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Thursday, October 24, 2013.
It's been 10 years since Boise State's first and only trip to Provo, the 50-12 Bronco rout the night before Halloween in 2003. It was an interesting time. The Broncos were on a roll in their second season as a ranked team and were on their way to a second straight WAC championship. BYU was starting to struggle under coach Gary Crowton. Current coach Bronco Mendenhall was the Cougars' defensive coordinator and was tinkering with new concepts. Along those lines, the 50 points were deceiving, as the Boise State defense contributed a pick-six by Wes Nurse and the special teams blocked a punt for the Broncos' first touchdown. Mendenhall's defense held Ryan Dinwiddie to 12-of-24 passing, but he covered 247 yards, 209 of them to Tim Gilligan.
The game was on ESPN, called by Mike Tirico, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit. Who'd have ever thunk Boise State's biggest problem after playing still-legendary BYU for the first time—on the road, no less—would be criticism for running up the score? Corso was highly critical of coach Dan Hawkins for leaving Dinwiddie in the game with a 43-12 lead in the fourth quarter, with Tirico and Herbstreit defending Hawkins. Then Dinwiddie hit Gilligan for one last touchdown with 3:45 left, and Tirico and Herbstreit came over to Corso's way of thinking.
BYU is a lot better this year, of course. The Cougars are 5-2, and their two losses have been by a combined 10 points (19-16 at Virginia and 20-13 versus Utah). You can tell by those scores the BYU defense wasn't exactly the issue. Taysom Hill was only 13-of-40 through the air against the Cavaliers, and just 18-of-48 versus the rival Utes. It's well-documented that the Cougar offense is a lot different now. As coaches love to say these days, Boise State defenders are going to have to keep their eyes right, especially now that Hill is truly a dual threat. And eyes have to adjust quickly to a team that ran off 115 plays last week. "We're just trying to go a little faster in practice just to get used to it," said Bronco defensive tackle Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe.
One guy on the spot tomorrow night is linebacker Ben Weaver. The redshirt freshman saw spot duty before the throng of 72,000 at the grand re-opening of Husky Stadium eight weeks ago. Now Weaver's the main man, with a moment of truth in front of 60,000 awaiting him at Lavell Edwards Stadium. Few young Broncos have received the raves that Weaver is getting from coaches and teammates. Chris Petersen said his staff had a hunch when it was pursuing him out of Klein, TX. "Sometimes when we're recruiting guys you see a defensive end or outside linebacker and think, 'That guy would really look good as an inside linebacker.'" Petersen added that you never know until that guy gets out there. But Weaver has been out there, and the proof is in the pudding.
Weaver has been leading Boise State in tackles since he took over the starting spot at Will linebacker from Tyler Gray. In fact, Weaver has opened up a 25-tackle lead in that category, showing 63 stops for the season now. The 6-0, 233-pounder has 26 in the past two games. Tackles are a subjective stat. And I must say the Boise State stat crew is conservative compared to some of its colleagues when counting them. Some schools give players assisted tackles if they so much as get a hand on a guy with the ball. Hence the fact that Weaver is tied for eighth in the Mountain West.
Idaho State tries to snap a 42-game road losing streak Saturday when it visits Southern Utah in a Big Sky clash. The Bengals were game in their last road outing last week at Northern Arizona before falling 39-30 in Flagstaff. ISU led the Lumberjacks 14-12 at halftime, its first lead at the intermission on the road in seven years. Idaho State quarterback Justin Arias leads the Big Sky and is fourth nationally in the FCS with 336 passing yards per game. Now, if the Bengals could lead the other team on the scoreboard at the end of the game on the road. Just once.
The first two periods were scoreless last night in the Idaho Steelheads' home opener against San Francisco at CenturyLink Arena. The third period—and overtime—made up for it. After the Steelheads finally tallied the first goal of the game, the Bulls scored twice and were on the verge of sending the crowd of 4,146 unhappily home. But Anthony Nigro rammed one in on a power play with just 18.6 seconds left in the game to knot it at 2-2. Then Nigro cashed in again just under two minutes into overtime to give Idaho a 3-2 victory. Coach Brad Ralph hinted earlier this week on Idaho SportsTalk there was a chance Jeremy Yablonski would play because of the physical nature of San Francisco's lineup. Yablonski was activated—and yes, he did drop the gloves, picking up a fighting major midway through the first period.
As Boise State basketball grinds through week No. 4 of preseason drills, the Australian connection is front and center. Anthony Drmic, the Broncos' leading scorer last season, and Igor Hadziomerovic, poised for a breakout season after some invaluable international experience this summer at the World University Games, join Derrick Marks, Ryan Watkins and Jeff Elorriaga as returning starters. Drmic and Hadziomerovic both played as true freshmen two years ago. Now will fellow Aussie Nick Duncan follow suit? The guy's got skills. Duncan was a key part of the Australian team that finished fourth at the FIBA U19 World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic, in July.
Graham DeLaet is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today for the second tournament of the PGA Tour's new season. With the money he made last season, more than $2.8 million, the former Boise State star can certainly cover his expenses. The CIMB Classic tees off this morning, with DeLaet trying to get untracked after missing the cut last week at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas.
