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Kevin Hartnett of Troy picked up his third win of the season at Penn Can Speedway on Adams Cable Service Night.
Hartnett tracked down race long leader Steve Babicek on lap 29 and took over the lead in his McCain Trucking No. 88. Babicek of Binghamton, N.Y., was in search of his first win since 2008 had to settle for second in the first outing in his small block car. Billy Thornton of Old Forge finished third and following him was Bobby Trapper Jr. ofScrantonand Joey Grammes of Kunkletown.
Alex Stanton won for the first time this season in the 602 Sportsman. Ryan Stone held off Earl Zimmer for his second Street Stock win this season. Track dominators George Brown (Factory Stocks) and Andy Brigham (Four Cylinders) won again on Friday night.
Steve Babicek and Bobby Trapper Jr. led the Modified field on a stellar night for racing inSusquehannaCounty. Babicek grabbed the lead at the start with Trapper Jr., Alan Rudalavage and Brian Malcolm giving chase. The caution flew on lap three for Bobby Trapper who tangled with Bill Miller. On the restart Mike Colsten got into Dan Pompey causing Pompey to spin in turn two. Billy Thornton who started 11th was moving through the field while defending track champ Kevin Hartnett was nipping atThornton's heels. Babicek still led Trapper Jr. while Malcolm, Rudalavage and Joey Colsten followed. Thorntonkept moving forward as he was fifth on lap 11 and fourth at the completion of the next lap. At the halfway mark Babicek in the CCR sponsored No.s1 built a sizeable lead with Trapper Jr., Malcolm, Thornton and Hartnett the top five. On lap 19 Hartnett made the move of the race as he made a three wide outside pass of both Malcolm and Thornton to move to third. Hartnett then chased down Trapper Jr. and moved to second with eight laps to go meanwhile Babicek was in lapped traffic. With five to go Hartnett had cut the lead to five car lengths. The top duo raced nose to tail on lap 28 before Hartnett swung to the outside and took the race lead in turn one on lap 29. Hartnett went on to take the win aboard his Teo-Pro car with Babicek in his S&S Speedcenter Bicknell settling for second. Thorntongot third at the finish while Trapper Jr. and Joey Grammes completed the top five. Sixth to tenth went to J.Colsten, Malcolm, Kevin Bates, Brett Tonkin and 21st starter Mike Schane. Heat races wins went to Grammes, Malcolm and Babicek.
The 602 Sportsman race saw Randy Gates led the first two laps before Alex Stanton sliced through the middle of Gates and Wayne Ross to take over the race lead for good. Last week's winner Kyle Rohner charged from ninth to second by lap nine but couldn't challenge the high flying Stanton. Stantonwas the winner over Rohner, invader Donnie Lawson, 11th starter Rich Talada and Butch Green.
Ken Sparks Jr. led from the start of the Street Stock main while Ryan Stone and Earl Zimmer were making their way to the front. Stone took the point fromSparksjust past the halfway mark of the 20 lapper. Zimmer was making a late race charge however Stone was not denied as he grabbed his second win of the season by half a straightaway. Zimmer,Sparks, Shane Wolf and Chad Stone were the top five.
The Xcel 600 Modifieds saw a familiar face take the win as it was Butch Getz taking another victory. Getz was challenged late as both Joe Fanelli and Paul DeRuyter were right there waiting to capitalize on a mistake. Getz held off Fanelli and DeRuyter while Ryan Higgs and Chris Stockham rounded out the first five.
In the Factory Stocks George Brown bested Rob Warner and Steve Simpson. Andy Brigham remains perfect in the Four Cylinder division this week he beat Matt Hynds and Justin Lawerence to the finish.
PENN NOTES: Andy Brigham has dominated the four cylinder division thus far this season. This Friday a two hundred dollar bounty will be placed on Brigham. Any drive beating Brigham on the track with Brigham still on the lead lap will claim the money. The bounty will run for the next five weeks. If Brigham remains undefeated, he will get the money. This Friday the CRSA Sprints will be joined by the TSRS Sprints of New Jersey in a combination challenge event.
Adams Cable Modified Feature: 1.Kevin Hartnett 2.Steve Babicek 3.Billy Thornton 4.Bobby Trapper Jr. 5.Joey Grammes 6.Joey Colsten 7.Brian Malcolm 8.Kevin Bates 9.Brett Tonkin 10.Mike Schane 11.Mike Colsten 12.Mike Nagel Jr. 13.Alan Rudalavage 14.Adam MacGeorge 15.Darwin Greene 16.Mike Nagel 17.Bill Miller 18.Ken Titus 19.Alan Kellogg 20.Bobby Trapper 21.Grant Hilfiger 22.Bobby Gunther Walsh 23.Dan Pompey 24.Tom Oleski.
Adams Cable 602 Sportsman Feature: Alex Stanton, Kyle Rohner, Donnie Lawson, Rich Talada, Butch Green, Paul Rooney, Dusty Barton, Eric Bonham, Wayne Ross, Randall Paxton, Wes Campbell, Randy Gates, Grant Hilfiger.
Adams Cable Street Stock Feature: Ryan Stone, Earl Zimmer, Ken Sparks Jr, Shane Wolf, Chad Stone, Rick Frisco, Steve Deinhardt, Josh Butler, Herb Penny, Fred Christ.
Adams Cable Factory Stock Feature: George Brown, Rob Warner, Steve Simpson, Ted Mills, Dave Bagg, Gary Cleveland, Nathan Hill, Ted Mills III, Mark Andrus, Steve Welch, DNS, Jay Wood.
Adams Cable Four Cylinder Feature: Andy Brigham, Matt Hynds, Justin Lawrence, Brian Roth, Ronald Welch, Lenny Collins, Tim Davis Jr.
Adams Cable Xcel 600 Modified Feature: Butch Getz, Joe Fanelli, Paul DeRuyter, Ryan Higgs, Chris Stockham, Brian Mady, Nick Mady, Will Eastman, Kailee Dimorier, Sean Weiss, Tim Frantz, Cody Clark, Steve Sherwood, Abbey Price, Danny Simon, Mike Keppler.
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A Good Day at Arlington
It's easy to get wrapped up in executing an itinerary as a tour guide, and forget to take advantage of the unique opportunities of experiencing all that Washington has to offer in person. After all, the information I give can be easily found in books, on the web, and in countless free pamphlets. Everything you will see on a trip to DC has been photographed several hundred times, probably in the last week alone. So why come in person?
Besides the thrill of seeing it on your own, the answer is simple: sometimes you're plans will go out the window and you will see something really cool. Maybe a Presidential motorcade. Maybe a really good protest (nothing beats seeing the anti-circumcision folks out with their "Don't Snip the Tip" signs). For a group of seventh graders and myself this Tuesday it was a wreath laying at Arlington Cemetery.
We had our own wreath laying scheduled for 10:15, when we got unceremoniously bumped. It would be the last unceremonial thing we would see for the next hour or so. We were fortunate enough to get to witness the full military honors associated with a wreath laying by a visiting Australian General.
It's an impressive ceremony, much more elaborate than the normal laying of a wreath which happens several times a day. We got to see the full honor guard marching up the steps; the band, Pershing's Own, playing both the Australian and American National Anthems; the presenting of the colors; and finally, the laying of the wreath by the Australian General. More pictures, and an amateurishly shot video are available on my flickr photostream.
It knocked us back an hour, which in tour guide time is several days, but fortunately, my blown schedule was helped by two things: it's fall and I was working with a particularly great set of seventh graders and their parents who appreciated the experience, even at the cost of missing out at a few things downstream. After all, as one parent told me, the Smithsonian will still be there next time they come back.
Which I think was a valuable lesson for me as well. A visit to DC isn't a checklist of items to see. Don't be afraid to sacrifice a few things off your list in order to focus a little more on the quality of the experience. And for those of you looking to visit, I'd suggest two things: develop a plan before you come and ignore it as necessary when you get here.

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Good morning everyone
Love is compromise. Its accepting that both of you are diffrent. And learning to love the uniqueness of each other. Its learning to love those things which drive you nuts, and accepting them and not trying to change someone to how you want them to be.
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Hi everyone. I still don't feel right. Baby is moving a lot. But I cannot pinpoint what is wrong. I feel like she is too low. Idk maybe I'm being paranoid. But my hoo haa was hurting last night a lot. I'm not sure if its the gd or what. But I don't feel like my usual self. I actually feel like calling the ob and going in. But the thing is when they ask me what the heck should I say I just don't feel right? Good grief. My husband told me to just take it easy today.I don't want to seem paranoid. But I just really don't feel good. Its weird. I feel like her hand is gonna pop out any minute.
