can be a hazard.
Consider the properly grounded system shown in Figure 1. With a ground fault at the equipment as shown, the only impedances limiting the fault current through the breaker are the impedances of the conductors, splices and terminations. If the total impedance is assumed at one ohm, the 20 ampere breaker will conduct 120 amps and trip the circuit quickly to extinguish the fault.
Figure 1: Properly Grounded System
Now consider a case where earth is the only return for ground fault current (Figure 2). The total circuit impedance is that of the conductors, splices, terminations and the earth ground impedance. If the total circuit impedance is assumed at 10 ohms, only 12 amps will flow through the breaker. The breaker will not trip and the motor frame will remain energized at near line voltage (120 volts) indefinitely. Anyone contacting this motor frame could suffer severe injuries or even death. Note the assumed impedance may be much lower than reality. Utilities often assume a driven ground rod has an impedance of 25 ohms. This breaker will conduct less than 5 amps with a circuit impedance of 25 ohms.
Figure 2: Improperly Grounded System
Since earth grounds may have impedances 10 to 100 times higher than ground conductors, significant shock hazards can occur when relying on an earth return for ground fault current. Using a ground conductor or earth ground as a ground return path has little effect on the normal operation of most equipment. Therefore, hazards due to using the earth as the sole ground return path often go unnoticed for years.
Maintaining a low impedance for ground fault current is vital to the proper operation of breakers and fuses. Using equipment grounding conductors will help establish this low impedance. Using earth as the only ground return path will severely limit the amount of current the breaker will conduct and inhibit its ability to clear ground faults.
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STANFORD -- Venus Williams is 34 now and no longer ranked in the top 10, let alone top 20. But the older half of the legendary sister act has no plans to walk away from the sport she learned on Compton's public courts.
If Tuesday night was an indication, why would she?
Playing for the first time since Wimbledon, Williams, now ranked 25th, dusted off a little rust and powered her way to a 6-3, 6-2 opening-round victory over Paula Kania at the Bank of the West Classic.
Williams will next play fourth-seeded Victoria Azarenka on Thursday.
"It's always interesting coming back after not playing for probably about four weeks," Williams said. "I think it was a nice adjustment out there."
Speaking to reporters about an hour after the final point, Williams seemed in good spirits as she returned to the tournament where she made her pro debut nearly 20 years earlier, when the event was held in Oakland.
"It's great to still be feeling well enough to be playing on this tour," Williams said. "It's much more competitive than 20 years ago. It's been a long journey. I don't know at that age if I would have envisioned that I would still be playing. But I am glad I am because you get one shot at it and then you fade to gray somewhere, someone else is better."
At times Tuesday, it was classic Venus as the lanky veteran with seven Grand Slam singles titles on her résumé chased down shots over her head and turned them into winners and dialed up extra velocity every time she needed a big serve.
"When I really want the point, that's when I start to serve a little bit harder," Williams said.
Williams, who last won a Grand Slam singles tournament six years ago, started a little slow against her 181st-ranked opponent, saving two break points to take a 2-1 lead in the first set. She went on to win the set and then broke Kania's serve in a marathon opening game of the second set.
Williams finished with seven aces, won 80 percent of her first serves and saved all seven break points she faced.
When it was over, she was asked how long she planned to continue playing.
"Well, as long as I am good and I am running pretty fast," she said. "If I get slow and I am terrible, then I'll stop. I am not having kids right now, it seems. I don't have any husbands telling me what to do. I don't have to argue every day. For me, it's easy to keep playing tennis."
And although her ranking has fallen, Williams still aims to hold a Grand Slam trophy once again.
"That's what I play for," she said. "I am not playing for just to hopefully win a few rounds, show (my) face and song and dance."
Williams' younger sister, Serena, headlines the Bank of the West card Wednesday night in her first match since her infamous illness at Wimbledon.
Asked about the bizarre scene in the doubles match that was halted after three games, Venus Williams, her sister's doubles partner, said, "I shouldn't have let her play. It was just a tough situation for both of us."
Earlier Tuesday, Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, a French Open quarterfinalist, defeated defending Bank of the West champion Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Cibulkova, the sixth seed, is ranked 12th.
