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PITTSBURGH- When you look at where the Pittsburgh Penguins are today- atop the Eastern Conference and riding an 11-game winning streak- it's difficult to believe the transformation that has taken place since last year's playofffs.
In the opening round, the Flyers upset the Stanley Cup favorite Penguins last spring, four games to two. Remember?
Since then, the Penguins have solidified their defense while the Flyers have dropped toward the bottom of the conference standings. Only Florida has fewer points in the East than the Flyers.
Which brings us to Sunday night's showdown in Pittsburgh, where the Penguins will aim for their 12th straight victory and the sagging Flyers will try to gain ground in the playoff hunt.
The Flyers, whose longest winning streak this year is two games, are well-rested. They have not played since Monday's 4-2 loss to Tampa Bay, their fifth defeat in the last seven games.
The Penguins enter tonight's game having allowed just eight goals over the previous seven games. During that stretch, Marc-Andre Fleury and Tomas Vokoun have combined to stop 180-of-188 opposition shots for a .957
save percentage.
That said, the Flyers usually erupt in Pittsburgh. (See their 6-5 win here last month.)
Pittsburgh's top line of Sidney Crosby (6 goals), Pascal Dupuis (8 goals) and Chris Kunitz (13 goals) has scored at least once in 14 of the last 15 games.
This is the third-straight season –and fourth time since 1992-93 –that the Penguins have won 10 or more consecutive games. To put that into perspective, of the NHL's 30 teams, 13 have NEVER won 10 or more consecutive games.
The Flyers will have some lineup changes tonight. We'll have more after the morning skate.
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As you can see, they all have an X beside them. Yippee!! I think I did well. I also used some time to attach sources to FamilySearch. I noticed that RootsMagic 6 had an update and I'm learning what some of them are. This will be helpful in one of the conference classes I will be teaching. So, it's been a great week.
This week two kids have camps to attend while the other three will be traveling around the county as we cart the older ones. This means momma will be very tired when she finally returns everyone home to the castle in the evenings. I know this sounds crazy, but I'm going to take a week off from genealogy. If I do anything in the field, it will be on personal history. Sometimes, it's best to not plan any goals and enjoy life. So, that's what I'll be doing.


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My oldest daughter asked for a "Red Carpet" themed party for her birthday, which I was thrilled to plan and throw for her.The highlights included a DIY photo booth which greeted the girls upon their arrival. To continue with the red carpet/movie theme, the guests dined upon "popcorn" cupcakes and received their party favors in popcorn boxes.
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The Craig Petties drug organization trial has settled into some predictable rhythms as it begins its fourth week Monday, Feb. 27, in Memphis Federal Court.
The prosecution's case against Martin Lewis and Clinton Lewis is a mix heavy on those from within the drug organization and those the organization supplied with the law enforcement officers who worked a set of six murders by the organization over a seven-year period.
Attorneys for the Lewises, who are accused of being hit men for the violent multi-state drug organization, question the motives of the organization's members who pleaded guilty and made deals with the government hoping for lighter or reduced prison sentences.
But the shortened third week of trial before Federal Judge Hardy Mays ended with a study in contrast.
Bobby Craft, a 30-year-old U.S. Army Iraq war veteran, gave as good as he got during a cross-examination in which defense attorney Anne Tipton questioned his credibility and honesty because he stole most of a 200-kilogram shipment of cocaine from the Petties organization in a dispute over money and made $4 million from it.
The theme has been a constant in her cross-examination of other government witnesses who were drug dealers.
"We're all criminals," Craft responded. "We were engaged in criminal activity. What does it matter? … We were a bunch of crooks. It is what it is."
"Stealing is stealing," Tipton responded.
"I believe selling cocaine is selling cocaine," Craft answered.
Craft also told of a gun battle shortly after the theft from a stash house in Germantown he guarded. It began when he picked up his 6-year-old son at the boy's mother's house in South Memphis. He said several cars filled with Petties' enforcers – including both of the Lewises – came at his car from different directions as his son got in. Craft pulled a gun and began firing.
The enforcers backed off, chasing Craft's car on the interstate system to the borders of Forrest City, Ark., trading shots along the way.
"I knew what I was up against. So I was prepared. … They weren't coming to shake my hand," he said, adding he specifically saw Clinton Lewis among them. "They were coming to kill me."
Craft, who is the only Petties connection to testify who hasn't come to court from a prison cell, helped count money and guard stash houses for his cousin Ricky Evans.
"He was making a lot of money and I wasn't," Craft said of his decision to steal a newly arrived shipment of cocaine just after Clinton Lewis stopped by to pick up 60 kilograms, according to Craft's testimony.
Craft also implicated Martin Lewis in the violence that followed the theft despite not mentioning him earlier in a proffer to prosecutors.
"Martin Lewis was there," he told Lewis' attorney Marty McAfee, who brought up the discrepancy. "He was one of the main guys running around saying he was going to kill my mom and me. He was there."
The theft set in motion the kidnapping, three days of torture and the murder of Marcus Turner – whom Petties thought might have information on Craft.
Craft has not yet been sentenced on a guilty plea to racketeering conspiracy. He could get a life sentence. He has been out on bond since shortly after his indictment.
When the trial resumes Monday, Clarence Broady will resume his testimony.
Broady testified about three murders he committed for the organization on the orders of Petties after Petties fled Memphis to Mexico in exile in 2002. He pleaded guilty to them and is awaiting sentencing.
For much of his testimony Thursday, Feb. 23, Broady answered questions from Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Gilluly with a monotone "sir, yes, sir" or "sir, no, sir" and a blank expression on his face.
Gilluly got just a bit more from Broady with open-ended questions about details of the murders of Latrell Small, Kalonji Griffin and Mario Stewart. But the monotone remained and became more chilling in the process.
"I shot both of them in the back of the head," he answered twice when prompted for more details on the violent deaths of Small and Griffin. His face remained expressionless as he looked over at bloody crime-scene photos that Gilluly put on a large screen in the courtroom.
"I shot him four times," he said of killing Stewart.
He also implicated Martin Lewis in the 2007 murder of Mario McNeil, saying Petties told him Lewis killed McNeil in one of several plots. McNeil, according to Broady, was feuding with Petties and threatened Petties' mother during the feud.
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Jeep Shots - March 2014Posted in News on January 31, 2014
Mark Norvold converted his '89 YJ with a CJ front clip using advice he found at Jp magazine. The alterations involved cutting the lower corners diagonally for clearance along with modifications to the grille/frame mount to adapt it to the YJ radiator, along with a hood, grille, and drop-down tailgate from a donor CJ. In addition to cosmetic changes, the Jeep has a 2½-inch Skyjacker suspension lift, a 1-inch Max-Bilt Max-Duty shackle lift, a Ford 8.8-inch rear axle with a TnT Customs welded truss, Yukon Gears mini-spool and 4.88 gears, and an open Dana 30 front axle with a TnT truss. The Jeep is motivated by the stock inline-six, five-speed manual transmission, and NP231 T-case that sends power to 35x12.50R15 Goodyear MTR Kevlar tires on 15x8-inch steel rims.
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David and Dalton Brantley of Jasper, Arkansas, spent more than two years building up this '67 M-715 that's been known to crush an F-150 on occasion. The "five-quarter-ton" truck can be found roaming around the Buffalo River and the Ozark Mountains riding on 40x12.50-20 Michelin X tires on 20x10 Marsh Racing Wheels. A 6-inch suspension lift and a 1-inch body lift make room for the big tires. Under the custom hood with a scoop is a Chevy 350 V-8 running an Edelbrock 650 cfm carb and Hooker headers. The factory T-98a transmission and divorced NP200 T-case are plenty strong enough to handle the extra power. The factory Dana 60 front axle and a Dana 70 rear axle still sport the mil-spec 5.87 gears they left the Kaiser factory with. Some of the other upgrades include onboard air, a Warn winch, KC lights, a blacked-out grille, diamond-plate bumpers and fenders, tube steps, a full rollbar, and side exhaust outlets with heat shields.
