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Students in Waynesburg University's Master of Arts in Counseling Program achieved a milestone during the most recent National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification (NCE), collectively scoring above the national average for accredited counseling programs. One Waynesburg University student obtained the top national score, an honor shared with the top 5 percent of examinees nationwide. More than 4,000 graduate counselors sat for the exam.
Dr. Darryl Husenits, CONSOL Energy's vice president for material and supply chain management and a facilitator within Waynesburg University's Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program, was awarded the Pittsburgh Business Times' Educator Energy Leadership Award. The Energy Leadership Awards recognize "the influencers who have helped shape the [energy] industry."
Waynesburg University Master of Business Administration (MBA) students traveled to Ireland from Friday, Oct. 4, through Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, as part of an international business class. Fourteen students and four guests attended the trip with trip leaders Domenic Marian, lecturer in the MBA program, and Janice Crile, director of graduate programs in business administration.
In August of 2013, Dr. Mary Dee Fisher was named Assistant Professor of Nursing and Director of the MSN program at Waynesburg University. She received her B.S.N. degree from LaRoche College, the M.S.N. from the University of Pittsburgh and the D.N.P. from Carlow University; Dr. Deborah Lewis was named Assistant Professor of Nursing and Director of the RN-BSN Program at Waynesburg University's Monroeville campus. She received her BSN from Carlow University and her MSN and DNP from Waynesburg University; Teresa Robinetti was named Coordinator of the RN-BSN Program at Waynesburg University's Monroeville campus. She received her BSN from Waynesburg University; Teddi Thorpe was named Coordinator of the MSN Program at Waynesburg University. She received her M.S.N. from Waynesburg University and her B.S.N from Duquesne University; and Sherri Stonecipher was named Director of Enrollment and Professional Development for Graduate and Professional Studies Nursing Programs. She received her M.S.N and her B.S.N. from Waynesburg University and has worked with the program since January of 2013.
Waynesburg University Master of Business Administration students enrolled in the energy management concentration partnered with regional companies such as Fairmont Supply, Fenner Dunlop, Jennmar Corporation, Pipeco Services and Trumbull Corporation for their project management course. Dr. Darryl Husenits, Dr. George Smith and Dr. Jeanna Cooper, all part-time graduate faculty and experts in the energy field, taught the 27 students enrolled in the course.
The Waynesburg University counseling program partnered with the American Red Cross Thursday, April 25, 2013, to host a disaster mental health training session at the Waynesburg University Southpointe Center. Specialists from the American Red Cross trained 65 first and second year counseling students in Psychological First Aid (PFA) techniques as part of the University's Counseling Trauma Survivors course.


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Lady Bucs roll past Tetons in NJCAA opener
Published: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 12:10 a.m.
SALINA, Kan. | Sharin Rivers scored 16 points, including going 8-for-8 at the free throw line, as the Shelton State Community College Lady Buccaneers defeated Williston State 72-57 Tuesday night in the National Junior College Athletic Association tournament.
Shelton State (34-0) is two steps away from playing for the national championship.
Shelton State, which had a first-round bye, will play Gulf Coast Community College at 3 p.m. Thursday.
The championship game is Saturday night.
Joining Rivers in double-figure scoring for the Lady Bucs were Juliser Harper with 13 points and Kendara Watts with 11. Quenisha Lockett was the rebounding leader with eight.
Shelton State had a 33-25 halftime lead over the Tetons and slowly built the lead through the second half.
The Lady Bucs shot 40 percent from the field and 73 percent from the free throw line.
Turnovers were a major contributor for Shelton State. Williston committed 32 turnovers and the Lady Bucs turned those into 27 points. Shelton State had 11 turnovers.
Jazzmine Robinson led Williston with a game-high 18 points. Maggie Lorenz scored 11 and Samantha Schell 10.
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For those seeking ideas and information about how to garden in the High Country, a $20 membership to the Summit County Garden Club could be an ideal investment.
The club is now seeking new members; even with 50 in the ranks, they're always looking for more heads to discover better alpine gardening techniques.
"We're always looking for new members because this club is for the enjoyment of gardening. We welcome everyone," member and organizer Beverly Breakstone said.
The focus for the past two decades of the group has been on High Country perennial flower gardening, but the group also donates to the food gardens and organizations promoting vegetable gardening.
The membership includes a garden tour ticket for the club's main event. This year, it's slated for Saturday, July 28, starting at the Summit County Community and Senior Center. This year, participants move on a self-guided vehicle tour of gardens in the southern end of the county. Tickets are $15 on the day of the tour or $10 in advance for non-members.
But the annual garden tour doesn't define the group.
Throughout the summer, garden club members get together to caretake the Breckenridge Alpine Garden, located riverside in Breckenridge, behind Kenosha Steakhouse. The group has also adopted the Dillon Schoolhouse Garden as well as the St. Anthony Summit Medical Center garden. They plant, maintain and clean the beds of each of the gardens.
The group goes together to various events outside the county, as well, such as a July visit to the Yampa River Botanic Park in Steamboat Springs and to pick up Plant Select program plants through the Denver Botanical Gardens. Breakstone said it's an honor to be part of the Plant Select program to help test plants in various environments.
The calendar is also filled out with several educational programs, where experts come to share their knowledge. The goal is to educate as many people as possible about High Country gardening, so members can bring friends to listen in.
"It's a social opportunity. You hang out with people who love to grow things," said Breakstone, who has been a member for about 10 years. "Gals come and bring tools. We weed, trim and beautify the gardens while we shoot the breeze and have a grand time. We usually have about 20 gardeners. It makes quick work and we can get out for coffee earlier."
Members qualify for discounts at the local garden centers, which adds value to the membership. New members are welcomed into the fold on Saturday, June 2 during a 9:30 a.m. work session at the Breckenridge Alpine Garden and potluck welcome lunch following.
The group recently began supporting Summit High School students going to college in a plant-related field - botany, plant biology, landscaping, landscape architecture, for instance. In the two years of the program, preference went to students attending a Colorado school.
That scholarship is boosted by the July Summit County Garden Tour, which last year doubled its attendance by using digital marketing and social media outlets to promote the event.
"It's a tremendous amount of fun. If you love gardening at all, you'll learn so much by being associated with so many guys and gals who garden," Breakstone said. "Being at our elevation it's a very unique experience to get things growing at 9,000 and 10,000 feet elevation."
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UA choir to hold back-to-school concert, car washes
Published: Friday, August 30, 2013 at 8:48 p.m.
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The Afro American Gospel Choir at the University of Alabama will have a Back 2 School Concert at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 8 in the Ferguson Center ballroom on the UA campus.
The concert is free and open to the public.The choir will also hold two fundraising car washes from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 7 at O'Reilly's Auto Parts, 1715 15th St. and Arby's, 2240 Mcfarland Blvd E.
Money raised will help cover the choir's expenses.
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MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's Interfax news agency is quoting a top Kremlin official as saying the government could drop its support for Bashar Assad if the Syrian president reneges on his commitments to give up chemical weapons.
Interfax on Saturday quoted Sergei Ivanov, President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, as saying Russia's position "could change" if it was "certain that Assad is cheating" on giving up chemical weapons.
Ivanov emphasized that he was speaking "theoretically and hypothetically." While speaking at a conference on Thursday, Putin said he was confident that Assad's government would be quick to comply.
Russia has been the biggest international backer of the Assad regime and a long-time ally of Syria, continuing a history of cooperation and exchange from Soviet times.
BEIRUT (AP) -- A Syrian activist group says government troops backed by allied militiamen have stormed a predominantly Sunni village in the center of the country, killing at least 15 people.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the attack on the village of Sheik Hadid occurred late Friday.
The group said the dead included two women and a child. It says the rest were men but does not know if they included rebel fighters.
The assault came shortly after rebels captured Jalma, another village close to Sheik Hadid in Hama province, killing five soldiers.
The Observatory says fighting raged Saturday in Sheik Hadid and nearby areas.
Syria's 2 1/2-year conflict has left more than 100,000 people dead.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says its technical experts are reviewing a further disclosure from Syria about its chemical weapons program.
A day earlier, the body that polices the global treaty outlawing chemical weapons said it had received a preliminary submission from Syria.
