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Thursday, December 21, 2006
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Blanco's butter brickle
Governor is among readers sharing holiday family recipes
By JUDY WALKER
After a family trip to the Saints game last week, Governor Kathleen Blanco and six of her eight grandchildren made batches of a traditional family recipe in the Governor's Mansion. Her press office shared the recipe.
You can make only one batch of this candy at a time, and you will need a candy thermometer.
The governor's butter brickle
Makes 1Ľ pounds
Ľ cup sliced almonds
1 cup (Louisiana cane) sugar
1 cup Imperial Margarine
6 ounce package of semi-sweet real chocolate chips
Place almonds on a cookie sheet and toast in a 300-degree oven for about 10 minutes, or until almonds begin to look golden brown (crunchy, but not overdone). Let cool.
Line a 15- by 10-inch shallow pan with wax paper. In a 2-quart saucepan, combine sugar and margarine. Cook over low heat for 25 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cook to 300 degrees on a candy thermometer, or test by dropping a very small amount into ice water to form brittle strands (done when strands are crunchy, but do not stick to your teeth).
Pour syrup evenly onto pan covered with wax paper. Let sit a minute or two, then sprinkle chocolate chips over hot candy. Let sit 2 or 3 minutes as chocolate chips soften. With a spatula, spread softened chocolate evenly over candy. Sprinkle toasted almonds over the melted chocolate. Let cool completely. (I put into freezer for about 30 minutes.) Break into pieces. Store in tins.
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DATES IN A ROLL: A.W. of New Orleans wants to share her mother's 50-year-old Christmas candy recipe, "for a date pecan candy roll she made every year. It's still my family's favorite."
Lemons family date pecan candy roll
2 cups sugar
1 cup light cream (or evaporated milk)
2 tablespoons white corn syrup
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 cup chopped pitted dates
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ˝ to 2 cups chopped pecans
Cook sugar, cream and syrup in saucepan to soft-ball stage. Then, drop in dates and butter and cook 5 minutes longer, stirring often. Remove from heat, add vanilla and let cool. Add nuts and beat until nearly cold, then pour out onto dampened kitchen towel.
Use towel and wet hands to roll mixture into logs about 2 inches in diameter and 12 inches long. Let stand 30 minutes, then wrap in wax paper and store in refrigerator. To serve, cut logs into Ľ-inch slices.
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NO BAKE, NO PROBLEM: M.M. says she needs the recipe for the no-bake cheesecake with sweetened condensed milk, sour cream and lemon. This is a really simple old-school favorite.
Easy no-bake cheesecake
1 8-ounce package softened cream cheese
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup lemon juice
˝ cup sour cream
1 large prepared graham cracker crust
In medium size bowl beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add sweetened condensed milk; stir in lemon juice and sour cream. Blend ingredients well. Chill 20 minutes, then fill pie crust
Chill 2 hours and garnish with your favorite fruit topping. May be covered and frozen (thaw for 45 minutes before serving).
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SEEKING KOLB'S DAUBE GLACE: "My memory of the daube glace at Kolbs in downtown New Orleans is my benchmark to rate other versions of the dish, " writes A.J. from Covington. "My daughter and I tried the recipe from the Entergy Cookbook, and, although good, it just didn't measure up. Any chance of someone having the Kolb's recipe that they are willing to share? And while I'm asking, the Kolb's Onion Soup recipe?"
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ONE MO' FRUITCAKE: "Hopefully, you can share this with your readers, as it is really worthwhile, " writes S.G. of New Orleans. "It's without a doubt the best fruitcake ever -- and one which even fruitcake haters will love." She got the recipe from Cooking Pleasures magazine.
Next year, make this early and store it in the fridge, because the flavor improves with a month or two of aging.
Tropical fruit and rum cake
Makes 54 (˝-inch) slices
1 pound dried (not candied) pineapple, cut into ˝-inch pieces
1 pound dried papaya, cut into ˝-inch pieces
1 cup each macadamia nuts, pecan halves and coarsely chopped walnuts (total 12 ounces)
Ľ cup light rum or apple juice
1 tablespoon vanilla
8 ounces white chocolate, cut into chunks
˝ cup all-purpose flour
˝ cup sugar
˝ teaspoon cardamom
Ľ teaspoon salt
Ľ teaspoon nutmeg
3 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons light rum or apple juice
1/3 cup light corn syrup
Additional light rum or apple juice for aging
1 ounce semisweet or white chocolate
Ľ teaspoon vegetable oil
Heat oven to 300 degrees. Lightly grease 9-inch square pan; line bottom with parchment paper; lightly grease paper.
In large bowl, combine pineapple, papaya, macadamia nuts, pecans and walnuts. Add Ľ cup rum and the vanilla; mix well and let stand at room temperature 30 minutes or until liquids are absorbed. Stir in white chocolate chunks.
In small bowl, combine flour, sugar, cardamom, salt and nutmeg; mix well. Sprinkle over fruit mixture; stir until well coated with flour mixture. Add eggs; mix until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon mixture into pan; gently press mixture evenly into pan.
Bake 1 hour, 15 minutes to 1 hour, 30 minutes, or until center of cake is firm to the touch. Remove cake from oven; place on wire rack. Immediately brush with 2 tablespoons rum.
In small saucepan, bring corn syrup to a boil and brush over top of cake while still hot. Cool cake completely; remove from pan. Wrap cake in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 days to blend flavors; brush with rum. Re-wrap cake; it can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 2 months. Brush cake with additional rum or apple juice every 2 to 3 weeks to keep moist.
To decorate cake before serving, combine chocolate and oil in small heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; seal bag and set bag into a bowl of very hot water until chocolate is melted. Knead bag slightly to be sure all chocolate is melted and not lumpy. Cut off tiny corner of bag to make a very small hole, and squeeze chocolate through hole, drizzling it over top of cake to decorate. Let stand until chocolate is set.
Cut cake into thirds; cut each third into 18 (3-inch wide by ˝-inch thick) slices. (Or, to make tropical bonbons, cut into 1-inch squares and drizzle squares with melted chocolate or dip tops into the chocolate, and serve in fluted candy cups.)
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My exams gonna end in three days...and i've already started dreaming about the long fought independence thats gonna come after that..it has been like 2 and 1/2 monthes since the wretched exam began. Stll physics-1st paper and bangla is left to be dealt with...hope stuffz end in musing rather than morbid-sorrows.Things are still messy though..with days passing by doing nothing but thermometry and statics dynamics...ALLAH when will all these end...!! When will i finally be able to enjoy a quite evening with my gal or a dvd of futurama or that 70's show.....only future momma's womb will tell.
Im goin out for a hair cut now..wish me luck. Hope i dont end up looking like this guy right here. This hair thingy was driving me nuts. I was too lazy to cut the F#$#ing fibre off before my exam and now the heat outside is driving me loony. Well here i go...today this black-mambo gonna have its pubes shaven off...it wont hurt me a bit...but it would hurt my lethargic ego a lot cuz it was unable to prevent me from going to the saloon.
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Heh heh..i love this black-nigga. Here's one more for the french-wussies:-
How many gears does a French tank have? Five, four in reverse and one forward (in case of attack from behind.
|Your Amazing Yoda Sex Line
"Foreplay, cuddling - a Jedi craves not these things."
Eh this appears to be gay... im no 18 inches tall yahoo with a green light-sabre..
"Views in my a great wussie numb-skull you are"-take that Yo-Fu#$#ing-Da
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HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The controversy over the Alabama A&M University Research Institute reached a new level Friday when a school trustee fired insults at another trustee.
The comments from trustee Jerome Williams of Birmingham came at the end of a 35-minute discussion at Friday's board meeting that centered on the research institute. The institute, formed in 1999 to handle millions in private and government research contracts on behalf of NASA, the Defense Department and numerous companies, has been the subject of an FBI investigation and an inquiry by A&M's accrediting agency.
Allegations have flown regarding possible misuse of funds at the institute, and a conflict of interest by Board President Pro Tem Odysseus Lanier, whose company once held contracts with the institute. Lanier has denied any wrongdoing.
The discussion Friday revolved, in part, around trustees questioning the value of the research institute and how worthwhile the partnership is to A&M.
"You lack credibility in this circle," Williams said to fellow trustee Rev. Tom Bell as the board sat around a horseshoe table at the Clyde Foster Multipurpose Room on the A&M campus. Bell is also a member of the research institute board of directors.
"You have demonstrated by your conspiring nature with (fellow trustee James) Montgomery you are not trustworthy," Williams continued. "You have demonstrated that again and again from what you have done, including going to Montgomery to tell lies (to state senators, which must confirm trustees) against the confirmation of trustee members."
At that point, a murmur rippled throughout the stunned audience in the room.
"My, my, my," Bell responded as the murmur grew louder. "My goodness. My goodness."
Bell then told board president Lanier, "O.D., you need to calm this thing."
Lanier, who had talked repeatedly over the past two days of meetings about the constructive work of the trustees and spoke of his "unbridled optimism" for the board, immediately called for a break.
"Let's settle down a minute here," Lanier said. "Let's settle down."
Unless issues are resolved between A&M and the research institute within the next month, the process of terminating the relationship is an option for the A&M trustees.
Following the break, the trustees voted 7-2 in support of Williams' motion to reduce the negotiating window with the research institute to 30 days. Bell and Montgomery cast the dissenting votes. The introduction of that motion ignited the lengthy discussion on the research institute.
The exchange between Williams - who was confirmed as a trustee by the state Senate in December - and Bell underscored the divisions on the board that trustees have openly acknowledged.
At the board meeting in Montgomery with Gov. Robert Bentley earlier this month, Williams criticized Bell, Montgomery and trustee Raymond Burse for leaving the meeting after a lunch break. Bell, Montgomery and Burse were three of the four trustees who requested the meeting with Bentley.
And Friday, trustee Norman Hill accused the three of calling the meeting with Bentley to discuss the research Institute and then leaving before the topic was reached on the agenda. But Bell, Montgomery and Burse were present during discussion of the research institute.
"I don't know if you fell asleep or were daydreaming or what," Montgomery said in response to Hill. "But that's what we spent most of the meeting on."
Lanier had talked this week of being able to "pivot away" from the past differences and move forward with the business of the university.
The tension arose after Williams introduced a motion to reduce a 90-day negotiating window with the research institute to 30 days because of a lack of response for a meeting, according to Williams.
Williams spoke in place of trustee Andre Taylor, who is chair of an ad hoc board committee investigating ongoing issues with the research institute. Taylor was absent because of a death in the family.
Bell, who is also on the ad hoc committee, said he knew of no request for information directed to the research institute.
Bell said he was ready to take part in a meeting that was scheduled for last Tuesday. But according to A&M President Dr. Andrew Hugine, research institute Executive Director Dr. Deidra Willis-Gopher canceled the meeting because three members of the research institute board could not attend.
Questions surrounding A&M's relationship to the research institute and the function of the research institute were among questions submitted to the school by SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) in an inquiry last month.
SACS also asked for an update on the FBI and federal grand jury investigations into the research institute. A&M said it met the Feb. 14 deadline to respond but has refused to publicly release the response.


