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At the request of Lincoln County Environmental Administrator Robert Olsen the county Board of Commissioners has sent a seven-page letter to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, signed by Olsen and Chairperson Joan Jagt - a letter that might prove to be the opening salvo in a jurisdictional dispute with far-reaching consequences.
A motion to authorize Jagt and Olsen to sign the letter passed unanimously at the regular board meeting on Tuesday.
"We were made aware a couple of months ago of a study commissioned by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers that looks on the connectivity of all waters in the United States and the effects on all navigable waters," Olsen said.
The study, titled "Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence," brings together and summarizes current scientific understanding about the interconnection of the nation's waters, factors affecting them, and how waters upstream affect waters downstream.
According to Olsen, a major concern of the study is the relationship between the northern Mississippi drainage basin and the effects of modern agriculture on the waters of the Lower Mississippi. The nation is dependent on intensive agriculture, which requires fertilizer. But excess fertilizer tends to run off into receiving streams, especially after heavy rains.
Lincoln County is concerned the EPA and the Corps of Engineers may use the report to interpret parts of the Clean Water Act of 1972 to extend federal jurisdiction over what amounts to all waters in the nation, including local streams and drainage ditches.
Before drafting the letter Olsen consulted the St. Cloud-based law firm of Rinken Noonan, which work with drainage and water law issues, concerning a potential expansion of federal jurisdiction.
"It's pretty broad and I don't think the statement that all water is connected is anything new," attorney Kale VanBruggen said. "I think it takes away local control of those lands which, in the opinion of a lot of people, were never intended to be regulated under the Clean Water Act."
Olsen said he recognizes the EPA and the Corps are in a difficult position between the agricultural needs of the northern breadbasket and the water quality concerns of the Lower Mississippi, but said he doesn't see the solution in extending federal jurisdiction over local waters, and referred to a backlog of disputes over ditch cleaning and maintenance where ditches cross federal lands.
"If we have to permit through them to get permits for public drainage and tiling and this is done in a timely manner, that would be fine," Olsen said, "but that has not been the case in the past."


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hey, i joined220.127.116.11 16:39, June 29, 2012 (UTC)cbuscrew344
i joined :p p.s. do u live in ohio or just visited cedar point from another stateCbuscrew344 16:47, June 29, 2012 (UTC)cbuscrew344
Hi Trackstar I put together an Infobox template (it's on Top Thrill Dragster) because IMO the default Infobox is rubbish. I hope you like it (Delete it if you don't). Also, I dont know if you have an opinion in this but I think the comments below the articles are not very good - I you don't like them there is some way to turn then off I know. Thanks!Lachlan5963 Flamingo Land Corkscrew replacement:
New GCI woodie! Zamperla kiddie flat-rides Talk 19:46, June 30, 2012 (UTC)
- I think this page let's you turn it off... Special:WikiFeatures
Roller coaster infoboxEdit
Its called Template:Infobox roller coaster. I'm making one for companies like Cedar Fair and Six Flags at the moment
u live in Cincinatti, i live in Columbus, awesomeCbuscrew344 01:51, July 2, 2012 (UTC)Cbuscrew344
hey track its well u know who it is but i was wondering if i could contiue your games more and call it tractstars games or something but yeah let me know50thFTW 08:28, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
I don't know If you ever added a POV on Coasterpedia, but it's just like that:
- Find your video you want to add on YouTube, then copy the URL.
- Go on to the page you want to add the pov too, and make sure you are using the new wikia skin (not the MonoBook).
- Click on "Source Mode", then the button that says video to the right side of the page.
- Paste in the URL and click the button. You then get a choice of what to name it, name it something like "(Ride Name) - POV" or "(Ride Name) - OffRide".
- If it isn't there already, add the Infobox and the "|image=" bit. Then put in "Video:(What you named the video)" after the |image.
Hope that helps! Lachlan5963 Talk Page RollerCoaster Tycoon 08:58,20/7/2012
Wrong file nameEdit
Hi Track, it's Lachlan again, just to say, you missed out a : in File Raptor-POV, which means it sorts wrongly - could you fix that? I would but you need admin rights... 20:06,21/7/2012
Wiki nameEdit
I noticed this wiki is called "Cedar Point Amusement Park Wiki" which is a very long name. There is a wiki called "Cedar Point Wiki" with no active users and only 7 pages. Do you want to go and ask wikia if we can take that name so our wiki will then become "Cedar Point Wiki". Do you agree? 16:38,24/7/2012
- OK thats good it's at Special:Contact I think if you want to message wikia, just say we want to merge into that one I guess... 20:51,24/7/2012
Cedar Point!!! Edit
You are right it is the best amusement park in the whole world!!!!!!
Make More Pages Please Edit
I need more pages to interest in and I want more roller coaster pages. Jacky 18:24, August 14, 2012 (UTC)Mr.FartyFaceJack3
BADGES Edit
How did you get the admin's to turn on the achievement feature??? Jacky 15:53, August 16, 2012 (UTC)Mr.FartyFaceJack3
My Wiki Edit
Hey. you can visit my wiki at http://cedarpoint2.wikia.com/wiki/Cedar_Point_2_Wiki
Jacky 13:34, August 17, 2012 (UTC)Mr.FartyFaceJack3
Found This Wiki Edit
I found this wiki because I was just browsing through wiki's and I eventually came to this one and i love it.Jacky 13:34, August 17, 2012 (UTC)Mr.FartyFaceJack3
other wiki Edit
my other wiki is http://pokemonrumbleblast2.wikia.com/wiki/Pokemon%20Rumble%20Blast%202%20Wiki?wiki-welcome=1 Jacky 13:44, August 17, 2012 (UTC)Mr.FartyFaceJack3
Achievements Edit
I went to my profile and it didn't show any achievements?? what happened?
Hi! I thought you had left for good, and someone had trashed the site, so I decided to contact Wikia to get admin rights and clear it up. I'm glad to see you've returned though. I've made a few changes, most notably making the page white, changing the infobox template (I've yet to finish it) to match the one on Coasterpedia and I have redone the main page (not finished either). Just tell me if you don't like any of the changes I make. Also, just in case you don't know, User:LoopingStar is my new bot account, which helped me clean up the wiki a lot! 17:46, December 16, 2012 (UTC)
- Trackstar, Lachlan has attained rights here based on his contributions and your absence. This is standard Wikia practice for founders/bureaucrats/admins that have stopped contributing to the wiki. Based on the fact that you haven't contributed here in months, and there has been repeated vandalism to this wiki, we promoted Lachlan to help keep the wiki clean. Please do not remove his rights. If you disagree with this, please write in to us at Special:Contact to discuss it further. Rappy 19:18, December 18, 2012 (UTC)