Love is compromise. Its accepting that both of you are diffrent. And learning to love the uniqueness of each other. Its learning to love those things which drive you nuts, and accepting them and not trying to change someone to how you want them to be.
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hey ladies. sooo today is going to be my cleaning day. my house is trashed. i just dont know how much i can get done in one day. I want to try and finish the longies for jas but my brain is all over the place. but I bought some ribbon for the bottom and I got the elastic. sooo.
Ok so here is another situation ladies. There is a girl that dh and I met when we moved in here. She s a single mom that lives by herself. Its just her and her 6 yr old daughter and 5 1/2 month old son. I have watched her kids two nights (to be nice and a good friends) so she could go out and have some fun by herself. Well recently she found a part time job. I told her that I would watch the kids that was fine but we needed to fill out the paperwork so I could get paid threw the state to watch them. Well... She kept insisting that we didnt need to fill it out because they would just help her blahblah. I have been watching her son for the past two weeks. SHe just now got the paperwork and got it filled out and sent in like sat. Im also taking her to work and picking her up. She works across town. When I took her to work on sat. I asked her about giving me $50 for watching her son for the week and gas money. She basically said that she couldnt afford it. and said thats y she asked how many miles to the gallon i get in my van. Its getting to the point where Im feeling taken advantage of. At this point I have watched her son for two weeks and taken her to work and back for free. I dont want to seem like a bit$% but I also dont want to continue to not get compensated for this. Dh isnt making a huge amount of money and we have our kids to take care of too. and her son isnt the easiest to take care of. She holds him alot so he thinks he needs to be held constantly. I used to think a baby couldnt be spoiled but this boy is. If you put him down he screams. Everything can be done(feed, diaper, played with, burped, etc) and he will still scream. The second you pick him up he s laughing and smiling. Put him back down screams. I cant be holding him all the time as I do have other stuff I have to do and Im so far along. I d put him in my mai tai (can t find my wrap) but hes not light. Hes as heavy as jas and she weighs 21lbs. I cant lug him around all day. I guess what im trying to ask is what would you ladies do?
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Hmmm Tight Spot Bry... I would bring it back up again and explain that you have a family too and you feel like you are being taken advantage of!
Fan, I felt like something wasn't right for a while too... Now that baby moves a LOT I dont worry so much, but baby JUST now started to become really active, before it was just a little kick here and there, now s/he wiggles all the time... I am going to talk to Doc. about it though on Thursday, just because I worry a lot!
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I know how you feel.
Mine is supper low and they are already thinking I will go early because of it.
I constantly feel like someone has kicked me several times between the legs. and my lower pelvic bone is supper painful.
I go in on wednessday and they mentioning checking things out this time.
I'd call. It would ease your mind.
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Morning ladies! Typing one handed here...
I felt horrible last night! I dont know what it was but my stomach felt bad and had yucky pains. I tried to use the bathroom but it didnt help so I laid down and fell right to sleep, woke up at 3am and felt completely fine so idk...
Fan it never hurts to call and see what they say! I bet they will want you to come in and get checked out! Follow your instincts!
Bry I wouldn't be able to handle the added stress right now! I would want to try to help to be nice but I just dont think I would do it right now, you have enough on your plate without an added 5 month old and the stress that comes with him!
Im gonna realllly try to get pics (of baby stuff) taken today to post! I want to show you ladies and I think it will help me feel more organized.
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bry...I'd let her know thatif she doesn't pay you then you wont be helping her out any more. i'd be strait with her. And I would also ask her to bring over a activtie center or jumparoo thing so you don't need to hold him all the time. The $ soulds like it would help you out, but not enough to really worth the trouble.
Here is a link to the house pictures....I need to get more on there tonght...the vinal is now up and the windows and doors are in. They are putting up the deck soon and starting the septic and the inside.
the builder even thinks we might be done for october 30th...AHHH!!!
I need to step up the packing and the bank is itching to send out someone to apraise.
I have an ob/US apt wed. and Jason has a speech therapist eval next week!! Elise is driving me nuts, but other than the crazzyness all is well.
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Fan- I was having "hoo-ha" pain too. Almost felt like I was dilating. I asked my MW about it and she just said it was normal because everything was changing "down there". HOWEVER, follow what your gut says. If you don't feel right then go in and be seen. If there is nothing wrong then the worst that will happen is you are stuck with a bill. If there is something wrong then you can get it taken care of.
Bry- I would probably give her a deadline and explain to her that you can no longer do what you are doing for free because you cannot afford it. I am all for being nice (like being willing to do it AT ALL), but that is no reason to let yourself be taken advantage of.
Abbi- I felt horrible last night too. Not sick just any time I have to pee it hurts so bad. It was like that with my DD too. When I went into labor with her I thought all I had to do was pee.
Jen- That is so exciting! New house!
AFM-The big busy part of work is finally over! Woo hooo! I can actually start having my weekends and evenings back. Things have been so busy I don't even know what to write about. Except I get my DD's new car seat today! It is a Radian80 and I am super excited!
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Fan- I agree with everyone else, go have it checked out if something doesnt feel right. Its always better to be over careful!
Bry- I'd be upfront with her too, and give her a week or so to get it figured out then you are done. It does sound like she is taking advantage of you.
Jen- congrats on the new house!!
Well I was supposed to be at a playgroup meet up, but my son has started an aweful sleep schedule and is still sleeping at 915! Guess we wont make it to a meet up in 15 mins. I dont know what to do with him lately, he is sleeping really weird and getting up at night unless he is near us. Which I dont mind the co-sleeping, I mind the pregnant mommy getting so little of the bed. I've had trouble sleeping too, my legs bother me at night lately and I am up for an hour or more trying to get back to sleep.
So I am going to try to figure out some things to keep ds busy today and not let him nap, and hopefully he'll go to bed earlier. On a good note, hes been diaper free for 3 days now (except for nightime!) I am so happy, he still has an accident here and there, but is doing great for just turning 2 last week. All my friends thought I was crazy trying to get him potty trained so young, but he has been interested- all the non-cloth diapering mamas totally think that cloth is the reason. Either way only 1 in diapers in a few months would be great!
Hope everyone has a great day and stays cool and relaxed!
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fan> I know kat has been sitting low. i m starting to think this is going to be a month of early babies.
jen> gotta love the craziness of a full household. yehh on the house
fan, toby> I have had pelvic pain for the past few pregnancies. it stinks but there is nothing you can do for it except move slow and keep your legs together when u move your legs. But fan always follow your gut. Mothers know best
jennie> yehh for potty training. i was really going to start today with jas but i ahve sooo much to do that i cant keep an eye on her. so hopefully tomorrow.
Yeh I was thinking the same. Its just getting be ridiculous. Like sat she wanted to go out and her sis had her daughter but said she wouldnt watch little man for her. When it was time to go pick her up dh went to get her cuase I was in pain. When she got here she was like o thought you were going to pick me up. I was going to have you take me by my sisters and see if i could talk her into taking zeb for the night for me. Now I have to see if she ll pick him up and take him. Dh was pissed. Guarenteed her sister lives on the way home (she said) but still. Idk. I hate confronting ppl but its starting to get to be too much.
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Assessment for Ahmadis in Pakistan
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Risk Assessment
The Ahmadis are not currently in open rebellion but they have been engaged in political protest, though to varying degrees, in recent years. While Ahmadis are not very politically organized, individual Ahmadis do lodge protests with government officials and Ahmadis, along with other minority groups, were successful at getting the separate electorate for non-Muslims abolished for all elections starting in 2002. The government views Ahmadis as non-Muslims while Ahmadi see themselves as Muslims. Despite exclusionary political discrimination, the chances of Ahmadi rebellion in the near future are close to zero. Ahmadis will likely continue to suffer discrimination by the government and persecution by other communal groups in Pakistan. The growing strength of Sunni fundamentalist groups and continuing military rule both militate against Ahmadi well-being. Furthermore, little international attention is given to the plight of the Ahmadis in Pakistan. Western governments are more likely to pay attention to limitations placed on the Christian minority or on women, while governments of Islamic countries share Pakistan's official stance on Ahmadis. Unless and until democratic institutions fully return and mature in Pakistan, and until Pakistan replaces religious unity with civic unity, their position remains precarious.
Analytic Summary
The Ahmadis (also known as Qadyanies) are followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmed (1839-1908) and have become separate from the main body of Islam due to major differences in their beliefs (RELIG=1; CULDIFX4=2). By accepting Ahmed as a prophet, the Ahmadis reject the finality of the prophesy of Mohammed. Further, by accepting Ahmed's teachings, they reject the concept of the "jihad" or holy war. The Ahmadis have also shown a resistance to the politicization of Islam and, therefore, to the concept of the Islamic state, which has been the symbol of national unity in Pakistan.
