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Definition of texture in English:
noun[mass noun]
1The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance: skin texture and tone the cheese is firm in texture [count noun]: the different colours and textures of bark
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- The frog's brown and yellow coloring, as well as its rough texture, allow it to blend in with the mud and tree trunks in its environment.
- It was sweet and tangy and gooey - a blissful companion of flavours and textures.
- The quartz grains are well-rounded and often show frosted, pitted surface textures.
feel, touch;
appearance, finish, surface, grain;
quality, character;
weave, nap
1.1The character or appearance of a textile fabric as determined by the arrangement and thickness of its threads: a dark shirt of rough texture
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- The 'girl' was cloaked in a brown tartan stuff of a rough texture, poor fabric, no doubt.
- Keep in mind, shrinkage may affect the appearance and texture of dry-clean only fabric.
- For playful touches that contrast with felt's matte texture, thread shiny satin ribbon through slits in the fabric or weave it into a pillow front.
1.2 Art The tactile quality of the surface of a work of art.
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- As in paintings by Malevich and Mondrian, one can detect irregularities of surface texture that come from dragging a brush across the canvas.
- The horizontal texture of evenly wiped paint emulates the scan lines of a video screen.
- The use of layered hand-made paper of different quality gives varied texture to the painting.
1.3The quality created by the combination of the different elements in a work of music or literature: a closely knit symphonic texture
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- Nelson's comping on the vibes creates a texture that is more ethereal than a pianist's and helps define Holland's compositional sound.
- The pentatonicism helps lighten the contrapuntal texture.
- One of the ways in which this foreshadowing of Agnes's death is expressed in the poem is through the swan imagery so deeply embedded in the poem's figural texture.
verb[with object] (usually as adjective textured)
Give (a surface) a rough or raised texture: wallcoverings which create a textured finish
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- Repeatedly press the leather stamp over the clay until the entire surface is textured.
- The first of the final finish coats was textured to provide a nonslip walking surface.
- Kitchen paper towels applied to the surface result in a barely visible, textured grid.
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- Although his arrangements are looser, both composers share a love of deep textural complexity set within deceptively straightforward structures.
- The warmed cream dribbled over these eggs elevated the experience to decadently good, whilst the crunchy crumbs added the perfect textural contrast.
- The textural overlays of the jazz instruments, the drums and the brittle, twangy impetuousness of the kora are at the centre of this music's appeal.
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- The linoleum block is systematically chiseled away in repetitive patterns, leaving a background reminiscent of Vincent van Gogh's texturally painted fields of wheat.
- A number of the stronger paintings in this texturally diverse show were in fact, rubbings - essentially big charcoal-and-graphite drawings on canvas.
- The flat, strappy foliage of the exotic night bloomer contrasts texturally with a bed companion, the enormous, finely cut fronds of an Australian tree fern.
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- They assured me this was delicious but I must say it looked rather dodgy: you simply can't serve the delicate flesh of scallops in a cloying, textureless mashed potato.
- In this country children - and too often adults - eat textureless reformed chicken or bought-in frozen pizza, flabby oven chips and beans.
- The original thought process seems to be that by the middle of the 20th century, white bread had become the standard form of American bread, but was also relatively soft, bland, textureless and geographically uniform.
Late Middle English (denoting a woven fabric or something resembling this): from Latin textura 'weaving', from text- 'woven', from the verb texere.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Playing a Baltimore Ravens team that has the look of destiny is enough to concern the 49ers. But facing a quarterback in the midst of one of the best postseasons ever can't be overlooked.
The Ravens worked hard to get Joe Flacco signed to an contract extension before this season. Ultimately, both sides agreed to revisit the issue after Sunday's Super Bowl.
Such an issue might have fractured most teams, with players, management and fans fixating on whether one of the team's key players is playing out the string.
Not so with the Ravens and Flacco, according to coach John Harbaugh and Flacco.
"It really hasn't been a challenge," Harbaugh said Thursday. "It's been amazingly non-challenging. That's a credit to Joe. Joe doesn't worry about this stuff. It's not something that matters to him. He's not a guy that gets all wrapped up in that."
In light of how well Flacco has played this season, particularly in the playoffs, the figures the two sides exchanged before the season likely pale in comparison to what the quarterback asks for now.
Flacco has not been intercepted in his 93 postseason passes against Indianapolis, Denver and New England. He also has eight touchdown passes.
"It's real simple: We didn't agree on numbers, and I didn't really care to discuss it any further once it got to that point," Flacco said. "It's a good problem to have and to be talking about."
Flacco is wrapping up his fifth season as the Ravens' starting quarterback. He has guided the Ravens to the playoffs in all five seasons.
Now it's time for the team to decide whether Flacco is an elite quarterback, or at least if he deserves to be paid like one. And for the 49ers to guard against a quarterback with added motivation to succeed.
It's a safe bet that the brothers will have something cooked up for the masses, but John Harbaugh isn't tipping his hand. Well, he did offer one potential surprise.
"As far as the joint press conference tomorrow, we thought that we would switch uniforms," he said. "I would come dressed as Jim, Jim would come dressed as me and see if (people) could figure it out."
The Ravens practiced on the baseball field at Tulane University on Wednesday because a new football field is under construction, while the 49ers worked out at the Saints' year-round facility. Practicing at Tulane also meant dealing with 24 mph winds.
"The field at Tulane University was a little hard. The wind was OK, but we would rather be inside for the timing of our passing game," John Harbaugh told ESPN.
Jim Harbaugh said earlier this week that he was amenable to altering his team's practice schedule to accommodate the Ravens.
"This wouldn't have worked out if the coaches didn't know each other," John Harbaugh said.
"He's been impressive," Flacco said of the 49ers quarterback. "He's a good athlete. When they drop back to throw the ball, he's been on the money."
Flacco said he is certain that Kaepernick isn't just catching lightning in a bottle but that he will be a successful quarterback for a long time.