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The magazine recently ranked the 2011 Chrysler 300C the No. 6 upscale sedan overall, making it the best domestic model of the year for luxury sedans.
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The Chrysler 300C -- the Auburn Hills-based automaker's "executive series" -- scored an "excellent" overall road test score of 80 in Consumer Reports' latest tests; beating out the Lincoln MKZ, Buick LaCrosse CXS, Ford Taurus Limited and others.
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A report released Wednesday claims that charging drivers who take Route 422 will help solve some of the state's transportation funding crisis.
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission has been conducting a year-long study on tolling Route 422.
Travelers have been asking if tolling is the best solution for solving a state budget problem. Some state and county officials said it is.
"Funding for transportation is a combination of federal dollars and state dollars, very small amount of local dollars," said Barry Seymour, executive director, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. "What we're talking about is do we want to change that equation."
The way the equation would change is by adding tolls to a 25-mile stretch of 422 between Berks County and King of Prussia.
Fred Levering, chairman of the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce, said tolls would generate enough money to improve road conditions along the 422 corridor.
"The reality is there is not adequate funding from either Washington or Harrisburg, so what are we going to do," asked Levering.
The state is facing a $3.5 billion annual shortfall needed for transportation infrastructure.
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According to the report, the tolls range from 50 cents to $2.65 each way. Travelers who commute from Reading to Philadelphia five days a week would pay up to $106 each month in tolls. Understandably, drivers are divided over the plan.
"If they're going to use the money for the roads system, I mean I can understand them having a toll," said Marcia Leister of Chester County.
"I guess you could spend money in a good way, but I don't think it would happen that way," said Scott Patterson of Union Township, Berks County. "I think as soon as Harrisburg gets the money, you know, it's a bunch of political bull."
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Devorah Haberman has the wisdom earned by a willingness to look at things from different perspectives. For example, her favorite subject, math:
"I like the idea that everything can be figured out -- even if I myself can't do it, and even if, as in some higher math, nobody has done it yet," she wrote in an essay. "In math, as in no other area of life, everything works and has an answer.
"In this way, math is a retreat from a life that is complex and full of unanswerable questions."
The top senior at Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston, The Star-Ledger Scholar for Essex County, is likely to study math when she enrolls in Princeton University in the fall. But she is uncertain what career she will pursue.
"I do not have enough life experience or knowledge about any specific subject yet to make a good decision," she says.
She scored 2340 on the Scholastic Assessment Test and two perfect 800s on SAT 2 achievement tests in biology and chemistry. Devorah also earned top grades of 5 on Advanced Placement tests in chemistry and English language.
The Highland Park resident also is active in a number of political and community services organizations, both in and outside school.
She lives with her father, Shelby, a statistician with the Educational Testing Service. Her mother, Elinor, a pediatrician, died in 1996.
Devorah has four older sisters and an older brother, Boaz, who was selected a Star-Ledger Scholar two years ago and also attends Princeton.
For Justin Bryant, history is family lore.
"I grew up with stories of war and of the military," says the teacher and history department chairman at Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston.
His father fought at the battle of Arnhem, the failed 1944 Allied effort to take a bridge in the occupied Netherlands depicted in the book and movie, "A Bridge Too Far." His grandfather served in the Navy.
"So history has always been very much alive for me," says Bryant. He was selected by Devorah Haberman, The Star-Ledger Scholar for Essex County, as her most influential teacher.
"He has such a deep knowledge of the subject," says Devorah, ". . . and he cares very much about the lives of his students."
Bryant grew up on Long Island and received both a bachelor's and master's degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Before coming to the Kushner Yeshiva in 2000, he taught at the Yeshiva University High School in New York City.
He says he tries to teach history "from every angle."
"I do a lot of storytelling," he says, "`but I also use statistics and deal with the impact of geography and culture."
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Discussion in 'Jokes, Games & Humour' started by raymie, Nov 13, 2006.
B@S!!!d - I'd just turned the volume up as well in case there were some spiel...
If anyone needs a clue, look really hard around the boat!
Very good.
As soon as I saw the picture I knew where the clues were, have seen it before! (The boat area is correct), is a good one though!


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Sanjay Khan, Zeenat Aman: What really happened?
December 27, 2011 BollyPrincess 1154940 reads 73 comments
I came across these images recently and was reminded of all of the drama surrounding the Sanjay Khan - Zeenat Aman love affair back in the day. I've only seen snippets from TV interviews, magazine articles and heard from my mom who remembers when all of this went down in the 80's.
Rumor has it that Sanjay Khan, who was married with three children, fell in love (lust?) with Zeenat when they met on the met on the sets of Abdulla in Jaisalmer in 1980. Apparently the two actually got married and starting living together. Obviously it didn't take long for Sanjay's wife Zarine to find out. People say she was furious and wasn't going to silently watch it all happen. Supposedly she confronted Zeenat at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai and beat her up! Some say it was with a chair. To this day, one of Zeenat's eyes looks scarred.
What have you all heard? I'm intrigued to hear more about this!
Sanjay Khan actually explained a little bit of what happened on Simi Garewal's talk show some years back, but of course he and his wife Zarine downplayed the whole thing. It's been removed from YouTube, but if anyone has it please upload!
FYI Sanjay and Zarine's children are Farah Khan Ali, Simone Khan Arora, Sussanne Khan Roshan (married to Hrithik Roshan) and actor Zayed Khan.


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WASHINGTON TWP. — Last Thursday, the Washington Township Police Department responded to a reported stabbing that had just occurred at the Washington Way Apartments.
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The victim was later transferred to Cooper Hospital for treatment of his wounds.
Detectives Bryn Wilden of the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office and Robert Stokley of the Washington Township Police Department conducted an investigation into this incident.
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WOODBURY — Now that the deal has been sealed on the Bottom Dollar Food market's future presence in town, demolition to make way for the new grocer on the O'Neil Buick could begin as early as May, according to a city official.
Despite a bumpy and time-consuming hearing on the application for the store on Tuesday night, the combined planning and zoning board unanimously granted the applicant site approval for the market in the city's historic district, even if its contemporary look slightly deviates from the deviates from surrounding buildings.
The applicant — Pearson and Beckham Realty, Inc. — must next get a resolution from the planning/zoning board on March 21 and wait a 45-day period before any demolition and construction can take place. They also have to tie up a few loose ends concerning property paperwork and permits, according city Director of Economic Development Ronda Abbruzzese.
"I think we got the conditions we were asking for," Mayor Ron Riskie said. "I'm very happy with the way it was handled and pleased about the entire board's support."
The conditions Riskie is speaking of concerned the request for thin-brick on the sides of the store to match the brick facades on nearby structures, among other variations to make the modern-store seem less uninviting and more consistent with area buildings.
"We dealt with what was before us," said board member John Pafumi, who's been skeptical of the market's design and placement since the start. "I think the board came away doing the best we could do with our hands tied behind our back."
Pafumi was among a few who were frustrated with a Memorandum of Understanding city council signed with the applicant without the board's input.
A portion of the MOU contained the developer's requests to make four changes to the city's official redevelopment plan, the most significant item concerning setbacks for the structure.
Regardless of some opposition from the board for the structure to come up to the sidewalk, it will instead be approximately 70 feet away from pedestrians to make room for a parking lot on the store-front.
"I think we could've persuaded them to build it closer to the sidewalk," Pafumi said. "But the negotiation power was already taken out of our hands with the MOU."
Though the meeting went for hours, the public portion only consisted of a couple people voicing disdain for the project. Resident Jim Bradwell attributes the lack of public participation in that people started to leave after hours of waiting.
Bradwell still takes issue with the placement of the store, its overall appearance and the effect it'll have on traffic.
"It's going to be a traffic nightmare there when this happens," Bradwell said Wednesday. Though Bradwell expected the applicant to be granted approval, he also said, "They're not going to get my business."
The market will take up more than 17,000 square feet of the old car dealership lot. Two adjacent residential properties are also said to be set for demolition to accommodate the new store.
This particular Bottom Dollar Food project is the first being built in a historic district and only among a handful of that will be placed in a more urban area, according to Matt Beckham of Pearson and Beckham Realty, Inc.
With the many changes the applicant agreed to for the building's plans, Beckham expected the project's cost to increase substantially, which he was evidently not a proponent of.
"They've shown some concern for the additional expenses and want to do an analysis," Riskie said. "But they may be pleasantly surprised with the foot traffic and profit they'll make."Recent coverage:


