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Mind Hive (Pink Flag). Review by Scott Adams.
Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154 (Pink Flag). Review by Scott Adams.
Vincent's Playlist (BYM Records). Review by Scott Adams.
A standard love triangle quickly goes surreal with the addition of a giant shoe.
Renowned violinist Gregory Harrington unveils how he chose elegant covers on his new album Without You.
A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip (BMG). Review by Generoso Fierro.
Devil's Breath (Sign Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
The latest from Creston Mapes, "Let My Daughter Go" delivers everything his dedicated disciples have come to expect – inspiring heroes and despicable villains, along with plenty of action and non-stop tension.
Have a Good Time, But Get Out Alive (Cleveland International). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
"Home Stretch". Review by Stacey Zering.
Music superfans Lois and Dennis have been attending concerts and befriending musicians since the '70s. The couple shares their obsessive music fandom with the rest of the world in this quirky, charming documentary.
Forced isolation, too much coffee and a stack of records result in a batch of attention deficit record reviews.


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Chris Ellis, Chris Carrillo, George Artz, Tracey Story, Wayne Michelsen, David Kiesling, Steve Rodrigues, Urs Kellenberger, Rob Johnson, Ken Martin, Tom White
President Ken Martin discussed his thoughts on agenda for the year, which includes improvements to the site such as clean up of clubhouse, dating clubhouse rules, volunteering time / resources to GGNRA, improvement of set up area, working on sand trail issues, signage. He also discussed tune up, and security of website. Continued work on safety issues / increased pedestrian traffic. Encouraging member participation at meetings.
Ken reported on rebuild of windsock pole / basket / new windsock in place. New pole is heavier and stronger than old.
Ken mentioned upcoming GGNRA / USHPA meeting.
Vice President Rob Johnson reported on membership renewals. Mentioned that donation amounts are lower this year. Of 91 voting members, 68 have paid, 23 have not.
Treasurer Steve Rodrigues reported bank balance of $13,815. Site insurance up $50 over last year. There is a $420 ATT credit.
Safety Officer Chris Carrillo reported very little flying due to weather, no safety issues to report.
Tech Officer Chris Ellis reported that he is getting a handle on things regarding website.
Clubhouse Mgr George Artz reported that there are 4 available lockers. Lock will be changed mid month. Many racks need renewal, discussion followed.
Tandem Admin Urs Kellenberger reported that he will be doing equipment / documentation inspections soon.
Secretary Tom White had no issued to report.
Steve made a proposal to amend 25' rule to 50', discussion proceeded, motion was made to continue discussion at next meeting, motion seconded, passed.
Meeting adjourned.

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Though many people Kongming was not a very good military general he held against Wei when he still lived. On the other hand after Jiang Wei's sucession to leader of the military, after Zhuge's death, lead to the fall of Shu Han. Jiang Wei still had many men left from Kongming's Northern Caimpaigns yet he kept attacking Wei and almost alway's loses to Deng Ai. He keep's up his unsucessful attacks on Wei untill he goes to a defensive battle against Dend Ai. Even though Deng Ai still defeated Jiang Wei untill he captured Cheng Du. After the capture of Cheng Du Shu Han gives in to Wei.
Now most people belive Kongming was unsucessful in his Northern Caimpaigns but Kongming wasn't unsucessful. If Zhuge took risks like Jiang Wei did he also may have lead to the downfall of Shu. Instead Kongming lead attacks but didn't go all out. Zhuge because of this stategy keep Shu Han strong and didn't lose to Wei.


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My kids are on to me. They've finally realized that part of why I take them to plays and museums and parks and for hikes is not just because that stuff is 'good' for them or because I think they might actually enjoy it – but because I know I will. The truth is, I'm really just a kid in a 'mom' body, and I'm as surprised as they are to find myself here.
This became clear last Sunday as we prepared to head to the Geneva Underground Playhouse to see a matinee of playwright Donna Latham's latest production, the fun, family adventure "Three By the Sea." But Holly, who'd been fighting a cold for three days and had just run for nearly 80 minutes in a soccer game that morning, was feeling downright crummy, and Noah realized the Bears were about to kick-off. So, he no longer felt like going (and Todd would stay home and hang with them). But I still wanted to go. I hated to waste three tickets – so borrowed other people's kids.
I know, pathetic.
I ran next door to the Myers' house. I figured that Dane, their three-year-old, would love it. Pirates and surfer dudes and mermaids? Right up his alley, I thought, as I knocked on their back door. No answer. I went to the front door. Same. The play was due to start in an hour, so I ran home and texted my friend, Laura.
"You and your little nieces wanna come with me to a play?" No can do, she replied. They had other plans. So, I called our friend, Sarah.
"I just put Lucille down for her nap," she replied, apologizing. Foiled again, I ran outside. I knew I was missing something. There had to be children in my neighborhood, but where were they? As I stood in my front yard wracking my brain, Noah, who was just settling in on the couch for an afternoon of yelling at the television, spotted me.
"Mom, what are you doing?" he asked, through the open window, as Holly came out to see what was up.
"I'm looking for children; children to take to the play."
"Yeah, that's not weird," he retorted, a smile playing at his lips. But then I spotted the kids across the street. Score! Touchdown! Three and six, Piper and Jett are perfect scallywags if ever there were any. They'd love the show, I thought, as I jogged over to ambush their dad with my proposal.
Miss Piper, a blond like my Holly, who recently cut her own hair and now sports those adorable "I cut them myself" bangs that Holly also wore around that age, was excited. Her lively big brother, Jett, also loved the idea of going to the show, as did their mom, Katie, who just had her third baby last month.
Later I learned that my funny girl, who saw me standing on their front porch, quipped, "Dad, she's holding a baby. I'm going over there to get her out of trouble."
My neighbors and I had a great time at the play. Actually a series of three stories set in sea-side locales, the show is super entertaining and very funny, with hilarious one-liners tying the three stories together.
The cast, which features talented children of all ages, is capably anchored by adults who delivered very good performances.
I know Miss Holly would have particularly loved the comical, tender story set in an 1800's Irish fishing village of "Mina the Mermaid" and the lonely bachelor, and the third one, a more contemporary tale about "Foghorn Franny," which is set at a New England seashore and depicts middle and high-school style situations not unlike those featured in her favorite television shows.
My own high-schooler, Noah, probably would have enjoyed "Three By the Sea" as well, in spite of himself, but the show, which is appropriate for all audiences, definitely wasn't wasted on my little sidekicks, Piper and Jett. These two are right smack-dab in the middle of those precious, truth-telling ages.
"That was a fun, fun show," volunteered little Piper, after she scrambled back into her car seat. Her big brother agreed.
"I really liked the show," Jett commented. "It was really funny."
He even marched right up to Playwright Donna Latham after the final bows were taken to tell her so. Their mom was thoroughly entertained, too. She particularly liked the set design, and enjoyed talking to Cheryl Newman, the Director, about the trials and tribulations of crafting her clever, versatile set. Neither of us had ever been to this intimate, comfortable theater, and we look forward to returning for future performances.
For showtimes and tickets for "Three By the Sea," which runs weekends through Sept. 23, visit www.guptheater.org.
• Jennifer DuBose lives in Batavia with her husband, Todd, and their two children, Noah and Holly. Contact her at email@example.com.


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We've always trumpeted local news as the most exciting news, and this report only validates our claims further. A ninja in Pittsburgh enacted shinobi vengeance against some hapless parked cars last Sunday, and local news was asking the hard questions.
According to an eyewitness, Sunday's ninja was likely a drunk ninja, which (as we all know) is the deadliest kind of ninja:
Evidence that was left behind included blood on the cars, tools that were used to damage the vehicles and, "like, a fifth of liquor. He dropped it when he fell over the fence," [Pittsburgh resident Chelsey] Cunningham said.
As the anchor notes, Sunday's automobile assault was part of an upswing in ninja-related crime in Pittsburgh. And if you need more proof that Rust Belt evildoing is on the rise, know that Spider-Man was shot in Columbus, Ohio that very same day.
UPDATE: Not all ninjas out there are bad. Today the BBC reports that a ninja is protecting the county Kent spa town of Tunbridge Wells:
Places under official "Ninja Watch" are said to include Homebase, the Bedford Pub, and the Royal Victoria Place shopping centre.
And the Neighbourhood Ninja even claims to be keeping an eye on this week's royal wedding.
In one tweet, he wrote: "Don't worry Chief Inspector of Kent Police, you have nothing to fear from me, I am on your side. I'll leave my nunchuks at home."
He has also said he is "bringing the community together" and could even be looking to recruit more ninjas.
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Lewiston woman arrested after high-speed police pursuit through several towns
AUBURN, Maine (AP) � Police say they have arrested a Lewiston woman who led them on a 20-mile car chase through several communities that reached speeds of 80 miles per hour.
Authorities say 21-year-old Heather Kullson was finally apprehended in Auburn at about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
The chase began at about 6 p.m. when Kullson allegedly fled a traffic stop in Lewiston. The chase went through New Gloucester and Poland and state police entered the chase when she drove onto the Maine Turnpike.
Kullson was charged with two counts of eluding police, two counts of arson and one count of aggravated domestic violence assault.
Police did not elaborate on the charges saying the incident is still under investigation.
No one was hurt, but several law enforcement vehicles suffered minor damage.


