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Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) Statement on the Impact of Hurricane Sandy
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), whose district includes portions of Monmouth and Middlesex County and a large stretch of the Jersey Shore, released the following statement regarding the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey:
"The devastation caused by Sandy has been shocking and remarkable. I have never seen worse storm damage in our area. My thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones and to all who have been affected by this dramatic weather event. Homes, businesses and public spaces that have been enjoyed by New Jerseyans and tourists for decades have been destroyed and it is clear that we have a long road ahead to rebuild and get our lives back to normal.
"As I continue to visit impacted communities throughout New Jersey, I have been shocked at what I have seen. There are still many threats to public safety including downed power lines, gas leaks, flooding and structural damage to buildings, docks and beaches. It is critical that all New Jerseyans continue to heed all warnings from officials as conditions are still dangerous in many areas and emergency crews are working to restore services throughout the region.
"I am grateful for the hard work and dedication of all of our firefighters, police and emergency workers who are feverishly working to get things back to normal as fast as possible. While so many of us are being affected by power outages, road closures and other effects of the storm, it is important to remain as patient as possible as crews are working to get things up and running again.
"I have no doubt that we will be able to recover from Sandy's destruction, but it will most likely be a long and costly process. I am committed to doing everything possible to help all of the families, individuals, businesses and communities impacted by the storm and I look forward to rolling up my sleeves and getting to work to restore normalcy to our area. We will all need to pitch in and help to rebuild New Jersey and I am eager to work with all of our partners to get the job done. Together, we will get through this.
"As always, residents should feel free to contact my offices in Long Branch at (732) 571-1140, New Brunswick at (732) 249-8892 or Washington, D.C. at (202) 225-4671 for important information or to contact my staff for help. Currently, my District Offices in New Jersey do not have power, so please contact my Washington, D.C. office or email us by visiting my website at www.pallone.house.gov and follow me on facebook and twitter @frankpallone."
The following are some important resources for New Jersey Residents:
New Jersey Office of Emergency Management: www.ready.nj.gov, @NJOEM2010
NJ-211: www.nj211.org/hurricane
FEMA: www.ready.gov, @FEMA; @FEMARegion2, @FEMAEspanol
FEMA Disaster Assistance: www.disasterassistance.gov or 1-800-621-FEMA
Local Red Cross Chapters: www.RedCross.org
Google Crisis Map: https://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy
JCP&L: https://outages.firstenergycorp.com/nj.html 1-888-544-4877 @JCP_L
PSE&G: www.pseg.com/outagecenter 1-800-436-7734, @PSEGdelivers


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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Hey, hey Donna...
Have you been able to get lots of crafty time in this weekend? I've still been busy with work so not as much play time as I would like. Though I did find time to print out this new digi from Tiddlyinks and color her right up! :)
I have to say that I LOVE the original Donna image that Christy did (inspired by my fab bloggin' buddy, Donna) but I think I'm loving this new Donna's Adventure even more if it is possible! Isn't she just the sweetest? This image actually reminds me of when I was little and would pack up my favorite toys and trek off through the apple orchard on my own adventures and Mom would always give me little sandwich baggies full of miniature marshmallows and chocolate chips to sustain me during my journeys, LOL! Ahhhh... good times, good times... :)
Needless to say, I'm pretty fond of this little card...anywho, I should go get ready for the day.
Later gators!
Supply list:
cardstock- Kraft and Copic X-Press It
paper- My Mind's Eye (floral), Scrapworks (stripe)
digi stamp- Tiddlyinks (Donna's Adventure)
stamp- Little Paper Shop (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox creamy brown and Tim Holtz Distress tumbled glass
Prima flowers
Kaiser Craft pearls
Martha Stewart butterfly punch
Fiskars border punch
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E15, E17, E19, E18
clothes- RV14, RV17, RV19, YG03, YG95, YG97, B95, B97, B99, R000, R20, R21
wagon/stuff/grass- R46, R59, E18, C5, C7, C9, E53, E55, E57, E50, E30, 0, R81, R83, YG67, YG17
27 comments:
- Kellie Winnell said...
She is absolutely adorable but the way you bring her to life is just amazing! As always WOW!
- January 16, 2011 at 5:05 AM
- Saskia said...
Oooh... so sweet! Beautiful card!
Greetings, Saskia :)
**I've got a little giva-away on my blog, feel free to take a look :) **
- January 16, 2011 at 5:06 AM
- bosenberries said...
She's really sweet... doing some reminiscing on my blog today too.. he he.. the good old days!!
- January 16, 2011 at 5:17 AM
- ♥Rach♥ said...
This is just so cute! The colors are just so beautiful and I love the stamp, layout and sentiment. Fab job lady, big hugs!
- January 16, 2011 at 5:58 AM
- Zarah said...
I'm loooving this!
- January 16, 2011 at 6:30 AM
- Pöydän kulmalla näpertelijä said...
This is sooooo sweet. I love the cute scene you've created.
- January 16, 2011 at 6:43 AM
- Rhonda Miller said...
What a sweet card. I just love the sentiment you've used.
- January 16, 2011 at 7:27 AM
- Renkata said...
So adorable and cute image.
Love the combination of papers.
- January 16, 2011 at 7:32 AM
- Shaela said...
this is darling! I haven't had as much time as I would like either, but hopefully I can get to something today or tomorrow :)
- January 16, 2011 at 8:07 AM
- Lau W said...
Oh such a nice colouring, your card is really superb !
- January 16, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Berenice R. said...
So adorable! Thanks for sharing :)
- January 16, 2011 at 8:28 AM
- Maria Therese said...
Beautiful card love the scenery!
- January 16, 2011 at 8:42 AM
- Kim Y. said...
How sweet is this??!! The image is darling and I love that sentiment! Awesome card, Amy!
- January 16, 2011 at 9:36 AM
- WickedPixie said...
This is so sweet and pretty and has really brought a smile to my face! :-)Traci
- January 16, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- sweet craf-tea chick said...
super adorable and sweet card, amy! love that image! wonderful color combo and that border is adorable. thanks for sharing and hope you have a wonderful day! *hugs* steph :)
- January 16, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- Shirley N said...
Ohhh so adorable, love this Amy! Beautiful scene and lovely sentiment! Happy Sunday!
- January 16, 2011 at 12:06 PM
- Shannon Erskine aka e3stamper said...
What a sweet image! I love that sentiment too Amy!! So pretty!!
- January 16, 2011 at 1:26 PM
- Julie said...
So gorgeous - great image and fabby colours and papers!! Juliexx
- January 16, 2011 at 2:23 PM
- Debbie Pamment said...
oooh she is just toooooo sweet! Fabulous job with her too - she looks like she's a girl on a mission to get somewhere - so you're sentiment is perfect!
- January 16, 2011 at 3:40 PM
- dolcreations said...
You DO bring your images to life! Absolutely stunning how you colour up these wonderful cards!!!
- January 16, 2011 at 4:27 PM
- Leanne said...
This is absolutely adorable Amy!!! Great scene, colors and the perfect set of stamps and sentiment. TFS a small part of your childhood. Hugs :)
- January 16, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- itsabrt said...
Oh Amy this is stupendous!
- January 16, 2011 at 10:33 PM
- donna mikasa said...
Amy!! Such a delightful card! I've printed this digi out but haven't had a chance to color her up yet, and I'm only seeing this now! The sentiment is perfectly perfect, too!
- January 16, 2011 at 11:28 PM
- Juls said...
so so gorgeous! adorable image!!!! I love the little stipy scallops!!!! Hugs Juls
- January 17, 2011 at 5:45 AM
- Stamping Cafe said...
This is just too adorable, love love love what you did with the sweet image! Love that sentiment too, so perfect!!
- January 17, 2011 at 9:47 AM
- RiNNE said...
Reminds me of my own memories of my own childhood! What a lovely stamp! And a gorgeous scene -- also reminds me of Ramona quimby (have you read her books)? Just wonderful, Amy!!!
- January 22, 2011 at 9:33 AM
- Alice Wertz said...
hee... Donna is just adorable (both!!). such a sweet card. love the springy look!!
- January 29, 2011 at 1:39 AM

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HOUSTON (AP) -- Aaron Brooks is back with the Houston Rockets and he's back with an all-new cast.
The 6-foot Brooks signed with Houston on Tuesday, returning to the team that drafted him with the 26th overall pick in 2007. The Rockets traded Brooks in February 2011 and have since changed coaches and completely rebuilt the roster.
When Brooks walked into his first practice, he didn't see a single teammate from his previous time in Houston.
"A whole bunch of new guys," Brooks said. "But everybody seems pretty cool and I'm happy to be back."
To make room for Brooks, the Rockets waived forward Tyler Honeycutt, who was acquired from Sacramento in a multi-player trade just before the deadline. Houston picked up rookie Thomas Robinson and Francisco Garcia in that deal and now add Brooks, who averaged eight points and 2.3 assists in 46 games for the Kings this season.
Brooks was waived by Sacramento on Friday, and he becomes the third point guard on Houston's roster, joining Jeremy Lin and Patrick Beverley. Coach Kevin McHale said it was too early to tell how he would use Brooks or how quickly he would work into the rotation.
"Aaron's comfortable with Houston, he's been here before, so hopefully that will help him," McHale said. "It's his first day, he's got to figure out a lot of new stuff."