Stanford's Carol Zhao advanced when Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer withdrew early in the second set with what officials called a viral illness. Zhao, a qualifier, led the match 6-2, 1-0 when it ended.
"I was mostly focused on my own game," Zhao said. "I didn't really know what was happening until she decided to retire. I hope she recovers quickly."
Ana Ivanovic, a former No. 1-ranked player, will be Zhao's next opponent. Ivanovic, now ranked 11th and seeded fifth this week, moved into the second round with a 7-6 (2), 6-1 victory over Sabine Lisicki, avenging a loss to the German at Wimbledon.
"I was really happy that I stayed composed after I got down in the first set," Ivanovic said.
Tuesday's key matches
Ana Ivanovic def. Sabine Lisicki 7-6 (2), 6-1
Venus Williams def. Paula Kania 6-3, 6-2
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Sydney attracts major international fashion brands to its grand 19th century arcades, elegant pedestrian malls and modern shopping centres. The beautifully restored Queen Victoria Building in the city centre is an arcade full of splendid boutiques. Outdoor markets are brimming with stalls, from fresh produce to the next big fashion name.
Love to shop? Then shopping in Sydney has it all, from international labels and innovative local designers to buzzy markets and tours of hidden gems and discount outlets. In the bustling city centre, the grand Queen Victoria Building has three levels devoted to fashion, jewellery and gifts.
The Tea Room QVB serves high tea daily in the gorgeous Grand Ballroom. Nearby is the Pitt Street Mall, a pedestrian mall with boutiques, global brands, department stores David Jones and Myer, the elegant Strand Arcade and Westfield Sydney, a multi-level modern shopping centre with more than 250 fashion, food and lifestyle stores.
Towering above Westfield is the Sydney Tower Eye, which offers breathtaking views of the city and beyond. You'll find personal stylists in David Jones and Myer. For a tailored shopping tour with your own personal stylist, Chic in the City offers tours of designer boutiques in the city centre and fashionable neighbourhoods.
High tea and fashion are a great combination too. At The Tea Salon in Westfield Sydney you enjoy high tea and a style consultation before a tour with your stylist. Next to the QVB, on the corner of George, Park and Pitt streets, is The Galeries, where fashion, art, music, books, technology and food meet over several floors.
You'll find flagship stores for international designer brands - Armani Exchange, Burberry, Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Versace and more - around Martin Place and on Castlereagh, Elizabeth, George and King streets.
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Other popular shopping precincts include Paddington's Oxford Street. On the corner of Oxford Street and Glenmore Road is The Intersection, where you'll find some of the best Australian labels.
Sydney is Australia's fashion epicentre, home to some of the hottest designer labels such as Dion Lee and Romance Was Born. It also hosts the country's major annual fashion event, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (MBFWA).
For 2016, MBFWA takes a bold new direction: it will be the global industry's first fashion week dedicated to Resort collections from May 15-21.
The new focus is expected to attract Sydney's largest fashion gathering yet, and with Vivid Sydney kicking off its dazzling program just a few days after MBFWA's grand finale, the lights, music and action are certain to continue long after the catwalk models have strutted their stuff.
High-street brands intermingle with independent boutiques and designer labels in Sydney's many shopping precincts. Expect to see some seriously stylish shoppers in Mosman, while the inner-city suburbs of Newtown and Surry Hills are home to more edgy crowds.
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MANATEE COUNTY - Prominent area builder Neal Communities continues to pick up vacant land for more new homes.
The Lakewood Ranch-based homebuilder bought about 28 acres on Prospect Road in Sarasota for $1.7 million, court records show.
The land sits near the corner of Tuttle Avenue and Saunders Road in southern Manatee County. Neal acquired the site from David Parrish.
Neal plans to build 45 homes on the land through a development dubbed "Woodland Trace." The company expects to start construction by May, with the first homes ready by early 2015.
The new community will replace Neal's popular Woodbrook development nearby. Since its opening in November 2011, homes in Woodbrook have sold rapidly, with the expectation that the 218 home sites there will be gone by the time Woodland Trace opens.
"All of our communities in that area are very strong because it's west of Interstate 75, close to employers in both Sarasota and Bradenton, and the schools are A rated schools," company founder Pat Neal said. "Everything about that neighborhood has been good for us."
