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Every time there's been some sort of controversy over the final BCS outcome (read: most seasons), people have inevitably asked me: "Is THIS the nightmare that finally cracks the BCS?" And of course I always reply: "No. The thing's been a train wreck for 13 years. Why do you think this year would be any different?"
Well folks, I don't want to get your hopes up, but ... that year may finally have arrived.
Being a 'Bama fan I am glad that the Tide are in it, but Mike Slive tried to push for a plus-one in 2008 and got shot down by every conference except the ACC. If the conferences had to vote today on it, do you think that the Big 12 and the Pac 12 would vote in favor of it? It would have been nice to see LSU vs. Stanford and 'Bama vs. Oklahoma State.
-- Shawn Stroud, Montgomery, Ala.
It's amusing that Slive, the commissioner whose conference least needs an expanded bracket, was the one who proposed the plus-one (with the backing of ACC counterpart John Swofford). There's definitely some (non)buyer's remorse right now. As Andy Staples reported, Big 12 athletic directors voted informally Monday to throw their support behind a plus-one, and it's no coincidence that the vote came just a day after one of their schools got nudged out for No. 2. Mind you, the Big 12's presidents have the final say. Former commissioner Dan Beebe was actually open to Slive's proposal, but the presidents shot down the possibility last time. They trotted out the same excuse as then Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese: Expanding to four would inevitably lead to eight, which would lead to 16, and we're just going to put a stop to it here and now, gosh darn it.
But in 2008, the commissioners, athletic directors and presidents couldn't have foreseen the way the SEC would take over the sport in the ensuing five years, culminating in this season's intraconference national championship game. While there are countless reasons 'Bama held off Oklahoma State for No. 2, it largely boils down to this fact: The SEC has won the thing so many times and against so many conferences that it's achieved nearly unconditional benefit of the doubt when compared to other leagues. SEC teams have beaten high-powered Big 12 and Pac-12 offenses and run roughshod over physical Big Ten defenses. No matter how drastically Oklahoma State's body of work trumped Alabama's, voters simply couldn't embrace the possibility that the Cowboys were a better football team than the Crimson Tide. There's too much history that suggests otherwise.
It's already become a given that the SEC champion will earn a spot in the Big Game every year until someone beats it ... but two SEC teams? If you're the commissioner of another conference who places any priority whatsoever on giving your member schools an opportunity to compete for championships, you have no choice at this point but to support expanding to four. This year's outcome may be an anomaly, but we've still reached a point where five other conferences are now competing for one available spot. Going to a plus-one creates opportunities for two or three other leagues to prove themselves against the SEC's best.
The commissioners have a lot of issues to address before negotiating the next BCS contract (including the possible elimination of automatic qualifiers and the likely addition of a fifth bowl) before they even get to the plus-one. But we may finally be reaching a point where plus-one supporters outnumber opponents. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany remains the chief opposition. I don't think he views the national championship as a particularly important priority. He's perfectly content with a season like this one, where his conference gets 10 bowl berths and two BCS bids, his league's championship game is exciting and Wisconsin plays in the Rose Bowl. But the Big Ten does everything in lock-step with the Pac-12, which is why Larry Scott could be the key swing vote. If he sees a way to improve his league's access to the title game while still maintaining its Rose Bowl relationship, he and his presidents just might go for it. And if they do, the Big Ten might have no choice but to follow. Keep your fingers crossed.
Stewart, Mark Blaudschun at The Boston Globe and Chris Dufresne of the Los Angeles Times want a true plus-one in which everybody plays in their traditional bowl games (Big Ten, Pac-12 to the Rose; SEC to the Sugar, etc.). Then the top two teams that survive the bowls play for the national championship. This is what I want too. It's better than The Mandel Plan. It's simpler than The Mandel Plan. Plus, the bowls regain their luster and relevance.
-- Scott Saxton, LaSalle, Ontario
I respect the heck out of both those guys, but they're being wistful for a bygone era. Now that the sport has created the first vestige of a bracket by staging a 1 vs. 2 game, it's never going back. And believe me, by pitting 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3, The Mandel Plan is going to provide better games. Here's what it would look like this year: (Read last month's column for a primer or refresher on the selection process.)
