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San Diego, California Personal Injury & Business Litigation Attorneys
The McClellan Law Firm
San Diego, California 92101
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Law Firm OverviewThe McClellan Law Firm is a San Diego, California personal injury and business law firm that has represented clients throughout Southern California for more than 25 years.
Over the course of the firm's lengthy history, the attorneys have gained a sincere understanding of the difficulties their clients face. They know that in the best cases, clients are dealing with pain and medical bills and in the worst with seriously life-altering injuries. It is their genuine appreciation for the suffering of clients which has driven their practice since its inception.
The attorneys and staff know the importance of effective communication to the comfort of their clients, and they value the opportunity to provide helpful updates and information, answer any questions, and ensure that all needs are met. The McClellan Law Firm is recognized throughout Southern California for its genuine regards each client's well-being.
Languages: English, Spanish
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Additional Areas of Law: Business and Insurance; Auto, Homeowners, and Business Insurance; Construction Litigation; Life, Health, and Disability Insurance; Real Estate Litigation; Retaliation; Car Fires; Defective Highway Design; Dirt Bike and ATV Accidents; Mass Transit Accidents; Race Car and Exotic Auto Crashes; SUV Crashes; Victims of Drunk Drivers; Amusement Park Accidents; Swimming Pool Accidents; Automotive Defects; Crashworthiness; ESC - Electronic Stability Control; Roof Crush; Seat Belts & Air Bags; Tire Defects; Amputation; Commercial Driver Accidents; Government Liability Cases.
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Attorneys and staff of The McClellan Law Firm are wholly committed to helping each of the firm's clients recover as completely as possible from egregious wrongs committed by others. We provide immediate assistance in the following areas of practice:
- Products Liability Claims
Over the last 20 years, we have achieved over 110 verdicts and settlements in excess of $1 million dollars each, and we have built a national reputation for excellence in products liability litigation. We bring actions on behalf of severely injured victims and the surviving families of those killed by dangerous and defective manufactured goods of all kinds, including consumer products, automotive parts and medical devices.
- Motor Vehicle Accident Claims
We handle litigation related to all types of motor vehicle accidents that result in serious injuries and wrongful death. Different rules of the road — and different laws of negligence and fault — apply in different types of motor vehicle accidents. Whether you were injured in a car accident, a bus accident or a plane crash, we have the experience to handle your case.
- Workplace Injuries
Our experience with products liability litigation can often increase the value of an injured worker's claim by allowing us to identify additional sources of compensation. We use our advanced knowledge of interlinking liability theories to represent workers injured in industrial and construction site accidents, fire explosions and maritime or aviation accidents.
- Other Types of Accident Cases
Not every type of accident fits under a neat heading. Our attorneys' proven abilities in the fields of personal injury law makes us highly qualified to handle any type of accident or wrongful death case, including amusement park accidents, commercial airplane crashes, small plane crashes, and drowning incidents at public or private swimming pools.
- Severe and Fatal Injuries
Over the years, we have developed our practice to focus exclusively on the most serious injuries, such as traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, electrical burn injuries and accidents resulting in amputation or paralysis. Our lawyers and staff take an active interest in your physical recovery.
- Business and Insurance
Attorney Craig McClellan has been on the board of directors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Knowledgeable about business and insurance, our lawyers represent small and mid-sized businesses in a wide variety of corporate and commercial claims. We also represent individuals and families in real estate and insurance bad faith litigation.
- Real Estate
We handle commercial and residential real estate matters, including construction litigation, real estate litigation and legal issues related to landslides and earth movement.
- Employment Law
If you are the victim of workplace discrimination, lost wages, missed meal breaks, unfair pay or sexual harassment, our employment law attorneys in San Diego will provide the same outstanding client service that characterizes our personal injury and business litigation practices.
Mr. Craig R. McClellan
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The latest to move in is Rogue Tavern, a nightspot/function hall between 23rd Street and 24th Street. Extensive renovations of the once-vacant building are ongoing, and no opening date has been set.
Rogue Tavern is set to become the latest service or retail business to open on that block in the past two years, after decades of being home to nothing more than a few offices and vacant buildings. Part of the reason: Almost 1,000 people now live in condos and apartments within two blocks of the site. With the residents comes demand for groceries, dining and shopping, all of which now are available on Second Avenue North.
"A heavy dose of our regulars will be people who live in the lofts and work in the law firms," said co-owner Jeremy Hackney.
The ownership crew at Rogue Tavern is part Walker County blue-collar and part celebrity. Hackney and Wayne Herring, 1990s classmates at Walker High School, are the blue-collar part.
They shined off college and have been in business together ever since, now as owners of Document Outsourcing, one of the top companies in Birmingham that help law firms prepare exhibits and presentations for court trials.
The celebrity part is Rick Carter, a founding member of the seminal Birmingham country rock band Telluride and creator of the three-piece "renegade bluegrass" combo Rollin' In The Hay.
Carter has been recording music and playing live more than 300 nights a year since Jimmy Carter was president. Now, Rogue Tavern is his first foray into being an owner of the sort of place in which he has spent much of his life. His ownership stake in Rogue Tavern and title of entertainment director have shaken things up: all hands are on deck at the building early each morning as they scramble to get the place open.
"They told me they get here at 7 a.m. every day," Carter said, speaking of his partners. "I hadn't been up at 7 a.m. in 25 years."
It's all music to the ears of Jeremy Erdreich, the Birmingham architect who moved to the block early on, more than two years ago. He now has his offices there and is the developer of the 2nd Row office/condo project.
"It's great to see," Erdreich said. "Businesses moving there no longer feel like they are in the pioneering stage. It's more of a stable business proposition now."
Out-of-pocket design
The Rogue Tavern owners are paying for renovations, equipment and labor costs out of their own pockets. Banks, with metro-area unemployment at 8 percent amid a widening recession, had no interest in lending to the project.
"There is no way they would even consider touching a bar-restaurant right now," Herring said. "It's hard even when the economy is good."
Herring and Hackney have been working on the project for more than a year. Hackney is a skilled builder and is serving as general contractor. On any given day, the labor crew helping finish interior renovations includes general manger Beth Connor, formerly of On Tap Sports Cafe, and chef Matt Lagace, formerly of Prairie Fire Grill on U.S. 280.
"Upscale bar food," Lagace said when asked about the menu. Think Tex-Mex, Asian Fusion and various stir-fried dishes.
The crew figures one of the main attractions will be the stage: it is huge, and has an all-digital, latest-generation sound system configured by Carter. He said Rogue Tavern's sound specifications alone will attract national and major regional acts. Carter's own industry connections -- he opened for Bob Dylan in the 1990s -- won't hurt when it comes to wooing top notch national acts, the owners figure.

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Because of that little add-on, one of my first projects after I started working at Mozilla was teaching the Add-ons Manager about outdated plugins. The theory was that since I had worked on that add-on, I should already have some background in working with the Add-ons Manager code. Hah… Yea, no, that didn't help at all. That feature eventually shipped in Firefox 3.6, which now feels like an eon ago.
With a whole two Add-ons Manager related things under my belt, I must have earned myself a reputation for really loving anything to do with the Add-ons Manager. So late in 2009 I was asked if I'd like to help Dave Townsend with the re-write of the Add-ons Manager that he had been planning for some time (with Jennifer
Boriss Morrow for UX, and Henrik Skupin for QA). It would be just a short project, helping out with the new UI – nothing major, I'd be able to get back to finishing my other project soon enough. Turned out that at that stage there was no UI yet… and it would take about a year for me to write it. The first very basic iteration was written during my Christmas holiday in Motueka, a few days later I threw away half the code due to a change in the (still young) UI design. We eventually shipped the rewritten and redesigned Add-ons Manager in Firefox 4. By this stage, the Wiki page containing the notes from our weekly meetings was so long that it often took several minutes to load. And sometime during that adventure, Dave made me a peer for the Add-ons Manager module. I say "sometime" because I don't actually recall him ever telling me.
