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Additional Information: Ming Dynasty is a well known Shih Tzu kennel. We have bred over 200 American Champions. We have bred Best in Show winners, and have received Awards at the Westminster Dog Show. Puppies occasionally.
Spoiled Pups
Additional Information: I have two males that will be ready just in time for Christmas 2015. Message if interested.
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Carolina Shih Tzu
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Royal BB's Imperial Shih Tzus
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A+Shenandoah Shih Tzu
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I am a small breeder, I love this breed. They are lovable, adorable and excellent dogs. They are also great with children, i have 7... ...
Au Sum Shih Tuzs
Additional Information: Call anytime for more information. Puppies and both parents are always on premises. One year health guarantee. Vaccines current and dewormed.
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Shih Tzu Babies
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Oakside Kennel
Additional Information: We are a small, home-based kennel. Our dogs are family pets and fully trained in dog obedience. Let our family introduce you to the next member of your family!
10/03/16 Oakside does not currently have any puppies available. We will update this when we have a female who is expecting. If... ...
Dots Pad
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Additional Information: Updated 10/20. We currently have 2 gold and white male pups ready now. There is a red and white male ready early november. These guys are priced at 450.
I have raised shihtzus for 20 years. I try to get them to mature to 9 to 12 lbs. My babies are affordable and have great personalities along with... ...
Furry Friends Shih Tzu's
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Tracey's Shih Tzu Treasures
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Beautiful Shih Tzu puppies ready for their loving Fur-ever homes. There are 6 puppies - 2 female and 4 males. Will be sold only to approved homes.
We have Pure Breed, Beautiful Shih Tzu puppies that are now available. They are 12 weeks old, pee pad trained, have their shots and ready... ...
Dunhaven Kennels
Additional Information: AKC Tiny Shih Tzu pups available in solids and party colors,DNA stud services available. I specialize in the very small (6-8)I have a new litter of four.
Dunhaven Kennels has been breeding tiny shih Tzus for 22 years. We pride ourselves in raising quality dogs that represent the breed and meet the... ...
DS Critter Farm
Additional Information: We are a small State and County licensed kennel in Covington, GA.We specialize in purebred Shih-Tzu, Maltese, Shih-Tzu blends with Maltese & Poodle,Pomeranian Raised in our Home with lots of LOVE !!
Additional Information: Wonerful tiny Imperial Shih Tzu puppies. They are raised in my home and have wonderful pedigrees. They all comform to the AKC standards, they come to you pre-spoiled and ready for their new family.
I have strived for the perfect little Imperial Shih Tzu. I have searched all over the United States for the greatest lines, I find that the... ...
Cocktail Shih Tzu
Additional Information: We are a small hobby shih tzu breeder with a passion to produce healthy, happy, loving and loyal companions that are beautiful to look at. Our shih tzu are AKC registered from top quality blood lines.
Donna's Little Friends
Additional Information: Shih Tzus are loving and beautiful. They love to play. Call 478-956-3503.Cell 478-227-1361.I have a male and a female DOB May 27, 2016.They are $400.
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Thanksgiving is a day of indulgence. Wow your guests with the perfect food & wine pairings during your feast. The Wine Key's Thanksgiving Food & Wine Pairing Class will help you prepare.
Join Charlotte Chipperfield, Owner of The Wine Key, in San Francisco as she divulges her food & wine pairing tips and tricks.
Registration grants you attendance to the hour long class on Tuesday, November 12th, which includes:
- A fun approach to understanding the perfect pairing
- One hour of instruction with wine expert Charlotte Chipperfield
- Tastings of multiple food friendly wines
- Small bites replicating T-day dinner
- An informational booklet
- and some giggles!
Stay after the class to mingle and ask additional questions.
Seats are limited, so get your tickets before they sell out!
The Wine Key is a wine education and consulting business based in San Francisco. The Wine Key, lead by Owner & Wine Educator, Charlotte Chipperfield, is on a mission to make wine less intimidating.
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DETROIT, MI - A study was released Monday that analyzes downtown Detroit's progress compared to the rest of the city and the constantly evolving demographic makeup of the area.
And it delivers some attention-getting results.
You read the entire 79-page report on a website called 7.2 SQ MI.
The study was conducted by a several organizations: the Hudson-Webber Foundation, the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, the Downtown Detroit Partnership, Midtown Detroit, Inc., D:hive, and Data Driven Detroit.
A study summary posted on the website:
7.2 SQ MI is the data story of a physically and economically changing place. It is a snapshot that captures current information on residing, working, employing, visiting, living, playing, and investing in Greater Downtown. While a celebration of progress, it also acknowledges continued challenges and reveals potential opportunity.
Take a look at the study results and let us know what you think in our comments section.
A few facts posted on the 7.2 SQ MI website:
Greater Downtown in Context:
Population: 36,550 people Density: 5,076 people/SQ MI Per Capita Income: $20,216/person
Population Change: Over a ten-year period, the city's population declined by 25% while
Greater Downtown declined by half that rate (13%).
Racial Diversity: Greater Downtown continues to be racially diverse with Black residents accounting for the racial majority (68%).
Foreign-Born Population: 8% of Greater Downtown's population is foreign-born.
Young & College-Educated: 8% of Greater Downtown's population is age 25–34 with a Bachelor's Degree or higher. This is a greater proportion of "young talent" than the City of Detroit (1%), State of Michigan (3%) and the United States (4%).
Visitors & Venues: 10.5 million people visit Greater Downtown each year, filling 126,058 stadium seats, 12,550 theater seats and 4,611 hotel rooms.


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Guillermo del Toro doesn't think 'Hellboy 3' will ever happen
Sorry, superfans, it's starting to look like "Hellboy 3" just ain't gonna happen.
Just days after revealing some details about "Pacific Rim 2," prolific director Guillermo del Toro expressed his doubt that the aforementioned other sequel will ever get made, despite the fact that he and star Ron Perlman are both interested.
During a Reddit AMA on Friday, del Toro admitted that the proposed threequel based on Mike Mignola's comic book series just can't find studio backing.
"Creatively, I would love to make it. Creatively," he confided. "But it is proven almost impossible to finance. Not from MY side, but from the studio side. If I was a multimillionaire, I would finance it myself, but I spend all my money on rubber monsters."
2004's "Hellboy" cost around $66 million to produce and earned just under $100 million worldwide. With a budget of around $85 million, 2008's "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" earned a healthy -- but hardly stellar -- $160 million globally.
Although it likely won't ever make it to the big screen, del Toro has a plot in mind.
"The idea for it was to have Hellboy finally come to terms with the fact that his destiny, his inevitable destiny, is to become the beast of the Apocalypse, and having him and Liz face the sort of, that part of his nature, and he has to do it, in order to be able to ironically vanquish the foe that he has to face in the 3rd film," he described. "He has to become the best of the Apocalypse to be able to defend humanity, but at the same time he becomes a much darker being. It's a very interesting ending to the series, but I don't think it will happen."
