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Murray passes Georgia past Nebraska
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Aaron Murray threw five touchdown passes to set a Georgia bowl record, including two in the fourth quarter, as the Bulldogs (No. 7 BCS, No. 6 AP) beat Nebraska (No. 16 BCS, No. 23 AP) 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl on Tuesday.
Murray shook off a pair of first-half interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, and passed for 427 yards -- also a Bulldogs' bowl record -- against the nation's top-ranked passing defense.
Georgia (12-2) reached 12 wins for the third time in school history.
Nebraska (10-4) lost its third consecutive bowl game, and finished the two season with two straight woeful defensive performances. The Cornhuskers lost the Big Ten championship game 70-31.
The Cornhuskers led 24-23 at the half, but committed two of their three turnovers in the final 30 minutes.
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The project that'll create thousands of jobs is still on schedule for a 2016 completion. (WRDW-TV / July 24, 2012)
News 12 at 6 o'clock / Tuesday, July 24, 2012
NEW ELLENTON, S.C. -- This August will mark the five-year anniversary of construction of a massive project at Savannah River Site. After it's built, the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility will convert nuclear weapons-grade plutonium into fuel that can power commercial-grade reactors.
On Tuesday afternoon, MOX Services President and Chief Operating Officer Kelly Trice gave Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors and members of the public an update.
"Things are actually going very well. We just closed out another quarter with zero violations. The project is moving on track," he told News 12.
He says the project that'll create thousands of jobs is still on schedule for a 2016 completion, but folks like nuclear watchdog Tom Clements aren't convinced.
"Congress is definitely waking up to the overall cost of the program and how much is yet to be spent and all the unanswered problems that are facing the program," Clements said.
A Government Accountability Office report from 2010 says the $1.4 billion tax payer project is now estimated to be just shy of $5 billion.
"And I calculate there's about $17.5 billion left to be spent on the overall plutonium disposition and MOX program, but unfortunately, the Department of Energy will not release the figure on that," Clements said.
Clements is also concerned that no private companies will buy the reprocessed fuel called MOX. So far, the Tennessee Valley Authority is the only company seriously interested, according to the GAO report.
"We have other utilities that are interested as well, and we're in the process of working that now," Trice said.
Meanwhile, the United State House of Representatives recently cut about $17 million from MOX. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry from Nebraska wrote, "The MOX fuel program has cost billions in taxpayer dollars with little practical effect."
Clements with the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability also now questions whether the TVA is really on board with buying MOX fuel.
The most recent bump is faulty piping the builder purchased from Spain. News 12 was told Tuesday that it should not be a problem. Most -- if not all -- of that faulty pipe was not installed.

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Pat's Family
Pat came from a large family of nine children. Her dad owned his own business and was a chronic alcoholic until he died at age fifty-two. Since Pat was second oldest, she had become a good caretaker, not only of brothers and sisters, but of her dad, too. Dad could only have emotions while drunk, which was daily. Pat's mom would leave nightly to escape confrontations with her drunken husband, who was physically abusive with one of his two sons. Pat's parents had a very passive-aggressive relationship, which the children learned along with blame, dishonesty, denial and hopelessness.
Pat came from a large family of nine children. Her dad owned his own business and was a chronic alcoholic until he died at age fifty-two. Since Pat was second oldest, she had become a good caretaker, not only of brothers and sisters, but of her dad, too. Dad could only have emotions while drunk, which was daily. Pat's mom would leave nightly to escape confrontations with her drunken husband, who was physically abusive with one of his two sons. Pat's parents had a very passive-aggressive relationship, which the children learned along with blame, dishonesty, denial and hopelessness.
At age seventeen, Pat's mom kicked her out of the house in anger one night when Pat hadn't done all the dishes. Pat decided to move in with her sister. A year later she went to Europe for two years while her parents separated. Her dad went to a halfway house. Pat was always in the middle of her parents' marriage. The night her dad died, she was at the hospital with her mom, whom Pat had called to come.
"Why?" they each asked her privately.
"Because you love each other," she said. No one had told her they didn't or that it was not her job to keep them together. (This triangle pattern has been an important issue for Pat in her recovery.)
Pat spent the next five years working on her individual recovery in 12 Step programs while also attending the University of Minnesota.
Gene's Family
Gene's dad was a survivor of the Holocaust. Only a few family members lived to tell about it, although things were kept pretty secretive. His dad turned against God in anger over this tragedy and became an atheist/agnostic. His dad's profession took Gene's family all over the world. They moved on a regular basis.
Gene's mom was emotionally and physically abusive to him from the age of three. His dad was not present much, either physically or emotionally.
Gene became chemically dependent in his early teens and was capable of violence in his disease. After eight years of destructive behavior, Gene finally entered detox and began his recovery. Gene's family (one sister) chose not to participate or support him in his recovery. There was also a hopeless theme in his family.
Gene and Pat had some parallel experiences: each had come from a dysfunctional family; each had been in their individual recovery for five years; neither had been in a serious relationship since they'd moved out from their significant others, five years earlier. They were ready to give things a try between themselves.
Because they attended a support group together, they quickly became aware of some of the issues they had as a couple. Anger was a major problem. Although Pat was attracted to the way Gene could express his anger so easily, it soon became difficult for both of them when she expressed hers. Gene was attracted to Pat's ability to express her other feelings, except when she got angry; then he would shut down completely.
Something was feeling very familiar. They were reliving their parents' relationships of rage and emotional withdrawal. Both of them felt trapped and neither of them knew how to break the cycle that seemed to overwhelm them. Pat was into smoking and food addiction and could not figure out what was wrong even though she and Gene were in counseling on and off for several years.
Since things didn't seem to be getting better, Pat thought being a mother would help fulfill her needs. Getting pregnant was a power struggle. In fact, life for Pat and Gene was one power struggle after another for a long time. They were both good reactors.
In five years, Pat and Gene had gotten married, had two babies (major surgery), bought a house, maintained their jobs, and attended individual recovery programs as well as kept up friendships. Life was busy and their focus was on the external rather than on their marriage.
They hit bottom the year following their second child's birth. Either they wouldn't talk to each other at all, or there was lots of sarcasm. Pat had quit smoking before getting pregnant but was just beginning to deal with her food addiction. As the months went by they were spending less time together and becoming more distant. They finally ended up in separate bedrooms.
The tension level was always high; there was no laughter; no time for family activities and no peace. The screaming and shouting got out of control. They quit their long-time therapist and saw a crisis counselor, who helped mediate all the anger. By this time Pat, was in a 12-Step program for her food addiction. They continued seeing this counselor for a year. Then Pat realized that this counselor could not hear her when she got underneath the anger to the other emotions. Gene was ready to leave.
Pat and Gene had left therapy for four months and still felt stuck. Neither one was interested in further therapy. They had learned about a couples' 12-Step group a few years before. They went one night while Gene was on vacation just to check it out. That was their first RCA meeting. Immediately, they felt at home, they were terrified of what would happen yet knowing they too belonged.
Things have changed a lot since that first meeting. They have realized how difficult it was to try to resolve some of Pat's "triangle issues" because the therapists re-activated the pattern in an unhealthy way.
It has been a gift to have other couples be so honest and share their struggles with us. We have been much more respectful of each other and can let go of our "unresolvable issues," knowing that God is with us. Even though both of us had been in individual recovery programs for fifteen years, we had not learned to "let go and let God" as a couple. It was a big step to release ourselves from the blame and the need to have all the answers.
Now we can bring our strength and experience to the group and support others like ourselves. The shame is still there at times, but we can release it and heal from the past. "You will know a new freedom...;" "Keep coming back; it's working..." Things may not be perfect, but we're learning to accept ourselves for who we are, individually and as a couple.


