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Giltner Hornets sting Wau-Pal to take the championship in dramatic fashion
By Josh Sumner
The Wauneta Breeze
Overtime seemed like a certainty in last Saturday's state championship basketball game between Wauneta-Palisade (26-2) and Giltner (25-2).
Tied 54-54 in the game's final moments, Wau-Pal's Drew Harris nearly launched himself into the Devaney Center rafters, as he blocked Jacob Findley's game-winning attempt from the corner. The swatted ball rolled out of bounds, but 1.6 seconds remained on the game clock.
As each team huddled around their bench in the timeout that followed, fans braced themselves for the inevitable overtime.
But as it turned out, the script was being rewritten by Giltner Head Coach Matt Drew.
WP Bronco Drew Harris springs into motion during Wau-Pal's second round victory over Sterling in the Nebraska D-2 State Tournament. Harris led all scorers in the D-2 tourney with 58 points over three days, and was named to the All-Tournament Team. (Wauneta Breeze Photos | Josh Sumner)
Giltner inbounded the ensuing possession to its best shooter, Ethan Kreutz, who had enough time to dribble, pull up and release a high-arching shot from nearly NBA range. The ball hung in the air for what felt like hours. When it finally came down, it hit nothing but net.
In the blink of an eye, the Giltner Hornets had stolen the state title from the Broncos, stunning the Wau-Pal players, coaches and cheering section.
"It was a great shot," said WP Head Coach Dave Kuhlen. "I can stand back and appreciate it. You've got to give the kid credit, because if I was coaching him, I'd tell him he has to catch and shoot. You never know if you're going to be allowed a dribble in 1.6 seconds."
Bronco Ricky Martin (No. 33), at right, moves around a Giltner defender in Saturday's state title game. Martin averaged 8.7 points-per-game in the state tournament.
The game between the Broncos and Hornets was a battle from the opening whistle. Wauneta-Palisade came out as the aggressor, opening the game with a 14-6 scoring edge.
WP's full-court press held true to form, as the Broncos forced several errant passes in the game's first quarter. But, as has often been the case this season, aggressive defense created foul trouble for the Broncs. WP's Harris picked up his second foul with nearly 3 minutes to go in the first quarter, while Bo Fanning was whistled for his third foul only midway through the second quarter.
Meanwhile, the Broncos' scoring attack ensued. Behind the sharp shooting of Ricky Martin and the inside tenacity of Harris, WP jumped out to a 23-12 second quarter lead.
WP's Bo Fanning, at right, keeps the ball away from the outstretched hands of Giltner defenders. Fanning scored 7 points against the Hornets.
But Giltner didn't back down. The Hornets went on a 15-4 scoring run, tying the game with less than 30 seconds left in the first half on a Drew Ott bucket. WP's Logan Bischoff scored in the closing seconds to give WP a 29-27 lead.
Mysteriously absent from the box score in the first half of the game was WP's Chris Bartels, who scored only 2 points through 2 quarters. In the second half, he made his presence known from the start.
Bartels scored the first basket of the second half with a floater in the lane, then promptly stole the ball and dished it to Fanning for another quick strike. Similar to the beginning of the first half, the Broncos came out of the locker room in a sprint.
Bartels spearheaded the Broncos' offense in the second half, helping WP build a 42-34 lead midway through the third quarter.
But Giltner used a big rebounding edge and the 3-point shooting of Kreutz to grab the momentum right back. A put-back by Hornet Lucas Richards tied the game 42-42.
Bronco Chris Bartels goes up strong with the basketball in championship game action against the Giltner Hornets.
Missed opportunities by WP in the closing seconds of the third quarter kept the game tied as the fourth quarter opened.
As fouls continued to mount for Wau-Pal, two key Broncos were lost: Fanning picked up his fifth foul shortly into the fourth quarter, followed by Martin, who fouled out with 2:58 left in the ball game. With the two starters out of the game, Giltner upped its attack.
The Hornets ran its offense through the inside play of Ott, who finished the day with a game-high 18 points and 17 rebounds. Giltner used its muscle to mount a 36-18 rebounding advantage in the contest, including a 15-4 advantage on the offensive boards. With 2:26 left in the game, the Hornets found themselves up 54-49.
That's when Broncos Bartels and Harris mounted the last stand of their varsity basketball careers toward winning the state title.
First it was Bartels with penetration inside to get the game within 3 points. Then it was Harris drawing a foul and making 2 free throws to inch within 1.
A carrying call on Giltner's Trevor Poppen gave WP the basketball with 1:10 left in the game. Bartels made a move to the bucket, picked up the foul and headed to the free throw line with less than a minute left in regulation.
Bartels, an 86 percent free throw shooter, made the first attempt to tie the game 54-54. The second attempt rimmed out, however, setting up Giltner's final game-winning possession.
Wau-Pal's Reese West, at left, shares a rare smile with Coach Kuhlen while receiving his second place medal after the championship game against Giltner.
In the end, WP couldn't overcome the plethora of second-chance opportunities allowed to Giltner. The Broncos did force 18 turnovers, while coughing up the ball only 6 times themselves.
"We had too many kids who were on the periphery of play," said Kuhlen. "You can't do that when you're in the state championship game."
The Broncos were led in scoring by Bartels with 17 points — 15 of which came after halftime. Harris scored 16 points to go along with a team-high 7 rebounds. Martin added 12 points in the loss.
Bartels and Harris, both of whom were named to the All-Tournament Team, were the top two scorers in the D-2 tournament. Harris notched 58 points in the three games — 1 point better than Bartels' 57-point effort over the weekend. Giltner's Kreutz finished with 16 points in the championship game, including 5 made 3-pointers.
Broncos take out No. 2 Sterling
Wau-Pal had to overcome an early 9-5 deficit to take down the No. 2-seeded Sterling Jets (23-6) in front of a packed house at Lincoln's Pershing Center on Friday.
The toughest part of the matchup would be figuring out how to contain Sterling's leading scorer, 6-foot-9 Connor Malone. In the first half, the Broncos did just that.
Finding themselves down in the early going, Coach Kuhlen called a timeout to reiterate to his players his plea for preventing Sterling from getting the ball in close. Wau-Pal's half-court defense responded, as the zone began to front the taller Sterling players, preventing them from catching the ball inside.
Then the offense found its stride. Bartels scored in bunches by slashing to the rack, as he led all scorers with 18 points in the game. The Broncos used a 19-6 scoring run to take a 24-15 lead into the locker room.
Hayden Pollmann (No. 24), at left, celebrates with teammate Chris Bartels (No. 31) after the Broncos' win against Sterling, which secured WP's spot in Saturday's championship game.
But it was the defense that was the real story in the early going — especially that of Fanning, who was charged with helping defend Malone for most the game.
"I asked Bo, 'You got any plans for Malone once he comes into the lane?'" said Kuhlen. "He just got a big smile on his face. That's Bo. He takes on every challenge and he's an awfully competitive kid. He could care less how many points he scores — he wants to play defense."
Fanning's defensive prowess was key to the Broncos' success in the game. But in the second half, the job got tougher. Fanning picked up his fourth foul just minutes into the third quarter.
Exploiting Wau-Pal's weakness of having Fanning on the bench, Sterling went on the offensive in the second half. The Jets dominated inside in the third quarter, outscoring WP 21-13. Malone and Jake Wirthele took on most of the scoring load for Sterling.
Keeping the Broncos in the game in the third quarter was Ricky Martin, who had his jump shot working from all over the floor.
The Wau-Pal reserve players stand united prior to the Broncos' championship game against Giltner at the Devaney Center. Standing from left are Wes Anderjaska, Weylin Davis, Jacob Maris, Logan Bischoff, Landon Jutten, Jack McGraw and Hayden Pollmann.
"They made a great run at us in the third quarter," said Kuhlen. "I thought Ricky Martin hit some very big shots for us."
Entering the fourth quarter, Sterling had cut the Wau-Pal lead to 37-36. And with 3:47 left in the game, they took the lead back for the first time since the first quarter, 42-41.
With momentum clearly on the side of the Jets, WP's Harris did what he has done all season — hit big shots. The senior, with ice water in his blood, dropped in a key 3-pointer to retake the lead 44-42.
The Broncos never trailed again, as they went on to win the game 50-46.
Wauneta-Palisade's Jacob Maris (No. 13), at right, tries to elude Tyler Timmerman (No. 25) of the St. Mary's Cardinals. Wau-Pal knocked off St. Mary's 63-54 in the opening round of state basketball action, securing their stay in Lincoln throughout Saturday's championship and consolation round. The Broncos' opening round win preceded a second round victory over Sterling, 50-46.
Harris scored 17 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in the game, while Martin scored 10 points. Malone led the Jets with 17 points.
The height difference between Sterling and the undersized Broncos was immense — Sterling had seven players on its roster listed at 6-foot-1 or taller.
But luck was on Wau-Pal's side. Long offensive rebounds and blocked shots by Sterling seemed to go right back to the Broncos all game long.
"Luck becomes an element when you're dealing with two even teams," said Kuhlen. "I felt like Sterling and us were very even. Bounces go your way sometimes, and bounces don't go your way sometimes."
Wau-Pal outlasts St. Mary's
Similar to the start of the Sterling game, Wau-Pal found themselves down to No. 6-seeded St. Mary's (22-3) early in the first round of state action.
The Cardinals used patience to find quality shots, as they worked the ball in low for easy looks, jumping out to an 11-4 lead.
Then Wau-Pal had an offensive explosion. A pair of 3-pointers by Harris got things started, followed by a smooth feed from Fanning to Reese West to tie the game 16-16. Another pair of 3-pointers — coming from unlikely sources in West and Jack McGraw+ — put the Broncos out front 22-16 at the end of the first quarter.
The fast offensive pace continued into the second quarter for both teams. St. Mary's Derek Blumenstock scored his team's first 8 points of the quarter, tying the game 24-24. Then the two teams traded traditional 3-point plays — the first coming after Drew Harris was fouled on an inside score, and the second coming for Tait Sibbel of St. Mary's.
The Bronco student section explodes following Wau-Pal's opening round win over St. Mary's at Lincoln North Star High School.
With WP up 38-33, St. Mary's held the ball for the final possession of the half. A blocked shot by Fanning on Ty Eiler's shot from the corner would be reminiscent of the final play of the championship game against Giltner. The block sent the ball out of bounds, but on the ensuing play, St. Mary's inbounded the ball to Kyle Eby who promptly hit a 3-pointer to beat the buzzer. The last-second shot pulled St. Mary's within 2 points at half time.
But Wau-Pal had some buzzer-beaters of their own over the weekend. With 1.7 seconds left in the third quarter, West threw the ball into Harris who hit a shot from the top of the key, giving Wau-Pal a 51-44 lead. The Broncos rode the momentum through the remainder of the game, holding off the Cardinals' intensified fourth quarter pressure and winning the ball game 63-54.
St. Mary's used a tough full-court trap to try to speed up Wau-Pal in the fourth quarter. That was just fine by Kuhlen.
"We know one way to play, and you could see it there at the end that we don't like to slow it down too much," said Kuhlen. "They were up in our shorts in the fourth quarter, and that puts heat on you."
Harris led all scorers with 25 points. Bartels picked up an impressive double-double with his 22-point, 10-rebound performance. West chipped in 9 points in the game.
Wauneta-Palisade earns Sportsmanship Award
At the conclusion of the championship game against Giltner, WP Superintendent Stan Sibley was joined by Wau-Pal seniors in receiving this year's Sportsmanship Award for the state basketball tournament.
The award, which is voted on by NSAA officials, is the fourth in the history of Bronco athletics, and the first since the 2007 boys state basketball tournament.
According to WP Principal Troy Holmberg, NSAA officials notified the school that they had won the award with time left in the championship game against Giltner. Normally, the award isn't given out until after the conclusion of the consolation game that follows.
Holmberg said he was told by the officials that it was mathematically impossible for the other teams to score as many sportsmanship points as WP had already racked up .
"I think we have really good kids here," said Holmberg. "The NSAA monitored our bench and our main fan section, but most of the scoring is based on our student section. Our kids did a real good job."