Fast forward to a few months ago, where I got the chance to break a third of all the unit tests for the Add-ons Manager. Okay, maybe that part wasn't so fun… but solving the add-on compatibility problem was.
Apparently that (and everything else) went well, because then this happened:
Dave: Hey, so, wanna be module owner?
Me: Yea, sure.
Dave: Oh… I expected to have to convince you.
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You people have a lot to say about Lloyd Carr.
Monday's request for fans to explain why they want University of Michigan coach Lloyd Carr fired (or want him back), brought 69 e-mails in the first half hour or so after its posting. That's passion, folks, and I have to say the arguments and logic have been, for the most part, well-written and well-defended.
Obviously there's no way we can run all 100+, so I've tried to pick the best, balancing both the pro- and anti- sentiments, and I've edited for brevity. We'll run three at a time, with several installments over the week.
And with that, let us begin ...
I'll ask you the same hypothetical questions I have asked of others. If Urban Meyer were given Michigan's squad with just two weeks to prepare for Appalachian State, would Michigan win? If so, by how much? How about Greg Schiano? Jim Tressel? To date, no one has picked Michigan to lose these hypothetical matchups. So what does that prove? Only that the people I asked - intelligent, loyal college football fans - don't think much of Lloyd Carr as a game day coach. But, if you answer the question honestly, I'm guessing that you'll answer much the same way.Strong arguments all around and very representative of a large faction of Michigan fans who believe Carr's past success has become overshadowed by a recent downturn. This is the "it's just business, nothing personal" crowd, fans who think Carr's job is to win games and he's not winning as many of them as a Michigan should lately, and that's all that really matters.
Personally, Lloyd Carr lost me during the Appalachian State debacle. Not only did Michigan lose to far less talented athletes, Carr got out-coached. His offense was (and is) predictable. The ASU coaching staff knew that he would run Mike Hart left behind Jake Long. No counter. No trap. No misdirection. No reverse. No play action fake. Nothing. Furthermore, Carr - himself a former defensive coordinator at Michigan - refuses to adjust to how he defends the spread attack. So here's one of the reasons we don't cut Carr any more slack. A coach with less talented athletes not only exploited Michigan's weaknesses and pulled of the greatest upset in the history of college football, but Michigan showed up a week later and did nothing different on offense or defense.
As far as Carr running a clean program goes, for the most part I would agree that he does, but he is not without stain. I wished he would have suspended Arrington for the trip to Penn State last year and I thought that both Marlin Jackson and James Whitley got off light. There are other incidents, but I will concede that it is a big team and a lot to expect one man to know what every single one of his players is doing all the time. I would also agree that if Carr "knew" that agents or overzealous boosters were hanging around the program giving his players money he would intervene immediately. However, let me remind you that there were allegations that Charles Woodson signed with an agent during the 1997 season and Marcus Ray was later suspended for a similar offense. Are any of these the equivalent of the Maurice Clarett saga? No, but the Marcus Ray incident is equal to Troy Smith's taking money. Tressel has not run a perfect program, but neither has Carr.
The point is, Carr has not run a perfectly clean program AND he's not a great game day coach. Knowledgeable Michigan fans expect more because we know that there are coaches out there that can at least be the equal of Carr in one respect and can far surpass him in the other.
Jason T.
They expect you not to cheat, to graduate your kids, and to win, but mostly to win, and you don't get much credit for the first two if you're not doing the third. You know what? It's a fair position to take at a place like Michigan.
Can't argue with much of it, especially since I'd take Schiano and Meyer over Carr if all three applied for my job (as regular readers know, I wouldn't trust Jim Tressel with my wallet, let alone my football program).
And now, from the pro-Carr camp. ...
We have lived through an amazingly consistent 40-year run - a high winning percentage with very low volatility (i.e. no losing seasons, a bunch of Big Ten rings, but only one national championship ) - this is the best possible outcome of a program that chooses to not take risk. The opposite is the U. of Miami , which has several national championships over the same period, yet this past year it couldn't hire a coach from its top-five choices. High returns with very high volatility.
For those of us who wish for simpler days , when there was a sense of shame for doing the wrong thing and when your word truly was your bond (what did you say? Saban???) Lloyd Carr is a beacon of hope that honor and integrity haven't wholly passed us by. For the mainstream, gotta-have-it-now crowd, he is an enigma.
Michigan must guard its special place in college football and let Lloyd leave on his own terms. If you believe it is all true about his honor and integrity (and it certainly is) , then you have to realize that he will step down at the right time, in a way that doesn't hurt or embarrass the program or his players. I am completely confident in his judgement on this issue, and I believe Bill Martin is as well. If that means another season or two, then so be it whatever the outcome. There is something here special to Michigan that can't be for sale. The great majority of real fans and supporters of the program are seeing it this way from what I can tell.
Dan S.
Dan's argument resonates with me more than the "It's just business" approach, even though - on the facts - I agree with the first letter.
Why does it resonate? Mostly because, as a sportswriter, you get to see how the sausage is made. You quickly realize that most college football programs and coaches are essentially using kids to make money and win games, and the kids are - in turn - using the college to hopefully make the NFL, and if not, to get a degree.
Michigan is different. Lloyd Carr cares about more than winning. The kids who play for him often - not always, but often - love this place with an emotion that's usually reserved for fans. Yes, there is a lot of frustrating backwardness about the program, but what you have here at Michigan is a very unique and special thing. There's something special in the fact that Lloyd has a direct connection to Bo. There's something special about trying to win the right way. There's something special about 32 straight bowl games.
Other places have none of that.
It's amazing to me that so many people seem willing to just throw it away.
Finally, here's a note that fits neatly in neither the pro- nor anti- categories:
I was also screaming for his head during the last two games. However after I absorbed the loss, I realized that he has done so much for Michigan that he deserves the right to go out on his own terms. With that said however, he needs to see, or he needs to be pushed to see, that he is no longer getting the results from the talent he has. That is the most disturbing part of all this. Lou Holtz was right when he said Michigan recruits are rated in the top 10 every year so don't tell me they don't have speed and athleticism.Jason is our swing voter, the guy who ultimately influences decision-makers like athletic director Bill Martin and school president Mary Sue Coleman.
The other thing I hate to say is that the talent at Michigan never seems to improve. I think Henne was better as a freshman then he is now. His best game to me was the Rose Bowl his freshmen year. If a QB does not improve over a 4-year period, that is coaching.
Also, how many spread offenses do they have to face before they figure out how to defend them? This goes back to Syracuse years ago. Other teams figure this out. Look at Florida and what they did to OSU in the game last year. They were not afraid of the spread and controlled OSU completely. Michigan looks as confused when they see it today as they did against Syracuse. That to me is just a joke.
I think Lloyd is a very good man. I think he is a very good example for his players and as people I am positive they grow up under Lloyd. If I had a son I would love to have him play for Lloyd. I also know we will not get another coach that loves this university like Lloyd does.
However, none of that fills up Michigan stadium.
Bob R.
He got worked up enough to talk some firing talk, but then realized it's not what he's really about. He cares about more than football, likes Lloyd Carr as a person, and is disturbed less by the individual losses than the overall trend toward mediocrity since the 1998 title game. You can bet he just wants to beat Ohio State and win some bowl games.
He's still rooting for Carr to turn this season around ... but he probably wouldn't be too unhappy if Carr then retired.
The Jasons of the fanbase don't make as much noise as either the "fire him!" or the "keep him!" crowd, so it's hard to tell how many of them there are.