The Ahmadis, who are relatively well-educated as a group, have at times been well represented in both the pre- and post-independence administrations in Pakistan and have occupied many high posts. However, fundamentalist Islamic groups (both Sunni and Shi`a) have agitated against them consistently and targeted them for violence. Furthermore, from 1974 (when Ahmadis were declared non-Muslims) to 2001, Ahmadis could only vote for one Ahmadi at-large representative. As a result, Ahmadis were virtually disenfranchised (POLDIS03 = 4, ECDIS03 = 3). In 2002 Musharraf removed the system of a separate electorate for non-Muslims, but the government still maintains Ahmadis on separate voter lists, which the Ahmadis have continued to protest.
Anti-Ahmadi agitation first exploded in the spring of 1953 in Lahore and in several other urban centers in Punjab. Government actions to de-legitimize the provocations of the Islamic clergy resulted in a period of relative calm between the two factions, which lasted until 1970. In the 1970 elections, the Ahmadis allied with the Bhutto regime and returned to the provincial legislature in Punjab in significant numbers. As the country fell under increasing secessionist pressures, first from the Bengalis in the east and then from the Baluchs and Pushtuns, the demands for Islamic unity in the west resulted in renewed attacks on "non-Muslim" groups. Following riots in April and May 1974 in Punjab province, a constitutional amendment legally declared the Ahmadis as "non-Muslims".
Active persecution of the Ahmadiyya sect by the Pakistan government was instituted by a martial law decree on April 26, 1984. Under the decree, all Ahmadis were declared infidels. Under Section 298(c) in the Penal Code, Ahmadis are prohibited from calling themselves Muslim and use of Islamic words or phrases is punishable by up to 3 years in jail. In 2001, four Ahmadis were charged with violations of this law (REP0201=3). In addition, all manifestations of Ahmadi religious practices have become punishable by law. Several Ahmadi mosques remained closed in 2001 and violation of places of worship that are open is common. Ahmadis are prohibited from taking part in the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and are barred from burial in graveyards officially designated for Muslims. Since 1984 Ahmadis have been prohibited from holding gatherings. Ahmadis have been singled out for discriminatory treatment within the government bureaucracy, and individual Ahmadis have been the targets of acts of violence, especially in rural areas (GCC100, 103 = 3, GCC101-102 = 4). Many of the more affluent Ahmadis have left Pakistan since the 1984 decree. Ahmadis face restrictions on their press. Ahmadis suffer from harassment and discrimination in public employment, and have limited chances for advancement into management levels in government service. In the past few years, even a rumor that an individual may practice the Ahmadi faith can limit opportunities for employment. For young Ahmadi adults, discrimination in admission to good universities has caused many to seek a college education abroad.
The Ahmadis suffer from poor political organization within Pakistan. Their only political organization, the Ahmadiyya Jamaat, has been marginalized in national politics, largely through the institution of separate electorates in place for so long - it remains to be seen how the 2002-established joint electorate affects the overall well being and status of the Ahmadis. Although they have a strong collective identity (COHESX9=5), and often live in communities together, that identity has not resulted in an equally strong political organization, most likely due to repression and violence. Ahmadis do file complaints with local police and government officials when attacked by other communal groups. Anti-Ahmadi demonstrations by Sunni extremists often end in violence. However, those responsible are rarely brought to justice, and many times the Ahmadi victims are arrested under the anti-blasphemy laws. During 2002, at least 10 Ahmadis were charged under various provisions of the Blasphemy Law for allegedly going against the principles of Islam ((REP0101=3). The testimony of one Muslim (excluding Ahmadis) is sufficient to prosecute a non-Muslim on blasphemy charges.
On October 13, 1999, Gen. Pervez Musharrif replaced the democratically elected government in a military coup. Initially, it seemed that Musharrif would better the situation of religious minorities. Shortly after taking power, he announced he would make changes in the anti-blasphemy laws, which have been used disproportionately against Ahmadis and Christians. However, he was quickly forced to back down from that statement under pressure from Sunni militant groups. Hence, the Ahmadis have seen no improvement in their situation. Ahmadis grievances include greater economic opportunities, protection from threats from other groups, promotion of group culture, equal civil rights, and greater participation and decision-making capacity in the central government.
1. Allen, John L. (1996), Student Atlas of World Politics, 2nd ed.,
Dubuque, IA: Brown & Benchmark.
2. Amin, Tahir, "Pakistan in 1993," Asian Survey, Vol. XXXIV, No. 2,
February 1994.
3. Europa Publications, Far East and Australasia 1994.
4. Far Eastern Economic Review, 1994.
5. Keesings Record of World Events, 1990-94.
6. Nexis Library Information, 1990-2003.
7. Phase I, Minorities at Risk, overview compiled by Monty G. Marshall,
8. U.S. Department of State Human Rights Reports, Pakistan 2001-2003.


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In with the old
The CDs at the music store may look familiar this fall. USA Today's David Lieberman reports that with album sales down 11 percent this year, record companies are dusting off old hit titles and rereleasing them. "We're all desperate to generate revenues and stop this slide," RCA Music Group Chairman Bob Jamieson told the paper. In such a climate, he said, "viable catalog (industry-speak for the oldies in their vault) is tried and true." Among the old acts to hit the shelves: The Carpenters, Joe Cocker, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Roy Orbison, Sly and the Family Stone, and Dusty Springfield.
Bait for switches
Has the U.S. Supreme Court opened the floodgates to widespread disregard of election laws? On Oct. 7, the high court declined to hear a GOP appeal on the legality of New Jersey Democrats' replacement of Robert Torricelli with Frank Lautenberg as the party's candidate for the Senate, even though New Jersey's deadline for substitutions had passed. A Wall Street Journal editorial points out that since then, both parties have cited the case as a precedent for "illegal, 11th-hour switcheroos." In Montville, N.J., Republicans want to field a replacement candidate for a township committee: "If the Democrats can do it, why not Republicans?" asked Montville Republican Party chairman Joe O'Dowd. In Hawaii, Gov. Ben Cayetano, a Democrat, is trying to appoint a replacement for deceased Democratic Rep. Patsy Mink, despite the passing of a state deadline to do so. (According to Hawaii law, Ms. Mink's name will remain on the ballot, and if she wins, a special election will be held on Nov. 30.) "If the Supremes find themselves deluged with this sort of thing in coming years, it will serve them right," the Journal editorializes. "They passed on an early chance to reaffirm, as they did in Bush v. Gore, that election laws mean something."
'Cut to the chase'
Aileen Wuornos is the subject of three books, two movies, and one opera. Last week, she also became the 10th woman executed in the United States since 1977. Ms. Wuornos was a rarity, a female serial killer, a hitchhiker who shot to death at least six middle-aged men along Florida highways in 1989 and 1990. Twelve years later, the killer fired her lawyers and gave up on appeals. According to UPI reporter John Koch, she told the Florida Supreme Court that she "would prefer to cut to the chase and get on with the execution. Taxpayers' money has been squandered and the families have suffered enough." After three psychiatrists concluded that she was competent, Gov. Jeb Bush approved the execution. Mr. Koch reports that 367 inmates remain on Florida's death row, but their executions will be delayed due to a U.S. Supreme Court decision against death sentences issued by judges instead of juries.
They can fight city hall, but not main street
After a four-year legal battle, the Word of God has found a new home in Elkhart, Ind. And, say some, the new site is superior to the old one. Back in May 1958 the Fraternal Order of Eagles presented the city with a copy of the Ten Commandments engraved on a large granite slab. For 40 years the Decalogue stood in front of the City Building, where relatively few people noticed it in the shadow of a nearby tree. But in 1998 two Elkhart residents and the Indiana Civil Liberties Union sued the city to have the monument removed. Ironically, the lawsuit pulled the statue into a spotlight of media attention that it had never previously known in the Hoosier community. However, after spending four years and almost $63,000 fighting that lawsuit, Mayor David Miller opted to halt the legal battle and accept an offer from the Banks Lumber Company to move the monument to its corporate headquarters on Main Street, where it would be much more visible. Said Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter: "These controversies are still going to go on. But solutions like the one found in Elkhart are probably going to be reasonable ones for communities in Indiana to adopt."
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Is Elizabeth Dole a spammer? A North Carolina computer consultant sued her Senate campaign under the state's anti-spam statute. Ken Pugh is seeking a whopping $80 in damages, saying he wants to see if the law really works. "It wouldn't have mattered if the spam mail came from the Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or Green Party," he told the Durham Herald-Sun. The Dole camp says the law doesn't affect it because its e-mails are not commercial. Mr. Pugh told the paper that he once lost work because his mailbox was so clogged with spam that he deleted mail too quickly. "In the process, he inadvertently erased a message about the consulting opportunity and did not learn about it until it was too late," Herald-Sun reporter John Stevenson writes.