No details have been released of what is in the Syrian declarations and OPCW spokesman Michael Luhan refused Saturday to give any more details about the latest submission.
Under a United States-Russia agreement aimed at swiftly ridding Syria of its chemical arsenal, Damascus had until Saturday to submit a full list to the organization of its chemical weapons and production facilities so they can be secured and destroyed.
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Syria sends watchdog chemical weapons inventory
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Syria has sent the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons an "initial declaration" outlining its weapons program, the organization said Friday, in keeping with the agreement Russia and the U.S. brokered to have Syria give up its chemical weapons arsenal.
Michael Luhan, the organization's spokesman, told The Associated Press the declaration is "being reviewed by our verification division," but details of it will not be released.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the United States and other nations that have joined the chemical weapons organization "will be making a careful and thorough review of the initial document."
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, based in The Hague, polices a global treaty known as the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993, which bars the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical arms. The organization relies on a global network of more than a dozen top laboratories to analyze field samples.
U.S. officials said last week that the United States and Russia agreed that Syria had roughly 1,000 metric tons of chemical weapons agents and precursors, including blister agents, such as sulfur and mustard gas and nerve agents like sarin.
In the aftermath of the U.N. report that concluded sarin had been used in an attack in Damascus last month, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is looking at ways to fast-track moves to secure and destroy Syria's arsenal of poison gas and nerve agents as well as its production facilities.
However, diplomatic efforts to speed up the process are moving slowly. A meeting initially scheduled for Sunday at which the organization's 41-nation executive council was to have discussed a U.S.-Russian plan to swiftly rid Syria of chemical weapons was postponed Friday, and no new date was immediately set. No reason was given for the postponement.
Harf said she did not know why the meeting was postponed, but said Syria's initial declaration was a step Washington was seeking "and we'll go from there."
Under a U.S.-Russia agreement brokered last weekend in Geneva, inspectors are to be on the ground in Syria by November. During that month, they are to complete their initial assessment and all mixing and filling equipment for chemical weapons is to be destroyed.
All components of the chemical weapons program are to be removed from the country or destroyed by mid-2014.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons plan of action will be backed up by a U.N. Security Council resolution, and negotiations remain underway on the text of such a resolution.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he talked to his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, about Syria's chemical weapons early Friday.
"I had a fairly long conversation with Foreign Minister Lavrov," Kerry said in Washington. "We talked about the cooperation which we both agreed to continue to provide, moving not only toward the adoption of the OPCW rules and regulations, but also a resolution that is firm and strong within the United Nations. We will continue to work on that."
In an interview with Fox News Channel aired Wednesday, Syrian President Bashar Assad blamed terrorists for the Aug. 21 chemical attack, which the U.S. says killed more than 1,400 people, including hundreds of children. He said evidence that terrorist groups have used sarin gas has been turned over to Russia and that Russia, through one of its satellites, has evidence that the rockets in the attack were launched from another area.
While the U.N. report did not lay blame, many experts interpreting the report said all indications were that the attack was conducted by Assad forces.


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That said, it's a monumental rendition of this mainstay tune, and every Phish fan should hear it - if for no other reason than to help make sense of the vastly more coherent, emotionally serious music that the band was making just three years later.
This version of Possum (with extensive chordal weirdness that's traditionally been labeled 'Mind Left Body' jamming) sort of has the same problem/virtue: Trey has all these neat ideas about bringing the music up and down and all around and goofily deconstructing the Very Idea of a Blues Solo, etc., etc., and what you get is a version of the tune that's viscerally exciting and impressive without revealing even a split second of emotional depth or honesty. The band's technique in those days was positively inhuman, and 'inhuman' isn't exactly the cardinal virtue for a blues performance. Right?
But you gotta admit this too: no other band does quite what Phish does, and that was true in 1994 too. This is astonishing music: giddy high-wire ensemble playing in some weird dialect of Rock, smarter and in some ways wilder than anything else going. When they locked into a song they could perform miracles, even then. And back then they very specifically wanted to do just that. They're into other stuff now - love, death, mere living - and so the music goes deeper than ever, but is less likely to impress the music school kids. If that's your standard than enjoy this marvelous exhibition.
If you think bitter truth and ecstatic melancholy are more important to music than the blinding wizardry on display in this show, go see Phish next time they're in your town.
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I've heard 2,000 to 3,000 miles? I had to replace mine after 1,500 miles... The shop said I have incorrect shifting technique meaning I cross gears and therefore stretch the chain to its maximum. I need your help in figuring out a way for me to practice proper gear ratios once I get my bike back from the shop.
PS. I wore-out the rear cassette as well
My first good road bike was a Bianchi. I took it in for regular service, they never mentioned anything about the chain. 6 or 7 years later, I had to replace the chain and the rear cassette. My new bike I got at a different shop with probably the best mechanic in town. He says that he changes his every 1,000 miles. And he replaces the rear cassette every third chain. Of course he gets a discount on parts and can do it himself. ?:| I had maybe 2,000 miles on the chain, they put a little gauge on it, said the chain was worn, (stretched) and launched into the "You need a new cassette" speach. This from some kid whose younger than some of my suits. I said just replace the chain. It worked fine. Put another 1,500 on and changed it again. 2nd one in a year, this is getting expensive. Do they really need to be replaced that often?
I do tend to hit it a little hard sometimes, stand up on the pedals to accelerate, climb hills ect. From some of your articles etc. I'm guessing you are even harder on your chain than I am. That's why the links tend to get stretched out too far. As for their explanation of incorrect gearing? Do you have a triple or a double? If you have a triple, you want to avoid being in your smallest chainring and smallest gears (rear), and big chainring and largest gears. That would also make for smoother shifting because you have nowhere else to go when you get to those extremes.
I have just had a chain/cassette last for an amazing 8000 miles. Shifting was still quite slick, but the chain had reached its limit of stretch according to my Park chain gauge. I clean and lube my chain after every ride - perhaps that makes a huge difference.
When you get the chance, could you please provide a "How-to" for your chain-cleaning process. That would be extremely helpful for not only myself, but other members of the community looking to be more independent with their own bicycle maintenance. Thanks!
I really do nothing particularly complicated in the cleaning/lubing process in that I really stay on top of it all the time. Typically, I simply grab the chain tightly with a rag, and run it through the rag a few times to clean it. If it is moderately dirty, I spray the chain with White Lightning Clean Streak prior to lubing, and if it somehow got very dirty, I use a chain scruber that attaches to a can of White Lightning Clean streak which allows the chain to run through the scrubber as you spray the Clean Streak on it - they sell them at Performance Bicycle. I then spray the side of the chain that runs on the cogs (too many people spray the top side of the chain which is not as effective) with a dry lube, and then run the chain through the various gears to allow the rollers to thoroughly get lubed. I then wipe off the excessive lube from the chain so that it does not attract dirt. The whole process takes just a couple of minutes, and the drive train seems to last forever which is important to me in that I am in the saddle over 20 hours a week at minimum.
I'm jumping into this discussion a bit late but it is interesting. We seem to often share similar experiences. Some shops will measure your chain and say it okay. That is subjective. If a chain gets stretched then it starts to wear the cassette out prematurely. PEDALMASHER got 8K miles on a set but my guess is that when he replaced his chain had he not replaced the cassette then it would have skipped like a school girl on the way home from a party. While changing a chain every 1,000 miles is pretty frequent, the most liberal of my peers will do so at 1,500 miles and I'll check it at about that to keep an eye on it but probably I'm changing it at 2,500 to 3,000 miles or so. A Park Chain checker tool is not too expensive. It is amazing how much a chain, metal and all, will stretch. The point is to save cost and ride efficiently. If you wait a long time, the cassette wears out and check the prices on a DURA-ACE cassette. Pricey. A Dura-ace chain, from Performance or Colorado Cyclist for example isn't too bad. By the way, a Dura-ace chain and a Ultegra chain both weigh the same, about 280 grams. Ask your Shimano rep for the the performance difference! So, get the tool, but measure it when it is NEW!!! Watch it as it grows. If it get's to .75 I'd say you are due. If it doesn't skip that does not mean it does not need to be replaced. If it does skip you no doubt waited too long and you will have to replace the cassette too.