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After rejecting its initial bid this summer, S1 Corp. has agreed to be acquired by ACI Worldwide Inc., the electronic payments and online banking companies said.
ACI Worldwide Inc. will buy S1 Corp., the companies announced Monday, and combine their global payments and online banking presence.
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The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow to consider the nominations of Ronald Binz for commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Elizabeth Robinson for under-secretary of energy, and Michael Connor for deputy secretary of interior. Binz's nomination looks contentious due to opposition from the coal industry, the New York Times reports.
Chevron will spend about 300 million reais (about $130 million) under an agreement with Brazilian prosecutors that could help to end $17.5 billion worth of civil lawsuits related to a 3,600-barrel 2011 oil spill. The deal calls for 95 million reais for environmental and social projects.
Investors in Ecotality have filed a lawsuit, and a lawfirm is investigating potential claims on behalf of buyers of Ecotality's securities, based on possible violations of federal securities laws between April and August 2013. The claims include allegations that Ecotality failed to meet loan obligations for the US Department of Energy's EV Project, and did not meet a commitment to deliver new Minit Chargers, AutoBlogGreen reports.
A white paper by attorneys general from 17 states, and one senior environmental regulator, expresses concern about whether the EPA will stay within the limits of its authority under the Clean Air Act while developing regulations for existing coal-fired power plants. They argue that the EPA's authority is limited to developing a procedure for states to establish their own emissions standards. The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subpanel on energy and power, Ed Whitfield (R-KY), published the paper.
A federal judge on Friday ordered a stop to shipments of oil field equipment through a national forest in north-central Idaho, pending a review by the US Forest Service, the New York Times reported. Equipment maker Resources Conservation Company International, an affiliate of General Electric, said the equipment could save billions of gallons of water a year, and that delays could cost millions of dollars. The Nez Perce tribe and environmental group Idaho Rivers United brought the case, arguing that the Forest Service had failed to enforce its own regulations to protect the forest and river corridor.
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Ok at the risk of peeving off some political sensitivities, does anyone know of any tri bikes that are actually made (yes manufactured and assembled) in the USA?
Off the top of my head:
Elite, Vanilla, Richard Sachs, Independent Fabrications, Seven Cycles...
Most of the big guys have all moved their manufacturing overseas these days.
Not exclusive/exhaustive, but the only one I'd heard of was the Trek Speed Concept OCLV (9 series?). Calfee might. Serotta might. Manufacturing of Felt, Cervelo, Cannondale, and most Euro brands appear to be taiwan/china. Didn't spend hours on this, a quick googling of manufacture of *insert brand* bikes gave me the above.
Cannondale so disappoints me. My first real road bike that I bought after college that I still ride is a Cannondale made in the USA. Dare I date myself.
I thought Cannondale was US made. My caad9 has a "made in the USA" sticker on it and its painted on the seat stays. Or is it only the aluminum bikes that are made in the USA? Was I tricked?
Nope, you weren't tricked depending on when you bought it. Cannondale moved manufacturing overseas only in the last year or two. Before that, it was made just up the road in PA.
Aegis is made in Maine.http://www.aegisbicycles.com/
If I'm not mistaken - the aluminum frames from Cannondale were still being made in PA (as of the CAAD 9's). Not sure if the new CAAD X's have been moved oversees to join their Supersix and Slice bretheren
basically unless its a custom builder almost all the bikes now are made overseas.
then again you can get a cervelo made in california, named appropriately "california" except the price is absolutely insane, about the price of a new kia. lol
i spoke to one bike shop guy and he was saying that giant made something like 70% of the bikes out there and they are all made in china and that a ton of the carbon fiber tubing that a lot of manuf use is from china now.
oh well.
This site says that LeMonde bikes (I've a nice steel one), and parts of Trek bikes, can help narrow the yawning trade deficit:


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Leon Logan of Tucumcari talks about the ongoing battle to balance the nation's budget:
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Their view: Open government not red or blue, but evergreen
Sarah Welsh, executive director for the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, says the public's right to know isn't partisan: Well, we've come full circle. Five years ago, Bill Richardson's administration was asked for state e-mails about an audit of the driver's license program. It refused, claiming executive privilege, and the Republican Party of New […]
Their view: Recovery won't happen because of greed
George Speck of Portales writes about why he believes economic growth has been slow: "I have been watching and reading the news and wondering why the Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives have been so intransigent in their position to not close certain tax breaks given to the very rich. I looked back […]
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Their view: Default on debt would be catastrophic
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) discusses how a default on the nation's debt would impact New Mexicans: "Failure to extend the debt ceiling would be a real crisis for our state, with every New Mexican paying the price," Udall said. If the debt ceiling is not raised before the Aug. 2 deadline, federal officials have […]
Their view: Raising family workout in itself
FNM columnist and Air Force wife Loni Newby talks about the challenges of family outings:
Their view: We need debt limit solution, not scare tactics
Congressman Steve Pearce addressed the president's false claims that he "cannot guarantee" Social Security payments in the absence of a debt ceiling agreement. "The president claimed that 'there may simply not be money in the coffers,' to fund Social Security, but this is simply not true," said Pearce. "The country is still generating revenue, and […]
Their view: Transparency measure ripe for abuse
Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, says a new initiative by President Obama would instruct contract officers to consider political donations.
Their view: Logging has tremendous impact on N.M. lands
Logging has tremendous impact on N.M. lands Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., offers his view on the wildfires in New Mexico.
Their view: Medicaid cuts would hurt New Mexico families
Medicaid cuts would hurt New Mexico families Excerpts from a press release from Families USA on the potential impact to New Mexico if Medicaid cuts are approved. Families USA is the national organization for health care consumers.
Their view: Governor's line-item vetoes fiscally responsible
Richard E. May, state secretary of finance and administration, says Gov. Susana Martinez's line-item vetoes were not only consistent with previous administrations but fiscally responsible. There has been considerable interest from a few Democratic legislators regarding "line-item" or partial vetoes by Martinez to bills appropriating money during the last legislative session. In one case, the […]
Our view: Forest clearing necessary to prevent fires
Forest fires rage out of control this time each year, as Arizona reminds us, because we manage our federal forests poorly. Scientists say we've created the "monster fire" era. It has become so common the public is almost numb to it. A fire gets out of control, luxury homes burn, and when it's over the […]
Their view: U.S. military force in Libya not needed
New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall says the U.S. is headed down a "slippery path" towards escalation of military force.
Their view: Certain critters not welcome in my home
Russell Anglin is the senior writer for the Quay County Sun, our sister paper. His latest column focused on his fear of centipedes.
Their view: President not doing enough to cut energy costs
New Mexico Sen. Steve Pearce is not happy with President Obama's energy policy. He says the president needs to do a better job of protecting America's energy jobs.
Their view: Artistic works vary with each person
Russell Anglin, managing editor of the Quay County Sun talks about local artists' art exhibits:
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Not so fast on Gluds Pond closure
A planned closure of Gluds Pond Road at its connection with Brownsville Highway has been delayed.
The Kitsap County Commissioners, who were asked to close the road by state officials and local residents, initially planned to approve the closure on Monday, Feb. 25, but it was pulled from the agenda.
Commissioner Tim Botkin said a public meeting would be scheduled sometime in the next two or three weeks, though no date had been set as of Wednesday, Feb. 27.
We felt we should officially publish that we are doing this and have a hearing on it, Botkin said.
Kitsap County Department of Public Works officials had planned to place a guardrail at the Brownsville Highway end of the road, remove some pavement and convert the road into a cul-de-sac for use by nearby residents. The work would be in conjunction with a state Department of Transportation project designed to reduce accidents on State Route 303.
That intersection has a high accident rate and some have been fairly nasty as motorists attempt to cross two lanes of oncoming traffic to go southbound on SR303, Botkin said.
Motorists would be diverted to a nearby traffic signal at the intersection of SR303 and Brownsville Highway.
The closure also could mean future improvements for the south fork of Steele Creek. A proposal would cut out a portion of Gluds Pond Road, eliminating a culvert that hinders spawning salmon going upstream during the fall and smelts headed downstream during spring.
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Donny and Marie had a Las Vegas show that was voted "The Best Show in Las Vegas". Now, the entire Las Vegas production is in Atlantic City for a week-long stay at Caesars that concludes Sunday.
Caesars executive Don Marrandino brought Donny and Marie's show into the Flamingo in Vegas, and now Donny and Marie are playing to capacity crowds every night in Atlantic City.
I had a chance to talk with Donny and Marie backstage before their performance at Caesars. They are truly two of the warmest, nicest and most sincere people I have ever had the pleasure to interview.


