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Every fall, I dig out some of my favorite horror movies that only feel right to watch around the Halloween season. If you've been following my blog, you know that I absolutely love, love, love, horror anthologies.
George Romero's earliest pictures strike that wonderful balance of achieving both crowd-pleasing cult sensations as well as academic and journalistic esteem. While Romero may be inseparable from popular zombie-dom* it is his 1976 "vampire" film "Martin" that represents one of his most surprisingly sincere, character driven films, making use of horror conventions as a frame for a truly unique take on the relationship between the monstrous, horrific, and social world.
You can't call yourself a true horror fan if you've never been to a midnight movie. There are few things that can draw you into a film more than a rowdy audience of inebriated, enthusiastic genre fans all gathered around to take part in the same film. In "Midnight Movies", Film scholar Stuart Samuels traces the origin of the midnight movie and it's subsequent embrace by the mainstream audience by documenting key films in cult cinema.
Discussion of George Romero's "Knightriders".
IFC bolsters its new genre banner IFC Midnight as it snatches up the Mexican cannibal flick "We Are What We Are". The movie was a hit at the recent Cannes Film Festival and is labeled as being like "Let the Right One In".
How's this for an odd tie-in? George Romero will be releasing "Survival of the Dead" on the Playstation Network a few days before its theatrical debut on May 28th. What better way to watch it on the PSN than with your own PS3 Slim signed by Romero himself!
It's well known already that the classic "Famous Monsters of Filmland" magazine will be making its return to news stands. Now they're going one step further by announcing the "Famous Monsters of Filmland: Reboot" movie series! Teaming with low-budget studio Halcyon, they will be bringing re-imagined reboots of 5 classic monster franchises.
Because they're not completely satisfied with their previous abomination, Who in their right mind thinks this is a good idea? So much for professional integrity.
In other pointless remake news, MTV has apparently ordered 12 episodes of their upcoming television series "Teen Wolf". As much as I hate to admit it, I'll probably give this one a chance. Don't you dare judge me. Actually, go ahead this time.
Since Hollywood's creativity is running a little short these days, it's not surprising that Robert Shaye's Unique Features is dangerously close to snagging the rights to the hit Playstation 3 thriller "Heavy Rain". Here's a thought: Why not just play the game? Seriously. What the hell is wrong with you people?
Can we "Survive" Romero's latest zombie "film"?
With talks of "Scream IV" and the release of the all new "Nightmare on Elm Street", Wes Craven is on a lot of people's minds. The latest rumors say that there is a remake in the works for Craven's "Deadly Friend". Though still in the preliminary stages, the word is that Warner Brothers will be shooting for 3D on the film as well.
Hollywood carries on the status quo as there is even more remake news about. The next horror oldie on deck? George Romero's semi-realistic vampire tale, "Martin". Lending a small bit of legitimacy to the rumor, the film is said to be produced by original Romero backer Richard P. Rubinstein.
Horror author John Skipp plans to step into the directors chair as he announces plans for his first film, a 3D horror comedy entitled "Rose".
Stephen King has another project in the works with his hetero life partner; director Mick Garris, afour hour mini-series event of King's "Bag of Bones".
Adam McKay spills the beans on an upcoming project titled "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters", produced by McKay and directed by "Dead Snow" helmer Tommy Wirkola. Set 15 years after the pairs escape from the wicked witch, McKay promises that the movie will be a Sam Raimi style shocker with steam punk elements. Most frightening of all; they've already offered roles to many members of the "Twilight" cast.
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Memorable coffee spills
Yesterday morning, the alarm rang, and I struggled out of my bed, slapped the clock until it shut up, and staggered to the kitchen with my eyes half-shut.
Dennis had left the coffee plugged in for me, so I got a cup, set it on the counter, and poured some coffee in it. That is, I intended for the coffee to go in the cup. Unfortunately, the cup was upside down, so I actually poured some coffee over the cup.
I cleaned up the spill with a few paper towels, turned the cup over, and tried again with my eyes open.
Some years ago, I had a memorable bad morning of this sort. I came out to the kitchen and discovered that I'd forgotten to fix my coffee the night before. I cleaned out the old coffee grounds, washed the pot, filled the coffee basket with new coffee, and turned on the coffee maker. Then I went to take a shower.
When I came back to the kitchen, I found I'd forgotten one important step in the coffee-making process -- setting the coffee pot in its proper place on the coffee maker. The coffee had come out of the maker and flowed wherever gravity took it. I had a huge mess to clean up -- and I still didn't have a cup of coffee. Now that was a bad morning.
I do hate having a mess to clean up, first thing in the morning.

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New beginnings are where hopes are born and dreams run wild.
There's nothing quite like a new beginning, is there? Leaving old baggage behind, starting afresh, with nothing but a clean canvas to paint your future on. It's been a long month of moving, of change, of worry, and of settling in. Bruce and I moved into our new apartment about three weeks ago and it is more beautiful than we ever imagined. It's filled with very good, strong, creative & positive energy, with an abundance of bright sunlight streaming in through all the floor-to-ceiling windows - something that makes me very, very happy.
After living in old Victorian buildings for the past 15 years, it's nice to finally live in a modern build, with a gorgeous newly built kitchen (with appliances that work accurately & beautifully) and to finally have a much sought-after outside space in the big city - a balcony! It may be small, but it is perfect - just enough for two chairs and a small table, and some plants. The perfect spot to watch the sunrise, sipping on a cup of white tea while having breakfast.
And the best part? I've converted the second bedroom into a studio/creative/meditation room. I've now got workstations all around the room, one for photography equipment, one for props, one for flowers, one for writing, and a whole section for wooden boards and backgrounds that fit perfectly behind the door. In this room, I finally feel like I'm in 'the zone' - a place where magical & beautiful things can happen. I really hope this translates through my photos!
The biggest surprise of all, something I wasn't expecting, was the park just around the corner. Not just any park, but can you imagine my surprise and joy to find out: it's a cherry tree park. A whole park filled with every kind and colour of cherry tree, each branch bursting with cherry blossoms. I've walked for hours in this park, sat on benches, lay in the petal-strewn grass and tried to absorb the beauty of it all. I'm truly lucky, blessed and very, very grateful to have moved so close to such a beautiful park.
You know how I mentioned a clean canvas above? Well, I wasn't joking - this new place is very much like a new canvas, as it is almost completely white. Everything is white apart from the wooden floors & cream carpets, from the doors to the walls, to the ceiling. Thankfully it doesn't feel clinical in any way, but I thought I really need to start injecting some colour into this apartment and what better way than with Holly Becker's new book Decorate. She was in town last week for her book launch, signing copies of her book at Liberty, and I went over with my friend Donna to meet Holly. The lovely Julie from the Alkaline Sisters was also there and I also got to finally meet Leslie from A Creative Mint, one of my favourite blogs out there (loving the new design!). If you haven't seen Holly's book yet, it's a whopper, and it's filled with the best ideas for making a house into a home, perfect for my situation. I can't wait to really get stuck into the book and start decorating this place.
I've also got a celebration next week, and I can't believe it's come around so quickly - it's my 2 year bloggerversary! I started this blog 2 years ago as a way to push myself to bake more, to document my baking recipes, and to work on my food styling and food photography. What I got in return was so much more than I ever dreamed possible: amazing friends, magazine features, a book deal (!), started my own business, and all of you, my amazing loyal readers. I've said this many times before: if it wasn't for all of you reading this blog and leaving all your encouraging comments, I don't know how far this blog would have gone. I'd like to thank each and every one of you reading this for all your support over the last two years, and hopefully your continued support overy the coming years.
With every anniversary, as with a New Year, it always gets me thinking of not only how much I've achieved, but how much there is left to achieve, and more importantly, how to take things to the next level. So it's with great pleasure that I'd like to announce something that's been in the pipeline for a while now: Mowie Kay Magazine. It's an online magazine that combines not only my love of baking, cooking and recipes, but lots more: travel, books, interviews... things I feel don't quite fit on the blog, but will fit perfectly in a magazine. I'm currently looking for a few contributors and collaborators, so if you're interested, let me know by leaving a comment below or emailing me on firstname.lastname@example.com. I'm currently looking for feature writers, and also anyone willing to send in recipes that I can then bake, style and photograph. The first issue is going to be a summer issue, so all summer recipes would be very much appreciated. In return, you'll get full credit, including links to your blog/website, your photo and your bio. I'm really looking forward to hearing from you!
