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Anyone predict Nikita won't be successful with Victoria?
I bet Lena will beat them, regardless of who she will pair up with.
Anyone predict Nikita won't be successful with Victoria?
I bet Lena will beat them, regardless of who she will pair up with.
a GP titles for Gracie is fare more likely than Wagner even winning one, younger girls than her have 3-3s so her tumbling PCS wont make up for it
Edmunds will beat her anyways so qualifying for GPF is very questionable for Wagner
Gracie can easily win and qualify to GPF
Well, Gold should certainly improve on her 3rd and 4th and failure to qualify for the GPF last season.
Perhaps, she can even improve on her failure to medal at Worlds.
Any predictions for Gold's scores, sky_fly? 80+ SP? 160+ FS?
1. Crowed right up until the day before the dance competition that Bobrova & Soloviev were a total lock for the bronze (and he has the balls to even try and mock me for predicting almost a year earlier W&P would win the bronze, which atleast I had the common sense to back down from long before the Games).
2. Predicted Osmond to be top 5 and a medal contender by Sochi.
3. Said after Trophee de France that a clean Hanyu would get crushed by a clean Chan for sure, that his PCS cap was about 85 points in the LP and his max LP score was something in the 180-185 range.
4. Said Wagner was going to easily mantain U.S #1 status over Gold for the rest of the year after the grand prix.
5. Said Suzuki was a real strong medal contender for Sochi. Said the same before worlds last year where she finished 11th.
6. Said after the grand prix final Hanyu would never get scores or PCS like that outside of Japan.
7. Said before the Games a clean Duhamel & Radford would win the bronze even had everyone skated cleanly (aka they would be beating the almost 220 point total Stolbova & Klimov put up had they gone clean, since a clean S&S beating S&K is certain).
you get the picture.
I still feel a CLEAN Chan can beat a clean Hanyu. Perhaps I've been eating too many mushrooms but Chan has better skating skills. He just needs a good coach and decent music that a man would skate to! Bring back Aranguez!!!
Dai will retire. Caro hopefully will retire.
I think Max Aaron will fade into oblivion and go back to his pre-Nats win skating....lots of promise and no consistency! Joshua Ferris and Jason Brown are the future of US Men's skating. Both have amazing charisma (and if you doubt that about Josh check out his SOI performance - it's pure entertainment) and both have amazing technical skills as well as performance skills.
I can never keep up with all the pairs and dance because people use just initials and it takes too much effort to figure out who they're talking about. It's like reading alphabet soup.
The one genre I worry about is US Pairs. It's virtually non-existent. I think Castelli and Schnapir will never be able to compete effectively on the international level. They just don't have that "wow" factor. Duhamel and Radford hit me the same way - very physical but not very charismatic or eye-popping. US pairs are in a world of hurt!!!
eta: I realize Duhamel is Canadian - worded that last paragraph awkwardly. Meant to say that D and R (see, I can do it too) effect me the same way the C and S do - not at all!!!!!
At the very least even if Chan "could" beat a clean Hanyu (and I agree it isnt impossible, although if Hanyu improves further it could become so), the previous suggestion Hanyu couldnt dream of coming anywhere near or beating a clean Chan was obviously off the rocker, and that is all that matters.
This is what I was thinking after GPF, why, why PChan changed absolutely NOTHING in his program for Olympics after Hanyu outscored him about 5 points technically despite falling quad salchow. 8 points in BV at the start is huge, and he can't make so much back in PCS if both would be on their top.
One thing I know I can't predict for sure is who the heck will do Ashley's choreography. I want her to come out strong, and think she will. But if Philip Mills is out, and I assume Tom Dickson is, I just have to wonder who. And what will they do with her?
Edit--David Wilson, not Tom Dickson. I get the two confused for whatever reason.
And I disagree that US Pairs are "in a world of hurt." There's a decent amount of depth even if they aren't contending for World medals. Which really was always the case except a few years when Meno/Sand or Ina/Zimmerman won bronze in a depleted field.
If they invite a Russian it'll probably be Tuktamysheva again. It would probably be a mistake for them to invite Radionova/Lipnitskaia/Sotnikova/Pogorilaya if they want to ensure Gracie wins, and hold off on Gold competing against them as long as possible. Funny enough, it could backfire if Liza somehow turns around her skating over the summer and Gold remains inconsistent.
I bet Skate America looks something like: Gold, Cesario, Keiser, Meite, Marchei, Tuktamysheva, Helgesson (Viktoria), Miyahara, Daleman, Weinzeirl.


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The crew was small, the bloody marys were delicious, and we mastered some jewelry making skills and got to play with beads and buttons.
Couldn't get a better Sunday than that!
Sweater Chains are crazy cute and, even with some trial and error, I think everyone walked out with a finished piece that they loved. And the DIY Collars were fun and gave everyone a chance to customize and embellish their collar! We all agreed pouring over buttons and beads is a blast – sparkly and inspiring!
Thanks to the mostly new Ninjas that showed up! There were a few regulars though and they make such a good ambassadors for newbies – always friendly and welcoming!
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My Grandmother, Mammy, used to take months to painstakingly knit ghastly itchy sweaters and send them to my sister, Margo, and me for the holidays. Scarves, too.
At least Margo's were in semi-pleasant colors but mine were usually green. Mammy knew that Emerald was my birth month's color and she didn't take into account that I looked like a turtle in that color.
Mom had a rule: you must write a thank you note within the week. I'd wrack my little brains and come up with something pathetic like: Dear Mammy, Thank you for the nice sweater. Love, Lois.
Mom put the kibosh on that and sent me back to my desk. Eventually, I'd come up with something half decent, longer anyway:
Dear Mammy, The green sweater is very warm and will come in handy this year as the winds are howling here in Long Beach. Thank you for knitting it for me, and spending all that time to make me a nice sweater like this one. Love, Lois
Mom smiled. She was right, of course. It didn't matter that I looked like a red eared tortoise in the sweater; I had to show my gratitude.
The idea holds in business too. When I spend time now to write notes to clients to thank them for the kind things they say about us, for their business, for a lunch we've had together, they appreciate it. Here are some ideas you might want to try:
· Write a hand-written thank you note and be specific about what you appreciated (at the meeting, or the gift, etc).
· An email thank you is nice as long as you also send the written one.
· I also try to remember birthdays. One time I was speaking about this on a podium and a lady raised her hand and said the only birthday card she got that year was from her oil burner man. That was sad. Made a birthday list and be sure to mail all the cards for that month in the beginning of the month.
· Send gifts to people who are important to you. This week I received a wonderful present from a friend in Canada: Red Olympic mittens. I love them, and the best part was that they were unexpected, although it is coldish in Miami these days.
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The saga of the troubled Montana Beach house is continuing, but perhaps there's an end in sight.
In August, there was reason to hope that the last chapter would be written when the Maui County Council unanimously approved disposing of the once-luxurious oceanfront home on the Paia side of Baldwin Beach Park with the county retaining ownership of the property. In September, the Department of Finance issued a request for proposals to remove the home and salvage its building materials.
