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Elements & Weaknesses
Strengths and weaknesses are measured into one rank difference between both releases. Double strength or double weakness means two rank difference instead of one (basically meaning "very strong" or "very weak").
Element X is Strong against Element Z and Weak against Element W while being neutral to Element Y
This means that an A-Rank Element X technique can only be stopped by a S-Rank Element Z technique. On the other hand, a B-Rank Element W Technique will stop an A-Rank Element X technique. An A-Rank Element X technique will be stopped by an A-Rank Element Y technique.
Raw Chakra
Weak to: Elemental techniques, regardless of nature. The only exceptions are when the raw chakra is molded and worked out with advanced shape manipulation (like with the Rasengan) or when it has another source mixed into it (for example, Bijuu chakra) in which case it becomes neutral to elemental techniques. Twice as weak to Dark Release.
Note: Jyuuken or Gentle Fist, is a form of Taijutsu used by the Hyuga Clan where, in some cases, raw chakra is used/produced. The same principle applies, meaning that every technique is weaker to elemental ninjutsu except the Kaiten or Rotations and the techniques similar to Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists, where advanced shape manipulation makes the techniques neutral to elemental techniques.
Weak to: Earth. Rain can be considered the same as normal water. Wind, can blow the clouds away with the appropriate jutsu.
Strong to: Fire. Rain can be used to douse fire as normal water would. Another weakness, although not direct, is that while Rain is falling on the battle field, in certain cases, the use of Lightning techniques may be risky.
Weak to: Lightning and variations like Storm. Neutral to Water.
Strong to: Earth and Fire. Earth can be melted way with a sufficiently high Lava technique while Fire will simply increase the heat of it.
Weak to: Lightning which will cut through it, turning it into shreds. Neutral to Fire.
Strong to: Bijuu Chakra, Earth and Water. Wood can infiltrate and break Earth apart while on the other hand its highly resistant to Water. It has also been seen to actually have chakra suppressing abilities against Bijuu and raw Bijuu Chakra techniques like the Menacing Ball or even the chakra shrouds used by Bijuu.
Weak to: The Crystals produced are weak to Lighting and Sound. Sound shatters Crystal, Lightning cuts through it. However, Crystal itself can't be used to crystalize energy based elements (Fire, Wind, Lightning, etc) or raw chakra.
Strong to: Earth and Water. Crystal is harder and denser than Earth, overcoming it, while Water, without the addition of another element, doesn't have enough power to counter Crystal directly. Both are susceptible to being crystalized.
Weak to: Wind and, in some cases, Water. Considering it's Lightning infused in Water to direct it at the opponent, a strong Wind technique could be very effective. A large Water source can also be used to diffuse the Lightning, leaving nothing but a Water technique.
Strong to: Earth and Fire. While Water is weak to Earth, the addition of lightning makes it able to overcome Earth Techniques. In the same reasoning, the Water section of Storm can overcome Fire.
Weak to: Earth and Lightning and combinations of both. Earth shatters it and Lightning cuts through it. Sound can also be effective against dense crystalline Ice formations. Fire is neutral to Ice, meaning that it plays against it with equal ranks. Fire melts Ice, producing water which douses the fire in the process, working as a double edged sword that composes its neutrality.
Strong to: Water and Wind. Water is very weak (double weakness) towards Ice while Wind only decreases its temperature.
Dark Release
Absorption ability:
Weak to: Earth and Water. Dark Release is used to absorb and redirect chakra and energy in general. This makes it so that while it can absorb the chakra in Earth and Water techniques, it will have a difficult time absorbing the Earth itself or the Water produced by techniques since it doesn't work exactly like a Fuuinjutsu technique. Earth suffers double strength towards the absorbing ability of Dark Release (meaning that only an S-Rank Dark release can absorb a B-Rank Earth technique).
Strong to: Raw chakra, Fire, Lightning, Wind and other forms of raw energy like Storm, Dust, Scorch or even raw Sage Jutsu. Raw chakra absorption and redirection is the core of Dark Release, making it gain double strength towards it (B-Rank Dark overcomes S-Rank Raw Chakra).
Release ability:
Weak to: Earth and Water. Both elements have substance and density to defend from raw forms of energy like those produced by dark release after the absorption of a technique. Other solid elemental forms may serve the same purpose, such as Solid Ice, Steel, Wood or Lava
Strong to: Wind and Fire. Both elements lack the substance and strength needed to actually overcome or even deal with the raw form of energy produced from dark release after absorbing a technique. Other intangible or less tangible elements such Snow (basically, snow based ice techniques), Sand, Rain, Steam, Boil, etc may also be susceptible of being overcome by the raw energy of Dark Release.
Correct use: Swift itself has no elemental weakness but it does have limitations on its use. While Swift Release enables the ninja to move quite fast, he can only move in a straight line and in simple movements. As the ninja comes into close, immediate range of the enemy, to use Taijutsu itself the user becomes quite trackable and can clearly be seen. Because of this, strong and skillful Taijutsu users as well as Byakugan and Sharingan users (2T and above) will be able to produce even rudimentary counters. Swift can't also be used to increase ones hand seal speed nor can its speed be added to weight decreasing techniques (removing leg weights or using the Earth Weight manipulation techniques) as the boost in speed it produces is the same regardless of mass, volume, etc of the ninja. When facing a Swift user, altering the ground is always a good defense. Mud, Water, Ice, etc are all surfaces in which using swift becomes harder and less efficient. The only known cannon technique of swift release can be used mid-air but to a lesser extent than when its used on the ground. Although it has been hinted that Swift Release enables you to infuse objects to make them travel faster, the truth is that this use was never seen. Because of it, we infer than it can be used like that but that it will never produce such an effect that normal Taijutsu users can't read. When comparing Swift Release with the Eight Inner Gates, the differences are clear. While the first one enables the user to coat himself in a special chakra that makes him able to move, for a brief moment, at high speeds in a linear, simple fashion, the other increases the overall body speed of the user. This means that while an EIG user will be able to do everything fast, a Swift user can only "run fast" (in a matter of speaking).
Weak to: Lighting which can be conducted through the steel quite easily and cut through it.
Strong to: Earth and Water. The strong density of Steel makes it quite strong against Earth and Water.
Weak to: Wind as it blows the corrosive mist away. Lightning and Fire are neutral.
Strong to: Earth as the corrosive mist melts it away. Water while not "meltable" will be susceptible of becoming acidic, becoming a double edged sword when used against Boil Release.
Weak to: Earth and Lightning which can't both be burned or dehydrated away by the high temperatures of Scorch release.
Strong to: It has a double strength towards Water, while being normally strong against Wood, Storm, Steam and Boil.
Sage Jutsu
Weak to: This is basically chakra, molded an channeled by the user and enhanced with the addition of Natural Energy. Therefore, it is possible to defend with techniques that counter the effect of the jutsu used against you with any appropriate element. Raw Sage Chakra can be countered with equal rank elemental techniques.
Weak to: Light is very effective against shadows. Hence, Fire is good to repel shadows (however, fire can also create shadow if used the wrong way), lightning can be used to create bright flashes, annihilating any shadow around you for a brief moment.
Weak to:Anything that could kill them; all the basic elements can be used. Squash them with Earth techniques, drown them with Water techniques, burn them with Fire, fry them with Lightning, or blow them away/slice them with Wind. To fight a bug user is mostly about getting your timing right and not letting yourself get surround (they'll suck your chakra dry).
Strong to: Raw chakra basically and sentient beings. Wood may also fall prey to Bug techniques if used incorrectly.
Weak to: Large Wind techniques to blow the steam away. Earth defenses or attacks are too dense for the steam to have any real impact (unless stated in the description). Steam jutsu are generally kept at normal pressure, meaning they can't be heated that much (not close to strong fire techniques), so it's very unlikely they'll turn solid rock to lava (unless stated in the jutsu description).
Strong to: Fire, which can be doused with enough Steam.