Three more good takes with analysis coming later today ...


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The Augustana Regional was only able to get in one game on Thursday before rain wiped out the rest of the day's action.
First pitch between the Saints and the Tigers is set for 10:00 a.m. After losing their tournament opener on Wednesday, CSS will have to win on Friday to keep their season alive.


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"So You Think You Can Dance" - Season Finale - And the winner is...?
Wow, it's the season finale. I feel like we've been through something together, you and I. There's been some crying (cancer dance), some mourning (Not Janette, no!), some highs (last night's sexy Brandon/Jeanine paso doable), some lows (every non-hip-hop routine Phillip fumbled through). I feel like, at this point, I deserve a ring, a dress and a big-ass party with catering. Just saying.
Kicking things off, we have a really, really big group dance. The final twenty are back for this one, and I feel a little guilty, because some of these people? No clue who the hell they are. If you told me they were randomly yanked from the audience, I'd believe you. And I can only blame a little of that on the crappy camera work and the bad Cirque du Soleil make-up and costumes. But glad to see the producers got full use of that gigantic picture frame from earlier in the season, because you know that would cost an arm and a leg at Aaron Brothers.
Cat looks bright and smiley in her Grecian toga minidress, and she should, because I bet she's getting a month of vacation before the next season kicks into gear in September. I mean, you can tell it's all she can do not to shout, screw this fake tan stuff, I'm busting out the bikini in Ibiza you losers, whoo hoo! Anyway, she tells us that there were 21.6 million votes last night, which is wildly depressing because I don't think the last presidential election was a whole lot higher than that, but clearly, this is more important.
As usual, it's time to go to the judges' table, and tonight it's a super sized table, really, like something you'd find in a twin-pack at Costco. First up, we have Lil 'C, so fingers crossed he brings the crazy tonight. Then, Mia Michaels, Toasty Oreo (Tyce DiOrio), Debbie Allen, Adam Shankman, Mary Murphy looking like a bad dining table arrangement and Nigel Lythgoe. And then, we get a quick wave from the choreographers who didn't rank for the judges' table, which must make them feel so special. I don't even think they got the good seats.
Now, of course, it's time for filler! Yay! I love watching crap footage of all the people who weren't good enough to make it to the finals, smattered with snippets of footage of people who made it to the top 20 just to keep us on our toes. But we do get to see blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments from the Mia anti-Brandon rant, Evan's big brother crying and Janette (who really oughta be in the final four, dammit), well, kind of standing there and smiling. Oh, and there's Phillip's butt. Like I needed to see that again. And there's the addiction dance. And the cancer dance. Can I just say this is actually more annoying than anything, because it's lots of snippets of stuff we couldn't possibly give a crap about and not enough of the things we might actually want to watch?
It's ten minutes in, and absolutely nothing has happened. Just a lot of self-congratulatory back slapping. This is worse than the Oscars. Okay, maybe not that bad. Worse than the Emmys.
And now, a look at... last night! Really, you remember this, right? Let's not compound the boredom of rehashing it again here. Go, get a drink, go to the bathroom or something.
Now, it's time for the judges to talk about their favorite routines. Adam Shankman likes the hip-hop number "Mad" featuring Jeanine and Phillip. And then, shocker, Jeanine and Phillip just happen to be on stage ready to bust it out! Wow! What luck! I still think Jeanine is a better hip-hop dancer than Phillip in some respects, even if she can't do that little boneless chicken arm wiggle.
Now, Nigel's favorite. It's an Argentine tango by Janette and Brandon. Yes, this is absolutely filler, but it's great to see Janette again, because I still can't believe she didn't make it to the final four. Stupid America. Of course, they get a standing O.
We come back from commercial for Cat to remind us, yet again, that there are 3,500 people in the audience. So glad she's good with numbers.
It's Debbie Allen's turn to pick, and she chooses a waltz by Asuka and Vitolio, two dancers I really liked when they were on the show but whom I have, sadly, completely forgotten about. But this is a nice routine, even with the annoying Enya music. Vitolio spins Asuka right out to the very edge of the stage at the end, so her emotional little moment of reaching for the camera looks more pained than anything, and I'm guessing that's because internally she's saying "WHAT THE F, HE NEARLY THREW ME INTO THE FRONT FRIGGIN' ROW," but I could be completely wrong here.
Cat then takes a moment to admire Mary's really ugly necklace, which is clearly made of diamonds, which only proves that very expensive jewelry can look like total ass. She like Jeanine and Jason's kissing dance, which gives Cat another opportunity to say smoocheroonie, which makes me wonder if she was actually born in the 1920s or something. Of course, I do have to watch this dance closely, since Jeanine kind of hinted she wasn't just pretending to be hot and bothered for Jason, and lo and behold, that's a big, open mouth, did-I-see-tongue? on national television kiss. So yeah, there's going to be an interesting after-party following the show.
Mia picks a samba danced by Max and Kayla, which she calls fantabulous, which is really a horrible made-up word choice. But it is a hot samba, and if the whole Broadway thing doesn't work out for her, Kayla should join the cast of "Dancing with the Stars." But I'm betting she signed her life away to Fox, which makes it not so likely she's hopping over to ABC anytime soon.
Then, it's time for some advertorial synergy! Look, it's the cast of the new version of the movie "Fame," and the final four are going to a private screening! And it's coming out in September! Wow, how convenient! And then there's the Debbie Allen connection. Debbie appeared in both the original and this remake, so she gets to talk about how wonderful that was, and how it will inspire a new generation and it's all very heartwarming. And then she starts talking about how the movie deserves an Oscar for dance, and I start tuning out, even though I do love Debbie, but come on with the hard sell.
Debbie gets to pick another favorite, so she chooses a top 16 group routine that fuses hip-hop and samba, which she remembers as hot and sexy but really just reminds me of that awkward Paula Abdul-does-"All that Jazz" video from the 80s and elements of "Flashdance," which no one should ever, ever watch if they don't have to.
Next, we see an Australian ballerina who won the "SYTYCD" competition down under, which must make Melissa want to choke to death on one of her pointe shoes. It's an interesting routine, a little bit ballet, a little bit rock 'n roll, which is very Donny and Marie of her.
Then it's time for Lil 'C to pick his favorite routine of the season, and I can't understand a damn word he's saying. Oh, he liked the Bollywood routine Caitlin and Jason did. And then he starts talking about being on a vessel and taking dance to the world, and thankfully Cat shuts him down and we get to Jai Ho. Because with Lil 'C, we could be here all night. But I will say, Caitlin doesn't go for the real "smoocheroonie" like Jeanine does, but that's probably a good thing, although you could bet the ensuing cat fight after the show would end up on YouTube.
And then, crap, it's time for results. Kayla looks resigned. The person in fourth place is... Kayla. Seriously? I mean, I love Evan, but Kayla's definitely a better dancer than he is. But Kayla is a trooper and smiles through her pain. At least she can count on a hug from her grandpa.
Then we watch her greatest hits, and I have to say this – Nigel's on crack. He said last night that he didn't see enough personality from her, and man, I disagree. I think she brought it, especially in the addiction dance. Sorry to see you go, Kayla. Then, someone hands her a wad of orchids slightly larger than she is, and it's time for a commercial.
And, more judge favorites. Adam Shankman decides to give Mia a shout out and picks the butt dance featuring Evan and Randi. It's nice to see Randi back, even if it is for the Pepe LePew routine.
Then, Mary's turn. She picks last night's paso doable between Brandon and Jeanine. And even though I'm sure both of them are about to throw up from pure nerves, it's just as hot tonight as it was yesterday. And, of course, they get another standing O.