The request included an "upset price" of $60,000, meaning that was the lowest price the county was willing to accept. There were no takers.
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Maui County is reviewing a proposal from a Maui Realtor to demolish the Montana Beach house on the north side of Baldwin Beach Park and salvage its building materials.
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Grafitti mars a boarded window.
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Bee and wasp hives can be seen under an eave last week at the Montana Beach house. The county needs to hire an exterminator to get rid of the stinging pests to make it safe for workers to demolish the structure.
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"We got no registered bidders," said Guy Hironaka, the Finance Department's property manager.
What the county did get was a separate proposal from Realtor Michelle Del Rosario, owner of Maui & Co. Real Estate LLC.
The exact details of Del Rosario's proposal are unavailable because her submittal is a "sealed bid" and won't be released publicly until the county has a signed agreement, said county spokesman Rod Antone, after he checked last week with the Department of the Corporation Counsel.
As of Feb. 26, there was no signed contract, and the matter remained with county attorneys for review, although they may finish work on the matter by Friday, Antone said.
Although the monetary terms were not released, Del Rosario said the proposal involves student labor from the University of Hawaii Maui College's Sustainable Construction and Technology Program. She called the idea of student internships a "value-added component" of the project.
"I will provide an opportunity for students in the sustainable construction program to participate in the deconstruction process," she said.
The Maui News attempts to reach Sustainable Construction and Technology Program Director Carlton Atay have been unsuccessful with email and voice mail messages left late last week.
Del Rosario's proposal is attractive because it would help the county get rid of the Montana Beach house structure and would give students "hands-on" work experience, Hironaka said.
County officials have wanted to salvage as much of the building materials as possible and not have them go to the Central Maui Landfill, Hironaka said. People who have looked at the building - constructed with African mahogany, a valuable, high-quality wood - have determined that "not that much is salvageable," Hironaka said, because it was built in a tongue-and-groove fashion.
"There's no nails," he said. "Everything just kind of fits together."
With the lack of interest from others, the county is pursuing Del Rosario's proposal, he said.
Del Rosario said that in its current condition the home is "not worth $60,000" because of the cost of demolishing it.
When asked what Del Rosario would pay for the project and salvaging of the home's materials, Hironaka declined to provide the specific figure, although he called it a "very nominal amount."
The county's aim is to recover enough money to cover the county's costs of processing permits for the home's demolition as well as making the building safe as a project work area, he said.
That includes hiring a pest exterminator to get rid of dozens of bee and wasp hives that cling under the home's eaves. The property is under the management of the Department of Parks and Recreation, which is expected to take the lead in hiring the pest exterminator, Hironaka said.
Del Rosario said she's a member of the Hawaii chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, and she has "a strong interest in deconstruction and reuse (salvage) of buildings and materials, both modern and historic."
Her company's role in the Montana Beach project would be as project facilitator, she said.
"The County of Maui is not paying me or my company," she said. "My proposal is to purchase the structures on-site and deconstruct them. The structures will not be moved or reused 'intact' but will be deconstructed into the individual source materials."
The county has done preliminary work by removing overgrown grass and tree fronds that "created a bed of green waste and possible slip-and-fall hazard for future workers," she said. "Additional steps will require eradication of bees/wasps from the structure."
An inspection of the property last week found at least two dozen wasp and bee hives attached to walls and under eaves.
A Maui Community Correctional Center detail went to the property to remove overgrown grass and green waste "because it was creating a nesting area for rats," Del Rosario said.
The site also has "a lot of vandalism," she said. "The property's being destroyed little by little."
Del Rosario said she has had an agreement from the county since November to go ahead with her proposal. Now, she said she's waiting for paperwork to be executed.
The Montana Beach house has a long, costly and controversial history. The 2,500-square-foot structure is actually three structures connected by walkways. It was built in 2001 on a site designated as open space.
When public objections surfaced, then Department of Planning Director John Min withdrew a waiver of a special management area permit. He determined the property did need an SMA permit. That led to state and federal lawsuits that resulted in a ruling that the county's initial SMA waiver was in violation of state coastal zone laws.
In 2008, the county ended a six-year lawsuit by purchasing a final empty lot on the Montana Beach property as part of a $4.1 million settlement - the final piece of the acquisition that earlier included the structure and the land underneath it through settlements involving those owners.
A 2001 appraisal described the beach house as having high-end materials and workmanship, including mahogany wood, slate and marble flooring, teakwood vaulted ceilings, a Jacuzzi tub, central air conditioning, and mango and koa wood kitchen cabinetry.
Hospice Maui considered moving the building to its Wailuku location to convert it into offices, but that plan didn't pan out. The county also has considered demolishing the structure or keeping it in place as a community center or meeting facility.
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Williamsville School Board members are questioning the need to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on more school security in light of a budget that could raise taxes by more than 4 percent.
Superintendent Scott Martzloff told the board this week that the current state tax cap calculation would allow the district to raise taxes by $4.6 million, or 4.3 percent, without triggering a tax-cap override vote.
"It's a higher number than it's been in the past," he said, "and that higher number is based on growth in the district."
In the past, the board has attempted to limit tax increases to around 2 percent.
School Board members raised the most questions about the district's desire to spend up to $300,000 in "security enhancements," following the Sandy Hook school shootings. These costs would include spending $150,000 for a door monitor at each school, $25,000 for a new ID card access system for employees, $75,000 for a shared school police officer, and $50,000 for additional security cameras and other equipment.
Several board member said parents they've spoken to aren't very supportive of the school monitors now stationed at every school entrance.
"I think we need to have a little more clarity on the value of having the monitors sit there," said board member Michael Littman.
Some also expressed skepticism regarding the hiring of a school police officer, who would travel among schools and work four hours a day.
"One person for four hours a day covering 13 school buildings, I don't know will accomplish anything," said board member Michael Schmidt.
Martzloff defended his recommendations, saying that there are differences of opinion regarding the need for these safety measures, but the board should keep an open mind.
"I'm not looking to do "American Idol"-style voting on monitors," he said. "I'm looking at best practice, and that's my role as the superintendent, to advise the board as to best practice."
He added, "At the end of the day, there's nothing that's going to stop a determined school shooter … If someone is that determined to do harm, they will do harm. But it's incumbent upon us as a school district to do everything we can to protect our most precious resource, and that's our children."
Board President Carrie Kahn suggested that there may be less-expensive security software available to accomplish similar goals, and Vice President Ronald Shubert asked if the district might invite security firms to conduct an audit of school buildings.
In response, Martzloff said he would invite Amherst Police Chief John Askey to address the board at its next meeting on Feb. 26.
In Martzloff's budget development presentation, he indicated that although district leaders found ways to reduce expenses, they also found new ways to potentially spend those savings.
Cost-saving measures undertaken by the district include $261,732 in savings found by a 15-member "management and efficiency" committee, which included parents. The district will also restructure BOCES services to save another $400,000.
