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Once the 2010 Census figures are analyzed and examined some congressional districts will be redrawn to reflect current population demographics. political consultant Eric Foster said Detroit will keep its two seats.
"The key question is the distribution of those seats and what the geographical territory is for those seats," Foster said, adding that congressional seats can cross county lines.
"You might see a situation where Congressman Conyers' seat may end up picking up portions of Oakland or Macomb county on the southern edge," he said. "You might see Sen. Clarke's seat go up into Macomb County, or you may see it swing down deeper into the Downriver Wayne County community. That's more than likely the two options you're going to see."
The University of Michigan–Dearborn will host a symposium Nov. 11 at the Fairlane Center South –Dining Room D from 4-5:30 p.m. to address the issue of congressional redistricting resulting from the latest census report.
The forum, which is free and open to the public, is part of UM-Dearborn's "Issues in Diversity and Social Change" lecture series and will mark the first constructive discussion around congressional redistricting since the end of the census. The forum will be moderated by Chronicle editor Bankole Thompson.
Congressman-elect Hansen Clarke, who will speak at the UM-Dearborn forum, will succeed Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick as the representative for Michigan's 13th District come January. John Conyers represents the 14th District.
Other speakers at the forum include Eric Lupher, director of local affairs at the Citizen's Research Council of Michigan, Republican strategist Paul Welday and Vince Kountz from the Detroit Census Bureau.
Foster said these two seats will still have physical impact and physical boundaries in Detroit, but their suburban content will increase significantly, due to population shifts.
"Now, overall, will Michigan lose a seat?" Foster asked. "I don't think so. I think Michigan's population has been fairly stable."
He said the state has had population loss, but not to the degree where the state lost the seat belonging to former Congresswoman Lynn Rivers in 2000.
"We'll see definitely a redrawing of the maps, but we may be able to hold on to the 15 that we have," Foster said, adding that both seats in Detroit will stay Democratic leaning.
"If, for example, Sen. Clarke's seat goes into southern Macomb County or goes deeper Downriver, those are still Democratic cities," he said. "St. Clair Shores traditionally votes Democratic. Eastpointe votes Democratic. And then if it goes Downriver into Trenton and Wyandotte and those communities, they vote Democratic."
Vince Keenan, director of the non-profit, nonpartisan voter information website Publius.org, said it's a distinct possibility that the two districts could extend down into Downriver or into Oakland and Macomb county.
However, federal civil rights provisions of redistricting need to be taken into account, because these are majority minority districts. And because of that, a new district couldn't be drawn containing all of the city except Southwest Detroit, with a second district containing Southwest Detroit and all of Downriver.
He also said a couple of factors will make redistricting of particular interesting.
"Certainly Detroit has lost population, but Michigan has lost population," he said, adding that we'll know when the numbers come out if there's a more dramatic exodus from Detroit to other portions of the region than there is from the region in general.
He also said there there's the question of whether you can lose a district out of Detroit.
"What will the legal ramifications be of redistricting in terms of the districts that are currently minority districts?" Keenan asked, adding that questions of that nature will come up, and that it won't be as straightforward a matter as "Detroit's lost X amount of population."
One definite change, according to Foster, concerns issues of concern to voters. He said if the 13th and 14th districts each pick up a larger suburban content, the issues voters in those communities want and expect will be different from what Detroit voters want and expect.
"So you're going to have to run multiple message campaigns to cover the divergent voter issues for both of those communities," Foster said. "The real key is going to be in Congressman Conyers' seat, if it picks up more of Wayne or starts picking up some of Southern Oakland or Southern Macomb County."
He said the voters in those communities are used to their representatives in Congress bringing home earmarks and other programming.
"Congressman Conyers does not do that," he said. "He's more of a social, civil rights advocate. That's not going to work with those voters. Those voters in those communities, they're used to a return on their congressional
person. They're going to want a return. That is not positive for Congressman Conyers, because his message of social activism won't sell well in Southfield; won't sell well in Livonia or Westland if he picks up those cities."
He said people in those communities aren't motivated on social activism. They're motivated on economics and return out of government.
Foster also expects that should Conyers' seat be redistricted in the way he described, he would face a primary challenger.
He also said it won't be an issue about résumés, though some may say that if someone runs against Conyers in a primary they're trying to wrestle control from African Americans and/or Detroit.
"The reality is this is an economics issue, and voters are looking more on the return on investment of that elected official," he said. "Are they able to retain spending and rein in the size of government? If they're able to keep taxes at a manageable level, and if they're able to bring back some economic benefit to that community, that's what they want to see. In 2012 you will see a (primary) challenge against Congressman Conyers, and that will be the main narrative or theme of the election: What is the return that you get?"
Foster also said Conyers would have a timetable in which he would have to start bringing home earmarks and programming. If he doesn't, he can go out and sell the message of what he's done historically and what he's doing on the social agenda; that will help him in Detroit and hurt him in all the other cities he represents.


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Thanks to four generous sponsors, the Animal Agriculture Alliance's fourth annual College Aggies Online (CAO) agriculture advocacy scholarship program, will award larger scholarships and include additional opportunities to earn cash prizes throughout the competition. The program, set to begin January 14, 2013, helps undergraduate students with a passion for agriculture become confident and professional advocates for the industry.