Cheryl Hermsmeier of Winnemucca, Nevada, says, "off-road is where I belong," but she still had to prove herself to the men in the local Jeep club. After a bunch of "Hmm, we'll see how this goes"-type looks, Cheryl hit the dirt, rowed her own gears, and won them over. It's no surprise they took her seriously, since her '99 TJ is equipped with ARB Air Lockers front and rear with an onboard air compressor, 4.56 gears, a 4-inch Rough Country suspension, a slip-yoke eliminator, a big skidplate, and 15-inch alloy wheels with 33x12.5-inch Toyo MT tires. This photo was taken on the Bolivia Trail in Dixie Valley, Nevada, and Cheryl has her sights set on tackling the Rubicon Trail next year.
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Kenneth DeMille is a US Marine stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Kenneth only gets to work on his '97 TJ Sahara when he's back home in North Carolina, but during these visits the Jeep has been upgraded with a 2-inch body lift, 2-inch coil spacers, and longer Skyjacker shocks. Everything rides on 33x12.50R15 General Grabber tires mounted on 15x8 XJ wheels with a flat black spray paint job. Kenneth has also made time to upgrade the engine and exhaust with a K&N intake, Edelbrock shorty headers, and custom mufflers.
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Jim McClain lives in Norco, California, which means it was no small feat to build up his '87 YJ with a 350ci V8 while keeping it smog-legal. The '91 Chevy engine is backed by a TH700R4 automatic transmission that's hooked to an NP231 transfer case. Power is sent to a Dana 30 front axle and a Dana 44 rear axle, which both have 4.88 gears and Eaton ELockers. The spring-over suspension is built for flexing on big rocks, (and the occasional forklift) and uses Pro Comp shocks along with a high steer kit and hydraulic steering by Redneck Ram. LED lamps are mounted on the roof and at the corners of the bumper that houses an XRC8 winch. A Poison Spyder trail rollcage and M40 doors protect the driver and passengers, and the Jeep rides on Aero beadlock wheels with 35x13.50R15 BFG Krawler T/A tires.
Totally Legit
Alan Shields of Ohio County, Kentucky, says it's getting harder to find legit places to wheel around the coal fields in the western side of the state, but he gets off the blacktop as often as possible. His favorite spots are the Wishbone Ranch near Bowling Green, Kentucky, the Interlake State Park in Indiana, and any other legal unpaved spots he can find. Alan's '97 Cherokee XJ has a 6½-inch lift that uses a mix of parts from Rough Country, Rusty's Off Road, and Daystar. The rear axle is an 8.25-inch with an Aussie locker, the front axle is an open Dana 30, the heavy-duty bumper has lights and a Superwinch built-in, and everything rides on 15-inch wheels with 35x12.50R15 Maxis Bighorn tires.
Joe Johnson has his '08 JK tricked out with what he likes to call "Poor Man's Beadlocks," which are 33x12.50R15 Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ tires on 15x8 Pro Comp Rock Crawler wheels. He says he "can still hang with guys who have 35s and a 4-inch lift," since he keeps a lot of rubber between his wheels and the rocks. Running 33s also cuts down on the chance of snapping his 27-spline Dana 30 axleshafts. Joe still runs the stock Sahara suspension, which leaves his skidplates "pretty banged up," but he gets help from homemade sway bar disconnects. The front bumper has been cut down and the fog lights relocated, and Smittybilt flat fender flares were installed for tire clearance at full articulation. A Flowmaster exhaust system was installed to replace the stock muffler after it was smashed on a waterfall.
Justin Prather and his father have been performing a frame-off restoration on this '78 CJ-7 since Justin was a freshman in high school, and it should be finished by the time he graduates at the end of this school year. The engine is an AMC 304ci V-8 that's been bored 0.030-over and equipped with a camshaft upgrade, a Holley four-barrel carburetor, a ram-air system, headers, and dual Flowmaster mufflers. The Jeep sits on a 4-inch suspension lift over 35-inch Mastercraft Courser C/T tires. Up front there's a 10,000-pound winch and KC spot lamps mounted on the chrome bumper. The Renegade also has a black and tan leather interior that replaced the original Levi's upholstery, a 10-speaker stereo system, and red exterior lighting that makes it look pretty spooky at night.
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BOSTON — Massachusetts high school students will soon be required to take at least 3 years of lab-based science classes to get into the state's public universities. The Massachusetts Department of Higher Education announced the new entry requirements on June 19.
Currently, students looking to get into a four-year university in Massachusetts have to take 3 years of high school science but only 2 of them need to be lab-based. And those classes have to be in biology, physics or chemistry.
Starting in 2017, high school seniors will need to have 3 years of lab-based science courses instead of 2. And classes in computers, engineering and technology will count.
Massachusetts Education Secretary Paul Reville said the new entry requirements would better prepare Massachusetts college grads to compete in key industries.
"Engineering and technology should be a prominent part of our curriculum and part of our admissions requirements," he said. "Because that's where the future is in terms of jobs that are coming to Massachusetts."
He added that the emphasis on experimentation and problem-solving would persuade more kids with scientific inclinations to stay in the sciences:
"We have what I call an 'inspiration gap' in Massachusetts. We do better than any other state on average in terms of student test scores in math and science. And yet when our students expressed what they're interested in majoring in college, we are well below the national average in terms of interest expressed in STEM majors. Kids aren't excited."
Reville said he worries traditional science education shuts out too many kids at a time when the state needs more scientists and lab technicians.
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McNamara, Shekarchi address car values, taxes
More than two years after the $6,000 statewide automobile excise tax exemption was eliminated, which allowed municipalities in Rhode Island to reduce the exemption to as low as $500, Representatives Joseph McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) and K. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Dist. 23, Warwick) have drafted bills that attempt to lower car taxes and rectify the situation that revved up emotions throughout the state.
Not only are Rhode Islanders frustrated that the exemption was eliminated, they are also upset because they are being taxed on the full clean retail value of their vehicles, the highest value from the National Automobile Dealer's Association bluebook. But McNamara says that assessment is "unrealistic."
In turn, the McNamara bill would amend car tax statutes to require that the assessment of vehicles be based on the average trade-in price, rather than the full clean retail price, after a three-year phase-in period. It proposes that assessors of cities and towns would assess at 95 percent of the clean retail value beginning 2014.
By 2015, assessors would use 90 percent of the clean retail value, and by 2016 and thereafter, assessors would make assessments at 100 percent of the average trade-in value. Additionally, his bill would extend the appeal period from 30 to 45 days.
In contrast, Shekarchi's legislation would standardize automobile taxes statewide by imposing an excise tax in a flat amount of $600 for vehicles less than three years old, and $360 for vehicles more than three years old. The taxes would begin with the 2014 fiscal year.
McNamara originally drafted similar legislation on the topic about a year ago, which would have modified assessments from full clean retail value to average trade-in retail value, as well as set up a quantifiable appeal process in which vehicle owners would be able to submit a certified appraisal to challenge inflated values.
However, he said nothing ever came of it because many cities and towns wrote resolutions saying that the fiscal impact would be too substantial at this period in time. Also, many Rhode Island mayors and tax assessors feared it would inflate property taxes as a result.
Taking that into consideration, McNamara spoke with Warwick Tax Assessor Ken Mallette and Providence Tax Assessor David Quinn, and asked if it would make more sense to phase in the reductions during the course of three years.
"They agreed that it would be more palatable, and less of a shock to cities and towns," said McNamara. "That is the strategy that I went with in hopes of getting something passed this year, and something enacted that will eventually bring us to a realistic assessment of our vehicles."