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Waterford — The WIAA Division 1 Waterford Regional proved fruitful for both the Badger girls and boys track squads Monday night.
The two teams combined to advance athletes in 23 events to Thursday's sectional at Badger, including champions in five events.
Starting with the girls, the team took second in the nine-team tournament with 120 team points behind champion Waterford's 152.
Individually, 13 qualified for sectionals including two champions, Megan Mulligan in the 100 (12.87) and the 3,200 relay team of Alyssa Olsen, Aaryn Edge, Karina Reeves and Tristan Sproul (10:09.03). Badger girls coach Jenn Jaeger was pleased with the overall performance.
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The top four from each event qualified for Thursday's sectional. Other sectional qualifiers for the girls included the 800 relay team of Ariel Altergot, Annie Gaugert, Carly Beil and Alyssa Humphrey (second, 1:52.20), the 400 relay team of Gaugert, Beil, Humphrey and Mulligan (second, 51.81) and Sproul in the 800 (second, 2:30.30). The 400 relay just missed first place by .04 seconds.
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"We had a pretty good night," boys coach AJ Curtis said. "It was pretty exciting for us. Mario has been coming on at the right time. He's expecting more from himself at sectionals. He competed well."
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In the 1,600 relay, the team of Corey Nevin, Jose Nova, James Szeszol and Ruzga qualified by grabbing second, posting a season-best time of 3:29.00. The 400 relay team of Connor Kotula, Nick Asta, Andrew Allen and Christian Sontag also qualified, taking fourth with a time of 45.5 seconds.
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- BNS earnings will be on March 6. What do you think is in store? A dividend raise?
- CM earnings will be on March 8. What about CIBC, they did increase their dividends last year. We might see them getting back on the annual increase.
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Tim doesn't text anymore. He's around, but he doesn't text. Tonight his sister, Laura, texted both of us by responding to a thread the three of us were included on from some months past. Someone else has his number, though. We were both a little shell shocked by the result. Tim's number, and Tim's smiling face in the photo beside the words- which were definitely not Timlike.
"If he is dead why try to txt he wuldnt reply he is dead"Posted in evil inherent in nature, life, Tim with tags Screenshots on August 30, 2014 by clancyjane
Love LetterPosted in death, gratuities, life, moms on April 12, 2014 by clancyjane
(In loss, I have never felt so loved.)
We were raised by our Mothers, and they by theirs, to be good people who are good to people.
We were raised with others like us, those we've known for as long as we've breathed, and others we left Putnam County to find.
When I read what you've written to me, and not only to me but to others, I remember when Mom said there was no one more lucky than we are lucky- to have each other, and each of our others.
You are so present.
So true.
So loving.
You are at once so grounded and unafraid of flight.
There is no one more lucky than me, to have who I came with and who I collected, and to see you daily through the interconnect.
I love you and I love how you love me and I love how you love each other.
If we looked in on love like this, at like-minded like-hearted neighbors, we would ask each other
how could they exist?
How could they be so authentic and kind.
And how could they be us.
The frogs we have in commonPosted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2013 by clancyjane
Aren't You, Kid?Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2011 by clancyjane
I wasn't there when the wild thing got her. I knew it like you know things in dreams, without knowing how or why– but knowing, with a certainty unrivaled in the walking-around-world.
I didn't know her, though. I didn't know who she was, or her name, or how she came to be mauled by a wild beast in the middle of northern Missouri. Still, I somehow recognized her 80 year old self as an unknown other rolled her, in her wheelchair, into church.
Mom and I were seated a few pews back from the front. The lady entered, and terrified, I ushered Mom to the far end of the row. I scanned the entrance for a sign that the wild thing had re-found his victim and followed her inside. I readied for a threat that never came. As hard as I watched, it was only the lady, and once safely seated she smiled and nodded her relief. Mom and I made our way back to the opposite end. We were close enough now that I could see Joan just ahead, and very near the lady. We fastened eyes and the fear faded enough that we could all sit down. We settled back in our seats a little, but I kept one arm linked together with Mom's, and the other extended, aisle-side, to ward off whatever wrong thing might come.
Mom took note of this new arrangement and said You're still trying to protect me, aren't you, kid? And I said Yeah, Mom. I'm trying my best, and I stayed there like that until morning, positioned between her and whatever harm might want to find her, but day broke and the sun burned through and I opened my eyes to find she was gone again anyway.
Not The Kind Of PeoplePosted in Uncategorized on May 24, 2011 by clancyjane
We are not the kind of people who have lumpectomies. We are the kind of people who sail through a summer with Carole King blasting, luring handsome Kansas boys from 17th street for a dance and a drink.
We are not the kind of people whose parents die. We are the kind of people whose Dad's take us fishing, whose Mom's take us swimming, for picnics at the creek.
We are not the kind of people
We are not the kind of
We are not the kind of people and we are
the kind of people who
are not the kind of people
we are not.
Theme Friday: LilacsPosted in Theme Fridays on April 29, 2011 by clancyjane
Even in Kyoto/I hear the cuckoo sing/and long for Kyoto. ~Basho
The car coasted to a stop on the gravel between the graves.
You comin', Dad?
Nah. I'll just wait here.
I let the car door close behind me and started down the nearest row. I'd only taken a few steps when he called me back.
Listen. You tell Mom I'm not drinkin' again, I just don't feel good.
I'll tell her, Dad. But she knows that already.
I checked my watch and wondered if he was close to needing insulin. I walked past Uncle Charlie, Aunt Ruth, Cousin Casey, and the other townspeople who'd gone on before us. I stopped when I got to Dad's folks, and, as he'd asked, tried to tell them what they knew already.
It was the lilacs, I think, carried on the summer breeze, that caught the words in my throat. I looked back toward the car, catching sight of the Thompson stone. I thought of Alice, in another season, talking about the snow on Bethel's grave. She cried with no excuses. It was winter then, and there were no lilacs to blame.
I couldn't see them, but they were thick in the pure village air. They grew in common at our house on the hill and by the old barn in Grandma's back yard. I'd sat there with Sean one day, our backs against the wooden door and our heels in the rich, black dirt. I told him the Basho haiku that embodied Lucerne for me.
Well, that doesn't make sense. He's in Kyoto, hears a bird sing, and longs for Kyoto, even though he's in Kyoto?
It makes perfect sense. It would be like saying, "Even in Lucerne, I smell the scent of Lilacs, and long for Lucerne". I'm in Lucerne, longing for the perfect Lucerne I knew– the ideal or idyllic Lucerne, which can't exist anymore, because some of us are missing.
The sun signaled time to meet Mom for lunch.
I said goodbye to George and Myrtle and walked back to the car and their waiting son.
Did you tell her what I told you to?
Yeah, Dad, I did. And she said to tell you you're not too big for a spanking.
His laugh filled the lilac'd air around us and we were in an old Lucerne, in a different time, and a different place, where everything was fine again for just a little while.
Christine and Annie take on Lilacs.
A Kinder Matriphagy Than SomePosted in Uncategorized on January 21, 2011 by clancyjane
You might think it cruel
of the Black-Lace Weaver
to eat his parent alive
(within minutes!)
when he's barely one week old,
but I think I'd be grateful
to the boy for making
such quick haste.
Some species draw it out 50 years,
leave their parents broke
and footless and ask them,
"Can I still have your jewelry?"
the night before they die.


