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At the beginning of the year, coach Jeff Mahler had one wish that he wasn't sure would happen. He wanted his young team, there are only two seniors on the team, to make it to the state tournament so that they could experience the event and return in 2014 with more experience. As the season advanced and his young team kept doing better and better, his wish turned to a goal and then reality. After Saturday's third place match, his team may still be young but they have the state tournament experience he hoped for, and a third place trophy to boot.
Mahler is quick to point out his team was only five points away from advancing 'to the big show.'
Florence opened against Boulder, the No. 4 seed from the Southern B conference. Mahler said the atmosphere of the cavernous field house in Bozeman was almost more than the team could handle, but they did, and came away with the match in three sets.
"It wasn't pretty," said Mahler.
Sabrina Hopcroft and Megan Byrne combined fro 39 of the 47 kills Florence knocked down. Kristyne Drozdz, who Mahler said had a fantastic tournament, had 41 digs and kept the ball alive for Florence many times.
Florence def. Boulder 25-21, 25-16, 26-24.
Kills – Florence 47 (Sabrina Hopcroft 21, Megan Byrne 18), Boulder 36 (Kerri Huso 14). Blocks – Florence 5 (Megan Kowalski 2.5), Boulder 1. Digs – Florence 109 (Kristyne Drozdz 41), Boulder 13 (Huso 12). Assists – Florence 46 (Rylie Hawkins 38), Boulder 29 (Mallory Herzog 14). Aces – Florence 7 (Josie McCann 3), Boulder 13 (Toni Canzona 7).
Florence then played the powerhouse team of Huntley Project. Huntley was a well-seasoned team that has won several state championships in the past few years and did, in fact, win the 2013 championship. Mahler said the match up was very lopsided with his team showing their age and inexperience. "Huntley, though, looked like a college team."
Huntley took the match in three games.
Huntley Project def. Florence 25-18, 25-12, 25-14.
Kills – Project 44 (Rachael Buzanowski 14, Courtney Smith 12), Florence 21 (Megan Byrne 7, Sabrina Hopcroft 7). Blocks – Project 8 (C. Smith 2, Buzanowski 2), Florence 4 (Megan Kowalski 2). Digs – Project 44 (Cady Siemion 14, Brianna DeCock 14), Florence 61 (Kristyne Drozdz 22). Assists – Project 39 (Keera Stookey 37), Florence 18 (Rylie Hawkins 18). Aces – Proejct 4 (Tessa Hultgren 2), Florence 1 (Josie McCann).
But the loss to Huntley Project may have been to Florence's advantage. They were then matched up against Deer Lodge, another conference foe. Mahler said they knew the match would be tough but they felt they knew the Wardens pretty well and could get a win. It was the sixth time the two teams had met this year, and it was the 6th time Florence came away with a win. Megan Kowalski had five blocks for the Lady Falcons.
Florence def. Deer Lodge, 25-13, 25-22, 25-20.
Kills – Deer Lodge 20 (Dani Walker 7, Michele Christnacht 7), Florence 29 (Sabrina Hopcroft 9). Blocks – Deer Lodge 6 (Christnacht 2), Florence 11 (Megan Kowalski 5). Digs – Deer Lodge 48 (3 tied with 10), Florence 78 (Kristyne Drozdz 24). Assists – Deer Lodge 17 (Bailee Senecal 17), Florence 27 (Rylie Hawkins 24). Aces – Deer Lodge 6 (Senecal 3), Florence 5 (Brittnie Heffner 2).
The victory over Deer Lodge gave the young team back their confidence said Mahler. "You could see the jitters were gone."
They had to take on Choteau, the No. 2 team from the Northern B division. Mahler said the match was tough but he was proud of his team for not quitting. Florence lost the first set but came back to win the next three and the match. Hopcroft had 20 kills and setter Rylie Hawkins finally got her tempo down to where she finished with 40 assists.
Florence def. Choteau, 18-25, 25-12, 25-18, 15-25, 15-12.
Kills – Choteau 38 (Celie Salmond 13), Florence 43 (Sabrina Hopcroft 20). Blocks – Choteau 32 (Salmond 13), Florence 13 (Megan Kowalski 10.5). Digs – Choteau 89 (Madi Woith 28), Florence 124 (Kristyne Drozdz 50). Assists – Choteau 38 (Hallie Stringfellow 21), Florence 42 (Rylie Hawkins 40). Aces – Choteau 4 (Salmond 2, Woith 2), Florence 6 (Megan Byrne 2).
That win put Florence in the hunt for the championship. They were matched up against Forsyth for a chance to move on to play Huntley Project again. Forsyth came in as the No. 2 team from the south. They defeated Deer Lodge and Red Lodge before meeting up with Huntley Project in the undefeated match. Since the tournament format is a true double elimination format, the winning team would advance to the championship and the losing team would take home third place.
Mahler said the atmosphere on Saturday for the match was outstanding. There were the usual fans, a lot of younger players from Florence school made the trip over as well as former players and even the team from Corvallis. "It was special to have that kind of support, and the kids appreciated it."
Forsyth came out and easily took the first two sets. Then the Florence team knuckled down and dug out a 23-25 win in game three and a 21-25 win for game four and sent the match to the fifth game. Florence lost, 15-9, and finished third.
Forsyth def. Florence, 25-15, 25-21, 23-25, 21-25, 15-9.