And then, it's time for more eliminating! And next to go is... Evan. Well, I feel a little better now. I think Evan is adorable and insanely talented and has big things ahead of him, but let's face it, he wasn't in the same league as Jeanine and Brandon. Now, some Broadway producer needs to put him in a new production of "Guys and Dolls" right away. Evan is adorably grateful and humble and very Evan-like, which is good to see. He also gets a wad of orchids bigger as tall as he is, and I'm wondering what you get in second place, and if someone is going to actually topple over from trying to cart their flowers off the stage.
We return from the break and Nigel says his favorite moment was when Mary admitted to using Botox, which of course makes Mary squeal like a pig in a poke. Then, he gets serious and picks Mia's addiction dance with Kayla and Kupono. They're both so good in this, and the routine is head and shoulders above Mia's butt dance, have to say. Kayla really looks like she's going to cry this time, and I'm guessing that's a side effect of just getting eliminated, but hey, use it, sister. In the audience, you can see Shankman wiping tears away, but really, he does cry over pretty much everything, so that's not so surprising.
Then, it's time for the Rage Boyz Crew, and I'm just going to go ahead and say I am not one of those people who is overly impressed with little kids dancing, since they're usually on the sucky side. And having many, many kids dancing at once does not make me any more excited about the prospect. Because you can talk all day about how great these kids are, to which I say, Michael Jackson at age five could kick any of their asses and really, that was the beginning and end of my kid dancing tolerance. Then, unfortunately, Cat has to mug around with the kids, and how cute, T.J. lost his front teeth doing a handspring off the couch. Excuse me while I look for something to be sick in, because I really can't handle this much sticky sweetness.
Then Toasty, who hasn't been allowed to say a damn thing all night, gets to pick a dance, and he's all about the Brandon/Janette disco, which he says is fan-frickin-tastic, which makes me want to march both him and Mia to made-up-words-not-to-use school.
Excuse me, I have to get up and dance around my living room right now.
That Janette and Brandon aren't both in the final two, well, it's just hard to believe after watching that again. As much as I could watch dancing around my living room, of course. Studio 54 never had it so good.
There's time for one more pick from Mia, and can you guess what it is? It's Toasty's cancer dance featuring Melissa and Ade. Mia says it broke her, and it broke lots of people and I hate to say it, but she's not wrong. And then Toasty says his friend he choreographed the dance for is cancer free, and that's a pretty nice little bookend. Watching this again, it's hard to believe neither of these dancers was in the final four, but at least in Ade's case he really rose to the level of the material. And Melissa, well, she's always Melissa. Go, iron ballerina, go.
Then Fox has to go and do something tacky, which is cut to Christina Applegate in the audience (hey, is she friends with Lance Bass, or is he just sitting next to her?). Of course, Christina had breast cancer, so Fox is hoping for some tears or rending of clothing or the ripping off of a wig, I guess, and I feel dirty just watching. Ew, ew, ew.
Before the break, we see the boring top hat-and-tails version of "One" from earlier in the season, which really doesn't get any better with age. But then, I thought the power of "Chorus Line" was based in the story, and without that context, not so exciting. And that concludes my insightful criticism for the evening.
However, the routine does get more interesting when the judges dance out onto the stage, although it does really serve to call attention to the fact most of the judges can't kick very high and are considerably thicker than the contestants. Really, guys, it's like that rule about not working with kids and animals. Don't dance next to 20-year-olds wearing matching outfits. It's just not good for you.
Okay, time for the final elimination. And the winner of "SYTYCD"? Oh, wait, we have to do the goodbye montage for both of them first. Can I just say Jeanine has great hair? Oh, we're done now. And so, the winner of "SYTYCD" is... wait, Nigel has to talk. He thinks both of them deserve to win, but he won't say everyone's a winner, but he's delighted about who the winner is, which he found out at 12:30 today so nyah, nyah, nyah. And, finally, the winner of "SYTYCD" is... Jeanine.
Good for Jeanine, although I'm a little disappointed we didn't get the happy ending story of Brandon, who was so loathed by Mia and Lil 'C, winning the whole thing. But really, this is good, too.
Jeanine tell us she wants to be a role model, and she's crying and blathering a little, but that's to be expected, then she thanks the Academy, which is actually quite funny. Then, Cat invites her to thank her mom, and she does, although I still think her mom forcing her to dance as a kid is a little creepy. Then she says she'll miss winning, and her friends, and the Jason kissing piece, and Cat and she loves everyone. Then, there's confetti and Brandon and Max hoist Jeanine on their shoulders and the party starts. Watch out, Jason, Jeanine is coming for you and she's in a really good mood.
So, it's been one whirlwind season of "SYTYCD," and really, I'm glad another season doesn't roll around until September, because I'm just worn out. But I have to say, I kind of doubt next season could possibly have as many great dancers as this one.
Did you vote for Jeanine? Do you think Kayla got shortchanged? Which one of the top 20 did you want to see in the final four who didn't make it? And are you excited for next season?


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Robin Romm grew up in Eugene, the daughter of a cardiologist and an attorney. She always wanted to be a writer and was encouraged by her mother, a former English teacher.
"My mom really loved writing and was always reading," Romm said. "For a while I had school at school and school at home."
Romm went from writing about raccoons and summer camp to dreams of being a poet. She graduated from South Eugene High School and went to Brown University, beginning her journey toward becoming a writer. The summer after her freshman year in 1995, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Jackie Romm died in 2004. Robin Romm was with her mother at the end but couldn't write fiction. She wrote an account of the agonizing final days, one of the only times she's had a burning desire to write, and made it a narrative because that's what she knew how to do.
"It was never meant to be a journal, never meant to be a book," Romm said.
Romm's collection of short stories, "The Mother Garden," came out in 2007. "The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks" followed in January.
It's Romm's account of her mother's death, raw and honest and as scary and beautiful as death itself.
"This book was hard to write but really wonderful because it was time I got to spend with my mother," she said.
Writing a book means talking about it, and Romm's had to talk about the most painful moments in her life with strangers all year. Mostly that's fine -- she's proud of her work and hopes that sharing her experience might help others -- and it's helped her to confront questions about grief and memory and creativity. Does the process of preserving some memories by writing them down exclude other memories? By concentrating on the "in the now" moments, is the past left behind, and how reliable are anyone's memories, anyway? Is the anger and pain Romm wrote about so honestly too much for some readers, who might prefer a more sentimental or uplifting account of the death of a parent?
"It's exhausting but really moving," Romm said of the reaction to "The Mercy Papers." "I've gotten a lot of letters from people who've lost somebody and some from caregivers who said, 'When people want to know what it's like, I'll give them your book.' I just hope it starts conversations. I know from doing reading groups that no two people are moved by the same thing."
Romm reads at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. Jessica Anthony will read from "The Convalescent" at the same event.


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EAGER TO revive its central business district, Mobile is leading a statewide effort to give cities the tools they need to attract new investment.
Expect several bills to be filed in the upcoming legislative session that would use tax incentives to encourage investors, property owners, artists and others to consider downtown districts in Alabama when they're planning projects.
The bills deserve legislators' swift approval.
Because the tax incentives apply to new development, they would not detract from current revenues. This is an important point, especially at a time when cities are starving financially.
In fact, these incentives could turn dilapidated properties into revenue-generating ones — helping cities add to their coffers. Many other states have enacted similar measures, with good results.
One proposal for the upcoming session would give businesses and investors an income tax credit for investing in projects in low-income communities in central business districts. Another bill would give property owners a state income tax credit, similar to a federal one, for rehabilitating historic structures downtown or in historic districts. (These two would apply to Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery and Huntsville.)
A third bill would encourage artists to live and work in cultural districts by exempting their works of art from sales taxes. Birmingham leaders, meanwhile, are backing a bill to encourage "angel" investors to provide capital for downtown startups.