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EA and Crytek announced in a release just ahead of their E3 press conference that Crysis 2 will include full 3D support.
As well as PC 3D support, Crysis 2 will be in 3D on PS3 and Xbox 360 as well.
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Currently I have two futura's, 93 and 111. I surf these boards with reflex I 6.2, 7.0 and 7.8. They work great between 14 - 35 Kts. Recently I bought a reflex 5.6 from Peter van Dijk for 25 - 40 Kts use. Although the windrange of the Futura 93 is huge in stronger winds, it is remarkable that this is the smallest Futura. My weight is 190 lbs and the boards gets planing with my 6.2 with about 17-18 kts. For smaller persons and bigger sails the board planes even earlier. A smaller Futura ( 75 ltr, ofo 36 cm) would defnitely add some extra fun, control and maybe speed for lightweights in mid/strong winds and heavy weights in strong winds.
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NEWARK -- Hours after he was honored by Chris Christie for his service with the National Guard in Iraq, Steven Lampe had his car stolen, along with all of his mementos from the war, from a Target parking lot in Linden.
Last week, Lampe's car was found abandoned in Newark, and he recovered many of his possessions, but then he had to cough up $90 to get it back from an unsympathetic tow yard.
What a week.
The car, an Acura Legend, was stolen on Jan. 17, not long after Lampe was honored with other veterans by the incoming governor. Then, police told Lampe, it was likely used in armed robberies in Newark three days later.
Lampe said Friday that the thieves who stole his car left behind some of the valuables including his uniforms, but took others, like one of two flags that flew over his base in Iraq that had been signed by his general.
"I got my uniforms, I have everything in my bag right now--it's on my shoulder," said Lampe. "I got my dog tags."
Along with the flag, Lampe's GPS unit was stolen, and so were his wife's clothes and running shoes.
Lampe commended three law enforcement agencies--the Linden police, Newark police, and Essex and Union Counties' Auto Theft Task Force--that searched for his car before it was found abandoned on Frelinghuysen Avenue in Newark.
In his job as a helicopter pilot for the National Guard, Lampe had flown helicopters in the past for the auto theft task force when it searched for stolen cars.
Newark police spokesman Detective Hubert Henderson confirmed that the car was found on Jan. 20 in Newark, but couldn't describe its condition or confirm whether a similar car was used in robberies.
At the end of the eventful week, there was one more hurdle Lampe faced. In order to get his car back on Jan. 21, he had to pay a $90 charge to the towing company.
Staff at Twin Towing said Monday they would not confirm whether Lampe's car was towed to their lot, but an employee said fees are "absolutely," always collected, regardless of the owner's circumstances.
Still, the guardsman, who lives with his wife in Manhattan, is glad to have his car, and some of his souvenirs from his service in Iraq, back.
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EAST LANSING — Michigan State senior Adreian Payne was part of a revitalized USA Basketball Men's team effort on Monday, scoring five points, nabbing four rebounds and blocking two shots in his 12 minutes off the bench in a 92-70 win over Germany.
The USA team, which can finish no better than ninth after losing back-to-back to Australia (93-84) and Canada (94-85) last weekend, plays Finland on Tuesday at Miras Sports Complex in Kazan, Russia, in both teams' finale.
Payne, who did very little in either loss, has played limited minutes throughout the seven games of the tournament. He is averaging just 9.9 minutes and four points per contest.
Foul problems have plagued the Spartans' star, as his 16 personal fouls in seven games lead the team. Payne also is shooting just 38.5 percent from the field (10 of 26) and 66.7 percent from the free-throw line (8 of 12).
"It's kind of tough,'' Payne said in a USA Basketball release, "but I think everyone is trying to move on and finish the best way we can.''
The team, coached by Davidson's Bob McKillop, Michigan's John Beilein and South Carolina's Frank Martin, has had a disappointing 5-2 showing en route to the ninth-place game.
USA Basketball is 143-11 all-time in the World University Games.
McKillop, however, is choosing to see the glass half full.
"The bench has been superb, today and against Norway (yesterday)," McKillop said in a USA Basketball release. "They were active on the bench, and then as soon as they came into the game, they uplifted our spirits and gave us great energy. So, being able to use the full roster has been very advantageous for us.
"It's so easy to hang your head and not fight back when you have the disappointment of being knocked out of the medal round," McKillop continued. "These guys showed outstanding teamwork and toughness in responding to that adversity. I wish we could start today, because I think we are coming together as a team. We are starting to make the extra pass, get the long rebound, defend as a team and, and we'd love to have the opportunity to play some teams again."
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HOLYOKE - Over the years, it was the custom of longtime community activist Carlos Vega to walk the streets of South Holyoke, often starting out at a small park at the intersection of Hamilton and Clemente streets, in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
On May 10, that park was renamed Carlos Vega Park in memory of Vega, 61, who died on April 12 after battling brain cancer for 15 years.
Vega's son, Aaron, a city councilor and candidate for state representative, directed a memorial celebration that day, which included poetry readings, songs, and a violin performance by Morgan School students, remembrances from city officials and community leaders past and present, tree and flower plantings, and unveiling of a new park sign.
"I think the real legacy of my dad are all the people he influenced to continue to do the work that needs to be done and volunteer on the behalf of our community," Aaron Vega said.
For more than 40 years, Carlos Vega worked for various organizations dedicated to improving housing, education and health for residents of Holyoke, and alleviating poverty in the city. A social worker by profession, he was one of the founders of Nueva Esperanza and led a drive in the early 1980s to develop 400 units of affordable housing and commercial space in South Holyoke.
Carlos Vega served as Nueva Esperanza's executive director until 2007, when he resigned, but remained active on the agency's board of directors. Vega also worked or volunteered at the Holyoke Human Service Network, Enlace de Familias, the Holyoke Land Trust, the state Office of Health and Human Services and the Department of Children and Families.
Mayor Alex Morse said the work of Vega and others paved the way for current initiatives aimed at improving life for the residents of South Holyoke.
"Many years ago, people gave up on this neighborhood," Morse said. "Today, like never before, we are seeing collaborations between government and the community; we have a tremendous opportunity now to transform this neighborhood."
Morse said Carlos Vega was dedicated to improving housing and public education and creating a safer community for all in Holyoke. Vega's legacy lives on in the many people who continue to work on behalf of social and educational justice in the city, he said.
Betty Medina Lichtenstein, executive director of Enlace de Familias, was a "lifelong friend and comrade" of Carlos Vega, according to his son.
Lichtenstein recalled meeting Carlos Vega in the late 1970s when the two were young community activists.
"We were working in the Flats at a time of great unrest and changes and at a time when Carlos Alberto Vega was planting the tree of a grassroots social justice," she said. Lichtenstein said Vega became a close friend, mentor, and, in many respects, like a brother.
Lichtenstein said she and Vega often walked throughout South Holyoke, with Vega pointing out various buildings and commenting on the former and present owners and the current occupants.
"We started our walks in this park, every day," she recalled. "He would tell me about the families who lived here . . . he taught me the three L's: listen, look, and learn. When you are walking, not driving, you can really listen to the rich sounds of the neighborhood and its residents."
Lichtenstein said Vega was a "true teacher," who often responded to questions with questions of his own and inspiring those he mentored to see with their eyes wide open. She said Vega was generous with his time and rarely turned down a request from college students or researchers to help with a project.
"He felt they needed to know what happened here and the history of this community," Lichtenstein said. "He said, 'if they don't know it, they'll be lost.'"
Lichtenstein said she "stands on the shoulders" of Vega and his philosophy that community building can "never be done alone" and must be accomplished on behalf of and alongside neighborhoods, people, and communities.
"It's about knowing that this is not a competition," she said. "It's your turn, Carlos, to rest now and let us do the work you taught us to do."
Former Mayor Elaine Pluta said Vega taught her how to be a community activist back in the mid-80s when the two were part of a group that opposed a trash-burning plant in Springdale.
"Because of Carlos, I never stopped being an activist in Holyoke and have been one for 25 years and I do not plan on stopping any time soon," Pluta said. "He was my mentor early on. He knew how to organize and get the word out and we successfully fought that trash burning plant . . . the fact is, we have to continue to pay attention to the low-income population in Holyoke. We have to bring them with us."
Pluta noted that she signed the documents approving the renaming of the park for Carlos Vega while he was still alive and she was still mayor.
Landscape designer Nancy Howard created a garden at the park with plants to attract butterflies, which Carlos Vega loved, and she invited participants at the event to help her plant and water. Second graders from the Morgan School also read the poems "Lemonade Sun" and "Butterfly," two choices that were very appropriate, Aaron Vega said, because his father loved both.
"My dad did like to drink lemonade and butterflies are an important symbol of the freedom of movement that he loved so much," he said.
Carlos Vega's widow, Elaine Fletcher Vega, joined with her stepson, mother-in-law, grandchildren, and numerous other family members to scatter her husband's cremated remains beneath a Kousa dogwood tree planted at the park. Fletcher Vega pointed out a building across the street that was among one of 35 structures renovated or built as affordable housing under Vega's leadership at Nueva Esperanza.
"Like almost everything to do with his ending, Carlos actually orchestrated this whole thing," she said. "He made the decision that he wanted to be in this park. This is where he wanted to rest."