I also discovered a new fruit recently, you might have heard of it: the pineberry. It was in the papers and everyone, inluding myself, thought it was an April Fool's joke, but it's not! They really exist. They look like inverted strawberries, with the white fleshy part on the outside, and covered in red seeds. They are very fragrant and taste slightly like pineapple and strawberries, thus their name: pine-berry. They have a very limited season, but they are still available, so if you're lucky enough to get your hands on some, do try them!
Now for the recipes in this post: as you all know, I'm slightly obsessed with baking and desserts, but I'm constantly thinking of how to make them healthier, without necessarily going gluten-free, sugar-free or anything-free. So, for these recipes I've substituted plain flour with wholemeal (also known as wholegrain or wholewheat) flour, and I've also substituted white sugar for unrefined cane sugar (slightly brown in colour, but not actual brown sugar). I just wanted to highlight these changes because by making a simple change like using wholemeal flour and unrefined raw cane sugar, you get a healthier version of whatever you're baking, you feel less guilty eating desserts, and most importantly you don't get that sugar slump/coma that you'd usually get after eating sugary foods because the sugars from both don't rush straight into your bloodstream as it takes longer for your body to digest them. Try it for yourself and see!
Another little note regarding the recipes below: if you don't have access to things like pineberries or sakura extract, you can easily substitute these for things like strawberries or vanilla extract.
Finally, the nominations for the Saveur Best Food Blog Awards are open until this Friday the 22nd, and I don't usually ask for favours, but if you like what you see on this blog, I'd really appreciate any nominations in the Food Photography category. A massive thank you in advance and an even bigger thank you to all my Facebook followers that have already nominated me, I'm humbled and so very grateful.
Right, I think I've said enough for today! I shall love you and leave you, and wish you all a very lovely, healthy, and most importantly ~ happy ~ Easter holiday.
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First the Sony PlayStation Vita's memory was halved, and now Sony's pushed the release date back to 2012. What can we expect by then? No screen, or games? Alright, that was bitter – but not as bitter as the US pre-order customers must be after being told their Christmas gifts won't leave Amazon until December 31, 2011. Happy New Year. Okay, tantrum over. *sniffs*
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When Messiah Montessori School began placing its youngest students in language immersion classes last year, parents questioned the curriculum.
When Messiah Montessori School began placing its youngest students in language immersion classes last year, parents questioned the curriculum.
The most common inquiry, according to the school's founder and director Jules Boquet: "What's my child saying?"
"I had parents coming to me and telling me that their children were speaking Spanish," Boquet said with a laugh. "The kids started understanding the language. Now, we're taking the next step in immersion."
Starting in the fall, Messiah Montessori, a small private academy in Houma, will expand its comprehensive foreign language programs from the early childhood to lower elementary levels. About 100 students, ages 3 to 9, will now be exposed to French or Spanish in everyday lessons, Boquet said.
The expansion stems from two sources — the school's goal to create well-rounded students and a new partnership with the French government.
Messiah Montessori was selected to oversee a pilot program that will bring a graduate student from France to Houma for a full school year to teach French to American students, said Philippe Aldon, attach� of cooperation and cultural service for the Consulate General of France of New Orleans.
The Houma academy is the first school that will participate, Aldon said, and if it is successful, the program will spread to other Louisiana schools and eventually other states.
"France is welcoming about 1,200 American students every year that wish to better their knowledge of French and the French education system by teaching English to French students," Aldon said. "We want French students in the United States."
The teachers recruited from France will live with a host family, spend 30 hours at the school per week and act as an "authentic resource in the classroom," he said.
Boquet said the incoming French teacher to Messiah Montessori, who will only speak to students in French, will serve as an assistant to the primary instructor, who will continue to teach in English.
The Spanish immersion program will follow the same classroom model, only the assistant will speak to students in Spanish, he said. The Spanish program is not part of an outside program.
With both immersion curriculums, the school is taking a "bottom up" approach, starting with the younger groups and allowing the curriculum to grow with them, Boquet said. Parents will be able to decide which language their child will learn.
Students enrolled in the school's higher grade levels will continue to have French and Spanish language classes but not full immersion, he said. With time, he hopes to expand it.
For now, Boquet said, he is excited about the new offerings.
"At one time, the school system forbid students from speaking another language because lessons were only taught in English," Boquet said, noting the experiences of his French-speaking ancestors in Louisiana. "That was taken away from them. It's our mission to give it back."


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Meredith Vieira to host daily talk show in 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Meredith Vieira is returning to daytime TV with a syndicated talk show.
Producer NBCUniversal says "The Meredith Vieira Show" will launch in fall 2014 as a weekday program that will "make viewers laugh, learn and feel inspired."
NBC said Tuesday the New York-based show will be taped on a set that resembles Vieira's home, including her actual furniture and family photos.
The 59-year-old Vieira was a morning favorite as co-host of NBC's "Today" show from 2006 to 2011. She currently serves as a special correspondent for NBC News programming including "Today" and "NBC Nightly News." From 1997 to 2006, she was moderator of ABC's "The View."
Vieira also hosted the syndicated game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" from 2002 until this season. She's the winner of 14 Emmys.


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It's time for Arkansas fans to embrace new coach Bret Bielema, who unlike some of the other candidates, obviously has the confidence needed to step into the rugged SEC West after guiding Wisconsin to three-straight Rose Bowl appearances in the Big 10.
It's time for Arkansas fans to embrace new coach Bret Bielema, who unlike some of the other candidates, obviously has the confidence needed to step into the rugged SEC West after guiding Wisconsin to three-straight Rose Bowl appearances in the Big 10. The man knows how to win with tough, hard-nosed football, which is evident by his record of 68-24 in seven seasons at Wisconsin. Although he likes to run the ball, his offenses have been extremely successful and surpisingly balanced. The Big 10 is inferior to the SEC in many ways, but the league up north has produced two of the premier coaches in recent SEC history. Alabama's Nick Saban got started at Michigan State and LSU's Les Miles has deep roots at Michigan. Hopefully, this shocking hire by Athletic Director Jeff Long will lead to similar success for the Razorbacks. Bielema wasn't even on the Hogs' radar as far as the media and fans were concerned until suddenly on Tuesday when news broke that disgruntled Oklahoma State Coach Mike Gundy was not coming to Fayetteville and Bielema would be named new coach. While driving towards downtown Heber Springs, my first thought upon hearing the news over the radio was what in the world are we doing hiring a guy that is from a different area of the country with a boring offense. I thought…This is the same guy that only beat Houston Nutt 17-14 in a boring Capital One Bowl… He runs the ball even more than Nutt, or so I figured until I looked at the stats from his time at Wisconsin. I have since learned that Bielema was only 35 years old when he beat a talented Razorback team led by Darren McFadden, Felix Jones and Peyton Hillis. A former walk-on turned starter under legendary Coach Hayden Fry at Iowa, Bielema will hire an offensive coordinator that believes in balance. On Wednesday he said he has six in mind, therefore, he obviously has several good connections. Here is a look at Wisconsin's offensive numbers under Bielema. In 2006, 2007 and 2009, the Badgers produced more passing yards than rushing yards. In 2008 and the past three years the Badgers produced more rushing yards. 2006: 2,749 passing and 2,102 rushing 2007: 2,704 passing and 2,620 rushing 2008: 2,745 rushing and 2,445 passing 2009: 2,770 passing and 2,650 rushing 2010: 3,194 rushing and 2,593 passing 2011: 3,298 rushing and 3,280 passing 2012: 3,091 rushing and 2,114 passing When Long fired Bobby Petrino back in April, I was very concerned with who the replacement would be. Up until Tuesday, I was still concerned. As of today, I think we are headed back in the right direction. Although we have become accustomed and somewhat spoiled by Petrino's high-octane offense, there is certainly more than one way to skin an elephant, tiger or aggie. Another problem doubters have cited is Bielema's recruiting at Wisconsin. As he said in Wednesday's press conference, Wisconsin spent quite a bit of time in Texas and South Florida, where the Badgers have been very successful in plucking some of their best players. If his wife Jenn of Florida is any indication, Bielema will have little trouble recruiting top-notch talent to Arkansas. (Will Gilbert is sports editor for The Sun-Times. Send comments to email@example.com)


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Legislators should legalize marijuana
A bill will be introduced in the General Assembly this week that would regulate and tax marijuana like alcohol is taxed at the federal level.