The thing Flacco wonders about is how the 49ers offense changes over the years, from a run-based attack to one that takes advantage of Kaepernick's passing ability.
"It's going to be interesting to see in the years to come how well those guys transition from being 50-50 in that type of run-pass game to a little bit more pass offense ... so that they don't get beat up quite as much," Flacco said.
He said entertaining family and friends, dealing with the media crush and getting caught up in the hype are constant distractions. At some point, it's time to lock in on the task at hand.
"You lose the Super Bowl, and you're in second place. You're a loser," Rice said. "You get roped off, and the other team is out there celebrating. You get totally forgotten about.
"You'll just be known as the people who lost in the Super Bowl. That feeling is not the best of feelings because a lot of times you get caught up in the surroundings and a lot of people forget that you've still got to play a game on Sunday."


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Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie is 27 years old, right in his prime as an NFL player.
Perfect time to retire.
The Denver Broncos cornerback said Monday that he's giving serious consideration to hanging it up after the Super Bowl. He's not burned out, not worried about his health.
He just figures he's had a good run.
"I had a goal of playing 5 years, and I reached that," Rodgers-Cromartie said.
He's completed six seasons in the NFL and could be in line to command plenty of money after making three interceptions in 2013. But Rodgers-Cromartie insisted that depending on how he feels after Sunday's game, he might call it quits.
He even knows what he would do instead of football. He'd go back to college and study psychology to become a guidance counselor at his old high school.
"I had my fun in this league," he said.
Seahawks: Coach Pete Carroll said he supports commissioner Roger Goodell's message last week that the league could consider medicinal marijuana as a treatment if science proved it could be beneficial for players who have suffered concussions.
Carroll says regardless of the stigmas involved, the medicinal value should be examined, "because the world of medicine is trying to do the exact same thing and figure it out, and they're coming to some conclusions."
"He's in," Carroll said. "He had another great day (Monday) and a great week last week. He's part of the game plan."
Super Bowl forecast: National Weather Service meteorologist Anthony Gigi said the forecast for Sunday's NFL title game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., calls for temperatures to reach a high of 39 with a low of 27, which is average for the area. There is little threat of precipitation.
Ravens: The team has hired Gary Kubiak as its offensive coordinator, only a few days after initiating discussions with him. He was the coach of the Houston Texans for nearly eight seasons, leading them to the playoffs in 2011 and 2012. The offense ranked in the top 10 in four of the past six years.
The Texans, who finished 2-14 this season, fired Kubiak in early December.
Browns: Coach Mike Pettine has hired Jim O'Neil as his defensive coordinator, reuniting Pettine with the linebackers coach who helped him turn around the Buffalo defense he coordinated last season.
Falcons: Coach Mike Smith and general manager Thomas Dimitroff have signed one-year contract extensions through the 2016 season. Team president Rich McKay signed a four-year extension through May 2019.
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OAKLAND -- Jon Lester knows there are a lot of Yoenis Cespedes fans in the East Bay still trying to swallow the trade that brought him to town and shipped their favorite slugger off to Boston.
The veteran left-hander likely won over the 22,108 at the Coliseum on Thursday night, however, and perhaps a few more. The fans on hand were chanting his name in the ninth inning as he worked to complete a brilliant three-hit shutout as the A's beat the Minnesota Twins 3-0.
Lester is off to a 2-0 start with Oakland, and in this game, he gave them an extra thrill. Lester flirted with a perfect game before former A's catcher Kurt Suzuki broke it up with a leadoff single in the sixth inning.
Lester was at 106 pitches through eight innings when Bob Melvin, who was three outs from his 800th career win as a manager, walked over to Lester to see how he felt about the ninth.
"I checked in on him, and he wanted it," Melvin said. "That's all I needed to hear."
Lester proceeded to set down the Twins 1-2-3 in the ninth, freezing Josh Willingham with a called third strike to end it. As a bonus, he got the Coliseum fans chanting for him.
"The biggest thing is to feel welcome," he said. "We all know what Cespedes did for this organization and how well he was liked. Speaking for myself coming over here, you just don't want to screw that up. You want to make the trade look like it had a purpose and it was good."
So far, so great. Lester continued an amazing run dating back to June 12 while still with the Red Sox. He's 6-0 in his last 10 starts with a 1.21 ERA, and he's allowed just one home run over 741/3 innings, walking 12 and striking out 64.
"Everything was working," Melvin said . "You saw it early -- both sides of the plate with the cutter, curveball, fastball."
Lester set down the first 15 hitters through five innings, and everybody knew what was up, including the pitcher.
"Anybody who says they didn't know they had a perfect game or no-hitter to the eighth inning is probably lying," he said.
But Suzuki put an end to that, lifting a 1-1 pitch just over the head of shortstop Eric Sogard into left field for a single. Sogard said he had no chance.
"If I had a trampoline, I might have caught it," he said.
Chris Colabello followed with a single to center, and after Lester struck out Eduardo Escobar and Danny Santana, Brian Dozier teed off on the first pitch he saw and hit a deep fly down the line that looked like it might be a three-run homer. But the ball just missed hitting the left field foul pole and sailed harmlessly into the stands for a long strike.
Dozier wound up walking to load the bases, but Lester then retired Trevor Plouffe on a chopper to third base.
"I turned around and saw that it had the distance and was just hoping it went foul, and it did," Lester said of Dozier's drive. "That was a big turn of events for us right there."
Speaking of turn of events, the A's offense on this night was provided mostly by a few players who have been struggling, most notably Stephen Vogt, who snapped an 0-for-23 streak with a two-run homer to right field in the third off Twins starter Yohan Pino.
"It felt pretty good to have good at-bats tonight," Vogt said. "It was nice to get the hit and take a little pressure off."
Brandon Moss ended an 0 for 18 in the fourth with a double off the right field wall. Moss scored the third A's run on Derek Norris' double to left. John Jaso also snapped an 0 for 18 with a third-inning single.
