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Researchers reviewed the literature regarding the link between eating chocolate and risk of stroke, including a Cohort of Swedish Men study, in which 37,103 participants were followed for more than ten years for incidence of stroke, and a meta-analysis of five studies (including the Cohort of Swedish Men study) with follow-up from 8 to 16 years.
In the Cohort of Swedish Men study, researchers found that compared with men who ate the least chocolate, men who ate the most chocolate (median 62.9 grams per week) had a 17% lower stroke risk.
In the meta-analysis, researchers found that compared with people who ate the least amount of chocolate, people who ate the most had a 19% lower risk of stroke, and the risk reduction was about the same for men and women.
Though results suggest that eating chocolate may be associated with reduced stroke risk, the authors caution, "Further studies are required to confirm this finding before any recommendations about chocolate consumption can be given. Because chocolate is high in sugar, saturated fat, and calories, it should be consumed in moderation."
What's in the chocolate? Prior studies have shown that chocolate may benefit heart health, and it is thought that plant compounds (flavonoids) in chocolate provide this benefit. Flavonoids have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects and may also have positive effects on cholesterol, blood vessel function, and high blood pressure (a major risk factor for stroke), according to the study authors.
Choose wisely. People can reduce stroke risk in several ways—exercising, eating a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight, maintaining healthy blood pressure, not smoking, avoiding excess alcohol—and it is important not to turn solely to eating chocolate for stroke protection. Studies showing the benefits of chocolate for health usually refer to a specific type of chocolate with a high percentage (greater than 60%) of cocoa solids, which is not the typical chocolate found on the shelves of the grocery store.
Talk with a doctor. Talk with a doctor about your stroke risk and healthy options for prevention.
(Neurology 2012;79;1223–9)
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Virginia School Installs Wind Turbine with Recovery Act Support
February 14, 2011
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) joined with local and state leaders in Heathsville, Virginia to announce the first school in Virginia to participate in DOE's Wind for Schools project. Northumberland Middle and High School is participating in the Wind for Schools project through a $20,000 Recovery Act grant from the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, funded by DOE's State Energy Program. Friday's ceremony included the installation of a 2.4-kilowatt wind turbine, which will be used as an educational aid while providing the school with clean, renewable energy. Northumberland Middle and High Schools' involvement in DOE's Wind for Schools project answers President Obama's call to improve and expand science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education nationwide, while encouraging the adoption of clean, renewable energy in communities.
Northumberland Middle and High School will work with nearby Rappahannock Community College and the Chesapeake Bay Governor's School to broaden the reach of the Wind for Schools projects in the state. Students from all three schools will be able to access data generated by the wind turbine. This will provide an opportunity for students to apply math and science concepts to practical applications and will help increase STEM literacy so that all students can learn and think critically in science, math, engineering, and technology. These classroom opportunities will also help prepare students to be leaders in America's clean energy future.
The Wind for Schools project, now active in 11 states nationwide, helps address the Nation's need for a skilled wind energy workforce that can support the expanding development and application of wind technologies.
The Wind for Schools project is funded through the Department of Energy Wind and Water Power Program's Wind Powering America initiative. Wind Powering America promotes the responsible deployment of wind energy in the United States by building networks of experts and interested parties, engaging communities, and providing impartial technical information. For more information on the Wind for Schools project, visit the Wind Powering America website. For more information on the Department of Energy's efforts to advance wind energy, visit the Wind and Water Power Program website.

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I use this app as a standalone Wikipedia browser. It's nice to be able to read Wikipedia articles without the clutter of all the '[edit]' links at the top of every section.
Tips: there's a nice way of viewing Ruby, Rails 3 and jQuery documentation within Dictionary.app (courtesy of Priit Haamer and Mika Tuupola):
Correction: Not support but plug-ins or .dict files
There's a plugin that provides a cool german-english dictionary for offline use.
Check it out.
There's a plugin that provides a cool german-english dictionary for offline use.
Check it out.
to use with quicksilver: http://www.twisty.com/bandwagon/archives/2005/08/22/172703
I just wish there's a localized British version..
I love the dictionary too. Single best thing on Tiger, or close to it. If you do not know this program, check out my small blog post at http://onmymac.blogspot.com/2007/06/dictionary.html. But don't bother if you already do. I also keep dreaming of the day when it will come in other languages. Programming isn't the issue. Copyright is. What did Apple have to pay for this one? What would Duden expect for a decent German dictionary? And so on. Oh well. Here's to hope . . .
I love having this application come with every Mac. I use it at least twice a day.
After Quicksilver, I use this way more than anything (and I only use Quicksilver more because I use it to open dictionary...)
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You're recounting an amazing feat you accomplished or a spectacular sight you've seen, thinking how impressed your listeners must be, when suddenly, someone says something that instantly deflates your ego like a pin popping a balloon: "Been there. Done that." It's the ultimate put-down line, informing you that what you saw or did wasn't that amazing or unique. Others have seen or done similar or greater things.
If anyone has the right to say, "Been there. Done that," it would be Jesus. Although he is God from all eternity, a little over 2,000 years ago, he took on human flesh and blood. Heaven is his throne; earth is his footstool. Yet he exchanged that glory for life as a humble man. His first bed was a feeding trough. He worked as a humble carpenter. He knew pain and rejection, sorrow and frustration. When he died, the only possessions he had were the clothes on his back, which he was promptly stripped of as soldiers gambled for them.
There is no challenge we could face, sorrow we could experience, pain we could suffer that Jesus hasn't already gone through. He's truly "been there, done that." Hebrews chapter four puts it this way: "He was tempted in every way, just as we are, yet was without sin."
So what does that mean for us? I believe we all have the tendency to think that the problems we face and challenges we encounter are unique to us. No one else has ever experienced what we experience. Therefore, no one can completely understand or relate to us. That's perhaps especially true when it comes to our attitude toward God. "What could he possibly know about trying to earn a living in a tough economy?" we might think. "How would he know what it's like to have a loved one die?" "What does God know about being betrayed and alone?"
Such attitudes lead to a less-than-robust prayer life. Why pray to distant, aloof God who doesn't understand us and cannot sympathize with us? But that's hardly the case. God's Son has truly been there, done that. He can indeed relate to our problems. He most certainly does sympathize with our needs. But not only can Jesus sympathize with us, he can do something about our problems. You see, he isn't just our brother, who has experienced everything we go through; he is also our Lord, who has the ability to answer our prayers and help us, no matter how big or how small the problems we face are. Later on in that same chapter of Hebrews, the writer goes on to encourage us by saying, "Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."
"Been there. Done that." When it comes to Jesus, that's hardly a put-down line. Instead, it's the ultimate build-up line.
- Brent Merten is pastor of Mountain Valley Lutheran Church, 802 Brush Creek Terrace, Eagle.


