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The Walrus Says
Mary said, "This musical includes songs from the original movie, the one with Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, but the composers have written additional songs to enhance the show. There are many roles in this play for all ages; please do not shy away because you think this is a children's show. Believe me, we need adults, in many lead roles. We encourage families to audition together!
JCT presented a different version of Willy Wonka many years ago, but the story was the same.
The times for auditions will be announced in the Press next week, but it looks as if they will be during the week before Labor Day. By the way, you can read updates on Facebook by going to our page (Jamestown Community Theatre). We will be announcing audition times there as well."
Mary will be directing the production. If you have any questions, call her at 423 1586 or e-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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*** The Fire Department's Ladder Company 1 last Thursday became a rescue company. The apparatus was parked on the apron in front of the station and was taking part in the department's weekly drill activities when, firefighter Andrea von Hohenleiten said, a woman approached the truck and asked if the crew could help her out. It seems a raccoon was stuck in a tree o and she was concerned for the safety of her adult daughter, who was attempting to help the animal. The truck and crew went to the scene.
Below the hole in the tree trunk used by the raccoon family to gain access to its nest, there was a slit in the wood in the shape of a very thin V. The young quadruped's neck was wedged in the crack.
Donning his full gear, including heavy-duty gloves, firefighter Jon Caito went up a ladder and gently lifted the boisterous animal and lowered it back into its nest. Andrea said the raccoon was so young it hadn't yet opened its eyes. A gathering crowd of neighbors voiced its approval.
Ladder Company 1 then went back to being Ladder Company 1.
Great job, guys!
BankNewport is participating in the Rhode Island Food Bank summer food drive through Aug. 28. So, if you go into the bank for a withdrawal, join the drive and deposit canned goods for the needy.
In last week's column, we mentioned – as we usually do each month – the names of the August full moon. We said it was the Green Corn Moon and the Grain Moon. Our names come from a list of Native American and folklore sources.
Maureen Lapinski called to say her August moon is the "Full Sturgeon Moon." Maureen's source is the Old Farmer's Almanac's Engagement Calendar, which also draws its information from Native Americans. The Calendar states, "This month's full moon got its name because the sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught at this time. It is also called the Green Corn Moon and the Red Moon." So, different tribes, different moons.
Our thanks to Maureen for her interest and from now on, we'll include the Almanac's listings as well.
Dick Rembijas writes: "I'm still waiting for someone to tell me what two businesses were located on the south end of Green Lane and who were the owners? Someone named one of them a couple of weeks ago, but I question her second answer.
"Also, I believe the owners of the Narragansett Cafe in the 1950s were Scotty Santoes and her brother, Vic Minus."
This week's question from Peter C. Pemantell: What color was the old St. Mark Church?
Kudos to the newly elected officers of the Jamestown Emergency Medical Services. They are: Lennart Nilsson, chief; Keith Ford, deputy chief; Bob Boyle, secretary; Larry Bartley, treasurer; Chris Reilly, training officer; Linda Brown, supply officer and Jim Perry, administrator. JEMS is a volunteer organization providing emergency care and transport service at no charge to island residents. It responds to some 600 calls each year. Volunteers are always needed and welcomed. Questions? Call 423-2726.
Erich Stahl of Friendship Street writes, "Where is the fire horn? The people want to know. Rumors are that if it is being repaired in Sweden by the last known fire horn repair authority or possibly finally returned to the alien invaders from 'War of the Worlds' for a tune up... How has the press missed this vital piece of news? (perhaps the detection of the change is no longer an option having been too close to the roar of the instrument?) Waiting with earplugs at the ready."
Put them in, Erich, the horn was working again Saturday at noon. Its long silence was caused by a defective valve, complicated by a delay in the deliverance of the correct replacement part.
Islander Todd Messinger, head chef at DiMare Seafood in East Greenwich, answers questions in "Tips from a Tastemaker" in the current issue of "SO Rhode Island."
A sign of the times: A billboard in Hamilton reads "Rhode Island Bankruptcy Center," and gives information about how to contact it. Of course, it's an attorney's office.
Patti Vandal correctly identified last week's poser as "Moonlight Becomes You," and said it was featured in the Bob Hope, Bing Crosby movie "The Road to Morocco." "In answer to Marilynn Dutton's question about phone numbers – my number was 11, my grandfather Miller's was 66 and the Clarke School was 197."
Bob Kinder had it right and said it was made popular by Bing Crosby.
Paula Florentino and Mary F. Mastostefano also had the correct title.
Barbara-Ann MacIntosh said it was written by Burke and Van Heusen. "I have a great recording of it done by Classic Collection, the 1982 Quartet Champions of the Barbershop Harmony Society."
Thanks, guys!
*** This week's poser is from B.J. Whitehouse and the song will be part of the Jamestown Community Chorus' 60th anniversary performance in December. "You make everything groovy."
The Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association, in reaction to its successful 10 percent discount on any one item purchased by visitors to the museum gift shop on National Lighthouse Day, has extended the offer through the remainder of August. The gift shop is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Beavertail Lighthouse.
Joe "Boo" Lyons writes, "Special thanks to Jim Pemantell for the fine Saturday afternoon that we all enjoyed at the Clarke/Carr reunion. It was so good to see old classmates and share memories of school and teachers. Jim and his staff put a lot of time and effort into making that day a day to remember."
*** The following item was requested by Joanie Shaffer and her family to be inserted in this week's column:
"Charlie you are pain free and now you can rest in peace. It just doesn't seem like a year has passed already. I hope you are having fun driving the shuttle bus up there. I love you so much. I have a hummingbird tattoo on my ankle in honor of you. Also, Bill and May have donated a bench in your honor, it is at 1 Ferry Wharf. I hope you sit on it every now and then. We all miss you so very much. XOXOX You, Joanie and family, and friends. You are my guardian angel and I know you are watching over me."
Tomorrow is VJ Day. Fly your flag in remembrance of the brave Americans who gave their lives in the South Pacific during World War II.
*** Be true!
Call in your stuff to 423-0383 or 829-2760 or e-mail us at jtnwalrus@ hotmail.com.


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Internet Explorer 8: Worth an Upgrade?
Internet Explorer is known for its majority claim on the Internet browser market share and it's close ties to the Windows operating system. Microsoft continue to flourish and says their new browser is worthwhile and better than ever! Here are a few ways IE8 exceeds it's previous version.
One unique feature of IE8 is the accelerators. These tools save further browsing time by turning popular searches into a simple right-click function. For example, you can highlight an address, right click on it, and choose the "Bing Maps" feature (similar to Google Maps, or Mapquest). Another smaller window slides out with a small map showing the location of that address and a link to get to directions. This saves you the time you would spend opening a new window and copy/pasting the address on a mapping website.
You can see search results on popular sites such as Google, Dictionary.com, and Wikipedia. First, highlight a keyword(s) on the web site you are viewing, like "Tiramisu" for example, and right click. Choose the accelerator of your choice to see a mini page with Tiramisu search results on Google, or the dictionary or Wikipedia entry at a glance (Tiramisu is, by the way, a delectable Italian dessert!). There are a variety of accelerators available that may interest you, some using Microsoft sites like Bing and MSN, and others using popular sites, including YouTube and Facebook.
Web slices are another new IE8 feature that is available for select webpages (indicated by the green web slice icon at the top of the page). Web slices allows you to see a small "slice" of the pages you want to check regularly, without searching for or loading the webpage.
For example, if you are bidding on an Ebay item, you can add a slice for that particular item (instead of the whole webpage) to your new favorites bar at the top of the page. When the slice has new information, like another person bidding on your item, the slice title become bold. You can click on the slice to see a mini page with your item, increase the bid, or read the new information, etc. Other slices available show news, stocks, weather, sports, etc. The new favorites bar displays your slices along the top of the screen similar to tabs for easy access.
IE8 has some feature with which you may be familiar. Similar to Google Chrome, IE8 has "tab isolation" that prevents the whole browser window from crashing if one tab malfunctioning and "In-private browsing" that allows you to surf without saving history and files to your computer. Like Firefox, if your browser window closes unexpectedly, you can restore all your tabs to the previous session. Like the Google toolbar feature, you can restore recently closed tabs into the same window if you accidentally close a tab.
Internet Explorer 8 also is equipped with newer technology that promises more security and speed. To read more about the security features, check out microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer. Whether it is really faster than other browsers is up for debate, depending on how testing is done and what pages are tested. The best way to know if it works better is to try it out for yourself. Based on your Internet services connection speed and surfing habits, you may be able to load pages faster with Internet Explorer 8. Keep in mind that it is good practice to back up your files and create a restore point before you install IE8. If you do decide to download IE8, check out browserforthebetter.com if you want your download to help feed the hungry.