No matter how you look at it, the war on drugs has failed. The prohibition on marijuana is costing our society billions of dollars annually. One report, compiled from estimates of more than 300 economists, is that our nation spends more than $14 billion per year in direct costs to the prohibition of marijuana. These tax dollars are wasted on drug enforcement, prosecution and incarceration. Our prisons are filled beyond capacity, yet we do not have enough money to afford adequate healthcare in this country.
The amount of money the state would save by not having to enforce laws banning marijuana is mind boggling.
Society is also losing because of the lives that are wasted by enforcement of the prohibition. Sending people to prison for possession of small amounts of marijuana is counterproductive.
According to a 2007 study, enforcing the marijuana ban is costing taxpayers $42 billion annually, including lost tax revenues.
Colorado and Washington have already approved the recreational use or marijuana. Other states have allowed the medical use of marijuana.
Taxing marijuana can be profitable for the state. There are three ways marijuana can be taxed – tax the growers, tax the distributors and then tax the retail sales. Alcohol and tobacco, although legal, are far more harmful than marijuana. Tobacco-related illnesses cost society billions of dollars. A prohibition against alcohol was tried in this country and it failed. The same could be said about the prohibition of marijuana.
Marijuana is considered a safe drug. It's not even considered to be a gateway drug any longer. The use of marijuana is widespread throughout all ages of our population.
Legalizing marijuana would make our streets safer. It would reduce the crime rate. There would be no need for cartels to smuggle the drug into the United States. Drug dealers would lose their business if marijuana became legal.
It's estimated that the state of Washington will gain about $500 million a year in taxes. Of course, that number would be smaller in Rhode Island. But it still would be a substantial amount.
Legal marijuana would create a whole new business – worth as much as $100 million nationally by some estimates. It would put people to work by creating new jobs.
More voters than ever believe that marijuana should be legalized. Last year the Gallup poll reported that more than 50 percent of Americans supported the legalization of pot.
Last year our state lawmakers voted to decriminalize marijuana. We should take that action a step further and legalize marijuana. It's a solution to a number of costly problems in our state and nation.
If enough states follow suit and legalize marijuana, the federal government will be forced to do the same.
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Upon publication of his 953- page biography of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in 2009, Melvin Urofsky's wife expressed her relief at the completion of the decades-long project, asking "can Justice Brandeis leave the house now?"
The hugely influential jurist may have departed the Urofsky home, but he dropped by the Columbus School of Law for an hour or so on Sept. 12 as the subject of a lecture by Urofsky given before professors assembled for the monthly faculty luncheon.
Urofsky, a Columbia University educated historian, published "Louis D. Brandeis: A Life" to critical acclaim, with fellow scholars anointing the volume the new gold standard among biographies of the seminal legal thinker and writer.
Invited to speak at the invitation of Professor David Lipton, Urofsky spent his time at CUA Law tracing the remarkable history of Louis Brandeis (1856- 1941) the first Jewish justice to sit on the nation's highest court after his 1916 appointment by President Woodrow Wilson.
Brandeis had at least four distinct phases to his long career, and succeeded in spectacular fashion at all of them, said Urofsky.
Brandeis was among the youngest-ever graduates of Harvard Law School, and in an age (the 1890s) when a successful private practice attorney might expect to earn $5,000 per year, he was earning ten times that amount, or the equivalent of a million dollars today.
Having become wealthy, he turned his attention to the second phase of his career, that of reformer. Brandeis, explained Urofsky, practically invented pro bono legal representation, setting standards for it that are still observed today and taking on difficult cases at no fee for causes he deemed just.
Later on, Brandeis became deeply involved in the American Zionist movement, although he was not very religiously observant.
During the final and best known phase of his career, his 23 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Brandeis introduced a notion – novel for its time - that the Fourth Amendment should be construed to protect an individual's privacy, an interpretation that has carried the day since.
Urofsky's admiration for his subject was evident throughout talk at the faculty luncheon, but he admitted that Louis Brandeis was a remote figure on a personal level.
"He was a cold fish in many ways," said Urofsky. "He spent years cultivating a cool demeanor."
In addition to his biography of Brandeis, Urofsky has written or edited more than fifty other books.


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At the conclusion of the Regular Season, teams begin competing in a series of playoff games with other teams in their Division.
So that each team has an opportunity to play an equal number of games, these playoff games use a pool play format. All teams participate in this preliminary round. The preliminary round is organized according to the numbers of teams in the division.
Following this preliminary round of playoffs, there are single elimination games which are played during the last two weekends of the season in order to determine our league champions and runners-up. Every team that does not qualify for an elimination round game will play in a friendly game on one of those two weekends. Championship
Playing Time
|Regional Regular Season
|Playoff Pool and Elimination Games
|All players
|All players must play at least 3/4 of the game unless it is mathematically impossible to do so. If a player is required to play 2 quarters because, for example, 10 team players are present at a U10 game or 15 team players are present at a U12 or 14 game, that player cannot again be required to play 2 quarters until all players on the team have had to play 2 quarters in a game.
|No change during playoffs
|In U10, a player may not play in goal for more than 2 quarters during a single game and
the goalkeeper must play at least one quarter in the field.
In U12, if both teams have fifteen players present, no goalkeeper can play more than 2 quarters, but otherwise 3 quarters in goal plus one on the field is OK.
In U14, there is no restriction on the number of quarters a player may play in goal.
|In U10, U12 and U14, the goalkeeper may play 4 quarters in goal.
In all cases, coaches are strongly discouraged from always allowing the minimum time on the field to an individual player who regularly plays goalkeeper, even in the rare case where the player prefers playing in goal. Goalkeepers need field skills and they need to be on the field to develop them.
Guidance for referees: The 3 quarter rule and GK rules should be drawn to the attention of coaches if it appears that a substitution pattern will violate the rule. However, referees are not to enforce the rule against a recalcitrant coach. They MUST however draw the attention of the division director or the referee administrator to any refusal by the coach to cooperate by changing the substitution pattern to prevent a violation. Coaches are subject to discipline for failure to follow the rules and the Division Director or Regional Commissioner may in their discretion deduct points or order a forfeit in the case of violations of these rules.
Additional Notes:
- The player who starts the quarter gets credit for the quarter played and a player who substitutes for that player due to an injury does not get credit.
- The assistant referee should mark the playing cards A for absent, including players who are absent for just one quarter, and I for injured or ill during a game. I generally counts as a quarter played for purposes of minimum playing time. A allows anyone looking at the card to determine how many players were actually available for selection and substitutions.
- LATE ARRIVAL AT THE FIELD: If a player arrives at the field after the beginning of the game, the 3 quarter rules does not apply. If a player arrives at the field after the beginning of the 2nd quarter, he or she need only play one quarter. A coach need not play a player who arrives after the beginning of the second half.
Volunteer Points Requirement for Elimination Round Play
To participate in the single elimination playoff round, a team must have earned at least 24 Volunteer Points in U12 and U14 and 21 in U10 regardless of how well the team performs during the preliminary pool play round. If a team would otherwise qualify for the single elimination playoff round, but doesn't have enough Volunteer Points, the opportunity to participate in the single elimination playoff round will go to the next team in the standings in that team's pool qualifies.