Kills – Florence 49 (Sabrina Hopcroft 17), Forsyth 58 (Kaylee Zard 18). Blocks – Florence 10 (Jessica Dufresne 4), Forsyth 12 (Mykaila Jensen 5). Digs – Florence 180 (Kristyne Drozdz 73), Forsyth 126 (Ruby Kallenbach 40). Assists – Florence 47 (Rylie Hawkins 42), Forsyth 55 (Kayla Fulton 50). Aces – Florence 8 (Megan Byrne 5), Forsyth 7 (Kallenbach 4).
Coach Mahler was very pleased with the weekend and felt his team learned a lot at this level. The experienced gained is invaluable for his plans for 2014. He concluded by saying "I loved that they were able to compete at this level."


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Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Haiti on Wednesday to protest results of the island nation's Nov. 28 presidential election, believing the contest was rigged.
A mob set fire to the headquarters of Unity, the government's ruling party, in capital city of Port au Prince, and thousands of others set up barricades and lit fires in the streets.
Haitian voters were angry that Jude Celestin, the candidate backed by unpopular President Rene Preval, will now advance to a run-off. Meanwhile, Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly, the carnival singer they supported, came in third and is out of the race.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade will go on Saturday regardless of a potential government shutdown by avoiding National Park Service property, organizers said Friday.
Festival organizers have been determined to preserve the parade after a federal budget official surprised them Wednesday by announcing it would be canceled in the event of a shutdown.
If there is a shutdown, the parade route on Washington's Constitution Avenue along the National Mall would be shortened, the festival group said Friday. Part of the same road is under Park Service jurisdiction, so the parade would run from 7th Street to 14th Street to avoid crossing into federal territory, which begins at 15th street.
As for why jurisdiction of the same road was divided, "you'll have to ask Congress," said National Park Service spokesman Bill Line.
Amid stalled budget negotiations in Congress, the festival group struck a deal with the District of Columbia police force to provide extra support if U.S. Park Police aren't available due to a shutdown.
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The parade includes 5,000 participants, some traveling from as far away as Japan. Also, 13 marching bands are scheduled to participate, including bands from Ohio, Indiana, Georgia, Alabama and New York.
The two-week cherry blossom festival started 99 years ago with a gift of pink and white flowering trees from Japan and now draws over 1 million visitors each year. A Japanese street festival Saturday on Pennsylvania Avenue also would go on as planned in the case of a shutdown.
Other events scheduled for the National Mall would have to be canceled, though, and Park Service officials are still determining whether part of the mall would be blocked off as it was during a 1995 shutdown.
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Betz Family Winery
The Betz Family Winery was founded by Bob Betz, his wife Kathy, their daughter Carmen, and two employees in 1998. In 2011 the winery was purchased by Steve and Bridgit Griesell, who moved from South Africa to Washington State to fulfill their dream of owning a winery. Bob has stepped back from day to day activities at the winery but continues as their winemaker with assistant winemaker Tyson Schiffner.
Deliberately low key, Betz Family Winery make a few thousand cases of wine each, selling much of it to a fully booked mailing list. The winery produces a short list of five beautifully crafted red wines: two Syrahs, a Cabernet Sauvignon, a Grenache, and a blended red. Taken together they represent the apex of Washington wine. In 2005 Bob added the very limited "Patriarch" red and makes occasional highly sought after one-time reds.
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The winery uses careful, meticulously executed methods that they believe craft superior wine. They strive to create wines of individual character, incorporating a blend of richness, balance and pleasure. His winemaking focuses on the expression of the individual varieties' character, and the terroir of the vineyard.
The Winery - A Design Unique for Bob's Needs
In 2001, Bob designed a new winery, combining his knowledge of winemaking at a giant scale (Chateau Ste. Michelle,) his experience making his wine in a converted storage facility, and his technical skills to come up with his own perfect solution.
Bob describes his winery building: "Its purpose is simply to help us make better wine, the layout arranged to accommodate those things we hold sacred to winemaking. It's not a grand destination, there isn't a tasting room or tour, we aren't open to the public, but the tools are in place to ratchet up our commitment to the best wines Washington can produce. "
They designed the winery "to reinforce their winemaking priorities: barrels stored underground at a constant cool temperature, ceilings high to accommodate their gravity flow techniques, ".
The winery is "not a lot bigger, but a much smarter arrangement, about 5000 square feet, building in drains in the right places, insulation that is not exposed, a minimum of wood used, concrete that can be cleaned easily. We tried to use some gravity feed in our design, all of the barrel room is underground, to take advantage of natural cooling, but we'll use a fork lift to gravity feed the juice from place to place," according to Bob.
Innovations in Winemaking at Betz
Bob says it's important to use gravity feed: "we've got a lot of tannin in Washington red grapes, Cabernet especially, and every time you put those through a pump, you get opportunity to shear the seeds, open up the little packets of tannin in the skins. There's plenty of tannins already".
"We dump the grapes onto a table with the fork lift, sort out the grapes that you don't want to make wines out of, use gravity to dump those grapes into a bin. A forklift is then used to dump the grapes into the hopper and then from the hopper into the destemmer crusher, and then from the destemmer crusher, we use gravity to move it into into the fermenter. So we never pump our grapes and I think it makes a great difference in phenolic management. In many cases we don't even crush the berries but simply remove them from the stems, another technique "
"It's one of Washington's challenges,
and opportunities, controlling tannins, the whole phenolic picture
of its red grapes. To me, this is an important step - a lot of folks
pump the juice extracted from the grapes, in fact most everyone does.
Because we do not want to pump the juice, we designed a small funnel
that fits in the top of the fermenter and lets us use gravity to drop
the juice into the fermenter. I think it's [not pumping] a big deal,
for what we want to achieve with our wines."
"Since everything here is punched down by hand, it's very hard work. Fully forty percent of the volume in a fermenter 's very hard work to punch it down."
