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It was late January, back in 2009, and the recruiting cycle was winding down when Turner Gill, then head coach at the University at Buffalo, decided we needed to scholarship a second running back. Serving as a defensive graduate assistant (2008-2010), I combed through numerous videos those final days to find a back we felt would fit our offense and help solidify a position that would soon be vacated by James Starks. Like most programs, we knew what physical traits we desired in a running back to fit our offense. Most of the backs on the current roster were 5-foot-9, 210 pounds or bigger, and there were a number of talented players who fit the mold of the type of back we wanted.
When I popped in the film from Miami Southridge High, Branden Oliver jumped off the screen. He showed great speed, but his quickness and agility where dizzying. Oliver also ran with a level of power we coveted. His only drawback was his size: 5-8, 185. I loved his skill set and ability; he was a potential gamebreaker in my opinion. My concern was whether I would be laughed at or lauded.
Once I vetted the needed information, I took his film to our running backs coach, Lee Chambers, to get his opinion. Coach Chambers felt the same way about "Bo" as I did, so it was passed on to Coach Gill. With Gill's blessing, Danny Barrett, our offensive coordinator who was in Miami recruiting, went to Southridge with an offer in hand; on the final week of recruiting, Oliver was on a plane visiting Buffalo.
Khalil Mack was a linebacker prospect out of Westwood High in Fort Pierce, another under-the-radar talent from the fertile recruiting grounds of south Florida. Mack was an impressive physical specimen as a senior. A 6-3, 220-pound linebacker, Mack carried himself physically as if he were a seasoned college veteran. We recruited him to solidify a unit that needed an explosive player and Mack fit the bill.
On his recruiting visit to the Bulls football offices, we put a full-court press to secure his services. Mack entered into Gill's office, his favorite song of the time, "Danger" by Mystikal, playing in the background. After his one-on-one conversation with the head coach, all the coaches surrounded Mack, each one sharing a compelling anecdote to convince Mack that Buffalo was his future home. If I could compare it to anything, it was much like asking your girlfriend for her hand in marriage in public; it's tough to say "no" with such a powerful display of love, and with everyone watching.
The 2008 MAC championship and an International Bowl appearance only added credibility to the sales pitch.
That first season, Oliver and Mack were redshirted and honed their skills on the scout teams. Oliver gave our defense fits with his quickness and speed, while Mack showed flashes of things to come facing one of the best offenses in the MAC. As the season was coming to an end, we held a Scout Team Bowl. It was an opportunity for redshirted and backup players to compete against one another in front of the staff. Watching Oliver and Mack compete so fiercely was a sign of things to come. The 2009 season did not finish with a second bowl appearance, but the future looked bright for the Bulls.
Then, in January, 2010, Gill took the top spot at Kansas. As it is in MAC football, head coaching change is inevitable. It's a decision that affects the remaining coaches and players because of the uncertainty created when change happens. A few of the players chose to leave, others remained -- including Oliver and Mack, and their decision to stay and play for new coach Jeff Quinn has proven to be wise one. They have blossomed to become two of the best players in the MAC.
In 2011, Oliver broke the single-season rushing record set by Starks, rushing for 1,395 yards on a record 306 carries.
Mack has become a two-time first-team All-MAC linebacker and was an honorable mention All-American the last two seasons. He is currently the NCAA's active leader in career tackles for a loss with 53.
It has been four years since Khalil Mack and Branden Oliver arrived on the Buffalo campus, and both have had their share of personal growth. Coaching changes, injury issues for Oliver, and a game suspension for Mack to open the 2012 season have been all part of their maturation processes. Now, they enter their senior seasons with clear-cut goals.
Oliver's focus is on staying healthy for a full season. A consummate team player, even when asked about where he could go in the 2014 NFL draft, Oliver told me, "I don't know what the scouts are saying, I'm just trying to stay focused on my last year." If he does match his 2011 season, Oliver will have scouts taking a hard look into his dynamic ability. He may end up as a late-round prospect, but given the right situation, he could be a late-round gem for some NFL team.
Mack has been on the NFL radar for a while and another big year could push him into the first two days of the draft. He considered entering the 2013 draft, but Mack chose to stay at Buffalo for his senior season. "My biggest reason for returning was coming back to finish my degree and to compete for a MAC championship," said Mack.
Mack is hoping his play not only helps the Bulls return to Ford Field but moves him up the draft boards."My feedback from scouts has been very positive. As far as rounds and positions go, I'm not sure except that I am expected be an outside linebacker," Mack said.
Branden Oliver and Khalil Mack arrived on the heels of a conference championship, and nothing would be more fulfilling for each of them than to acheive that goal again. Should Oliver and Mack accomplish their respective goals, scouts will be making the trek to western New York to see that this dynamic duo has what it takes to make it in the NFL.

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"The Ides of March" is based on Beau Willimon's 2008 play "Farragut North," but George Clooney, who directs and stars in this snappy, well-crafted but ultimately empty adaptation, changed the title.
The new title also telegraphs that someone in this story of American realpolitik at its most cutthroat will get it in the end: Will it be Stephen Myers (Ryan Gosling), the gifted, cipher-like media consultant working for Democratic governor Mike Morris? Will it be Paul (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Steve's boss and seasoned political hack who, with his protege, is trying desperately to clinch the Ohio primary for Morris? Duffy (Paul Giamatti), the crafty operative working for Morris' opponent?
Or will it be Morris himself -- portrayed by Clooney as a handsome, charismatic campaigner, who begins his stump speech with the stirring words, "I am not a Christian. I am not an atheist. ... My religion is written on a piece of paper called the Constitution."
No wonder Steve is in a swoon. As he says to a political reporter Ida Horowitz (Marisa Tomei), he's a true believer, he's drunk the Kool-Aid, this time it's love: Asked if he really believes "all this take-back-the-country nonsense," Steve doesn't hesitate. Morris, he tells Ida, is "The One."
That rhetoric, combined with the Shepard Fairey-inspired graphics that are now required in every movie about politics in the 21st century, suggests that "The Ides of March" will offer fresh, of-the-moment insights into post-Obama political culture. But viewers looking for penetrating insight -- rather than a well-crafted political potboiler -- will come away from "The Ides of March" sorely disappointed.
Granted Clooney, who adapted Willimon's script with the playwright and his frequent collaborator Grant Heslov, exhibits a crisp, assured touch with arresting set pieces and vivid sequences of visual storytelling: The opening sequence, when the audience hears Morris' stump speech for the first time, flawlessly presages the film's essential question of just who is a proxy for whom in the parasitic relationship of candidates to their consultants. Later in the film, a pivotal blood-letting takes place entirely behind the darkened windows of an idling black SUV.
And Clooney keeps up the taut, propulsive pace throughout "The Ides of March," as a fatal misstep and a whopper of a coincidence threaten to unravel what was once a bright political future.