He said while he realizes that not everyone will be happy with the legislation, he doesn't see many other options.
"It'll take three years to get there, but it will be gradually decreased during that period of time and we'll end up with a realistic assessment of the vehicles," he said. "We're looking at a way to make this tax as fair as it possibly can be, taking into effect the strain that cities and towns are under financially.
I believe it's a fair solution, one that, because of the phase-in period, should give communities time to adjust."
The bottom line, McNamara said, is that he wants to see the statute amended so residents are taxed a reasonable fee. He views the current method as "very regressive."
"When this tax is based on an unrealistic value, people do lose their faith in government and the whole system of taxation," he said.
Shekarchi agreed, saying that while they have each introduced a bill, they have the same goal, which is alleviating the burden the tax has created for taxpayers. The introduction of the bills, he said, will spark a debate, and give them better ideas for the future of the legislation.
"I signed Joe's as a co-sponsor, and he signed mine," Shekarchi said. "Joe has one way, and I have another way. No way is better or worse, it's just a way that will start the debate. The final product is somewhere in between, but at least we are addressing the issue. It's intended to be collaborative and conclusive."
Shekarchi said he chose a flat tax because vehicles, whether expensive or not, put the same amount of wear and tear on the road system. In theory, he said, car taxes are implemented to pay for road improvements.
If his bill passes as is, Shekarchi said the loss of revenue would be supplemented through state aid.
"In this year's budget, we are increasing state aid," he said. "My belief is that next year, we'll be able to increase state aid more because the economy will be better. There'll be enough state revenue to hopefully give the cities and towns to offset the loss in revenue."
He said he decided to tackle the issue because it was part of his campaign pledge, and feels obligated to honor his promise. The car tax issue, he said, was the biggest problem he heard walking door-to-door.
"People are feeling like they are not paying their fair share – they are paying more," Shekarchi said. "They feel the assessment and the taxation on their vehicles is not accurate, and consequently, not fair. That's what drives people crazy. They don't want to pay on a vehicle that's worth a lot less than what the state assesses it at."
McNamara anticipates his bill will be up for vote as early as the end of the month. Shekarchi says the same of his own bill.
"I encourage anyone from Warwick who's interested to come and testify on the bills, and improve the bills if they think there's a way to improve them," he said.
Warwick resident Rob Cote, who spawned the car tax revolt in the summer of 2011, said in a recent phone interview that he will most likely attend the hearings to voice his opinions.
Shekarchi's idea is terrible, the poor with older vehicles would be unfairly taxed, while someone with a $40 or $50 K new car would be capped at $600. I hope that no one takes his proposal seriously!
Both bills are terrible and poorly thought out. Lets address Macnamaras bill first. This bill simply kicks the can down the road for another 3 years. In addition, anyone who has a car older than 4 years old will see a tax increase. Presently, the vehicle value system works on a descending value. You pay 100% OF THE FULL CLEAN RETAIL VALUE for the first 4 years and then each subsequent year you pay 5% less than the 100% full clean value. The vast majority of the cars on the road would see a tax increase there by stuffing the tax coffers, which has we all know, go to pay for legacy costs, salaries, and healthcare. More importantly, the bill does not address the constitutionality of paying a tax on a ficticious value.
For example, a 2006 auto under this bill would pay 25% more tax than what is paid currently. Lets see this bill gather any strength.
Now for Shekarchi's bill. This bill again is not thought out whatsoever and the previous poster is partly correct. If one person buys a 2013 Mercedes Benz $50,000 car (such as Shekarchi's) and his nieghbor buys a 2013 Toyota Corolla $12,000 car, they both pay the same tax. How is that fair. What it does is give a tax break to people that can afford more expensive cars, and the vast majority of the people in the state will subsidise the Mercedes owners. And what about the people who presently dont pay tax in Warwick due to the fact that their car is worth less than $2000, I dont think that they will be happy with Mr. Shekarchi's useless bill that has zero chance of getting out of committee. Mr. Sekarchi has already argued that the car tax money should be evenly distributed so that the tax can go to support our roads. Presently we pay .52 cents/gal for road use tax that is getting squandered on both the state and federal level. In the citiies and towns, that money again, as in Warwick, is needed to pay for legacy costs, healthcare, and salaries. Not one penny of the revenue generated in Warwick by the auto taxes goes to the roads and it never will. I am surprised that Mr. Shekarchi doesnt realize that Warwick does not have a pot hole repair or paving program. The 1/2 million that was always set aside for roads was also squandered because presently Warwick has $660 million dollars in unfunded liabilities. $660 mil if you beleive the rate of return to be 7.5% which as we all know is not. Drop that to 5% and the liabilities go over 1 billion.
The solution is simple fair, equitable and constitutional. All cars should be valued at the "Average Trade Value". Period. The tax assessors and the union owned politicians will argue loss of revenue. When they do, I will argue as I have in the past, $8 million in free health care that needs to end, minimum manning that has to end, perpetual contracts that have to end, full time health care to part time employees that has to end, rediculously generous co-pays that need to end, sick pay buy back benifits that need to end. 15 paid holidays that need to end, and the unending theft of the city coffers that is overlooked, needs to end.
As a side bar, the car tax was supposed to have disappeared several years ago> Why is it back? ANSWER: PENSIONS, SALARIES, HEALTHCARE COSTS.
Wow...everyone is studying these two plans as if they should exist at all. Why am I paying taxes on my cars? I pay sales tax when I buy them and every single year after I have to pay for the privilege of owning them. This state is awful and I'm counting down to the big exit to Florida.


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Birth control pills may lower your risk for ovarian cancer
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My mother died of ovarian cancer so as a precaution my gynecologist placed me on birth control pills. I am 48 and have not gone through menopause. With all the news about estrogen being a link to breast and ovarian cancer is it really a good preventive measure to be on a low dose birth control pill?
Christina S. Chu, MD, Assistant Professor of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, responds:
Actually, taking the birth control pill may lower your risk for ovarian cancer. Women with a history of hereditary ovarian cancer due to mutations in the BRCA1 and 2 genes have a reduction in risk of developing ovarian cancer if they use oral contraceptives for long periods of time. Other studies have also detected a decreased risk for ovarian cancer in women with a family history of disease when the oral contraceptives were taken for 10 years.
The data for breast cancer is mixed. In several large studies, there has been no demonstrated increased risk for breast cancer among patients using oral contraceptives. There may be a small increased risk for patients less than age 35 who have used oral contraceptives for long periods of time, and for patients who used them at a very young age.
If you are concerned about your risk of ovarian cancer based on your family history, I would recommend you seek out a cancer risk assessment program in your community so as to better define your risks of developing breast or ovarian cancer and to consider genetic testing. Another option is to consider prophylactic removal of your ovaries, especially if future childbearing is not a concern. While prophylactic removal of the ovaries does not eliminate the chance of developing ovarian cancer (or primary peritoneal cancer which is very similar to ovarian cancer), it may decrease the chances substantially in patients at high risk.


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Last few weeks, everyone 'around' me was baking cookies for the celebration of Hari Raya (Eid). I was so tempted to try all sort of cookies recipes posted on here, here and more. Finally I settled on this coconut cookies as I wanted to clear the half pack of coconut flakes. I subbed ground almond with ground peanuts. Again, wanted to clear those leftover stock.
I did not tell Tak I was going to bake this cookies, he was expecting his favourite chocolate chip cookies. When he saw the cookies, he asked "Where are those mold (chocolate chips) on the cookies?" I am pretty sure this batch of cookies will "last" for long... so, I am going to bake something else for this big kid.


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'Global and Chinese Carbonless Paper Industry, 2012-2022 Market Research Report' is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the global Carbonless Paper Market with a focus on the Chinese market.