The Rockets (33-28) hold the No. 7 spot in the Western Conference heading into Wednesday's game in Dallas. The Rockets routed the Mavericks 136-103 on Sunday night, Houston's fourth win in six games and the last thing Brooks wants to do is upset chemistry.
"It's a good team, Lin is playing well and Patrick's playing well," Brooks said. "That gives you a little bit of time to kind of ease your way into it and kind of fit in."
Brooks, 28, played his first 3 1/2 NBA seasons in Houston, averaging 12.8 points and 3.6 assists per game from 2007-11. He took over the starting role when Rafer Alston was traded in February 2009 and helped Houston advance to the second round of the postseason for the first time since 1997.
Lin, four years younger, is eager to see what he can learn from Brooks as the Rockets try to return to the postseason for the first time in four seasons.
"He's a little older, so he'll be able to give us guidance and help and leadership," Lin said. "That's what we need. He'll be a stabilizer for us."
Brooks showed spectacular flashes during Houston's last playoff run, in 2009. He scored 27 points in a first-round win over Portland and scored 34 in a rousing playoff victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. He had his best statistical season in 2009-10, averaging 19.6 points and 5.3 assists per game. He led the NBA and set a Rockets' single-season record with 209 3-pointers that season and was named the league's most improved player.
Brooks was traded to Phoenix for Goran Dragic and played in China during the lockout. He had to play out his contract there, delaying the possibility of returning to the NBA. But he made the most of his time there, leading the Guangdong Southern Tigers to the championship round.
"I wouldn't take that back for the world," Brooks said. "A lot of guys don't get a chance to do that. Just that whole `being out of the country and being able to survive when you don't speak the main language' was a good opportunity and learning experience for me."
The Kings signed Brooks to a two-year contract in July 2012, then bought it out when they waived him last week.
Two seasons ago, Brooks sprained his left ankle early in the season, lost his starting job to Kyle Lowry and then was suspended one game for leaving the bench during a victory over Memphis. He apologized to then-coach Rick Adelman and general manager Daryl Morey, then was traded two weeks later.
Brooks said he got over that a long time ago and was happy the Rockets thought of him after the Kings let him go.
"That means I must've done something right when I was here," Brooks said. "I kind of went out on a bad note. To have the team that traded you want you back, it feels real good. I was cool with the coaching staff when I left, I thought. I don't think there are any problems at all. I don't remember that much of it."


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CIU Rams Host Sports Camps this Summer
Great fun, good competition and personalized instruction are the focus of three sports camps this summer at Columbia International University.
CIU Soccer Coach James Whitaker hosted the first-ever CIU Boys Soccer Camp in early June. For four days players ages 5-17 experienced high-quality, individual instruction and learned the fundamentals of the game and skill development from an experienced camp staff, including specialized goalkeeper training. Competitive tournaments and matches were a highlight of the week.
The CIU Boys and Girls Basketball Camp for children in first through eighth grade featured three days of basketball fundamentals and skill development. The camp focused on the skill level of each child and worked toward improving their abilities. Daily sessions consisted of a combination of instruction, demonstrations, drills, skill station work and games.
The camp was led by CIU Rams Men's Basketball Coach Kyle Mendenhall and CIU Rams Women's Basketball Coach Tammy Holder.
The CIU Cross Country Camp is July 22-24 for seventh to twelfth graders and features basic biomechanics, nutrition, and goal setting, as well as training tips from CIU Rams Cross Country Coach Jud Brooker who comes from a family of respected and award-winning runners. Joining Coach Brooker at the camp will be his father, Elite Distance Coach Scott Brooker, who was a U.S. Women's Cross Country Nationals race director, and his mother, Jane Brooker, a three-time Olympic trials qualifier.
All three camps include a Christian camp environment with daily devotions led by the coaches. For details and registration go to: http://ciuathletics.com/page.asp?articleID=2


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TD Bank says Hooksett firm thwarted foreclosure auctionBy BRENDAN CLOGSTON
Union Leader Correspondent
May 03. 2013 11:48PM
Lawyers for TD Bank are arguing that a Hooksett business owner is attempting to use the police and the courts to prevent them from completing a foreclosure sale on his property.
David McCurdy is the principal of MTS Associates, which sells and services golf carts and utility vehicles, and PM Cross, a related real estate entity that leases out the property on which MTS operates. MTS remains operational, but TD Bank foreclosed on PM Cross in March, and scheduled an April 24 auction, according to bankruptcy court filings.
Bank lawyers have accused McCurdy of attempting to stonewall the auction, first attempting to use the police to prevent the bidders from stepping onto the property and then by filing for Chapter 11 reorganization mid-auction.
McCurdy and his lawyer, Peter Tamposi, could not be reached for comment. The bank's lawyer, Ed Ford, declined a request for comment.
The bank filed a foreclosure notice on the property on March 18. Prior to the auction, there had been no legal filings against the foreclosure. The auction was scheduled for April 24. Six bidders arrived at the property on Cross Road in Hooksett that day and found their entry barred by a Hooksett police cruiser.
According to Hooksett Police Chief Peter Bartlett, McCurdy initially led the officer to believe he wanted to hire a police detail for an auction, not to bar entry to one.
"The owner of MTS, from what I've been told, he called and hired a detail for an auction," Bartlett said. "When the detail was taken in from the officer, they assumed from their conversation that he was holding an auction for his golf equipment or something, and he said he just didn't want too much traffic over to this auction."
When the bank officials came to hold the foreclosure auction for the property, the owner told them that they weren't allowed on the property. However, the officer realized this was not the case.
"Clearly, it was a communication error on the part of the business owner," Bartlett said.
At this point, the officer told him that it was a civil matter, and called for a superior. Lt. Michael Labrecque was on his way to help settle the matter, but before he arrived, Ford, the bank's lawyer, not wanting to "get into a confrontation," decided to hold the auction in the parking lot.
Two of the six bidders were active in the parking lot auction: Nicholas Mercier and Louis Pichette, who the bank is alleging was clandestinely working with McCurdy. McCurdy himself was watching the proceedings from behind the cruiser while his agent allegedly recorded the auction.
Mercier's top bid was over Pichette's by $25,000 at $1,075,000. Before that bid could be finalized, PM Cross filed for Chapter 11, effectively halting the sale.
Ford has described the filing as having been made in bad faith, writing: "There is no reorganization purpose here, but only a purpose to frustrate TD Bank's ability to sell at auction to a third party for the highest and best price."
Ford has asked the bankruptcy judge, Bruce Harwood, to dismiss the bankruptcy stay and allow the bank to move ahead with the sale.
PM Cross' attorney has characterized this push as attempting to make a decision by "fire drill." He also argued that Pichette had expressed a willingness to match Mercier's bid if he walked away, and thus TD Bank had no reason to fear for its investment.
A key question in the proceedings will be whether PM Cross can be considered a small business, as Ford asserts, or a retail estate holding company, as Tamposi maintains. Bankruptcy law largely prevents small businesses from filing Chapter 11 twice in two years, as PM Cross has.
TD Bank granted a $1 million U.S. Small Business Administration-backed loan to PM Cross in 2007, according to the filing. The Hooksett company first filed for Chapter 11 protection in January 2012, and that loan was renegotiated through the courts in October at $1.1 million.
Of that loan, $963,000 was to be at 5.25 percent interest. The remaining $154,000 was interest-free, but with the caveat that this figure be paid back in five years with monthly payments of about $7,400. PM Cross missed every one of these payments, according to the bank. It offered a payment of about $6,800 in December, but the bank rejected this.
MTS Associates has never entered bankruptcy and remains operational. However, it was supposed to pay a monthly rent of $14,500. While PM Cross received $61,400 for the lease in 2011, it saw nothing from MTS in 2012 and 2013.
TD Bank remains PM Cross' largest creditor. The company owes $32,400 to the town of Hooksett and $8,200 to the Small Business Administration.


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We never know when an emergency might arise. For this reason alone, please teach your children, today, how to respond to an emergency. Explain to them what exactly constitutes an emergency and when, and when not, to call 911.
Make sure children know when to call 911, using these guidelines.
- a fire
- someone is hurt badly
- someone is passed out
- someone is unresponsive
- stranger trying to come in the house
- kidnapping, etc
Make sure they know what falls under an emergency, but more important if there is someone in the family with some type of medical issue, such as Diabetes or a Heart condition, they should know how to help that family member just in case they need to help them one day.
Diabetes - We should all know that if a Diabetic starts acting a little weird that their blood sugar is getting dangerously low. At this point the person should be given some food or even orange juice, that raises blood sugar rapidly. If the Diabetic passes out (or starts having a seizure), immediately try to put some sugar under their tongue or even to side of mouth and call 911.
Heart Attack - Have aspirin where a child can access it. Putting an aspirin into the person's mouth may just save their life.
If there are other Health conditions in your household, don't neglect to explain even to a 3 year old. They really do "get it". There was even an incident of a 2 year old saving her mom's life last year. The mom had just explained about calling 911 the week prior to the incident. The little girl actually dialed 911 and said "Mommy boo-boo" and the emergency personnel responded and this mother's life was saved.