Neal said his company is now selling homes at a pace of 3.6 houses per day.
In 2013, Neal Communities set new company records when it sold 826 homes across its 16 Southwest Florida communities, from Parrish south to Lee County. That was a 35 percent increase from 2012, which was previously Neal's best year.
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Global Marketing Director
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- Navico UK Ltd
- Location
- Romsey, Hampshire
- Salary
- £70k - £95k depending on experience
- Posted
- 07 Jan 2013
- Closes
- 07 Feb 2013
- Business Type
- In-house / Client-side
- Sector
- B2B, Retail, Technology & IT
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Role Summary:
Responsible for effective global strategy execution, including but not limited to communication with marketing personal in the Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and Asia Pacific regions, delegation of strategic responsibilities to regional marketing directors, regular budget assessment, and program progress reporting.
Overseeing the strategic marketing direction that translates into business-building brand strategies and integrated marketing programs will be a critical focus for this role.
This global organization specifically develops strategies and integrated marketing programs, communication materials and tools to attract and retain customers and help distribution partners grow their business with us in existing and new market segments.
The essential global responsibilities of this position are to lead the implementation of effective marketing strategies and integrated marketing programs which will enable the Navico product lines (brands) to achieve their strategic and financial objectives.
Oversee the activities of the assigned region's marketing teams to maintain a high level of support and a steady flow of programs, communications, ideas and activities. Interact with the Executive Committee, Field Sales, Operations, Product Management and Customer Service to ensure appropriate and timely marketing messages, sales tools and support are delivered by the marketing teams.
Critical Performance Objectives
- Implement over-arching marketing strategies for businesses to ensure consistency in approach and positioning to achieve maximum results.
- Oversee marketing of multiple brands, in parallel, to grow the entire business.
- Ensure the effective and efficient production of all marketing tactics, including but not limited to sponsorships, advertising, research, packaging, trade shows and events, website and internet, literature and other sales tools, public relations and database marketing.
- Ensure that new product launches are supported in an effective and timely manner.
- Ensure that global marketing efficiencies and budgets are adhered to throughout the marketing organization, and report on variances.
- Ensure communication between regional marketing departments is efficient and effective, and results in a close working relations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Secondary functions:
- Ability to complete special projects or other duties as assigned.
- Ability to plan, coordinate, and prioritize many projects simultaneously.
- Ability to contribute to decision-making that affects corporate strategy.
- Minimum requirements: Bachelor's degree in marketing/communications/business management and 4+ years of experience in marketing, including business-to-consumer and business-to-business. Experience marketing technology and/or marine products is preferred.
- General knowledge of all marketing disciplines including research, planning, communications, measurement, branding, product management.
- Proven experience implementing short and long term marketing plans and analyzing/reporting on success.
- Ability to prepare presentations, reports and updates for the senior management team on a routine basis.
- Ability to guide team members across regional markets in developing marketing and product line plans, align resources around executing those plans, and lead the ongoing communication of the status of the programs to the organization.
- Big picture perspective and strong attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to motivate in a matrix managed organization.
- Demonstrated record of consistent strong performance, individually, and in collaboration with others.
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, including ability to resolve disputes and observe confidentiality.
- Ability to meet deadlines; accomplish work in order of priority; balancing quality and quantity within financial parameters.
- Ability to professionally maintain composure and effectiveness under pressure and changing conditions while successfully managing people.
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BEVERLY — Several Marietta College education students are leaving campus three days a week to teach — and learn — at a local elementary school....
again... i wish you well and hope you nuture as many young minds as possible.
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MCMethodsStudents: i wish you the best in your endeavors and sincerely hope you become successful in your fields of study. in my post i merely reflected on the obvious examples of teachers that have forgotten it is for the kids and found out it had become all about their wallet. you see, your bills don't care if it is for the kids. my wife and i were active for almost 22 years with the PTA's of at least three schools. this enabled us to speak with a myriad of teaching professionals. their professional experiences have given great insight into what had become of the teaching profession. idealistic and enthusiastic young teachers are eagerly anticipated by school systems for obvious reasons. as an example, when my daughter received her business degree i explained to her the difference between book business and real world business. after 2 years in the real world she understood. she went on to earn her MBA and is successful by anyones standards. however, she never forgot our conversation
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Young brand new teachers often go into the classroom full of pep and ready to teach. They often find it is harder than it looks / time spent actually teaching competes eith many other duties, sometimes administrators are not buying in to all the new teaching strategies, and the dreaded helicopter parents,who think their little darlings need straight A's and by the way they think you could do better told be sweeter to their wonderful child.It's no wonder its an easy burnout career. I feel for teachers, they have a hard job, and rarely do they get praise, just constsnt criticism. people that think its a cushy job should try subbing it for a day,they would not last a day.
