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Ducks blueliners learning from the best
The Anaheim Ducks' extras can't slack off on their post-practice skating drills.
Not when the man overseeing the extended sessions is assistant coach Scott Niedermayer, a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee who was blessed with one of the most effective and seemingly effortless strides in NHL history.
"Good thing I haven't had to do any bag skates with him," joked defenceman Stephane Robidas, who arrived in Anaheim just before the trade deadline.
"I'm pretty sure I would be embarrassed a little bit."
The Ducks, having been staked to a 2-0 series lead with back-to-back one-goal victories over the Stars on home ice, had an optional skate Saturday in Anaheim before jetting to Dallas to prepare for Monday's Game 3 at American Airlines Center.
The hallway leading to the Ducks' locker-room at Honda Center is lined with reminders of good times past, including a photo of Niedermayer and soon-to-be-retired right-winger Teemu Selanne celebrating while the Ducks sipped from the Stanley Cup in 2007.
The old adage that 'defence wins championships' was certainly true that spring, when it seemed like either Niedermayer or big, bad Chris Pronger was always on the ice for Anaheim.
The Ducks' current blueline brigade doesn't have a superstar, let alone two, but their depth should be an asset this spring.
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Cam Fowler, a 22-year-old who will reach superstar status sooner than later, and Ben Lovejoy typically log the most minutes.
Francois Beauchemin, who was among Niedermayer's teammates in '07 and is now back for a second stint in SoCal, is skating with superb rookie Hampus Lindholm.
Bryan Allen, a 6-foot-5 behemoth who walloped Stars left-winger Antoine Roussel with a hard hit in Game 2, and Robidas provide a third pairing with more than 1,600 NHL games between them.
"We have some guys that have been around, and they battle hard," said Niedermayer, who retired in 2010 and is now his second season as an assistant coach. "Beauchemin, Robidas, Allen … Those guys, they're not going to cheat you at all, and as a team, as a coach, when you see that, that means a lot.
"And then, obviously, the young guys that I enjoy working with. That's maybe why I'm doing this, because I think back to when I was in their situation and the benefit I had from some of my teammates or coaches that I played with and the little things they helped me with.
"I'm just sort of passing along what I benefited from."
As an up-and-comer in the New Jersey Devils' organization, one of Niedermayer's assistant coaches was Larry Robinson, the former Montreal Canadiens star who has a half-dozen Stanley Cup rings from his playing career — he has collected three more as a coach — and knows a thing or two about patrolling the blueline at the NHL level.
Niedermayer's resume is also sparkling — four Stanley Cup championships, two Olympic gold medals, the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP in 2007.
"First, he brings lots of experience. At every level, he's a winner," said the 37-year-old Robidas. "He's very composed, very calm, very methodical with the little things … Even for a guy like myself, there's a lot I can learn from him."
"He's a very, very smart guy, and everything he says makes a lot of sense. You don't even have to overthink it, it just makes so much sense," added Lindholm, who turned 20 in January. "Every small detail he can put in my game and help me out, I'm going to take it. I see this as a big opportunity to have him around."
Niedermayer is happy to be around, but spring is the time the 40-year-old father of four admits he longs to be wearing shoulder pads instead of a suit and tie.
"The emotions are still there. You want to do well and the fun of the competition is still there, but it's quite a bit different," Niedermayer said. "It's a fun time of year, so this is what you miss."

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Varese wrote:I concur; I apologise if I seemed more aggressive than I meant to be, but the lack of comprehension from our Swiss friend about why the synopsis might be offensive somewhat annoyed me!
KingSimeonSound wrote:To be honest, it is a Directors/Executives prerogative to never publicly admit wrong-doing during the process(Filming). As soon as you communicate on that level, your position as Director is under threat.
So, I hope that the result of this is a little PR lesson and a change to the wording... and an awareness of the implications of using such an angle, if indeed it was legit.
Honorable stuff all round!
KingSimeonSound wrote:I did like the story insight of Terry Lynn, she came over as confident and with enough to say, on a reality tip. I'm intrigued to know what narrative(s) are going to be worked out, since there seem a good few people/characters involved, or whether a more chronological structure will be employed.... for the time being it looks good.
Mark T wrote:It's always interesting that while (I'm assuming) white people get uptight about other white people speaking patois etc the Jamaicans seem to love it. As imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I would guess they love it when other people love their culture.
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Rootsman wrote:Isn't this film just a re-run of the usual promote the white artists rather than the black ones? Naturally the answer back will be that we are featuring Luciano and the black girl too....
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she lectures not only in very secure university surrondings but also at musicfestivals...1 bad granny
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The Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 contains a provision to provide continuity of the First Spouse Gold Coin Program during those times in which a president served without a first spouse. This provision applies to Andrew Jackson, whose wife Rachel died in December 1828, just a few months before his presidential inauguration.
The gold coins issued to accompany any president who served without a spouse will each feature a design emblematic of Liberty on its obverse, as depicted on a United States coin issued during the President's time in office. For Andrew Jackson's presidency, the selected image appeared on the Capped Bust, Lettered Edge Half-Dollar coin from 1807–1836, and was originally executed by United States Mint Engraver John Reich.
Andrew Jackson, known as "Old Hickory," is remembered as a war hero who led a force of approximately 4,000 American troops against a British Army more than twice that size and emerged victorious in January 1815 at the Battle of New Orleans. Although a treaty had been signed at Ghent, Belgium, weeks earlier, the news had not reached either army, and the American troops' victory at the Battle of New Orleans helped secure that crucial southern sea port as part of the first successful military defense of the country's national sovereignty.
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — The 16th Annual Tribeca Film Festival next month will include the work of two filmmakers from Fairfield County.
The films were recently announced as official selections in the festival and will have their world premieres at Tribeca.
Stamford native Rick Rosenthal is the producer of "A Thousand Junkies," directed and written by Tommy Swerdlow.
The feature-length film is about three heroin addicts who crisscross Los Angeles in search of relief.
It is a comedy balanced on the fine line between reliance and independence.
Rosenthal is best known for his drama, "Bad Boys," which helped establish Sean Penn's career.
He has directed many genres, including the comedy "American Dreamer," coming-of-age film, "Nearing Grace," and horror with "Halloween II."
His television work includes ABC's pilot of "Life Goes On," and he was nominated recently for a Directors Guild of Canada award for "Beauty and The Beast."
Rosenthal now lives in Los Angeles.
Brookfield native Lydia Tenaglia is the producer of the feature documentary "WASTED! The Story of Food Waste." The documentary is directed by Anna Chai and Nari Kye.
Each year, $218 billion — or 1.3 billion tons — of food is thrown out. With nearly a billion people worldwide facing starvation, food conservation is a more urgent issue than ever before.
The fast-paced documentary takes a tour of inventive ideas for recycling waste and maximizing sustainability from innovative chefs who turn scraps into feasts.
Tenaglia is co-founder/executive producer of Zero Point Zero Production Inc.
The Tribeca Film Festival runs April 19 to April 30.
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Persons in the area are urged to "Adopt a Buddy" and participate in the Buddy Pack program.
Darren White of The Food Bank says the Adopt a Buddy program helps children with extra nutrition so they have a better chance of growing and learning.
"All it takes is $15 each month or $180 per year to provide one Buddy Pack for an entire school year," adds White.
Contributions may be sent to "Adopt a Buddy" and mail to P.O. Box 619, Moberly, MO 65270 or by visiting www.sharefoodbringhope.org/adoptabuddy and sign up to give $15 each month or $180 each year. Checks may be made out to "Adopt a Buddy."
Those desiring more information may contact White at The Food Bank at 1-800-764-3663.
White continues, there are 2,260 children in Randolph County who qualify for free and reduced-prices meals at school. "That's an alarming 58 per cent." he adds.
"For many of these children access to the same kind of nutrition is not available on the weekends, but the Food Bank's Buddy Pack program helps by providing backpacks full of nutritious food for children to take home over the weekend."