Similar bills have been proposed in previous years, according to proponents, but Alabama's special interests shot them down, contending that they would steal revenue from schools and state agencies.
But that's just dead wrong. On the contrary, tax incentives for new investment can increase the size of the entire pie.
Moreover, developed properties would increase in value, resulting in more property tax revenues. The very process of building or revamping them would create jobs for construction workers and other employees later, sending positive economic ripples throughout the community.
Imagine, in a few years, a vibrant downtown district, known regionwide, that draws locals and tourists to visit shops, eateries and other attractions.
The proposed tax incentives provide a way — driven by the private sector — for cities to get there. What a boon that would be for Mobile.


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Eastenders actress and national treasure, June Brown, visited London's Tom Cribb pub to explore her family history as part of BBC1's Who Do You Think You Are?
She was the first celebrity to feature in the new series, which traces family trees and explores major themes in British social history.
June, who plays Dot Cotton in the soap, visited the Tom Cribb to learn more about her great great great grandfather's involvement in the shadowy underworld of 19th century bare-knuckle boxing.
The Shepherd Neame pub is named after a British bare-knuckle boxing champion who, in the 1800s, retired from the ring and later became a publican at the Union Arms. The pub, now known as the Tom Cribb, changed its name to honour his career.
Tarraine Storrie, assistant manager at the pub, said: "It was a real privilege to meet June and fascinating to learn about her grandfather's involvement with bare-knuckle boxing. She was really interested in the boxing memorabilia at the pub and even signed our visitor book."
The Tom Cribb, near Piccadilly Circus, celebrates its heritage with boxing prints and photos on the walls, including Lennox Lewis and Henry Cooper.


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The Portland Trail Blazers are headed to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs thanks to a game and series winning three pointer from Damian Lillard.
Trailing 98-96 with 0.9 seconds to go, Portland in-bounded the ball from in front of the Rockets bench, Nicolas Batum got the ball into Lillard who hit a three from the left wing as the buzzer sounded. The win gave the Blazers a 4-2 series victory and puts Portland into the second round for the first time since 2000.
Here's what players and coaches were saying after the game:
Terry Stotts on the final play: "It was either [LaMarcus Aldridge] or Damian coming up. You try to have two looks. To be honest, I didn't think Damian would come that open. LA was probably the first look but Dame came wide open. So it was one of the two looks. In those situations, it wasn't about going for the win. Like I said, LA with 0.9, LA can get a catch and shoot or something can happen down there, but I just wanted to try to get a clean look at the basket."
Stotts on Lillard: "He lives for those moments. It looked good when it left. It's remarkable. It was a remarkable shot."
Lillard: "I think I can speak for our entire team – when Chandler Parsons made that layup with 0.9 seconds, everybody was like 'man, we have to go back to Houston.' I told LA the first (thing) I did after he made it was look to the other end at the clock to see how much time was left. I knew we would get a shot off. I didn't know what the quality would be of the shot, but we got as good of a look as we was going to get and we executed the play that coach drew up in the timeout and here we are."
More Lillard: "Once the shot went in and I knew the series was over, the crowd was so into the game. I think our whole team really wanted to get it done for them, not only ourselves, our group in the locker room, but for the crowd because they show up so consistently for us. They were with us. The whole series, they were with us 100 percent. I felt like they deserved to be rewarded. Us sticking out on the court and kind of rallying and chanting with the crowd for a while. I think that's what Portland has been looking for for a long time as far as advancing past the first round, I'm just excited that I can be on the team with this group of guys and we were the group to get it done."
Rockets coach Kevin McHale on the final play: "They matched up over there and he (Lillard) just took off running and got some separation on his first step. No picks, he just took off running and caught it and shot it. He came running out from the weak side and we didn't execute very well on that one. I think that's the play we had to play defense for 0.9 seconds. We said no threes and we were trying to make the guys go back into the two point line and catch it. We had a foul to give if they did catch it but I figured at that point they're going to catch and shoot anyway so it's hard to use the foul. He made a hell of a shot."
More Howard: "It hurts. When you put everything you've got on the floor and somebody hits you with a dagger like that, it's a tough pill to swallow."
Howard on what he told Lillard after the game: "I told him great series, I'm proud of him and go win the 'chip."


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Since 1959, the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System (Great Lakes Seaway System or System) has been a vital waterborne transportation link for moving goods between the heartland of North America and international markets. The Seaway System, a binational waterway operated jointly by the United States. and Canada, encompasses the St. Lawrence River and the fi ve Great Lakes, and extends 2,300 miles from the Gulf of the St. Lawrence at the Atlantic Ocean to the Western end of Lake Superior at the twin ports of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin.
The U.S. St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC), an operating administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation and a wholly owned government corporation, is responsible for the operations and maintenance of the U.S. portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway between Montreal and Lake Erie. This responsibility includes maintaining and operating the two U.S. Seaway locks in Massena, New York, and vessel traffic control areas of the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario. In addition, the SLSDC performs trade development functions designed to enhance Seaway System utilization.
The SLSDC coordinates its activities with its Canadian counterpart, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC), particularly with respect to rules and regulations, overall day-to-day operations, traffic management, navigation aids, safety, environmental programs, operating dates, and trade development programs. The unique binational nature of the Seaway System requires 24-hour, year-round coordination between the two Seaway entities.
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DROID 2 turns up…at NASA
A Gizmodo tipster dropped one of the better leak stories I've heard late last night. As a summer intern at NASA's JPL, Giz reader Zach was lucky enough to attend a technology show at the laboratory. Oddly enough, companies like Microsoft, Apple, Sprint and Verizon were on the scene with product demonstration booths. Being a DROID owner, Zach wandered over to the Verizon booth to see what they had in store for the season.
As he checked out "the successor to the original Motorola Droid," Zach noticed a 5MP camera that was much faster than the one his own DROID features, a more rounded design, and, perhaps most importantly, a staggered keyboard with softer keys and no lip on the right end to get in your way. The face-mounted d-pad has been replaced with the standard keyboard arrows you see on laptops. The phone had 8GB of internal storage and an 8GB microSD card. And, of course, it packs a 1GHz processor.
The Verizon rep told Zach that, while this unit was running 2.1 with Blur on top, it was likely to launch (in the next few weeks, possibly under a different name) with vanilla Android version 2.2. If it does launch with 2.1 and Blur, she said, an update would come shortly thereafter.
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The Guys Next Door Part 2 #2 - Falcon
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Super tanned Rod knocks on the door of Paul's getaway and asks who's there. When Paul tells him he's alone and closes the door, Rod gets right down to business. They make out for a spell and then head to Paul's room. After a bit more sucking face and groping each other, Rod's shorts come off, and Paul heads downtown for some dick. He's on his knees showing praise to Rod's remarkably built body and meaty cock and balls. Paul's shorts come off too and Rod bends over the sofa to let Paul continue the praise on his smooth, round ass. Paul's praise continues with the excited tongue probing of Rod's hole, which is ready for Paul's wide load. Paul pummels Rod's hole repeatedly, showing serious topping prowess. The action flips when Paul flips over on his back puts his legs in the air and takes a pounding from Rod. Ramming away as Paul jerks, Rod dares Paul to shoot a huge load, but Paul waits until Rod unleashes a thick load onto his hand. After that, Paul shoots several long streams of cum onto his nicely trimmed hairy chest.


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The overall objective of the study (SMART 2007/0030) was to provide analysis of the impacts of different policy options for the preparation of the Digital Agenda for Europe, one of the flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 strategy.
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The analysis included outcomes from existing studies, surveys, hearings and consultations.
