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Focus on Economic Data: Consumer Price Index and Inflation, December 2012
Each month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases an estimate of the level of the consumer price index (CPI) and the rate of inflation in the United States for the previous month. The report provides the most recent current and seasonally adjusted consumer price indexes for all urban consumers, urban wage earners, and the chained index, plus a breakdown by major expenditure groups. The BLS also collects price level data for major metropolitan areas and regions.
This lesson focuses on the January 16, 2013, BLS press release of data on the consumer price index for the month of December, 2012.
For the latest updates on U.S. economic indicators, go to:
- EconomicIndicators.gov: http://economicindicators.gov/
- BLS Economic Indicator: www.bls.gov/bls/newsrels.htm#major
- BEA Economic Indicators: www.bea.gov/newsreleases/glance.htm
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- Identify the current rate and recent changes in the consumer price index.
- Identify the factors that have influenced recent changes in the rate of inflation.
- Identify the potential policy implications of the current economic conditions, including deflation.
- Describe how inflation and deflation impact individuals, families, and different groups in the economy.
On January 16, 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported, "On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers was unchanged in December after decreasing 0.3 percent in November. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in December, the same increase as in November."
Thanks to a decrease in energy prices in December, the overall Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) did not decrease over the month. Food and some other prices increased, but not by much. So - what does it mean to you?
To better understand the price level data, it is important to start with a couple of key price level basic concepts.
Note: Unless specifically referenced, quoted data in this lesson is directly from the January 16, 2013, BLS announcement. www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_01162013.htm
What is the Consumer Price Index?
The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI), reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, part of the U.S. Department of Labor, is a monthly measurement of changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative market basket of goods and services. An increase in the CPI over time may be evidence of "inflation" in the price level or a reduction in U.S. consumers' purchasing power.
The CPI measures changes in prices over time. By selecting an appropriate base year and setting the index level for that time period at 100, the CPI compares one month's price index level with the base year or any other time period. The current standard reference base period is the average of the period from 1982 to 1984.
To see how the CPI works, you can go to the BLS CPI Calculator. The CPI inflation calculator allows you to calculate the value of current dollars in an earlier period, or to calculate the current value of dollar amounts from years ago. Consumer Price Indexes often are used to escalate or adjust payments for rents, wages, alimony, child support and other obligations that may be affected by changes in the cost of living.
Students: Pick a time period to determine the U.S. rates of inflation over that time periods. What factors may have influenced prices during that time period. Was there economic growth or decline? What was happening in other parts of the world? Was the population growing?
What is Inflation?
Inflation is generally defined as a continual increase in the overall level of prices. It is an increase in average prices that lasts at least a few months. Often, a one month increase in prices is referred to as inflation, but a longer-term upward trend of prices is a more accurate definition. The most widely reported measurement of inflation is the Consumer Price Index (CPI). For this announcement, the BLS reports the CPI-U - the consumer price index for all urban consumers.
The CPI compares the prices of a set of goods and services relative to the prices of those same goods and services in a previous month or year. Changes in the prices of those goods and services approximate changes in the overall level of prices paid by consumers. If the price level of consumer goods and services increases over a period of time, the consumer's purchasing power decreases (assuming, of course, that the consumer's disposable income and spending pattern remain the same).
Just the opposite of inflation, deflation is generally defined as a continual decrease in the overall level of prices. It is a decrease in average prices that lasts at least a few months. If the price level of consumer goods and services decreases over a period of time, the consumer's purchasing power increases (assuming, again, that the consumer's disposable income and spending pattern remain the same.
Students: Is what you thought inflation is? You may remember from your U.S. History classes the times when inflation was very high in the United States - as recently as the early 1980s.
Who is Included in the Determination of the CPI-U?
The CPI-U refers to all urban consumers. Because the spending patterns of rural, farm and some other groups are not consistent with typical "urban" consumers, the BLS restricts the measurement of the price indexes to urban consumers (CPI-U) or urban wage earners (CPI-W).
The BLS FAQ webpage explains: "The CPI reflects spending patterns for each of two population groups: all urban consumers and urban wage earners and clerical workers. The all urban consumer group represents about 87 percent of the total U.S. population. It is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed, and retired people, as well as urban wage earners and clerical workers. Not included in the CPI are the spending patterns of people living in rural nonmetropolitan areas, farm families, people in the Armed Forces, and those in institutions, such as prisons and mental hospitals. "Link: www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm#Question_3
Bureau of Labor Statistics Announcement
Consumer Price Index and Inflation - December 2012
Released January 16, 2013
"On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers was unchanged in December after decreasing 0.3 percent in November. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in December, the same increase as in November."
The BLS commented on the role of gasoline and food prices on the overall price level change. "The gasoline index declined again in December, but other indexes, notably food and shelter, increased, resulting in the seasonally adjusted all items index being unchanged. Gasoline was the only major energy index to decline; the indexes for natural gas and electricity both increased. Within the food category, five of the six major grocery store food groups increased as the food at home index rose for the third consecutive month."
Figure 1, below, shows the monthly changes in the CPI-U for the past several years. Note the periods of increased and decreased prices.
The "Core" Price Index
Because energy and food prices tend to fluctuate more than most other consumer goods and services prices, the BLS also reports an "index for all items less food and energy." This is commonly referred to as the "core index" or "core CPI."
"The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.1 percent in December, the same increase as in November. Besides shelter, the indexes for airline fares, tobacco, and medical care also increased. The indexes for recreation, household furnishings and operations, and used cars and trucks all declined in December."
The 12 Month Price Index Change
The BLS also reports the change in the price level over the preceding 12-month period, both the all items and core indexes.
"The all items index increased 1.7 percent over the last 12 months, compared to a 1.8 percent figure in November. The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.9 percent over the last 12 months, the same figure as last month. The food index has risen 1.8 percent over the last 12 months, and the energy index has risen 0.5 percent."
"The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.1 percent in December after rising 0.2 percent in November. The indexes for shelter, recreation, medical care, and tobacco all posted increases, while the indexes for used cars and trucks, new vehicles, and apparel all declined." Again, energy prices were a significant factor in the recent period.
Students: What price changes have you noticed over the previous few months? Gasoline? Food? Other consumer goods? What about housing or rent? What was your holiday shopping experience in December 2012?
Seasonal Adjustments
An explanation of seasonal adjustment from the BLS: "Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month.
For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year--such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. Snow shovel and ice-melt demand will increase in the winter. Bathing suit demand will increase in the spring and summer. This demand may result in higher seasonal prices.
The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. Unadjusted data also are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index before adjustment for seasonal variation." Source: BLS, When Should I use Seasonally Adjusted Data?
Note: The 12-month index is not seasonally adjusted, because it includes all seasons and seasonal events each year. Some adjustments may be made by the BLS for single events that do not occur each year. This is rare.]
Students: Can you identify goods and services that are affected by seasonal changes? Can you identify how the demand for some goods and services is impacted be seasonal changes, such as the weather?
What was the Nominal Level of the CPI-U in December 2012?
"The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.7 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 229.601 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index declined 0.3 percent prior to seasonal adjustment."
The CPI-U at the end of 2012 was 229.601. That means that a "basket" of goods and services that cost $100 in the base period of 1982-1984 now costs $229.60. Since 1982-84, inflation has been just over 129 percent.
The CPI-W
The BLS also measures the CPI-W for a more narrow urban population group - wage earners. The CPI-W is most commonly used for employment contract wage escalations (often called cost of living increases).
The BLS explains, "The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is based on the expenditures of households included in the CPI-U definition that also meet two requirements: more than one-half of the household's income must come from clerical or wage occupations, and at least one of the household's earners must have been employed for at least 37 weeks during the previous 12 months. The CPI-W population represents about 32 percent of the total U.S. population and is a subset, or part, of the CPI-U population."
The third CPI measurement reported monthly is the C-CPI-U, a "chained" price index. According to the BLS, the advantage of the C-CPI-U is that it uses a formula that includes "expenditure data in adjacent time periods in order to reflect the effect of any substitution that consumers make across item categories in response to changes in relative prices. The new measure is designed to be a closer approximation to a "cost-of- living" index than the existing BLS measures." In other words, it more accurately reflects actual consumer decisions, especially substitution, over shorter time periods.
In December, 2011, the C-CPI-U "increased 1.6 percent over the last 12 months. For the month, the index decreased 0.2 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please note that the indexes for the post-2010 period are subject to revision."
The C-CPI-U was designed as a way to adjust for consumer substitution over time periods. When consumers substitute one product for another, the relative prices may be different. When the price of a good or service increases (or decreases), consumers may choose to substitute another good or service.
Substitution: A good or service that may be used in place of another good or service; examples include tap water for bottled water (or vice versa) and movies for concerts (or vice versa).
One current debate in The U.S. Congress over reducing federal spending and the deficit is whether to use the C-CPI-U for cost of living adjustments and other price level adjustments for contracts and program expense adjustments. Using the C-CPI-U will reduce annual increases, because it generally reflects a smaller increase than the CPI-U. Proponents say ti more accurately reflects real consumer costs because it allows for substitutions.
Students: Have you substituted one good for another because of an increase in price or the difference in prices? For instance, have you stopped going to movies or purchasing a particular name brand?
Typically, a consumer will substitute one good for another good based on their relative prices. If consumers substitute one good for another good that is part of the market basket, it is not reflected in the CPI-U. The C-CPI-U is adjusted for these changes.
CPI Example
The level of the CPI-U in December, 2012, was 229.601. That means a market basket of goods that cost $100 in 1982-1984 (the base year period) now costs about $229.60.. That same basket cost just $225.67 in December of 2011. Over the year, the cost of the market basket increased by just under $4 - about 1.7 percent. If your monthly income has increased by about $4.00 in the past year, your income has kept-up with inflation (at least with the price of this market basket of goods and services.) Remember, this is a "sample" market basket. If your spending habits are significantly different from the "average" the impact of inflation on you is different. If you spent more than the average on energy in August, inflation affected you more.
To review the recent history of the CPI-U from 1990 to the present time, go to the BLS webpage: data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost
Real vs. Nominal Data Measurements
In many cases, data should be adjusted for a change in the price level to make comparisons over time more meaningful. The term nominal is used to refer to a measurement in current dollars. To adjust for inflation and determine a real or constant dollar value, the nominal value is adjusted by the price level change. A measurement such as gross domestic product in nominal terms refers to the measurement at current dollars (prices.) To compare GDP in two years, the rate of inflation between the years must be subtracted to determine the real change.
The same is true for income and purchasing power. Suppose Mr. Jones made $50,000 in 2011 and $52,000 in 2012. His income increased by $2,000 or 4 percent from 2011 to 2012. If the rate of inflation between 2011 and 2012 was 5 percent, Mr. Jones' purchasing power actually decreased by 1 percent. His 4 percent increase in income did not purchase the same amount of goods and services as it did in the previous year. Inflation reduced his purchasing power, even though he had more income.
Students: Make sure you know meaning of "real income" or "real GDP" as measurements of value adjusted for inflation and the importance of adjusting for inflation when making comparisons over time.
Why adjust some payments or measurements of the economy for the impact of inflation?
The CPI Market Basket