To make it a perfect night, the A's increased their lead in the American League West to three games over the Los Angeles Angels, who lost to the Dodgers for the third straight game. It's Oakland's largest since July 24.
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The Orange County legislative map recommended this week by a court-appointed special master would form two Newburgh-area districts in which African-Americans and Latinos would hold majorities, but jettison the idea of a strictly Latino-majority district.
The lines proposed by retired Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick for the county's 21 legislative districts would split the City of Newburgh into two seats – just as it is now – with combined minority populations of 77.6 percent and 63.5 percent. Both districts would join parts of the city with portions of the Town of Newburgh to reach the target population size.
That division appears to address concerns that local NAACP chapters and civil-rights attorney Michael Sussman raised about a proposed map the Legislature defeated in a 10-10 vote in April.
The failed plan had been reworked by the county Planning Department to create a Newburgh district with a 59 percent Hispanic population, in deference to the 1964 Voting Rights Act.
But critics complained the revised map would have improperly concentrated minorities in that one district at the expense of the city's other legislative seat. Sussman, who brought the federal lawsuit that led to the appointment of a special master, said Tuesday that Ciparick's handling of Newburgh was a "marked improvement" over the county's plan. The report Ciparick submitted late Monday to U.S. District Court Judge Edgardo Ramos said both Sussman and Ben Ostrer, the lawyer representing Orange County, supported her plan.
Sonia Ayala, coordinator of the Latino Democratic Committee of Orange County, said Tuesday she was comfortable with Ciparick's proposed lines in Newburgh.
Ramos, who ultimately must impose a new map, plans to hold a hearing on the special master's recommendation June 12 and had asked the lawyers if they wanted him to allow public participation. Sussman said he and Ostrer have welcomed public comment but want to confine it to legal issues – compliance with the Fourteenth Amendment and Voting Rights Act – rather than political beefs.
The most obvious political issue arising from Ciparick's proposal is it casts two Town of Newburgh Republicans with clashing views into the same legislative district – the only instance in her plan in which incumbents were put together.
Her recommendation could pit Legislator Mike Anagnostakis – a thorn in the side of County Executive Ed Diana and Republican leaders – against Newburgh Republican Chairman Leigh Benton, a party stalwart and staunch Diana supporter. Anagnostakis said Tuesday that he regretted losing his Montgomery constituents and speculated that he had been "targeted for elimination from Day One with redistricting." "I promise I won't go down without a fierce fight," he said. "The rubber-stamp, good old boys can bet on that."
Benton said being paired off with Anagnostakis made him feel like former Rep. Ben Gilman in 2002, when redistricting put the veteran congressman in the same district as fellow Republican Sue Kelly. "The only unfortunate part about it is I may have to run against the richest member of the Legislature," Benton said, referring to the $250,000 Anagnostakis deposited in his campaign account in 2011.
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Flash flood warning issued for Henderson, Transylvania counties
Published: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 3:17 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 3:17 p.m.
A flash flood warning has been issued for Henderson County and east central Transylvania County until 9 p.m.
The National Weather Service doppler radar showed heavy rain continuing across the affected areas, and stream gauges along Little River, Bat Fork and Mud Creek show that water levels are rising rapidly.
Flooding of Cascade Lake Road, King Street and the Hendersonville Airport is likely, the NWS said.
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Posted July 31st, 2013 @ 9:05am by Kevin Spak, Newser Staff
(NEWSER) – The federal government can grab GPS data indicating where you've been directly from your phone carrier without a warrant, the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday, saying that the practice was "not per se unconstitutional." Technically, that data is a "business record," meaning it's not protected by the Fourth Amendment, the judges said in a 2-1 decision, according to the New York Times. "This decision is a big deal," an ACLU lawyer said, "and a big blow to Americans' privacy rights."


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Philo T. Farnsworth first glimpsed the idea behind television as a 14-year-old farm boy plowing a potato field in Idaho. Surveying the parallel rows of crop and earth, he realized that a larger image could be composed from similar irregular lines. Only the whole would be visible when viewed from far away.
It was no fleeting notion. Farnsworth chipped away at the concept until, at the age of 21, he generated the first electronic television broadcast from his San Francisco laboratory in 1927. That faint blue line glowing from within a tiny tube changed the course of the 20th century.
Despite all that, Farnsworth, who died in 1971, is now largely a forgotten figure. The reason why is at the heart of a play by Aaron Sorkin titled "The Farnsworth Invention." A fast-paced tale of genius, treachery, money and science, the play debuted on Broadway in 2007.
Now the Palo Alto Players are presenting Sorkin's drama for a two-week run beginning Saturday. And perhaps because the Bay Area is a science-savvy community, as well as the place where Farnsworth's family still lives, this local theater production is sparking surprising controversy because the play is inaccurate.
Never mind that there is a long and rich literary tradition of bending facts for entertainment value, with Sorkin's own "The Social Network" about the founding of Facebook only one prominent example. A passionate bunch of critics will be on hand at the play's opening night Saturday to distribute information about their beefs with the show to passers-by.
"One of the most important inventions in the history of mankind shouldn't be casually and willfully misrepresented," says William Helvey, a retired Los Altos physician.
"Sorkin desecrates a gripping true story," agrees Don McCleve, a retired physician from Monte Sereno. "The play goes far beyond poetic license. It distorts the facts so that the audience walks away with the impression that RCA invented television, which is the opposite of the truth."
McCleve and Helvey object to the play's depiction of a legally outmanned Farnsworth losing a key patent battle to the RCA corporation. In fact, Farnsworth won his long and contentious legal fight with the media giant in 1939 and received a $1 million payment, but he still did not have enough muscle to dominate the industry. Competitors soon stole his thunder. Corporate skulduggery also played a key role.
As Farnsworth's nephew Steve Player wryly puts it: "Philo won that patent battle, but in the end he lost the war."
The controversy over Sorkin's use of dramatic license took the leaders of the Palo Alto Players by surprise, but they are pleased that the piece has ignited public debate.