At the present time, there are 277 children at Gratz Brown Elementary School, North Park, South Park schools in Moberly and Renick R-5 elementary school receive food from The Food Bank's Buddy Pack program each week.
White urges everyone to "Change a child's life; adopt a buddy today."


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Take a look at why some of the well-known global and local brands have put their trust in Vaimo to help make their eCommerce journey a success.
"Vaimo offered us the chance to really leverage their experience in eCommerce and with Magento. From the very beginning, the heart and soul of Vaimo came across very well, and we felt the same values echo throughout the project. There is a strong work ethic and a desire to deliver the best possible result - consistently. We've been very happy working with the team at Vaimo."
"The Lounge Co chose Vaimo because they are the industry leader, Magento's premier partner, and their portfolio is respectable. We needed a solution provider that understood our vision for a multichannel business model, and one who could help us meet our customers at all touch points in the same manner. We felt secure and confident that if we chose Vaimo, they could deliver our vision to us through an online solution."
"When we narrowed down our platform choice to Magento, we found that Vaimo is the largest and most skilled agency in Sweden. We heard a lot of good things about Vaimo, and liked their extensive portfolio."
Mikael Lindblad, Chief Marketing Officer at Nutrinovate
"We chose Vaimo based on the company's credentials - on the brands and merchants they have worked with, the solutions they have delivered, and their Magento Gold Partner status. Vaimo's not your typical agency - they design, develop and integrate complex systems. We researched various eCommerce solution providers extensively, and felt that Vaimo's work spoke for itself. As this was our first online shop, our goal was to work with a solution provider who knew their provided platform inside and out, and who could bring our vision to life."
"We carefully examined various platforms and eCommerce solution providers, and we believed that Vaimo was the right company for us, as Vaimo works exclusively with the Magento platform, and focuses on delivering the best online retail solutions via one platform."
Minna Parikka, Designer and Owner of Minna Parikka
"The objective was to find an eCommerce solutions provider who could work quickly and who had a firm grasp of Magento's inner workings. Vaimo knows Magento, and mobile and responsiveness is second nature to them. We were looking to create a beautiful, responsive site with a great user and brand experience. Our mobile figures speak for themselves - we have seen a drastic increase in mobile visitors and mobile conversion rates."
"When we decided that we would continue working with Magento for the foreseeable future, the next logical step was to find the best developer for our platform, one that was truly committed to all-things Magento. Vaimo's name came up a few times and then we met them at the 2015 Magento Imagine conference in Las Vegas. We were looking for a long-term partner and it was important for us to work with a vendor that is interested investing in our continued success and not just a short-term project. That's why we chose Vaimo."
"The launch of Jack Store in the UK is a stepping stone for us and we are looking to expand our eCommerce capabilities into other markets and brands. Vaimo's approach and capabilities coupled with their Magento experience made them an easy choice for us, and they have been a key factor in helping us successfully bring the website to market."
"Vaimo has created a site that connects our in-store customers to our online presence. Where our product line ends in the store, it continues online and it really connects us to our buyers."
Klaus Hedegaard, IT Manager at BAUHAUS Denmark
"We were seeking more than just a solution supplier. We wanted a partner we can work together with and take Kalevala Koru's eCommerce business to the next level. We were impressed with Vaimo's international UX team - the workshops we had with them were very inspirational and professional. We chose Vaimo because of their proven ability to deliver projects in short timeframes and their first-rate UX and design proposal."
Mikko Koskenoja, eCommerce Manager, Kalevala Koru
"We wanted to continue using Magento platform and wanted to work with a solution partner located in Stockholm area. Our team had experience with Vaimo and its services in the past, so we knew about their working methods. As Vaimo is considered to be a leader in developing and implementing e-commerce solutions on the Magento platform in Sweden, the decision to go for them was relatively easy."
"Vaimo spoke knowledgeably about the advantages and pitfalls of implementing a project the size of ours. Vaimo's clear understanding of Magento platform and our ERP system, their creditable company track record, convinced us to partner with them."
"Vaimo's competent and skilled front and back end developers have contributed a great deal to our e-commerce projects through their skills and very relevant recommendations. Vaimo in general has demonstrated a high level of commitment and availability."
"It was not just about us liking the Magento eCommerce platform. We also had a good experience collaborating with Vaimo's team in the sales process. We felt there was a synergy between the two companies, but we also relied on Vaimo's exceptional background in delivering more than 400 eCommerce solutions when making our final decision."
"With customer shopping habits changing we had to change as a business to be able to manage the multi-channel environments where our customers are shopping in and needed to improve our eCommerce site. We were looking for a solution partner who could take our eCommerce solution to a new level. Vaimo as a supplier stood out because of their vast experience with global eCommerce and extensive expertise with omnichannel and in business processes in general."
"After experiencing disappointment with e-commerce solution providers in Norway we looked abroad for necessary expertise and track-record. That search led us to Vaimo, who operates internationally and has also presence in Norway from spring 2013. Vaimo has a sound reputation and is highly recommended by its happy clients. We were very satisfied with the proposed architecture and also the competence of Vaimo personnel."
"We did a thorough research and discovered that one of the only solution providers who had prior experience working with our ERP system - Sage X3 - in the UK was Vaimo. After meeting the team we were confident that Vaimo could deliver a solution that covers TIMco's unique requirements as a B2B business. They also came over to our head office in the UK and demonstrated that Magento platform is right for our type of business, to manage the complexities we have to tackle and our chosen design structure. Vaimo's team assured to us that there wouldn't be many barriers for integrating Sage X3 with Magento - we put our trust in them and they delivered."
"Our existing relationship with Vaimo meant a smooth eCommerce project flow and turnaround time. All of our expectations were met on time and the support after the new web site launch has been commendable."
Amanda Herson, Head of Ecommerce at Cape Union Mart Group
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"Having personally experienced working on a successful e-commerce project on the Magento platform with Vaimo in the past, I was confident that we would create an exceptional showcase for IJP Design when we chose Vaimo as a solution partner. We wanted something that stands out from the crowd, like the company ambassadors (including Ian Poulter) and Vaimo has helped to deliver exactly that."
"Vaimo's team showed a real interest and understanding in our type of business. Their communication and explanations during the sales process were very clear and precise. We felt confident that Vaimo was the right solution provider to establish a long-term business relationship with. This all was backed up by Vaimo's impressive track record of work and recent success stories."
"When we were looking around for an e-commerce solution partner, it seemed that everyone pursued e-commerce as a sideline to other various development areas. Vaimo, however, seemed to eat, sleep and breathe e-commerce. Their passion, confidence and knowledge on the e-commerce subject was the main reason that made us comfortable to partner with Vaimo for a project that is very important to us. The other factor that secured the deal, was the fact that the Vaimo team in South Africa are great at communicating. Any time we have a question, we just pick up the phone or send an e-mail and we are guaranteed an answer rooted in years of experience. "
"We had already decided on the Magento e-commerce platform and Vaimo was the best solution provider of Magento we could find. We looked at their existing web shops and also had friends who had successfully worked with Vaimo on other projects. After the very first meeting, we noticed that we understood each other very well. Since we started to work with Vaimo in 2010, we have had an annual increase of about 80% in orders and 90% increase in revenue."
"We have been working with Vaimo on several e-commerce projects since 2012. Their level of competence and knowhow on the Magento platform and also Vaimo's experience working with many other fashion retail brands has been very important for us as we have gained invaluable advice throughout the years."
"When we chose the solution provider for our e-commerce project, Vaimo was by far the most specialised in the field of e-commerce. We went through a gruelling task of trying to find the best supplier to take Vodacom 4U to the top of the food chain in e-commerce. No one came close to the solution that Vaimo offered us."
"After having approached several suppliers in the UK and abroad, including Vaimo, we felt they were the right Magento solution partner to help to develop AVS Fencing new site. Vaimo has been highly professional, taking the time to understand our business and needs. Vaimo's wide portfolio together with their expertise has made them better positioned than anyone else to advise us on how to continuously improve our eCommerce environment."