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MACON, Ga. (Nov. 11, 2013) – The ETSU volleyball team continues reeling in weekly honors.
Senior Megan Devine (Kingsport, Tenn.) and sophomore Khadijah Wiley (Columbus, Ga.) were recognized for their exceptional efforts as the Buccaneer duo landed Atlantic Sun Player and Defensive Player of the Week honors on Monday.
Devine was named Player of the Week for the third time this season after averaging 5.00 kills (45 total) and 4.00 digs (36 total) per set in wins over Lipscomb and Northern Kentucky this past weekend. The reigning A-Sun Player of the Year has now recorded 10 straight double-doubles after posting two more last weekend. Devine began the week with a 28-kill, 18-dig, 2-block effort in a thrilling five-set comeback win over Lipscomb. Half of Devine's career-high 28 kills came in the marathon fourth set, where ETSU dodged match point six times en route to claiming a 35-33 win. In addition, the 28 kills are the second-most by an A-Sun player this season, while also marking the 25th time in Devine's career where she totaled 20-plus kills in a match. From there, Devine followed that gutsy performance with 17 kills, 18 digs and two blocks in a four-set win over Northern Kentucky on Saturday, moving ETSU's overall win streak to eight and home win streak to 14.
For the second straight week, ETSU received Defensive Player of the Week honors as Wiley posted 1.50 blocks (12 total), 2.62 kills (21 total) and 3.50 points (28 total) per set. On Friday, Wiley provided the Bucs with seven blocks and 13 kills (.480 attack percentage) in the gritty five-set win over Lipscomb, while adding five blocks and eight kills (.500 attack percentage) in the four-set win versus Northern Kentucky. Wiley was key in the lengthy fourth set against Lipscomb, as her kill with the score knotted at 33, put ETSU ahead for good. Then, with ETSU leading 14-13 in the fifth, it was a block assist from Wiley that ended the comeback as she and Jamie Rutledge (Kingsport, Tenn.) stuffed Sophie Kellerman to finish the 2-hour, 40-minute epic match.
This marks the fifth career weekly honor for Devine, while it's the first defensive honor for Wiley.
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DETROIT -- One big inning for the Astros and 7 2/3 strong innings from Dallas Keuchel cost the Tigers on Thursday. That says a lot about the 56 innings before that.
Not only had the Tigers won eight consecutive games before Thursday's 6-2 loss to Houston at Comerica Park, they hadn't trailed in a game since last Friday at Kansas City. They played 56 consecutive innings without a deficit, including the first 31 innings of their four-game series with the Astros, until Houston's three-run, fifth-inning rally.View Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- One big inning for the Astros and 7 2/3 strong innings from Dallas Keuchel cost the Tigers on Thursday. That says a lot about the 56 innings before that.
Not only had the Tigers won eight consecutive games before Thursday's 6-2 loss to Houston at Comerica Park, they hadn't trailed in a game since last Friday at Kansas City. They played 56 consecutive innings without a deficit, including the first 31 innings of their four-game series with the Astros, until Houston's three-run, fifth-inning rally.View Full Game Coverage
"We won the series," Nick Castellanos said. "Obviously, we want to win every game we play, but it's not like we lost confidence now."
It was the longest winning streak the Tigers had posted this early in a season since 1984 and as dominant of an early stretch as they've had in years. It seemed set to continue against a reeling Astros lineup. In the end, the demise might well have come down to a nine-pitch battle between Drew Smyly and Jose Altuve that culminated with a breaking ball that hung up in the strike zone, resulting in a two-out, two-run double that put Houston ahead for good.
"Games like this, it hurts big-time," Smyly said. "These are the ones that stick with you, because I feel like the result should be a lot better than what it was. I was grooving through four."
It likely will hurt a little more when Smyly hears from Keuchel, his old college teammate from the University of Arkansas.
"I'll definitely talk some trash to him," Keuchel said. "He's a great pitcher, and it just kind of worked out in my favor today."
The Tigers had been drilling left-handed pitching this season, building a 9-1 record against lefty starters while pounding southpaws overall for a .305 average and an .841 on-base plus slugging percentage. With so many right-handed hitters in the lineup, lefties were the Tigers' high-leverage matchup. Among their victims during the winning streak were Royals southpaws Danny Duffy and Jason Vargas, and White Sox lefty Jose Quintana.
Right-handed hitters, however, were batting just .232 (23-for-99) off Keuchel for the season, a stark reversal from his previous seasons. With a sharp breaking ball, he had a pitch to throw hitters off from the right side, and he threw a lot of them.
The only game the Astros won against Detroit last year was a game Keuchel started, even though he ended up with a no-decision. Just as in that game, Keuchel gave up his damage early on Thursday, yielding a Castellanos RBI double in the second inning before Victor Martinez turned on an 0-2 pitch for the second time in as many games for a fourth-inning solo homer.
From there, however, Keuchel settled in, retiring eight batters in a row without allowing a ball out of the infield. He induced 13 ground-ball outs, including five during that definitive stretch.
"I really don't want to hang everything on Drew Smyly; really, the credit goes to Keuchel, the way he pitched," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "He kept guys off balance. He threw fastballs for strikes on both sides, mixed four pitches with a cutter, curve and change in there as well. And he really just pitched an outstanding game, kept the ball down. We did not make very much hard contact off him, so it's more about him than it is about what Smyly was doing."
Said Keuchel: "I was getting those guys up. They were giving me a bunch of first-pitch strikes, and I was trying to take advantage of that, and judging by some of those swings, it was pretty good today."
It was during that stretch that the Astros made their move against Smyly, who had allowed a lone walk and an infield single over his first 4 1/3 innings. He threw a first-pitch fastball to George Springer, who jumped it. The result was an opposite-field line drive that looked like something off Miguel Cabrera's bat, easily clearing the right-field wall near the 365-foot marker, the same area where Springer nearly took a home run away from Cabrera on Wednesday night.
Springer's first career homer was a sign of life from an Astros lineup that barely scored at all in the early innings of the series. It was not a big deal for Smyly. The baserunners after that were.
Smyly retired Matt Dominguez, but a two-out walk to No. 8 hitter Carlos Corporan extended the inning. Up came L.J. Hoes, who had hit an 0-2 pitch to shortstop and legged out a single in his first at-bat. He saw two sliders, both up in the strike zone, and lined the second to left field to put the go-ahead run on base.
Up came Altuve, arguably the one proven hitter in Houston's lineup. Smyly put him in an 0-2 count; he just couldn't finish him off.
Altuve didn't chase the fastball up, fouled off the fastball in and didn't chase the fastball just off the plate as much of the crowd of 35,643 howled for a strike call.
"He's making the calls back there," Smyly said of home-plate umpire Mike Muchlinski. "He thought it was a ball. End of story."
Altuve fouled off the high fastball and the slider off the plate to stay alive. Smyly went back to the slider, tried to get it inside and paid for it when he didn't.
"It just wasn't as sharp as it has been," Smyly (2-2) said. "I just couldn't really bury it. I was throwing it for strikes for the most part, but when I needed that good two-strike breaking ball, it wasn't really there. It kind of just stayed up.
"The only pitch that beat me was that Altuve at-bat. Those happen. You have to be the one to win that, especially with two outs and two runners on base. That's the difference in the game."
It was the Astros' first lead since Saturday against Seattle, and the Tigers' first deficit since Omar Infante tripled and scored against Rick Porcello last Friday at Kansas City. This time, it stuck, thanks in large part to Keuchel's strong work and a huge groundout from Detroit-area native Anthony Bass against Cabrera with two outs and the tying run at the plate in the eighth.
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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – You've seen the Lone Cypress. It stands along famously scenic 17-Mile Drive, raked by wind, swaddled in fog, clinging to its wave-lashed granite pedestal like God's own advertisement for rugged individualism.