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The matchup: The eighth-ranked Pioneers, 4-0 for the first time since their state runner-up season in 1996, take on the Cougars, who are playing their first league game. Canby has beaten Oregon City five years in a row, the last three since moving from the Pacific Conference to the Three Rivers. The Cougars won at Oregon City 42-20 last year.
Of note …
1. The Pioneers, coming off a 31-21 win over previously unbeaten Lakeridge, get another tough league challenge against the Cougars, whose losses are to No. 2 Tigard and Camas, the No. 1 team in Washington. "Beating Lakeridge, I hope it opens some's people's eyes to our team and what we can do in the future," said sophomore tailback Conner Mitchell, who is second in 6A in rushing with 812 yards.
2. Oregon City impressed Lakeridge coach Tom Smythe. "They executed wonderfully," Smythe said of the Pioneers. "That little back (Mitchell) is a gem, and the quarterback (Jon Hall) was very good. He threw the ball very well. That's a very good football team. They'll be hard for people to beat."
3. The game will tell a lot about where Oregon City and Canby stack up. "It's going to be interesting because they're 4-0, and from the teams they've played, I don't know if they're a good team or a very good team," Canby coach Mike Vaught said.
4. After watching Oregon City on video, one thing caught Vaught off-guard. "They're a lot bigger than we thought they were going to be," he said. "We saw them at the Lineman Challenge this summer, and there wasn't a real big kid there."
5. Last week, Canby built a 42-0 lead and rushed for 420 yards on its way to a 49-24 win over Lincoln. The Cougars took out their starters at half. Vaught said it was the team's best game of the season. "Yeah, without a doubt," he said. "Even though they were calling stunts to try to stop what we do, they couldn't stop our run. Our kids are really excited because what we planned on going into the year was being big and strong and running over people, and we did it against Lincoln. The kids are excited about our running game."
6. Hall, a senior, has been on fire in the last two games, completing 20 of 28 passes for eight touchdowns without an interception. He also ran for a score against Lakeridge. "I thought Jon Hall made some great decisions, some great throws," offensive coordinator Doug Stull said about last week's game. "He's really improved this year. And he's a real team leader. That's been huge for us."
7. Vaught isn't putting too much stock in the one-sided losses to Tigard (38-7) and Camas (48-7). "Against Tigard, we handled their run pretty well. We played better than we did last year," he said. "We had two scoring drives inside the 5 and we didn't get in. We know we can compete with them. It's just a motivator to practice harder and get better. Camas we knew was a tall order, but for two quarters we played tough and competed. They just have too many weapons. We would've liked to have beaten Tigard and Camas, but I think Tigard would be different if we played them again. Camas, they're just phenomenal. They basically wore us down because we don't have a lot of depth and they play a lot of talented kids."
8. Oregon City's Matt Oades, 6-foot-2, 205-pound senior receiver, broke out against Lakeridge by catching seven passes for 71 yards and two touchdowns. "For the last two years, he's probably been our most physical wide receiver," Stull said. "He's a big, strong kid. He's a tough matchup for any corner because he's got the speed to go by you but he's also bigger and stronger than most defensive backs. You have a hard time jamming him, and if you play off him, he's going to get those short ones and turn it up the field. And he and Jon have been working together for years, so they have good rapport."
9. The Cougars are getting big contributions on defense from senior OLB A.J. Schlatter, who was a SS last year, and senior SS Cole Thompson. "They've been everything I've hoped for and more," Vaught said. Junior OLB Jace Cates also has impressed. Thompson and Cates, who rushed for 112 yards last week against Lincoln, are rotating at wing back.
10. Pioneers sophomore receiver Trevon Bradford on Mitchell: "Conner is a beast. Every time he touches the ball, you think he's going to score." Mitchell showed last week that he is more than a runner, though. He completed a 30-yard pass to Bradford on a fake punt and had a sack.
11. Canby is hopeful that senior WR/CB Noah Kyllo, the team's fastest player, will return from injury Friday. Kyllo, who returned a punt for a TD against McNary, suffered a hip pointer against Camas and didn't play the second half. His absence has been felt in the secondary, which gave up four TD passes to Tigard and one to McNary, and yielded four long passes to Lincoln. "I'm really hoping he comes back this week because the weakest part of our defense – and really the most disappointing thing of the whole season – has been our play at corner." The Cougars lost their best CB, junior Devon Fortier, to a knee injury during the summer.
12. Mitchell said this season has been in the works for a while for the Pioneers. The sophomores were undefeated on the freshman team, even though he and Bradford played on the varsity last season. "We all started playing together in the seventh grade, and ever since then we've been coming together really well," he said. "We just all take ownership for our mistakes, and nobody calls each other out if you do something wrong."
13. Mitchell has 112 carries through four games (28 per game), accounting for 70 percent of the team's rushes. Senior Jordan Villareal-Ferguson has the next most carries with 19. "I really need to give more time to Jordan, but it's hard to stop handing the ball off the Conner," Stull said. "Jordan is a really talented running back in his own right. He'll get more time as the season progresses."
14. Canby senior Timmy Johnson, a leading candidate to play QB until it was discovered he had a heart defect earlier this year, will not return to play football. Johnson had corrective surgery in the spring and was hopeful to play at some point this year, but an exam prior to the season revealed he needed another procedure to insert a stint. He had the surgery this month and has been ruled out of contact sports, according to Vaught. But Johnson, a standout decathlete, has started training for track season and should be full-go in the spring, Vaught said.
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The Wolves gained some much-needed revenge Friday night at the Superdome.
St. Paul's quarterback Patrick Duncan scrambled right, then came back left to find Kris Brumfield, who caught the ball, made one defender miss then outran three others for a 24-yard touchdown with 43 seconds remaining.
Last season, Acadiana ousted St. Paul's from the playoffs, and don't be surprised if these schools face each other again in the playoffs this season, perhaps even in the same venue.
The Wolves defeated the Rams 15-14 in the second game of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Prep Classic on Friday night for their second consecutive win against a top-ranked school. Last week St. Paul's defeated Karr, then the top-ranked team in 4A, 38-7.
St. Paul's entered the quarterfinal rematch fourth in the state. Acadiana, the defending state champion, took over the No. 1 ranking after a 36-13 defeat of Northside. The Wolves and Wreckin' Rams entered the game 97th and 98th in the latest Rivals top 100 rankings.
Duncan led the way for St. Paul's, completing 17 of 29 passes for 218 yards and the touchdown. Merkell Powell had 86 yards combined, and kicker Trent Domingue made three field goals.
After Brumfield's touchdown, Mason Cole intercepted a tipped pass from Acadiana quarterback Ty Foreman to seal the victory. Foreman replaced senior quarterback Styrker Trahan, who was ejected after throwing a punch with 3:33 left in the third quarter.
Foreman turned the ball over four times — fumbling twice and throwing two interceptions. His first fumble led to a 30-yard field goal by Domingue that cut the Rams' lead to 14-9. The second fumble, with 1:26 remaining, set up the winning drive.
St. Paul's was forced to punt with 2:17 left after three straight incompltions, but saved all three timeouts. The Wolves used just one before Foreman turned it over.
The Wolves held the Rams to 82 yards and no points in the second half after Acadiana gained 155 and two touchdowns in the first half.
Acadiana drove 68 yards in four plays on the opening drive, capped by a 25-yard run by Jeff Brown. It was set up by a 32-yard run by Keith Sonnier.
St. Paul's responded with an 11-play, 79-yard drive but was unsuccessful on third and fourth down from inside the Rams' 10. On fourth-and-goal from the 4, Long ran left but was stopped at the 1.
The Rams answered with a 19-play, 99-yard drive spanning two quarters and nearly 10 minutes. It ended with a 4-yard Brown touchdown run on fourth-and-goal. Trahan faked a handoff inside, then pitched out to Brown, who ran unabated to the end zone.
On the next drive, the Wolves got a 26-yard field goal by Domingue.
St. Paul's forced a three-and-out and took over at their 49-yard line with 1:10 remaining in the half. Domingue made a 47-yard field goal.