Weak to: Lightning and Water. Lightning can defuse the detonation process while Water itself can be used to either contain it or counter it. In the case of the specific Clay Variation of Blast Release, Fire can be used, also, to either Melt the Clay (in the weaker applications) or "cook" it, in the same way as one does with RL Clay, turning it to rock.
Strong to: Earth and Wind. Earth can't contain the explosions and is weak against them while Wind is ineffective to control or contain them.
Weak to: Wind is extremely effective against it. If you're quick enough to pull it out, shoot massive wind blast to repel most sound techniques (since the air is the medium for sound). You can also protect yourself by placing other mediums between you and the sound blast (if it's direct and not based on your sense of hearing), like Earth walls and Water walls. Be careful though since it could very well backfire on you if it's use in the wrong situation. For inexperience role players, keep yourself to Wind techniques.
Weak to: Magnetic release generally won't affect you directly. The user of this KG in most cases needs to attack you with Gold/Iron or ninja tools, so use any tangible defense you can. Earth walls, strong Water defenses...etc. You could also use the fact that Lightning can be channeled in Iron/Gold to hit your opponent if he's in direct contact with Gold/Iron. While neutral, Lightning will also disrupt the magnetic fields, neutralizing the control of said substances and negating the techniques progression. In the few techniques that affect you directly, channeling lightning chakra disrupts the effects of them in equal ranks.
Weak to: Water; as shown in the filler arc, Gaara's sand becomes near impossible for him to manipulate when soaked up with water. Lightning also seems to be very effective against it since Sasuke's chidori managed to pierce Gaara's ultimate defense.
Strong to: Earth and Fire. It has been shown that Sand has a high tolerance to Fire and that i can also be used to grind earth or to become dense enough to compete with even the hardest rocks.
Weak to: Lightning and Wind as well as high levels of temperature.
Strong to: Water and Earth.
Konan's Paper Ninjutsu
Weak to: Oil, Water, Wind. Oil and Water will make the paper weaker and fragile while making it heavier and unable to be controlled properly. Wind will blow the paper away and might, in some more specific applications, cut through it.
Neutral to: Earth and Fire. It was seen that Konan's techniques were able to play in equal terms with great fire techniques, meaning that, although paper is in reality weak to fire, in Narutoverse and when chakra enhanced, it becomes able to play in equal terms against it. Konan's techniques were also see having the ability to become so sharp that they could cut through earthen materials, making it so that it becomes neutral to Earth Release techniques.
Strong to: Lightning. Paper is very strong to lightning because it serves as a good insulator. Electricity and related energies can't be channeled effectively through paper and as such it stands as a double strength towards Lightning release. Magnetism (the direct use of it in Paper and not the Iron/Gold Sand variations).
Dust Release
Neutral to: Bijuu Chakra/Techniques, Lightning. This element can´t be disintegrated but the sheer brute force and power of Dust makes it able to play on equal terms to it and Bijuu chakra is neutral to all elemental releases.
Strong to: Fire, Wind, Earth and Water. While it has a double strength against Earth, both it and Water are dense and have substance which makes them weak to Dust and susceptible to being disintegrated. Fire and Wind are weak because they lack the substance to endure the sheer brute force and energy of Dust Release.
Bijuu Chakra
Weak to: Wood Release techniques that seem to possess the ability to suppress or negate the raw bijuu chakra (only valid for Chakra Shrouds and Menacing Ball - like techniques and not Bijuu unique skills like Ink or other special Bijuu-related techniques).
Neutral to: So far, Bijuu chakra has been described as the strongest chakra in Narutoverse. Although its impossible to compare directly with every single elemental chakra/release in the Narutoverse, its reasoned that Bijuu Chakra plays in equal terms with any other elemental release, be it one of the basic five or a KG or even a KT.
~This list will be updated as new information is released~
Note: Merely an update to Izuna's original guidelines.


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Berkeley is taking the open streets idea -- closing a roadway to traffic for use as a community recreation area -- to a new level with its Sunday Streets event this weekend.
The event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday will close about a mile of Shattuck Avenue -- from Haste Street to Rose Street -- to motor vehicles and turn it into a long park to "cycle, stroll, skate, dance, and play in the open streets," say organizers.
For those who don't want to provide their own recreation, there will be live entertainment, block parties, games and activities.
Activities will include free hula hoop, Zumba, Pilates and yoga classes, face painting and a reading room from Moe's Books.
Entertainers will include the Quake City Jug Band and Cradle Duende's "klezmenco."
While Albany and El Cerrito have held smaller events that closed thoroughfares in residential areas for recreation, Berkeley is trying it out along 17 blocks in the heart of its commercial area, linking downtown and North Berkeley.
"It will be a celebration of local businesses and organizations," say organizers. "Storefronts will be unobstructed, and business owners will be encouraged to promote commerce and visibility by setting out seating on the street, hosting activities, and otherwise inviting interest and community."
The Berkeley Library will have activities all day outside the main branch at Shattuck and Kittredge, with children's activities and youth performers being the focus.
Details: www.sundaystreetsberkeley.com.
Rotary wine GALA: The third annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser hosted by the Rotary Club of El Cerrito is set for 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at Mira Vista Golf and Country Club, 7901 Cutting Blvd.
The festive event at the picturesque Mira Vista banquet room features wine from area vintners, specialty chocolate and artisan cheese, along with the club's famous Bay views.
The beneficiary of this year's gala is Foster A Dream, a 10-year-old Bay Area organization that "helps foster children survive, thrive and realize their dreams," writes event organizer Karen Nierlich.
"As you may be aware foster youth face many hurdles, the biggest of which might be financial emancipation at age 18," Nierlich said. "Foster A Dream focuses on three key areas: meeting critical needs, providing life skills and honoring dreams/celebrations."
The organization (www.fosteradream.org) steps in to supply basic needs, mentoring, Dare to Dream scholarships and even holiday celebrations that foster youths might otherwise forgo.
Tickets to the gala are $45 each, available by calling Nierlich at 510-525-1341.
For more details, visit www.elcerritorotary.org/winetasting_fundraiser.html.
WEST COUNTY NOTES: The musical "Grease" has gone from a Broadway hit to a summer movie success to a perennial singalong favorite.
The story by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey of a good-girl/bad-boy teenage love, set at Rydell High in 1959, comes to Pinole for performances the next two weekends.
David Clark directs the West County Musicals production, with performances at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Oct. 18, 19 and 20 at the Pinole Community Playhouse, 601 Tennent Ave. There will also be 2 p.m. matinees this Sunday and on Oct. 21.
For tickets visit pinoleplayers.org or call 510-724-9844.
GRIP -- a volunteer coalition of congregations of a variety of faiths in West Contra Costa, Albany, Berkeley and as far away as Alamo -- operates a shelter and soup kitchen in Richmond that tends to the area's most needy.
The Harmony Walk & Run brings together the community and congregations for the morning outing, followed by a community fair and festival with activities, entertainment, a costume contest, a pancake breakfast and more at the renovated Civic Center.
Signups so far are below half of GRIP's goal for the Chevron-sponsored event.
Registering for the 3.5-mile walk is free, but there is a fee for the run.
To register or get more details visit harmonywalk.teamraiseeasy.com.
Vendors and volunteers are also being sought. For details, contact Kia Croom at 510-233-2141, ext. 304, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Irving police seek suspect in attempted kidnapping of motorist along State Highway 183 early Monday
Just in from the Irving Police Department is an alert about an apparent random kidnapping attempt of a 35-year-old woman early Monday along State Highway 183 near Valley View Lane.
The woman was driving west after 3 a.m. when a man drove alongside her and signaled that she was having a mechanical problem and needed to pull over, police said.
The woman pulled over on the side of the road and the man parked his sport utility vehicle behind her. He told her that one of her tires was loose and he had a tool in his vehicle that could fix it, police said.
When they both got to the man's SUV to look for the tool, the man pushed the woman inside and jumped on top of her, police said. He tried to use a stun gun on her, but the woman was able to fight him off and crawl away from her attacker.