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Weather rendered both fields unplayable on Saturday morning and, with more moisture scheduled for the rest of the day, the remainder of the tournament was called off.
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Feb. 26, 2011
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Allen Crabbe scored 26 points, Markhuri Sanders-Frison added 16 and California overcame a slow start to beat Oregon State 87-76 Saturday.Crabbe nailed six three-pointers, which were a season best.
Jorge Gutierrez had 14 points and nine assists and also tied his season high with four steals. Harper Kamp added 12 points for the Golden Bears (16-13, 9-8 Pac-10), who overcame a first-half double digit deficit for the second straight game.
Crabbe was 8 of 12 from the field for Cal, which has won three in a row.Just like last Thursday at Oregon, the Bears got out of the gate slowly. Oregon State, celebrating its Senior Day for the final game of the year at Gill Coliseum, jumped out to an early lead that lasted throughout the first half for a six-point lead at the break.
Also like last Thursday, Cal came out strong in the second half, shooting 18-for-25 in the half.
Ahmad Starks scored 18 points and Jared Cunningham added 14 for the Beavers (10-17, 5-11), who lost for the fifth time in six games and saw a 12-point first half lead disappear. They were booed by the home fans at the end of the game.
Omari Johnson added 10 points and eight rebounds for Oregon State.Cal returns to Berkeley for the final game of the regular season next Saturday at 4 p.m. against Stanford. Sanders-Frison will be honored as the team's lone senior for Senior Day.


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In my inaugural column in After5, an entertainment newspaper for the upper Red River Valley, I thought it would be good to start with something pretty much everyone loves: Burgers.
The December issue has a list of three of the best burgers available in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. I've mentioned them all before on here, but the writing is new. Plus, we got a great picture from JL Beers of their Humpty Dumpty Burger. That's enough to check out the issue, right?
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NEW DELHI: As dust settles on the 'Hindu terror' issue, government has said Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde had not apologised for his controversial remarks but only expressed regret, which was accepted by BJP.
"Well, it is regret. That is the word that has been used. I cannot change the language once it is used," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told Karan Thapar on 'Devil's Advocate' programme on CNN-IBN.


text: Mom's stress guide: teens and tweens Breaking the silence about what mothering teens is really like By Ann Douglas See the other articles in this collection: • Mom's Stress Guide: Pregnancy and birth• Mom's Stress Guide: Babies• Mom's Stress Guide: Toddlers and preschoolers• Mom's Stress Guide: School-aged childrenYour child has morphed into a teenager and your world has been rocked in major fashion. In many ways, you feel like you're back in the new mommy trenches, except it's a much lonelier experience this time around. You're no longer surrounded by other moms who are eager to compare notes on every aspect of childrearing. (It's one thing to swap colic and sleep deprivation horror stories with another bleary-eyed new mom. It's quite another thing to admit to another mom that your kid is skipping school, taking drugs, cutting herself -- or all of the above.)And if your tween or teen happens to take the more scenic route through adolescence -- as opposed to sticking to the straight and narrow -- you can't help but feel like your mothering skills are on parade, too. "The preteen and teen years are a time when moms really feel others judging their mothering skills," says Miriam Peskowitz, author of The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother? (Seal Press, 2005). "They feel pressure to have kids who are well-behaved, who do well in school, and who are well-rounded in sports and the arts. Moms also feel pressure to help kids prepare for college and careers. Education has become a mother's responsibility, and moms are judged accordingly."Here are some tips on weathering the unique stresses of the preteen and teen mothering stage.Realize that the mothering dance needs to evolve as your kids head into the preteen and teen years.You will begin to rely more on your preteen and teen's own decision-making skills -- gently backed up by some guidance from you. "It's a matter of knowing how much rope to let out and when to yank it back in," Montreal mother-of-two Stephanie Whittaker explains. "It's a very finely calibrated dance." 1 2


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Cape lacrosse girls beat Tower Hill 13-5Vikings host Sussex Tech at 6 p.m., May 15
The Tower Hill at Cape girls' lacrosse game at Champions Stadium May 10 was a warm-up and run-up to the eight-team state tournament, which begins Saturday, May 18.
Cape is coming off four straight state championships; before that run, it was three straight for the Hillers.
The Vikings won the game 13-5 after trailing early 2-1 then easing out to a 9-3 halftime lead.
The second half saw Cape run the clock with the score at 13-3 with 10 minutes remaining, but the Hillers closed for the 13-5 final.
Eight different players scored for Cape - offensive diversity is a major Vikings weapon - including Sara Young and Allie Yeager each with 3 goals, Sarah Tappan with 2 and Anna Frederick, Lizzie Frederick, Karalyn Joseph, Kat Judge and Jordan Brown each with one.
Assists came from Anna Frederick 3, Yeager 2 and Lexi Woodruff 2.
Tower Hill goals were by Sophie McCoy 3, Meghan Cobb and Alexandra DuPont.
Jenna Chodos had an assist for the Hillers.
Cape outshot Tower Hill 31-18. Sam Broadhurst was credited with 8 saves while Simona D'Antuono had 11 for Tower Hill.
"We played hard; we played OK, but not great," coach P.J. Kesmodel told his team after the game. 'We really didn't shoot well and missed some wide-open looks. Tower Hill is a good team, and there's a good chance you will see them again."
Cape concludes the season at Champions Stadium Wednesday, May 15, hosting once-beaten Sussex Tech at 6 p.m. A halftime Senior Night celebration will recognize seniors from both teams.


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FESTIVALS: LA's Coming Out; Outfest 2001 Lets it Show
by Matthew Breen
(indieWIRE/ 08.02.01) -- A perennial Los Angeles favorite, Outfest 2001, the 19th edition of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (July 12-23) kicked off with typical Hollywood pomp and circumstance, with perhaps just a bit more pomp than most L.A. festivals. Two lucky ladies were honored at the Opening Night Gala event, starting with an East German babe in a band: the much-anticipated L.A. premiere of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" opened the festival at the newly refurbished historic Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
Also honored that evening was Outfest Achievement Award recipient Christine Vachon, producer of such gay film milestones as "Hedwig," "Boys Don't Cry" and "Go Fish," and the first female recipient of the award. Festival Executive Director Stephen Gutwillig called Vachon, "the single most important producer in the history of lesbian and gay cinema." The Opening Night Gala, as usual, featured a diverse celebrity attendance from Kathy Griffin and Camryn Manheim -- who presented Vachon with her award -- to Samantha Mathis and Meatloaf.
Boasting their biggest festival ever, and the largest festival of any kind in Southern California, Outfest 2001 featured a record 231 films and videos (organizers might consider altering the festival's name to reflect the significant component of video offerings) from 23 countries unspooling over it's 12 days. Featuring screenings, events, parties, and art installations, the fest was based at the Directors Guild of America in West Hollywood with additional venues across the L.A. area.
The centerpiece screening, and part of the festival's new Transcendent series, was "Southern Comfort" (Kate Davis, winner of the Special Programming Committee Freedom Award), the Sundance grand jury documentary prizewinner about Robert Eads, a middle-aged transgendered cowboy who was born a woman. The Transcendent series continued with the wearisome "Princesa" (directed by Henrique Goldman), winner of the OUTstanding International Narrative Feature, a tale of 19-year-old transvestite prostitute from the Brazilian rainforest trying to earn money in Milan for her sex-reassignment surgery. Despite the novelty of a cast largely comprised of non-professional and transsexual actors, the melodramatic "Princesa" fails to elicit any real sympathy.
A favorite among Outfest audiences is the Outfest Under the Stars series, an outdoor film series at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater. At the only Outfest venue where open air and open wine bottles are de rigueur, the attitude is decidedly cruisy and schmoozy. The French gay feel-good road movie "Adventures of Felix" (directed by Olivier Duscatel and Jacques Martineau) kicked off the series. "Felix" tracks a mixed race Arab-Frenchman as he sets out on an unintentional family-finding quest. It's subtly poignant, warm and vibrant, and totally frank about its title character's HIV status.
"Edge of Seventeen" writer Todd Stephens returns as director of "Gypsy 83," a delectably wry drama about a Stevie Nicks-obsessed singer (Sara Rue) and her young gay, gothic protégé (Kett Turton, winner OUTstanding Actor award). They languish in Sandusky, Ohio until they hear about the "Night of a 1000 Stevies," prompting an eventful road trip to New York. Look for the fantastic Karen Black as a one-hit wonder lounge singer.
Also at the Ford was "Julie Johnson," Bob Gosse's wonderful story about growth and change starring Lili Taylor and Courtney Love (winner of the OUTstanding Actress award). Taylor is Julie, a young housewife and mother who turns her life upside-down when she kicks out her controlling husband, gets her GED, starts to study theoretical physics, and makes a pass at her best friend Claire (Love).