"We wanted choose the best in the e-commerce industry and Vaimo had a proven track record. Vaimo proposed us a great solution compared to other solution providers, as well as providing a lot of personal attention. The fact that Vaimo is Magento's Gold Solution Partner gives us a piece of mind."
"It's crucial for us to be associated with the best, with a company who has delivered very good e-commerce solutions, provides excellent service and is powered by good partners. Vaimo has vast knowledge of ERP, CRM and our product master databases and they have helped us to succeed with our eCommerce strategy."
"We wanted to use specifically the Magento platform, and found that Vaimo was the only Magento Gold Solution Partner in Africa. Vaimo also has an extensive knowledge about ERP and CRM systems, which was especially useful for us as we were integrating our web shop with our ERP and Warranty Management Systems."
"We chose Vaimo because they deliver an end-to-end solution. They understood our needs very well and together we developed a tailor-made eCommerce site to compliment our brand. Vaimo has also some of South Africa's largest retailers on board and they are the only Magento Gold Solution Partner in Africa."
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In an CFAG event Dec. 28 at Farmstead, Steve Maiorca, Frank Janton, John Ogden and Joe Meo placed first with a 160. Teams scored one net and one gross per hole. Placing second were Ned Meier, Jerry Rubin, Joe Gallo and a draw.
On Dec. 30 at Meadowlands, Steve Maiorca, Bob Jaeger and John Ogden placed first with a 94. The three-man teams scored one net on the par-3 and par-4 holes and two nets on the par-5s. Frank Janton, Jen Dearborn and Joe Meo were second.
I love Jan. 1!
Other people hate the New Year; they don't like to see the dates change. They don't like to see time marching on. They don't want to admit they're a year older.
I, on the other hand, love that another year has gone by. Hopefully, I will have learned some lessons in 2009 that will help me live 2010 just a little bit better. And the best part of the New Year is that I'm still here!
Although The First Tee of Brunswick County is fewer than five years old, it has received high marks from its national office in St. Augustine, Fla.
Chapters of The First Tee are ranked according to their scope and performance, and I'm proud to say that our local chapter has received the "Ace" level designation, the highest rank possible. That is awesome, and a true testimony to the level of commitment by our kids, volunteers, paid staff, donors and community at large.
In the CFAG event Dec. 21 at Farmstead, John Ogden, Ned Meier, Bob Jaeger and a draw placed first with a 152. Team scoring was two nets per hole. Steve Maiorca, John Ducey, Sid Pennington and a draw placed second.
On Dec. 23 at Meadowlands, Frank Janton, Jerry Rubin, Joe Meo and a draw placed first with a 136. Teams scored three nets on the par-3s, two on the par-4s and one on par-5s. Placing second were Ned Meier, John Ogden, Jody Serensits and Bob Jaeger.
Christmas is a time of miracles. For Christians, it's the time to celebrate the birth of Jesus with gifts and songs, gaily decorated homes, special church services and family gatherings.
Year-round there are miracles aplenty right here in Brunswick County.
Tides come and go, season follows season, each with its own beauty. Gulls and pelicans soar overhead. Salt marshes rustle in the evening breeze as a great blue heron rises and flies into a violet and gold sunset.
That's a miracle.
The Brick Landing Men's Sports Club weekly tournament was played Dec. 15. The format was two best nets. First: Dave Biesack, Jim Campana, Eric Nelson and a draw at -28. Second: Jim Barrett, Chuck Dixon, Alan Morrissey and a draw at -26. Skins: Jim Campana, Dwight Christenbury and Neil Nucci, one each; Chuck Dixon and Dick Brown, two each.
The format Monday was two best balls. In first at 3 under were Howard Boyd, Ralph Trimmer and Dave Harper. In second at 3 over were Bob Nobes, Gary McDaniel and Chuck Horfeck.
As a working journalist, I have met a lot of different folks over the years. Interviews are one of the facets of writing I dearly love. It's fun to meet new people, to ask questions, to find out what makes them tick.
Last week, I met a real raconteur, a guy who has a great life story and a gift of gab to go with it.
Charlie Megaswing has been teaching the game of golf at the State Line Driving Range for more than 10 years. The facility is on the southbound lane of U.S. 17, right on the border of North and South Carolina.
Results of the Beachcombers' event in which the format was two low nets. Paul Michal, Stu Cleveland, Bob Byrne and Hal Riebesehl finished first at 11 under. Bob Smith, Jim Ritter Jim Beairsto and a draw were second at 9 under. Low gross: Michal, 86. Low nets: Byrne, 70; Michal, 73. Golfer of the week: Michal.
On Dec. 7 at Farmstead, Sid Pennington, Ned Meier, John Ducey and Joe Gallo were first with a 148. Teams scored two nets per hole. Jim Kennedy, Hugh Chinn, John Ogden and Jody Serensits were second.
In the Brierwood Men's Golf Association points game Monday, Paul Salerno, Chuck Hornfeck and Les Craft were first with 60 points. Bob Nobes, Bob Snopek and Dave Harper were second with 43 points.
Results of the ladies' golf league one-on-one tourney Nov. 3. First with 17 points each: Renee December, Janet Iekel, Mary Helen Naecker. Second with 16 points each: Barbara Johnson, Becky Seibert, Diane Tufts.
Every year, there are scientific improvements to the game of golf. Heavy steel shafts have been replaced by graphite and other light-composite materials. Real wooden woods have gone the way of stick shift cars and rotary telephones. Golf balls go farther and they can stick on a green like a dart if you hit them right.
But the latest, biggest innovation to the world of golf is the range finder or GPS system. A few years ago, they were rare. Today, many serious golfers have them. Some courses even provide GPS systems on their carts.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The middle class in Latin America and the Caribbean region grew by 50 percent over the past decade, according to a World Bank report released Tuesday. Higher levels of education, smaller families and more women and urban dwellers entering the work force were among factors contributing to the increase.
The middle class in the region historically plagued by wealth inequality grew to 152 million people in 2009, up from 103 million in 2003, according to the report. The middle class now accounts for roughly 30 percent of the population, roughly the same proportion of the population that lives below the poverty line.
"The recent experience of Latin America and the Caribbean shows the world that policies balancing economic growth while still expanding opportunities for the most vulnerable can spread prosperity to millions of people," World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said in a statement. "Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean still need to do much more - one third of the population is still in poverty - but we should celebrate this achievement of growing the middle class and learn from it."
Brazil accounted for about 40 percent of the region's middle class growth while Mexico saw 17 percent of its population joined the middle class between 2000 and 2010. Fifty-four percent of Colombians improved their economic status between 1992 and 2008, according to the report.
The report, however, found that social mobility remains limited in the region and the economic and social background of parents still played a role in determining the economic future of their children.
The report defined middle class as anyone making between US$10 and $50 per day.


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Grant: M's say King Felix not for sale, but Rangers can change their mind
The new collective bargaining agreement between Major League owners and players, which actually is a year old, is designed to help speed up the off-season. Free agents are already free. Compensation has already been decided.
When MLB's general managers show up in Indian Wells, Calif., on Wednesday for two days of meetings, the market should be open for wheeling and dealing, for spending and splurging.
Yeah, well, MLB has also been trying to speed up the pace of games for years. And how's that working out?
The GM meetings, in all likelihood, will remain a fact-finding mission. A fact-finding mission at a tony resort in the desert, but a fact-finding mission nonetheless.
Josh Hamilton won't be signed at the GM meetings. Neither will Zack Greinke. It's unlikely any team will even make an offer to either player this week. It's just too early.
Which is fine for the Rangers.
They need to spend this week doing a little fact-finding of their own.
They need to do a bunch of it in the suite of Seattle GM Jack Zduriencik.
As long as this week is still an exercise at taking shots in the dark, it can't hurt to find out just how serious the Mariners are about holding on to "King" Felix Hernandez.
Sure, the Rangers will continue to have conversations with and about Zack Greinke, in whom they have a keen interest, but they already know those parameters. It's going to take more than $20 million per year for at least five seasons, with the likelihood of some kind of vesting option for a sixth.