It may be 250 years old. It might be the most photographed tree in North America. It sits alongside one of the world's most beautiful (and expensive) golf courses. It's a marketing tool, a registered trademark, a Western icon.
David Potigian, owner of Gallery Sur in Carmel, explained it to me this way: This tree is to the Monterey Peninsula what the pyramids are to Egypt, what the Eiffel Tower is to Paris. No wonder its keepers are hoping it will last 100 more years.
But let's face it: This is one spindly old conifer, small for its species, scarred by a long-ago arson. For more than 65 years, half-hidden steel cables have held the tree in place.
If you pay the $9.75 per car to cruise 17-Mile Drive (which is private property, part of the 5,300-acre Pebble Beach resort), you will see the Lone Cypress and behold the spectacular collision of land, sea, golf and wealth that is Pebble Beach. But you won't get within 40 feet of the tree. Chances are you'll be joined by a few other tourists. Maybe a tour bus too.
This is the challenge of a classic postcard destination. Like many travelers, I'm drawn to these places – the Lone Cypress, Yosemite's Half Dome and Monument Valley, for instance. Yet when I arrive, I don't want a warmed-over experience. I want a jolt of discovery.
Even if you haven't read Don DeLillo's novel "White Noise," you have felt like the character in it who gazes upon tourists as they gaze upon the most-photographed barn in America. "No one sees the barn," he says. "Once you've seen the signs about the barn, it becomes impossible to see the barn."
I want to see that barn – or, in this case, that lonely tree. I've seen plenty of Lone Cypress images but never stood before the genuine article and stared. When you finally get to such a place, you want to spot something that will draw you closer or transform your perspective. You want to understand what's changed and what hasn't since that first postcard photographer rolled up in his Ford, or maybe his Packard. And you want to know what waits beyond the edge of the postcard view.
These stories are my stab at that. This is the start of a series in which photographer Mark Boster and I revisit iconic Western destinations.
So, Cupressus macrocarpa, the Monterey Cypress. Once you reach Pebble Beach, about 325 miles north of Los Angeles, you enter 17-Mile Drive, pay the booth attendant, then head past well-tended fairways, sprawling estates and coastal open space to stop No. 16.
On your way, remind yourself that as a species the Monterey Cypress naturally occurs no place on Earth but around Pebble Beach and Point Lobos. Every one of these natives is a rarity.
At No. 16, you find about two dozen parking spaces lining the two-lane road. Above the surf, rocks and foliage, there's a wooden observation deck, and nearby there's a fenced private home that has stood within 200 feet of the tree for about half a century. (It was a woman in this home, Frances Larkey, who saw the flames and called authorities when an unknown arsonist set the tree afire in 1984.) And out there on the rock, there's the Lone Cypress.
Some tourists shrug and stay two minutes. Some make out and stay 20.
Above and below sea level, it's a rich coastline. Elsewhere along 17-Mile Drive, you can stroll the beach at Point Joe, prowl the tree skeletons at Pescadero Point and take in the wide panorama at Cypress Point (which closes April 1-June 1 for seal-pupping season).
If you prefer to do your coastal rambling on foot without golf courses and private estates, it's only a few miles south to Point Lobos State Natural Reserve ($10 a car). If you ask Kim Weston, grandson of famed photographer Edward Weston and a longtime Carmel local, Point Lobos beats Pebble Beach hands-down as a place to prowl with a camera.
So did I see the tree anew? Not exactly. We visited it morning, noon and night, watched tourists ebb and flow, chartered a boat to see it from the ocean. More than ever, I have a soft spot for that singular figure on the rock. But the best minute of the trip – the travel moment that felt fresh, enduring and uniquely rooted in this corner of the world – occurred just up the road.
I'd rented a bike. The sun was low, and I was meandering north from the Lone Cypress toward Point Joe. Ahead, 17-Mile Drive, nearly empty, gently rose, fell and curved.
I began to sense a deepening connection, began to feel as if I'd finally wedged myself between the landscape and everything else. A chilly breeze. Squawks and barks from Bird Rock. Orange sky. I have no picture to show of that happy, unobstructed moment, but I have the moment all the same.
The long life of the Lone Cypress
A look at key dates in the history of Pebble Beach's famous tree along 17-Mile Drive.
Before 1813, experts think: A Monterey cypress seedling takes root on a chunk of granite on the Monterey Peninsula.
1880: Railroad magnates Charles Crocker, Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington and Mark Hopkins want to lure more Americans west. Through their Pacific Improvement Co., they open the Hotel del Monte, a grand resort on the dramatic coastline near Monterey. The following June, they open a path for horse-drawn carriages and call it 17-Mile Drive.
1889: Correspondent R. Fitch, writing in the Monterey Cypress newspaper, reports that "a solitary tree has sunk its roots in the crevices of the wave-washed rock, and defies the battle of the elements that rage about it during the storms of winter."
1897: The nine-hole Del Monte Golf Course, the first venue of its kind on the peninsula, opens and soon expands to 18 holes.
1901: Pacific Improvement Co. starts charging 25 cents for passage on 17-Mile Drive. Highlights include the Ostrich Tree (downed by a storm in 1916) and the Witch Tree (downed in the 1960s). The Lone Cypress is seen at Midway Point.
1919: Samuel F.B. Morse (a distant relative of the Morse Code inventor of the same name) buys the resort, which now includes a hotel, a lodge and two golf courses. On stock certificates, Morse includes an image of the Lone Cypress, which becomes a company trademark through the decades.
1941: Photos show the cypress' rock has been shored up by stonemasonry.
1948: The U.S. Navy, which leased the Hotel del Monte during World War II, buys the hotel. (It's now the Naval Postgraduate School.) Photos show the Lone Cypress is now supported by steel cables, but tourists can walk up to the tree and picnic.
1969: The tree is fenced off to protect its roots. Morse dies at 83, having built the resort into a promised land for golfers. Its ownership will change several times during the next 30 years, and the Del Monte imprint will fade as new management emphasizes the Pebble Beach name.
1999: A group, including Peter Ueberroth and Clint Eastwood, buys Pebble Beach Co. from Japanese owners.
2012: An upstart cypress begins creeping out of the Lone Cypress' rock base, raising hopes of renewal for the landmark. Then comes a storm. The upstart is obliterated; the Lone Cypress remains.
2013: Pebble Beach Co. now operates three hotels, four golf courses, a spa, a beach and tennis club, an equestrian center and 17-Mile Drive. Neal Hotelling, the company's director of licensing and unofficial historian, notes that a Monterey cypress in ideal conditions can last 500 years. As for the Lone Cypress: "We certainly suspect it will continue to live a good while. I would hope at least another 100 years." The company has no plan for when the tree dies, Hotelling said, except that "we think the trademark will live on even if the tree doesn't."
Dos and don'ts for a Lone Cypress visit
Tips on where to eat and stay and what else to do, by distance from the Lone Cypress.
1.1 miles away from the tree: Do splurge on dinner at the Bench (Lodge at Pebble Beach, 17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach; 800-654-9300, www.pebblebeach.com), which offers wood-grilled entrees, $19-$31. Your reservation gets you onto 17-Mile Drive for free. It costs a pittance compared with the three Pebble Beach hotels, where rates start at $635 a night.
1.1 miles: Do get a $10 sandwich at the well-stocked Pebble Beach Market (17-Mile Drive and Cypress Drive, Pebble Beach; 831-625-8528, www.pebblebeach.com) if you need a bite that won't break the bank. Picnic tables outside.
1.2 miles: Don't buy gas at the Pebble Beach Chevron station (2700 17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach; 831-625-8517). It's full-service only and in early May was charging $5.99 for a gallon of regular.