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County spokesman Keith Wasserman said he talked to county Public Works Supervisor Don Olbrich this morning and Olbrich said he sent his crew home at the regular time Wednesday to rest, then started calling everybody back in at 8 p.m.
By 10 p.m., everyone was at work and by this morning some roads already were clear down to the blacktop.
"The guys did a great job," Olbrich said.
State police at both Bridgeton and Port Norris barracks said they had no unusual problems overnight, in spite of really bad road conditions. Most people were smart enough to stay off the roads, they said.
Joseph Severs, county emergency management coordinator, said there were no unusual problems resulting from the storm.
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Rather than Ashley being the gold medal threat on the GP she's been for the past two seasons, I think she's fallen down a tier and is now more likely to place 2nd or 3rd behind one of the New Big Three (who I'd say are Julia, Adelina and Gracie). In a head-to-head battle against either of those three if they are clean/close to clean, Ashley won't win. Similar to the position Akiko has been in for the past few years. She could challenge for a medal but she rarely stood on top of the podium. Akiko medaled in all but one GP event from 2008/09 to 2013/14 but only won gold twice.
Akiko had an exceptional career but she never quite reached the top. Staring down the beginning of this next quad, it's looking like Ashley may end up in the same boat. By no means is it bad...but I don't think it's what Ashley wants. She wants to be at the top but as of now, she doesn't have the goods to get there.


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Norcross (Ga.) 82, Clackamas 45: Senior Diamond DeShields scored 21 points and senior Shayla Cooper added 19 to lead the Lady Blue (11-1) past No. 6 Clackamas (9-2) in a semifinal.
DeShields and Cooper combined for 31 points in the first half as Norcross took a 45-29 lead. The Lady Blue extended the lead to 71-41 after three quarters.
Junior Sydney Azorr and senior Deeshyra Thomas had 14 and 12 points, respectively, for the Cavaliers, who will meet Oregon City in the third-place game at 5 today.
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MOBILE, Alabama -- If the City Council refuses to approve a sales tax increase, its members will feel the wrath of pastors across the city, a Mobile minister warned during this morning's council meeting.
"There will be hell to pay," said the Rev. Cleveland McFarland of St. Peter Baptist Church, a downtown congregation. "On Sunday, I want to talk about Jesus. But if you refuse to do what is right, I will be talking about Jesus and the members of this council."
Cleveland was one of about 25 ministers who attended the meeting to show support for Mayor Sam Jones' proposed sales tax increase. Along with about three times as many city workers, they crowded the usually roomy auditorium of Mobile Government Plaza.
McFarland said that he and the other ministers, who were geographically and denominationally diverse, came together out of concern for the city, unbidden by the mayor or anybody else.
The Rev. Joseph Day even made the topic the focus of his invocation opening the City Council meeting.
Most invocations, which are made by a different preacher every week, tend toward bland exhortations for the council members to work together, and avoid specific issues of contention.
Day, however, got straight to the point, asking God to persuade the council to approve the sales tax increase so that city might not "enter the midst of poverty."
Councilman Fred Richardson joined the preaching mood, launching into a sermon of his own.
Using the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan as an analogy, he accused the City Council members who oppose a sales tax of cowardice
In the biblical parable, a traveler is attacked by robbers and left by the side of the road. As he lies dying, two travelers pass him by without helping. A third, a Samaritan, stopped to take care of the man.
Richardson said the two who ignored the dying man did so because they were afraid that they would get blood on themselves and be declared "unclean."
Opponents of the sales tax are like the two who passed by, afraid for their own reputations, Richardson said. He said that they should stop worrying so much about their social circle and status and worry more about the well-being of the city.
Members of Jones' financial staff say the city could face a deficit of as much as $29 million in 2013, though that number is based on a number of assumptions and is the subject of heated debate by some on the City Council.
So far, only Richardson and Councilman Jermaine Burrell have expressed unequivocal support for the mayor's chosen remedy, a 1-percentage point increase in the city's sales tax rate.
Council can't find solution, delays vote
Because of the City Council's supermajority rule, passing a tax increase would require the support of five of the seven councilmembers.
The body seemed no closer to finding a solution today, as it again delayed a vote on the matter.
The council, led by Councilwoman Gina Gregory, agreed to hold a public forum on the proposed tax increase so that residents could voice their opinions. That hearing will be held at 6 p.m. April 10 at Government Street Baptist Church.
Jones held a series of sparsely attended meetings across the city in December as he attempted to sell people on the idea of a sales tax increase, but the public was not allowed to weigh in one way or another.
Unless a special meeting is called to consider the issue, scheduling conflicts between some councilmembers could delay a vote on the tax issue until May.
Jones had threatened in a letter to the City Council to implement deep cuts to various city departments if the council did not approve a new revenue source by April 1, but the deadline came and went without an order to enact the austerity plan.
Jones said in an interview this morning that the cuts were still on the table, but that he was hesitant to enact them because of the potential impact on services. He said that he has asked department heads to continue to be as conservative as possible in the meantime.
One of the cuts that Jones proposed, eliminating night sports in the city parks, elicited a huge backlash from parents after a city employee warned volunteer park associations about it in an email. The administration quickly backed off of the plan, saying the policy had yet to be approved.
Jones had hoped to get the tax increase passed in time to start collecting it by May 1. He has asked the council to approve a companion measure to the tax proposal that would dedicate $7.7 million generated by the tax between May and the end of the fiscal year to various capital projects.
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A family of five has been left homeless after a 2-alarm fire ripped through their Secaucus residence this afternoon,
Firefighters responding to the blaze on Fourth Street near Front Street after 2 p.m. found heavy fire in the basement and first floor, Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli said this evening.
A second alarm was called due to the volume of fire and by the time the blaze was under control about 40 minutes later, the basement and first floor had suffered severe damage, Gonnelli said.
It appears the fire started in the basement boiler room but the cause is still under investigation, Gonnelli said. There was one person home at the time of the fire but the smoke alarms functioned and escaped to safety, Gonnelli said, adding that no firefighters were injured.
The Secaucus Office of Emergency Management is paying for the mother and four children to stay in a nearby hotel for a few days, Gonnelli said.
The mayor said the frigid windy weather caused water from the fire houses to freeze quickly.
Firefighters from South Bergen provided mutual aid during the fire, Gonnelli said.


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Hi All, Which phase is better for Collaborative Detection in the SecDefaultAction? I see that the default is phase 1 for Self-Contained Mode, is there any benefit to using phase1 for Collaborative? SecDefaultAction "phase:2,pass,log,noauditlog" SecDefaultAction "phase:1,pass,log,noauditlog" I am running the latest 2.7.2 modsecurity. Thanks, ~Jeremy -- -- Jeremy Brock XtremeServices.Net Xtreme Services, LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel - in partnership with Geeknet, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials, tech docs, whitepapers, evaluation guides, and opinion stories. Check out the most recent posts - join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ mod-security-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mod-security-users Commercial ModSecurity Rules and Support from Trustwave's SpiderLabs: http://www.modsecurity.org/projects/commercial/rules/ http://www.modsecurity.org/projects/commercial/support/


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RIVERDALE (0-0) at HANNAN (0-0)
When: Friday at 7 p.m.
Last year: Hannan won, 38-27.
Worth noting: Non-district game. ... The Rebels will rely heavily – if not entirely – on the strength one of the state's top recruits in Donte Jackson. After winning Class 4A state track titles in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, his collegiate offers began to come from almost everywhere. As a result, he's currently ranked second on the NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Nifty 50 list and is the 21st-ranked cornerback (where he projects in college) in the nation by rivals.com. ... The Hawks are coming off a magical season that would be tough for any team to duplicate. In their first season moving up from Class 1A to 2A, they opened with three consecutive victories against teams from higher classifications. After a few struggles midseason, they made a run to the Division III state championship game, before falling to mighty Calvary Baptist. They'll have a tough time coming anywhere near that, as the team has lost several seniors, including their starting offensive backfield.