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Archive | September, 2015
Women's Night Out!
Each October, Lexington Medical Center hosts Women's Night Out, an event that honors cancer survivors and their families. It features a silent auction, signature cocktail, fashion show, dinner and talk. This year, the keynote speaker will be Irmo native Leeza Gibbons. The topic will be caregiving. Barbara Willm, Lexington Medical Center Vice President of Development and Community Relations, spoke about the event on WLTX. Check out her interview below. For more information on Women's Night Out or to buy tickets, click here.


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- The Hardball Times 2009 Season Preview finally went to the printers this week and will begin shipping next week. Editor David Gassko posted a nice run-down on what you will receive if you purchase the book, which I highly recommend and not just because I wrote the Twins section. There are many great contributors that helped make this book possible and The Hardball Times is always one of the frontrunners when it comes to baseball analysis (and unlike some baseball websites, their content is always free of charge). Order your copy today.
- Fangraphs's Marc Hulet wrote a piece reflecting back on the Johan Santana trade. Hulet's understated conclusion is that the trade hasn't gone as well as the Twins hoped it would have. In general, trading one superstar player for a handful of players typically fails. Bill James determined in his 1988 Abstract that "Talent in baseball is not normally distributed. It is a pyramid. For every player who is 10% above the average player, there are probably 20 players who are 10% below the average." (There are the exceptions to that Jamesian rule: Giants GM Brian Sabean figured this out when he accepted A.J. Pierzynski for three players.) Essentially, it is hard to replace the superstar that is Johan Santana, which is why none of the three pitchers (Humber, Mulvey and Guerra) will provide the type of innings that Santana did. Most analysts tend to focus on Carlos Gomez when deciding the victor of this trade. Gomez contains the largest likelihood for R.O.I. Subtly, Gomez's presence in centerfield (+32) probably shaved off runs from Slowey (44% fb%) and Baker's (45.7% fb%) overall totals. This should not be taken lightly, however, that isn't as easy to measure as say, a .657 OPS and therefore easier to deem it a bad trade. An improvement in his offensive production in the next several seasons coupled with one of the three pitchers emerging as a significant contributer could swing the trade into the realm of acceptable. What should be understood at this point is that none of the three will provide production on a Johan Santana scale.
- Of all the manuvers Royals GM Dayton Moore made this offseason, signing Zack Greinke to a 4-year, $38M contract is head-and-shoulders the best. Though known for mental issues that sidelined him in 2006 for the majority of the year, Greinke emerged in 2008 as one of the top young starters in the game. The 25-year-old threw 202.1 innings while striking out 183 and walking just 56 for a FIP of 3.56. The Royals have purchased Greinke's first two free agent years (2011, 2012) but all indications suggest that Greinke should be as effective at 28 and 29. Even though the Royals called on Greinke at the tender age of 20, he rarely threw more than 100 pitches in a start. This was also true in his 2005 season. By taking the year off in 2006 and working mostly out of the bullpen in 2007, Greinke has protected his arm from the abuse that a lot of young pitchers on poor teams suffer (see: Radke, Brad). Rany Jayazerli at Baseball Prospectus developed a system of monitoring "Pitcher Abuse Points" or PAP. In short, going from research conducted by Craig Wright, Jayazerli expounded upon the notion that it is not the amount of pitches a pitcher throws that results in injuries, but rather it is throwing with a fatigued arm. Consider Mark Prior, for example. At age 22 in 2003, Prior would often throw more than 130 pitches in a game, averaging 113 pitches per start. At age 21 in 2005, Greinke made 33 starts and only threw over 110 pitches twice (111) and averaged 93 pitches per start. Because Greinke avoided both throwing all together and amassing a hefty pitch count at an early stage in his career, he is now a solid candidate to pitch well into his 30s while flameouts like Prior attempt to make a comeback with the Padres.
I received a spattering of emails (read: three) inquiring which side of the fence I actually stood when it came to signing Joe Crede in response to the article posted yesterday. It may have been a bit ambiguous. I do believe that depending on the terms of the contract, Crede could wind up a bargain free agent. What I do not believe is that Crede will replicate his totals if the Twins acquire him based upon the disadvantage that a right-handed batter has in the Metrodome. Fans should put that into perspective. Rondell White befell the same fate. At Comerica, White found the seats every 24.4 at bats (7 HR in 171 AB at home). Comerica's left field power alley is 10 feet closer to home than the Metrodome. The Twins brought him in and White hit a home run every 34.4 at bats at the Dome (4 HR in 153 AB). The Dome squelches the majority of right-handed power hitters. That said, I highly respect Crede's glovework -- enough to compensate for his low on-base percentage -- and if the Twins think his back is healthy enough to play 130 games, I'm for it.
The Star Tribune's Jim Souhan recently took the time to solve the Twins' third base woes: move Michael Cuddyer back to third. Number one, this resolves the vacancy at third at the same time it does alleviate the logjam of an outfield. Souhan's argument involves not having to spend money or players in acquiring a working part that could play third. On the surface, this proposition makes sense. Cuddyer has a history of playing third base (after being drafted as a shortstop) and, all things considered, third base is only one position back up the Defensive Spectrum from right field (DS: 1B -- LF -- RF -- 3B -- CF -- 2b -- SS). But the problem lies in that Cuddyer will be 30 in 2009, the defensive spectrum is not kind to outfielders that are converted back to third basemen. Steven Goldleaf conducted a study that suggested nearly 75% of all attempts to reconvert outfielders to third basemen fail. Cuddyer's age is pulling him to the left on on the spectrum -- accept that Jim.
- TwinsFest sounds like a resounding success as the total number of patrons exceeded 31,000 -- the third-highest total behind 2007 which saw 35,000 visitors at the Dome following a miraculous comeback season and the second-highest in 1992's crowd of 32,000 following their second World Series title. In today's economic and below zero climate, it is surprising that the Twins have been able to maintain such interest within a team in an offseason in which the resigning of Nick Punto was the hot stove headline. Things could be worse, you could be a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. This past weekend, PirateFest, celebrated their all-time attendance high of 15,000 visitors to the three-day event. After going 488-644 since 2002 (.396 winning percentage), the Pirates front office rewarded the loyal fans by signing Craig Monroe and Ramon Vazquez.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) Oct 31 - A tropical mosquito known to carry potentially fatal diseases such as dengue and yellow fever has been detected in California, raising concerns among public health officials and prompting intense efforts to eradicate the insect.
No illnesses associated with the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, have been reported since it first appeared in California's Central Valley in June, and none of the specimens trapped and tested has been found to be infected.
But the species' feeding and breeding habits make it a voracious pest, which if allowed to propagate could pose a serious new health threat to the nation's most populous state while diminishing its outdoor lifestyle, authorities say.
The small dark mosquito, distinguished by white markings and banded legs, feeds aggressively during the day, is especially fond of humans, often bites indoors and requires very little standing water to reproduce.
"If it gets established, it's going to change the way we live in California," Tim Phillips, manager of the Fresno Mosquito and Vector Control District, which identified some of the first small invaders, said on Wednesday.
"We're not going to be able to go out on the patio and have a beer or have a barbecue without being eaten up by these things," he added.
How Aedes aegypti was introduced to California remains a mystery. Possible sources include imported potted plants or other small containers with water, Phillips said.
Native to tropical and subtropical regions, the species has already turned up in Hawaii, Arizona, Texas and parts of the U.S. Southeast, Florida in particular.
"We're hoping to eradicate this species, but that will be challenging, and we're certainly interested in whether it can survive the winter months in California," said Vicki Kramer, chief of vector-borne diseases for the state Department of Public Health.
Vector-control authorities in Fresno, Madera and San Mateo counties, where the mosquito has been identified, are warning residents to empty bird baths, dog dishes, flower pots and other sources of standing water from around their homes.
Homeowners are also advised to keep screens fastened over open windows and doors, to apply repellent when outside and to use mosquito netting over infant cribs, carriers and strollers.
Mosquito abatement districts are using special pesticides in places where aegypti is found, but they need help from the public to pinpoint infestations. They say the biggest telltale sign is being bitten in the daytime.
Most mosquito species that are common to residential areas of California tend to feed at night. Others that bite during daylight hours are typically found in rural or undeveloped areas only, officials say.
Aedes aegypti feels very much at home around humans, feeds most often in daylight, and it is a primary vector for both yellow fever and dengue. Moreover, its eggs can survive without moisture for up to two years without hatching, Phillips said.
For now, the risk of contracting either illness in California is low, because a mosquito would have to bite an already infected person then bite another person, experts say.
While there have been locally transmitted human cases of dengue reported in Florida this year, and occasional cases in Hawaii and Texas, all 183 cases documented in California since 2010 have been in people infected while traveling in Latin America, Asia or Africa, Kramer said.
Yellow fever in California is even more rare. The last known case was in 1999, she said.
But the chances of local transmission rise as the incidence of "imported" human cases grows and the Aedes aegypti mosquito population expands.
Dengue causes high fever, debilitating joint and muscle pain, headaches, vomiting and a skin rash. Yellow fever often begins with flu-like symptoms and can progress to a more severe phase that can lead to jaundice and internal bleeding.
Both can be fatal. Worldwide, some 500,000 people with severe dengue require hospitalization each year, and 2.5% of those stricken die, according to the World Health Organization. It estimates the annual number of yellow fever cases worldwide at 200,000, resulting in 30,000 deaths a year.
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Cite this: Mosquitoes Known to Carry Dengue Fever Seen in California - Medscape - Oct 31, 2013.