It is also good to explain "situations" to children and talk about "what should they do" if it happens. Don't use scare tactics, just normal everyday conversation.


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Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy still mum on starting QB for Kansas
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy is staying mum about who will start at quarterback against Kansas on Saturday.
True freshman Wes Lunt won a three-way competition during the spring to become the starter, but went down with a knee injury early in a Sept. 15 win over Louisiana-Lafayette. Redshirt freshman J.W. Walsh came in to finish that game and went the distance in a 41-36 loss to Texas on Sept. 29.
Walsh proved effective in both games, passing for 347 yards and four touchdowns against Louisiana-Lafayette and 301 yards and two touchdowns against Texas. He also rushed for 130 yards in the two wins. Lunt went 11-for-11 passing in the season opener - an 84-0 romp over Savannah State - and passed for 436 yards and four touchdowns in a 59-38 loss at Arizona.
Gundy called Lunt's status "day-to-day" on Monday, saying Lunt has returned to throwing drills during practice but hasn't yet run plays. Lunt has missed just one game so far, as Oklahoma State (2-2, 0-1 Big 12) had bye weeks before and after the game against Texas.
Gundy said he thinks Lunt will mentally be ready to play Saturday afternoon against Kansas (1-4, 0-2), but Lunt's physical status will be evaluated during the rest of the week.
"The fairest way to put it is Wes' reps in practice will increase as his body allows," Gundy said, later adding that "we're not going to put him out there until he's ready."
Lunt won't lose the starting job because of injury, Gundy said, saying it was "the best way and the fairest way" to handle a similar situation at any position. But the coach left himself a bit of wiggle room when discussing the subject Monday.
"Anybody can get beat out at any time," Gundy said. "The quarterback position is more high-profile because everybody sees it. But if they're nonproductive at any position, then we work somebody else in, and then if another guy is producing more and helping our team win, then that guy stays in. But I think the thing to remember here is, is Wes was pretty productive when he was playing and we would expect for him to be that way when he comes back."
If Gundy did make a mid-season change at quarterback, it would be the first time he changed starters at that position for anything other than injury reasons since Zac Robinson replaced Bobby Reid in 2007.
Walsh spoke to reporters Monday and said he didn't know if it would be him or Lunt starting on Saturday.
"I really couldn't tell you when I'll find out," Walsh said. "But we'll both prepare like we're going to be the starter. That way, when we go in we'll all be prepared and be able to do the best that we can."
Walsh believes he's grown as a quarterback the last few weeks because he's worked with the Cowboys' first-team unit in practice and in games.
Gundy didn't disagree with that assessment.
"He's growing and maturing with the position through 150 plays or 200 plays or however many he's been able to get out there on the field," Gundy said. "His learning curve has started. You have to get into it a little bit before you can actually start to learn. . He has made mistakes and corrected those mistakes and then had successful plays to follow those mistakes. He's different in that way than he was Sept. 1."
The Cowboys' players feel confident with either quarterback, starting center Evan Epstein said.
"We have the same plays and we go out and block them," Epstein said. "The only difference is there's a different hand pointing to me when I look through my legs and snap him the ball. We trust any one of those guys. I've said it 100 times. Either one of those guys can get the job done."
Long-term, Gundy wouldn't commit to using both quarterbacks, but he did say what Walsh has brought to the Cowboys is intriguing and that they need to take advantage of his talents.
"If he were at another position, offense or defense, he would be in the game somewhere, somehow, whether he'd be a pass rusher, a run stopper, a route runner, coverage guy, support safety," Gundy said. "So just because he plays the quarterback position, we would need to not totally eliminate the thought of maybe using him to our advantage to help us win football games."


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Nine high school-aged poetry champions from around Oregon are set to compete in the state Poetry Out Loud competition on March 16, including Emelia (Emmy) McPherson of Hood River Valley High School. Each Poetry Out Loud competitor has already won both school and regional contests held earlier this year.
Of McPherson's victory March 9 in Beaverton, HRVHS teacher and Poetry Out Loud adviser Gabe Judah said, "(Her) excellent performances of Walt Witman's very challenging 'Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field one Night' and Hart Crane's 'My Grandmother's Love Letters' helped her to make it to the final round of the regional competition.
"Her third poem of the evening, 'Black Boys Play the Classics,' by Toi Derricotte, propelled her to victory."
He said that her performance of that poem moved one judge to comment that "Each character had their own movement and voice."
McPherson, 16, is a trumpet player in three different ensembles and sings soprano is several vocal groups. She is a lettered member of the lacrosse team and plans to pursue the arts in college. This is her third year participating in Poetry Out Loud.
The nine regional champions, ranging in age from 15 to 18, are fine-tuning their recitations, and will be judged on physical presence, voice and articulation, appropriateness of dramatization, accuracy, evidence of understanding, level of difficulty and overall performance. Each contestant must prepare three poems.
The state competition winner, to be announced immediately after the recitations at Saturday's event, will represent Oregon in the national finals in Washington, D.C., April 29-30.
The Oregon champion wins an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., (with a chaperone), a $200 scholarship and $500 for the school library to purchase poetry books. At nationals, Oregon's winner will compete for more than $35,000 in scholarships.
This year's judges are Mike Chaser, assistant professor of English at Willamette University, Crystal Williams, professor of creative writing at Reed College, and Scott Poole, poet and founding director of the Portland literary festival Wordstock. Poole will present an original poem as the invocation for the event.
The competition will be held from 1-4 p.m. in the Spinning Room of the Willamette Heritage Center at Mission Mill, 1313 Mill St. S.E. in Salem.
Poetry Out Loud, now in its eighth successful year in Oregon, involves the memorization and recitation of classic poetry and culminates in a statewide competition.
The program seeks to foster the next generation of literary readers by capitalizing on the latest trends in poetry: recitation and performance. It builds on the resurgence of poetry as an oral art form, as seen in the slam poetry movement, and brings aspects of slam poetry, spoken word and theater into the English class.
For more information on Poetry Out Loud, contact the Oregon Arts Commission at 503-986-0082, or visit www.poetryoutloud.org.
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By Rory Winston
Look forward in anger: a fitting battle cry for stand-up raconteur Henry Rollins, the punk patriot who continues to wave his symbolic Black Flag behind enemy lines. Though the band of that name has retreated into history, Rollins refuses to surrender to either unfocused rage or age. Instead, he has become a lean, mean, top-billing comic machine, who has vented his outrage into a spoken-word performance that has taken much of Europe by storm.
Though his recent Scandinavian tour is part of a promotion for his IFC network show, "Henry Rollins," the unflagging Renaissance man successfully exports more than just a TV show. He is a self-described "bad boy goodwill ambassador" who reassures the wary: "The U.S. majority is not synonymous with the moral majority; and our pop culture is not as feeble as our incumbent president's speaking skills."


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Arturo gatti vs Johnny tapia
Started by Smelodies, Jun 12 2012 09:02 AM
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Posted 12 June 2012 - 09:02 AM
Posted 12 June 2012 - 01:16 PM
This is more of a pfp than an approrpiate weight. Tapia's best weight was at 115. Gatti fought Micky Ward at close to welterweight. In a pfp sense Tapia was the superior fighter in terms of skill and speed.
Posted 13 June 2012 - 02:35 AM
Gatti`s lowest weight class was Super Featherweight. Tapia was no where near that....pfp Tapia was a way smarter and better boxer.
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Garrigus lead down to 1 shot at Innisbrook
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Robert Garrigus missed two short par putts over the last seven holes Saturday, and just like that, his four-shot lead dwindled to one in the Valspar Championship.
That's about the only thing that went quickly.
On a gorgeous afternoon at Innisbrook, pace of play on the PGA Tour reared its ugly head again.
Garrigus had to settle for a 1-under 70 when he missed short par putts on the 12th and 18th holes, giving him a one-shot lead over Kevin Na, who labored and fidgeted his way around the Copperhead course to a 68.
The final group turned into a threesome for most of the back nine — Garrigus, Kevin Na and a rules official with his hand on a stopwatch. Even though they finished in just under four hours, they were as many as two holes behind the group ahead of them.
Both players were given a bad time — a first for Garrigus, but not for Na — and one more would have meant a one-shot penalty.
"I'm not used to being put on the clock," said Garrigus, one of the fastest players in golf. "That's the first time in nine years — actually the first time in 17 years as a professional — I've ever got a bad time on the golf course. I started laughing."
They were on the clock when Garrigus had a nasty lie in the rough on the side of the hill on the par-5 14th. He walked some 30 yards up to the green to study his shot, and by the time he walked back to hit it, he was went beyond his allotted 40 seconds.
Na was given a bad time on the par-3 13th hole when he was first to play.
"Over water, tough to judge the wind and corner pin is obviously brutal, and probably just took some extra time because it was probably a hard golf shot," Na said. "Unfortunately, I was past the time. I know how to play. I don't know what people were saying, but I don't feel like I should be criticized for my play today because I'm the first one to admit if I play slow. But I really didn't feel like I played slow today."
A traffic jam is likely for the final round.
Garrigus was at 8-under 205, and the final seven holes brought several players back into the mix — most of them needing a win to get into the Masters.
John Senden of Australia made a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to cap off a 64, moving up 32 spots on the leaderboard into third place, just two shots behind. Justin Rose, at No. 7 the highest-ranked player in the field, made bogey from a wild tee shot on the 18th for a 69 and was three shots behind.