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Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The line stretched around Saint Michael's Orthodox Church's gymnasium for the beginning of the 51st Lenten pirohi sale.
"I love the cabbage the best," said Doris Cronk of Binghamton, "But it's just a wonderful meal that doesn't have meat in it for Lent."
The six-week pirohi sale is the largest fundraiser for the church, it estimates more than 10,000 pirohis will be cooked between now and the end of Lent.
Helen Klima, of the Town of Union, said she comes each week for one reason.
"Because they're delicious," Klima said. "They make them the best right here."
Heather Broz, of Endicott, said the sale is a Lenten tradition.
"We usually make it out here at least once or twice during lent," Broz said.
The pirohis are all hand made by families who've folded and boiled the traditional dumplings for generations, something that brought Bob Winterstein all the way from Montrose, Pennsylvania.
"You can't get any better than this, this is the real deal," Winterstein said.
In fact, under one roof, you can find three generations of pirohi cooks.
Grandaughter Maria Korchak helps pinch pirohi with her mother Maria and grandmother Dolores Kundrat.
"I do what every college student wants to do on spring break," Maria Korchack said, "Pinch pirohi."
The time consuming process leaves lots of time for reflection according to mother Nadine Korchak.
"We think about all those people have since left us," Nadine Korchak said. "And we have fond memories of generations of people who came before us."
It's a tradition Maria Korchak hopes to keep alive.
"One day I'll hope to pass these traditions to my children as well," Maria Korchak said.
Dolores Kundrat, the grandmother or 'baba,' has the duty to ensure the tradition continues.
"We should always remember our roots and our traditions which are passed down and a wonderful memory," Kundrat said.
She said memories are part of each pirohi.
The Saint Michael's Orthodox Church Pirohi Sale will continue for each Friday in Lent except Good Friday.
You can eat-in or take out from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Friday.


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During the offseason, the New Orleans Pelicans front office made a roster overhaul, bringing in Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans, Anthony Morrow and Greg Stiemsma, while parting ways with Greivis Vasquez and Robin Lopez.
Those moves brought with them a new level of excitement. But the Pelicans have said it would take some time for everyone to jell.
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Audubon Park was transformed in the late 19th century. After the city of New Orleans purchased the land in 1871, the site, then named Upper City Park, was developed as part of the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, held in 1884. When the exposition ended, the park underwent extensive renovations and officially opened as Audubon Park in 1898. The golf course on the property opened the same year.
Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park in New York City, laid out Audubon Park. Audubon Park was named for New Orleans naturalist and artist John James Audubon.
Park planners envisioned an urban oasis, with lush greenery and a lagoon. The swimming pool, which opened in 1928, closed when desegregation became mandatory in 1962. A smaller version of the pool reopened in the 1990s.
Audubon Park offered amusements for visitors of all ages. The miniature train, which began running at the 340-acre park in 1897, entertained children for decades.
Other play places, such as Monkey Hill, were developed during the Great Depression by the Works Progress Administration. The Audubon Zoo, which formed with the start of the Audubon Commission in 1914, also benefited greatly from the WPA. Workers expanded the zoo, added new steel cages and brick animal houses, and landscaped the space.
By the early 1970s, the zoo was in a state of decay. Zoo grounds eventually were expanded from 14 to 50 acres, animal habitats were vastly changed and today's zoo is considered one of the best in the nation.
Tomorrow, 1899: The 19th century wraps up in New Orleans.


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It's a timeless tale about a man and his dog and a lifetime of service.
The canine mascot of the Red Cross — a local collie named Rusty and the son of Lassie No. 8 — will have his story featured in the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City.
One image that Oxford Township's Carl Maier will never forget and one he felt should be in the painting is that of a collie in a Red Cross Service vest resting its front paws on a railing at Liberty State Park watching the ferry cross the Hudson River heading from the site where the Twin Towers once stood.
Maier's Rusty struck the pose after attending a 9/11 memorial service at the park, an event the pair has attended since providing comfort to those searching for loved ones at Liberty State Park after the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. Those days working at the site changed both of them forever.
"It brought tears to my eyes to actually see these dogs going up to the people," Maier said. "We were at Pier 94 and I was there for 12, 13 hours with (Rusty). The visions in my mind of that day still haunt me and when I talk about it I get choked up."
Now the pair has another chance to continue to help those who lost loved ones during the terrorist attack and provide recognition for search and rescue dogs that were on scene. A new portrait of Rusty, who during his lifetime was continually recognized and thanked by those to whom he gave comfort, will hang in the museum.
"This is going to be one of a kind. People know him and have been with him," Maier said. "It's not about fame, (it's) about what he did. It's not only Rusty; we have to give all canines that do this work some recognition."
Rusty became the Red Cross' national mascot and gained induction into the Animal Hall of Fame by the New Jersey Veterinary Foundation. A portrait of the collie hangs at the White House and the Red Cross' national headquarters in Washington, D.C., according to Maier.
Maier met artists William Harmuth and Lisa Bonforte, both of Washington, at Jack's Barn in White Township during an art show. After viewing more work at their home studio, Maier knew they were the right people to trust with his beloved dog.
"Sitting with Carl, we had an awareness about the story," Harmuth said. "We came up with this heroic and kind of sublime picture of Rusty who is in the forefront because that's who we are honoring and then we are telling the story in the background. We are talking about patriotism and Americans, Americans who have lost their lives."
Using oil paint on a linen canvas, which is archival and very durable, Harmuth and Bonforte brought to life the story of Rusty and his actions in the aftermath of 9/11. Using photographs on which to loosely base their design, they took the scene of Rusty looking over the railing at the ferry and added elements to it that they thought helped tell his story.
"Will basically sketched it all out. It's a composite, it's not realistic as the Statue of Liberty is not really there," Bonforte said. "It's illustrating the image of that day. All the elements, the somber background, the fire, the smoke, and then the flag and the portrait. It's truthful but is so dramatic and it's just very emotional."
As they painted, Harmuth and Bonforte kept the community and those interested apprised of the progress through their studio's Facebook page. It took them about two months and three coats of paint to complete the painting with Bonforte painting Rusty and Harmuth painting the background.
"This is a story that really needs to be told and we tried to show the most important elements in the portrait so that as people are seeing it they know what he has accomplished and the work he has done," Harmuth said. "This story speaks to people."
While details must be finalized, Maier hopes to deliver the painting to the Liberty Museum in May, and a copy is also being donated to the Red Cross in Washington, D.C.
Prints may be available for sale in the future. Rusty died in 2010 and his son, Storm, now continues his father's work providing comfort to those in need.