I like to change cassettes or wheels with differing sized cassettes depending on the race. Two weekends ago for our state road race, moderately hilly, I rode a 12-25. This last weekend on a crit course that had an incline start / finish section but not really a hill, I used a 12-21 straight block. In between I trained on the 11-23 that came with the bike. http://Another discussion about using an 11 tooth gear. If my chain is good then it will usually work on any of my cassettes, even the ones with 8,000 miles on it as one of my cassettes has, at least.
And now about keeping it clean. It is amazing how a new chain makes a bike feel brand new. and you should get the same feeling with a clean drive chain. I'll use a scrubbing device on occasion but usually do what MASHER DOES by grabbing the chain with a rag but I'll often use an inexpensive citrus type household cleaner for the bulk of the cleaning, say after I've been caught in the rain. Then I'll grab the pulleys and get off any gook that has accumulated there by back pedaling and the same with the front chain rings. I will follow up with a citrus cleaner, I like Park products, and use that as the final rub through. Sometimes I'll take a brush to the chain. I may have misunderstood what Masher meant but I make an effort to clean inside the links because this is where the chain comes in contact with the gears. I don't usually use chains with a master link so I don't take chains off to clean them but if so equiped you can take them off and drop it in a pan of mineral spirits. Stay ventilated if you do this route. I'll take a rag and splice it through the gears. Sometimes I'll take the wheel off and clean it that way. That's probably the easiest. A clean chain and gears will last longer. A ride in the rain will exponentially wear out your equipment. Oh yes, and inspect your tires closely after a rain ride. They are more suseptible to cuts when wet.
I use B-9 lubricant. Usually the spray but the drops work great too. If it is good enough for a jet engine it is good enough for my chain. Spray it on. Let it sit and then wipe off the excess. Mountain bikers will have more to say on this topic as it relates to muddy trails or sandy conditions. Bottom line: a clean chain rides better.
It is a mystery to me how you wore out that cassette so fast. I could understand the chain I suppose if you are out of the saddle pushing hard gears up hills but the cassette? All of the teeth and not just the middle ring were worn? Sounds fishy to me. Were they all rain miles? The shop guy thought you might be crossing over and that is worthy of consideration but this is what I think. If your mechanic didn't try to help you figure out how it happened, you need a new mechanic. I'm not saying he had to figure it out. I"m saying he should have tried to help you figure it out! Did you agree that you were crossing over? BIG-BIG, Small-Small? Most newer riders will tend to ride their small/small combo too much as they are advised to stay in the small ring and ride a faster cadence but I'm still suspicious.
Its been a while. Have you figured it out yet Toby? You don't appear to be a huge guy from the photo so that is ruled out!
Hey Toby~ i should have known when I first met you and you broke a chain link on your bike that you were going to crush a 100 mile run! Congrats on that man! With how hard you train and ride you should definately clean your chain after every ride to get the most of it. You definately dont want to wait until you hear those links whine for mercy before you clean 'em. If you treat them half as well as your race crew treated you on your 100 there should be no problem....but then again its no surprise to me that your crushing through the linkage considering how well you did on the San Diego 100 Mile run! Congrats!!! Bask in Glory!
I can throw out some of my own data points for reference.
After 8,000 miles (~4 years) I've had to replace the chain twice. I ride in rainy weather semi-frequently and I do try and keep the chain clean. Let's be generous and say the bike gets a bath and a full chain degrease & lube once a month. Luckily that's a really easy thing to do (and I'm a mechanical klutz). The bike also got a minor tune-up every 1,000 miles and a major tune-up every 4,000 miles.
The rear cassette is still in good condition. Keeping the chain clean and grit free helps keep the cassette from wearing out.
I do ride at a high cadence (105-110 average) so I'm always switching to the gear that lets me keep that cadence. That said, that particular bike had a 52/40/34 chainring and a 12-25 9-speed cassette and the bike I just bought has a 53/39 chainring with a 12-25 10-speed cassette so we'll see how much that messes up my cadence average.
Hope this info helps.
Hi DC,
My guess is that your cadence average won't change but you will probably find that finding the right gear to achieve your comfortable cadence will be altered some.
The difference between your old set up and the new wil probably cause you to have to double shift in the rear either up or down depending if you are going from the 53 to the 39 or from the 39 to the 53. In effect, you now have a range difference in the front of 14 teeth. You used to have a difference of 12 Re: How long does a chain last?. While that does not seem much what I wrote before is that 3 teeth in the front is similar to a one tooth change in the rear. So, say when you are climbing and you drop to your 39 now, you may have to go two rings in the rear harder to find the "next" gear whereas before you probably only went one. When I had a nine speed bike it was equipped with a 53-39 and I disliked that double shift aspect of it as I had a 53-42 on my 8 speed bike. Now I ride a 53-42 on my Dura-ace 10 speed and the shifts are simple and I find the right cadence quickly.
We have some hills here but it is not mountainous and this works great for me. If I lived where the hills were much longer and steeper or say, out west, I might opt for a 39 but then I might consider getting a compact drive. Most manufacturers don't really get it as they equip them with 11 tooth cassettes in the rear but how often do you ride a 53-12? The comparable gear is close to a 50-11 and I'd rather have more of a straight block set up as with an 11-21. If I had a 34 or a 36 in the front I could ride a 21 on hills and unless I'm in a mad downhill sprint fininsh I'd never really need a 50-11.
Sort of off chain duration but it does relate to what the chain is there for. Have fun riding but I'd check your chain a little more often than 4,000 as it cost nothing to check!
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Hey Toby~ i should have known when I first met you and you broke a chain link on your bike that you were going to crush a 100 mile run! Congrats on that man! With how hard you train and ride you should definitely clean your chain after every ride to get the most of it. You definately dont want to wait until you hear those links whine for mercy before you clean 'em. If you treat them half as well as your race crew treated you on your 100 there should be no problem....but then again its no surprise to me that your crushing through the linkage considering how well you did on the San Diego 100 Mile run! Congrats!!! Bask in Glory!
Hahahaha! Thank you my friend, thank you!
Here's the picture you took of Airey towing me after my second chain break incident (note the high-tech 2 belt tow system)
I'm going to clean my chain after my ride home today--thanks for the reminder bro. Let's ride together soon
OH, it must be nice being in southern California. Here in Michigan, unless it is a closed and well contained course, we rarely ride at night with road bike tires. Way to many potholes and cracks in the roads here. We have to use our cross bikes or mountain bikes to preserve our physical integrity. Neat shot.
Now, I'm wondering where your chain broke the "second time?" Was it the second time on the same ride or on two different rides with two different chains? Sometimes, if installed incorrectly, which is easy to do, a chain might be more suseptible to break down. It still doesn't explain your premature wear of the cassette.
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Just past the quarter pole, the Wings have lost as many as they have won. Four of those losses were New-NHL-happy-time-hand-job losses, but they still go in the books as defeats. The Preds are now ahead of us in the Central standings, and only the Blues (remember them?) are worse off. To temper that thought, I will point out that the '97 Wings (38-26-18) actually won less than half their games and proceeded to have the best playoff run of any of the Wings' championship teams.
None of those teams had Todd Bertuzzi though. (I had to say his name instead of '#44' so I wouldn't get the trolling dick who goes "yuh huh they had Anders Eriksson".)
Tonight was an awesome performance by #44 in the art of loafing, reaching, not skating, not hitting, and not needing a cup to protect what were once human testicles. Those were given away a long time ago after he did a very bad thing and lost everything that made him a dominant power forward.
For those in the "They're not paying him $1.5 million to be a dominant power forward" camp: have you seen Pavel Datsyuk lately? He hasn't had an assist in four years. On every possession he drags the puck into the zone, drifts off toward the side boards and puts a gun in his mouth. The only thing keeping him from pulling the trigger is knowing that Brad McCrimmon's wife has it worse. Tonight I watched him carry the puck through the neutral zone, and when he looked up and saw #44 on his wing, he traded himself to New Jersey. This is fucking depressing to watch.
#44 isn't making elite power forward money, but he sure as shit isn't supposed to be the personification of AIDS. That's what he is. AIDS. Sorry to trivialize it by reducing it to #44's level, but they are now the same thing. Mike Babcock gave Pavel Datsyuk AIDS when he bent him over and stuck in #44 and now this is one big dying gay mess. A guy who I am wrongly comparing to a horrible disease got seven more minutes of TOI than Darren Helm tonight. Change something, for fuck's sake.