Retief Goosen finished his bogey-free 64 some 2½ hours before the leaders began the third round. He made the cut on the number, and suddenly finds himself within four shots of the lead on a course where he has won before. Goosen was at 4-under 209, along with Scott Langley (69) and Charley Hoffman (67).
Luke Donald, a winner at Innisbrook two years ago, was in the group five shots behind.
Garrigus did plenty right. He hit two balls off the first tee, only to find his original tee shot had banged off a tree and back into play. He converted that into a birdie, made a 12-foot birdie on the next hole and stretched his lead to four shots with a nifty flop shot from the pine straw that set up a birdie on the par-5 fifth.
That was his last birdie.
Na remarkably has made only one bogey through 54 holes on a Copperhead course with plenty of bite. He turned a potential bogey into birdie when he chipped in from deep rough on the par-3 15th hole.
The pressure came more from the clock held by rules official Gary Young.
Na said he was discussing the line of his 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th with caddie Kenny Harms when he wanted one last look.
"I was about to back off. Kenny goes, 'You better go,'" Na said. "I kind of peaked out in the fairway and there's Gary on the cart with a little clock."
Even so, Na said he didn't feel a need to apologize.
Pat Perez, playing in the group ahead of them, hit a tee shot into the vegetation on the third hole. Taking a penalty drop would leave him in a palmetto bush, so he opted to go back to the tee. Perez was given a cart ride to the tee and back to his next ball in play, and then he was gone. Perez is one of the fastest players.
"They took off," Garrigus said. "When Pat is playing bad, he takes four seconds to hit a shot."
Na said Garrigus told him after the round that he would tell him if he were playing slow. He said other players have told him he has picked up the pace. He said he has improved "a ton" since The Players Championship in 2012, when he was changing his swing and had trouble taking the club back — or changing his mind at the top and purposely missing the ball so he could start over.
"It's not fair for me because I already have that stamp on me," Na said.
He would much rather me known as a guy with multiple wins on the PGA Tour, and he has a chance to get his second title on Sunday. So does Garrigus, whose only other win was at Disney in 2010.
At stake for both is a spot in the Masters. Of the seven players separated by four shots going into the final round, Rose is the only one eligible for the first major of the year.


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Nintendo of America has acknowledged complaints regarding the slow pace of starting and navigating the Wii U.
"We are aware that users are experiencing load times when they launch or switch between applications," the company said in the General Info section of Nintendo Support's Wii U section.
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Vampire Circus (US - BD RA)
Gabe views one of Hammer Horror's most bizarre films on Blu-ray disc...
15 years after the brutal slaying of the evil Count Mitterhaus, the quaint Austrian village that murdered him is left dying of plague. A traveling circus cuts through the gun enforced quarantine, and offers the dying village distraction from hardship and sickness. Unfortunately, their troubles have just begun. The circus is crawling with the shape-shifting vampire relatives of the late Count, all bent on revenge. As villagers start to disappear it finally dawns on town elders that these performers aren't what they seem.
The last year has been quite the learning experience for me. After well over a decade filling my knowledge cup with every horror film I could get my hands on, I realized there was a huge gap in my education – Hammer Studios. For readers that don't know, Hammer was (is, I guess) a British studio that found its niche in 'reimagining' the same classic horror tales Universal had made popular, like the Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing Dracula series, the Peter Cushing Frankenstein series, or stand alone films like the exquisite Curse of the Werewolf. The Hammer formula was stagy, gothic, bloody, and full of ample cleavage, all in stunning colour. The colour gore was the exploitation element they needed to sell, but the films are actually, on average, very classy, and pretty great. Well, for a while, then the late '60s hit, and Hammer found themselves out of fashion. Not to be defeated by younger audiences the studio started making more 'youth friendly' flicks like Dracula AD 1972 (a movie I happen to recommend and enjoy, by the way). Vampire Circus, with all its psychedelic imagery and groovy undertones, is one of the better samples of this piece of the studio's history.
The film starts in a pretty classic Hammer fashion with castles, melodrama and fangs (perhaps a little more on the R-rated than old school Hammer), but things start getting weird when the circus comes into town, and striped, naked women start sex dancing with big cat trainers. Things never turn as groovy as Dracula AD 1972, mostly because the plot keeps within a period timeframe, but on many levels Vampire Circus feels more like a Paul Naschy flick with a decent budget and better actors. In place of dramatic special effects, director Robert Young opts for surrealist editing tricks and abstract sound. There's a floaty, dreamlike quality to everything following the brutal pre-credit sequence. Pacing and plot are clearly not a huge concern, which reminds me of similar period Italian films, and gives the film its genuinely disturbing edge.
Vampire Circus doesn't have the star power of a Christopher Lee or a Peter Cushing, but the cast is up to the usual Hammer standards, exceeding some of the less impressive outings like Blood from the Mummy's Tomb. The acting style is on the campy side, of course, but rarely ripe or noxious. I'd like to point out that the film also has a bit of a political streak, which is very rare for the normally allegory free studio. I'm not quite sure what Young and screenwriter Judson Kinberg are trying to say exactly, but a town ravaged by disease, guarded by armed men in a film made at the height of many left wing political movements surely has something behind its more obvious attributes.
This disc marks long standing exploitation king Synapse Film's first ever Blu-ray release, and for the most part I'd say the studio is off to a good start. The source material's age likely made for a less than ideal original print, but besides being a little on the dark side this is a solid 1080p showing. Problems like ever-present fine grain and flicker might bug other viewers, but most of us know it just goes with the territory. This is likely better than Vampire Circus has looked since its initial release, which was likely just as grainy and flickery. Details are sharp, though they are lost in the darkness of the frame on many occasions, and clarity is way beyond the mushy print I caught on Netflix streaming. Compression artefacts are nowhere to be found, and edge enhancement is at an absolute minimum. Comparisons can easily be made to the included DVD, which is noisier, less crisp, and not as vibrant. Colours look fabulous (the forest scenes are incredibly lush), though the brightest reds do bleed on occasion. Overall I'm thinking Hammer enthusiasts will be quite happy with the transfer, and I'm very much looking forward to more Synapse Blu-ray releases.
Synapse, unlike Blue Underground and Anchor Bay, has rarely opted to remix original tracks into surround sound, and this release is no exception. Vampire Circus is presented in an uncompressed DTS-HD Master Audio, two channel mono track, and the sound is plenty effective. There are occasions when the quantity of noise overpowers the channels and leads to some minor distortion, but most of the track is clean, and even sonically contrasting enough to create the illusion of stereo on occasion. David Whitaker's eerie and melodramatic score is both the track's finest asset and most consistent problem, as it peaks in a distorted state, but still adds texture to the mix. For fun Synapse has also included a music and effects only track. If the music was just a little more of a constant element this might've actually become the ideal way to watch the dreamy feature. The dialogue doesn't really explain the happenings any better than the images anyway.
Extras begin with 'The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus' (32:40, HD). This well produced, good looking featurette features a brief history of Hammer itself, then moves on to the history of this particularly odd film. It's quick, but there's a lot of information crammed into every nook and cranny, and genuinely made me respect the production more than I had while watching it. The most interesting factoid is an explanation for the film's odd pacing and plotting – Robert Young simply ran out of time and money, and didn't finish filming. Interviews include experts Joe Dante (does he make movies anymore, or does he just show up on extra features?), Ted Newsom, Philip Nutman and Tim Lucas, and a brief chat with actor David Prowse (Darth Vader), who plays the circus' strong man.
Next up is 'Gallery of Grotesqueries: A Brief History of Circus Horrors' (15:10, HD), a featurette on real life circuses/amusement parks and their history in horror cinema, featuring the same graphic design as the making-of featurette. Effective, if not a bit thin, coverage includes classics like The Cabinet of Cagliari, The Unknown, Freaks, Murders in the Rue Morgue, House of Frankenstein, Circus of Horrors, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Circus of Fear, Berserk, Torture Garden, She Freak, Carnival of Blood, and of course, Vampire Circus (eh, maybe 'classic' is the wrong word). 'Visiting the House of Hammer: Britain's Legendary Horror Magazine' (9:50, HD) also shares graphic design and expert Philip Nutman with the other featurettes. Again, this feature is brief, but I personally learned a lot about the horror comic adaptation/horror magazine, and adored the big, colourful, hi-def cover reproductions. The extras are completed with a motion comic (3:10, HD), a still and poster gallery (HD), and the original theatrical trailer (HD).
Synapse's first Blu-ray release features a solid transfer, clean mono audio, and more extras than most of the studio's releases. It's also one of the first Hammer Studio films to be released in HD in the States, if not the first. Excitingly the bar above the title on the cover art reads 'Hammer Horror Collection', which implies there might be more of the same on the way. Fans of the film and studio will be satisfied, and readers that haven't seen the film might want to give it a look, even though Vampire Circus isn't the best place to start a Hammer experience.
*Note: The images on this page were taken from the included DVD copy, and do not represent the Blu-ray's image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Nice review, Gabe - it should be pointed out to UK readers that this f**ker is region 'A' locked.