The CPI market basket represents all the consumer goods and services purchased by urban households. Price data are collected for over 180 categories, which BLS has grouped into 8 major groups. These major groups, with examples of categories in each, are as follows:
- Food and beverages (ham, eggs, carbonated drinks, coffee, meals and snacks)
- Housing (rent of primary residence, fuel oil, bedroom furniture)
- Apparel (men's shirts and sweaters, women's dresses, jewelry)
- Transportation (new vehicles, gasoline, tires, airline fares)
- Medical care (prescription drugs and medical supplies, physicians' services, eyeglasses and eye care, hospital services)
- Recreation (television sets, cable TV, pets and pet products, sports equipment, admissions)
- Education and communication (college tuition, postage, telephone services, computer software and accessories)
- Other goods and services (tobacco and smoking products, haircuts and other personal care services, and funeral expenses)
Figure 2, below, shows the December 2012 price level data for the primary categories in the CPI-U market basket, including the change from November to December, 2012, and for the most recent 12-month period.
The CPI is a Weighted Index
Because each product group (energy, food, etc.) represents a different portion of an average consumer's spending pattern, each category of given a "weight" or what the BLS calls "relative importance." These weights are based on typical percentages and, in this case, national averages. Figure 2, below, shows the weights assigned by the BLS to major product groups.
Weights for individuals may not follow this same pattern. Some people pay a larger portion of their income for rent or their mortgage than others. A high school student may spend a much greater portion of his or her income on gasoline, clothes and food than some other groups. A retired person who has paid-off a mortgage may pay a much smaller portion of his or her income for housing than other groups.
Note: The above data are national averages. The category weights differ from region to region. For instance, when the weight for food and beverage was 15.4 in the Boston region, it was 16.0 in the Cincinnati region. Food and beverage costs are a slightly larger portion of the market basket of the index in Cincinnati than in Boston.
Students: It may be interesting to determine your own "market basket." How do you spend your income? What percentages of your income do you spend on gasoline, clothes, entertainment, etc.?
The Consumer Price Index—Why the Published Averages Don't Always Match An Individual's Inflation Experience?
"The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of goods and services. Because the CPI is a statistical average, it may not reflect your experience or that of specific families or individuals, particularly those whose expenditure patterns differ substantially from the "average" urban consumer." www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifact5.htm
Measuring Consumer Prices
There are several measurements or reported levels of the CPI. They are:
- CPI: A measure of the average change in prices over time of goods and services purchased by households.
- CPI-U: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. This includes approximately 87 percent of the total population, including wage earners and clerical worker households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, retirees, and others not in the labor force.
- CPI-W: The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. This includes households of wage earners and clerical workers, representing approximately 32 percent of the total population.
- C-CPI-U: The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. This measurement uses a formula that reflects the substitutions consumers make in response to changes in relative prices.
- Core CPI: The average price of the same set of goods and services, without some of the more volatile components, such as food and energy prices.
How is the CPI Calculated?
Assume that there are only three goods (instead of goods and services in over 200 categories in the actual calculation) included in the typical consumer's purchases and, in the base or the original year, the goods had prices of $10, $20, and $30. The typical consumer purchased ten of each good. Total cost of this "market basket" in the base year was $600.
In the current year, the three goods' prices are $11, $24, and $33. Consumers now purchase 12, 8, and 11 of each good. The total current price of this "market basket" is $622, but this would not be an accurate way to compare the "price level." An accurate comparison has to assume a constant pattern of purchasing.
The determination of the CPI for the current year uses the quantities purchased in the market basket in the base year (ten of each good) times their prices in the current year divided by the quantities purchased in the market basket in the base year times their prices in the base year.
Thus [(10 x $11) + (10 x $24) + (10 x $33)] / [( 10 x $10) + (10 x $20) + (10 x $30)] = $680 / $600 = 1.133. That is, prices in the current year are 1.133 times the prices in the original year. Prices have increased on average by 13.3 percent. The quantities are the base year quantities in both the numerator and the denominator.
By convention, the indexes are multiplied by 100 and reported as 113.3 instead of 1.133.
The base year index simply divides the prices in the base year (times the quantities in the base year) by the prices in base year (times the quantities in the base year). The base-year index then is 1.00; or multiplied by 100 equals 100.
Figure 4, below, shows how the change in the CPI was determined for December, 2012.
How the CPI Data are Collected
The Bureau of Labor Statistics samples the purchases of households representing 87 percent of the population. The Consumer Price Index measures prices of goods and services in a market basket of goods and services that is intended to be representative of a typical consumer's purchases. Forty-one percent of the market basket is made up of goods that consumers purchase. The other fifty-nine percent includes services.
Goods and services sampled include food, clothing, housing, gasoline, other transportation prices, medical, dental, and legal services and hundreds of other retail goods and services. Taxes associated with the purchases are included. Each item is weighted in the average according to its share of the spending of the households included in the sample. Almost 80,000 prices in 87 urban areas across the country are sampled by Bureau of Labor Statistics professionals. Visits and phone calls are made to thousands of households and thousands of retail stores and offices.
Causes of Inflation
Over short periods of time, inflation can be caused by increases in costs or increases in consumer spending. Inflation resulting from an increase in aggregate demand or total spending is called demand-pull inflation. Increases in demand, particularly if production in the economy is near the full-employment level of real GDP, pull up prices. It is not just rising spending. If spending is increasing more rapidly than the capacity to produce, there will be upward pressure on prices.
Demand-pull example: If the economy and the population are growing at a fast pace, food and energy supplies may not be increasing fast enough. Prices will rise because of the "pull" of increased demand.
Inflation can also be caused by increases in costs of major inputs used throughout the economy. This type of inflation is often described as cost-push inflation. Increases in costs push prices up. The most common recent examples are inflationary periods caused largely by increases in the price of oil. Or, if employers and employees begin to expect inflation, costs and prices will begin to rise as a result.
Cost-push example: If OPEC and other oil producers restrict their output, oil prices will rise. Because oil is an important resource for the production of many consumer goods, the prices of those goods will rise because of the increased cost of production.
Over longer periods of time, that is, over periods of many months or years, inflation is caused by growth in the supply of money that is above and beyond the growth in the demand for money.
Inflation, in the short run and when caused by changes in demand, has an inverse relationship with unemployment. If spending is rising faster than capacity to produce, unemployment is likely to be falling and demand-pull inflation increasing. If spending is rising more slowly than capacity to produce, unemployment will be rising and there will be little demand-pull inflation.
That relationship disappears when inflation is primarily caused by increases in costs. Unemployment and inflation can then rise simultaneously.
The Costs of Inflation
Understanding the costs of inflation is not an easy task. There are a variety of myths about inflation. There are debates among economists about some of the more serious problems caused by inflation.
High rates of inflation mean that people and business have to take steps to protect their financial assets from inflation. The resources and time used to do so could be used to produce goods and services of value. Those goods and services given up are a true cost of inflation.
High rates of inflation discourage businesses planning and investment as inflation increases the difficulty of forecasting of prices and costs. As prices rise, people need more dollars to carry out their transactions. When more money is demanded, interest rates increase. Higher interest rates can cause investment spending to fall, as the cost of investing increases. The unpredictability associated with fluctuating interest rates makes customers less likely to sign long-term contracts as well.
The adage "inflation hurts lenders and helps borrowers" really only applies if inflation is not expected. For example, interest rates normally increase in response to anticipated inflation. As a result, the lenders receive higher interest payments, part of which is compensation for the decrease in the value of the money lent. Borrowers have to pay higher interest rates and lose any advantage they may have from repaying loans with money that is not worth as much as it was prior to the inflation.
Inflation reduces the purchasing power of money. If your income is fixed or does not increase as much as the rate of inflation, you cannot purchase as many goods and services this year as you could last year. Your real income decreases.
On average, individuals' incomes do increase as inflation increases. However, some peoples' wages go up faster than inflation. Other wages are slower to adjust. People on fixed incomes such as pensions or whose salaries are slow to adjust are negatively affected by unexpected inflation.
Inflation redistributes income. Those who owe money (borrowers) can repay it with inflated dollars (if their income increased to keep up with the inflation). Those who are owed money (lenders) receive dollars with less value when loans are repaid. Hopefully, the principal and interest received have at least the same purchasing power as the money loaned. In this situation, income is redistributed from lenders to borrowers.
Other BLS Price Indexes
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes several other price indexes which can be used by consumers, government agencies and, private companies for budgeting and planning.
- Producer Price Indexes The Producer Price Indexes (PPIs) are a family of indexes that measure changes in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services. They formerly were referred to as Wholesale Price Indexes. When the PPIs are released, the news media will most often report the percentage change in the index for Finished Goods. Producer Price Indexes also can be used in escalation contracts. A fact sheet named Escalation Guide for Contracting Parties further explaining the PPI details is available.
- Import and Export Prices The International Price Program measures change in the prices of imports and exports of nonmilitary goods between the United States and the rest of the world.
- Employment Cost Trends This program publishes quarterly statistics that measure change in labor costs (also called employment costs or compensation costs) over time; quarterly data measuring the level of costs per hour worked are also published. Indexes are available for total labor costs, and separately for wages and salaries and for benefit costs. Some information is available by region, major industry group, major occupational group, and bargaining status.
- Contract Escalation Consumer Price Indexes, Producer Price Indexes, and the Employment Cost Index may be used to escalate contracts.
- Consumer Price Indexes (CPIs) Consumer Price Indexes as published by individual countries, unadjusted for comparability, as well as harmonized indexes for a smaller selection of countries, are available on the International Labor ComparisonsTables page.
Students: Can you identify factors that influence the prices of the goods and service you purchase? Choose a good or service and identify the factors influencing the price over time. What are the possible demand-pull factors (income or some other change in demand) and cost-push factors (costs of inputs)?
Students: How does inflation or a rise in some prices impact different demographic groups - teens, families, older adults.?
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) did not change in December, 2012 (seasonally adjusted.) That doesn't mean that prices did not change. Some prices went up and some prices went down. Most importantly for the determination of the December CPI-U data, energy prices went down. In December, the seasonally adjusted "core" cpi (all items less food and energy) increased just 0.1 percent.
December, 2012, is a good example of why it may not be meaningful to think about the trend or "inflation" by looking at just one month's price data. Remember, inflation is a general price level rise over a period of time. If energy prices rise in January, 2013, the general price level may rise. Or, it may fall, depending on what happens with other prices.
Keep an eye on energy prices as a part of the more broad CPI-U over the coming months to determine if the CPI-U or the all items less food and energy (core) price level is the more meaningful for those who have to carefully plan their spending.
We tend to notice gasoline prices because they are posted in large numbers on street corners. We watch them move almost every day. We may not notice a price change for other items because we do not see them every day or purchase those items as often.
The CPI-U may not be a perfect measurement of the "cost of living" because it does not take into account individual differences, substitution or qualitative changes over time. It is, however, a standard measurement we have come to accept as we assess the health and dynamics of the economy.
Students: What things do you think affect your "cost of living"?
Critics of the BLS measurement of the CPI argue that the current measurement process of the CPI-U has flaws that affect the meaning of the numbers and their impact on consumers. For instance, the CPU-U measures only urban consumer prices. They say that the CPI-U does not adequately account for changes in spending patterns over time, substitutions, and quality changes. Is the CPI-U, as currently measured, meaningful?
Is CPI an accurate assessment of the cost of living? An article in the August, 2008, "Monthly Labor Review," addresses "Common Misconceptions about the Consumer Price Index: Questions and Answers " The BLS web page has a summary of the article.
Students: Read the summary of the "Misconceptions" and discuss whether or not the CPI-U is a meaningful measurement of cost of living. What are the "pros" and "cons"?