As he has done in his two previous directorial efforts, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" and "Good Night and Good Luck," he elicits terrific performances from his players, gamely letting Hoffman (who between "The Ides of March" and "Moneyball" may be this movie season's MVP), Gosling and Giamatti take the lion's share of the film's most toothsome dialogue, brimming with the kind of political argot -- with its clipped references to white paper, internals and opp research -- that Aaron Sorkin turned to such soaring poetry in "The West Wing."
Indeed, "The Ides of March" is so well directed and acted that it's easy to overlook how dated and shallow it is; the climactic twist, when it arrives, feels plucked from another political era entirely: Their analogs today may be Axelrod and Plouffe, but Paul and Stephen are Carville and Begala. (In fact, Stephen is such a savvy operator that it's difficult to believe he wouldn't know the character played by Evan Rachel Wood before she introduces herself, just one of several implausibilities that some viewers may find fatally distracting.)
Perhaps most egregiously, "The Ides of March" is cynical when, with political figures and institutions at all-time lows in public opinion, cynicism is the last thing we need. Unlike such Great Rats of Cinema as Sidney Falco and Eve Harrington, the double-dealers and back-stabbers of "The Ides of March" possess nothing that lets viewers hitch a naughty vicarious ride; if Falco was the Boy with the Ice Cream Face, Stephen is the Boy with the Ice Cold Face, an impassive, un-readable mask that makes him good at poker but too withholding, finally, to care about.
Rather than probe the system it abhors, "The Ides of March" is content simply to reassure the audience that it's still rotting from within, the stench kept at bay by spin-doctors like Stephen and the supine media he so expertly manipulates.
Clooney does a good job opening up the ideas Willimon first explored on stage, but the result is still a pessimistic truth so universally acknowledged that it doesn't bear repeating, however stylishly.
Put another way, the fault of "The Ides of March" lies not with its stars -- or its smart, skillful director -- but in its source material.
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Slightly wider than a Game Boy Advance and just four inches high, the GameCube is has a very compact design. Its basic rectangular casing features a top-loading optical disc drive, reset and open buttons on the top front corners, and a power button on the top back corner on the left-hand side. The GameCube console includes four controller ports, two Digicard memory card ports, a standard audio/video-out port, and a digital-out port for HDTV.
The bottom of the GameCube features a high-speed serial port, an expansion port, and a network adapter port for a 56K modem or broadband adapter. Nintendo launched the GameCube in Japan on September 14 in just purple, but it will eventually be available in black and orange in that territory as well. In the US, the GameCube will launch in black and purple on November 18, with other colors to follow in early 2002. Nintendo has promised to have 1.1 million GameCubes in US stores by the end of the year. The GameCube is the first video game console to include a handle.
Nintendo announced the initial specifications for its next-generation console, code-named Dolphin at an electronics show in 1999. Nintendo knew it was essential to start creating a buzz about its next machine, with Sony scheduled to show Gran Turismo 2 running on a PlayStation 2 development kit at the show. After the initial announcement, Nintendo retreated into its cave for more than a year until Space World 2000 last August, where the Dolphin's name was changed to GameCube, demos of several popular Nintendo franchises were shown, and the console's final specifications were released.
Nintendo was courted by a bevy of chip manufacturers hoping to score the GameCube contract, including NEC, the developer of the Nintendo 64's MPU. Nintendo chose IBM due to the company's advances in copper chip technology. IBM's copper chips run faster than Intel's aluminum Pentium chips at the same clock speed, feature low power consumption, and run much cooler than their aluminum counterparts. The GameCube's 0.18 Microns copper-based 485MHz MPU, dubbed Gekko, is based on IBM's PowerPC architecture and is very similar in design to the architecture found in Apple's G3 line of computers. While real-world benchmark tests can vary application-to-application, PowerPC chips that clock at 400MHz can achieve processing results at least equivalent to an Intel Pentium III line clocked at 700MHz or more. The GameCube includes 24MB of cutting-edge 1T-SRAM for its main memory, as well as 16MB of the same DRAM used in the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
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Nintendo have created what will undoubtedly be one of the greatest games consoles of all time, in the Nintendo Gamecube it will carry on Nintendo's great tradition of fantastic games consoles with outstanding games. However, although it may look sweet and tiny, beneath the Colourful outer-casing the Gamecube has enough power to rule the gaming world.
The back catalogue of Nintendo games is incredible, and all of Nintendo's stars will be making a return. Mario, Luigi, Pikachu and Link will all be back on Gamecube bigger and better than ever and of the early games to be release Luigi's Mansion and Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II looks amazing.
Nintendo know how to make great games, Microsoft and their developers don't have that track record. In addition the Gamecube will not just have cute cuddly but playable games that we expect from Nintendo...Capcom the makers of the Resident Evil series have already pledged allegence to the new console and some great 'dark adult' titles are in the wings including Biohazard and Eternal Darkness.
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BOLIVAR, N.Y.-The Eisenhower girls had a pair of individual champions and placed third out of 12 teams in Friday's Twin Tier Invitational held at Bolivar-Richburg High School.
A week after becoming the school record holder in the event, junior Apprille Seamens took first in the pole vault with a height of 8'0". Fellow vaulters Holly Chapman and Sydney Wallin finished fourth and eighth, respectively.
Freshman thrower Kirsten Baran's toss of 89'2" in the discus topped the rest of the field, including teammate Alecia Straight, who finished third. Baran also placed fourth in the shot put.
"It was the first time the girls have had a champion, and we had two. That's a pretty good achievement for our program and shows how far we've come," said Eisenhower coach Mike Logue. "This is a very important meet for us every year. It allows us to get out and compete against schools our size on a very nice track (at Bolivar-Richburg High School). I was very pleased with the girls today. There were a lot of personal bests even from those that didn't place."
Other individual placewinners included Emily McJunkin (sixth in high jump, sixth in 400), Chapman (seventh in long jump), Madi Hultman (third in shot put), Jackie Talasky (sixth in shot put), Wallin (seventh in 100 hurdles, fifth in 300 hurdles), Tiffany Work (eighth in 100 hurdles), Julia Bauer (fourth in 1600, seventh in 800), Kate Daugharthy (seventh in 400), Seamens (sixth in 300 hurdles), and Lacey Stanko (fifth in 200).
The Lady Knights picked up points from their three relays as well. The 4-by-800 team of Daugharthy, Stanko, Straight, and Bauer took fifth as did the 4-by-400 team of Daugharthy, McJunkin, Bauer, and Seamens. Work, Stanko, Tara Sleeman, and Mariel Clark teamed up to take sixth in the 4-by-100.
Johnsonburg was the girls' team winner with a total of 127 points.
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Types of yoga
There are more than 20 types of yoga, which might make finding the one that's right for you a challenge. Yoga instructors recommend trying several different types — usually yoga studios offer a one-time class fee — before signing up for a regular regimen.
There aren't any official licensing requirements for yoga teachers in the United States; however the Yoga Alliance is an organization that creates minimum educational standards for yoga teacher training programs.