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Matt Contributor Join Date: October 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,113
Vampire Circus is neck and neck with Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (Mmm...Caroline Munro) as my favorite Hammer horror film. Synapse is also planning releases of Twins of Evil and Hands of the Ripper in 2011, hence the Hammer Collection banner.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,718
Ooooo Hands of the Ripper! I've never seen Twins of Evil. This is seriously the first time in my life I've made an effort to see these films, so I'm pretty far behind. It's too bad so many are out of print. So far Curse of the Werewolf, Quartermas and the Pit and The Devil Rides Out are my favs.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 14th December 2010
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.66:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono English, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono Music and Effects Track
Subtitles: None
Extras: The Bloodiest Show on Earth, Gallery of Grotesqueries, Visiting the House of Hammer, Motion Comic, Still and Poster Gallery, Trailer, DVD copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Robert Young
Cast: David Prowse, Robert Tayman, Anthony Higgins, Thorley Walters
Genre: Horror
Length: 87 minutes
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The road was too dark, the traffic too light, and they were going in the wrong direction. Ken Stahl had promised his wife Carolyn Oppy "a big surprise" for her birthday, but when he pulled over on a deserted turnout 30 miles from their home in Huntington Beach, Calif., she must have been worried. No streetlights, no houses in sight, no reason to be there at all. The engine was still running when the killer approached, a gun in his hand. It was all according to plan: $30,000 up front, paid by the husband for a hit on his wife.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency says 95,000 people are eligible for emergency housing assistance in New York and New Jersey.
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Irvin A. Nelson, 86, of Devils Lake, N.D., died on Friday, December 14, 2012 at the Heartland Care Center, Devils Lake.�
Irvin A. Nelson, 86, of Devils Lake, N.D., died on Friday, December 14, 2012 at the Heartland Care Center, Devils Lake.� Funeral services for Irvin will be held at St. Olaf Lutheran Church on Thursday, December 20 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Jeff Nicla officiating.� Burial will be in the Devils Lake Cemetery with Military Honors accorded by the Neathery-Simensen Post 756 and the North Dakota Military Funeral Honors Team.� Visitation on Thursday will be at the church one hour prior to the funeral service.� Serving as casket bearers for Irvin will be members of the Neathery-Simensen Post 756.� Irvin Ardell, ninth of eleven children born to Oscar and Louise (Sorenson) Nelson was born on May 25, 1926 on the family farm in Antelope Township, rural Maddock, N.D.�He was a baptized and confirmed member of the South Viking Church.� His father died when Irvin was only 15 years old, so the love and support of a large family sustained them through the hard times. He attended grade school in a small country school in Antelope Township and graduated from the Benson County Agricultural and Technical School in Maddock.� Irvin was united in marriage to Dorothy Mae Haugen on March 16, 1946 in Glendive, Mont.� Irvin entered the United States Army on April 9, 1946, serving his country during the Korean Conflict with Company B, 63rd Infantry Regiment. While he served in the military, Dorothy moved out to Washington and stayed with Irvin's sister, Bergliot.� Irvin was honorably discharged on July 26, 1947.� Irvin and Dorothy returned to North Dakota and Irvin began his 38 year career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Sully's Hill.�He received special law enforcement training in Georgia and became a Federal Game Warden.� After his retirement he worked for the North Dakota Park and Recreation System at Graham's Island and Shelver's Grove for two years.� Of course it was no surprise that Irvin loved the outdoors.� He enjoyed hunting and fishing in all the seasons.� Irvin was an active member of the Odd Fellows Lodge in Devils Lake for 59 years serving as Secretary, Noble Grand and twice as the Grand Marshal of the North Dakota Lodge.� In retirement, Irvin also did volunteer work for organizations including the Ramsey County Meals on Wheels Program and the Juvenile Diabetes Association.� �Irvin lived a life of service to his beloved wife and family, his country, his church and to preserving the beauty of nature and the environment of the Lake Region.� He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Dorothy; son Darryl Nelson and his wife Nancy of Chaska, Minn. and daughter, Luanne and her husband Duane Erickson of Minot, N.D.; four grandchildren, Nicole (Chris) Rasmussen of Chaska, Brady (Amanda) Nelson of Denver, Colo. and Nicholas (Stephanie) Erickson of New Prague, Minn., Adam (Amanda) Erickson of Fargo, N.D.; eight great grandchildren, Christopher, Anna, Lauren, Catherine and Jayden, Maura, Morgan and Devin; brother, Quintin (Ruth) Nelson of Harrisburg, Ore. and sister, Dorothy (Duane) Nelson of Bismarck, N.D.; sister-in-law, Lillian Hegland of New Rockford, N.D.; brother-in-law Vernon Ellingson of Minnewaukan, N.D.; many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Nelius, Bjarne, Einer and Vern Nelson; and sisters, Bergliot Patterson, Florence Hennig, Norma Haug and Irene Ellingson. Friends may sign the online register book and share memories of Irvin at www.gilbertsonfuneralhome.com Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, is in charge of arrangements.


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Orders to U.S. factories fell in January by the most in five months, weighed down by a slump in demand for military hardware and commercial aircraft.
Bookings dropped 2% after a revised 1.3% increase in December, Commerce Department data showed today in Washington. Economists projected a 2.2% decline, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey. Demand for durable goods decreased 4.9%, little changed from the 5.2% drop estimated last week, while non-durables climbed 0.6% on gains in petroleum and chemicals.
The biggest jump in machinery including construction equipment and generators in almost five years is helping boost manufacturing. A pickup in business spending indicates companies are looking beyond the fiscal-policy battles in Washington as sales improve.
"Manufacturing is looking a bit stronger than it was in the second half of last year," Robert Mellman, senior economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York, said before the report. "Housing is going gangbusters, other parts of the economy are doing better, and the inventory cycle has turned positive. Foreign demand in some places might start to pick up."
Estimates of 63 economists ranged from declines of 0.5% to 4.5%. The Commerce Department revised the December figure from an initially estimated 1.8% gain.
Excluding transportation equipment, factory orders rose 1.3% in January after a 0.1% drop the prior month. Boeing Co., the Chicago-based aerospace company, said it received two orders in January, down from 183 the prior month. Boeing is contending with safety concerns related to batteries on its 787 Dreamliner.
Military Orders
Orders for military capital goods slumped 69.7% after jumping 107.2% in December, today's report showed. Excluding defense, bookings rose 0.3% in January after declining 0.2% the prior month.
While these orders are volatile month to month, they highlight the risk that across-the-board federal budget cuts, known as sequestration, represent for the world's largest economy. About $1.2 trillion in reductions over the next decade began taking effect at the start of March.
Orders for capital goods excluding aircraft and military equipment, a measure of future business investment, advanced 7.2%, the biggest gain since September 2004, after falling 0.8% in December. The gain was revised up from the 6.3% increase reported in last week's durable goods report.
Shipments of such equipment, which are used in calculating gross domestic product, decreased 1.1% after a 0.1% gain the prior month.
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Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas says that the club will use
Gareth Bale to help lure top players to White Hart Lane.