Del Toro's "Crimson Peak" will be in theaters in 2015, while his new FX series "The Strain," premieres this Sunday.


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The lake at Union County's Nomahegan Park in Cranford, one of the most popular parks in the Union County Park System, will soon undergo a $1.5 million restoration.
The restoration of the 7.5-acre lake follows the rehabilitation of Upper Echo Lake in Echo Lake Park last year and is part of a four-lake restoration project that also includes Rahway River Park in Rahway, Briant Park in Summit and Meisel Avenue Park in Springfield. While work is expected to get underway in Rahway by the end of this year, the projects at Briant and Meisel will probably get underway in 2013, according to County officials.
At Thursday, Sept. 8's agenda-setting meeting of the Union County Board of Freeholders, board members agreed to vote next week on a proposed $1,495,358 contract to Let It Grow Inc. of River Edge. The Nomahegan project is expected to take upwards of nine months to complete.
"We have a magnificent County Parks system," said Freeholder Bette Jane Kowalski. "But the years have taken a toll on our lakes, many of which are man-made. Silt has built up, along with a growing amount of organic matter. That all has to come out."
Nomahegan Park was part of the original park system designed by the Olmsted Brothers landscape architectural firm. An estimated 46,400 cubic yards of soil was excavated in 1930 to create the lake, which holds an estimated 9.8 million gallons of water. The lake is fed by a tributary of the Rahway River.
While some of the details of the restoration project will be worked out next month, parks users will be affected.


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A man is arrested for robbing a bank in the Town of Chenango.
The Broome County Sheriff's Office arrested 43-year-old Edward Greco of the Bronx.
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MOBILE, Alabama – A Saraland teenager accused of killing a man in a Satsuma trailer park months after bragging about gang ties will be tried as an adult, a judge ruled Monday.
Because he was younger than 21 when the fatal shooting occurred, Bryan Caldwyn Robbins was eligible for consideration under the state's "youthful offender" law, which offers the chance for a young defendant to have the court file sealed and punishment capped at three years in prison.
But Mobile County Presiding Circuit Judge Charles Graddick, after hearing about eight entries on the defendant's juvenile criminal record, denied the youthful offender request based on the "totality of the circumstances."
Defense attorney Christine Hernandez, outside the hearing of courtroom spectators, offered an explanation about her client's past.
"The charge is very serious," she said after the hearing. "A lot of times in murder cases, youthful offender is denied based on the totality of the circumstances."
Robbins was just 16 when Yvain Lambert, 23, died in the Sept. 13 shooting.
Law enforcement authorities have suggested that the shooting occurred because Robbins earlier had found Lambert in bed with a woman that both men had dated.
Under questioning by police, Robbins claimed self-defense. Satsuma police Detective Doug Walley testified at a preliminary hearing in October that Robbins told investigators that he wrestled the gun away from Lambert and then "pulled the trigger until it would not fire anymore."
Hernandez has said a gunshot wound to the defendant's hand bolsters the self-defense claim. Walley testified at the preliminary hearing that investigators believe Robbins accidentally shot himself during the struggle.
The shooting gained widespread attention locally because of postings the defendant had made to his Facebook page in May 2012 proclaiming himself to be a member of the Bloods street gang and showing off several guns. In a video posted May 13, Robbins waves a gun toward the camera, laughing and saying "gunplay," with a friend. He laughs and makes the Bloods gang sign.
But Assistant District Attorney Jill Phillips said she in October that she had no information indicating that the shooting was gang-related.
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In our first installment of You be the GM, we weigh the pros and cons of re-signing Portland Trail Blazers forward JJ Hickson. Hickson became a fan favorite this season with his energy, rebounding and offensive reliability. However, Hickson's defense lagged throughout the season, which contributed to the Blazers ending up near the bottom of the league in points allowed in the paint. Blazers GM Neil Olshey said at the end of the season, "for us to make a jump next season, JJ can't be our starting center."
Here's a snapshot of what you're saying about whether or not Hickson should be on the Trail Blazers roster next season:
I feel bad for JJ, because he seems like a great guy, great teammate, and a hard worker. He has bounced around the league for a while and finally found a place where he was productive and the fans loved him, but unfortunately, it looks like he won't be part of the plan here either. I hope he gets what he is looking for next year, but not in Portland.Jokerman:
If the price is right, of course you keep Hickson, even with his defensive liabilities, he would make a great bench player. Unfortunately I don't think Portland will (or should) pay him what other teams are going to offer. As long as Aldridge is on the team I believe the only future Hickson has on this team would be coming off the bench.cosmoplavix:
The man knows what it is to commit to high energy play, night in and night out. I hope Olshey can find complementary players that will allow us to keep J.J.SGOrion:
He can't play defense in any form, and he disappeared at the end of the season. He would cost too much with the numbers he has to be viable for the organization considering the cap space we have. Pass on him.newday:
Hickson would be great as the back up PF/C in a 3 man rotation (assumes Blazers get the defensive center they want). But don't think Hickson would go for it as the minutes would not be there, he probably wouldn't start and the Blazers wouldn't offer the big pay day he is looking for.


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Joe Biondo, marketing manager for Electric Drives and Controls with Bosch Rexroth Corp., discusses how automation suppliers are meeting demands for high-precision motion control and a smaller machine footprint.
What trends are developing in automation?
Industrial Ethernet is becoming more prevalent in many different flavors in regards to more advanced functionality. What started as a method to connect machines in the office environment via Ethernet has become much more prevalent with machine-to-machine and even controller-to-controller connections. Basically, an entire machine can be wired for Ethernet. We at Bosch Rexroth have an Ethernet strategy supporting several industrial Ethernet varieties out there but we think the best Ethernet variety is an open bus system called SERCOS III. This network was designed by a team of collaborating companies, including Bosch Rexroth. It's designed from the ground up to handle the highest performance applications for industrial Ethernet.
What sets SERCOS III apart from TCP/IP systems?
Motion control is at a critical level of need, where real-time response is necessary. If you're starting and stopping an axis of motion, you need to control that very precisely. The system needs to reliably move from point A to point B, or there will be process errors. When printing a nice glossy magazine, a registration error is a big deal because you have advertisers depending on accurate presentation. That's a good example of how a small error in motion control can cause a big problem with product quality. With SERCOS III we've taken the network protocol and built it upon a high-speed reliable base. That solves the motion part of the equation. With time that's left over, we do things like I/O handling, diagnostics and production statistics. We've designed it so motion control happens first in the network cycle, so there is always high-precision motion control.