Here are some of the more popular types:
- Hatha is the yoga of physical well-being, designed to balance body, mind and spirit. Popular in America as a source of exercise and stress management, many yoga styles spring from Hatha.
- Ashtanga (or Astanga) is a physically challenging yoga to build strength, flexibility and stamina using a set series of poses always performed in the same order. Ashtanga is an athletic yoga practice and not for beginners.
- Power yoga is the American interpretation of ashtanga yoga, taken one step further. Many of the poses resemble basic calisthenics — push-ups and hand stands, toe touches and side bends — but each move flows into the next without pause, making it an intense aerobic workout.
- Iyergar promotes strength, flexibility, endurance and balance by integrating poses that require precise body alignment and are held longer. Props such as cushions, straps, blankets and blocks are used.
- Kripalu focuses on learning basic postures and holding them for an extended time while developing concentration and inner awareness.
- Kundalini stresses movement and breath over postures, with the purpose of awakening the energy at the base of the spine and drawing it upward. A typical class includes chanting, meditation and breathing exercises.
- Bikram is a set series of 26 yoga poses done in 95-degree heat for a comprehensive workout for muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular flexibility and weight loss.
- Hot yoga is similar to Bikram but without the same precise sequence of poses.
SOURCES: The Yoga Studio at the Family Wellness Center, Yoga Movement online magazine
Calming 1st class jitters
Part of the yoga experience is feeling peaceful and relaxed, but that might be hard if you're coming to yoga class for the first time and feeling a little intimidated. Here are some helpful things to know for your first class:
- Your yoga mat: A yoga mat is an item you should own, not borrow. They are available in stores as well as online. Before you use a new mat, wash it in cold water — otherwise it will still be slippery.
- Eating before class: It is best to come to class on an empty stomach. Wait at least two hours after a full meal before practicing. You can take a glass of juice or a piece of fruit up to an hour beforehand. After class, be sure to drink plenty of water or herbal tea.
- What to wear: Wear loose, light and comfortable clothing. Before starting class you will need to remove your wristwatch, belt or any jewelry that might interfere with your movements. Yoga is practiced with bare feet.
- Health considerations: Let your instructor know if you have any specific health conditions, such as high blood pressure, back problems, recent surgery, pregnancy, etc. If you feel strong discomfort during the class, stop what you're doing and rest.
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The deadline for responses to Jefferson Parish Inspector General David McClintock's much-anticipated report on the parish's process for leasing its public hospitals passed Monday. Parish Council Chairman Chris Roberts and representatives of the East Jefferson General Hospital and West Jefferson Medical Center said they met the deadline, which McClintock previously extended by one month.
McClintock said he was out of town tending to a family concern and would not have a chance to examine the responses until mid-week. He did not provide a publication date.
Roberts has said he wants to wait to call a vote on awarding the lease until after McClintock's report is public. Council members seem poised to choose Louisiana Children's Medical Center or Hospital Corp. of America to lease the hospitals. The hospitals' governing boards are divided: West Jefferson wants to lease to Children's, East Jefferson's to HCA.
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Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the city of New
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Thomas M. Finneran, Speaker.
Steven T. James, Clerk.
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Governor, two-thirds of the members
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having approved the same.
Robert E. Travaglini, President.
William F. Welch, Clerk.
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A memorial service for Gerald Raymond Chamberlin will be held Saturday Nov. 3, at the Union Presbyterian Church in Carthage, N.C.
He was born in Jamestown, N.Y., on Feb. 23, 1919, to Lewis and Ariel Mainwaring Chamberlin.
Mr. Chamberlin owned and operated Chamberlin Funeral Home Inc. in Dansville, N.Y., from 1945 to 1985. While in Dansville, he was very involved with the community through Rotary, Elks, Masons, Chamber of Commerce, Livingston County Planning Board and was chairman of Noyes Memorial Hospital Building Committee.
Upon retirement Gerald moved to Whispering Pines, N.C., where he enjoyed golf, woodworking, sunsets with Marie, and they shared love and commitment to Union Pines Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife, Marie Reardon Chamberlin of Whispering Pines, N.C.; his sister, Betty Nelson of Jamestown, N.Y.; a daughter, Cheryl Chamberlin Kelly of Lexington, Mass.; a son, Lee Chamberlin and wife, Donna; five grandchildren: Gerald R. Chamberlin II of Dansville, N.Y., Karen Kelley of Boston, Mass., Brittany Chamberlin Martin of Westport, Conn., and Brandon Chamberlin of Battle Ground, Wash.; and a great-grandson, Campbell Gerald Martin of Westport, Conn.
Memorials may be made to Union Presbyterian Church, 2000 Union Church Road, Cameron, NC 28326 or FirstHealth Hospice Foundation, 150 Applecross Road, Pinehurst, NC 28374.
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Hockey is coming to Yankee Stadium next year, for the very first time.
The New York Rangers will play the New Jersey Devils on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 12:30 p.m.; three days later, the Rangers will take on the New York Islanders at 7:30 p.m. The matchups are part of the Coors Light NHL Stadium Series.
Details on ticket availability and the broadcast TV plan have not yet been finalized. Fans can sign up to be notified of new details at www.NHL.com/2014NewYork.
"The innovative nature of the Stadium Series affords the opportunity to have all three NHL teams in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area play, outdoors, at one of the most-celebrated stadiums in the world," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said. "We'll be able to create a multi-faceted, multi-day experience for our fans."
The 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic, previously announced, is scheduled for Jan. 1 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, where the Detroit Red Wings will host the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Two other outdoor games are planned for 2014: The Anaheim Ducks will play the Los Angeles Kings at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 25, while the Chicago Blackhawks will host the Pittsburgh Penguins at Soldier Field on March 1.


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Poulsbo budget process begins
POULSBO — City Finance Director Deb Booher presented a preliminary schedule and proposed 2013 budget to the City Council to review Wednesday.
The total proposed budget is $24.2 million. General fund revenue is budgeted at $10.9 million, 71 percent coming from taxes, and expenses are estimated at $9.9 million.
Booher also gave an update of the current budget, and the city is behind on its projected sales tax revenue. Booher and Mayor Becky Erickson are not confident the city will collect the $2.8 million estimated in the 2012 budget, and have reduced the 2013 sales tax revenue projection by nearly $200,000 from the 2012 projection.
However, capital projects are finishing under cost, and Booher said the city still may not touch the $200,000 the council allocated for reserves as a contingency.
The city has spent approximately $19 million as of Aug. 31, above what was budgeted by this time of year.
The council will discuss the budget next at its Nov. 11 meeting, and hold public hearings Nov. 14 and 21. The council expects to adopt the budget in December.
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To All Students,
If you will be meeting degree requirements at the end of this semester, you may be eligible to apply for Optional Practical Training. Detailed information on how to apply is available online at http://www.temple.edu/ois/opt.htm.
Below is some general information regarding the application process for OPT:
The Application for Employment Authorization (Form I-765) based on Optional Practical Training must be sent to and processed by the United States Citizenship Immigration Service (USCIS). The application must be received by the USCIS Service Center and entered into their database no later than 60 days after you meet degree requirements.