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I caught up with new Lattice Semiconductor CEO Bruno Guilmart this afternoon while he was driving to the airport, headed down to the Bay Area to visit Lattice's offices there.
When the company announced lower sales and a big loss yesterday, Guilmart said the Hillsboro company needs "a new business model that better aligns our operating costs with near-term revenue expectations"
After just three weeks on the job, Guilmart said it's too soon to say exactly what kinds of cuts he'll be making. But he said they're all but sure to include personnel.
"Most of our cost is people," he said.
Lattice has about 870 employees, a third of them in Hillsboro. It'll likely be "a couple of months" before the company decides where to trim, Guilmart told me.


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By STAN FREEMAN
Signed into law last June, the state's ambitious $1 billion life sciences initiative is fighting headwinds created by the troubled economy.
Barely on its feet, the initiative is aimed at making the commonwealth a global center for the life sciences, such as biotechnology and medical research. But, despite the program's generous grants, loans, and tax incentives, the economic downturn is thwarting the kind of entrepreneurship needed to turn the Bay State into the Silicon Valley of the life sciences.
"Obviously, the economy is an issue. It really has an significant effect on young companies' ability to raise the capital they need to start and continue their work. Clearly, it's not a favorable environment right now," said Dr. Paul Friedmann, executive director of the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute in Springfield, last week.
The institute was founded in 2002.
Hoping to give fledgling companies the help they cannot derive from private financing, the board of the Massachusetts Life Science Center, a quasi-public agency formed to implement the state initiative, voted on Tuesday to create a "life sciences accelerator fund" that should eventually make available several million dollars, say officials.
"We're feeling very confident we can begin to replace a good part of the money that would have come from the private sector," said Susan R. Windham-Bannister, chief executive officer of the center, which is based in Waltham. "We're trying to help companies at a couple of key points. One is in the early stages when they would be considered relatively risky. Another is when they are in the very early stages of commercialization and they need funding" to get to the next level.
She continued, "I think the accelerator program will have special value for the western part of the state. Many young companies are looking for land and a skilled workforce and a lower cost of living. So they're saying, 'Where is a good place to locate?' and the west offers so many opportunities. It's a logical place for them to look to grow.
"So we look at this program as a bridge to help some of those young companies to begin to fan out over the state."
Attracting new life science companies to the Pioneer Valley and keeping the ones already here have been priorities of area officials. Earlier this month, Qteros of Hadley, a biotechnical company that was a spinoff of ethanol research carried out at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, announced that it would be moving to Worcester County because of the inability to find a facility in move-in condition in the valley that fit its specific needs.
The company is developing a microbe that is highly effective at converting plant matter to ethanol. The Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council fought hard to keep the two-year-old company in the valley, but could not locate a suitable space.
The life sciences is a broad umbrella covering such areas as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, biomedical technologies, nutraceuticals, and even food processing - generally the sciences that have to do with living organisms.
The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center had been planning to issue $25 million worth of grants this fiscal year, but the weakening economy reduced the available funds, after costs to operate the center, to $12 million. In July, new grant funds will become available.
So far this year, there have been three rounds of grants using funds made available in the previous fiscal year totaling $10.1 million, including $1.1 million for UMass. One grant - $750,000 over three years - is for the university to recruit for a senior faculty position in biology, and the other grant - for $300,000 over three years - is for a study of genes.
The remaining grant funds went to researchers, institutions, and businesses in eastern and central Massachusetts, including Harvard, Tufts, the Massachusetts Intitute of Technology, and other campuses of University of Massachusetts.
Under the initiative, UMass is to receive $95 million for a life sciences research center and the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute will receive $5.5 million for a "business incubator," a facility where young high-technology medical companies can get their start.
The Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute is a joint venture between UMass-Amherst and Baystate Health. The center, located on Main Street, Springfield, has more than 40 scientists, administrators, and support staffers. Research there includes studies of breast cancer, diabetes, and cell function.
Friedmann said the business incubator would be constructed in the same building.
"The incubator would be a place for companies to get started," he said. "Then we would need a place for them once they are big enough to stand on their own two feet. We're looking at those options in terms of development of the technology park."
An application has been submitted for funding for the incubator, Friedmann said.
"We're optimistic we'll be able to get these funds and begin the project," he added. "Even though times are tough, we need to move forward on longer-term strategies."


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just wondering... Does anyone know of any credible research around the conventional mantra that you should have six or more small meals per day to help your metabolism?
I sounds plausable, but I feel better, work better and find it easier to have 2 meals - lunch then dinner, fasting 8P-2P a few days per week and having a breakfast snack others.
Where does cw like that come from (please, no conspiracy theories about Monsanto wanting to push grain-based snacks)?


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The program, organized by the Liberian Association of Staten Island, will celebrate the African nation that over the past year has witnessed historic events, including the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to its president and the jailing of the man responsible for the war crimes that sent so many fleeing to these shores.
"We've always had these celebrations of Liberian independence, because it is our country of origin we look forward to it every year," said Telee Brown, the president of the Staten Island Liberian Community Association, who will be honored during the night along with at least a dozen graduating college students. "This is a day we reflect on our country; where we come from, where we are and where we want to go. We have come from a period of destruction and devastation, and the country is getting better."
The program, which begins at 7 p.m., will mark the 165th anniversary of Liberia's independence. Included in the $20 admission price will be dancing, music, traditional foods such as fu fu, and a chance to ask questions of the country's ambassador.
"This is the first time an ambassador to the United States will come. People will want to know how the country is. Is it safe enough for us to go back home?" said Brown, who estimates more than 8,000 Liberians are living on Staten Island, many of whom are war refugees. "Now we are in a country where there is everything -- food, water -- but we think, 'Where do we go from here.'"
The Liberian community here continues to grow and bring vitality to the Park Hill neighborhood where so many have chosen to settle, he said.
Sunday a free and open-to-the public thanksgiving service and community fair will take place in the courtyard between the buildings of 160 and 180 Park Hill Ave.
The place has become a gathering spot where community members meet, exchange news and purchase food and other traditional wares. The celebration will go from 3 to 7 p.m., and will start with a dedication of the area by spiritual and community leaders.
For more information, call program chairman Dave Dann at 347-256-4655, or SILCA president Deacon Telee Brown at 718-496-7492.


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JACKSON, MI – Fans of "Downton Abbey" who just can't wait to see what the Crawleys will do next are in luck.
The mid-Michigan PBS affiliate, WKAR in Lansing, is planning sneak peak screenings of the upcoming season 4 of "Downton Abbey" at the Michigan Theatre in Jackson on Thursday, Dec. 12, and the Sun Theatre in Williamston on Saturday, Dec. 14.
"This has become an annual free event for WKAR, and our fans absolutely love it," WKAR station manager Susi Elkins said.
The sneak previews drew huge crowds when they began on Michigan State's campus. Prior to season 3, the preview was moved to an off-campus theater, which was filled to capacity.
"This will give us up to 2,000 seats, and we're so excited to be able to go to Jackson and Williamston," Elkins said. "We're hoping to meet many fans for the first time."
The screening at Jackson's Michigan Theatre, 124 N. Mechanic St., is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Screenings at the Sun Theatre, 150 W. Grand River Ave., Williamston, will be at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Fans are encouraged to dress up as their favorite "Downton Abbey" character.
The one-hour screenings are free, but registration is required. Registration can be done through WKAR.org.
Season 4 of "Downton Abbey" is set to debut on PBS at 9 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5.