Bob is quite innovative in the processing of his grapes. He devised a device that uses a power jack, and pushing a couple of buttons, to plunge down through the cap and perform punchdown without having to use his own strength to do the work.
Bob says "A lot of the innovative tools we've created are because "I'm old". We designed our own press, and it was a huge step forward. When we first started making wine, we used a small basket press that could not accommodate much more than a home winemaker would press. Because we like the way it worked, when we needed a bigger press we simply built one that scaled it up, to capture those things we love so much about a basket press. In fact, the guy who built it for me sold the design to a company in CA."
Bob deliberately chooses to use "low tech" equipment. His press requires that he continually monitor it, deciding when to stop pressing. (The more grapes are pressed, the more tannic and stemmy the juice coming from them becomes.)
While some wineries press grapes until the "must" that is left over is almost dry to the touch, fine winemakers don't want the lower quality juice that comes from pressing to dryness. Most presses today are setup with automatic controls. You just set the computer controls to press at a certain level, and to stop at a certain point, and then leave it to run. Bob's philosophy is quite different. His equipment is deliberately low-tech.
"It's [The basket press] an extremely gentle treatment for red grapes, and it has no computer program, exactly as I wanted. I want something that forces me to make the decisions about when to stop pressing. We built it so that the outflow from the press can be tasted, and when the fraction we are into becomes lower quality than I'd like, we stop. We could get a lot more volume out of it, but it's a great tool that makes the winemaker decide what he or she should do, to decide when to stop pressing. I don't want to depend on a computer program but to taste to make the decision on when to stop", says Bob.
Attention to Detail Makes the Best Wine
When it comes to the processing of the precious grapes and their juice, Bob's attention to detail is clear.
"We know each lot and its particular
character, measuring sugar, alcohol and temperature, and tasting each
of them twice a day during fermentation. We use different yeast strains,
specific to the variety and vineyard. Each is selected for a particular
Bob is particularly concerned about yeast and bacterial contamination of the wine while under production. He's articulate on the problem of bretanomyces contamination, a common yeast infection present at some levels in many Washington wines. Bretanomyces (Brett) is a common spoilage organism in winemaking. While low levels of Brett are sometimes considered by some to be a good thing, adding complexity to some wines, others consider
The common words describing the effect of Brett on wine are "barnyard, sweaty stables, rancidly horsey, animal shed, cheesy, and animal-like". Brett appears much more often in red than in white wines, and in Washington, is often present in high end "big reds". Not necesarily a bad thing, Brett does, however, change the flavor of the grape varietal, offering added flavors in the same way that barrel toast or pollen and oils from nearby plants change a wine. While interesting, controversy swirls over whether these alien influences should be in the flavor.
The more extracted in style a wine is, made from super-ripe grapes with a higher PH, the less effective SO2 is at preventing it. Old barrels, or barrels left in a warm place without adequate treatment, are also prime sources of Brett. Bob stores his barrels at 45 degrees -- higher temperatures can encourage the growth of contaminants.
At this time, Bob has not had to filter his wines (to remove bacteria), but if the wine shows signs of contamination, he would not hesitate to filter. He sends out his wines for extensive testing, and the last test showed that Bret was below testing levels (in effect, not present).
Barrels at Betz Family Winery
Bob uses 100% French oak barrels for his wines. He did a lot of trials with American, Hungarian, and Russian barrels, but finds them too coarse. He has taken the wine aged in them out of his blends when he has used them.
In 1997 they used 100% new oak, but he's using less and less new oak as time goes on. For the Cabernet Sauvignon "Pere de Famille". he's using 65% new oak, while for the southern Rhone-style wines, he'll use all neutral barrels.
Bob says "The older I get, the less woody impresssion I want."
Bob uses a mix of four coopers- "Sylvain is the sweetest, it delivers a very gentle sense of oakiness- more vanilla directed than the others. Alain Fouquet is very similar to Seguin Moreau- creamy, vanilla, slightly nutty. Alain used to work at Seguin Moreau."
He uses barrels from Soree, and finds them "more profound, without being coarse, it makes more of a statement, contributes more of a particular tannin that comes out of oak" He really likes it, but uses it cautiously.
Bob and the "Master of Wine" Title
Betz Family Winery is the realization of a life-long passion. Since the early 1970's, Bob wandered the vineyards in Europe and the US to better understand the why and how of crafting fine wine. His philosophy is pretty simple: don't mess up what the vineyards have provided. Start with the highest quality fruit you can, treat it vigorously when necessary, gently most of the time, and stay out of its way but watch it closely. Allow the wines to develop slowly, and make sure they provide pleasure. His worldwide fame and the many awards he continues to receive are proof that his formula is a success.