That is, if you do not apply for OPT within 60 days of meeting degree requirements, you are no longer eligible to apply for Optional Practical Training.
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At Le Petit Nice 5 star hotel, we invite you this fall to live an absolute relaxing experience by booking one of our deluxe room for the exclusive rate of 200 € instead of 314 € including one night for 2 people , breakfast and a bottle of wine in the room.
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Vascular medicine focuses on a non-invasive approach to the diagnosis and treatment of many problems involving the circulatory system (arteries, veins, and lymphatics). It is a relatively new and rapidly growing subspecialty of internal medicine, first recognized by the American Medical Association in 1998.
Vascular medicine specialists are experts in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions like peripheral artery disease, carotid artery stenosis, renal artery stenosis, aneurysms, and deep venous thrombosis. Because these conditions are often associated with heart disease and cerebrovascular disease it is essential to identify and treat them early in their course.
Columbia University's Division of Cardiology opened its vascular medicine program in 2003, one of the first such programs in the New York region.
The program's state-of-the-art cardiovascular ultrasound laboratory is located on the 4th floor of the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center. Here, under the guidance of medical director Timothy J. Crimmins, M.D., a board-certified vascular medicine specialist, we offer the latest diagnostic options, including:
Dr. Crimmins works in partnership with Debra Q. Kolodner, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine. Dr. Kolodner is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. Once a patient is diagnosed with a vascular condition, Dr. Crimmins and Dr. Kolodner work with them on medical and lifestyle management, using an aggressive approach to modifying the person's risk factors to help control their condition. "We find out what's going on and help to improve their risk factors and make them feel better without resorting to intervention unless it is absolutely necessary," Dr. Crimmins says. "That's where our expertise is."
For example, they work with patients on:
Dr. Crimmins and Dr. Kolodner work with a wide range of specialists in other disciplines who refer patients to their practice, including internal medicine and family medicine physicians, cardiologists, and vascular surgeons.
Dr. Crimmins' clinical practice is located on the 6th floor of the Herbert Irving Pavilion. Dr. Kolodner sees patients in the Associates in Internal Medicine East clinic, located at 1150 St. Nicholas Avenue, which serves primarily Medicare and Medicaid patients. Columbia is deeply committed to providing vascular medicine services to this community.


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To borrow from the Buffalo Springfield song, "There's something happening here..."
After losing four straight Nov. 8-14 and depleted by injuries to key players, the Devils looked to be in trouble. But they have since turned it around and responded with a four-game winning streak.
They are still missing several top players (Martin Brodeur, Brian Rolston, etc.), but Sunday night's 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning came without center John Madden (bruised ankle) and defenseman Mike Mottau (two-game suspension) as well.
So what's going on?
"You know what? We're playing hockey," coach Brent Sutter said. "It's going from our dressing room right onto the ice. We're playing a sound team game. That's really important and they're being rewarded for it."
Scott Clemmensen has been the goalie for three of those four wins.
"After Marty (Brodeur) went down (Nov. 1), we got off to a little slow start," Clemmensen said. "To get on a streak and a little roll is good for the two of us (he and Kevin Weekes) and for the team."
Have they completely turned things around? Dainius Zubrus, who scored four goals against the Lightning, feels the Devils were a bit unlucky earlier this month.
"When we lost four in a row, I didn't think we were playing that bad," he said.
Now, there is no doubt that they have pulled together as a team.


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INDIANAPOLIS — It was the Jets' identity in 2009. And it helped carry them to the divisional round in this year's postseason.
The Jets' ground and pound accomplished exactly what they needed it to in Saturday night's 17-16 victory against the Colts in the wild-card round. It kept their offense moving, powering two touchdowns, and kept Peyton Manning off the field.
On their two second-half touchdown drives, the Jets used 20 runs on 27 plays, sucking 15:06 off the clock. RB LaDainian Tomlinson punched it in the end zone both times on 1-yard runs.
"They were going to run through the door whether it had a lock on it or not," coach Rex Ryan said.
Tomlinson had 16 carries for 82 yards, an average of 5.1 yards per carry. Shonn Greene added 70 yards on 19 carries. The Jets' total rushing total was 169 yards.
In the first half, they leaned on misdirections against the Colts' fast-flow defense. But after Greene was stopped on a misdirection for a loss of 2 yards on a third-quarter run, they began running right at the Colts.
The Jets relished getting back to this approach. It was especially enjoyable for Tomlinson, who recalled being sidelined during a 2008 playoffs game against the Colts and admitted he had to settle himself down before this game.
"Shonn and I knew it was going to come down to a game like this," Tomlinson said. "Where the run game was going to have control of the game."
WR Brad Smith sustained a quad injury in the first half, but returned in the third quarter. The Jets tried both rookie CB Kyle Wilson and CB Antonio Cromartie on kick returns in his absence.
RT Damien Woody, who had arthroscopic knee surgery last month, started Saturday night. S Dwight Lowery started in place of Eric Smith, who returned after missing the past three games with a concussion.
With the win, the Jets' conditional third-round pick from the Cromartie trade becomes a second-rounder.
Matched up on Darrelle Revis, Colts WR Reggie Wayne was targeted just one time for a gain of a yard.
DE Shaun Ellis, who is the longest-tenured Jet, set a team record yesterday by playing in his 10th postseason contests. He was a game captain, along with CB Revis, RG Brandon Moore, TE Ben Hartsock, P Steve Weatherford and TE Dustin Keller.
Former first-round pick Vernon Gholston was inactive, along with RB Joe McKnight, CB Isaiah Trufant, OL Vlad Ducasse, DT Jarron Gilbert, TE Jeff Cumberland, DT Marcus Dixon and QB Kellen Clemens.
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St. Tammany Parish has issued an evacuation order - with residents asked to leave by noon Sunday. This especially applies to residents south of Interstate 12.
The announcement specifically singled out the low-lying areas southeastern St. Tammany Parish including Treasure Isle, the Rigolets, Palm Lake, Northshore Beach, Coin du Lestin and the southern areas of Lacombe.
The parish will open two shelters at the following locations at noon tomorrow:
Creekside Junior High, 65434, Hwy 41, Pearl River
William Pitcher Junior High, 415 S., Jefferson, Covington
St. Tammany Schools will be closed Monday, officials said.
"The path of Hurricane Katrina is uncertain and as of this afternoon, the probabilities of a strike in our area are increasing. Therefore, I urge citizens to make storm preparations today, " said Parish President Kevin Davis. "I also ask that you check with your neighbors, especially senior citizens, to see if they need help preparing for the storm. This is a time to pull together as a community."
Davis earlier declared a State of Emergency for St. Tammany Parish, allowing parish government to allocate assets in the interest of public safety.