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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013
FORT GORDON, Ga. (WRDW) -- Thousands of people drive to work through Fort Gordon's gates every day.
"It's the largest employer in the area," explained Col. Retired Thom Tuckey. "They have between 23,000 to 24,000 employees out there, about 8,000 of whom are civilians and contractors."
Tuckey is the executive director of the CSRA Alliance for Fort Gordon and a former garrison commander of Fort Gordon.
"You're basically a city manager, trying to make the budget work every week," Tuckey said.
Tuckey says right now Fort Gordon is operating with only 70 percent of last year's budget.
"It's 10 times as bad, if not worse, in terms of trying to make every dollar count, and they're having to go through and eliminate things that you never would have thought of eliminating 10 years ago," he said.
If Congress doesn't reach a deal on the sequester, the Fort faces more potential budget cuts and every civilian employee is looking at up to 22 furlough days.
"I'm concerned about two things," said J.C. Mathews. "I'm concerned about, in the face of additional budget cuts, should I need to furlough my employees or be furloughed myself, how am I gonna get the work done?"
Mathews is the public affairs officer at Fort Gordon, one of thousands of employees who would work one less day a week.
"The fact of the matter is there are people on the installation who depend on me to do what I do each day and that's playing out hundreds of times in duty sections all across this installation," Matthews said.
Besides the work, the biggest effect is the pay cuts. If all furlough days really happen, it would be a 20 percent reduction in pay for all civilian employees.
"Take that 20 percent away and they have nothing left. I mean, they're basically paying all the bills they have to pay and not able to do anything else," Tuckey said.
Less money to spend could mean less money for the city of Augusta.
"It's over a $2 billion a year economic impact on the community, so when these people are no longer able to shop and do the things they would like to do in the community, that affects everything," Tuckey said.
For now, they wait.
"We don't know what we don't know. We're planning for the worst and hoping for the best," Mathews said.
If furloughs are required, employees would get their notice in late March. The earliest furloughs could take place are late April.
The deadline to reach a deal is 11:59 p.m. Friday.


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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A bill is nearing final passage that would strengthen Kentucky's human trafficking law by increasing punishments for offenders and bolstering protections for victims.
The state Senate passed the bill Thursday evening. The House approved the measure last month. But it must return to the House for approval of a minor amendment that requires people to report suspected human trafficking activity to police.
Human trafficking is forcing someone to work or engage in sex acts for money.
The bill bars authorities from arresting juvenile victims and instead mandates that they receive treatment and other protections. The bill also requires offenders to forfeit property used in the crimes and pay a $10,000 fine, all of which would finance a fund for victims and training for police.


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The Whittell boys basketball team traveled to Coleville (2-0) for the Coleville tournament finals Saturday. The boys jumped out to a quick 17-5 lead in the first quarter and held the lead through the final score of 49-36. The Warriors were led by seniors Austin Neil (24 points) and Garrett Bronken (12 points). Garrett Bronken was also the leading rebounder with eight, followed by brother Bryce Bronken's six. The difference in the game was the defensive pressure applied by Whittell as Coleville committed 26 turnovers.
"We are getting better but have a long way to go to compete with Sout Tahoe, Sparks and the power teams in our league," head coach Phil Bryant said in an email. "There is a good chance we will be bringing up some freshmen and sophomores to get game experience this year to help build the foundation for the years to come."
The Warriors are 2-0 as they enter the Whittell tournament this weekend.


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Friday, Jan. 11, 2012
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW) -- It's home run for some and a foul ball for others. At least that's what a new website calls the deal to bring the Augusta GreenJackets to North Augusta. In bold letters, they say the project is a "bad idea."
"The bottom line is it really doesn't fit with this neighborhood," said Ronald Johnson, who lives in Hammond's Ferry.
He's not the author, but he's seen the Web page. He, too, is opposed to the $150 million public-private venture that would bring the stadium, a parking garage and a luxury hotel, among other things, only yards away from his porch.
"I think the city's just sitting and watching and watching to see what's going to happen," he said.
The publisher of the blog is watching with a sharp-eye too. The page, named North Augusta Fowl Balls, includes a potpourri of complaints. It claims a new hotel wouldn't do well, since some across the river are already struggling. There's detailed reports about the developer's troubled past. There's also discussion about how little economic impact a team like the GreenJackets actually has.
There are a lot of concerns about traffic addressed on the website, too.
"Most of our health services are across the river, and for us to get there, you know, we have to take the 13th Street bridge," said Johnson, who predicts things could get crowded with a stadium in town.
But who's behind the mysterious blog? A man or woman named "Jean Grackets." You could look up that name in a phone book, but you wouldn't find anything. That's because it's a fake name, and a pretty clever one at that.
Jean Grackets will probably have many more posts as the fight to bring "Project Jackson" to North Augusta is just in its infancy.


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When members of Denver band The Congress stumbled upon a 30-something-year-old reel to reel tape machine a few months ago, inspiration struck.
"(We) figured it would be a good idea to learn how to do our own recording by making an album of old soul covers that we've been playing a lot recently," said Guitarist Scott Lane. "We tracked seven tunes out live and mixed it in a couple days, arranging everything on the spot."
Chris Speasmaker from Fox Street Allstars played keys on the new EP, which will be released in March.
"It is an incredibly honest representation of what we sound like, blemishes and all," Lane said. "We hope to get people hip to some of the best old music out there - guys like Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, Sly, etc.'
If you're lucky, you'll hear some soul songs off the new EP Friday night, when the band takes the stage at Montanas in Avon. Lane took the time to answer a few questions for the Vail Daily.
Vail Daily: Tell me about something else new and exciting in the band's life?
Scott Lane: The tape machine we bought is probably the coolest thing I've experienced in a while. Not only are we learning to make our own albums, but we're learning general recording knowledge and getting an awesome skill that we didn't have before. Also, we've gotten the chance to play the Odgen Theater twice in the past couple months, that has been an incredible experience.
VD: When do you expect the EP to be available? And how would people get it?
SL: We are looking to release it at our Bluebird Theater show on March 16th. It'll be available on iTunes and all the normal online outlets, and you can grab a physical copy from our website or from us at a show.
VD: When/where was the last time you all performed in our area? Anything interesting happen at that show?
SL: We played at Shakedown Bar recently, and the Wilco aftershow at Agave. The hope is that our music is interesting enough - wish I could tell you some dude went streaking through the crowd, but I haven't seen it yet.
VD: Will you be attending the WinterWonder Grass Festival, which takes place in Edwards Saturday and Sunday?
SL: No, we have to take off for tour the next day up in Idaho and Wyoming. I'm sure it will be a hell of a time though.


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It struck me yesterday that actually the best form of fundraising for Bob Sheckley would be for someone to bring his best novels and short stories back into print in the US in mass-market form. Given that Douglas Adams was happy to acknowledge in interviews how much what Bob did in the 1950s and 60s resembled what Douglas did many years later (and actually Bob was Douglas's first choice to write the Starship Titanic novelisation)it seems like this is a perfect time to make his work available for a new generation.(I mentioned Sheckley's hospitalization in Moscow before, and have now updated to the new PayPal link that goes directly to his family.)
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Mass market is kind of hard in the small press world, but the nice people at NESFA are producing a very nice Sheckley collection to coincide with his Guest of Honorship at this year's Worldcon.ReplyDelete
Wow -- the table of contents for that collection is great.ReplyDelete
We're reissuing MINDSWAP next year.ReplyDelete
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The annual E.D. White Catholic Cardinal alumni prayer breakfast will be held from 7 to 8 a.m. on Friday at the Envie banquet room in Thibodaux. The cost is $12 per person, and Nicholls State University head baseball coach Seth Thibodeaux will be the guest speaker.
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In today's world, technology can be found in almost every facet of our daily lives. From cell phones to gaming consoles, automobiles to deep space probes, even televisions and microwave ovens have computational devices embedded within them. The computing systems that are found in each of these environments have all grown faster, smaller, and cheaper as time has progressed. This rapid development of technology leads to an ever increasing demand for highly qualified individuals with a strong background in both technical and communication skills.
The Computer Science Department at Lindenwood University offers three different degrees (BS in Computer Science, BA in Computer Science, and BS in Computer Information Systems) and a minor, each of which prepares students for entry into the technology job market. The department is staffed by highly respected faculty, with expertise ranging from computer networks to distributed computing to simulation.
Graduates of Lindenwood's Computer Science program go on to work for many businesses, including Edward Jones, Boeing, SSM Healthcare, among others. Recent graduates have also gone on to succeed in graduate school programs across the United States. Current undergraduate Computer Science majors also participate in internships with local companies and undergraduate research opportunities.