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text: community development Amarillo is tenth best city for families By Cindee Talley • Jun 18, 2014 national.deseretnews.com Between 2012 and 2013, 11.7 percent of the population moved according to the U.S. Census Bureau. About a third of those moved because of "family-related reasons," the Wall Street Journal reported. A civic lesson for rural towns By Bill Wheelhouse • Jul 11, 2013 Abbie Fentress Swanson / Harvest Public Media Listen Listening... / 4:26 Hear the audio version of Abbie Fentress Swanson's story It's not just lifelong farmers who feel the pull of the land as they get older. For some Americans, retirement is an opportunity to begin the farming dream. "I wanted to be able to be active and have a pastime that ensured physical activity," said beginning farmer Tom Thomas, who at 65 still has the physical fitness to wrestle and brand steers at his son's ranch in Oklahoma. Redefining the co-op in ways big and small By Hilary Stohs-Krause • Jun 23, 2013 Hilary Stohs-Krause/NET News The cooperative business model, long a staple of Midwestern agricultural communities, is being adapted to serve a broader range of rural needs. For example, in the south-central Nebraska town of Elwood — population 700 — there's a new grocery store. "I get very emotional almost every time I'm in here, because I'm just so happy to have this store," said Sharlette Schwenninger, who helped found the cooperative store. The town had been without a grocery store for more than a year. How are decisions made about projects that benefit rural America? By Abbie Fentress Swanson • Jun 16, 2013 The U.S. Department of Agriculture first began designating funds for rural development in 1933 as part of the New Deal. More federal funds were allocated in the Agricultural Act of 1970. During this fiscal year, the rural development program is administering approximately $38 billion in loans, loan guarantees and grants. It's being used to construct or improve 48 rural libraries, assist 243 projects in the delivery of healthcare and help more than 270,000 low income families get affordable housing, according to the USDA.


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Shoot Day 3 – A 5am start.
The scene went really well with actress Ashley Griffen once again stealing the show.
The next stop – Belvedere Castle. Shooting on the steps to the lookout and forecourt gives our actors space to sing out the song and the freedom for the dance steps. We replay the
music track from a Zoom recorder which isn't loud, but allows us to work away largely unnoticed. Apart from nearly colliding with a small child during a Steadicam move on the forecourt of the castle, the crew has a ball but realize the New York sun can burn pretty fast. All good so far but our biggest challenge of the day still lays ahead.
On the way down The Mall, to the Bethesda fountain, I spot a small dance troupe rehearsing and ask if they would like to be in our movie… they agreed and quickly joined our Choreographer and actors to learn the dance number. With time against us as we block the routine on the fountain steps, we work as fast as we can, there are people everywhere as it's Saturday, a busy day in Central Park. Just as we are ready to roll our cameras, a park ranger appears at the top of the steps. Our cameras and dance rehearsals had attracted a crowd and spectators were enjoying the show. We quickly hide the cameras in an attempt to cloak our shoot. The minutes are ticking by and our time is running out because the dancers have to go…
Finally the ranger wandered off and it's ROLL CAMERAS, PLAYBACK!
The scene turns out amazing and coupled with another great little dance routine in The Dairy, once again gave us gold for Big Apple Dreaming.
A great day is had by all, but on wrap are told the biggest surprise of the shoot yet and the next day is shaping up to be a very special day indeed…
On a side note, we even had a poster designed by Bryan Paton for the dance routine to rustle up a few dancers but unfortunately the scene was culled in favour for the shot at the Dairy.


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The San Jose Sharks have been on a torrential tear since mid-January, going 15-2-1 over their last 18 games—chomping up 31 of 36 possible points to rise from worst to first in the Pacific Division. Over the same time, they have gone from No. 11 in the Western Conference to No. 3, sitting just four points behind the Detroit Red Wings, who occupy the No. 2 position.
When the Sharks entered this stretch, they had only won four games in a row once on the year and were reeling from a six-game losing streak, matching the longest swoon they suffered in 2009-2010. With a punishing February schedule that included a seven-game East Coast road trip, the Sharks' playoff lives seemed in serious jeopardy for the first time in half a decade.
The Sharks would defy both odds and logic in authoring one of their most impressive stretches in franchise history to surge solidly back into the playoff race and establish themselves as legitimate Stanley Cup contenders. Here is a look back at the improbable turnaround:
Worst to First: Top 10 Moments in San Jose Sharks' Rise to Pacific Division Lead
By Patrick Goulding II ,
The San Jose Sharks have been on a torrential tear since mid-January, going 15-2-1 over their last 18 games—chomping up 31 of 36 possible points to rise from worst to first in the Pacific Division. Over the same time, they have gone from No. 11 in the Western Conference to No. 3, sitting just four points behind the Detroit Red Wings, who occupy the No. 2 position.
Coming off a six-game losing streak—a season-long skid that matched last season's low point—the Sharks entered a home game against the St. Louis Blues looking for a win to right their ship. They would find just that.
Mired in an uncharacteristically cold season, forward Dany Heatley would emerge for one of his best nights of the year. Heatley scored twice, including the eventual game-winner, to key the Sharks to a 4-2 slump-busting win before a very relieved home crowd.
Few could have guessed the magnitude of the momentum that win would create.
In the first game back from what was a relatively quiet All Star break for the Sharks (with only Dan Boyle and Logan Couture traveling to Raleigh, NC), the Sharks emerged suspectly flat in a home game against their division rival Phoenix Coyotes. The Coyotes would outwork the Sharks through much of the first half of the game and enjoyed a seemingly daunting 3-0 lead midway through the second period.
Sharks head coach Todd McLellan then made a predictable decision—benching goaltender Antti Niemi. With Antero Niittymaki still on injured reserve, the Sharks were forced to turn to rookie Alex Stalock to make his NHL debut in net.
The change in net shook the team up, and they authored an inspired comeback in front of a nine-save performance by Stalock to notch his first and only NHL win to date. Patrick Marleau would net the eventual game-winner short-handed as the Sharks earned a regulation 5-3 win to help jumpstart the stretch run and improve their Pacific Division standings.
The Sharks rode the momentum of the win over Phoenix into the Honda Center the following night and staged a dramatic win over another division rival—the Anaheim Ducks.
Early on, it looked like the game might be a rare easy victory for the Sharks, as they scored less than a minute into the first period and chased former playoff nemesis Jonas Hiller with three goals in the first. But the Ducks would prove the Sharks were not the only team capable of playing their way back from a 3-0 deficit.