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The Minnesota Department of Education released the MMR (Multiple Measurement System) results for 2012. While still lagging behind state averages in many areas, YME continues to close the gap. Most notable for 2012 were the test results showing that 96.6 percent of the ninth grade students passed the state required graduation writing test. The overall state average for ninth grade students was 91.9 percent.
This is the second year student performance and school performance is being identified through MMR. MMR is an accountability system that replaced the accountability system set in place under the No Child Left Behind law. Minnesota's new accountability system takes into account the unique challenges facing each community. It provides schools with new flexibility to develop local plans that address their particular needs. MMR takes into account how students are scoring on state tests, how students are making progress towards goals, how schools are doing closing the performance gaps among groups of students and graduation rates.
Bert Raney Elementary School continues to be identified as a focus school. It is one of the schools among 85 statewide that make the biggest contribution to the state's achievement gap. YME submitted a 42 page improvement plan to MDE (Minnesota Department of Education) last year. The first area of focus was to identify the individual student weakness through NWEA and MCA data and to provide underperforming students multiple teaching and reteaching opportunities both in the classroom and through interventions. The second focus was to increase the consistency of core instruction by using common curriculum.
At 7th and 8th grade "at risk" students are being placed in a reading skills specific English course that utilizes the Read 180 program while 7th grade students not performing at grade level in math are taking part in a course called Middle School Math, a course designed to intervene as soon as possible with students who are not ready for the more advance math courses.
At the August school board meeting, YME Superintendent Al Stoeckman shared the MCA III results with the board and explained that there was still work to do. He told the board that it is important that all the teachers were on the same page. He stressed that the focus is to know that all students are being taught using the same curriculum while allowing the students to benefit from the teacher's individual style.
Graduation tests '12:
9th grade writing: 96.6 percent passed; up 10 percent from 2011. State average 91.9.
10th grade reading: 78.8 percent passed; up 9.6 percent from 2011. State average 80.4.
11th grade math: 34.8 percent passed; down 24.4 percent from 2011. State average 59.2.
Reading scores '12:
Grade 4: 60.5 percent passed; down 10.1 percent from 2011. State average 75.3
Grade 5: 58.1 percent passed; up 1.8 percent from 2011. State average 79.4.
Grade 6: 67.8 percent passed; up 9.3 percent from 2011. State average 76.3.
Grade 7: 63.2 percent passed; down 2.8 percent from 2011. State average 71.4
Page 2 of 2 - Grade 8: 60 percent passed; up 13 percent from 2011. State average 72.4.
Math scores '12:
Grade 4: 62.2 percent passed; down 1.4 percent from 2011. State average 73.3.
Grade 5: 47.9 percent passed; down 1 percent from 2011. State average 62.3.Grade 6: 43.8 percent passed; up 10.5 percent from 2011. State average 59.9.
Grade 7: 56.7 percent passed; up 1.1 percent from 2011. State average 58.6.
Grade 8: 48.1 percent passed; up 9.6 percent from 2011. State average 62.
Looking ahead
As the new principals began their duties at YME this summer both YME High School Principal Michael Meihak and BRE Principal Melissa Hesch addressed the need to stay the course and continue to work toward improving student achievement. In a posting on the YME web site, Meihak wrote, "As always, YME High School will concentrate our efforts on bringing the best education possible to the young men and women of the district. Our state test results showed progress and improvement in many areas, we recognize that there is room to improve in many areas as well."
In a letter posted on the web site, BRE Principal Hesch wrote, "During the 2012-2013 school year Bert Raney will continue to focus on providing each child with new challenges that will result in a rewarding school experience creating "A Community of Learners Building a Foundation for Future Success". Academic emphasis on the core content areas of reading, language arts, science, social studies, and math will remain a priority as well as providing a learning program that aligns with the state standards. Our commitment will be to provide our students with research based instructional practices and learning opportunities that enhance their academic growth. In addition, we will be adding a new reading series, Journeys, by Houghton Mifflin as a component of balanced literacy. This series provides a scope and sequence of skill progression to ensure that all students receive a more consistent learning experience in reading and writing."
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OAKLAND -- Oakland's American Indian Model Schools organization has failed to fix the oversight failures that allowed for rampant conflicts of interest and misuse of public funds, Oakland Superintendent Tony Smith reported this week. On Wednesday night, the Oakland school board agreed, putting American Indian's three charter schools -- which boast some of the highest test scores in California -- one step closer to closure.
"I am not swayed by the fact that this school has great test scores," board member Jody London said. "It does not change for me that the people who operate this school have violated the public trust."
Last fall, OUSD gave AIM Schools' governing board 60 days to show it had cleaned up its act. A state audit, published in June, found the organization's founder, Ben Chavis, and his wife had funneled $3.8 million in public money through their various companies and contracts.
The organization's response -- which defended the contracts -- was disappointing, said OUSD board member Jumoke Hinton Hodge.
"I didn't need an argument. I needed a remedy. I needed a cure," Hinton Hodge said at a board meeting Wednesday night, after describing Chavis as an educational visionary. "I got an argument. I got a defense. I got a conspiracy."
A public hearing is set for Feb. 13, and a final decision will follow, possibly during a special meeting on March 20, said board President David Kakishiba.
If OUSD does revoke the charter this spring, the organization would have the chance to appeal to the Alameda County Board of Education and, later to the state board.
The five-month state investigation by the Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team came in response to a whistle-blower complaint of fraud. Alameda County Superintendent of Schools Sheila Jordan requested an investigation and later forwarded the findings to the District Attorney's Office, which has yet to file charges.
In the report, auditors identified $3.8 million in questionable expenditures, from construction contracts and lease agreements to mandatory summer programs, going to Chavis's companies -- all while his wife, Marsha Amador, handled the books. For a short period, Chavis served on the governing board while he was director. He was also the landlord.
The organization paid Chavis $850,000 annually to lease facilities that, if charged at the district's rate, would have cost just $162,000, according to the Oakland school district's latest report. Supporters of the school had argued Chavis had charged a lower rate than OUSD would have, the analysis found, but they were comparing apples to oranges: his monthly rate to OUSD's annual charge.
Parents, alumni and other supporters turned out again Wednesday in the charter organization's defense, highlighting the academic achievements at the schools. Some of the new board members, including former OUSD board members Toni Cook and Sylvester Hodges, urged OUSD to keep the school open.
"In my 40 years, that is the best educational program I've seen," said Ron Grant, who met some of the students who enrolled in a community college course that he taught and who now serves on the AIM Schools board. "If you close this school, you will be making a big mistake."
Some supporters -- even OUSD board member Chris Dobbins -- suggested this was all a personal vendetta against Chavis, a polarizing figure in the education world. Others acknowledged mistakes were made but argued that students shouldn't have to suffer because of the actions of adults.
Read Katy Murphy's Oakland schools blog at www.IBAbuzz.com/education. Follow her at Twitter.com/katymurphy.


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BERKELEY -- Running back Brendan Bigelow, among as many as a half-dozen potential starters who will miss Cal football spring workouts because of injury, said he will be at full strength in time for fall camp.
Bigelow, expected to become a starter, had surgery late last month to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee -- the same knee in which he underwent two anterior cruciate ligament surgeries while in high school.
"It's feeling good, like I could go ahead and run a 40 right now. I really want to play," Bigelow said.
By August? "Full capacity. Full throttle," he said.
The Bears begin their first spring practices under new coach Sonny Dykes on Monday. Workouts will run four straight weeks, climaxing with the March 23 spring game.
Dykes said he is not worried about Bigelow's health.
"Believe it or not, kind of an unrelated injury," Dykes said. "It's really not that big of an injury. Pretty minor surgery. He's one of those guys we could probably push him a little and he could participate in the back end of spring, but we're not going to."
Bigelow rushed for 431 yards on just 44 carries last season, including 160 yards in a breakout performance at Ohio State.
"Based on what I saw last year, he's a big-play guy. I think that's what we all saw," Dykes said. "The knock on him, maybe, is he was a little inconsistent. He's certainly a guy we're going to try to figure out a way to get him the football."
Dykes said Bigelow will have no trouble learning the new spread offense, even while missing spring ball.
"Running back's the spot that guys can come in and play the easiest," he said. "It requires probably the most skill, but from an assignment standpoint it's one of the easier positions to play."
Other players to sit out spring ball because of injuries: OL Chris Adcock (shoulder), TE Spencer Hagan (knee), WR Chris Harper (shoulder), RB Daniel Lasco (shoulder), LB/DE Chris McCain (shoulder), TE Richard Rodgers (shoulder), LB/DE Brennan Scarlett (hand) and DE Sione Sina (knee).
For more on Cal sports, see the Bear Talk blog at ibabuzz.com/beartalk. Follow Jeff Faraudo on Twitter at Twitter.com/CalBearsBANG.