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Free Santa pictures in Charlotte! This is the time of year to dress kids up in their holiday outfits, take them to the mall, wait in line, hope they don't flip out on the old guy…and then pay an arm and a leg for the picture. I can't help with the flipping out part, but here are six ways to get free photos of your kids with St. Nick.
Bass Pro Shops offers free 4×6 photos of your kid with Santa every day through Christmas Eve. You can purchase more, but the 4×6 is free. There can be a line. Avoid it by visiting Monday through Friday (also, your child gets a free coloring book those days) or by picking up a Bass Pass, which will gain you access to Santa at a certain time. Enjoy the other holiday themed games, activities and crafts while you wait for your turn.
Extreme Ice Center is hosting Santa on Saturday, December 8th, from 12pm to 7pm. Bring your own camera for this one. While there, you can see the holiday figure skating show for just $5, and that $5 gets you free skate rental at 7:30pm, when the show ends.
Children's Theatre of Charlotte's Santa Bag returns to ImaginOn Wednesday, November 28th, through Saturday, December 1st. (Preschools are visiting Monday and Tuesday.) Bring your camera to take pictures of your child telling Santa what's what. Kids can also shop for very inexpensive, pre-wrapped gifts (50 cents up to $5) with the help of elves. Follow this link for hours.
Cinematic Christmas: Neighborhood Theatre is showing free family holiday movies December 4th, 11th and 18th at 5:30pm. Before the movie on the 4th, Santa will be available for visits. Bring your camera!
7th Street Public Market is playing host to Santa and elves on Friday, December 7th, from 5pm to 9pm. Bring your camera! While you're there, shop for gifts and goodies.
Chick-fil-A Cotswold will offer free Santa pictures to kids on Saturday, December 8th, from 10:30am to 11:30am. A photographer will be at the event taking pictures, and parents are also encouraged to bring their own cameras. Santa Cow will also be on site.
Huntersville Family Fitness and Aquatics Center is holding a Holiday Expo on Saturday, December 15th, from 1pm to 5pm. A photographer will be on hand to take free pictures of kids with Santa.
Knights Stadium is hosting Winter Wonderful on Saturday, December 8th, from 10am to 2pm. A photographer will be on hand to take free pictures of kids with Santa. The pictures will be mailed to parents, who are also welcome to bring their own cameras. There will also be face painting, holiday music, arts & crafts and snow.


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Peggy's Log Cabin, a florist shop located on Keats Drive, will close shop this Friday, March 29, 2013. The shop, originally owned by Peggy and C.W. Hargrove, is housed in two log cabins which were moved down from Taft, Tenn., in 1977. Kennedy House Movers will dismantle the structures and sell off the logs in May of 2013. (Sarah Cole/al.com)
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- To his family and the bowling community, Theo "Buzz" Metzger, 55, was a coach, through and through.
His daughter, Megan Metzger, 24, said he coached his three kids ever since they were four years old. She said it will be hard to start bowling again because that's all she's known.
"My mom said, 'Don't stop bowling because of him. Bowl in memory of him,'" she said.
Bowling was a family affair. They would exchange scores and try to beat each other. Megan and her dad even coached a youth league together.
"Just watching the kids and how they interacted with him outside and inside the bowling alley, he had such a large impact," Meghan Metzger said.
Her dad was competitive, but sportsmanlike.
"He always pushed me," she said. "I wouldn't change it for the world."
Metzger was driving a Kawasaki motorcycle south in the 6300 block of Douglas Avenue Tuesday morning and struck a deer in the middle of the roadway in Kalamazoo Township, police say. Metzger died in the crash.
Shortly after Metzger's collision, a second motorist — Edmund Janke, 78, of Otsego — lost control at the scene of the crash and was ejected from his vehicle.
"All of us are taking it really, really rough," Megan Metzger said. "With all our extended family, we're all good strong believers. We all have been praying long and hard."
Youth members at Friendship Wesleyan Church in Plainwell, where he was an active leader, were devastated when they heard the news because it was so sudden, she said.
"They've taken a pretty hard hit," she said.
Pattye Cox, president of the Kalamazoo Area Youth Bowling Association, said she heard the news from a couple phone calls and texts Tuesday morning.
"It was kind of a shock because I take that road and I had to turn around because there was an accident ahead," she said.
Her last exchange with Metzger came last Friday at Eastland Bowl on Gull Road, where he was a regular.
"I was visiting because my husband bowls there," Cox said. "I just talked with him about the association."
Bowling and beyond, Meghan Metzger said her dad had a huge impact on the kids he knew because of his quiet but friendly demeanor.
"He was quiet but once you got to know him he was very peppy," she said. "He would talk with you and tell stories with you. He was extremely friendly. He could hold a story with anyone."
Cox said he had a quiet coaching style.
"He was a good coach," Cox said. "I don't know what his average was but, watching him, he was a good bowler. He enjoyed it."
Theobald Metzger III was born on Aug. 13, 1958. His parents are Theobald "Dutch" Metzger II and stepmother Judy Metzger. His mom died when he was a child, Megan said.
He started coaching his kids in bowling on South Lanes in
Three Rivers before the family moved to Kalamazoo in 2001. After coaching them
at Holiday Lanes, he decided to teach other youth and started coaching the youth
program at Plainwell Lanes until it closed in 2011. Megan was coaching at
Eastland Bowl with her dad for a few years. Most recently, he was coaching
youth league solo and bowling in two leagues.
He leaves behind his wife, Pat; son Adam, 28 and daughters Megan, 24, and Bethany, 22.
A visitation for Theo Metzger will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6 at Friendship Wesleyan Church, 1285 102nd Ave., Plainwell, followed by a service at 3 p.m.
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Young molester to be sentenced
A 19-year-old Oak Harbor man accused of sexually assaulting a neighbor boy years ago will likely be sentenced under a special program that emphasizes treatment over incarceration.
The man pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court June 22 to child molestation in the second degree.
He is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 3; in the meantime, the Department of Corrections will conduct a pre-sentence investigation, which is required in sexual assault cases.
According to court documents, the prosecutor will recommend that the man be sentenced under the Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative, if the Department of Corrections finds that he qualifies. Is so, the prosecutor will recommend six months in jail and treatment.
The man molested a neighbor boy five years ago. The defendant was 14 years old at the time, while the victim was 8 years old.
Oak Harbor Police Detective Mike Bailey investigated the case last year after a 12-year-old boy told a school counselor that he was afraid he might have AIDS. The boy said the suspect — a teenaged neighbor and friend of the family — forced him to perform a sex act, Bailey wrote.
Under state law, the man had to be charged as an adult in the case because the juvenile victim didn't disclose what had happened until the defendant was an adult, according to the prosecutor's office. The News-Times is not disclosing the defendant's name because he was a minor at the time of the offense.
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So all the talk these days is about the government's potential $700 billion bailout of the failed banking system. I know that we are in for some tough times but these things happen from time to time it seems. It's all part of a cycle. Ups and downs. But the government seems to think that they have the solution. Just write a $700 billion check.