"There's definitely a contingent of people who are up in arms about the inaccuracies in the play," says Managing Director Diana Wiley, "but we think this is a great opportunity to teach people about the history. Most people have never heard of him, even in Silicon Valley, which is the cradle of innovation."
Farnsworth's family supports the production. While Player bristles at the play's take on the patent fight, he believes overall it captures the thrust of his uncle's saga well. The drama chronicles many of the scientist's struggles with corporate greed and espionage.
"I hope people come to see the play and learn a little about the history," says Player, a retired attorney who lives in Palo Alto. "My uncle was a remarkable individual with a tremendous intellectual curiosity. This is an amazing story of scientific discovery."
Wiley was initially attracted to the play because of its deep local roots and its connection to the region's high tech culture.
"The story of who first thinks of an idea and who later comes to control that idea is incredibly relevant to life in the valley," he said.
The theater is going out of its way to put the drama into historical context with program notes and post-show discussions.
Sorkin ("The West Wing" and "The Social Network") could not be reached for comment for this story but has made no bones about altering the facts because his "objective is to entertain."
Player says he regrets that Farnsworth remains an obscure figure. His ingenuity is remembered with statues in San Francisco and the nation's capital, but he never got the level of recognition he deserved. After all, when he died of pneumonia in 1971, the average TV set still contained 100 items he had patented.
His invention, Player adds, paved the way for how we interact with every gadget of the Internet age from the personal computer to the iPhone. "He earned the title of father of television, but he never got to reap its benefit," says Player. "That's the real tragedy."
Certainly, Farnsworth was prophetic about the power of television to make the world a smaller place, to transform the way we view humanity. A quiet and unassuming man, over time he became disappointed in the ways his discovery was being used. He forbade his own children from watching it and turned his quest for experimentation to other fields, including nuclear fusion. He was frequently strapped for cash, and the stress of trying to secure funding for his work plagued him until the end.
Still, there were moments of awe with his prize invention. When Neil Armstrong took his first step on the moon in 1969 and the nation watched transfixed, Farnsworth turned to his wife Pem and said: "This has made it all worthwhile."
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'The FARNSWORTH INVENTION'
By Aaron Sorkin, presented by Palo Alto Players
When: Saturday through June 29
Where: Lucie Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Tickets: $23-$45, 650-329-0891, www.paplayers.org.


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APTOS - A 74-year-old Redwood City man whose body was found earlier this week after he went missing from an Aptos Hills retreat center died from hypothermia and exposure to the elements, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies said.
George Earl Sliter was reported missing Sunday after he didn't attend a 9:15 a.m. service at the Monte Toyon retreat center off Cathedral Drive. Sliter had been at the center with a group of church friends from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Redwood City.
Sliter's body was found Tuesday morning at the bottom of a ravine above Cabrillo College, near the 600 block of Hudson Lane.
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LAKELAND | The Polk County Sheriff's Office released video Thursday of a suspect in a robbery that took place last October at a Lakeland bank.
The surveillance video shows the suspect, who is described as a middle-aged, thinly built white male, approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a mustache and a unshaven face.
The Sheriff's Office said the man wore blue jeans, a blue jacket with black sleeves and a patch on the left sleeve, a navy blue hat with a white logo and white stitching and sunglasses.
The robbery occurred about 11:45 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 29 at the CenterState Bank, located at 4719 S. Florida Ave. in Lakeland.
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David Kondziela, a.k.a. "Zetti," will be remembered by friends at Fatty's on Friday, May 11. Stop by to toast a Breck local at happy hour, starting at 5:00. Informal.
He passed away last week while working in his yard in Blue River.
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Is there empirical evidence that parental age is a contributing factor to giving birth to a child with autism?
"Got Questions?" is a new weekly feature on our blog to address the desire for scientific understanding in our community. We received over 3000 responses when we asked what science questions were on your mind. We answered a few here and the Autism Speaks Science staff will address the other themes we received in this weekly post.
A number of recent publications investigating the relationship between parental age and autism have demonstrated that older parents are at increased risk for having a child with autism. This is not surprising since increased parental age is associated with a slightly increased risk for other developmental disorders, as well. Grether, et. al. reported in 2009 that parental age and particularly maternal age is a significant risk factor for autism. The authors found that a 10-year increase in maternal age increased the chances of having a child with autism by 38% and mothers over the age of 40 were at highest risk. Other studies, such as a recent study by Hertz-Piccioto, found that the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in older mothers was lower than 38%. King and Bearman, et. al. similarly found that older mothers and fathers were at increased risk of having a child with autism with the largest risk among mothers aged 40 and over. Since the risk for ASD is low, the risk for ASD in older mothers, although increased, is still relatively low. The underlying mechanism behind the relationship between increased parental age and risk for autism is currently unknown and under investigation.
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Please- everyone needs to calm down about this. Women over 40 who gave birth to ASD kids comprise 5% of the total.
What we need to do is investigate IVF – which is definitely linked w/ ASD.
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If there is such a link, has anyone considered that such a risk could be cumulative over generations?


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The venue was great, the smallest I would ever see them at, but probably indicative of where they were playing away from the East coast. I was a seasoned Dead Head, I had already been to let's see...one show, yeah, so you know I was pretty much Captain Trips himself. Looking at this setlist, I was probably befuddled by many songs. Ummm, KUNG, holy shit! Don't remember that. Of course, smoking a joint was a big deal back then. Shit lasted for four hours, had to visine up, get the munchies ready and everything! Of course I knew all the rift stuff, that was in my Eddie Bauer Ford Explorer in the parking lot. Buried Alive, hope I was there for that, one of my favs still, as long as Trey could handle it. Wait, 1993, oh he could handle it. Probably burnt his hands off since they went right into to Poor Heart > Maze. Sick!