Hernandez would cost a ton of talent, but the financial commitment to him is only $39.5 million and it is only for two years.
Less than two months ago, after the trade rumors ahead of the July trading deadline had finally died down, Zduriencik reiterated during a Mariners-Rangers series in Arlington that he had no desire to deal Hernandez.
"We're anxious to keep him," Zduriencik said on KESN-103.3 FM. "He's got two more years on a contract that he signed and we'll see what happens, but I don't have any interest in trading Felix."
The Rangers have the ability to change that.
The Rangers still have truckloads of baseball's preferred currency: top-flight young talent.
Zduriencik said his club has cobbled together some legitimate pitching depth over the last few years of trading away talent for prospects. And that's true. What the Mariners don't have is much of a lineup. They ranked last in the AL in runs scored in 2012. They were last in batting average. Last in on-base percentage. Slugging percentage? I think you are seeing the pattern.
And it's not just this year. The Mariners have ranked last in runs scored for four straight seasons. Their on base percentages for 2010-12 read: .298, .292, .296. They are the three worst OBPs for an AL team in a 162-game season since the advent of the DH.
The Mariners need hitters who can play now.
"The interesting thing about the Felix talk, you know, is that when clubs have called, no one's breaking up their major league ball club," Zduriencik said in that September interview. "They are giving you prospects."
Perhaps fortunately for the Mariners, the Rangers are in a position where they may have to consider trading a young, but established player. The Rangers have Jurickson Profar ready to play in the majors, and Elvis Andrus is two years away from free agency. They could front a realistic offer with either one. They may not want to, but they have the ability.
The Rangers could bulk up the offer with Mike Olt, who would go into the Mariners' lineup right now. If the Rangers were willing to widen their search for left-handed bats this winter, which is already a priority, they could include Mitch Moreland to give the Mariners three-fourths of an infield along with a mid-level pitching prospect or two. Maybe you could even widen the deal to include left-handed hitting Seattle catcher John Jaso (maybe, but not likely).
The Rangers start their fact-finding mission in earnest Wednesday, seeing what they can find to round out a five-man stud rotation. They could really use an ace. But this is one hand in which a King might be a better fit.
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Thad Young had 14 points and 16 rebounds and Royal Ivey chipped in with 17 points for the Sixers, who are 5½ games behind Milwaukee for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 25 games left.
Stephen Curry scored 30 and Klay Thompson added 29 for the Warriors, who've lost four in a row.
Despite losing 10 of 13, Golden State remains sixth in the West. The Warriors are one game up on eighth-place Houston and 3½ ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers, who are fighting for the last spot.
The Sixers overcame deficits of 16 in the first half and 11 in the third quarter and took an 82-81 lead into the fourth.
The teams went back-and-forth until Young's layup put Philadelphia up 96-94 with 3:15 left. Turner followed consecutive misses by the Warriors with a jumper from the corner. He nailed another one for a 100-94 lead.
But Thompson answered with a 3-pointer. After two failed possessions, Holiday hit a jumper to give the Sixers a 102-97 cushion and ice it.
Holiday and Turner combined for 18 of Philadelphia's 22 points in the final quarter.
Sixers coach Doug Collins ripped his team's effort following a home loss to Orlando earlier in the week. They played better in a loss at Chicago the next time out and followed up with their best performance in weeks against the Warriors.
Thompson came out firing in the third quarter, scoring 12 straight points for the Warriors to turn a three-point lead into a 66-56 margin. Thompson started off with two mid-range jumpers, then nailed two 3-pointers and finished with a long jumper that was later changed to a 3.
A 3-pointer by Ivey - his fourth without a miss - got the Sixers within 66-61. Consecutive layups by Turner capped a 6-0 run and momentarily gave Philadelphia its first lead, 73-72. Then a review of Thompson's jumper from a few minutes earlier was ruled a 3-pointer so the score went back to a tie.
The Sixers then went up for real, 77-75, on Arnett Moultrie's alley-oop slam off Turner's pass.
The injury-plagued Sixers played without guard Nick Young, who was sidelined by a left ankle sprain. They haven't had center Andrew Bynum all season and lost guard Jason Richardson for the year last month.
Down 49-33 in the second quarter, the Sixers climbed back in it with an 11-0 run featuring three straight 3-pointers by Turner, Holiday and Wright. Turner's 3 was his first in more than a month, snapping an 0-for-14 slump from beyond the arc.
He hit another a few minutes later, helping the Sixers close out the first half on an 18-5 run to get within 54-41 going into the third quarter.
Curry, who scored 54 in a loss to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, appeared on pace for another big night early. He had 13 in the first quarter to help Golden State build a 13-point lead. The Sixers forced him away from the arc, so he got four of his first five baskets on driving layups.
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Antibody Tests affected by PEP
Mar 26, 2012
Back in 2003, Dr. Bob wrote that antibody production is not affected by PEP meds You can see it here: http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Q151303.html?ic=2003
Since then, has this information been changed? Everywhere I read, a 6 week antibody test (2 weeks after finishing PEP) is fairly irrelevant, because PEP meds do in fact keep viral levels low enough to prevent antibody production. This is why testing at 3 months (2 months after finishing PEP) and 6 months (5 months after finishing PEP) is recommended.
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Hi and thanks for posting.
Wow, I would view a 2003 post as archival rather than gospel. That said, I agree with our departed friend, Dr. Bob.
The recommendations for HIV testing after PEP/nPEP haven't changed for years. They recommend antibody testing at 3 months (and 6 after high-risk exposure). I generally agree that a test at 6 weeks does only limited good, only to raise apprehension, since it's never going to be definitive (and as such a waste of emotion, time and money)- though it's not really because of the issue of PEP and antibody production.
Note that there are subtle differences between the US PEP guidelines (directed at occupational exposure) which states, "After baseline testing at the time of exposure, follow-up testing could be performed at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months after exposure. Extended HIV follow-up (e.g., for 12 months) is recommended for HCP who become infected with HCV after exposure to a source coinfected with HIV and HCV." and nPEP guidelines, directed at non-occupational HIV exposures. The later recommends, "All patients seeking care after HIV exposure should be tested for the presence of HIV antibodies at baseline and at 4--6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after exposure to determine whether HIV infection has occurred. In addition, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, hepatitis B and C, and pregnancy should be offered."
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Police say they have arrested the evil hacker who tricked them into forcing 4 innocents to confess to planning massacres, after he was caught on camera delivering a taunting digital message to police by cat – and Japan's media has wasted no time in painting him as the archetypal creepy otaku.
The 30-year-old IT worker was arrested in central Tokyo on charges of interfering with official business, made in relation to threats of indiscriminate knife murder made against Comiket 82 through the PC of one of his virus-infected victims.
The arrest looked to be suspiciously well attended by news cameras, with media reports gleefully dwelling on his plump, bespectacled appearance, otaku habits and love of cats.
Police are sure he is the hacker who used a virus to post online death threats by remote controlling the PCs of four innocents, who police then arrested and coerced into confessing, thinking an IP address to be incontrovertible evidence of guilt.
Their innocence was only revealed when the hacker tauntingly contacted police and media with details of what he had done, humiliating police and courts utterly and causing yet another revelation into how Japanese police apparently secure many of their convictions.
One of the victims came forward as an anime director, and a student who lost his university place as a result of his forced confession and subsequent conviction elicited particular sympathy online. All their convictions were rapidly overturned.
He next famously had police searching the cat population of Kanagawa prefecture's Enoshima Island, after he attached an SD card containing the "iesys.exe" virus he used to the collar of one of the cats living there.
Unsurprisingly considering their record on the case, police ended up using a low-tech method to get him – they trawled security camera footage from the area the messenger cat was found, and eventually managed to identify a "suspicious" man and motorcycle from them, and followed up their investigations from there.
More detailed hacking-related charges seem likely once police force him to confess.
For now, he categorically denies the accusations, saying "there is no truth to them whatsoever" – which may yet further humiliate police should they find nothing on the 3 PCs seized from his residence, as so far it would seem police only have circumstantial evidence that he may have attached an SD card to a cat.