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Trey Anastasio Band,
Tuesday, 02/27/2001
Burress Auditorium, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Set 1: In the Wee Wee Hours, Mozambique, Push On 'Til the Day > Tube Top Flop, It Makes No Difference, Burlap Sack and Pumps, I Done Done It, Nothing But an 'E' Thing, Drifting
Set 2: The Chicken[1] > Gotta Jibboo, Sidewalks of San Francisco, Aqui Como Alla, Back on the Train[2], Wading in the Velvet Sea[2], At the Gazebo, O-o-h Child, Last Tube, The Way I Feel, First Tube
Encore: Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
[1] TAB debut.
[2] Trey solo acoustic.
Notes: The cover of James Brown's "The Chicken" was a TAB debut. Trey performed "Back on the Train" and "Wading in the Velvet Sea" solo acoustic.
Musicians: Trey Anastasio, Dave Grippo, Jennifer Hartswick, Russ Lawton, Tony Markellis, Andy Moroz


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North Dakota author Paula F. Winskye will be at Stichin' Sisters in Devils Lake, Friday, Dec. 7 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. as part of her holiday book tour.
In Wrong Turn, one of Winskye's two releases in 2012, Steph Erickson and her two-year-old daughter become stranded in the Colorado mountains in deteriorating weather. Miles from the nearest ranch, she fears for their lives.
Steph does the only thing she can—honk her car horn—even though it seems hopeless. A rescuer emerges from the blizzard. After a harrowing trip, she finds herself safe at his isolated cabin. Or is she?
Readers are calling Wrong Turn one of Winskye's best books yet.
A prolific writer, Winskye has published eleven novels since her first release in 2003. The Reverend: Murder In Medora, fourth in her Tony Wagner mystery series, also debuted in 2012. It has been her fastest selling book to date.
In addition, she has written four volumes in the Collins Family Saga; a romance, Greener Pastures; and a romance/mystery, Silent Stranger.
In 2013, Winskye will join the ranks of children's writers with a middle grade novel, Gold Star Lee.
Winskye's books are available in both paperback and electronic formats.
Learn more about her novels at winskyebooks.com.
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Pandora Media will see a "modest" impact from Apple's (AAPL) new iTunes Radio, according to Tim Westergren, who founded the leading Web music service.
Half of Pandora users listen on devices other than those from Apple, which makes the iPhone and iPad, Westergren told investors today at a conference sponsored by Goldman Sachs Group in New York.
"We believe iTunes Radio will have a modest impact," Westergren said, without providing specifics.
Shars of Pandora fell 10 percent Monday after Apple said more than 11 million listeners tuned in to iTunes Radio since it was released on Sept. 18. The stock rebounded slightly Tuesday closing up 21 cents at $24.47 or 0.9 percent. Oakland-based Pandora has 72 million active listeners. The company has been tested by larger competitors, Westergren said, citing iHeartRadio from broadcaster Clear Channel Communications.
"They launched with a huge marketing budget and no commercials, and Pandora's market share only continued to grow," Westergren said.
Apple has built a superior Web radio service for iPhones and iPads, CNET said in a review last week. The Cupertino company has access to more music than Pandora, with fewer commercial breaks and more relevant stations built around artists, genres and events, the media website said.
"ITunes Radio may be late to the party, but it's still better than Pandora when it comes to streaming programmed radio," on Apple's iOS mobile operating system, wrote Jaymar Cabebe, a reviewer for CNET.
Westergren said Pandora stands to benefit from recent Web radio agreements, including Apple's iTunes Radio deal, with the record industry that have secured slightly lower content rates than what it pays.
Judges overseeing arbitration proceedings with the U.S. Web radio industry will establish royalties beyond 2015 partially by drawing on these new pacts, he said.
"Right now all the benchmarks being set in direct deals are narrowing the possible outcome in the statutory realm," Westergren said, also referring to a pact this month between Len Blavatnik's Warner Music Group and Clear Channel.
Pandora paid $164.7 million for music and other content during the six months ended July 31, which accounted for 58 percent of revenue. A year earlier, music costs totaled 64 percent of sales.


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Summit High boys' soccer game against Glenwood Springs Thursday wasn't much different than the teams' initial meeting about a month ago, except that they played on grass.
"We have a lot of guys with good foot skills," head coach Tommy Gogolen said. "On grass, sometimes it takes away from that a little bit. It's not as clean a surface as turf. It's a completely different style of game."
Gogolen knew it wouldn't be a pushover game, but his guys still maintained possession and power to come out on top, 2-0.
It was 1-0 at the half, with senior forward Evan Feldman scoring off an assist from senior midfielder Cesar Serrano. Later in the first half, Bryan Daniel and Max Ortiz assisted Feldman's second goal.
On defense, senior sweeper Connor Hebert worked side-by-side with senior defender Alex Roque to help sophomore keeper Noah Glasco at the net. Glasco ended the game with five saves.
"We didn't really get tested too much," Gogolen said, adding that he was able to put in some younger players for varsity game time.
"Summit played a real nice game," Demons coach Steve White said to the Glenwood Springs Post-Independent. "It was the story of our season. We got down early and had a hard time coming back from it."
Glenwood appeared to be improved since September, Gogolen said.
"We had great possession," White said to the Post Independent. "The passing game was good. Everybody got a lot of clean, good touches on the ball. We just couldn't score."
In an unfortunate turn of events, Glenwood lost player Steve Bolitho to a possible dislocated hip.
The pressure is on for the Tigers to continue to pave the way to a solid playoff seed.
"There's a lot more added pressure too, because it's essentially a must-win in order to keep the playoff drive alive," the coach said. Next up is Rifle on Tuesday, who Summit won against in a 3-0 game in early October.
"Rifle's season is winding down. They want to take a crack at us. I think the guys are pretty focused, which is good. We all know what's at stake, playoff rankings. It's a must-win. They guys know it. We'll be prepared, we'll be ready," Gogolen said.
The team's goal is to be 11-4 at the end of the season. They currently sit at 9-4 with two games left before playoffs.


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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The governor of Virginia is asking President Barack Obama in a letter to make good on his campaign pledge to avert automatic cuts to federal spending that would disproportionately damage Virginia.
Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell says the threat of cuts from the 2011 Budget Control Act is already harming Virginia. But unless Obama and Congress agree on their own cuts before March 1, cuts known as the sequester would drain $85 billion from the government's budget over the coming seven months.
Virginia would feel the proportionately heaviest burden of any state. It has a heavy concentration of military assets, including the Pentagon and the world's largest U.S. Navy base at Norfolk, as well as defense and civilian government contractors.


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"Dad, they're only up by 17"--
Delivered with mock concern by my 14 year old son, a dyed in the wool Shocker fan, learning a little tongue in cheek while following Wichita State's win at Southern Illinois last night.
14 and counting—
Gregg Marshall wasn't too pleased with the way his team defended last night in Carbondale, but 60 percent shooting more than offset any defensive concerns in a blowout win of Southern Illinois. Cleanthony Early continues to grab the scoring headlines with 23 points, which is about his average for the last four games. Then there's Fred Van Vleet with a second straight game without a turnover. In fact, over his last three games the sophomore has 18 assists against just one turnover, oh and he's averaging over 13 points during that stretch. One game into the conference season and, barring injury, there's no doubt who the Valley's top point guard is— feel free to post that in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Usually points are much harder to come by with the opening of the conference season, but all five of the opening MVC winners this week have scored 70 or better, four of the five have managed 78 or more, three of them hit 80 and Drake put up 94 in their blowout of Evansville. I'd bet that's an aberration instead of the start of a trend, although the winning margin in the first five games averaged nearly 20 points.
Boomer Sooner---
OU had just been blown out at Baylor, with road games at resurgent K-State and Bedlam in Stillwater, even the most ardent Sooner fans could see an 8-4 record in the making. But Oklahoma played with incredible purpose winning their last three games, then going to the Sugar Bowl and slaying the monster that is Alabama. Credit goes to Bob Stoops and his staff for staying the course despite rather loud grumblings in Norman. OU fan will never admit it now, but they were very nervous about how this game would turn out. Remember, the Sooners were embarrassed by Johnny Manzeil and Texas A&M in last year's Cotton Bowl, I'm not sure they could have handled more humbling at the hands of the SEC. So, while they'll claim they knew it all along, the fact is that most Sooner fans were just hoping to be respectable and that's a fundamental shift in their expectations.
Maybe this will signal a return to prominence for Oklahoma which really hasn't been a factor in the National Championship hunt since 2008. OU is likely to be the Big 12 favorite next year and the win against 'Bama puts gale force winds in their sails for the off season. By the way, Bob Stoops is the only coach in the BCS era (since '98) to win the Sugar, Orange, Rose and Fiesta Bowl, Big Game Bob indeed. Big kudos to Geneo Grissom, the OU defensive end by way of Hutchinson was the best defensive player on the field last night. It's hard to believe that he and KU's Ben Heeney were on the same unit at Hutch, what a wrecking crew.