Backup goaltender Curtis McElhinney would turn in a gritty one-goal-allowed performance the rest of the way, and the Ducks gave the Sharks all they could handle, staging a strong late-game push with the Sharks ultimately surviving to win 4-3.
The Sharks began the East Coast swing of their season-long seven-game road trip with a pair of tough Eastern Conference games in Boston and Washington. Not only did they win both, but they did so with style.
Antti Niemi proved slightly better than All Star game winner Tim Thomas in Boston as the Sharks won 2-0 (with an empty-net goal) and then stifled Alexander Ovechkin as the Sharks finally got the better of a very pesky Michal Neuvirth to post a second consecutive 2-0 decision in Washington.
Despite back-to-back shutouts, Niemi was not named first-star in either game—a testament to the strong team play of the Sharks in this pair of tight games.
The win over the Columbus Blue Jackets the following night capped a 9-0-1 streak for San Jose, with the only blemish coming in a fluky shootout loss to the Los Angeles Kings where the Sharks' shooters simply could not solve Jonathan Quick.
All good things come to an end, and the Sharks' season-long point streak was no exception. The Sharks suffered consecutive losses to two non-elite though dangerously hot Eastern opponents: the New Jersey Devils and Florida Panthers.
The Sharks held leads in both contests but could not sustain them even long enough to salvage a point for taking either game to overtime. The come-from-behind performances for the opposition would be the start of a disturbing trend which has continued to nag the Sharks despite their recent wins.
Though the Sharks had pulled into a tie with the Dallas Stars entering the New Jersey game, after the loss to the Panthers, they found themselves right back at the bottom of a Pacific Division race where only three points stood between first and last place. They also slipped back to the fringe of the playoff race—a sobering reminder of just how important protecting potential wins will continue to be down the stretch.
The Sharks closed out their long road trip against a tough Western Conference opponent in the Nashville Predators. The Sharks needed a win to break their two-game losing streak and help gain points against a team with whom they are still directly competing for playoff position.
The game proved to be another tight one.
The Sharks peppered goaltender Pekka Rinne with 45 shots (in regulation), but could not keep the game from going to overtime tied at 1. The game looked destined to end in a shootout until defenseman Kent Huskins stole the puck and sent a head-man feed to Patrick Marleau, who ended the game with a brilliant breakaway goal.
The win lifted the Sharks to an impressive 5-2 mark on their longest trip of the year.
The Sharks finally made a long-anticipated trade to bolster their defense on February 18, sending a second-round draft pick to the Carolina Hurricanes for puck-moving defensemen Ian White. The Sharks would welcome their newest teammate with a resounding win.
In the second game of a brief two-game home stand, the Sharks rode another impressive effort from Antti Niemi to a solid 4-0 shutout win over last year's first-round playoff opponents: the Colorado Avalanche. Ian White recorded an assist in his first game with the Sharks as Devin Setoguchi recorded his first NHL hat- trick.
Winning at Joe Louis Arena is never easy. For the Sharks, that is usually especially true.
The Sharks purged some of their historical demons by beating the Red Wings dramatically in five games in last year's Western Conference Semifinals, but they still won just one game on road ice. That experience, however, may have given them the confidence to think they could truly beat the Red Wings from now on, rather than just hoping to contend with them as in the past.
The win was not an easy one.
The Red Wings answered two early goals by the Sharks and trimmed a late 4-2 lead to one goal with several quality chances to tie late in the game. Nonetheless, the Sharks showed great resolve in fending off the vaunted Red Wings to truly earn a 4-3 win. The win drew the Sharks closer to the West's No. 2 position and marked the first time in history the Sharks had swept the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena in the regular season.
The Sharks completed the second game in two nights against two of the last three Stanley Cup champions with a thrilling overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Logan Couture missed an opportunity at an empty-net goal that could have iced the game with just over a minute to play, and the Penguins made him pay, scoring with 50 seconds remaining to extend the game to overtime. As in Nashville a week earlier, Patrick Marleau had a golden opportunity to end the game on a late breakaway, thanks to yet another takeaway by captain Joe Thornton (a category in which he leads the NHL). Unlike in the Nashville game, he failed to beat Marc-Andre Fleury, and it seemed the game was destined for the shootout.
Marleau was not to be denied, however, as he found the puck on a rebound with just four seconds to play, beating Fleury and ending the game, netting the Sharks their 20th road win. The goal extended a stretch of strong play from Marleau in clutch situations.
Calgary's Pengrowth/Scotiabank Saddledome has also been an historically unkind building to the Sharks, but this most recent road trip proved to be themed around reversing historical trends.
The Sharks jumped out to early 1-0 and 2-1 leads against the Flames, but two Calgary goals scored less than two minutes apart in the second period suddenly landed the Sharks in a 3-2 hole entering the third, having to beat former teammate and perennial All-Star Miikka Kiprusoff to avoid a loss. Kiprusoff fought off several stunning scoring chances and looked almost sure to be destined to get the better of the Sharks on this night, but Ryane Clowe simply would not have it.
Clowe scored with just 2:34 to play to tie the game, and after a scoreless overtime and two scoreless shootout rounds, Clowe made a dazzling backhand-to-forehand dangle move that soundly fooled Kiprusoff. Niemi stopped Olli Jokinen for the win. The Sharks finished the brief road trip with a perfect 3-0 record, and the win tied a franchise record for road wins in a month with eight.
The Sharks' meteoric rise over their last 18 games has been nothing short of incredible. They currently sit four points behind the Red Wings for second in the West and have built up an eight-point cushion over the ninth-place Chicago Blackhawks.