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Lady Gaga to Perform at 2013 MTV VMAs [Video]
Who's going to perform at the Barclay's Center at the VMAs on Aug. 25? Lady Gaga!
Mama Monster took a pause at the 2012 event and didn't attend. In 2011, she attended and performed as her male alter ego Jo Calderone, and even attempted to make out with Britney Spears when presenting Brit Brit with an award. Gaga turned as many heads as Beyonce that night, as the latter debuted her baby bump on the red carpet.
MTV announced the return of Gaga to the VMAs stage via the above Instagram video.
You know what this means, right?
Gaga will have to make up for lost time, not being there last year. She'll also have to make a bigger splash than she did two years ago. It was a massive appearance for her, showing up as "someone else" while smack dab in the middle of a new promo cycle for 'Born This Way,' where 'You & I' was the current single.
With 'ARTPOP' on the way, she has to top HERSELF.
We haven't even touched upon other VMAs antics, like performing while bloody or wearing a meat dress...
...Gaga has to battle herself and be better than herself. We'll be waiting and watching.


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After spending four years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Davonn Robinson, of Milwaukee, has been released because of the work of the Wisconsin Innocence Project.
On September 23, the Milwaukee County Circuit Court vacated Robinson's conviction, and the State promptly dismissed all charges against him.
In May 2006, Robinson was convicted of sexually assaulting a child based on the testimony of two children. Since then, both witnesses have recanted, saying that their mother had beaten them with an electrical cord until they agreed to make the false accusations. The mother subsequently was convicted of child abuse, and the children voluntarily came forward with the truth.
Wisconsin Innocence Project faculty and students were on hand on September 23 to walk Robinson out of prison and to freedom.


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Where in the Parks Can You Find the Mission Blue?
It's mission blue butterfly season in the Golden Gate National Parks, and you can catch a glimpse of this endangered species at Milagra Ridge. Learn about this diminutive butterfly—and the plant upon which its survival depends. more >>
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Lyrical Landscape: Six Poems of Our Parklands
Capturing the majesty and the experience of natural settings through written language is a tradition as rich and time-honored as the land itself. In honor of National Poetry Month, we present to you six poems inspired by the superlative scenery of the Bay Area and the Golden Gate National Parks. more >>
Report: Youth Key to Diversifying Park Visitation
A new report by the Institute at the Golden Gate examines how youth programs can make the national parks more relevant to diverse populations. The two case studies in the report? Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area—and our own Golden Gate National Parks more >>
Have You Ever Wanted to Fly Over Tam?
The Tamalpais Lands Collaborative (TLC) has launched a visually stunning, dynamic web portal that allows supporters to share their memories and stories of Mt. Tam. more >>
Tough Parker: Are You Up for the Challenge?
Stewarding the beloved Golden Gate National Parks takes blood, sweat, tears, and—most importantly—dirt. It's for these reason that we have decided to take our Park Stewardship program to the next level—announcing "Tough Parker," an endurance event series for our hard park fans. Are you up for the challenge? more >>
A Dean Among Rangers: Park Superintendent Retires
After a National Park Service career of almost 40 years, Frank Dean is retiring. Learn about his enduring legacy at Golden Gate—and find out what's next for Frank in his remarkable life of work on behalf of public lands. more >>
Golden Gate Herstory: Famous Ladies of the Parklands
One of the earliest residents of Yerba Buena. A pioneering dairy rancher during the Gold Rush era. And a woman who, for U.S. servicemen in WWII, became synonymous with San Francisco. In honor of Women's History Month, read their stories and more. more >>
A Bird's Eye View of Alcatraz
Join Chris Briggs, research director of our Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, for a tour of the nesting birds on Alcatraz. In this essay, he points out some rookeries on the Rock—and shares the sad history of the turn-of-the-century feather craze. more >>
2014 Migration: Rise of the Rock Star Raptors
What do you call two smiling raptor banders? A pair o'grins! Beaming faces were abundant on Hawk Hill during the fall 2014 migration season, which featured plenty of "celebrity" raptors, a loopy Redtail, a bald eagle flyby, and 300 intrepid Golden Gate Raptor Observatory volunteers. more >>
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Super Sad True Presidio Love Story
In 1806, Maria de la Concepcion and Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov fell in love at the Spanish Presidio of San Francisco—despite their differences in culture, language, and religion. And then, the only thing that stood between them and wedded bliss was the vast frozen expanse of Siberia. more >>
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They just can't kill off "The Killing." The twice-dead series is getting and fourth season thanks to Netflix.
Netflix announced Friday it has made a deal with Fox Television Studios to resurrect the crime drama again.
AMC cancelled the series after its second season, then brought it back after talks between the studio and Netflix. AMC aired the third season this summer but axed it again in September.
The six-episode Netflix season will presumably be the final season. The first three seasons are now available on Netflix.
"The rich, serialized storytelling in 'The Killing' thrives on Netflix, and we believe that it is only fitting to give Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder a proper send off," said Cindy Holland, vice president of original content for Netflix. "We are looking forward to offering fans--both existing and new--a series that we know is perfectly suited for on-demand viewing."
Netflix previously revived "Arrested Development" for a fourth season. Like that show, the main cast members of "The Killing" will return. Stars Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman have signed on to play homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder, respectively. Showrunner Veena Sud is also back.
"It's a true testament to 'The Killing' creator Veena Sud, and the stellar cast led so compellingly by Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman, that fans remained so passionate about the show," said David Madden, president of Fox Television Studios. "We're gratified that our partners at Netflix recognized this, and are giving us the opportunity to complete the story in a way that will be satisfying to our loyal audience."
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It's no joke: the ConferenceBike is a revolutionary way to bring people together. The CoBi-7 is pedaled by 7 riders sitting in a circle. One person steers while the other 6 pedal (or not) as the bike moves effortlessly along. More than 300 CoBies are now being enjoyed by a wide variety of groups in 18 countries. It is a tour bike in Berlin, Baltimore and San Francisco; a tool for corporate team-building in Copenhagen and San Diego, a way for blind people to bike in Dublin and Florida.
They have been used for fund-raising events and by biking advocacy groups worldwide. CoBies are being used to transport employees on the Google campus in California; and as ice-breakers at Vincennes, Stony Brook and Alfred Universities. Every group you can think of can use a 'CoBi' as a TOOL and a SYMBOL for bringing people together.
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Can the Japanese role-player survive in the new generation and does its only hope lies with Square Enix's Final Fantasy XV.
'Can Final Fantasy save the JRPG'
The JRPG Genre does not lie in the hands of Final Fantasy. FF is one IP. A whole genre should not be judged by one series.
The Tales series, Ni No Kuni, Xenoblade, The Last Story, Pandora's Tower... they're all great JRPGs.
I love FF with a very strong passion, but there are loads of JRPGs out there that make the genre so awesome for me.
JRPG is pretty much alive and well. The question is: "Will Final Fantasy XV rejuvenate the series?"
Answer: TOTALLY! Nomura and Tabata can never let us down.
Maybe if developers released more JRPGS Final Fantasy as a title can't save it alone. I found watching threw the PS3 generation JRPGS weren't pumped out as much as they were on the PS2 and PS1. The DS received more JRPGS than the PS3. Only way to save JRPGS is to localize more titles and have developers release some of the old franchises like Wild Arms, Breath of Fire, Grandia, Soukoiden. Are just some great franchises that need new life and brought to the PS4 not as HD remakes but as new titles built from the ground up. But as it sits kinda hard to do a JRPG when everything is flooded by FPS.
This article had to be written by someone who doesn't play JRPGs. FFX came out in 2001...that would mean that realistically, FF hasn't been relevant in TWELVE YEARS. I can also assure you that I've played MANY great JRPG's in the past twelve years rofl. And FFXV doesn't even look like a Final Fantasy or a JRPG..


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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- America's Cup champion Team Oracle USA has returned to the water 3 1/2 months after its 72-foot catamaran was heavily damaged in a spectacular capsize on San Francisco Bay.
Skipper Jimmy Spithill says it was a "fantastic" day in about 10-12 knots of wind Monday.
The boat capsized on Oct. 16, tumbling stern over bow. It was caught in a strong ebb tide and swept more than four miles past the Golden Gate Bridge. The high-tech, 131-foot wing sail was destroyed.
Oracle had to wait for a new wing sail to arrive by ship from New Zealand before it could sail again.
The Louis Vuitton Cup for challengers starts July 4 on San Francisco Bay, with the winner facing Oracle in the 34th America's Cup beginning Sept. 7.


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The event took place in a back room of the restaurant with no televisions, so the 30 or so supporters in attendance ate food and stared at their cell phones searching for updates on the race.
Just after 12:30 a.m., Ulrich made his first appearance and blamed the Board of Elections (BOE) for what looked like a loss. He said that because of Hurricane Sandy, many who would have turned out to vote didn't.
"It was the last thing on their minds," he said. "The turnout in the Rockaways was cut in half."
Ulrich said the BOE could have made it easier for those affected by the hurricane to vote. He said that some voters he talked to had to walk 40 blocks to their nearest polling station, a problem exacerbated by the fact that people have no gas in their cars to drive.
Despite Addabbo's declaration on Tuesday night, Ulrich said it was still too early to call the race.
"It's too close to call at this hour," he said, adding that he would wait to see what the results looked like in the morning.
But Wednesday morning, it was clear that Addabbo would retain his seat. With 100 precincts reporting, Addabbo had nearly 60 percent of the vote.
Ulrich said that his first priority is still with his constituents, especially those affected by the hurricane. Other than Election Day, he had suspended his campaign for over a week to help meet the needs of his constituents.
One supporter who showed up Tuesday night was Davis Shapiro, who said it was the councilman's bipartisanship that most impressed him.
He said it was young people like Ulrich - who is only 27 - that are the "future of our country."
"They have new ideas and new ways of thinking," he said.
At the end of this heated campaign, Urlich said he still has a great deal of respect for Addabbo.
"It was all about the issues," he said. "It wasn't personal."