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The #1 ranked UMD Bulldogs football team came to Florence, Alabama with a signular goal - win a national championship.
On Friday morning, the Dogs deviated a bit from that goal and headed to a local elementary school to meet and read to the students, and the reception they received was more chilling than a typical December night back in Duluth.
Cheers of "Let's go Bulldogs" and "U-M-D" could probably be heard for miles as the bus arrived at the school. Students lined the hallways, leading the players to the school's auditorium for a welcoming pep rally.
From there, the players broke off into groups and headed to individual classrooms where they read to the students, signed autographs, and posed for pictures.
Never before, and I'm guessing here, have these young student-athletes felt quite like that.
These kids were genuinely excited to meet the players of a team that, before last Saturday's semifinal was over, they'd probably never heard of.
Players were asked about a variety of things, from boyhood idols, to the advantages of a good education, to what snow actually feels like.
One player, if I'm not mistaken, even got asked for a date in a little more than a decade.
If playing in a national championship game is the experience of a lifetime, what the Bulldogs had the chance to do Friday morning in northern Alabama has to be a close second.
Try not to smile when hundreds of kids chant for your team, even if they'd only learned about UMD Bulldogs football earlier this week.
This game isn't just about football down here in 'Bama. It's about more than that. It's about tradition, about passion, about a way of life.
And after the morning they had at L.E. Willson Elementary School, the UMD Bulldogs of 2010 will never, ever forget that.


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The dormant and ever-more decrepit look of the Mizpah Tower building on Columbus Circle -- along with the many false starts in efforts to rehabilitate the property -- have led to doubts that the current development team in charge of the Mizpah renovation could succeed.
But today, Ben Errez of Plan B Development made a trip from his base in Sammamish, Wash., to Syracuse to reassure the city that the project would get done.
Errez had Donald Knowell of the East Syracuse-based Granger Construction Co. remove one of the rusty chains that hold the building's doors closed.
The door opened, and Errez brought members of his development team, city officials and the press into the building's old sanctuary, which in later years had been used as an auditorium.
The building is dank, and wet, with water pooled at the bottom of a staircase. Rubble, including pieces of plaster, wallpaper and wood, are strewn everywhere.
But Errez said work on the building had been done. He pointed to scaffolding that was reinforcing a wall, to work that had been done on the roof and to the reinforcement of the sanctuary's pipe organ, which had been falling off of the wall that held it for generations.
Errez admitted that the project has gone slower than expected, saying the tight credit market, the historic status of the Mizpah and the decomposed state of the property have all made the project more difficult than expected.
"There's no question that there are a lot of challenges here, some of which we anticipated, others which we did not," Errez said.
But he said the project will get back on track.
Errez said the plan remains to first rehabilitate the auditorium into a 1600-seat performance space. He said there are still a few months of preliminarily work to be done before the main build out of that space, which he said would take six months.
Asked if the auditorium would be finished before the end of 2008, he said "yes, absolutely, it will be completed next year."
Then, Errez said, the focus will turn to the tower itself, which, coupled with an addition to the building, will become a hotel. He said Ramada Plaza is still onboard to be the flagship operator of the hotel.
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Agawam City Clerk Richard M. Theroux couldn't exactly put a paw print on a petition submitted by the owner of Dave's Soda & Pet City, but he said he did sign his own name on behalf of a four-legged friend.
"I have signed it myself on behalf of my dog, Andy, who was purchased at Dave's Soda & Pet City - and I know he would want me to sign it," Theroux said.
David A. Ratner, the owner, submitted a petition with the names of 10 residents in an effort to open an animal hospital at his Agawam store. The petition will go before the City Council for its consideration
Author sells her home
She also owns property in Maine and Vermont.
According to townsfolk, the author's Longmeadow home, which was a former carriage house for the Young Estate, was the subject of a bidding war.
Hence the price was more than twice its assessed value.
The home was purchased by Andrew and Christina Lam.
Guerin a class act
Johnny Damon of the Yankees was considered the friendliest. Plaxico Burress of the Giants was tapped the most selfish.
Wilbraham's Billy Guerin, though, was third on the list for most respected, behind Mariano Rivera of the Yankees and Eli Manning of the Giants.
As for Guerin, who now plays for the hapless New York Islanders, the Post wrote: "Didn't land at Hockey's Last Stop just for one last payday. Doesn't even want out at the trade deadline."
Miracle Worker revisted
"Beyond the Miracle Worker: The Remarkable Life of Anne Sullivan Macy and Her Extraordinary Friendship with Helen Keller" will be published in May by Beacon Books.
The genesis of the book came when historian and Helen Keller expert Kim Nielsen realized that she, along with other biographers, had shortchanged Anne Sullivan.
Neilsen's biography is the first to focus on Sullivan in nearly 50 years.
Nielsen hopes the work will "unravel one of the best known - and least understood - friendships of the 20th century."
Wearing 'o the green
Holyoke accountant Susan Lastowski is well known for her meticulous gardens at her Nonotuck Street home - never a weed, never an untrimmed shrub and never a season without spectacular colorful plants.
Alas, just when it was important that everything look perfect for some first-time visitors, one of the front yard yews had died. Rather than remove it, knowing she could not get one the same size to match the others or, even worse, dig the dead one up and leave a space, we hear Lastowski went to the paint store, got some green paint tinted to the the exact shade of yews, painted the shrub and no one was the wiser.
There may be a few professional landscapers out there who may have caught on, but C&W is sure that come St. Patrick's Day, no one in the Paper City will care which shade the yew is.
SC alum makes good
USA Football has helped train more than 16,000 youth coaches nationwide since 2006 and was started by the NFL and NFL Players Association in 2002. The chair of its board is Jack Kemp, former U.S. congressman and professional quarterback, and the 18-member board includes NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and former NFL All-Star kick returner Brian Mitchell.
Over the past two years, the organization has provided more than $1.5 million in equipment grants for youth leagues and high school football programs.
Showdown on toll hike
There might be a bit of personality conflict between James Aloisi Jr., state transportation secretary and chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, and Mary Z. Connaughton, a board member from Framingham.
"You better wake up," Aloisi told Connaughton after he closed the meeting.
"You're out Matt Amoreloing Matt Amorelo," Connaughton fired back in a reference to the former authority chairman. In 2006, Amorelo was forced out by Romney after the collapse of a ceiling panel in a Big Dig tunnel, an accident that killed a woman who was a passenger in a motor vehicle in the tunnel.
The toll hikes could be averted if the state Legislature votes to hike the gasoline tax before the first stage in the new tolls take effect on March 29. The toll increases would be rolled back if the vote for a gasoline tax increase comes after the new tolls go into effect. A second hike would take effect on July 1
Life is cheaper
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley - who was almost the JFK Award winner for this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade in Holyoke - made front page news last week in the New York Times.
He appeared before the Maryland Senate and made an unconventional argument that is becoming increasingly popular in cash-strapped states: abolish the death penalty to save money.
O'Malley, a Democrat and a Roman Catholic, who has cited religious opposition to the death penalty in the past, is now arguing that capital cases cost three times as much as homicide cases where the death penalty is not sought.
"And we can't afford that," he said, "when there are better and cheaper ways to reduce crime."
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Once you get the basics of stamping, you'll want to branch out into new and different paper crafting techniques.
If you're a scrapbooker or cardmaker, you probably already have a lot of supplies you can use, like punches, ribbons, flowers and other embellishments. That's great!
Embossing supplies
Heat embossing provides a slightly dimensional, raised effect and gives an elegant look to just about any paper project. You'll need embossing powder, an embossing pad and an embossing gun. Learn all about these supplies and how to use them in the Heat Embossing section.
Punches are a paper crafting basic. You simply slide your paper into the punch, press down and you've got a perfect shape. Basic shapes like squares or circles are great for stamping, because it creates a frame for your stamped image. Punch pieces from patterned, plain or specialty paper, then stamp on them and place on your project.
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A Disney a cappella song, a self-written song and guitar performance, and a religion-inspired tune with piano accompaniment could not stand up to Linda Truong's rendition of a 60s classic at last week's Allendale Idol.
The petite freshman beat out 11 other competitors to win the third annual talent competition hosted by the Delta Zeta sorority. Judges hailed Truong's performance of Etta James' "At Last," calling it "passionate" and "amazing."
Student judge David Steinmetz said Truong exhibited everything he was looking for in an Allendale Idol -- emotion, energy and excitement. Her deep, soulful voice engaged the crowd from the start, Steinmetz said.
Valerie Stoelzel, judge and adjunct music professor, said Truong's personality stood out from the rest.
"(She) has a fabulous voice with a wide vocal range. She picked a very difficult song to sing and did it well, (with) personality and charisma," Stoelzel said. "It was a great performance, and I gave her a perfect 10."
Truong said participating in her first musical competition was a joy.
"I absolutely love to sing and thought this was a perfect opportunity to get to see people from Grand Valley who share the same feeling about music," she said.
The event raised money for a yet-to-be-determined Delta Zeta community service project.
"(We) raised around $460, and we will be voting on a chapter as to where specifically the money will go," said Deanna Albanelli, chairwoman of Delta Zeta's ways and means committee.
The GVSU chapter of Delta Zeta has more than 60 members and works with the hearing impaired and local organizations, including Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth, Relay for Life and Gilda's Club, Albanelli said.
The judges
David Steinmetz: GVSU student has traveled for high school music education to France, England and Germany.
Janel Burgess: Head coach for GVSU women's basketball
Dr. Jeff Chamberlain: Head of the honors college department and an honors college professor
Kyle Vernon/Nate Beverwyk/Devin Clemence: returning judges from last year
Valeri Stoelzel: Music professor at GVSU
Top three finishers
First: Linda Truong
Second: Jennifer Patton
Third: Kate Pillsbury
More about Delta Zeta
The sorority was founded in 1902 and is part of the National Panhellenic Council. The Grand Valley chapter is the Xi Psi chapter.