If as a result of this rule, too few teams from a pool are eligible for single elimination play, the eligible team or teams with the highest number of points in the other pools will qualify for single elimination play and will take the place of the lowest ranked team or teams in the pool that would have qualified if they had enough points. The scheduler at his or her discretion may adjust matchups in the first round of single elimination games to avoid teams from the same pool playing each other.
Teams that don't qualify for the single elimination playoff round will participate in friendly games.
If you think that there are any missing or unrecorded points, please contact us at . Please remember that any request to change allocation of Volunteer Points must be in writing and must come from the volunteer who earned them.
More information on the Volunteer Points Program is in the referee section of this website. Points earned by coaches can be reviewed at Coach bonus volunteer points
Consequence of disqualification:
- Division with pools: The disqualified team is placed at the bottom of its pool for purposes of determining elimination round matchups and all teams within the pool move up. If the number of teams disqualified results in a pool having fewer than the minimum number of teams that would qualify from that pool, the qualified team from another pool with the highest number of playoff game points that would otherwise not qualify will play in the elimination round.
- Division without pools: A disqualified team is placed last for purposes of determining elimination round matchups and all other teams move up.
- If the number of qualified teams from a division is fewer than the number of teams scheduled to play elimination games, eliminated teams will play the game they would have played had they qualified as the lowest ranked qualified team in the pool or division but the game will be treated as a friendly and the qualified team will advance regardless of the result.
- For purposes of scheduling friendly games on the first or second Saturday of December, teams will be scheduled according to the number of game points regardless of qualification status, so as to maximize the competetive balance of the friendly games.
- We reserve the right to make other adjustments caused by the particular circumstances of the division, but under no circumstances will a disqualified team advance in games designated as elimination games.
Please review the playoff format page for information on how the pool play and elimination rounds are organized in each division.
Regular Season Playoff Rules for Division U10-U14
Applicable Rules
These rules do not supersede AYSO National Rules and Regulations, Section 1 Rules and Regulations, or Area 1-P Rules and Regulations, but are intended to cover those situations not addressed in the AYSO National Rules and Regulations, Section 1 Rules and Regulations, or Area 1-P Rules and Regulations. Region 76 rules shall prevail in case of conflict. Unless noted, these rules will cover U10-U14.
For U10, a minimum of 5 players constitutes a team. If a team does not have a minimum of 5 players at the start of the game or if does not maintain a minimum of 5 players, then it will forfeit the game.
For U12 and U14, a minimum of 7 players constitutes a team. If a team does not have a minimum of 7 players at the start of the game or if does not maintain a minimum of 7 players, then it will forfeit the game.
Any player missing a completely filled-out and parent-signed medical emergency release form is ineligible to play. No exceptions. Coaches must show all proper medical release forms at the start of the game when asked by the referees.
Point Scoring System During Pool Playoff Games
An accumulated point system will be used for pool games (preliminary round games) with points awarded as follows:
Win = 6 points
Tie = 3 points (0-0 tie scores 3 points, no shutout point)
Loss = 0 points
Shutout = 1 additional point
Goal scored = 1 additional point each goal scored, up to a maximum of 3 points. (E.g., if a team loses 3-4, it gets 3 points for the three goals scored.)
Forfeit = Scored as 2-0 (9 points) [This is a change adopted in 2011; formerly a forfeit was 10 points.]
Maximum points per game = 10
No Show/Forfeit: Minus 1 point for non-appearance at a game.
Red Card/Ejection/Send Off: Minus 2 points for each send off/ejection of a player, coach, or assistant coach.
Tie Breaker, if necessary, to determine ranking after preliminary rounds:
- Prior Head to Head [during Pool Play only]
- Fewest Goals Allowed
- Greatest Goal Differential (will consider only up to 3 goal difference per game
- Fewest number of send-offs/ejections of players and coaches
- Coin Toss
Note that ties stand in preliminary pool playoff games.Overtime
Except in the preliminary round games or pool play in which ties stand, in the case of a tie at the end of regulation time in a semi-final, or a final game, two overtime periods shall be played in accordance with the chart below. If a team is playing short because of ejections, they will continue to play short during the overtime periods.
U10 = two five-minute overtime periods
U12 = two six-minute overtime periods
U14 = two seven-minute overtime periods
Important Note: There are NO golden or silver goal overtime periods. Overtime periods will be played in full.
Between the end of regulation play and the first overtime period: 3 min. Between each overtime period and between overtime and shoot-out (Kicks from the Penalty Mark): 2 min.
At the discretion of the Regional Commissioner, an Assistant Regional Commissioner or Division Director for the Division in question or the scheduler ("Official"), a single elimination game which ends in a tie at the end of regulation or at the end of the first period of overtime will proceed directly to a shoot-out. A decision to this effect can be made by an Official at any time up to the end of regulation play or the first overtime period in the game in question and the referee will apply the decision of an Official if present or available.
As a general rule, the scheduler anticipates that elimination games before the semifinal round will be scheduled to proceed directly to a shootout. A decision made prior to the start of games in the division and elimination round in question should, in the absence of exigent circumstances as determined by an Official, be applied to all games in the division and elimination round affected.
A decision on the date of the game to proceed directly to a shoot-out in any particular game may be taken by an Official or the referee based on the circumstances, including, for example, maintaining the schedule, field conditions, available light, weather and other relevant factors.
For clarity, no game originally scheduled to proceed directly to a shootout may be rescheduled to include overtimes unless such decision is made by the scheduler or the Regional Commissioner prior to the start of games in the division and elimination round in question.
Substitutions are only allowed prior to the start of the first overtime period and between periods. No free substitution is permitted.
In the case of a tie at the conclusion of the two overtime periods in a quarter-final, semi-final or final game, the winner shall be determined by the taking of kicks from the penalty mark. Note that, in accordance with The Laws of the Game, when a team finishes the match with a greater number of players than their opponents, they shall reduce their numbers to equate with that of their opponents and inform the referee of the name and number of each player excluded. The coach or team captain has this responsibility.
Only the Head Coach and one assistant coach from each team will be permitted on the field to confer with their teams prior to or during the taking of kicks from the penalty mark. All other assistant coaches must remain behind the crowd control lines. In the spirit of team camaraderie and sportsmanship, players (i.e., substitutes) who are not eligible to participate in kicks from the penalty mark may join their teams in the center of the field but shall remain ineligible to otherwise participate in kicks from the penalty mark.
The Referee shall choose the goal at which all of the kicks shall be taken.
The team winning the coin toss shall decide whether to take the first or second kick.
Each team shall alternately take five (5) kicks at the same goal, with each one taken by a different player.
The team that makes the most goals out of five (5) tries shall be declared the winner.
If, after both teams have taken five (5) kicks and both have scored the same number of goals or have not scored any goals, the taking of kicks shall continue, in the same order, until such time as both have taken an equal number of kicks and one has scored a goal more than the other; this team shall be declared the winner.
Each kick shall be taken by a different player and not until all eligible players of any team, including the goalkeeper, may a player of the same team take a second kick.
Other than the player taking the kick, or the two goalkeepers, all other players from each team must remain behind the mid-field line.
The goalkeeper may be changed after any penalty kick, including a kick that is being retaken.
If any playoff game (pool play or elimination) is cancelled and cannot be rescheduled, or is terminated prior to completion, the outcome/standings shall be determined by the Division Director, Assistant Regional Commissioner for older teams, Regional Referee Administrator, the game scheduler, or designees of any of the foregoing, subject to a final determination by the Regional Commissioner. NOTE: No such determination shall be made by an official who coaches a team in the division involving a cancelled or terminated game or is a member of the immediate family of a player on such a team if the determination would affect that team however remotely. In any case where the Regional Commissioner would not be permitted to make the final determination because of the rule in the preceding sentence, the final determination shall be made in the following order: (1) by the Assistant Regional Commissioner for older teams; (2) by the Assistant Regional Commissioner for younger teams; (3) by the Regional Referee Administrator.
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Shame on FEMA
To the Editor:
When you're right, you're right.
The Herald was correct when it demanded that the federal government fund the desperately needed Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant ocean outflow pipe ("We'll say it again — fund the Bay Park pipe," June 19-25).