Dec. 31 Cotton: No. 7 Boise State vs. No. 8 Kansas State
Dec. 31 Sugar: No. 6 Arkansas vs. No. 13 Michigan
Jan. 2 Orange: No. 1 LSU vs. No. 4 Stanford
Jan. 2 Rose: No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 10 Wisconsin
Jan. 2 Fiesta: No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State
Jan. 9 title game (New Orleans): Fiesta Bowl winner vs. Orange Bowl winner
Note that this plus-one uses solely the BCS standings. In my ideal world, there would be a selection committee to choose the semifinal participants, and that committee could well decide that Oregon, as Pac-12 champ, deserves Stanford's spot against LSU. If so the Cardinal would move to the Rose Bowl.
Stewart, everyone is arguing the Oklahoma State or Alabama controversy at the moment, but isn't the bigger crime with the BCS system this year the Virginia Tech affair? If the system insists that the BCS rankings are used to determine the 1-2 matchup, shouldn't it also force the other BCS bowls to invite teams based on said rankings instead of allowing them to invite whomever they want, rankings be damned?
-- Mark L, Baltimore
I've made my displeasure with the Sugar Bowl's decision well known, but no, I don't think bowls should be forced to take certain teams. They're still independent businesses under pressure to sell tickets, raise sponsorship dollars and maximize television audiences, and they should take the teams they feel will best help them achieve that. In fact, they're already under too many restrictions as it is, which is why the Sugar Bowl came within a game of having Houston forced on it and the Orange Bowl got stuck with No. 23 West Virginia.
Still, considering how much criticism the bowl business has faced over the past 14 months -- from the publication of Death to the BCS, to last year's Sugar Bowl/Tattoo Five debacle, to the Fiesta Bowl corruption scandal -- it's mind-boggling that bowl execs keep making decisions that open them up to even greater backlash. The public does not want a Michigan-Virginia Tech matchup. I've seen and heard that quite loudly since Sunday night. It would, however, eat up a chance to watch Denard Robinson go against Kellen Moore. Boise-Michigan would have been arguably the most appealing matchup outside of the title game. But the Sugar Bowl committee probably still views Boise as a second-rate outfit. The Sugar brass are either completely out of touch with the public's interest, or they just don't care. And that is the BCS' biggest problem.
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by: Pam McTeer | News Editor
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Russell is charged in connection with the death of Sollohub, an Anniston police officer, who died of a gunshot wound after chasing a suspect on foot in August 2011. Russell was arrested after an hours-long manhunt in the neighborhood where Sollohub was found shot.
Russell's trial is being held in Lee County so that the case could be presented to jurors who had no prior knowledge of the case.
In the opening moments of the videotape footage, Russell is seen seated in a chair, his hands cuffed behind him. He speaks to an officer in the room, but the formal police interview has not yet begun.
Russell tells the officer that Sollohub reached toward him and the gun went off.
The 26-year-old man trails off and mumbles that he won't have to worry about a roof over his head and that he would get three meals a day.
Shortly after, Anniston police Sgt. Chris Sparks enters the room and informs Russell of his rights.
Sparks tells Russell it's best for him to be up-front about what happened.
"I know you've had a bad day. I've had a bad day too. We're going to talk about it," Sparks says on the tape.
During the video, Russell says he and 27-year-old Sollohub both turned a corner and ran into each other. The gun, Russell says, was intended to scare the officer.
Prosecutors and witnesses Tuesday testified to Sollohub's pursuit of Russell in a foot chase near 19th Street and Moore Avenue around 11 a.m. on Aug. 24, 2011. Russell tells police in the interview he ran from Sollohub because he thought there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
Russell tells Sparks in the footage that he scared an officer away in an earlier encounter when he pulled out a cell phone. The defendant says he'd hoped pulling out a gun would cause the same reaction.
Later in the video, police tell Russell he's been formally charged with attempted murder — Sollohub was still alive but in critical condition in a hospital at that time. Russell insists Sollohub "knew how it all went down," and says he wasn't even sure if the officer he shot was still in a hospital.