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Round 1, Game 2, April 19: Spurs at Mavericks
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Only because of the Spurs history but even when they were a contender Dallas always seemed to beat them but once.
People have rewrote history - the Spurs used to be a great defensive team, have lapses during the season, and then by the end of the season jell. And this jelled team would beat you down.
Now, they are a better offensive team, lesser defensively, and streaky at times. Once they hit their hot streak, everyone said "thats what they always do, its time to kickass"
i think this is a close series, but i have no reason to think the spurs pull it out. The mavs (and spurs) both didnt play to their best in game 1. i think as the series goes on, the tempo picks up and the spurs will be in trouble.
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Hermantown, MN (NNCNOW.com) --- Hermantown, Minn. native and 2013 Hobey Baker Award winner Drew LeBlanc will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Wednesday's game between Minnesota and Philadelphia at Target Field, he confirmed to NNCNOW.com.
"Hoping not to make SportsCenter 'Not Top 10,'" LeBlanc tweeted. "I think I'm going to try to go with a heater."
The former Hawks standout totaled 13 goals and 37 assists this past season with St. Cloud State University (SCSU), leading the Huskies to that program's first ever Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) regular season title and its first-ever NCAA Division I Frozen Four.
LeBlanc was also named this year the WCHA player of the year and scholar-athlete of the year, marking the first time in history a player has won both those awards in the same season.
The Hermantown, Minn. native signed a professional contract with Chicago the same day as the Hobey Baker announcement, and he made his professional debut with the Blackhawks on April 24.
Duluth, Minn. native and 2012 Hobey Baker Award winner Jack Connolly was invited last summer to throw out the first pitch, but inclement weather rolled over Target Field before he was able to take the mound.


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It quickly became clear that the Navy would be called on to do more than just recover the black boxes. The Coast Guard, local emergency response agencies, and civilian volunteers recovered 105 victims, but many more were trapped in the wreckage on the bottom, and only the Navy had the capability to retrieve them. At approximately 120 feet, the water depth limited Scuba divers to less than 15 minutes of "bottom time." In contrast, surface-supplied "hard-hat" divers supported by Navy salvage ships could spend as much as 90 minutes on the bottom. On 21 July, in anticipation of a formal change in the mission, SupSalv requested the assignment of the salvage ship USS Grasp (ARS-51) to the operation.
Returning from a five-month overseas deployment, the Grasp had arrived in Norfolk late on 18 July. She took on board an ROV and other supplies and departed for Long Island just after midnight on 22 July. On 24 July, the Grasp began ROV and dive operations, locating the airliner's black boxes on the second dive.
On 22 July, Rear Admiral Edward K. Kristensen, Commander, Combat Logistics Group Two (ComLogGru-2), became officer in tactical command of Combined Task Group 40.50, controlling all Navy assets supporting the operation. He and the ComLogGru-2 staff relieved SupSalv personnel of many of the administrative and logistics responsibilities, allowing them to focus on the search and recovery effort.
ComLogGru-2 also recommended the assignment of an amphibious ship to serve as afloat command post. Accordingly, the USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) arrived on scene on 24 July. In addition to command and control, the Oak Hill provided berthing and messing facilities for divers, a helicopter platform, logistics support for the salvage ships, and repair and maintenance facilities. She was relieved on 10 September by the USS Trenton (LPD-14), which provided the same basic support capabilities.
By 27 July, sonar surveys by the Pirouette and Rude had identified two primary debris fields, and SupSalv requested additional assets, including a second salvage ship. The USS Grapple (ARS-53), with the deep drone ROV on board, arrived on 29 July and began dive operations the next day. By the end of July, more than 750 Navy personnel were on the scene supporting the operation.
Demanding Conditions
As fast as the Navy response was, the search and recovery operation came under criticism from some who felt it was not moving quickly enough. There also were many who thought that the Navy and the investigators were emphasizing the recovery of wreckage at the expense of recovering victims.
Before dive operations began, the Pirouette and Rude mapped the scene with their side-scan sonars. Observers unfamiliar with salvage and diving operations did not always understand the importance of this process—a vital element of search and recovery activities. Even with the large number of divers working on the TWA operation, SupSalv could not afford to dispatch them at random. As one dive team coordinator remarked, "A vision without a plan is a hallucination." The mapping process allowed SupSalv to focus diving activities in areas most likely to yield results and accelerated, rather than slowed, the recovery of both victims and debris.
From the beginning of the operation, SupSalv made the recovery of victims—not wreckage—the divers' first priority. The side-scan sonar, however, lacked the resolution to spot individual victims if they were separated from the wreckage. This meant that SupSalv had to assume that most of the victims would be found in areas of dense debris, generally a sound assumption. After the first survey was completed, other search tools such as ROVs could make closer inspections of the sonar targets and determine if there were in fact victims to be recovered. On 27 July, the research vessel Diane G. arrived on scene and began to employ an experimental laser line scanner to help identify underwater objects.
Through the end of July, divers recovered only wreckage that blocked access to victims or was of special interest to the investigators, such as the flight data recorders, engines, and cockpit. By the first week of August, 194 of the 230 victims had been recovered, and some dive teams began recovering debris in areas not likely to contain victims. By the end of the month, 211 victims had been located and brought ashore. Over the next ten months, all 19 remaining victims were identified through DNA testing.
The TWA operation saw the largest concentration of Navy divers since the search for wreckage from the space shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986. By 6 August 1996, 188 divers—149 Navy divers plus civilians from the New York State, New York City, and Suffolk County Police Departments—were taking part. From this peak level, the numbers slowly declined as teams rotated in and out to meet other commitments.
The divers worked under very demanding conditions. Visibility on the bottom was poor, seldom more than five feet. The thin metal of the aircraft fuselage created sharp, jagged edges when it tore apart, leading one diver to describe the work as "diving on a pile of razor blades." In addition, the aircraft had three hundred miles of cables and electrical wiring, much of which floated free after the crash, posing a constant danger of entanglement for the divers.
With the added psychological strain of dealing with the recovery of victims, the grueling schedule concerned Navy leaders on the scene. Throughout the operation, divers were evaluated for physical and mental fatigue; full advantage was taken of bad weather to give divers a chance to rest; and psychiatrists, chaplains, and counselors were on hand to help them deal with stress. Even with these measures, it is a credit to the talent and professionalism of the men and women involved that there were no serious dive accidents in the course of the operation.
A Shift in Focus
Two events marked the transition from the period of intense activity to the beginning of a sustained effort. The first was the departure on 27 August of the Grasp and the 25 divers she carried. The second was the increasingly frequent inclement weather, much of it caused by Atlantic hurricanes, that made diving operations impossible for more than half of September. On IS September, the M/V Marion C. II , operating both side-scan sonar and ROVs, relieved the Pirouette .
Despite these hardships, steady and thorough exploration of debris fields continued. With all of the readily locatable victims recovered, the focus shifted to recovering wreckage, including pieces that might conceal the remaining victims. Side-scan sonar was used to expand the mapping effort, and divers and ROVs then systematically recovered all of the debris from one field before moving on to the next.
As conventional diving and ROV efforts became less productive, SupSalv had to come up with an alternative method to retrieve the final pieces of the aircraft. Beginning on 4 November, four commercial trawlers began trawling for debris using equipment and techniques originally developed for harvesting scallops from the sea floor. These ships typically spent 21 days on-station, followed by 7 days off for rest and resupply. Bad weather and mechanical failures imposed additional breaks in the operation, which lasted until 28 April 1997.
Trawling was a painstaking activity. The ships worked along lines several miles long at 2-3 knots, while towing two 15-foot-wide nets. Each area was swept until no new material was recovered. To ensure accurate coverage, SupSalv provided the trawlers with differential global positioning system receivers.
Trawling was suspended when successive sweeps turned up only small amounts of additional debris. As a follow up, an ROV examined 85 separate sites, searching a 100meter-diameter circle at each site. At only one of these did the ROV discover any debris, a single small piece of the aircraft. Overall, the trawling operation recovered two to three tons of aircraft debris, amounting to 1% to 2% of the aircraft. Of these items, the NTSB considered about 100 "useful"; the remainder either were too small to identify or were from parts of the aircraft in which the investigators had little interest.
On 18 May 1997, SupSalv, with the concurrence of the FBI and NTSB, terminated the TWA Flight 800 search and recovery operation. It had lasted ten months, during which time divers made 4,344 dives for a total of 1,773 hours on the bottom. All 230 victims ultimately were recovered and identified, along with 95% of the aircraft.
Lessons Learned (and Confirmed)
The TWA operation offers many lessons for the conduct of future operations, both for the salvage and diving community and for the Navy as a whole. Most simply confirm traditional Navy strengths and capabilities, but what is new is their application to the nontraditional Navy mission of responding to civilian national emergencies.
The most significant are:
- The Navy has an unmatched ability to conduct sustained operations with minimal shore support. The TWA operation demonstrated that this capability is of use not only for traditional forward presence missions but also for operations closer to home. Shore facilities on Long Island were very limited and rapidly overwhelmed by the influx of reporters, investigators, and victims' families. Civilian vessels such as the Pirouette and Marion C. are designed for coastal operations of limited duration, and lack the endurance of the blue-water Navy vessels. They thus were obliged to return to port every two or three weeks to take on supplies.
- The Navy needs to maintain a core salvage capability. SupSalv acquired many support assets through a civilian contractor, but only the Navy had the expertise to coordinate an operation of this scale on such short notice. The Grasp and Grapple were indispensable for their surface supplied diving and heavy-lift capabilities, as well as for their long endurance. They represent half of the Navy's salvage capacity and all of the Atlantic Fleet's capability. This is a marked difference from just a decade ago, when there were 16 Navy salvage and rescue ships.
- Amphibious ships are valuable assets for a myriad of operations. Given the limited shore facilities available, the Oak Hill and Trenton were invaluable to the search and recovery operation. They provided berthing spaces, mess decks, communications suites, machine shops, office spaces, cargo holds, helicopter landing decks, boats, and medical facilities. These same capabilities would be useful in a range of national emergency situations where existing shore facilities are limited or nonexistent.
- The Navy can work well with civilian agencies responding to national emergencies. SupSalv and the NTSB had a strong working relationship, facilitated by a simple Memorandum of Agreement and previous operations together. The MoA eliminated the need to negotiate administrative and funding mechanisms at a critical point, when time was crucial and the NTSB was occupied with investigating the disaster.
Civilians and Navy personnel can work together effectively under Navy leadership, but only if the Navy leads rather than orders. The many civilian divers who worked on the TWA operation accepted Navy supervision because they respected the capabilities of the Navy divers and supervisors; the Navy never had any formal authority over them. A heavy-handed approach could have soured relations, with unfortunate consequences for the operation and for the Navy's public image.
- Public affairs issues need to be dealt with quickly and directly. Public interest in the TWA Flight 800 crash, the investigation, and the search and recovery effort was considerable. By quickly setting up a command information bureau, the Naval Sea Systems Command Public Affairs Office established a positive relationship with the press. This effort was so successful that media outlets often used Navy-supplied footage for reports unrelated to the actual Navy operation.
Forward . . . From Long Island
Although it took place just off the U.S. coast, the TWA search and recovery operation reinforced the key advantages of naval forces set forth in "Forward . . from the Sea." Naval forces responded quickly to a crisis, remaining on station for several months conducting round-the-clock operations. Using ship-based logistics to augment the limited shore facilities, the task force remained largely independent of shore support facilities.
"Forward . . . from the Sea" notes the Navy's contributions to humanitarian assistance and disaster-relief efforts in many foreign countries as part of the service's peacetime forward-presence mission. The same capabilities that suit the Navy to this mission abroad make it equally effective for domestic national emergencies, particularly where shore facilities are limited or nonexistent or where natural disasters have damaged or destroyed the local infrastructure. The service needs to prepare for these missions. Some navies have gone so far as to assign some of their vessels to secondary disaster relief missions, often funded by civilian emergency management agencies. The U.S. Navy probably should not adopt this approach, but we should develop a clear concept of how our existing assets can prepare for disaster-assistance roles without compromising their primary missions. The success of the TWA search and recovery operation proves that we have much to offer.
Captain McCord is the Supervisor of Salvage and Diving and Director of Ocean Engineering at Naval Sea Systems Command. Mr. Schoene is a research analyst at the Center for Security Strategies and Operations in Techmatic's Defense Sector, Arlington, Virginia.