The scholarship program's sponsors include the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, the National Pork Board, Drive Magazine, and the program's newest sponsor, Lallemand Animal Nutrition.
"Our gratitude to the sponsors of this program is immeasurable," said Alliance President and CEO Kay Johnson Smith. "Their generosity demonstrates that the industry recognizes the importance of training the next generation of farmers and ranchers to be skilled communicators who want to share their stories with the American public."
Last year, approximately 750 students representing more than 50 universities participated in the CAO. On the program's private forum, accessible at www.collegeaggiesonline.com, students posted photos, responded to blogs and completed their "aggie homework" in order to earn points for themselves and their collegiate clubs.
Students with an interest in agriculture (including those who are involved in agriculture-related clubs at any college or university) are encouraged to sign up at www.collegeaggiesonline.com. Students will earn points by participating in a webinar, uploading photos, writing blog posts, and participating in challenges outside of the network. Students are also encouraged to write opinion pieces, and host agriculture advocacy events at their school to earn more points for their club. The Alliance provides resources, including a "Meet Your Meat" brochure, as well as a social media resource guide, for assistance in planning an activity on campus.
"The students that are participating in this program are already passionate about agriculture," stated Johnson Smith. "We're just giving them the tools and the impetus for sharing that passion with the community at large."
The final points will be tallied in April 2013 and the club with the most points will receive a $5,000.000 scholarship, national recognition and a trip for one representative to Washington, D.C. for the Alliance's annual Stakeholders Summit. Scholarships and recognition will also be awarded to the runner-up in the club as well as to the two top-placing individuals.
Last year, Casper College Agriculture Club took home top honors and was represented by Kaycee Carpenter, Trinity Holland, and Jessie McClellan at the Summit.
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One of the most satisfying aspects of condensed matter physics is that a variety of condensed matter systems show universal behavior--behavior that appears to be common to a wide variety of unrelated systems. Recent ALS research has revealed that even magnetic domains behave very much like other granular material systems, and their dynamical behavior mimics the universal characteristics of several jammed systems. Read more...
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"Safety is elemental" is the latest safety tagline for the ALS and Berkeley Lab, and it also pretty much sums up the mission of laser safety officers Greta Toncheva and Robert Fairchild. Toncheva and Fairchild share the responsibility of ensuring laser safety lab-wide, with Toncheva responsible for overseeing laser safety operations at the ALS. Read how they work with users and staff to support the ALS mission of "doing outstanding research in a safe environment."
RAPIDD Gives Users a Faster Path to Beam Time
Combining the process for Rapid Access Proposals, Industry, and Director's Discretion beam time, our new RAPIDD proposal process accommodates users who require limited but rapid access to ALS beam time. Read more...
Twenty Years of Great Science Celebrated with Staff... and Four Lab Directors!
On the Friday before the 2013 User Meeting, current and former staff and users celebrated the 20th anniversary of the ALS with great food, chamber music, brief speeches, and lots of stories about the early years of the ALS. It was a great opportunity for reunions of colleagues from throughout the years; see photos of the event here.
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The latest issue of our annual newsletter, Spectrum, is now posted on the ALS Web site. The feature story covers the recently completed lattice upgrade, which has increased ALS brightness by a factor of two to three. Check it out and catch up on what's been happening around the ring and in the ALS community.
All users are welcome to contact their UEC representatives to raise issues of concern relating to their own research, or to alert us to issues facing our whole community.
For the user runs from September 17 to October 20, 2013, the beam reliability [(time scheduled - time lost)/time scheduled] was 97.3%. For this period, the mean time between failures (MTBF) was 39.3 hours, and the mean time to recovery (MTTR) was 74 minutes. There were no significant interruptions.
More detailed information on reliability is available on the ALS reliability bulletin board, which is located in the hallway between the ALS and the control room in Building 80. Questions about beam reliability should be directed to Dave Richardson (
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Jim Nevel recently was appointed pastor of Bettsville Salem United Methodist Church, and said the congregation there is excited about his enthusiasm to bring growth and community involvement to the church.
Nevel said he previously served as youth pastor at a Methodist church in Elliston and made the decision to come to Bettsville because he "felt more and more the calling" to serve in such a capacity.
Having studied theology at Lourdes College, Nevel said he is licensed to serve as a local pastor, but soon will begin studying at the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, which, with the bishop's approval, would allow him to be appointed as an elder. The program, he said, takes between three and five years and requires him to spend one weekend a month in Dayton, while studying from home the rest of the time.
"I start very soon," he said.
Adjusting to life in Bettsville, Nevel said, has been a great transition for him and his family. The community, he said, "has been nothing but absolutely kind."
The church, he said, has a congregation between 42 and 50 members, and he is hoping to see growth under his leadership.
Primarily, he said, he'd like to expand the children's program at Salem United Methodist and see "teenagers come back to the church." Nevel said he hopes to add a movie night at the church for youths in the community, to "give them something to do," and continue outreach efforts that already were in place before he became pastor.