The gun used was a black .22 caliber Taurus-made handgun, Russell tells Sparks. He describes the gun as stolen, telling the officer it was "hot."
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Jurors also listened Wednesday to testimony from Dr. Emily Ward, a medical examiner with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. Ward testified that she performed Sollohub's autopsy. She concluded the officer died of a single gunshot wound to the head. The bullet entered the left side of Sollohub's head and was lodged in the right side of the back of the officer's head. Ward showed photos of the officer's wound and X-rays to the jurors.
Jeniffer Morris, Sollohub's mother, remained in the courtroom while the photos of her son were shown. Morris dabbed at her eyes with a tissue, but stayed fixated on the photos projected on the screen. Breathing tubes were visible in the photos and Ward told the jurors those were used during Sollohub's organ donation.
Ward said that based on the positioning of the wound, the officer was crouching slightly and had his head tilted toward his right shoulder when he was shot.
The doctor determined that the gun was held approximately three to four inches away from the man's head when it was fired, based on several tiny scrapes around the wound. The tiny scrapes are called stippling abrasions, she said, and they're caused by gunpowder particles that leave little red dots around the entrance wound.
Several law enforcement officers who collected and handled evidence during the case also testified today.
David Cash, an officer with the Calhoun-Cleburne Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, said he was present when Russell was discovered in a wooded area west of 19th Street and McCoy Avenue after an hours-long manhunt. After Russell was apprehended, Cash discovered a black handgun hidden under some brush close to the area where the defendant was hiding, according to the officer's testimony.
Investigator Mark Osburn, with the Anniston Crime Lab, told jurors he collected several items as evidence, including a single shell casing, from the area where Sollohub was shot. The investigator also collected a blue shirt that Russell was believed to have worn during the shooting. Osburn said a test revealed the presence of blood on the shirt.
Calhoun County District Attorney Brian McVeigh addressed the court after the jury was adjourned and said the state expected to rest Thursday afternoon.
Testimony will continue at 9 o'clock Thursday morning in Lee County.
Staff Writer Rachael Brown: 256-235-3562. On Twitter @RBrown_Star.


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A Conversation with General Cigar's Dan Carr
David Savona
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Joe Mantegna, July/August 2011
Dan Carr took the reins of General Cigar Co. last year just as it celebrated its 50th anniversary of making cigars by hand. As president at 48, he now heads one of the cigar world's biggest companies—the maker of Macanudo, Punch, La Gloria Cubana and Partagas. Carr had joined General in 1996, quickly rising to vice president of sales, at the height of the cigar boom. When Swedish Match AB bought the company's mass market business in 1999, he went to work on the Stockholm firm's White Owl machine-made cigars, Red Man chewing tobacco and other products.
In 2005, Swedish Match acquired General Cigar and returned Carr to that division as its senior vice president of sales and marketing in 2007. Promotions to chief operating officer, in 2009, and then president, in 2010, followed in rapid succession. When Swedish merged last year with the European giant Scandinavian Tobacco Group, Carr was charged with integrating the U.S. operations of both companies, which also added the C.A.O. brand to his portfolio. Today, Carr is responsible for leading the new company's premium cigar business on a global level.
Recently, Carr sat down in New York City at his company's Club Macanudo cigar bar for a lengthy discussion with senior editor David Savona.
Savona: Let's get to know you a little bit. In 1996 you started with General. Was that your first time in the cigar business?
Carr: Well, yes and no. When I first came out of college in 1983, I went to work with a buddy of mine whose dad had a construction company. It was in Saddle River, New Jersey. We ended up building a warehouse. And the warehouse turned out to be Villazon [then the owner of the Punch and Hoyo de Monterrey cigar brands]. It was my first construction job. The most they let me do was mix the cement. And in 1997 we [General Cigar Co.] ended up buying the company.
Q: What a small world. Does that warehouse still stand today?
A: Yes (laughs).
Q: You did a good job. In 1996 it was the height of the cigar boom. What was it like?