The man fled as the woman tried to wave down passing motorists.
Police released this description of the suspect and his vehicle:
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, approximately 25 years of age, around 5'8" to 5'10" weighing around 150 lbs., with short black hair and wearing wire framed glasses. The suspect vehicle is a white Isuzu Rodeo.
Irving police are asking anyone with information to call them at 972-273-1010.
The PD also sends along these safety reminders:
The Irving Police Department would like to take this opportunity to remind motorists to never pull over if flagged down by an unknown person. Use your cell phone to call the police or pull into a well lit area with a lot of people around.
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Liverpool Message Board
Sterling ? Wtf ? Is this Old news?
Is this new? I was traveling for the week, so I wasn't able to keep up with everything as much as I'd like, so is this something new?
What's the effin deal here? I think he's already got 2 kids with 2 women.. so, this is even worse. Hopefully this is something over and done with and I'm posting about nothing..
Being young is 1 thing, being young and stupid is another, being young, behaving stupid and going to these lengths is a whole new ball game!
Again, not sure, so just asking the questions..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/feb/01/liverpool-raheem-sterling-assault?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Ffootball%2Frss+%28Football%29Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
1 kid Jason - not two. At least thats what he says anyway.
You shouldnt be blurting your beans into a mush at that age though, you gotta bag it up!
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a young man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a minder. Sterling is a very young man with significant fortune and rather more fame than is perhaps good for him. He is a magnet for trouble. One can only hope that he matures quickly and surrounds himself with enough sensible people that he stays grounded, and concentrates more on his football than getting into scrapes.
And in due course a wife, rather than successive contraception-free one night stands, might help him too.


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Submitted to: American Bee Research Conference Proceedings
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Publication Acceptance Date: January 13, 2007
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
Citation: De Guzman, L.I., Frake, A.M. 2007. Observations on the Life History of Small Hive Beetles. American Bee Research Conference Proceedings. American Bee Journal 147(5):437 Technical Abstract: DeGuzman, L.I.& A.M. Frake. Observations on the Life History of Small Hive Beetles - The life history of small hive beetles (SHB) kept in an incubator (34ºC) and at room temperature (24-28ºC) was compared. Six slides of eggs, obtained using the glass slide technique, were placed individually in rearing containers (incubator = three; room temperature = three). Egg incubation period was based on the time when 100% of the eggs hatched, which was observed to be 51 h ('2 days) in the incubator and 71 h ('3 days) at room temperature. Larvae were reared individually using eppendorf vials (1.5 ml) closed with moistened cotton wads to prevent desiccation. Each larva was fed with one honey bee pupa. All vials were placed in partitioned trays (50 vials/tray, incubator = two trays, room temperature = two trays). When larvae stopped feeding, moist potting soil (1.2 g) was placed in each vial for pupation. Our results showed that the duration of each of the developmental stages of SHB was affected by temperature (Table). Developmental time was accelerated when larvae were exposed to 34ºC while exposure to 24-28ºC slowed down their development. From egg to adult emergence, beetles kept in the incubator took '23 days to develop which was shorter than the duration of 32 days reported by Schmolke (1974, Certificate in Field Ecology Project Report, 178 pp.) at 30ºC. A total developmental period of '39 days was observed at room temperature, which was similar to that observed by Mürrle and Neumann (2004, J. Apic. Res. 40:111-112) at 8-25oC, and about half the highest duration (81 days) reported by Lundie (1940, Science Bulletin 220. 30 pp.). Further, higher temperature resulted in larger and heavier adult beetles. Our results suggest that temperature can make a significant influence in the abundance and impact of SHB on honey bee colonies. High temperature accelerates reproductive ability and developmental rate of SHB resulting in increased population which may cause damage to honey bee colonies.


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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's tennis team picked up a 4-2 win over the Sam Houston State Bearkats on Sunday in the final home match of the year. Seniors Nadia Filmalter and Bianca Discordia were honored before the match for their time with the tennis team.
The Islanders improve to 10-5 overall and 7-4 in the Southland for their most conference wins ever in school history. Sam Houston fell to 7-9 overall with a 4-7 finish in league play.
"These girls just showed incredible character, this is a season that could have easily gone the other way with injuries," said Director of Tennis Steve Moore. "I can't tell you how proud I am of the resiliency and perseverance of these girls.
"They have a lot of heart and a lot of character this year."
The Islanders swept the doubles matches to take an early 1-0 lead. The No. 3 match saw Mia Matuszak and Stefania Nicolae take an 8-1 final to give their team an advantage while Sandra Burges and Bianca Discordia took an 8-2 match at No. 2 doubles to clinch the point. Mirna Cicak and Doris Kuselj won an 8-4 final at the No. 1 spot while Bianca Discordia to finish the sweep.
"This team is really a combination of a lot of high-character individuals," said Moore. "Two great seniors, Nadia and Bianca who led incredibly well by example and a group of very hungry young girls that bought into the team concept immediately and all made huge contributions.
"The thing I'm proudest of the girls is that they truly a team in every meaning of the word and they showed that more than ever today."
In singles play, Kuselj picked up the first win of the day for a 2-0 margin when she won 6-0, 6-4 at the No. 2 position. Burges added to the lead to make it 3-0 with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles.
"Doris and Mirna basically played hurt all year and just rose up for us every single match," said Moore. "As long as I coach, I will not forget the heart that those two girls had."
Sam Houston fought back however as Mia Matuszak lost 6-3, 6-1 at No. 6 and Cicak led 5-0 in her third set, but eventually lost a 0-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) final at the No. 1 position to make it a 3-2 match.
Nicolae came through with the deciding point at No. 4 singles when she took a 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 win to give her team a 4-2 dual-match victory.
"For Stefania to clinch today was awesome," said Moore. "We always say we play together and we cover each other's backs.
"That's exactly what happened today."
The No. 3 singles match went unfinished with Discordia up a set and a tie score in the second at 6-3, 4-4 when play was stopped.
The win concludes Southland Conference play for the team with their best league record in school history. The seven wins better last season's performance by two and finishes the year with a 7-4 mark in league play and in a tie for fourth place with Texas State and Stephen F. Austin. Seeding for the conference tournament will be determined by tiebreakers from the Southland Conference.
The final two matches of the year will be non-conference tilts on Tuesday against St. Mary's at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. in San Antonio.
Tennis Match Results
Sam Houston State vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
4/17/2011 at Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4, Sam Houston State 2
Singles competition:
1. Imke Jagau (SHSU) def. Mirna Cicak (AMCC) 0-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
2. Doris Kuselj (AMCC) def. Tatyana Postnikova (SHSU) 6-0, 6-4
3. Bianca Discordia (AMCC) vs. Nadya Dubyanskaya (SHSU) 6-3, 4-4, unfinished
4. Stefania Nicolae (AMCC) def. Sheridan Currie (SHSU) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
5. Sandra Burges (AMCC) def. Anrinette Botha (SHSU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Natalie Seira Petaia (SHSU) def. Mia Matuszak (AMCC) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles competition:
1. Mirna Cicak/Doris Kuselj (AMCC) def. Nadya Dubyanskaya/Tatyana Postnikova (SHSU) 8-4
2. Bianca Discordia/Sandra Burges (AMCC) def. Sheridan Currie/Cally Woerner (SHSU) 8-2
3. Mia Matuszak/Stefania Nicolae (AMCC) def. Natalie Seira Petaia/Imke Jagau (SHSU) 8-1
Match Notes:
Sam Houston State 7-9, 4-7 Southland
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 10-5, 7-4 Southland
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,5,6,1,4)


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C. Alice Wilford, 85, of Arpin, WI, died Sunday, October 14, 2012 at the House of the Dove.
Funeral services will be held 12:00 Noon Friday, October 19 at the Hansen-Schilling Funeral Home, Marshfield, WI. The Rev. Dale Wilford will officiate. Entombment will be in the Mausoleum at the Hillside Cemetery, Marshfield.