For students at Bettsville schools, he said, the church hosts an honor breakfast during the school year for students on the honor roll, and also organizes a collection of school supplies for Bettsville students. Those supplies, he said, are offered regardless of a family's financial situation, and are simply "there if the kids need it."
"It's all about the kids," he said.
In addition to expanding the church's involvement with Bettsville's youth, Nevel said he also is hoping to affect other positive change in the parish. He said he refers to those plans as his "Jesus wish list."
That wish list, he said, includes growing the church's focus on prayer, participating in "back to church" Sunday and getting the congregation involved in Right-to-Life efforts.
Sunday, he said, a nationwide event is planned called National Back-to-Church Sunday, and Salem United Methodist is to be part of that effort. Services that day, he said, will be his first sacramental Sunday, and will be followed by a community potluck dinner. Nevel said a similar potluck takes place at the church the third Sunday of every month, and is for members of the congregation and the community.
"Everyone is welcome," he said.
Also, a Community Prayer Garden has been added to the church's property since his arrival, he said, to help bring about a stronger focus on prayer for church members, and signs to guide visitors to the church have been added through the community.
With the holidays on the horizon, Nevel said he is excited for the events planning at Salem United Methodist. He said a "Truck-or-Treat" event will be hosted at the church for Halloween, and he is hoping to offer a community meal the week before Thanksgiving. Also, Christmas services are to be expanded this year.
He said celebrations this year will include a Christmas Eve service, one on Christmas Day, and services on New Years Eve and New Years Day.
Nevel said the congregation has been supportive of his vision, and, after such a welcoming start in Bettsville, he can see himself having a long future with Salem United Methodist.
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The School of Management at the University of San Francisco seeks applicants for two tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of assistant or associate professor starting Fall 2013 in the field of hospitality management. The School seeks applicants with expertise in at least one of the following areas: 1) hotel and restaurant development/asset management and/or revenue management; 2) food and beverage management and/or convention and event management.
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Lauren M. Churilla, center, curator of Saint Vincent College's Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery, recently accepted a $5,000 Westmoreland County Tourism Marketing Grant from Westmoreland County Commissioners Charles Anderson, left, and Tyler Courtney, right, that will be used to increase awareness of the gallery through print advertisements and mailings. The Coverlet Gallery's mission is to collect, preserve, interpret and disseminate the history of weaving and folk traditions in the northeastern region of the United States through ongoing exhibits and interpretive projects. It is open to the public throughout the year in the Fred M. Rogers Center on the campus of Saint Vincent College, Latrobe.
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To help get you through college football's slow days of late June and early July -- before conference media days launch the preseason festivities — we're counting down the 12 most important South Carolina Gamecocks and 12 most important Clemson Tigers for 2013. One Gamecock and one Tiger every day, so you can spend part of your summer studying the players who will make a difference for your team come autumn.
Jadeveon Clowney.
Who else were you expecting in the No. 1 spot?
Clowney— and he is now one of those one-name-only guys in the college sports world — is already one of the most successful players in USC history. He has 35½ career tackles for loss (23½ last year) and 21 sacks (13 last year). USC's career tackle for loss record is 54½. Its sack record is 29. Clowney could very well own both by the time his three-year career ends. He already owns the single-season marks in both categories, from last season.
He is already on his way toward being an NFL multi-millionaire next spring when he is drafted first overall. (At this point, it's silly to even qualify Clowney's standing as the No. 1 pick with an "if.") Most NFL draft observers believe he would have been the first pick if he was eligible to come out after his sophomore season.
Clowney is far and away USC's most talented and disruptive player. Forget the Heisman Trophy speculation for a minute, and the hand-wringing about whether a defensive player can win that trophy even though many people believe Clowney is the best player in all of college football. None of that debate has any impact on how Clowney will help USC win games in 2013.
Because that's what he does — he changes the course of games. Everybody remembers how he did it in the Outback Bowl against Michigan, when his helmet-popping hit of Vincent Smith gave USC the ball at Michigan's 31 — and, one play later, a 27-22 lead with 8:06 left in the game, after a Connor Shaw touchdown pass.
But that wasn't Clowney's most impressive play of the season, and there is no arguing this. He was unblocked and crushed a man much smaller than him, though Clowney certainly got into the backfield in a flash.
A truer reflection of Clowney's full skill set came against Tennessee, which USC beat 38-35. On an afternoon when tailback Marcus Lattimore was again lost for the season to a knee injury, USC was teetering on the brink of what would've been a bad loss, to a team that finished 5-7. Tennessee had first and 10 at USC's 19. Then Clowney beat tackle Antonio Richardson, a legit NFL prospect in his own right, off the edge for a strip sack with 1:08 left.
Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray's helmet stayed on, and that play didn't get nearly the amount of attention as the bowl game hit — on which, again, Clowney wasn't blocked. But if you want to know what Clowney does when he is blocked — which, in 2013, will be on every single play, and sometimes by two opponents — then look no further, and be sure to tune in again this autumn.
Like it could really be anybody else.
Honestly: Dabo Swinney, Chad Morris and Brent Venables could all put in the greatest game-planning years of their lives, and it wouldn't matter if Tajh Boyd takes a Denard Robinson-like plunge or — hold your breath — went down with an injury. It would be really difficult to argue Boyd out of a debate over the five most important college football players to his team in the entire country. Manziel, Bridgewater ... and then a few other quarterbacks right there alongside Boyd.