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Cubs Minor League Daily: Catch The Fever
[Brett: I'm running around this morning with The Little Boy to various doctor things, so Bullets and morning posting will likely be delayed for a little bit.]
There is as much interest and excitement surrounding the Cubs farm system this spring as there has been in a long time, and it does not all revolve around Baez and Bryant. If you want to tap into the awesomeness that is minor league baseball first hand, then take a look at this map to find a minor league team near you. Even if it isn't a team that plays for the Cubs, or that plays against a Cubs affiliate, minor league baseball is still an absolutely wonderful (and rather affordable) time.
If you want to follow along with the Cubs' organization, though, you can always listen to the radio broadcasts of all the games via the Internet for free (and legally). Each day the audio feed is linked from the home page for each team, and the home page for each team is linked each morning here in the Minor League Daily (in the "Scores From Yesterday" section below). Alternatively, you can pull up this website which lists all the line scores for a day's worth of games along with the MiLB.TV (if available) and radio feeds.
The best way to enjoy a game is at the ballpark, but joining Twitter is fun as well. I'll have more recommendations on who to follow as the season progresses, but here are six to get you started: me (@ltblaize), Brett (@BleacherNation), the Iowa Cubs (@iowacubs), the Tennessee Smokies (@smokiesbaseball), the Daytona Cubs (@daytonacubs), and the Kane County Cougars (@kccougars).
You can also find plenty of minor league watchers here on Bleacher Nation most evenings, both on the main page and over on the Message Boards.
Scores From Yesterday
Iowa – Iowa picked up their second win of the year, 4-1.
Tennessee – The Smokies rallied late, but came up short. They lost 3-2.
Daytona – An early lead did not last as Daytona fell 5-4.
Kane County – Kane County had the day off.
Performances of Note
- [Iowa] Tsuyoshi Wada had the standout performance of the night. Over 6.2 innings he allowed one run on 3 hits (including a solo homer) and a walk while striking out 8. Neil Ramirez and Blake Parker each fanned a pair in relief.
- [Iowa] Brett Jackson lined a hit into the right field corner for a triple, and later on reached on an infield single and stole second. He also walked. It's only one game, but it was good to see.
- [Iowa] Christian Villanueva hit a three run homer, his first of the year.
- [Tennessee] Dustin Geiger singled and homered, his second. Jeudy Valdez also had two hits, including a double.
- [Tennessee] Even though he limited the damage to three runs, Matt Loosen was not particularly effective in his start. Ryan Searle, Hunter Cervenka, and Tony Zych combined to throw three hitless innings of relief behind him.
- [Daytona] Two hit games came from Jeimer Candelario, who included a triple in his, and Rock Shoulders, who had a double.
- [Daytona] Rob Zastryzny struck out 6 in his 4 innings of work, but he also allowed 4 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks.
Other News
- On the scoresheet Javier Baez did not have a great day. He finished 0 for 3 with a walk and no strikeouts. On film, though, he made very hard contact on a couple of pitches, including one that he took to the backside of the warning track in dead center. On a different day that ball would have been gone. The walk came late in the game and basically consisted of Baez refusing to chase pitches low and on the corners. As 0 for 3 days go, it was a good day.
- There are two stories in the Daytona bullpen worth highlighting. One, of course, is Arodys Vizcaino. Once a pitching prospect ranked among the best in the game, now he is coming back from two years of arm problems. So far his stint in the warm weather of Florida is going very well, and he tacked on a hitless inning with a strikeout yesterday. The other story is Zach Cates. Cates, you've probably forgotten, was the other guy in the Rizzo trade. He's always been a power pitcher, but he has also been held back by his control. It's early yet, but including his performance yesterday he's up to three scoreless innings with three strikeouts, no walks, and two hits. That sample is so small it barely qualifies as a trend, but it is something to keep a close eye on over the coming weeks. If he has tamed his control issues, he could have an impact at the back of a bullpen.


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Sorry, Scott. Lismore vacated last week. My wife was walking by as they were packing up. The building has been sold for condo development.
Guess what!
I just happened to be walking by the day they were moving out!
I have another post of really great photos of the inside of the store and all the little details.
I really lucked out to walk by that day!
Earlier this week we got a house-call from the owner, making a delivery that he had promised to my wife. It is a pity that the old-line customer service oriented stores are leaving, but a place like Lismore really was a destination shop – only partly supported by locals. I think the internet and outlets have hurt that kind of business. It is a lot easier to make a living selling your real-estate to condo developers.
Are you local to that area?
I agree that the internet and outlets probably hurt the business but so did not changing the window displays for twenty years. By the same token, that is what made the place so noticeable.
I'm not local to LES but I'm in the area alot, what a great place to shoot.


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Recipe Help!
What went wrong? Was this supposed to happen? Should I throw it out? What do I do now?
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Just worrying....
Worried about evap rates....got a four gallon pot, end boil volume (per slothrob's recipe calcs) is 3.5 gallons. I'm assuming the grains will absorb up to half gallon, as I examine his recipe, and mash out with a half gallon, then sparge with 2 gallons. My fermenter holds 2.5 gallons (lus or minus head space) and I only worry if it ends up more than that. If it's less, no biggie, just top off to full.
You guys have been a great help, I'll keep you posted on the brewing..
You guys have been a great help, I'll keep you posted on the brewing..
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It's a sad day for all those countless admirers (seriously now, apart from myself...?) of Sun's Ultra 20 and Ultra 40 workstations. The Ultra 20 M2 and Ultra 40 M4 workstations have quietly reached their end-of-life, meaning the company currently has no more AMD-based workstations on offer. The magnificent case design of these machines, which made its debut in the form of the Sun Ultra 20, appears to be slowely but surely on its way out, since the UltraSPARC-based Ultra 25/45 have also been retired. This leaves the Ultra 24 (x64 Core 2 Duo/Quad) as the sole bearer of this case design. I would be very sad to see the angular and clean design go, seeing I placed it at number 7 on my list of most beautiful computers.


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Goalie Brian Boucher could miss as much as a month with a sprained MCL of his left knee, GM Paul Holmgren said after Tuesday's practice in Voorhees. Boucher injured both knees in Monday's 4-0 win in Boston, but the left knee is is worse shape, Holmgren said.
Holmgren said center Claude Giroux, who injured his shoulder when boarded late in the second period, would play Wednesday, when the host Flyers try to even the series.
Boston's 3-0 series lead has dwindled to 3-2.
The Flyers are trying to become the third team in NHL history to win a series after losing the first three games.


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Getting a grasp on what Todd Bowles' defense will look like has been a difficult chore, but the beginning of one tenure and the end of another has provided some details on what led to Juan Castillo's firing.
Several players have stated since Bowles first met with them on Monday that his main message has been that the defense will no longer be predictable, especially in the fourth quarter. The defense's struggles in the fourth under Castillo have been well-documented. Defensive end Brandon Graham gave some insight as to what the problem was.
"I think we started running the same stuff over and over," Graham said Wednesday. "We 're not switching it up as much. You could hear it on the sideline -- a lot of times we run the same coverage."
In the Eagles' 26-23 overtime loss to the Lions on Oct. 14, Castillo was criticized for late-game adjustments that cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha said played into Detroit's favor. But for the many of the Eagles' close games over the last two seasons, Castillo's play calls gave offenses obvious looks depending upon the down and distance.
"That's what he talked about -- not being predictable in the fourth quarter," Graham said of Bowles. "By the fourth quarter everybody know what we're going to do. That's how we get beat."
Graham said that Castillo kept things vanilla on game days rather than using all the schemes the Eagles had practiced on during the week.
"Coach Bowles -- it's going to be fun to see what he's doing because I think everything we run in practice we're actually going to run in the game," Graham said.
The third-year end said that he's hoping to see more time under Bowles. Graham has been relatively productive when he's seen the field, but with Trent Cole and Jason Babin ahead of him on the depth chart it's been difficult to crack the lineup.
"I know right now they're trying to figure out who they're trying to play," Graham said. "I'm just trying to make sure I keep chopping at it, keep working hard, and hope everything goes my way."
The defensive line has not had a sack in the last three games and has only six of the team's seven this season. In limited playing time, Graham has a half sack, 13 hurries and nine tackles.