Pick: Riverdale 33, Hannan 18.
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Week 36: September 2nd 2013 to September 8th 2013
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But he already knows what every coach on the planet wants to hear.
Known as a scorer and an electric player, the five-star Michigan signee says there's one way he'll get himself on the floor next season in Ann Arbor.
By defending.
"I'm pretty well known here in Indiana, but once I step on that court (at Michigan), I've got to earn every minute," said Irvin, the winner of this year's Indiana Mr. Basketball. "And that's going to start with defense.
"If I can play defense, I'll be able to get on the floor."
If Irvin's willing to live up to his word, Michigan will certainly take it.
The Wolverines had the most potent offense in America almost wire-to-wire last season, but their defense quite often left plenty to be desired.
Michigan struggled to defend for stretches on the wing and inside, and will have to replace their best perimeter defender (Tim Hardaway Jr.) next season.
As for Irvin, he says he believes he can play anywhere from point guard to small forward -- but his natural position is the two-guard. Unlike Glenn Robinson III, though, the 6-foot-6 prospect is not realistically capable of sliding down and playing the four.
Next season, he'll likely compete with rising sophomore Nik Stauskas off the ball, or play small forward if Michigan opts to put Robinson at the four.
Either way, there will be plenty of competition.
He'll fight for minutes with Stauskas, Robinson and sophomore Caris LeVert -- and he'll do it from day one. But, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
"That's a good thing," he said. "Going against each other every day in practice is going to make us that much better. Defense is definitely going to be the difference-maker, though.
"Those of us who can play defense will be on the floor, especially at the end of games."
Coaches love to hear that.
"I'll play where they put me," he added.
They like hearing that, too.
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Although this will appeal only directly to fans of the above bands BLANC FACES eschew a professionalism, panache and confidence that belies their tender musical age. Their sound is rich and steeped in the glory days of American Rock music. Lead vocalist Robbie really does shine through and could easily fit into any of the duos influences. Their stall is set out immediately with the ridiculously catchy opener ''Here's To You'' an amalgam of STARSHIP and JOURNEY if ever there was one. In fact the whole album is strewn with musical gems galore and with repeated listens it just gets better and better.
Is this MTV age Melodic Rock stops at SURVIVOR'S ''Eye Of The Tiger'' and that's your lot. However, as is always the case, bands continue to plough often lonely furrows only to achieve limited but critical success. Unfortunately BLANC FACES maybe some two decades too late to reap the rewards their talent deserves but this is a fantastic, high spirited, superbly produced debut. (Online October 1, 2005)


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They are just a few of the accomplished African-Americans with connections to Central New York.
Well-documented is the area's rich legacy of people, places and events that helped shape black history in the United States, particularly for working to abolish slavery and helping slaves to freedom.
Escaped slaves made their way out of the South along the Underground Railroad, which ran through Central New York to Canada. Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who eventually settled in Auburn, led an estimated 300 slaves to freedom.
In 1851, a group of abolitionists stormed a jail in Syracuse to rescue an escaped slave, William Henry, who was known simply as Jerry. And the abolitionist movement brought the likes of Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth and a host of freedom fighters to the Madison County hamlet of Peterboro, home of white abolitionist Gerrit Smith.
But the area's connection to the black history is more varied. The Post-Standard talked with black history educators and sifted through its archives and dozens of online sources to draw up a list of many of the most-notable examples.
Among them are:
George F. Grant
Connection: Oswego native.
The son of former slaves, Grant graduated from Harvard Dental School in 1870 and went on to become the first African-American faculty member at the university. He also is known for inventing and patenting the golf tee.
Alex Haley
Connection: Ithaca native.
This author's works include "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" and "Roots: The Saga of an American Family." The latter, which chronicled the lives of black slaves, was made into a television mini-series in the 1970s. Haley lived in Oneida County in the 1960s.
Vanessa Williams
Connection: Attended Syracuse University.
The model, actress and singer began her career in the drama department at SU. She left her studies when she became the first African-American to be crowned Miss America. Though she later lost the title to scandal, Williams went on to have success in music and television.
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Connection: Played professional baseball in Syracuse.
Before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in modern professional baseball, Walker was the first African-American major leaguer, playing for Toledo of the American Association in 1884 - one year after the Supreme Court ruled that it was legal to have separate facilities for blacks and whites, as long as they were equal. Four years later, he became the starting catcher on a Syracuse Stars team, which thrilled the city by winning the International League championship.
Ernie Davis
Connection: Played for Syracuse University.
In 1961, the collegiate football star who wore the uniform of the Orange, became the first African-American to win the coveted Heisman Trophy. The Elmira resident died of leukemia two years later. In 2008, SU unveiled its Ernie Davis statue on campus on the same weekend the motion picture "The Express" premiered in Syracuse. This season, the turf at the Carrier Dome was dedicated as Ernie Davis Legends Field.
Vertner Tandy
Connection: Attended Cornell University.
The Kentucky native transferred to Cornell in 1905 and went on to become the first African-American architect registered in New York state. While at Cornell, through 1908, Tandy was one of the founding fathers of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. His best known projects include St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church in Manhattan.
John Dove
Connection: Worked and lived in Rome.
The inventor and scientist's contributions at the Rome Air Development Center helped lead to the development of technology used in making the compact disc. He also helped develop amplifiers used to help carry communications on fiber-optic lines, expanding bandwidth to allow more information to be carried on phone lines and on the Internet. Dove, who died in 2004, was the namesake of three now-closed computer centers founded by the Urban League of Syracuse and Onondaga County.
George Schuyler
Connection: Lived for a time in Syracuse.
The Harlem Renaissance intellectual and journalist spent his early years in Syracuse before penning "Black No More" in 1930. His contemporaries included Langston Hughes and W.E.B. DuBois.
Grace Jones
Connection: Spent her teenage years in Syracuse.
The model, musician and actress grew up in Jamaica before moving to Syracuse at age 12. Her movie credits include Eddie Murphy's "Boomerang," "Conan the Destroyer" and she played James Bond's adversary, May Day, in "A View to a Kill." She was one of the first three inductees on the Syracuse Walk of Stars in front of the Landmark Theatre in 1991.
Earl Lloyd
Connection: Played professional basketball in Syracuse.
The first African-American NBA basketball player spent most of his career with the Syracuse Nationals. Lloyd spent six of his eight NBA seasons with the Nats, and ended up establishing the reputation as a physical and effective power forward that would help to carry him into basketball's Hall of Fame. Syracuse University Press will soon release a recently published a book about Lloyd, titled "Moonfixer," co-authored by Post-Standard columnist Sean Kirst.
Sheila Johnson
Connection: Morrisville State benefactor.
The co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, the first television channel aimed at the African-American audience, has made major donations to Morrisville State College. The Sheila Johnson Institute supports diversity and character-building initiatives at the college. She has also been called the world's first female African-American billionaire.
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Which game is better Zelda or smash bros. brawl
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It helps to have played both games before making such a judgement, you know...
Seriously, just have a little more common sense before posting dumb threads.
no**** Zelda TP is so overrated these days but I guess its all about preference.To OP: I think Brawl will be better than Zelda
Action/Fighting = SSBB
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I have no idea, I have to say LoZ: TP because I haven't touched SSBB yet. Not to mention they are different types of games. A better question, though still not a smart one, would have been "Which do you prefer, SMG or LoZ: TP" but that game hasn't yet been released so no one could really answer that question without simply having a preferance of characters.
No one knows!!! No one has played it here except if they work for Nintendo.