You know why Clemson fans can't contain their excitement for the 2013 season? Why the expectations are relatively higher than pretty much any other school in the country? Because they know what they have in their quarterback. A passer. A runner. A veteran. A leader. A gamer. An American Idol, to patriot-ize it up this holiday weekend.
His passing efficiency last year was fifth in the country — higher than Heisman finalist Collin Klein and Heisman winner Johnny Manziel. He's just the third Clemson quarterback to rush for 500 yards and 10 touchdowns in one year. He's the only ACC player to be responsible for 38 touchdowns in a season — and he's done it twice. Clemson has back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time in two decades, and Boyd's started every game since Opening Day 2011. He took a battering from LSU's powerful defense last year when the Tigers had to shuffle their offensive line on the fly (and Sammy Watkins was gone for the game with an ankle injury) — and he got up every time. Finally, his good-guy persona has been well-documented. He's got a good head on his shoulders, coming from a good family and constantly doing the right thing while keeping his name clear from rumor mills and police reports.
Boyd could probably transfer to, say, Boston College right now and probably still lead the woeful Golden Eagles to a bowl game. He's that talented all by himself. This is football. It is a team game. The Tigers need all 12 players on this list and so many more to culminate in a season for the ages. Guarantee this, though: the pen to Clemson's 2013 memoir is in the right hand of its fifth-year senior quarterback.
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Grace: We talk as though we understand the term. The bank gives us a grace period. The seedy politician falls from grace. Musicians speak of a grace note. We describe an actress as gracious, a dancer as graceful. We use the word for hospitals, baby girls, kings and premeal p... Read More
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In Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Imagine, Max Lucado asks a deeper question: Have you been changed by grace? Shaped by grace? Strengthened or softened by grace? God's grace has a drenching about it. A wildness about it. Grace comes after you. It rewires you. Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off.
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"GRACE >> more than we deserve greater than we imagine" By Max Lucado
Max Lucado helps us discover the mystery of "grace." What is it really and what does it do for us? How do we receive it and utilize it's power? We sing about it and how amazing it is. We talk about it as a gift. We post it up on the church sign and decorate our homes with placards and poems of it. Do we really understand what grace is?
"Grace is God walking into your world with a sparkle in his eye and an offer that's hard to resist. 'Sit still for a bit. I can do wonders with this mess of yours.'"(pg. 74) These are words of hope. Through his wonderful storytelling (like painted pictures) Max Lucado leads you through a deeper understanding the rivers of God's grace, helping your weary, worn soul find refreshing and restoration.
It is easy to forget about grace. To try to "pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps" and try again. For some of us, though, we have come to the place of a clearer understanding of the old hymn, "It's grace that's brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home." I thank Max Lucado for reminding us again of our need of God's grace as we seek to walk in faith and finish well. There is comfort in knowing that it is God and His grace that will take us where we need to go…until we see Him face to face.
For the "comfort factor" on this book, I give it 5/5 stars. *****
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I once heard Max Lucado speak and quickly became a fan. His straightforward ability caused me to sit still so as to not miss a bit of his important message. He writes the same way he talks. His books read as if he is speaking directly to the reader.
Each chapter contains Bible verses, Bible stories, and anecdotes from life. That alone makes the book worthwhile; however, Lucado goes to the next level--the Reader's Guide.
A unique feature about <i>Grace</i> is the Reader's Guide section. More than a list of questions, each chapter is thoroughly covered. There is a guide for chapter one, chapter two, etc. making the book a useful tool for personal or small group Bible study. Scripture is reviewed, life-changing questions are listed, a prayer is included, and life applications are given. This comprehensive section allows the reader to more deeply study and apply the biblical truths. I recommend this book!
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Stetson University sand volleyball head coach Tim Loesch announced the team's 2014 schedule on Thursday. It is the program's third season of competition.
"Our schedule this spring is challenging, featuring a mixture of new and familiar opponents," Loesch said. "Hosting our first ever home sand tournaments will be great, to start and end the season. The girls love playing at home and we hope to get some big crowds to support them."
The opening tournament on Mar. 7-8 will feature dual matches on Friday among Stetson, Tulane, Warner, and FGCU, followed by a pairs tournament with the same teams on Saturday.
The Hatters then return to the Ron Jon Beach and Boards Festival in Cocoa Beach where they will face Georgia State, Florida International, South Carolina and another opponent in dual matches, followed by a pairs tournament to end the weekend.
A-Sun play begins on Mar. 21 with Stetson hosting Jacksonville, FGCU and UNF over the course of five days. Stetson steps out of conference play for a road doubleheader at Florida Atlantic on Apr. 2. A-Sun play resumes on Apr. 8 as the Hatters travel to Macon, Ga., to face Mercer.
The Hatters will then compete at the largest collegiate pairs tournament, the Fiesta on Siesta Key, on Apr. 12-13.
The 2014 Atlantic Sun Sand Volleyball Championship will be held in Fort Myers, Fla. on Apr. 18-19. Twice the runner-up in the regular season and A-Sun tournament, the Hatters will look to break through and capture the title in 2014.