With the SERCOS network, there is intelligence in each device. You only buy exactly what you need. This gives you the highest level of determinism without additional cost. A little intelligence in every module is a much more cost-effective and scaleable solution. Distributed intelligence cuts down on communication time because when intelligence is wired into a drive, it can react faster a necessity for safe machine solutions.
What systems are meeting the demand for increased floor space?
In every industry from printing to packaging, no matter which machine you get into there are basically two things going on. The first is people are trying to design control cabinets so they're physically connected to the machine. This solves the problem of extra space on the floor and there's no need to disconnect the cabinet when moving or starting up a system. Companies are also coming out with combined solutions Bosch has a solution where motion and logic are right in the servo drive package. You can stop and start faster and it's all electric you can do electric gearing without having to adjust mechanically. You can run it right out of the drive that removes a component right there.
Another really innovative move is to put the servo drive out on the motor. This setup removes the need for heat dissipation or an air conditioner. It also vastly reduces cabling. With Bosch's system, you run a daisy-chain system from machine to machine. This reduces cost and machine layout.
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Pacific University's 54th annual lu'au is bringing a Hawai'ian feast to Forest Grove Saturday, April 12. Hungry yet? It's got the Leader (OK, the writer) thinking about food. Here are some fun facts about Hawai'ian food.
1. Kalua pig is roasted by porous imu rocks. ("Imu" means "underground oven" in Hawai'ian.) Lu'au chair Kristen Apana said her grandfather helped send some over from the islands.
Before lu'au, she said, helpers dig a hole, fill it with rocks heated by fire, and then lay chunks of the pig in wire baskets on the rocks. The pig is covered with tea leaves and banana leaves to keep the meat moist. This makes it easy to shred, and the end result is similar to mainland pulled pork.
2. Poi is a traditional Hawai'ian staple, not to be confused with Hawai'ian poi balls used in dancing.
The poi dish starts as kalo (the Hawai'ian word for taro root), Apana said. It's harvested from the ground, and the top is cut off to be used for food. Kalo is mashed with a rock until it's a smooth lavender-colored paste. (Check out this NPR photo!)
The part that isn't used is planted, and the kalo regrows. How's that for sustainability?
3. Spam isn't Hawai'ian, but Apana said it's incorporated into more traditional foods -- fried Spam and rice is a common meal. Spam musubi is like a Spam handheld sushi, and it's now sold regularly at the snack bar at Pacific's University Center.
(Spam.com traces the popularity of Spam on the island to World War II.)
4. Haupia is a coconut dessert that Pacific University Hawai'i Club president Landon Aano said has a custard-like texture. (It will be served alongside coconut cake, and he recommends trying both.)
Want to try some of these for yourself in Forest Grove? Here are the lu'au food options:
The main feast runs from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the University Center on campus. Tickets can be purchased separate from or packaged with lu'au performance tickets. Many of the dishes are cooked by students' parents who made the trip from Hawai'i, Apana said.
The dinner menu includes kalua pig, teriyaki chicken, chicken long rice, haupia coconut dessert, poi, coconut cake and punch.
The Country Store will sell dry goods and snacks in the Stoller Center. It will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday as well as before and after the Saturday evening lu'au show. Apana recommends Hawaiian Sun Juices, and Hawai'i Club president Landon Aano said his favorite treat is a macadamia and chocolate cookie.
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Jeff and Gail Bigler of Bellaire announce the engagement of their daughter, Becky Lynn Bigler, to Kevin Warren Inman, son of Stan and Debi Inman of Parkersburg, W.Va.
The bride-to-be is a 2007 graduate of Bellaire High School and a 2009 graduate of Belmont Technical College with an associate's degree of applied science in child development. She is currently enrolled in the early childhood education curriculum at Ohio University Eastern and is set to graduate with a bachelor's degree this June. She is employed by Deb Shop at the Ohio Valley Mall in St. Clairsville.
Her fiance is a 2005 graduate of Parkersburg South High School and a 2009 graduate of Ohio Valley University with a bachelor of science degree in business administration. He is currently employed as the manager of the CVS Pharmacy in Belpre, Ohio.
A June 16 wedding at the National Road Church of Christ in Wheeling is planned.


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The Destroyer
|The Destroyer
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- You may be looking for the Beast.
The Destroyer, also known as Lord of Darkness and Eater of Worlds, was a horned demon.
The Destroyer was summoned by Morgaine to aid in her conquest of the world. He was a highly dangerous entity, and even Morgaine was hesitant to release him. He was bound in silver, to which he had a vulnerability. He was able to destroy matter with a green energy and could also teleport.
During the final battle for Excalibur, Morgaine attempted to threaten Ace and Shou Yuing with the Destroyer, claiming they would become his handmaidens. Though he wanted to break through the chalk barrier, Morgaine didn't want to release him, allowing him access to his full powers. Despite this weakness, he was still able to destroy the hotel, allowing Morgaine to escape with the sword and then teleporting away. The Destroyer let the Seventh Doctor and the Brigadier follow them, since Morgaine would need to release him. When the Doctor gained the upper hand, Morgaine was forced to unchain the Destroyer and escaped.
The Destroyer planned to devour Earth, though the Brigadier did apparently kill him by shooting him with silver bullets. The Destroyer exploded with a green fire, destroying Morgaine's castle and knocking out the Brigadier. (TV: Battlefield)


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A Jan. 25 Viewpoint really grabbed my attention. The area's so-called nonviolent group (they do violence to the truth) claims that Israel is the source of the recent trouble between that country and Hamas. It further asserts that Israel is violating international law and treaties, citing United Nations resolutions and a treaty with the Gazans.
The group's members do not seem to understand that UN resolutions are not international law. And the treaty that Israel forged with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip supposed that the residents there wanted a peaceful solution to their many problems; that they elected violent Hamas to power is evidence that they do not.
With another contorted spin (there's never a chiropractor around when you need one), the group further asserts that it was Israel that was responsible for the breaking of the cease-fire with Hamas. The group has apparently forgotten that even the UN (also not a friend of Israel) declared Hamas as the aggressor in the resumption of hostilities in Gaza. The group also belittles Israel's right to protect itself from its enemies -- who are many and surround the small nation completely.
So, let's try a little role-playing, just for understanding's sake. Let's pretend that there is a militant group of fighters ensconced across the river from Detroit. Let's further assume that this group is lobbing explosive bombs over the river into the city, and that their aim and their equipment are bad enough that only property is destroyed so far, no lives are taken, much to their disappointment. (This could never happen with respect to Canada, because they have been partners with the United States in too many ways to count, and our friendship is incredibly strong and lasting.)
So-called nonviolent group, you live in Detroit, where the bombs have fallen. Because you believe yourselves to be peaceful, informed people, you attempt to negotiate with those across the river, hoping that they will voluntarily stop bombing you. However, the terrorist group claims that you are bombing yourselves in order to bring unfavorable opinion down on them. They emphatically deny that anyone on their side is doing the bombing. Millions of Americans heard on the radio exactly this testimony by a Hamas representative at the beginning of the recent conflict.