Former Boise Hawk John Lackey takes the mound tonight in the World Series for the first time since making history with the then-Anaheim Angels 11 years ago. Lackey is set to start Game 2 for Boston against St. Louis tonight. In 2002 with the Angels, he became the first rookie to win a Game 7 of the Series in 93 years when the Angels won their only world championship by finishing off the San Francisco Giants with a 4-1 victory. The Angels roster that night included eight former Boise Hawks—the game-winning hit in Game 7 came from another ex-Hawk, Garret Anderson, who clubbed a bases-clearing double. Lackey has momentum in the 2013 postseason, as he's coming off a gem in Game 3 of the ALCS when he fired 6 2/3 scoreless innings in a 1-0 Red Sox win at Detroit.
This Day In Sports…October 24, 1992:
Division II power Portland State comes to Bronco Stadium to face Boise State, which had upped its record to 5-2 after an 0-2 start. Coach Pokey Allen's offense dismantled the Broncos, amassing 605 yards—at the time the most ever surrendered by BSU. The Vikings won 51-26, and Boise State would not win another game that season. It was a live audition for Pokey, who would be named head coach of the Broncos less than two months later.
(Tom Scott hosts the Scott Slant segment Sunday nights at 10:30PM on KTVB's Sunday Sports Extra and anchors five sports segments each weekday on 93.1 The Ticket. He also served as color commentator on KTVB's telecasts of Boise State football for 14 seasons.)


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Is this the same piano?
Elvis fans can now look forward to adding one more rare piece of this legendarys stars memorabilia with his 24-carat gold piano soon to be put on the market for the very first time. This IS the piano that has been on public display at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.
The piano has been owned by Andrew Marsh for the past ten years but since 1991 has been displayed in the museum with the permission of its current owner. Manufactured by Piano & Organ Company in 1928, the grand piano was originally white and was referred to as the world's largest grand. Its first owner was the Memphis Auditorium but it later got sold to the O.K. Houck Company, which owned it until 1955.
That's when Elvis bought it for his mother. The gold leaf plating came when Priscilla secretly removed the piano from storage and hired European professionals to refinish it in 24kt. gold in 1968, their first anniversary.
The piano stayed at Graceland until Elvis decided, in the early 70s, to give it to his aunt to use it in her church. But because of its size, the aunt traded it for a smaller one. From then on, the piano has known several owners. The unique Elvis piano is causing quite a stir among Elvis collectors.
This heritage piano is not being offered through auction but is only being offered for sale privately through Andrew Marsh. If you have a lot of spare cash, the contact number is (310) 490-8814 USA.
2008/04/17 www.elvisinfonet.com / www.epgold.com
Is this the same piano?
Every man has a flaming star
Wonder if the Graceland estate would purchase it back?
I think the pictures that liana and frank posted were white not gold, but was this panio white to start out with before it got done up by priscilla??
Another thing is why isn't this at graceland?? Isn't that where it supposed to be or is this just something else that got sold along the way?
Why are they going to sell this?? This should be kept at Graceland!!
Taking Care of BusinessTil we meet you again, may God bless you, Adios.

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True to the Law
He was on the hunt for a runaway beauty
"Find her" is the only instruction that private detective Cobb Bridger receives from Richard Mackey. The scion of a wealthy Chicago family, Mackey is desperate to know the whereabouts of the woman who disappeared from his employ, taking with her something of great value. Intrigued as much by what Mackey won't say about the missing item as he is by Mackey's description of the missing woman, Cobb accepts the assignment.
And the one true lie that could destroy them both
Bitter Springs, Wyoming, has a new schoolteacher who may or may not be exactly what she seems. Upon making the acquaintance of Miss Tru Morrow, Cobb begins to question the guilt of this golden-haired lady—and the protective feelings she stirs in him. His investigation hinges on understanding where the truth lies. Can he believe in Tru? Or is she just another treacherous woman out to swindle this hardened detective's heart?
"Find her."
Cobb Bridger gave no indication that he was inclined to accept or dismiss the job. Most men in his position would have taken this opportunity to ask a question, perhaps several questions. Cobb remained silent. In his experience, silence was a powerful motivator, and he judged that it would be a useful tool now.
It was.
Andrew Charles Mackey III stopped turning over the envelope in his hand and set it on the desk blotter. He laid his palm over it. "Is it the money? I was given to understand that what I'm offering is well in excess of your usual retainer. I'm aware there will be other expenses. We will settle those when you find her."
Cobb said nothing. He tilted his head slightly to one side. His eyes narrowed a fraction. The look was a calculating one, thoughtful in the way one was when taking the full measure of a man. In Cobb's case, it was also a sham. He was bone weary. Worse, he was bored. No amount of money was an incentive when he was bored. Besides that, he had taken Mackey's measure at their introduction and distilled all the details to a single salient point: Here was a man with no expectation that he would be, or should be, challenged.
"I was told you would not ask questions," said Mackey.
"I don't believe I have."
The hand over the envelope curled slightly. Mackey began to drum it lightly with his fingertips. "Then you'll do it."
"I don't believe I've said I will." Cobb's eyes never left Mackey's face. He heard rather than saw the drumming fingers miss several beats. After a brief pause, they resumed their tattoo. That's when Cobb knew Andrew Mackey had made his decision.
"Miss Morrow has something that belongs to me. I want it back."
Cobb detected a hesitation; something in Mackey's speech suggested he was choosing his words carefully. Although he did not rouse himself to attention, Cobb Bridger was marginally less bored than he had been moments earlier.
"It is not just for me," Mackey said after another hesitation. "The family also has an interest in recovering what she has stolen."
Not my family, Cobb noted. The family. Cobb wondered if Mackey were aware that a distinction had been made. Probably not. One of the reasons Cobb had a reputation for asking so few questions was that he knew the answers to many of them before he scheduled the first meeting.