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Actress Hellen Mirren gave sassy answers to life's most important questions in a segment called "Mirren, Mirren" on Monday's episode of "The Tonight Show."
Host Jimmy Fallon asked a magic mirror questions about pop culture, then Mirren appeared on the other side and answered in rhymes to the audience's delight.
"Mirren, Mirren, what do you think about '50 Shades of Grey?'" Fallon asked.
"Well whips and chains are not my style, but who doesn't like a jolly good spanking once in a while?" Mirren answered.
The "Mirren, Mirren" sketch is a hand-me-down from Fallon's "Late Night" days.
During her interview, Fallon asked the "The Hundred-Foot Journey" actress about meeting Queen Elizabeth II. Mirren explained that when people meet the queen, their voice changes.
"You get this thing called Queen-itis which is like a terrible virus that hits you the minute you are in front of the queen," Mirren explained. "You start saying weird things like 'it was terribly good fun', and 'frightfully nice to meet you'. This weird voice comes out."
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AW Extra 5/30/13 – Goof-Proof Crown Molding
Goof-Proof Crown Molding
By Tom Caspar
Cutting perfect miters on crown molding can be a real challenge. Make a mistake and a lot of expensive wood goes to waste. This method, which uses a shop-made miter box, puts the molding in its "natural" position, the way it will be placed on your project. It's easy to set up the saw and tweak the miter's angle for inside and outside joints. The saw's blade stays at 90 degrees to the table, so you don't have any complicated compound cuts to set up.
Start by building the miter box (see photo, below). Don't use screws; you don't want to accidentally cut into one. Use a combination square to figure out how wide the box's pieces must be to hold the molding in its natural, upright position. The bottom piece's width equals the molding's depth when it's installed. The side pieces' width equals the molding's height when it's installed plus the thickness of the bottom piece. Cut these pieces about 12 in. long and leave the ends square for now. Glue the box together; then miter the ends. Label each corner.
Cutting miters is very straightforward (see photos, right). For convenience, I always hold the box on the saw's left side. For the best results, screw the box to the miter saw's fence. For some cuts, the box's long side goes against the fence. For others, the short side goes against the fence. Using a high-tooth count blade will produce a very smooth cut, with no tearout on the molding's face.
This method won't work on all saws and all crown moldings. Success depends on the molding's height and the saw's capacity. Many tall moldings can be cut this way using a 12-in. saw, but a 10-in. saw may not have adequate clearance.
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Build the miter box from three pieces of plywood. Label the corners to indicate how the crown molding is oriented for each miter cut.
Place the molding's top edge against the label identifying the cut and you can't go wrong.
This story originally appeared in American Woodworker January 2007, issue #126.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The Georgia Southwestern Lady Hurricanes couldn't find enough offense to get past the Georgia College Lady Bobcats Tuesday evening as they dropped a 54-43 contest in Bobcat Arena.
Georgia Southwestern trailed 29-26 at the half, but Georgia College (3-3, 1-0 PBC) used a 10-0 run midway through the second half to secure a victory.
A cold shooting second half which only produced 17 points on 26 percent shooting (7-27) was too much for the Lady Hurricanes to overcome. Southwestern was held to a season low 43 points on the night as they dropped their Peach Belt Conference opening contest.
Jasmine McSwain led the Lady 'Canes in scoring with 12 points on the night. Danisha Green added 8 points and 8 rebounds for Georgia Southwestern (1-6, 0-1 PBC).
The pair also served as catalysts for a GSW defense that tallied 18 steals on the evening. They accounted for five takeaways a piece for the Blue and Gold.
GCSU was led by Krysta Lewis who led all scorers with 18 points and Enisha Donley added 17 for the Bobcats.
GSW will be back in action this Saturday as they return to the Storm Dome to take on Clayton State for a 1:30 p.m. contest.


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Ever since "Three Men and a Baby" hit the big screen in 1987, scripted shows have been exploring the hilarious aspects of bumbling men as primary caregivers. What seemed fresh, perhaps, when "Full House" debuted, now has very mixed results — though ABC Family's lame to middling "Baby Daddy" was recently given a third season, NBC's higher profile "Guys With Kids" was swiftly canceled and I don't even want to talk about what happened to "Up All Night."
Actually I do, because what happened to "Up All Night" offers a primer into the whole "perils of parenting" genre of television into which A&E's new reality show "Modern Dads" enters Wednesday.
Parenting small children is a semi-universal experience fascinating to those experiencing it At The Time. To everyone else, potty training and tutu addiction are about as interesting as those Thursday morning human resources meetings.
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This is why, in most television shows, having a kid is temporary — the kid arrives, occupies a few smushy highly accessorized episodes and promptly disappears to some mysterious 24/7 day-care facility on Mars.
Those shows built around the care of small children tend to go extremis. As in what if there were six kids? Or 16? What if they were twins or preternaturally gifted? What if the people raising them were three brothers living together or two divorced women or, in the case of "Up All Night," two previously hard-partying, high-profile career types?
Well, on "Up All Night," it got boring, then it got crazy, then it got canceled.
In a way, the rise of the stay-at-home father seems a natural narrative solution. Everyone has some sort of beloved "doofus Dad" story — my own father never knew how old my brother and I were (he was once off by six years). But in 2013, the dimwit daddy notion invites outrage — from the many men competently raising children and from women who find it an infuriating exercise in passive-aggressive control. ("See, we just don't do it right, so you do it.")
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Into this roiling tar pit comes "Modern Dads," the next in a series of rigorously produced (which is to say carefully scripted) reality series from A&E that proves the point and provides something of a solution.
Clearly buoyed by its boffo hit "Duck Dynasty," the network is moving away from the rougher, unprofessional look of early reality TV toward something more sit-com-polished. Where once ignorance of, or discomfort with, the camera provided the signature look, a new breed of reality is going for people who know how to work a scene.
The producers of "Modern Dads" ("Real Housewives of New Jersey's" Sirens Media) cast four Austin, Texas, fathers who are quick-witted and attractive, albeit in a middle-aged, all-white boy band-diverse way. On the other hand, these men seem to have engaged in stay-at-home parenting previous to being cast in "Modern Dads." And that's oddly, hilariously, yet undeniably important.
Watching Rick, an overweight veteran, literally juggle his 1-year old twins as he plans their birthday party was worth the half-hour buy-in, easy. As any woman who has engaged in the "pizza is not dinner" debate knows, men may do things differently from their female counterparts, but that doesn't mean they do it wrong.
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These are not clueless parent guys, they just do it without a lot of angst or too much discussion. They're heavy on crude, light on self-recrimination. At one point, dad Sean, who with his laid-back barista looks may be the most interesting of the four, ineffectually attempts some woodworking in the backyard. Within minutes, his partner, Rachel, has taken over, wielding the jigsaw like a pro while Sean oversees the girls' tea party with little or no gender-expectation fanfare.
Scripted? No doubt. Do the men seem to go out of their way to discuss sex, bowel movements and other "provocative" topics? They do indeed.
But they also treat their children with love and respect, and if the show asks them to play up the man-boy/cool dad aspect, these guys clearly take their care giving more seriously than their appearance on this TV show.
Which puts them miles ahead of all those wonderful moms on "Real Housewives."
'Modern Dads'
Where: A&E
When: 10:30 p.m. Wednesday
Rating: TV-PG-DL (may be unsuitable for young children with advisories for suggestive dialogue and coarse language)
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To Lease Or Buy
Truck and engine manufacturers have introduced numerous innovations in new truck models responding to ever-changing environmental regulations and the need to reduce the greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. With the price of diesel fuel at record levels, they're working to provide new technologies that maximize driver productivity and fuel economy.
Olen Hunter, director of sales for PACCAR Leasing (PacLease), says the complexities of choosing and servicing these new truck technologies and balancing them with the company's transportation needs can be challenging.
"Truck leasing can be a crucial strategy in accomplishing your company's transportation needs, particularly if you want to take advantage of emerging technology, which is rapidly advancing in trucks in shorter and shorter cycles," he says.
But before making the decision about whether to lease or buy a new piece of equipment, Hunter says there are five questions you should ask yourself. We present four of them here, and you'll find a fifth at GreenhouseGrower.com
Best Use Of Capital
What is the best use of your company's capital? Every company is different. Depending on whether your company is privately or publicly held, how it's capitalized and how it measures the success of business activities will determine the best use of its capital. Companies finance their business activities through equity and debt.
Financial decision-makers (chief financial officers, vice presidents of finance and others) spend much of their time ensuring that their companies leverage borrowing power (debt) and equity (retained earnings/stockholders equity) in a balanced manner to get the highest return possible.
When buying new equipment that depreciates, like trucks, most organizations seek to gain a maximum amount of return on their investment. That's why financial decision-makers will evaluate whether the investment in equipment offers their companies a return higher than their "hurdle rate." That rate is usually defined as the company's weighted average cost of capital plus a nominal premium.
If decision-makers determine the equipment does not offer a return that's higher than the hurdle rate, then leasing may offer them a great alternative.
If you find yourself in similar circumstances when considering a lease or purchase decision, it's important to conduct an ROI (return on investment) calculation to determine whether your company should use equity or debt to finance the equipment. Lease accounting treatment, which falls into two main categories – on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet – can favorably impact a company's key financial ratios like ROA (return on assets) and ROI. If your company is measured on a key financial ratio favorably impacted by lease accounting treatment, you should take this into consideration.
Trucking & Your Operation
Is transportation your core competency? Companies must ask themselves: Are we a trucking outfit or are we in another line of business?
Many organizations have determined that by leasing their trucks and assigning their maintenance, roadside service, fuel tax reporting and other administrative headaches to leasing companies, they can focus their employees' and managers' energies on activities central to their business. When employees and managers concentrate on delivering products, they can provide top-notch service and on-time performance to their customers. They also have time for activities that help the company gain new business.
For many companies, investing time and resources in trucking-related activities can be a slippery slope. Specifying the right equipment for trucks and handling maintenance requires the right knowledge. Transportation managers must keep up with the latest developments in trucking technology. Maintenance facilities must be properly equipped and staffed with well-trained technicians.
By outsourcing non-core functions related to trucking through a full-service lease, companies can fill the driver seats with their own people, while taking advantage of their leasing provider's equipment know-how plus equipment buying power and expertise.
Leasing companies, due to their sheer size, can negotiate the best pricing on equipment, maintenance items and expendables and pass those economies of scale onto their lease customers. Without that benefit, a smaller fleet with fewer than 50 units can expect to pay a sizeable premium on parts, tires, outside repairs and other truck-related expenses due to economies of scale.
Leasing companies, which have the capability of customizing quality trucks with specialized equipment to meet their clients' individual needs, can help you realize operational efficiencies such as better fuel economy, greater productivity and improved driver satisfaction.
Do you know what the true cost of ownership represents? More specifically, do you know what your equipment's maintenance costs are?
Most organizations have a good handle on their financing costs. Typically, equipment financing is a fixed known quantity. Unfortunately, the cost of maintenance is often not well known or understood. But it should be.
Large fleets that run a tight accounting ship can tell you down to the penny, on a unit-by-unit basis, how much they spend on labor, parts, tires and outside repairs for their trucks. They can also tell you how those expenses are trending compared to their annual budgets. Think of this as a profit-and-loss statement on each truck. Those companies can also track trends that indicate poorly running units and units that experience repeat repairs.
These types of trends influence future component purchasing and maintenance practices. Trends also help guide organizations to make replacement cycle decisions. By having a handle on these type of trends, organizations can fine-tune their trade cycles and optimize their operating costs.
For small fleets, many lump all their transportation expenses into general accounts. So, they have no real way of identifying costs on a per-unit basis.
Unsure how to capture true maintenance costs for your trucks? You can purchase off-the-shelf software to help calculate this data. But the software usually can't take into account your parts and labor pricing. Plus, off-the-shelf software that tracks expenses doesn't usually take into account the administrative costs associated with managing a fleet.
The time it takes to process repair orders, payables and receivables, plus track warranty work, licensing, permitting and compliance with U.S. Department of Transportation regulations, can all add up to major costs for companies. Those expenses may or may not be captured at the fleet or unit level. These items, traditionally thought of as overhead items, contribute to the overall cost of ownership and must be considered when deciding whether to lease or buy trucks.
The Right Information
What information or data do you need to make a lease/own comparison? There are 12 basic items or costs — seven for ownership and five for leasing – you need to identify to perform an accurate comparison. The ownership costs you need to identify are:
• Initial cost of equipment: the original purchase price, including taxes, and additional equipment such as van bodies, tool boxes, headache racks, auxiliary power units and refrigeration units;
• Interest rate if considering a bank loan, length of loan and down payment;
• Length of asset life: How long will you use the equipment;
• Corporate tax rate: Used to determine your company's net, after-tax benefits of depreciation write-off;
• Maintenance costs of equipment;
• Administrative costs for licensing and tracking DOT compliance, plus the general and administrative costs associated with managing your fleet's maintenance;
• Net present value calculation of the monthly payments, finance cost and maintenance cost over the equipment's lifetime.
And the leasing costs you need to identify: lease rate; variable cost (mileage rate) if a full-service lease; length of lease; net present value calculation of the lease payments over the equipment's lifetime; and residual responsibility: Is it yours or does it belong to the leaser?
Again, it's vital to tally all associated administrative expenses under ownership and lease before you make comparisons. Once you have gathered this data, you can perform a net present value calculation on the lease payment, the finance cost and the maintenance cost over the equipment's lifetime.
It's also important to look at the net after-tax cash flows under ownership and leasing. This will give you the true picture of how depreciation impacts ownership and leasing cash flows. The net present value calculation will estimate the future cash flows of ownership and leasing in today's dollars so you can make an informed financial decision. Need help with the calculations? Most leasing companies have lease/buy tools you can use to load with your fleet's data to perform these calculations.
Consider The Benefits Of Both
What are the perceived benefits of ownership and leasing? The benefits of leasing trucks are financial and operational. Financially, a company can preserve capital for other parts of its business that generate a higher return. Operationally, it allows a company to focus on core functions of its business.
Truck ownership has been perceived to provide better control, which may or may not be the case. In many situations, there is inherent risk associated with owning trucks. Some of these risks include the value of the equipment at trade-in time, unpredictable maintenance costs over the equipment life, obsolete or stranded assets due to improper replacement cycle and increased costs caused by hiring, training and tooling technicians to keep up with ever-changing truck technology.
Those risks make it difficult, if not impossible, for a company to maintain a stable cash flow. Equipment failures, even when they're covered under warranty, can create delivery delays and adversely affect your company's income.
Many times, leasing can provide considerable flexibility to meet short-term and long-term equipment needs by custom tailoring a lease and maintenance package that matches the truck's useful life. Leasing results in a more stable cash flow, as fleets make one monthly fixed payment for their trucks and their maintenance. A leasing company can, in many cases, offer a lower monthly payment than what you would pay to finance a truck because it uses the truck's residual value in determining the lease payment.
Some leasing companies offer substitute vehicle programs that can provide comparably equipped replacement units while your trucks are being serviced or in the event they require additional time in the shop. In the long run, the lease and maintenance package allows your company to maximize uptime and productivity so your drivers continue making their deliveries and earning your company money.