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ALBANY, N.Y. (November 12, 2012)—New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to request at least $30 billion in federal disaster aid to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy, according to an official who wasn't authorized to speak publicly because the details haven't been finalized.
The official confirmed that the administration will use the money to cover costs to repair bridges, tunnels subways and commuter rail lines.
It will also help rebuild homes and apartments, reimburse local governments for emergency services and make loans and grants to businesses.
The plan first reported by The New York Times is based on an estimated $50 billion in damages and would help cover the cost of such improvements as a power grid meant to improve utilities' ability to find and fix outages and upgrade New York City's gasoline supply capacity.


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When most people think of sharks along the southern edges of San Francisco Bay, they think of ice skates, pucks and helmets.
Now, a different type of shark is flourishing south of the San Mateo Bridge, one whose presence is powerful testament to the improving health of the bay: leopard sharks.
UC Davis researchers are finding large numbers of leopard sharks -- some as big as 6 feet long -- benefiting from five years of work to restore thousands of acres of industrial salt ponds ringing the bay's shoreline from Hayward to San Jose to Redwood City. Ducks, herons and fish are thriving in the former ponds, which are being restored to tidal marshes. But the fact that sharks are also booming is a particularly encouraging sign, scientists say.
The sharks, known for their distinctive silvery skin with dark spots, have been swimming through breached earthen levees into former Cargill salt evaporation ponds, where they are gobbling up herring, crabs, worms and other species that have exploded in number as the ponds have been opened to bay waters.
There's so much food that sometimes leopard sharks sit at the salt pond openings as tides rush out, gorging themselves like Homer Simpson under a soft-serve ice cream machine.
"It's pretty much a buffet tray for them," said Jim Hobbs, a fisheries biologist with UC Davis who is helping lead the research in areas off Union City, Menlo Park and Alviso.
There are no hard population counts. But on some days scientists are catching and releasing as many as 30 sharks in one hour in the shallow waters at the southern edges of the bay, Hobbs said.
Unlike their great-white cousins, leopard sharks don't eat people.
"They have very tiny teeth. It's like sandpaper," Hobbs said. "At most, they might give you a scrape."
Similarly, the scientists aren't killing leopard sharks. The worst they do is make them vomit.
Scientists could catch the sharks and cut them open to study what the sharks eat when they swim into the former salt ponds. But to avoid that fate, instead they catch them in nets and with barbless hooks. They take pump sprayers, similar to what backyard gardeners use to spray weed killer on dandelions, and place the nozzles in the sharks' mouths to spray water into their stomachs.
That makes them throw up.
The researchers and their students catch the contents in a bucket -- think lots of chewed up little fish and worms -- and return the sharks to the water.
"It doesn't hurt them," Hobbs said. "We throw them back within two or three minutes, they swim away, and they start eating again."
The UC Davis researchers preserve the regurgitated shark food in ethanol to carefully catalog the sharks' diets.
The federal and state government spent $100 million to buy 15,100 acres of salt ponds from Cargill in 2003, beginning the largest wetlands restoration project ever attempted on the West Coast. For decades, Cargill evaporated bay water in the ponds to produce salt for food, road de-icing and medicine. The ponds were so salty that almost nothing lived in them.
But once the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state Coastal Conservancy and other agencies began opening them to bay tides, millions of fish, crabs, clams and other species poured in. So far, more than 3,000 acres of former salt ponds have been opened to bay waters.
Most of the water in the southern edges of San Francisco Bay is less than 10 feet deep, so during low tides vast areas of mud flats are exposed. Traditionally, leopard sharks that wanted to eat from those shallow waters had to swim to the middle of the bay every low tide to avoid being beached. Now, Hobbs said, they can stay in some former salt ponds for days, fattening up.
Because there are no good historical counts, estimates of leopard shark population growth in the bay aren't available. But in any natural area, when large predators come back, that's good news, experts say.
"We're starting to see a lot more leopard sharks and also bat rays in the ponds now," said Eric Mruz, manager of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Fremont.
"This tells us the water quality is getting better,'' he said. "And it shows that these former salt ponds are providing tremendous amounts of fish, worms, crabs and other species. It tells us the South Bay is getting healthier."
Most people don't realize that sharks live in San Francisco Bay, said Christina Slager, director of animal care at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco. But there are four species -- leopard, spiny dogfish, brown smooth hound and sevengill -- that are commonly found in the bay. None eats people.
No two leopard sharks have the same spots. They aren't endangered, Slager said, but face threats, from fishing to mercury pollution. They never get the attention great whites get.
"If Steven Spielberg would do a movie about leopard sharks that would be wonderful," Slager said. "They are delightful. They have beautiful patterns. And they are a pleasure to work with."
Paul Rogers covers resources and environmental issues. Contact him at 408-920-5045. Follow him at Twitter.com/PaulRogersSJMN.