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Inyo National Forest Supervisor Jeff Bailey and Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office Manager Bill Dunkelberger have signed fire restriction orders that go into effect Friday, June 29, at 12:01 a.m. The restrictions cover all Inyo National Forest lands and all BLM lands managed by the Bishop Field Office. Areas above 9,000 feet in elevation and wilderness areas (except where campfires are prohibited by existing orders) are exempt from this order. Campfires, briquette barbeques and smoking will be restricted due to increased fire danger brought on by hot, dry weather and extremely dry conditions.
The following restrictions will be in effect until further notice:
The restrictions will suspend open campfires except in designated campgrounds throughout the Forest and BLM lands. A list of designated campgrounds is available at any Inyo National Forest Ranger Station or Interagency Visitor Center. If hot, dry weather conditions continue, the restriction on campfires could be extended to include all of the wilderness areas.
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By Charlotte Gill
The policeman filmed shoving a man to the ground at the G20 protests could face a manslaughter charge.
The Metropolitan Police riot squad officer was interviewed yesterday on suspicion of killing Ian Tomlinson after a second post-mortem revealed he died from internal bleeding, and not a heart attack as first thought.
Last night the Tomlinson family's lawyer said the new findings ' significantly increase' the likelihood that the officer will now face the more serious charge of manslaughter, rather than assault.
They have also raised serious questions about the initial Scotland Yard response to Mr Tomlinson's death, and the delays in handing over the investigation of the case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Mr Tomlinson's stepson, Paul King, said the family hoped that the 'full truth' about how the 47-year-old died would be made known.
He said: 'First we were told there had been no contact with the police, then we were told that he died of a heart attack. Now we know he was violently assaulted by a police officer and died from internal bleeding.'
Questions are also certain to be asked about the controversial pathologist who carried out the first post-mortem examination.
Dr Freddy Patel, concluded that Mr Tomlinson died of a heart attack despite finding a 'substantial amount of blood' in his abdominal cavity.
His 'provisional' conclusion was that Mr Tomlinson died of 'coronary artery disease' and said he had heart and liver diseases.
Concerned about the accuracy of the findings, both the family and the Independent Police Complaints Commission asked for another post-mortem examination to be carried out by the widely-respected Dr Nat Cary.
he concluded that an 'abdominal haemorrhage' killed Mr Tomlinson.
Scotland Yard said it was unable to comment on the new findings
The father of nine was not a protester
At first, the official police version of events was that his death had no connection with the policing of the protest. Indeed, in the aftermath of Mr Tomlinson's collapse, Scotland Yard issued a statement describing how officers trying to help him
On April 3, the City of London police said he had died of a heart attack. But on April 7 video footage taken by a New York fund manager emerged which showed him being hit on the legs with a baton and being shoved aggressively to the ground at 7.20pm. At 7.30, Mr Tomlinson collapsed and died.
The police constable who pushed him – an officer with the Metropolitan Police's Territorial Support Group whose shoulder identification number appears to be missing in the film – was suspended from duty on April 9.
In 2005 the innocent Brazilian man, Jean Charles de Menezes, was shot several times in the head by the police in London. The trail for this execution found the police officers innocent, that they were courageous and could not have done any thing differently.