Andrew Charles Mackey III was still a bachelor at thirty. As Cobb himself was only one year younger and also unmarried, Mackey's single state was not by itself very interesting. The fact that Mackey had been engaged three times and all of them ended abruptly, was. As far as Cobb was able to determine, Mackey had no bastards. An only child, his parents had died within months of each other when he was still at Princeton. More recently, in fact just two months ago, his only remaining grandparent, his paternal grandmother, passed away. The death of Charlotte Mackey left a not insignificant hole for the society pages to fill; yet that hole was nothing compared with the one left in the business pages.
The Mackey empire was in want of an . . . emperor? Empress?
Andrew Mackey's failure to marry and produce any offspring, and the death of his parents and now the Mackey matriarch, did not, however, mean that he was without family. Cobb counted one uncle on the Mackey side and half a dozen Mackey cousins. Charlotte Mackey's death meant there was a vacancy at the head of the family and an opportunity for someone to fill it.
It seemed that Andrew Mackey was speaking for the family. Cobb was uncertain if he had appointed himself to this front-and-center position or if he had been thrust there by the Mackey collective, and neither was he sure that it mattered. What piqued his curiosity was the missing item. What had Gertrude Morrow taken with her when she disappeared? What was important enough to Andrew Mackey, and ostensibly to the rest of the family, that hiring a private detective was a reasonable solution?
Cobb asked, "Is it bigger than, say, my fist?"
Mackey blinked. "What?"
"This something that you allege Miss Morrow stole . . . is it bigger than my fist?"
Now Andrew Mackey frowned. "Miss Morrow took it. That is what it is important. The size is of no consequence."
Cobb wondered how that was possible. Mackey had given him a useful description of Miss Morrow, discussed at length her former position in the house and the access she had to every part of it, but especially the access she had to his grandmother, and finally, albeit without fanfare, shared the classified section of the newspaper he recently discovered in Miss Morrow's former room—with seven advertisements for employment neatly removed from the pages. The newspaper, which he described as having been secreted away by Miss Morrow, had been found in a stack of similar papers bundled for removal. In Mackey's mind this was further proof of Miss Morrow's clever and concealing nature.
Cobb did not point out that a more clever and concealing woman would have burnt the paper, not left its discovery to chance. Mackey had a great deal to say about Miss Gertrude Morrow and nothing at all to say about what she took.
"The size," said Cobb, "has some bearing on finding what's been taken . . . and returning it to you."
Andrew Mackey picked up the envelope and tapped one corner of it against the blotter. Before he spoke, his mouth thinned briefly. "You mistake the assignment, Mr. Bridger. I am not hiring you to find and return what's been stolen. I don't believe I ever said as much. For the matter of the theft to be resolved, you only have to find Miss Morrow. She is, you will note from my description, bigger than your fist."
Cobb thought he probably deserved Mackey's condescension. It did not make it more palatable, but it did stay the aforementioned fist from mashing Mackey's patrician nose. "And when I find her?"
"You will inform me. I expect you will observe her until I can arrange a meeting. It is a precaution, nothing more, in the event she decides to disappear again. At all costs, you should prevent that."
"At all costs," Cobb repeated, shrugging. "It's your money, Mr. Mackey."
"Yes, it is."
On the face of it, the job was straightforward. Cobb doubted that was the case. The point of hiring someone with his particular skills generally meant that the face of it was a façade.
All the better, else where was the challenge?
"Very well," said Cobb, rising to his feet and extending his hand across the desk.
Mackey also stood. He offered Cobb the envelope, not his hand.
Cobb thought he correctly read the intent of the exchange in Mackey's taut expression. No gentleman's agreement here. This was business.
Cobb Bridger was fine with that.
Chapter One
Bitter Springs, Wyoming
Finn Collins decided he would stare at Priscilla Taylor's braid until his eyes crossed. The braid, perfectly plaited with every hair still in place at the end of the day, rested along the line of Priscilla's ramrod straight backbone. Priscilla never slumped on her bench. She never fidgeted. The braid never moved except when Priscilla raised her hand to answer a question, then it slid ever so slightly to one side and the tip curled like an apostrophe. Or maybe a comma. Those punctuation marks were suspiciously similar, except one was high and one was low. It was no wonder he got them confused.
Finn did not stir. In point of fact, he did not hear his name being called. He sat with his elbows on the desk, his head cupped in his hands. His chin and cheeks rested warmly between his palms. His eyes had begun to relax. Priscilla had two braids now. Two ramrods. And when she raised her hand to show everyone that she knew the answer to something no one cared about–like the name of the fifth president–the tail of one braid curled in a comma, the other in an apostrophe.
"Carpenter Addison Collins."
Finn came to attention with the jerkiness of someone suddenly roused from a deep sleep. His elbows slid off the edge of the desk, his head snapped up, and his feet, which had been swinging in a lazy rhythm under the bench, kicked spasmodically before slamming hard to the floor. He blinked widely. There was only one person who called him by all three of his proper names.
Thirteen of Finn's classmates were moved to laughter. Finn's brother, Rabbit, was an exception. He glanced over his shoulder at Finn and rolled his eyes. Somehow he managed to convey disapproval and embarrassment. Just like Granny.
Finn felt color rush into his face and knew his cheeks were glowing like hot coals. If someone poked at him, he would burst into flames. For himself, he didn't mind so much. In some ways it would be a relief. More concerning was that no one would be safe from the conflagration. Priscilla's braid would take to the fire like a candlewick. She'd whip her head around then, he was certain of it, and shoot tongues of fire at anyone who tried to save her. Stupid girl. She would burn down the school. Probably the town. It would be his fault because no one ever blamed girls. To save the school, the town, to save everyone, really, he had to act. The solution was clear.