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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
December 07, 2005
Corporate Group Reaches 360 Megawatts of Green Power Capacity
A group representing a dozen corporate buyers of green power has contracted for a total of 360 megawatts of renewable power capacity, equal to an average U.S. coal plant. World Resources Institute (WRI) announced on December 1st that its Green Power Market Development Group has contracted for 185 megawatts of green power in the past 11 months alone. The 360-megawatt achievement places the group one-third of the way toward its goal of building markets for 1,000 megawatts of new green power in the United States. The group includes Alcoa Inc., The Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, FedEx Kinko's, General Motors Corporation, IBM, Interface, Johnson & Johnson, NatureWorks LLC, Pitney Bowes, Staples, and Starbucks. Among the notable green power purchases: Starbucks is purchasing 150 million kilowatt-hours per year, equivalent to 20 percent of the annual electricity use in its U.S. company stores, and NatureWorks, LLC is buying enough green power to make its biobased polymer, NatureWorks PLA, the first greenhouse gas-neutral polymer. WRI is so pleased, it's launching a similar effort in Europe. See the WRI press release.


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Molester gets 99 years hard labor
Published: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 10:05 a.m.
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A Houma man was sentenced on Monday to 99 years at hard labor after pleading guilty to eight counts each of child molestation and production of child pornography, the State Attorney General's Office said.
Scott Massey, 35, was indicted last year by a Terrebonne Parish grand jury following an undercover investigation, the release states. The evidence showed that Massey recorded himself fondling children as they slept.
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Doggishly Dapper Grooming in Gypsum recently celebrated its one-year anniversary after opening its doors quietly in January 2012.
"It's scary opening your own place," said Kitty Ahern, who started the business with her mom, Ginny Putnam.
"We didn't know there were so many groomers out here in Gypsum when we opened, but we're staying busy enough," Ahern said. "We have people bring their dogs to us from as far away as Aspen and Rifle."
Doggishly Dapper Grooming is located at 10651 U.S. Highway 6, next to Tu Casa Mexican Restaurant and close to Eagle Valley High School. Business hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Early drop-off or late pickup is available upon request and there is a play room for the animals waiting to be picked up.
The business may be reached at 970-524-3655. Its website is www.doggishlydapper.com.
Ahern and Putnam own poodles and are very familiar with the challenge of grooming thick, curly fur, but they groom all breeds.
"I love all dogs," Ahern said. "I don't have a preference for what kind of dog I work with. We make the world a more beautiful place, one dog at a time."
They'll even paint claws cute colors and incorporate bows into the styles if you like.
"Our rates are comparable to others in the area but we charge less than upvalley," Ahern said.
Ahern and Putnam are also members of the National Dog Groomers Association of America. That keeps them informed on the latest techniques and breeds.
Ahern has always loved dogs and has worked with them since she was a teenager.
"I enjoyed bathing dogs at Pet Center when I was 18," she said. "I worked at a bank for a while and missed working with dogs, so I started working at The Pet Spot in Edwards."
There, she spent 10 years apprenticing under Tracy Hearder, who is a well-known groomer in the county.
"Tracy books up for a year and sends her extra business to me now," Ahern said.
Putnam said she wanted a fun job like this after working in the operating room at Vail Valley Medical Center for 20 years.
"It's fun because dogs are always doing cute things like falling asleep in the bubble bath," she said.
The mother-daughter duo have been learning Spanish since they opened.
"The better we can communicate with our customers, the more we can make people happy," Putnam said. "We're very thankful to our customers and community for supporting our business."


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The St. James Chamber Board announced the promotion of Jennie Firchau from administrative assistant to executive director.
Firchau has been working in the Chamber office for the past three years and has been an integral part of the Chamber community here in St. James.
The position of executive director was offered to Firchau April 23, 2013. She had been considered in the past for executive director. The board decided to offer her the position before opening it up to other applicants. There are no immediate plans to hire a new assistant, but the transition has been smooth for Firchau.
"I've expanded on what I know and my passion has grown," said Firchau.
Firchau said she is ready and looking forward to building relationships with business owners and finding new members for the Chamber community.
Chamber events will remain the same with the new Chamber director – including the upcoming golf tournament and Railroad Days.
"I am also a St. James School Board member," said Firchau. "So, of course part of this vision for myself in this position, is completely bridging that gap between school and community and just finding more ways to work together, especially in today's world where we really can't have one without the other."
Firchau grew up in the area and is well-known amongst the St. James community. She hopes to dedicate time toward visiting with business owners and helping local business get the most out of their chamber membership.
As always, the chamber office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and on Friday morning until noon.
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Eagle released the results from its recently completed community survey. According to the survey, the average Eagle resident had resided in town for five years or less and the most important issues were improving traffic circulation and creating additional recreation trails.
Eagle County received a $60,000 rebate check from the Colorado Department of Revenue's alternative fuel program for its recently purchased 20-car fleet of Toyota Prius cars.
Police arrested an 18-year-old employee from a local hotel after the reported theft of 16 laptop computers from the facility. The computers had been used for a training session and placed in a locked closet and the young man was one of the few people who had a key.
The Eagle County Republican Women hosted a Christmas Home Tour of Eagle residences.
Arlene Quenon was named Eagle Valley Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year. Eagle Ranch was named Business of the Year.
The Eagle Fire Department began a 4,000 square-foot addition. The remodel included a training room, weight room, laundry facility and office space and was estimated to cost $500,000.
Larry Brooks was named Avon Town Manager. Brooks was a longtime Avon employee who had most recently served as assistant town manger.
The Enterprise editorialized about "snipers" in town. While an actual shooter was terrorizing Washington, D.C., the local snipers were drug dealers who sold to Eagle's youth. As one local noted, "There's somebody out there who is just as dangerous as those snipers. Young kids are getting hurt."
John Beasley, owner of Beasley's Food Town in Eagle, was honored as the 1992 Eagle Valley Citizen of the Year during the annual Celebrity Citizen Extravaganza.
The Eagle County Commissioners approved the $22.6 million 1993 budget with a 2-1 vote. Commissioner Dick Gustafson cast the dissenting vote. Gustafson said his "no" vote was in response to some of the departments that had not yet adopted the new Eagle County Handbook.
Gypsum received an annexation petition for 52.6 acres located southeast of the Eagle County Regional Airport. Dick Gilbert filed the petition on behalf of property owner Dr. Michael Hoffman.
The Gypsum Meadows project was up for sale. The 25-acre housing development was started in 1990 and about a dozen homes had been completed and sold.
"In response to site 'proposals coming out of the walls,' the Eagle County Commissioners scheduled a public meeting to decide once and for all where the new criminal justice center will be located," the Enterprise reported.
With 25 ballots in favor and only five opposed, residents of the Lower Kaibab neighborhood in Eagle voted to join the Eagle Sanitation District.
By a 2-1 vote, the Eagle County Commissioners approved an $11.4 million budget for 1983. The item of contention that prompted Commissioner Keith Troxel to cast a vote against the spending plan was a $24,000 allocation to the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments. Troxel favored earmarking the money for the NWCCOG, but fellow commissioners Danny Williams and Dale Grant disagreed and placed the $24,000 under the "professional services" line item to be used at the county's discretion. "Thus, when Commissioner-elect Dave Mott is sworn into office, in Grant's place in January, the money can be funneled to the NWCCOG if the majority of the board so desires," reported the Enterprise.
Financial consultant Stan Bernstein advised members of the Western Eagle County Metropolitan Recreation District Board of Directors that the $650,000 bond issue passed by voters for construction of a recreation center would not cover costs associated with the project.
Developers of the Kaibab neighborhood in Eagle proposed building multi-family units in an area where a mobile home court was located. Some neighbors of the area commented they were not pleased to see two- or three-story apartment buildings in an area that had been previously designated for single family homes.
An automatic counter installed at the Hanging Lake Trail in Glenwood Canyon registered 160,000 visitors during the 1972 summer season - an average of 120 people per day.
A Minturn man contracted botulism after eating some home-canned green peppers and the story was reported by Denver television stations and the Rocky Mountain News.
Specials at Stanley's Cash Grocery in Eagle included a four-pack roll of Charmin toilet paper for 39 cents and a 24-ounce bottle of Mrs. Butterworth's syrup for 69 cents.
The town boards in both Eagle and Gypsum were in the process of organizing sewer districts in the respective communities. "Engineers and bond company representatives have gone over to the two towns and met with the respective town boards. Following organization, bond issues for sewage disposal systems will be presented to the people for a vote," the Enterprise reported.
The Eagle Lions Club announced plans for a New Year's Eve Dance. The club had hired an orchestra to play at the event. The dance previously had been sponsored by graduates of Eagle High School.
Fred Collett was elected president of the Gypsum Committee for Better Schools. Lloyd Mayne was elected vice-president and Lynda Ewing was elected secretary-treasurer.
The featured movie at the Eagle Theater was "The Hustler," starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. In Minturn, the feature was "State Fair," starring Pat Boone and Bobby Darien.
"The Burns community will have a gala opening of its new gathering place Saturday, Dec. 20, when the women of the home demonstration club - responsible for building the hall, will have their pre-Christmas bazaar, holiday party and dance," the Enterprise reported. "The women, seeing a need for a general meeting place in their rural community, took upon themselves the giant task of raising funds as a club project. While not yet reaching their ultimate goal, they have been successful in seeing completion of a large cement basement, 60-feet by 35-feet, which will serve quite adequately as a general meeting pace for the community for the present."
Plans for the annual Eagle High School New Year's Eve Homecoming Party were announced. The evening was set to begin at the Diamond J for a smorgasbord dinner followed by a public dance at the school gym.
Continental Railways announced a number of special Christmas fairs. A ticket from Eagle to Dallas was $19.35. From Eagle to Memphis the fare was $24.10.
A front-page notice offered Eagle County residents instructions for the planned Dec. 14 Seventh Region blackout. The exercise was planned between 9 and 9:20 p.m. for all residents and businesses in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming and Colorado. Motorists on the road at the time of the blackout were instructed to pull over, turn off their motors and wait until the all-clear signal was given.
The Modern Homemaker Club planned a gift exchange as part of the December meeting. Club members were asked to bring a 10-cent gift to the party.
The featured movie at the Eagle Theater was "Tarzan's New York Adventure," starring Maureen O'Sullivan and Johnny Weissmuller.