"Having come close twice, our players have been talking constantly about winning conference since the bus ride home from the A-Sun tournament last year," Loesch said. "We will have to work hard over the next few weeks to get ready for the start of the season. We will then have to strive to improve during our non-conference matches and peak at the end of the year."
The winner of the A-Sun tournament receives an automatic bid into the AVCA Collegiate Sand Championships in Gulf Shores, Ala. in early May. Schools and top pairs can also qualify for this event based on regular season records.
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ROCHESTER - There's no doubt Corey Tropp, Marcus Foligno and Cody Hodgson would be in Buffalo tonight if the "H" in NHL stood for hockey instead of hibernation. Alas, the three players with big-league talent are back in the minor leagues because of the lockout.
It didn't take long for them to show that the skill level will be off the charts in the American Hockey League this year.
Tropp scored twice in the first period, including just 24 seconds into Rochester's season on a feed from Hodgson, and Foligno added another early goal as the Americans built a 4-1 lead Friday night against Syracuse. The season opener turned wild from there, with the Amerks needing a late comeback to win, 6-5, in a shootout.
"That's how good the league's going to be," Amerks coach Ron Rolston said. "As long as the lockout holds out, the fans are going to see that level."
The 8,589 who crowded into Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial expect big things from the home team this season. It's easy to see why with the Sabres-ready talent stuck down the Thruway.
"You could see with their good young players and us with Marcus, with Corey Tropp, with Luke Adam - the list goes on and on - it's going to be elevated talent in this league," said Rochester forward Mark Mancari, who tied the game at 5-5 with seven minutes to play and scored the only goal in the five-round shootout.
The Amerks immediately evaluated their abilities against the AHL's best team from last season. Syracuse is starting its first year as the affiliate for Tampa Bay, and the Lightning's prospects spent last season in Norfolk. All they did was win 43 of their final 46 games en route to the Calder Cup title.
There were 13 Crunch players on the ice who skated in the clinching game for Norfolk, including Canisius College product and reigning AHL MVP Cory Conacher. He had a goal and two assists.
"They know what it takes to win, and it's good to get a win against that team," Foligno said. "It's going to be exciting, just the we came out, the way we had offense like we did in the first period. It's special, and we've got to bring that the whole year.
Hodgson and Tropp got the season started on a celebratory note almost as soon as the national anthem singer left the ice. Hodgson started a two-on-one, waited for Syracuse defenseman Evan berg to drop to the ice, then threaded a pass to Tropp for a tap-in.
Following a power-play goal by the Crunch, Tropp struck again. Foligno scored his first of the season just 1:20 later, with 3:48 left in the first.
The Amerks built their lead to 4-1 with less than four minutes gone in the middle period. No one was more surprised than Mark Pysyk, who received hugs and a souvenir. The Sabres' first-round pick in 2010 took a shot from the blue line, and it struck the stick of a Crunch player and caromed into the net. Teammate Phil Varone recovered the puck for Pysyk, who was making his professional debut.
The Crunch, though, showed they are not accustomed to losing and turned on the burners. The shots, knotted at 10 after one period, ballooned to 31-14 by the time the visitors took the lead midway through the third.
The fans' anxiety turned to joyous eruption when the Amerks capitalized on a five-on-three power play. Mancari, another former Sabre who has 90 goals the last three seasons in the AHL, buried a blast.
Tropp, though, couldn't join the celebration. He got hit by defenseman Radko Gudas along the boards and was nearly immobile. He slowly crept on one leg to the Amerks' bench just as Mancari struck, then was helped to the dressing room. He was on crutches after the game .
Buffalo was scheduled to welcome Pittsburgh to First Niagara Center for the season opener, but the first two weeks of the season have been wiped out. The only definite game set for the foot of Washington Street is Oct. 23, when the Amerks host Hamilton.
Based on Friday's action, many of the AHL players coming to Buffalo will deserve to be in an NHL rink.
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A lifelong passion for baking is about to become a second career for Jennifer Brien.
"This has been something that I always wanted to do since I was a kid," Brien said recently, standing amid a construction zone at 2872 Delaware Ave. in Kenmore that will house Mia Dolcezza, her bakery.
Scheduled to open this week, Mia Dolcezza (My Sweetness) will be open days five days a week - including weekends. "We have had people walking in the door, asking when we're going to open," she said.
Brien actually has been in business since February, working long days baking cookies in her Lockport home, then delivering them to clients or participating in community events. Moving operations from her kitchen and dining room to her own shop, she also will be baking breads and pastries, serving coffee and offering light meals, such as soups.
She's had a 30-year career in the medical field; Brien went into nursing right after high school and, since 2003, has been a physician's assistant. The decision to pursue her passion followed the 2011 deaths of both of her parents, whom she had nursed during lengthy illnesses.
Brien found solace in baking. "I think I got through most of it from baking," she said.
The North Buffalo native recalled how hard her parents worked. "When they retired, they both got very ill," she said. "They never got to travel. They never got to do the things they wanted to do."
"I thought, 'I am going to do this,' " Brien said.