#3 ~ I just ..... I don't know. Not Bertuzzi. There. If you weren't him, you win the day.
#2 ~ Drew Miller ... First goal as a Wing. I like him. Solid guy to have in the bottom six.
#1 ~ Chris Osgood ... Few games have had that many "wow" saves from Ozzie. Unfortunately he had no help for the first two periods and he ends up losing by two goals. His save late in the 3rd right before the final goal was preposterous. Without him the score is like 12-1.


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Definition of petit mal in English:
petit mal
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1A mild form of epilepsy characterized by brief spells of unconsciousness without loss of posture. Compare with grand mal.
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- This led in particular to a more detailed differentiation and classification of epilepsy, including terms still in use today, such as grand mal, petit mal, absence seizures, and status epilepticus.
- Doctors dispelled the depression as an extensive form of epilepsy, petit mal.
- The terms seizure and convulsion include grand mal, petit mal, absence, myoclonic, tonic-clonic, and focal motor seizures and signs.
1.1 [count noun] A petit mal epileptic fit: he wasn't out of his petit mal yet
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- I myself had pediatric petit mal epilepsy (It cleared as I went through puberty), and when I had my first long lasting seizure it was actually pretty undramatic.
- We're not too sure whether James had a petit mal seizure, (he suffers from epilepsy), on the bus on the way home from his post school option program.
- A is epileptic; he had daily petit mal seizures as a child which would case memory loss, so he is an unreliable witness.
Late 19th century: from French, literally 'little sickness'.
Words that rhyme with petit malAl, bacchanal, cabal, canal, Chagall, Chantal, chaparral, gal, grand mal, Guadalcanál, Hal, La Salle, mall, Natal, pal, pall-mall, sal, shall, Val
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The Rotary Club of Summit County (RCSC) would like to remind residents that we would be delighted to send some of our "care" packages to our troops stationed in Afghanistan. If you have a loved one - husband/wife, son/daughter, grandson/granddaughter, niece/nephew or just a great friend - who is deployed in Afghanistan at the present time, do let us know. We'll be mailing packages to troops in November and during the Christmas season. We need to know his/her name, address, anticipated date of return, and your contact details. Call Al & Liz Wickert at (970) 453-4778 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. We'd love to hear from you. Contributions to this troop support effort would be gratefully received at the Summit County Rotary Charitable Fund, a 501c3 nonprofit, PO Box 4401, Frisco, CO 80443. Mark "Troop Support" on your check. Donations are tax deductible.
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Falling gas prices and good weather spur Easter weekend travel
Published: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 12:43 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 12:43 p.m.
The 16-cent decrease in gas prices and pleasant weather predictions will positively impact travel this upcoming Easter holiday weekend, according to AAA Carolinas.
Motorists looking for ways to conserve gasoline while traveling should keep the following tips in mind:
u Monitor driving behavior, follow the speed limit and avoid accelerating or decelerating quickly. For every five miles per hour over 65 mph, gasoline efficiency decreases 10 percent.
u Make sure tires are properly inflated to maximize fuel economy. See your owner's manual for the recommended tire pressure for your vehicle.
u Keep vehicles properly maintained, including scheduled oil changes and air filter replacements.
u Avoid excess weight in your vehicle. When vacationing, try to avoid strapping luggage on the roof where it causes drag and reduces fuel economy.
u Whenever possible, consolidate trips.
Since peaking at $3.80 on Feb. 22, the average cost of a gallon of gas in North Carolina has fallen to $3.64.
Gas prices typically increase in the early spring months, when refineries perform maintenance and make the switch over to summer-blend production, reducing supply.
This year, the increase occurred earlier than usual, rising 58 cents from $3.22 on Dec. 20 to $3.80 on Feb. 22, before trending back downward. Many refineries have yet to transition to summer-blend gasoline, so it's uncertain whether prices have peaked for the spring.
"The good news is that we're paying 25 cents per gallon less than last Easter, and gas prices continue to decline," said David E. Parsons, president and CEO of AAA Carolinas. "As we head into the summer travel season, we expect prices to remain lower than what we saw last year, barring any supply issues or tensions in the Middle East."
In 2012, Easter fell on April 8, roughly a week later than this year. The Fayetteville area has the highest-priced gasoline in North Carolina at $3.68; High Point has the cheapest at $3.56.
Although the Easter holiday isn't traditionally a heavy travel weekend, many North Carolina schools are on Spring Break, which increases traffic congestion and demand for gas.
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Tubman on Simmons:
After Russell Simmons released a controversial parody sex tape with Harriet Tubman�s likeness in the starring role, he would have likely received the verbal skewering of...
Tubman on Simmons:
After Russell Simmons released a controversial parody sex tape with Harriet Tubman�s likeness in the starring role, he would have likely received the verbal skewering of a lifetime from Tubman herself, were she alive today. That�s what historic scholar and guest lecturer Kate Clifford Larson says.
�She would be furious at the sex tape that came out last week, and the disrespect to women,� Larson said before addressing a crowd at the Farmington Friends Church on Saturday. �She would not be laughing.�
The three-minute parody clip ignited a firestorm of controversy, depicting the former slave and freedom fighter secretly recording her sexual relations with her slave master in an attempt to blackmail him. Following the sudden backlash, Simmons immediately removed it from Google-owned video platform All Def Digital and issued an apology.
Freedom fighter Harriet Tubman accomplished more in just one of her 93 years than many will complete in a whole lifetime. Her Linked-In profile, if she had one, would outshine some of the greatest activists, intellects, strategists and entrepreneurs of our time. She came into the world in 1820 with nothing, but before her death in 1913 she commanded respect and gratitude from family, friends and strangers across the northeast.
According to Tubman scholar and guest lecturer Kate Clifford Larson who gave a pre-Women�s Equality Day presentation at Farmington Friends Church on Saturday, Aug. 24, Tubman was most definitely one of a kind.
�She is one of the greatest freedom fighters in American history,� said Larson. �She came out of the most obscure and disadvantaged circumstances to rise above incredible obstacles and achieve goals that most Americans only dream about. She was at the bottom of the pile as an enslaved black woman with a horrific disability, and she was illiterate as well.�
Larson said a severe head trauma in Tubman�s teen years left her with frequent seizures.
�Still she was able to conduct underground railroad missions, served as a civil rights activist, a nurse, a scout, a spy during the Civil War, and was a great humanitarian and entrepreneur,� Larson said. �It was her strong faith that guided her through that. She just went with the flow.�
Described as a genius, a keen strategist and military tactician, a warm and loving woman, and a tremendous humanitarian, the diminutive five-foot woman wielded her intellect, wit and passion with might, Larson said. Her presence was commanding, her sense of humor engaging, and her ability to persuade powerful. Proof of her natural beauty came when she married a man who was 22 years younger.
She was tough as nails and understood the power of words. She gave amazing speeches, full of stories and parables, Larson said. All told, Tubman led more than 300 people in their escape from slavery through the system of safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
�The most inspiring thing is her tremendous sense of self, and confidence in her own abilities,� said Larson. �She acted on her beliefs and she demanded that other people act on their beliefs as well. She called them on the carpet and they responded. She was so powerful in her presence.�
Larson, who resides in Massachusetts, has more than a casual knowledge of what made Tubman tick. She�s the consultant for the Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study of the National Park Service and serves on the advisory board of the Historic Context on the Underground Railroad in Delaware, Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware. She also authored a biography in 2003 called � Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero.�
A life-long quest to learn more about Tubman has left a clear mark on Larson.
Page 2 of 2 - �I don't complain as much as I think I would if I didn't know as much about Harriet Tubman,� Larson said. �She's made me more passionate and I am much more committed to my beliefs and my vision than I would have been. She's made me a more engaged person in life. And I have appreciation for what I have.�
Larson believes Tubman needs to be elevated in the minds of today�s children and adults.
�She has sort of become this cardboard figure for black history month,� said Larson. �But she deserves so much more. She belongs up there with George Washington, Paul Revere, and Thomas Jefferson . These where white men who had tremendous advantages. We need to celebrate the ordinary people who do extraordinary things, and she certainly was one of them.�
Larson said Harriet Tubman�s message to women today would be straightforward and unrelenting: �Keep fighting. Demand economic justice and equality. Be mindful of always struggling for freedom, but remember that it's family, faith and community that sustains us.�
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McCrory win means more WNC clout
Published: Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 7:58 p.m.