1.2 miles: Don't play the Pebble Beach Links (17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach; 800-654-9300) unless you're ready to pay $495 for 18 holes. (The neighboring Spyglass Hill and Spanish Bay, at $370 and $265, respectively, aren't as expensive.)
3.5 miles: Do drive Carmel's Scenic Road, which begins at the foot of Ocean Street, creeps past dozens of immaculate cottages with nicknames such as Periwinkle, passes the stone tower of poet Robinson Jeffers' Tor House, skirts the white sand and twisted trees of Carmel Beach City Park, and finally leads you to the Carmel River State Beach parking lot at Scenic Road and Carmelo Street. To return to Ocean Street, continue straight north on Carmelo. It's a 2.8-mile loop, basically flat. Except for the lot, precious little parking.
3.7 miles: Do book a room at Lobos Lodge (Monte Verde Street and Ocean Avenue, Carmel; 831-624-3874, www.loboslodge.com) if you want a walkable Carmel location in an affordable 28-room venue that feels like a converted '70s apartment complex. Rooms for two, $130-$205, more for suites, free Wi-Fi and parking.
3.7 miles: Have a late dinner at Dametra (Lincoln Street and Ocean Avenue, Carmel; 831-622-7766, www.dametracafe.com), a Mediterranean place that serves until 11 p.m. Odds are good that one of the owners will grab an oud and strum an accompaniment while cook Antonio Ramos emerges from the kitchen to sing "Besame Mucho." Dinner entrees about $15-$27.
3.7 miles: Do check out Carmel's art galleries. For a healthy sampling, all within about three blocks, try the landscapes and photography at Kevin Milligan Gallery (Lincoln Street near Ocean Avenue, Carmel; 831-625-3450, www.kevinmilligangallery.com); the large-format color photo landscapes at Sur Gallery (Sixth Avenue near Dolores Street, Carmel; 831-626-2615, www.gallerysur.com); the art photography at Weston Gallery (Sixth Avenue near Dolores Street, Carmel; 831-624-4453, www.westongallery.com); and the contemporary work at Winfield Gallery (Dolores Street near Ocean Avenue, Carmel; 831-624-3369, www.winfieldgallery.com).
3.7 miles: If you're on a budget, consider the siblings Monte Verde Inn and Casa de Carmel (both on Monte Verde Street near Ocean Avenue, Carmel; 831-624-6046, www.monteverdeinn.com). Rooms for two usually $125-$395. The Monte Verde Inn, slightly nicer, has 17 rooms and a pleasant courtyard. Casa de Carmel has seven rooms.
3.8 miles: If you're bringing your dog, do book the Cypress Inn (Lincoln Street and 7th Avenue, Carmel; 831-624-3871, www.cypress-inn.com). It dates to 1929 and is co-owned by the famously animal-friendly Doris Day. Most rooms for two: $245-$595. If you don't mind a few stairs, ask about the amazing Queen Tower suite (views on three sides).
3.8 miles: Do stay at the 75-room La Playa Carmel (Camino Real at 8th Avenue, Carmel; 831-293-6100, www.laplayahotel.com) to see how a 2012 renovation has changed a century-old community favorite. The great gardens, views and lobby fireplace remain. Rooms for two usually $319-$549. Don't look for its Terrace Grill (it's been closed), and don't ask for one of the cottages across the street (they've been sold).
3.8 miles: If you're bringing the family, need a kitchen and have an ample budget, do book the Carmel Cottage Inn (San Antonio Street and Eighth Avenue, Carmel; 855-894-2424, www.carmelcottageinn.com) if you want one of those five cottages, now very well-appointed, that used to be part of La Playa. The most-requested unit is Log Haven, a two-story cottage that sleeps 10 and includes log walls built in 1907. Units usually $350-$775 a night.
3.8 miles: Do get an affordable family-friendly breakfast or lunch at the Cottage (Lincoln Street near Ocean Avenue, Carmel; 831-625-6260, www.cottagerestaurant.com) or Little Swiss Cafe (Sixth Avenue near Lincoln Street; 831-624-5007; no website), a locals' mainstay that takes only cash (and checks from locals). At both places, breakfasts and sandwiches usually are less than $10, lunch entrees less than $17.
3.9 miles: Do breakfast at La Bicyclette (29 Dolores St., Carmel; 831-622-9899, www.labicycletterestaurant.com), where the baked goods and Euro-style are notable. Breakfasts $7-$11, dinners $14-$28.
3.9 miles: If you want to put a line in the water, do check in with Chris' Fishing Trips (48 Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey; 831-375-5951, www.chrissfishing.com), which has three boats and a long local history. Cod trips are $75 per adult.
6.5 miles: Do see the Monterey Bay Aquarium (886 Cannery Row, Monterey; 831-648-4800, www.montereybayaquarium.org). Admission $34.95 for adults, $21.95 for kids 3-12.
6.6 miles: Do rent a bike from Blazing Saddles (750 Cannery Row, Monterey; 831-776-9577, www.blazingsaddles.com) in Monterey. From there you can ride a gorgeous stretch of coast, including Lovers Point in Pacific Grove, then join 17-Mile Drive (free to cyclists). You can cover the whole drive and loop back to Cannery Row in about three hours. Cost is $36 per day for a hybrid bike.
9.3 miles: Don't bring your dog (they're banned), but do get to Point Lobos State Natural Reserve (Highway 1, 3 miles south of Carmel; 831-624-4909, www.pointlobos.org, www.parks.ca.gov).
10.7 miles: If you're interested in photography, do think about renting Bodie House (831-624-8111, www.kimweston.com), a studio cottage at Edward Weston's old house on Wildcat Hill at the southern fringe of Carmel. Besides leading workshops and selling prints, Kim Weston and his wife, Gina, often rent Bodie House at $175 a night. Tricky driveway, great hospitality.


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Saturday's Superleague ScoresSubmitted by pete on October 14, 2006 - 18:19
[url=vasily-koshechkin]Vasily Koshechkin[/url] got the day off as Mike Fountain backstopped Togliatti to a 2-1 win over Chekhov. So far this season, Koshechkin has gotten the benefit of Fountain's experience but still retained the lion's share of Lada's starts, so it's seemingly been a win-win situation thus far. [url=evgeny-artyukhin]Evgeny Artyukhin[/url] was scoreless in Yaroslavl's 5-2 win over SKA. He did, however, manage to run his penalty minute total to 70 in 14 games. Anton But was scoreless for St. Petersburg in the loss. [url=denis-kazionov]Denis Kazionov[/url] was scoreless in Tver's 6-5 loss to Omsk. The 2006 7th round pick is still looking for his first point of the season.
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Thursday's Superleague ScoresSubmitted by pete on October 12, 2006 - 18:09
[url=vasily-koshechkin]Vasily Koshechkin's[/url] record fell to 6-3-2 today as Togliatti fell to CSKA 3-2 on a Denis Parshin goal with 10 seconds left in the third period. [url=evgeny-artyukhin]Evgeny Artyukhin[/url] scored his first goal of the season, a power play marker, in Yaroslavl's 3-2 win over Cherepovets. Alexei Glukhov was scoreless for Severstal in the match. Artyukhin now has 1 goal and 2 points in 13 games this season with a -3 rating and 64 penalty minutes. Omsk dismantled Dynamo 5-2 despite a goal by Lightning prospect Albert Vishnyakov. Khimik shut out Tver 2-0. [url=alexander-polushin]Alex Polushin[/url] remains on injured reserve recovering from knee surgery. Polushin had knee surgery in 2003-04 also. [url=denis-kazionov]Denis Kazionov[/url] was scoreless for Tver.