Police do say he has a 2005 conviction for making similar online threats, and served jail time for the offence.
His motive was apparently a grudge against police, and a desire to avenge himself by humiliating them – the feline communique included a vengeful letter in which he complained of "having my life turned upside by police dragging me into an investigation despite my innocence."
Curiously the online hoi polloi are still not entirely convinced police have their man:
"Another mistaken arrest!"
"Ah, he certainly looks like the classic otaku – fat, glasses, awful clothes."
"He looks the archetypal creepy otaku."
"Just like you guys in fact."
"He is us and we are him."
"No way do they have enough evidence."
"Nasty looking scapegoat they've trotted out there!"
"I feel they got the right man this time. He went a bit too far with the cat stunt."
"All sorts of people go to Enoshima to pet the cats there around that time. More so cat lovers."
"Enoshima is like a big outdoor neko cafe. Just because he went there and a camera spotted him petting a cat doesn't really add up to good evidence."
"Enoshima is cat heaven. Suddenly I want to go there."
"If it is another guy whose PC was infected I shall laugh."
"Looks like the right guy. Maybe they'll lighten his sentence if he explains how he pulled it off?"
"1982 was a good year for creepy criminals – the Kobe child killer, the Tochigi teacher killer, the Akihabara stabber, and now this."
"I was hoping for a cool guy like in a Hollywood movie for once."
"Our cops are seriously useless. If he didn't lead them to him by the cat stunt they never would have got him."
"If he'd just stuck to PCs he's still be out there. It's not like they'd be able to manage to crack Tor or something."
"Why do so many otaku love cats anyway?"
"Cat lovers are only a step away from creepy otaku."
"What I can't stand about this case is that he involved an innocent cat in all this!"
"When did just otaku start loving cats? Doesn't everyone love cats?"
"The media reports dwelling on his otaku looks are sheer prejudice and discrimination, aren't they? They'd never say anything about him if he were Korean or something."
"Honestly it sounds like he is being presumed guilty just because of his looks."
"Is it a coincidence that just yesterday one of their 'cybercrimes' investigators was arrested for stealing a bicycle?"
"He sure humiliated the cops. I hope his lawyer is vigilant so they don't make sure he 'commits suicide' whilst in custody."
"If he really is the culprit, there's probably nothing on his drives and he'll get off if he keeps protesting his innocence. Though I expect the police will resort to 'all means' to make sure this doesn't happen."
"I can't help but think they just looked at the camera footage and picked up someone who visited Enoshima to see the cats and had a prior conviction…"


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Bettman not to blame for NHL's CBA mess
Alex Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals captain who has a way of summing things up, blames the current collective bargaining impasse between the NHL and its players on The Bettman.
Fair comment.
Two months after leaving to cover the British Open and the Olympics and to chase a golf ball around Ireland for a couple of weeks, a guy comes back and things are pretty much where they were in mid-July, as far as progress on talks on the big economic issues between the league and its players.
No surprise there.
This was not going to be easy after the NHL Players Association took its sweet time to get to the bargaining table as new executive director Donald Fehr got the lay of the land. Then again, talks were never going to get serious until some deadlines started to arise.
We're starting to get into that country now.
This is a negotation with both sides out to get what they want. It's NHL commissioner Gary Bettman's job to claw back some money from the players and it's Fehr's job to minimize the damage.
Both sides seem to agree on that.
There's a compromise in there somewhere and it will be found. The question remains, what lies between here and there. It's a negotiation. Both sides are entitled to make outrageous or unreasonable demands. The other side can kick them to the curb.
The one surprising thing is the amount of vitriol and personal attacks on Bettman for the current labour situation.
The Bettman has his share of haters, many of them Canadian and a few in the media. When the fans and the media are about to be deprived of their NHL hockey fix, there's got to be a bad guy, right?
I don't think it bothers him.
The fact is, there is only one court of opinion that matters when it comes to the commissioner and that's what the 30 owners who pay his $8 million a year salary think.
At this point, they've got to think The Bettman is doing a pretty good job, no?
Look, I don't have a dog in this fight but clearly Bettman is winning this battle.
He got the owners their "cost certainty" in the form of a salary cap as a result of the last lockout in 2004-05, even though the only certainty was the league's owners and GMs would find ways to circumvent the language of the deal.
Fans came flocking back in record numbers, thanks to Canada, where just about everywhere but Ottawa there hasn't been a ticket to be had since 2005.
There's that increase in league revenue, even if a chunk of it is because of the increase in value of the Canadian dollar. The fact is, revenue from tickets, new media and the league's corporate showcases like the Winter Classic — the 2011 version was the most-viewed game in 36 years — have grown the business.
He kept bankrupt teams in Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Ottawa when the easy thing to do would have been let them fold.
As colleague Scott Burnside of ESPN.com reported Wednesday, it also looks like Bettman — credit deputy commissioner Bill Daly for all this stuff, too — is about to pull the ultimate rabbit out of his butt and get the Phoenix Coyotes situation resolved and recoup the money the owners put into keeping the Coyotes on life support for the last three years.
All of that stuff has helped the ultimate bottom line and has shown up in the value of the franchises. Forbes magazine — again, take it for what it's worth — reported in its annual evaluation of NHL franchise values that eight of the NHL's 30 teams enjoyed more than a double-digit increase in their value from the 2009-10 season to 2010-11.
Try getting a better than 10% return on any investment these days.
Seven franchises saw their values decline, but they were almost all in the 1-2% range. The financial mess in which the New Jersey Devils found themselves resulted in a decline of 17%. Without the Devils in the mix, franchise values increased by almost 6% across the league.
So you can hate on The Bettman if you think he's not a hockey guy, the way he can be condescending in answering questions or even how he looks.
You can hate on him for the current situation.
But NHL owners have to love the way he's doing his job at this point and that's what counts.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has become the guy in the black hat as an NHL lockout looms.
Despite public opinion, there a lot of aspects of the business of the NHL that have never been better under Bettman's watch.
In the eyes of many hockey fans — particularly those in Canada — Bettman is the bad guy. In the eyes of the owners, he's making most of them money and that's his job.
1. Owners have seen the value of their franchises increase an average of almost 6% year-to-year, according to Forbes Magazine's annual ranking from the 2009-10 to 2010-2011 seasons. More than a quarter of the league (eight teams) enjoyed double-digit increases.
2. Bettman looks like he's close to saving the Phoenix Coyotes situation and recouping the money the owners put in to to keep the franchise afloat over the last three years. ESPN.com reported Wednesday potential owner Greg Jamison has got his financing together and a deal is immiment (OK, you can't be blamed for a group eye-roll.)
3. It cost the NHL a season, but Bettman got the owners their "cost certainty" with the lockout that wiped out the 2004-05 season. The league came back from that work stoppage stronger than ever.
4. The NHL has a 10-year TV deal that actually pays them money to have their games shown on NBC (what a concept). The Winter Classic has become a ratings bonanza for the league.
5. The disaster that was the Atlanta Thrashers was almost seamlessly resolved by moving the team to Winnipeg, where they were reincarnated as the Jets 2.0.


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Bigot-rustling is the Pope's latest insult to Rowan Williams
By Terry Sanderson
Of course, in a strictly secularist sense, the NSS should not concern itself with the internal machinations of religious organisations. If the Pope wishes to stab the Archbishop of Canterbury in the back (in a wholly ecumenical sense, of course) then that's nothing to do with us. If the Pope wants to change the rules of his club so that he can steal personnel from the opposition, that's his business. Let them slug it out, betray each other, lie and steal from each other. Or, as Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper put it "The Vatican's welcome ... is a Trojan horse. It appears to enhance Christian goodwill while inflaming the doctrinal battles between and within the two churches." As long as they don't try to involve the state in their hostilities, they can rip each other to shreds as far as we are concerned.