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Thanks to Austin Habitat For Humanity 340 families in our area now have a home of their own. For 27 years, the not-for-profit organization has been dedicated to ending the cycle of poverty and creating affordable housing for people in Austin. During our 30th year in business we decided to celebrate by joining Habitat in its mission to build homes, communities and hope, as part of our 30 Years | 30 Causes campaign.
Fourteen SVB volunteers from our Austin office (plus 3 of our Colorado colleagues) contributed to the final stages of construction on a home for a local family. A village of dedicated volunteers had already been working on the home's construction for eight weeks. For our part, we helped build a fence in the backyard, painted the exterior of the home including three doors with caulking and trim. Our group was well equipped with tools and instruction from Habitat's highly-skilled and knowledgeable staff. Spending the day together was a great team-building effort, that in the end will change the lives of the family who will soon move into their new home.
Before we arrived, the new owners and many other volunteers had poured a lot of energy and hard work into the home. Each family that benefits from a Habitat home is required to contribute to the construction of a home for another family. Mr. and Mrs. Gemeda (who have 2 children) had already contributed 300 hours of sweat equity on the day we volunteered on their house. Once finished, families buy them from Austin Habitat with a 0-percent, 30-year mortgage. The mortgage is paid to Austin Habitat that uses those payments to build more homes. Importantly, Austin Habitat For Humanity doesn't just build houses. The organization creates a sustainable and strong community where people help other people. We were humbled and happy to be a part of this build.
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In terms of mental muscle required per second, drag racing is likely one of the most demanding sports out there ... at least if you want to be good at it.
That's the lesson that Chris Warner of Gypsum has learned since he took up the sport in 2002 and it's the theory that propelled him to a championship season in 2012.
Last month, Warner collected the Grand Prix Motor Sports Pro Elapsed Time Championship from Bandemire Speedway near Denver. The award recognized Warner for collecting the most points during a series of six race events running from September through October. Warner said winning the 2012 title came as a surprise, albeit a great one.
"I didn't really think I was competitive enough to win a championship. I always say I'm competitive enough to make the top group, but not enough to win the series championship."
Not anymore.
While Warner launched his racing career a little more than a decade ago, he has been around drag strips his whole life.
"I grew up in central Illinois and there were three race tracks within an hour's drive," he said.
Warner's teen years during the 1960s marked a national high point in drag racing and one of his friends raced a '67 Chevy Chevelle. But while he loved drag racing, Warner's interests took him in a different direction. Eventually he started competitive ski racing on the Pro Moguls tour and his love of that sport brought him to Colorado. Warner has resided in the valley since 1976. He and his wife, Carol, have been Gypsum residents since 1987.
Back in 2001, Warner's interest in drag racing was re-ignited when he went down to Bandemire with a friend. "I think most of the people in the stands were thinking, 'I really want to do this,'" said Warner. The difference is, Warner actually did.
In 2001 he purchased a 1999 Firebird and he began racing in Grand Junction in 2002.
For the uninitiated (i.e. the author of this story) drag racing isn't simply a contest of which car can go the fastest down a quarter-mile track. That's especially true in Warner's division - Pro Elapsed Time.
In this division, racers each declare a predicted speed for their vehicles between 9.5 to 13.8 seconds (or between 135 to 90 mph). A handicap is awarded to the slower car. While the faster vehicle wins each single elimination bout, speed is just one factor in a race. A driver cannot "break out" of the car's predicted speed.
"If you go too fast and you break out, you lose," said Warner.
The basics of the sport are to first know your car's performance capability and to predict its racing time as accurately as possible. "That sounds simple, but horsepower is only one component in the mix," said Warner.
Drivers in his division have made the conscious decision to race at the specific speeds of between 9.5 to 13.8 seconds but any car capable of that speed can race. That means a wide variety of vehicles end up pitted against one another - on average between 90 and 130 cars per race event.
"Competition is single elimination so you have to win or you are out of an event," said Warner. "Fifty percent of the people there go one run and then go home."
On an average race day, the gates open at 8 a.m. and a minimum of four and a maximum of seven classes will be competing. The race day can stretch until the wee hours of the morning.
"The first race I remember winning was in Grand Junction in a Chevys-only race. My winning time was posted at 2:30 a.m. and at that point I still had to pack up all my stuff and go home," said Warner.
As a driver wins individual bouts during a race event, he or she earns points toward the championship series tally. And, as the daily competition narrows, drivers make their way into the money rounds. "When you get that far, come Wednesday you do get a check in the mail," said Warner.
Warner believes there are three central challenges to winning a race:
• Mechanics - having a car that is performing well and as predicted. "It's not just the fastest car. It's is being able to predict what your car will run," said Warner.
• Mental Toughness - having a better reaction time than your opponent. "Each of us has to react to the light at the start of the race. To win you must have the fastest reaction to the light and the closest speed to your dial-in without breaking out."
• Luck - "Every once in a a while, your car wins a race. Every once in a while, I win a race. The third challenge is just being in the right place at the right time," said Warner.
Drag racing is a thinking person's sport. It requires patience to truly determine your vehicle's predicted elapsed time to the precision required. At this point in his racing career, Warner said on average he only has to spend a couple of hours a week tuning his car. "Of course, that is offset with times when I have to work on it for four or five days straight when something needs attention," he said.
Racing also requires discipline at the start line, especially when your car is positioned next to a vehicle that might be taking off a couple seconds sooner than you can.
A "Christmas tree" light timer at the starting lane tells drivers when to take off. The light timing is in half second intervals and the sequence is amber, amber, amber, green. Warner's Firebird is dialed in so that he knows to initiate the launch on that third amber so that his car will leave the start line when the light turns green. But that's easier said than done. Warner has run countless rounds on the track to dial in on that half-second interval.
For other racers, it has literally taken decades to get to that point.
"There are people who have been doing this for generations. It's not unusual to see three generations of them at the track together," said Warner.
Warner said because its a multi-generational sport, race tracks often have a friendly overall atmosphere. "There are a lot of families racing and a lot of camaraderie between opponents," he said. However, the chumminess has its limits.
"Nobody shares their secrets with one another," said Warner.
Ultimately, he said, experience is what makes a driver better. "You really don't understand drag racing until you have worked your way through it."
His racing work has taught Warner that superstition has no place in drag racing.
"There are two things you have to accept: It doesn't matter if you go early or late in a round and it doesn't matter if you go left or right on the track. Once you have accepted that, you have matured enough to race," he said.
There's also a third hard fact of drag racing life. The luck of the draw sometimes pits the best cars against one another in the early racing rounds because line-up order is arbitrary. That means top cars can lose out early and the old sports idiom is very true - a driver is only as good as his or her last race. Maybe that factors into Warner's admitted reverse racing psyche.
"I am most nervous at the start of a race event. When I get closer to actually winning I am usually calmer. That's unusual. I calm down as I get nearer to the end and the stakes are higher," he said.
Warner said his drag racing journey has featured a progression of goals. His first goal was to successfully transition from Grand Junction to the more competitive Bandemire track. His second was to improve his performance to become competitive at his new racing home.
"Then it was to go far enough to get a red money stamp on my time sheet," he said. He also "enjoyed" the first time he had to declare his drag racing money as income to the Internal Revenue Service. "Its sort of cool when you get a 1099 from drag racing. It may be a net negative, but it is still cool."
After he started making it into the money rounds, Warner's goal was to have enough series points to make the Bandemire divisional racing squad. The track's top drivers compete in a Divisional Championship each year. Warner was first named to that squad in 2009 and making the team each year remains one of his big goals.
Of course, as he looks ahead to the 2013 season, Warner has a championship to defend. That would be no small feat. In the long turn, Warner said consistency pays off, but with the sheer number of drivers participating in the sport and the skill levels of the top drivers, its darned difficult to consistently remain at the top of the heap.
But drag racing is a sport where winning is incremental and a competitor can keep focus on the race that's happening right now.
"I just like to go rounds," said Warner.
That's why next summer will find him back down at Bandemire, making the most of those mentally demanding nine-second moments.