A time of visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. till service time at the Hansen-Schilling Funeral Home on Friday.
Alice was born January 26, 1927 in Sacred Heart, the daughter of Anton and Andrine (Bjerkeset) Lalim. She graduated from Sacred Heart High School.
On June 5, 1945 in East Moline, Illinois, Alice was united in marriage to Dale E. Wilford. Dale preceded Alice in death on November 7, 2003.
Alice was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed sewing, reading, crossword puzzles and flower gardening but most especially she enjoyed caring for her family.
Mrs. Wilford was a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church.
She is lovingly survived by one son, Rev. Dale (Sue) Wilford, Arpin; one daughter, Linda Schoenleben, Marshfield; grandchildren: Matthew (Aubrey) Schoenleben, Thomas Schoenleben, Andrea (Terry) Mitchell; step grandchildren: Melissa (Terrence) Grimm and Matthew (Sheri) Koller; as well as great-grandchildren: Carter and Hayden; step great-grandchildren: Evelyn, Frederick and George. One sister, Mabel Slettedahl, Marshall, further survives Alice.
Sisters: Gladys, Randi and Ann; and brothers: Arthur, Melvin, Carl, Andrew, Albert and Ardell; as well as a son-in-law, Tom Schoenleben, Sr. further preceded Alice in death.
In lieu of flowers, those wishing to offer an expression of sympathy in Alice's memory are encouraged to do so to: House of the Dove.
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DON'T MISS: The 55th Annual Grammy Awards -- Yes, we want to see who takes home the trophies during "music's biggest night," but mostly we crave the performances and the offbeat pairings of artists (such as Alicia Keys and Maroon 5) on stage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Oh, and we also want someone to explain the difference between record of the year and song of the year. LL Cool J hosts. 8 p.m. Sunday, CBS.
SUNDAY: Let the splatterfest resume. "The Walking Dead" kicks off the second half of its marvelous third season, and we're pretty sure that the incensed Governor (David Morrissey) will want an eye for an eye. 9 p.m., AMC.
SUNDAY: "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome" is a TV movie prequel that chronicles the early days of William Adama (Luke Pasqualino) as a young and eager academy graduate during the first Cylon War. 8 p.m., Syfy.
MONDAY: "Survivor" with leashes? Not really, but the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show offers its own brand of rugged competition. Round 1 begins tonight at Madison Square Garden. 8 p.m., CNBC.
MONDAY: Anyone for some fresh snakehead? That's one of the offbeat meals in the spotlight as "Bizarre Foods America" pays a visit to Washington, D.C. 9 p.m., Travel Channel.
TUESDAY: "The Face" is a new supermodel search that has 12 attractive wannabes moving into a posh loft and trying to prove that they're ready for their close-ups. Naomi Campbell and fellow models Karolina Kurkova and Coco Rocha oversee the competition. 9 p.m., Bravo.
WEDNESDAY: "Survivor: Caramoan -- Fans vs. Favorites" pits 10 "ultra fans" of the show against 10 former castaways as host Jeff Probst eggs them on the whole way. 8 p.m., CBS.
WEDNESDAY: Season 5 of the terrific cop series "Southland" finds Cooper (Michael Cudlitz) at odds with a new trainee, an Afghanistan War veteran. Meanwhile, Lydia (Regina King) tries to juggle the demands of motherhood with detective work. 10 p.m., TNT.
THURSDAY: Anthony Edwards ("ER") returns to series television in "Zero Hour." He plays the publisher of a myth-busting magazine who is drawn into a centuries-old conspiracy after his wife (Jacinda Barrett) is abducted. 8 p.m., ABC.
THURSDAY: "Glee" couple Will and Emma (Matthew Morrison, Jayma Mays) have picked Valentine's Day to finally tie the knot. Naturally, past and present members of New Directions convene to celebrate the nuptials. 9 p.m., Fox.
FRIDAY: In the first of a two-part installment of "Kitchen Nightmares," Chef Gordon Ramsay heads to Norwalk, Ohio, where he encounters an inflexible owner with a bad attitude. We're guessing that some yelling ensues. 8 p.m., Fox.
SATURDAY: You saw her at halftime during the Super Bowl. Now see her in a feature-length documentary. "Life Is but a Dream," directed by Beyoncé herself, promises to provide "raw, unprecedented access" to the pop superstar. 9 p.m., HBO.
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BERKELEY -- Don't let Mike Montgomery fool you. He is just as geeked up about the NCAA tournament this week as he was in 1989 when he coached his first NCAA tournament game.
How do we know? Because the Cal coach is locked squarely into his usual faux cranky-pants mode as the opening tip approaches.
Tuesday at his usual weekly press session, Montgomery was in typical form. Someone wondered how much of an advantage it is for Cal to play its first NCAA game a short drive away in San Jose, while opponent UNLV must fly in from Las Vegas.
Montgomery scoffed at any such advantage.
"If we run into traffic on I-880," he noted, "Las Vegas might take less time than us getting there."
Minutes later, Montgomery said it always "slays" him how his team can battle through a long regular season, practicing six days a week with 30-plus games -- but receives little attention until the NCAA bracket is announced.
"Then all of the columnists show up," Montgomery noted with mock outrage, "and it's like, 'So now it's suddenly important?"
Hey, guilty as charged. That's just how the Bay Area works. With so many pro franchises in various sports, college basketball is somewhere between a pleasant diversion and a mildly interesting afterthought until the month of March.
So here we are. Again. And so is Montgomery. Of course. Thursday, he will coach his 33rd NCAA tournament game -- and his fifth at Cal following 28 of them at Stanford. He has won 17 of those previous 32 games -- an above-.500 record in an annual event where only one team finishes with a victory.
But, frankly, there were moments this season when you wondered if his Golden Bears would get there at all -- and even more frankly, some moments when you wondered if Montgomery had reached the end of his wits rope and might be ready to take a cushy consulting job.
He is 66 years old, after all. He survived a cancer scare a couple of years ago. And last month, that was genuine frustration you saw on his face, not acting, when his awkward push-shove of star player Allen Crabbe during a timeout resulted in a Pac-12 reprimand and a Montgomery apology.
However, retirement has never entered his mind, Montgomery said Tuesday. He won't even be the oldest coach at HP Pavilion this weekend. That honor goes to Jim Boeheim of Syracuse. He is 68.
"But Jim married kind of a much younger woman," joked Montgomery, a Boeheim pal. "And he's got a younger family at home. So I think that keeps him going."
OK, but what is Montgomery's excuse? Maybe it's that, while he won't ever show it, he loves his job immensely. This winter when he was able to reboot the Bears after a ragged stretch of six losses in nine games -- and roll off seven straight conference victories -- you could sense Montgomery's satisfaction that his players had bought into his defense-first message.
The Bears, of course, then slipped and lost their season closer to Stanford and their Pac-12 tourney opener to Utah. So who knows what we'll see Thursday.
Montgomery will have a plan, though. He has coached NCAA games in 18 cities, in four time zones. He has learned some things. And for all his fake annoyance about the hyper-attention garnered by NCAA games, he totally gets the concept. He outlined it all to his team before that bus ride to the South Bay.
"What I told them," Montgomery said, "is that you always have a little bit of a hangover when you lose a game in the conference tournament the way we did. But I wanted to point out that only 20 percent of the teams in the country make it to the NCAA tournament, and we're one of them. So we need to take advantage of that opportunity. I also told them there are no do-overs. It's not like in the season when you've got another game on Saturday. There's no next game if we don't earn it."
This hardly sounds like a man ready to retire. But just for the record and to be perfectly clear: Montgomery plans to coach until he is ... what, 90 years old?
"Ninety-one," he said.
All right, then. Ninety-one. If so, Montgomery's swan song will occur at the 2038 NCAA tournament. By then, the I-880 traffic will be a snap because we'll all have flying cars. Even the columnists. Although we still won't show up until March.