While maintaining her credentials as a physician's assistant, Brien has built her other business by baking cookies, then hitting the streets to deliver samples to potential clients. She continued to fill and deliver orders, with help from her husband, Tim, throughout the long process of planning and setting up the bakery.
The space will feature a display in the front window and four tables for customers. An antique sideboard from her parents' dining room will provide additional display space, and Brien plans to decorate the walls with family photos and the work of local photographers.
"We want it to be a nice, homey atmosphere," she said.
Though she plans to have four part-time employees working with her, Brien will maintain her hands-on role in the business. "I make all the doughs," she said.
The bakery is moving into a space formerly occupied by a bridal store that went out of business in 2009. It's among the properties, between Mang Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard, bought earlier this year by homegrown real estate developer Nick Sinatra.
Sinatra & Company Real Estate has had the facades redone and has renovated vacant sites to attract new tenants, such as Brien.
"The project itself has taken longer than we anticipated," Sinatra said. "Overall, it's been very successful."
Village Square Events and Catering by Sinatra's, a banquet facility owned by the developer and his two brothers, opened several months ago in a vacant space that most recently had housed a restaurant. And work is expected to begin this week on expanding Mike's Subs, a fixture on the block since 1956.
Bob Bolt, who has owned Mike's Subs since 1981, said a wall is being knocked down between his shop and the neighboring space to the south. To make way for the expansion, Elliott Travel Agency moved a few doors north.
Occupancy on that block has gone from 50 to 100 percent, noted Sinatra, the landlord.
A dining room will occupy Mike's Subs existing space, and the kitchen, which will include a pizza oven, will be relocated to the "new" side. "We're really going to make a good quality Buffalo pizza," Bolt said.
The front of Mike's Subs will be boarded over as work commences on its new, double-wide facade. Customers will be directed to enter through the back door, adjacent to a municipal parking lot.
The business will close for a few days in December, when interior structural work will be done. The project should be completed by early next year, Bolt said.
Customers will enter in the middle of the new storefront. On one north side, there will be a dining counter and stools overlooking Delaware Avenue.
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Legally Speaking - Talking in Dodge
Dear Readers,(
The response to From Tombstone to Dodge has been tremendous, some favorable, some not-so-favorable. So although I intended to discuss two more issues this week that were raised by Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden in his The Bulls Eye blog entry "Cyclists and Dodge City," I thought I'd share some of the letters with you. I will return to the issue of I.D. requirements in Colorado, and the Sheriff's promise to protect the rights of cyclists, in next week's column.
With that, let's start with a favorable response… (
I was the sponsor of the two abreast bill and I think your analysis is very good.
The bottom line is that the Sheriff is wrong, as you note, and we hope to convince him of that on Monday.
Greg Brophy (Colorado State Senator
Dear Senator Brophy;
Thank you for your kind letter. As you know, attorneys expend a lot of time and effort pondering legislative intent, and it's not often that one gets to hear directly from the bill's author that the analysis wasn't too far from the mark.
For Legally Speaking readers outside of Colorado, Senator Brophy is referring to a meeting that took place on Monday, June 9, between Sheriff Alderden, State Senator Greg Brophy, State Representative Don Marostica, Jeff Morell from Bike Fort Collins, and Dan Grunig from Bicycle Colorado. Although Sheriff Alderden continues to maintain that his interpretation of the statute is correct, despite arguments to the contrary, both sides expressed satisfaction that the meeting was productive, with agreement from all parties that better enforcement of the traffic laws would benefit cyclists and motorists. One note of caution for Colorado cyclists emerged from the meeting, however: while Sheriff Alderden has instructed his deputies to "be very cognizant of violations and to take appropriate action" against aggressive drivers, he has also issued the same instructions regarding violations by cyclists, including stop sign violations. To read more about the meeting, you can visit Bicycle Colorado's Larimer County Update Page.
And some responses were not-so-favorable….
Bob, (
Much though I love reading your column, this week's was a low point.
I am guessing you disagree with concealed carry permits? While Sheriff Alderden does indeed sound like a flamer, I question whether his issue of CCW permits (or for that matter, support from the NRA) matters in his interpretation of bicycle law. I have to plead guilty to being one of the carriers when legal; too many incidents over the years.
I live in Harris County, and until the state-wide CCW was passed you had a better chance of making it alive playing Texas Survivor (driving from the state border to Austin in a pink car with bumper stickers saying "I'm from New York, I'm Gay, and I Came to Take Your Guns Away") than getting the city or county law folks to sign off on any kind of permit. That was one of the issues that got Ann Richards defeated - referenda said people wanted to at least vote on it, and she vetoed them.
I think there's a fundamental difference in perspective here—between those who feel that until someone breaks the law they should be accorded every freedom, and those who feel like that someone should have to prove they are eligible before they are accorded it.
You may also note that if the CCW is statutory, infringing that legal right is as reprehensible as infringing riders' rights - or your right to speak on either subject.
Although I agree with your assessment of his bicycling law errors, I feel the tongue-in-cheek aspects of the initial paragraphs, bluntly, failed miserably. Sorry, sir, but that's the way it reads from here.
Still, I enjoy your columns and hope you get a Houston gig.
D. P., (Houston, Texas
Excellent article on the issue of riding two abreast in Colorado, and the Sheriff's strange response.