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India has become substantially more equal since January 8, 2008. About two hundred billionaires have turned into millionaires. The drop in stock market and real estate values means that the top 5% richest people may have lost about 40% of their wealth and making the rich poor increases equality. But does this exponential increase in equality help India's poor? Do they even care? Is income inequality the disease or the symptom?
There is a cultural context to India's heated inequality debate; the differing Indian attitude to wealth and those that possess it is built on heavy rhetoric around socialism. But as someone has said, "Gareebi hatao can only happen by ameeri banao".


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Local mediation could help solve contract scuffles
You would be at or near senior citizen status if you remember the Greater Wilkes-Barre Labor-Management Committee that functioned in the Wyoming Valley area.
The committee was well respected and oft used. Dr. Sam Rosenberg of the then Wilkes College faculty headed up the committee, which was composed of labor, management and civic leaders.
In the 1960s, labor unions were plentiful in the Wyoming Valley area. The industrial diversification that followed the decline of the anthracite industry brought in many companies covering a wide range of production. Many of those companies were unionized and it was a period when labor unions worked to improve the wages and working conditions of former miners and the children and grandchildren of those miners. Sometimes that meant strikes. The garment industry was still alive and thousands of women toiled at sewing machines and they too, represented by a union, sought a better life. The women could be militant on the picket line.
Rosenberg and his team, when invited, would work to mediate and conciliate, and the team was very successful. It was a powerful addition to a mediation system that already had state and federal services. But the local folks, with their great feeling and appreciation for the region's history and culture, were often the team of choice in the '50s, '60s and early '70s.
Today, news accounts of ongoing labor-management disputes do not reflect any mediation service involvement. Specifically, the nurses and Community Health Systems, owners of area hospitals, and the teachers and Wyoming Area School Board are examples of ongoing contract tussles in the private and public sectors, respectively.
Would a local mediation committee make a difference if available and called upon? Would the community be well served to have such a committee?
Luzerne County is blessed with wonderful colleges and universities, led by people who care about the community as a whole. Perhaps this is an area where a collaborative effort could create a mechanism to bring accord in times of strife.
Dr. Sam, a positive bloke, would say, "Go for it!"
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Chinese Grandfather Models Teen Girls' Clothes
Liu Xianping advised his granddaughter on her fashion business, and then he modeled the looks. The photos went viral, and sales skyrocketed.
Good morning. I'm Linda Wertheimer. Leading with a great pair of legs helps to make it as a model. And apparently, being a 72-year-old granddad doesn't hurt. Liu Xianping advised his granddaughter on her fashion business and thoughts on mix and match, then he modeled the look. The photos went viral. Sales skyrocketed. Here's how to get the look. Pile on the layers and lace and his signature thigh-high red stockings. It's MORNING EDITION.
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Why dont bicycle manufactures/companies advertise on television?
I can watch TV and never see an ad for Trek, Schwinn, Giant, or any bike company you want to name. It seems to me that if a bike company wants to change the way that the American people view cycling, that they would advertise on one of the most popular mediums available to them.
Most of the people that I know who dont ride a bike, view bicycles as being for kids, or a hobby for racer want to be types. Or, worse yet poor people, or alcoholics without a drivers license, or a tree hugging environmentalist.
Why not have an ad that shows an adult riding to the convenience store, or commuting to work and dont show just the young and fit people riding a bike; show more of a realistic cross section of all ages, sexes and body types. I think they should show the more utilitarian side of cycling, along with the fun, and health benefits that can be gained. Most baby boomers grew up riding bikes, why not try to get them back on the bicycle again, by taking away the stigmatic view that most non-riders have of a person on a bicycle What better way to reach most of these types than a TV commercial?
I personally think that the bike companies are missing out on a huge opportunity by not advertising on TV, especially in this day and age of thinking green. They have the opportunity to make riding a bicycle very hip and trendy, but most of all viewed as a viable means of transportation.
Oh well, I just wanted to express my thoughts on the matter maybe I will have a bumper sticker made that says My second car is a bicycle, or something like that.
What do you all think: should bike companies advertise on television?


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Two robberies within minutes in Valley Stream
Nassau County Police are investigating a pair of robberies within six minutes of each other on Thursday evening in Valley Stream.
The first robbery occurred on Oct. 4 at 5:50 p.m. on Rose Avenue. A 15-year-old male was walking down the street when he was approached by an unknown man. The robber threatened to beat the victim if he did not hand over his iPod. The teen complied and the robber fled northbound on Mary Street.
The suspect is described as a black male, 6-foot-2. No injuries were reported.
The second robbery occurred at 5:56 p.m. on Boden Avenue. There, a 14-year-old male was walking down the street when an unknown man approached him from behind and grabbed his iPhone. The victim ran after being threatened by the robber.
The suspect is described as a black male, 6-foot-4. He fled southbound on Boden Avenue. The victim was not injured.
Anyone with information about either robbery is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 244-TIPS.
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NHL Senior Vice President of Player Safety and Hockey Operations Brendan Shanahan flew to Calgary on Friday to meet with Ken King, the Calgary Flames president and chief executive officer.
"Yes, I flew to Calgary [Friday] and had dinner with Ken King," Shanahan told Sportsnet. "Both parties ran it by Commissioner [Gary] Bettman. Purely just a conversation. Beyond that I'd rather not get into it or comment publicly."
Sportsnet's John Shannon is reporting the Flames could be looking to restructure their hockey operations department with the potential of adding Shanahan in a high-profile role. According to a report by TSN's Bob McKenzie, there was no offer made by the Flames to Shanahan.
Sportsnet also reported that the Flames are undertaking a review of their organization to determine what will need to be done to get the franchise contending again. The Flames have not made the Stanley Cup Playoffs since 2009.
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Cozumel is the largest island in the Mexican Caribbean. It is also the most populated island in Mexico with an estimated population of around 90,000.
Cozumel is situated near the eastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula in the State of Quintana Roo. The island is approximately 30 miles [48 km] long and 10 miles [16 km] wide. It is about 12 mi [20 km] from the mainland, and some 36 mi [60 km] south of Cancun.
Isla Cozumel [or Cozumel Island] derives its name from the Mayans who once lived there and regarded the island as a sacred place. In Mayan, Cuzamil [Cozumel] translates to "land of the swallows," a reflection of the indigenous birds that inhabit the island.
The Mayans are believed to have settled the island over 2000 years ago harvesting the rich abundance of seafood for commercial use. Conch shells were collected as an ingredient for stucco, which was used extensively on the mainland. The ocean also supplied a large number of other valuable items such as shark teeth, stingray spines and seashells that were used for ritual purposes.