He yanked hard on Priscilla's offending braid.
She squealed. It was a sound no one had ever heard her make before, but everyone knew how a piglet sounded when it was in want of its mother's teat. Priscilla squealed like that, and all eyes shifted to her. A moment later, so did the laughter.
Priscilla swiveled on her bench seat, slate in hand, and swung it at Finn's head. Finn ducked instinctively, but he was never in any danger. Miss Morrow stepped in and stayed Priscilla's arm. Out of the corner of his eye, Finn saw her calmly remove the slate from Priscilla's hand and set it gently on the desk. She had a small, quiet smile for Priscilla, one that was more understanding than quelling. For the class, she effectively used a single raised eyebrow to stopper the laughter. It was Finn for whom she had words. He held his breath, waiting for the pronouncement.
"Finn, you will stay after the others leave today."
Finn kept his head down, his eyes averted. He knew better than to look pleased. He kept his voice small, penitent. "Yes, ma'am."
"Is there something you want to say to Priscilla?"
Now Finn looked up and stared squarely at Priscilla's back. "Sure is. Prissy, that pigtail is nuthin' but a temptation. And now that I heard you squeal, well, giving it a yank now and again is a thing that can't be resisted." He risked a glance at Miss Morrow. For reasons he did not entirely understand, she looked as if she was going to choke on her spit. "That's all I got to say, ma'am."
Tru Morrow covered her mouth with the back of her hand and politely cleared her throat. "We will speak later, and you can write your apology."
Finn's narrow shoulders slumped. Staying after school with Miss Morrow was nothing but a pleasure. Writing, whether it was an apology to Priscilla or "I will raise my hand before I speak" twenty times, well, that cast a long shadow on the pleasure of Miss Morrow's company. His pap would tell him that a man has to pay for his pleasure, and it seemed to Finn that his pap was proved right again. He tucked that thought away so he could use it when Pap asked him to account for his behavior today. There was nothing like flattering a man with the rightness of his thinking to stay another lecture on the same subject. Granny would be a little trickier. She wasn't impressed by flattery, and it seemed that a man paying for his pleasure had a different meaning to her because when Pap said it she snorted and set his plate down hard. If she didn't have a plate in her hand, she just cuffed him.
Finn sighed. He would consider the problem of his granny later. Miss Morrow was walking to the front of the classroom. His eyes followed her. The carefully tied bow at the small of her back perched as daintily above her bustle as a bird hovering on the edge of its nest. It was as severe a temptation as Priscilla Taylor's braid. Even if he could keep himself from tugging on it, he still might blurt out the question he was asking himself: How did she tie it?
Finn sat on his hands. For the moment, it was the best way to stay out of trouble.
Tru Morrow stood to one side of the door as she ushered her students out. She made certain they left with their coats, hats, and scarves. Most of the girls wore mittens or carried a muff. The boys, if they had gloves, wore them. Those with mittens simply jammed their hands into their pockets. Mittens were for girls and babies, she'd learned. Finn had explained it to her.
She closed the door as soon as the last student filed out. The "bitter" in "Bitter Springs" didn't refer to the quality of the water, but the quality of the wind. Born and raised in Chicago, she had been confident that she understood cold. She was familiar with the wind blowing over the water of Lake Michigan, funneling ice into the collective breath of the city. That was frigid. It was only October, and she was coming to learn that there was a qualitative difference between frigid and bitter. Here in the high plains country, wind seared her lungs. It was so cold, it was hot, and even when she sipped it carefully, she seemed to taste it at the very back of her tongue. Bitter.
Tru lifted her poppy red shawl and drew it more closely around her shoulders. The wool felt substantial and warm and smelled faintly of smoke from the stove.
"Finn, would you add some coals to the stove? Half a scoop. That will keep us warm long enough for you to write your apology."
Finn stood. Tru sensed his uncertainty as she passed him.
"What is it?" she asked without pausing.
"Well, it's just that you're awful confident that I know what I'm apologizin' for."
Careful not to smile, Tru took her seat behind her desk. She folded her hands and placed them in front of her where Finn could see them. Her posture was correct, her spine perfectly aligned, shoulders back, chin lifted. She envisioned herself as a model of rectitude, and she was impressed with herself even if she could see that Finn wasn't. It was probably her eyes that gave her away, she thought. She had been told they were a merry shade of green, a color, according to her father, that could not be easily captured by an artist's palette because the substance of it was a quality of character as much as a quality of light. It was a fanciful notion, but one she brought to mind when she was in danger of taking herself too seriously.
Now was such a time. She relaxed her spine and leaned forward, unclasping her hands as Finn moved to the stove to add coals. She smoothed back a wayward coil of hair that been pushed out of place by her brief encounter with the wind. She could not help but notice that Finn's eyes followed this small movement, and when her hand fell away from her hair, he remained exactly as he was a moment longer, transfixed. She could only guess at what he was thinking.
"Are you tempted to give my hair a tug?" she asked.
Finn blinked. "How's that again, ma'am?"
"I wondered if you were tempted to yank on my hair."
He ducked his head, cheeks flushing, and hurried to the stove. "Uh, no. No, ma'am." Finn used the sleeve of his shirt like a mitt to open the stove door and tossed half a scoop of coals inside. "Wasn't tempted at all."