However, these savings could be offset by restoring a social worker to the district, creating a new middle school transition program and improving school security. In addition, the district would like to reallocate some money earmarked for new desktops, laptops and printers toward a 1-to-1 middle school iPad program.
In other business, the board:
• Approved a new collective bargaining agreement with Civil Service Employees Association Local 1000 and Custodial Unit 6755, which represents 236 custodial and food-service staff.
The four-year contract would give employees average raises of 1.5 percent a year but raise their health care contribution from 2.5 percent to 10 percent over that same period. It would also eliminate salary scales and reduce sick time for all new employees.
Martzloff said the new contract may ultimately wind up being cost-neutral for the district.
• Approved the school calendar for next school year. The new calendar will begin Sept. 3 and end June 26. The full calendar is available on the district's website, williamsvillek12.org.
• Reviewed the process for running for a board seat. Three seats are up for election in May, including those currently held by Kahn, Mohan Devgun and Peter Bergmann. Kahn and Devgun announced their intentions to run for re-election for new three-year terms. Applications and petitions are due by April 22.
• Accepted the resignation of Heim Middle School Principal Valerie Keipper. Keipper will retire at the end of this school year after 11 years with the district.
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Thursday should have been a big night for hockey fans here, with South Buffalo native Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks coming to town for their only game of the season against the Sabres in First Niagara Center.
Fans wearing jerseys and blue-and-gold gear would have packed the arena to the rafters and filled bars across the region.
Instead, if you stopped by the Cobblestone Bar and Grill, which bills itself as "your Buffalo Sabres hockey headquarters for pregame warm-ups & post-game parties," on Thursday night, you found it empty.
"I'm not even open," said co-owner Marisa Proietta-Milbrand, who estimated that the South Park Avenue tavern gets 600 patrons on home-game nights but now is down to a skeleton crew and open mainly on weekends and for holiday parties.
The Cobblestone is one of numerous businesses in downtown Buffalo and beyond feeling the pinch of the National Hockey League lockout that began Sept. 16 and has seen the cancellation of 17 Sabres home games through Dec. 30.
No hockey games means no fans parking downtown near the arena in paid lots, ordering food before the game, buying a beer afterward, booking rooms at hotels or meeting friends at a sports bar to watch the Sabres. At least one business owner is worried about the lockout's long-term effects.
"No hockey means no revenue, and that's less revenue that gets reinvested into the City of Buffalo," said Mark D. Croce, who owns downtown restaurants, bars and parking lots. "New projects on the drawing boards get delayed."
With no end in sight to the standoff between NHL owners and players, elected officials and government agencies are stepping in to offer resources to small businesses most directly harmed by the loss of hockey-related revenue.
This afternoon, at the prompting of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., the local office of the Small Business Administration will host a seminar providing strategies on how to survive the lockout.
"I strongly encourage our businesses to work to take advantage of all that is available to help make it through this difficult time," Gillibrand said.
This is the second time in eight years that NHL owners have locked out their players in a labor dispute. The last work stoppage cost the league the entire 2004-05 season, and frustrated hockey fans fear this lockout will end just as badly.
"At this point, I think I feel like most fans: Just tell me when it's over," said Andy Boron, managing editor of the Die by the Blade blog, who summed it up as "squabbling over money."
He said he misses the hockey action as well as the social aspect of meeting at a bar or a friend's house to watch the games. "It's what drives a sense of community in Buffalo in the winter, just as the Bills do in the fall," he said.
This year's lockout, which enters Day 90 today, is taking the heaviest toll on the businesses near First Niagara Center and downtown.
Christmas parties and related revelry have kept many of those restaurants and taverns afloat, but their owners are worried what January, February and March have in store for them if the NHL dispute isn't resolved in time to salvage a partial season.
Templeton Landing will shut down its regular restaurant business for a couple of months this winter because of the lockout, concentrating on parties and other catered events.
"We're going to have to close for January and February, which we've never had to do," said Christy Vukelic, manager of the restaurant at Erie Basin Marina owned by her family.
The restaurant relied on big pre- and post-game crowds, offering shuttles to the arena and discounts for people who brought their ticket stubs.
Without the Sabres games, Vukelic said, "it's devastating."
Tim Wiles, owner of the Swannie House on Ohio Street, said he's worried about people forgetting about his place.
"When you have hockey, it keeps your establishment in the back of people's minds," he said. "They might stop for lunch [on another date]. But if they don't have that stimulus to come to the area, then we kind of get lost in the shuffle."
Hotels such as the Avant Building's Embassy Suites, which puts up nearly every visiting NHL team, could lose up to $1 million if the entire season is lost, according to Visit Buffalo Niagara.
"Downtown, that surrounding area, they really rely on that business," said Dottie Gallagher-Cohen, Visit Buffalo Niagara's president and CEO. "The other thing about this particular loss is that hockey happens during a time that is not our traditional tourism season."
Bars near the arena aren't the only ones affected.
David Shatzel Jr., owner of Brennan's Bowery Bar at Main Street and Transit Road in Clarence, said the lack of hockey has meant slower business.
"There's no question about it," he said. "It's substantial."
Brennan's is considered a hockey hangout where Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff would stop by on occasion after a game.
"People are really ... they're just fed up," said Shatzel, whose family owns Cole's Restaurant on Elmwood Avenue, among other businesses. The players and owners "make a lot of money," he added, while "there are people out there struggling."
The Sabres, who have not imposed layoffs or pay cuts on their full-time staff, say they recognize the lockout's negative effect. "We empathize with the frustrations that small-business owners and fans alike from the Buffalo area have in regards to the NHL lockout," Sabres President Ted Black said.
The seasonal, part-time employees who staff the arena on game nights haven't had work this season.
The game checks provide them with a little extra spending money, and those workers have sought other part-time jobs, taken up new hobbies or otherwise tried to occupy themselves, said John Heidinger, union representative with the Service Employees International Union, Local 200, whose members include arena ushers and ticket-takers.
"Some people just sit around waiting for this to end because they don't know what to do," he said.
Today's Small Business Administration program offers assistance from representatives of SCORE, the Erie County Industrial Development Agency, the Canisius College Women's Business Center and Empire State Development, among others.
The SBA and other agencies can't offer grant money to ailing businesses, but they will provide owners ideas on how to cut costs or market themselves to nonhockey fans to better position themselves to make it through the lockout, said Franklin J. Sciortino, the SBA's Buffalo district director. About 60 businesses had signed up as of Thursday morning.
State Sen. Tim Kennedy, D-South Buffalo, said businesses can take advantage of loan programs such as Empire State Development's Linked Deposit Program or Small Business Revolving Loan Fund.
Kennedy, who shares Sabres season tickets, also said he wrote a letter to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman urging the league to provide "emergency hardship grants" to affected businesses, but he never received a response.
"It's petty," Kennedy said of the lockout. "They're thinking about their own pocketbooks, while the community and businesses are left holding the bag."