Bale has enjoyed a scintillating campaign, winning Footballer of
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TOUGH LUCK! ================================= Table of Contents ================================= 1.0 - Updates + Stuff 2.0 - Next Update 3.0 - Malibu Introduction 4.0 - Malbiu Missions 4.1 - No Escape? 4.2 - The Shootist 4.3 - The Driver 4.4 - The Job 5.0 - After the Malibu Missions 6.0 - Phils Missions 6.1 - Gun Runner 6.2 - Boomshine Saigon 7.0 - After Phils Missions 8.0 - Kaufman Cabs Intro 9.0 - Kaufman Cabs Missions 10.0 - After the Kaufman missions 11.0 - Contact Info 12.0 - Thanks 13.0 - Legal Junk These lines must be even. If not try changing the font. abcdefghij 1234567890 ================================= 1.0 - Updates + Stuff ================================= 12/7/02 - Started working on guide. Title TOC and Intro are done. 12/8/02 - Finished 3.1,3.2,3.3 12/11/02 - Finished guide version 1.0 12/15/02 - Made updates before the Intro. Now version 1.01 1/6/03 - Fixed up guide a little and submitted to ign.com guide now version 1.1 1/7/03 - guide posted on ign! small update but important - added ign to my "allow list" in the Legal Junk Section. Oops. Also added rockstar etc. in thanks section. guide now v. 1.11 THX AGAIN! 1/8/03 - Started and finished work on Phils missions. Had to alter Table of Contents. Added Next Update Section. Guide now version 1.2 1/10/03 - Changed some small almost un noticibal stuff. Guide still v.1.2 4/13/03 - Changed some small stuff in malibu guide(v.1.2), started and finished Kaufman Cabs guide(v.1) had to alter TOC. ================================= 2.0 - Malibu Introduction ================================= Please bear with me as this is my first guide. I am writing this because I use alot of online guides and I want to do my fair share.Ok. Now you just purchased The Malibu For a steep price of $120,000 Your Probebly low on Cash.If you didn't purchase The Malibu and your reading this guide go get some Cash and buy it buy going up to the symbol and pressing L1. You will notice that there is a save point on the patio. Now go into the club and you will notice that the bartender is not the same person. She looks like one of the strippers from The Pole Position Club. You know the one in the back room with a thong and no bra, just a little paint? Yea that's the one. You will also notice that the bouncer next to the bar moved so you can enter the pink circle. You enter that pink circle next to the bar to do missions. Gee how clever? ================================= 3.0 - Next Update ================================= My next update will include more info in the missions, more ways to beat the missions, etc. But only if you email me with suggestions! I might add my own in if I don't get any Emails. But lets not Stray to that. ================================= 4.0 - Malibu Missions ================================= For each mission I will put the name, difficulty and how I beat it. ================================= 4.1 - No Escape? ================================= Difficulty - 6.5/10 How I beat it - First I got a fast but strong car. I used the Admiral. Then get at least an uzi and armor from Ammunation. Then I parked it outside the Police headquarters in Washington Beach. Then I went in the locker room. This time they wont go after you when you go in the locker room but all other times they will. You go and change into a cop uniform so they dont attack you when you go upstairs. Also, don't have any weapon selected or they attack you. Get the keycard from the office and go downstairs to the cells. You will now have a 5 star wanted level. Shoot the cops but watch your back. Stay with Cam Jones. Go to your car and GET TO A PAY N' SPRAY!!! Then Have a Nice Ride back to Cam Jones' House. You now have him as a safecracker for a future mission. You also get $1000. ================================= 4.2 - The Shootist ================================= Difficulty - 4.5-8.5/10 depending on shooting ability. How I beat it - First get a car/motocycle/helicoptor/plane unless you want to walk there. Take your mode of transportation to the Ammunation in Downtown. Don't buy anything cause' they give you a free gun. Go to the door with that mystrious pink circle. Here's where the time you went psycho on the cops with a ruger comes in handy. They give you a standard Colt 45 but you have manual aim like a Ruger. The far target is worth 3 points. The middle one is worth 2 points. The closest one is worth 1 point. You have to hit all 4 quadrants and the head to get the point(s). Aim for the far one and only shoot the other ones when they come into your sight. Next, you go into another room where all targets are worth 1 point. Aim for 2 windows one above the other. There is no point chasing targets you are not going to hit. Now go to another section where all targets are worth 1 point. Aim for the bottom window and shoot when the targets get into your sight. Now if you have a total score of 61 or higher you beat the mission and get $2000. After that you can go back to the shooting range and if you get a score of 45 or higher on the first challenge you get fast loading on guns. This greatly improves the rocket launcher. ================================= 4.3 - The Driver ================================= Difficulty - 6.5-8/10 depending on driving skill How I Beat It - This can be really hard because you are given a Sentinel and The cops are chasing you. You have to beat him in an untimed checkpoint race. All I can do to help you is to try to fishtail him and make him spin out. Also keep your pedal on the floor. If you beat Hilary you will get him for the job and $3000. ================================= 4.4 - The Job ================================= Difficulty - 8.5-9/10 How I beat it - This can be hard also. What I did was grabbed the Taxi and drove to my mansion and got a Python. I got it from hidden packages. Then got back in the taxi and drove to the pink blip. This extra ammo really helps. Go to the next 2 blips. No go to the safe, popping the guards you see. Go get the manager, popping the guard in the sercuity room and grabbing the armor in there cause' you will need it. Now pop the guard in the manager's office. get the health cause' you'll need it. Take him back to Cam. Run down back to the lobby, don't jump the rail because you need the health/armor. Pop the guards as they go down the rope as they will shoot you other wise. Run out to the taxi. Shoot only the SWAT members who can immedeantly Bust you. GET TO THE PAY N' SPRAY!!! Then ride back to Cam's House where $50000 is yours. Phil then calls and allows you to do his missions. ================================= 5.0 - After The Malibu Missions ================================= Okay. Now the Malibu will generate up to $10000 a day. That bar girl is still there. Also, the Bank Job Outfit is delivered upstairs in The Malibu. Also the game dosen't say it but a knife or machite is next to the bank job outfit. ================================= 6.0 - Phils Missions ================================= Just As before the name, difficulty, and how I beat it. These missions are "related" to the malibu missions so im putting them in my guide ================================= 6.1 - Gun Runner ================================= Difficulty - 7.5-8/10 How I Beat It - This isnt as hard as "The Job" But still hard. Hey theres a Patriot right there at Phils so why not grab it. That is if you dont have a Rhino (tank got after 90 hidden packages)! Go after the RARE WHITE WALTONS *hint hint* First knock the weapons off the truck and grab them and kill the truck now to avoid doing it later. After you kill the first 2, a gang of people on Faggios will come after you. Beware this threat they are annoying. Then do the same thing to the other two. You get a cool $2000 and an extra $50 or $100 (forget which, why not email me with the answer?) per guy on Faggio. ================================= 6.2 - Boomshine Saigon ================================= Difficulty - 9.5-10/10 How I beat it - Ok Phil blew his arm off stupidly (thats why he says it was in the army in GTA3!). Now go get him help. This is much harder than it seems because you drank the boomshine(wow thats powerful stuff) and your vision is all blurry. Take him to the hospital. He than says something like this,"Not Here too many cops. Take me to an old army buddy's place." Take him to his friends place. Mission Ova! Now you have $4000 more to spend. ================================= 7.0 - After Phils Missions ================================= Now that you got phils money, why don't you check out his place and buy some fun stuff (rocket launchers etc.)? Phil calls saying hes okay. Yeah right! He calls again but I forget what he says(Another good chance to email me). And you get your own Boomshine at your mansion. Not that you would want to (or can) drink any! ================================= 8.0 - Kaufman Cabs Intro ================================= OK this is my second guide, as you can see my first one is above this. Man, only $40k for this one(compared to the Malibu). Ok you should have some spending money left, so get some uzi ammo. You can save at this $40k investment, you can even look at the degenatron, and Pogo the monkey(GTA3). Not much for now, on to the missions. ================================= 9.0 - Kaufman Cabs Missions ================================= Same as before, i will list the difficulty, and how i beat it. Oh, and as always, i will list the reward at the end of the mission. ================================= 9.1 - V.I.P. ================================= Difficulty - 4/10 How I beat it - When I told you to get the ammo, I MENT IT! Get the uzi ammo before you start the mission! Ok now that you - hopefully - listened to me and got the ammo, jump in the cab at Kaufman Cabs. Drive to the marker and honk the horn. (you only got a minute, thats why i told you to get the ammo before) Some idiot from what i think is V.C. Cabs, took your passenger. GET HIM BACK, ALIVE! So do drive-bys until he hops in your car, then take him to the aeropuerto (airport, for those who dont speak spanish [note: this WILL be my only spanish reference execpt if i decide to make a gang mission faq]) Now you have a cool $1k ================================= 9.2 - Friendly Rivalry ================================= Difficulty - 4.5/10 How I Beat It - V.C. Cabs is takin all your money! Kill the 3 cabs. Note: There is a rocket launcher at the pink hotel by Escobar. Just Destroy the cabs! They will try to ram you. (Rocket Launcher!) $2k for this. ================================= 9.3 - Cabmageddon ================================= Difficulty - 6.5/10 How I beat It - Ok last mission! Now go to the pink hotel that i told you about on the last mission. Ok now to pick up the hottie at the pink marker. Sound the horn(wow thats different). AH! V.C. Cabs! All you have to do is stay alive for 1 minute. Now what i did is ran into 8-ball's. and had V.C. follow me. Then, I just ran out and blew them up. If there is one or 2 more just blow them up, or jack the car and stay alive in it. If you used the rocket launcher make sure you saved some ammo for this next part. BLOW UP THE COOL COLORED CAR! Now you just got $3k. Read on for more rewards. ================================= 10.0 - After the Kaufman Missions ================================= Ok now you get up to $5k a day, and you get that cool colored car in your Kaufman garage. Note: cars that were here when ( and if ) you save here will not be here when you load. Also whenever your in a Kaufman Cab you dont get the radio, you get to here cabbie talk! (not sure about zebra cab ill tell you when i find out) Thats about it for now. ================================= 11.0 - Contact Info ================================= AOL - killswitch2049 MSN Messanger - email@example.com Email - email@example.com Only email questions, comments, suggestions, stuff i left out, etc. Put in the subject GTA VC, Malibu, etc. Sending me viruses,spam(i will accept the canned ham type tho),etc. is a good way to get your email banned! ================================= 12.0 - Thanks ================================= Ign.com - hosting this Rockstar etc. - making da game! My dad - Buying this game. Wal*mart - Actually selling it to my dad without saying all the "bad" stuff about the game! People at GameFAQs fourm - Feedback PsychoMantis - Help with some copyright info. ================================= 13.0 - Legal Junk ================================= This guide is Copyright 2002 - 2003 downloadmaster2049(Mike Ikasalo) You may print this for personal use. This may not be copied without permission.This may only be found on certain websites. These websites are : www.ign.com and my site - www.geocities.com/neighborhoodmadness Just ask and I will most likely say yes. I am very nice if you ask. You may not link to this guide without permission either. Please report any violation of this copyright. All Trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. � 2002-2003 downloadmaster2049 (Mike Ikasalo)


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Two teenagers are facing felony robbery and sexual assault charges in connection with a pair of weekend incidents on the South Side, police said.
According to a press release from the Chicago Police Department's News Affairs office, Rasheed Hinton, 17, of the 9100 block of South Colfax Avenue, and an unidentified 14-year-old boy have both been charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon.