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ONTARIO - It's been a few seasons since the last time it went - 10 to be exact - but Lynwood High's girls basketball team is returning to the CIF State final.
The Knights were dominant in Saturday's CIF Southern California Regional Division II final, a 60-42 victory over top-seeded Bakersfield Ridgeview at Citizens Business Bank Arena.
Senior point guard Alize Lofton scored a team-high
16 points and Priscilla Lopez and Amber Blockmon each added 15 to help extend Lynwood's winning streak to 24 games and get a return trip
to the state final for the first time since 2003.
The Knights will play for their fourth state championship at 2 p.m. next Saturday against Mountain View
St. Francis at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento.
"I've been there a few times," said longtime Lynwood coach Ellis Barfield, who has won three state titles in four finals appearances. "And each and every year, I coach for the kids to have that same opportunity. It's a great feeling for me, and I want them to achieve that and see how all the hard work and all the effort and all the commitment paid off."
Lynwood never really was challenged by the Wolf Pack, the Division 2 champions of the Central Section.
Junior Jazmine Johnson gave the Knights (28-5) a 4-0 lead with a pair of early baskets, and a Lopez 3-pointer with 39 seconds left in the first quarter gave Lynwood a 15-4 advantage. Lofton extended the Knights' lead to 19-7 with two early second-quarter buckets, and a 9-2 run over the final three minutes of the first half sent Lynwood into halftime with an impressive 36-14 edge.
Lynwood's suffocating full-court pressure defense caused 15 first-half turnovers and held the Wolf Pack to a paltry 21.7 shooting percentage (5 for 23).
Hounded up and down the court, with seemingly every dribble challenged, several Ridgeview passes simply slipped through the hands of their intended target, allowing the Knights to get their transition game going.
"They did a tremendous job on defense and made us do things we didn't want to do," Ridgeview coach Michael Martin said. "They had a good game plan and they stuck with it."
Saturday's victory also gave the Knights a measure of revenge for a 43-41 semifinal loss to Ridgeview (30-4) at the Clovis West Nike Showdown in early December.
In that game, Stanford-bound star Erica McCall had a triple-double of 16 points, 14 rebounds, 11 blocks for the Wolf Pack. On Saturday, she had 19 points and 11 rebounds but was held in check by Blockmon (nine rebounds, three steals, two blocked shots), Lofton (nine rebounds, four steals) and reserve Crystal Lomax (five rebounds, two steals).
"Focus on the task at hand," Barfield answered when asked what made the difference in Saturday's rematch. "Sometimes, even as a coach, you can lose focus. We felt we overlooked (Ridgeview) in the semifinal game, we were looking forward to playing Mater Dei (in the final) and we didn't prepare ourselves for Ridgeview."
Saturday's triumph also went a long way toward healing the pain of last season, when the Knights were eliminated from the regionals in the second round by Santa Ana Foothill.
"It's overwhelming because we tried to go last year but we came up short," said Blockmon. "This year, we came more focused and (hungrier). We have more confidence in each other this year."