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This summer, a new name has been added to the workforce at the Advocate Tribune.
Allison Carmany has accepted an internship through the summer. She is the daughter of Steve and Leanne Carmany – known to most as Pastor Steve and Mrs. Carmany – and the sister of Alyssa, Andrew, and Elliot Carmany.
Allison will be a senior at Yellow Medicine East this coming school year. She enjoys being involved at school in a variety of sports and clubs. In the fall, she is busy running cross country and writing about Homecoming week for the online school newspaper. She plays basketball in the winter, and participates in softball in the spring. On Saturdays in the late winter/early spring, you'd probably find Allison at a Speech meet, talking to walls and competing in the Creative Expression category.
"I try to be involved in as many different activities as possible because it gives me the chance to use all of my diverse skills," she said.
Lunch time throughout the school year is often spent at student council meetings or FFA planning sessions with the rest of the FFA officers. Her favorite part of any school week though is going to her FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) Huddle on Tuesday mornings before school.
"The FCA Huddle has become a special time where I get to talk about faith with my teammates and classmates. It's a time to have fun discussing God with others my age," said Allison.
When she does find free time, Allison loves reading, spending quality time with her friends and family, and watching her favorite TV shows, The Office and The Big Bang Theory. Although she is a little bit nervous about her new internship, she's mostly just excited to get started on this new adventure.
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Blocks, beads, crayons, coins, toy cars . . . As any parent knows, children can find ways to sort just about anything. One of our all-time favorites for grouping and sorting play: letter magnets! These seemingly simple toys can fuel surprisingly rich play for kids of all ages, and they're terrific for building pre-literacy skills and having fun with emerging spelling skills.
Here are some of our favorite ways to play and learn with letter magnets:
- Sort the letters by color. (A relatively simple—translation: encouraging!—way to get started.)
- Sort the letters by size. (This can mean uppercase/lowercase or a more subjective big/small, depending on how well your child knows letter shapes.)
- Group all the letters with "holes" (closed letters such as a, o, g) and the letters with no holes (open letters such as w, r, v).
- Look for other visible differences between the letters and come up with your own groupings! (Examples: letters with tails, letters that criss-cross, letters with two bumps or angles, symmetrical letters…)
- Sort the consonants from the vowels.
- Sort uppercase and lowercase letters.
- Pair each uppercase letter with its lowercase partner.
- Group all the letters that can make different sounds (hard or soft, long or short).
- Group all the letters in your name.
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POSITION: Right Wing
SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Toronto, ON, CAN
DRAFTED: DET: 1991-76 overall
|2009 Playoffs: Posted a goal and seven shots at Pittsburgh in Game Five on Apr. 23... Went scoreless vs. Pittsburgh in Game Four on Apr. 21... Recorded an assist vs. Pittsburgh in Game Three on Apr. 19... Went scoreless in Game Two at Pittsburgh on Apr. 17 and Game One at Pittsburgh on Apr. 15.
2008-09 Regular Season:
- Flyers Career Regular Season Totals: 310 GP, 114-107-220, 270 PIM
- Career Regular Season Totals vs. Penguins: 53 GP, 23-12-35, 46 PIM
- 2008-09 Single Game Regular Season Highs: Goals - 2 (four times); Assists - 2 (twice); Points - 3 (@ BOS, 3/3/09); Shots - 7 (vs. PIT, 12/13/08); Plus/Minus - +3 (@ BOS, 3/3/09); TOI - 25:53 (@ LA, 1/3/09).
Nicknames include Noobs, Nubby and Knubes…Hosted the First Annual Mike Knuble Celebrity Golf Invitational this September with the proceeds benefiting the Mike Knuble Family Foundation and Comcast-Spectacor Foundation…Favorite thing about Philadelphia is tailgating at an Eagles game… If he could be in any movie, it would be Caddyshack…Lists TMZ.com as his favorite website…If he could be on stage at any concert, he would choose Guns N' Roses…Favorite TV show is Lost…If he could change one thing about himself, he would not chew his nails when he gets anxious…Would like to learn how to fly a plane.
Reached the 20-goal mark for the fifth time in his career and for the fifth consecutive season...Was one of only two players to play all 82 games this season (Carter)…Was first on the team on the team in power play goals (15, tied for eighth in the NHL)...Was third on the team in power play points (30)...Was named NHL's Third Star of the Week for the week ending March 2 after posting eight points (3G,5A) in four games...Posted an assist at NY Rangers on March 2...Was named First Star at NY Islanders on March 1 after recording a shorthanded goal and two assists...Was named Second Star vs. Ottawa on Feb. 28 after scoring two goals...Posted two assists at Buffalo on Feb. 25...Was named First Star vs. Anaheim on Feb. 2 after recording his first career NHL hat trick...Game vs. Florida on Jan. 16 was his 700th career NHL game.
Played in parts of eight NHL seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers and Boston Bruins (1996-97 through 2003-04) before joining the Flyers…Played parts of five seasons for Boston (1999-2000 through 2003-04), recording 69 goals and 76 assists for 145 points and 164 penalty minutes in 307 regular season games…Was a member of Detroit's Stanley Cup Championship team in 1998…2006-07: Won the Yanick Dupre Class Guy Memorial Award for his contributions on and off the ice…Was Flyers' nominee for King Clancy Memorial Trophy…Scored at least 20 goals in a season for the fourth time in his NHL career…Was second on the team in goals (24), assists (30), points (54) and power play goals (10)...Was first on the team in shooting percentage at 15.0% (24 goals on 160 shots)...Was named First Star vs. Buffalo on April 8 after recording a goal and two assists...Was scoreless vs. Atlanta on March 15, ending his five-game point-scoring streak (3G,5A)...Missed 12 games from Feb. 19 through March 13 after sustaining a fractured right cheekbone and orbital bone at NY Rangers on Feb. 17...Underwent surgery on Feb. 21...Posted an assist at Atlanta on Feb. 3, his 100th point as a Flyer...His assist on Potulny's game-winning goal at NY Islanders on Jan. 2 was his 300th career NHL point...Was scoreless at New Jersey on Dec. 8 ending his six-game point-scoring streak (5G,1A)...Signed a two-year contract extension on Nov. 29…Missed six games from Oct. 30 through Nov. 11 due to a broken middle finger on his left hand sustained vs. Pittsburgh on Oct. 28…2005-06: Was first on the team in power play goals (13) and shooting percentage (15.7% - 34 goals on 217 shots)...Was second on the team in goals (34) and plus/minus (+25)...Was third on the team in points with 65...Was only player to play in all 82 games this season…Reached the 30-goal mark for the second time in his nine-year NHL career…Set new career highs for goals (30, 2002-03), assists (29, 2002-03) and points (59, 2002-03) in a season…Registered a goal and an assist at NY Rangers on April 4...His assist at NY Rangers on April 4 was his 30th of the season, new career high for assists in a season...Recorded his 31st goal and 60th point of the season at NY Islanders on April 2, setting a new career high for goals in a season (30 in 2002-03) and points in a season (59 in 2002-03)...Recorded a goal and an assist in six games for the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team at 2006 Olympic Winter Games…Was -1 vs. Boston on Jan. 19, ending a streak of being "plus" or "even" at 14 straight games (+8 over span)...Was scoreless at Florida on Dec. 26, ending his five-game goal scoring streak from Dec. 15 through 23 (longest goal-scoring streak of his career)...Scored two goals at Ottawa on Oct. 30, his first multiple-goal game as a Flyer...Scored a power play goal vs. NY Rangers on Oct. 5, his first game as a Flyer…2004-05: Registered 26 goals and 13 assists for 39 points and 40 penalty minutes in 49 games for Linkopings HC (Sweden)…Was first on the team in goals (tied for first in the league) and was third on the team in points (tied for eighth in the league)…Was a member of the U.S. National Team at the 2005 World Championships (tied for first on the team in points with six)…2003-04: Recorded 21 goals and 25 assists for 46 points and 32 penalty minutes in 82 regular season games for the Boston Bruins…Was first on the Bruins in plus/minus at +19 and was third on the team in goals with 21…Played all 82 regular season games for the third time in his career…2002-03: Set career highs for goals in a season (30), assists in a season (29) and points in a season (59)…Was third on the Bruins in goals (30) and tied for third in points (59)…Was second on the team in plus/minus at +18…Scored a goal on his first career penalty shot at Chicago on March 9 (scored on Jocelyn Thibault)…Scored a goal at 0:10 and 0:27 of the first period at Florida on February 14 to set an NHL record for fastest two goals from the start of a game by one player…Posted four points (2G,2A) at Florida on February 14 to set a new career high for points in a game…2001-02: Missed 13 games due to injury (nine with non-displaced fracture of transverse process and four due to back injury) and did not dress for 15 games…2000-01:Appeared in all 82 regular season games for the second time in his career… 1999-2000: Split the season between the Rangers and the Bruins, registering 12 goals and eight assists for 20 points and 26 penalty minutes in 73 games…Posted six points (3G,3A) and eight penalty minutes in 14 games for Boston…Was acquired by Boston from the NY Rangers in exchange for Rob DiMaio on March 10…Recorded nine goals and five assists for 14 points and
18 penalty minutes in 59 games for New York…1998-99:Appeared in all 82 regular season games for the first time in his career…1997-98: Appeared in 53 regular season games for Detroit and three playoff games as the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup…Was credited with his first career NHL assist at Edmonton on October 3…1996-97: Scored a goal in nine regular season games for the Red Wings…Posted 63 points (28G,35A) and 54 penalty minutes in 68 regular season games for Detroit's AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Red Wings…Was second on the team in goals (28) and third in assists (35) and points (63)…Recorded his first career NHL point/goal vs. Toronto on April 5…Played his first career NHL game vs. Colorado on March 26…1995-96:Registered 22 goals and 23 assists for 45 points and 59 penalty minutes in 80 regular season games for Adirondack in his first full professional season…1994-95:Made his professional debut by playing for the Adirondack Red Wings in the AHL's Calder Cup Playoffs and was scoreless in three games…Amateur
Career: Played four seasons for the University of Michigan (1991-92 through 1994-95), registering 103 goals and 72 assists for 175 points and 238 penalty minutes in 157 games…Was named to the CCHA Second All-Star Team following the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons…Was named to the NCAA West Second All-American Team following the 1994-95 season…Led the CCHA in goals in 1994-95 with 38…International Career: Played for Team USA in the 1995, 1998 and 2005 World Championships.