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|Nationals | Bryce Harper hot with the longball
Sat, 23 May 2015 13:32:42 -0700
Washington Nationals OF Bryce Harper is the first player younger than 25 years old to hit 11 or more home runs in a 14-game span since Mark McGwire in May 1987.
Fantasy Tip: Harper ($6,300, 12.6% of cap) has really found his groove and is a prime reason why the Nationals are among the top teams in the National League East, if not all of baseball. Do not take him out of your lineup for any reason except injury or illness.
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|Dodgers | Suspensions, fines handed down for brawl Tuesday
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:54:56 -0700
Los Angeles Dodgers RP J.P. Howell and INF/OF Skip Schumaker have been suspended for two games for their aggressive actions during the incidents of the game on Tuesday, June 11, against the Arizona Diamondbacks. RP Ronald Belisario has been suspended for one game for a similar reason. Manager Don Mattingly has been suspended for one game for the actions of his club and his conduct during the incidents. Hitting coach Mark McGwire has been suspended for two games for his conduct during the incidents. Mattingly is scheduled to serve his suspension on Friday, June 14. McGwire will serve his on Friday and Saturday, June 15.
Also, SP Zack Greinke and OF Yasiel Puig were fined undisclosed amounts. All player discipline is subject to appeal.
The organization has also been fined for allowing players who are on the disabled list to enter the field during the incidents. The Dodgers will not be allowed to have players who are on the DL to sit in their dugout for their games throughout this coming weekend. Those players may return to their benches on Monday, June 17.
Fantasy Tip: Phew. Thankfully, for fantasy owners, Greinke and Puig escaped without suspensions. The rest of this is inconsequential for fantasy purposes, essentially.
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|Dodgers | Mark McGwire named hitting coach
Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:35:42 -0800
The Los Angeles Dodgers officially named Mark McGwire as their new hitting coach Wednesday, Nov. 7.
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|Dodgers | Close to hiring Mark McGwire
Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:40:03 -0700
St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire has informed the team that he intends to accept a similar position with the Los Angeles Dodgers. A deal between the Dodgers and McGwire isn't final, but McGwire informed the Cardinals he doesn't intend to accept their extension offer. McGwire and his family live in Orange County.
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|MLB | Six more named to NL All-Star staff
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:37:32 -0700
National League All-Stars manager Tony La Russa named former St. Louis Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan, Cardinals pitching coach Derek Lilliquist, Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire, Cardinals third base coach Jose Oquendo, Chicago Cubs first base coach Dave McKay and Houston Astros bench coach Joe Pettini to his NL coaching staff.
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|Rangers | Josh Hamilton joins elite company with 50-game performance
Wed, 30 May 2012 23:51:57 -0700
Texas Rangers OF Josh Hamilton joined the likes of Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Ken Griffey Jr., Mark McGwire and Albert Pujols as the only players in baseball history with at least 21 home runs and 56 RBIs through the first 50 games of a season.
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|Cardinals | Coaching staff announced
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:49:28 -0800
St. Louis Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan, third base coach Jose Oquendo, hitting coach Mark McGwire and bullpen coach Derek Lilliquist will all return to their posts next season. Assistant hitting coach Mike Aldrete will become the bench coach and minor league manager Chris Maloney will become the first base coach.
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|Cardinals | Allen Craig refines swing this spring
Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:31:30 -0800
St. Louis Cardinals 3B Allen Craig has worked with hitting coach Mark McGwire in the offseason, refining his swing to better anticipate inside pitches. The strategy has had success, according to Derrick Goold of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "That was one of my goals this offseason to get better with the inside pitch and better at pulling the ball. I've done a little bit better job this spring," Craig said.
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|Cardinals | Mark McGwire coming back
Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:03:21 -0700
St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire will return for the 2011 season, according to FOXSportsMidwest.com's B.J. Rains. First base coach Dave McKay, third base coach Jose Oquendo and bench coach Joe Pettini also signed one-year contracts to return.
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|Cardinals | Mark McGwire expected to return
Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:33:57 -0700
St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire is expected to return to the team for next season, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss.
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: What I'm reading now
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E-book fans are reading a third more books than print-only people, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project: about 24 books the past year, compared to about 15 by old-style print readers.
Interesting. Right now I'm a print-only diehard, voracious, and last year tried to count all the books I'd read, but stopped at the end of March, having clocked about 100.
I'm a huge fan of Denver Public Library. I order what I want online, then when I get the email that it's in hold section, I head across Civic Center Park on lunch break and pick it up. Sometimes there are wonderful surprises, like the time I was 94 on the wait list for Katherine Boo's hot new book on Mumbai, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers," but when I cruised my branch library in SoBo it was there on the shelf, so I snapped it up.