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First Look: All the Cocktails at Bub City, Chicago
Preview brand-new spots to drink (or fresh new menu items) here.
In our rambling conversation about the debut cocktail menu he's put together at Chicago's Bub City, beverage director Paul McGee brought up a provocative article that appeared this month on Table Matters. In "Bartenders: Stop Making (Up) Cocktails," D.C.-based cocktailian and writer Derek Brown makes a case for craft over creativity.
"Too often," Brown writes, "bartenders, rather than sharpening our axes, studying, searching and trying to find meaning among the thousands of cocktails already created, the neophyte—and even sometimes seasoned veterans, I'm afraid—indulge in the worst possible fantasy: that of some mixological Prometheus who steals the eternal flame of creativity from the old, stuffy Gods and re-imagines it as lavender-infused ice or cinnamon-ancho rim. The unfortunate result is that it's our liver and not theirs that is forever picked at by these often vile and outlandish combinations." Brown admits he too has been guilty of such crimes, pointing to his circa-1990s Hot Cosmo.
Besides being an interesting and humorous read, Brown's argument, whether you agree with it or not, provides an apt context in which to consider what McGee's up to at Bub City. (McGee, formerly the longtime head bartender of the Whistler, is a partner in the restaurant along with heads of the Lettuce Entertain You restaurant group.) Although neither had any direct influence on the other, it's almost as if McGee was channeling Brown when he wrote the bourbon-stained drink list (all cocktails are $10) at the Nashville-inspired BBQ joint, whiskey bar, and live country-music venue. There's a strong emphasis on approachable, food-friendly classic cocktails with no fussy flourishes, and bold, resonant flavors.
For the most part, the concise classics that find a home here bear small but meaningful interventions. So the Manhattan includes Amaro Ramazzotti and Bittercube sarsaparilla bitters made exclusively for Bub City. The Horse's Neck features a well-chosen ginger ale from South Carolina. The Mexican Firing Squad is reimagined as a frozen drink. And the original drinks, such as the Riverboat Gambler, feel of a piece with the rest.
In addition to the cocktails, McGee has stocked the two bars flanking the broad dining room at Bub City with more than 100 varieties of whiskey, a few of which are single-barrel bourbons he hand-picked at their distilleries over this past summer. They're even carrying small-format bottles of 150th Anniversary Early Times, which parties can order with pitchers of beer to make their own Boilermakers.
So should we take the debut cocktail menu at Bub City as a sign that McGee is happy mining the classics, favoring a rote dedication to craft over creativity? Not so fast. Because in eight weeks' time, the doors are slated to open at Three Dots and a Dash, the subterranean tiki bar under construction beneath Bub City that is his brainchild. Tiki drinks are nothing if not elaborate, and McGee says he'll feature several of his own devising at Three Dots and a Dash, alongside some established mainstays of the style as well as a few sharable numbers. But knowing McGee, and in light of the restraint shown at Bub City, we don't expect anything he has in mind is in danger of following in the footsteps of the Hot Cosmo.
McGee gave us a peek at all the cocktails at Bub City. Check them out in the slideshow above »
Bub City
435 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654 (map) 312-610-4200; bubcitychicago.com
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- vintage Navy sailor pants
- Fletcher for Lyell sweater
- 70s leather boots
- vintage wool beret
A few fun facts about Beekman Place:
- It was built in 1882 and used to be known as Temple Court.
- It is one of the earliest surviving fire-proof buildings built in New York City.
- It was the third building in the city to have an elevator installed (they still work and we rode in them!).
- You can see the Woolworth Building, built in 1913, through the atrium skylights.
- It has been sitting abandoned in the middle of the city for more than a decade.
- The building is rumored to be sold to Andre Balazs and being renovated into a luxury hotel.


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Human Remains Found Near Rock Creek, Crime Lab in Missoula Investigating
According to the Granite County Sheriff's office, a Missoula resident discovered human remains while exploring the Rock Creek Drainage on Saturday, August 9.
Many specifics about the finding are still unclear, including what kind of state the remains were found in, but the Sheriff's Department has confirmed that the remains were sent to the Montana State Crime Lab in Missoula.
A sheriff's office spokeswoman said the remains were found about 15 miles up the Rock Creek drainage in an area called Welcome Creek.
A call has been placed to the Granite County Coroner, more information will be posted here as it becomes available.