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Brandon Couch was 2-for-4, including two triples, with three RBIs and two runs scored to lead host Mortimer Jordan over Cleveland, 8-5, at the Mortimer Jordan Spring Break Tournament.
Taylor Goodwin also added two hits and two RBIs for the Blue Devils (21-9).
Senior left-hander Wes Crawford (4-2) picked up the win pitching three innings with only two hits and no runs allowed while walking one and striking out four.
Chance Holliman pitched a complete game for Cleveland but was tagged with the loss after allowing eight hits and eight runs (six earned) while walking five and striking out 11 over seven innings.
Austin Smith led the Cleveland offense going 2-for-3 with a run scored.


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Your hotel is located in the "Parque Tecnológico de Valencia" in Paterna at walking distance to the Ciudad Deportivo of Valencia CF. 82 Fully equipped rooms just 15 minutes outside Valencia center, 10 minutes from Manises Airport and just 2 minutes from the leisure center Heron City. First class accommodation, personalized, agreeable and efficient service to make you feel at home. Free Internet Wi-Fi with fast and secure connection, digital TV platform, air conditioning and central heating system. All our guest rooms are exterior, with large beds and are fully equipped to offer the maximum comfort and means to work and rest at ease, feeling completely at home.
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The Ciudad Deportiva extends across an area of 180.000 sq.m. It is not only a school for future footballers and residence, but also a modern Rehabilitation Centre provided with different rooms for the recovery of footballers that are injured or in rehabilitation period.
There are several special rooms, like those for the physiotherapists, for jacuzzi, sauna and swimming pool. The large gym, with its different and modern machines, is the perfect complement for the appropriate physical training of the footballers.
On the first floor, the main building has ten rooms to lodge the footballers, as well as a living room and a dining room. The coach can play videos in order to analyse his team play and study their rival teams in the audiovisuals room. The dressing rooms for the first and second team are on the ground floor.
Connected to the main building there is a terrace with a capacity of 3.000 spectators approximately, where Valencia B uses to play their matches. On their side, Valencia's first team has several grass fields for their regular training sessions, as well as some areas reserved for their exclusive use.


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SALEM — Police were called to the scene of Wesley and Olive streets sometime between 8 and 8:30 p.m. Thursday night for a report of a stabbing victim.
A male was taken by ambulance to the open field beside the PSEG Energy and Environmental Resource Center on Chestnut Street, where SouthStar helicopter airlifted the victim shortly after 9 p.m. to an area hospital.
The extent of his injuries is unknown.
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To the Readers' Forum:
The primary vote just took on huge significance! Many were hoping the Supreme Court would do the dirty work of ending the economy stifling largest government take over tax scream in history.
That was not to be. Full implementation of Obamacare will deliver a huge blow to economy. The only way to halt it now is to change the control of the Senate.
NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers, and Americans for Tax Reform, are all warning of the economic impact of the allowed continued implementation of Obamacare. We have already seen private insurance rates skyrocket. They suggest that the added taxes yet to be imposed will likely trigger a double dip recession. The home building market remains in the clutches of the last recession.
I run a business that may very likely not survive another four years of the same. Heaven help us if the economy gets worse. Almost every business I know is significantly down. Many have lost the fight already.
The only way to repeal Obamacare, and replace it with and affordable alternative, is to insure a conservative majority in the House and Senate in 2012.
The county can not afford to spend 30 percent more than it takes in forever, any more that your or I could.
Please, be part of the grass roots effort that end this atrocity. Do what ever you can. Talking at the water cooler, financially, please don't stick your head in the sand. This is not the time to be napping at the switch.
A holiday in Greece might be in order if you don't appreciate what is at stake. They have a government benefits including health care plan they can not afford just like us, they have just had it a little longer.
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PLAYERS TO WATCH: I can't believe it's Friday and it's the first time I'm mentioning the name Shawne Merriman. The Chargers' LB/DE was one of the NFL's dominant pass rushers through his first three seasons when he collected a total of 39½ sacks. He then missed the final 15 games of last season after major knee surgery. Through the first six games of this season, Merriman was held without a sack, though he told the San Diego Union-Tribune this week he felt like his old self against the Chiefs two weeks ago.
Still, Merriman knows how this works: pass rushers don't get full recognition until they get their hands on the QB and bring him down. Well, Merriman finally did that on Sunday against the Raiders with two sacks of JaMarcus Russell. Both of the sacks were very similar: bull rushes from the right side followed by moves inside LT Mario Henderson to grab Russell as he stepped up in the pocket. When Giants LT David Diehl gets beat, it's usually on a speed rush, so Merriman might have to try something different to get around Diehl on Sunday. One thing that will be vital against Merriman, whom the Chargers selected with the ninth pick in the 2005 draft (a selection they received from the Giants in the Eli Manning trade), will be the Giants' RBs getting a piece of him on a chip block on their way out of the backfield. Brandon Jacobs didn't give Diehl any help with DE Trent Cole on one play against the Eagles this past Sunday. That can't happen this weekend.
As for the other side of the ball, Chargers QB Philip Rivers was able to get the ball out of his hands very quickly against the Raiders. But I still think this San Diego offense is a lot like the Giants' offense, in that the Chargers like to go downfield with the ball a lot. When that happens, Rivers has to hold on to the ball a lot longer than, say, Drew Brees, Kurt Warner and Donovan McNabb (at least this past week). You know where I'm going with this by now, I'll bet, but I'll finish my thought here: this could be the week the Giants' pass rush comes back to grab a handful of sacks. Like Merriman, DE Osi Umenyiora looked a lot like his former self against the Eagles and should command more attention. That could free up DEs Justin Tuck and Mathias Kiwanuka to create havoc on the other side and up the middle. The Chargers will likely be without starting C Nick Hardwick once again, so perhaps up the middle is where the Giants should go. From all reports, C Scott Mruckowski has done a pretty good job in place of Hardwick but things certainly haven't been the norm.
Long story short, look for the Giants' pass rush to be a factor.
THE LINE: Giants by 5, over-under 47½. (If you buy the Giants' talk about having a good week of practice, believe the fact this is an urgent situation for them and put any stock into the fact they're 16-4 all-time in games before a bye week, they seem to be a good bet here. I'm liking them to snap out of it here.)


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Seton Hall ended an 11-year losing streak to Connecticut on Tuesday night at the Prudential Center by crushing the defending champion and eighth-ranked Huskies 75-63.
The Pirates improved to 3-25 all time against UConn and beat the Huskies for the first time since 2001. The Star-Ledger's Brendan Prunty says this is the type of game that can put a team on the map, and at 13-2 overall and 2-1 already in the vaunted Big East, Seton Hall could be headed for some more great wins.
NJ.com user hallballisbest comments on the game:
What a difference a couple of years and a new coach makes. I saw more variety in offensive sets and defenses in this game than an entire season of Gonzoball (former Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez). These guys are responding to Kevin Willard, playing great D and putting out an effort not seen at the Hall since the PJ days. Great game Pirates!
NJ.com user Vin Bickler agrees the coach is the difference:
Huge win! Coach Willard has these kids playing disciplined, solid basketball at both ends of the court. Unselfish play is the order of the day. The bench is coming along beautifully. The Rock was rocking all night! This team is the real deal; come on out for big-time basketball once again in New Jersey.....
NJ.com user shbbfan85 comments on Jordan Theodore's game:
I thought Theodore was going to play The Hall right out of the game at the end of the first half and beginning of the second half. Several rushed shots and a few bad passes leading to turnovers that otherwise should have given the Hall a bigger cushon earlier on. It was good to see him settle down and not try to take over the game all by himself, which eventually allowed him to make better decisions with great results.
Theodore's leadership will dictate what the Hall does for the rest of the season.
Join the discussion about the Pirates' big win in the comments section of the Star-Ledger story.


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Originally Posted By Flintknapper:
Originally Posted By HH1010:
I worked for a helo company for three years and asked him about the rotors being shot and he said it was a 1 in 77,000 chance of hitting it. Brand new 20,000$ blades and he said go ahead and try to hit one.
People win the lottery when "chances" are 1 in 26 MILLION!
But each pilot gets to make his own rules.
Personally, as a passenger (with NO ability to fly a chopper), I want my pilot to be as un-distracted as possible. I.E. no brass flying around in the cockpit, no muzzle pointed at the blades EVER (this happens sometimes in a hard bank toward the shooters side, something to watch for).
Going down in a chopper at low altitude (at normal speeds) would be pretty much un-survivable, I can't imagine an R22 or R44 holding together too well.
R22 and R44's or any piston driven helo's for that matter should be banned from the air.
OP, your idea of the pilot operating "safely in your experience" is a bold statement.
You obviously know nothing about the differences in a R22/R44 and a real helicopter.
Be safe.
I did not say anything about the helicopters at all, and you are correct, I don't know anything about one from the other. My statement referred to my observations of the pilot's behavior. I could have just caught him on a good day though.
Next time I will be doing a few things differently. Deflector is one. The intent of the rope was to prevent the muzzle from being pointed upwards but it didn't work so well for an SBR.