The Spanish explorer Juan de Grijalva first landed on the shores of Cozumel in 1518. The visit was proceeded a year later by the butcher Hern�n Cort�s. The conquistadors ruthlessly invaded the island destroying everything that lay in their path. Whether or not the Spanish knowingly imported smallpox on purpose is a matter of speculation, however to the ravaged Mayans the disease soon eclipsed their very being. Those who did not die a miserable death were shackled and sent to Cuba to live out their lives as slaves.
Between 1519 and 1570 the island's population dropped from 40,000 to 30. By 1600 the island was desolate, its once flourishing community gone. Soon the island's numerous coves provided safe havens for marauding pirates.
In 1848 during the "War of the Castes" the island was reclaimed by the Maya and used as a sanctuary for those seeking refuge from the war. Slowly the island was reinhabted and in 1910-1917 the Mexican Revolution resulted in land reforms and freedom for the Isle�os.
The popularity of a new "candy" called chewing gum in the U.S.A. led to the island's growth. Cozumel was a port-of-call on the gum and coconut export route from Central America. During World War 2 the U.S. Air Force built a base on the island in order to launch aircrafts, in the pursuit of German U-boats.
The first hotel, the "Louvre" opened in 1924, followed by the "Yuri" in 1932 and the "Playa" in 1938. After the the economic crises in the thirties, tourist development stopped.
During the fifties, with the advent of modern scuba equipment divers started coming to Cozumel.
World-famous explorer Jacques Cousteau and his team discovered the wall of reefs just off the island's shoreline and declared them to be one of the most incredible diving destinations in the world. After that diving exploded on the island!
By 1970, Cozumel's population quickly grew to 10,000 and with the influx of tourism this once desolate island has now become the jewel of the Mexican Caribbean.
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SAN MIGUEL, COZUMELWhen you get off the ferry in Cozumel you are met by a barrage of sales representatives for various dive and snorkel operations. Also in the mix are representatives for hotels and resorts who often carry photo-albums of pictures of the resorts. Once you get through this you are in the city of San Miguel right in the tourista shopping zone.
There are public information booths present however these are manned by sales representatives for time-shares. Once you ask a question you are a step away from a free lunch, tour and a wasted day [don't get trapped into this].
There are numerous restaurants, cafes and shops selling everything that is carried on the mainland so shopping is not a problem and one does not have to leave the island. In fact some people prefer to shop in Cozumel instead of Playa del Carmen although the two are quite similar.
The San Miguel tourist zone extends from the coastline back several blocks and north/south several blocks. Outside of this you have residential neighborhoods and general Cozumel industrial zones.
The town of San Miguel, the airport, and the hotels are all located on the western side of the island. Fortunately, massive resort development is paralyzed by a lack of portable water and a strong desire to protect the island's delicate ecosystem.
COZUMEL CLIMATEAverage air temperature: 80F [27C]
July/August - High 80's to low 90's F [32C]
December/January - Mid 70's F [24C]
Winter Months: Cold fronts may create windy, cloudy and cooler weather. Afternoon thunderstorms are common, usually lasting for an hour.
Water temperatures range from 77-82F [25-28C] throughout the year.
GETTING THERECozumel has an international airport with connecting routes to Playa del Carmen, Cancun and other destinations in Mexico, Belize and Guatamala.
There is immigration at Cozumel airport. It is basicaly the same as Cancun airport or Merida. You press the button at the trafic light then proceed.
The most common method of transportation to the island is by boat. There is a ferry service that connects Cozumel to Playa del Carmen for pedestrians and a ferry out of Calica for vehicle transportation. The ferry connecting to Playa del Carmen runs quite frequently [there are 3 ferries on duty].
Getting to Cozumel from Cancun Airport
If you are landing in Cancun you need to either:
* Taxis are not allowed at the airport but sometimes you can get one when the taxi is dropping somebody off. They are not allowed to hang around.
From Playa del Carmen you take the ferry to Cozumel.
We have bussed from Palenque to Playa del Carmen on the red-eye arriving a 5:00ish, walked to the ferry, boarded, slept, landed in Cozumel, hopped in a taxi and been in our hotel room by 7:00 am.
For diving info see Cozumel Diving
Cozumel's limestone shore is surrounded by temperate, crystal clear waters, which range from stunning turquoise to deep indigo.
With over 30 kilometers of reefs, water visibility to 200 feet, and over 200 species of tropical fish, Cozumel is considered by many as the finest dive destination in the Atlantic. Water temperatures range from summer highs in the low 80's (F) to winter highs in the low 70's (F).
Water depths range from as shallow as 10 to 100 feet. Water current conditions vary from light to moderate to strong.
For snorkelers, there are plenty of places to go off the shore if you have your own gear and a rental car.
Snorkeling trips by boat are available at the lobby of any hotel or the ferry docks.
Snorkeling Cozumel is a lot differnet than snorkeling the mainland. In many locations on Cozumel as soon as you go out a few yards you are in deep water, but the visibility is good.
The fish are bigger too. Many species of fish you see snorkeling the mainland are young and habitate there to avoid larger preditors.
The two most common snorkel spots on the island are Chankanaab and Dzul Ha. Having snorkeled both locations we can offer this advice:
Snorkeling quality is the same at both locations. In fact they are rather close to each other.
What is different is this:
If you're traveling with your family Chankanaab is recommended as you can spend the whole day there. If you are a couple looking for a cheap snorkel experience go to Dzul Ha.
Both places rent snorkel gear and there are lockers and restaurants at each.
You need to rent a car or take a taxi to get to either of these places. From San Miguel it is a short drive along the coast south.
NOTE: It is advisable that all children and weak swimmers wear life-jackets when snorkeling here. Available at the rental stands.
Other interesting snorkel locations:
Hotel Presidente Intercontinental and La Ceiba Hotel beach. There is an underwater plane wreck used as a movie prop.
Laguna de Colombia is a lagoon at the south tip of the island offering interesting snorkeling.
Isla de la Pasion is a tiny island in Bahia Abrigo with secluded beaches and rocky shorelines. Isla de la Pasion is a state reserve and there are absolutely no facilities here. It is located north of San Miguel and you need to contact a fishing/dive charter to take you there.
Generaly summer is the low season and hotel rates are reduced competatively. In the winter prices go up and availability goes down. Best to book months in advance for winter vacations if you have a specific date in mind.
After Labor Day and before the Christmas is an good time to visit but September and November are traditional huricane months. Crowds are down but the tempturature is still high. Rates are still lower than high-season.
Rates go back down after Easter and low season begins. Availability at hotels is best during low season and room selection is best during this time.
THINGS TO KNOWWater conditions on the beaches on the west side of the island [tourist zones] are usually excellent because the island blocks the currents and winds.
You can buy almost anything your heart desires in the shopping zone.
All popular snorkeling beaches have lockers and snorkel equipment for rent.
Most streets in San Miguel are one way. The coastal highway is two-way and circles the island.
Most stores have English speaking staff.
All stores accept US dollars.
Cozumel is a great place to find hard-to-get scuba and snorkel gear.
There is a Sunday evening fiesta in San Miguel at the central plaza with live music.
You can buy Cuban cigars here.
You can get a taxi anywhere on the island [except the dirt road going north of Mezcalitos on the east side of the island].
There are a few Internet Cafes in San Miguel. Just walk around downtown and you will find one in no time. The further away from the waterfront, the cheaper the rates.
There are laundromats in San Miguel.