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N. P. Vogt (New Mexico State University), A. C. Phillips (University of California, Santa Cruz), Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary Probe (DEEP) Collaboration, European Network on the Formation and Evolution of Galaxies (TMR) Collaboration
We review the status of current observations of the fundamental parameters of intermediate redshift (0.2 < z < 1.3) spiral galaxies. Advances in instrumentation of 8-10m class telescopes have made possible detailed measurements of galaxy kinematics and mass, in both the optical and the infrared passbands. By studying such well known star formation indicators as [OII]3727A (in the optical) and H-alpha (redshifted to the infrared), the internal velocity structure of galaxies can be traced through this entire redshift regime. The combination of throughput and optimum seeing conditions yields spectra which can be combined with high resolution multiband imaging to explore the evolution of galaxies of various morphologies, and to place constraints on current models of galaxy formation.
Out to redshifts of z = 1, these data form a high redshift Tully-Fisher relation that spans four magnitudes and extends to well below L*, with no obvious change in shape or slope with respect to the local relation. A comparison of disk surface brightness between local and high redshift samples yields an offset which can be entirely explained by distance-dependent surface brightness selection effects, as can the apparent change in disk size with redshift for disks of a given mass. These results provide further evidence for only a modest increase in luminosity with lookback time for the bulk of the field spiral galaxy population, and support low Omega0 models of formation.
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Everett H. Gist, Jr.
Services: Have been held.
Everett H. Gist, Jr., 77, of Dalhart, Texas, died Sunday, May 8, 2005.
He was born on Feb. 11, 1928, in Sulfer, Okla. to Everett Horace Sr. and Myrtle Bee (Higgs) Gist.
He was raised in Texhoma, Okla., and attended school on the Texas side and Oklahoma side. He served in the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1952. He married Betty Jan Ledbetter on June 16, 1955, in Clayton. He worked for Fred Sweet Ranch for many years in Texhoma and Hitch Feed yard in Guymon, Okla. He and his wife operated the Bryan's Corner Restaurant in Bryan's Corn, Okla. from 1965 to 1969. He graduated for Fort Smith School of Auctioneers in 1971.
He worked at several ranches and feedlots in the Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma areas before making Dalhart his home in 1979. He retired in 1988.
He attended Liberty Baptist Church in Dalhart.
Family members said he loved cattle and horses. He team roped and broke horses.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; a sister Evelyn Gist; a daughter, Samuella; and two grandchildren, Aaron and Deidre Hininger.
Survivors include a daughter, Rhonda Hininger (and husband, Michael) of Dalhart; three sons, Billy Gist (Honey Sue) of Bovina, Delmer Cole (Cindy) of Shamrock, Texas, and Mike Gist (Judy) of Hill Air Force Base, Utah; a brother, Billy Gist of Polson, Mont.; two sisters, Wanda Gammell of Sturgis, S.D., and Phyllis Garner of Topeka, Kan.; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The Rev. James Washburn and Rev. Dan Martin will officiate the services.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Liberty Baptist Church Building Fund, 1220 US Highway 87 S., Dalhart, Texas 79022.