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Helene Marie Balsat died January 6, 2013, Reno, Nevada. She was 84.Helene was born November 10, 1928 in Fostoria, Ohio to the late Gustav and Bertha Balsat, the youngest of five children. She spent her childhood and early adulthood in Fostoria, graduating from Fostoria High School in 1946. She also lived in Phoenix, the Bay Area, and finally settling in Las Vegas to raise her daughter.She worked for Lawrence Livermore Laboratory for over thirty years with the majority of her time spent at the Nevada Test Site. While in Las Vegas she was an active member of Reformation Lutheran Church. After retiring, Helene followed her heart to Incline Village, at beautiful Lake Tahoe, to be near her granddaughters. Her greatest joy was to see her babies grow up into the strong women they are today.She is survived by her only child, Dr. Emily Smith of Incline Village; son-in-law, Dale E. Smith; her beloved granddaughters Taylor Helene and Alexa Jean; her twin sister, Helen Horner of Long Beach, CA; and her much loved nieces and nephews who filled her life with joy. She is preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Gustav and Arthur Balsat; and her sister Ruth Soraghan.Helene lived for 35 years with Parkinson's disease and taught all of us much about courage and the importance on humor in the face of adversity. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research or the charity of your choice.A memorial service will be held Friday, January 11, 2013, at 4:00pm at the Village Presbyterian Church, 736 McCourry Blvd., Incline Village. A reception will follow at the home of Dale & Emily Smith.
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AUSTIN, Texas (January 20, 2013)--Republicans have introduced budget proposals and Democrats and lobbyists have compiled their lists of demands and now the biennial battle of the budget begins in Austin.
Lawmakers know there is only one piece of legislation they must pass every two years and that's the budget.
They control how $101.4 billion in general revenue is spent.
Whether that number represents a surplus or a shortfall, depends on the beholder's politics.
Gov. Rick Perry sees a budget surplus and, therefore, an opportunity to cut taxes while Democrats see a chance to restore billions of dollars in government services that lawmakers have cut since 2007, including $5.4 billion in funds for public schools.
In the middle, there are pragmatists who see an accountant's nightmare of deferred spending, budget gimmicks and a misrepresentation of the state's true financial health.


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What's Up With Groupon? Shares Soaring
Groupon shares are jumping Friday afternoon despite a lack of any substantial news to trigger the move.
The stock is up 24% to $4.73, a pretty big swing even for a volatile stock like Groupon. Dow Jones' John Letzing says short covering may be contributing to coupon service's big move. From Letzing:
"Short interest in Groupon is high, at more than 20%, raising the possibility that some short sellers have simply decided to take their profits now and buy shares to close out their position. Groupon, which has struggled to gain much investor confidence since going public, has been a heavily shorted stock."
The shorts have done well for themselves this year. Despite today's big move, the stock is still down 77% in 2011.
Groupon went public in November 2011 at $20 a share.
UPDATE: Bloomberg is reporting there is speculation that Google might consider buying Groupon. From Bloomberg:
The stock plunge since the IPO may spark renewed takeover interest from Google, which had considered acquiring Groupon for $6 billion the year before its public market debut, people familiar with the matter said at the time. Now that Groupon has lost half its market value, Google might take another look, said Tom Forte, an analyst at Telsey Advisory Group.
"Where the stock is currently trading, it's a takeout candidate," Forte said. "If Google was interested at $6 billion, I think it's a possibility."
Groupon closed up 88 cents, or 23%, at $4.69. The stock has a market capitalization of about $2.5 billion, according to FactSet.
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Jackson County real estate activity maintained its heightened pace, as property sold faster and for a median price 25 percent higher than a year ago, according to the most recent figures compiled by Southern Oregon Multiple Listing Service.
During a three-month period ending Jan. 31, 455 existing single-family homes changed hands, up 2.7 percent from the 443 sold during a corresponding period a year ago. The average number of days those houses were on the market declined to 65 from 72 a year earlier and the median price — half above and half below — for those 455 sales was $183,000, compared to $144,000 for the three months ending Jan. 31, 2012.
The number of houses available through SOMLS — far and away the majority of those on the market — declined 36.3 percent to 822 from the 1,290 for sale a year ago. There were 838 units available a month ago.
Typical transactions accounted for nearly two out of three of property transfers at a median price of $210,000. Bank-owned foreclosure represented 15.2 percent of the deals at a median price of $130,000, while short sales made up 19.8 percent at a median price of $151,000.
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Shot All to Hell by Mark Lee Gardner recounts the thrilling life of Jesse James, Frank James, the Younger brothers, and the most famous bank robbery of all time.
Follow the Wild West's most celebrated gang of outlaws as they step inside Northfield's First National Bank and back out on the streets to square off with heroic citizens who risked their lives to defend justice in Minnesota.
With compelling details that chronicle the two-week chase that followed—the near misses, the fateful mistakes, and the bloody final shootout on the Watonwan River, Shot All to Hell is a galloping true tale of frontier justice from the author of To Hell on a Fast Horse: The Untold Story of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, Mark Lee Gardner.
It was the most famous bank robbery of all time, involving the legendary James-Younger gang's final shocking holdup—the infamous Northfield Raid—and the thrilling two-week chase that followed. Mark Lee Gardner, author of the critically acclaimed To Hell on a Fast Horse, takes us inside Northfield's First National Bank and outside to the streets as Jesse James and his band of outlaws square off against the heroic citizens who risked their lives to defeat America's most daring criminals. With vivid detail and novelistic verve, Gardner follows the James brothers as they elude both the authorities and the furious citizen posses hell-bent on capturing them in one of the largest manhunts in the history of the United States. He reveals the serendipitous endings of the Younger brothers—Cole, Jim, and Bob—and explores the James brothers' fates after the dust settled, solving mysteries about the raid that have been hotly debated for more than 130 years.
A galloping true tale of frontier justice featuring audacious outlaws and intrepid heroes, Shot All to Hell is a riveting slice of Wild West history that continues to fascinate today.
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A state parole board has denied the release of a former Bay Area day care provider convicted in 1983 of murdering a Pittsburg toddler and abusing 30 other young children at her Clayton home.
Eleanor "Lori" Nathan, among the most notorious child abusers in Contra Costa County history, will next be up for parole in 2018, according to a parole board's ruling this week.
About 30 of Nathan's victims and their families traveled to California Institution for Women in Corona on Tuesday to protest the 66-year-old Nathan's potential release at her second parole board hearing since 2007. Although some were small children at the time, many described over an 11-hour hearing their vivid memories of being abused by Nathan at her unlicensed home day cares in the 1970s and 1980s.
"These are the scars that can be seen. I can hide from them with clothing and a simple refusal to look at myself in the mirror," Julia Cosmides Harris wrote the parole board. She said she was 3 years old when Nathan beat her nearly to death at her South San Francisco home. "But the scars that are under the skin, deeper than hurt -- these are the ones I can't hide from myself. These are the wounds that don't heal: the rage, the terror, the helplessness."
Retired prosecutor Douglas Pipes said Nathan was motivated by a greed for maximum profits by keeping up to 30 children at a time without the parents' knowledge. Pipes, who worked the original case and Nathan's two parole hearings, described Nathan as "a consummate liar who, as the warden of a concentration camp for defenseless little children, used her consummate acting skills to provide false information to young parents who trusted her, who terrorized the children into silence, and who affirmatively misled the authorities."
Nathan had already killed 21-month-old Gregory Teasdale and hospitalized a 2-year-old boy with blunt force abdominal injuries when she inflicted the same on Cosmides Harris in 1975, according to Pipes. After Teasdale's death was mistakenly declared to have resulted from natural causes, it was the girl's injuries that finally got the attention of Child Protective Services in San Mateo County. Still, Nathan managed to avoid prosecution before moving to Concord with a promise to San Mateo County authorities that she would quit the day care business, Pipes said.
Parents and police were unaware of her past when she fatally abused 11-month-old Pittsburg resident Matthew Cromwell, the son of a Concord police officer, at her home day care in Clayton in March 1981.