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No. 1 Nkemdiche picks Clemson
Many who follow recruiting were shocked when prized defensive end Robert Nkemdiche of Loganville (Ga.) Grayson, the country's No. 1 overall prospect, committed to Clemson on Thursday.
Although Nkemdiche consistently listed the Tigers among his favorites, few ever seemed to give the Tigers much of a shot.
Alabama, long considered the leader, not only had tradition and a history of producing NFL talent on its side, but a Crimson Tide alum - Mickey Conn - coaching his team.
Ole Miss, where Nkemdiche's brother, Denzel, is a defensive back, also seemed like a possible destination. So did LSU, a school that Nkemdiche raved about at length after visiting earlier this year.
Recently, there also was chatter about Georgia, which hired Daryl Jones, a Grayson assistant during Nkemdiche's freshman year, as its Director of On-Campus Recruiting, and Mississippi State, which signed former Grayson quarterback Nick Schuessler, whom Nkemdiche has lived with, in February.
Meantime, Clemson got very little buzz.
That changed Wednesday night when defensive back David Kamara of Grayson, one of Nkemdiche's closest friends, announced via Twitter he had verbally committed to the Tigers. Kamara has said for months he and Nkemdiche intended to play together in college.
Turns out, he was right.
For Clemson, this pickup is, quite frankly, huge. Remember, this is the program that lost in embarrassing fashion on Jan. 4 in the Orange Bowl to West Virginia 70-33. That prompted the Tigers to part ways with defensive coordinator Kevin Steele and bring in Brent Venables from Oklahoma to replace him.
On May 18, Venables and fellow Clemson assistant Tony Elliott were in Georgia to watch Grayson's spring game.
So were two coaches each from Alabama and Ole Miss, and one from LSU. Nkemdiche originally was supposed to commit that night, but changed his mind a couple weeks earlier. After the scrimmage, he told Rivals.co he hoped to make a pledge sometime this summer.
On Tuesday, Nkemdiche Tweeted: "Going to visit Clemson tomorrow my boy Wayne already up there ."
Wayne is Wayne Gallman, a three-star Grayson running back who committed to Clemson in April.
After arriving at Clemson on Wednesday, Nkemdiche Tweeted, "Coolin with my boy Sammy Watkins talking football."
A day later, he pulled the trigger.
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Although Clemson has landed several big-name recruits -- many in the past decade -- this is the program's biggest pledge in recent memory and perhaps ever.
In 2011, the Tigers scored four five-star recruits, including Watkins, a dynamic receiver who was a star as a true freshman last season. None of the four however, were in the top 10 of the prospect rankings.
Nkemdiche is a consensus No. 1. Some have called him the best prep player in Georgia since Herschel Walker, class of 1980.
How did Clemson do it? How did the Tigers pull it off when few gave them a fighting chance?
Well, for starters, the Kamara connection clearly was significant. It also couldn't have hurt that Gallman already was on board at Clemson. And, of course, there is this: Conn and Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney once were teammates -- and roommates -- at Alabama.
Fans of other programs that were in the hunt, particularly Alabama and LSU, likely will be miffed that Clemson has apparently won this battle (it won't be over until National Signing Day next February).
Some no doubt will point to the blowout bowl game, the fact the Tigers have not finished in the top 10 since 1990 and haven't won a national title in 31 years.
But with the teenagers, there is this reality: While they certainly do care about wins and losses, they don't to the extent fans do. In fact, it's not even close.
Most high school prospects, especially the elite ones, have the primary objective of reaching the NFL. Because of that, the choice of a school often is only partly affected by how many championships he can win.
Nkemdiche has said repeatedly he would pick a college that could 1. Get him to the NFL and 2. Get him on the field early.
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George Gerald Hanagan
Jan. 22, 1924 - Jan. 20, 2013
George Gerald (Jerry) Hanagan passed away peacefully on January 20th. Born January 22, 1924 in Pocatello,
Idaho he is survived by his children Terri (Jim), Frank (Rhoni), José (Carey), Clara (Taras), grandchildren Gabriela, Nicolas, Logan and Noah, daughter-in-law Kim. He is preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Teresa Alonso Hanagan, parents Frank and Ida and brothers Walter and Robert of Sacramento. A 1942 graduate of Sacramento High he enlisted and served honorably in the US Army Air Force during WWII. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus for over 60 years. His love of life, family and faith was vast. He enjoyed traveling around the Sierras and western states with family and helping with various CYO programs. He was always willing to lend a hand or offer guidance to anyone in need.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Annunciation, 400 W. Rose Street, Stockton, California. A Vigil Service will be Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at DeYoung Memorial Chapel, 601 N. California Street, Stockton, California. Visitation will be Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. at DeYoung Memorial Chapel. Private committal will be at Sacramento Valley Veterans National Cemetery, Dixon, California.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to one of the following: St. Mary's Interfaith Dining Hall in Stockton CA; Catholic Charities of Stockton or Sacramento; or Hospice of San Joaquin in Stockton, CA.
Memories and condolences can be communicated through www.deyoungchapels.com


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Rhode Island workers, retirees mull pension deal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The fate of Rhode Island's landmark pension overhaul — a model cited in other states wrestling with escalating retirements — now hinges on the votes of the same government workers and retirees who sued to block the law.
Thousands of teachers, firefighters, police and other state and municipal workers and retirees are voting on a proposed settlement in the legal challenge to the 2011 pension law, which raised retirement ages and suspended pension increases.
The proposed settlement offers retirees a modest pension increase — $500 — with the promise of additional increases sooner than the current law. But it retains most of the sweeping changes approved by lawmakers — and the billions of dollars the law is expected to save the state and its municipalities in coming decades.
The settlement must be approved by public workers, retirees and state lawmakers. If the proposal is rejected at any stage, the lawsuit would continue.
Public workers and retirees interviewed by The Associated Press expressed a range of opinions — from resigned support to dissatisfaction with their own union leaders.
"I think they caved on a lot of things," said Matt DiMaio III, 57, of North Providence, who retired last year after spending 30 years in the state's insurance regulation office. "I worked for less money (in a state job) for years because it was going to be made up at the end. I think we need to take the chance in court."
But the risk of losing an expensive legal fight — and getting nothing — has other workers endorsing the settlement. University of Rhode Island employee Mike McDonald, who is vice president of his local union, said the deal would bring closure to years of bruising political and legal wrangling between public workers and retirees and state leaders.
"It's never going to be as good as it was, but it's better than what we have now," the 54-year-old McDonald said. "It's 'take what you can get.' I'd like to put this to bed. Get it over with."
Rhode Island had one of the most troubled pension systems in the nation before lawmakers passed the overhaul in a special legislative session. The Rhode Island Retirement Security Act was designed to save an estimated $4 billion for the economically troubled state over the next 20 years.
Many of the 66,000 state workers, teachers and municipal workers and retirees covered by the state retirement system complained that the changes amounted to broken promises and an unconstitutional change to their benefits. The legal challenge to the law was the subject of closed-door settlement negotiations for more than a year, while the law was heralded — and derided — across the country as other states looked to address their own pension problems.
Under the law, cost-of-living pension increases were suspended for five years, with regular increases expected to return when the pension fund grew to healthier levels. The settlement would give retirees a $500 increase, with increases of up to 3.5 percent every four years beginning in 2017.
Also, as part of the deal, employees with 20 years of service could keep their existing pension plan instead of receiving a hybrid plan that combines a pension with a 401(k)-type account. All other workers would receive the hybrid plan, though governments would contribute slightly more to workers with more years of service. Employees would also pay slightly more toward their own retirement than under current law.
While workers and retirees won some concessions, the settlement preserves an estimated 95 percent of the savings from the 2011 law.
Approving the settlement is complicated. A first round of voting — underway now — involves thousands of ballots sent to members of the unions and retiree coalitions that challenged the law. Those ballots must be returned no later than April 3 to be counted. If fewer than 50 percent of the ballots come back as "no" votes, then the process moves to a second round of voting.
Under the process, anyone who fails to return their ballot is counted as a "yes" vote. That's irked opponents of the settlement, who say elderly retirees, former workers who have left Rhode Island or those who aren't following the debate may be less likely to mail the ballot back.
"The deal is not great, but what I'm most opposed to is how the vote is being handled," said Paul Guglielmino, 52, an engineer in the state's Department of Environmental Management. "It's a democracy, and if this was a regular vote, then I'd live with the result. Maybe this is the best deal the union could get. But I don't understand why the union agreed to this voting process."
Lawyers who worked on the settlement say class-action lawsuits commonly use ballots that count as a "yes" vote if not returned.
Retirees and public workers are weighing their options and calculating what the settlement would mean to their retirement security.
"I'm definitely a 'no' vote," said Robert Jackson, a 66-year-old who taught math in Pawtucket schools. "After 38 years of teaching — bingo! — they pull it right out from under me. A check for $500? They're doing this on the backs of the retirees."
But Jim Gillis, a 71-year-old retired social worker, said he's willing to get less than what he was originally promised in exchange for the concessions in the settlement.
"If you take your chances in court, it's a gamble," he said. "And I'm not a big gambler."