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Southern Research Institute has won a $925,000 U.S. Department of Energy award to develop a cost-effective way to convert biomass into oils used in the production of gasoline and diesel.
Technologies already exist to turn biomass materials such as wood waste into oils used in the refining of petroleum, but they're cost-prohibitive or impractical. A more cost-effective method could "reduce the nation's requirement for importing oil from foreign countries, help to stabilize the prices at the pump, and lower the emission of greenhouse gases," said Tim Hansen, director of Southern Research's Advanced Energy and Transportation Technologies unit in Durham, N.C.
An improved process also could help refineries comply with new renewable fuel standards, Santosh K. Gangwal, Southern Research's principal investigator on the project, said in a prepared statement.
Southern Research is looking for a refinery partner to assist in the project.
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By Kaitlin Santanna
Contributing writer
Syracuse Crunch center Rick Schofield is a self-proclaimed late bloomer, both in life and on the ice.
Not drafted by a junior hockey team, he started playing at the Junior A level two years later than most players. Schofield's late entry to juniors caused the Ontario native to enter college two years later as well. His belated development left him undrafted by an NHL team.
Though Schofield's path was unconventional, the center found his way onto the depth charts of an NHL organization. Anaheim signed him to a one-year contract for the 2011-12 season and a tryout contract for the remainder of this season and reported to Syracuse earlier this week following the completion of his collegiate hockey career.
"I didn't think that I could be a pro player when I was 16," Schofield said. "I didn't start excelling on the ice until late in my Junior A career."
Going undrafted meant that Schofield was forced to attract attention from NHL organizations through his play in college. He attended Lake Superior State University, a small college located on the Michigan-Canada border.
Hockey is the major sport at Lake Superior, and the games were well-attended. The team had a tradition of walking through campus through a horde of fans after a win and ringing a giant victory bell.
"Everyone comes to games and talks to you afterwards. It's a hometown feel," Schofield said. "It's a pretty cool feeling running through a crowd of people, everyone cheering you on. It was a smaller school and I was given the chance to play right away and develop as a player."
Schofield flourished his final two seasons with the Lakers, leading the team in goals (17), assists (18) and points in 39 games this year. He was named the team's most valuable player for the 2009-10 season and his five game-winning goals that season ranked seventh in NCAA Division I.
Schofield's offensive talents grabbed the attention of Anaheim, and the organization began discussing signing him in December of this season. The phone calls from Anaheim's Senior VP of Hockey Operations David McNab came every day after Schofield's Lake Superior season ended until Schofield was convinced to sign with the Ducks.
"I don't want to say it's harder to go undrafted, because I know that some of these kids that got drafted put everything they have into it, but I had a lot more work to do because I didn't have as much skill or wasn't as big or strong," Schofield said.
"I think patience really kicked in and I was able to grow as a player and a person. I grew into my body and into my mind."
Along with taking four years to develop his play on the ice, Schofield also felt that entering college at 20 years old rather than 18 helped him grow as a person.
"I felt the way that everyone does starting school," Schofield said. "I might have been a little more mature than some of the people there, but I think it helped me graduating at 23 or 24. I fit in and I was able to force myself to become a little more mature."
Schofield hails from a Pickering, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. He learned to play hockey at the age of 5, playing on outdoor rinks and minor hockey leagues. Schofield followed in his older brother Dan's footsteps, playing Junior A hockey in Pickering before moving on to college. Dan played two seasons at both SUNY Plattsburgh and Geneseo.
Schofield grew up idolizing the Pickering Panthers. He knew he wanted to play in his hometown and influence young players.
"It was cool helping out in Pickering, especially in the community," Schofield said. "It was great meeting the kids and having them look up to you. I did the same when I was that age. It was fitting for me to do the same."
Schofield is now closing the books on his college career and moving on to the professional ranks. The center played in his first AHL game Wednesday in Binghamton. While Schofield will return to Lake Superior to graduate and complete his finance and economics degree after the season, Schofield's main focus is on his burgeoning hockey career.
"I am trying to get accustomed to the way guys play and my role on the team," he said. "Everything is faster. Everyone is bigger, stronger, quicker. It's going to take an adjustment period, but that's what has to happen when you change and go to a different level."