This is something that I've been seeking for years — and the devastation suffered across Nassau County from Hurricane Sandy has sadly made the funding more in reach than ever before.
Shame on FEMA for denying billions in Sandy disaster recovery funds to build the outflow pipe. Our federal representatives didn't fight hard enough for either our South Shore families or the environment.
While your editorial rightly pointed out that a pipe may or may not have prevented 100 million gallons of raw, untreated sewage from leaking into our Western Bays during the plant's inoperability during Sandy, it will matter when New York state revises nitrogen release standards to a lower level. This
will only be achieved by the construction of a new plant altogether, or the building of an ocean outfall pipe.
We can no longer afford to pump over 70 million gallons of wastewater into Reynolds Channel each day. It's negatively affecting our marine life and wetlands. The outdated technology from the Bay Park plant, built in 1949, is crying out for an ocean outfall pipe. The Herald rightly wrote that this pipe is "a matter of life or death," and why the federal government needs to step in to partner with municipal, county and state governments in safeguarding the environmental, recreational and commercial integrity of our bays and waterways.
There are few of us who can agree more: "FEMA's decision not to fund the pipe makes so little sense . . . if FEMA truly want to protect the South Shore against future storms, this project must — must — be part of the plan."
Anthony J. Santino, Councilman
Town of Hempstead
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To the Editor:
This spring, Lynbrook's boys' varsity lacrosse team were Conference B2 champions during the regular season, and then went on to earn the Nassau County and Long Island Class B titles.


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By Jenny Dial Creech and Jonathan Feigen
The Rockets open camp on Sept. 28, and while the big offseason move came at center (you remember, Dwight Howard) the team that opens the season on Oct. 30 vs. Charlotte may have a very different roster from last year. This week, the Chronicle will break down the Rockets at each position:
Shooting guards
The Roster
James Harden, 6-5, 220
Experience: Harden enters his fifth year in the NBA and second with the Rockets. He spent the first three in Oklahoma City. He is coming off his best season to date, where he averaged 25.9 points per game to lead the Rockets.
BJ Young, 6-3, 180
Experience: Young, a rookie, went undrafted but the Rockets signed him in July to a three-year contract.
Reggie Williams, 6-6, 205
Experience: Williams is entering his fifth year in the NBA. He played in Golden State his first two seasons then spent the last two in Charlotte.
Last year:
James Harden had the best season of his career so far as he came in and instantly became the Rockets top player, he averaged 25.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game in the regular season. He stayed on point in the playoffs with 26.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. He is easily the star of this Rockets team, with "Fear the Beard" being a household slogan.
Young was in his final season at Arkansas last year where he averaged 15.2 points per game. He played in four summer league games in Orlando in July and averaged 11.8 points per game.
Williams averaged about 9.5 minutes per game in Charlotte last season and scored 3.6 points per game. The year before, he started 13 games for the Bobcats and averaged 8.3 points per game.
No longer with the Rockets: James Anderson (Philadelphia), Carlos Delfino (Milwaukee)
Looking ahead:
James Harden will be "the guy" again this season for the Rockets. He is considered one of the top shooting guards in the league and has found an identity in Houston. Earlier this summer he said he felt like he really found his place and comfort level in a leadership role with the team.
Time will tell with the other two guards. Young was impressive in summer league games as he improved with each outing. He scored 15 and 20 points in the final two summer league games he played in. He has a familiar face on the team in Patrick Beverley- both guards played at Arkansas. Williams had spurts of greatness early in his career with Golden State, providing a solid 15.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in 2009-10, but by last year, he was barely cracking the Bobcats' rotation, so at this point, it is unclear if he can provide any big contributions to the Rockets this season. He does provide another body and depth at the position is important since Delfino, who also played small forward and power forward, and Anderson were both able to provide valuable minutes last year.
Feigen's take
James Harden's play in his first season as his team's go-to scorer moved him among the league's top 10 players, but even more will be expected in his second season with the Rockets. As bright as the spotlight will be on Dwight Howard, it will shift to Harden late in games when he must grow into a more efficient, polished closer and less reliant to iso-heaves when the ball and Rockets' chances in close games are in his hands. He will likely earn the most playing time on the team, reducing the role for his backups. In addition to the two point guard backcourts, Francisco Garcia will likely pick up many of the minutes as a backup shooting guard. If Garcia plays as a small forward, a player that has to compete for a roster spot could win that and a place in the rotation. Reggie Williams' shooting could be valuable, but he will have to compete for a roster spot with the offseason additions at the three.
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Your health care provider will have you take off your socks and shoes. They look over your feet to see if you have cuts or breaks in the skin, or have an ingrown nail. They will ask you if your foot has changed color, shape, or just feels different (for example, becomes less sensitive or hurts). Your health care provider may trim your corns and calluses or toenails if you are unable to do so safely.
People with diabetes are more likely to have foot problems. This is because of the damage that is done to your blood vessels and nerves when blood sugars are not properly managed. Some of the problems people with diabetes may develop include: nerve damage, circulation problems, and infections. These can cause serious foot problems for people with diabetes. Apart from people who have injuries, diabetes is the leading cause of amputation.
People with diabetes should have their doctor check their feet once a year with a special tool to make sure they have feeling.
The best way to avoid amputation is to keep your sugar in control. Wash your feet every day and dry them carefully, including between your toes. Keep your toenails trimmed if you can do it yourself or, if not, get someone to help you. Keep your feet protected with shoes and socks. Remember, you may not feel things that could hurt your feet, like hot and cold so be sure to take extra care. For example when you wash your feet, test the water, to be sure it's not too hot. Also, check your feet daily and keep track of any changes in color, shape, or feeling in your feet and report them to your health care provider immediately.
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Just four places separate the two sides, but goals from Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Thiago Alcantara gave Tito Vilanova's side a 3-0 lead, before Diego Buonanotte struck an 89th minute consolation for the hosts.
"I felt like applauding Barca in the second-half," Demichelis told reporters after the game.
Despite the defeat, the Argentina international was keen to take the positives from the match and insisted the clash had brought the best out of Manuel Pellegrini's troops.
"When you make an error against Barca, it makes you focused again," he added.
"In the first half, we stood up to the best team in the world. We go home with our heads held high."
The Andalusians will have the opportunity to make amends for Sunday's loss when they travel to Camp Nou for the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final on Wednesday evening.


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STOCKTON - Quietly, politely, deferentially, Manjit Singh Uppal said, "This has been my home since 1973. As a little boy, it felt like a playground."
STOCKTON - Quietly, politely, deferentially, Manjit Singh Uppal said, "This has been my home since 1973. As a little boy, it felt like a playground."
Uppal, 52 and a former temple president, lives in Lodi now. But Stockton Gurdwara Sahib is still home.
The temple, at the far end of South Grant Street, also is home to thousands of Sikhs on the West Coast. For them, it represents an almost-mystical place deserving of pilgrimage, reverence and historical study.
This fall, Stockton Gurdwara Sahib celebrates a century of history, some of it surprising:
� It is oldest temple in the United States; the birthplace of Sikhism in America.
� It has a direct link to Indian independence and was home to the Ghadar (Revolution) Party, which agitated for a free, independent and united India four decades before that status was achieved in 1950. Sikhs describe Stockton as "ground zero for India's independence struggle."
� America's first Punjabi-language newspaper was published by the Ghadar Party and financed by Stockton Sikhs.
� Bhagar Singh Thind, a civil rights pioneer and the first Sikh to serve in the U.S. Army (during World War I), was a member of Stockton Gurdwara.
� Starting in 1957, Democrat Dalip Singh Saund served three terms in the House of Representatives. He was the first Asian, Indian and Sikh elected to Congress. Before that, he was secretary of Stockton Gurdwara.
For many, the compound on South Grant - which will be renamed Sikh Temple Street on Jan. 1 - is hallowed ground.
Vancouver, B.C., also has a rich history of Sikhism, but not like Stockton's.
Harinder Randhawa, a 52-year-old hospital dietitian in Vancouver, was touring Gurdwara Sahib earlier this week on a visit to the United States.