Pittsburg police investigated Nathan for Matthew's death, but they didn't pin it on her until six months later, when a 15-month-old boy in Nathan's care was hospitalized for 21 days for blunt force trauma injuries to his abdomen. Recognizing how similar the child's injuries were to Matthew's, a Walnut Creek pediatrician connected both cases to Nathan, and her facade as a loving nanny crumbled.
Nathan was convicted of her Contra Costa County crimes and sentenced to 44 years to life in prison. The abuse she inflicted in San Mateo County was presented as evidence at the trial.
Matthew's parents, whose marriage couldn't survive the devastation of losing a child, told the parole board Tuesday that the "negative impact on our lives as the result of Nathan killing our son is far-reaching and never ending."
"The pain is always here for us, it never goes away, and Nathan should never be free from the responsibility of her actions, just as we are never free from our anguish," Gordon Cromwell said.
Nathan has been reportedly doing well in prison, with only one minor disciplinary write-up since her incarceration. She maintained her innocence through her 2007 parole hearing, when the board told her it was bothered by her continued unwillingness to take responsibility for her crimes.
Before the board again this week, Pipes said that Nathan "fessed up" to the crimes for which she's been convicted but claimed to have not abused any of the children in South San Francisco.
The parole board "found her to be a liar and said they didn't believe her claims that she has turned a corner and has seen the light," Pipes said.
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I suspect the Herald's Ryan Bakken and Eric Hylden enjoyed reporting this story more than is journalistically proper. Get back to the city hall beat, boys! Look at the picture. My goodness. A pink welding helmet? C'mon.
Van Halen comes to mind.
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RICHMOND -- An Oakland-based attorney says he has more than 3,000 signed-on seeking legal action against Chevron stemming from a fire at the oil company's local refinery on Aug. 6.
"This fire was preventable," Burris told about 150 people who gathered in the parking lot of Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Saturday.
"We are trying to bring as many people into the fold as we can," Burris said, referring to a possible expansion of the lawsuit he filed against Chevron on Aug. 15, claiming "gross negligence" on behalf of nine local residents who say they have respiratory injuries.
Dubbed the "Know Your Rights Community Rally," the gathering on Saturday included free health screenings and legal advice for more than 100 people.
Matthew Kumin of Kumin Sommers LLP, one of two law firms joining Burris, said the lawyers have not decided whether to pursue a class-action suit against Chevron.
Both Kumin and Burris said that the most important goal is to force safety and diagnostic reforms at the refinery, including the installation of air monitors around the city. In the aftermath of the Aug. 6 fire, which injured four refinery workers and sent black smoke across the East Bay, scant data was gathered on the level of airborne toxins due to a lack of community air monitors.
Mt. Zion Baptist Church's the Rev. Ulis Redic told those gathered that Chevron was not an "enemy" in the community and that the fire be a cause for positive change.
"We are here today to help Chevron be better," Redic said.
The suit filed in Contra Costa Superior Court on Aug. 15 seeks unspecified punitive and compensatory damages to the plaintiffs.
Chevron spokeswoman Melissa Ritchie said last week that it would evaluate legal claims as they come in.
"When we receive lawsuits, we will review each case based on the merits of their claim and handle as appropriate through the legal process," Ritchie said.
Within days of the fire, Chevron opened a claims center at the Nevin Park Community Center and a 24-hour claims hotline to compensate residents who suffered financial losses as a result of the fire.
More than 14,000 people have visited area hospitals since the fire, county health officials have said. More than 10,000 have filed claims with Chevron, according to Ritchie.
The fire occurred when an 8-inch pipe in the No. 4 crude unit of the refinery sprung a leak, resulting in a vapor cloud that ignited just after workers evacuated. Federal investigators are focused on maintenance decisions made last fall that kept the pipe in service.
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Data Centers Can Now Earn the Energy Star Label
Data centers, the workhorses of the Internet, can now earn the Energy Star label.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on June 7 that stand-alone data centers and buildings that house large data centers can now earn the Energy Star label. Data centers are the workhorses of the Internet, serving up the graphics and text that we see as Web pages, but they can also provide a wide range of computing services. To earn the Energy Star label, data centers must be in the top 25% off their peers in terms of energy efficiency, as measured by EPA's energy performance scale. The EPA uses a commonly accepted measure for energy efficiency, the Power Usage Effectiveness metric, to determine whether a data center qualifies for the Energy Star label. Before being awarded the Energy Star, a licensed professional must independently verify the energy performance of these buildings and sign and seal the application document that is sent to the EPA for review and approval. The Energy Star program is a joint effort of DOE and the EPA.
Data centers are found in nearly every sector of the economy and deliver vital information technology services, including data storage, communications, and Internet accessibility. Data centers use a significant amount of energy, accounting for 1.5% of total U.S. electricity consumption at a cost of $4.5 billion annually, an amount that is expected to almost double over the next five years. Based on the latest available data, improving the energy efficiency of U.S. data centers by just 10% would save more than 6 billion kilowatt-hours each year, enough to power more than 350,000 homes and save more than $450 million annually. See the EPA press release and the Data Center Energy Efficiency Initiatives page on the Energy Star Web site.
Data centers can improve energy efficiency in many ways, such as purchasing Energy Star-qualified servers and ensuring that all cooling equipment functions properly. In fact, DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has been studying energy use in data centers for years, and has compiled a list of 67 best practices for data centers, covering such topics as air delivery systems and water systems for cooling, internal and external power supplies, and other issues. LBNL also worked with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company to create design guidelines for high-performance data centers. Access to both is available on the "Data Centers: Best Practice Summaries" page on LBNL's High-Performance Buildings for High-Tech Industries Web site.


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After reading over 25,000 entries, we're excited to finally announce the winner of the Rock the World scholarship competition and extend our congratulations to our winner.
Congratulation to Kyle Spaulding from Stephen F. Austin State University!
Thank you so much to all who took the time to enter the competition. It was difficult to pick just one winner when all of you have such inspiring stories and dreams. We hope to offer more opportunities like Rock the World in the future to continue helping college students succeed.
Now let's meet Kyle Spaulding!
Using my education in:
Geology to find new and innovative ways of utilizing existing hydrocarbon resources through environmentally safe methods. Also, using my education to find other economically viable resources.
I will make an impact in the world by:
Providing an alternative to society's crude-oil based infrastructure by helping to influence the development of natural gas conversion technologies and methods of bio-remediation of waste to produce harvestable fuel sources.
My passion for this comes from:
Prior military experience and an overall love for the planet earth. Additionally, I feel that education should be a tool used to contribute to society in its entirety and not solely as a selfish means of financial gain!
Because I have been so:
adamant about contributing to the global community and empathetic towards our needs as a race,
I hope you'll grant me this scholarship.
The dream that won us over: Kyle hopes to develop natural technology for the bio-remediation of waste to produce fuel sources. We asked Kyle to break the science down for us: Waste, meet natural bacteria and organisms. Bacteria, please break waste down into manageable products. (It's almost as simple as that.) We're all in favor of helping clean up the environment, and his determination to drive the current system in an environmentally-friendly direction spoke to us.
Through serving our country as a Marine, he realized how important it was to offer something back. "In return, the self-satisfaction and benefits one gets for providing a means to better the global community is payment in itself," Kyle says.
We are proud to support a dedicated student who strives to make a difference in the world and one day make Earth a little bit greener.
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BIRTHPLACE: Boston, MA, USA
DRAFTED: PIT: 2002-5 overall
|Hockey East All-Rookie Team (2002) Traded to Anaheim by Pittsburgh for Chris Kunitz and Eric Tangradi, February 26, 2009. Traded to Edmonton by Anaheim with Anaheim's 6th round pick (Brandon Davidson) in 2010 NHL Draft for Lubomir Visnovsky, March 3, 2010. Missed majority of 2010-11 due to ankle injury vs. Buffalo, December 28, 2010. Signed as a free agent by Florida, September 29, 2013. Signed as a free agent by Sochi (KHL), October 16, 2014. Signed as a free agent by MODO (Sweden), June 24, 2015.