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When Marek Herchel graduated from St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, college was almost off the table. Too expensive.
Marek had moved to Topsfield, Mass., from Slovakia to live with the Meserves during his senior year. After graduating, he wanted to stay but simply didn't have the funds to attend to college. The Meserves and friends published a story about Marek's desire to attend and inability to pay for attending college in the Boston Globe. The story caught the eye of Barbara Ericson, then a Dean at Suffolk, who called the senior's high school guidance counselor, Bob Combe.
"[That] was how I ended up being admitted to Suffolk and received sufficient financial assistance to allow me to attend," Marek recalls.
As an undergraduate student at the business school, he quickly immersed himself into the many social and academic groups and programs Suffolk offers. A member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, he also conducted an independent study of private equity and venture capital and arranged to spend a semester in Amsterdam to study the impending integration of the European Union. In 1998, he graduated with his bachelor's of business administration, summa cum laude and he received his master's in finance, from Suffolk in 2000.
When he got his first job in private equity, Marek drew on three main skills that he picked up while a student at Suffolk: networking, communication, and analytic skills. The university's location in a thriving business city also served him well.
"[Suffolk] was a great place to learn and in parallel gain valuable experience in Boston's financial services industry," he says.
Today, Marek is a Partner, co-heading AlpInvest Partners' Fund Investments team in the Americas. He says he directly applies the general management and finance training at Suffolk to his work finding and executing investment opportunities in North and South America. He travels widely for the international company; a recent two-week trip took him to Los Angeles, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Amsterdam.


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September 09. 2013 8:40PM
Concord City Council accepts grant for armored police vehicle
By DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader
Concord Council Rollcall on BearCat Grant
Elizabeth Blanchard, Ward 1: Yes
Jennifer Kretovic, Ward 2: Yes
Jan McClure, Ward 3: Yes
Amanda Grady Sexton, Ward 4: Yes
Robert Werner, Ward 5: No
J. Allen Bennett, Ward 6: No
Keith Nyhan, Ward 7: Yes
Dick Patten, Ward 8: No
Candace C.W. Bouchard, Ward 9: No
Fred Keach, Ward 10: Yes
Mark Coen: Yes
Michael DelloIacono: Yes
Stephen Shurtleff: Yes
Dan St. Hilaire: Yes
Mayor Jim Bouley: Yes
CONCORD — The City Council voted 11-4 to accept a $260,000 federal grant for an armored police vehicle Monday night, despite a great deal of public opposition.
The BearCat vote was scheduled last month, but there was so much public comment, the matter was tabled until Monday night. By order of the Fire Department, the crowd inside the council chamber was limited to 100, but there were at least as many people outside opposing the BearCat as there were in the meeting.
The vote did not take long.
"We're replacing a current piece of equipment that's failing. I have great trust in our police department," Ward 1 Councilor Elizabeth Blanchard said before announcing she would vote in favor of the grant for the Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck. "I agree it's unfortunate that we need something like the BearCat."
Ward Five Councilor Robert Werner was one of the four opposing votes.
"Just because we can, doesn't mean we should," he said.
The BearCat will serve the city of Concord and the Central New Hampshire Special Operations Unit. The unit consists of nearly 20 communities, plus the Merrimack County Sheriff's Office and Plymouth State University.
Police Chief John Duval's wording of the Department of Homeland Security grant application — citing the Free State Project and Occupy New Hampshire among the potential threats that made the BearCat necessary — helped fuel the controversy.
The wording was revised, but that did little to change the minds of the protesters, who remained outside 30 minutes after the vote.
"I take responsibility," Duval said after the vote. "I was trying to illustrate a more detailed position that some individuals attach themselves to polarizing issues, and in doing so they may do things that are illegal and their behaviors may be dangerous. Clearly the wording didn't come across that way."
Duval said he was glad the process had finally come to a conclusion.
"I don't want to see equipment used that will oppresses individual rights in this country. But the stark reality is our law enforcement officers are asked at times to do things that are extraordinary and put their life in peril. It's my responsibility to give them what is needed to perform their jobs," he said. "If I never have to use this vehicle, I'll be a happy person."
Carla Gericke, president of the Free State Project, was among dozens who left the meeting after the vote.
"You hope people are going to do the right thing and I think we gave them ample opportunity to do so," Gericke said. "I still think there's a misrepresentation. I don't think New Hampshire has a problem with domestic terrorists and I don't think that there's a need for this vehicle."
Reaction was muted among those gathered outside.
"I think people didn't freak out so much because they probably knew it was going to pass. I was expecting people to be extremely upset — yelling and whatever, and I would have been with them," said Keene resident Jay Philpiano. "It's supposed to be the other way around. The public is supposed to be more powerful than public officials."
Voting in favor of accepting the grant were Ward 1's Blanchard; Jennifer Kretovic, Ward 2; Jan McClure, Ward 3; Amanda Grady Sexton, Ward 4; Keith Nyhan, Ward 7; Fred Keach, Ward 10; at-large councilors Mark Coen, Michael DelloIacono, Stephen Shurtleff and
Dan St. Hilaire; and Mayor Jim Bouley.
Voting no were Ward 5's Werner; J. Allen Bennett, Ward 6; Dick Patten, Ward 8; and Candace C.W. Bouchard, Ward 9.