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Media Futurist on Telcos/ISPs and Content 2.0 – Emerging Communications Blog.
A week last Monday Lee Dryburgh, Founder of the eComm Conference interviewed me via Skype.
You can download it as a 96kbps MP3 via the event's blog, above (24.1 meg, 37 minutes).
Additionally the full transcript is there as well. I am speaking at this conf on WED March 3, 4.30 pm, and will be posting my presentation shortly afterwards -stay tuned.
The Future of Content & Telecoms: Flat Rate Content Bundles and Social Media – the Next Big Thing?
Gerd Leonhard, Media Futurist, MediaFuturist.com
Date: Wednesday, March 4 Time: 4:30 – 4:50 PM Location: Salon EImagine a world where unfiltered and limitless access to content is
bundled directly into your access to the networks. A world where 'your
cloud' holds all kinds of content, your social network connections,
your community, and your context (i.e. meta-content), your meta-data
and your interaction-trails, and where access to all of this is
feels-like-free, legal, always-on and fully mobile, on any and all
platforms. This is the future we are heading into, and telecoms,
content-owners and brands / advertisers must forge entirely new
partnerships. We are starting to see content creators and
rights-owners aborting their long-standing quests for total control,
and instead looking to build their audiences and share revenues. So
where is this trend going to take us, what do we need to do in order to
turn content (music, video, TV, news, games, books…) into a new and
truly growing business that is really web-native, where are the
big opportunities for telecoms, operators, social networks and
rights-holders, and what will the new business models look like? In
this context, Gerd will also address topics such as the flat rate for
digital music, ISP/Operator + Content bundling examples in Europe and
Asia, copyright 2.0 and the future of content commerce, the shift from
control-economy to attention & trust economy, the latest
developments in next generation advertising, and the growing economic
power of those 'new generatives' (> Kevin Kelly).
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Jill Bruce retiring after 31 years
Bruce retiring as food service director at Minot schools
May 4, 2009 - By ANDREA JOHNSON, Staff Writer email@example.com
Jill Bruce has seen a lot of changes in her 31 years as the food service director for the Minot Public Schools, from new kitchen equipment to new rules to computers....
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Monticello, FL -- Aucilla Christian is heading to the final four, for the first time since 1981 but the Warriors aren't letting the pressure get to them. They're approaching it just like any other game.
"it's about the same as it has been all year," senior Marcus Roberts says. "Just trying to come out here and work hard and stay humble and keep playing and doing things we know to do to keep winning."
"Just go have a blast. Whatever happens, happens. We're proud of our guys and I couldn't ask for any more than to just go down there and everybody have a big grin on their face," adds head coach Drew Sherrod.
The trip to Port St. Lucie has been a challenging one. After losing to Munroe in the district finals every playoff game this post season has been on the road, which may have been a blessing in disguise.
"We lost to district championship to them and got beat real bad. We got ten run ruled and I think it was just a wake up call for us to be ready and to know we're going to have to give everything we got the rest of the year to go anywhere after districts," adds Roberts.
"In a way I think that actually brought us together and made it so we had nothing to lose and we were just going out and having fun, playing ball," Sherrod adds.
'We all kept our heads up through bad times and hard times but kept our heads up all the time because that was all we could do," adds senior Casey Wheeler.
At this level only the best of the best remain in high school baseball, and that's who the Warriors will face in the state semifinals. They will play Brito Miami Private who have made the playoffs every year since 1993 winning five state titles along the way.