Having failed with the bombers, you do the next best thing: you ask the officials who you hope control the area across the river to stop the phantom bombers in the name of humanity and fair play. You learn to your surprise that the authorities there are powerless to stop the bombers, because the bombers are supported by the people, whose help they must have to exist (innocent civilians?). Furthermore, you have become aware that the group doing the bombing is obtaining more sophisticated and more powerful bombs, which means that soon they will begin killing your people, not just destroying your property.
You now have several choices, since negotiations with anyone who could do anything good there have failed. You could appeal to the UN (whose policies abet the bombers), you could "shout out" to Jimmy Carter (who sides with Hamas), you could march up and down on your side of the river carrying signs complaining about the bombers or you could take physical steps to stop the bombers. Which of those choices is most likely to stop the bombing? Probably none of them will have the success you want, but bombing Detroit might possibly become more difficult, which is meeting at least a partial goal.
Now, so-called nonviolent group, we enter the application phase of this lesson, which is this:
1. Tell the truth. Most Americans believe that violence is sometimes necessary-especially to defend yourself; so, you're swimming upstream. If you lie or slant the truth as you have in your letters, you lose your audience -- especially when you falsely claim that Israel is the cause of all the problems in the Holy Land.
2. If you really want to have an impact-besides comic relief -- don't take sides. Right now, the only people who think you matter are yourselves and the Muslims who've joined your group.
3. Your "nonviolent" subterfuge is not working. Find some other way to support Hamas and defame Israel and the United States. Your failure to condemn the thousands of bombs flung into Israel from Gaza, as well as the almost daily murders that occur in Israel perpetrated by homicide bombers, compromised you. Kalamazoo County's residents are smarter than you think, they saw through you long ago.
4. America is such a great country that you can be as cockamamie as you want and still clutter up the sidewalk. In Gaza -- where Hamas apparently believes violence is always the solution -- you'd be shot or bombed.
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JEERS to the Rev. Jim Moats, who felt the need to lie to his church and his community by saying that he was a Navy SEAL. It seems that his fate was sealed, albeit not in the way he hoped. May others learn from his lesson.
CHEERS and two thumbs-up to the film "Lebanon, Pa." Finally, a decent and positive portrayal of central Pennsylvania and a good story to boot. Thank you, director Ben Hickernell, for the freshest look at the area since "Witness."
JEERS to all the negative election campaigning. Misleading and mudslinging mailers, especially in the Dauphin and Cumberland county commissioner races, and even hijacked robocalls. You can tell we're getting close to Election Day because things have gotten nasty, but does it really need to be this way?
CHEERS to Grace Milliman Pollock. Her dreams came true to create an arts center in her town. Her $15 million donation to Camp Hill School District is now a state-of-the art performance and training space. For many young students, it's a facility even beyond their dreams.
JEERS to Cravath, Swaine & Moore, the New York law firm aiding the city of Harrisburg. Its "free" services came with a $33,000 price tag for expenses. What did it do, fly here on a chartered jet? So much for looking like the good guys.
CHEERS to the Petapalooza Adoption Festival today at United Church Center in Lower Paxton Twp. The event is hosted by Best Friends Furever, a local nonprofit that takes in homeless animals. A great way to fur-ther the cause of helping animals in our community.
JEERS to acting state Welfare Secretary Gary Alexander for forgetting what state he was in. At his confirmation hearing, Alexander made the big slipup of saying "Here in Rhode Island," his former state employer. Sounds like someone needs to get his "P's" and "R's" down for a little better PR next time.
CHEERS to Brett Kelley, the collections curator at The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg. A lot of us claim to be passionate about our jobs, but Kelley takes it to the next level. He's the one who spent two weeks last winter camping out in a log cabin to raise funds for the museum and show what it was like for soldiers of old. This summer he's re-creating the 1863 march from Fredericksburg, Va., up to Harrisburg, and you can bet he will be camping out the old-fashioned way.
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Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers.
Kane's office also wanted to ensure that Williams would limit his review to the facts in the case and not focus on her decision not to bring charges, The Inquirer reported.
Kane has faced increasing political scrutiny for her decision to cancel the sting investigation. And her claims that the case was racially tainted because it targeted black lawmakers and that a confidential informant was compromised had also been questioned.
The rest of the day's news starts now.
A state Commonwealth Court judge has denied the Corbett administration's request to reconsider its ruling on the state's VoterID law, The Inquirer reports.
Families are vowing a sit-in at Gov. Corbett's office over medical marijuana, ABC6 in Philly reports.
Language before the state Senate would give charter schools twice as long to adjust to changes in special education, our Capitol colleague Jeff Frantz reports.
And here's a must-read from PennLive's Donald Gilliland on how a good teen suicide-prevention bill fell prey to the legislative process.
13th CD candidate Val Arkoosh is on the air with a new ad, and this time, she's keeping it in the family (h/t PoliticsPA). Here's the clip:
Local airports in Bradford and Venango counties may lose their federal subsidies, The Post-Gazette reports.
If it's passed as written, Pennsylvania's proposed state budget could have a negative effect on its credit, The Tribune-Review reports.
The Morning Call has more information on a bizarre case that led to the injury of city police officers last week.
Keystone Politics has some trouble with an abortion rights bill that state Rep. Brendan Boyle lent his signature to last year.
What Goes On.
Better wear your track shoes if you're planning to hit today's full docket of events.
9 a.m., Media Center: Groundbreaking (only metaphoric) for 2014 Legislative Hunger Garden (not Games ... which is disappointing).
9 a.m., East Rotunda: PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence Advocacy Day.
9 a.m., Main Rotunda: Citizens for the Arts rally to ask the Guv for more arts funding in the budget.
10 a.m., Capitol Steps: 2d Amendent rally of some kind. No word on a rain location.
11 a.m., Main Rotunda: PA Assistive Technology Foundation annual report.
12:30 p.m., Media Center: Reps. Wheatley and Kinsey honor Pittsburgh and Philly Jazz Musicians – including performances from the honorees, which could be very cool.
12:30 p.m., Main Rotunda: Nurse Practitioners rally.
1 p.m., Capitol Park: PA Immigration & Citizenship Coalition Advocacy Day.
2 p.m., East Rotunda: PA Association of Community Health Centers (presumably on same).
2 p.m., Main Rotunda: ALS Association rally for funding for care services.
2:30 p.m., Keystone Building: Gov. Tom Corbett to "announce savings through state government innovation."
3 p.m., Main Rotunda: ABC Free Enterprise Day rally.
What Goes On (Nakedly Political Edition).
An equally full dance card for the political set today. Here's the schedule:
8 a.m.: Reception for Rep. Jordan Harris
8 a.m.: Breakfast for Rep. Jesse Topper.