I do remember something about Roger proposing and what not, but didn't know shit about AC/DC Bag. Spooky Jam, Big Ball Jam, etc...It was all phenomenal stuff for a first show. This is the setlist you tried to will them to play at the Festivals in the late 90's, but it never happens, cause it's such a different time for Phish. This is Phish at a specific benchmark. They have toured and paid their dues to have a legitimate touring staff, they have good equipment, they know what they're doing, but they really have no idea of what they will become. That's what was great about the band at this time and place and it came through in the show.
It was fresh and new, and never all encompassing, as it would get later on. I remember Trey going off about Dreams and a Dream pile, this was weird, but so was Phish. I was used to an old guy in an old band from the 60's gently rocking back and forth barely mustering the words to China Cat Sunflower, and here was Phish jumping on trampolines, singing barber shop, and ripping forth an energy I had thought only I felt. This was it, and the drummer sang that funny song about diagonal in my bed. What a memory!!


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WOODSIDE -- SugarDaddie.com may be better at matching wealthy older men with younger women than it is at picking targets for publicity stunts.
The online dating site announced Wednesday it is offering the town of Woodside -- where some of the world's richest daddies and mommies hunker down in privacy -- the sum of $11.65 million to change its name for 10 years to "SugarDaddie.com, USA."
If the woodsy enclave took the bait, it would have to change the names of its town hall and library accordingly and refer to itself by its new title in all official correspondence. It would also need to hand SugarDaddie.com CEO Steven Pasternack a key to the town during a high-profile ceremony and erect a statue of Hugh Hefner or another iconic sugar daddy of the town's choosing.
Vice Mayor David Burow cracked up when he heard about the indecent proposal, saying SugarDaddie's arrow appears to have missed its mark.
"I guess they don't know Woodside -- they picked a town that actually doesn't seek publicity," Burow said. "People go to Woodside to be anonymous."
Shameless stunt
SugarDaddie spokesman Darren Shuster acknowledged the company, which got a lot of press earlier this month for making a less-generous offer ($4.65 million) to the affluent Texas city of Sugar Land, is simply making a bid for attention.
"It is a publicity stunt," Shuster said. "But that doesn't mean that we don't have the money to back it."
While a check for $12 million would pay for a lot of street signs and copier toner, it's not going to raise many eyebrows in Woodside, where lots of people have that much coin spilling out of their blue jean pockets. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Intel co-founder Gordon Moore are among the most prominent denizens of this quiet town, where last year a hilltop home sold for $117.5 million.
No wonder the dating service has offered to donate the $11.65 million to a charitable cause of Woodside's choosing.
Still, Councilman Ron Romines couldn't resist a counterproposal.
"I don't think Woodside can be bought so cheaply," he joked, "but I will offer to change my name for that sum of money."
Not everyone is scoffing at SugarDaddie's idea. At Buck's Restaurant, the legendary Woodside eatery where Silicon Valley giants discuss megadeals over stuffed artichokes and sweet potato fries, Harold Klemperschwitz said Woodside and environs could be a robust market for the dating site.
"There's a bunch of single, rich tech guys," said Klemperschwitz, a 33-year-old entrepreneur who's lived in Woodside for about a year. "This is sugar-daddy central."
Other takers?
If rejected by Woodside, SugarDaddie will continue its search for a city to brand in celebration of the company's 10-year anniversary. But it may have a tough sell in the Bay Area, even in communities that could use the cash.
Half Moon Bay flirted with discorporation several years ago due to financial problems, but Mayor Allan Alifano said Wednesday the small town on the San Mateo County coast is on the mend.
"If we were really, really desperate, maybe we'd think about it," Alifano said about SugarDaddie's hunt for a branding partner.
Vallejo is emerging from bankruptcy, and the North Bay city even had a meeting Tuesday about new ways to brand itself, but Councilwoman Marti Brown said SugarDaddie would not be a good fit.
"I think that's insane," Brown said of of the company's proposition. "That's not the new image that the city of Vallejo is looking for."
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Former two-term state Rep. Eldred French is back at the Statehouse.
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin announced Friday he has selected French, 66, to fill the lone Senate vacancy created by the resignation of Sen. Bill Carris in November. Carris had just won re-election when he decided to step down suddenly citing health concerns.
French, a Shrewsbury Democrat, was defeated in his bid for re-election to the House last fall after his district was reconfigured by the Legislature.
Vermont Democratic Party Executive Director Julia Barnes said Friday, "While the Governor faced a difficult decision in selecting among three very qualified candidates to replace Senator Carris, Rutland County and the state of Vermont as a whole will be well served by the appointment of Senator French."
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SARG27044 wrote:Thats my problem. I use all arm and dont use enough of my weight and forward motion. Thats why I dont throw over 400. Ive tried to switch things up a bit, in the feild just meesing around, But I always seem to lose any accuracy I had. And I find it really difficult to play a tourny with a diff style ive been practicing. I feel like Ill just throw any chance I had of cashing out the window.
You get it done on grit and determination. You're like Seabiscuit, including the injuries they should have shot you for.


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ZAWIYA AHANSAL, Morocco (WOMENSENEWS)--Aicha Sasbou, who has worked for 30 years as a traditional birth attendant in this remote region of the Atlas Mountains, clearly remembers her first delivery.
She was called along with her aunt to help her own sister. Her job: hold the candle and provide light for the delivery, since there was no electricity. But once the baby arrived, Sasbou forgot her duties in her excitement and shifted the light to see the baby instead of aiding her aunt in cutting the umbilical cord.
Since then, Sasbou has helped deliver around 25 babies in the homes of two of Zawiya Ahansal's villages, including those of two of her daughters. She's had no formal training, but with each delivery her skills have grown.
When a woman is in labor in one of these poor, Berber-speaking towns, Sasbou instructs her to squat and hold on to a handle hanging from the ceiling. She massages the pregnant woman's belly with olive oil and feeds her the oil to speed up the labor.