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In this Tuesday, May 1, 2012 photo, men work alongside one of Timburktu's historic mud mosques, in Timbuktu, Mali. While government soldiers were fighting each other this week for control of the capital Bamako, in Mali's southwest corner, Islamist fighters were asserting control over the Texas-sized northern half of the country. The Islamists are imposing strict religious law and some of them are foreign jihadists, setting up a possible showdown with Tuareg nationalist rebels, who are secular and who seized northern Mali in March alongside the Islamists. (AP Photo)


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Zyro Open House: Report 1
One of the UK's biggest distributors had their "come and visit us" info days this week.
Cycle Show Randoms Part Deux
More brief bits from the busiest Cycle Show we've ever attended. Manic!
Cotic BFe – Cycleshow Video Interview
Cy shows Mark around the all new Cotic BFe in our Cycleshow sitting room studio
18bikes Custom Steel – Cycle2009 Video
18bikes popped in to our sitting room to tell us about their new custom steel service 🙂
Pro Flex Is Back!
No UK distributor as yet but Pro-Flex is back. The former US company is now based in Spain and seeking to expand its European base. Two trail bikes, three marathon with the top end one being carbon.
Cotic Soul Video Interview
Cy Turner from Cotic Cycles was the first person to be interviewed in our northern sitting room studio at the Cycle Show.


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The angularity of the Orbea Orca Silver is unmistakable, and it's a striking quality that leaves you with a lasting impression. At first glance, it looks almost brutish, like its planar design is there to skew its radar signature at some terrifying top speed. It shares this same overall shape with the more expensive Orca Gold, though this one makes use of a materials mix that leaves all the performance out on the road without producing such a lasting effect on your wallet.
While the Orca has been around for a good number of years, its recent re-design has upped the ante considerably. Where the older bike used more traditional rounded tube shapes, this one nearly ventures into art deco. However, the tube shaping isn't all about good looks. Orbea uses what they term as SSN (size specific nerve) technology to produce frames that offer the same comfort and performance characteristics across the size range. More specifically, each frame size has specific carbon lay-ups and tube dimensions. This way, a 125lb five foot seven mountain climber doesn't have to suffer the otherworldly stiffness that would be necessary on a bike built for a 180lb six foot four classics rider. Otherwise, the angular tube shapes and sometimes pronounced edges are the result of FEA (finite element analysis) and the intent to create resistance to flex in critical areas like the bottom bracket, seat tube, and head tube junction.
That said, Orbea uses some particular shaping in the seat stays and fork legs of the Orca Silver and Gold models to absorb road vibration. They call it Attraction, and you won't find it on the Orca Bronze. Take a close look at the abrupt bends above the full-carbon dropouts. Their shaping allows some shear movement between the long axes of the straight segments. While this improves comfort over coarse road surfaces, it has no effect on the stiffness of the rear triangle with regards to power transfer. Make no mistake, the Orca Silver leaps when you punch on the pedals.
Orbea molds the Orca Silver frame and fork as a monocoque. Each of these is a homogenous structure without bonded joints where failures, either structural or cosmetic, can occur. With fibers running continuously along the length of the tubes and through the intersections, the total strength of the bike is increased along with the durability. The Orca Silver is made with Orbea's Silver grade, high modulus carbon fiber. The difference between this model and the Orca Gold is easily quantifiable in numerical terms -- for another thousand dollars you can save 130 grams and get an admittedly exquisite clear coated carbon weave finish. Out on the road, you'd be hard pressed to discern the difference. Ultimately, the gold is a bit stiffer as well as being lighter. It's not a stretch to think of the Orca Silver as the Ultegra of the Orca line. With performance nearly indistinguishable from the top of the line model, why pay more?
Like its more expensive sibling, the Orca Silver uses a BB30 bottom bracket and a tapered head tube/steerer. Both of these details add performance by increasing stiffness where it counts. At the bottom bracket, you'll enjoy a 30% stiffer and lighter aluminum spindle compared to standard external bearing cranksets. Another benefit is the increased heel and ankle clearance. Do you wear out the inside surfaces of your cycling shoes against the crankarms? If you answered yes, BB30 is for you. And if you already have a typical crankset, you can easily adapt it to fit the BB30 shell, no problem. The tapered head tube allows the use of a 1.5" lower bearing. The increased inside diameter of the bearing allows the carbon fiber steerer tube to be oversized as well. This increases the torsional and bending stiffness. This is a big part of what makes the Orca feel rock solid on high speed descents and through tight corners, brushing elbows with your mates in the Wednesday night world championship crits.
The last difference between the Orca Silver and Gold framesets is the seatpost that comes with each model. Where the Gold is supplied with an Orca Monolink style post, AKA Selle Italia's latest clamp design, the Silver uses an Orca specific carbon post with an easy-to-adjust two bolt clamp. It provides a rock solid and slip-free support for the saddle brand and style of your choosing. Both models use a sculpted aluminum clamp that relies on an internal wedge to secure the post from sliding up or down.
The Orbea Orca Silver is available in four colors and six tailored sizes from 48cm to 60cm. It comes with a matching Orca tapered monocoque full-carbon fork and integrated FSA headset. The seatpost is also included, as is a Gore cable set. The frame is designed for super low profile cables, and the Gore lining keeps the cable from rubbing the clear coat off, so you'll want to continue to use lined cables. The Orca requires a braze-on front derailleur. All Orbea bicycle frames come with a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defect.
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I plan to assemble a touring bike, and I am currently considering components. With this in mind, I would like to buy and use only those components that minimize use of special or heavy tools. For example, threadless headsets can be adjusted with allen wrenches while threaded require large wrenches, so in regards of minimizing needed tools to carry while on tour, the threadless headset is more convenient.
Can you add to this list components (make/models) that can be serviced with simple tools? Here's a short list:
1. Threadless headset requires allen wrench (vs. larger wrenches for threaded)
2. Self-extracting bolts for crank arms eliminates need for crank arm extractor
Any other components that minimize needed tools when compared against older or traditional component designs?