A: It was easy to get an order. It was fast-paced. It was a lot of learning for me. It was really my introduction to premium, luxury goods. We had a lot of growth in that period. The reason I went to General is I sat with the president at the time and I asked him, "What are your objectives?" And he said, "If I don't double the company in three years I failed, if I don't go international I failed, if I don't double the employees I failed, and if I don't take the company public I failed." I left the building and I called my wife and said either I'm doing the smartest thing in my life or I'm doing the dumbest. It's been incredible. It's an extremely challenging business, it's not a traditional consumer packaged products environment, we have to face legislative and regulatory issues, and we have to work on ways to build awareness in a very niche business.
Q: You studied business [at Harvard Business School]. When you heard this description from the president of General, what did you think?
A: It was exciting. I loved the ambition. There was a vision of where this business could go.
Q: What was your role in '96?
A: I actually came in as VP of sales. I got the opportunity to work for Edgar [Cullman], both Sr. and Jr., and did that all the way up to '99 when we got acquired by Swedish Match.
Q: Were you machine-made and handmade back then? Because General had both segments in those days.
A: My role was both.
Q: What are some of the differences between mass-market and handmade?
A: Units for one—I believe the machine-made is roughly seven billion cigars in the U.S. while handmade cigars are estimated at 241 million. Mass market is more about efficiencies. The mass-market side is very data driven. It's fact-based. You've got the human factor on the premium side, and on the premium side, we don't have the data. And a lot of times the [individual store] owner is the buyer on the premium side, which you don't see on the mass side. The other thing is the personalities and the characters. Both have pluses and minuses, but the premium cigar business is a passion. We're working all the time because we love it. We hope we're making an impact.
Q: How many employees does General Cigar have at this time?
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Hey there! Tuesdays are such a love/hate thing for me. I teach my super early exercise classes (Spinning at 5:30 am followed directly by Core Plus (an awesome class that I just started teaching this summer that targets the abs/obliques/lower back with some major stretching at the end)- and while I love these classes and the regulars that show up week after week- waking up in the 4:00 hour is just not fan, no matter what.
But- on the bright side, I am always super productive on Tuesdays because I'm home by 7:30 am and my workouts for the day are already DONE. On most Tuesdays, I'm like the Energizer bunny all morning, and then crash some time in the mid-afternoon. So, I try to take advantage of all of that energy all morning and use it for good. My goal today? Finish cleaning out my office. It's a bit of a lofty goal (seriously, I should have taken a "before" picture- it was scary)- but I am determined to turn it into a calm, relaxing environment with as few distractions as possible. I'll be back with an update on how that goes tomorrow.
On to today's topic! When we flew to Colorado a couple of weeks ago, I made a list of recipes that I had floating around in my head to make when I got home. It's a pretty short list- but I finally got around to making the first one last night. I'm happy to say that it was a success- and SUPER easy to throw together.
I love these bunny pretzels made by Annie's. I pretty much always have some variety of them in my pantry (whether it's the regular, honey wheat or spelt).
I was thinking that they would make a good crust for chicken, so that's exactly what I did!
First, I took made a quick marinade and let two chicken breasts soak in it all afternoon.
When it was time to cook the chicken, I ground up the pretzels in my little food chopper, and then added in some parsley.
(Next time I'll grind them up a little bit smaller!)
I also made a creamy dipping sauce using this Dijon mustard, honey and Greek yogurt.
I'm happy to say that the chicken breasts turned out well- and had tons of flavor (and the dipping sauce was delicious!).
Honey Dijon Pretzel-Crusted Chicken Breasts
For the marinade:
1 T Dijon mustard
2-3 T red wine vinegar
1 tsp honey
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp dried parsley flakes
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (4-6 oz each)
1 oz. pretzels
1 tsp dried parsley flakes
In a small container, whisk together the ingredients for the marinade. Place chicken breasts into the marinade and flip them over a few times make sure they are coated. Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours (even longer is better!). Pre-heat oven to 375˚ and spray a shallow pan or cookie sheet liberally with nonstick spray. Crush the pretzels or pulse a few times in a food processor until they are broken down into small pieces. Pour the crushed pretzels into a bowl, add parsley and stir well. Dip the chicken breasts into the crushed pretzel mixture and make sure each gets coated evenly. Place chicken breasts onto baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 170ºF. Serve with creamy honey dijon dipping sauce (recipe follows).