They're both equally as kick ass.
it all depends on what game you really like. you should only compare if games are better if they are of the same genre.
i really liked zelda tp. thought it was awesome! but its up to u and we havent even played brawl yet so how can u make up your mind already????


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MENACING, ELECTRIC BOULVEVARD: A caller told police about 2 p.m. Sept. 17 that a female had pulled a knife on her friend at the playground at Blesser Park. The suspect allegedly said there was a gun in the car. The suspect and other subjects then drove off toward Sheffield Lake. Police stopped the car in Sheffield Lake.
BURGLARY, AVON BELDEN ROAD: A resident told police he returned home about 8 p.m. Sept. 19 to discover his home had been burglarized.
BURGLARY, SOUTH POINT DRIVE: A resident reported Sept. 19 that his home had been burglarized the day before.
SOLICITING, WESTPORTE PLACE: Officers received a call about 5:30 p.m. Sept. 20 about a man soliciting for an out-of-state organization who had become verbally aggressive with a resident. Officers advised the man he needed a permit. About an hour later, they received another complaint about his behavior. At that point, the suspect was issued a citation.
MENACING, REDWOOD BOULEVARD: An individual reported about 4:45 p.m. Sept. 23 that four teenagers in a small red car threatened to kill him and then sped off. Police initially were unable to locate the car. However, about 45 minutes later the car was found in the area. The occupants denied the claim against them. The mother of the driver was advised of the incident.
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Sheehan: Setting Stage for NCAA Tournament Positioning
by Sheehan Stanwick Burch | LaxMagazine.com
|Notre Dame is unbeaten at the end
of March, as it was last year, but the Irish can't afford to falter
down the stretch again.
© John Konstantaras
As the month of March closes out, we are at a crucial point in the season. It is hard to believe, but most teams only have a handful of games until their conference tournaments start at the end of April. Florida has only four more games on its regular season schedule before the American Lacrosse Conference (ALC) tournament starts the first week in May.
This is crunch time for the 100 programs in Division I women's lacrosse. Over the next four weeks, teams need to notch key wins to be in good position to secure one of the (now) 26 spots in the expanded 2013 NCAA bracket. With 13 at-large bids available, the race is going to be fiercely competitive.
Here is my take on who is trending up, down and in between at this point in the season:
Maryland (11-0)
The Terps remain unbeaten and no team has been able to expose a weakness. Top to bottom, they dominate and they're tough to beat even when you're playing your best.
Florida (13-0)
Like Maryland, Florida boasts a perfect record. With so many weapons on a high-octane offense, the solid veteran defense often gets overlooked. Don't sleep on this team to take it all. The Gators have the complete package.
Notre Dame (8-0)
The Irish are the third unbeaten team in Division I, but they have not faced the toughest part of their schedule. In 2012, they were perfect in February and March, then went 4-2 against the Big East in April, suffering losses to Syracuse and Loyola. The conference year culminated with a loss to Loyola in the Big East tournament semifinals. That regular-season ending set them up for a matchup with Northwestern in the first round of the NCAAs. Notre Dame needs to be mindful to not repeat their late-season performance from last year.
Rutgers (8-2)
Rutgers is off to its best start in program history. Last week, after beating Princeton 12-10 on Tuesday, the Scarlet Knights dropped a Big East contest against Notre Dame 9-6 on Friday. Rutgers has seven games left on the season, and they are all Big East matchups. The Big East tournament only takes the top four teams in the conference. The usual suspects are Syracuse, Georgetown, Loyola and Notre Dame. Rutgers has the talent this year to crack into this elite club, but it's not going to come easy for them. The Knights' could benefit from Loyola's struggles this year, but they can't make any missteps. Senior goalkeeper Lily Kalata anchors a Rutgers defense that is ranked first in scoring defense.
Loyola (4-5)
The Greyhounds are 4-5 on the season and have struggled offensively, despite a general preseason optimism surrounding their ability to rack up points. There is still time for this team to put all the pieces together, and they have opportunities to build confidence. The Greyhounds face in-state rival UMBC on Wednesday, which will be a good benchmark to see if Loyola has improved enough to make a push in the Big East.
Matchups to watch this week
North Carolina (9-1) at Duke (9-1), 7 p.m.
UNC's Kara Cannizzaro is leading the charge on the offensive end, while Lauren Maksym has been steady in the cage with a 5.99 goals against average. UNC has pulled off some close wins this season, and just narrowly escaped with a win over Cornell. After trailing 10-7, UNC scored the final four goals against the Big Red to avoid an upset. The Tar Heels also came from behind to take a one-goal lead in the final minutes against Virginia en route to another nail-biting victory. To me, this shows that the Tar Heels are beatable, but they have a toughness that enables them to find a way to win tightly contested games. Duke's only loss this season is to Maryland, 15-6, which is actually quite impressive, given that Maryland has steamrolled everyone this season. Freshman goalie Kelsey Duryea has been impressive and is coming off a 12 save performance in the win over Virginia. The edge goes to UNC, as I don't see Duke matching them goal for goal.
Syracuse (4-2) at Northwestern (7-1), 2 p.m.
This is the much-anticipated rematch of last year's national championship. For Syracuse, beating Northwestern at home is a tall task. The Orange cannot allow Alyssa Murray or Michelle Tumolo to be shut out of this game. Kerri Harrington, Northwestern's face-guarding specialist, limited Tumolo to one goal in the Wildcats' 8-6 championship game win. It won't be a surprise if Northwestern takes that defensive approach again, and it will take a team effort from Syracuse to get it's offensive stars free for quality scoring opportunities. Draw controls will be huge, as always. Alyssa Leonard for Northwestern can be a one-woman show on the draw circle, and she has 63 draws to her credit, which is good enough to make her tops in the nation and may be the reason that Northwestern comes away with a victory.
Princeton (4-3) at Cornell (6-2), 3 p.m.
This game is looking to be another tough Ivy League showdown. Cornell was unbeaten heading into last week, but the Big Red dropped their last two contests to UNC and Penn by one goal. Lindsay Toppe is having a great season, leading Cornell with 30 goals. Princeton is coming off a 12-7 upset win over Johns Hopkins. Princeton was relentless and put together a 6-0 second-half scoring run, limiting the Blue Jays to a mere six shots in the span. Only four teams make it to the Ivy League tournament, where an automatic bid is on the line. Last year Princeton was on the outside looking in. This is a critical game for both squads. I see Cornell rebounding and pulling out a win on its home field.
CBS Sports Network women's lacrosse analyst and 2001 Tewaaraton Award finalist Sheehan Stanwick Burch will be providing a column for LaxMagazine.com every Tuesday throughout the Division I women's college season. Follow Sheehan on Twitter @StanwickBurch.
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Today is just another general election for many seasoned voters in Hoboken. For Hoboken High School juniors Mariah Fabian and Michele Santiago, however, today is their first real-life lesson on the voting process and the political world.
Fabian and Santiago, both 16, have been campaigning today for the reelection of Hudson County Freeholder Anthony Romano as part of a program at the Jubilee Center, which organizes activities for Hoboken kids in public housing neighborhoods.
While the two admitted they don't know enough about politics or Romano's stance on political issues, they were excited about the experience.
"This is our first year and we're learning," said Santiago, adding that they were both learning about politics in school.
"There doesn't seem to be a lot of people excited to vote," said Fabian glumly. "They're just walking right past us."
When Santiago tried getting the attention of a woman pushing a stroller down the street by urging her to vote for Romano and offering her a campaign postcard, the woman simply walked by her. She wasn't surprised. "They just say, 'No, thank you. No, thank you,'" she said.
While Fabian said they were "too young" to be concerned about a lot ofpolitical issues, they are educating themselves. In fact, both said they plan to vote when they turn 18.