Yeah, perhaps a simple NAMBLA reference was enough to get your attention. So perhaps can you see why the reference to the NRA got mine? I guess I should be used to it after reading VeloNews all these years, from the People's Republic of Boulder.
In any case, I still admire your work, but the article seemed very atypical of your normally well-written legal analysis. It is possible for the Sheriff to just have plain old bad judgment. The political slant has nothing to do with it. (Regards,
Dear S.G. and D.P.;
(I don't think I slammed the NRA and/or gun owners (many cyclists carry guns when they ride, and many more when they're not riding). I just reported on his previous news-making background as a lead-in to his latest controversy. Whether one is pro-gun control or anti-gun control, the Sheriff managed to anger everybody the way he handled the CCW permits, first by issuing CCW permits to anyone who wanted one (the previous Sheriff had limited CCW permits to people who needed one, due to threats, rather than to people who wanted one because, as he put it, they were "afraid of life."), and then by quietly entering their names in a criminal database.
So a big thumbs down on the politics, apparently.
Or maybe I spoke too soon?
Hi Bob, (
I would like to take the time and thank you for your article, as well as all your articles on this matter. Being that I have been hit by six vehicles over the course of moving on two wheels makes me a bit sensitive to these sorts of things.
I just wanted to point out that it may be appropriate to mention to those upset by the actions of this sheriff that he is an elected official and so his interpretations are generally swayed by the electorate that placed him there. Perhaps, this electorate could also be reminded about their abilities as citizens of the Fort Collins in this upcoming election to take the time and review other potential candidates and then go vote.
After all, it appears voter apathy amongst the cycling community is quite possibly the root cause to all this in the first place; as it is in most communities.
(Thanks, (R. L.
Dear R.L.;
I often say that one of the real strengths of the cycling community is that we cut across all demographics—liberal, conservative, young, old, rich, poor—and thus, we can't be segregated into the little boxes those other labels put us into. That gives us a strength at another kind of box—the ballot box—and if we exercise that strength, there's no force that can withstand us long.
"Legally Speaking" readers may have gathered from last week's column that Sheriff Alderden is a conservative Republican—and they'd be right. And yet, Colorado State Senator Greg Brophy and Colorado State Representative Don Marostica are also both Republicans, and both are strong advocates for cycling. It's a perfect example of what I mean when I say that cycling cuts across all demographics. If we exercise our power at the ballot box, as you suggest, the Sheriff Alderden's of this world will have to become more bicycle-friendly, or they might just find themselves on the next stagecoach out of town. (
Hi Bob,
(I've enjoyed all your legal advice on cycling although, as a friend of mine says, "You have to be careful not to be dead right." I'm one of the many Denver riders I'm sure you've heard from lately, and thought I'd offer one more piece of information for you.
This weekend I went for a ride up Deer Creek Canyon road from Chatfield State Park, a very popular Denver foothills ride. This section of road reflects, in my opinion, the attitude toward cyclists in Colorado. At many points along the road are signs reminding "Cyclists - Share the Road" and "Cyclists - Ride Single File". In addition, a portable electronic road sign was added near the parking lot at Chatfield State Park that displayed the warning "Cyclists - Share the Road" and mentioned that law enforcement would be present.
Now this is a narrow, winding canyon road, and the possibility of being hurt riding two abreast, especially on the uphill, is very evident. So I understand that the State Patrol is trying to keep cyclists safe, but by placing all the emphasis on cyclists seems to remove the responsibility for safety from cars and motorcycles.
C'est la vie. (Thanks for writing a great column. (
Great article. I live in Colorado and FYI - the police have and continue to give out tickets to cyclists in Littleton, Jefferson County, Colorado - specifically on Deer Creek Canyon Road for at least the last five or six years for not riding close enough to the right, riding two abreast (even when coming around to trade-off pulls!) and not having ID. There are half a dozen police cars patrolling the road and/or sitting on the side of the road all weekend, every weekend. They even have radar guns on cyclists on the descents.
I know many people that have received tickets and warnings for all these violations over the years (including unlucky friends that I have been riding in a group with that came around to take a turn pulling). On any given Saturday or Sunday there are at least several hundred people riding this very popular climb. (
J. G. (Littleton, Colorado
Thanks so much for your informative article on the two abreast law. I must say that the interpretation of this law by the sheriff of Larimer county seems to be rather absurd, and I know a number of people who have received tickets up there, many of which seem to be for perfectly reasonable, and based on your article, law abiding behavior.
However, I have often seen large groups of cyclists (20 plus riders) who seem to feel that they don't have to obey any traffic laws. They ride two or more abreast in dangerous situations, entirely obstruct the flow of traffic and blow through red lights and stop signs. It is this type of behavior, by a few cyclists, that elicits the type of extreme response that we are seeing by the Larimer county sheriff. I'm not sure what drives this type of behavior, but it isn't beneficial for cyclists. As cyclists, we need to advocate for our rights, but we also need to be responsible citizens. More than anything else, being courteous to others will help us be respected both by the law and the rest of our community.
Personally, I'm only capable of riding one abreast. If another person happens to be next to me, that's his or her own business.