Some businesses are learning a lesson from the lockout.
At the Cobblestone Bar, renovations are under way on the second floor to add a "chic restaurant" set to open this summer that would bring in business year-round.
"We've realized now, after the second lockout, we can't depend on hockey for a huge percentage of the business," said Proietta-Milbrand, co-owner.
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A week-long jury trial has led to the conviction of Gerald Hogue, 32, on a second-degree weapons possession charge following an August 2011 arrest, Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III announced.
Hogue was arrested in possession of a loaded .38-caliber handgun after Buffalo police officers responded to a disturbance at Davidson Avenue and Suffolk Street. The investigation determined that Hogue possessed the weapon and then passed it to his co-defendant, Cynthia Holes, who previously was convicted on a weapons charge, prosecutors said.
Both Hogue and Holes face maximum prison terms of 15 years when sentenced before Erie County Judge Michael Pietruszka, authorities said.


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There was a rising trend for potential top picks to return to school before Tuesday. Jared Sullinger, Perry Jones and Harrison Barnes all were destined to be top-10 picks in this year's draft. All three of them decided to hold off on the millions of dollars and improve their game by returning to college.
On Wednesday, three Kentucky Wildcats bucked that trend.
Brandon Knight, DeAndre Liggins and Terrence Jones have decided to test the NBA waters by declaring for the draft. None of them has signed an agent, so the possibility to return is still open.
Knight came on strong at the end of his freshman year, hitting a few huge shots on the way to the Final Four. Liggins and Jones provided a terrorizing combination inside.
That means there are three players that will be bumped out of the first round. Who is effected by today's news? Which college basketball hero is slipping down draft boards by the day?
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UNIVERSITY PARK - For most of the season, the talk was that the weekend of the Michigan game was going to be Penn State's biggest showcase and attraction for recruiting.
It lived up to the hype. Nearly 100 prospects attended the Nittany Lions' quadruple overtime win.
However, Saturday's 23-20 overtime loss to Nebraska at Beaver Stadium might even have surpassed it.
"When it comes down to top-end kids, you can argue that this was better maybe, although there were some pretty good kids that came to the Michigan game," Ryan Snyder, who covers recruiting for Blue-White Illustrated, said. "They even had some 2016 kids, even 2017 kids, and they're pretty good."
Snyder estimated that, when it was all said and done and in spite of the blustery, snowy conditions, Penn State was very close to matching the Michigan draw in quantity as well as quality.
"The staff knew this game and Michigan were going to be their two biggest opportunities to impress recruits," Snyder said.
Greg Pickel, the recruiting analyst from FightonState.com agreed.
"It was on par [with Michigan]," Pickel said. "Two things stood out to me. Number one, there were more uncommitted 2014 kids than that weekend, and two, they [the groups of recruits] are growing in size as the season goes. It makes sense, because there are fewer teams in the playoffs. But they had a good group here for Purdue.
"I think they did very well."
The group included at least eight players that have committed to Penn State and five official visitors: JUCO linemen Kareem Are and Tarow Barney, Florida safety Shawn Boone, Baltimore linebacker-defensive end Melvin Keihn and Florida quarterback Michael O'Connor - O'Connor committed to the Lions several months ago.
"Barney is the guy I think is most likely to commit, but they're all really important," Snyder said. "These are positions of need."
Barney is a defensive tackle. Are is a 6-foot-6, 300-plus-pound offensive lineman who many think has Florida State currently at the top of his list.
"I think those two are the biggest ones because they can play right away. They're ready to go," Pickel said of Barney and Are.
Keihn might take a little bit more time to develop, but he is a tremendous athlete; he plays at Gilman School with Lion commit Troy Vincent. Right now, the consensus is Virginia Tech leads for him.
Boone could be a steal. He's a 5-10, 174-pounder from West Palm Beach who likes Florida State but lacks a scholarship offer from the Seminoles. He still boasts offers from Ohio State, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, though, among others.
"Shawn Boone is a really interesting kid," Pickel said. "He doesn't have a lot of interest from the Florida schools, and, as long as they stay away, I think Penn State has a really good shot at him. He has speed, which is big, and they can use a safety."
A pair of defensive recruits headed the list of underclassmen who made the trip to University Park. Virginia junior linebacker Ricky DeBerry and New Jersey sophomore defensive tackle Rashan Gary both are being touted as potential, if not likely, five-star prospects by the time they sign. Gary already had four big-time offers, and DeBerry reportedly has more than 40.
This isn't the first time either of them has been to Penn State, either.
"It's still early, but getting them back up is a huge," Snyder said. "Whenever you get top players on your campus, it's a good thing."
The list of underclassmen that made the trip also included Washington center Richie Petitbon, whose father played for the Redskins, Ohio lineman Hunter Littlejohn and Altoona linebacker-defensive end Kevin Givens.
Penn State is supposed to get another good one on campus today. Scout.com's Brian Dohn reported during the game that New Jersey senior defensive end Darius Slade, who is looking closely at Michigan State and Nebraska, is scheduled to take an unofficial visit to University Park today.
"Michigan State's probably number one there, far and away," Pickel said of Slade. "They could use another defensive end. It's just a matter of seeing what they can get. Maybe they can get him back for an official visit."
The key on these weekends is to show off the program and the support. While the weather didn't help and many of the students had gone home for break, the game attracted a good crowd announced at 98,517.
"It's a fantastic atmosphere. The kids are on break, and we still have a decent student section," Lion quarterback Christian Hackenberg said. "I think they're going to be excited, they should be excited. We have a lot of young guys playing right now, a lot to build on moving forward. So we're excited about them, and I think they're excited about us."


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Month of March
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Tonight: "From the Salt Marshes of the Gulf of Mexico to the Way of St. James in Spain: Living with the Characters in our Novels"
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Emily Suzanne Mangum of Pageland, S.C. and Samuel Blake Edwards of Summerville, S.C. were married June 29, 2013 at Zion United Methodist Church in Pageland.
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The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Mangum of Pageland. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Hewitt of Cheraw, S. C.; and Mrs. Lillie S. Mangum of Anderson, S.C. and the late Joe T. Mangum of Pageland.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Edwards of Summerville. He is the grandson of Mrs. Rachel H. Hedrick of Boiling Springs, N.C. and the late Karl H. Hedrick Sr.; and
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The maid of honor was Miss Courtney Boyd and the Matron of Honor was Mrs. Currie Brainard.
Serving as bridesmaids were Mrs. Courtney McSwain and Miss Hannah Taylor. The flowergirls were Emmie and Ellie Edwards.
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When Tammy Jo's misfiring magic attracts the attention of the World Association of Magic, a wand-wielding wizard and a menacing fire warlock show up to train her for a dangerous—and mandatory—challenge. But is there more to their arrival than they claim?