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We have a lot of fun and good results showing our sheep.
We are not showing in 2016 - - - no grand kids ready yet
A Schambow 3106 son was Res. Champion at the 2015 National Jr. Show . He was raised and shown by Andrew Slack. Slacks will be using this ram in their 2015-16 breeding program
This 3106 daughter was Supreme Champion at the HOI Fair this July. She is thick loined and heavy muscled.
Grand daughter, Avery's, first time showing. It was brief, but the continuation of our families love of Suffolk Sheep
The ewe shown below was our 2014 Class winner at Iowa State Fair.
Grand daughter, Avery, has quickly learned that those Purple Ribbons are special
Brixton, grandson, enjoys "kicking" the dust in the show ring.
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1. Curveball in Los Angeles: Well, the Bernie Bickerstaff era has been glorious, with the Lakers going 2-0 during his run as interim coach after a 103-90 win over Sacramento last night.
Not that anyone's paying attention to that this morning after the surprising news that the Lakers have hired Mike D'Antoni as their coach to replace Mike Brown, who was fired Friday after a 1-4 start.
This came after days of talk that the team would hire former Lakers coach Phil Jackson, which included loud "We want Phil" chants at the Staples Center during Bickerstaff's two interim games.
The L.A. Times' Mike Bresnahan reports that Jackson's list of demands was too much, including a stake in the team. ESPN reports that Jackson was stunned to learn D'Antoni was hired, believing the job was his to turn down despite no formal offer being made.
There was an interesting dynamic involved with what each coach could bring. Jackson would have most certainly brought his triangle offense back. Although highly successful in producing six championships with the Bulls and five with the Lakers, no other team has had great success with the triangle, with Minnesota's terrible run under Jackson protege Kurt Rambis serving as Exhibit A.
Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol are familiar with the triangle, but as ESPN noted, it might not fit Steve Nash and Dwight Howard -- in the same way the Princeton offense that Brown implemented didn't seem to fit any of the Lakers.
D'Antoni's pick-and-roll attack obviously suits Nash, who had two MVP seasons at Phoenix under him, and Howard should be fine, too. Bryant worked with D'Antoni on Team USA and endorsed the hire.
"I love PJ but I'm very excited about D'Antoni," Bryant tells ESPN.
D'Antoni reportedly signed a three-year deal worth $12 million, with a fourth-year team option. There's talk that D'Antoni will bring in his brother, Dan -- his longtime assistant in both Phoenix and New York -- with him. There's also one other name being raised.
CBSSports.com's Ken Berger reports that D'Antoni plans to reach out to Nate McMillan to join him as defensive coordinator. They were assistant coaches together on Team USA on two Olympic gold medal teams. McMillan, the Blazers' head coach the last seven years, was last an NBA assistant coach in 2000, when he was elevated to interim head coach after Paul Westphal was fired. Would McMillan be willing to return as an assistant after all these years?
D'Antoni had knee replacement surgery earlier this month -- the Arizona Republic's Dan Bickley reports that D'Antoni scheduled it because he was sure he would not get a job this season -- so he might not coach a game immediately. ESPN speculates Bickerstaff -- McMillan's assistant in Portland the last two seasons -- could coach the next two games, Tuesday against the Spurs and Friday against the Suns (both at home).
Crazy stuff. But then, if you asked in, say, January where McMillan and Bickerstaff would be in November, surely most would have said right here in Portland.
2. Great win: The league's hottest team? Gotta be Memphis, which has a league-best five-game winning streak. The first four victories might not have raised many eyebrows, but Sunday's sure did, a convincing 104-86 win over Miami.
The Grizzlies won with some remarkable three-point shooting, going 14 for 24 behind the arc, but it would be a mistake to say they simply got hot. As ESPN.com's Michael Wallace writes, the Heat were prepared for a post-heavy attack from Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol, but packing the paint left Memphis' shooters open.
Memphis, in fact, seems to have the size to truly disrupt the Heat, whose one real weakness is lack of post size. Randolph and Gasol are far better offensive players than, say, the Thunder's Serge Ibaka and Kendrick Perkins, and the Lakers' Dwight Howard-Pau Gasol attack could be a Finals nightmare for Miami.
Memphis, by the way, beat Miami for the third time in four meetings. Would it be crazy to consider Sunday's game a Finals preview? The Commercial Appeal's Geoff Calkins -- with help from Rudy Gay -- says not at all.
His return timetable won't be known until after the surgery, but it was yet another tough injury blow for the franchise. They were already missing Kevin Love (broken hand) and Ricky Rubio (knee surgery) -- their most important players.
Brandon Roy, their starting shooting guard, has had pain in his right knee and sat out Saturday's game against Chicago. Nikola Pekovic, J.J. Barea and Luke Ridnour have also had health issues.
You have to feel bad for Budinger, who got a chance to start in Roy's place against Chicago. Budinger was having a nice season, averaging 11.8 points off the bench, and had a chance to get himself a nice raise -- he's making $885,000 this season, but becomes an unrestricted free agent after it.
Meanwhile, Minnesota fans seem to be getting restless about all the injuries. Last season, the Timberwolves looked like a strong playoff contender before Rubio and others were injured. This season, they don't even have Love to start. The frustration led at least one fan to point fingers ... at Portland.
That's right, Portland. It's no big secret that the Timberwolves are stocked with players who have a connection to the Blazers or the state of Oregon. There's GM David Kahn, coaches Rick Adelman, Terry Porter and Bill Bayno, plus Love, Roy, Luke Ridnour and Dante Cunningham. Heck, the T-Wolves even had ex-Blazer Chris Johnson and former Jesuit High and Oregon State standout Seth Tarver on their training camp roster.
The ties are so prevalent, I joked last month that an injury bug must've gotten into someone's luggage before he moved to the Twins Cities.
A Minnesota blogger named AJ Theo weighed in yesterday with a similar theme, only he blames the T-Wolves' injury woes on the "curse of the Portland Trail Blazers," with Portland clandestinely taking the curse off itself by sending it to Minnesota.
There's a budding rivalry between Minnesota and Portland, but it's more about such stuff as offer sheets (Nicolas Batum), injury compensation claims (Martell Webster) and bike friendliness.
On that last one ... In his column, Theo gets in a line about Minneapolis being "the bike capitol of the United States." This led Jamal Raad -- the deputy press secretary and new media organizer for Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley -- to point out via Twitter that Bicycling magazine has named Portland "America's best bike city."
Not exactly haymakers, these shots, but if we're going to concoct a city-versus-city rivalry, at least we have Love and LaMarcus Aldridge, who got into a manly tussle last season. That was good stuff, and way more fun than injury curses and bike lanes.
4. In a New York minute: In the massive New York media market, there are always different spins on single stories. Take, for example, the Nets' acquisition of forward Gerald Wallace in a deal with Portland at least season's trade deadline.
The New York Daily News' Mitch Lawrence writes that Nets GM Billy King is trying to spin the trade to seem as if he made it to give the Nets a stout defender who could deal with top small forwards in the Eastern Conference, including Miami's LeBron James.
Lawrence, however, writes that the move had much more to do with trying to appease point guard Deron Williams after Dwight Howard, a day before the trade deadline, exercised his 2012-13 option with Orlando after it seemed he would be traded to the Nets.
Last week, the New York Times' Howard Beck wrote about the small-forward theory, writing that Wallace gives the Nets a player who can match up against James, Carmelo Anthony and Paul Pierce.
For Portland fans, the deal was something special as it gave the Blazers the draft pick that they used to select point guard Damian Lillard. Beck writes:
It was a controversial transaction, costing the Nets a lottery pick that the Trail Blazers used to select Damian Lillard, a gifted point guard. King's rationale was that he already had a star point guard. But he had a gaping hole at small forward, a position of strength in the top tier of the Eastern Conference.Wallace, by the way, has missed the Nets' last four games with a sprained ankle.
5. On and off the air: When the Blazers play at Sacramento on Tuesday, the Kings will be short-handed. It might be a stretch to say Spurs broadcaster Sean Elliott should get an assist, but there's some truth to that.
Kings center DeMarcus Cousins was suspended for two games for confronting Elliott on Friday after Elliott ripped Cousins on the air for trash-talking Tim Duncan during the game, the San Antonio Express-News' Mike Monroe reports. Cousins sat out Sunday's loss to the Lakers and will miss the Blazers game.
The Sacramento Bee's Jason Jones reports that the suspension was the third in three seasons for Cousins, although the previous two were handed out by the Kings.
"We're looking for the polished person to eventually come out," Kings coach Keith Smart tells Jones. "You're going to have setbacks … We have a 22-year-old guy that had a mistake right here."
The Kings played Sunday with Cousins and Thomas Robinson serving suspensions (Robinson for a nasty elbow to a Detroit player last week) and had only 11 players available. That put former Blazer Travis Outlaw in the starting lineup at power forward, needing to guard Gasol, the Sacramento Bee's Jason Jones reports.
"It's tough," Outlaw tells Jones. "Pau Gasol is a hell of a power forward."
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Egyptian journalist Shahira Amin tells Channel 4 News why she resigned from state-run Nile TV after being banned from covering the ongoing protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
Shahira Amin resigned from her post as deputy head of Nile TV yesterday after becoming disillusioned with the "near total blackout" of coverage of the ongoing unrest across Egypt.
While hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets amid violent clashes in the capital Cairo, a very different picture appeared on state owned television.
Shahira Amin told Channel 4 News that she felt no longer able to report propaganda at Nile TV after being allowed to air only the pro-Mubarak rallies.
"History is in the making in our country right now and as a journalist I wanted to be part of it," Amin said.
"I wanted to be out there in the field reporting, but at state television there were restrictions and we weren't allowed to go and report from Tahrir Square. I felt suffocated, I felt like my hands were tied and I had a heavy heart.
"I was driving near Tahrir Square and I heard the chants of the protesters - I had seen what was happening on the ground but I wasn't able to report it. I thought if I go back to that studio I would be betraying the young activists in Tahrir Square.
"I wanted to be out there in the field reporting but at state television there were restrictions." Shahira Amin
"They have started this momentum, their demands are very legitimate, they are asking for freedom, social justice and its something my generation hasn't been able to do under oppressive measures."
After resigning on Thursday Amin said she spent time with the protesters. On the day of her resignation a number of journalists - including Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum - reported being subject to violent harassment.
A number of foreign reporters were arrested, one stabbed in the leg and there were reports that another was killed.
Amin told Channel 4 News she felt the authorities were unhappy with the coverage of the ongoing events in Egypt.
"I believe the regime is very frustrated with the international coverage and they're trying to silence the voices," she said.
"All these protesters out there have their mobile phones and they're taking pictures and dispatching immediately to the outside world, so I hope the regime understands that these are futile efforts and they cannot stop what is happening getting to everyone across the globe."
Map: The Battle for Tahrir Square04 February 2011
Egyptians demand Mubarak exit as crowds swarm Tahrir Square04 February 2011
LIVE BLOG: Egypt uprising - the battle for Tahrir Square06 February 2011


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Lost in the win is Akers missing another FG. Do we bring back Cundiff or someone else? I don't trust Akers for more than an xp anymore.
Lost in the win is Akers missing another FG. Do we bring back Cundiff or someone else? I don't trust Akers for more than an xp anymore.
#PoseyHugs #SanchezHugs
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If we do, someone else. But... Dam it Akers.....
"All we care about are wins, stats are for losers" - Justin Smith
" I dont know how to say it I dont have the words for it. Let me say it this way, as Ive said all along, you work at the pleasure of the organization." - Jim Harbaugh
At this point I'd take cundiff over Akers.
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not sure who I would take.... as he missed that kick in this game I thought how ironic it is that he won so many games last year for us and how he lost so many this year.
The way our offense is firing on all cylinders our kicker could wheel in on a wheel chair for all I care. Kaepernick + Crabtree + Moss + VD + Walker ( when he doesn't drop it) + Jenkins + Gore = Number six.
The Greatest NBA Team Ever
lol, Please' top 10 p4p: Golovkin/Kovalev/Gonzalez/Rigondeaux/Fury/Ward/Alvarez/Brook/Bradley/Lomachenko
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It's simple, don't attempt field goals
^^ that
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Since it's in a dome, why not go with Longwell?
He almost cost us again.
I say we see how much Jano is to rent.
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text: ok first of i can get a little anxiety but never paranoia when im not stoned. but being a shyish person and not the best talking to new people in some situations. i smoke weed and can get paranoid, obviously i do not like this at all. mayb theres some underlying condition but im very hesitant to smoke with others especially if i dont know them/know them well, the only solution to this in the past has been to drink while i smoke, n i like smoking coz without weed i drink too much. so the question is what strain could i go for that might relieve the paranoia? trust me the more stoned the better for me, just paranoia can come into it when i smoke and i tend to think heaps but talk little, adding to the paranoia, plus knowing this will happen only adds to this. hoping for a little advice and experience with this. cheers