8 a.m.: Breakfast for Sen. Stewart Greenleaf
8 a.m.: Breakfast for Rep. Martin Causer
8 a.m.: Breakfast for Rep. John Maher
11:30 a.m.: Luncheon for Sen. John Rafferty
5 p.m.: Reception for Sen. Kim Ward
5:30 p.m.: Reception for Sen. Dominic Pileggi
Ride the circuit and give at the max, and you'll part with a mere $8,700 today.
Heavy Rotation.
So this year marks the 20th anniversary of Britpoppers Blur's "Parklife" LP. We gave it a listen the other night and it's just as vital now as it was then. Here's the title track, performed live on "Later with Jools Holland."
Tuesday's Gratuitous Soccer Link.
And now you're up to date. See you all back here in a bit.


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Percent increase in donations to cancer charity Livestrong since Aug. 23, when Lance Armstrong was stripped of his Tour de France titles
Percent increase in donations since mid-October, when mountains of evidence of Armstrong's doping was released
Livestrong donors who have asked for their money back in light of the doping scandal
Fox News on Wednesday released its latest poll, showing Hillary Clinton ahead of Donald Trump by three points, within the margin of error of the poll of likely voters.
Clinton leads Trump 44 to 41 percent, down from last week when she was up six points. In a four-way race between Clinton, Trump, Libertarian Gary Johnson, and the Green Party's Jill Stein, Trump's biggest supporters are white evangelical Christians (+56) and whites without a college degree (+28), while Clinton's are blacks (+77), unmarried women (+27), voters under 30 (+18) and women (+10). Clinton is seen as being better to handle foreign policy (+15 points), immigration (+3), and terrorism (+3), with the economy viewed as Trump's strength (+4). Less than half of likely voters see Trump as being qualified to be president (46 percent) and more than half don't trust his judgment in a crisis (56 percent). Catherine Garcia
Two earthquakes shook central Italy on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed. The first quake measured at a 5.4 magnitude and was followed up just a few hours later with a stronger, 6.0-magnitude earthquake. Though the quakes' epicenters were near the cities of Visso and Perugia, buildings and windows in Rome — nearly 100 miles to the south — were reportedly rattled by the shaking.
The central Italian regions hit by the quake are reportedly suffering from power outages and structural damage, but there are not yet any known injuries or casualties. The tremors hit the same area of Italy that was shaken in August by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake, which ravaged towns and killed nearly 300 people. Becca Stanek
Former Republican congressman promises to lead an armed revolution — with muskets — should Donald Trump lose
Muskets went out of fashion in the mid-19th century, when the smoothbore weapons gave way to the muzzle-loading rifle. But former Rep. Joe Walsh, who represented Illinois' 8th district as a Republican congressman from 2011 to 2013, plans to arm himself with the erstwhile firearm for the inevitable insurrection, should Donald Trump lose to Hillary Clinton in November:
On November 8th, I'm voting for Trump.
On November 9th, if Trump loses, I'm grabbing my musket.
You in?
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 26, 2016
If you're not swayed by Walsh's call to arms, perhaps you'd like to go to battle with Jake Tapper instead? Kimberly Alters
Chris Cuomo accuses Rudy Giuliani of throwing the facts out the window now that he's in 'Trumpland'
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo started his interview with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday's episode of New Day by him telling he "looked like Grumpy Cat" at the Alfred E. Smith charity dinner last week — and things just got more tense from there. Giuliani, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, promptly responded to Cuomo's observations that he looked upset about the jokes Hillary Clinton was making about him at the Al Smith dinner by saying that, as a former prosecutor, he was just unhappy because the "crimes she committed are so many."
But for each claim Giuliani made about the crimes Clinton had allegedly committed, Cuomo came back with a fact that disputed it. "You certainly can have your own opinion, but you seems like you are feeding the Trump argument that [the FBI investigation into Clinton's private email server] was fixed, that it was rigged," Cuomo said.
When Giuliani was eventually cornered into admitting he has "no facts to prove" Trump's claims that the investigation of Clinton's email usage was rigged, he accused Team Clinton of bribery instead — at which point Cuomo couldn't hide his disbelief. "I mean, Rudy! I have looked up to you my entire life because you're so accurate," Cuomo said. "And all of a sudden you're in Trumpland, and the facts are all over the place."
Eventually, Cuomo tells Giuliani, "You're not even close to connecting anything right now." Watch the entirety of the contentious interview in the two videos, below. Becca Stanek
The Chicago Cubs lost in a brutal 6-0 game against the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the World Series. But if you're a glass-half-full kind of person, you might point out that a Cubs-in-five World Series is now a little bit closer to actually happening. If it were indeed to happen — be it in five or six or seven games — then the Cubs would have their first World Series win since a goat allegedly cursed them in 1945.
Incidentally, another "goat" has used a Cubs World Series win as an example of the impossible since he wrote the song "Cubs in Five" in 1995. Enter Mountain Goat's singer (and novelist) John Darnielle, who explained how he came to write the song, and what it means to him now, over at Slate:
[1995 is] a good time for baseball — there's a whole lot of characters and great stories, and the arrival of the superstations to the Southern California cable market means I can watch all the Cubs games I want. They're not good yet, but they have character. I'm at my mom's house watching a game while she's at work. Specifically, I'm on the couch strumming my cheap Korean nylon-strung 3/4–size guitar, and at some point, I reflect idly on an on-again, off-again relationship I've been having for the last several years that's given me a great deal of pleasure and at least as much pain. […]
"Why don't you love me like you used to do?" ran a song on the outgoing answering machine of the person to whom the song was anonymously directed, at whom I was very angry on that day (for reasons lost to history), but with whom I could never stay angry for long, because that's how it is when you're a fan: You keep cheering, even when the circumstances might tell a less devoted partisan to seek out fairer pastures. You play nine innings. You keep hoping. [Slate]
Here's to hoping. Read the entire essay at Slate. Jeva Lange
Coming off a crushing 6-0 defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Indians in the first game of the World Series on Tuesday, the Chicago Cubs are hoping to make up their deficit at Progressive Field in Ohio in Game 2 of the best-of-seven championship.
The Indians have flip-flopped their odds of winning the trophy, now up 55 percent to the Cubs' 45 percent. according to FiveThirtyEight, and will put Trevor Bauer back on the mound in the hopes of keeping their advantage. It will be Bauer's first appearance since a one-inning start against the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS, which ended bloodily when stitches on his pinkie finger came loose.
The Cubs will be starting 2015 National League Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta, who is looking to pull out of a slump by capitalizing on his cutter/slider hybrid. First pitch is at 7 p.m. ET — moved up from 8 p.m. due to incoming rain — on Fox, or you can stream the action on Fox Sport Go and MLB.tv. Jeva Lange
On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that he has ordered the Pentagon to "suspend all efforts" to recollect bonus payments given to California National Guard members. Recently, thousands of soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan were informed they would have to repay their reenlistment bonuses — some of which totaled $15,000 — because the money had been given to them in error.