The town comes unglued when a curse leads to a toxic spill of pixie dust and the doors between the human and faery worlds begin to open. To rescue the town and to face the challenge, Tammy needs help from the incredibly handsome Bryn Lyons, but the association known as WAM has declared him totally off-limits…
"The amusing storyline is fast paced…Fans will enjoy the escapades of Tammy Jo in this jocular urban fantasy."—Genre Go Round Reviews
"Kimberly Frost can tell a tale like no other…a can't miss read."—Fang-tastic Books
"If you like a lot of laughter with your paranormal fiction, you'll love Frost's series."—Alyssa Day
If you are having a bad week, I have something that may make you feel better. A comparison. It turns out there's a girl living in a small Texas town who's probably having a worse week than you are.
In Would-Be Witch, the first book in my "Southern Witch" series, Tammy Jo Trask is innocently trying to be a pastry chef when her family locket is stolen and she comes quite shockingly into her magical (and malfunctioning) powers.
Tammy has to fight zombies and werewolves while dealing with magical mishaps and investigating a crime. She is nearly broke, suspects a friend has betrayed her, and can't understand how she ended up in the middle of a love triangle with two gorgeous alpha males.
When the story ends, she hopes that things will go back to normal. But as anyone who's had a tough week knows, sometimes things get worse before they get better. Get ready for "Southern Witch" Book 2, Barely Bewitched.
Enter the World Association of Magic, a.k.a. WAM. It turns out there are laws governing the use of magic. It turns out Tammy broke them. Not good.
So now Tammy has to face the consequences of her prior actions, but despite a toxic spill of faery dust, a new crop of monsters to fight, and finally learning the troubling secret that's causing her magic to misfire, Tammy never lets anything get her down. Her philosophy is that no matter how bad things are, odds are they'll eventually get better. Don't you just love that in a person? I know I do.
So if you think you'll find yourself in need of a laugh anytime soon, I hope you'll keep my books on hand. I bet they will remind you that no matter what else happens, the one thing that no one can wrestle away from you is your sense of humor.
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Basics of How Operating System Works
In last article we went through History and Evaluation of Operating System where I gave an overview of operating System ad its evolution. Here I will first discuss about instruction and how it is executed.
The basic function performed by a computer is program execution. The program (to be executed) consists of a set of instructions stored in memory. Instruction processing consists of two steps.
Interrupts interrupt the normal processing of the processor. Interrupts are provided for improving the processing efficiency. Most external devices are much slower than the processor.
For example, if the processor is transferring data to a printer by using the instruction cycle scheme. After each WRITE operation, the processor is to pause and remain idle until the printer catches up. Here the processor time is wasting.
Classes of Interrupts
Interrupt Processing
The occurrence of an interrupt triggers a number of events, both in the processor hardware and in software.
Two approaches for dealing with multiple interrupts are:
Design constraints on a computer's memory
Relationships among these constraints
Disk Cache
A portion of main memory can be used as a buffer to temporarily hold data. It improves disk performance and minimizes processor involvement.
Create a system as large and complex as an operating system only by partitioning it into smaller pieces.
Process Management
A program does nothing unless its instructions are executed by a CPU. A process is defined as a program in execution. A process needs certain resources, including CPU time, memory, files and I/O devices to accomplish its task.
Program by itself is not a process. A program is a passive entity, such as the contents of a file stored on disk. Process is an active entity, with a program counter specifying the next instruction to execute. The execution of a process progress in a sequential fashion. A process is the unit of work in a system. Some of which are operating system processes and remaining are user processes.
Operating system activities in connection with Process Management
Main-memory Management
Main-memory is a large array of words or bytes, ranging in size from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions. The central processor reads instructions from main-memory during the instruction-fetch cycle, and both reads and writes data from main memory during the data-fetch cycle. The I/O operations implemented via DMA also read and write data through main memory.
To process data from disk, first transferred to main memory. To improve both the utilization of CPU and the speed of the computer's response, keep several programs in memory. Selection of a memory-management scheme depends on many factors.
Operating system activities in memory-management
File Management
Computers can store information on several different types of physical media, such as magnetic tape, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc. These media properties include speed, capacity, data transfer rate and access method (sequential or random).
A file is a collection of related information defined by its creator. Commonly files represent programs (source and object) and data. Data files may be numeric, alphabetic or alphanumeric. Files are organized into directories to ease their use.
Operating System activities in File Management
Input/Output System Management
Operating system is to hide the peculiarities of specific hardware devices from the user, only the device driver knows the peculiarities of the specific device to which it is assigned.
Operating system activities with respect to I/O sub-system
Secondary-Storage Management
The main purpose of a computer system is to execute programs. These programs, with the data they access must be in main memory during execution. Most programs including compilers, assemblers, sort routines, editors and formatters are stored on a disk until loaded into main memory.
Operating System activities in disk management
A distributed system is a collection of processors that do not share memory, peripheral devices or clock. Processors communicate with one another through various communication lines.
Operating system activities in networking
Protection System
If a computer system has multiple users and allows the concurrent execution of multiple processes, then the various processes must be protected from one another's activities.
Operating system activities in protecting systems
Operating system services will differ from one operating system to another.
Some common classes are as follows:
These are as follows:
Provide the interface between a process and the operating system. These calls are generally available as assembly-language instructions and are listed in the manuals. Some systems may allow system calls to be made directly from a higher-level language (in-line).
E.g., C, Bliss, BCPL, PL/360, PERL and FORTRAN
To read data from one file and copy to another file. For this first input to the program is two file names (i.e., input and output files). These file names can be specified in many ways.
System calls occur in different ways, depending on the computer in use. System calls are roughly grouped into five major categories.
List of system calls under each category are as follows:
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Charlize Theron
- 1991
Tragedy at Home
Theron's mother Gerda shoots and kills her abusive, alcoholic husband Charles after he comes home drunk and armed with a gun. South African authorities rule the shooting was done in self-defense. "I wish I could change it; I can't," Theron tells Diane Sawyer in 2004. "And I know that if my daughter was in the same situation, I would do the same thing."
After her mother enters her in a modeling contest, Theron receives an offer from an Italian scout and heads to Milan. "I just ran," she tells PEOPLE. One year later, tired of being seen as "somebody beautiful who should not say a word," she moves to Manhattan and enrolls at the Joffrey Ballet School. A knee injury quickly ends her dancing days, so she decides to move to L.A. to pursue acting in 1994.
- 1996
Valley Girl
Theron makes her bold film debut as hit woman Helga Svelgen in the crime drama 2 Days in the Valley. Filming a fight scene with costar Teri Hatcher, Theron accidentally gets hit with a real punch. "I got smacked in the face, kicked in the ribs and thrown into walls," she tells PEOPLE. "But it's fun."
- 1997
Devil of a Time
Theron appears in a breakthrough role as Keanu Reeves' wife in The Devil's Advocate. "She was just too good looking for the role," director Taylor Hackford tells EW. "She read and knocked me out but was blonde and tall and sexy, so I wasn't sure she was right." Theron takes up the gauntlet: "When he told me that, I went back in with no makeup and dirty hair; I read for it three times. I f------ won this part fair and square."