Morocco has made great strides in improving maternal health in recent years, decreasing its maternal mortality ratio by over 60 percent since 1990. But women such as Sasbou, in remote parts of the country, can only do so much when a woman runs into serious trouble and access to life-saving care is a two-hour walk away, on a rough mountainous path sometimes blocked by snow.
"Seventy percent of mothers who die do so on the way to the hospital," said Dr. Abdelghani Drhimeur, head of communications at the Ministry of Health in Rabat. "It takes one hour to hemorrhage and die or even less."
These types of barriers have created a wide maternal health gap between city and certain rural women that Mostafa Lamqaddam, Peace Corps' health program manager in Rabat, said could curb the country's swift progress on maternal health. "The [maternal mortality] rate may stabilize. Probably the system will hit a limit."
Rural, Urban Disparity
In Morocco, 112 women die per 100,000 live births, according to a 2011 report by the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund. But the maternal mortality rate in urban areas in 2010 was 73 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared 148 deaths in rural areas.
Fertility rates also diverge. In 2009, the average number of births per woman in Morocco was 2.2; but in rural areas it was 2.7 compared to 1.84 in urban areas, according to the 2011 report.
In a place such as Zawiya Ahansal those numbers are drastically different.
Mereim Elmadkouri, who thinks she's 41 and also lives in Tamdarot like Sasbou, had two children, one of whom died. But Elmadkouri, who runs a women's association here, said she's the exception in this region.
"Women here have five kids or more," said Elmadkouri, sitting in her home, which lies on a steep, rocky incline above the river. "Even if they are poor they still give birth, even if children are expensive. Most want boys rather than girls."
Her head covered in a purple scarf and her fingernails polished with henna, Elmadkouri said she had her children at home with the help of her sisters. But this was partially why she lost her daughter, she added, during a difficult labor.
Sasbou, who doesn't know her age, has had eight children. She also gave birth at home, which she said is the general preference of women in the villages here. "It's easier for them to give birth at home," she said, holding her mouth because her few remaining teeth hurt that day. Bundled in a gray sweater, her head covered in a black and white scarf, she added, "It has to do with money and because the road is far."
A Rough Path
The Peace Corps carries out maternal health work in many hard-to-reach areas of Morocco, but not here.
From Marrakesh, the tourist-filled city, with its bustling old town, souks and palaces, the drive to Zawiya Ahansal is 125 miles, taking five to six hours along a winding mountainous road that turns into rocks and dirt as you approach the region's first town, Amzeray. The closest hospital in the area, en route, is in Azilal, around a two hour drive away from Amzeray, if the road isn't blocked with snow.
The government opened a health clinic staffed with nurses and midwives in the next town over from Amzeray, Aguddim, in late 2009. Aguddim is also the last town an ambulance from Azilal can reach, as the road for vehicles ends here.
From Sasbou's town of Tamdarot--a car-free place without any road for vehicles--the clinic can only be reached by foot or donkey. A 3.7 mile rocky trail to Aguddim runs alongside a river, goes up and down a mountain and requires two stream crossings. On a good day, the walk can take two hours, bypassing herded goats and sheep, green fields of crops, men on donkeys and women carrying sticks on their backs. Travel time likely rises for a pregnant woman making the trek.
In part to help bridge the gap between locals and the government's health resources in the area, Cloe Medina Erickson's organization, Atlas Cultural Foundation, kicked off a health education program in Zawiya Ahansal earlier this year. As its first initiative, the group and its partners conducted four community health awareness days in late May, which over 50 women, including the villages' traditional birth attendants, attended daily, she said.
In developing a health education program for the region, Erickson realized that traditional birth attendants not only required midwifery training, they first needed training in such basic things as sanitation, hygiene and nutrition before moving on to more technical skills.
"Midwives can fill the role of a community health worker," she said. "They can also become a liaison between the general population and the government nurses and midwives who often do not speak the local language or understand their traditional customs."
Slight Progress
In addition to building clinics, the government is trying to reach rural women through various initiatives, such as sending mobile teams to provide a range of preventive care, including family planning, said Drhimeur.
The initiatives seem to be helping, said Genevieve Chabot, executive director of Iqra Fund, an organization that's partnered with Atlas Cultural Foundation. From talking to women in the region, "rates of maternal mortality have gone down. It used to be quite a few a year in each village and now I hear it's much less. One to three every two years," she said. "The government clinic here definitely impacted rates."
Elmadkouri explained that most women in her village don't use the clinic because it's far and difficult to reach. In contrast, Aicha Ssadki, a sheik's wife who lives in the town where the clinic is based, Aguddim, said she and others here do regularly visit the clinic.
Ssadki, who guesses she's 37 and wore a leopard print housecoat and a beige head covering, said that after a few women died in her village, many of her village's women became afraid to give birth at home. She had two of her five children at home; the others she had in Azilal's hospital.
"I prefer to give birth at the hospital because the doctor knows more things than my mother in law," she said. "In this village most women prefer to go to the hospital in the last month of pregnancy . . . They now understand giving birth in the hospital is safe."
Juhie Bhatia reported from Morocco on a fellowship from the International Reporting Project (IRP), an independent journalism program based in Washington, D.C. She's the managing editor at Women's eNews.


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Back in January, the FDA announced that it would be considering changes to the current nutrition labels that have been making a mandatory appearance on food products here in the U.S. for the last 20 years. We were excited by the idea and have been waiting to see what those changes would entail.
There's news to report and we think you'll be happy with the information that's becoming available regarding the proposed changes.
First, here are some interesting facts on the background of our current nutrition labeling system. It wasn't until the late 1960s that most food labels listed any nutrition information. At the time, labels with calorie or sodium counts were mainly used on products the FDA considered to have "special dietary uses," for people with high blood pressure who were watching sodium, for instance. Most people were making meals at home then, so there wasn't a huge demand for this information. That changed as more people started eating processed foods.