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Dennis Creevey was a Muggle-born wizard and the younger brother of Colin Creevey. He was a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry three years below Harry Potter. Like his brother, he was Sorted into Gryffindor. His father was a milkman.
Early lifeEdit
Dennis was born into the Muggle Creevey family. Dennis' father was a milkman, and his mother was also a Muggle. In 1991 Dennis' older brother, Colin Creevey, received a letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry informing his family that Colin was a wizard, something which came of a shock to the family as Colin was a Muggle-born. Colin and his family were fascinated with this discovery, and it struck Colin's love of taking photos, most likely so he could show his Muggle family all about his life in the Wizarding world. Dennis and his family would have gone through some stress over their son Colin's first year at Hogwarts as he was petrified by a Basilisk. Two years later in 1993, Dennis also received a letter from Hogwarts, something which was very rare for a Muggle family: to bear two magically-gifted students.
Education at HogwartsEdit
First yearEdit
- "Harry, guess what? Guess what, Harry? My brother's starting! My brother Dennis!"
- —Colin in the Great Hall regarding Dennis[src]
After receiving his surprise letter of acceptance into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Dennis was excited to finally attend Hogwarts in the 1994-1995 school year and his brother Colin Creevey was very anxious for his brother to arrive and be sorted. Whilst crossing the school lake as First year's traditionally do with with Rubeus Hagrid, Dennis fell into the lake, but he was rescued by a creature that Colin guessed was the Giant Squid. After finally getting to the castle, dripping wet, Dennis was sorted into Gryffindor, the same house as his older brother Colin and Colin's hero, Harry Potter. Dennis would share a dormitory with Nigel Wespurt who was also sorted into Gryffindor that year.
Dennis' first year at Hogwarts was somewhat different to that of a regular first year, just like his brother Colin's was. This was because Hogwarts was the hosting grounds for the Triwizard Tournament. Harry Potter who was in Dennis' house was selected as an additional champion, as was Cedric Diggory. Throughout the year Dennis would have been learning first year magic and watching the tasks of the tournament. Come the end of the year Hufflepuff champion Diggory was murdered by the newly restored to power, Lord Voldemort. The claims of Voldemort's return meant worrying times for Dennis and his brother as they were Muggle-born, and Muggle-borns were hunted during the First Wizarding War when Voldemort was last at power.
Second yearEdit
In his second year at Hogwarts the school was put under the eyes of the Ministry of Magic, through Dolores Umbridge being appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts professor and High Inquisitor. During her stay Umbridge made student's education unpleasant, she enforced "medieval" forms of punishment and insisted on teaching only defensive magical theory. This provoked Hermione Granger to create an organisation known as Dumbledore's Army with the help of her friends Ron Weasley and Harry Potter, who would act as instructor to the group.
Both Dennis and his brother Colin joined this group. Dennis broke school rules when he sneaked out and followed his brother Colin on one of the Hogsmeade weekend trips to go to the Hog's Head for the first D.A. meeting. His roommate, Nigel Wespurt also sneaked out to attend this meeting. By the end of the year, it was confirmed that Lord Voldemort had indeed returned by the Ministry of Magic, following the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and therefore the Second Wizarding War had now officially started.
Third yearEdit
Dennis' third year at Hogwarts would allow him to now attend Hogsmeade weekend trips with permission, he would also now pick his elective subjects, for example Divination. This year was very eventful in the final few months, as Headmaster Albus Dumbledore was murdered by Severus Snape and fell from the top of the Astronomy Tower. A crowd of students and staff which most likely included Dennis gathered around the fallen Headmaster's body. Afterwards, students attended the funeral, before being sent home on the Hogwarts Express.
The murder of Albus Dumbledore put fear into many as Dumbledore was believed to be the only man Lord Voldemort had ever feared, and with him gone, he would turn more ruthless. So much so that several students were being pulled out of education for their safety. With Dennis and his brother Colin being muggle-born, they would especially be in living fear.
Second Wizarding WarEdit
Pulled out of educationEdit
After his finishing the 1996–1997 school year Dennis and his brother Colin were both pulled out of education given the serious events that took place the following school year, their parents did not feel safe having them return for the next school year at Hogwarts which was indirectly being run by Lord Voldemort through his followers, Severus Snape, Alecto, and Amycus Carrow now that Albus Dumbledore had been murdered. With control of Hogwarts, Voldemort also took control indirectly of the Ministry of Magic by appointing a puppet-minister after Rufus Scrimgeour was killed. Now that the Ministry was in the hands of Voldemort a Muggle-Born Registration Commission was opened up, run by Dolores Umbridge, against whom Dennis had rebelled in his second year. This meant that Muggle-borns and their families went on the run.
Battle of HogwartsEdit
- "Harry glanced down, and felt another dull blow to his stomach: Colin Creevey, though under-age must have sneaked back just as Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle had done. He was tiny in death."
- —Harry witnesses Oliver Wood carry Colin's dead body inside[src]
After being on the run for several months in May of 1998 the final conflict of the Second Wizarding War was to take place at Hogwarts, known as the Battle of Hogwarts. Dennis and his family had been in hiding but when Neville Longbottom summoned all members of Dumbledore's Army into battle, Colin came out of hiding and went to fight. It is unknown if Dennis also returned to fight at Hogwarts as he was not only on the run, but also under-age to even participate. During the battle his brother Colin was killed out on the school grounds, his body was later recovered by Oliver Wood and Neville. Dennis' final status following the war is unknown.
- Dennis means "wild" or "frenzied".
- Creevey is an actual English surname.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Signature on parchment)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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Harry Potter | Neville Longbottom | Luna Lovegood | Ginny Weasley
Katie Bell | Lavender Brown | Colin Creevey | Dennis Creevey | Seamus Finnigan | Angelina Johnson | Lee Jordan | Parvati Patil | Alicia Spinnet | Dean Thomas | Fred Weasley | George Weasley | Nigel Wolpert
Terry Boot | Cho Chang | Michael Corner | Marietta Edgecombe | Anthony Goldstein | Padma Patil
Hannah Abbott | Susan Bones | Justin Finch-Fletchley | Ernie Macmillan | Zacharias Smith | Unidentified Hufflepuff girl
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'What can you do? It's Russia'
-- SOCHI, Russia -- When I arrived in Sochi from halfway around the world, my room wasn't ready. They were housing us in an isolated compound of dormitories. The reception room spilled over with reporters from every corner of the known sport-o-sphere. They were waiting for rooms. Their laptops were cracked open, and they were typing up their personal agonies. Things looked bleak.
I joined the line to check in. "See that guy over there?" The man ahead of me was pointing to someone teetering on the arm of a sofa, trying to stay awake. "It's been three hours, and he's still waiting for a room key." The man identified himself as a reporter with the Arizona Republic, and said he had just flown in from Phoenix. "You gotta be Zen about all this," he cautioned. Although I knew Phoenix to be subtropical, just like this Winter Olympics city, five years in Russia had convinced me that a calm Arizona attitude had no application in Eastern Europe.
I barged to the front of the line, where a woman named Katya leaned in closely. She said, "We can't give you your room because the builders haven't finished that building yet." Adventure is possible only in uncertainty, and this makes Russia a place of great exploit and escapade. I looked around the reception area at all those sportswriters in their Zen and their suffering. They didn't know how good they had it.
I headed to Arkady's place. He and I were friends from Moscow, where I used to live and work. Arkady wasn't the only one who had migrated to Sochi for the Olympics, here to make quick business. His business was solving problems for people, though his own affairs could have used some looking after. In the morning, after the screams had woken me up, a sewage pipe burst in Arkady's kitchen.
Arkady meandered downstairs, which now smelled less like a rose than it could have. I read aloud, scanning reports from my colleagues, who were deep into their initial Sochi adventures. Someone had nearly fallen through an uncovered manhole. Two TV repair guys walked in on a woman as she was exiting a hotel-room shower. One dorm had been evacuated at dawn for no communicated reason. Arkady frowned. "Come on," he said. "Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. Nobody's perfect. This kind of stuff happens everywhere."
I countered: "You would expect the Olympics to be a step above, wouldn't you? Russia wants to change international perception -- not reinforce it."
We got into Arkady's S Class and he fired up the engine. "Uh, have you ever been to Detroit?" he asked. We cruised out of his garage, past a few stray dogs that were nibbling bugs from one another's fur. We made the highway. Cops were standing on the side of the road, stationed every 50 yards. I guess they were on the lookout for terrorists. Ours was the only car on the road. It felt as though all traffic had been cleared for us, as if we were jogging with the Olympic flame. The Games were about to start. I watched as Olympic Stadium and the main Olympic hockey venue rose in the near distance, moons on the horizon. "Yeah, I've been to Detroit," I said to Arkady. "But they're not hosting the Olympics."
Sochi is no Detroit, though there has been plenty of effort expended to equate one with the other. You think it's bad here? Well, you have it just as bad over there. That's what these Olympics are becoming, a sell job between one view of the world and another. The central question is: Why does Russia bear the weight of the world? China has a far more shameful human-rights record, yet the Beijing Olympics, six years ago, hardly faced the intensity of international criticism now leveled at these Sochi Games.
It all goes back to the Cold War. In the 1990s, after the fall of the USSR, Russia developed a crush on the United States, its new standard for global influence and quality of life. America was modern Russia's hopeful, idealistic -- unrealistic -- view of what it itself could become. As the millennium turned, so did this attitude. The U.S. spurned its awkward suitor, and Russia grew disenchanted. Then President Vladimir Putin appeared, telling Russians they had a reason to be proud of themselves, that they didn't require American affection to go about their business. Since then, relations -- not just politically, but socially as well -- have turned foul. It feels like an unsolvable quarrel.
For many Americans, Russia is the stepchild held to a higher standard than the biological child. We forgive many things in ourselves, yet allow very little to escape notice in Russians. Certainly, Sochi is experiencing its logistical challenges, but didn't New Jersey Transit just fumble transporting everyone from the Super Bowl? Isn't New York City's subway system a dilapidated disgrace? By the way, nearly all Aeroflot planes are new. The food isn't great on board, but at least they don't gouge you for a pack of crackers. Russia is not "better" than America; it is just another place in the world.
Likewise, many Russians could benefit from a broader comprehension of American things. Their common view holds the U.S. to be a misguided place of school shootings, geopolitical interventionists and climatological disaster, a nation veering wildly off course. For them, this just reaffirms Russia's necessary place in the world, as conservative standard-bearer. This attitude, misguided by "official media," only corrupts the mind.
All of this has plenty to do with the Olympics that officially begin with Friday's opening ceremonies.
Putin's reign (what else could it be called?) these past 14 years has turned Russia from a quasi-banana republic into a more stable nation that operates on the principles of a banana republic. It's confusing. But it's political, which we shouldn't confuse with the social. The mistake both Russians and foreigners often make is equating Putin with Russia -- not all Russians agree with the country's anti-gay law or other controversial policies. Putin is not Russia. He is just in power for now. That's why previous calls from some in the West to boycott these Olympics are off base.
These Games are laced with rhetoric from both sides of an established position, which hardly makes any sense. Unlike the communist Soviet Union and the capitalist United States, Russia and America are not natural enemies. Rhetoric is the only reason we should dislike one another now.
The small complaints about these Olympics won't abate. What can you do? It's Russia. That's what people will say when the bathroom floods or the waitress forgets the beer. It's a fine explanation, an appeal for understanding, but that's just what Russian authorities have designed these Olympics to overcome. Russia wants to hold itself to a higher standard now. Everywhere you turn, you hear that the Olympics have been prepared on a "very high level." Yes, the bobsled track is beautiful, and so is the Rosa Khutor ski resort, though there is plenty else besides that inspires little confidence. In Sochi, there is no single perception.
These are not the Olympics of the bad media hotel. No one cares about that. Sadly, however, these are not going to be an Olympics of athletic competition; there is too much that overshadows the sports. Hopefully, these will not be the Olympics of logistical collapse or, far worse, terrorism. Ultimately, these probably will be the Olympics of perception, of modern ideological combat.
Let's see how these Games play out before we rush to judgment. All along, all the Russian state wanted was a chance to show that Russia is a modern, forward-looking country. Over the next two weeks, Russia will have this chance. So as I sit here in my dorm room, I ask myself: Can't we all just get along?
Brett Forrest is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. Follow him on Twitter ( @brett_forrest).