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Simple Definition of evangelize
: to try to convert (a group or area) to a different religion (especially Christianity)
Full Definition of evangelize
transitive verb
1 : to preach the gospel to
2 : to convert to Christianity
intransitive verb
: to preach the gospel
evangelizationplay \-ˌvan-jə-lə-ˈzā-shən\ noun
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Examples of evangelize in a sentence
The missionaries set out to evangelize the world.
They were evangelizing about the importance of saving energy.
14th Century
First Known Use of evangelize
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Roger defeated France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 6-2 today to book a spot in the next round in Rome.
Roger secured an early break in the first set and had no trouble bringing it home 6-4 after 43 minutes, even though Tsonga had two chances to re-break. In the second set Roger saved seven of the seven break points he faced as he came up with great serves when necessary. After 83 minutes, Roger used his second match ball to win the match 6-4, 6-2.
Our champ will now play Richard Gasquet (ATP 16) on Thursday. The two have met nine times before and Roger is leading the head-to-head 8-1.
You still have the fight and the talent, Roger! Sorry about today -- Gasquet was just very on his game. I still have confidence in you -- I know you will win more tourneys! Don't be discouraged. All players go through ups and downs. Good things are definitely still to come!!
I am a big fed fan, Gasket is a very good player. Federer escapes from Gasket many times before. I would like to see Fed win, but that's how it goes. My main problem with Fed is how he is going to play big point against players like Djoko or Nadal, berdych, delpo. He looks kind of nervous when facing those guys on big point. i wish he coul make it to the semi at the french. He is 29, look at roddick, Davydenko, they almost unable to play, they are 29 also.
You have to concentrate more after breaking the opponents serve as he could break yours as well, you have to believe in yourself and hold on to the match when you lose a set, you have to run faster and work on your fitness, you have to raise your level when your opponent is playing at his best. Well i think you have to work on lots of weaknesses although unfortunately most of them are mentally. However i still believe in you champ, you always come back so good luck for roland garros. Come oooon.
You played extremely poor today. If you continue this way,then you are not going to win even wimbeldon. We are just shocked today.
What a shame, shame on you, Roger!!!! WTF is going on with your game and concentration????
this is a natural decline, will be shocked if u ever win a masters, worse still reaching a slam final in the presence of Rafa and Nole. Its time to hang the racket lest the likes of Nieminen, Stakovsky and Volandri will surely be fancing their chances against you on any surface mate... no excuses!!!
i can't watch any more, meltzer now gasquet who's next.
i love you Rog and have for years lobed your tennis but thissssssssssssssss!
Please do something about the errors at crucial points
still a huge fan but i'm hurting
i love you Rog and have for years lobed your tennis but thissssssssssssssss!
Please do something about the errors at crucial points
still a huge fan but i'm hurting
Oh Roger - what went wrong today?
From a set and a break up!!! :(


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Donaire | Vazquez Jr Media Workout
Nonito Donaire and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr both had their workouts today. They face off against each other this Saturday, Feb 4th at the Alamodome in San Antonio. read more »
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Fighters for Saturday's Feb 4th fight arrive in San Antonio... read more »
Rubio Media Day Workout
Jan. 31, 2012, San Antonio, Texas --- "RUBIO: STRONG,POWERFUL" --- #1 Ranked Marco Antonio Rubio hits the mitts during media day at the Jesse James Leija Gym in San Antonio,Texas read more »
Chavez Jr Workout
Undefeated WBC World Middleweight Champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, works out to prepare for his title defense against Rubio on February 4th at the Alamodome - Part of HBO Championship Boxing. read more »
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PARKERSBURG- Equipment ranging from new shelving to a commercial range with 10 burners was given to 14 feeding programs Friday from money raised in Wal-Mart's Fight Hunger Together Facebook campaign during April.
In the program, food was collected at local Wal-Mart stores and Facebook users were encouraged to go to the Wal-Mart Facebook page and vote for one of the 200 communities with the highest rate of unemployment. Parkersburg finished ninth in the voting and received a $50,000 grant.
During April votes were cast on the Wal-Mart Facebook to select the top 20 out of 200 cities in the nation with the highest unemployment rates, as identified by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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The Friendship Kitchen at North Parkersburg Baptist Church was the recipient of a new commercial range with 10 burners. The range was delivered to the kitchen on Friday and is ready for installation. From left are Gordie Monroe, assistant manager at Lowe's; Susie Meredith, Friendship Kitchen; Chad Morrison, Mountaineer Food Bank; Tracy Carpenter, manager of the Vienna Wal-Mart; Kevin Ohse, manager of the south Parkersburg Wal-Mart; Basil McClung, Friendship Kitchen; Paul Witkosky, Friendship Kitchen, and Frank Meredith, Friendship Kitchen.
The Parkersburg area received 6,876 votes and took ninth place in the top 20 finalists.
Mountaineer Food Bank worked with Wal-Mart, the 14 feeding programs and Lowe's in south Parkersburg to purchase the needed items for each program.
Mountaineer Food Bank serves 48 counties in West Virginia through a network of more than 600 feeding programs that include food pantries, shelters, youth programs, senior programs and back pack programs.
Local programs receiving equipment were Old Man Rivers, Christ United Methodist Church, Baptist Temple, Children's Home Society, Peer Support, North Parkersburg Baptist Church, Parkersburg Urban Ministries, Mid-Ohio Valley American Red Cross, Church of the Good Shepherd, Integrated Community Services, Beechwod Presbyterian Church, Fairlawn Baptist Church, First Lutheran Church and By the Grace of God.
One of the beneficiaries was the Friendship Kitchen of North Parkersburg Baptist Church, which serves 2,000 meals each week. The Vulcan 10-burner gas range with two ovens will cut down on the amount of time it will take to prepare meals.
For the past 11 years Friendship Kitchen has been using two household grade stoves.
Susie Meredith, of the Friendship Kitchen, said the range was delivered to the kitchen Friday and they are looking forward to using it, but have to wait for installation.
"We have to have the range hood and fire suppression system installed by licensed plumbers and electricians and the range must also be installed by a licensed plumber so the warranty will be in effect," she said. "We can't wait to start using it; our old ranges are falling apart."
Meredith said the kitchen serves lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Kevin Ohse, manager of the south Parkersburg Wal-Mart, said the $20,000 was set aside so the community would benefit from the money.
Chad Morrison, food resource coordinator for Mountaineer Food Bank, said the money purchased eight refrigerators, five freezers, one commercial range, one smaller range, shelving, one food processor, a cookware set and hand trucks.