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Seven Below gets an intricate funk workout that keeps referring to the song's original pulse and comes smartly back to the song after 21:00 or so. Tweezer is a monstrous roaring creature that gets as deep as 2/28 (but nowhere near as high). Simple is delicate, then spacey, and lovely throughout. And you even get canonical takes on Pebbles and (ugh) Jibboo to close the two sets!
If you don't like the 'Phish 2.0' style - those long hazy hypnagogic uptempo noise-jams, the intricate unresolved experimentation, the relative sonic homogeneity - you won't like 2/20/03. That's OK. But while this show is less of a crowd-pleaser than the 2/26 party or the 2/28 church service, it's a nocturnal preview of the chemical carousel ride that would take place in Limestone less than six months later. Well-chosen songs, shadowy ocean-floor jams, and collective creativity as yet undulled by rock'n'roll excess...what more could you want?
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Retail sales of Civic GX and Phill(TM) home refueling system to begin in Spring 2005
|TORRANCE, California, September 9, 2004 -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and FuelMaker Corporation have strengthened their strategic alliance in order to bring to the US market an affordable appliance for consumers to refuel natural gas vehicles at home by spring 2005.
Honda, which has owned almost 20 percent of Toronto-based FuelMaker Corporation since 2000, is working directly with FuelMaker to complete development of Phill(TM), the natural gas home refueling appliance. As part of this alliance, Honda and FuelMaker are announcing plans to begin retail sales of the Phill refueling appliance and Civic GX natural gas vehicle beginning in California in spring 2005. The Civic GX, now in its seventh year of sales in the U.S., has to this point been marketed only to fleets.
The Phill home refueling appliance will be available for purchase in limited quantities in California by spring 2005. The retail price of Phill will be approximately US$2,000. Depending on Federal, State, and local government rebates, the actual cost of ownership may be reduced to consumers.
Honda and FuelMaker share a vision for home refueling as a solution to the challenge of making natural gas a practical alternative to gasoline for consumers.
"The biggest obstacle to broader acceptance of natural gas vehicles is the limited availability of refueling stations," said Tom Elliott, executive vice president of American Honda. "This alliance with FuelMaker is great for Honda because it will give our customers a personalized solution to refueling. Our research indicates people like the convenience of filling up at home. Plus, natural gas offers many benefits as an alternative to gasoline and is an abundant domestic resource that strengthens America's energy independence."
FuelMaker developed Phill, the world's first low-cost, home-based fueling appliance, which can be mounted to a garage wall, indoors or outdoors, to allow natural gas-powered vehicles to be refueled overnight directly from a homeowner's existing natural gas supply line.
"We developed Phill to make home refueling safe and simple, and with Honda as a partner we will make it a reality," said John Lyon, chief executive officer of FuelMaker Corporation.
The popularity of natural gas-powered vehicles is gaining momentum as more states enact legislation to permit such vehicles in carpool lanes with just a single occupant. Vehicles powered by natural gas are inherently cleaner than their conventional gasoline-powered counterparts. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has labeled the U.S.-made Honda Civic GX the "cleanest internal combustion engine-powered vehicle ever tested."
Honda is the world's preeminent engine-maker, building more than 17 million engines globally in 2003 for its diverse line-up of automobiles, motorcycles and power equipment products. Honda began operations in North America in 1959 with the establishment of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Honda's first overseas subsidiary. Using domestic and globally sourced parts, Honda began assembling motorcycles in America in 1979 and this year celebrates 25 years of U.S. production. Honda began automobile manufacturing in the U.S. in 1982 with the Accord and was the first Japanese automaker to build products for the North American market in the United States.
Established in 1989, FuelMaker Corporation is a privately held Toronto-based company and the world's leading manufacturer of natural gas vehicle refueling appliances.
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John McNeil is one of the most influential trumpet players of his generation. He first gained widespread recognition as a member of the Horace Silver Quintet in the late 1970s, touring Europe and North America. McNeil worked with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis band, the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band, and has performed wtih Art Pepper, Milt Hinton, and many others.
McNeil has lead his own groups since 1978, touring Europe, North America, and Australia. His nine recordings for the SteepleChase label feature such players as Dave Liebman, Billy Hart, Tom Harrell, and Richie Beirach. He has counted Mulgrew Miller, Hal Galper, Rufus Reid, and saxophonist Bill Evans among his sidemen on live dates. In the mid-1990s, McNeil formed an unique group with saxophonist Kenny Berger, recording the critically acclaimed CDs Hip Deep and Brooklyn Ritual. His latest CD, This Way Out, is due for release in the late spring of 2003 on the Omnitone label.
In recent years, McNeil has also been in increasing demand as a writer, record producer, and arranger, both for big bands and small groups, in a wide variety of musical styles.
A long-standing member of the NEC faculty, he has a reputation for encouraging his students to establish an emotional connection to their playing, and to develop a strong personal style.
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SACRAMENTO -- Pledging to create jobs and fix the state's public schools, former U.S. Treasury official Neel Kashkari on Tuesday said he will run for California governor.
During a speech at Cal State Sacramento, the 40-year-old Republican called the state's high poverty rate an unacceptable "status quo" that Gov. Jerry Brown has allowed to fester by failing to jump-start the economy.
But unseating Brown, a popular Democratic incumbent who is widely expected to run for re-election, will be an uphill battle for Kashkari, a political novice whose voting record and work experience on Wall Street are already under fire.
"California is like a rocket ship with multiple engines running at half throttle," Kashkari said. "We need to be competitive; we need to be in the hunt. We're not, but we can be."
Kashkari, an Indo-American who lives in Laguna Beach in Orange County, previously worked for Goldman Sachs and ran a controversial Treasury Department program that bailed out the nation's largest banks. He called that experience an example of the bipartisan compromises he hopes to strike in California.
"If we could get Republicans and Democrats to work together in Washington, D.C., then I know we can get them to work together in Sacramento," Kashkari said in a statement. "If we could break the back of the worst economic crisis our country has faced in 80 years, then I know we can break the back of the crisis that is destroying opportunity for California families and kids.
Last year, Kashkari quit his job as an investment banking executive and began traveling across the state and mulling his run for governor, meeting with potential donors, community organizations and regular Californians.
He said he formed his campaign platform -- creating jobs and fixing schools -- by spending time in a homeless shelter, meeting with Central Valley farm workers and listening to average Californians discuss their unmet needs.
"People don't want welfare; they want jobs," said Kashkari, who did not elaborate on his policy positions.
Right now, Kashkari's only GOP challenger is Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks — a tea party favorite and staunch social conservative.
The same characteristics that set Kashkari apart from traditional Republicans are the factors that will make June's primary election tough for him, said Jack Pitney, a political-science professor at Claremont McKenna College.
"Brown has his constituency — labor, Democrats, liberals — and Donnelly has his constituency — conservatives, the tea party, gun folks," Pitney said. "Kashkari is looking toward a Republican Party in California that doesn't exist yet."
But other political analysts point out that under the state's new "top two" primary system -- in which he will compete against both Brown and Donnelly -- Kashkari won't have to placate the right-wing Republican base and take positions that damage him in a general election in which a growing number of independent voters usually pick the winner.
Kashkari is fiscally conservative, but supports abortion rights and gay marriage. He owns a gun, but he's in favor of requiring background checks before all firearms sales.
In the coming weeks, Kashkari's favorability among the state's Republican and independent voters will be tested, as will his ability to raise enough money to be competitive against Brown, who has already amassed a campaign war chest of $17 million.
Kashkari is a multimillionaire, but he said he does not have enough personal wealth to self-fund a campaign like GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman did in 2010. That's why the fundraising committee he announced Tuesday is stacked with GOP heavyweights who were instrumental in financing Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign.
The political team Kashkari has assembled is also full of veterans who worked on campaigns for Romney, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Sen. John McCain.
Kashkari's voting record over the past two decades could also haunt him, just as it hurt Whitman. According to a report in Tuesday's San Francisco Chronicle, Kashkari has failed to vote in nearly half the elections in which he was eligible since 1998. Some of those contests were school board elections; others were statewide elections and primaries.
Aaron McLear, a spokesman for Kashkari, said the candidate has been open about his voting record.