Though the recollection of the money — which was requested after audits revealed recruiters "improperly offered bonuses" — is legal, the process of getting back the cash payments has proved messy and sparked widespread criticism, The Associated Press reported. "While some soldiers knew or should have known they were ineligible for benefits they were claiming, many others did not," Carter said in a statement.
Carter noted there is already a process in place that can help service members "seek relief" from repaying their bonuses, but the process "has simply moved too slowly and in some cases imposed unreasonable burdens on service members." Carter has proposed a new, "streamlined" system be put in place by Jan. 1, 2017, so that soldiers will bear "as little burden as possible" while ensuring the Defense Department's "obligation to the taxpayer" will be respected. He also insisted the suspension on recollection will remain in place until he is "satisfied that our process is working effectively."
The announcement came a day after House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) urged the Pentagon to stop taking back the bonuses. Ryan argued that when the service members enlisted, "they earned more from us than bureaucratic bungling and false promises." Becca Stanek


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Here's 21-30 with some players to watch. If you have specific questions about anyone just ask in this thread.
21. Oliver Drake -RHP: Would have been higher but shoulder concerns make him a question mark and the fact the Orioles took him off their 40-man suggest they are not sure about his shoulder either.
22. Bobby Bundy - RHP: - Another injury guy. The Orioles may try the older Bundy as a reliever where they think his velocity and stuff may play up.
23. Glynn Davis - CF: - Some scouts still are on the Davis bandwagon and others were turned off by his 2012 season. I really thought there was more power in that bat but he seem to sell out his power while trying to become a punch and judy slap hitter. Some scouts believe he dogs it a bit as well. He needs to get stronger.
24. Torsten Boss - 3B: - I may be higher on him then others, but I like his defense and if the Orioles experiment with him at second base bears fruit, then he could have some nice value. the bat is a question mark but he's got some potential.
25. Caleb Joseph - C: - The Orioles seem less on Joesph than we are, but his numbers suggest he's improved his throwing and he might hit enough to be a back up. A gamer's attitude, he could find himself in the mix for a backup job somewhere soon.
26. Clay Schrader - RHP: - He has a top ten arm, but just brutal command. Gets most of his strikeouts by inexperienced batter either chasing his fastball up or his curveball in the dirt.
27. Michael Ohlman - 1B/C: There are things to not like about Ohlman like his suspension for using a "drug of abuse" and the fact that he still has no real position. Saying that, he put up a nice average and solid K-Bb ratio last year and if his power comes, he might become interesting still.
28. Gregory Lorenzo - OF: Toolsy Dominican outfielder who just kept raking the ball all over the field. Doesn't walk, but I've always said, if you don't walk, you better hit for a high average and that's what he did in 2012. Whether his free swinging ways will work against better pitching remains to be seen.
29. Bennett Parry - LHP: Hulking left-hander misses bats despite barely hitting 90 MPH in the radar gun. Could be a real sleeper though.
30. Zach Clark - RHP: Good news story for a local undrafted guy. Hung around, added velocity and command of four pitches and despite his advanced age, got himself placed on the 40-man roster. Could help in middle relief or maybe even as a 5th starter.
Players To Watch
Brenden Webb* - OF: Toolsy outfielder really had a nice year in Frederick, but the better pitchers give him fits and he's still got king size holes in his swing. Double-A should be a make or break level for him.
Stuart Pomeranz - RHP: Hit the fountain of youth or something with the Orioles last season. The question is, was that one of those season or can he regain it again next season?
Pat Egan RHP:- I would not be surprised if Egan is taken again in the Rule 5 draft. He gets a lot of ground balls and had a great year last year, despite an inconsistent slider.
Sander Beck RHP:- Another one of those undrafted surprise pitchers. Beck was clocked as high as 95 mph and put up good K numbers at Aberdeen.
Brian Ward - Can't hit his weight, but some scouts still think very highly of his defensive skills and could end up in the bigs as a back up catcher one day.
Jason Esposito - 3B: - He's on here for no other reason then he's a 2nd round pick who can't be as bad as he was in his professional debut.
Lex Rutledge - LHP: Good strong arm with control issues.
Juan Guzman - RHP: Good solid pitcher who missed some bats with mediocre stuff.
Mike Belfiore - LHP: Some scouts like his arm and with a fastball between 91-94 MPH it's understandable. Unfortunately he doesn't have a lot of movement on the pitch and his breaking ball is underwhelming.
Brandon Waring - 3B/1B: Re-found his power stroke last year and played a solid first base at Bowie and reportedly played a solid 3B in Norfolk. Swings and misses a lot and most scouts think he's a AAAA guy.
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Roger Bernadina popped up on some lists last year. He missed about half the season but wasn't awful at Delmarva. Has he completely fallen off the map?
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And yes, I'm also curious about the omission. Bernadina put up decent numbers in a small sample at Delmarva, and he's only 19. He's a bit ahead of, for example, Glynn Davis if you're only looking at the numbers.
I know Trent Mummey had a poor year and has been injury prone but I think he might be the better overall prospect amongst Avery, Glynn Davis, and the like.
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Is Hector Veloz considered a bust at this point? Does Matt Bywater have a chance to be a loogy down the road?
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First off, thanks very much for your efforts in putting together your list. There's a lot to digest. Thanks!
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Seems a little strange that Pomeranz and Belfiore can be on the 40 man roster but can't make the top 30 prospects.
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Let's say Lorenzo's free swinging ways do continue to work effectively against better pitching. Is there potential for power down the road with this kid or is he a more of a slap hitting 4th outfielder type if all breaks right for him?
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Pomeranz and Belfiore, as high-minors relievers, are the most likely players to be taken.
I'm curious if Trent Howard should have been in consideration. He had okay enough numbers to warrant a 20-30 spot?
23. Glynn Davis - CF: - Some scouts still are on the Davis bandwagon and others were turned off by his 2012 season. I really thought there was more power in that bat but he seem to sell out his power while trying to become a punch and judy slap hitter. Some scouts believe he dogs it a bit as well. He needs to get stronger.
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My colleague Ted Sickinger wrote an excellent four-part series about the company in 2003 and 2004 (no longer online, unfortunately), attending internal meetings to create an insider's account that illustrated the challenges and opportunities facing Oregon startups at the time.
For Teseda, it turned out to be more of the former. The company retrenched in '05 and replaced its CEO (it had been run by Steve Morris, who now leads the Open Technology Business Center), but remained in business with a dozen employees.