But wait a minute. The state is involved in this. We have an Established Church, the head of which is also the head of the State. So when the Roman Rat plays such a comprehensively dirty trick on Rowan Williams, we all have to consider whether there are constitutional implications.
Since the Holy See is at once both the government of the Catholic Church and also of the State of the Vatican City, any bishops who sit in the House of Lords who decided to opt for Rome would owe allegiance to the Holy See, which, when wearing one of its hats, is a foreign government.
In other words, because there's an established church at this end and a church-state at the other, the constitutional implications could be enormous. If half of the Church of England is going to end up under the Vatican umbrella, then can it really remain "by law established"?
After all, the Church of England was created with the sole purpose of thwarting the authority of the Pope. Now that the Pope has moved his tanks on to the lawn of Lambeth Palace, it is time for the whole constitutional arrangement to be urgently rethought.
The Church of England must now be disestablished – and soon. If it is not, there could be a constitutional crisis that may bring the whole shambolic house of cards tumbling down. This week's events have left it in tatters under the leadership of a man who is clearly incapable of the job.
In his anxiety to keep the "Anglican Communion" intact, Rowan Williams abandoned his own humane, liberal instincts and threw in his lot with the worst elements of bigotry within his flock. They have now rewarded him by conniving with the "Holy Father" to pile on the humiliation. The fact that the Vatican didn't tell the Archbishop about its plans until a week before they were announced indicates just how irrelevant they consider him to be. Or, as one commentator put it: "The faces of many Church of England bishops have turned as purple as their cassocks."
But let's step away from this nasty piece of Machiavellian cunning and take a look at the bigger picture.
The Catholic Church in Britain is dying on its feet. And rightly so. The Church of England is already on life support, but it continues to twitch. Both institutions provide a playground for some of the most gruesome and horrible people you could ever wish to meet (particularly if you are a child).
They argue endlessly and violently over which bell to ring and which language to say their prayers in. They spend their lives bowing down to the bones of a dead girl and pretending that a biscuit is actual flesh and that wine is really (that is, literally) blood. They swan about in their ridiculous costumes, which were originally designed to intimidate simpletons, a trick that still seems to work among politicians.
The Catholic priesthood claims to disown its own erotic nature in order to remain "pure" – and yet endless court cases show many of the "fathers" to have been wallowing in a pit of unimaginable sexual depravity. They concoct elaborate lies to sustain their "teachings" ("There are tiny holes in condoms through which HIV can pass"), they care little for the death, destruction and suffering their senseless dogmas create in the developing world. They are more concerned about the damage the child abuse crisis has done to the Church than about what it has done to the people they tortured. As Matthew Parris said in The Times: "The more reactionaries Pope Benedict can gather around himself and his Church, the faster the whole thing will sink under the weight of its own weirdness."
And yet, throughout history, the Vatican has managed to convince those in highest authority that it is entitled to unique and unquestioned respect. Politicians and diplomats bow down to these monsters and let them get away with murder (quite literally sometimes). Whatever corruption the Vatican is involved in (and it has been involved in every conceivable immorality in its time) no-one in high secular authority (the UN, for instance) dare point the finger and ask for an explanation.
Through forming alliances with some of the worst dictators and tyrants the world has ever seen, the Vatican has managed to gain for itself a small patch of land where no international law can intrude, where no inspections take place, where no questions have to be answered. And from that protected base it stretches its poisonous tentacles around the world.We need to ensure that the bigots and reactionaries that infest those few acres in Rome do not get a grip on Britain. We can begin by disestablishing the now-defunct Church of England and establishing a secular constitution that will put an end to the Vatican's political ambitions once and for all.
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Early morning fire destroys Madison homeBy SARA YOUNG-KNOX
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January 23. 2013 12:57PM
MADISON – No one was injured in a fire that completely destroyed a home at the corner of Jungfrau Road and Aspen Drive in the Eidelweiss Village section of Madison on Wednesday morning.
Assistant chief Richard Clark of the Madison Fire Department said the house was fully involved and the occupants out when firefighters arrived on the scene shortly before 6:30 a.m.
As of 11:30 a.m., firefighters were still at the site, going through the smoky ruins and putting out hot spots.
The fire departments of Conway, North Conway, Redstone, Center Conway, Freedom and West Ossipee assisted the Madison Fire Department, with the Tamworth Fire Department providing station coverage.
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The Arizona Cardinals have released LB Keenan Clayton, LB JoJo Dickson, C Tommie Draheim, WR Reggie Dunn, PK Jay Feely, LB Derrell Johnson, SS Orhian Johnson, QB Ryan Lindley, WR Kevin Ozier, DT Justin Renfrow, CB Brandon Sermons, OT Max Starks and RB Damien Thigpen.
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Arizona Cardinals WR Jaron Brown is listed on the team's second-team offense with WR Ted Ginn Jr. behind starting WRs Larry Fitzgerald and Michael Floyd. The team's first depth chart of the preseason shows WRs John Brown and Walter Powell on the third-team offense, with WRs Dan Buckner, Reggie Dunn, Brittan Golden and Kevin Ozier on the fourth team.
Fantasy Tip: The fantasy value line stops at Ginn, or the third receiver, unless injuries strike the top of the depth chart. John Brown has looked like a speedster in camp, but he needs to have a good training camp and preseason to sniff the field. Right now, he is worth watching, but not worth drafting.
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Latinos Breaking into Comic Books
Please click on the video above as Marvel Comics Editor In Chief Axel Alonso talks about Latino super heroes with Fox News Latino's Victor Garcia.
"Come here. You've got a head you don't need," America Chavez, a.k.a. Miss America, tells established Marvel Comics character Loki, the god of mischief.
With her short shorts, boots and American flag-colored jacket, "tough girl" Chavez is yet another Latino moving to the forefront of a Marvel Comics franchise in Young Avengers Vol. 2 Issue number one.
"People out there reading our comic books are of all sizes, creeds and colors and it's our responsibility to make them feel included," Axel Alonso, editor in chief of Marvel Comics, told Fox News Latino. "This isn't some PC initiative, this is capitalism. This is about supply and demand."
But this is not the first time a Latino has been given top billing. Just last year, the media was in a frenzy over Marvel's decision to kill off their "Ultimate" version of Spider-Man, Peter Parker, and replace the character with a half black, half Latino character named Miles Morales.
"For us, [the decision to change the character] was about many things," said Alonso. "One of the things was the joy of knowing that there would be a child out there who would see Spider-Man peel back that mask to see a different face and a face that resembled their own."
At the time, some speculated Morales was gay, though Alonso said that was actually a misunderstanding.
But diversity is making its way into the comic book world, and Marvel Comics has been at the forefront of this change by including scenarios and characters that reflect the changing face of America.
For example, openly gay superhero Northstar married his partner last year in the pages of Astonishing X-Men. And two teenage characters in the Young Avengers, Hulkling and Wiccan, are currently in a gay relationship.
The joy of knowing that there would be a child out there who would see Spider-man peel back that mask to see a different face and a face that resembled their own.
While black characters have evolved over time in comic books –including Luke Cage, from a blaxploitation background to what Alonso calls "hip-hop cool"– Latino characters have usually been relegated to smaller side characters.
But that trend has changed in recent years.
"If you took us back 10 years, you see that there has been a sea change," said Frederick Aldama, an arts and humanities professor at Ohio State University who has written extensively on Latinos in comics. "These guys are smart. Yes, there are dollars involved but on the other hand they're very attuned to the fact that the Latino demographic is larger."
The other of the "big two" comic book publishers, DC Comics, has also added Latinos to their roster.
Their Blue Beetle is a Latino named Jamie Reyes, while the Question character is longtime established gay Latina Renee Montoya.
DC Comics declined to be interviewed for this story.
"We should be in all of the different kinds of formats," said professor Aldama. "We're appearing everywhere the superhero books as well as the independent and the biographic."
Aldama credits a growing number of Latino writers and artists for the new Latino influence, as well as key players in editorial positions in these companies. That includes Alonso, whose father is Mexican.
"I think they're very responsible in what they're doing," said Aldama.