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As students of Marietta College, we have been educated to the fullest extent about the issues and politics behind today's education system. We appreciate all that Beverly Center and Dr. Bauer has to offer us. We want to teach because we love working with children and watching them learn and grow as individuals. Our work at Beverly Center has given us ample experience and has helped each of us grow to become better educators. We hope that in the future we do not become disillusioned and remember that teaching is for the kids.
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Do they make student teachers join the union or do they wait until they graduate before the union*****puts the squeeze on them?
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authority in the classrooms with the full support of their schools administration and the parents. our parents need to understand that their children are not perfect and need stable guidance while in the social and educational atmosphere of our tax-supported schools. we have allowed the political machine to invade and infect too many aspects of not only our lives but the lives of our children. it is time to help teachers make a real difference and let them do what they are paid to do and that is to educate our young people.
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the warm and fuzzy meassage from this article is very heartwarming. the skeptical side of me says to remember their names and faces as one day you will see some of them holding a sign in a picket line protesting their low wages. it has always befuddled me as to how one can enter into the education profession and be so blind to the fact of the level of compensation that goes with it. once they are in it a few years the aura begins to fade and they are faced with the bills from life choices that their wages do not cover. then comes the gnashing of teeth regarding low compensation, disillusionment in the classroom and the realization that they have become overeducated and underpaid baby-sitters in most instances. many will try to teach but in the end the federal and state dollars will dictate their curriculum. we need great teachers just like we need great minds. unfortunately the governemnt has the ability to stifle both. our teachers need to be given back the responsibility and authori
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Such a positive caring man that Bill Bauer is. He's always speaking out and helping kids..all kids too. Great coach, mentor and friend.
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Definition of inertial in English:
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1Relating to or arising from inertia.
Example sentences
- Another way of understanding the situation is to remember the equivalence Einstein explained between gravitational and inertial forces.
- The interesting thing is that, physically, no difference has been found between gravitational and inertial mass.
- Einstein warmed to the idea that the gravitational field of the rest of the Universe might explain centrifugal and other inertial forces resulting from acceleration.
1.1(Of navigation or guidance) depending on internal instruments that measure a craft's acceleration and compare the calculated position with stored data.
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- Inside is a guidance control unit with inertial navigation and global positioning systems.
- A rocket's inertial guidance system measures acceleration along three principal directions.
- The missile has new GPS / INS (global positioning / inertial navigation) guidance and kinetic warhead.
1.2(Of a frame of reference) in which bodies continue at rest or in uniform straight motion unless acted on by a force.
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- Simple laws apply to constant motion in a straight line (an inertial frame of reference).
- A reference frame in which star motion is ignored and the stars are assumed to be at rest is approximately an inertial reference frame and is often adequate for many purposes.
- The rest-mass of a body is the inertial mass of that body when it is at rest relative to an inertial frame.
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quote: They'd still have to go through the expense of developing technology and parts for the first time and not achieving minimal production cost in their first attempt.
quote: If Nissan delayed the introduction of the Leaf, they wouldn't have hit an MSRP or $29k today. They got there by taking what they learned from the original Japan plant and improving efficiency for the US one.
quote: GM's Volt transmission is unique.
quote: The appropriate chemistry would be a niche without EVs, so cost reduction would be slow and inapplicable to EV volumes.
quote: For instance, if you wanted to build your own cell phone you wouldn't have to reinvent the transceiver, the GPS chip, the processor, the memory, the compass, etc. These things have already been invented by third party companies and you'd incorporate them into your design.
quote: the main cost savings is in the parts becoming more popular and as a result cheaper.
quote: They use off-the-shelf cells made by LG Chem in Korea. LG Chem (and other companies) had already developed these kinds of batteries before the Volt was thought of.