Tru watched Finn poke at the fire and warm himself in front of the stove long enough to provide an explanation for his rosy cheeks. "I just wondered," she said. "After all, my hair is the same color as Priscilla's."
Finn turned his backside to the stove and stared at her. "I sure hope you'll pardon me for setting you straight, Miss Morrow, but you ever hear tell of a man named Rumple Sticks?"
"That's the fellow. You know of him?"
"I believe I've heard of him."
"That's good because I couldn't explain it all. Rabbit's better with stories than I am. Well, anyway, I can see you want me to get on with it. It's like this: Priscilla's got hair that puts me in mind of the straw that Mr. Stiltskin wanted for his spinning wheel, and your hair is what Mr. Stiltskin spun it into. So you see, one color's not at all like the other. Yellow. Gold. I got some idea there's a big difference." Finn rocked back on his heels. "Besides, you got your hair lassoed so tight to your head that it would be hard to know what thread to pull."
Now it was Tru who blinked and blushed. "How old are you again, Finn?"
"Ten. Or I will be soon enough."
"So you're nine. Maybe you shouldn't be in such a hurry to grow up."
Finn moved away from the stove and shut the door. "That's what everyone says. Even Rabbit. He's eleven and thinks he can say things like that now. Sort of like he's wise. He's not."
Tru knew better than to make any judgment on Rabbit's wisdom. Finn was certain to carry the tale, and it did not take much provocation to start a war of words between the brothers. She'd seen them use elbows and fists like periods and exclamation points to punctuate their threats.
"Sit down, Finn, and clean your slate. I trust that given sufficient contemplation you'll arrive at what you need to write."
His shoulders slumped, and he jammed his hands in his pockets. "Suppose I will."
"You'll read it to the class tomorrow morning, first thing after prayers."
He grimaced but slid into his seat without a word.
"And perhaps at the end of the day, you will be so kind as to help me clean all the slates." She reasoned that if she found small tasks for him to do, he might not choose getting into trouble in order to remain in her company. He would probably tire of that soon enough. This was her first encounter with a boy's infatuation, and she had been slow to recognize it for what it was. Her sense was that it would pass quickly. She thought she might be a little sorry when it did.
Tru left the schoolhouse ten minutes after Finn shuffled out. He had done everything he could think of to draw out his time. She admired his creativity, was even a tad flattered by his motives, but was careful not to encourage either. She listened with half an ear when he prattled on about the most recent visitor to Bitter Springs and nodded at what she hoped were the proper intervals when he gave a full account of the birth of a foal in Mr. Ransom's livery just that morning. He also added a rapid, if somewhat incoherent, story about the milliner's daughter accepting Mr. Irvin's proposal of marriage. Finn wasn't clear if it was Millicent Garvin who was marrying the undertaker, or her younger sister Marianna, but there was definitely a wedding being planned because Mrs. Garvin was ordering catalogs and silk from Paris.
Tru thought that even if she hadn't been apprised of some of the town's more interesting citizens when she interviewed for the teaching position, it would not have taken her long to identify Heather Collins, grandmother of Rabbit and Finn, as the one who invariably had her ear to the ground and her tongue positioned for wagging. While her husband was the station agent for Bitter Springs, and privy to all the comings and goings of the trains and travelers, he was still merely the human hub. Mrs. Collins, on the other hand, was the human hubbub.
Tru had a suspicion that Finn's ear was similarly pressed and his mouth similarly positioned.
Pulling her scarf up so that it covered her mouth and the bottom half of her nose, Tru stepped out of the schoolhouse. Wind whipped at her skirts. She ignored the flare of her petticoats but surrendered to the shiver that rattled her teeth. She tucked her chin against her chest and watched her step on the uneven sidewalk as she bucked the wind.
She would have been knocked to the ground if the same force that stopped her forward progress had not also stopped her downward plunge. In that first moment, she lost her breath. In the next, she recovered it.
And promptly lost a little of it again when she met the direct, crystalline blue gaze of the man who was at once an obstruction and her protection.
"I beg your pardon," he said.
Feeling rather foolish, Tru sought purchase on the ground with the toes of her boots. He immediately set her down.
"Yes." Tru could feel her bonnet slipping backward. She made a grab for it, exposing her tightly coiled hair to the wind's icy teeth, and set it properly on her head before it could blow away.
Still watching her, he frowned. "Are you all right?"
Tru realized that her scarf had muffled her answer. Rather than expose her face to the cold, she nodded.
"I'm afraid I wasn't watching where I was going," he said.
She nodded again and pointed to herself, hoping he understood she was offering the same explanation.
"Are you certain you can walk? You didn't twist an ankle?"
The answer to the first required another nod. The answer to the second required a shake. It would be too confusing if she did both. Tru pulled the scarf just below her bottom lip. "Really, I'm fine." Her moist breath was made visible by the cold air. She burrowed her mouth and nose into the warm wool again. When he continued to stare at her as though gauging the truth of her words, Tru took a step sideways. The wind slipped under her petticoats and her skirt fluttered wildly against his legs as she made to pass.
"You're Miss Morrow. The schoolteacher."
Tru stopped. She supposed that if he had any doubt about her identity, the simple act of pausing was sufficient to confirm it.
"My name's Bridger," he said, touching the brim of his pearl gray Stetson with a gloved hand. "Cobb Bridger."
She sighed and tugged on her scarf again. "I know who you are, Mr. Bridger."
"You do?"