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For the fourth straight season, Rick Pitino leads the Louisville Cardinals into the Sweet 16, and with the top two seeds gone in the East, the 2013 NCAA champions might be ready to make another charge to the Final Four.
Round of 32: #3 Oklahoma vs. #11 Dayton
In 2013, head coach Lon Kruger helped lead the Oklahoma Sooners back into the NCAA Tournament in just his second season, after remaining mediocre ever since Blake Griffin left for the NBA.
Round of 32: #4 Maryland vs. #5 West Virginia
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Round of 32: #4 Louisville vs. #5 Northern Iowa
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Round of 32: #2 Virginia vs. #7 Michigan State
Every game involving one of the top two seeds in each division saw the favored teams win, and that included the Virginia Cavaliers, who knocked off scrappy Belmont, 79-67 in the Round of 64.
Round of 32: #2 Kansas vs. #7 Wichita State
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Coaches: CIAC takes right steps to address issue of player safety
The CIAC football committee's latest in a seemingly never-ending cycle of compromises on the state playoffs might actually be its best plan yet — but that doesn't mean it's perfect.
Last week, the committee recommended a number of changes to be installed in 2015, including a return to the three-round, four-class postseason with extra rest between games and a maximum of 13 total games in a season.
The newest round of changes comes just six months after the committee approved a Band-Aid fix for the 2014 playoffs, which will crown eight state champions in a two-round format.
The central issue at play for the better part of the last year has been the excessive number of games — and more specifically, the amount of contact — weathered by some teams. For example, Ansonia and Woodland each played 15 games in 14 weeks last season.
"One of the things I was happy with was that they brought into consideration the kids' safety," first-year Woodland head coach Tim Phipps said. "Last year we played 15 games in 14 weeks, and with 35 kids on the roster that's a heck of a stretch."
That unprecedented amount of football led to calls from the CIAC's medical advisory panel to make changes aligning with today's atmosphere of increased vigilance for player safety.
Already in place for the 2014 season are limits of weekly contact in practice as well as the abbreviated postseason format, but the CIAC football committee went even further for a two-year trial beginning in 2015.
The most notable change is a return to the three-round postseason. Eight teams will qualify in each of the four classes, and only four champions will be crowned. Each round will be more evenly spaced than in the past, with either four or five days required between games.
Exact days for those playoff games have yet to be determined, but the quarterfinals would likely be the Tuesday or Wednesday after Thanksgiving and the semifinals would follow on either Sunday or Monday. The championships would be played the following weekend.
"It's a sound playoff sys-
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tem," Derby coach George French said. "They're trying to get a lot of teams involved, but they're trying to get it so you're not playing 15, 16 games. They made a decision that's fair for everybody."
In a related matter that was a make-or-break issue for many coaches and administrators, Thanksgiving football will still mark the end of the regular season.
"The thing that's most important to me is that they're keeping Thanksgiving," Ansonia coach Tom Brockett said. "That's non-negotiable."
Teams will also be limited to 10 games before the postseason. That 10-game limitation will include league championship games, so leagues such as the South-West Conference and the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference will either have to drop their title games or perhaps sacrifice a regular-season game.
The Naugatuck Valley League eliminated its championship game beginning this season because of its new three-division setup. No other conference currently plays a league title game.
"The idea of a championship game is a great idea, but it doesn't always work," French said. "If Derby got into that game, it's an honor. But at the same time, I'm thinking about Shelton around the corner (on Thanksgiving). It's a lot of games thrown at you in a short time period. That's a burden on these kids."
Starting in 2015, each team's regular season will include a mandatory bye week, during which there can be no contact during practice.
Practice contact minutes will already be limited this fall, but they will be even more restricted in 2015. Those limits will range from 120 minutes per week in the preseason to none after Thanksgiving.
Brockett doesn't think the contact limitations will be an issue because most coaches already exercise judgment in keeping their players fresh late in the season.
"I think the game is safer now than it's ever been," Brockett said. "I don't know any coach who was going over that limit before. I don't think anybody's running the Junction Boys anymore."
The proposed changes will go into effect for the 2015 and 2016 seasons, if they are accepted, as expected, by the CIAC Board of Control next month.
For all the positives in the changes, plenty of issues still remain unaddressed. They include the playoff points system, which often does not lead to proper seedings —or all of the best teams qualifying for the postseason — and the lack of a success-in-tournaments multiplier that could allow a perennial small-school champion such as Ansonia to move up in class.
"People have to realize that every year there's going to be a flaw of some kind," Brockett said. "Something comes up every year."
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Irish Republican hero Frank Ryan mystified his countrymen and many others with what seemed to be contradictory political impulses. While he fought against fascism with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, he later collaborated closely with the Nazi government, relying for years on German hospitality. Ultimately, he would die far from home, yearning to return to Ireland but turned away because of his political activities.
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"The Music Man" is a Broadway classic, revived many times since its debut in 1957.
But when "The Music Man Junior" comes to the Mid-Ohio Valley Players stage this weekend, it will do so with a cast made primarily up of newcomers to the group's Junior Players.
"I'm kind of feeling in between, like, excited and nervous," said 11-year-old Lowell resident Davey Thrasher, who will take the stage for the first time outside a school or summer camp setting when the play opens its three-day run at 7 p.m. Friday at the Players Theatre on Putnam Street in Marietta.
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Members of the cast of 'The Music Man Junior' perform 'the shipoopi' during a recent rehearsal. The Mid-Ohio Valley Players production will be Aug. 2, 3 and 4.
Thrasher plays Winthrop, a boy who gets swept up in the promise to create a boys' band to counteract troubling influences (a pool table) coming into River City, Iowa, in 1912. The man with the plan is Harold Hill, a con man with no intention of following up on his musical machinations - until he falls in love with Marian, the town's librarian/piano teacher.
This specially adapted junior version of the play doesn't have every song from the original musical, but the most famous ones are there, director Marlene Somerville said, citing "76 Trombones," "The Wells Fargo Wagon" and "Till There Was You."
While the 30-member cast of children ages 8 to 16 includes 21 first-timers, Somerville said she was confident they could pull this play off because she had the "veteran" actors for the lead roles - 14-year-old Brandon Humphrey as Harold and 16-year-old Lauren Cunningham as Marian.
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When: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
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"Harold Hill is such a neat character," Humphrey said. "He's nice to people, but he is a con artist, so everything is big, over-exaggerated.
"It's hard to say whether Harold Hill is a protagonist or an antagonist," he said.
Humphrey has performed in numerous local plays, including title roles in the MOVP's "Oliver Twist" and the Actors Guild's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." While he was a child among adults in those plays, he's a senior cast member in the junior production.
Likewise, Cunningham, acting in her fifth Junior Players production, is an old hand on this play. She said it's important to her to provide a good example to the newcomers and make the experience enjoyable for them so they will continue in theater. That, coupled with the fact that she's one of the leads, creates a bit of pressure.
"I always get a little bit nervous, but less and less it seems every year," Cunningham said.
This is also her last go-round with the group, since she is 16, but Cunningham said she hopes to continue to participate in local theater productions.
"I'm disappointed because it's my last year ... but I've had a wonderful experience," she said.
Also wanting to continue to participate in local theater are brothers Todd and Josh Goocey and friend Hunter Gutberlet, all of Devola. Josh Goocey, 12, said his grandmother suggested participating in the play to him.
"And then I dragged Todd into it, and then we didn't have enough people, so we (got) Hunter," he said.
Todd Goocey, 14, plays Marcellus Washburn, Harold Hill's former sidekick.
"It has been really fun for me because I've never done anything like this before," he said. "I have a solo and I have to dance, and I am kind of nervous about that because I am not the best dancer in the world."
Gutberlet, 10, said he's OK with singing because he's done it at church.
"But dancing, I'm kind of nervous about because I have to hold hands with a girl," he said.
Somerville said directing so many newcomers has "been an experience. But they're learning, they're learning," she said.
"I always say that theater's extremely beneficial for young people," Somerville said. "It can build self-confidence. It can build self-esteem."
The show is being supported in part by grants from Artsbridge and the Marietta Welfare League. Debbie Lawson, marketing chairwoman for the Players' board, said there's been great parental involvement as well.