Hinton was ordered held on $750,000 bail by Judge Donald Panarese, Jr. this morning. Hinton, who according to his attorney is a high school student going into his senior year, wore jeans and a white T-shirt in court and loudly punched the door frame while being taken out of the courtroom back to the lockup.
According to the release, the two were arrested because they matched the offender descriptions in a pair of sexual assault cases -- one at 12:30 a.m. Saturday in the 8900 block of South South Chicago Avenue and the other at 9:45 p.m. Sunday in the 9000 block of South Exchange Avenue. Both occurred about a mile apart in the South Chicago neighborhood in the South Chicago police district.
In the first incident, the victim was walking through Bessemer Park when she was approached by Hinton and two others, Asst. State's Atty. Bridget O'Brien said in court today; one of those two was a family member of Hinton. Hinton pointed a handgun at the victim and demanded money. After she gave them $20, the victim was forced to perform oral sex on the three; the three then separately raped her at gunpoint and fled the scene, O'Brien said.
In the second instance, according to O'Brien, the victim was walking home when Hinton and two others – all three wearing ski masks – pointed a gun (which was later determined to be a toy) at her and demanded money. After pushing her into a vacant lot and taking money from her purse, one individual grabbed her by the hair and pulled her to a nearby school playground, where she was forced to perform oral sex and one of the three raped her, O'Brien said.
The victim then broke away from the three and ran to a nearby restaurant, where she called police, O'Brien said. A police officer later noticed Hinton and the juvenile, a family member of Hinton, walking together on the street and they were arrested. Hinton's voice was later recognized by the victim in a lineup, O'Brien said.
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text: DB Chris Murphy of Marietta, GA has offers from North Carolina, Purdue, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State, Virginia, Connecticut, Utah, Missouri and West Virginia among others with interest from USC, Arkansas, Michigan, Penn State and Boise State. Murphy is showing interest in the Gamecocks though he has not heard from them recently. "I've been hearing from a lot of schools and I think I'm going to pick up several more offers in the next week," he said. "But I haven't talked to South Carolina in a few weeks." He spoke with G.A. Mangus at that time. "He really just told me about the program and stuff like that," said Murphy. "I'm still interested in them." This off-season, he has visited Oklahoma State, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky, NC State, Wake Forest and North Carolina. "I am booking a trip to Missouri right now," he added. Murphy plans to narrow his list to five this spring and plans to commit when his team's spring practice concludes. He did not name a leader.


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Leadership & Ethics - Modules 1 & 2
Leadership and Ethics is a program of educational events designed to help first-year students in the master's programs master skills and concepts that will enhance their management education. They are an integral part of the professional master's program at Krannert. Every Leadership and Ethics program is explicitly lined to the intellectual and professional development goals of the program. Leadership and Ethics is used to integrate topics covered in multiple core courses, enable hands-on experimentation, role playing or other exercises and simulations, or preview and use new management technology. Leadership and Ethics also introduces new topics or examines current issues that are not covered in core or elective courses, such as ethics, international management, diversity training, or entrepreneurship. The Leadership and Ethics programs are held on Fridays.
Accounting for Managers
Accounting is a language that is used to tell complex financial stories. The accounting information can also be used to analyze complicated decisions. The main objective of this course is to enable consultants, investment bankers, managers at all levels to appreciate, understand, and use the accounting numbers. The major focus of the class is acquiring an understanding of the financial (external) reporting process. Financial reports are prepared in accordance with domestic generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). While GAAP are the product of a country's regulatory processes, enough commonality exists across countries to allow us to understand the rudimentary financial reporting practices of most countries. The class will also introduce managerial accounting concepts or internal accounting methods. Internal accounting reports provide information for managerial decision-making, planning and performance evaluation. Unlike financial accounting, managerial accounting is not constrained by externally imposed rules or regulations; however, a widely accepted set of frameworks exist.
Business Analytics
Managers encounter data daily and regularly base their decisions on it. This course in business analytics develops important skills in data analysis, modeling, and decision making under uncertainty. It is designed to train students to use valid inferences data to inform their decisions. The topics covered in the course include exploratory data analysis, probability, decision analysis, estimation, simulation, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis. Business Analytics emphasizes applications of analytical techniques through its lectures, homework assignments, case analysis and discussions, and computer exercises. Effort is made to translate the statistical results into language understood by non-technical audience and similar communication is expected from students.
Managerial Communication Skills - Modules 1 & 2
During the first two modules, the core course in Managerial Communication provides students with the opportunity to develop presentation skills appropriate for an executive-level audience. Each opportunity has its own set of challenges. Students learn to develop a strong presentation in terms of content, organization, delivery, visuals, and audience awareness. If a student is a confident presenter, skills are sharpened; if a student is uncomfortable speaking in public, skills and self-confidence are given a boost. Self-evaluation and evaluation of peers are encouraged. Since this course has a maximum of 15 students per section, students are given the chance to grow and improve in a workshop environment. Additionally, communication and presentation issues relevant to today's business professional are discussed in the course.
Organizational Behavior
This course addresses a selected set of topics focusing on understanding human and organizational processes that facilitate or hinder work performance. The emphasis is on human behavior in relation to management practices with special emphasis on teamwork. What is it that we do as managers that help our people perform better and what do we do that gets in their way? Within this framework, we hope to: 1. Expose you to ideas and literature that will enrich your thinking about these topics; 2. Give you an opportunity to apply some of these ideas to your work experience & cases; and 3. Provide a forum for exploring these issues with other students.
Module 2
This course covers microeconomic concepts relevant to managerial decision making. Topics may include: demand and supply analysis; consumer demand theory; production theory; price discrimination; perfect competition; partial equilibrium welfare analysis; externalities and public goods; risk aversion and risk sharing; hidden information and market signaling; moral hazard and incentives; rudimentary game theory; oligopoly; reputation and credibility; and transaction cost economics.
Financial Management
This course is an introduction to Financial Management. As such, the course addresses the two basic financial problems that all companies face: (1) On what should funds be spent (i.e., investment decisions)? and (2) From where should funds be obtained (i.e., financing decisions)? Specific topics include financial statement analysis, financial planning, stock and bond valuation, project analysis (i.e., capital budgeting), estimating the cost of capital, understanding capital structure, and estimating firm value. Readings, case analyses, and problem sets focus on the basic tools used by financial analysts and financial decision makers.
Marketing Management
An integrated analysis of major marketing decisions, including product pricing, advertising, distribution, and sales force policies.
Module 3
Strategic Management
Strategic Management is concerned with understanding how organizations might achieve advantage relative to competitors. In particular, it deals with the organization, management, and strategic positioning of the firm so as to gain long-term competitive advantage. To address this issue, we take on the role of general managers, or integrators – that is, managers who make decisions that cut across the functional and product boundaries of a firm. By focusing on what makes managers effective, we shall develop the ability to evaluate different situations and give you usable skills regardless of the business context in which you want to work. Strategic management issues that we will consider include the following: How can my firm create value (e.g., low cost or differentiation; using resources; integrating activities correctly) relative to the competition? How do other players in the industry impact the amount of value I capture from my activities? How can the firm identify new opportunities for value creation and value capture and implement those activities within the firm? How can a corporation create (rather than destroy) economic value through its multimarket activities? What options are available to a firm to successfully diversify?
Operations Management
As goods and services are produced and distributed, they move through a set of inter-related operations or processes in order to match supply with demand. The design of these operations for strategic advantage, investment in improving their efficiency and effectiveness, and controlling these operations to meet performance objectives is the domain of Operations Management. The primary objective of this course is to provide an overview of this important functional area of business.
Management of Information Systems
Information and information systems (IS) are vital organizational resources and constitute an integral part of managerial decision making. It is important to understand how managers can effectively utilize IS to achieve organizational goals. Accordingly, the objective of this course is to train students to identify and resolve managerial issues surrounding the use of IS in organizations. The course adopts the perspective that, in a world where the half-life of a particular hardware or software technology is often measured in months, developing intuitions about the core concepts to assess and deploy IS is more valuable to future managers than learning the intricate details of a specific technology. The focus of the course is to develop through cases, lectures, discussions, and examples insights into when and how IS can be used to create and enhance an organization's competitive advantage. The two main areas covered in the course are: (i) implementation and acquisition of IS in an organization; and (ii) several important applications and consequences of contemporary IS.
Module 4 and Beyond
Option Area Classes
Beginning in Mod 4 you will begin to shape the rest of your curriculum with the exception of two more core classes as listed below. This is where you will start to hone your education to as specific of a topic as you wish, or continue to take a wide variety of courses. To learn more about the possible electives and courses offer under each of them, please review the option areas.
Legal Foundations of Management - Mod 5
The basic purpose of this course is to give future professional managers an insight into the structure and operation of the judicial process as it affects managerial decision making. While the course does not purport to give the student specific legal skills to solve legal problems, it does sensitize the student as to the current legal problems and pitfalls which he/she will face in the day to day management of business. It also stresses the need for managers to seek legal input during the decision making process rather than seeking a defense, after an offense has been committed and litigation commenced.