She felt strangely pleased that she had surprised him. "I eliminated all the faces I know. Since I don't know yours, that makes you new to town and therefore the gambler who has taken up lodgings at the Pennyroyal."
"I'm staying at the Pennyroyal."
"I don't pass any judgment about gambling, Mr. Bridger. Or drinking for that matter." The Pennyroyal was a hotel and saloon. "Your affairs are your own." She thought she sounded a bit priggish for someone who professed to pass no judgment, but it was too late to make amends for it. "Excuse me, please."
He retreated a step and let her move out of his reach before he said, "I thought you'd be more curious."
If he'd put out a hand to block her path, he could not have stopped her with more ease. Tru turned her head and arched a single spun-gold eyebrow.
"Don't you wonder how I recognized you, Miss Morrow?"
Tru yanked on her scarf. "I imagine you learned something about everyone in Bitter Springs in the same manner I did. You cannot get from the train station to the hotel without the assistance of Rabbit and Finn Collins, and no personal detail is too small for them to miss about you or relate about others. As the young masters are both my pupils, I can suppose one or both pointed me out to you as you rode by or told you all of the six ways I've made their lives miserable by accepting the position to teach in Bitter Springs. You probably noticed my horns and cloven feet."
Almost immediately, Tru regretted calling attention to herself in that manner. Cobb Bridger's scrutiny was thorough, though not particularly personal. He regarded her with a certain remoteness that was almost clinical, more akin to the dispassionate observation of a scientist. She was most definitely not flattered, but then neither, she realized, was she embarrassed.
"What I noticed," he said, returning his eyes to hers, "is that the color of your hair is as fine as Rumpelstiltskin could spin it."
Tru felt her jaw go slack. Gaping like a fish was unattractive, and she recovered quickly. Quite against her will, though, the dimple on the left side of her mouth appeared as a short laugh changed the shape of her lips. "Pardon me, Mr. Bridger, but this is the second time today that someone has made that rather odd comparison. I do have to ask myself whether you heard it first from Finn or whether he came by it from you."
"No doubt about it, Miss Morrow. That's a puzzler."
Tru smiled again, this time appreciatively. Mr. Bridger had obviously decided to give nothing away. "So you and Finn have become fast friends."
"I don't remember that he gave me a choice."
"No, I don't suppose he did." Her smile faltered, became earnest. "You'll have a care with him, won't you? He doesn't know a stranger, and I understand from his grandmother that he's drawn most particularly to gamblers."
"He asked me right off if I knew his father."
She nodded. "He believes his father is riding the rails playing high-stakes poker from one end of the country to the other. He might be. No one knows, but no one but Finn holds out any hope that one day he'll turn up in Bitter Springs with his winnings in a wheelbarrow."
"I see."
Tru wasn't sure what he saw. When he tilted his head, the brim of his hat cast a shadow over his eyes. She couldn't tell whether he was being reflective or dismissive. "So you'll have a care," she repeated. "It would be a kindness if you did."
"You are certain of that?"
His question seemed to suggest that she could be wrong. She felt herself bristling and responded with rather more sharpness than she intended. "It's no burden to show kindness."
"What if kindness is merely a deceit? There's a burden there, I think, and usually unfortunate consequences."
Tru shivered inside her coat. She tried to form a response, but her teeth chattered so violently that she would have bitten her tongue.
"Perhaps we should agree to disagree," he said. "Before you are chilled to the bone."
"T-too l-l-late."
"May I escort you home?"
She shook her head.
"As you wish." He tapped his brim again. "Good day, Miss Morrow."
Tru thought she might have seen something like humor play about his mouth, but she couldn't be sure. He did not strike her as a man who smiled as a matter of course but as one who offered it more judiciously and to far more devastating effect.
Tru covered the lower half of her face again and turned away. She fought the temptation to glance over her shoulder to see if he was watching her. She had the sensation that he was. The most disturbing thing about that particular fancy was that she was warmed by it.
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While the name, the University of North Georgia, will go into effect immediately, the mascot "Nighthawks" will not be phased in until after the Spring 2013 season.
A rolling tour will continue throughout the day traveling to each campus to unveil the new university and its athletic brand and will end back on the Dahlonega campus in time for North Georgia's Peach Belt Conference basketball doubleheader against the University of Montevallo. The pair of games will be tipped off by the women's game at 5:30 p.m. before the men take the court at around 7:30 p.m.
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ST. PAUL, MN - Governor Mark Dayton has issued proclamation declaring the month of April to be Youth Financial Literacy Month in Minnesota. Governor Dayton is bringing new energy and commitment to the effort, directing state agencies to help Minnesotans achieve financial security through education, outreach, and support for public-private partnerships.
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"These are a good snapshot on how the students are doing, but they reflect more of a baseline," Assistant Superintendent of Finance Tony Suszek said. "You want to look at how it compares to state average and the schools around it as far as geographical proficiency."
The MME scores ranged from being proficient to less than proficient, but Superintendent Brian Wilmot pointed out there are discrepancies in the testing.
"Michigan is one of a handful of states that test everyone for the MME," he said. "All of the scores are included in the pot. Other states test the top students."
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Feeling left out during this free-agent frenzy, Magic fans?
Well, your time is coming.
More on LaMarcus Aldridge later.
The Magic have acquired some pieces in their rebuild, but they need a star and preferably two.
They could have enough cap room next summer for a maximum free agent and room for two in the summer of 2015 with more than $30 million available.
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There are stars in the 2015 class. But the free agents who could be available in 2014 are either restricted free agents – usually impossible to steal – or aren't worthy of big contracts.