Noticing the trend, the White House pulled together a conference of nutritionists and food manufacturers in 1969. Nutrition labeling was voluntary at first. It wasn't until 1990 that the FDA required nutrition labels for most prepared and packaged foods. We take it for granted, twenty-plus years later, that whatever packaged food we pick up in the grocery store will carry that familiar, easy-to-identify label that gives us necessary facts about that particular food item.
Plenty has changed in the last 20 years and the FDA is proposing several modifications to those labels to bring them current with today's nutritional concerns. If approved, the new labels would place a bigger emphasis on total calories, added sugars and certain nutrients, such as Vitamin D and potassium.
The FDA is also proposing changes to serving size requirements in an effort to more accurately reflect what people usually eat or drink. For example, if you buy a 20-ounce soda, you're probably not going to stop drinking at the 8-ounce mark. The new rules would require that entire soda bottle to be one serving size — making calorie counting simpler.
"You as a parent and a consumer should be able to walk into your local grocery store, pick up an item off the shelf, and be able to tell whether it's good for your family," first lady Michelle Obama said in a press release. "So this is a big deal, and it's going to make a big difference for families all across this country."
The proposed labels would remove the "calories from fat" line you currently see on labels, focusing instead on total calories found in each serving. Nutritionists have come to understand that the type of fat you're eating matters more than the calories from fat. As such, the breakdown of total fat vs. saturated and trans fat would remain.
The proposed labels would also note how much added sugar is in a product. Right now, it's hard to know what is naturally occurring sugar and what has been added by the manufacturer.
"Now when Americans pull a product from the supermarket shelf, they will have a clear idea of how much sugar that product really contains," American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown said.
The FDA also plans to update the daily values for certain nutrients such as sodium, dietary fiber and Vitamin D. For instance, the daily limit for sodium was 2,400 milligrams. If the new rules take effect, the daily value will be 2,300 milligrams, administration officials said.
Food and beverage companies would also be required to declare the amount of Vitamin D and potassium in a product, as well as calcium and iron. Research shows Americans tend not to consume enough Vitamin D for good bone health. And potassium is essential in keeping your blood pressure in check.
Administration officials said about 17% of current serving size requirements will be changing, and the FDA is adding 25 categories for products that weren't commonly around 20 years ago (think pot stickers, sesame oil and sun-dried tomatoes).
Most of the required serving sizes will be going up; no one eats just half a cup of ice cream, for instance. Others, like yogurt, will be going down.
"This will help people better understand how many calories they actually consume, especially if they plan to eat all the food in a container or package," Brown said.
While the American Heart Association and advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest commended the FDA's changes, they noted that there was more to do.
Both organizations said the FDA's sodium recommendation was still too high. Brown said the association will continue to recommend sodium intake be limited to 1,500 milligrams a day.
CSPI said it will also request that the FDA include a daily value of 25 grams for added sugars. "Thus, the Nutrition Facts label for a 16.9-ounce bottle of soda would indicate that its 58 grams of added sugars represents 230 percent of the DV," the group said in an e-mail.
With this announcement, the FDA has opened a 90-day comment period, during which experts and members of the public can provide input on the proposed rules. The FDA will then issue a final rule. Officials said they hope to complete the process this year. Manufacturing companies will then have two years to implement the changes.
FoodFacts.com is very excited by the changes outlined by the FDA for so many reasons. The changes in serving sizes are especially important because the currently, they don't really reflect how most people consume foods. When people take a can of soup to the office for lunch they're likely consuming the whole can — not half of it. The label that details two servings isn't a realistic portrayal of consumption and can easily be misinterpreted. Do most people double the facts on the label to figure out what they're eating? Do you count 15 potato chips out of a bag or a bowl to make sure that what the nutrition label details is what you're actually eating? There are multiple examples of this scenario you can find looking at the nutrition labels detailed for products in the FoodFacts.com database. The truth is that right now, it's far too easy to be fooled into thinking you're consuming less of the things you're supposed to be paying attention to than you in fact are.
These improvements to nutrition labels are welcome and long overdue. The fat, sugar and salt content of foods is a big issue for consumers and every change that can help us genuinely determine what we're really eating is a welcome change for our health.


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SAN ANDREAS - The California County Sheriff's Office announced Saturday that an elderly Mokelumne Hill man who was reported missing had been found.
Frank Souza, 79, who has dementia, had not been seen since about 6 p.m. Thursday, authorities said. The California Highway Patrol put out a "Silver Alert" for Souza as Sheriff's deputies investigated the case, authorities said. The Sheriff's Office reported shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday that Souza had been located and that he was safe.
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10 Bathroom Vanities
Red and green may scream Christmas, but blue and white can be just as seasonal. Proof: the creative ideas below, which use a cooler palette and add loads of festive tranquility.
Got extra glass ornaments? Instead of stowing them away, put them on display. Just take a pretty platter, spread on fake snow, then use double-sided adhesives such as Glue Dots to keep balls in place.
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Arguably one of the best surfers in the world, Bruce Irons is renowned for his tube riding skills and massive aerials. He's an icon in the world of surfing, and Oakley's honoring him with a Signature Edition HIJINX. His approach to life is like his approach to waves, aggressively original with no apologies. That's the inspiration behind HIJINX, a clean and uncomplicated style with an edge of attitude.


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An implementation of the X Window System that makes it possible to run X11-based applications in Mac OS X. Based on the open source XFree86 project — the most common implementation of X11 — X11 for Mac OS X is compatible, fast, and fully integrated with Mac OS X. It includes the full X11R6.6 technology including an X11 window server, Quartz window manager, libraries, and basic utilities such as xterm.
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There are two different applications now, both have version number 2.5.0. One is called X11 (and is only for Leopard) and overwrites X11 from Apple. The other is called XQuartz (only for Snow Leopard) and installs side by side with X11 from Apple.
This update is only for Leopard, not for Snow Leopard.
There's a beta of 2.5.0 for Snow Leopard available at http://xquartz.macosforge.org/downloads/SL/XQuartz-2.5.0_beta1.dmg . It seems to work for me.
not for snow leopard, i think. later release will do.