Even with a growing number of Latino characters making their way in the comic "multiverses," Alonso and others stress that forcing or championing a Latino character on everyone isn't the smartest approach.
"We ride the currents of time. We try to stay ahead of the curve as much as we can but we can't force an audience for anything," said Alonso. "You can't go in and say 'let's create a great Mexican superhero.' What you do is let that evolve naturally and when the window of opportunity opens, you strike."
Quality characters seem to be the way to encourage Latinos to follow Latino characters.
"We only will spend money on things that are decent," said Aldama.
Todd Seavey, a writer who has written for DC comics and is currently the comics editor for LibertyIslandMag.com, says minority characters are best when they are not heavy-handed.
"If the character that is Latino seems like a random human being, that's probably better than if he's a living symbol of his race or nation," said Seavey. "I think it's good and the best way to get the fans to accept it is to grow the characters of past stories."
Seavey said some minority characters introduced in comic books seemed forced, and it turned out to be a disaster.
For example, DC comics once had a character named Estraño, a gay Latino magician who had HIV and referred to himself as "Auntie."
One of Marvel's more outdated characters is the Armadillo, a Mexican-American misunderstood villain who looks like a giant armadillo.
Alonso doesn't believe stereotypes belong in comics but thinks the audience should have fun with cultures, like he did when he developed Mexican wrestler mercenaries the Zapata brothers.
"Is that a little stereotypical? Yeah but it's also fun and a part of our culture," said Alonso.
As for a change in the comic book landscape and whether or not Latinos will catch up, Alonso says the evolving audience is ultimately responsible.
"I think that Latinos have been underrepresented in comic books and I think that's changing rapidly," said Alonso. "You have to go back to the source material, the original comic books, who they're created by, who they're created for, what the audience was. And that audience has grown over time and evolved over time."
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Andrew Luck threw for 227 yards and ran for two scores Thursday in leading Indianapolis to its fourth straight win, 27-10 over Jacksonville.
The Colts climbed to 6-3 and stayed in position to grab one of the AFC's two wild-card playoff berths one year after winning only two games all season.
Indianapolis trails Houston by 1 1/2 games for the lead in the AFC South. The Colts and Texans will meet twice during the final three weeks of the season.
The Jaguars lost their sixth in a row and dropped to 1-8. They continue to play without running back Maurice Jones-Drew, who gained 1,606 yards last year but has now missed three games in 2012 with an injury.
Luck, the first player chosen in this year's draft, completed 18-of-26 passes with one interception.
He drove the Colts 66 and 61 yards to second-period touchdowns and he scored on short runs at the end of both those marches.
That gave Indianapolis a 17-0 lead and the Colts' other touchdown came on an 11-yard interception return by Darius Butler early in the third period. Adam Vinatieri kicked two field goals to open and close the Indianapolis scoring.
Jacksonville changed quarterbacks during the game after Blaine Gabbertt had completed 18-of-31 passes for 209 yards and had thrown the interception that was brought back for a score.
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The edible dormouse or fat dormouse (Glis glis) is a large dormouse and the only living species in the genus Glis.[3] Its name comes from the Romans, who treated it as a delicacy.
The edible dormouse is the largest of all dormice, being around 14 to 19 centimetres (5.5 to 7.5 in) in head-body length, plus a 11 to 13 centimetres (4.3 to 5.1 in) long tail. It normally weighs from 120 to 150 grams (4.2 to 5.3 oz), but may almost double in weight immediately prior to hibernation. It has a generally squirrel-like body, with small ears, short legs, and large feet. Its fur is grey to greyish-brown in colour over most of the body, while the underparts and the inner surface of legs are white to pale buff; the line of demarcation is rather well defined.[4] Unlike most other dormice, there are no dark markings on the face, aside from faint rings around the eyes. The tail is long and bushy, with fur slightly darker than that on the body. Front feet have 4 digits and their hind feet have 5. The soles of their feet are naked. Females have from four to six pairs of teats.[4] .[4] The edible dormouse is capable of limited autotomy; if another animal grasps the tail, the skin breaks easily and slides off the underlying bone, allowing the dormouse to escape. The exposed vertebrae then break off and the wound heals over, forming a fresh brush of hair.[4]
The edible dormouse is found throughout much of mainland western Europe. It is also found on a number of Mediterranean and Baltic islands, including Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, and Crete.[5] It is rather more sparsely distributed through central Europe and the Balkans, but can be found as far north-east as the upper Volga River. Close to the Volga River, there were small groups of the species found at the Zhiguli Mountains, in Russia.[6] They are also found in the Caucasus region, and along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea.[4] Germany has a small population of edible dormice within its borders, ranging from two to six individuals per hectare.[7]
Beyond Europe, it is found in scattered populations throughout Thrace, located on the southeastern tip of the Balkan peninsula. In this region, two subspecies of the edible dormouse are found, G. g. glis and G. g. orientalis. In northern Anatolia, there is a different subspecies, G. g pindicus[8]
It was accidentally introduced to the town of Tring in England through an escape from Lionel Walter Rothschild's private collection in 1902.[9] As a result, the British edible dormouse population, now 30,000 strong,[10][11] is concentrated in a 200-square-mile (520 km2) triangle between Beaconsfield, Aylesbury and Luton, around the south east side of the Chiltern Hills.[12]
Though this animal is regarded as a pest by some,[9] in the United Kingdom the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 prohibits certain methods of killing and taking it, and removing them may require a licence.[11]
Ecology and habitat[edit]
Edible dormice inhabit deciduous forests dominated by oak and beech, from sea level to the upper limits of such forests at 1,500 to 2,000 metres (4,900 to 6,600 ft). They prefer dense forests with rocky cliffs and caves, but may be found in maquis vegetation, orchards, and urban margins. They have frequently been reported from caves as deep as 400 metres (1,300 ft), where they can shelter from predators.[4]
Population densities range from 2 to 22 individuals per hectare.[13] Females inhabit only very small home ranges, of 0.15 to 0.76 hectares (0.37 to 1.88 acres), but males occupy much larger ranges of 0.8 to 7 hectares (2.0 to 17.3 acres), with several burrows.[14]
Edible dormice are primarily herbivorous, feeding mainly on berries, apples, and nuts. However, they are adaptable, and have also been reported to eat bark, leaves, flowers, invertebrates, and even eggs. Beech mast, which is rich in energy in protein, is an excellent source of food for young and lactating females.[4] Studies show that some dormice are found to have hair and ectoparasite remains in their stomachs, but this is mainly due to accidental ingestion during grooming.[15]
Edible dormice also consume large numbers of beech tree seeds. A single, large, seeding tree within the home range of a dormouse will produce enough resources to support the energy requirements of reproduction. The location and age of a beech tree will help dictate where a population of dormice will live, since older trees produce more seeds.[16]
When present in large numbers, they may cause damage to orchards and be considered a pest. Their primary predators include owls, foxes, pine martens, and wildcats.[4]
Edible dormice are nocturnal, spending the day in nests taken from birds, or located in hollow trees or similar shelter. They are good climbers, and spend most of their time in the trees, although they are relatively poor jumpers. The dormouse uses sticky secretions of plantar glands when they are climbing on smooth surfaces to prevent them from falling.[4] They generally like to stay in the forest and avoid open areas to any extent.[13] They are not generally social animals, although small groups of closely related adults have occasionally been reported.[17] Many edible dormice mothers form communal nesting areas where they care for their young together.[4]
Communication is partly by sound, with the animals making various squeaks or snuffling sounds, and partly by scent. They leave scent trails from scent glands on feet as well as glands at the top of their tail by its anus. They rub their anal region on the ground and places they walk, so that traces of the secretion will be left for other dormice,[4] especially during periods of sexual activity. Edible dormice are active during a 6-month period and go into hibernation[13] from roughly October to May, depending on local climatic conditions. They are mostly active in the summer time and research has shown they are active on average 202 minute in a 24-hour day, mostly at night.[6] They prepare a den in soft soil or hidden in a cave, and rely on fat reserves to survive through the winter. During hibernation, metabolic rate and body temperature fall dramatically, and the animal may cease breathing altogether for periods of up to an hour.[18]
They have adapted well to the presence of man and will now frequently hibernate in insulated attics and even dark shelves in cupboards, particularly if there are soft materials on the shelf to make a nest. They can be regarded as a pest in this situation due to the fire risk from gnawed electrical cables and fouling from their faeces. In recent years they have become resistant to many rodicides.[citation needed] In the wild most edible dormice hibernate for three winters, and then die in the fourth while hibernating, when their cheek teeth are worn out to a degree that prevents normal mastication of food.[19]