"This is our temple," she said. "It's very historic. I feel so proud to walk where the first settlers walked.
"I can see here the fruit of their hard work and suffering and sacrifice. This is our heritage. I can go home and tell my people, 'I saw the history.' "
The Stockton Gurdwara has 5,000 Northern Californians who call it home, even though larger, more elaborate temples have been built in Yuba City, San Jose and El Sobrante.
"There are many reasons," said Bhajan Singh Bhinder, coordinator of the local centennial committee. "The pioneers came here; we had the first settlement; fighting for civil rights in America happened here. The freedom struggle for India began from here. This place is so unique. It deserves the attention it's getting."
Two years ago, organizers started digging more deeply into the temple's past. They discovered journals and ledger books from the early 20th century. College students have spent the summer painstakingly taking photographs of yellow and dog-eared pages written decades ago. They have worked out of a closet-sized room on the temple's back side. The original ledger books are kept inside a safe almost as large as the room itself.
"I wanted to help shape the Sikh identity in America," said 19-year-old volunteer Rajan Gill of Yuba City. The University of California, Davis, senior is a cousin of Lodi's Ricky Gill, who at 25 is running as a Republican for California's 9th Congressional District seat.
The Sikhs, a proud people, celebrate those kinds of relationships - alongside their 100 years of tolerance and faith in America.
"And this is the place where people come to see that," Bhinder said. "It is more important than ever that Americans go to each other's places of worship and homes and celebrations.
"That's the best way to be a united nation."
Beginning this weekend, the local Sikh community is hosting several weeks of activities acknowledging its rich heritage in Stockton.
It starts this morning with a first-of-its-kind conference - "The Sikh Journey in America" - inside the Faye Spanos Concert Hall at the University of the Pacific.
It culminates Oct. 14 with the second day of a two-day grand finale, complete with parade, food, booths and entertainment.
Organizers expect huge crowds from all over Northern California. They've worked hard to commemorate the past on a large scale.
After the academic events are over and the parade crowds have gone home, the Gurdwara Sahib and its members will still congregate on the sacred ground that has been theirs for 100 years.
"Only a few have been here longer than I have," Uppal said. "This is it for me. This is where I will die."
Contact reporter Kevin Parrish at (209) 546-8264 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Iowa Department of Transportation expects the construction cones and barricades along an 8-mile stretch of Interstate 29 in Mills County will be removed in the next week.
The opening of the northbound lanes of I-29 last week eliminated a crossover and head-to-head traffic in the southbound lane west of Glenwood. Southbound traffic will be restricted to one lane until restriping is completed.
Glenwood Mayor Kim Clark is unopposed in her Nov. 8 re-election bid. Clark is seeking a second two-year term as mayor.
City council candidates Cheryl Evans (Ward 1) and Craig Florian (Ward 2) are running unopposed, but incumbent Kay LeFever is being challenged by Heidi Kloeckner for her at-large council seat. Florian has previously served as the Ward 1 councilman, but was forced to resign earlier this fall when he moved into Ward 2.
The Iowa Department of Transportation Commission has awarded an $876,510 economic development grant to Mills County for improvements to the 190th Street business corridor west of Interstate 29.
The grant was announced at a transportation commission meeting last Tuesday in Council Bluffs.
The funds will be utilized for the concrete paving of 190th Street between the Interstate 29 - Highway 34 interchange and Kane Ave.
The travel time for a road trip to Kansas City became a little shorter Saturday when the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) re-opened a stretch of Interstate 29 from the Missouri state line to Exit 32 near Pacific Junction.
Portions of the the 32-mile section of interstate had been closed since June 15 because of flooding from the Missouri River.
Several vehicles were lined up on the interstate at 10 a.m. when IDOT personnel removed barricades and snow fence to formally reopen the roadway.
The Glenwood City Council has approved the first of three required readings that would legalize the operation of golf carts on city streets.
An amendment to city Ordinance 847 would make it legal for any person age 18 or older with a valid Iowa driver's license to operate a golf cart on city streets during daylight hours from April 1 through Oct. 31.
Golf cart operators would be required to apply for an operator's permit from the Glenwood Police Department.
A search by Mills County Sheriff's deputies has turned up a "sophisticated" marijuana plant growing operation in a rural Mills County home.
Reports indicate deputies served a search warrant on a residence at 25365 Norrell Ave., southeast of Glenwood, shortly after 9 p.m. on Sept. 23. While conducting their search, deputies discovered a marijuana grow room in the home's basement.
MALVERN – It may be weeks or months before Mills County officials have a precise reading on the percentage of crops destroyed or damaged this year by flooding along the Missouri River and devastating hail and high winds that accompanied a pair of August thunderstorms, but there's no doubt that production losses in the county will be substantial.
Craig Florian has resigned from his Ward I seat on the Glenwood City Council, but hopes to be elected back to the council in the Nov. 8 city election as the representative for Ward II.
Mills County is now taking applications for Iowa Disaster Assistance from individuals affected by the hail storms on Aug. 18 and Aug. 22 as well as from those individuals and families who have had flood-related expenses.
Applicants must meet the income requirements and present receipts for expenditures related to either event listed above. Expenses must fit into the application guidelines with a maximum reimbursement amount of $5,000 per household.
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by Vanessa Rhinesmith, Debra Askanase, Jess Main and Amy Sample Ward
As our networks expand, our profiles get more public, and our work requires a human face, where do we draw the line between personal and professional identities online? How do we maintain those boundaries for our community members? How do we respond to attacks, opportunities, and over-shares online? When does over-sharing hurt the community? When should you share your own personal stories as a manager, or personally reach out to community members?
Growing and cultivating an active community also requires that the community manager walk the fine line of personal and professional sharing. Every community manager wonders when and how to professionally cultivate leaders and members to create a thriving community while still being personal. On the reverse side, sometimes community members share too much, which can hurt the health of the community.
This panel will address these questions and more from experience in nonprofit and public media sectors.
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Electric Power is the only thing separating your city from a lawless wasteland of terror. As fun as that may sound, you're a mayor, not a post-apocalyptic hero, and your citizens look to you to keep the lights on!
In the new SimCity, all Roads automatically carry invisible (perhaps underground) power lines that can deliver electricity throughout the city, assuming all the roads link together of course. This applies to all Road Types, be it a low-density dirt road or a high-density streetcar avenue.
This plays an advantage because many power plants are awfully dirty. Coal power plants for example are the absolute worst single-building polluters in the game, and they can drive down land values instantly to nothing. As such, it's generally the best idea to stick your power plants in the farthest corners of the city (especially away from residential buildings) with a single access road.
When you first place a power plant, note that it can take a while before you actually see power spreading through the city. First, the power plant has to hire some people to run it; if you have zero residential Zones, it won't start. The act of hiring people usually take one to two in-game hours. Second, power traces its way along your roads in real-time, rather than all at once, meaning the buildings closest to the plant will gain power before the buildings on the other side of town. Feel free to build a few basic zones early, but don't do wide-sweeping changes to the city until you know your power plant is fully operational.
EditPower Plants
Power is costly, especially in large amounts. Though you can buy power from your neighbors, it's likelier to be cheaper in the long-run to buy a power plant of your own. Of course, it's your only option when starting a new town in a new region!
To buy and place a power plant, simply click the Power button in your main tool bar. There are five types of power plants at your disposal, which have varying degrees of cost, pollution, and output measured in megawatts...
EditWind Power Plant
- Cost: $8,000
- Pollution: None
- Output: 3 MW (assuming 10 mph winds)
- Upkeep: $80/hour
Wind power plants are cheap and perfectly clean, but they generate a very low amount of power. They're great for early or small towns, especially when you're trying to keep the city green.
The biggest problem with wind power plants is physical space. The base plant itself is relatively the same size as the others, but to expand it with additional windmills, you'll be using a lot of physical space. It's up to you as mayor to decide whether you want to eat up the physical space for the sake of no pollution.