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Warriors point guard Stephen Curry won't play Friday against the Los Angeles Lakers. Nor will he play Saturday against the Utah Jazz.
No one knows when he will play again on that sprained right ankle. Three sprains in just over two weeks have sounded an alarm in Warriors world. Concern, frustration and resolve are at an all-time high.
"We -- the training staff and doctors -- all agreed that as long as I didn't have any pain while I was playing, it was good enough to go," Curry said after Thursday's practice. "So maybe, I don't know, we're going to have to have that discussion again."
That's now seven sprains, plus surgery and rehab, on the same ankle in the past 15 months. Curry's right ankle has gone from nagging injury to gripping concern.
Warriors general manager Larry Riley said Curry will be evaluated in Oakland on Saturday. That evaluation will determine what happens next. New treatment? Elongated rest? More surgery?
Another trip to visit his surgeon is probably in the offing. One thing's for sure, the sprain-and-play pattern has to stop.
"It's the same ligament, and it's occurred three times," Riley said. "So, obviously, we've got to do something with this. We can't just continue the way things are going and expect it to get better."
It's imperative for the Warriors and Curry to solve this problem. Curry, after all, was unofficially deemed the franchise player when Golden State refused to ship him to New Orleans for Chris Paul.
And if co-owner Joe Lacob is to come through on his bid to land a star player, Curry figures to play a huge role. Team sources confirmed reports the Warriors have made a play for Orlando's Dwight Howard, even if he doesn't sign a long-term extension. But if that is to happen, Curry would either be involved in the trade or part of the enticement for Howard to re-sign.
From Curry's end, this is a contract year for him, and these ankle issues could affect his new deal. Golden State can sign Curry to an extension at the end of this year, and a source close to Curry said he wants an extension.
"You learn to play through it. Dell's at home right now and his ankles are as big as oranges," said Curry's mother, Sonya, referring to former NBA player Dell Curry, Stephen's father. "It's a process that he's working through, and we are confident he can do that. ... Fans hear that you're having surgery and they think, 'There won't be any problems whatsoever.' But that's not what happens. The reality is that the ankle is going to have to work itself out. As long as he can perform with it, we aren't concerned."
How bad is it?
On Dec. 20, backpedaling to the defensive end in an exhibition game against the Sacramento Kings, Curry learned the hard way he wasn't done with ankle issues. Once again, with no contact, he rolled his right ankle.
Curry sprained the ankle again Dec. 26 against the Chicago Bulls when he landed on the foot of Bulls forward Kyle Korver. Wednesday in San Antonio, Curry suffered another sprained right ankle, again without contact.
"This one is more frustrating," Curry said after Thursday's practice. "Because I took the steps to get it back to 100 percent. Last year was unexpected. This one was like a worst nightmare situation. ... I haven't been pain free since Sacramento."
Curry said after the first ankle sprain he wouldn't play again until he was 100 percent. He didn't want a repeat of last season.
But by opening day Dec. 25, after swapping practices for treatment and rest, that changed. Stanford surgeon Dr. Timothy McAdams, the Warriors' orthopedist, reviewed Curry's X-rays and MRI and concluded it was just a sprain. The results were sent to Dr. Bob Anderson, who performed the surgery on Curry in May, and he determined the repairs done in surgery remained intact.
In days, Curry was able to pass all the tests and got the green light to play in the Christmas Day opener. Then came the injury against Chicago, which forced him to miss the Dec. 28 game against New York. Again, Curry rested and received treatment. By Dec. 29, he passed the necessary tests and was cleared to play.
But this last incident has raised a ton of questions, chief among them: Why is this happening? Experts reached for this article generally pointed to three explanations.
The most likely, according to a couple, is that Curry suffers from proprioception deficit. Translated, Curry's problems are about balance and a lack of awareness about how to judge where his foot is in relation to his leg. Normally, people can tell how far to let their ankle turn, or how much weight they can put on it, without spraining it. But after an injury, proprioception problems can develop.
"It doesn't work as well because the foot can't tell the brain fast enough where it is," said Dr. Naomi Shields, a foot and ankle orthopedic surgeon in Wichita, Kan., who said she knows and thinks highly of Curry's surgeon, Anderson.
"So the brain can't tell which muscles fast enough to fire."
Another explanation is that Curry's ligaments can't hold up to the physical demands of his job, otherwise known as "functional instability."
"He can walk down the street, but he can't play basketball," said a head trainer for a Major League Baseball team, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "If he has instability, that's either because the original surgery was not effective or it might be that he's reinjured the ligaments."
The other possibility is that Curry has a degenerative condition.
"It sounds suspect," said Dr. Catherine Cheung, who through her private practice in San Francisco specializes in all aspects of foot and ankle care, including complex reconstruction. "Usually after surgery, when you tighten up the ligaments, you don't roll it anymore. It's unusual that that would keep happening. It's hard to predict that he wouldn't do it again. ... The odds are not in his favor if he's done it three times in the past two weeks. He may have to look at another surgery."
History of ankle problems
You could make the case this all began Aug. 19, 2010, in Madrid. Curry, playing with Team USA in advance of the World Championships, sprained his left ankle in practice.
Curry kept playing for the men's national team, into mid-September. That left Curry a couple of weeks to rest for training camp, which started Sept. 28. So it would make sense that Curry, compensating for his never-fully-recovered left ankle, would lean heavily on his right.
On Oct. 21, 2010, in exhibition game against the Los Angeles Lakers in San Antonio, Curry sprained his right ankle for the first time. He went through the treatment/rest dance up until the opener. He played but sprained the ankle again in the opener Oct. 27, though fairly mildly. But the next game, against the Clippers on Oct. 29, he rolled the right ankle badly enough to miss the next two games.
Curry returned and went over a month without missing action, though his ankle required constant treatment and attention. Then on Dec. 8, at San Antonio, trying to stop on a dime and change directions, he rolled his ankle again. Curry didn't return until Christmas Day.
But those two-plus weeks of rest didn't do the trick, even though Curry didn't miss another game the rest of the season.
So, this past offseason, Curry was supposed to settle this once and for all. He was seen by Dr. Mark Myerson, the director for the Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. He eventually had the surgery performed by Anderson at OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, N.C., to repair two ligaments.
After four months of rehab, Curry was cleared for full activity Sept. 14.
It lasted a little over three months.
What now?
After the game Wednesday in San Antonio, Curry was despondent, so shaken by yet another sprain. Thursday, his right foot resting on a folding chair as he watched practice, he was noticeably more coherent. But his frustration hadn't waned.
He still called it the most frustrating time yet throughout this process. He still seemed to be in desperate search for answers.
Curry said the first step will be to find out exactly what it will take to get him to 100 percent.
Once it is determined what it will take, Curry said the next step is to set some parameters for what it will take to get back on the court. Whether he waits until he feels no pain at all, or waits until he can pass more stringent physical tests, Curry suggested he's not getting back on the court until he's 100 percent.
But at this point, the decision might no longer be up to him.
"He's done everything he's been asked to do," coach Mark Jackson said. "But, bottom line is, we're going to make sure he gets right. It's our job as a team to hold the fort down and let the process play out. I know he's frustrated, as we all are. We're going to protect him. ... The main thing for him is to heal and get right."
Staff writers Jon Wilner, Daniel Brown and Mark Emmons contributed to this report.