Now the first thought that came to mind was where is this money coming from? Am I to believe that the government has that kind of cash just lying around? I kind of doubt it. They say it's more of an investment in the companies that they are helping and I do believe that. I just hope that it works out and they don't lose it all because if they do, we all do.
I personally think that the market will self-adjust and fix itself out. It won't be painless but shit like this never is. I do worry about where the money will come from as I've said. The government just can't make a $700 billion bill and hand it over or else this country will fall into some seriously bad times. I just hope that these law makers who we've voted to make these decisions make the right one. Not for their personal campaigns, but for the good of the country. That is what is often overlooked in politics and it's sad. The good of the country should ALWAYS come first over anything else and that's just not the case 100% of the time.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is that I hope that the government's bill doesn't pass again. We have too many issues with other things that I feel are more important than making sure banks have fat wallets again.


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Recent Publications and Presentations
Green, R.E., T.S. Bianchi, M.J. Dagg, N.D. Walker and G.A. Breed. 2006. An organic carbon budget for the Mississippi River turbidity plume and plume contributions to air-sea CO2 fluxes and bottom-water hypoxia. Estuaries 29: 579-597. Abstract
Dagg, M.J., T. Bianchi, B. McKee, and R. Powell. 2006. Fates of dissolved and particulate materials from the Mississippi River immediately after discharge into the northern Gulf of Mexico, USA, during a period of low wind stress. Cont. Shelf Res. (in press November 2006). Abstract
Dagg, M.J., H. Liu and A.C. Thomas. 2006. Effects of mesoscale phytoplankton variability on the copepods Neocalanus flemingeri and N. plumchrus in the coastal Gulf of Alaska. Deep-Sea Res I 53: 321-332. Abstract
Liu, H., M.J. Dagg, C. Wu and K. Chiang. 2005. Mesozooplankton consumption of microplankton in the Mississippi River plume, with special emphasis on planktonic ciliates. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 286: 133-144. Abstract
Dagg, M.J., T.S. Bianchi, G.A. Breed, W.-J. Cai, S. Duan, H. Liu, B.A. McKee, R.T. Powell and C.M. Stewart. 2005. Biogeochemical characteristics of the lower Mississippi River, USA, during June 2003. Estuaries 28: 664-674. Abstract
Liu, H., M.J. Dagg and S. Strom. 2005. Grazing by the calanoid copepod Neocalanus cristatus on the microbial foodweb in the coastal Gulf of Alaska. J. Plankton Res. 27: 647-662. Abstract
Yuan, J., M.J. Dagg and C.E. Del Castillo. 2005. In-pixel variations of chl a fluorescence in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and their implications for calibrating remotely sensed chl a and other products. Cont. Shelf. Res. 25: 1894 –1904. Abstract
Green, R.E., G.A. Breed, M.J. Dagg and S.E. Lohrenz. 2006. Modeling planktonic response to variable nitrate loading in the Mississippi River plume. Cont. Shelf Res. (submitted, March 2006).
Dagg, M., J. Ammerman, R. Amon, W. Gardner, R. Green and S. Lohrenz. 2006. Water column processes influencing hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts (submitted, August 2006).
Liu, H. and M. Dagg. 2006. Indirect effect of mesozooplankton grazing on picophytoplankton in the Mississippi River plume and its adjacent waters. J. Plankton Res. (submitted September 2006).
Yuan, J., L. Hayden and M. Dagg. 2006. Temporal variation of remotely sensed sea surface chlorophyll a and the effect of the Sanxia Dam on the East China Sea, a comment on Gong et al., 2006. Geochemical Research Letters (submitted December 2006).
Lohrenz, S.E., D.G. Redalje, W-J Cai, J. Acker and M.J. Dagg. Long-term patterns of phytoplankton productivity in the Mississippi River plume. Continental Shelf Research (submitted December 2006).
Global Change. Dagg, M. Educational lecture presented at Isidore Newman High School, New Orleans, February 8, 2007.
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A St. Tammany Parish jury on Wednesday convicted a 23-year-old Mandeville man of molestation of a juvenile under 13. He faces between 25 and 99 years in prison when he returns to Judge A.J. Hand's court for sentencing on April 5.
Nola.com | The Times-Picayune is withholding the convicted man's name to protect the identity of the victim.
A St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted the man in April 2009 for aggravated incest involving his younger sister, according to previous reports. When the man was indicted, authorities said the abuse occurred between 2007 and 2009, and started when the girl was 3 1/2 years old.
According to information from District Attorney Walter Reed's Office, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's deputies arrested the man in February 2009.
"This crime takes a very traumatic toll on the victim and the victim's entire family," Reed said. "This verdict can hopefully put an end to some of that trauma."
Assistant District Attorney Jack Hoffstadt prosecuted the case. David Anderson was the defense attorney.


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I think the conversation you began about merging municipalities in Cuyahoga County was great, from a practical perspective, and I hope you keep it up.
In terms of intangibles, I spent some time a while ago thinking about what unique attractions Cleveland has to offer, and, in my view, University Circle is where it's at. Cleveland thinks of itself as a blue-collar town. That isn't really unique or in high demand, though. The cultural riches represented at University Circle are, and I think few cities in the nation can boast such a concentration of first-class institutions in such a compact, walkable space.
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My daughter is only three weeks old but I'm trying to start to get a store of milk for returning to work. So far, I've only tried to pump when my breasts felt full.
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William Jefferson can remain free pending his appeal of his guilty verdict on 11 corruption counts, U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III ruled Wednesday.
An appeal could last a year or more.
Ellis' ruling, which was unexpected and delivered to a nearly empty courtroom, came five days after he sentenced Jefferson to 13 years in prison, the longest term ever for a corruption case involving a member of Congress.
Jefferson was convicted in August after an eight week trial.
Jefferson, a Democrat who served nine terms in Congress before being defeated last December, was not required to be in court Wednesday and he was not, nor were any members of his family.
Ellis said Jefferson will have to wear an electronic monitoring device, starting Thursday, and will be barred from traveling outside the Eastern District of Louisiana except with court permission. He can visit his lawyers in Washington as long as he advises the court he is doing so.
Ellis said that while he didn't expect to be reversed on appeal, Jefferson's lawyers had raised a ``substantial question for appeal that could result in a new trial or reversal.'' That question is whether Jefferson was committing ``official acts'' as a member of Congress when he sought to influence officials in West Africa on behalf of business deals in which his family had a hidden interest. Prosecutors argued that he was, and Ellis, in his jury instructions, defined ``official acts'' broadly enough to include Jefferson's behavior in Africa.
But throughout the case, Jefferson's lawyers, led by Washington attorney Robert Trout, contended that prosecutors were overreaching, and that Jefferson's behavior, while unethical, did not run afoul of bribery statutes.