The playoffs now seem all but certain, but the Sharks still have plenty to work on before mid-April rolls around. They may or may not decide to make a last-minute deal at the trade deadline, but regardless there are two major questions they must answer before the playoffs start.
The Sharks have been consistently unable to hold leads. While they have still been able to persevere and finds ways to win, one must wonder whether those second-chances will be there come playoff time. The Sharks need to figure out why they have been so susceptible when playing with the lead and find a way to correct that.
Antti Niemi has also been shouldering an incredible workload of late, as he has started the last 21 consecutive games for the Sharks. Having played just 61 games last year, including a 22-game playoff run, how long can the Sharks continue to rely on Niemi with such regularity?
The Sharks have shown some impressive signs that this may truly be a different type of team than the ones that have suffered such regular and disappointing letdowns in April and May in the past. They still have some major questions, though, and only time will tell how this historic 20th year of Sharks hockey ultimately ends. Hopefully, it turns out to be more than just a milestone.
Keep the Faith!


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PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy (AP) -- The first course had just been served in the Costa Concordia's dining room when the wine glasses, forks and plates of cuttlefish and mushrooms smashed to the ground. At the magic show in the theater, the trash cans tipped over and the theater curtains turned on their side. Then the hallways turned upside down, and passengers crawled on bruised knees through the dark. Others jumped alone into the cold Mediterranean Sea.
The terrifying, chaotic escape from the luxury liner was straight out of a scene from "Titanic" for many of the 4,000-plus passengers and crew on the cruise ship, which ran aground off the Italian coast late Friday and flipped on its side with a 160-foot (50-meter) gash in its hull. At least three bodies were recovered. But late Saturday, nearly 24 hours after the capsizing, rescuers had reason to celebrate: a South Korean couple on their honeymoon responded in the door-to-door search of cabins and were brought to safety in good condition, officials said.
Close to 40 others remained unaccounted for.
The Friday the 13th grounding of the Concordia was one of the most dramatic cruise ship accidents in recent memory. It immediately raised a host of questions: Why did it hit a reef so close to the Tuscan island of Giglio? Did a power failure cause the crew to lose control? Did the captain -- under investigation on manslaughter allegations -- steer it in the wrong direction on purpose? And why did crew members tell passengers they weren't in danger until the boat was listing perilously to the side?
The delay made lifeboat rescue eventually impossible for some of the passengers, some of whom jumped into the sea while others waited to be plucked to safety by helicopters.
"We had to scream at the controllers to release the boats from the side," said Mike van Dijk, from Pretoria, South Africa. "It was a scramble, an absolute scramble."
Van Dijk said the boat he was on -- on the upended port side -- got stuck along the ship's wall as it came down.
"It was a hell of a sound, the crunching," he said.
Costa Crociera SpA, which is owned by the U.S.-based cruise giant Carnival Corp., defended the actions of its crew and said it was cooperating with the investigation. Carnival Corp. issued a statement expressing sympathy that didn't address the allegations of delayed evacuation.
The captain, Francesco Schettino, was detained for questioning by prosecutors, investigating him for suspected manslaughter, abandoning ship before all others, and causing a shipwreck, state TV and Sky TV said. Prosecutor Francesco Verusio was quoted by the ANSA news agency as saying Schettino deliberately chose a sea route that was too close to shore.
Schettino's lawyer, Bruno Leporatti told the agency: "I'd like to say that several hundred people owed their life to the expertise that the commander of the Costa Concordia showed during the emergency."
France said two of the victims were Frenchmen; a Peruvian diplomat identified the third victim as Tomas Alberto Costilla Mendoza, 49, a crewman from Peru. Some 30 people were injured, at least two seriously.
Coast guard Cmdr. Francesco Paolillo said the exact circumstances of the accident were still unclear, but that the first alarm aboard went off about 10:30 p.m., about three hours after the Concordia had begun its voyage from the port of Civitavecchia to Savona, in northwestern Italy. No SOS was sent, he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
The vessel "hit an obstacle," that tore a 50-meter (160 feet) gash in the side of the ship and started taking on water, Paolillo said. It wasn't clear if the obstacle was a jagged, rocky reef or something else, he said.
The captain, Paolillo said, then tried to steer his ship toward shallow waters, near Giglio's small port, to make evacuation by lifeboat easier.
Five helicopters from the coast guard, navy and air force took turns airlifting survivors still aboard and ferrying them to safety.
Late Saturday, firefighters who had been searching the Costa Concordia for dozens who remained missing heard distinct shouts, "one in a male voice, other in a female voice" coming from the cruiser liner, Coast guard officer Marcello Fertitta said.
They turned out to be a honeymooning South Korean couple, who were brought out in good condition, Prato fire Cmdr. Vincenzo Bennardo told The Associated Press from the scene.
A risky search by divers of the sunken, water-filled half of the ship for the missing was suspended at darkness Saturday night.
Costa Cruises said the Costa Concordia was sailing on a weeklong cruise across the Mediterranean Sea that began Jan. 7 in Savona with stops at Civitavecchia, Marseille, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Cagliari and Palermo.
The Concordia had a previous accident in Italian waters, ANSA reported. In 2008, when strong winds buffeted Palermo, the cruise ship banged against the Sicilian port's dock, and suffered damage but no one was injured, ANSA said.


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Last year over spring break the boys and I visited Laurel Hill Cemetery. It is one of the few cemeteries in the US with the distinction of being a National Historic Landmark. It is just beautiful. The monuments are so different and special. There is no uniformity in the markers on the graves and it is not uncommon to find a family born in the late 1700's have members buried in the family plot well into the 1900's.