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Offseason TransfersSubmitted by pete on July 12, 2005 - 21:16
Big news came down today from [url=http://www.tampabaylightning.ru/main.php?lang=e] tampabaylightning.ru[/url] webmaster Alexander Chelukanov regarding reports out of Russia that Alexander Polushin has been released by CSKA and picked up by Severstal Cherepovets. With that in mind, here are some other transfers which have taken place with the Lightning's prospect system so far this summer:
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European Prospects UpdateSubmitted by pete on January 15, 2005 - 17:14
Ahhhhh, my first European Hockey Update away from the third world dictatorship that HF has become. Lets begin: All in all, the beat goes on in Europe for the Lightning's prospects. They have some excellent overage properties like Somervuori, But and Norrena but have yet to see the explosion from youngsters like Polushin and Kazionov they might've hoped for. The exception to the rule is 2004 entry draft 6th rounder Karri Ramo, who is emerging as one of the two best young goalies in all of Finland after having a remarkable performance at Traverse City.
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Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab, says that recent moves by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have "taken the majority of downside risk out of the market."
It's been a busy two weeks in the financial world. First came Draghi's introduction of the Outright Monetary Transactions program, allowing for unlimited purchases of sterilized government debt; then the Federal Reserve announced an open-ended third round of quantitative easing, which entails purchasing additional agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $40 billion per month. The Fed will also continue with "Operation Twist" (extending the average duration of its holdings) and pushed its commitment to keep the Fed Funds rates at "exceptionally low levels" out until mid-2015.
Frederick says the moves by Draghi and Bernanke, "[Explicitly say] they'll do whatever it takes to support their respective economies."
Last week, options industry volume was nearly double the low levels traders saw during most of August, but still falls far short of last August's spike, which resulted from fears over a potential collapse of the euro and fallout from the debt ceiling debate. "It appears that fear is indeed a stronger emotion than greed," Frederick says.
For the seventh time in the past nine years, September looks to be a positive month, despite its bearish reputation, Frederick says. He predicts that the market is due for consolidation or a small pullback, as the SPX remains above his near-term resistance levels of 1435 and 1447, but says that "it's difficult to imagine a really sizeable pullback outside of a major unexpected news event" such as a terrorist attack or an Israeli strike against Iran. He also anticipates that traders will soon "begin to focus on the psychologically significant level of 1500."
Frederick adds that the recent strength of the market has caused the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) to decline. "While a low VIX is not necessarily indicative of an inevitable spike," he notes, "it does tend to magnify the intensity of any spikes that might occur." He estimates that even small news items could result in a spike of four or five points, but anticipates that the VIX would quickly stabilize. "[The VIX] tends to react to the market far more often than it predicts it," he says.


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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni military official says a suspected al-Qaida suicide car bombing has killed six soldiers at an army headquarters in the country's south.
The official says the attack took place on Friday in Abyan province. He says the attacker detonated his explosives-laden car outside the military headquarters in the town of Lawder as troops were gathering for the morning assembly.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
He says the explosion also wounded at least 10 soldiers, including the brigade's commander who was flown to hospital by a military helicopter.
Meanwhile, the official SABA news agency says al-Qaida militants attacked several military checkpoints in the central province of Bayda on Thursday night, killing one soldier and wounding two in those attacks.


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Kelly Ripa, who's had long blond hair for the longest time, debuted a new shorter bob haircut Tuesday morning on "Live With Kelly and Michael."
"Back in the saddle........with a new cut!" Ripa tweeted in the early morning hours after the Labor Day holiday.
She joked with cohost Michael Strahan about his look compared to hers after a two-week break: "You went two weeks with no haircut, and I went two weeks with four haircuts."
Reaction from fans on Twitter was overwhelmingly positive, except for a handful of people who wondered why Ripa's hair was such big news. Hey, in the face of what's going on internationally, why not take a break for a little style dish, right?
At a Labor Day weekend gathering, Ripa said, Katie Couric even took time to restyle the 'do, because she thought it looked too "newscaster-y." So she made it more edgy.
Turns out there's one person who doesn't like Kelly's new look: her mother.
"Ahhh, why did you do that? It looks terrible!" the host quoted her mom as saying in a phone call they had after Ripa had done the deed.
"You haven't seen it yet," the host said. "How would you know?
"She goes, 'I don't need to see it to know I don't like it. You know I'm a long-hair girl.'"
Well, this might be one time mother doesn't know best.
What do you think of Kelly's new 'do? Let us know in comments.
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Kent Overaker pleads guilty to theft of Chamber funds
In Butler County District Court on Monday former Augusta Chamber of Commerce director, Kent Overaker, entered a plea of guilty to theft.
With the plea, Overaker waived his rights to a preliminary hearing and a trial by jury.
Overaker, 61, was accused of exercising unauthorized control of $13,400 of the Augusta Chamber's money between May 1 and Aug. 22 of this year.
District Court Judge Mike Ward advised Overaker that in respect to the level 9 nonperson felony and a request for probation, that a pre-sentence report would be required. If the report finds no previous criminal or prior prison record, Overaker will likely be placed on probation, with full restitution required, court costs, probation supervision fee, the expense for DNA on file and the court could impose a fine.
Judge Ward asked Overaker to describe what transpired between May 1st and Aug. 22nd.
"I wrote checks on the Chamber of Commerce account and used credit cards on their account for personal items...I was allowed to write small checks under $500, but not for my own personal use," Overaker said.
Judge Ward accepted the guilty plea and advised a pre-sentencing investigation would be made and Overaker's sentencing will be at 11 a.m. on Feb. 10, 2014.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez passed Willie Mays for fourth on the career home run list, connecting for No. 661 Thursday night and helping the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3.
The Yankees star hit a liner off Chris Tillman into a secure area just to the left of Monument Park in center field in the third inning to give New York a 3-2 lead. A-Rod sent a soaring shot in the first that Delmon Young caught by reaching over the top of the wall in right field for a sacrifice fly.
Next up for Rodriguez: Babe Ruth at 714 home runs.
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Gallery: Laetitia Casta Gets Handsy With Animals Once Again In Vogue Turkey
When last we checked in with supermodel and "face of France" Laetitia Casta, she was posing for a glamorous but confusing editorial that depicted her engaging in some sort of twisted BDSM relationship with Choupette Lagerfeld. (Twisted because Choupette's a cat, and Laetitia's a person.) Now, Vogue Turkey has put her in an awkward position once more, but this time with our close genetic cousin, the gorilla. Who in the fashion world did Laetitia piss off to be forced to work her way slowly back up the food chain to human paramours? In any case, if you can ignore the sexual undertones I might be making up, the photos are adorable.
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Gubernatorial candidate Hemingway proposes NH tax system fixBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 13. 2014 11:26PM
Two business taxes would be eliminated, another would more than double and another tax would be halved under a business tax overhaul plan being proposed by Republican gubernatorial candidate Andrew Hemingway.
Hemingway said his tax overhaul would reduce the overall complexity of the state's business taxes, spur job creation, flatten tax rates to the 2-percent level and also place a tax on consumption rather than investment.
"We have a higher corporate tax rate than Massachusetts. How can they take us seriously?" Hemingway said in an interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader explaining his plan. "We have an obvious business climate problem here."
Hemingway said his tax structure would be revenue neutral. The restructuring would:
• eliminate the 8 1/2 percent Business Profits Tax. The tax is expected to generate $276 million to state government this year, the single largest in-state revenue source for state government;
• eliminate the 5 1/2 percent Medicaid Enhancement Tax. The tax is expected to bring in $72.2 million this year.
• cut the 5 percent Interest and Dividends Tax rate to 2.3 percent. The tax is expected to generate $96.1 million this year;
• and restructure the Business Enterprise Tax, a 0.75 percent levy that businesses now pay on payrolls, interest payments and profits. The tax is expected to generate $73.6 million in state revenues this year. The rate of the newly named Business Flat Tax would more than double — to 2 percent — and it would extend to non-profit organizations and even government agencies.