Republicans dismayed by the outcome of the presidential election can take heart in Pat McCrory, who won a resounding decision to become North Carolinas first GOP governor in 20 years.
The former mayor of Charlotte beat Democratic Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton 54.68 percent to 43.16 percent in unofficial results from 98 of 100 counties. Libertarian Barbara Howe claimed 2.12 percent.
Significantly for Western North Carolina, with its preponderance of GOP legislators, McCrory is the first Republican N.C. governor in modern history to win office with a GOP-controlled General Assembly. This should mean more clout for our regions GOP state legislators such as Rep. Chuck McGrady of Hendersonville, newly elected Rep. Chris Whitmire of Transylvania County and N.C. Sens. Tom Apodaca of Hendersonville and Jim Davis of Franklin.
After losing four years ago to Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue, McCrory reversed his fortunes in his home county of Mecklenburg this time. He lost Mecklenberg by 337 votes in 2008 but came roaring back this year to win by about 2,500 votes despite a Democratic wave in which President Barack Obama won the county by about 100,000 votes.
McCrory, who led Charlotte a record seven terms as mayor, is the first Republican governor since Jim Martin left office in 1992. He ran on a platform of increasing economic opportunity, boosting energy production and curbing government regulation.
In McCrory, North Carolina has hope for a post-partisan style of leadership that can draw together the interests of urban and rural areas in a common quest for prosperity. He won with the support of ticket-splitters such as Norman Massengill, a Charlotte Republican who voted for Obama and McCrory.
I have not been pleased with the way Democratic governors have led this state, Massengill, 53, a warehouse worker, told the Charlotte Observer. I was pleased overall with what McCrory did for Charlotte.
McCrory beat Dalton, a former state senator from Rutherford County who jumped into the race after Perdue abruptly announced in January that she would not seek re-election. McCrory was gracious in victory, saying of Dalton: I thank him for his service to my state.
Although outside groups ran negative ads on his behalf, McCrory did not. He pledged to seek bipartisan cooperation.
We won the right way, he told supporters Tuesday night. Were going to govern together. Were going to bring this state together.
With Republicans holding the levers of power in state government, he should make good on that promise. For instance, the governor-elect should resist the urge to roll back regulations that protect public health and the environment as he promotes increasing energy production in the state.
Charlotte is not in the mountains, but it is closer to our region than the eastern part of the state that has long been the center of Democratic power. Western North Carolina should have greater influence in Raleigh thanks to the election of McCrory.
GOP legislators now have an ally in the governors mansion. They should work together to improve economic opportunities in the west through initiatives such as expanded broadband connectivity, while protecting the regions environment.
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Vanunu's most recent tribulations began on January 25, 2006, when he was convicted by the Jerusalem Magistrates Court of 15 violations of a military order that prohibited him from talking to non-Israelis and for attempting to leave the state [he has no passport] by taking a cab from Jerusalem to Bethlehem to attend Christmas Eve mass at the Church of the Nativity in 2004-his first since he was released from 18 years-most all of it in solitary-from Ashkeleon prison.
The original indictment included 22 different violations, Vanunu was charged with 19 and acquitted of four. On July 2, 2007, Israel sentenced Vanunu to six months in jail just for speaking to non-Israeli media-and not on the content- of what are hundreds of conversations that began the day Vanunu emerged from a tomb sized cell for providing the photographic proof in 1986 of Israel's underground WMD facility. However, he was acquitted of speaking to foreign nationals on the Internet and via video and voice chats.
Two days before President Bush's first trip to Israel, and a day before Vanunu's appeal was to begin, Israel sentenced him to community service. But Israel does not recognize occupied east Jerusalem as part of the community although it is the only neighborhood where Vanunu has lived since April 21, 2004. On September 23, 2008, the Jerusalem District Court reduced his sentence to three months in jail, "In light of (Vanunu's) ailing health and the absence of claims that his actions put the country's security in jeopardy."
On June 14, 2009 Mordechai Vanunu told this reporter, "They renewed the restrictions to not speak to foreigners until November. I meet foreigners every day. I am talking with people every day. But I am not writing or announcing the appeal until after it happens. It was scheduled for January, then May 6th and June 18th. Now I am waiting for a new court date. The Central Commander of the General Army testified in court that it is OK if I speak in public as long as I do not talk about nuclear weapons."
Vanunu returned to court on July 6, 2009 and "his attorney Avigdor Feldman...and the state agreed that after six months, pending a review of his conduct, Vanunu will be able to ask for the restrictions to be lifted and be allowed to travel abroad.
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However, the "Supreme Court President Dorit Beinish, did not agree with Feldman's 'lack of interest' theory, saying that "the case is still generating great interest, like any other security-related case. The media's attention he gets is proof of that."
Vanunu told reporters, "All I'm interested in is freedom. Give me a passport and I can tour the world. I want to walk around the streets of New York."
That evening I phoned Vanunu and as always he said he was, "OK...You have freedom of speech and freedom of movement. Do what you want. But I am not publishing anything...Everything is already on the Internet."
I met Vanunu for the first time on June 21, 2005 and have seen him on all seven of my trips to Jerusalem, but not until June 14, 2009 did he fill me in on why he has not written and published his own story. Vanunu said that he and a writer had been openly meeting in the garden of the American Colony and working on his book soon after his release from Ashkelon, but a Palestinian spy turned them both in and the authorities threatened Vanunu with more jail time if he published anything without going through Israeli censors.
However, Vanunu did write that on February 22, 2006, in a Jerusalem court it was revealed that Israel had asked Microsoft to hand over all the details of his Hotmail account before a court order had even been obtained and they eluded that Vanunu was being investigated for espionage.
Vanunu wrote, "Microsoft obeyed the orders and gave them all the details, three months before I was arrested and my computers were confiscated. It is strange to ask Microsoft to give this information before obtaining the court order to listen to my private conversations. It means they wanted to go through my emails in secret, or maybe with the help of the secret services, the Shaback, Mossad."
His attorney Michael Sfard repeatedly requested Police Representative Mr. Peterburg to specifically state what type of espionage activity Vanunu was accused of.
According to Vanunu, "The policeman did not have any answers and said that he brought all the evidence to the court. When Sfard asked him again about any material related to the espionage charge, Peterburg had no answers.
"Sfard proved that the police had misled the judges who gave the orders to arrest me: to search my room, to go through my email, to confiscate my computers and that they misled Microsoft to believe they are helping in a case of espionage.
"The State came to the court with two special secret Government orders, called Hisaion, which are documents or information that are deemed confidential by the government and kept from the court, the defendant, and lawyers. This allows the prosecution to keep documents related to my court hearing secret. One was from the Minister for Interior Security and one from the Minister of Defense."
Vanunu reported that his secretly taped police interrogations, his 2004 Christmas Eve arrest for "attempting to leave the country" while traveling the four miles from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, the confiscation of his private property by thirty IDF that stormed into his room at St. George's Cathedral had all "been done…under the false and misleading statements to the courts of 'suspicion of espionage', and yet they are not charging me with spy crimes. And the fact is that I have not committed any crimes."
On St. Patrick Day 2005, Vanunu spoke to the media immediately after he had been arrested for speaking with the media in 2004.
Vanunu said: "I have no more secrets to tell and have not set foot in Dimona for more than 18 years. I have been out of prison, although not free, for one year now. Despite the illegal restrictions on my speech, I have again and again spoken out against the use of nuclear weapons anywhere and by any nation. I have given away no sensitive secrets because I have none. I have not acted against the interests of Israel nor do I wish to. I have been investigated by the police again and again, and re-arrested. They have found nothing. I have done nothing but speak for peace and world safety from a nuclear disaster…I do not want to harm Israel, but rather to warn of an enormous danger. I want to work for world peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons. I want the human race to survive."