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If the Redskins Go, Who Else Follows?
With the ruling made by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday canceling the Washington Redskins' trademark, sports fans had one immediate thought: What other teams could be next?
The Redskins said they would appeal the decision. But across the sports landscape, teams have in recent years de-emphasized or removed elements of Native American imagery from their jerseys, hats and stadiums.
Here's a look at the state of teams who use Native American names or references:
The team said on Wednesday that there are no outstanding legal complaints about its name or trademarks, and it didn't comment on the Redskins decision. However, the team's "Chief Wahoo" logo has long been a source of controversy. In recent years, a "C" logo has been used on much of Cleveland's merchandise, but Chief Wahoo still appears on hats the team wears in games and in some instances on the team website.
"Chief Noc-A-Homa," a mascot who lived in a teepee in the outfield, lasted until 1986. A primary logo featuring a screaming Indian was used until the late 1980s. Now, most of the Native American imagery comes via the tomahawks used on jerseys and some secondary logos the team has produced.
A team spokesman declined comment on the Redskins' ruling and would not say whether there were outstanding legal complaints regarding the team's name. Throughout the years, the Blackhawks' Indian head logo has created little controversy. Perhaps that is because the name comes originally from a World War I machine gun battalion, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Like the Blackhawks, the Chiefs and their stadium name, Arrowhead, have caused little outrage, especially compared to the Redskins. The Chiefs dumped Warpaint, a headdress-wearing horse, in the late 1980s. A scaled-back version re-appeared 20 years later and continues to appear at Chiefs home games, with none of the Native American imagery of the previous version.
The Chippewas were originally among those ruled by the NCAA to have a "hostile and abusive" name, but their name was dropped from the list in 2005. The school's president at the time, Michael Rao, said the decision was based on the school's "ongoing relationship with the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe." However, the school has, over the past 30 years, distanced itself from "Chippewa" related imagery and instead emphasized a "C" logo.
According to their official website, the earliest nicknames of Utah's athletic teams were "Utes" and the "Redskins." Like Central Michigan, Utah was dropped from the list of NCAA targets due to local tribes' support of the name (in some instances, like the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux, this was not the case.) In 1996, school unveiled "Swoop" a motorcycle-riding bird that took the focus off the Native American name.
With support from the local tribe, the Seminoles were also excluded from NCAA sanctions–but changes have taken place over the years. Although a Native American mascot Osceola appears on his horse, Renegade, before every game while brandishing a flaming spear, the team in 2012 reintroduced costumed horse Cimarron to appear at many events. Florida State has made fewer changes that most schools, however. A spear still adorns their helmet, something that Central Michigan dumped decades ago, and a statue of a Native American on a horse is featured prominently outside the school's football stadium.
Chief Illiniwek, the costumed Indian, danced his last dance in 2007 after the NCAA threatened sanctions on the school if he continued. The "Illini" nickname was retained, since the term actually applies to a group of World War I fighters. An old logo featuring a Native American in headdress has been scrapped in favor of an "I" logo.
Notable Nicknames Previously Abandoned:
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (Now unnamed)
St. John's University Redmen (Now Red Storm)
Miami Ohio Redskins (Now Red Hawks)
Marquette Warriors (Now Golden Eagles)
Stanford Indians (Now Cardinal)
Eastern Michigan Hurons (Now Eagles)


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Community partnerships for research and solutions
This post is by Leanne Chukoskie, Ph.D. Dr. Chukoskie is the Asst. Director Science Communication and Special Projects at Autism Speaks and Asst. Project Scientist, Institute for Neural Computation, UCSD.
Having not previously interacted with the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), I didn't know what to expect. I must admit a tendency to equate the National Institutes of Health with the pinnacle of ivory tower research and a somewhat "stuffy" perspective on science. I could not have been more off base in describing the inaugural meeting of the Partners in Environmental Public Health (PEPH).
The initiative aims to bring together academia and community stakeholders as partners in improving environmental health, and this was clearly a charge that the leadership and participants took seriously (read a description of the meeting). The passion of the people participating in this meeting was palpable. Many of the community organizers and research partners in attendance have been seeking solutions for local environmental problems for years. Spontaneous applause and whoops from the audience erupted in response to community-empowering comments or discussion. This wasn't your typical scientific conference! After each discussion session, the moderators had to actively intervene to end the questions and suggest that the conversation continue over the next break, lest we get horribly off our time schedule.
At the meeting my colleague, Alycia Halladay, and I conversed with other public health advocates about what we and other organizations are doing to disseminate research findings to members of the community. How were we learning what issues concern the community most? How do we use that information to address those concerns? How are we delivering scientific information about autism to the public and are they "getting it"? These other groups wanted to learn from us, and we from them.
We learned about an exceptional program that trained portreros (trusted communicators in the local Hispanic community) in various aspects of environmental science understanding using hands-on science demonstrations. The portreros then met with other members of their community to convey needed information about local environmental risks surrounding a superfund clean-up site. Could we develop the resources to train our team of volunteer Science Ambassadors at Autism Speaks similarly?
We also heard an important presentation from Michael Yudell, Ph.D., M.P.H. of Drexel University who spoke about communicating autism research findings to the public in a clear, direct and useful manner. Citing the history of how "blame" has been used by different ways and different groups to identify the causes of autism, Dr. Yudell offered recommendations for improving the dissemination of research based on a meeting organized at Drexel last year
It is in meetings like this is where the rubber meets the road. There are so many areas of opportunity for autism, which is one of NIEHS' priority areas of investigation, including opportunities for organizations and other community advocates to partner with academia and apply for grants. Most importantly, however, this initiative enjoys ongoing support from the government.. We look forward to making the most of the opportunities offered and working with you, the autism community, to make the changes we need most.
April 29, 2010 at 7:43 pm
There is a wonderful group of young performers that are putting on a fundraising show called Move For Autism in NYC. The producer is a high schooler named Nicole Javanna Johnson from the Professional Performers Art School in Manhattan. These phenomenal young artists are inspiring and have a wonderful commitment to Autism Speaks. I just thought that you all should know that.
April 30, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Leanne you really need to attend AutismOne in Chicago or the National Autism Association conference in FL or any of the many Defeat Autism Now conferences held throughout the US.
You will learn more about envionmental science and autism there than anywhere else, I promise you. Autism Speaks also needs to make a much bigger effort connecting with families regarding environmental science and its impact on our kids. Thousands of parents and dozens of enviornmental science experts attend these conferences and there are many, many Q and As with whoops and hollering in the background. This is where grass roots lives.
AS should fund scientific ambassadors to GO NOW to these conferernces. What people can learn at the NIH is so limited. Believe me, I been to many of those conferences and I know. Join us and attend a science conference w/ the community of families!