The other issue with power plants is the qualification to a wind power plant's output, specifically the wind speed. When you first place a wind power plant, you'll see how fast the winds are in your town. The lower altitude, the slower the winds, and the less power you'll output. At sea level, you'll often see less than the 10 mph winds you need for 3 MW. High altitudes can lead to faster winds, but you can offset slow winds with additional windmills.
It's a viable strategy to start your town with a wind power plant, then destroy it and replace it with something bigger once your funds and power demands are higher.
Available Modules:
- Small Horizontal Turbine
- Large Horizontal Turbine
- Vertical Turbine
- Wind Storage Batteries
- Wind Power Sign
EditCoal Power Plant
- Cost: $17,000
- Pollution: High
- Output: 75 MW
- Upkeep: $450/hr + 4.3 tons/day of coal
Coal power plants are the most cost-efficient of your choices, but the hidden price is the horrendous pollution they cause. Coal power plants are the single-worst polluting building in the game, and they create a very large carbon footprint that kills the land value of everything that surrounds it.
The other hidden cost of a coal power plant is the coal itself. Coal plants, when placed, start with 20 tons of coal, which means it can function for about 4-1/2 days. After that though, you'll need to figure out how to get more coal. You can create a coal mine if you wish to undertake the Mining specialization, but that takes additional physical space and creates more pollution as well. Of course, you can turn around and sell that coal too.
Alternatively, once your coal plant is built, you can select it, then tick a box marked "Accept Global Coal Deliveries." The price of coal on the open market is pretty steep, but you'll be able to keep power to your city indefinitely. If one town in your region is a mining city, you'll likelier get a cheaper price buying from them.
Coal delivery train
Available Modules:
- Dirty Coal Generator
- Advanced Coal Generator
- Clean Coal Generator
- Coal Power Plant Sign
EditOil Power Plant
- Cost: $27,500
- Pollution: High
- Output: 150 MW
- Upkeep: $856/hr + 864k barrels/day of oil
Oil power plants cost more than coal power plants, but produce twice the power for less than twice the initial price. However, oil is much more expensive to import than coal, and the upkeep cost is nearly double, so the long-term hidden costs are higher. The only benefit oil plants have over coal plants is that they're cleaner, though not by much.
Oil plants, like coal plants, come with about 4-1/2 days' worth of oil when placed. After that, you'll need to decide whether you want to produce your own oil, or start importing from other cities (or the global market place). Remember, it's slightly cleaner than coal, but still not a very clean option if you're trying to keep the city pretty.
Available Modules:
- Clean Oil Generator
- Combustion Turbine Generator
- Oil Power Plant Sign
- Conventional Oil Generator
EditSolar Power Plant
- Cost: $25,000
- Pollution: None
- Output: 4 MW during peak hours
- Upkeep: $75/hr
Solar plants are a dichotomy. The initial cost of the plant is extremely expensive, but the upkeep is almost zero. You don't get a lot of power for the initial cost, but unlike wind plants, you can place it anywhere and generally get consistent outputs of power. Just be aware of that "during peak hours" qualification: if your city is running nearly at the peak of what your power plant can provide, then you may get brownouts at night.
The other big problem with solar plants, like with wind plants, is physical space. Solar plants are very clean but take up a lot of space, even more so than wind plants, and likely aren't viable for larger cities. Still, it's practically free energy, and it's a solid option for low-level prairies when high-density Zones aren't a concern for your plans.
Available Modules:
- Concentrated Solar Array
- Fixed Solar Array
- Solar Storage Batteries
- Solar Power Sign
EditNuclear Power Plant
- Cost: $145,000
- Pollution: None
- Output: 300 MW
- Upkeep: $1,300/hr
Nuclear power plants are the all-stars of the power plant game. Clean power in large amounts with an upkeep cost that is fairly reasonable given the small physical space the plant occupies. However, its initial cost makes it completely unfeasible for anything but a long, established, wealthy city.
It's probable that it will suffer with the same major risk it always has in previous iterations of the franchise: the risk of a nuclear meltdown. If the plant catches fire and explodes, it will likely create a large patch of radiation damage that prevents all construction on that land forever (or until you reset the city to its pristine state). Your best bet is to build a fire station directly next to it regardless of all other Fire Safety coverage, just in case.
If you no longer need the nuclear plant (as you built it in another city or invested in the solar great work), do not demolish the nuclear plant. Doing so will not only release a large amount of radiation on a large portion of your city (depending where you build it) but will irrevocably damage the water table in your city by unleasing extreme ground pollution over the same distance, ensuring that no matter what you do, your Sims will always remain sick. Close it down if you don't need it, and leave it to the birds.
At the release of this game, there was a bug that no matter how high your education was, the skill of your workers will slowly fall until the plant's skill level becomes unsafe and a meltdown occurs. Keep an eye on the plant and if the skill level of workers drop to unsafe, then it is in your best intrest to close the plant and use another form of power.
Available Modules:
- Fast Neutron Reactor
- Gen I Thermal Reactor
- Nuclear Power Plant Sign
- Gen II Thermal Reactor


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Mexican cartel finds more buyers for cheap, potent heroin among Midwestern youth
Danny Dillon, a three-sport athlete, thought he was snorting a crushed-up pain pill the first time he tried heroin as a high school junior.
Soon he was injecting the drug, a decision based on not just effects but his wallet.
"The price is what made it easy," said Dillon, now a recovering addict from Braidwood, a one-time coal town on Chicago's suburban fringe. "Instead of paying $20 for some pills, I could pay $10 and it would last me two or three days."
Dillon's simple calculation captures the recent transformation of heroin use in the U.S.: who buys it, how it's sold and, increasingly, who dies from it. More people are using it than at any time since the 1970s -- 79 percent more in the past five years alone.
Driving this explosion in customers is a growing nonchalance toward a drug once considered taboo. Users today are younger, more affluent and more likely to live in suburbs or small towns, according to government officials and drug treatment experts. And they're snorting or injecting a form of heroin more potent than during the drug's previous heyday.
In the Midwest, heroin's re-emergence has been abetted by the marketing ingenuity of the Sinaloa cartel, the Mexican drug organization that has grabbed control of narcotics sales in the region. The cartel, whose leader once described Chicago as his "home port," took advantage of the power vacuum left when federal prosecutors sent many top gang leaders to prison, fomenting violence among gang members who serve as Sinaloa's main sales force.
The cartel also exploited rare victories in the war on drugs: reduced cocaine production in South America and tighter U.S. controls on prescription drugs.
Cocaine has increased in price while OxyContin, sometimes called "hillbilly heroin," has been reformulated to be less desirable to addicts.
Sinaloa and its dealers offer a ubiquitous alternative in packs of heroin that sell for as little as $10, not much more than a six-pack of beer.
"Economics is driving people toward it, for sure," said Dan Bigg, director of the Chicago Recovery Alliance, which provides outreach for drug abusers. "It's a much cheaper way to go for a unit dose."
This heroin epidemic, hitting not just Chicago's suburbs but smaller cities, from Indianapolis to tiny Oconto, Wis., is one few saw coming, least of all the parents of young users.
Kaelan Mondragon, 16, from Wheaton, was a varsity volleyball player and a bright, if indifferent, student who had once been caught with marijuana.
Last March his mother, Justine Mondragon, went to wake Kaelan and found him lifeless in his bed. "I screamed: 'What did you do? What did you do?' You don't want to think your kid would kill himself, but you don't know."
A day later, police told the family that Kaelan had overdosed.
"It was inconceivable to us that he would try something like heroin," said his father, Marcos Mondragon. "It didn't fit any patterns that we could have expected."
Kaelan's death was one of 43 fatal heroin overdoses so far this year in DuPage County, due west of Chicago and known for its comfortable neighborhoods, top-notch schools and conservative politics. County coroner Richard Jorgensen said heroin deaths increased to 43 last year from 26 in 2011.
Similar spikes in fatal heroin overdoses have been recorded in other counties surrounding Chicago. Neighboring Will County had 53 last year, up from 30 in 2011.
About half of the heroin in the U.S. now comes from Mexico, followed by South America and Asia, 2011 Justice Department seizure data show. Mexican heroin production increased more than sixfold from 2005 to 2009, to an estimated 50 metric tons, according to the Justice Department.