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Make a memory in St. Joseph! Some things you just can't learn from a history book. Like seeing where the Pony Express began & Jesse James ended. The city is home to 13 distinctive area museums, 12 annual festivals, amazing architecture listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Kansas City Chiefs Summer Training Camp. You'll also find great outdoor recreation throughout 48 parks, 26 miles of beautiful Parkway, outdoor concerts, and an arts culture unlike any other.
Located at the crossroads of Interstate 29 and MO Highway 36 and only 30 minutes from North Kansas City, puts St. Joseph within easy driving distance of over 17 metropolitan areas.
Make some unforgettable memories... St. Joseph, Missouri exists in the crossroads of exciting history and modern adventure.
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Trayvon Martin, One Year Later
The Florida teenager was shot dead a year ago today. Barbara Reynolds, a black clergywoman and columnist, commemorates the event with a bleak meditation on how the thing that made Martin's death stand out is the fact that he was shot and killed by a white guy:
Yet if there are no guys like Zimmerman- who is of white and Hispanic background- to attack, there is often numbness, an unjustified nothingness when the issue is blacks killing blacks. The civil rights machines don't crank up, the pulpits seldom roar with vitriolic sermons and editorials crying out loudly for an end to the black-on-black carnage are few and far between. In fact there is such a lack of programs, protest or caring about black kids getting killed, I wonder have their lives ceased to matter at all to the powerbrokers. As Charles Ramsey, Washington's former police chief reportedly said at a gun forum, "Nobody in this room would have known Trayvon Martin if he had been shot by a black kid."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that among 10 to 24 year olds, homicide is the leading cause of death for African Americans and other reports show that more than 90 percent of the violence is from other blacks, mostly from guns.
Insofar as their lives "cease to matter to powerbrokers," both in the black activist community and in the media, it's because those deaths do not fit into the emotional and ideological narrative preferred by these powerbrokers. It's why Muslims killed by Israelis are holy martyrs to Muslim activists, but Muslims killed by other Muslims, meh.


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Welcome to Blockland!
Blockland is an online multiplayer game where you build things with bricks.
It's like playing with legos on the internet.
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Blockland is now available on ...Steam!
If you already own Blockland and want to have it on steam, you can transfer your Blockland key:Here.
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Samsung says 2nd-quarter operating profit fell
(AP) -- Samsung Electronics' profitability slumped in the second quarter as strong performance in fast-growing smartphones could not overcome weakness in liquid crystal displays.
Operating profit for the three months that ended June 30 will fall to between 3.5 trillion won and 3.9 trillion won ($3.7 billion) from 5.01 trillion won a year earlier, Samsung said in a statement.
Consolidated revenue for the period is expected at between 38 trillion won and 40 trillion won. The company recorded sales of 37.89 trillion won in the same period last year.
Samsung Electronics Co. will release a full earnings report including net profit on July 29 when it will provide reasons for the performance, spokesman Nam Ki-yung said.
Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung is a major force in the global electronics industry and the world's largest manufacturer of memory chips, liquid crystal displays and flat-screen televisions. It ranks No. 2 in mobile phones behind Nokia Corp. of Finland.
Lee Min-hee, an analyst at Dongbu Securities in Seoul, said that the company again suffered from weakness in its display division, which he expects to record a net loss during the quarter on the back of similar red ink in the first three months of the year.
The bright spot for the company, however, was clearly smartphones.
"Samsung's smartphone sales were very strong in the second quarter," Lee said, adding that the company sold 19 million of the devices, up sharply from 3.2 million the year before.
Samsung does not release net profit forecasts. Operating profit is seen as a direct indicator of business performance before taxes, dividends, asset sales and other items that are figured into net profit or loss.
Lee said that Samsung's results exceeded his operating profit forecast of 3.4 trillion won amid the strong smartphone sales and cost reductions in the company's semiconductor business that helped offset weak prices for memory chips.
He expects Samsung will record net profit of 3.3 trillion won. That would be down from net profit of 4.28 trillion in the second quarter last year.
Samsung began issuing earnings estimates, or what it calls guidance, in 2009 in hopes that increased transparency would help minimize market speculation over its performance. The estimates include the performance of its overseas and domestic subsidiaries.
Samsung's shares fell 2 percent to close Thursday at 880,000 won.
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SAP is the only company in the world to be on all five of the "Glassdoor 2019 Employees' Choice Best Places to Work", making the list in the U.S., U.K., Canada, France, and a first-place win in Germany! This is the second year in a row that SAP has been on all 5 lists.
Pull back the curtain and sneak a peek backstage at SAP. Here, at our one-stop social shop, you'll find SAP's #LifeatSAP Twitter feed, Facebook page, and YouTube channel. You can read blogs and Glassdoor reviews, and see what we do at our desks and after hours – in different corners of the world.


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Kristina T. Gaff - Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Enrico Fonda - Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA; and, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Matthew S. Paoletti - Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Katepalli R. Sreenivasan - Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA; and New York University, New York, NY, USA
Daniel P. Lathrop - Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
For more than fifty years, scientists have worked to observe and understand the dynamics of lattices of quantized vortices, which may be best thought of as long, skinny quantum tornadoes. Armed with real-time videos of solid hydrogen particles trapped on quantum vortices in superfluid helium, the Maryland group has been able to observe the lattice motions and capture what may be the first movies of waves in the vortex lattice.
Figure 1: A sheet of laser light illuminates frozen hydrogen particles trapped on vortex cores, which are then captured on video.
While it is easy to visualize tornadoes whipping across the Midwest or mini water spouts spiraling down the bathtub drain, the vortices we are pursuing are of a special ilk. Called quantized vortices, they exist only in superfluids or superfluid-like systems such as liquid helium, type-II superconductors, liquid crystals, Bose-Einstein condensates, the inner cores of neutron stars, and perhaps cosmic strings in the early universe. But even with this prevalence, their dynamics remain only partially understood. For example, in type-II superconductors, the creation and dynamics of the vortices can lead to the breakdown of superconductivity; yet the opacity of solid superconductors hampers direct observation of these effects except at the edges of the material. Liquid helium, though, is much easier to observe, and when it is cooled below 2.17 Kelvin (colder than deep space), it undergoes a phase transition to a "superfluid" state. This state exhibits special properties, such as quantized vortices, which allow one to witness quantum mechanics with the naked eye. In particular, when spun, a lattice of quantized vortices develops in response to the rotation of the container.
Since the vortices are only the width of a helium atom and are therefore nominally invisible, we inject hydrogen gas into the rotating liquid helium. The gas molecules immediately freeze to form solid particles, which are about one-tenth the size of a red blood cell. Then, like Indiana Jones throwing dust onto the invisible bridge to the Holy Grail, the miniature particles are pulled onto the cores of the vortices, which we can illuminate using a sheet of laser light and track with an extremely sensitive video camera (see Fig. 1). We find that these quantized vortices look like strings of spaghetti that begin and end on the walls of the cryostat, the thermos-like vessel that contains our liquid helium. When stirred, these strings get tangled up, exchanging tails with their neighbors and "reconnecting" or ending on themselves to form rings.
Figure 2: Quantized vortices arrange themselves in a triangular lattice pattern.
Feynman predicted in 1955 that when undisturbed the quantized vortices in uniformly rotating superfluid helium would align themselves with the axis of rotation in a triangular lattice pattern, similar to that of a honeycomb (see Fig. 2). Twenty-four years later, Yarmchuk et al. first observed a small lattice of up to eleven vortices using clusters of ions. Still, those observations were restricted to observing where the vortices ended on the container walls. More than a quarter-century after that, in 2006, Bewley et al. at the University of Maryland captured the first real-time videos of the lattice in superfluid helium from the side—perpendicular to the axis of rotation—using frozen hydrogen particles. Yet, a view parallel to the axis of rotation, which is far more elucidating, has remained elusive until now. Figure 3 is a still image of the direct observation of the vortex lattice along the axis of rotation. Our photos and videos of the lattice enable us to analyze its evolution, structure, and to understand how small oscillations can affect its stability.
Figure 3: A still image captures the vortex lattice along the axis of rotation in a vat of superfluid helium. A perfect lattice is not observed due to waves and other boundary effects.
Given the relevance to superconductors and other superfluid systems, understanding these oscillations is of utmost interest. In 1966, Russian scientist V.K. Tkachenko predicted that small perturbations of the lattice would result in wave-like oscillations that propagate perpendicular to the axis of rotation. From the side, these oscillations, later dubbed "Tkachenko waves," make the vortex lines look like swaying seaweed, but underneath, they look more like an agitating washing machine. We have captured videos of what may be the first direct observation of Tkachenko waves in superfluid helium along the axis of rotation. Still unpublished, these videos will be shown for the first time at the 2009 APS/DFD Conference. With further analysis, we hope that this information will help us better understand why extraordinary substances like superfluids, superconductors, Bose-Einstein condensates, liquid crystals, and the cores of neutron stars behave the way they do.
R.P. Feynman, in Progress in Low Temperature Physics, edited by C.J. Groter (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1955), Vol. 1, p. 17.
E.J. Yarmchuk, M.J.V. Gordon, and R.E. Packard, Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 214 (1979).
Gregory P. Bewley, Daniel P. Lathrop, and Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, Nature 441 588 (2006).


text: First off, I hope everyone is having a great day. I am in the market for a new wetsuit and this year, I am not going to cheap out on another suit - I'm going all out. I don't know if I want to go Matuse "all out," but Patagonia or NinePlus seem pretty interesting. I know Patagonia has awesome reviews, but does anyone know anything about NinePlus? I know they have sick fins; so if they have sick fins, they might have sick suits. Positive thoughts are greatly appreciated.