Finished the season appearing in 51 games with 20 points (3G, 17A), and 16 PIM...had three multiple point games...played in his first game on Oct. 18 @ CGY since being injured last December... left game on Oct. 25 vs VAN after hurting his right knee...returned from injury on Nov. 25 @ MIN...collected his 1st point (assist) of season on Dec. 2 vs CBJ...had an assist on Dec. 15 @ PHX...collected an assist on Dec. 22 vs MIN...had a goal and assist on Feb. 2 vs CHI...had 2 assists on Feb. 4 vs DET...scored his 2nd goal of the year on Feb. 27 @ WPG...recorded 2 assists on Mar. 25 @ CBJ.
Finished the season appearing in 35 games with 33 points (2G, 25A), +13 and 33 PIM... had 7 multiple assist games...named assistant captain on Oct 7...played team high 24:47 with two assists (including 200th career point) on Oct. 7 vs CGY...led the team with 27:08 TOI and had 2 assists on Oct. 21 vs MIN...posted 2 assists while playing 28:10 on Oct. 26 @ CGY...had two assists on Nov. 12 @ NJ...had two assists in 29:34 ice time on Nov. 19 vs. PHX...had his team leading 17th assist and was +3 on Nov. 21 @ ANA...had two assists and was +3 on Dec. 2 @ TOR...posted two assists and was +4 on Dec. 16 vs CBJ... scored his 1st goal of the season on Dec. 21 @ SJ...left game on Dec. 28 vs BUF with ankle injury and missed the rest of the season after having surgery on it.
Finished the season appearing in 81 games with 39 points (7G, 32A), +1 and 70 PIM...was 3rd on the team in scoring, 1st on the team in assists, 1st in defenseman scoring...had three multi-point games with the Oilers...played a career-high 33:54 TOI, Oct. 31 @ PHX...won his first Olympic medal with Team USA (silver) at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver... traded to Edmonton at the deadline with a 6th round pick for Lubomir Visnovsky...played in his first game as an Oiler where he led all skaters in TOI with 26: 20...had an assist and a team high 5 blocked shots and 27:09 TOI on Mar. 13 @ TOR...scored his first goal as an Oiler and played a team high 25:47 on Mar. 19 vs. DET... posted two assists in his first game vs his former team ANA on Mar. 26...scored the GWG in OT on Apr. 7 vs. COL...posted two assists on Apr. 10 @ LA.
Appeared in his fourth NHL season, split with Pittsburgh and Anaheim...following his acquisition from the Penguins, collected 0-10=10 points with a +1 rating in 20 games with the Ducks...earned 0-4=4 points during a three-game point streak from Mar. 29-Apr. 2, his first point streak with Anaheim...recorded his first multiple-point game as Duck with two assists in a 4-3 OT victory, Mar. 11 vs. VAN...earned his first point as a Duck (assist) with a season-high +2 rating in his Anaheim home debut, Mar. 6 vs. DAL...logged 24:19 TOI with three blocked shots in his Ducks debut, Feb. 26 @ BOS...appeared in 28 games for the Penguins, scoring 2-11=13 points with 16 PIM...at the time of the trade, led Pittsburgh with 24:34 TOI...also averaged a team-leading 5:39 TOI on the power play...collected his 150th career point (assist), Feb. 19 vs. MTL...scored his second goal of the season on the power play in his 250th career NHL game, Feb. 16 @ NYI...served as Pittsburgh's alternate captain for the month of January... logged a season-high 30:30 TOI, Jan. 20 vs. CAR...collected points in six of seven games (1-6=7) from Jan. 14-31...sparked the tear with his first goal of the season, Jan. 14 vs. WSH...missed the first 33 games of the season (foot injury) before making his 2008-09 debut on Dec. 23 vs. TB.
Appeared in all 13 playoff games with Anaheim, earning 1-5=6 points...finished fifth on the team in assists and tied for sixth in scoring...netted his third career playoff goal in Game 5 of the CSF, May 10 @ DET...opened his Ducks playoff career with a four-game point streak (0-4=4), Apr.16-23...made his Anaheim postseason debut in Game 1 of the CQF on Apr. 16 @ SJ, earning an assist on the GWG along with a +1 rating.
Appeared in his third NHL season...helped Pittsburgh advance to Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, scoring 1-5=6 points in 20 postseason games...finished the playoffs tied for the team lead with a +8 rating...was even-or-better in 16 of 20 playoff games...logged a game-high 50:46 TOI in Game 5 of the SCF (triple overtime), June 2 @ DET... played in 76 regular season games, earning 12-28=40 points...ranked second on the Penguins in TOI (22:28) and fourth in blocked shots (114)...notched his 100th career assist, Mar 12 vs. BUF...equaled a career high with three points on Feb. 21 vs. MTL (1-2=3) and Feb. 7 vs. NYI (2-1=3)...appeared in his 200th career NHL game, Feb. 9 vs. LA...scored his first career SHG, Jan. 24 vs. PHI...scored his fourth career GWG for his 100th career NHL point, Oct. 20 @ WSH.
Appeared in his second NHL season with Pittsburgh...made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, recording 1-1=2 points in five games...scored his first career playoff goal in a 4-3 win in Game 2 of the CQF, Apr. 11 @ OTT...earned an assist in his first career postseason game, a 6-3 loss in Game 1 of the CQF on Apr. 11 @ OTT...finished the regular season setting career highs in goals (14), assists (45), points (59), plus/minus (+9) and games (81)...ranked sixth in scoring among NHL defensemen...was second on the Penguins in TOI (23:56)...recorded his second career multiple-goal game (2-0=2), including the game-winner in a 4-3 victory on Mar. 27 @ WSH...tied his career best with back-to-back +3 ratings on Mar. 14 @ NJ and Mar. 16 vs. MTL...matched a career high with 0-3=3 assists in a 5-4 shootout win, Mar. 13 vs. BUF...registered a personal-best 31:55 TOI, Mar. 1 @ NYR...owned a career-high nine-game point streak (2-10=12) from Jan.10-Feb.1...had a pair of career-high two-game goal streaks, including Jan. 2-5 (2-1=3) and Jan. 27-30 (2-1=3)...recorded his first career multi-goal game (2-0=2) in a 6-5 win, Oct. 12 @ NYR.
Appeared in his first NHL season with Pittsburgh, collecting 6-32=38 points in 68 games... ended the season on a season-high five-game point streak (2-5=7), Apr. 11-18...logged a season-high 30:33 TOI, Apr. 15 @ NYI...recorded his first career GWG in a 5-1 victory, Apr. 7 @ FLA...scored his first career NHL goal (Lundqvist) in a 2-1 loss, Dec. 1 @ NYR...opened his NHL career on a four-game point streak (0-7=7), Nov. 1-7...set career highs in assists (3) and plus/minus (+3) in just his second career NHL game, Nov. 3 @ NYI...earned an assist in his NHL debut, a 4-3 win on Nov. 1 @ NJ...was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton (AHL) after scoring 5-9=14 points in the team's first nine games...re-joined Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for the playoffs and posted 1-4=5 points in 11 games.
Appeared in his second professional season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, earning 6-35=41 points in 80 games...became the first Wilkes-Barre/Scranton rookie to play in all 80 games since 1999-00...ranked fourth in assists and 10th in scoring among AHL rookies...led team defensemen in scoring and assists, and ranked seventh overall in scoring and first in PPP... recorded 2-7=9 points in 11 playoff games...finished second on the team in playoff scoring and was first in assists.
Made his professional debut in the 2004 Calder Cup Playoffs with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, scoring 1-9=10 points in 20 games...ranked fourth among AHL defensemen and fifth among AHL rookies in postseason scoring...finished second among AHL rookies in assists.