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Do you perhaps refer to the Wolfram Notebook Indexer, which is an
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This utility has been shipping with Mathematica since at least 6.0 and
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You can also find the plug-in by browsing to:
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text: Over the weekend, after Lindsay Lohan "discovered" she had a half-sister she said that she wanted nothing to do with her ever and would never speak to her. You know, because it is her half-sister's fault that Lindsay's dad could not keep his peen in his pants while he was married to Dina. You know what I want? I want for Lindsay's half-sister to win about $200M in the lottery. The teen would go from the most dislike member of the family to having Lindsay calling her a bestie. Michael would disown all his other kids to help manage his daughter's $200M fortune and keep it out of the hands of unscrupulous people like Michael. Even Dina would probably try and worm her way into the money. What was the point of Lindsay saying what she said? To hurt the teen? There was just no reason. Just be quiet. I think that is Lindsay's problem a lot. She can never not be quiet. She has to say something or be photographed doing something and just be heard or seen.


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Yes, Carlsons is on the list of places that I'm planning to try. I've heard it can get quite packed out in the evenings though? Having looked at their site, I think their basics class would be best for me to begin with.
Does anyone know if I can just turn up there in shorts and a t-shirt, or will I need a GI straight away?
Also, does anyone know anything about this place? http://www.bjjschool.co.uk/
The Battersea classes are of interest to me.


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Ogden • Fourth-place teams aren't supposed to win quarterfinal games by 20 points in the Class 3A state girls' basketball tournament.
Yet that's exactly what Dixie did Thursday evening, as it used its size advantage and suffocating zone defense to run over Carbon 43-23 at the Dee Events Center.
"We were placed as a four seed and maybe as an underdog, but we should have been a first seed," Dixie senior forward Caroline Lantor said. "We are really confident. We're ready to play, and we're ready to win."
Lantor scored a game-high 15 points, including 10 in the third quarter, and the Flyers (15-7) advanced to meet Region 9 mate Cedar (19-4) in Friday's semifinals.
Carbon (16-7), stuck on the perimeter as it tried to solve the Dixie zone defense, hurt itself with 14 first-half turnovers, including four on its first five possessions.
The Dinos' only basket of the first quarter came with two seconds left on an Annika Hansen putback. They managed just one basket in the second quarter as well, and shot 2 for 16 in the half.
Carbon finished just 8 for 31 in the game, with 17 turnovers. Shelby Cornforth, the Dinos' leading scorer in the regular season, scored just two points.
"That's what we've been concentrating on all year," Dixie coach Ken Robinson said of his team's defense. "In our region there are some very good teams, and there's consistently a 15- to 20-point drop in their averages when we play them."
Lantor went to work in the third quarter to thwart the Dinos' hopes of a rally. She made her team's only 3-pointer, then followed with a one-handed scoop shot in the paint and another basket near the rim to put Dixie up by 19 late in the quarter.
The Flyers, who have never won a state championship in girls' basketball, turned their sights to Cedar, a team that beat them twice by a total of 10 points in the regular season.
"We are super excited to play them," Lantor said. "We're ready to get them this time."


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Last week was Sinterklaas. Unless you grew up in Northern Europe, as I did, that probably means very little to you. But when I was a kid, it was the biggest holiday of the year. We would put our shoes in front of the fireplace, expecting Saint Nicolas to leave us presents by the morning. We would gorge ourselves on special cookies and chocolate letters spelling out the first letters of our names.
Christmas was an afterthought. A few weeks before the "delicious date," as a song called it, Saint Nicolas would arrive by boat from Spain. He would parade through each town and village on his white horse, followed by his retinue of politically very incorrect "black Petes" (remarkably and regrettably, that part of the condition continues, blackface and all).
Unlike Santa Claus, who somehow materializes from the nebulous regions of the North Pole and plunks himself down in the middle of every shopping mall, this Saint arrived from a specific space, on a boat, and then paraded through town, transforming a normal urban scene into a festive site. If you were good, you could expect presents from the burlap sacks the Petes carried around with them. If you were bad, you could expect the switch or, what was worse, the Petes would snatch you from you bed, stuff you into their now empty sacks, and carry you off with them to Saint Nicolas's palace in Madrid, where you would be forced to make presents for the good children. There was a specificity to the whole operation. The Saint came from what was, in the earliest days I can remember, someplace we thought of as a rather backward country, though also one with mythical overtones. He took charge of our well-ordered and rather parsimonious environment and made it magical. If you were bad, he took you away from that place of order and continued you in that world of wonder, but in a horrible manner.
As I grew up, not only did I begin to doubt the story, but also Spain became the favorite vacation destination for sun-deprived Northerners. Suddenly, it did not seem like such a punishment to go to Madrid. If that is where your parents saved up to go, and from where your friends returned a few shades darker and happy, maybe it would pay to be bad? It was all very confusing.
These days, Saint Nicolas still arrives and parades, but his home is somewhat more nebulous—a bit like that of Santa, who by now, as a result of the globalization of all commerce and culture, has just about replaced him as the favorite dispenser of presents. Spain is no mysterious evil or sun-drenched place either, but rather a full member of the EU. The Dutch and Germans send presents in the form of financial support down there, and receive agricultural products and cars in return.
It is all part of the disappearance of both real spaces and spaces of wonder. The former are those places we make our own and know through rituals, whether of daily life or, in a heightened manner, at special occasions. These locations contain memory and guidelines for action. The latter are the mirror versions of these sites, existing in a place outside of measurement, while mirroring its contours. They are spaces that help us realize where we are in reality, while letting us dream of what might have once been, or what might be possible—in a good or a bad manner. As a grown-up trying to navigate through a landscape where the real and the imaginary, the physical and the projected, and the known and the unknown are so intertwined, I miss those spaces. Then again, don't we all? And won't we always miss the imagined spaces of our earliest coming into consciousness?
Aaron Betsky is a regularly featured columnist whose stories appear on this website each week. His views and conclusions are not necessarily those of ARCHITECT magazine nor of the American Institute of Architects.


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FLORENCE – Francis Marion University will hold a summer orientation session on Thursday, Aug. 5 for new students who will begin classes at the university in the fall. Each new student is required to attend one.
FMU's orientation is a fun event that gives incoming students the chance to familiarize themselves with the university. At orientation, new FMU students have the opportunity to register for classes, work with an academic adviser, have an FMU ID card made, meet current and incoming students, receive information on a variety of student services, and see the entire campus.
For more information about orientation, call FMU's Orientation Office at 843-661-1563.
Fall semester classes begin Aug. 25. There is still time for students to apply and be accepted to the university for the fall 2010 semester. For application information, call the FMU Admissions Office at 843-661-1231, or toll free at 1-800-368-7551.