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Some good thoughts from Paul Ford on MAY 20 2005
Some good thoughts from Paul Ford on the recent announcement from the NY Times about their TimesSelect offering. "The web should serve the needs of its users, not the needs of a few hundred advertisers. If that ends up costing money, so be it; this medium is not inherently free."


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A new survey finds that while 50 percent of consumers say they spend 100 percent of the gift cards they receive, more than 1 in 4 say they usually only use up to half of the value when shopping.
"Consumers are leaving money on the table by not using the total value of their gift cards," said Trae Bodge, senior editor of the RetailMeNot blog. "End-of-year clearance sales after Christmas are the perfect opportunity to get some great last-minute deals."
The survey also found that most consumers would not return unwanted gifts, instead choosing to store them, "regift" them or donate them to charity.
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A portion of state Route 44 (Ravenna Avenue SE) was temporarily closed Wednesday afternoon because of a traffic accident at the highway intersection with Orchard View Drive SE shortly after 11:30 a.m.
The road reopened by 3:30 p.m.
Route 44 was closed south of U.S. Route 30 in Osnaburg Township and north of state Route 43 (Waynesburg Drive SE) in Sandy Township.
The Ohio Highway Patrol troopers could not provide details early Wednesday afternoon.
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Introducing Unified Messaging Voicemail
Information Technology Services has been working behind the scenes to ensure all necessary systems are in place prior to completing the launch of our new voice mail system University-wide.
The new voicemail system is part of Microsoft™ Exchange Unified Messaging. Over the course of the next couple of months a new mailbox will be created for each user and instructions will be provided for accessing and using the new system.
Unified Messaging offers combined inbox for both email and voicemail, with speech commands that let you:
- Read your voice messages from your inbox with speech to text (If you chose to turn feature on)
- Listen to your email and calendar items over the phone with text to speech
- Search for contacts from the Global Address List and send them messages
- Read or hear missed call information
The guide below is meant to be a tool to show you both the basic and advanced functionality of the voicemail portion of this communication platform.


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So down here in Jacksonville they had an ace race a couple weeks ago and they had a disc that was z plastic and they claimed it was a new disc. Couldnt find anything else really about it so I figured I would ask the discraft experts here.
I have thrown it a couple times and it throws more like an oldschool champ stingray...throw a hyzer and it will fly straight a bit and then just slowly fade right (rhbh throw). Any ideas what this is? Thinking about picking some of them up before I come back but money is tight so I want to know what I'm getting into before I invest


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The Data-Based Election Webinar: Shaping Campaigns with TV Audience Insights
Learn how TV and digital audience information can be effectively employed to efficiently reach and persuade ideal voters. さらに表示する
Healthcare.gov: Traffic is Up Slightly, But Browsing and Enrollment is Down
After a decline in traffic to healthcare.gov during the third week of open enrollment, traffic increased during the beginning of week four as the number of unique visitors reached 500,000 per day for the first time since October 10th. さらに表示する
Political Candidates Use Different Strategies to Engage Voters Through Digital Advertising
With each successive political cycle, digital advertising continues to play a more prominent role in campaigns. In the months leading up to 2012, the Obama campaign began delivering a significant number of online display ads across the web, outpacing the combined effort of the four leading Republican campaigns. An analysis of the top 3 web publishers... さらに表示する
comScore and i360 Team Up to Provide Digital Marketing Insights for Political Campaigns and Advocacy Groups
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today announced a collaboration with i360, a leading data and technology resource for the pro-business political and advocacy community, to provide insights into the online behavior of the U.S. voting public through Segment Metrix 2.0™, comScore's next-generation audience-segmentation tool. As one of the third-party... さらに表示する
Top U.S. Federal Government Properties Show Decline Over Previous Year
In July 2011, 87.6 million Americans visited government properties, showing a reach of 40.7 percent for the Government sector online. The National Institutes of Health (NIH.gov) ranked first, drawing 9.6 million unique visitors, followed by the Department of Education (ED.gov) and the Department of Commerce (including sites such as Weather.gov and the... さらに表示する
Political Party Affiliation Varies Among U.S. News Sites
The websites of certain top news brands reveal skews in content consumption by party affiliation. A majority of pages at FoxNews.com are read by Republicans, Democrats account for the preponderance of page views at MSNBC.com, and CNN attracts the most attention from Independents and those not affiliated with a particular political party. さらに表示する
What Role Should the Government Play in Our (Searching) Lives?