Jefferson was also charged with committing official acts in the United States in exchange for bribes - including trying to influence U.S. agencies, such as the Export-Import Bank and U.S. Trade and Development Agency. But, while Ellis said those were clearly official acts that he did not think would be vulnerable to appeal, he acknowledged that the verdict form he provided the jury did not ask them to specify which official acts they were convicting on, so there is no way to know for sure whether the Jefferson was convicted based on official acts in the U.S., in Africa, or both.
Ultimately, Ellis agreed with Trout's argument that if the bribery convictions were overturned based on a successful appeal of the court's definition of ``official acts,'' so too would the rest of the verdict against Jefferson, including convictions on charges of wire fraud and racketeering.
``No matter how you slice and dice the verdict,'' said Trout, it all hinges on the definition of official acts.
The ruling was a tremendous victory for Jefferson and for Trout, and a major setback in the case for the government team led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Prosecutor Mark Lytle. Prosecutors had come to court Wednesday to argue that Jefferson posed a flight risk and ought to be remanded immediately to prison.
Lytle, who at the time of sentencing had described Jefferson's corruption as the worst in the history of Congress and asked for a sentence of 27 to 33 years, argued that Jefferson, at 62 and facing a long sentence, posed a flight risk. Lytle noted that Jefferson had a familiarity with Africa and contacts there, and that in 2002 and 2003 he had received offshore wire transfers, including one for $170,000 from Nigeria, which was now long gone, but which suggested that he might control more money offshore.
Trout told Ellis that no one would be more disturbed than he would be to learn that Jefferson had a hidden stash of money. His law firm is owed more than $5.7 million in legal fees from Jefferson, according to a bankruptcy filing by Jefferson and his wife, Andrea, made after the jury's guilty verdict was returned in August.
``It's impossible to believe he withheld funds he had access to as he got bills from us,'' Trout said.
But Lytle said that after all the testimony in the trial, he could not understand why anyone would be surprised by any measure of deceit on Jefferson's part. Lytle also argued before Ellis' decision that ``there are no close issues on appeal in this case.''
After Ellis announced his decision, Lytle immediately asked him to reconsider. Ellis declined to do so but suggested Lytle can appeal the ruling.
Dane S. Ciolono, a professor of law at Loyola University Law School, said he thought Ellis' ruling was ``nothing short of astonishing. I expect that the government will appeal and that the 4th Circuit will set aside the District Court's order and detain Mr. Jefferson pending his appeal." But Ciolino said the Department of Justice may not authorize such an appeal.
Carl Tobias, a professor of law at the University of Richmond, said Jefferson's appeal could last a year or more. He said the average appeal takes seven months, but this is a novel case and could take much longer.
Any decision by a three-judge panel could then be appealed to the full 4th Circuit Court, and then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which could add another five months, even if the court chooses not to take the case, and even longer if it does.
``I'm not surprised by the decision, because it is unclear that William Jefferson is a flight risk and little in his past indicates he would be,'' Tobias said. ``I'm surprised by the candor about the possibility that the judge could be wrong on the legal issue but when it is an issue that has not been decided, the judge has no guidance.''
The law states that a judge can stay the execution of sentencing of a convicted party pending appeal if the appeal is likely to succeed. Ellis said the courts have wisely redefined that standard so that a judge can stay imprisonment if the appeal raises a substantial question for appeal. But, having said all that, Ellis, not known for expressions of self-doubt, said, ``I don't have any doubt that my reasoning (in defining officials acts) is correct and sound.''
After the hearing, Jefferson's attorneys filed a motion on his behalf asking Ellis for financial help filing his appeal, noting his recent bankruptcy filing. Jefferson asked that Trout and co-counsel Amy Jackson, two of the three lawyers who have represented him since the FBI investigation first came to light in August 2005, be appointed to handle the appeal.
As an example of the enormous expense, the motion notes that just getting a required copy of the trial transcript will cost $26,000. The motion does not ask for help paying the money Jefferson already owes Trout's firm.
This story was also written by Bruce Alpert.


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Catch Dan Chaon in Westlake Thursday reading from his new short story collection, "Stay Awake" and poet Thomas Sayers Ellis at Case Western Reserve University Friday afternoon.
You can also hear from a distinguished scholar of Arab politics and communities, both those in the Middle East and in Middle America. Amaney A. Jamal will be at the City Club Friday.
Denison University biologist Tom D. Schultz will discuss the intricacies of damselfly sex at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Friday night, and a global dance and music collective will perform Saturday afternoon at the downtown Cleveland Public library.
Details, and other bookish events, follow:
Thursday, Feb. 9
The Oberlin College professor and celebrated fiction practitioner will read from his brand new collection of a dozen frightening stories, "Stay Awake." Chaon, a National Book Award finalist, wrote a chilly best-seller in 2009 called "Await Your Reply" that plaited three stories of identity theft.
When: 7 p.m. Thursday.
Where: Barnes & Noble, 198 Crocker Park Blvd., Westlake.
Cost: Free. Call 440-250-9233.
Amaney A. Jamal
The professor at Princeton University will discuss her research and projects, currently directing the Workshop on Arab Political Development. She is the author of "Barriers to Democracy," about Palestine and the Arab world, and with Nadine Naber, edited a volume called "Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11." She is also co-author of a book that examines the Arab community of Detroit.
When: 12 p.m. Friday
Where: City Club of Cleveland, 850 Euclid Ave., Cleveland.
Cost: $18 member; $30 nonmember, includes lunch. 216-621-0082.
The poet and Whiting award winner, a former faculty member at Case Western Reserve University, returns to read from some of his poems and to discuss literature. His most recent collection of poetry, published in 2010, was "Skin, Inc." This free event is designed to raise awareness of the drive to establish an endowed scholarship in the memory of Frederica Ward. She was an administrative assistant for 17 years in the Department of English before she died in 2010.
When: 4 p.m. reception, 5 p.m. reading Friday
Where: Guilford House parlor, 11112 Bellfower Rd., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.
Cost: Free. More information from Susan Grimm at email@example.com.
Regina Brett
The Plain Dealer columnist and WKSU radio show host will talk about her inspirational books and sign copies at Pilgrim Congregational Church. Her latest is "Be the Miracle: 50 Lessons for Making the Impossible Possible." Later, she will be part of a wine tasting benefit for The Gathering Place at Visible Voice Books.
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Where: Pilgrim Congregational Church Voice Books, 2592 W. 14th St., Cleveland.
Where: Visible Voice Books, 1023 Kenilworth Ave., Cleveland.
Cost: Suggested wine tasting donation: $15, 216-961-0084.
Tom D. Schultz
The Denison University biologist will talk about "The Hardships of Mating Behavior in the Damselflies," considering cases in which males fight over choosy females and the females are harassed by males desperate to breed. The behavioral ecologist will discuss the importance of coloration.
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Where: The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, One Wade Oval, Cleveland.
Cost: $10 adults, $9 for students and seniors; discounts for museum members, 216-231-1177.
Saturday, Feb 11
Passport Project Global Dance & Music Collective
Percussion, dance, song, balafon and gongoma of Guinea, West Africa all contribute to this celebration of Black History Month. This program features a collaboration between Mohamed Tounkara of Guinea and Chlo Hopson of Cleveland.