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The final Final 48 will bring some of the state's elite basketball talent to the BJCC this week before the Alabama High School Athletic Association expands to seven classes next season.
The last year before the Final 56 becomes a reality should be a good one. There are 10 defending state championship teams in town this week. The No. 1 team in each of the AHSAA's current six classifications are also in the mix.
1) Shakayla Thomas, Sylacauga -- The No. 1 player on AL.com's A-List of top senior prospects signed with Florida State. She's been a transcendent talent on the state hoops scene for the last two seasons and this week offers her the chance to nail down a lot of votes for the Alabama Sports Writers Association's Miss Basketball honor.
Her semifinal game: Sylacauga faces Brewer at noon on Thursday.
2) Alexis Jennings, Sparkman -- The No. 2 player on AL.com's A-List of top senior prospects for the Class of 2014 has signed with Kentucky. The 6-foot-1 senior with a decent outside shot leads No. 1 Spakman into town. She was a dominant player among both genders at the Northwest Regional in Hanceville last week in winning 6A MVP honors.
Her semifinal game: Sparkman faces Blount at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
3) Morgan William, Shades Valley -- The Mississippi State signee ranked No.3 on AL.com's A-List of senior prospects this year.
Williams has been very good for a very long time, but a Final 48 shot has always eluded her grasp. Check out her wingspan and playmaking ability this week at the BJCC. Williams was named the Birmingham News Metro Player of the Year in 2012 after his sophomore season.
Her semifinal game: Shades Valley faces Jeff Davis at noon on Wednesday.
4) Destiney Elliott, Oneonta-- The Samford signee is a fun player to watch as she's got a strong all-around game on both ends of the floor. Elliott was named the Class 4A Girls Player of the Year last season after leading her Redskins to the 4A state title at the BJCC a year ago.
Elliott and the No. 1 Redskins are back in town this week. She was the runaway winner of the 4A Northwest Regional MVP honors last week in Hanceville.
Her semifinal game: Oneonta faces Charles Henderson at 3 p.m. on Wednesday
1) William Lee, Dallas County -- The No. 2 player on AL.com's A-List of senior basketball prospects signed with UAB. The 6-foot-9 senior does a pretty decent Kevin Garnett imitation on the defensive end.
Stories abound of Lee blocking eight or nine shots per game over the last two seasons. His coach is vocal about Lee being the best player in the state right now and he might just be right.
His semifinal game: Dallas County faces Madison County at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday
2) Demetrius Houston, Carver-Montgomery -- The Mississippi State signee was rated No. 5 on AL.com's preseason A-List this year. He's back with a Wolverines team that won it all in 2012 and fell short last season.
The 6-foot-7 small forward averaged 19 points per game at the Central Regional last week.
His semifinal game: Carver-Montgomery faces No. 1 Mountain Brook at 1:30 PM on Wednesday.
3) Tommy Burton, St. Jude -- The 6-foot-8 junior forward is back for the No. 1 team in Class 1A that hopes to repeat as state champions again this week. Online reports have the three-star prospect with UAB and Western Kentucky offers at this time.
He averaged 21 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game at the Central regional.
His semifinal game: St. Jude faces Sacred Heart at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
4) Labarrius Hill, Parrish -- The 6-foot-8 Jacksonville State signee wasn't on the preseason A-List of the state's top prospect but has played like it on an evolving roster with three new transfer players.
Hill was named the 1A Northwest Regional MVP after averaging 16 points, 12 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game in Hanceville.
His semifinal game: Parrish takes on Sunshine at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday in the 1A semifinals.
5) Marquell Oliver, Parker -- Oliver is an interesting uncommitted prospect. The 6-foot-6 big man is best suited for a small forward spot at the next level. He was rated No. 9 on AL.com's A-List of preseason prospects and cites a Tennessee Tech offer.
He hopes a good showing at the BJCC could kick up late interest and mentions Tennessee as a school he's still looking at in hopes of a future offer. Oliver was named the MVP of the Northwest 5A regional. He's been named to the Birmingham News All-Metro basketball team in each of his last two seasons.
His semifinal game: Parker takes on No. 1 Faith Academy at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.


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HAMILTON — The last time high school seniors Miranda Day and Samantha Micai sat in classrooms at Klockner Elementary School, they were fifth-graders. Now, as part of the Volunteer Internship Program at Nottingham High School, Day and Micai have spent the school year as student teachers at the school where they grew up.
"It's amazing, seeing them when they come in as kindergartners and then watching them blossom," Klockner principal Sharon Young said. "Now they want to go into their profession. For them to say they want to come back to Klockner, to me, is the highest compliment that a student can have."
The VIP program, offered at all three high schools, is an academic course designed to give students career experience. They go to their chosen workplace five days per week and are required to submit daily logs, reports and a project or research paper.
As part of the program, Day has been spending about two hours every school day working with teacher Melissa Brachelli's second grade class.
"She's a very present person in the classroom," Brachelli said. "She's up, she's moving and she's walking around. When the kids are working on stuff at their seats, she's right there to help them."
Micai has spent her time with the third-, fourth- and fifth-grade resource room classes taught by Erin Wolverton.
"Samantha wants to enter the teaching profession, and this opportunity has provided her with a valuable learning experience," Wolverton said.
Micai assists students with their daily lessons and creates the monthly bulletin boards that hang in the classroom.
"She has built a positive relationship with the students," Wolverton said. "Each day, they look forward to seeing her in the afternoon and working with her."'
As part of her student teaching, Day has worked one-on-one with struggling students and assisting them during class tests, Brachelli said. And when the entire class is practicing its weekly spelling words, reading aloud or doing classwork, Day will monitor the students and help wherever is necessary, she said.
"They come in at 1:30 p.m. and the first thing they say is, 'Where's Miss Day,'" Brachelli said. "She responds amazingly with the children. She just has a natural teacher instinct."
By working with student teachers to whom they are relatively close in age, the Klockner students are able to connect at a level normally reserved for siblings and friends, Young said.
"Many times, when you're talking with students, they don't want to listen to an adult," she said. "But if they hear and see someone younger working with them, I think it becomes more of a peer-to-peer relationship than a teacher-to-pupil relationship. It really is a win-win."
A relationship also grows between teacher and student teacher, Young said. Day and Micai enter the classroom ready to learn from Brachelli and Wolverton just as much as the students are ready to learn from them.
"It's sort of like a pre-student-teaching experience: They're getting a chance to learn children's personalities, and they're having the opportunity working with diverse populations," Young said. "They're learning different learning styles and materials, and getting a chance to see technology."
Schools closed early on Friday as the children celebrated the holiday season. Day and Micai were in their classrooms too, sharing the giddiness of the students who looked up to them, Young said.
"They get a chance to experience it on a different level," Young said. "Before, they were just students at Klockner school. Now, they're leaders and students."
Contact Mike Davis at (609) 989-5708 or email@example.com.


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Nathan Richman and Mark Spinney return as starters at left guard and center respectively. They paired effectively last year with Claiborne to form a nice interior tandem. Spinney entered the starting lineup about halfway through the season in a shakeup that involved Richman moving from center to guard and Cleary moving to the bench (he would ultimately come back in at right tackle after Lapham's injury). Spinney, as a natural center, stabilized the line instead of using both Richman and Cleary out of position. Spinney, while somewhat lean for an OL - 6'4" 285 - is a throwback center who uses quick feet and good technique following the tradition of Dan Koppen and Matt Tennant.
Richman possesses good size and strength and enough quickness to be an above average college guard with NFL potential. The returning tandem of Richman and Spinney should help to give some stability to a line that has three new starting members from last season. The new member is projected to be Bryan Davis who had some playing experience from last season and as a RS-Sophomore needs to step up and play consistently.
Two redshirt freshmen, Bobby Vardaro and Harris Williams provide depth on the interior of the line. Harris Williams has been drew rave reviews throughout his redshirt season practicing, and had a strong spring practice and game. The reports out of summer camp is that he has continued his progression and has been mauling defenders on the second team line. Vardaro was a highly regarded recruit who has good size at 6'5" 310 pounds and looked like a strong run blocker in the spring game.