Semi-Charmed Life
On vacation with her family in Hawaii over Christmas, Theron meets Third Eye Blind singer Stephan Jenkins after a show and the two begin dating. "She's very funny," he tells PEOPLE. "And she learned to play the drums faster than anyone I've ever seen." The pair won't play in harmony forever; the relationship comes to an end in 2001 after three years of dating.
- 1999
Plain Jane
Theron costars with Tobey Maguire in the Oscar-nominated film The Cider House Rules; she plays a woman in the 1930s who seeks an illegal abortion. "When you're playing a lobsterman's daughter working on an apple farm, you're not going to wear makeup, and you'll wear the same clothes in virtually every scene, so you'd better have pretty special assets of your own," John Irving, who adapted his novel for the movie, tells PEOPLE. "Charlize glowed."
- 2001
Luck of the Irish
Filming begins in Canada on the hostage drama Trapped. The film is a commercial disappointment, but it does produce one sizable jackpot: Theron falls in love with costar Stuart Townsend, who plays her onscreen husband. "At one point I grabbed her cheek because she has such cute cheeks," the Irish actor tells PEOPLE of their early rehearsals. What drew Theron to him? "We like simplicity and dirty feet, good food and a good laugh," she tells PEOPLE. "He doesn't take himself so seriously and that's hard to find in a man these days."
- 2003
Killer Performance
Theron gains 30 pounds, plucks out her eyebrows, and dons fake teeth for her role as real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster. She portrays the prostitute, who gets executed in 2002 for killing at least seven men, so convincingly film critic Roger Ebert calls it "one of the greatest performances in the history of cinema." Theron tells PEOPLE, "Once I tapped into the emotional side of how she led her life, the physical stuff just happened naturally."
- 2004
Theron wins an Oscar for Best Actress at the 76th Annual Academy Awards for Monster. She dons a beaded Gucci body-hugger by Tom Ford and carries a clutch purse encrusted with 1,500 diamonds. Theron celebrates all night long, entering the Governor's Ball with Oprah Winfrey on her arm. She also attends the Vanity Fair bash at Morton's and an afterparty at agent Rick Yorn's house; the Oscar winner and Townsend depart after wolfing down waffles, bacon and quiche.
Pain in the Neck
While filming the sci-fi thriller Aeon Flux, Theron slips doing back handsprings; she suffers a herniated disc between her sixth and seventh vertebrae, which presses into the fluid sac near her spinal cord. Theron trained in gymnastics for 3½ months for the role. Townsend tells the AP she is fine "but she could've been in a lot of trouble."
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BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): Phillip Wong/CAMERA PRESS DIGITAL/RETNA; Everett Collection; Warner Bros./Everett; Peter Kramer/Star Max; INTERCONTINENTALE; Nick Wall/Wireimage; Newmarket Releasing/Everett; Gary Hershorn/Reuters/Landov; Kobal Collection/Wireimage
- Name
- Charlize Theron
- Date of Birth
- August 07, 1975
- Birth Place
- Benoni, South Africa
- Relationships
Sean Penn, boyfriend (2014 to present)
Stuart Townsend, ex-boyfriend (2001 to 2010)
Stephan Jenkins, ex-boyfriend (1997 to 2001)
- Children
- Jackson, adopted son (2012)


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SLIPPERY ROCK - Cross off another milestone for the Richland football team.
The Rams advanced to the PIAA Class AA Western Final for the first time with a 38-12 win over Hickory on Saturday at Slippery Rock University's Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
The victory matches Richland (14-0) against top-ranked Aliquippa on Friday at North Allegheny High School. The winner advances to the PIAA championship game.
"We have a lot of respect for their program," Richland coach Brandon Bailey said. "It's a great challenge and we look forward to the challenge."
The Rams are eager to see how they stack up against the Quips, the District 7 champs and perennial postseason participants.
"It'll be exciting," said Richland's Tanner Solarczyk, who ran for 149 yards and scored three touchdowns. "I think we're all looking forward to playing a team like that. If we beat them and make history, that'd be great."
Richland continued to leave its mark in program annals with a strong showing against the Hornets (11-2). The Rams' defense frustrated Hickory senior running back DeShawn Coleman, a West Virginia University recruit. Richland limited him 85 yards rushing on 10 carries. He broke free once - for a 45-yard TD run in the third quarter.
"Our goal was to shut Coleman down and I'll say we did that pretty well," Solarczyk said. "Our offensive and defensive lines were playing great against them. They owned them."
Richland's defense limited the Hornets to 90 yards on the ground.
"Our goal was to try to tackle them before they got out because we knew they have tremendous team speed," Bailey said. "We were able to achieve that."
In addition, the Rams forced four turnovers on the day. Perhaps the biggest came in the first quarter. After Richland took the opening kickoff and marched 79 yards for a touchdown, the Rams forced a fumble on the kickoff and recovered it at the Hickory 6. Four plays later, quarterback Matt Shaffer lunged over the line for a 13-0 advantage.
Solarczyk scored on a 9-yard run early in the second quarter for a 21-0 advantage. The Rams boosted that to 28-0 after recovering another Hornets fumble. Shaffer found Solarczyk for a 15-yard scoring strike with 3:49 left in the first half.
The Hornets drove to the Richland 24, but Elijah Metzgar intercepted a pass to end the scoring threat. The Rams trekked to the Hickory 21 and settled for Bobby Colvin's 37-yard field goal to post a 31-0 halftime lead.
"All the balls were bouncing our way in the first half. We got out to a 31-0 lead at halftime and we knew we just needed to hang on in the second half," Bailey said. "We're looking forward to playing Aliquippa now."
Coleman broke the Hornets' shutout early in the third quarter with a 45-yard jaunt to trim the deficit to 31-6.
Both teams' offenses stalled until late in the fourth quarter. Solarczyk capped off an 82-yard drive with a 3-yard run to boost the Rams' lead to 38-6 with 6:47 to play.
Hickory capped the scoring when Matt Voytik lofted a 24-yard scoring strike to Anthony Cannone with 3:40 left on the clock.
Richland13 18 0 7 - 38
Hickory0 0 6 6 - 12
First quarter
R-Shaffer 1 run (Colvin kick), 6:46
R-Shaffer 1 run (run failed), 4:48
Second quarter
R-Solarczyk 9 run (Pecora run), 11:15
R-Solarczyk 15 pass from Shaffer (Colvin kick), 3:49
R-Colvin 38 field goal, 16.9
Third quarter
H-Coleman 45 run (kick failed), 10:36
Fourth quarter
R-Solarczyk 3 run (Colvin kick), 6:47
H-Cannone 24 pass from Voytik (pass failed), 3:40
RUSHING: Richland-Solarczyk 26-149, Shaffer 12-41, Shertzer 1-(-2), Hoover, 1-2, Pecora 1-(-13), Farina 1-3, Fesko 1-1. Hickory-Coleman 10-85, Voytik 7-(-16), Palumbo 1-4, Tindall 3-12, Pope 1-5, Lewis 1-0.