Creamy Honey-Dijon Dipping Sauce
1 T whole-grain dijon mustard
1 T honey
1/4 c. 0% plain Greek yogurt
Stir ingredients together in a small bowl.
I'm eager to make this one again- and will grind the pretzels a little smaller next time.
I also learned that you definitely need to spray the heck out of the pan, or the crust will stick to it!
One recipe checked off the to-do list… many to go!
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Hi, sorry for posting here, as this might be a very simple issue to fix. I'm kinda new to the iphone and everything so I hope its ok. And I really appriciate any answers at all =)
I got an Iphone 3g 8gb. The Version says 2.2.1 (5H11) and the Modemfirmware says 02.30.03. It uses a Turbosim card. I think it is a rebel one. As I bought it Im not entirely sure.
It has worked fine up until recently. It froze, so I had to reboot it, and after the reboot, the edge didnt work. Until I switched Data Roaming ON, wich on my brothers iphone is off, and I believe mine was off before that aswell. Anyways, now it worked for about 1 day, and then suddenly it lost all reception. No Sim Card, and No Service. Got home, swapped the sim into another phone, made a call, back into the Iphone and it worked again. Except that the edge or 3g didnt work anymore.
Now, I've tried putting it into another phone, and set manual network, then correct, then onto the internet, then manual network etc several times. But still nothing. I've tried lots of different APN settings, but Im now using the one I used before it stopped working, so that should be ok.
And I've searched the net trying to find out what is wrong, but I cant find any good answers. When I flick the 3G switch on, the reception bars drop to 0 for 3-4 secs, then poops back up, but no 3g or edge icon.
Now this is starting to become a problem.. as Im using the calendar funcion on it while working =)
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It's been 35 years since the Great Purges of their species' commenced. The human race has found out about their kind, eradicating them from the Earth. The coexistence of werewolf and vampire creatures alike plunged fear into their mortal hearts. The fear made the humans ally to each other, given a new enemy; them. Human people whom used to be foes now stand to together to defeat the non human creatures in order to protect their own interests.
Testing labs have been set up all around the globe with one mission; turn the foreign power in their favor. For years now, these research facilities and labs have been built solely to better understand these creatures and ultimately, drain their powers for their own use in more destruction in the world.
Although most scientists did not have much luck in their testings, some have. Few family lines of vampire and werewolf species have shown to have genes that; when tweaked and injected into human test subjects, are able to make them much more powerful and sustain much longer lives; some becoming immortal. Before testing on humans, they tested these on these said vampires and werewolves, finding out it altered them, making them much larger and stronger than they once were. These subjects were then used as soldiers for the humans, assisting them and doing their bidding. Once figuring out which family lines have what gene, they are endlessly hunted down until every last descendant of that name is captured. The rest of the "non important" creatures of the species are forced into a lifetime of serving the enemy.
Because of this, the non human species fought back. Tradition werewolf packs and vampire covens became resistance groups, growing larger in numbers each day. Their objective is simple; reclaiming the world that once was theirs by means of whatever is necessary. Not all non human creatures joined though, some believing this would blow over simply didn't join the movement and carried on with their lives as their people suffered.
The most well known resistance groups is in fact the Hiei Coven, with The Liberator, herself, Calypso Miron, once she became aware of this. After her formation coven, other preexisting covens and packs joined her, seven more in total. The leaders of each of these groups, referred to as The Great Eight devote their time and energy in helping their people and have led large raids and invasions on the humans, showing that they will never stop fighting for survival.
The Nykterída (Vampires) and Lykánthro̱pos (Werewolves) have history together, although how they both work hard together to eradicate the human altered creature threat, these Greek originated species were not always so kind to one another. Long, long ago, the Nykterída were a dying species. They were being killed off by other vampires as well as other werewolves; and other species of the supernatural poked their fun at them too. Their race was on the road of extinction. They used to be weak and feeble, unable to protect themselves and unable to fight back to their oppressors. The Lykánthro̱pos werewolves saw this and decided to help the species and protect them. Many volunteered to teach them how to fight and protect themselves, as well as relocate them to places with large human populations to reproduce. Some even allowed themselves to become protectors to them and making sure that the vampires would never have to worry for their lives. And the plan worked, soon the Nykterída thrived, growing larger and stronger in numbers. This new found strength made the humans they turned stronger, much stronger than any Nykterída they had seen.