The film that took center stage in the 5 @ 5 series (debuting filmmakers at five o'clock) was "Friends and Family" (directed by Kristen Coury), a slight comedy that imagines Stephen and Danny, an out gay couple, as enforcers in an Italian mob family. The hijinks begin when the pair tries to cover up their unsavory profession from Stephen's parents by hiring their mob buddies to pose as gay caterers.
Other domestic highlights include Michael Cuesta's "L.I.E.," a dark and ultra-realistic story about the relationship between a neglected teenager (Paul Franklin Dano who shares the OUTstanding Actor award with Turton) and an ex-Marine pedophile (Brian Cox), and "Kissing Jessica Stein" (Charles Herman-Wurmfeld), a smart, sexually fluid, metropolitan comedy tracking the love affair between a neurotic journalist (Jennifer Westfeldt) and a beautiful art dealer (Heather Juergensen). Both are slated for release this fall.
The U.K.'s Channel 4 series "Metrosexuality" (Rikki Beadle Blair) was this year's TV import matching lightning fast dialogue and Technicolor costumes with gay, straight, punk, and glam characters -- and everything flamboyant in-between. And from Sweden, Lucas Moodysson brought "Together," a warm and witty piece of nostalgia that examines a 60s-style commune in disco-era Stockholm. Other imports include the somewhat slow Australian lesbian murder mystery "The Monkey's Mask" (dir. Samantha Lang) starring Kelly McGillis, the ultra-violent and ultra-sexy Argentine crime caper "Burnt Money" (dir. Marcelo Pineyro). Among the best of the imports was French director Sebastien Lifshitz's sophisticated story of young love in the sand, "Come Undone" ("Presque Rien").
Noteworthy documentaries include the fall release, "Trembling Before G-D" (dir. Sandi Simcha Dubowski), an unprecedented look at Hasidic and Orthodox Jewish gays and lesbians as they struggle to reconcile religious and sexual identities. "On the Bus" (dir. Dustin Lance Black) is a much lighter film, tracking seven young men as they pop pills, preen, and cruise at the annual Burning Man celebration in the Nevada desert. Similarly light, but much more enjoyable was "Queen of the Whole Wide World" (dir. Roger Hyde) which depicts the several-month preparation for the riotous Aid for AIDS fundraising drag pageant. Though hardly in strict documentary format, cult favorite Trent Harris' "Beaver Trilogy" envisions an Olivia-Newton John drag scenario three times -- first as pure happenstance with the real McCoy, and then reconceived with Sean Penn and Crispin Glover in the blond wig. Glover has never been better.
Additional Outie awards winners include a tie for OUTstanding Narrative Feature: "Stranger Inside" (dir. Cheryl Dunye) and "By Hook or By Crook" (dir. Harriet Dodge). Lisa Udelson's "Lifetime Guarantee: Phranc's Adventures in Plastic" took home two awards, for OUTstanding Documentary Feature and OUTstanding soundtrack. Rich Burns and David Mixner were awarded the Screenwriting award for their script "The Dunes of Overveen."
Aside from requisite cocktail hours at the DGA and after-screening film parties, Outfest 2001 offered up perhaps it's most outrageous program yet. The Platinum Oasis, an 18-hour interactive art installation curated by Ron Athey and Dr. Vaginal Davis, took place in the "historic" (read: "infamous") Coral Sands, a Hollywood bathhouse motel, and featured torch singers, electroshock video games, manicures, Bruce la Bruce photo shoots, and baptisms.
While mainstream Hollywood continues to question the merits or dangers of publicly coming out, the career ramifications of actors appearing in gay roles, and the limits to which filmmakers should push the boundaries of sexuality, Outfest has seemed to dispense with these questions (largely to the wide-ranging efforts of co-programmers Shannon Kelley and Shari Frilot), and the result is a festival that makes all feel welcome.


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Funding Scheme Lands Monserrate in Prison
Veteran politician Hiram Monserrate was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison for secretly diverting taxpayer funds designated for a community group to his campaign fund during a 2006 bid for the state Senate.
Before receiving the sentence in Manhattan federal court, the former Queens lawmaker choked back tears and evoked his elderly mother and disabled son while pleading with a judge for a sentence of community service.
"I apologize for the emotion," Mr. Monserrate said. "If I was alone on this earth, I probably wouldn't be this emotional."
A former New York Police Department officer who was a City Council member in 2006, Mr. Monserrate pleaded guilty in May to one count of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Each charge carried a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
He admitted to funneling $300,000 in council discretionary funds to the Latino Initiative for Better Resources and Empowerment, a nonprofit he controlled. About $100,000 of that taxpayer money was misused for his failed Democratic primary campaign for a state Senate seat.
Judge Colleen McMahon compared Mr. Monserrate to Richard Nixon, whom she said also let political ambition drive him to commit crimes. "You didn't use [the money] to buy a Cadillac," the judge said, "but you used it for yourself."
Mr. Monserrate, 45 years old, first won election to the council in 2001, representing the city's 21st District that includes the Queens neighborhoods of Corona, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. He was elected to the state Senate in 2008 and eventually defected from the Democratic caucus, helping swing the balance of power in the chamber to the Republicans for a time.
He was expelled from the Senate following his conviction in an assault case involving his girlfriend. In that case, he was initially charged with a felony after his girlfriend, Karla Giraldo, told hospital staff and investigators that he had attacked her in a jealous rage.
She later changed her account to describe her cut as an accident, and Mr. Monserrate was convicted of misdemeanor assault. He was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to perform community service and attend domestic-abuse counseling.
Mr. Monserrate's two-year prison sentence in the federal corruption case is set to begin on March 11. He also faces a three-year period of supervised release as well as a restitution payment of nearly $80,000.


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Hybrid Approach: Reporters Use Social Networks, but Prefer Phone and Email for PR PitchesMay 18, 2011
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Drinks Are On You!April 1, 2009
Jason Chupick of PRNewser takes note of our recent survey results on how long it takes to write and get approval for a press release, especially the 11% of respondents who said it takes "weeks." But Jason's got a great piece of advice:
If you're in corporate PR, you can probably relate to the 11%. You may want to apply the parlor game of my former colleague, head of the Zusman Group consultantcy Barry Zusman in these instances: the person responsible for circulating the 10th draft of a release has to buy drinks for all concerned.
I propose a corollary: If you can nail it in one draft, everybody else has to buy you a drink!
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New Surveys and Rankings Show Business Wire's Strong Presence in Both Traditional and New MediaNovember 15, 2007
As the blogsphere establishes itself as a meaningful and reliable source of information -- with some tech, media, and political blogs wielding as much influence as, if not more than, some traditional media outlets in certain areas -- we at Business Wire are happy to see that we are still able to continually serve both worlds well.
A recent journalist survey by the Arketi Group found that news releases are used by 90% of business journalists as sources for story ideas, sharing the top spot with industry sources. 54% of journalists mentioned they currently use blogs for story ideas, while 84% said they may report on stories that originated from blogs.
A larger survey with a slightly different focus, conducted by PR industry news site Bulldog Reporter and online newsroom provider TEKGroup (fair disclosure: all the above mentioned companies have ties with Business Wire), shows that 69% of journalists follow at least one blog regularly, 44% visit social media sites at least monthly, 37% are subscribed to at least one RSS feed, and 20% actively seek multimedia content from companies at least once a month. (this survey also shows some different data on commercial wire services. Michael Tangeman of Media Mindshare makes a few interesting observations on methodology and findings).
Finally, the recently published Techmeme Leaderboard, which ranks websites based on how frequently their stories appear on Techmeme's increasingly popular technology news application, places Business Wire as its 24th highest source for news (as of the writing of this post), with similar ranking to traditional news organizations as the Wall Street Journal and the BBC, and blogs such as Search Engine Land and PaidContent.org.
In recent years Business Wire has put substantial effort into enhancing our multimedia capabilities for video, audio, and photo distribution; enabling our EON: Enhanced Online News search-optimized platform; introducing social media sharing features; reaching new-media sites and platforms; and creating robust RSS offerings. These initiatives are intended to help our clients reach end-consumers directly, interact with the blogsphere, and reach the young and young-at-heart generations of journalists who use new technologies and new media as tools and resources for their work. We are thrilled to see that these efforts are paying off with both new and traditional media, as indicated by the Arketi and Bulldog Reporter/TEKGroup surveys and Techmeme's Leaderboard.