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Thread: How to prepare myself more?
12th December 2012 06:17 PM #1
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How to prepare myself more?
I have a traumatic experience with my first delivery. I know I shouldn't make a big deal out of it. But the thing is, I am pregnant with my second child. I am happy, of course. Don't get me wrong. But in the end of the day, I couldn't help wondering whether I will have the same experience all over again.
I do plan on joining a lamaze class, which I didn't go the first time. So I think it might help me somewhat.
Any suggestions on what I should do next?
14th December 2012 06:04 AM #2
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First, you SHOULD make a big deal out of it. Women need to be heard in order to change the despicable treatment that many receive during birth. Your trauma was real and the grief/depression that you feel in relation to it is valid.
Now, with that being said, I think that taking a lamaze class or some other sort of childbirth class is extremely helpful. I would also look into hiring a midwife. Are you comfortable with your care provider this pregnancy? Have you discussed your previous experience with them?
14th December 2012 04:58 PM #3
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Hi, Angela.
Yes, I am quite happy with my current obgyn. He's fine by my standard.
My problem is with the nurses. They are just so ignorant. I went to the hospital 24 hours prior my labor. And I practically just lied there, enduring painful contraptions. Thank god my mother was there. She yelled to the nurses for ignoring me
I'll go to another hospital for this one. Hope things went well.
Thank you for your post. It is really helpful in comforting me.
15th December 2012 03:31 PM #4
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I am glad you are happy with your current OB, that is so important. I highly recommend that you wait for labour to begin naturally and stay at home as long as possible. Your own home is far more comfortable than the hospital and you can stay hydrated, eat, take showers, and walk around freely. Even with highly supportive OBs/Midwives, I often recommend that my doula clients who are healthy and capable, remain home as long as possible for their own comfort. Unfortunately nurses are hard to peg, some are fantastic and others not so much. Unlike a doctor or midwife, there is no real way of knowing who your nurse will be. Just remember you can often request another nurse if you feel that a nurse is not meeting your needs or treating you poorly =)
18th December 2012 04:42 PM #5
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I think I will do exactly that.
Thanks for your advice.
20th December 2012 06:45 AM #6
Hi Winda,
I agree with mom2many that it is your right to have your birth wishes respected. Birthing should be an empowering experience where the woman is respected. Sadly this is not the case for so many women. Like yourself, my first birth was traumatic and I experienced post traumatic stress afterwards.
However, it doesn't have to be like this again for you. You are doing the right thing to be thinking about how the next birth can be a positive experience. My second birth was just over 8 weeks ago and was a special, happy and highly positive experience. I used hypnobirthing and had a lovely supportive doula: both of these choices helped me to have the birth I wanted.
You can have the birth you hope for! I would recommend that you find out as much as possible about the different birth choices available and you can have a special, life-affirming birth.
With best wishes,
26th December 2012 01:21 PM #7
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Dear LJ,
First, congrats on your new baby. Hope you and the baby well.
And thanks for the advice. I do have a little research on-going - waterbirth holds my interest so far.
But again, we'll see.
Merry Christmast!!
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Hi, getting pregnant is really a blessing although we may understand that sometimes it causes us traumas especially if you had a difficult birth delivery before. However, I think, to know more exactly about any advice on your pregnancy, is to consult an OB that will be the best to handle your current situation.
25th June 2014 05:44 AM #9
Thanks for your comments Rio Denise. As pregnant women we owe it to ourselves, and our babies, to go into birth well-informed and aware of all the decisions we are making. For the majority of women, midwife-led care offers them the best chance of having an active labour with minimal interventions.
Birth can be a positive experience even if you have had a previous traumatic experience; I can personally testify to that. Joining your local positive birth group can help with this as can thinking about having a doula to support you and your partner at your birth. Hypnobirthing classes or Calmbirth classes can also be hugely beneficial; they help women to have confidence in their bodies and this is so important when it comes to birth. When you are fearful your body tenses up and contractions will be less efficient and more painful. Being aware of all of this can help you to prepare to have the birth you hope for.
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Earlier this week, I wrote this post here on Instant Tea about my personal memories of 9/11. And I had planned to write a second one about Mark Bingham, one of the heroic passengers of United Flight 93, who also happened to be gay. And I had planned a third about Father Mychal Judge, chaplain for the New York Fire Department, who had gone into the World Trade Center North Tower to tend to victims and was killed when that tower collapsed. Father Mychal was gay, too.
But then Hardy Haberman wrote this Viewpoints column for the Voice, and I decided doing those planned blog posts would redundant, since Hardy had already done it so well.
So instead, I want to share with you something that local comedian Paul J. Williams sent to me. Paul was in New York on 9/11, living in an apartment in Queens, working in a Lower Manhattan during the day, and performing his comedic routines in the clubs at night.
Paul had a first person view of the tragedy of 9/11. He was there as history unfolded. Here's what he saw, and did:
"On Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001, I was going through my usual "get ready for work" routine in my apartment in Astoria, Queens. At the time, I was working as a long-term temp secretary for a law firm in Manhattan, but I didn't usually go in until 10 a.m.
"After taking a shower, my routine consisted of coming back into my bedroom and turning on the stereo to KTU for their morning show while I was getting dressed. It was a little before 9 a.m. Rather than the usual hilarity, the KTU DJs were very seriously discussing the fact that the World Trade Center has just been hit by a jet. I went into the living room to turn on the TV, still only half dressed.
"I sat in front of the television for the next few hours, getting up only to get my cell phone to try to call my parents, or to go to the door to talk to my landlords who lived downstairs. My roommate, who also worked in Manhattan, always left for work early in the morning and was already at his office in Midtown when the first plane hit.


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npaq releases iOS app "TV Streamer" that lets you stream TV to your iPad or iPhone
Gistrup, Denmark (April 26, 2012) - Unpaq has launched a new app for iOS today, which if you have a HDHomeRun networked TV tuner box, will let you stream your TV channels on your local network to your iPad or iPhone.
TV Streamer will find your list of channels and present it with channel logos.
Tapping a TV channel in the list will control the HDHomeRun box, and have it stream the channel directly to the device.
You can edit the list to leave out channels that you never watch, and also reorder the list.
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Having good social support is beneficial in many ways and can come in a furry package! Pets are wonderful companions, and you benefit by having one (or more) in so many ways: They get you out exercising, increase your self-esteem, decrease a sense of isolation, and help you through tough times. If that's not enough, there's a growing amount of research on the use of dogs providing therapeutic benefits to individuals coping with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. Dog owners are also more likely than those who don't have dogs to meet physical activity guidelines. So if you have a furry creature at home, remember to give them a big pat for enhancing your life. Indeed, one researcher described these relationships as truly "friends with benefits."
For Warfighters about to be deployed, pets also can come with the added stress of needing to find a temporary home. To get some tips about what to do with your pet while you're on deployment, check out this Department of Defense blog.


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November 6, 2007
FOS11 Statement Regarding TSA Program
Through years of advocating to TSA for improved aviation security, Carie Lemack, President of The Camilla Group, LLC, in association with Families of September 11, was able to embark on an education awareness campaign with Transportation Safety Officers (TSOs) across the country. This program was conceived in 2006 and began as a full-fledged initiative this past spring. It has enabled, to date, 9/11 family member and survivor volunteers to speak at more than 10 airports, addressing hundreds of airport screeners. Volunteers have an opportunity to share their story and their thoughts about aviation security and its importance in our nation's homeland security. The Camilla Group, LLC was contracted by TSA to coordinate this nation-wide program for approximately one year. The contracts used to undertake this national initiative have been carefully reviewed by Families of September 11 and comply with all our operating procedures.
We have been and are able to offer this unique volunteer opportunity to our members and hear first-hand from security personnel complaints, frustrations and problems they encounter in the performance of their jobs. Families of September 11, in association with The Camilla Group, LLC has played and continues to play a constructive role as a non-partisan advocate for citizen's concerns and safety, helping bolster the morale and job performance of front-line Transportation Security Officers and providing a channel for suggestions and criticisms to reach advocates who are in a position to call for changes in the system that ensure the safety of our skies.
Just as we have promoted this program and invited the involvement of our members, we welcome member feedback. Should anyone have any questions or suggestions, please call (212) 575-1878 or email info@familiesofseptember11org. For more information about the program, please feel free to visit http://www.familiesofseptember11.org/tsa.aspx.
Families of September 11 and Carie Lemack have spent 6 years working with others for improved aviation security and remain committed to advocating for continued improvements whether in terms of government policy or in the personal efforts of TSA airport screeners.