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There is a universalism that is sweeping through our race. One that hurdles nepotism,narcassissm and nationalism. It is a belief that if we are ALL created by G_D, then we are all children of G_D and hence we are all brothers and sisters and if you believe in equality then you can look above nor below anyone. All of us are created equal,no nations are better nor lessor than another. Such infantile views are merely tools by racists to control people. Borders between nations are illusory as are walls and boundaries between peoples. We are of one species, one race,one planet. This place is not ours to own but to tend,be grateful for and leave better than when we were here.
The world is my country
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Definition of remix in English:
verb[with object]
1Mix (something) again: the blood cells and plasma are remixed and returned to the patient
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- Each dungeon has been redesigned to offer new challenges - and in turn, mess with returning players by remixing the puzzles and the room progression completely.
- Working in her home, she would mix and remix complex blends of essential oils and other ingredients to create fragrances with the qualities she wanted.
- When separated it can be remixed simply by shaking hard in a jar with a lid.
1.1Produce a different version of (a musical recording) by altering the balance of the separate tracks: they remixed their first single
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- A third and final version, remixed by Amundsen, closes the album.
- I remember asking if I could get a DJ to remix one of my tracks, and they called him and it was $20,000 to do the mix.
- I, personally, would like to see this album remixed with some different drum parts to hear how good it could really be.
A version of a musical recording produced by remixing: eight remixes of the track are featured on the CD
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- Sting has quite clearly taken the third path and seduced a host of new fans through remixes, cover versions and car commercials.
- As the electronic descendant of the lowly 'cover version,' the remix has become an inventive genre in its own right.
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Necklace Sea Star
Photograph by Wolcott Henry
A necklace sea star nestles among the C-shaped emerald tentacles of anchor coral in the western Pacific Ocean.
Maldives Sea Star
Photograph by Paul Sutherland
A red-and-yellow necklace sea star clings to a sea fan in the Maldives.
Ochre Sea Star
Photograph by George Grall
An ochre sea star (background) shares a kelp-strewn beach with a bright-red cousin at low tide on Washington's Tongue Point.
Purple Sea Star
Photograph by Wolcott Henry
A sea star with vibrant purple coloring rests on an ocean floor.
Neon Urchins
Photograph by Paul Nicklen
A nontoxic dye highlights water currents surrounding sea urchins (Astropyga sp.) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia. These small, spiny echinoderms are found in oceans all over the world.
Calico-Patterned Sea Star
Photograph by Walcott Henry
The white dorsal plates of this sea star, photographed in the western Pacific Ocean, give it a calico pattern that helps it blend with its rocky surroundings.
Fire Urchin
Photograph by Tim Laman
The spines of a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium) form a multicolored flower off Komodo Island, Indonesia. The blue swellings on the tip of each spine are filled with venom.
Sea Star and Crab
Photograph by Wolcott Henry
A small crab skitters across a brilliantly colored blue sea star in the western Pacific Ocean.
Sea Urchin Spines
Photograph by Wolcott Henry
Found in the western Pacific, this sea urchin's blue-green spines branch out like tendrils from a plant. The long, movable spines protect the urchin from predators.
Sea Star Pair
Photograph by Michael Melford
Ochre sea stars, like this pair in Burnaby Narrows on the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, are normally purple but can adapt a wide variety of colors depending on individual habitat.
Solomon Islands Sea Star
Photograph by Wolcott Henry
A necklace sea star rests on a reef in the Solomon Islands. Subspecies of this striking sea star are identified by differences in the plates that cover their dorsal side.
Lavender Sea Star
Photograph by Wolcott Henry
A shockingly colored sea star clings to a reef off Bunaken Island in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Purple Sea Urchin
Photograph by Paul Nicklen
A sea urchin's vivid purple spines appear ready for action in this close-up view from God's Pocket Marine Provincial Park, British Columbia.
Indonesian Sea Star
Photograph by Tim Laman
The pattern on this Indonesian sea star echoes the batik prints the Southeast Asian archipelago is known for.
Crab and Sea Urchin
Photograph by Wolcott Henry
A striped urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) finds its place on a red sea urchin (Astropyga radiata) in the western Pacific.
Pencil-Spined Urchin
Photograph by Wolcott Henry
The spines of the omnivorous pencil-spined urchin (Eucidaris thouarsii) extend outward from its body. There are some 700 species of sea urchins worldwide.
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Photograph by Wolcott Henry
A close-up of a Nardoa frianti sea star in Sulawesi, Indonesia, shows this species' highly contoured dorsal side.
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SPOILER ALERT: Read no further if you don't want to know what happened in Sunday night's game-changing episode of "The Good Wife."
Bay Area residents and fans of "The Good Wife" might be interested to know that a man from San Jose had a hand in the death of Will Gardner (Josh Charles). Yes, Robert King, one half of the executive producing team behind the show, was raised in the South Bay before leaving to pursue his Hollywood dreams.
King and his wife and writing partner, Michelle, penned an open letter to fans following Sunday's pivotal episode. They said they chose to kill off Will rather than send him off somewhere because there has always been a "tragedy" at the heart of Will and Alicia's (Julianna Margulies) relationship. The plot twist, they said, will provide a "dramatic new hub for the show."
Here is the entire letter they posted:
Dear Loyal Good Wife Fans,
We, like you, mourn the loss of Will Gardner. And while Will is gone, our beloved Josh Charles is very much alive and remains an integral part of our family.
The Good Wife, at its heart, is the "Education of Alicia Florrick." To us, there always was a tragedy at the center of Will and Alicia's relationship: the tragedy of bad timing. And when faced with the gut punch of Josh's decision, made over a year ago, to move on to other creative endeavors, we had a major choice to make.
We could "send him off to Seattle," he could be disbarred, or get married, or go off to Borneo to do good works. But there was something in the passion that Will and Alicia shared that made distance a meager hurdle. The brutal honesty and reality of death speaks to the truth and tragedy of bad timing for these two characters. Will's death propels Alicia into her newest incarnation.
Death also created a new dramatic "hub" for the show. We're always looking for these turning points--some event midway through the season that will spin everybody's lives in new directions. These turning points keep the show from slipping into a numbing sameness, and keep the characters fresh: because you see how they react to a completely new status quo. Will's death in many ways becomes a hub for the whole series, violently spinning everybody in new directions.
Finally, we chose the tragic route for Will's send-off for personal reasons. We've all experienced the sudden death of a loved one in our lives. It's terrifying how a perfectly normal and sunny day can suddenly explode with tragedy. Television, in our opinion, doesn't deal with this enough: the irredeemability of death. Your last time with the loved one will always remain your last time. The Good Wife is a show about human behavior and emotion, and death, as sad and unfair as it can be, is a part of the human experience that we want to share.
Thank you for listening ... and watching and caring and inspiring us to rise to the level of your passion and intelligence. There are seven wonderful episodes to follow this season and Josh will be directing one of them. We think you will enjoy them. It's not all tears -- there is comedy too. Michael J. Fox is back for four episodes. Dylan Baker. Dallas Roberts. Stockard Channing, as well as amazing new guest actors. And of course, Julianna does some of the best work of her life. Archie, Christine, Alan, Chris and Matt as well. Life does go on.
We've always taken as a guiding principle of this show that drama isn't in the event; it's in the aftermath of the event. We think you'll find that true of this episode
Thank you for your devotion to the show — we are continually grateful.
With all our thanks,
Robert & Michelle King
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Kanye West, Tom Petty and The Killers are the headliners for the seventh annual Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. Other major selling points include Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Death Cab for Cutie, Disclosure, The Flaming Lips, Atmosphere and Arctic Monkeys.
Yet, those big-name artists are only part of the story when it comes to this three-day event, which runs Friday through Sunday at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Overall, the sold-out festival will host approximately 100 acts -- including many who are greatly deserving of wider exposure.
We're here to help.
We've done our homework, sampled extensively on YouTube, Spotify and other sites and have come up with a list of "hidden gems" on the bill.
Of course, "hidden" is a relative term. Some fans will already be familiar with our picks. But some won't, but really should be if they want to get the most out of this year's festival.
So here are 12 can't-miss acts for the 2014 Outside Lands:
1Kacey Musgraves: The talented country crooner is one of the genre's true rising stars. She was nominated for -- and seemingly had a good shot at winning -- the 2014 Grammy for best new artist, which eventually went to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Yet, don't be surprised if Musgraves winds up having the better (and much longer) career. Details: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sutro Stage.