When: 2 p.m. Saturday
Where: Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, Cleveland Public Library, 525 Superior Ave., Cleveland.
Cost: Free. 216-623-2800.


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It's more DH than me but he makes me paranoid. And when I say she'll be fine he tells me I'm not respecting his feelings of being concerned, etc. So then I question whether she will be ok. But we went through this with K so... I'm also more inclined to second guess because of Lu's aversions and allergies but really I don't need to be hyperviligant. Our house is a safe food place for her.
Lynn, thanks for the link.
Erin and Eris, thanks for the ideas. I'm gonna make oatmeal this morning and see if she has any interest.


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State Rep. Barbara Bailey is inviting her constituents in the 10th District to a telephone town hall meeting Monday, Feb. 20.
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Over the past five years, it's been pretty profitable to know names like Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) and Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH ) . Since this time in 2002, the two firms have returned 200% and 158%, respectively, easily outpacing the 50% that the S&P returned over that period. Although the Fool community seems to have a soft spot for Goldman, there are many market watchers who believe that -- like Paris Hilton in jail -- a good thing like this just can't last.
There's a lot of compelling evidence on both sides of the bull/bear tug-of-war over the investment banks, but before you can decide what's going to happen to these mavens of Wall Street, it's helpful to know what exactly they're doing. In recent years, the banks have grown and expanded in many different directions, and although they're still most often referred to as "investment banks," they do a heck of a lot more than investment banking.
Though it's now the smallest segment in most of the major brokerage houses, investment banking is still very important to these firms, and is considered to be a very strategic business segment.
So what is investment banking exactly?
To a large extent, investment bankers act as a kind of financial consultant to their clients. Bankers provide two principal categories of services: capital raising and strategic advisory.
Companies can raise money in a number of different ways. If a company is private, it can raise money from an institutional investor like a private equity or venture capital firm, or it can choose to go public through an IPO. If a company is already public, it can sell additional shares into the market, sell shares to an institution in a private placement, or choose to sell the whole shebang and go private. And whether a company is public or private, raising debt is often an option as well.
Investment bankers on the capital-raising side work in a number of roles. Initially, they are the salespeople convincing the company in question that raising money is a good idea, and that -- perhaps more importantly -- the company should choose that banker's firm to manage the deal. Once a company has decided that it is going to raise money, the bankers act as the ringleaders of the process and shepherd the deal from start to finish.
On the advisory side, bankers offer strategic and financial consulting to their clients. Among the better-known activities on the advisory side is merger and acquisition advising. As with capital raising, bankers on the advisory side have to sell clients on their ideas and their firm. Once a client mandate is won, the bankers work with the company to help it evaluate the situation, whether it be the purchase of another company, the negotiation of a sale price to a private equity buyer, or the defense of a hostile takeover bid.
Turning clients into dollars
The bulk of the revenue in the investment banking industry is based on transactional fees. When a bank works on a capital raise, it'll typically come home with some percentage of the total amount of money raised. In an M&A transaction, the bankers on each side of the transaction likewise get some percentage of the deal. Fee percentages on IPOs are often as much as 7% of the total deal, though this percentage tends to come down as the deals get larger.
Investment banking operations largely rely on good market conditions in order to do well. In a good market, there tends to be more receptivity to new IPOs and debt offerings, and more companies opt to raise money. Likewise, when companies are feeling more confident, they tend to make more acquisitions. Most of the larger investment banks also offer advisory services in the areas of bankruptcy and restructuring, which can help support the bank during lulls in the market.
The players
The investment banking playing field is huge. In addition to the major bulge bracket names like Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC ) that everyone seems to know, many of the larger banks like Wachovia have investment banking divisions. There are also many smaller investment banks that focus on particular niches. And of course, in addition to all of the familiar names in the U.S., there are countless investment banks based elsewhere -- for example, Nomura Holdings (NYSE: NMR ) in Japan, Macquarie in Australia, and Credit Suisse in Switzerland.
To help you continue digging into the investment banking industry, I've put together a list of 10 of the major players. I've also included the ratings for each of these stocks from The Motley Fool's CAPS service.
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Citigroup (NYSE: C )
$259 billion
JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM )
$166 billion
$118 billion
Goldman Sachs
$97 billion
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS )
$89 billion
Credit Suisse
$75 billion
Deutsche Bank
$74 billion
Lehman Brothers
$41 billion
$38 billion
Bear Stearns
$21 billion
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Syracuse, N.Y. -- Readers have lots of questions about New York's health insurance exchange and other aspects of Obamacare.
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Can I get cheaper Medicare supplemental insurance through Obamacare? -- Deb Heagle
No. The exchange does not offer Medicare supplemental insurance, also known as "Medigap" coverage, or Part D drug plans.
Medicare, the government health insurance program for people 65 and over and the disabled, is not part of the health insurance exchange. The exchange will not change the way people go about choosing Medicare plans or affect their Medicare benefits.
Send your questions about the New York health insurance exchange and other aspects of Obamacare to health writer James T. Mulder at email@example.com.


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Negotiations once again fall through between India, Pakistan over glacier
June 13, 2012, 12:09 am TWN
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan--India and Pakistan's latest talks seeking to end decades of military stand-off on the Siachen Glacier broke up Tuesday with nothing more than an agreement to meet again, both sides said.
There had been fresh hope of a breakthrough after the misery of the world's highest battlefield was brought home by an avalanche that killed 140 people at a Pakistani army camp on April 7.
A joint statement said talks between India and Pakistan's defense secretaries — the highest civil servants at their respective ministries — had been held "in a cordial and friendly atmosphere" at the Pakistani ministry in Rawalpindi.
The two sides would next meet in New Delhi, but no date was announced. It was the 13th round of talks to end in stalemate.
"Both sides reaffirmed their resolve to make serious, sustained and result-oriented efforts for seeking an amicable resolution," the statement said.
"It was agreed to continue dialogue on Siachen in keeping with the desire of the leaders of both countries for early resolution of all outstanding issues."


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Holiday catchup
By Calum-Oracle on Jan 10, 2007
So, first blog of 2007... bliadhna mhath ur, and all that.
It was a fairly quiet break for us this year, at least in terms of travelling and seeing family-- we did neither, apart from a one-night spa break up the road at the Johnstownhouse Marriot in Enfield. (The food there really is gorgeous.)
We were out and about around town a bit though... went to see Jason Byrne on December 23rd, and we took in Casino Royale, Flushed Away, Happy Feet and Deja Vu at the cinema (mostly for free-- thanks Curly!)
Work-wise, I'm trying out a Sun Ray 2 at home for the first time this week... the technology is certainly impressive, although it remains to be seen whether it'll oust my laptop as my working-at-home tool of choice. It would probably be more useful if I had one on my desk at work as well, to get the full benefit of session mobility-- maybe it's time to retire my old Ultra 10....