The Lykánthro̱pos were proud of what they had accomplished and most Nykterída were thankful for their help. As the species of vampires progressed, royalty was finally able to emerge. Few family names became more important than others due to the role they played in re-population and protecting their people. After they were developed, a larger council was assembled and they would vote on who would lead their kind. Viktor Corvinus was the head of this council for centuries but alas, was only a figurehead. His family, brothers and sisters used him as a puppet in order to get their way. The corruption spread like a virus and other families tried to get their way through the representatives they chose to speak for them at council meetings. Some of these families did not bother to continue on in their past glories and instead took advantage of the Lykánthro̱pos that had trained and protected them for so long. They hired these werewolves to protect them, as well as any offspring the newborn Nykterída were able to create. This then became a trend and easy way out for protection, hiring these kind werewolves to stay by their sides for their lifetimes and serve them until death. And since the royalty started it, the commoners followed the trend.
This got so extreme to the point in which the Nykterída, royal or not would press false charges on their Lykánthro̱pos, such as accusing them of stealing family heirlooms or conceiving hybrid "mutant freak" children with their kin as they did their jobs. All charges were found to be true and these innocent creatures were forced into slavery for these Nykterída families as punishment for their crimes. Lykánthro̱pos became a minority group to the newly powerful vampire species and many of them fell into slavery and servitude. Few royal Lykánthro̱pos families did not however. Families such as the Mavros, Artino, Rokos, & Kellis saw what was happening to their people and vividly acted against it. Sir Alexander Mavros was a major figure in helping his people free from the selfish vampires that they desperately tried to save not too long ago. He also gained the support of few caring and appreciative Nykterída families those Lykánthro̱pos helped and protected, such as the Miron, Rella, Pavlis, & Nasso, respectively. Sir Mavros led a war against the abusive Nykterída in order to free his people which lasted several bloody decades until he finally won freedom for his fellow Lykánthro̱pos.
Today, both species generally view each other as equals, although some Nykterída royals believe that they still own the Lykánthro̱pos and should not have had to give them their freedom. After the Great Purges, both species had tried to settle their differences to focus on the new threat the humans have created to exterminate them both but their past leaves them both equally tense in doing so.
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Kvelden Coven:
Michael Orlando|Vampire (Leader)|Taken by Jordan
DJ Blackard|Vampire|Taken by Chloe
Aaron Graves|Vampire|Single
Adam Vex|Vampire|Single (NL)
JJ Ingram|Vampire|Single
Hiei Coven:
Calypso Miron|Vampire (Leader)|Single (NL)
Fallon Petro|Vampire|Single
Astoria Mihal|Vampire (Heiress)|Taken by Kollin
Everett Delis|Vampire|Taken by Krissi
Julian Delis|Vampire (Heir to the Abraxas)|Single (NL)
Abraxas Coven:
Donovan Pavlis|Vampire (Leader)|Single
Peyton Antoni|Vampire|Single
Gwyneth Sava|Vampire|Single
Kylie Rella|Vampire|Single
Kumori Pack:
Abigail Mavros|Werewolf (Alpha)|Taken by Michael
Felicia Agnes|Werewolf|Single
Rowan Agnes|Werewolf|Single|Talking
Alec Tocci|Werewolf|Single
Logan Tocci|Werewolf|Single
Corvinus Family:
Eve Corvin|Hybrid (Tri-Hybrid)|Single
Gavin Sisko|Hybrid (Vampire-Lycan)|Single
Acacia Corvinus|Vampire (Council Heiress)|Taken by Tate
Sibella Corvinus|Vampire|Single
Empusa Coven:
Harper Rella|Vampire (Leader)|Single
Brienne Rines|Vampire (Heiress)|Single
Marcus Rines|Vampire|Single
Abenaki Pack:
Althea Rokos|Werewolf (Alpha)|Single|Talking
Charlotte Spiros|Werewolf|Single
Penelope Kollias|Werewolf|Taken by David
Belial Coven:
Jonathan Nasso|Vampire (Leader)|Single
Marilyn Harris|Vampire|Single
Evelyn Andris|Vampire (Heiress)|Single
Chahta Pack:
Brayden Kellis|Werewolf (Alpha)|Single
Constance Baris|Werewolf|Single
Tobias Menas|Werewolf|Single
Azalea Menas|Werewolf|Single
Ookawa Pack:
Viviana Artino|Werewolf (Alpha)|Single
Trevor Contos|Altered Werewolf|Single
Mohingan Pack:
Elijah Kellis|Werewolf (Alpha)|Single
Astrid Petro|Werewolf|Single|Talking
Christian Lazos|Vampire|Single
Olivia Cosse|Vampire|Single (NL)
Riley Artino|Werewolf|Single
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Jeff Burch, a Delta resident, is spearheading an effort to give name the unnamed 13,510-foot peak located between Lewis Lake and Blue Lake. The peak was referred to as Bridal Peak on a 1955 United States Geological Survey map, but is unnamed on current maps.