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The poetry of Robinson Jeffers is distractingly memorable, not only for its strong music, but also for the hard edge of its wisdom. His verse, especially the wild, expansive narratives that made him famous in the 1920s, does not fit into the conventional definitions of modern American poetry. Scarcely stirring from Carmel, California, Jeffers wrote about ideas: big, naked, howling ideas that no reader can miss. The directness and clarity of Jeffers's style reflects the priority he put on communicating his worldview.
He challenged scientists on their own territory. Unlike most writers, he had studied science seriously in college and graduate school. He accepted the destruction of anthropocentric values explicit in current biology, geology, and physics. Jeffers concentrated on articulating the moral, philosophical, and imaginative implications of those discoveries. He struggled to answer the questions that science had been able only to ask: What are man's responsibilities in a world not made solely for him? How does humankind lead a good and meaningful life without a Providential God?
Standing apart from the world, he passed dispassionate judgment on his race and civilization, and he found them wanting. Pointing out some grievous contradictions at the core of Western industrial society earned Jeffers a reputation as a bitter misanthrope (he sometimes was) but this verdict hardly invalidates the essential accuracy of his message. He saw the pollution of the environment, the destruction of other species, the squandering of natural resources, the recurrent urge to war, and the violent squalor of cities as the inevitable result of a species out of harmony with its own world.
What saves Jeffers's poetry from unrelieved bitterness and nihilism is its joyful awe and indeed religious devotion to the natural world. Living on the edge of the Pacific, he found wisdom, strength, and perspective from observing the forces of nature around him. Magnificent, troubling, idiosyncratic, and uneven, Jeffers remains the great prophetic voice of American modernism.


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July 31, 2013
The Kansas City Star announces FC Kansas City's decision to sign forward Jaime French '12 to their roster.
The Chicago Tribune reports on Wheaton's BRIDGE (Building Roads to Intellectual Diversity and Great Education) four-week summer residency program.
July 29, 2013
Dave Choi ['97] and his ministry in Chicago are profiled in this Baptist Press article.
July 27, 2013
Focus Daily News interviews Stacie Dowler Silvas [MA '05] about her involvement with a mentoring program for young victims of sex trafficking.


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'The winger scored 37 goals and 43 assists for Guelph of the OHL this season. He played for and captained Team Canada at the World Junior Tournament.'
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Paille Agrees To A Deal
Paille Agrees to Terms
Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier today announced that Daniel Paille has agreed to terms to a three-year NHL entry-level contract. As is club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Sabres sign first-round pick Paille
'"We believe that Daniel will bring a great deal of talent and character to our organization," Sabres general manager Darcy Regier said. (Submitted by: 26CornerBlitz)'
Warrener: Buffalo's loss is a huge gain for Calgary
'"This feels like home," Warrener said. "It's where I should be. I loved Buffalo. It was my kind of town, blue collar, good people and hard-working. I like to think that that's the type of hockey I played and the type of person I am. But I'm from Western Canada. If you're not from there, you don't understand."'
Daniel Paille patiently waiting for contract with Sabres to get done
'"We got an offer (from Buffalo) and my agency made a counter-offer," Paille said. "They offered something and my agent countered with something. Who knows from there. The main thing is to be patient. I've been patient for two years now so I'm sure one more week won't hurt. I can't do anything now to improve (the offer), the season is over."'
Price of progress for Amerks offers a valuable lesson
'"It's funny but Darcy (Regier, the general manager of the parent Buffalo Sabres) was right," Miller was saying Wednesday night, after the Rochester Americans were knocked out of the Calder Cup playoffs by a 4-1 loss to the Milwaukee Admirals. "You didn't want to hear it then (that he was being sent to the Amerks) but there were things I needed to learn."'
The guiding light
'It makes you wonder why the Sabres couldn't find room for a veteran leader and consistent scorer. In 2000, Andreychuk thought he could boost a struggling power play and make a difference on a good team missing a few pieces. Who knows, he thought, maybe they could win it all. Instead, his second stint was basically a disaster.'
Warrener seeks Cup retibution
'"Everybody knows it was not a goal," Warrener said. "I don't know if now is the time to get into it. Just be honest. [The league] should admit they made a mistake. As far as I'm concerned, I don't think we lost that game."'
Cup finalists give hope to small-market Sabres
'Quinn added that the team will continue planning as if next season will start on time and has made no plans yet to cut staff. Quinn said the only job losses so far have come through attrition, in which employees left after finding opportunities elsewhere.'
Loss eliminates Amerks from playoffs
'Even more frustrating is knowing the season could have been so much more fulfilling, if not for the amazing play of a 15th-year goalie and one decision in each of the past three games by the referee.'
Veteran goalie (theirs) a winner
'After several distressing seasons down on the farm, the parent Buffalo Sabres made good on their promise to put a winner back on the ice in Rochester. This was a fun team with plenty of talent and character, if not the complete package.'
Amerks upset at referees
'Miller was perhaps on the verge of being the backup for Game 5 after he allowed two soft goals in a 3-2 loss in Game 4 on Sunday. But in all likelihood, Cunneyworth was going to stick with Miller. The second-year goalie wasn't at fault on the goals Wednesday (the last was into an empty net). Still, he thought he should have stopped at least one solo dash that led to goals, by Vernon Fiddler to break a scoreless tie at 14:32 of the first period, or the winning goal by Greg Classen at 19:41 of the first.'
'Flats' deflates Americans
'The series spotlight, however, belonged to Flaherty, who saved 119 of 123 shots in the three games the Admirals won in Buffalo and Rochester during the past week. Flaherty again knocked away or caught everything thrown at him, with the exception of a late first-period goal by Americans center Derek Roy. "I played with him before (with the New York Islanders), and I knew he was a good goaltender," said Admirals veteran center Tony Hrkac.
Milwaukee 4, Rochester 1
'Flaherty made the difference in the series. The Americans outshot Milwaukee 123-74 in Games 3, 4 and 5 but were outscored 9-4 and lost each game.'
Milwaukee 4, Rochester 1
'Derek Roy scored the lone goal for Rochester, which dropped three straight games after tying the series at one game apiece on Thursday.'