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I live in the ghetto, where all the NAHA'S live. I got whacked over the head and robbed by a mean ole NAHA.
by Oscar Yeager May 29, 2008
North American Hairless Ape. In other words, a dark skinned, close relative to human and gorilla im the primate family. Most easily identified by their wide noses, kinky hair, strong body odor, and loud bass from their lowered cadillacs.
1. God damn, it sure does smell like a NAHA in here. Did you shit your pants?
2. Which NAHA drank the last beer?
2. Which NAHA drank the last beer?
by Quackstopr April 25, 2005
We have a NAHA for a president.
by Ramphinge1412 June 19, 2009
North American Hairless Ape. Also known as the Missing Link. Often seen as being the connecting link between humans and gorillas, having traits of both (ie speak with words, but act on impulse).
That NAHA stole my bike. He said "what's mine is mine and what's your's is mine."
by nassau70 June 11, 2010
slang,racial slur. North American Hairless Ape meaning african american
Look at that NAHA run with the ball
by revrand lovebone February 27, 2009
Is of Hebrew, Iranian, Egyptian, Indian origin. Naha i associated to Godess Shiva and means river/stream in hebrew.
by Wiolette August 15, 2015
North American Hedgehog Association
positive, to label something as too cute to live. Cute as shit.
positive, to label something as too cute to live. Cute as shit.
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After announcing the move to Unity, and the eventual move to Wayland further down the line (someday one day perhaps eventually maybe once when unicorns roam the earth), Ubuntu is announcing yet another major change, this time in its release policy. While they're not moving to a rolling release as some websites are claiming, they will update components and applications more often.
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Spike in oral cancers puzzles experts
Source: www.turnto23.com
Author: Victoria Colliver/San Francisco Chronicle
Christine Schulz has never visited England, but she speaks with the clipped inflection of a vaguely British accent. It's not an affectation but, rather, the mystifying after-effect of an 18-hour surgery she endured in 2009 to remove about half her tongue due to a cancerous growth that had spread to her lymph nodes.
Surgeons used skin from her wrist and upper leg to re-create the missing portions of her tongue. Through long term speech therapy, Schulz, 47, of Hollister, Calif., re-learned how to eat and talk with her reconstructed tongue. If she sounds as if she's from a different country, Schulz isn't complaining.
"At the moment I woke up from surgery, I realized exactly what a huge deal it was," she said, describing how she had an incision in her throat to allow her to breathe and was prohibited to speak in her earliest days of healing.
Oral cancers, which include those of the mouth and tongue, are most common in men over 60 with a long history of smoking or chewing tobacco, often combined with heavy drinking. But in recent years, a spike in the incidence of oral cancers is being attributed to human papilloma virus or HPV.
But Schulz's cancer was neither HPV– nor tobacco-related. That puts her in a camp of fewer than 7 percent of all oral cancers that have no identifiable cause, according to the Oral Cancer Foundation, an advocacy group based in Newport Beach, Calif.
"Surprisingly, a high percentage of tongue cancers — 45 percent — is not related to the virus. The cause, we don't know," said Dr. Steven Wang, a head and neck surgeon at the University of California San Francisco with expertise in microvascular reconstructive surgery.
Tongue cancer is relatively rare, diagnosed last year in about 13,000 U.S. patients — more than 9,000 men and 3,700 women. It leads to some 2,000 annual deaths, according to the National Cancer Institute. Overall, there were 42,000 diagnoses of the broader category of oral cancers, which include the mouth cavity, lips and the oropharynx, or the part of the throat at the back of the mouth. Oral cancers combined kill about 8,000 each year.
While statistics show many cancer types leveling off or even decreasing in recent years, the incidence of oral cancer has increased, due in large part to HPV. Between 1988 and 2004, the percentage of HPV-related oropharynx cancers skyrocketed by 225 percent, according to a 2011 study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. But that doesn't explain the rise in oral cancers among patients with no known cause.
"It could be a genetic predisposition or it could be an outside source, a causal agent that hasn't been discovered yet," said Brian Hill, the Oral Cancer Foundation's executive director.
Wang, who reconstructed Schulz's tongue, said nonsmoking-related oral cancers tend to be less responsive to chemotherapy and radiation than HPV- and smoking-related tongue cancers. And often the symptoms are overlooked. His latest research, to be published in the journal Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, found that former or current smokers with a form or tongue cancer called squamous cell carcinoma had a better chance of surviving than patients with the same cancer who never smoked.
"People always notice the sore or the ulcer in the mouth, but they're not thinking it's cancer," he said. "They're thinking, 'I've never smoked, I'm too young.' And, unfortunately, their doctors are thinking the same thing."
Because treatment is frequently delayed, Wang said nonsmokers with tongue cancer are more likely to have the disease treated aggressively. Surgeons are able to reconstruct the tongue, but they have yet to find a way to re-create its function.
For Schulz, what started as a bump in the back of her tongue that wouldn't go away turned into a life-altering experience. Her marathon surgery and reconstruction was followed by chemotherapy, radiation and a year and a half of speech therapy.
Most extremely sweet foods do not register on what's left of her taste buds, although she loves chocolate more than ever. She avoids bread and crackers because those kinds of foods turn to cement in her mouth, and she finds salads just too much work.
"Putting food in my mouth still feels foreign," she said, adding that it takes her a long time to eat. "I have to chew it. I have to have a thought about where it is inside my mouth and make sure it stays there, chew enough so I know I have to swallow and then I have to have water."
Here are some signs and symptoms of the disease:
– Patches inside your mouth or on your lips
– A sore on your lip or in your mouth that doesn't heal
– Bleeding in your mouth
– Loose teeth
– Difficulty or pain when swallowing
– Difficulty wearing dentures
– A lump in your neck
– An earache that doesn't go away
– Numbness of lower lip and chin
Sources: National Cancer Institute; Oral Cancer Foundation


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Ever since Obama's re-election the climate campaign and the energy-from-carrot-juice enthusiasts have had a new spring in their step. They really think that a carbon tax, global climate treaty, and a windmill in every garage is now assured because of The One.
So it's been hard to pick a truly deserving Power Line Green Weenie from among the horde of preening weenies certain salvation is at hand. Take, for instance, Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary—I emphasize "executive" because that's how you tell she doesn't take dictation from the Security Council—of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change or UNFCCC. (Idle curiosity: If the UN Special Commission, UNSCOM, was acronymically pronounced "uns-com," what is the UNFCCC called in colloquial speech? I think even Power Line's dimmest trolls can make this out.)
Anyway, Figueres thought she'd advance the climate cause in a recent interview in The Guardianthat has to be read in its entirety to appreciate the serial vacuousness of the climate campaign's tired clichés, but if you're short of time, just take in her concluding comment, where she described the drive for global climate policy as
the biggest transformation that [modern nations] have ever undertaken. The Industrial Revolution was also a transformation, but it wasn't a guided transformation from a centralized policy perspective. This is a centralized transformation that is taking place because governments have decided that they need to listen to science. So it's a very, very different transformation and one that is going to make the life of everyone on the planet very different.
Yeah, that's the ticket: call for centralized global policy. The lack of central government planning and control really was the shame of the Industrial Revolution, wasn't it? Is she secretly on Marc Morano's payroll?
Figueres made a nice try, but she loses this week's coveted Green Weenie to Australian ABC newsreader Robyn Williams, who compared climate skeptics to pedophiles in a recent broadcast:
"What if I told you pedophilia is good for children, or that asbestos is an excellent inhalant for those with asthmatics, or that smoking crack is a normal part and a healthy one of teenage life, to be encouraged? You'd rightly find it outrageous, but there have been similar statements coming out of inexpert mouths, distorting the [climate] science."
And I thought our Robin Williams (the actor/comedian) could be a bit nutty at times. After this, I won't feel so bad about being charged with being the moral equivalent of a tobacco scientist. Next time a climateer calls me the moral equivalent of an evil Nazi tobacco scientist, I'll enjoy mocking him as an underachiever.


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Kunitz scores winner as Penguins beat Capitals 2-1, keeping Hunter winlessNHL.com @NHL
WASHINGTON - Locked in a defensive struggle against their bitter rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins didn't get a point from Sidney Crosby and scored only twice, yet still found a way to beat the Washington Capitals.
Chris Kunitz scored the winner at 2:36 of the third period, and the Penguins escaped with a 2-1 victory Thursday night to keep Washington winless under new coach Dale Hunter.
Craig Adams also scored for the Penguins, who improved to 4-1-1 since Crosby returned to the lineup following an 11-month absence with a concussion. It was the fewest goals that Pittsburgh has scored in a victory this season.
After taking over for Bruce Boudreau on Monday, Hunter has attempted to install a new system that stresses defence and forechecking. The Penguins adjusted accordingly and outdid the Capitals at their own game, allowing only two shots in the decisive third period.
"We were pretty committed to making sure we didn't turn pucks over," Crosby said. "Our 'D' did a great job. We've got some guys who are new, and they did a great job of going in there and taking some hits to make plays. That's what you've got to do."
Earlier in the day, Pittsburgh recalled defenceman Simon Despres from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. In his NHL debut, the 20-year-old got the second assist on Kunitz's goal.
Crosby was held without a point for only the second time in six games since his return. He sustained his concussion by taking two blows to the head last January, the first of which came against the Capitals on New Year's Day in the Winter Classic. Since coming back, the standout centre has two goals and nine assists.
Even though he didn't add to those numbers, Crosby had no complaints.
"You play to win," he said. "I had a few chances but they kept a pretty tight seal on things, and when teams do that, you have to capitalize. Unfortunately, I didn't. But we did a good job and played a good game."
Crosby's lengthy absence, along with the ineffectiveness this season of Washington's Alex Ovechkin, has dimmed one of the NHL's most notable individual duels. Ovechkin was also held without a point, and he has only one goal in his last 10 games.
Ovechkin remains confident that the Capitals will start to supplement their defence with a few goals on the other end.
"I think it's a little period of time when we have to find our way back to get success, back to what we used to be," he said. "We're not going to lose every game. But we have to score more than one goal to win the game."
Jason Chimera scored his team-leading 10th goal for the Capitals, who were 11-0-2 against their bitter rivals in the regular season since March 8, 2009.
Tomas Vokoun stopped 33 shots, but Washington couldn't back his effort with any firepower on the offensive end. The Capitals took only 17 shots against Marc-Andre Fleury in their second straight 2-1 loss under Hunter.
"We had a few chances around the net," Hunter said. "We're getting better at it. It just takes time."
Asked if he was worried about the team losing confidence, he replied, "It's tight games. If you're getting blown out you start to doubt, but 2-1 and 2-1, we were right in it."
Kunitz got the game-winner by skating around a check by John Erskine and firing a wrist shot that bounced off Vokoun and bounded into the net.
"Erskine tripped and fell. That's what opened it up," Hunter said.
Washington has lost four straight and seven of nine.
The Penguins took a 1-0 lead at 5:21 of the first period when Arron Asham gained control of the puck behind the net, skated out and sent a pass across the slot to Adams, who scored from the left side.
Six seconds later, Asham and Erskine dropped their gloves and got into an old-fashioned hockey fight. Both landed several good blows before tumbling to the ice.
The Penguins outshot the Capitals 13-4 in the opening 20 minutes. Crosby had two shots, and 11 of his teammates had one apiece.
It got tougher for Pittsburgh after that.
"Starting in the second, they came at us hard and forechecked hard," coach Dan Bylsma said. "They were tough to handle that way and were very aggressive on the forecheck and getting to the offensive zone. That may be something we hadn't seen."
Washington pulled even at 1:20 of the second period when Chimera lifted an up-close backhander over Fleury's left shoulder.
NOTES: Seven of the last 11 games between the teams have been decided by one goal. ... In the 22 games that Ovechkin and Crosby have gone head-to-head, Pittsburgh is 13-7-2. ... Chimera's 10 goals match his output last season.