Malcolm Atherton, our eloquent and new-media-savvy account executive, who is one of the strong proponents of our digital media offerings, provides some great info in an interview with podcast site Rocky Mountain Voices during the recent Blogging for Business conference in Salt Lake City. Malcolm sums it all up fantastically. Check it out:
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Photolithography for Semiconductor Manufacturing
Photolithography is the process by which semiconductor circuitry is patterned on silicon wafers. The lithography light source provides the deep ultraviolet light needed to expose the photoresist on the wafer.
Deep ultraviolet refers to a range of light on the violet side of the color spectrum, far beyond what the human eye can see. Deep UV light for lithography is generated by excimer light sources. The light is passed through a Beam Delivery Unit (BDU), filtered through the reticle (or mask), and then projected onto the prepared silicon wafer. In this way it patterns a chip design onto a photoresist that is then etched, cleaned and the process repeats. After layer is built upon layer, the wafer yields the chips that power today's most advanced electronic devices.
Light Source Requirements for Photolithography
A critical component of the process, the light source must be tightly controlled and transported. There are four key requirements for the light source;
Advanced Photolithography Techniques
The demand for ever-shrinking feature size is high, and single exposure DUV lithography has quickly reached its limitations. With some advanced lithography techniques, DUV lithography is able to pattern features sizes as small as 32 nm and below. Immersion Lithography enables chipmakers to increase the resolution of chip features significantly by changing the imaging medium. Double Patterning techniques drive even smaller chip designs by exposing each layer twice to reduce pitch beyond those achieved with traditional single exposure.


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2012-13 Butler Women's Basketball
Butler (16-11, 7-5) vs.
Temple (12-15, 5-7)
Wednesday, Feb. 27 - 7 p.m. ET
Indianapolis, Ind. - Hinkle Fieldhouse
Live Video | Live Stats | Game Notes
The Starting 5 - Butler's Top Storylines
1. Senior Day: Wednesday's game against Temple is the final home game for Butler this year and the program's two seniors will be recognized. Becca Bornhorst, a four-year player who has appeared in 69 game (31 starts), will start and be honored as the only senior player. She owns career averages of 4.0 points and 4.4 rebounds. Evan Eichhorn, a native of Libertyville, Ill., was a three-year manager for the team.
2. Watch Out For Hannah: Last year's Senior Day game was a memorable one for Hannah Douglas, who was a freshman last season. Douglas exploded for a career-best 31 points in a win over Wright State. She shot 12-for-20 and made four 3-pointers. Last year's seniors were Devin Brierly and Kaley May.
3. 'Do-It-All' Daress: Daress McClung, who scored 22 points at Saint Louis, has filled the stat sheet almost on a nightly basis. The 6-0 junior ranks third in the A-10 in points (16.6) and blocks (2.5) while standing fourth in rebounds (9.3) and steals (2.3). She also appears among the league's top 10 in field goal and free throw percentage. She owns seven outings with 4+ blocks and seven games with 4+ steals. McClung has scored 20 points or more eight times this year and owns nine of Butler's 11 double-doubles this season.
4. Block Party: The Bulldogs are leading the A-10 and currently rank fourth in the country in blocked shots with 6.0 swats per game. Nine times this season the Bulldogs have rejected at least eight shots in a game. BU swatted a season-best 12 shots against Illinois State and also had 11 blocks vs. Valparaiso and La Salle. In addition to Daress McClung ranking third in the A-10 in blocks (2.5), Liz Stratman averages 2.6 swats per game and is on pace to be ranked nationally when she has played in enough games. Stratman had four blocks or more five different times this season.
5. Nice Meeting You: Butler played nine first-time opponents this season, seven of which are A-10 opponents. Butler went 3-6 this year against first-time opponents. BU's first-time opponents this year were: Fairfield, Portland State, Charlotte, St. Joseph's, UMass, VCU, George Washington, St. Bonaventure and Richmond. The majority of the new opponents were a result of BU's move to the A-10.
Butler vs. Temple: Butler and Temple have played once, with TU winning 82-53 back in 1988. The next season, Beth Couture was tabbed head coach at Presbyterian in South Carolina. The game was played at Northern Illinois.
BU Hall Of Famers: Two former Butler women's basketball players, Melissa Kilgore (1984-88) and Missi Nelson (1988-89), are going to be inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
Pair Of 20s: Daress McClung (22 points) and Hannah Douglas (20) led Butler in scoring at Saint Louis. It was the first time this season two BU players have scored 20 points in the same game. It was the first time since Devin Brierly and Sarah Hamm combined for 41 at Loyola last February.
Hannah's Best Game: Hannah Douglas scored a season-best 20 points in Butler's win at Saint Louis. Douglas was 6-for-7 from the floor and made all three of her 3-pointers. Her previous season high was 13, which she had scored four times this season. Her career high came last season, when she scored 31 against Wright State.
Improved Shooting: Butler defeated St. Bonaventure and Saint Louis largely due to its hot shooting. The Bulldogs shot a season-high .628 (27-43) to win at Saint Louis. Three days earlier, the Bulldogs posted a .451 shooting percentage vs. St. Bonaventure. Over the past two games, Butler is 15-for-30 from 3-point range, including a 10-for-20 mark against SBU.
Player of the Week Twice: Daress McClung has been picked as Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Player of the Week twice this season. Her first honor came Dec. 17 after she had 15 points and 13 rebounds in a win at Northern Kentucky. The 6-0 forward picked up another notice on Jan. 7 after posting 26.5 points and 15.0 rebounds in BU's wins at Cleveland State and UIC. She posted 22 points and 18 rebounds at CSU then totaled 31 points and 12 rebounds to lead BU to an 84-61 win in Chicago.
Daress' Big Games: Daress McClung, BU's leader in scoring, rebounding, steals and blocks, has put together some monster games this season. She owns eight outings with 20+ points, and 12 games with at least 19 points. McClung, who owns nine double-doubles this season, has scored in double figures 22 times this season.
Bounce Back: The trend this season is for Butler to respond big after a defeat. Butler is 5-2 after a double-digit loss. BU rebounded to beat Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Indiana, Xavier and St. Bonavenure after losing by 10 or more in the previous game.
Taylor's 10: Taylor Schippers had 10 assists at Saint Louis, her second game with 10 assists this season. She also passed 10 helpers at UIC in January. Schippers is seventh in the A-10 with 4.1 assists per game.
A-10 Defense: Butler has done an excellent job defending A-10 opponents in league play. The Bulldogs are third in the conference in field goal percentage defense in league play, holding teams to .365 shooting. Butler has held five opponents (Xavier, VCU, UMass, St. Joe's and Charlotte) to worse that 33 percent shooting. VCU, La Salle, Rhode Island and St. Bonaventure each failed to score 50 points against Butler.
Quickly On Richmond: Butler was three games ahead of Richmond in the standings heading into last Saturday's game, but the result looked the other way around in a 68-44 Butler loss. Richmond shot .490 from the floor, the highest shooting percentage allowed by BU this season. UR also had a 20-3 advantage in points off turnovers and a 21-4 advantage in bench scoring. Richmond shot .607 in the first half to lead 43-21 at halftime.
More On Shooting: BU built a 37-28 lead at halftime at Saint Louis thanks to .696 shooting. It shot .550 in the second half and hung on to win 67-62. Daress McClung was 11-for-12 from the floor and Hannah Douglas was 6-for-7.
Sharing The Ball: Butler is averaging 17.0 assists over the last three games. BU was credited with 21 assists on its 27 field goals at Saint Louis. Against St. Bonaventure, the Dawgs passed 19 assists. Butler is fourth in the A-10 with 14.4 assists per game. For the season, BU assists on 65.4 percent of its field goals.
Mandy Makes 3s: Mandy McDivitt scored 12 points vs. St. Bonaventure, tying her season high. She buried four 3-pointers on the day. Over the last three games, McDivitt is 7-for-14 from beyond the arc. For her career, the junior guard has made 128 field goals, 105 of them 3-pointers. Twice last season, McDivitt made six 3-pointers in a game.
Outshot Charlotte: Butler recorded a .440 field goal percentage and actually made one more field goal in the loss at Charlotte. Defensively, BU held Charlotte to .323 shooting, a season low for the 49ers. It stands as the only time this season Butler lost when posting a better field goal percentage than its opponent.
Against A-10's Best: Butler has had two of the leading A-10 teams on the ropes on the road. Playing at St. Joe's, BU led by as many as 12 and held a 46-44 lead with 6:10 to play in the game. SJU would come back to win late. At Charlotte, Butler led 35-26 at one point and had a 49-47 lead with 5:06 left. Charlotte won in the final minutes.
Double-Double Duos: Twice this season BU has had two players with a double-double in the same game. Daress McClung (31 pts, 12 rebs) and Taylor Schippers (10 pts, 10 asts) posted double-doubles at UIC and McClung (20 points, 10 rebs) and Liz Stratman (14 points, 10 rebs) did at UMass.