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Ryan, Jones lead Falcons past ChiefsSep 9, 2012 - 11:43 PM Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Matt Ryan threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for a score to lead the Atlanta Falcons to a 40-24 thumping of the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
Julio Jones hauled in six balls for 108 yards and two touchdowns and Tony Gonzalez caught a touchdown pass against his former team for the Falcons (1-0), who were eliminated in the wild-card round of the NFC playoffs by the New York Giants last season.
"I really like the way our guys played, they played with a lot of passion and they played for 60 minutes and they finished," Atlanta coach Mike Smith said. "That's what you have got to do to have the success that we want to have."
After a strong first half, Matt Cassel finished 21-of-33 for 258 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. Dexter McCluster caught six passes for 82 yards and Kevin Boss caught two passes for 36 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown reception for the Chiefs (0-1), who finished 7-9 in 2011.
"We ended up getting too far behind as the game went on," Kansas City coach Romeo Crennel said. "We were trying to make plays instead of taking what they were giving us at the time, but sometimes that is the course of the game."
Ryan found Jones in the end zone for an eight-yard score on the game's opening drive. Ryan methodically drove the Falcons down the field, completing 6-of-8 passes for 68 yards including a back-breaking first down on 3rd-and-8 on the Chiefs' 42-yard line where he found Jones over the middle for an 11-yard gain. Five plays later Ryan targeted the former Alabama-stand out for the touchdown.
Kansas City's first drive stalled on the Atlanta 21-yard line and it was forced to settle for a Ryan Succop 39-yard field goal. On 3rd-and-9, Cassel connected with Dwayne Bowe for 23 yards, but the Chiefs couldn't get anything going on the shortened field.
Jacquizz Rodgers returned the ensuing kickoff 77 yards to the Kansas City 24, but the Falcons couldn't get anything going on offense and were forced to settle for a 34-yard Matt Bryant field goal.
The Chiefs knotted it up on their next drive when Cassel hooked up with Boss for a diving touchdown pass in the end zone. Cassel lofted one over Boss' right shoulder and the tight end did the rest, diving forward and hauling it in to tie the game at 10-10.
Ryan found Jones for a screen pass with 7:48 remaining in the second quarter to put the Falcons up 17-10. Jones received a great block from Harry Douglas to give him the necessary room to make a play.
After doing it with his arm, Cassel did it with his legs and tied the game at 17-17 with a 5-yard scramble for a touchdown. Earlier in the drive, Jamaal Charles broke a 46-yard run to put the ball on the Atlanta 34-yard line. Back- to-back nine-yard gains put the ball on the Falcon's 10, and Cassel would do the rest, breaking a tackle on the goal line for a touchdown.
Atlanta added a field goal in the waning seconds of the first half after a 25- yard pass to Gonzalez put the falcons inside the Chief's 5-yard line. Ryan was sacked on the next play, but Atlanta got the yards back with a 7-yard pass to Roddy White. Ryan's pass on 3rd-and-goal was incomplete and Bryant sent it through the uprights from 21-yards out.
Succop missed a 40-yarder on Kansas City's opening drive in the second half after Cassel led offense down the field, exploiting the Falcons with a faster, no huddle pace. Cassel hit McCluster with a 21-yard pass before connecting with the undersized back for another 15 yards two plays later, but the drive stalled and after an incomplete pass on third down Succop hit the right upright, spoiling a chance to tie the game.
It was all Falcons from that point as they extended their spread to 27-17 when Ryan ran it in from five yards out. Earlier, Ryan found Jones with a 31-yard strike before going back to him for 19 yards two plays later. An 11-yard Turner rush put Atlanta inside the 10 of the Chiefs. Three plays later, Ryan ran it in untouched.
Stephen Nicholas pounced on a Cassel fumble, and on the very next play Ryan connected with Gonzalez for a 7-yard score.
"It has been like a homecoming for me," Gonzalez said. "The fan support and seeing all those signs out there. They made this day very special."
William Moore intercepted Cassel's pass on the ensuing drive and the Falcons turned it into three more points when Bryant nailed a 30-yard field goal.
Nicholas came up with another big defensive play after picking off Cassel on the Chiefs' following drive, but Rodgers was stood up on 3rd-and-1 and the Falcons turned to Bryant once again. This time around, Bryant made a 41- yarder.
Kansas City added a score with five seconds remaining when Shaun Draughn punched it in from four yards out.
"It is a hard thing to do, this is a really difficult place to play. The fans are unbelievable it is an awesome atmosphere and a good football team too, so for us it is a good start," Ryan said about the win.
Game Notes
Atlanta turned all three of the Chiefs' turnovers into points ... Jones has 10 career touchdowns and four two-touchdown games ... The Chiefs were without starting corner back Brandon Flowers and linebacker Tamba Hali, who was suspended for violating the NFL's policy on substance abuse.
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Triple-A roundup: Taylor powers up
Cardenas gets four hits; Spears slugs walk-off shot in 14th
By MiLB.com Staff | July 15, 2012 9:35 PM ET
Adrian Cardenas went 4-for-5 with a double and three RBIs and Alfredo Amezaga also drove in three runs as Iowa crushed Omaha, 9-1. Chris Rusin allowed a run on two hits over five innings for the Cubs. Johnny Giovatella was 2-for-5 with a double for the Storm Chasers.
Barry Enright allowed two runs on five hits over five innings in Reno's 5-3 triumph over Salt Lake. Brent Clevlen tripled, doubled, walked twice, drove in a run and scored twice for the Aces. Paul McAnulty homered for the second straight game for the Bees.
Charlie Blackmon smacked a three-run homer in the 11th inning to give Colorado Springs a 7-4 win at Tacoma. Chad Tracy contributed two hits and two RBIs for the Sky Sox. Luis Rodriguez hit a solo shot in the 10th for the Rainiers, who got six solid innings from Andrew Carraway.
Mike Hessman, J.B. Shuck, Angel Sanchez and Jair Fernandez each collected two RBIs to lead Oklahoma City to a 12-3 romp over New Orleans. Astros No. 8 prospect Brett Oberholtzer yielded two runs -- one earned -- on two hits over six innings for the RedHawks. Bryan Petersen ripped a two-run homer for the Zephyrs.
Brewers No. 6 prospect Logan Schafer hit his second solo homer of the game in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Nashville a 2-1 win over Albuquerque in the first game of a doubleheader. Brewers top prospect Wily Peralta allowed a run and scattered seven hits over four innings for the Sounds. Trent Oeltjen went 3-for-4 and drove in the Isotopes' lone run.
Trent Oeltjen delivered a two-run double to spark an eight-run sixth inning as Albuquerque salvaged a split of its doubleheader with an 8-5 win at Nashville. Brian Cavazos-Galvez went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs for the Isotopes, while Caleb Gindl went 2-for-3 with a solo homer for the Sounds.
Nate Spears led off the bottom of the 14th inning with his seventh homer, giving Pawtucket a 5-4 victory over Buffalo. Infielder Andy LaRoche earned the win after allowing one hit in a scoreless innings. Triple-A All-Star Home Run Derby champ Valentino Pascucci and Adam Loewen went deep for the Bisons.
Rick VandenHurk allowed two earned runs on six hits over six innings as Indianapolis edged Columbus, 4-3. The 6-foot-5 right-hander improved to 9-1 in 12 appearances, including 10 starts. Brandon Boggs was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a walk for the Indians, while former IL MVP Russ Canzler homered, doubled and drove in two runs for the Clippers.
John Maine gave up two runs on two hits over six innings in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's 4-2 win over Syracuse. Gustavo Molina's three-run homer in the second provided the bulk of the Yankees offense. Carlos Rivero drove in both runs for the Chiefs.
White Sox No. 6 prospect Simon Castro tossed three innings and combined with three relievers to scatter 11 hits as Charlotte blanked Durham, 4-0. Leadoff hitter Tyler Kuhn was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored, while Hector Gimenez and Dallas McPherson hit solo homers for the Knights. Henry Wrigley, Leslie Anderson and Matt Mangini each went 3-for-4 for the Bulls.
Pedro Villarreal allowed one run on eight hits over seven innings to halt a personal four-game losing streak as Louisville edged Gwinnett, 3-2. Mike Constanzo was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored for the Bats, while Ernesto Mejia went 3-for-3 with a solo homer and fell a triple short of the cycle for the Braves.
Orioles No. 6 prospect Xavier Avery went 2-for-5 and scored the winning run on an error in the ninth inning as Norfolk beat Lehigh Valley, 6-5. O's No. 14 prospect Joe Mahoney was 3-for-4 with two doubles, a walk and two RBIs for the Tides. Cody Overbeck slugged a grand slam in the first, but the IronPigs did not score again until the ninth.
Tsuyoshi Nishioka singled in a run and scored on a throwing error in the ninth inning to give Rochester an 8-7 victory over Toledo. Clete Thomas collected three RBIs for the Red Wings, while Ryan Strieby and Audy Ciriaco contributed solo homers for the Mud Hens.
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'"He doesn't take a single second of practice for granted," coach Lindy Ruff said Tuesday prior to Ellis' season debut in the Sabres' 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning at the First Niagara Center. "He is the consummate pro, from how hard he works, how hard he hard he trains and an unbelievable attitude. If you could take some of his attributes and if you could drop one or two on different players, it'd be a hell of player. It comes with the battle of him trying to stay in this league, too. It's a determination that's pretty impressive."'
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"Les Misérables" Trailer Featuring "On My Own" Released: Watch Here!
Posted Saturday December 22, 2012 1:58 PM GMT
Just four days before its Christmas Day release, Universal Pictures released a new trailer for "Les Misérables" (December 21).
In the newest clip, Samantha Barks' character Éponine sings the emotional song, "On My Own" while scenes from the musical reboot unfold.
Set in 19th-century France, the film follows Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole. He agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's daughter, Cosette. The fateful decision changes their lives forever.
Joining Samantha in the cast of the popular Broadway remake are Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, and Eddie Redmayne.
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Forestry. The Commissioner may exercise the authority of the Secretary in relation to the following classes of matters; actions taken hereunder shall be subject to appeal to the Secretary in accordance with Section 1 of this Order.
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(b) The adjustment of stumpage rates and the performing of all other administrative actions to be taken by the Secretary pursuant to timber sales contracts now in effect.
(c) The fixing of the fair stumpage value of the annual timber cut on the Menominee Indian Reservation, Wisconsin, and the approval of stumpage payments to the Menominee Indians, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of March 28, 1908 (35 Stat. 51), as amended by the Act of June 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 964).
(d) The administration of existing and the negotiation and execution of new cooperative fire suppression agreements with Federal, State and private agencies.
(e) The taking of any action necessary to prevent waste of timber from fire, decay, windthrow, insect infestation, disease or either natural catastrophe on Indian lands held in trust by the United States.
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Hunter Hayes debuted a brand new song at Sunday night's Grammy Awards. The country singer performed "Invisible" during the live telecast Sunday night.
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BMW Breaks Sales Record in the United States in 2012 - December Up 34.8%
Woodcliff Lake, NJ - January 3, 2013 In 2012, the BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) achieved its best sales since the previous record year of 2007 retailing 347,583 vehicles, up 13.8 percent compared to the 305,418 vehicles sold in 2011. BMW Group reported December sales of 43,855 vehicles, an increase of 34.8 percent from the 32,545 vehicles sold in the same month a year ago.
To turn months of critically short supply into the best year ever for the BMW Group in the U.S. is a monumental achievement, emphasizing what a customer-oriented dealer network with an agile logistics team can do, said Ludwig Willisch, President and CEO, BMW of North America. The post-recession sales momentum that started in 2010 reached an unprecedented level in December, making us strongly confident and optimistic as we enter 2013.
BMW Brand Sales
Sales of BMW brand vehicles increased 39.4 percent in December for a total of 37,399 compared to 26,834 vehicles sold in December, 2011. For the year, BMW brand sales were up 13.5 percent to 281,460 vehicles compared to 247,907 sold 2011.
For 2012, best performing vehicles included the 5 Series, up 10.3 percent to 56,798 units; the 6 Series, up 110.3 percent to 8,208 units; and the X3, up 26.6 percent to 35,173 units.
BMW Pre-Owned Vehicles
In December, sales of BMW used vehicles (including certified pre-owned and pre-owned) totaled 16,728, an increase of 2.9 percent from the 16,264 sold in December 2011. For the year, BMW used vehicle sales are up 2.1 percent on volume of 164,524 compared to 161,146 in 2011.
MINI Brand Sales
MINI USA reported the best December ever with sales of 6,456 automobiles, an increase of 13.0 percent from the 5,711 sold in December, 2011. This marks the seventh consecutive month of record sales and ninth best month of 2012. For the year, MINI sales in the U.S. are up 15.0 percent on volume of 66,123 compared to 57,511 sold in 2011, making 2012 the brands best year ever in the U.S.
We like to say the world is becoming more MINI and the record 2012 sales is the perfect conclusion to our 10th anniversary year in the U.S., said Jim McDowell, Vice President, MINI USA. We are a quick and agile brand with an expanding vehicle portfolio, a growing dealer network and a great year ahead.
BMW Motorrad Sales
BMW Motorrad USA reported sales of 918 motorcycles in December, an increase of 2.2 percent from the total of 898 motorcycles sold in December 2011. As a result, BMW Motorrad finished the year up 14.0 percent on sales of 12,057 compared to 10,572 sold in 2011.
Highlights in 2012 include growth of 20.9% for the S 1000 RR with sales of 1,934 compared to 1,600 in 2011. U.S. consumers also welcomed the first full year of the award winning 6-cylinder K 1600 GTL and K 1600 GT with 1,601 deliveries of the GTL (+58.7 percent) and 697 of the GT (+87.9 percent) in 2012, helping increase K-Series volumes by 40.9 percent to 2,647 units.
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By Gale Fiege Herald Writer
OAK HARBOR — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus visited Whidbey Island Naval Air Station on Wednesday to tell sailors their jobs are not in jeopardy, despite billions of dollars in looming budget cuts to the military.
Chief Petty Officer Adam Dickson watched as Mabus posed for photos with dozens of sailors after his talk to an all-hands crowd in a huge hangar on base. Dickson said the visit was welcomed.
"It was great to hear the secretary dispel the rumors about the cuts," said Dickson, 31, of Oak Harbor. "He laid out the path for the Navy, and it was refreshing to hear his encouragement."
Mabus' public affairs officer, Capt. Pamela Kunze, said the secretary wanted to make the trip out to Navy Region Northwest because of its importance in the Navy's long-term plans to focus on the western Pacific and the Arabian Gulf.
"He feels it's important for people to hear from him because there's a lot of angst and uncertainty out there," Kunze said. "His message is that despite the cuts that are coming, he is going to do all he can to get Navy personnel the tools and equipment that they need to do their jobs."
Mabus said the message was for enlisted personnel.
"There will be no impact on active duty personnel or their families in terms of pay and benefits," Mabus said. "There are big impacts, however."
The Pentagon already has asked the various branches to prepare for cuts, including the Navy, and make plans for even deeper cuts if Congress can't reach a larger budget deal to cut the deficit by March 1 to head off sequestration, across-the-board cuts that Congress is using as incentive to reach a deal. Finding deficit reductions would put off the automatic cuts of 7 percent to the military until the start of the new fiscal year.
The cuts could mean holes totaling nearly $9 billion for the Navy, Mabus said.
In the Navy Region Northwest, this means, for example, that the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in Bremerton won't get its planned repairs this year and scheduled aircraft maintenance at Whidbey is canceled.
Temporary jobs will be axed and a civilian-hiring freeze will be imposed. Non-essential travel and training will be stopped. Technology spending will be reduced, and aircraft procurement will be deferred.
At Naval Station Everett, as with the rest of the regional Navy bases, millions of dollars will be saved by canceling maintenance and modernization projects and other contracts with local businesses. Flying hours at Whidbey and ship exercises from Everett will be curtailed.
If March 1 comes and Congress still doesn't have a budget, most civilian employees will be required to take 22 days of unpaid furlough. Some deployments will be canceled and others will be reduced in length and numbers of warships.
And forget about seeing the Blue Angels show in Seattle and any fleet celebrations on the West Coast. Deployed sailors won't be having any fun either, because port visits will be reduced.
The USS Nimitz, the aircraft carrier based in Everett, has undergone some mechanical repairs and its next deployment was delayed, but it will embark this year as planned, Mabus said. Refueling of the nuclear reactors on the USS Abraham Lincoln, formerly based in Everett, won't happen this year because of the budget problems, he said.
While most of the looming cuts are about operations and maintenance, they will make a difference in Navy readiness, Mabus said.
"When you train less, fly less and steam less, your readiness is bound to suffer," Mabus said. "We need the federal budget to be passed so we can continue to have the flexibility to do a good job of managing our priorities."
The Navy is the third-largest employer in the state and spends more than $5.3 billion in the Northwest region.
"The Northwest is critical to the Navy mission and the people of Washington are among our greatest partners," Mabus said. "I could not be more proud of the Navy in this region, at Everett, on Whidbey Island and on the Kitsap Peninsula."
Earlier Wednesday, Mabus spoke to the sailors at Naval Base Kitsap. Thursday, he plans to host a ship-naming ceremony at the Port of Seattle in honor of the future USS Washington, a Virginia-class nuclear submarine named in honor of the state.
Washington is home to three aircraft carriers, 13 submarines and 13 surface ships, hundreds of support vessels and aircraft, as well as a Navy community that includes more than 100,000 active duty, civilians, reservists, family members and retirees.