The breeding season is from late June to mid August, however, both male and female dormice do not produce every year.[20] Variation in food resources strongly influences reproduction because reproduction is tightly linked to the availability of energy-rich seeds.[21] Therefore, edible dormice breed during the phase of high food availability. Females are able to produce additional young if amino acid rich foods like inflorescences, unripe seeds and (or) larval insects, which also increase their numbers by eating the same enriched plant food, are available.[15] An abundance of energy-rich seeds allows newborn dormice to increase their body fat to prepare for their first hibernation.[21] Females will reach sexual maturity at 351–380 days old and males will significantly lower their body mass during mating season.[22]
Males are non-territorial, and may visit the territories of several nearby females to mate, becoming aggressive to any other males they encounter. The male attracts a female by squeaking, then conducts a circular courtship dance before mounting her. During mating season, males lower their body mass and use their body fat reserves to help fuel the energetic costs of reproduction.[22]
Gestation lasts from 20–31 days, and results in the birth of anything up to eleven young, although four or five is more typical.[4] They develop their fur by 16 days, and open their eyes after around 3 weeks. They begin to leave the nest after around 30 days, and are sexually mature by the time they complete their second hibernation.[4] Compared with similarly sized mammals, they have an unusually long lifespan, and have been reported to live up to twelve years in the wild.[23]
Although the edible dormouse is the only living member of its genus, a number of fossil species are also known. The genus Glis first originated in the middle Oligocene, although it did not become common until the Pliocene. By the Pleistocene, only one species, Glis sackdillingensis, is known to have survived, and this is likely the ancestor of the modern species, which first appeared in the early to mid-Pleistocene.[4]
Edible dormice that have been isolated on oceanic islands are a prime example of insular gigantism, in which small animals in isolated locations become larger over the course of many generations.[19] Although it is not known why, the number of teats on a female edible dormouse across regions of Europe varies. For example, those in Italy have two to seven, while those in Lithuania have three to six.[24]
The edible dormouse was farmed and eaten by the ancient Romans and the Etruscans (usually as a snack), hence the word edible in its name. The Romans would catch the dormice from the wild in autumn when it was fattest.[25] The dormice were kept and raised either in large pits or (in less spacious urban surroundings) in terra cotta containers, the gliraria,[26] something like contemporary hamster cages. They fed these captive dormice walnuts, chestnuts, and acorns for fattening. The dormice were served by either roasting them and dipping them in honey or stuffing them with a mixture of pork, pine nuts, and other flavorings.[25] It was however very important to upper-class Romans that the dormice be separated from other products of the hunt, like the large game, for presentation purposes.[27]
To this day, wild edible dormice are consumed in Slovenia, where they are considered a rare delicacy and dormouse trapping an ethnic tradition. They use several methods of trapping. The first used were the hollow tree trapping method and the flat stone trapping method. By the 17th century the peasant trappers had invented the first self-triggering traps, usually made out of different kinds of wood. In the 19th century traps made from iron and steel were introduced. The trappers used many different types of bait to entice the dormice. These different types of bait ranged from pieces of fruit to bacon soaked in brandy. During the prime season a trapper could catch between 200 and 400 dormice depending largely on what kind of trap they were using. The people of Slovenia did not just catch the dormice for their meat.[28] Use of dormice for food and fur and of dormouse fat as a medicament is documented there since the 13th century. Seasonal dormice feasts were welcome protein supplements for the impoverished peasantry.[29]
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Multiple sources are reporting the awful news this Sunday that Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of Hollywood's most engaging actors, was found dead today in his Manhattan apartment of an apparent drug overdose.
Details are still emerging, but law enforcement officials have so far characterized Hoffman's death as a drug overdose (Hoffman went to rehab last spring for a heroin addiction). Hoffman won an Academy Award in 2005 for his portrayal of Truman Capote, but admitted publicly just a year later that he'd nearly succumbed to substance abuse when he graduated from NYU's drama school.
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General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are in Washington today to give their long-awaited report on our progress in Iraq. Of course, the Democrats didn't actually wait to hear from Petraeus and Crocker before denouncing what they are expected to say; they have been all over the media for the last week, arguing that the surge is a failure, and anything Petraeus and Crocker might say to the contrary should be disregarded.
Not that our intrepid MSM reporters needed much convincing. Hillary Clinton was on CBS's Early Show this morning to talk about Petraeus's report; this is how her exchange with Harry Smith began:
SMITH: David Petraeus is going to come before this committee this morning. He's going to say, in more elaborate words than I will right now, that the surge is working. The number of attacks in Baghdad have more than doubled in the last two months. About a dozen U.S. servicemen have been killed there in just the last several days.
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CLINTON: Well, Harry, I think you just made a summary argument against the position that it's working.
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Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland wants the Legislature to require a judge to decide if those who have been referred for mental health treatment are qualified to possess a gun. He's enlisted state Rep. Allen Fletcher, a Republican from Tomball who is drafting a bill to keep those firearms in a police property room until a judge decides it should be returned.
Right now, state law only allows police to keep weapons used in the commission of a crime.
"I'm not trying to take guns from citizens in this country, but there should be an additional judicial review," McClelland said. "Someone, other than the police, should have to review that case or that incident requiring that mental evaluation, to tell me if this person is still qualified to own or carry a firearm" and get it back.
When Houston police officers respond to a call involving a mentally disturbed person, they sometimes find the suspect armed with the same gun they seized in an earlier incident.
Last year, Houston police had 27,000 calls involving residents with mental health problems and seized 47 firearms from January to July from persons taken for mental examination. In 2011, the 25,000 mental health calls handled by Houston police included 90 people whose firearms were held while they were given an emergency psychiatric exam.
McClelland said that because of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, police don't know if the person was committed for psychiatric treatment.
"Whenever that person's (mental) evaluation is completed, because of HIPAA laws and medical privacy issues, I have no way of knowing if this person still qualifies to carry or have a firearm," McClelland said. "But when they show up at the property room, I have no choice but to give it back. And I want to give it back if they still qualify."
The proposed legislation would amend the state's mental health code, allowing police to hold a weapon taken from a person who is experiencing a mental health crisis and has been found to be a danger to himself or others and is being transported by police for an emergency mental health evaluation.
The bill sets deadlines for returning the firearm. If the individuals are no longer legally allowed to own a weapon they can transfer it to a designee. Police are not allowed to keep or destroy weapons not claimed, but instead must sell them and give the proceeds to the owner.
San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus offered support for the change in law.
"My stance on gun laws is not a political one," McManus said in a statement. "I am a proponent of any law that keeps guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them and any law which enhances public safety and officer safety."
Fletcher, a retired Houston police officer and hostage negotiator who is vice chairman of the House Public Safety Committee, recalled taking a weapon from a suspect, only to return to the same address and face the same disturbed person who retrieved the firearm from the property room.
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SANFORD (AP) — Police are looking for a suspect in New Hampshire who is wanted in connection with a credit union robbery in Maine.
Police say a man entered the York County Federal Credit Union on Main Street in Sanford on Thursday afternoon and demanded money from a teller. He did not show a weapon, and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Sanford Police said a witness provided police with information about a vehicle seen speeding away. Police found the vehicle impounded in Manchester, N.H.
The investigation led police to 23-year-old Justin Brady of Manchester, who is wanted in connection with the robbery.
Police in Sanford were able to speak to Brady briefly by phone before he ended the call. Authorities in Manchester are looking for him.