Heroin seized from the Sinaloa cartel was 94 percent pure, a point of pride for the cartel's leaders, according to 2011 court records. Just a year earlier, wholesale heroin confiscated in Chicago was, on average, 64 percent, according to the Chicago office of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The increase in volume and purity are credited chiefly to the Sinaloa cartel led by Joaquin Guzman, whom the Treasury Department last year called "the world's most powerful drug trafficker." Like narcotic traffickers before it, the Sinaloa cartel acts as a wholesaler, selling kilograms to dealers who dilute the heroin with other white powders to expand their supply and profits.
The difference now is that the dramatically enhanced purity -- 35 percent at the street level in Chicago in 2010, compared with about 4 percent in the 1980s, police say -- allows both wholesalers and dealers to make a much bigger profit.
"You can turn that one kilo into five kilos," said Jack Riley, who heads the DEA's Chicago office. "It is truly the drug of choice for the street gangs now. It's their liquid gold, how they fuel their organization."
It's also a key reason for the surge in fatal overdoses, creating a sort of heroin roulette for users, given the potential difference in purity levels from one dealer to the next.
A particularly strong batch is suspected in 11 fatal overdoses in DuPage during July alone.
"The drugs are so variable, it's difficult to know what you are doing," said Jorgensen, the coroner. "It's not like taking one Vicodin -- you know what pill it is. In this situation, it's different every time."
Isabelle Triezenberg, blonde with braces, looks more like a cheerleader or camp counselor than a recovering heroin addict. She exemplifies a new generation that's less intimidated by heroin.
Though she smoked marijuana in high school and popped painkillers from her grandmother's medicine cabinet, she said she was "grossed out" by heroin. Then, in July 2011, her curiosity prevailed and she snorted some.
Two weeks later, she injected it.
"It was like taking Vicodin but without the nausea, straight opiates," said Triezenberg, now 21.
It was also cheaper than pills. Triezenberg needed nine or 10 Vicodin to get high -- a $50 a day habit at $5 or $6 a pill. "For the amount I needed, I didn't have money like that to spend," she said. Two or three $10 Baggies of heroin were enough for a day.
Stories like Triezenberg's are increasingly common. There were 156,000 new heroin users in 2012, among the highest levels since the 1970s, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
New heroin users in the Chicago area are more likely to be white, suburban and in their late teens or 20s, said law enforcement officials and drug-treatment counselors.
Once the drug was confined largely to lower-income minorities in the inner city and was so impure that it would offer a high only by injecting it, police and researchers said. The increased purity allows users to snort and smoke it, which is less intimidating than injecting it.
Treatment experts said heroin's appeal has also been fueled by its popularity with celebrities such as "Glee" star Cory Monteith, who died of an overdose in July.
Heroin now has a greater price advantage over drugs such as cocaine, which is scarcer and more expensive since 2007 due to fighting among cartels, government anti-drug campaigns and an increase of cocaine smuggling to Europe, according to a 2011 Justice report. A gram of cocaine cost $165 in September 2010, 69 percent more than in January 2007, and the purity was 30 percent less.
A bigger factor may be the effort to curb prescription drug abuse -- 12.5 million people in 2012 -- that has reduced the desirability and availability of some commonly abused pain pills. In 2010, Purdue Pharma reformulated extended-release OxyContin to make it harder to inject and less appealing to addicts.
From 2010 to 2012, illicit OxyContin use declined 21 percent, and the number of first-time abusers of pain relievers dropped too, according to a federal survey.
Those victories have come at a cost. Some pill abusers switched to heroin, which works on the same brain receptors as narcotic pain relievers. Four of five new heroin users had previously used illicit pain pills, a federal survey found. Abusers 12 to 49 years old were 19 times more likely to try heroin than those who didn't misuse pills.
The most frequent abusers of prescription painkillers are most likely to use heroin, said Christopher Jones, who leads a prescription-drug overdose team for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Their behavior is not going to change because people stop prescribing the drug," Jones said.
As heroin has become more popular in suburban Chicago, many users eschew local dealers to drive into the city, where heroin is cheaper and more potent. Despite the violent reputation of Chicago's West Side, Dillon, the high-school athlete, said the experience wasn't as harrowing as he expected. Dealers promised to protect valuable customers and even offered discounts for volume purchases.
"I figured they'd just shoot me when I got there," said Dillon, who put 40,000 miles on his car in 1½ years driving to Chicago and back. "They just want your money."
Kaitlyn Moak made the drive in June 2012.
She was eating Chinese food with her grandparents a few weeks after her graduation from Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox, where she was on the honor roll and sang in the choir. Some friends picked her up to go out.
That evening, Kaitlyn and her friends, who had $130 between them, bought 15 Baggies of heroin from a dealer they knew as "Juju."
For all Kaitlyn's high school laurels, her mother wasn't oblivious to her heroin use. Jacqueline Olson, a sheriff's deputy, said she worried about the group her daughter started hanging around with as a junior. During Kaitlyn's senior year, Olson heard Kaitlyn had tried the drug.
She confronted Kaitlyn, who denied it and passed several random drug tests, Olson said. By the time Kaitlyn graduated, Olson believed the worst was behind.
Kaitlyn was found dead in her bed the morning after she went into the city with her friends, five Baggies of heroin still in her purse.
"My mom is a substance abuse counselor and she didn't see any signs," Olson said. "I randomly drug-tested her, so it wasn't like I was naive.
"I don't feel guilty," she said. "A lot of parents feel guilty. Maybe it will come with time. I thought I did everything right."


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Clarkson University's Liya Regel Speaks at International Women's Congress in France
Liya L. Regel, professor of electrical engineering and director of the International Center for Gravity Materials Science and Applications at Clarkson University, returned from a trip to Europe last week where she had been invited for some events. She said the most interesting was the International Congress of Women Scientists and Engineers (ICWES-14) in Lille, France.
Regel was invited to the conference under the High Patronage of Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic, under the Patronage Minister d�Etat, Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning, and under the Patronage Minister for Higher Education and Research of the Republic. The National Council of French Engineers and Scientists was a prime host of the Congress, which had the theme A changing world: new opportunities for women engineers and scientists.
Regel said it was a great honor to be invited to speak to a very special audience - women from six continents. The coordinator (Valerie Ozier, France) asked IRM panelists challenging questions about their experience, life-balance, what made them succeed, their views on gender diversity as a major topic for companies/universities, how can their experience help others, etc. Regel said that "these were interesting and unusual questions for me to answer. The feedback from the audience during and particularly after the roundtable was amazing."
The keynote speakers at the Congress were women from different countries: Tunisia, France, Canada, Germany, Belgium, the United States, and the European Commission. They presented impressive lectures on topics in economics, physics, biology, social sciences, gender issues, etc. There was also a session with a special program for engineering and science students. There were numerous poster presentations as well.
The topics of the conference varied from climate change, future energy needs, the impact of technology on the environment and on living conditions, information technology and communication, logistics in a global world, biotechnology and genetics, management and leadership, and gender in STEM. These topics and more brought women from around the world - over 500 from 60 countries.
Regel says that the support of the French government and different French organizations, and the organizers under the leadership of the ICWES-14 Chair Monique Moutaud and her excellent team, made this meeting in Lille unforgettable for the participants, guests and VIPs.
Regel is the first woman scientist to receive an honorary doctor of science from Alabama A&M University. The international scientific community recognizes Regel as a highly innovative materials scientist. Among her significant achievements are many successful experiments in space.
She pioneered research on materials processing in giant centrifuges, high-energy heavy-ion implantation, and conversion of graphite to diamonds at low temperature and pressure. She has over 270 scientific papers, is author and co-author of 12 monographs and proceedings published in France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Regel has presented numerous keynote addresses, plenary lectures and invited seminars at national and international scientific meetings, universities and companies around the world. She is also an accomplished artist; her art is in private collections in Canada, France, Israel, Italy, Russia, the US and public displays in the U.S. Although she chose physics over music in college, she continues to compose on the piano. She also writes short stories and thought-provoking poems.
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