2Gold Panda: This UK producer is at his best when he's in a mellow mood, crafting soothing, yet seductive, slices of electronica that work equally well at a festival or a coffee shop. It's great chill-out music -- and the exact opposite of what you'll get with Duck Sauce ("Barbra Streisand") and many of the other EDM acts on the bill. Details: 7:40 p.m. Sunday, Panhandle Stage.
3Run the Jewels: Hip-hop heads heading to the fest to see Kanye should also make sure to catch this talented twosome, consisting of rappers Killer Mike and El-P. The duo released its eponymous debut last year and was met with a landslide of positive press. Previously, El-P produced Killer Mike's "R.A.P. Music," which was one of the best albums of 2012. Details: 2 p.m. Friday, Lands End Stage.
4Dum Dum Girls: The L.A. act marries shoegaze, surf rock, dream-pop and other styles in delightfully lo-fi fashion. The group is led by Dee Dee Penny (aka Kristin Welchez), who comes across like a star awaiting an audience. Don't let her wait too long. The Dum Dum Girls should appeal to fans of Cults, Beach House and the Ravonettes. Details: 12:20 p.m. Saturday, Lands End Stage.
5Imelda May: She's long been a major star in her native Ireland, where she's won the Meteor Award (the Irish equivalent of the Grammy) for best female artist and other prestigious honors. Now folks on this side of the Atlantic Ocean are starting to catch on to May, a wonderful rockabilly-blues-jazz vocalist. Details: 12:30 p.m. Sunday; Lands End Stage.
6Chvrches: The Scottish synth-pop trio released one of last year's finest studio albums -- the startlingly assured debut "The Bones of What You Believe" -- and then took the music to an even higher level during its fascinating sold-out show at Oakland's Fox Theater in November. The group has so much going for it, from memorable vocals and solid songwriting to dizzying grooves and blockbuster beats, that fans could be worshiping Chvrches for years to come. Details: 3:10 p.m. Sunday; Lands End Stage.
7 Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers: This Americana/alt-country act is probably still best known for its viral video covering Hall and Oates' "I Can't Go For That," which was recorded while driving in a tour van and has collected more than 2.6 million views on YouTube alone. Yet, this Bay Area band has so much more to offer than just a moment of novelty. In particular, Bluhm, who grew up in Lafayette and attended Acalanes High School, is a terrific vocalist with enough talent to make a huge mark in the music industry. Details: 4 p.m. Friday, Sutro Stage.
8Jagwar Ma: The Aussie dance-rock band is nearly impossible to resist. The trio's 1960s psychedelic sound, which adds just the right amount of influence from '80s New Wave, should connect with both Beach Boys aficionados as well as Brian Jonestown Massacre fans. Details: 2:05 p.m. Saturday, Twin Peaks Stage.
9Greensky Bluegrass: This Kalamazoo, Michigan, band is one of the leading lights on the progressive bluegrass scene. Greensky Bluegrass has collaborated with "newgrass" champ Sam Bush and has shared bills with such legends as Ralph Stanley, Bela Fleck and David Grisman. These cats definitely know how to jam, which is probably why Greensky Bluegrass is such a hit with Phish nation. Details: 1:10 p.m. Friday, Sutro Stage.
10Jenny Lewis: She should be huge by now. Heck, she should've been huge 10 years ago. We've loved everything this indie-pop/folk artist has done over the years, starting with her work in Rilo Kiley and continuing through her solo career and other projects. She was absolutely stellar at the 2013 Bridge School Benefit, more than just holding her own on the star-studded bill. Details: 3:50 p.m. Sunday, Sutro Stage.
11Warpaint: The L.A. dream-pop outfit crafts gentle gems, which are both subdued and seductive. The breathy vocal harmonies are exquisite, framed in just the right light by the brooding soundscapes. Details: 3:40 p.m. Friday, Twin Peaks Stage.
12Haim: Some would balk at the notion that this increasingly popular sister act still qualifies as a "hidden gem." Yet, there's a chance that many classic-rock fans drawn to the festival to see Tom Petty have yet to really hear Haim. They definitely should take this opportunity to correct that situation. What they'll discover is nothing short of one of the best young pop-rock bands in the business. Details: 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Lands End Stage.
Twitter tips
We asked folks on Twitter what acts they thought were worth catching at Outside Lands, and they responded with some excellent recommendations, among them: NYC indie-pop act Bleachers (2:10 p.m. Friday, Twin Peaks Stage), Oregon rockers Typhoon (7:50 p.m. Friday, Panhandle Stage), Bay Area buzz band Finish Ticket (2:55 p.m. Saturday, Panhandle Stage), Swedish indie-pop star Lykke Li (5:05 p.m. Sunday, Twin Peaks Stage), and Brooklyn synth-pop duo Holy Ghost! (3:20 p.m. Friday, Lands End Stage).
Follow Jim Harrington at http://twitter.com/jimthecritic.
Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
Aug. 8-10
Where: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Tickets: Sold out, www.sfoutsidelands.com


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VAIL, Colorado - Ascent Sotheby's International Realty has celebrated its third anniversary by surpassing $100 million in year-to-date sales through Sept. 30, in what is expected to be its most successful year since opening in October, 2009.
Started by Tye Stockton and Triumph Partners' owners Steve Virostek and James Fangmeyer, the firm opened with eight brokers and has grown to include a staff of 21, including 18 licensed brokers.
"It's been an exciting past three years," said Stockton. "We opened during one of the toughest economic climates for luxury real estate sales, committed to establishing Ascent Sotheby's International Realty as the leading, boutique luxury real estate firm in the Vail Valley."
Sales to date range from $180,000 fractional properties to luxury estates valued at more than $10 million. Ascent Sotheby's International Realty has also been chosen for three consecutive years as the exclusive listing agency for the new Ritz-Carlton Residences, Vail, by Vail Resorts Development Company.
For more information on Ascent Sotheby's International Realty, go to www.AscentSIR.com or call 970-476-7944.


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|Length Overall
|39' 3''
1.96 m
|Dry Weight
24,500 lbs.
11,113 kg
15' 0''
4.57 m
|Tested Weight
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
535 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
120 gal.
|18 deg
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
10' 4''
3.15 m
|Trailer Weight
|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
|Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model.
|Std. Power
|Not Available
|Tested Power
|Currently no test numbers
|Opt. Power
2 x 330-hp Volvo Penta IPS450
2 x 370-hp Volvo Penta IPS500
With its wide open cockpit, the 3900 Open has a number of possibilities for cruising or fishing on short on long trips. No matter what you want to do it will be easier now with JMS.
The Open Layout
It's not hard to imagine the possibilities of an open layout boat with 95-square feet of playroom. Not everyone buying this boat will be hard-core anglers, but for the ones that are Tiara has added plenty of fishy features.
Huge deck boxed with split hatches will have you loading up your catch. Note the transom door for hauling in a sailfish, or using the 3900 open as a dive boat.
The Tiara 3900 has the requisite mezzanine seating that we see everywhere now. This gives a raised seat to watch the spread while remaining close to the action. Obviously, the Slikkers family, which owns Tiara, fishes with live bait as the 3900 Open boasts a 55-gallon (208.2 L) livewell in the transom with a variable flow.
Caught a big one? No worries, the deck boxes will hold more than your limit, while still allowing deck space for lazarette access. If you haul in a really big one, then the transom door will be just the ticket.
This is the fishing hardtop with rod storage. Note the skylight that keeps you from getting that "too much shade" feeling. Check out the starboard mounted helm and centerline companionway.
Up above, the hardtop comes in two versions; a fishing top with rod storage, or a cruising top with no storage. Of course you can go with no top, if you crave sunburn and skin cancer, or want to add a tower.
The Helm Deck
Visibility is outstanding on the 3900 Open. Mullions are narrow enough to not block your view ahead or to the sides, and aft… well it is an "open", so visibility is a non-worry when facing the fight. We also love the skylight in the hard top that adds even more light.
We like the portside seating on the 3900 Open because it can be forward-facing. L-shaped seating with a swivel included.
The helm is laid out nicely with the dash panel angled just right to reduce glare while maintaining visibility to the nav electronics. The helm is mounted to starboard with centerline access to the cabin. Off to port is pretty nifty seating for a crowd of observers. It's L-shaped, with the small section facing inboard, but able to swivel forward as well. This is somewhat unusual on this size express and we very much appreciate the forward-facing feature.