Last Tuesday was Election Day (I voted, I promise!) in the U.S. One of the most prevalent themes on the campaign trail this year was the size and role of the federal government. All of the recent coverage got me thinking about how, even though many Americans would like to see government play a more limited role, it has always served an important function... さらに表示する
Government 2.0: Digital Measurement = Better Management
Early in my career, I had the distinct pleasure to work side by side with John Little, Institute Professor and the Chair of Management Science at the MIT Sloan School of Management. John is the quintessential quantitative marketer, and is widely considered to be one of the founders of marketing science with his work in the area of promotional spending... さらに表示する
25 Million Americans Visited Politics Sites in the Final Month of the Presidential Race
RESTON, Va., Nov. 15, 2004 – comScore Media Metrix today released its monthly analysis of online consumer behavior, reporting that more than 25 million Americans – roughly one out of every six Internet users – visited the Politics category in October 2004. With each of the candidates' Web sites earning the number one spot in three of the last... さらに表示する
Media Alert: Traffic to Campaign Sites Skyrockets on Election Eve
RESTON, Va., Nov. 2, 2004 – comScore Networks today released an overnight analysis of Web visitation related to today's election. The analysis found that both Senator Kerry and President Bush's campaign web sites saw dramatic traffic increases yesterday (Monday, November 1). さらに表示する


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GRAND LAKE — Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park opened at 11:15 today, Friday, May 24.
Trail Ridge Road historically opens on Memorial Day weekend; last year the road opened early on May 14. The earliest the road has opened was on May 7, 2002, the latest June 26, 1943. Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuous paved road in the United States, climbing to 12,183 feet and connecting the towns of Estes Park and Grand Lake.
Trail Ridge Road officially closed for the season last year on Oct. 17.
National Park Service plow operators normally begin clearing the snow in the middle of April. Crews from the west side of the park and crews from the east side of the park move along the road and eventually meet at the Alpine Visitor Center. The Visitor Center is the highest in the National Park Service, sitting at 11,796 feet above sea level. Spring storms often impact plowing activities. This year, plow operators encountered average snow drifts from 18 to 22 feet. Much of the snow came in the early spring.
Park staff expect a busy Memorial Day Weekend. The two reservation campgrounds in the park are full on Saturday and Sunday and the first come, first served campgrounds are expected to fill. From lower elevations the mountain peaks look majestic with blankets of snow. The park's backcountry still looks and feels like winter above 9,000 feet.
Due to heavy melting on the road during the day and freezing temperatures at night, visitors should plan for likely night closures in their travel plans. Alpine Visitor Center and Trail Ridge Store are expected to open sometime next week.
Because weather conditions may change rapidly, park visitors should be prepared to adjust travel plans accordingly and are encouraged to call the park's Trail Ridge Road recorded phone line at 970-586-1222. Park staff will update the recorded line during and after regular office hours for when the road status changes.


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Jay Angoff - The Affordable Care Act
Monday, October 8, 2012
6:30pm @ Plaza Branch
What will the Affordable Care Act mean to the lives, health, and finances of you and your family? How will it be implemented?
Jay Angoff, Region VII director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and a panel of health experts discuss the new law.
Angoff was Missouri's insurance commissioner from 1993-1998. He was the first director of the Health and Human Services Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight.
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ALBANY -- The top-seeded Salesian High boys basketball team put an exclamation point on the North Coast Section Division IV playoffs with a 65-34 win over No. 2 Cardinal Newman (29-3) in the championship game Saturday night at Albany High.
The Pride (30-3) dominated this year's playoffs, which was its fourth title in five years. Salesian entered Saturday with a 29-point average margin of victory in its first three games.