Last year when we went to the cemetery the boys ran about willy nilly. They tromped over graves and jumped over headstones. I had to tell them about the dates and how old people were when they died. We talked about respect. The boys were especially shocked to learn that many kids died young. They asked about it and why, which led to a discussion of vaccines and antibiotics. The boys were more interested to run than to talk.
Today we talked so much. They still did their fair share of running about but we talked about the Civil War. Both boys had learned about President Lincoln in school and were excited to see graves of people who lived at that time. They asked a ton about history which had me looking things up on my phone. We came across a woman putting palm fronds on her mothers grave. Her Mom had died just a few months ago. The first thing Ryan said to her was, I am so sorry for your loss, which just made me so proud. The woman told us about her Mom and how her Mom led an inspiring life. She felt her Mom needed to be part of history so she had her buried at this historic cemetery. The woman complemented me on my parenting and told us she thought it was great we were there at the cemetery to learn.
We talked a ton about the weathering of stone and the fact that limestone weathered pretty poorly. We found graves
as new as the 1920's that were unreadable because the headstone was limestone. The granite headstones, even the ones from the 1800's were much easier to read. Then we were on to architecture. The stained glass windows in the millionaires mausoleums was just incredible. Aaron wanted to look in every mausoleum and see when the people were born and died, to see the tile work, and the leaded glass.. We talked about Frank Furness, his architecture, and the fact he was buried in the cemetery.
For me visiting the cemetery makes me think of families. I thought of the family in my life. I thought about the family not in my life. My family so does not believe in being close in any true meaningful way. Looking at all the families still together in death, made me wish for a family that wouldn't fist fight even after death, and I hoped that I could do better as a parent and raise kids who want to be in my life. Towards the end of the walk, I enjoyed holding each boys hand and I hoped we could be a family that bucked the modern trend of dispersal. A family that chooses each other.


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PCIGR - Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research
The Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR) officially opened on Dec. 12, 2002 and has immediately become a major regional geochemical analytical facility. Housed at the University of British Columbia (UBC), the centre serves the research needs of investigators from western Canadian universities (UBC, Simon Fraser University - SFU, University of Victoria - UVic), several government agencies, the mineral and environmental industries, and the international research community. The PCIGR is a unique research facility within western Canada and provides analytical instrumentation critical for resolving problems in the solid earth, ocean and environmental sciences. The combination of six mass spectrometers together with sample preparation laboratories and the research team that has been assembled to support it makes this facility critical to the research of numerous scientists. The PCIGR has been extensively used by students, researchers, and international scientists and is already producing data that have been presented at numerous recent national and international conferences.
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GDCFDC - Geophysical Disaster Computational Fluid Dynamics Centre
The Geophysical Disaster Computational Fluid Dynamics Centre (GeoDisaster Centre) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) studies weather-related and other natural disasters, with an ultimate goal of enhancing the Canadian economy and saving lives. The major tool of the GeoDisaster Centre is a massively-parallel high-performance computer (HPC), which is used to solve fluid-flow equations describing weather, avalanches, forest fires, earthquakes and other natural phenomena. This research focuses on disasters that affect the complex mountainous and coastal terrain of Western Canada.
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EESF studies the medium and large-scale dynamics of the lake, ocean, and atmospheric systems. The guiding principle in our work is that an understanding of physical mechanisms is key to eventual understanding of not only their physical evolution but also of at least some aspects of their bio/chemical evolution. Work ranges from theoretical to observational but tends to be rooted in the problems that arise from analysis of real data. Collaborations are carried out with other scientists specializing in biological oceanography, atmospheric science, and fluids engineering, mostly in the government or academic research environment. Some work is also carried out with private industry in environmental impacts. Funding is generally from government sources.
BCOC - Biological and Chemical Oceanography Complex
The chemical and biological economy of the oceans constitutes a core focus for research into the distribution and cycling of materials at Earth's surface. New knowledge of the behaviour and the exchanges of elements and isotopes between the ocean, the atmosphere, the land surface and Earth's interior is urgently required to further our understanding of the controls on ecosystem function, climate change, and natural and anthropogenic fluxes of materials so that the impacts of human activities on the surface environment can be ameliorated and predicted with greater confidence. This requires tight collaboration between biologists, chemists, geologists and physicists in studies of the complex interactions between Earth's surface environments.
CESL - Centre for Experimental Study of the Lithosphere
The Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences housed a collection of instruments that measure the physical properties of rocks in both static and dynamic states to provide rate laws, empirical relationships and define new mechanistic descriptions of the behaviour and evolution of earth materials. This substantial research expertise is nationally unique, but it developed incrementally and separately in several different research groups. In 2004, UBC committed space and funds to create a new laboratory to support high-temperature and high-pressure experimentation: the Centre for Experimental Studies of the Lithosphere (CESL). The lab now houses equipment for research in petrology, geochemistry, structural geology and volcanology. As a catalyst for this initiative to consolidate and build critical mass, UBC has refurbished a lab space. This involved repainting, re-wiring, upgrading water and compressed air systems, and moving all relevant experimental equipment to the new space. This investment should pay dividends by providing a research and learning environment that will foster collaborative research.
EM/XDF - Electron Microbeam / X-Ray Diffraction Facility
The Electron Microbeam/X-ray Diffraction Facility is an integration of three laboratories comprising the following instruments: Cameca electron microprobe, Philips XL-30 scanning electron microscope/Princeton Gamma-Tech energy-disperision X-ray spectrometer, a Bruker X-ray powder diffractometer, and a Philips X-ray generator for powder and single-crystal cameras. Two preparation laboratories with a carbon evaporator unit, micronising mill, and other miscellaneous equipment, support these operations.