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Race to Nowhere is a call to action for families, educators, and policy makers
to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America
to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens.
Monday, June 11th, 2018 - 6:30pm
Little Theater, Hunterdon Central Regional High School
84 Route 31, Flemington, New Jersey
Hunterdon Central Regional High School Education Association
"Culture changing" Rachel Simmons, Author, The Curse of the Good Girl
"A growing grass-roots phenomenon." Washington Post
"Must see movie" NY Times
"Another inconvenient truth" George Lucas Educational Foundation
"Compelling" Diane Ravich, Author, The Death and Life of the Great American School System


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The PS3 version of the WSRP Producer for .NET (install guide) is available for download.
The Oracle WebCenter WSRP Producer for .NET provides a means for developers and administrators to service-enable new and existing ASP.NET applications through the Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) standard. It also unlocks Web Parts to standards based portals by exposing them directly as WSRP components. Now enterprises can take advantage of departmental resources directly.
Product manager, Bob Fraser posted a 2-minute overview of the WSRP Producer for .NET. In addition to Bob's intro, here are a few more demos as well.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On Monday, Patrick Miller was named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week for his performances in Tennessee State's games against Middle Tennessee and Southeast Missouri.
Miller began the week by scoring 22 against Middle Tennessee including a 7-for-7 mark from the free throw line. The senior also had a jaw-dropping dunk while being fouled that was featured on "Sports Nation" and "Olbermann".
The Chicago native closed the week by setting a career-high with 37 points on 12-of-21 shooting (57 percent) at Southeast Missouri. Miller added a team-high seven assists and four boards against the Redhawks.
The senior guard has now led the Tigers in points in 16 of TSU's 18 contests, has a 30-game double digit scoring streak and has 11 20-pt. games.
This is the second time that Miller has won the award (Dec. 31, 2012) and the first Player of the Week honor for a TSU player since M.J. Rhett took home the title since Jan. 7, 2013.


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A copy of the medicinal marijuana record below:
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Media Advisory: June 28, 2012
WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense announced today that eligible students with diplomas from home schools, virtual/distance learning and adult/alternative schools, who score 50 or above on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT), will now receive Tier 1 enlistment priority.
The policy change implements the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act requirement. Previously, many of these graduates received Tier 2 enlistment priority.
The purpose of the DoD education credential policy is to predict adaptation to the military and successful completion of military service. The education credential tiers were initially developed more than 30 years ago, based on first-term attrition rates associated with various education credential types. Because Tier 1 graduates are more likely to complete their first term of enlistment, department benchmarks require that at least 90 percent of recruits enlisting possess a Tier 1 credential.
While numerous studies have shown education credential source or type as a predictor of first-term attrition, aptitude, as measured by the AFQT, also predicts attrition behavior. Those with diplomas from home schools, virtual/distance learning and adult/alternative schools who score above 50 on the AFQT have similar attrition to traditional high school graduates.
"It's important for everyone interested in joining the military to understand that the current competitive recruiting environment, high retention, and force reductions, have impacted the number of positions available to interested applicants," said Lernes Hebert, acting director of accession policy. "High demand has also affected the waiting time to enter the military. On average, a typical recruit is now entering the military eight or nine months after his or her initial visit with a recruiter."
All applicants for military service, regardless of credential type, must also meet a variety of other enlistment standards - including aptitude, medical, and conduct standards.


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TorrentFreak recently published a list of the most pirated movies over BitTorrent of all time and apparently, what we watch in theaters is what we like to pirate off the Internet. All of the most popular movies have been illegally downloaded a gazillion times.
Here's the list, which dates back to early 2006:
1. Avatar (21 million downloads)
2. The Dark Knight (19 million downloads)
3. Transformers (19 million downloads)
4. Inception (18 million downloads)
5. The Hangover (17 million downloads)
6. Star Trek (16 million downloads)
7. Kick-Ass (15 million downloads)
8. The Departed (14 million downloads)
9. The Incredible Hulk (14 million downloads)
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (14 million downloads)
Any surprises? Kick-Ass obviously doesn't hold a candle to the rest of the movies in terms of Blockbuster power, so there's one. The Incredible Hulk being a top 10 pirated movie surprises me since they had another Hulk that everyone pretended didn't exist. Other than that though, the formula is quite simple: Sci-Fi Comic Book Gun movies with Leonardo DiCaprio starring. [TorrentFreak]