Macroeconomics - Mod 6
Investigation of the causes of macroeconomic fluctuations in the economy. Looks at changes in inflation, unemployment, real output, interest rates, and exchange rates, and explores why they occur, what their effects are, and what, if any, role government should play in dealing with these problems. A mixture of theory and case studies with reference to historical case studies. Current macroeconomic problems will be discussed with a focus on the international aspects of macroeconomic problems.


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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (March 1, 2010) - The ETSU women's tennis team picked up their third straight win Monday evening as the Lady Bucs made quick work of former Southern Conference rival Wofford 6-1 at the Reeves Tennis Center in Spartanburg, S.C.
ETSU - who hasn't lost since February 6 - improved to 4-2, while the host Terriers fell to 1-7.
"Wofford might not have an outstanding record this season, but overall they have improved a lot since we've last played them," said Brooks. "The scores this afternoon look very lopsided, however our girls worked hard to keep the momentum with a lot of wins during long deuce points and rallies."
ETSU opened play winning all three doubles matches. At No. 1 sophomores Paula Jaime (Madrid, Spain) and Karina Kedzo (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela) made quick work of Lindsay Larkin and Haley Baird, 8-2, while at No. 2, juniors Kelly Holtzhausen (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Andra Voinea (Brasov, Romania) outlasted Guinn Garcia and Stephanie Cox, 8-2.
The Lady Bucs team of sophomore Diana Navrostska (Kviv, Ukraine) and junior Tara Sheets (Gate City, Va.) closed out the sweep in doubles with a close 8-7 (7-3) victory over the Wofford team of Sonia Anand and Sabrina Smyers.
As singles action got underway the Lady Bucs extended their advantage to 2-0 as Holtzhausen made quick work of Smyers in straight sets 6-1, 6-1. After playing the majority of the season at the No. 2 poistion, Monday's win for the junior transfer was her first playing at No. 1.
After dropping her singles contest last Friday, Navrostska bounced back for ETSU against the Terriers as the Kviv, Ukraine native made the score 3-0 with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Larkin. The Lady Bucs then closed out the win as Voinea won her second walk-off singles victory of the season with a dominate 6-3, 6-0 win over Cox.
Paula Jaime then extended her perfect singles record this spring to 6-0 with a 6-2, 6-4 straight set win over Haley Baird, while classmate Karina Kedzo outlasted Guinn Garcia in a long two-set match 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) at No. 3.
Wofford's lone win of the evening came from Lucy Schermershorn who dropped sophomore Jessica Ratliff (Bristol, Tenn.) with a 6-2, 6-4 victory.
ETSU will now take a couple of days off before beginning its Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season title defense with a noon contest Friday against Kennesaw State at the Buddy Hartsell Tennis Center on the ETSU campus.
Attached above are final results from Monday's contest between Wofford and ETSU.
For more information on the ETSU women's tennis team please visit www.ETSUBucs.com.


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Friday, May 15, 2009
Planting hope: With the help of a pediatric patient, Faherty plants a flower to commemorate the one hundred.
Exactly 100 flowers were planted in the Howard Ufelder, MD, Healing Garden April 28 to recognize the newly announced members of the one hundred – 100 groups and individuals who are making a difference in cancer care. Now in its second year, the one hundred celebration recognizes researchers, donors, volunteers, advocates and philanthropists, including members of the MGH Cancer Center. Honorees are nominated by peers, colleagues, patients and family members, and are selected by a committee.
The April 28 event marked the official release of the names of this year's honorees. Daniel Haber, MD, PhD, director of the MGH Cancer Center, welcomed attendees and introduced the day's special guests. "The very concept of the one hundred exemplifies the fact that it takes a team to find cures and improve the lives of patients with cancer," said Haber.
Kelley Tuthill, a WCVB-TV news anchor and one of this year's one hundred inductees spoke at the event. A breast cancer survivor and former Cancer Center patient, Tuthill had shared her journey from diagnosis to recovery as it was happening through an online diary and video segments. Her story helped raise awareness and brought hope to many others like her.
"I am proud to be associated with the MGH Cancer Center," she said. She recalled arriving at the Cancer Center to meet with a surgeon, feeling scared and anxious. A staff member warmly greeted her in the waiting room and said she had heard Tuthill had children. The MGHer offered Tuthill reading material on parenting during such a difficult time. "It's those little special touches that make a difference and mark the MGH Cancer Center as the amazing institution that it is," Tuthill said.
Robert Faherty, former Boston Police Department (BPD) superintendent-in-chief and chairman of Cops for Kids with Cancer (CFKWC), also spoke. Founded by retired BPD captain John Dow, CFKWC raises funds for and offers support to families with children affected by cancer. Last year, the organization donated $50,000 to ten families. The group's contributions to patients and their families have earned it a place among this year's one hundred. "We are honored to be here and be part of the one hundred," said Faherty.
Following his remarks, Faherty planted a flower in the Healing Garden with the help of pediatric patient Nicholas DeFilice.
"The one hundred represents those who have inspired and moved us and whose efforts have had a real impact on the lives of patients with cancer," said Haber. "And next year, they will be followed by another one hundred, and so on every year, until cancer is no longer the threat that it is today."
The one hundred will be honored at a reception and dinner June 3. Honoree Elizabeth Edwards – breast cancer survivor, author, attorney and wife of former U.S. Senator John Edwards – will be the featured speaker.
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Roger Brown's H.S. Football: Here's where we stand in all divisionsBy ROGER BROWN
New Hampshire Union Leader
October 20. 2017 12:35AM
The calendar shows it's the third week of October, which means there's very little time left in the NHIAA football regular season. There remains a lot to be determined, however. Here's how things stand with two weeks to go, and what's still at stake:
North/East: Winnacunnet (7-0) and Goffstown (6-1) have clinched two of the four playoff berths in this bracket. Winnacunnet of Hampton can secure the No. 1 overall seed by beating Manchester Central tonight or with a victory over Spaulding of Rochester next weekend. Exeter (5-2) will qualify if it wins at Manchester Memorial tonight or at Concord next weekend. Either Central (5-2) or Bedford (4-3) will earn the fourth playoff berth in this bracket.
The Little Green can clinch a postseason berth with a victory over Winnacunnet tonight coupled with a Bedford loss to Dover tomorrow. Otherwise, next Friday's Central/Bedford contest shapes up as an early playoff game.
South/West: Salem (7-0), Pinkerton Academy of Derry (6-1) and Londonderry (6-1) have qualified. Nashua South (5-2) will win the West Conference title if it defeats Londonderry tonight. Barring any surprises, the quarterfinal-round matchups will look like this: Londonderry at Salem, and Pinkerton at South.
Pinkerton will be on the road even if it has a better record than South because conference champions are at home for the quarterfinals.
North: Plymouth (6-0) and Hanover (6-0) are the only unbeaten teams in the North and are battling for the conference championship. Plymouth will likely win the conference if both finish unbeaten based on NHIAA football point ratings. Bow (5-1) and John Stark of Weare (5-1) are in good shape to reach the postseason, but one of those teams will have a second loss Saturday when the Falcons and Generals meet in Bow. That contest may have added importance for John Stark, since the Generals still have to play unbeaten Hanover next weekend and back-to-back losses might knock the Generals out of the top eight.
Bow will finish the regular season against Lebanon (1-5). One more win will be enough for the Falcons to advance. Kennett of Conway (3-3) could also make things interesting if it can upset Hanover tonight. Kennett will face winless Kingswood of Wolfeboro next weekend and the Eagles would have a chance to qualify at 5-3.
South: Windham (6-0) is the lone unbeaten team in the South and has the inside track to win the conference championship. St. Thomas (6-1) and Hollis/Brookline (5-1) are also in good position, although Hollis/Brookline still has to play Pelham (3-3) and Souhegan of Amherst (4-2). Pelham would join the conversation if it upsets Hollis/Brookline at home tonight. Souhegan and ConVal of Peterborough (4-2) are the other teams still in the picture. A playoff berth could be on the line for at least one team when Souhegan plays at Hollis/Brookline next weekend.
ConVal has dropped back-to-back games after a 4-0 start and the Cougars have a tough road ahead with remaining games against St. Thomas and Windham. They'll need to knock off at least one of those two teams to extend their season.
North: Monadnock (6-0) and Newport (6-0) will meet in Swanzey tonight to determine the North champion. The Monadnock/Newport winner will also be the division's No. 1 overall seed, assuming that team finishes the regular season unbeaten.
Stevens of Claremont (4-2) is the only other team in the North above the .500 mark. The Cardinals appear safe, but can erase all doubt by beating Fall Mountain of Langdon (1-5) on Saturday. The winner of next weekend's game between Kearsarge (3-3) and Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (2-4) will likely get in as well, assuming I-L/M wins at Newfound of Bristol tomorrow.
South: Campbell of Litchfield (6-0), Somersworth (5-1), Epping/Newmarket (4-2) and Bishop Brady of Concord (4-2) are the playoff contenders from this conference.
Campbell will win the conference championship if it wins tomorrow against Winnisquam (1-5) in Tilton. Somersworth has also clinched a playoff berth and is playing for seeding.
The winner of Saturday's game between Epping/Newmarket (4-2) and Bishop Brady (4-2) will also earn a postseason berth. The team that loses that game may want to sharpen its math skills, since Division III is awarding six wild card berths regardless of division (plus the two conference champions) this year, rather than handing out four postseason spots to each conference, as was the case last season.