In The Classroom: Seven BU players earned a 3.30 GPA or better during the fall semester. As a team, the Bulldogs boast a 3.14 cumulative GPA.
Hannah Consistent: Hannah Douglas, who scored 20 points at Saint Louis, has been a consistent scorer, posting between 9 and 13 points 14 times this season. She has scored exactly 13 points four times this season and has three outings with 12 points each. Her emergence slashing to the basket and crashing the offensive glass gives BU a dependable perimeter scorer on the wing.
Couture's Cause: When not patrolling the Butler sideline, Beth Couture has spent her time in the battle against breast cancer. Couture, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in the spring of 2009, rushed through treatments to make it on the sidelines for the start of the 2009-10 season. Couture is cancer-free and has participated in several awareness events. She has served as honorary chairwoman for St. Vincent Women of Hope, a breast cancer awareness group. Each Woman of Hope participant pledges to raise or give $1,000 annually for the cancer cause of her choice.
Schippers Icing Games: If Butler has a late lead, the Bulldogs' primary option is Taylor Schippers. The BU point guard is shooting .827 from the foul line (43-of-52) during the last 5:00 of games this season. Also, Daress McClung (.813) and Hannah Douglas (.792) have converted late-situation foul shots. As a team, Butler is shooting .714 at the FT line during the last five minutes. Overall, Schippers stands fourth in the conference with an .800 mark at the foul line.
In The National Rankings: In addition to being fourth in the country in blocks (6.0), BU stands among the nation's best in passing and protecting the ball. Butler ranks 75th in turnovers per game (15.4) and 57th in assist-turnover ratio (0.94). The Bulldogs are also 70th in the country in assists (14.6). Individually, Daress McClung stands 19th in blocks and 67th in rebounding. Taylor Schippers stands 91st in free throw percentage and 99th in assists.
Charity Work: Butler is 5-0 this season when attempting at least 20 free throws, and 9-2 when making more FTs than its opponents. Losses at St. Joe's and Charlotte could've gone differently if Butler had shot free throws. BU had just two foul shots at Charlotte and four at Saint Joseph's.
Not A Bad Weekend: Beth Couture called Daress McClung's performances against Cleveland State and UIC in January the best back-to-back games she's seen as a coach. McClung posted 22 points and 18 boards at Cleveland State and then followed that with her 31-point, 12-board outburst at UIC.
Got 20 On It: Butler is aiming for its fifth 20-win season over the last six years. Butler had won 20 games in each of the past four seasons before last season. The Bulldogs went 20-14 in 2010-11 and finished second in the Horizon League. The Bulldogs were 23-10 in 2009-10, the team's most wins since 1998. BU was 20-10 in 2007-08 and followed that with a 20-12 season in 2008-09. Butler was 96-62 during the five seasons before this year.
Big Ten Win: Butler's 59-56 win over Indiana on Dec. 9 was BU's first win over a Big Ten opponent for Beth Couture and the first since 1998. That season, BU defeated both Michigan State and Illinois. BU led by 22 at one point and had a 40-25 lead before hanging on in the final minute.
Notable Sweeps: Butler will have bragging rights within Indiana borders and against former league foes for the next year. BU went 5-0 against Indiana schools and 3-0 against Horizon League schools. It marks the second time Butler has swept Indiana schools under Beth Couture. In 2009-10, BU went 6-0 against in-state opponents.
Up Next: Butler concludes its regular season Sunday, March 3 at Duquesne at 2 p.m. ET.


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Using the Logic of the Yellow Perils, here's another stat that proves Stoner a winner even though it's a LOSING situation............(Wylie the stat God will know the answers!)
How many times did Casey/Vale lose the front end when in a podium position during the last two years of their respective Ducati service? Remember kids, thats why the number of wins (important to the X-Factor generation of today) of the Ducati decreased from 2007-2010 and to a big fat nil 2011-12.


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Fall's apple abundance is a great blessing to the cook. We match varieties to recipes that highlight their unique character.
Fresh Fall ApplesAs the weather gets crisp and the crispness of apples signals the sweet, fleeting passage of fall, it's time to get cooking. You may find eight varieties of apples for sale in a good grocery store these days, and a dozen or more in a big farmers' market. There are more than 2,500 kinds of apples grown in the United States alone, with rare, old heirloom varieties on a welcome rebound. All this means you have a bumper crop of fruit to cook with—and apples are a great cooking fruit. We matched some favorite varieties to recipes designed to unlock the unique charm of each fruit.
Cinnamon-Apple CakeOriginally appearing in an issue from 1997, this Cinnamon-Apple Cake is one of our most loved recipes and can be served as dessert or a breakfast coffee cake. The cream cheese in the batter gives the cake lots of moisture. We recommend using mild-tasting Rome apples.
Apple SangriaSugary-sweet Honeycrisp apples balance the spiced wine in this festive drink. Pink Lady or Ambrosia apples—which are slow to oxidize—would make good substitutes.
Overnight Apple ButterA mixture of apple varieties, rather than just one type, will produce apple butter with rich, complex flavor in this slow cooker recipe. Good choices include Esopus Spitzenburg, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Northern Spy, Rome, Stayman, Winesap, and York.
Enjoy the apple butter over toast or English muffins, or serve it with pork chops or chicken.
Serrano, Manchego, and Apple SandwichesAshmead's Kernel, a very old English apple, is smallish and lumpy with a russet exterior that blankets the green skin. We like its crisp flavor here, though any apple would work.
Apple Upside-Down CakeMild Rome apples are great for baking this scrumptious upside-down cake however you can also use Pink Lady, Honeycrisp, or Jonagold apples. Dollop the cake with a bit of whipped cream, if desired.
Open-Faced Turkey Sandwich with Apple and HavartiThe flavors of fall meet in this sandwich. Tangy Havarti cheese provides a pleasing contrast to the sweet Pink Lady apples and spicy arugula. Substitute nutty fontina or mild Muenster for the Havarti, if you prefer.
View Recipe: Open-Faced Turkey Sandwich with Apple and Havarti
French Toast with Maple-Apple CompoteSweet Pink Lady apples hold up well to being sautéed for the compote. Liberty, Fuji, or Jonagold apples would also work. Substitute Hawaiian bread if challah isn't available.
Double-Crusted Apple PieWith crust above and below, this classic apple pie offers ample flaky crispness as a counterpoint to the soft, moist, tart-sweet filling made of Granny Smith apples.
Brie, Apple, and Arugula QuesadillasFuji apples offer a crisp counterpoint to the rich, creamy cheese. Substitute Honeycrisp or Ambrosia apples, if you prefer.
Fresh Apple SalsaThis sweet-tart condiment features crisp, slightly acidic Spartan apples, though Fuji, Jonagold, and Liberty apples would also work nicely. Serve with pork or roast chicken.
Apple-Parsnip SoupPink Lady apples are wonderful for applesauce, and so work very well in this pureed appetizer soup. Sweet Fuji or all-purpose Spartan apples would also lend themselves nicely to the dish.
Squash-Apple TurnoversJonagold apples bring some tartness to the lightly sweet squash-based filling. You can also use other good baking apples like Honeycrisp or Rome. Serve as a side dish or appetizer.
Maple-Walnut Apple CrispA crispy crust and gooey, sweet center make this wholesome treat something to write home about.
Spiced Pork Tenderloin with Sautéed ApplesSweet spices coat lean pork tenderloin, while apples get a savory treatment with shallots and thyme. Serve with a spinach salad.
Apple-Buttermilk Custard PieWarm, cinnamon apples combine with a creamy custard for a fun twist on apple pie. Tip: The key to both a flaky piecrust and crisp streusel topping is to keep them as cold as possible before putting them into the oven.
French Onion and Apple SoupApples are a tasty welcomed addition to this traditional comforting classic of stringy melted Swiss, sweet onions, and sourdough bread.
Amaretto Apple Streusel CupcakesTop tender apple cupcakes with a sweet and crunchy topping of brown sugar and almonds, then drizzle with a powdered sugar glaze. The amaretto adds an even more distinct almond flavor to the cupcakes, but if you don't have it, you can use almond extract instead.
Spiced Pork Chops with Apple ChutneyApple chutney is a heart-warming topping for pork in this family-friendly dinner of spicy, boneless chops.
Chicken Soup with Cabbage and AppleChicken Soup with Cabbage and Apple is the definition of hearty in a bowl. Earthy green cabbage mingles with moist shredded chicken, chicken sausage, and broth-soaked potatoes. Tart, crunchy apple slices add a fruity counterpoint to this German-inspired soup.