Top 2014 Unrestricted FAs: F Luol Deng (Chicago), F Danny Granger (Indiana), G Kirk Hinrich (Chicago), F Kris Humphries (Brooklyn), PG Jerryd Bayless (Memphis), SG Thabo Sefolosha (Oklahoma City), C Marcin Gortat (Phoenix). It's a short list, and some of them could be traded before then or re-sign with their respective teams.
Whom the Magic Should Pursue: No one. Deng is defensive-minded and can fit in anywhere, but he'll be 29. Do you give him a max deal? If Magic are fortunate to land either Andrew Wiggins or Jabari Parker in the 2014 draft, they supposedly won't need a small forward for years. Granger might be the most available of the lot, but he's 30 and has had knee issues. Orlando hopes to develop a Sefolosha-like player in rookie Victor Oladipo.
Young stars such as center DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento) and Greg Monroe (Detroit) will be restricted free agents. Their teams likely will match any offer. Depending on the situation – Cousins has been a problem child with the Kings – a large offer could force a team to not match or work out a sign-and-trade.
Top 2015 Unrestricted FAs: F Carmelo Anthony (New York), PF Rajon Rondo (Boston), F LaMarcus Aldridge (Portland), C Marc Gasol (Memphis), DeAndre Jordan (L.A. Clippers), Zach Randolph (Memphis), Amar'e Stoudemire (New York), Rudy Gay (Toronto) and Wes Matthews (Portland).
Whom the Magic Should Pursue: Rondo and Aldridge. Yeah, Rondo is coming off a torn ACL and he's a pain in the behind. But he's one of the best point guards in the league when so moved. Is he Magic material given his moods? Can he lead the lockeroom? Those are the hard questions, and maybe he'll mature by then.
Aldridge would be the perfect fit: Very good player, good teammate. Depending on different reports, Aldridge either is content in Portland or he's ready to move on in the summer of 2015.
He might not be a Grade A superstar free agent, but he might be the best the Magic can get. Orlando hasn't had to test its market as a marquee free-agent destination since landing Rashard Lewis (and overpaying him to the tune of $116 million to keep Dwight Howard in contention and happy. How'd that work out?)
Aldridge is an upgrade over Lewis, and the Magic will have to offer the max to secure him.
A 6-11 power forward, Aldridge turns 28 this summer. He averaged 21 points and nine rebounds last season. He would be the sort of veteran, along with Rondo, who could give a young Magic team stability and vault them into contention.
Imagine the Magic adding Aldridge and Rondo via max deals to a club that has developed center Nik Vucevic and lands Wiggins in the next lottery. If it could qualify as the Magic's dream, no reason for fans not to dream.
Gasol, this season's Defensive Player of the Year, could be on the Magic's list (depending on Vucevic's play). Randolph will turn 34 in the summer of 2015. Jordan and Gay are not max players.
No, we haven't mentioned 'Melo (just as we won't bring up the fact that the Heat's Big Three essentially can become free agents after the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons). Not that the Magic shouldn't make a call to the superstars, but the likelihood of 'Melo leaving New York for Orlando is slim.
2015 restricted free-agents include PG Kyrie Irving (Cleveland), Kenneth Faried (Denver), Tristan Thompson (Cleveland), PG Reggie Jackson (Oklahoma City), PG Kemba Walker (Charlotte), Klay Thompson (Golden State), C Enes Kanter (Utah), F Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio) and F Chandler Parsons (Houston), PG Ricky Rubio (Minnesota) and Iman Shumpert (New York). It's a nice class, full of young talent teams almost always hang onto. But other than Irving, is there really anybody who comes remotely close to warranting a max salary?Brian Schmitz is the Magic Insider for the Orlando Sentinel. You can reach him at email@example.com. And you can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/@magicinsider.


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Heart failure develops when the heart muscle is not
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Let's all hope Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o is lying.
Let's hope he totally concocted the inspirational story of overcoming the death of his make-believe dead girlfriend in order to garner favorable publicity and pump up his chances of winning the Heisman Trophy.
As troubling as this monumental lie would be, it beats the pathetically alternative truth: That Te'o was somehow duped by some Internet scammer into carrying on a three-year relationship with a woman he never personally met and who never actually existed.
This is the tall tale Te'o wants us to believe, but it's the story I don't want to believe. I would rather Te'o be a massive liar and fraud than a symbol of the valueless, virtual world we live in today. A world where it seems entirely possible to carry on a cyberspacial love affair with someone you've never seen, touched, kissed or hugged.
Believe it or not, this stuff happens all the time. In fact, I've got a buddy who carried on an online relationship with a woman in another state. She would text him photos of herself in which she looked like a bikini model. He wanted to fly up to her hometown and meet her in person, but she kept making excuses as to why they couldn't rendezvous. He got suspicious, started doing some investigating and found out she'd filed for bankruptcy a couple of times and was using a fake name. And she was no bikini model. A background check revealed her to be 5-foot-3, 210 pounds.
There's an entire Internet phenomenon known as "Catfishing" (named after a movie documentary and an MTV show based on in it) in which computer-savvy weirdos pull off elaborate hoaxes to lure their "victims" into online relationships. Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick referenced the practice in his vehement defense of Te'o on Wednesday night.
"I would refer all of you, if you're not already familiar with it, with both the documentary called 'Catfish,' the MTV show which is a derivative … and the sort of associated things you'll find online and otherwise about catfish, or catfishing," Swarbrick said.