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Maya Tomb, Honduras
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic
Anticipation is a skill that all great photographers draw on when searching for the right moment to press the shutter. While shooting this delightful photo, I can just imagine Ken Garrett framing this scene and then following the little monkey as he walked through the shot … tail up … get to that open area, little buddy … Bingo! A great photograph. —Annie Griffiths
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Nuns, Peru
Photograph by Melissa Farlow, National Geographic
This charming photograph by Melissa Farlow has everything going for it, including the background. The sisters are framed against a wall that adds color and light to the scene. Most importantly, the background allows us to see the captured moment clearly. —Annie Griffiths
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Woman and Horse, Canada
Photograph by Michael Christopher Brown, National Geographic
Capturing an intimate moment in a photograph is perhaps the greatest challenge in photography. These moments must be earned through patience, trust, and perseverance. In this quiet, lovely photograph by Michael Christopher Brown, we are completely unaware of the photographer. The moment between the woman and her horse is so simple, but so real, that we feel an instant, emotional connection. —Annie Griffiths
Photo Tip: To capture an intimate moment, the photographer must learn how to earn the trust of the subject, as well as when to "disappear" and let life unfold. The subjects must feel so comfortable that they forget there's a camera nearby.
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Bride and Groom, Czech Republic
Photograph by James L. Stanfield, National Geographic
Wedding photography is traditionally a very controlled process, with lists of people who must be paraded in front of the camera. These photos often miss the joy and the personality of the couple and their guests. This wonderful moment, captured by photographer James Stanfield, says it all. —Annie Griffiths
Photo Tip: If you're shooting a wedding, follow that couple! Stick with the bride and groom before and after the ceremony. Watch for the unguarded moments that are bound to happen on such an emotional day.
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Silverback Gorilla, Africa
Photograph by Ian Nichols, National Geographic
Some photographic moments are memorable because they are so unlikely. It is impossible to look at this wonderful image by Ian Nichols and not smile. The juxtaposition of the giant silverback gorilla holding a delicate leaf is a delightful surprise and a unique moment. —Annie Griffiths
Photo Tip: The phrase "wait for it" must have been coined by a photographer, because it is such an essential part of what we do. When photographing wildlife, capturing the perfect moment is just as important as it is with humans—and requires even more patience.
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Ballerina, Cuba
Photograph by James L. Stanfield, National Geographic
Some of the best moments happen behind the scenes, before or after the main event. These are the times when people are unguarded because they are too busy, or too exhausted, to care about the photographer. James Stanfield has captured such a moment in this lovely photograph. —Annie Griffiths
Photo Tip: When covering any event, try to arrive early and stay late. Getting behind the scenes of a performance, sporting event, parade, or any other activity is bound to yield photographs that nobody else is getting.
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Victoria Falls, Zambia
Photograph by Annie Griffiths, National Geographic
In situations that are active and thrilling, surprisingly quiet moments can take place. These moments feel even more powerful because of the setting. This photo, taken at the top of Victoria Falls, is a simple moment of contemplation at the end of a crazy adventure. But the setting and the light make it memorable. —Annie Griffiths
Photo Tip: Adventure photography leads to lots of thrilling images. But remember to also watch for those moments of contemplation that can happen when the adventurer pauses to reflect on his extraordinary experience.
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African Lion Mother and Cub, Tanzania
Photograph by Mitsuaki Iwago, Minden Pictures
Everything about this photographic moment is tender. The light, the gesture, the color are perfect. But there is also a small detail that completes the intimacy of this scene by photographer Mitsuaki Iwago. It is the small catch-light in the lion cub's eye. Perfect. —Annie Griffiths
Photo Tip: Capturing the catch-light in a subject's eye can take a photograph from lovely to sublime. Eyes are the windows to the soul, so when the eye reflects a beam of light, it draws viewers in and makes them feel a greater intimacy with the subject.
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Covered Bridge
Photograph by Bruce Dale, National Geographic
This classic American moment—a boy and his dog—is made more delightful by the setting. Photographer Bruce Dale wisely chose to stand back and use the bridge to frame the scene. In these situations, a photographer must anticipate and prepare for a moment that may or may not happen, for a moment like this, where the boy and the dog look toward one another in an idyllic scene. —Annie Griffiths
Photo Tip: Sometimes a moment is made more poignant by the scene in which it takes place. The photographer must continually make decisions about framing as he or she anticipates a moment. Remember, closer is not always better. If you have a great scene, use it.
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Fishermen, Chad
Photograph by Gordon Gahan, National Geographic
When working with silhouettes it is important to consider each figure in the frame, even those in the distance, because the high contrast will make every figure pop. In this shot, photographer Gordon Gahan has wisely gotten very low and shot through the fishing net. He has captured the perfect story-telling moment of fish and figures in silhouette. —Annie Griffiths
Photo Tip: When photographing a high contrast scene, know that the body language of every figure will read more powerfully than in normal light. If the scene is full of activity, it will take very thoughtful shooting to capture the right moment.
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hands up if you've ever been in a band....
like proper guitars, drums and shit.
was in one a few years ago and boy it was bad.
the music was dross of the highest calibre but apart from the fact we couldn't really play or write songs with even the slightest touch of originality it was kind of fun.
i'd highly recommend the learning of instruments and the forming of groups.
one of these days i'll start another band and things will be different this time!
anyone else had any bad/good experiences in bands?
Fri Jul 05, 2002 2:09 pm
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First Band
I was the fifth Beatle....if that counts for anything.
Fri Jul 05, 2002 2:15 pm
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i used to be in a crazy deathmetal/ hardcore band..... i was the vocalist so i had the job of screaming and grunting at the front..... we were pretty good because the guitarists were dope so it was all very complex and well thought out..... i don't think we had a track under seven minutes though so we must have been kinda boring!...........
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i was the singer in TRANSGRESSION (aka: 2Degrees) back in like '96... we were "devilcore / hardcore" . Aftershock opened up for US once... weird
Fri Jul 05, 2002 2:26 pm
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word.... aftershock were great.... the cd was dope but the demo was incredible.......
Fri Jul 05, 2002 3:06 pm
daniel door
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eye am currently the vocalist in an experimental band. kind of a mix of jazz,indie,noise,grind,folk and pretty much anything we think sounds good or different. we'll pretty good but, done a few shows and got a few more coming up. the manager of the locust expressed some interest in us and asked for a tape so it's pretty jive. the only downside to what we do though is we really dont fit in any scene so it's harder to find shows.
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I'm the MC in a hip-hop band that uses all live instruments... We're called kHill morgan.
Fri Jul 05, 2002 11:00 pm
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i was in a band
When I was in highschool, I was the singer for Schtik.We were just a jam band, so it was always fun. I was kicked out of the band once for spending too much time with my girlfriend; but they soon found out that my friends girlfriend couldnt carry a note. The sad thing was that they were still using my songs. Assholes. I wrote some fresh ass songs and tried to explain to my bros that they were doing it all wrong. I had a vision and those selfish assholes fucked it all up! hehehe..nah Im just screwin around. Im the asshole. peace. brandon.
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I am currently playing drums in a hc band, other then that i used to play drums in a band called parallax that is still releasing amazing stuff. playing music is one of the most important things in my life, cant imagine not doing it really. creative expression, release of aggression.. probably the only thing that keeps me from killing fucking kids that smoke on bus's is playing music.
Sat Jul 06, 2002 8:14 am
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I used to be the singer in a grindcore band called Fuck The Facts. Now it's a chick, and I just stand around and talk every once in a while.
Sat Jul 06, 2002 8:45 am
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I used to do vocals in a crazy post-punk band (Jack's Jealous Mind)... that was short-lived... we all moved... haha. I founded a jazz-funk band back in '95... we still do shows... only released live albums. And I'm producing for a industrial/metal band (Rummage101) at the moment... me on guitar when we're live.
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Went to the course last night, and found that 3,4,5,6 are closed due to a revamp of the pond. Also, the basket on 2 is gone completely. I'm sure the closed holes are common knowledge for most, but thought I would report it just in case it slipped past. Not sure if the missing basket is a theft or not though.
Other than that, it's a nice quiet little course. Looking forward to going back once it's completely open again.


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