EIL - Environmental Interfaces Laboratory
Environmental interfaces are defined as regions along which different compartments of the hydrologic system meet and interact.
These compartments include the saturated zone of aquifers, the vadose zone in unconfined aquifers, surficial soils, and surface
water bodies, including rivers, lakes and oceans. Processes in these compartments are often studied in isolation. However, it is
common that the degree of reactivity is highest at the interfaces between the compartments. As a result, processes at environmental
interfaces play an important role in local, regional and global chemical balances, and can have significant impacts on the fate
of both organic and inorganic nutrients and contaminants migrating from one compartment to another.


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The Tea Party movement: Those who aren't a part of it aren't sure what to make of it.
It's not a traditional political party as it doesn't have the structure of the Republican National Committee or Democratic National Committee or even a dedicated funding stream.
Some Americans have said that the signs and rhetoric at Tea Party rallies are racially and otherwise offensive. However, event organizers like Ron Miller, executive director of Regular Folks United, insist they've never heard the racist rhetoric.
"If you are an advocate of liberty, if you are an advocate of limited government, if you are an advocate of fiscal responsibility you are welcome at the Tea Party and there is no racial litmus test," he said.
Instead of focusing on the fringe, Miller and other activists say lawmakers need to recognize the Tea Party represents real, mainstream Americans who are unhappy with the size and direction of government.
"It's time to remind them that government should be working for us, we should not have to work for the government," Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said.
Tea Party activists have sent tens of thousands of people to Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers. But many have gone home feeling like they weren't heard or even taken seriously. Activists say that's what's fueling their anger.
"There is danger for Democrats in recent attempts to dismiss the Tea Party movement as violent racists deserving of contempt," NPR analyst and Fox News contributor Juan William wrote in a recent Wall Street Journal article.
"Demonizing these folks may energize the Democrats' left-wing base," he said. "But it is a big turnoff to voters who have problems with the Democratic agenda that have nothing to do with racism."
However, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who aren't listening should beware.
"Our job is to get conservatives elected and sometimes that means replacing a bad Republican with somebody that actually believes in the principles of limited government," Matt Kibbe, president of Freedom Works, said.
With seven months left until the mid-term elections, Tea Partiers say men and women seeking elected office will marginalize them at their own peril.
Juan Williams appeared on Thursday's edition of The 700 Club to talk about why Democratic lawmakers shouldn't be too quick to marginalize the Tea Party as a group of "right-wing kooks." Click play to watch the interview.
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Instead of buying many colors of polymer clay, you can tint or color translucent clay with many different colors of Pinata Ink. This tutorial from Marie Segal shows you how. Pinata inks also work on paper, cotton, tile and many other materials.
The Cernit colors, Opaque white, Pearl white, Porcelain White, Biscuit, Nightglow, Granite, Champagne, and Translucent can be tinted or colored with the Piñata inks. So in reality you could buy just a couple of colors of Cernit and have your self a virtual field day if you already have the Piñata inks and some of you might. The inks can be used on paper, leather, glass, tile, silk, cotton, organza, lace, and some plastics. This is a very versatile product and definitely one I carry in my tool box.
The blue in this flower cane is Baja Blue Piñata ink tinted Pearl Cernit. The background is the plain porcelain white. The color you see in it is a color core and then the cane slices are added to it. I like the frosted appearance.
Baja Blue and Senorita Margarita make a great purple. One drop of each color should do it.
It doesn't take much of the ink at all. They are somewhat translucent themselves and quite intense in color. If you are out of the USA you can not get them from us www.clayfactory.net, you have to find them locally, go to www.Jacquardproducts.com they have a product finder there under each product or you can call or write them.
You want to condition your clay. With Cernit it is important to thoroughly condition the clay. I condition and flatten a piece about 1/8 of a small block with my fingers and then I put a drop of Piñata on the clay and let it dry on the clay.
With Sunbright Yellow and Tangerine will probably need a couple of drops. Now when I say one or two, I mean one or two, the Piñata ink is very strong.
With the Opaque white you will get more pastely colors and with the porcelain white they are almost like frosted glass that is colored. With the translucent they will be more intense in color or the strength of the color. They may also look very light before baking and will darken up some after baking.
Put on a pair gloves and condition the ink color in to the clay.
With the reds and the pinks they will migrate in to other colors of clay when the clay is unbaked.
So make the colors and if you are using the reds and the pinks, make your canes small and bake your work right away.
I like that I can use this to make a ton of different pearl colors too and the nightglow is a blast with the Piñata because it still glows even when using a dark ink like the sapphire blue. YAY!!!
The ink is also fun to use by applying it directly to a bead that you have already formed to color the bead. I used this method in my Inkling beads.
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The Informativeness of Disclosure Tone
Samuel B. Bonsall IV
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems
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Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems
Paul E. Fischer
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department
January 31, 2013
Qualitative disclosure accompanying an earnings release is incrementally informative to earnings news (i.e., it is an information substitute for earnings) and it reflects the information content of earnings news (i.e., it is an information complement to earnings). When management provides quantitative guidance, the role of qualitative disclosure as an information substitute for earnings is diminished, yet the role of qualitative disclosure as a complement to quantitative disclosure is enhanced. Qualitative disclosure is more informative as an information substitute for and/or complement to quantitative disclosure when management is more likely to be a credible source of information: when management faces greater litigation risk, when management is less distressed, and when management has had a longer tenure.
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Keywords: qualitative disclosure, tone, earnings guidance, litigation, tenure, distress
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