How would Sheriff Cowboy interpret the regulations when it comes to horses having "to share the road"? Cowboys who expectorate on the sidewalk? Looking at him sideways? Assembling without a permit in the town square? Taverns that serve watered down whiskey?
He should ask: "WWDD?" What Would the Duke Do? (
J. D. (Rancho Cucamonga, California
Dear Bob,
Since Cancer killed The Duke, maybe we should give Sheriff Alderden a membership to Team Duke. Then he could focus on helping cyclists and other athletes fight cancer, just like Lance Armstrong.
Even The Duke was a cyclist. (W.B.
Thank you for your extremely well written article. It strikes me as thoroughly researched and comprehensive. This morning, the KCOL morning show "with Keith and Gail" was discussing the latest hot topic…cyclists and motorists. Their forum was the law…their interpretation as well as their guest's, Sheriff Alderden.
To me the Sheriff was not being genuine in some of his comments, particularly in light of his posts on The Bull's Eye Larimer County blog. I believe he brings a bias but was trying to present a disposition of not having one. I'm sending KCOL an email requesting they ask you to be a guest.
Thanks and Best Regards,
F. I. Fort Collins, Colorad
That's it for this week; next week, we'll be discussing Colorado's law on showing I.D., and Sheriff' Alderden's take on protecting the rights of cyclists, as promised. Until then, keep legal, keep safe and keep riding.
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SlipChip for growing microbes (left). FISH image of the target organism (right, top). TEM image of the target organism (right, bottom). [Liang Ma (Ismagilov group) and Roland Hatzenpichler/Caltech]
Although the microbiome teems with many, many individual species, few of them are easily grown in the laboratory. By refusing to thrive in conventional culture—a warm petri dish coated with nutrients—harmful microbes may stay "on the lam," hiding among harmless or even beneficial microbes.
To isolate and cultivate individual bacterial species of interest, researchers at Caltech have devised alternative accommodations. These researchers, working in the laboratory of Rustem Ismagilov, have employed a specially designed glass chip with tiny compartments. The glass chip, called SlipChip, is a genetically targeted microfluidic device.
SlipChip is made up of two glass slides, each the size of a credit card, that have tiny etched grooves, which become channels when the grooved surfaces are stacked atop one another. When a sample—say, a jumbled-up assortment of bacteria species collected from a colonoscopy biopsy—is added to the interconnected channels of the SlipChip, a single "slip" of the top chip will turn the channels into individual wells, with each well ideally holding a single microbe. Once sequestered in an isolated well, each individual bacterium can divide and grow without having to compete for resources with other types of faster-growing microbes.
"It's difficult to recreate the complexity of the microbiome—the entire human microbial community—in one small plate," explained Dr. Ismagilov. "The faster-growing bacteria take over the plate, and the slow-growing ones don't have a chance—leading to very little diversity in the grown sample." Finding slow-growing microbes of interest is like finding a needle in a haystack, he added, but his group wanted to work out a way to "just grow the needle without growing the hay."
In the Ismagilov lab, Liang Ma, a postdoctoral student, developed a method that combined microfluidics and on- and off-chip assays. The details appeared June 25 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in an article entitled "Gene-targeted microfluidic cultivation validated by isolation of a gut bacterium listed in Human Microbiome Project's Most Wanted taxa."
The method, wrote the authors, "involves (i) identification of cultivation conditions for microbes using growth substrates available only in small quantities as well as the correction of sampling bias using a "chip wash" technique; and (ii) performing on-chip genetic assays while also preserving live bacterial cells for subsequent scale-up cultivation of desired microbes, by applying recently developed technology to create arrays of individually addressable replica microbial cultures."
The second step described above gets around a Catch-22—the need to kill an organism in order to identify it via DNA sequencing, when the ultimate goal is to secure a living organism. "Liang solves this in a really clever way," remarked Dr. Ismagilov. "He grows a compartment full of his target microbe in the SlipChip, then he splits the compartment in half. One half contains the live organism and the other half is sacrificed for its DNA to confirm that the sequence is that of the target microbe."
To validate the new methodology, the researchers isolated one specific bacterium from the Human Microbiome Project's "Most Wanted" list. The investigators used the SlipChip to grow this bacterium in a tiny volume of the washing fluid that was used to collect the gut bacteria sample from a volunteer. Since bacteria often depend on nutrients and signals from the extracellular environment to support growth, the substances from this fluid were used to recreate this environment within the tiny SlipChip compartment—a key to successfully growing the difficult organism in the lab.
After growing a pure culture of the previously unidentified bacterium, Ismagilov and his colleagues obtained enough genetic material to sequence a high-quality draft genome of the organism. Although a genomic sequence of the new organism is a useful tool, further studies are needed to learn how this species of microbe is involved in human health, Dr. Ismagilov noted.
"To our knowledge, this is the first example of targeted isolation of a high-priority member from the [Most Wanted] list, and is the first successful targeted cultivation from a complex biological sample of a previously uncultured taxon defined only by short reads from high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene," the authors concluded. "We envision that the microfluidics-based workflow described in this paper will be useful for conclusively testing hypotheses generated from culture-independent studies by providing pure cultures of biomedically and environmentally significant microorganisms."
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