For engine access, there are deck hatches for the daily checks, and for more aggressive access, the entire helm deck lifts up via electrically actuated hydraulic lift struts. You're still crawling in, but at least you can get everywhere you need to.
Drive System
Since we're hanging out in the engine room for the moment, now would be a good time to discuss the twin 600-hp Cummins QSC 8.3 Diesels. Sure, the 550-hp engines are offered as standard, but you're not going to get those so we'll leave them back at the Cummins factory.
The Tiara 3900 Open helm is a picture of simplicity, ergonomic design and great visibility. It is one of the best-designed helms we have seen in class.
One thing we like about Tiara's installation is that they include dual pickup lines for the cooling water. One thru-hull, and one in the bilge complete with strainers, and they're connected to a pair of Y-valves. In the event of a catastrophic hull breech (albeit a rare concern) throwing a couple of valves will turn the engines into oversized bilge pumps that should save the day in all but the worst of scenarios. We are strong advocates of this emergency dewatering arrangement and we think all boats doing serious offshore work should have them.
Joysticks for Inboard Boats!
Which brings us to the ZF Marine JMS drive system. This system enables an inboard boat to be able to utilize joystick maneuvering for docking and for holding position. There are several components needed in order for the system to work—
For starters, you'll want the trolling valves. Even if you are not a fisherman and never plan to troll, these valves are good things to have for several reasons--
First, there are times when you want to go slow because of a no wake zone or other reason and they keep you from having to constantly put your drive in and out of gear.
Second, when you go to sell your boat it will be worth more with the trolling valve because now the boat is more likely to appeal to anglers as well as cruising folk. This is a fishing boat after all, and you'll need to slow things down to match the trolling speed to the specie of fish you are after and the sea conditions.
A power take-off (PTO) from one of your engines will power your hydraulic bow thruster. With a hydraulic drive you can run your bow thruster for hours at a time if need be, rather than just a minute or so if you have an electric bow thruster.
Why would you want to run your bow thruster for more than just a minute? Several reasons: First, there will be times when strong current or wind will be pushing you sideways but you want to go forward or back and you are threading your way through narrow passages in a marina, canal, or channel. There might be cases when there are only inches of clearance on either side of your boat, and threading that needle with side current or strong wind might be impossible without sustained bow thrusting.
Second, if you have an hydraulic thruster you can have the JMS inboard joystick option and be able to maneuver easily at the dock, or hold your position automatically (due to a GPS interface) with the ZF Smart Command System.
By adding ZF's Smart Command System, controlling everything is made easy.
The last item to add, as long as you've got all the rest anyway, is JMS, or Joystick Maneuvering System.
The JMS joystick makes controllability and maneuvering at the dock child's play. And it's made specifically for inboard boats.
The JMS links your inboard shaft drives and bow thruster to the rest of the ZF components mentioned above – namely the trolling valve, bow thruster and the Smart Command System. Now you have joystick controllability, and maneuverability, from an inboard boat.
Let's be clear about this. Your inboard boat can now do the same maneuvers as the IPS or a Zeus pod system for a fraction of the cost. It's a huge leap forward, and it works great. So not only will you look like a pro at the dock, you'll also have confidence as an operator if the 3900 is a big step up for you.
Cabin Class
Stepping down below in the 3900 Open is to enter a cozy yachting cocoon. To port is a beautifully outfitted galley fit for cooking a romantic dinner with the wife, or a bunch of greasy burgers for the guys. The galley is semi-closed off by a partition that houses a flat-screen TV facing the dinette to starboard.
The galley lies to port with a partition housing a flat screen TV. The galley is nicely equipped with the usual appliances.
The dinette does the mandatory conversion to a double berth by simply lowering the table and adding a filler cushion. However, it also has a feature that we like every time we see it: The seat back flips up and secures to the overhead to become a Pullman berth. This is a great use of space.
Not only is the dinette comfortable, but note how it converts into both a lower, and upper Pullman berth. Check out the teak and holly sole.
Fully forward is the master, with an island queen that lifts on hinges to reveal plenty of cavernous storage underneath. Natural light is admitted via a skylight running the length of the salon to the master. The 3900 Open does not have opening portlights - or for that matter, any portlights at all. This eliminates the chance for any annoying leaks and makes the hull look cleaner on the outside. Most of the large convertibles are going with the "clean hull look" these days, so Tiara has followed suit.
The hatch over the master has a privacy screen and a ventilation screen. When used in conjunction with the companionway screen, the cabin remains well ventilated if it is buggy outside. Pocket doors to the master keep the salon open and airy while still allowing for privacy beyond a sliding curtain.
Fully forward is the master island queen. Note the storage underneath, and the berth is hinged for even more storage access below. Check out the skylight that runs from the salon all the way to the master.
The Price
Tiaras have never been cheap boats by any standard. They'd be a BMW or Mercedes is they were cars. That means that there's more to the build and standards of excellence that Tiara will not stray from, and several generations of yachtsmen and anglers have deemed that worth paying for. With the twin 550-hp Cummins, MSRP comes in at around $672,800. With the twin 600-hp Cummins you'd be looking at around $709,400. With all the ZF accessories mentioned above to have a complete JMS system, you can expect to add another $44-45K.
But...it's important to note, that the "S" in MSRP stands for "suggested". The reality is that street prices (or dock-prices as it were) are making those MSRP's look pretty creative, so don't be afraid to wheel and deal. If you don't have a trade in you will probably be in for a pleasant surprise. Tiara will sell you the boat of your dreams and you'll get bragging rights for having one of the best built and best equipped boats available.
And, you'll also make docking look like child's play, because the fact is, with JMS... it is.
|Marine Electronics
|VHF Radio
|Air Cond./Heat
|Battery Charger/Converter
|Head: Fixed
|Trim Tabs
|Washdown: Fresh Water
|Washdown: Raw Water
|Water Heater
|Exterior Features
|Carpet: Cockpit
|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
|Swim Ladder
|Swim Platform
|Transom Door
|Transom Shower
|Wet bar
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July 16, 2008
Interior Department Moves Ahead on Offshore Renewable Energy
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) of the U.S. Department of the Interior published a proposed rule on July 9 for the regulation of "alternative" energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). As defined by MMS, "alternative" energy means renewable energy, specifically including, but not limited to, wind, wave, solar, and ocean current energy projects, as well as projects to generate hydrogen. The proposed regulations will establish a program to grant leases, easements, and rights-of-way for renewable energy projects in federal waters on the OCS. The rule will also establish methods for sharing lease revenues with nearby coastal states. The MMS was authorized to establish an OCS Alternative Energy and Alternate Use Program by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The proposed rule is open to public comments through September 8, and the MMS expects to publish a final rule by December 2008. See the MMS press release and the proposed rule (PDF 1.1 MB), as published in the Federal Register. Download Adobe Reader.
To meet its new responsibilities, the MMS has also established a new Office of Offshore Alternative Energy Programs. The new office will develop and implement policy, analysis, and overall management of the OCS alternative energy leasing and operations program while ensuring compliance with the goals and philosophy of the Department of Interior. The new office will be part of the Offshore Energy and Minerals Management Program, formerly the Offshore Minerals Management Program, which was renamed to reflect its expanded duties. The office is currently evaluating a proposal by Cape Wind Associates, LLC to build a 468-megawatt wind power facility off the coast of Massachusetts and a proposal by the Long Island Power Authority and FPL Energy to build a 144-megawatt wind project off the coast of Long Island, New York. See the MMS press release and the Offshore Alternative Energy Program Web site.
While the Cape Wind and Long Island projects are the furthest along of any proposals to build wind facilities on the OCS, a number of other offshore wind power proposals are also in the works. Perhaps the most ambitious proposal comes from Blue H USA, LLC, which plans to build a 420-megawatt wind power project far off the coast of Massachusetts, about 23 miles from Martha's Vineyard. The facility would be located in waters 167 feet deep and would employ floating wind turbines, which the parent company, Blue H Technologies BV, demonstrated with a prototype in December 2007. The technology uses a modified version of the submerged tension-legged platforms used by the oil industry. See the Blue H press releases about the floating turbine and the Massachusetts project.


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