Teseda is still operating, but scaled back dramatically this month. A number of workers left (or were let go), and this afternoon its Web site is offline (it was still working this morning). Thursday update: See comment below, which says connection problems were due to an unrelated technical problem.
I spoke early today with CEO Armagan Akar, who said operations have been reduced to a "minimal" level:
The economy, and the downturn in the chip industry, hit the small company hard.
"We are getting orders, but closing orders is not moving as fast as we anticipated," Akar said.
Though he wouldn't say how many people have left the company, or how many remain, Akar said that in addition to him Teseda still has its VP of sales and "key engineering people." That's adequate to continue serving customers, he said.
"Certain employees are willing to stick it out in terms of reduced pay," Akar told me. "And certain employees are not able to afford it."
Founded in 2001, Teseda raised at least $12.3 million in venture capital from backers that included Portland's SmartForest Ventures (I have a call in to them, and will update if I hear back.)
Update, 4 p.m. Spoke late this afternoon with SmartForest's Hugh Mackworth, who clued me in a little more. He said Teseda is in the middle of a "soft shutdown":
"They ran out of cash while simultaneously getting orders," Mackworth told me. "They're trying to figure out how to get through that."
The company's working with suppliers and others to figure out how to get through the down period, Mackworth said, hopeful the business might yet survive.
"The company's been through a fair number of ups and downs over the years, (and) has been on the ropes a number of times."
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FAREWELL SERVICE, BEARD SHAVING, POTLUCK SCHEDULED A joint farewell service will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. in Congregational United Church of Christ, 430 N. Broadway, for the Rev. Frank Picard. Picard has served the Minot church and Hope Congregational United Church of Christ in Granville since Nov. 1, 2006.
There will also be a "beard shaving" as Picard lives up to his promise to the Sunday school children. Picard challenged the Sunday school children from the Minot and Granville churches to raise money for a well-water project in Cameroon, Africa, and the deal was that if they raised a certain amount of money, the children would be allowed to shave his beard. The children raised $769.53, exceeding their goal, so they will be shaving Picard's beard.
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MOTHER'S DAY CONCERT PLANNED ?The Immanuel Baptist Choir will present a Mother's Day Concert on May 13 at 10:30 a.m. in the church at 1615-2nd St. SE. The concert will include the favorite anthems from the past year.
ANNUAL MOTHERS, OTHERS POTLUCK SALAD LUNCHEON TO BE HELD The annual Mothers and Others potluck salad luncheon will be May 12 at 11:30 a.m. in Zion Lutheran Church, 1800 Hiawatha St.
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Ki Mar Gartman will be the guest speaker. Musical entertainment will include a piano duet and singing with the Hannah Circle "humming birds."
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The program for the "Seeds of Hope" program will include a demonstration with suggestions for great container flowers. Kimberly Nyborg of International Falls, Minn., will provide the music and give a talk on "Hope: The Promise of Restoration."
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Kyle Kendra tips the scales at 145 pounds, but he was still able to throw his weight around on the ice.
Kendra was a dominating offensive force for Reeths-Puffer, which earned its first trip to the state semifinals.
He was selected MLive Muskegon Chronicle Hockey Player of the Year by edging out teammate Josh Smith.
In his second year on the varsity, Kendra set R-P's single-season scoring record with 62 points. He had 27 goals, including four in a state quarterfinal win against Saginaw Heritage, and 35 assists.
He was voted the team MVP and second-team all-state.
"It's his ability to see the ice, find players and control the puck in his own space," R-P coach Eric Sikkenga said. "He's so sneaky with the puck. He's such an upright skater and sees everything. His ability to see the ice and make stuff happen is second to none."
Kendra is hoping to continue his hockey career in college or at the junior level.
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Doctors and other staff have moved into a $7 million, 15,000-square-foot building at Covenant Medical Center in Saginaw.
The two-story addition at the hospital, 700 Cooper, will house Covenant's magnetic resonance imaging department.
The hospital also expanded a waiting area for imaging and diagnostics services and relocated its cardiac catheritization labs to the facility.
The Signa HDx 1.5T MRI system provides high-resolution images that improve diagnostic accuracy for exams such as enhanced brain and stroke imaging and multi-phase imaging of the liver and abdomen.
Covenant started using the new machine this month.
"The new MRI allows us to provide even better care to our patients," said Ginny Latty, cq director of imaging and diagnostic services. "It significantly improves the quality of an MRI study and delivers more detailed information about the patient's condition -- all while making the experience much more comfortable for the patient."
The equipment is in a private suite that offers a more open feeling, though the machine is not technically an "open" MRI system.
It also gives Covenant the ability to provide better care for women with breast MRIs. The images display both breasts at the same time, unlike mammography, which tests separately.
Other benefits include more sensitivity of imaging, effectiveness on dense tissue, detection of residual cancer or recurrence after lumpectomy, help in planning surgery, and the ability to test women with breast implants. The machine also can detect the primary tumor in women whose cancer spread to armpit lymph nodes.
Work on construction, which accounted for more than $2 million of the total cost, began nearly a year ago. The hospital's MRI services had operated out of a portable facility.


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Baton Rouge - It's a new week and it feels like a new start to the 2012 season after the LSU football team punched out a 23-21 victory against South Carolina on Saturday night.
And the new basketball season is up and running, as the Tigers got to work on Friday with their first practice of the season.
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His doctor told Olsen he will need 6-8 weeks to recover, which means his rehabilitation could take him through the end of
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Everyone I've talked to wants me for a tackle. That's just what I've been hearing from them, but I'll play wherever they want me.
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Tailback Reggie Bush, however, was limited in practice with a bruised left shin. Coach Sean Payton said Bush got kicked in the shin during last Sunday's loss at Houston. But Payton said, "I anticipate him being fine. ... It's something he'll be able to work through."
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If there's one thing students learn around the Harkness table, though, it's that the journey of learning and discussing is often more important than the "final answer." We encourage our community to view the college process as just that, a process rather than a destination. Students graduate Exeter equipped with all the academic and personal tools they need to make the most of what their school and the wider world have to offer.
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Their feet sunken into a sloppy track, a crowd gathered Sunday to greet champion filly Rachel Alexandra and jockey Calvin Borel, the runaway winners at the 42nd Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in Oceanport.
Off to the side, the winner of the final leg of the Triple Crown dismounted his horse to little fanfare. Kent Desormeaux clomped up the wood-chip path toward the paddock as his horse, Summer Bird, was guided away. Mud spotted his stubble.
Few noticed his exit, despite a second-place finish.
"Kent," a solitary fan called out. "Good ride!"
Summer Bird ran well, enough for his jockey to sound both content and overmatched when describing how to deal with the scorching speed of Rachel Alexandra.
"He showed me a new dimension," Desormeaux said. "Take Rachel out and he's the winner." He added, "He showed his true guts and will to win, because he had to fight for second."