PASSING: Richland-Shaffer 12-27-2-135, Pecora 1-1-0-30. Hickory-Voytik 15-33-1-196.
RECEIVING: Richland-Shertzer 3-41, Flick 4-68, Solarczyk 3-21, Pecora 3-37. Hickory-Coleman 2-40, Palumbo 3-47, Tindall 4-32, Pope 4-42, Cannone 2-30.
INTERCEPTIONS: Richland-Metzgar. Hickory-Pope, Coleman.
First downs2610
Passing (co..-att.-int.)13-28-2 15-33-1
Yards passing 165196
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When 16-year-old Rachel Fannin set out to clean her fish aquarium four years ago, she never anticipated the simple chore would change her life and lead to chronic back pain.
Back pain facts
Most people will experience back pain at least once in their life.People with psychological disorders, such as anxiety or depression, are more likely to experience back pain, but scientists do not yet understand why the two are linked.Muscle strain, arthritis, bulging discs and ruptured discs are all possible causes for back pain. Back pain is one of the most common reasons why employees seek medical help and stay home from work. The Mayo Clinic
During the process, the glass aquarium shattered, and a shard of it sliced open her foot.
"They had to take me to the hospital, and they sewed the glass up in my foot. They didn't give me anything for infection, and it got infected that week. They said the doctor was really busy, and he didn't really take his time," said Rachel, who lived in Phoenix at the time of the accident. She now lives with her family in Johnsonville, near Florence.
The infection spread. Her foot started turning different colors, she said. She was admitted to surgery to remove the glass and clear the infection — then another surgery, then another.
"It was about three years that I was in and out of the hospital about every other month — pretty much all the time," she said.
The infection cleared, but the nerve damage and the pain remain. Rachel has been diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome, she said, making it hard for her to walk or manage the debilitating pain in her legs and back.
That's when a new procedure at Trident Medical Center entered the picture.
In early January, Rachel received the Precision Spectra Spinal Cord Stimulator implant, a small device installed near her spine that helps ease her back pain with the touch of a button.
"I have a remote. I can turn it up or turn it down," she said. "It feels like a little tingle, like a little massage going through your leg."
Dr. Jason Highsmith, the surgeon who installed the implant at Trident, explained the cutting-edge device transmits an electric current to specific nerves that help block pain. Rachel can adjust the level of the current depending on the severity of her pain.
It's an option for patients who have tried nearly every other avenue to ease their back pain, Highsmith said.
Rachel said it's working.
"Right now, I can deal with it. The pain's not that bad," she said. "It used to be really, really bad where it was hard to walk. I couldn't really walk. Now I can watch my little sister and I can go outside and play with my little sister. I'm really happy with everything. My doctors were amazing."
Rachel's story is unique, but her complaints of back pain are not. Back pain is the most common medical problem in the U.S., according to the National Library of Medicine.
Dr. Bruce Frankel, director of the spine center at the Medical University of South Carolina, said eight out of every 10 people will experience some sort of significant episode of back pain in their lifetimes.
"Our discs normally age and degenerate," Frankel said. "Some people are more prone to it than others."
Patience Pierce, 50, of Summerville said she's dealt with back pain for at least 20 years.
"When I was younger, I worked a lot of physically demanding jobs — a lot of lifting, stuff like that," Pierce said. "I would attribute it to normal wear and tear."
The pain was a frustrating fact of life until one night last November, when Pierce said she woke up from what she called "the most excruciating pain I'd ever felt."
"One disc had ruptured, one had herniated and I had a bone spur. When the disc ruptured, it landed on the nerve bundle. That's why I was in such severe pain," Pierce said.
Three weeks later, Frankel performed a relatively new minimally invasive outpatient procedure at MUSC to remove Pierce's bone spur and fragments of the herniated disc.
She returned home the same day as her surgery with a scar on her back about a quarter-inch wide.
Frankel said minimally invasive back surgery isn't new, but better technology allows surgeons to operate even more precisely. He said Pierce was about the 10th patient to get this particular procedure at MUSC.
"(The surgery) is done through a tiny little port, almost like a thick needle," he said. "It's done through a very, very small entry, so there's minimal to no pain from the procedure itself."
Pierce said the surgery changed her life.
"I thought life as I knew it would only get worse. I don't know many people who have ever had a successful back surgery," she said. "I bought a bicycle two weeks ago — I'm not riding it yet, but I have every confidence that I will be. I'm so happy. I'm just — wow."
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Patience Pierce is worked on by Andrea Rasner, physical therapist/certified athletic trainer, late last month at Grace Physical Therapy in Summerville.×


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Early usage of the term pomo dates from 1991 when Pomo Afro Homo, an African American gay theatrical collective, premiered "Fierce Love" at Josie's in San Francisco's Castro district. "Pomo" is short for post-modern, plus "Afro" plus "Homo" was about as avant guard as you could get in those dark days. "Fierce Love" was a seminal play during the height of the AIDS epidemic and it dramatised a number of issues about masculinity and sexuality that were very difficult in the community at the time. Important derivation.
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As I've got some time on my hands and figured that doing so would be enjoyable, I've jotted down my opinions on player performance thus far. Enjoy the read.
Justin Abdelkader: B. Abdelkader's role is to crash, bang, retrieve pucks, and score where he may, and he has done a fair job of it. He may be better suited to the third line, as he continues to have trouble producing elsewhere.
Daniel Alfredsson: A-. It took Alfie a few games to get comfortable, whereupon it quickly became apparent why this guy is a lock for the Hall of Fame. He excels on offense, is scrupulous on defense, and positively exudes poise. Now he just needs to start scoring goals.
Joakim Andersson: B+. Faceoffs and defensive play are Andersson's roles, and he has been performing those admirably. His play in his own zone, already quite good last season, has shown marked improvement in the current campaign, and he has become a mainstay on the penalty kill. He's committed to defensive play in a way that few players are. Unfortunately for him, he spent quite a bit of time on that abomination of a 3rd line with Bertuzzi and Cleary. As was shown in the game against the Sharks, he performs better on a shutdown line. Look for him to continue improving as he matures.
Todd Bertuzzi: C+. Three points just isn't good enough for the role Bertuzzi plays. He certainly tries his hardest, and he's still got a lot of talent, but his age is showing. While it's possible that he's not being optimally used, it's clear that he's no longer able to generate much offense of his own accord.
Daniel Cleary: D. Cleary has been virtually invisible when he isn't falling down or making a mistake. He's still got all the heart in the world, but his play is even more dismal than it was last season. He has been utterly ineffective on offense---Babcock seems to have recognized this, as Cleary's power play time per game has dwindled to almost none---and even the famously hard-nosed element to his game seems to be absent now; for example, he currently ranks below even Johan Franzen in hits and blocked shots. I can't say what he contributes behind the scenes, but right now he's taking up a spot in the lineup that could be far better utilized by any of several other players.