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Operatic soprano Patricia Racette is ticking off the names of her favorite film actors: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench and, most of all, Meryl Streep. "You don't see her putting on a character; you see her being that character," says Racette. "You forget that she's acting, because you're lost in the story. And I approach my craft in the same way. I don't want people to be aware that I'm singing for them. I want to transport them. I want them to taste the story."
Or stories.
Arriving at what she concedes was an "ever so slightly insane" decision, Racette agreed to double her singing and story-telling duties this fall at San Francisco Opera. Already set to star in the season-opening production of Arrigo Boito's "Mefistofele" -- a 19th century Italian epic based on Goethe's "Faust" in which she sings not one, but two roles -- Racette accepted an emergency request that she take over the title role in "Dolores Claiborne," composer Tobias Picker's new opera based on the 1993 Stephen King thriller.
'Intense challenge'
As "Mefistofele" continues (it opened Sept. 6), "Claiborne" will have its world premiere Sept. 18 at War Memorial Opera House. It has a 245-page score. It had been billed as a "tour de force" for mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick -- who dropped out on Aug. 26, after health issues erupted.
Rehearsals were well under way when Racette agreed to take on the task with just three weeks to commit the new score to memory. She will sing throughout most of the opera's two-plus hours, as well as performing in Boito's nearly three-hour work, singing the roles of a peasant girl and Helen of Troy.
"Insane," she says again. She then adds this about "Dolores Claiborne": "It's going to be to the wire, but it's do-able. I wouldn't take it otherwise. I love an intense challenge. I like having the ability to rise to it."
She speaks in staccato bursts, leaning toward her interviewer in an office at the opera house. The intensity she shows onstage as a singing actress -- she's a regular at New York's Metropolitan Opera as well as in San Francisco and at other leading houses -- pours forth even in conversation.
Yes, this double-duty is taking her "a little bit out of her comfort zone." But she's always been like this. Growing up in New Hampshire, she once fashioned an ice rink in her yard when she got tired of waiting for her parents to take her skating: "Just insatiable," she says, when asked to describe her childhood self. "I needed a lot of stimuli around me. I wanted a lot of activity and projects."
New take on Dolores
Thank goodness Racette "had the courage and the chutzpah" to take on "Dolores Claiborne," says David Gockley, San Francisco Opera's general director.
The new work, Picker's sixth, spins the story of the eponymous Dolores, a working-class woman in rural Maine. For 40 years, she is caretaker to a rich woman, Vera Donovan, who dies from a fall down a flight of stairs. Falsely accused of the murder, Claiborne re-lives a different murder that she brought about years earlier: that of her husband, Joe St. George, who beat her and sexually molested their daughter, Selena.
With libretto by poet and literary critic J.D. McClatchy, it's an adult opera with an "emotional core and dramatic situation that is irresistible to me," says composer Picker, who calls King "perhaps America's best storyteller."
The book has had a life. In 1995, it became a film, with Kathy Bates in the leading role. That was an "awesome, amazing, pinnacle performance," says Racette, whose own performance will in many ways rest on Picker's music. He's known as a melodist, and the new work has "sweet melody," says Racette, along with "jagged dissonances and eerie nuances." The composer writes for "the extremes of the voice, which creates certain challenges."
Complex character
At a handful of points in those 245 pages, he is building cues into the score to ease her learning process just a bit. Amid a dissonant orchestral thicket, for instance, a trumpet now foreshadows the first note of a phrase that Racette must soon sing. Like a warning shout, it lets her hear and grab onto the note, which she otherwise would have to pull out of thin air. "Thank you, Tobias!" Racette says.
When Gockley first came to her last month, asking that she consider the role, she hesitated. Then she examined the story, quickly, and decided that, while it was intended for the mezzo Zajick (mezzos have lower ranges than sopranos), it really was a "soprano part with some low extensions," suiting her own voice, which is "very happy" in its lower regions.
Her partner, mezzo-soprano Beth Clayton, also took a look and said, "I think you can do this. I'll help you." Clayton bought a four-foot electronic keyboard for the apartment in which they are staying, and the two went to work.
"Every single minute, she has helped me through," says Racette. "We wake up, and we have a cup of coffee, and we don't relax; we open to Scene 6."
Luckily, says Racette, "Music tends to memorize itself for me." But that's not the only reason she is going out on a limb with this role.
She identifies with the opera's American-ness, and even more so with Dolores Claiborne's New England roots. She cherishes the character's complexity and the changes she goes through over the story's 40-year span: "I love the transformative aspects of theater. That turns me on, to sink my teeth into that."
What else? She feels close to Picker and his music; this will be the third of his operas in which she has performed, after "Emmeline" (which premiered at Santa Fe Opera in 1996) and "An American Tragedy" (which debuted at the Met in 2005). And she feels huge loyalty toward San Francisco Opera. It's her "home house," where she has performed in more than 30 productions since debuting as the Priestess in Verdi's "Aida" in 1989.
Add it all up, says Racette, and "it took my reason away, and had me say, 'Yes.'"
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San Francisco Opera
World premiere of Tobias Picker's "Dolores Claiborne," based on the novel by Stephen King; starring soprano Patricia Racette
When: Sept. 18-Oct. 4 (Catherine Cook subs for Racette in the final two performances)
Where: War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco
Tickets: $23-$385; 415-864-3330, www.sfopera.com
Also: Racette performs in the San Francisco Symphony production of Arrigo Boito's "Mefistofele" through Oct. 2; and she sings songs by Gershwin, Sondheim and Porter in the recital "Diva on Detour," Oct. 4 at Jewish Community Center of San Francisco; www.jccsf.org.


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