Montana-bound Mario Dunn and Cal-bound Jabari Bird each scored 20 points for the Pride. Dunn scored 12 points in an instrumental third quarter that saw Salesian's four-point halftime lead balloon into a 51-26 lead after three quarters.
"He always has been a heart and soul kind of guy," Salesian coach Bill Mellis said of Dunn. "We go when he goes."
The Pride now turns its attention to the California Interscholastic Federation Northern regional playoffs. But unlike years past, the Pride will compete in the newly formed Open Division, which pits the top teams in Northern California against each other, no matter the size of the school.
"For us it's great," Mellis said. "We've already achieved a state title in Division IV, and it's the first time ever for California and that's exciting."
Mellis' Pride will bring a hefty résumé into the playoffs, the brackets for which will be announced Sunday.
Salesian is the defending state champions in Division IV and was NorCal champions and state runners-up two years ago.
The Pride also won a state title in 2009.
Salesian will enter as one of the state's hottest teams, having won 20 in a row.
The Pride has also won 76 in a row against Northern California foes. The last time it lost to a NorCal team was a 57-54 defeat to St. Joseph Notre Dame on Jan. 19, 2011.
Ranked No. 1 in the state in Division IV by Cal-High Sports, the Pride is also ranked No. 3 overall having won 15 of its past 16 section playoff games.
Leading Cardinal Newman were senior guard Kenny Love with 10 points and senior forward Kyle King with eight points.
Corey Hammell, who came into Saturday's game averaging more than 17 points per contest, finished with seven.
St. Joseph Notre Dame 44, University-S.F. 38: Temidayo Yussuf scored nine points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead the Pilots (21-11) over the Red Devils (24-8) in the NCS Division V championship game at Albany High.
"That's what I pride myself off of -- rebounds and points," Yussuf said.
"I know that most of my points come off of offensive and defensive rebounds so I try to go for every one. When I'm going for every one and the team is going for every one, nobody can outrebound us."
St. Joseph used a dominating defense in the second quarter to build a 22-14 lead at halftime.
The Pilots forced eight turnovers and held University to 0 of 8 field goal attempts over the first six minutes, 14 seconds of the quarter before Will Carroll finally made a baseline jumper.
Those were the only points for the Red Devils in the quarter.
Yussuf said the Pilots switched to a 2-3 zone and that keyed the defensive run.
"We saw a couple of holes," he said. "Our players worked it to perfection. James Choyce played great minutes off the bench."
Said University coach Randy Bessolo, "It's all about a good defense against a shooting team. But with their size down low, they really extend it out, block the passing lanes and gave us a lot of trouble."
The Red Devils fought back and took a 33-32 lead early in the fourth quarter. However, the Pilots put together a 7-0 run to retake control of the game.
Yussuf tied for team-high scorer with Marc Voisenat. Justin Brown pulled down 11 rebounds.
Jack Gale led University with 14 points.
It's the third straight NCS Division V title for St. Joseph Notre Dame, and fourth in five years.
"Three of anything is not too shabby," Pilots coach Don Lippi said. "We work a lot on getting to shooters. And when shooters have guys coming at them, it's hard to get your shot off."
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Trudeau sticks to pro-choice decision
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OKOTOKS, Alta. - Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is sticking to his recent comments about only allowing candidates who are pro-choice to run for the party in the next election.
At a campaign event in Okotoks, Alta., on Thursday, he said the party has been pro-choice since 2012 and any person who wants to run under the Liberal banner must subscribe to the party's views.
He said the party simply does not believe a government should regulate what happens with a woman and her body.
A small group of protesters stood outside outside the event, holding signs reading: "Vote for Justin — Abort the Future."
Protester Merle Terlesky called Trudeau's comments discriminatory and an affront to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.


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Because of the relative high price of gaffers tape as compared to other tapes, it is more important than ever to buy a gaffers tape that meets the requirements of your specific application, but doesn't exceed them at too great a cost. We currently stock gaffers tapes from the larger manufacturers (Shurtape/Permacel, Polyken/Berry Plastics, Scapa, 3M and JVCC), but there is currently a $500+ price difference for just one case of 2" tape when you compare the least expensive to the most expensive of the tapes.