Sadly, this is the bogus new world we live in – a counterfeit electronic world where the trivial becomes important and the important becomes trivial. NFL linebacker Ray Lewis is revered today even though he was once accused of killing two real people. College linebacker Manti Te'o is reviled today for falling in love with a fake girlfriend.
It's all part of the computerized depersonalization of America, where we don't even know the name of our next-door neighbor, but we carry on endless Twitter conversations with some stranger in Scranton.
I went to the doctor's office the other day, and there were six people in the waiting room and none of us said a word to each other. We were all on our smart phones, tapping and typing and tweeting and texting.
On Thanksgiving Day, a bunch of the kids at the house were playing "tag." Except there was one problem: They were playing it on their iPad.
Attendance at college booster club meetings is way, way down, and you want to know why? Because instead of getting out an interacting with one another face to face, more and more fans sit at home and post nasty anonymous messages on Fire-the-Coach.com websites.
And we in the media are certainly not immune either. Reporters today, it seems, spend more and more time tweeting out meaningless 140-character dispatches on Twitter and less and less time embarking on meaningful issues and substantial investigative journalism. Hard news has given way to soft porn. Many media outlets, in an effort to get the cheap, easy clicks, often run photo galleries of scantily clad cheerleaders and provocative dancing girls.
"I have the theory that news is now driven not by editors who know anything," comedian and political pundit Bill Maher said not long ago. "I think it's driven by people who are slacking off at work and surfing the Internet. … It's like a country run by 'America's Funniest Home Videos.' "
It should be noted that Notre Dame held an expansive news conference earlier this week to talk about the purported death of Lennay Kekau – the make-believe girlfriend of a star football player. But in 2010, the school stood silent when Lizzy Seeberg, a living, breathing college freshman, committed suicide after accusing a Notre Dame football player of sexual assault.
As Notre Dame grad Melinda Henneberger wrote in the Washington Post: "My alma mater held an emotional press conference for a fake dead girl, but none for a real one."
Sadly, this is the vapid, virtual world we now live in.
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After graduating from the College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences at University of Georgia with a degree in Turfgrass Management, Haynes was hired at UGA to help maintain the university's athletic facilities. He maintained athletic fields, including overseed and fertilizer applications, troubleshooting problems areas and assisting in game day painting of the Sanford Stadium football field.
While working for the University of Georgia Athletic Association, he also coordinated game day preparation for softball, baseball and football as well as basketball and gymnastics in the Coliseum.
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Land Rover is an iconic name amongst off-roaders. This British-built 4x4 conjures images of African safaris, European off-road trials, and Welsh farmers out checking on sheep in the rain. The latest LR4 is capable enough to do all three (though we may refrain from inviting a wet collie into a $60,000 SUV).
The new Rover has 5.0L (305.1ci) aluminum V-8 that offers great power and is followed by a six-speed automatic transmission. The LR4 is body-on-frame, yet the Land Rover people claim their vehicle's high body rigidity is akin to placing a unibody vehicle atop a strong truck chassis for even more strength.
The Rover frame offers more than just mounting points for drivetrain and body; it also acts as protection, with most of the mechanicals tucked up inside the frame rails. Skidplates add more protection, though oddly the gas tank skidplate is plastic (while the tank is steel?). The transmission pan is plastic but up high, away from obstacles. The Rover does have adequate front and rear recovery points.
The LR4 also has four-wheel independent suspension (4WIS) with 10 inches of front wheel travel and 12.9 inches of rear. The suspension uses air springs that can be adjusted for various heights depending on terrain, but unlike the Grand Cherokee the Rover plumbs the airbags from side to side so that the right front wheel is forced up while cresting an obstacle and the left front is forced down for added traction. The 4WIS offers great ground clearance under the axle differential and keeps the driveshafts tucked up for defense.
While many SUVs have started to blur together, the Rover still has a tall, boxy silhouette reminiscent of even the earliest of the Rovers (some judges found this styling old). The interior seating is high for great visibility and uses a short dash and stubby hood, perfect for off-roading or city traffic. The rear seats fold flat should you need to load antiques or sleep in the back while camping, and yet there is still seating for seven. The lower plastic cladding even hides rock scuffs quite well.
The 255/50 Pirellis on 20-inch rims worked well in the rock but died on the hillclimb. We ended up losing a valve stem to a boulder, and the tread took a puncture in the loose rock. That wasn't the worst of it. To lower the rear spare from underneath, you need to unload all your gear from the truck to access the drop crank bolt. That is an engineering snafu.
In the rocks the Rover was more Jeeplike than the Grand Cherokee (this is a complement from one of the Jeep-owning judges, mind you). The steering is great and, with the short wheelbase, allowed the LR4 to play in the rocks rather than just attempt to get through. The skidplates were tapped, but never seemed to trip up the Rover. It kept creeping along.
The high-speed testing allowed the Rover to shine as well. It's peppy V-8 and light unsprung weight had it shimmying across the rutted two-tracks and over whoops with aplomb. However, it was during the high-speed section that the Rover did have a slight episode. An ABS light sprung up on the dash, and the truck lowered to its street driving suspension height. Though too low for rockcrawling, it still performed admirably in the sand, street, and under speed. Even while at its limp-home height, the Rover impressed the judges enough in the sand dunes to rank neck and neck with the Grand. It had power, no wheelhop, a less jarring ride, and quick steering.
To sum up the Rover, we'll quote a judge: "Surprising, nay shocking capabilities both on-road and off. And comfortable too! Like a true English gentleman, it doesn't get ruffled."
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