Apple-Cinnamon CoffeecakeThis coffee cake is best served warm. To prepare ahead, cool completely, wrap (still in the pan) in foil, and leave out at room temperature for up to one day, or freeze for up to three months. To reheat thawed cake, unwrap and bake at 250° for 15 to 20 minutes.
New-Fashioned Apple and Raisin Slaw
"This slaw is a healthier version of an original family recipe. It is creamy and delicious, and takes about five minutes to make." -Kelly McWherter, Houston, TX
Caramel-Apple CheesecakeThis creamy cheesecake combines the pleasant tartness of fall apples with the buttery sweetness of caramel to really showcase fall flavors.
Apple, Goat Cheese, and Pecan PizzaPungent goat cheese, peppery arugula, and slightly sweet apples transform this token finger food into a gourmet dinner.
German Apple PancakeThe dramatic presentation of this German pancake—it puffs up gloriously—as well as the recipe's rich, custardlike texture make it a morning delight. Use any type of firm, tart apple such as Granny Smith, pippin, Northern Spy, or Sierra Beauty.
Rhubarb Apple PieSpring is the season for fresh rhubarb. So take advantage of this seasonal fresh flavor and dish up homemade Rhubarb-Apple Pie.
Curried Chicken Salad with Apples and RaisinsEnjoy this fruit-studded chicken salad with whole-grain crackers, or spread it on whole wheat bread for a sandwich.
Pork Loin Chops with Cinnamon ApplesWarm flavors like sage and cinnamon play up the contrast between the juicy pork chops and caramelized apples. Tart Granny Smiths and slightly sweeter Braeburn apples both work well for this dish.
Shrimp Tacos with Green Apple SalsaTart Granny Smith slices take the bite out of the sweet heat from the shrimp. This is easy for a weeknight meal but also unique for weekend entertaining.
Celery-Apple SaladSimple sometimes means the best and the boldest. This fresh apple and celery salad is certainly the crunchiest.


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Wedding favours: what exactly are they? In my short career of wedding attendance I haven't come across many of them. And if I have, I am afraid I can't remember them. Sorry.
My sister went to great lengths at her wedding to do Autumnal toffee apples as place names/favours for the guests, and I don't think many of them got eaten or taken away. But she had a better idea than that which went down a treat with the guests, and that was to bake a load of her delicious flapjacks and leave a little basket of them in all the rooms where the guests were staying. Too cute.
I personally find the idea of those individually wrapped mini-jars of homemade chutney, or the hand-crocheted bookmarks that you see on many DIY wedding blogs mildly terrifying. Who has the time for this?
Rather than focusing on individual favours for every single place setting, why not provide a few communal treats that can be shared and enjoyed, and which will undoubtedly save you money?
Here are some nice ideas for communal favours that I've come across:
1. Disposable cameras on each table are cheap, fun, and you might get a few entertaining extra shots from them when you develop them months later.
2. A bottle of sloe gin on every table is a really nice idea I heard of recently. Rather than doing individual bottles that people will forget to take away, allow people to dish it out amongst themselves.
3. Personally, I am going to spend money on pimping out the bathrooms so that guests feel pampered. I am going to buy a load of Butterfly Twists fold up ballerina pumps to put in the bathroom for when guests get tired feet. These are pretty little satin pumps that come in their own bag and will be a lovely take-away gift for anyone who wants them. In summer, cheap flip flops from Primark will be just as nice.
Toiletries such as hair spray, bobby pins, deodorant, etc will be much appreciated by dancefloor-destroyed female guests.
4. A dessert/sweets table is a novelty treat for your guests – one girl I know bought jars of old-fashioned apple drops and fizzy cola bottles for guests to help themselves. You don't have to package it up individually for everyone so you'll save time, effort and money, but the thought is still there.
If you can't resist the idea of individual treats, here are a few nice ones I've heard of recently:
5. For Christmas weddings, baubles or pine cones are really cute as place name settings, and if any get left behind you can use them for your own tree.
6. A friend was at a wedding where each guest was given a CD made up of the couple's favourite songs, which is a sweet memento.
Cake Pops are a great table treat, although the costs can tot up here. The best by far are from Pop Bakery


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Lackawanna County Court Notes 4/24/2014
■ David C. and Sara Edwards, Dickson City, to Kyle and Janeth Chapman, Old Forge; a property at 512 Wedge Drive, Dickson City, for $280,500.
■ Randi and Carla Morcom, Scott Twp., to Trevor and Angela Kashuba, Scott Twp.; a property at 40 Schoolside Drive, Scott Twp., for $315,000.
■ William and Nicole Iacono, Clarks Summit, to Jon W. and Louise H. Rounds, Portland Conn.; a property at 501 Main St., Clarks Summit, for $251,000.
■ D&L Realty Co., Dunmore, to Frank R. Feola, Jermyn; a property in Carbondale, for $29,500.
■ Sara Haney v. Tadd Haney, Forest City; married Aug. 13, in Union Dale; Judith Lewis, attorney.
■ Jaclyn Terpak, Clarks Summit, v. Christopher Terpak, Carbondale; married May 7, 2011, in Skytop; Brian J. Cali, attorney.
■ Helen L. Coolbaugh, 215 Hall Ave., Clarks Green, letters testamentary to Allan G. LaCoe, 9 Full Sweep, Hilton Head, S.C.
■ Alexa Gerchman, 294 Elmhurst Boulevard, Dunmore, v. Natasha A. Esteves, 809 S. Webster Ave., Scranton, seeking in excess of $75,000 on one count, for injuries suffered in an automobile crash on Interstate 81 South on April 27, 2012; Harry T. Coleman, attorney.
■ Paul F. Cosgrove, 586 Doe Mountain Road, Kingsley, v. Scott Dottle, 45 Pearl St., Carbondale, seeking in excess of $75,000 on one count, for injuries suffered in an automobile crash on Belmont Street, Carbondale, on June 23, 2013; Harry T. Coleman, attorney.
■ Timothy M. and Margaret K. Earley, 1701 Quincy Ave., Dunmore; $5,185.97.
■ Sang I. and Daniel M. Soderberg, 960 Aberdeen Road, Moscow; $1,829.63.
■ Shannon and Theresa Connolly, 9104 Valley View Drive, Clarks Summit; $1,562.33.
■ Gerald and Mary E. Richardson, 1605 Roosevelt Ave., Dunmore; $868.31.
■ Thomas and Sarah Harrison, 135 S. Main St., Archbald; $1,010.39.
■ Daniel and Jane Dutka, 51 Loretta Drive, Jefferson Twp.; $1,820.59.
■ Timothy J. and Lori J. Yahn, 1127 Audubon Drive, South Abington Twp.; $2,165.26.
■ Nixon Ordonez, 2401 Birney Ave., Scranton; $1,150.86.
■ Thomas Nolan, 1303 Jefferson Ave., Dunmore; $5,641.24.
■ Mikarma Inc., Green Ridge Assisted Living, 1530 Sanderson Ave., Scranton; $7,707.52.
■ J R Runco Blacktop and Concrete Inc., 97 Greenbriar Drive, Spring Brook Twp.; $4,310.72.
■ C B Tomaine Co., 48 N. Church St., Carbondale; $909.07.
■ X-Pert Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning by Mike Trapper, 2212 Windfield Ave., Scranton; $8,046.40.
■ William J. Hudanich, 221 Carpenter Hill Road, South Abington Twp.; $223,413.71.
■ Deli Girlz LLC DBA Schultzville Del, 1309 Winola Road, Clarks Summit; $24,083.01.
■ Wemberly Hills Inc., 66 Club House Lane, Scott Twp.; $46,908.06.
■ John and Jill L. Thomas, 202 Karen Drive, Scranton; $18,338.59.
■ Philip A. and Sharon A. Goldstein, 626 Carnation Drive, Clarks Summit; $10,170.08.
■ Scott Arigo, 1002 Alpine Drive, Deltone, Fla.; $80,818.60.
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2012 Basic Editions
New this year I will be offering small editions of my regular line as a "Basic Edition" of 50 each. These will be signed, but not individually numbered, all coming with a certificate, wig, eyes and nude. Each will be painted by my factory artisans based on my original face up.
"Eryka Basic"
Now in stock
LE 50 Basic
Comes with eyes, wig, factory face up, nude
$750 + $25 shipping in U.S.A
"Eden Basic"
"Lydia Grimmsley Basic"
Sold Out.
$350 + $20 shipping in U.S.A
"Fiona Basic"
$550 + $20 shipping in U.S.A
2012 Lollys, Meet "Portia"
Shipping Jan. 21st
Tiny little 8" BJD with a big attitude! Portia comes as shown with her adorable goth outfit, hi-tops, black mohair wig and brown glass eyes.
>>Measurements for all MSD girls
>>Measurements for all SD girls
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