Burch asked the commissioners to write a letter to the USGS asking support for his campaign, which is part of his mission to complete his book, The Peaks of Telluride.
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Our Under-21s brought the curtain down on their pre-season campaign with a win, beating Hendon FC 2-0 at Earlsmead.
A strong Chelsea side, which featured both Josh McEachran and Nathaniel Chalobah, as well as former Blues Jody Morris and Jon Harley, scored a goal either side of the break to ensure we head into Friday's opening game of the season against Tottenham Hotspur in good shape.
McEachran opened the scoring right on the stroke of half-time from the penalty spot before Ben Pattie, a trialist, doubled our advantage midway through the second half.
Manager Dermot Drummy was delighted with the display.
'It was a good result and a decent performance,' he said. 'Josh McEachran scored the first from the penalty spot after winning it himself following a good solo run. Then the second goal was scored by Ben Pattie, who came on for Islam Feruz.
'Jody Morris and Jon Harley both played, and they produced super performances for the young boys to observe, their attitude and football intelligence was absolutely fantastic.
'I was really pleased, these games are always tough, but the motivation and concentration from the boys was great. McEachran played 85 minutes, he came off with a little knock, and Chalobah played the full 90 minutes. They've been playing at a higher level but their attitudes were great, I was very happy with all of the boys.
He went on to praise the players for the manner in which they've performed - on and off the pitch - over the course of pre-season.
'They've been great, when you do a commercial tour the training regime is a little different, it was all new to the boys,' he said.
'They've done a lot of travelling but they've been spot-on in training and during the matches.'
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CHARTS: JPMorgan Income Bounces Back, but Legal Costs Still a Drag
JPMorgan's profits fell 7.3 percent last quarter, in part on Madoff-related legal expenses.
Paying more than $1 billion in legal fees in a single quarter would be a drag on any company's earnings statement, even when that company is the largest bank in the U.S. That's one of the lessons from JPMorgan Chase's Tuesday morning earnings. The litigation-besieged company reported $5.3 billion in net income in the final three months of 2013, a decline of 7.3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2012. Quarterly profit per share was also down from $1.39 in the fourth quarter of 2012 to $1.30 last quarter.
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Legal expenses totalling $1.1 billion were in part to blame for those declines, in a quarter that ended just before the bank agreed to pay $2.6 billion in settlements related to the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme.
However, $1.1 billion is dwarfed by the company's $9.2 billion in legal expenses in the third quarter, which helped to pull JPMorgan's net income into negative territory, giving CEO Jamie Dimon his first quarterly loss during his tenure.
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The bank has put some significant legal issues behind it in the last year – the Wall Street Journal last week counted more than $25 billion in recent settlements, not counting the Madoff settlement – but there is the potential for more drags on income in the future. There are currently investigations into the bank's hiring practices in Asia, as well as questions about whether it manipulated interest rates and currency benchmarks, according to Bloomberg.
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