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André F. Sartori,
Field Museum of Natural History
Mollusca, from the Latin root for "soft," might seem an odd descriptor for these animals if you're mostly familiar with mollusks in a culinary, shell-collecting, or decorative context. In many of our most familiar mollusks, the hard shell is can be viewed in two ways: either it is the most interesting and valuable part, or it's the chief barrier between you and your meal.
If you're inclined to agree the shell is interesting, you view mollusks in much the same way as many snail and bivalve taxonomists do. If you hold the "barrier" view, you are in sympathy with a wide range of marine and terrestrial predators, in addition to billions of human diners. Either way, you have a valid point, but it neglects several important groups of mollusks. In addition to the bivalves and snails that immediately spring to the shell-focused mind, consider the octopus and squid, whose highly reduced "shells" are completely internal. And let's not forget the slugs. There are several branches within the Gastropoda with reduced, barely noticeable shells, much like the cephalopods, and others whose shells have been entirely lost. Then there are the aplacophorans, which throughout their evolution never possessed a shell. If we are to define the mollusks using traits widely shared among the major groups, we must rely heavily on features of their soft tissue.
Vital organs: reduce, reuse, recycle
Mollusks are very efficient in the use of their body parts. They never settle for one function when an organ could serve two or six purposes at once. A good example of this is the mantle, a membranous projection of a mollusk body wall. The mantle encloses and protects the animal's internal organs, leaving room for an open internal space called the mantle cavity. The cavity is positioned differently in different mollusk groups and is filled with air or water—whatever is in the outside environment of the animal. It can serve as a space to exchange carbon dioxide for oxygen from that air or water (respiration, in either case), a chamber through which to pump water and filter out food particles, a sampling area for sensory organs to test the air or water, a threshold through which to dump waste products, or a safe place to keep eggs while they mature. Some groups use it for all five (Tudge, 2000).
The mantle also secretes the shell, in those mollusks that have one. In many gastropods and cephalopods, the mantle is brightly colored and important for communication. In giant clams, the outer mantle tissue is colonized by symbiotic algae that provide their host with food energy in exchange for shelter. Since in bivalves the mantle is the tissue closest to the outside world, it's the best place to put sensory organs, like eyes or sensory tentacles, or both. In many bivalves and snails, and in cephalopods, part of the mantle is modified into a siphon, which can be used to pump water through the mantle cavity for respiration, feeding and/or jet propulsion.
Freshwater and marine mollusks have gills (called ctenidia) for respiration, located in the mantle cavity. In most bivalves, these are enlarged and serve to trap food particles as well (Morton 1983).
The nephridia, or kidneys, are responsible for final processing of urine, receiving it from the coelom, filtering out any usable nutrients and dumping in additional waste products before ejecting it into the mantle cavity. In many mollusks, the gonads also feed into the coelom, and the egg and sperm cells they send there also need to get to the mantle cavity. The nephridia perform this function, too (Ruppert et al. 2004).
Most mollusk groups do share one other structure that is neither soft nor (apparently) multipurpose: the radula, a filelike feeding apparatus; all groups but the bivalves and some aplacophorans have one. Though the structure is shared among many species, its shape and features vary widely according to the diet of the owner, and it can be an important characteristic in classification.
Masters of mucus
If you're acquainted with terrestrial mollusks, you're already aware of the importance of mucus to these animals. In mollusks that move by gliding along on their muscular foot, lubricating mucus is an important part of this process. Locomotory mucus can take up to 23% of the energy budget of some intertidal snails (Davies et al. 1989). In the evolution of the shelled mollusks, an early stage of the shell probably involved a protective mucus coating, which eventually became a rigid cuticle before finally becoming hardened with calcium carbonate into the familiar modern mollusk shells (Marin et al. 2000). The most widespread function of mucus in the mollusks is for digestion. Strands of mucus originating at the mouth trap and transport food particles through the digestive tract to the anus. In the standard body plan all of this is internal, but some marine species go fishing with their mucus strands, casting them out into the water and swallowing them once they've trapped enough passing food particles (Walsby et al. 2009).
So what about the shell?
A hard outer shell has been an invaluable asset to many a mollusk—some successful extant lineages may owe their survival to this feature. Mollusk shells have even influenced the fate and evolution of non-mollusks, of which hermit crabs may be the best example. So despite the fact that shells are not a requirement for molluskhood, they're still worthy of discussion.
Mollusk shells are made up of chitin (the chief component of crustacean shells) and proteins, reinforced with calcium carbonate. This mineral occurs naturally in a couple of different crystal structures, aragonite and calcite. Mollusk shells rely chiefly on aragonite, possibly because this was the crystal more easily precipitated from sea water at the time when mollusks first started calcifying their shells (Porter 2007). Aragonite is also used by scleractinian corals for their skeletons, so it's not surprising that sand in many productive marine regions consists largely of aragonite; it's mostly the broken, ground up shells and skeletons of mollusks and corals past.
Their aragonite preference may leave both corals and mollusks especially vulnerable to ocean acidification. At its present pH level, the ocean is well supplied with the minerals needed for all organisms that use calcium carbonate to build their shells or skeletons. It has been estimated that by the year 2050, rising acidity will begin to deplete the available ions below optimal levels for aragonite building in the cold waters of the Southern Ocean (Orr et al. 2005). Species that can build with calcite, like sea urchins and some sponges, will be slightly less sensitive to the change.
Masquerade and mistaken identities
When the name "Mollusca" was first coined, it also included barnacles (later discovered to be crustaceans), brachiopods (a separate phylum) and sea squirts (which are actually chordates, like you and me!) (Tudge 2000). Among the currently recognized mollusks, aplacophorans have historically been classified as sea cucumbers, as well as sipunculans, priapulids and other worms (Heath 1868). Nudibranchs frequently appear in identification guides together with flatworms since observers have trouble distinguishing them. The animals can take part of the blame for this last confusion—there are convincing cases of mimicry between the two groups. The exact details of most cases are not known, but overall it's not surprising; mimicry is common in cases in which a toxic or unpalatable organism uses visual cues, such as striking color patterns, to help predators learn to recognize and avoid it. Many nudibranchs carry distasteful chemicals from the sponges they feed on, and advertise their identity with bright colors and patterns; other nudibranchs as well as flatworms have evolved similar color patterns in order to take advantage of this warning (Seifarth 2002).Mimicry aside, the widespread confusion of mollusks with other animals is testament to their incredible diversity of form.
This wide range of shapes and sizes may help explain how Mollusks have become such a globally cosmopolitan success. There are nearly 100 000 known species and this is likely to be a gross underestimate of the total number, considering how many mollusks we've already found in remote habitats, like the deep sea, that we have as yet only barely sampled. There are mollusks crawling through leaf litter and climbing in trees, clinging to rocks in lakes and rivers and on shorelines, and gliding along or burrowing under the ocean floor at every depth and latitude; there are winged mollusks soaring through the sunlit waters of the epipelagic zone, giant mollusks grappling with sperm whales in the abyssal depths, and countless tiny interstitial mollusks living between grains of sand (Giere, 2009), which we have scarcely begun to catalog (eg: Burghardt et al, 2006).
Major molluscan groups
Aplacophorans, the mollusks that never had a shell, are now known to be two separate groups, the caudofoveates and the solenogastres. Though they lack shells, they do have calcified spicules on their skin, which give them a fuzzy appearance. Both groups lack eyes and tentacles, but at least some of them are equipped with a radula, which varies widely in shape, depending on the diet and feeding method of the animal (Bunje 2003). Most are just a couple of centimeters long, but a few measure as long as 30 cm. Caudofoveates burrow in the seafloor, throughout the global oceans, at all depths (Salvini-Plawen, 2008), and feed on microbes and detritus; they are well adapted for burrowing. They are slender and vermiform, and protected from abrasion by a tough cuticular head shield. Solenogastres are broader bodied and equipped with a long, grooved foot and pedal gland, good for gliding over hard substrate, and over the corals and other cnidarians they feed on (Heath 1911, Salvini-Plawen 1980). They probably locate their prey by smell (Scheltemaa and Jebb 2007). Some species have shown regenerative capabilities—if the posterior end is cut off, it will grow back. This occasionally results in a forked tail (Baba 1940). Caudofoveates have separate sexes but solenogastres are hermaphrodites, starting life as males and become females when they're older.
Bivalves ' shells are divided in two halves, hinged by an elastic ligament. Within mollusks, bivalves are second only to snails in number of known species, and are incredibly diverse in size, shape, and mode of life. One of the major subgroup of bivalves, the Protobranchia, contains burrowing species that commonly feed on deposited sediment, using tentacles that extend from their mouth (called palp proboscides). Another major subgroup, the Pteriomorphia, includes species that suspension-feed and most live above the sediment, in various ways. They may attach to rocks or other hard substrata using proteinaceous threads (called byssus), cement their shell to exposed surfaces, bore into rock or coral, or simply recline on the sea bottom. Pteriomorphians comprise some of the most familiar and economically important bivalves, such as scallops, oysters, and marine mussels. Most members of the third and last major bivalve subgroup, the Heteroconchia, are burrowers that suspension-feed by filtering water circulated through their mantle cavity via a pair of siphons. However, Heteroconchia also includes species that live above the sediment, such as the wood-boring shipworms or the giant clams. Freshwater clams, manila clams and quahogs are among the most familiar heteroconchs.
Cephalopods are one of the smaller mollusk groups at around 800 known species, but they are the most familiar group to many of us thanks to their elaborate, well documented behavior. Cephalopods are found throughout the world oceans at all depths. In this group, only the Nautiluses have a substantial outer shell. In other cephalopods it has been reduced to a small internal structure, the "pen" in squid or the "cuttlebone" in cuttlefish. The un-armored cephalopods rely for safety on an array of strategies including camoflage, constructed shelter, and flight. In a pinch, digging works too. Cephalopods are intelligent and highly visual. They're great visual communicators; elaborate posturing and skin pigment displays accompany social behavior, including aggressive behavior. All cephalopods can get around using jet propulsion; however, all but the Nautiluses rely chiefly on their fins except when high speed is urgently needed. Fins are attached to the mantle and vary from a continuous encircling skirt to a pair of stubby (but effective) flappers. Some cephalopods show parental care; eggs may be brooded by the mother or attached in a sheltered nook on the seafloor, where in some species they are tended until hatching.
Chitons (Polyplacophora) are protected on their dorsal side by eight overlapping shell plates, which provide protection while allowing flexibility, as the animal crawls over curved and uneven surfaces, including other mollusks. The underside is unprotected, but the animal may have additional armament around the shell plates, on the girdle. This can be in the form of spicules or spikes. Chitons scrape food from rock or other hard surfaces with a well-developed radula; their diet can include algae, bacteria, and small sessile animals such as sponges or bryozoa. The largest known species, the Giant Pacific Chiton, can grow to about a foot long.
Snails (Gastropoda) are the largest Mollusk subgroup, with about 400 living familes and tens of thousands of species. Snails are globally distributed in nearly every habitat, on land and under water. Most marine and aquatic snails are benthic, but a few are swimmers. Snails encompass a myriad of lifestyles, from predators to algae grazers, as well as an incredible diversity of form, most obviously in the shape and position of the shell- or its absence. When present, the shell is usually coiled, and usually, but not always, in a right-handed direction. Sometimes an operculum is also present, a door which fits in the opening of the coiled valve, shutting the animal inside for defense. In some snails the entire shell is internal, covered with skin. In groups lacking the protection of a shell, like the nudibranchs, many species are elaborately colored, either to blend with a similarly colored background, or to warn predators of noxious taste. Some pelagic snails, both shelled and shell-less, are transparent.
Monoplacophorans bear a single shell and if you were looking at one shell-side up you might confuse it with a bivalve. Modern Monoplacophorans live in the deep sea, though fossil relatives once lived in shallow water also. We first discovered living representatives of this group only sixty years ago.
Tusk shells (Scaphopoda) can be 3–15 cm long and are protected by a curved, tubular shell shaped like an elephant's tusk. The shell is open at both ends, and both the head and foot of the animal are at the broader end. The animal creates a current through the shell using its cilia and occasional contractions of its muscles to bring in water for respiration, which exits the narrow end of the shell. They live in the sediment and most feed chiefly on foraminiferans, but detritus, microbes, and other small prey are also taken by their fine, cilia-covered tentacles.
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Elgin is a city in Moray north-east Scotland, situated on the north coast between Inverness and Aberdeen.
Located in Speyside area, Elgin is famous for whisky production. It is also home of a cashmere wool factory.
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Elgin is on the A96 Aberdeen to Inverness road, which runs through the middle of the city.
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Elgin Bus Station is on the A96 in the town centre. The town is fairly well served with the hourly 10 service which connects Aberdeen and Inverness via the A96 corridor. There are also buses serving the various communities such as Lossiemouth, Burghead etc. which all depart from the bus station.
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Elgin's rail station is located just south of the town centre. Trains are available to all stations on the Aberdeen to Inverness line, there is no set frequency of trains though, as a rough guide, trains are between 1 and 2 hours apart in each direction.
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By Bus - Elgin city bus services depart from the bus station and bus routes will be found around the city. By Taxi -ByThis is probably the most efficient form of transport after hours, as most bus services cease or become less frequent at about 7pm. You won't be expected to pay a great deal for a taxi by UK standards as Elgin is rather small and routes are very direct.
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St Giles Shopping Centre, Plenty of shops on the High Street, If you are into woollen products, there is a visitor centre at Johnstons of Elgin [3] together with their shop (and a small museum).
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Pubs And Clubs Are Mainly Found in The City Centre. The Most Popular Are:
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Laichmoray Hotel, Mainsfield Hotel 4 Star*, Sunninghill Hotel, Mansion House Hotel, Premier Inn,
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Elgin's a good base for exploring the many distilleries of the Speyside whisky region, and the county of Morayshire. It's also midway between the cities of Inverness and Aberdeen, each around an hour's drive away. On the Moray Firth coast there are opportunities for dolphin-watching, and you can visit the strange Findhorn Foundation - a 1960's new age community which has morphed into an ecological living centre, complete with self-built houses, circular meditation room, and wind turbines.