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How's that for an intro?
I'm not talking about the frizzy-haired musician. I'm talking about Ken Gernander, coach of the Connecticut Whale.
Four score and seven years ago — well, at least it feels as if it were that long ago — I covered the Rangers' AHL affiliate when it was based in Binghamton. During the franchise's final couple of seasons in upstate New York, the AHL Rangers were led, in large part, by a versatile forward by the name of Ken Gernander. He surpassed the 40-goal mark one season, but that wasn't what he was really known for. Kenny was as capable a two-way player as any I saw during my own AHL years. He was a grinder, always willing to work in the corners and take a beating in front of the net. He understood the importance of playing well in his own end. And he was a stand-up guy — always accessible, always telling it like it was.
So, I guess it's not surprising that so many of the young guys have fit right in upon joining the Rangers. They've been mentored by a professional, one who subscribes to so many of the same principles as John Tortorella. Credit Glen Sather for drafting some fine ingredients for the future success of the Rangers. Credit Ken Gernander for providing the proper seasoning.


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CAC Movie - Cool Runnings (PG)
When Monday August 26, 2013 @ 9:30 PM (1428 days ago)
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Duration 1 hour 38 minutes
A classic comedy of being an underdog and trying to succeed. Based on the true story of the First Jamaican bobsled team trying to make it to the winter Olympics. Stars: John Candy.
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Demi Lovato 'Neon Lights' tour teaser
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Demi Lovato's Neon Lights tour begins next week, and she whets fans' appetites in a new teaser video.
As Gossip Cop reported earlier, longtime friend Nick Jonas will serve as the tour's creative and musical director.
The concerts kicks off in Vancouver on February 9.
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