And that is why we are offering our Gaffers Tape Challenge Pack which will allow you to test 10 different grades of gaffers tape from the manufacturers noted above, at an economical price (we are basically charging for the material, but not the cost of rewinding the rolls and putting them on new cores). We've labeled each roll with the product number for easy reference and also with the word 'SAMPLE' since these rolls are only available via this test sample pack and can not be purchased individually.
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Buffalo's DriveStation USB 2.0 Hard Drive HD-LBU2 is an easy to use external hard drive to add additional external storage to any device using a USB port. The DriveStation features a sleek, black glossy chassis that can be positioned vertically or horizontally, adapting to the location it is used in for an efficient use of space.
Get more storage instantly by simply plugging in Buffalo's DriveStation™ USB 2.0 Hard Drive HD-LBU2 to a PC or Mac via a USB port. The Buffalo DriveStation™ is a quiet external hard drive in a black glossy chassis that looks stylishly sleek whether you place it upright or flat. Its adaptive design allows efficient use of space.
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The DriveStation™'s auto installation and auto power on/off features make it easy to use, and provide an economical solution where you can quickly store, access, and transfer files, digital images, documents, and backups.
- Compatible Interfaces: USB 2.0 Interface - connects to USB on any PC or Mac
- Pre-formatted drive: Ready to use, anytime
- Connect and go: Easy to use and setup, simply plug it into the USB and play; no drivers required
- USB Interface: Standard Compliance USB 2.0, Connector Type USB Type B, Number of Ports1, Data Tansfer Rates Max. 480Mbps (USB 2.0 Mode)
- Dimensions (WxHxD) 38.7 x 122.6 x 189mm
- Weight 950g
- OS SupportWindows®7 (32bit, 64bit), Windows® Vista™(32bit, 64bit), Windows® XP, Mac OS 10.4 or later
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- BUFFALO DriveStation - hard drive - 3 TB - USB 2.0
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- Included AC adapter
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- Glossy black
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 3.9 cm x 18.9 cm x 12.3 cm
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- 2 years warranty
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Reviewed by Les. Review Posted 26/04/2013
I have been using Buffalo for years & have never had a problem. This drive is great for the price & does not make too much noise. Data transfer is fast & is easy to use. I have not dropped it yet so don't know if it can survive a fall (my other buffalo drives could take a drop). I did have to format it before use though. Highly recommend Buffalo for storage. Thanks BT & Buffalo
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Reviewed by Anonymous Review Posted 03/02/2013
Good value, good brand, just plug it in and away you go - but say "goodbye" to quiet computing.
My god this thing is loud - a constant low whirring drone - even if its not in use. I pull the power cable out of it when its not being used just to get some peace. Whilst I will store some things on it, I might have to transfer the files I need onto my computer each time just so I can then unplug it. It really is loud and annoying. Shame.
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Djandawg, on 11 January 2013 - 05:18 PM, said:
This mentality brought the dispel system change, cyclone dr, mana burn removal, blanket counterspell change. All reliable healers gaining freedom and melee classes getting additional stuns, snare breaks , the mage class needed blanket cs more than ever but it's getting removed.
I would like to see how people in this thread would feel if stuff like the following happened:
-Holy paladin instants are too strong, so were removed freedom.
-Warriors can stack offensive cooldowns, so we removed charge stun.
-Blood fear was too strong, so we removed your healthstone.
Mages will not be ok next patch, they will be borderline bad and this will hurt the caster comps that require the melee prevention tools of the mage. We'll see how people like the game when it's kfc/melee cleave 30 games in a row, tunneling healers until crits / stuns are aligned.
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text: Time is either loved or dreaded depending on the circumstances. When school starts in August time will be hard to accept, each day, until the 3:15 bell rings for dismissal. And yet, that time will seem to fly when May comes and I am no longer at Bevier High.Well I'm sure you are wondering where I am going with this. Time, this past week, was kind to me and was definitely worth the wait. My grandma Prokup has always lived very far away from me. I have had little time with her and on those rare occasions when our families were together, because of my constant fear of the unknown, I kept to myself. So, time and God were extremely patient with the situation and allowed me to finally make a connection with my grandma. This past week she seemed to understand me better and I was able to allow her into my world. We shared not only space but words and experiences. I am definitely looking forward to time passing quickly to be able to see her again.