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After having scrapped the Class 10 Board exams and switched from marks to grades in CBSE schools, the central government school board will now rework question papers.
Questions for Classes 10 and 12 will be reformulated and restructured to encourage students to apply their mind. The human resource development (HRD) ministry feels that the existing formats encourage learning by rote, and do not require students to solve problems and view them from varied perspectives.
The new questions will aim to test a students intellectual capability and her ability to apply knowledge, rather than her capacity to memorize from the text.
A CBSE curriculum committee has begun work on the project, and will begin consulting subject experts to create a bank of the new questions, to be rolled out for almost all subjects in the Class 10 and 12 exams in 2013.
It will be in subjective type question-answer format, but with a fresh approach. There are two aspects one is to change the very nature of question papers to encourage genuine application of thought and mind by students and test the comprehension of what they are studying, the other aspect is to bring context and a sense of values through questions, a senior member of the CBSE curriculum committee said.
Time and again, it has been said that modern school education lacks in social and universal values. The idea is to correct this not only through curriculum and pedagogy but also through questioning in a way that concepts like gender equality and equity are brought in, and students are thereby able to distinguish between what is in tune with values and what is not, the committee member added.
An example of the new format: Students will be given a passage to study almost two months before the exams. They will know that they will be questioned on the passage, but will not know the nature of the questions which will test them on their understanding of the passage.
A mathematics question involving universal good values could be on the division of property between siblings with the aspect of the girl child getting an equal share weaved in, CBSE sources said.


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U.S. Attorney Joseph Hogsett Announces Sextortion Charges Against Indianapolis Man
Defendant Allegedly Victimized Nearly a Dozen Local Minors; He Faces Prosecution as Part of Ongoing Operation Community Watch
|U.S. Attorney's Office June 20, 2013
INDIANAPOLIS—U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced this afternoon that federal charges have been filed against Austin Williams, age 23, of Indianapolis, alleging that he engaged in a year-long pattern of sextortion and sexual assault targeting minor females in the Indianapolis area. The 14-count criminal complaint includes allegations that the defendant distributed and received child pornography, coerced local minors into sexually explicit conduct, and used sextortion techniques against his victims. It is also alleged that Williams sexually assaulted at least one of his victims.
"This case is more than a warning to young people that there are dangers online," said Hogsett. "It is also a warning to those who would engage in such behavior that you cannot hide, and you are not truly anonymous—these predators will be found and will be brought to justice."
The criminal complaint alleges that on January 24, 2013, Austin Williams was arrested by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) and charged with the rape of a 15-year-old victim in Indianapolis. In executing a search warrant as part of their investigation, IMPD investigators searched the defendant's residence and located a cellular telephone. A search of that phone revealed hundreds of sexually explicit images depicting female minors.
A full forensic examination of the phone allegedly revealed that Williams had been engaging in a pattern of "sextortion" that targeted young women in the Indianapolis-area. Using fraudulent Facebook accounts that portrayed Williams as a young woman, the defendant would make contact with local female minors and attempt to elicit sexually explicit images from them by offering to "trade" self-made images. Often, Williams would obtain the telephone number of his victims, urging them via text messages to produce explicit images and videos of themselves.
Once these images or videos were produced and sent to the defendant, it is alleged that he would in many instances begin sextorting the minors by posting the images on Facebook or threatening to do so. The victims would then be told that the only way to keep these images from being distributed to their friends and family would be through the creation of new images and videos for the defendant.
Through the use of these techniques, the defendant was allegedly able in many instances to coerce his victims into repeatedly exploiting themselves. In one troubling incident, it is alleged that the defendant continued to post images of a victim online even after she complied with the defendant's requests. The victim was so distraught that she attempted suicide.
In addition, a number of victims were allegedly tricked into meeting up with the defendant, who, they were told was a "brother" or "boyfriend" of the young woman they believed they were communicating with online. It is alleged that during these meetings, Williams would attempt to sexually assault the victims or would actually engage in illicit sexual activity with them. In the case of his final alleged victim, it is alleged that Williams followed a 15-year-old female home after one of these arranged meetings and then raping the victim outside her home.
As a result of an investigation into Austin Williams, at least 10 minor females have been identified as alleged victims. It is alleged that all of them either were enticed or persuaded by Williams to produce child pornography, received child pornography from Williams, or were persuaded or coerced into engaging in illicit sexual activity with the defendant.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven D. DeBrota, who is prosecuting the case for the government, Austin faces a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years in federal prison, on many of the counts, if he is convicted. The defendant also faces lifetime supervised release and registration as a sexual offender.
This prosecution comes as Hogsett has announced a comprehensive crackdown on child exploitation in Indiana. In January 2013, he launched Operation Community Watch, which allows prosecutors and investigators to use cutting-edge techniques to identify and charge people in Hoosier communities who are engaged in the receipt and trafficking of child pornography materials.
In this case, these efforts were facilitated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Indianapolis Safe Streets Task Force, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the Marion County Prosecutor's Office, and the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
This case was also brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Hogsett pointed out that in the last Project Safe Childhood reporting year, the office prosecuted 52 defendants, an increase of 37 percent over the prior year, and 49 defendants were convicted and sentenced. These are all-time records for the office. The office conviction rate for PSC cases was 100 percent, a level it has been at since 1991.
The greatest measure of the PSC program's impact, however, is the identification and rescue of child victims of sexual exploitation and abuse. Over the last year, the U.S. Attorney's Office successfully identified more than 120 child victims, including minors in Indiana, numerous places in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, and other countries around the world.
Led nationally by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
A criminal complaint is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.


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Somethings just shouldn't be undone. There shouldn't be a possibility of undoing this either. This is Photoshop' Achilles Heel. According to me that is.
Photoshop is brilliant, isn't it? How on earth did we all manage before? From an illustrator's point of view, when Photoshop first arrived on the scene in the middle of the 90s it was a golden opportunity, an image making tool offering seemingly endless possibilities for creating media for printing services. The future was bright and full of promise. Now, fifteen-odd years later has all that potential been fulfilled? Some might say yes. I however have detected a fundamental flaw. In fairness it is not the fault of the software, but the way we creatives use it.
Can you guess what this Achilles heel is? To give you a clue, I found it such a colossal spanner in the works that in 2010 I abandoned Photoshop altogether. It was a tough decision, but has been working out great for me.
The problem
My problem with Photoshop is this: multiple undo. A whole history of being able to undo every decision you have made since you first opened up your document. What ostensibly seems like an extremely beneficial tool is, in fact, not. The long-term effect is that it makes your decision-making process sloppy. You never have to make a solid decision because you never have to stand by it. You can always undo it, redo, then undo it again, and again… And so it goes on.
My solution
I choose to use watercolor paint primarily because, unlike working with Photoshop, it is difficult to amend any errors. Anyone who has used watercolor paint will know that if you use a deep wash of cadmium red and then decide you actually wanted it green, then hard luck, you have to start again. This medium encourages precision; you have to be sure what you want and what you are going to do right from the start.
That's not to say all is lost for Photoshop as this weakness could be fixed. For instance, Adobe could release two separate versions of the software, one for mice (with undo) and one for men (no undo). The Grecian armies used to burn their boats as soon as they arrived to do battle with an enemy, thereby encouraging an attitude of commitment to success – no going back. I believe my creative process has improved as a result of not being able to constantly edit what I've done.
What is your thoughts? Should we have an undo button or not?
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the undo is actually the only reason i use photoshop. I have an illness which makes my motor skills poorer than everyone else. My strokes (whether brush or pointed tool) are always uneven. Photoshop allows me to try over and over until I get it right.
if you don't want to use the undo function, you can limit undo times with changing your preference (Edit>Preferences>Performance>History&Cache, and change History States number)
I agree that drawing or editing without undo increases your skills and mind.
There always is the method of self control. If you decide you don't want to use the undo button it's very easy to do so.