Played for the Team USA in the World Junior Championships in 2002 and 2003...in 2003, had 1-4=5 points in seven games and helped Team USA to a fourth-place finish...played for the U.S. National Developmental Team in 2000-01... played three seasons at Boston University (2001-04)...led the Terriers in scoring as a junior in 2003-04 with 9-16=25 points and named Honorable Mention All-Hockey East.


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It's two weeks into the Peak School's inaugural year, and the students and teachers are situated in a circle on the second floor of the Harris Street building in Breckenridge. Two children led the circle Wednesday, officially called forum, where individuals gave their opinions, and the group as a whole voted on a solution concerning an upcoming community activity.
"They make the decisions," head of school Rebekah Jordan said of the all-school meeting, which takes place weekly. It's a time to vote on various matters that affect Peak School life, including rule formation and discipline, and it gives the students a chance to practice democracy.
On Wednesday, the children raised their hands to give opinions, sometimes challenging others, but all in a peaceful manner. Their teachers were mostly silent, interjecting a few times when they felt a clarification was necessary. And, as in a true democracy, "we get out-voted as much as them," Jordan said.
Next up: Language class. Some of the school's 22 students filed into a classroom for Spanish, while others lined up outside for Chinese instruction. None of the children sat at a desk; Spanish class students stood in a circle, answering and mimicking the teacher as she pointed to her nose or feet, looking to them for the correct names, while Chinese class students played a game: read the word correctly and sprint through the grass.
It's all a matter of active learning, Jordan said, something the students practice throughout all their classes. Like in science, where the kids are learning about geothermal energy, so they've built up turbines to test and report on.
The grades and grading system are different than what most students are used to - instead of grades six, seven and eight, and so on, there's divisions one, two and three. The structure allows students to spend more or less time on specific concepts, since they don't move forward until they've completed key objectives in each one. Children don't get "A"s or "B"s, but rather constructive feedback that lets them know if they're approaching, meeting or exceeding a goal.
Student Conor Craig, 13, likes the tight-knit community at Peak - he's friends with an 11-year-old (something that might not have happened at a bigger school), and enjoys calling his teachers by their first names. "You can relate to them," he said. "You get to know the teachers a lot better."
He's especially enjoying math (which Jordan teaches), and said he's learning a lot - Craig feels like he understands everything. He likes the fact that "we can almost teach ourselves."
Everything throughout the school is based upon an ownership of learning, "rather than just dictating," Jordan said. It may seem seamless to the kids - who are learning how to control their own educational paths - but behind the scenes, it's all very carefully orchestrated on the teachers' ends, Jordan said.
So when the kids say they teach themselves, "That is a sign to me that they're engaged in that knowledge," Jordan said. "They're asking the right questions."
Student Kayla Fulkerson likes the smaller class sizes, "and that we're able to be taught at the levels that are needed." In her previous school, she sometimes felt like she was being taught things she already knew - at Peak, her experience is different.
"Here we kind of believe in not just looking at papers, but doing it," she said.
The first week, Fulkerson was given the title of "birthday chair," meaning she's in charge of keeping track of everyone's special day, and making plans around it. At the first birthday the school saw, Jordan said there's already a new tradition - everyone sings the birthday song at their own pace (another nod to individualism).
"That ownership of your own path is a huge thing," said parent Megan Morgan, who was volunteering as an administrative assistant Wednesday. For Morgan and her son, who's attending Peak, there was never a question concerning whether or not he would go.
"He knew from the very beginning that this would be a perfect fit," Morgan said.
In fact, all the children seem to be enjoying the difference and the change Peak offers, Jordan said.
"It's going really, really well," she said of the first week. "We're excited to be moving toward their goals."


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The South Lafourche Class of 1973's 30-year reunion is scheduled for Oct. 5. Classmates should email and mail addresses and telephone numbers to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include your maiden name.
The H.L. Bourgeois High School Class of 2003's 10-year reunion is scheduled from 8 to 11 p.m. May 18 at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd. Pre-sale tickets are extended to Friday. Tickets cost $50 per single and $90 per couple. Send payments to: HLB Class of 2003, P.O. Box 2805, Houma, LA 70361. For information, visit the class's Facebook page at facebook.com/HLB2003Reunion.
The Vandebilt Catholic High School Class of 2003's 10-year reunion is scheduled from 7 to 11 p.m. June 8 at Ellendale Country Club, 3319 La. 311, Houma. For information, call 381-7553.
The South Terrebonne High School Class of 1983's 30-year reunion is scheduled from 7 to 11 p.m. June 1 at the Woodmen of the World lodge, 309 S. Hollywood Road, Houma. For information, call 868-1738 or visit the class's Facebook page under STHS Class of 1983.
The Thibodaux High School Class of 1973's 40-year reunion is scheduled for May 18. For information, email Mickey at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Thibodaux High School Class of 2003's 10-year reunion is scheduled for May 25 at Envie, 203 N. Canal Blvd., Thibodaux. Tickets cost $35 per person and checks can be mailed to P.O. Box 1483, Thibodaux. LA 70302. If you would like to start sending photos for the slideshow, email firstname.lastname@example.com. For information, contact Mary Delcambre-Arcement at email@example.com, Kristen Lovell Melancon at firstname.lastname@example.com, Colt Stevens at email@example.com or Alexis Johnson at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Terrebonne High School Class of 2003's 10-year reunion is scheduled with a meet and greet from 6 to 9 p.m. June 14 at Big Al's, 1377 W. Tunnel Blvd., Houma, with the reunion scheduled from 7 to 11 p.m. June 15 at Houma Municipal Auditorium, 880 Verret St. The meet and greet includes socialization with classmates, a cash bar and seafood. The reunion is semi-formal and includes a buffet dinner, a DJ, dancing, door prizes and a 50-50 raffle. The reunion is BYOL. Tickets cost $30 per person and $50 per couple before May 15, and $40 per person and $60 per couple after. For information, email Chelsey Lucas at email@example.com, visit the class's reunion website at https://sites.google.com/site/thsclassof2003reunion/home or the class's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ThsCo2003Reunion?ref-hl.
The Terrebonne High School Class of 1953 is planning a Dutch-treat supper for 5:30 p.m. May 30 at Golden Corral, 1724 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Houma, where the group will start planning the class's 60-year reunion. For information, call Sybil Roddy McCann at 879-2836 or Barbara Schober at 876-5041.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - Cindy Hartzell, who operates runs HeartSoul Natural Animal Communication in Truckee, can be seen in the just-released Top Women in the Pet Industry "Holiday Biz Book." A publication for and about women in the pet industry, it highlights top women in the booming pet business.
The 80-page digital magazine-style resource guide to American and Canadian services, products, gifts and facilities for pets, pet lovers and pet owners and can be found at www.womeninthepetindustry.com.
The National Retail Foundation is predicting that 2012 holiday spending will rise and return to 2007 levels with $28.13 earmarked for pets by the average holiday shopper. Pet owners reportedly spend more on pets than on video games, movies or recorded music. The "Holiday Biz Book" is a guide to help buyers locate perfect pet gifts.
Businesses represented throughout the "Holiday Biz Book" are women-owned and operated. They range from pet food manufacturers and artists to groomers and veterinarians.
Sixty-seven women are included with 26 profiled, talking about their business, career and pets. Some even share funny and poignant Christmas pet tales. This holiday season catalog invites you to curl up with your laptop and a cup of cocoa and get acquainted with the top women in the pet professions. With a dog at your feet or a cat in your lap, you can shop the catalog for unique and thoughtful gifts.
For details on the offerings of Cindy Hartzell, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit http://heartsoulcrittertalk.com/.
"The Top Women in the Pet Industry Holiday Biz Book" was produced by Women in the Pet Industry (WIPIN), a membership networking organization where pet professionals gather to grow, give and connect year round.
More than 120 career paths exist within the pet industry. WIPIN includes representatives from most. They include groomers, pet-sitters, vets, pooper-scoopers, artists, trainers, breeders, animal psychics and pet store operators.