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Grain-free spinach and ricotta tartlets
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Green, healthful and serene. Looks beautiful!ReplyDelete
gorgeous tarts, plus love those plates too!ReplyDelete
A winner combo, yummy!ReplyDelete
How beautiful isn't this! I like the flavors in it too!ReplyDelete
Oh, how I remember those hazy Sydney days, definitely retreat to the AC/beach/cinema type days! I love almond based tart crusts, so wholesome tasting and these look so healthy being soo green, delicious.ReplyDelete
I am all about tarts lately and these look so delightful! I've never really worked with almond flour much, but it's been on my agenda for ages. These seem like a great place to start!ReplyDelete
Mmm, I love tarts like these!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous20 November 2011 at 09:10
wow, looks amazing, I take note for the crust!ReplyDelete
These look so good! I love spinach. Yum.ReplyDelete
Just lovely! I have baby spinach growing in my vegetable patch, it would be perfect for this dish.ReplyDelete
- Margaret20 November 2011 at 10:48
The tartlets look incredible.ReplyDelete
It's unusual for such a slim person to be so sensitive to the heat. Make sure you are never heavily pregnant in summer!!
- Anonymous20 November 2011 at 11:49
hmm... a special looking tart... must taste special too!ReplyDelete
Great idea! Looks fresh and healthy - like your other delicious recipes - thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
I remember the time recipes said to use parsley or thyme or rosemary or . . . My cooking kind'of 'grew up' when I realized one could actually use handfuls of mixed fresh herbs, as you have here, for a healthy and delicious result!ReplyDelete
Beauty! Love the colourReplyDelete
Lovely photo and this looks so yum! I wish I could bit it:-) I enjoyed readin your post, as always.ReplyDelete
truly tempting....ReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 November 2011 at 08:53
Love the crust recipe and spinach + ricotta is always a winner (especially with fresh ricotta, the one you buy on a basket from a deli).ReplyDelete
Oh wow, this looks absolutely amazing! I will definitely be having a go at making this. Beautiful ♥ReplyDelete
The haze was insane at Bondi on Saturday. You could barely see the beach. Love spinach and ricotta - such a great comboReplyDelete
What a delicious looking tartlets! Always enjoy spinach and ricotta combination. :-)ReplyDelete
this looks just so good maria thank u for sharing all your wonderful recipesReplyDelete


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My name is Carhil Medina. I was born in a country outside the United States where the largest waterfall in the world can be found: Venezuela. I celebrated my first, second, third and fourth birthday in this beautiful place. I even attended school for one year. And, just as fast as I was learning the Spanish language and familiarizing myself with my family, my parents flew my two brothers and me into the United States. At that time, this new place was a far away land that separated me from the people and family I was beginning to understand and grow accustomed to. My brothers and I were immediately enrolled in a school where people spoke a language that we did not understand. Consequently, I grew quiet and became shy. If I wanted to understand something or if I needed help I couldn't ask the teacher. Everything had changed too fast, and I found myself lost. I started doing things on my own and depended on myself to comprehend the things around me.
Fortunately, shortly after my enrollment in school, I was assigned a teacher's aide who comforted me in my own language and helped me understand what was going on. She became my great admirer and the person whom I am to thank for the passion that I have for words today. This aide, whose name I cannot remember, introduced me to the magnificent world of books and storytelling. It wasn't long until I picked up the English language and began immersing myself in books. I became obsessed with them, reading at least one book per week.
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Every great filmmaker knows that the perfect recipe for great a horror flick involves striking the delicate balance between seriously scary and seriously sexy.
Let's face it—the suspense is intensified when the potential victim is a total hottie!
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MALMO, Sweden – Brent Sutter answered questions with a wry smile, sounding flummoxed by his team's play in their 5-1 loss to Finland in the world junior championship semifinal.
The defeat meant Canada will not win gold at the tournament for the fifth-straight year.
When queried about that subject, Sutter wasn't as surprised. And he doesn't think anyone else should be either.
"I get kind of sensitive to all that. And I have been for the last four years," the Canadian head coach said. "You guys and a lot of people in our country expect us to win every year just because we're Canadians. And rightly so; it's our culture and we want to portray that it's our game.
The reality is that with junior hockey now across the world is there's a lot of good teams and a lot of good players in each country. It's shown in this tournament."
Sutter was handpicked by Hockey Canada to lead the under-20 program, which hadn't won a gold medal since 2009 and came home empty handed last year for the first time in 15 tournaments.
Sutter coached Canada to gold in 2005 and 2006, posting perfect 6-0 records each time.
His Canadian team has gone 4-1-1 so far in 2014.
"I was telling (Hockey Canada president and CEO) Bob Nicholson this a couple days ago, I said, 'This is night and day from '06.'" Sutter said. "Back then, there were three or four teams.
"But now, there are six or eight teams that can beat anybody any given night. You have to have your A-game going all the time."
Few know that on this year's team like Jonathan Drouin.
Drouin, defenceman Griffin Reinhart and goaltender Jake Paterson are the only three returnees.
Canada lost by the very same score in the semifinal to the United States a year ago.
"We're supposed to be one of the best hockey countries," said the Canadian alternate captain, fighting back tears. "I don't think we've proved that in the last five years.
"Teams are getting better and better. I don't think we were ready for today."
Sutter agreed, stating, "The reality is tonight that the better team won."
That doesn't mean he's going to start second-guessing anything.
Hockey Canada invited just 25 players to its selection camp this year, cutting only three players to form the final roster.
"That has nothing to do with losing tonight. Nothing," Sutter said. "We took the right players. We firmly believe we have the right players on this team."
This is the second-youngest team Canada has ever sent to the tournament, averaging 18 years, 10 months and 25 days. The youngest team was disqualified 1987 team.
Canada's lineup also boasts three players still eligible for the NHL draft. Aaron Ekblad and Sam Reinhart are considered front-runners for top spot in 2014. Connor McDavid headlines the 2015 class.
That total is the most since 2008 when Drew Doughty, Luke Schenn, Steven Stamkos and John Tavares were on the gold-medal winning roster.
There are 11 eligible returnees.
Sutter didn't want to make any excuse about age, instead saying, "It speaks volumes leading into next year."
As for this year, Canada still has a date with archrival Russia for bronze on Sunday.
The Russians don't plan to leave Malmo without a medal.
"We're not going to sit down," said defenceman Nikita Zadorov, whose team lost 2-1 to Sweden. "We want to win something and the bronze medal is not bad for us."
Drouin was the only Canadian to play in the bronze-medal game a year ago. Paterson was the third-string goalie and Griffin Reinhart was suspended.
Although Drouin is eligible to return next year as a 19-year-old, the smart money is that the 2013 third overall pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning will be playing in the NHL.
To him, bronze on Sunday is better than nothing.
"It's something to be proud of that you won a medal at world juniors," Drouin said. "You want to bring it back to you country. They've been here supporting us. We have to win something."
That's what Sutter thinks too.
"Our goal was to get to the dance and give ourselves a shot," he said. "It didn't happen. We fell a little bit short.
"We still have a shot to win a medal here. We to make sure we do everything we necessarily can to get ourselves ready to play the best game we have to date at this tournament."