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City House's primary mission is to help at-risk children and young adults who have been abused, neglected or are homeless. We serve youth ages newborn to 21-years-old through three primary programs — our Emergency Shelter for children in Plano, Community Counseling Services for individuals and families, and our Transitional Living Program in both Plano and Frisco. Many do not realize that abuse, neglect and homelessness exists in such an affluent area like Collin County, but it is unfortunately true.
Transitional Living Program (TLP) - ages 18 to 21
Transitional Living Program: City House's Transitional Living Program (TLP) is designed for homeless young adults, ages 18 to 21, focusing on helping them grow and learn to live independently. We offer residency in two homes in Plano - one for boys and one for girls - as well as a home in Frisco for girls (plans are in the works for a boys home in Frisco soon). The program is voluntary, with a thorough application process and conditions that residents attend school and/or work, with City House staff supervision at the home, as well as strict rules that each must abide by (i.e. no overnight guests, no drugs or alcohol, certain chores, etc.). Residents can stay up to 18 months. They are also required to attend life skills classes that focus on topics like budgeting, searching for a job, learning how to do laundry and other chores, resume building, interviewing and applying for college.
City House also operates a Youth Resource Center in Plano, where any youth or young adult can come by and get help for free, whether looking to speak with a counselor, needing help finding a job or even taking one of City House's life skills classes. Help is available for residents and non-residents alike. Feel free to learn more about our TLP program before officially applying as a possible resident. Our door is open.
Not getting along with your parents/family and don't know where to turn? Is your current home situation one that you feel you cannot stay any longer or your parents/guardian asked you to leave? Contact us and see how we can help you:
Plano Youth Resource Center: 901 18th Street, Plano, 75074 (972-424-4626)
The TLP program offers clients a wealth of resources to aid in their growth toward independent living through expansive services such as:
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April 7, 2013
BERKELEY - On a day in which Cal celebrated its seven seniors, the No. 5 Cal women's water polo team rolled past Loyola Marymount 12-4 on Sunday at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
In a pre-match ceremony, the Bears honored Dana Ochsner, Breda Vosters, Taylor Dodson, Remington Price, and manager Amanda Brumm.
Csikos scored once for the Bears (15-5), giving her 212 career goals and moving her into a tie with Coleette Glinkowski atop Cal's all-time list. Csikos will next get a chance to break the record when Cal visits Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday.
Vosters scored the first goal of the game for Cal with Ochsner adding two of her own, allowing the Bears to finish the first quarter leading 3-1. The second quarter allowed the Bears to really pull ahead, adding five goals and shutting out the Lions. The Beasr led 8-1 at halftime.
The second half saw the Bears continue to extend their lead over the Lions, with Dana Ochsner 3, Breda Vosters 3, Kelly McKee 2, Sierra Smiley.
LMU Goals: Alexandra Honny 2, Laura Lopez, Danielle Johnson.
Cal Saves: Savanna Smith 4.
LMU Saves: Claire Wright 11.


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The Death Mall is a mall built on the Death Ball. Dark Laser pointed out, in quote, "I call it 'The Death Mall on The Death Ball'. It was built by my best friend Saul last Fall; He's tall, I should give him a call". When Timmy's fairies come to rescue him, they got distracted and went on a spending spree in it.
- Cosmo got a job in a restaurant called "Head On A Stick", a parody of "Hot Dog on a Stick".
- Wanda pointed out there is a store called "Doomingdale's", a parody of "Bloomingdale's"
- Death Mall sounds extremely similar to "Darth Maul", a Sith lord with a double-bladed lightsaber from "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace"


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In the past I had been an avid bike rider, and I am a 55 year old overweight woman who was always challenged with weight issues, but biking always gave me peace, serenity, exercise, and social contacts. Long story to be told another time, I am dusting off the Schwinn that my father, God bless him, gave to me, and it is an early 80's traveler. I rode it for a long time after Dad gave it to me, and now it is at the original Schwinn shop that sold it to Dad for a tune up, a chain change, and new tires. The restoration is about $250, and I was contemplating junking the bike and buying a new one until the salesman said this bike has value. He said it is a twelve speed, and it is pre 1986 because Dad had it a while before I moved back home. It is a lovely maroon red, and I can check all the bells and whistles when it comes home on Wednesday.
Thanks for having this site. I am getting stoked to riding again.


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AP Analysis: Martinez departure part of GOP schism
MIAMI Florida Sen. Mel Martinez's resignation closes the latest chapter in the Republican Party's tumultuous, decade-long effort to woo the nation's Hispanic voters.
The Cuban-American's impending departure could leave no Hispanic Republicans in the Senate and three in the House – compared to 21 Democrats in Congress – and a sense that the national GOP is at a major crossroads with the nation's fastest-growing demographic group.
Although most Hispanics outside of Florida have long leaned Democratic, the Republican Party earned the trust of many at the beginning of the decade by tapping into socially conservative, religious and pro-business sentiment. Martinez both rode and propelled that wave.
"He symbolized trying to reach out to Latinos and being more moderate," said Marisa A. Abrajano, a University of California, San Diego professor and co-author of an upcoming book on Hispanic political behavior in the U.S.
But the heated rhetoric over illegal immigration in 2006, followed by the loss of many Republican moderates, and most recently the GOP's failed opposition to Justice Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination have helped drive away many Hispanic voters. Martinez, as senator and briefly as head of the party, tried to temper the anti-immigrant language, and he bucked his party by voting for Sotomayor, who is of Puerto Rican descent. Yet, in the end, few in Washington followed his lead.
"In the vast majority of their values, this party resonates with who I am – except they don't want me," lamented the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, which represents more than 25,000 Hispanic evangelical churches across the country.
U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., said Hispanics have a natural affinity with the Republican Party's principles but acknowledged the GOP has a lot of work to do.
"Republicans have to be able to get the Hispanic community to focus on issues where Republicans have the right solutions – and these are critical issues: the economy being number one," he said.
Of course political fortunes rise and fall quickly. A Democratic failure to achieve meaningful health care or immigration reform or an economic recovery that doesn't help average Hispanics could encourage them to give Republicans another chance.
But experts say the GOP has good reason to be worried.
"One election and one resignation is not the end of an era, but it does signify tremendous problems in appealing to Hispanics in Florida, and nationwide," said Florida International University political science Professor Dario Moreno.
Diaz-Balart said the immigration debate hurt his party's relations with Hispanics because it "cluttered the communication waves."
"What they see on television is a local or a state official speaking very negatively about immigrants and then what they see is that that person is Republican," said Diaz-Balart, who like Martinez supports a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
But Diaz-Balart said Republican leaders such as South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who also voted for Sotomayor, are helping to put the party on a new path. He predicted if Democratic leaders allow an immigration bill to reach the floor, Americans will hear a very different tone from his party.
"Without any doubt how we handle that immigration debate is going to be very important," he said.
Republican National Committee Spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said voters are still recovering from election fatigue, but the GOP is working to expand its grassroots outreach to Hispanics and other minority communities through its state parties. "We certainly have to rebuild and expand the Republican Latino coalition," she said.
Still, Martinez's resignation is a reminder of just how empty the Republican party's bench of Hispanic leadership is outside of Florida, where the party maintains a strong presence, particularly among Cuban-Americans.