Datsyuk: A+. Datsyuk performs as well as he is able: that is, at a level matched by exceedingly few professional hockey players anywhere. He is capable of feats unmatched by anyone, and never gives less than 100%. He is truly as a fine wine, growing only better with age.
Danny DeKeyser: A. Truly a gem, DeKeyser plays with poise and ability generally reserved for players with ten times his level of experience. He has demonstrated his ability to ably play top minutes in any situation, and this with only 22.5 games of NHL experience. DeKeyser is performing splendidly, and it's entirely possible, perhaps probable, that he has not yet even sniffed his full potential.
Patrick Eaves: N/A. Patty is hopefully on his way to recovery, though it's unclear if he'll have a spot on the team whenever he does return.
Cory Emmerton: C-. Anything that Emmerton can do, Glendening can do better. Emmerton is simply mediocre at everything he does, and he does not work hard enough to compensate. Barring a string of injuries at center, Emmerton's days with the Red Wings are almost certainly over.
Jonathan Ericsson: A. Ericsson has grown from a mistake-prone, boneheaded youngster into a rock-solid shutdown defenseman. While it would be great if he'd learn to better use that giant slap shot of his, he certainly does his job well as it is.
Johan Franzen: C-. It's plainly obvious at this stage that Franzen is held back from stardom only by his refusal to exert himself. His excellent performance in the game against the Avalanche is a microcosm of his very substantial talent and ability, both of which will continue to go unused so long as he continues to float. One can only hope that he will someday soon find reason to reform his attitude.
Luke Glendening: B. Glendening brings a lot of energy and speed to his game. Though he's a bit undersized, it's clear he's got a future as an effective NHL grinder ahead of him. Whether or not that will be in Detroit is as yet unclear.
Jonas Gustavsson: A. Monster let in a couple of stinkers during his three-game run, but he was excellent in sum. Though his troubles have always centered on consistency rather than talent, it's nevertheless good to know that the team has a capable backup.
Darren Helm: N/A. As with Eaves, he'll hopefully be able to play again soon. Unlike Eaves, he has a guaranteed spot when he returns. Hockey analysts rightly refer to Helm as a difference-maker.
Jimmy Howard: A. Howard has thus far been as rock-solid as he was last season, or perhaps even better. He hasn't yet let in a single bad goal.
Jakub Kindl: B. Two seasons ago, Jakub's future with the organization was very much in doubt. Not so anymore, as he has developed into a fine bottom-four defenseman and continues to improve. Hopefully he'll find that offensive touch one day. In the meantime, he'll remain a very viable and cost-effective option for the third pairing.
Niklas Kronwall: A. Few if any complaints can be made about Kronwall's play thus far. He has performed quietly and ably as the team's #1 defenseman, as befits his well-earned position as one of the mainstays of the team.
Brian Lashoff: B. Far from his often bungle-filled showings of last season, Lashoff has performed very ably thus far. He's unlikely ever to contribute much offense, and he's best kept away from top opposition, but he has been consistently making the correct plays in the defensive zone. At the very least, he'll remain an affordable third-pairing option.
Drew Miller: C. While nobody expects Miller to be highly visible, he is rightly expected to be at least somewhat visible, and he has thus far been neither. Perhaps this can be blamed on his linemates---he has played very well in the past with the likes of Eaves and Helm, neither of whom are currently available---but better things were expected of him when he was awarded his new contract.
Xavier Ouellet: N/A. One game isn't enough to form an opinion from, though his performance therein was very encouraging.
Kyle Quincey: B-. Yes, Quincey isn't flashy, and yes, he doesn't produce offensively, and yes, he probably wasn't worth the 1st that was given for him, and yes, he hasn't done as well as anyone---management included, most likely---had hoped. However, this doesn't mean that he's a total loss, and he has stepped up quite nicely in the three games since Kronwall's injury. Hopefully this will continue.
Mikael Samuelsson: D+. Just about nobody wanted Samuelsson to be on the team this season, management included, and for good reason: he just isn't a worthwhile component. He did, amusingly, score the first goal of the season, but his very questionable utility has seen him in and out of the lineup since. He's not the sort to make glaring errors, but he's also not particularly good at anything.
Brendan Smith: C-. "Frustrating" is the best word to describe Smith's performance so far. It is plainly apparent that he has a very substantial level of talent. It is just as obvious that he lacks entirely the poise to go with it. His best two games of the season have come when he was not paired with Quincey; whether or not the two of them simply bring out the flaws in each other, it's clear that Smith has a lot of maturing to do.
Tomas Tatar: N/A. Like Smith, Tatar has got a lot of talent. Unlike Smith, he's got the poise and confidence to go with it. Also unlike Smith, he's not being given much of a chance. Hopefully this changes; he deserves a proper shot now, not later.
Jordin Tootoo: C+. Tootoo brings a lot of energy and verve to the ice, and lays out everything he's got on every shift. Unfortunately for him, whether or not he's the best use of a roster spot is open to question.
Stephen Weiss: C-. Weiss hasn't been nearly good enough, plain and simple. He performs decently in the defensive end and on the penalty kill, but he has been generally invisible, and his speed and ability have been nowhere on display. This can be explained away somewhat by his unfamiliarity with the system, but he's got to turn his play around soon if he's to justify the very substantial investment made in him.
Henrik Zetterberg: A+. Truly a worthy successor to Yzerman and Lidstrom, Zetterberg brings it all every game.
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A) Is he still one of the top players in the league at age 34-35?
B) Will he re-sign with the Red Wings after his contract expires?
C) Will Datsyuk's injuries do equal damage with Yzerman's, near the end of his tenure?
D) How much longer can he play at a high level?
E) Predict the economics of his next contract, if there is one.
Zetterberg (signed until 2021), 32 years old
A) Is Zetterberg a top 10, top 20, or top 30 player in the NHL?
B) Should he play on Datsyuk's wing more or should he center his own line?
C) Will he play better, worse or at the same level as the captain of the team?
D) How much longer can he play at a high level?
E) If he plays until the end of his contract, does his jersey go on the rafters?
Franzen (signed until 2020), 33 years old
A) As the most polarizing player on the team, do you like him or hate him?
B) Can he still produce close to or over 30 goals at age 33?
C) Is he worth his contract?
D) Would you void his contract if an amnesty-like clause is introduced in the new CBA?
E) Should he be on Datsyuk's wing or Zetterberg's wing
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A netful of compliments will come your way as soon as kids of all ages dive into these crispy, chocolaty fish-shaped lollipops. These simple treats go to show it's not always that tricky to catch a great fish. -Elizabeth LeBlanc, Bourg, Louisiana
- 6 ounces milk chocolate candy coating, coarsely chopped
- 3/4 cup crisp rice cereal, lightly crushed
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- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt candy coating; stir in cereal. Fill candy mold three-fourths full. Press a lollipop stick into the chocolate; top with a small amount of chocolate. Place in the freezer until firm, about 15 minutes. Remove from mold. Yield: 6 servings.
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