OK, X11 2.4.0 will not be released for SnowLeopard. 2.4.1 will be the first release that can be installed on SnowLeopard. waiting...
Not for 10.6+ Snow Leopard
2.4 this is not for snow leopard
dingeruk below is incorrect about Snow Leopard releases:
"1.6 [sic] contains version 2.3.4 of X11. Not surprisingly, this version lies between 126.96.36.199 and 2.4.0. It contains all the fixes that went into Xplugin, quartz-wm, and most of the server fixes, but it is still on the 1.4 server branch. Most of the userland libraries were updated to what was shipped in 2.4.0 with a few exceptions.
2.4.0 will not be released for SnowLeopard. 2.4.1 will be the first release that can be installed on SnowLeopard. There will be separate Leopard and SnowLeopard packages for 2.4.1 and later. On SnowLeopard, X11 will no longer install over the system's X11. It will install in its own prefix to allow side-by-side use with the Apple-provided X11."
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I prefer to avoid running applications that need X11, but it's worth it for certain gems like The GIMP. Apple has given us a really slick X Server that integrates seamlessly into the Mac OS X GUI. It even supports running some X applications that are being tunneled remotely via SSH!
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"America's Got Talent" (8 p.m., NBC): Singers? Jugglers? Ventriloquists? Delusional wannabes and kooks? We expect them to show up in droves as the reality show returns for Season 9. Host Nick Cannon presides over the insanity.
"The Haves and Have Nots" (9 p.m., OWN): The addictive soap returns with new episodes and there's more trouble for the Cryer family. Bad sheep Wyatt Cryer (Aaron O'Connell) has been arrested for the hit-and-run death of a girl and for leaving another victim in a vegetative state. Will this derail Daddy's gubernatorial campaign?
"Heroes of Cosplay" (9 p.m., Syfy): Break out the spandex and capes. The reality series about regular people who dress as fantasy characters returns for more nerdy fun. Tonight, the focus is on Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo in Los Angeles.
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Tom Cruise Promotes 'Jack Reacher' in Seoul
Tom Cruise is a household name around the globe, but in South Korea, he is more than that. He is the most frequent visitor from Hollywood's elite – on his sixth visit to the country now.
"I can't tell you enough about how beautiful the city is and how wonderful it is to be back," Mr. Cruise said at a press conference to promote his latest thriller, "Jack Reacher," in Seoul on Thursday.
The movie, which opened in the U.S. last month, is about a mysterious incident in a city where five random people are shot dead. A suspect was caught swiftly and put into custody. But the suspect offered up nothing but a cryptic message aimed at Jack Reacher, Mr Cruise's character, an enigmatic former military policeman.
In a 15-minute-long first answer at the press conference, Mr. Cruise called the part "an analog character in a digital world."
He spoke highly of the script, which was adapted from Lee Child's novel "One Shot." "The beauty of the screenplay is it (the character) keeps getting drawn in and drawn in and drawn in," Mr. Cruise said.
"The humor and wit of the film and the character was a real challenge to play but really fun to play," he added.
Director Christopher McQuarrie previously worked with Mr. Cruise on "Valkyrie," a 2008 movie set in Germany in World War II. He said, "When Tom read the script and said he was interested, that sort of made my decision very easy who to cast for Jack Reacher."
Mr. Cruise said the highlight of the movie was a lengthy car chase scene shot with few visual effects.
"It was a dream of mine to be able to shoot a car chase in this manner," he said. "It is not just the car chase. That is representative and emblematic of who Jack Reacher is."
Asked to compare Jack Reacher and Tom Cruise, Mr. McQuarrie said both stay calm under pressure. "Under the best set of circumstances making a film is always very difficult and always involves a great deal of pressure and I knew from my experience that Tom makes that a lot of fun," the director said.
Mr. Cruise's box office power is huge in South Korea, visible in part by the attendance of more than 200 reporters at the press conference. His 2011 movie, "Mission: Impossible — The Ghost Protocol" sold 7.5 million tickets, the third most successful foreign film in South Korea after "Avatar" with 13 million and "Transformer 3" with 7.7 million.
Later Thursday, Mr. Cruise, Mr. McQuarrie and co-star Rosamund Pike traveled to Busan, where the movie will be screened after a red-carpet event at the complex used for the Busan International Film Festival.
All three are being named honorary citizens of Busan.
The movie "Jack Reacher" will open around the rest of South Korea on January 17.


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PhotoFriday.com–Extreme Close-up
Picking a super-macro shot for the PhotoFriday.com theme was difficult. Extreme Close-up is never easy when there is wind. I like how this shot turned out. Taken in November at the Illinois State Beach down from the retired nuke plant. The day promised storm with dark skies, wind and cold numbing my fingers as I crawled thru grasses to find this perfect frond.
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SAN JOSE -- Sharks coach Todd McLellan on Monday did not name who his starting goalie will be for Game 1 of San Jose's first round playoff matchup against the Los Angeles Kings, and it appears he won't divulge who it is until just before the series starts.
McLellan added that neither Antti Niemi nor Alex Stalock know the answer.
"I'm ready to name him," McLellan said Monday. "I'm just not going to name him."
Niemi -- the Sharks' No. 1 goalie since he arrived in San Jose before the 2010-2011 season -- struggled down the stretch with three losses in five starts before Saturday, when he rebounded to make 30 saves to help lead the Sharks to a 3-2 win at Phoenix. McLellan said after the game that he was pleased with Niemi's performance.
Stalock has had an impressive season in spot duty, going 12-5-2 with a 1.87 goals against average. On Friday, he made 32 saves in the Sharks 5-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche 5-1.
Niemi has started all 33 playoff games for the Sharks, going 16-17.
"It going to be a great challenge," Niemi said last week about playing the Kings. "We had a tough series last year. I think they are a good team, a talented team that plays hard, which makes it fun to play against them."