Summer Bird nudged past Munnings and jockey John Velasquez for the second-place spot.
Back in June, Desormeaux and his horse grabbed the Belmont Stakes, winning as an 11-1 underdog in field without Rachel Alexandra. But with Rachel in the field and hogging the spotlight, Summer Bird entered the Haskell field as an underdog, this time at 7-2 odds when the day began.
With that in mind, the horse tried a different tack. At the Belmont, Summer Bird used his usual late-charging style, coming from the back to win. This time, he didn't have that luxury.
So Summer Bird set the pace early. Desormeaux led his horse toward the rail and ahead of the pack, riding past Rachel and the rest.
"Kent wanted the inside with his horse and he got it," Borel said. "I just kept my filly outside in the clear. They were going a pretty good pace early on. I was watching her ears and she was fine."
But as Borel understood and Desormeaux would soon learn, there was nothing Summer Bird could do.
Rachel Alexandra stormed past the rest of the field as they romped down the final stretch. She missed the Stakes record by a fifth of a second and was two-fifths of a second away from the track record.
Summer Bird finished six lengths behind.
A mood of resignation permeated through the Summer Bird camp, from Desormeaux to trainer Tim Ice. His horse did all he could, Ice said. They faced an opponent that has yet to lose in seven starts this year.
"That's Rachel Alexandra," Ice said. "That's what everyone came to see. I'm very proud of how my horse dug in. It looked like the other horses were going to go right by him, but he fought back and pulled away for a second. I'm as proud of him now as I was a month ago."
Summer Bird may run in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 29, Ice said. He was not certain. But he knows one thing.
Would Summer Bird race against Rachel Alexandra again?
"Not if I don't have to," Ice said.
If anything, in defeat Summer Bird and Desormeaux discovered a different gear to combine with the horse's normal come-from-behind tactics. Summer Bird can sprint -- so long as a superstar isn't in the field.
"He's a closer who likes to relax early and come chase the early speed," Desormeaux said. "But on Monmouth's track today, it was very speed-biased. So we had to try a different angle with him.
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Surely the word "Christmas" has gone beyond the religious commemoration of Christ's birth to become a truly secular holiday worldwide.
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The $590 million EV boost was presented in Obama's 2011 State of the Union address, where $200 million of that total would be put toward EV infrastructure development in up to 30 cities. The idea reflected bipartisan bills brought to light in 2010.
"With more research and incentives, we can break our dependence on oil with biofuels, and become the first country to have a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015," said Obama in the 2011 State of the Union address. "We've begun to reinvent our energy policy. We're not just handing out money. We're issuing a challenge."
Congress still hasn't approved the policy changes for EVs, according to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.
"There are absolutely things that remain undone that need to be done that he will call on all of us to work together to get done in this address and beyond," said Carney.
Obama is expected to talk today about an "economy fueled by homegrown and alternative energy sources that will be designed and produced by American workers."
Funding and loans for alternative energy have been scrutinized lately. In October 2011, Mitt Romney, a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination,
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In September 2011, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), a Hyundai and Chevrolet dealer, suggested killing off the $7,500 tax credit for EVs entirely.
"The bottom line is, while our nation borrows 42 cents on every dollar, taxpayers are paying for an electric vehicle tax credit that has cost tens of millions of dollars, and that largely benefits upper-income Americans," said Kelly.
Obama, however, planned to convert the $7,500 federal tax credit for EVs into a rebate that would be given to customers upon purchasing an electric vehicle. He made this announcement in January 2011.
To make matters worse, EVs have been placed under the spotlight due to recent battery troubles associated with General Motors' Chevrolet Volt. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration conducted a series of tests in May and November last year where three separate
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Solyndra went bankrupt
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Full disclosure: I don't know very many pixel artists by name. It's almost a Banksy situation: Paul Robertson's the easy one to namedrop, but after that, everyone else kind of blurs together.
Well, almost everyone. If you don't know Army of Trolls (Gary Lucken) by name, you've probably seen the dude's work: he's highly prolific, and has done work for mainstream clients as diverse as Wired, Honda, Sony and Nestlé. Of particular note is his incredible work for Edge magazine, including this fantastic poster containing a nearly unfathomable number of game references. In short: this guy is good with pixels.
So it should come as no surprise to anyone that Lucken would flourish within the constraints of Minecraft character skins. In keeping with the game's minimalist pixel art style, the limits for characters are incredibly restrictive: you get 8 pixels by 8 pixels for the face, and even less for smaller body parts like hands and feet.
Luckily, Lucken is the man for the job, as he's been able to cram an awful lot of personality into these tiny skins. Here are a few of our favorites below:
The full pack contains 15 skins for your crafting pleasure: In addition to the 6 above (Mario, Toon Link, Viewtiful Joe, Ken, Ryu, and Servbot), you get Darth Vader, a Stormtrooper, Tingle, and some sort of Cactus Man. In addition, there are monkey, panda, and penguin costumes, plus a wolfman and skeleton. That's a lot of free stuff!
Click here to download the Army of Trolls Minecraft skin pack!
If a couple of those costumes seem Halloweeny, it's because they're also part of a Halloween pack Lucken is working on, presumably to fit in comfortably with Minecraft's upcoming Halloween update. The new skin pack is set to include pixelized reimaginings of Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare On Elm Street, Jason from Friday the 13th, Ash from Evil Dead, and more. Get excited!


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Jerry Girard will never forget returning home after serving with the Marines during the Vietnam War.
Exhausted from his service and excited to be in the United States again, the Halifax man got off the plane and went into the San Diego airport.
Within minutes, he was called a "baby killer" and spat upon.
"The public was not receptive to the Vietnam War," Girard said. "We don't want to see that happen to veterans ever again."
More than 100 people joined Girard on Monday on the banks of the Susquehanna River in Shipoke for the Marine Corps League Patrick William Milano Detachment's annual Memorial Day service.
The ceremony featured scripture, speeches and a rifle salute by the Marine honor guard.
"This day sprang from the grieving hearts of family and friends," said Hank Faiola, past detachment commander, while remembering those who died serving their country.
"We recall the aspirations and hopes that filled their hearts," he said. "They are at peace now. In war, they found the serenity of death."
A River Rescue boat crew took retired Marine Lt. Col. Tom Stumpf of Mechanicsburg out into the Susquehanna River, where he dropped a wreath of red and yellow carnations into the river in memory of Marines who died in the nation's wars.
"I served in Vietnam three times," Stumpf said. "I saw a number of young men in my company killed and wounded. I need to be here at this Memorial Day service today."
Before the detachment's Marine Riders took off on their motorcycles, David Ditzler of Newberry Twp. recalled his service from 1973 to 1979.
He said he enlisted at the end of the Vietnam War, a time when it wasn't "politically correct" to be in the military.
"I think veterans are more appreciated today," he said.