Hemingway is in a GOP primary with Walt Havenstein, a former corporate CEO.
Havenstein spokesman Henry Goodwin said Havenstein is in the final stages of developing a vision to regain the New Hampshire advantage that will address taxes, economic growth and job creation.
He said Hemingway is only guessing at how much revenue the restructuring will generate.
Goodwin said Hemingway's plan calls for increasing a tax on payrolls. That would hurt small business just so big companies could avoid a tax on their profits, he said.
"Worst of all, his plan is a tax on jobs. By adding to the wage bill for small companies, he is tying the hands of our job creators," Goodwin said.
Hemingway said his plan would help small business. It exempts the first $200,000 of business revenue. It would also allow for instant depreciation of large capital investments. And it would simplify taxes.
By taxing non-profits and government, it eliminates an economic advantage they have in the labor market, Hemingway said.
"There's a disparate advantage non-profits and government have in hiring labor. Private enterprise pays a tax for employees that they do not," he said.
Hemingway said the cut in interest-and-dividends tax will appeal to angel investors, who will be apt to invest more in business and hire more workers.
"In order to make New Hampshire more competitive both nationally and globally, we must restructure our tax rates," he said.
Hemingway noted that CNBC recently ranked New Hampshire 30th among the states for business friendliness.
However, taxes aren't the biggest problem on the minds of business lately. During recent roundtable discussions, business owners spoke mostly about workforce issues, particularly the availability of workers and whether they are properly educated, said David Juvet, senior vice president at the New Hampshire Business and Industry Association.
Larger companies spoke about taxes, but taxes fell into a second tier of issues, which included health care and regulations, he said.
Hemingway said businesses have had to cut back on training programs because of tax burdens.


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You Know Who The Highest-Paid TV Actress Was Last Year? Sofia Vergara.
On Wednesday, Forbes released its annual list of the 20 top-earning TV actresses. Modern Family's Sofia Vergara came in first. Who knew, right? Good for her.
Here are the top 10 (there was a three-way tie for 8th place):
1. Sofia Vergara: $19M
2. Kim Kardashian: $18M
3. Eva Longoria: $15M
4. Bethenny Frankel: $12M
5. Khloe Kardashian Odom: $11M
6. Tina Fey: $11M
7. Mariska Hargitay: $10M
8. Zooey Deschanel, Felicity Huffman, Ellen Pompeo: $9M
Vergara just barely edged out noted Kardashian Kim Kardashian to claim the number one spot. According to Forbes' mysterious calculations (which take into account "upfront pay, residuals, endorsements and advertising work," but not, thankfully "social media buzz"), Kardashian pulled in just $1M less than Vergara, earning $18M to her $19M.
However, while everyone is probably really happy for Sofia Vergara because you go girl, the notion that Kim Kardashian somehow acquired $18M dollars will send many into fits of apoplectic rage. (It's also possible the women's actual earnings were even closer than that, but that Forbes realized a magazine with Kim Kardashian on the cover could be mistaken for pretty much any other magazine.)
Vergara's main sources of income were her Kmart clothing line (which came with a $7M advance) and endorsement deals. She shills for Cover Girl and Diet Pepsi in English and Burger King and State Farm en Español. Comcast XFinity in both. She also owns half of a managing and marketing firm called Latin World Entertainment, which she co-founded in 1998.
The bulk of Kardashian's money came from that one time when she got married; her E! wedding special reportedly earned her $10M.
The rest of the top earners list includes women you see on television but, with the possible exceptions of Zooey Deschanel (#8) and Tina Fey (#6), almost certainly would not think to name if asked to come up with a list of women who appear on television.
For example: Mariska Hargitay, who earns $400,000 an episode for her work as an underpaid detective in the NYPD Special Victims Unit. Forbes reports that, because USA is basically one constantly running SVU marathon, Hargitay also pulls in "an unrivaled" residuals check.
Congratulations to all the rich ladies who make our empty apartments seem less (or maybe more) empty with their tireless pursuit of the televisionary arts.
Here is a picture of Mariska Hargitay dancing with Ice-T's wife, Coco.


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BEIRUT (AP) — In the first attack to target a campaign event, a mortar shell slammed into a tent packed with supporters of President Bashar Assad, killing 39 people and wounding 205 others, Syrian state TV said Friday. The shelling underscored deep fears in government strongholds that rebels will escalate attacks in an attempt to disrupt the balloting.
Assad is widely expected to win a third, seven-year mandate in the vote scheduled for June 3, but the West and opposition activists have criticized it as a farce since it is taking place despite a raging civil war.
The 49-year-old president himself has not made a public appearance in more than a month and was not at the gathering struck by the mortar shell late Thursday in the southern city of Daraa. But campaigning has begun in earnest, with supporters waving his pictures and Syrian flags during daily demonstrations in the capital, Damascus, the coastal city of Latakia and other government-held areas.
Many gatherings have been held in so-called "election tents" where nationalistic songs are played and supporters mingle.
State TV showed pictures of Assad supporters dancing in a campaign tent in Daraa. It then showed people lying dead and wounded on the ground, including several children. Its toll was the first provided by the government for the attack, which opposition activists earlier said killed 21.
Ahmad Masalma, an opposition activist in Daraa, said six such tents — festooned with posters of Assad and Syrian flags — have been set up in the past week in the city, which holds special significance as the birthplace of the uprising against his rule in March 2011.
He criticized the celebratory mood in the tents.
"They have loud music and Dabka," he said, referring to a traditional foot-stomping dance. "It's very provocative and an insult to the blood of martyrs."
He said and another activist who identified himself by his first name, Ahmad, said rebels from a faction of the Free Syrian Army umbrella group fired a single mortar shell at the tent in a government-held area, after repeatedly warning civilians to stay away. Daraa is divided into a rebel-held and a government-held sector.
He said about 100 people, including members of pro-Assad militias, officers and employees, were in the tent when it was hit in the Matar district.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on activists on the ground for its reports, said at least 21 people, including 11 civilians, were killed.
Masalma said the attack "set the tent ablaze and sent shrapnel flying everywhere."
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the mortar attack and reiterated his opposition to the indiscriminate use of any weapons by any party against civilians.
Daraa's Gov. Khaled al-Hannus described the attack as a "massacre" and "a crime by terrorists meant to prevent Syrians from taking part in the presidential elections."
Speaking on Syrian TV, he vowed Syrians will be undeterred and insisted "every honorable citizen" in Daraa will vote for Assad.
Assad's family has ruled Syria for more than 40 years. Though this year's vote will be the first time the family has faced challengers as opposed to a yes-or-no vote on their rule, a recently passed election law makes it impossible for those leading the revolt against Assad to compete.
Rebels trying to overthrow Assad frequently fire mortar shells into Syria's major cities, including the Damascus, from opposition-held suburbs.
But Thursday's attack was the first to target an election event, raising security concerns for those planning to vote.
Assad was last seen in public on April 20 when Syrian state television broadcast images of him visiting the ancient Christian village of Maaloula, north of Damascus, after government forces recaptured the village as part of a series of major advances.
On Thursday, Syrian tanks backed by massive air power rolled into the grounds of a sprawling prison in the northern city of Aleppo, breaking a yearlong rebel siege and allowing Assad's forces to close in on a nearby rebel command center.
In a statement Friday, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said "a number of prisoners and detainees, in particular 53 political detainees, whose identity is known (to the U.N.) are at imminent risk."
More than 160,000 people have been killed in the fighting in Syria as the revolt morphed into a civil war that has also sent millions fleeing for their lives and turned once-prosperous cities into rubble-strewn warzones.
Reflecting fears of violence breaking out in the run-up to the Syrian vote, Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk has warned Syrian refugees against holding rallies and gatherings within Lebanon.
More than 1 million Syrians have sought shelter in Lebanon, straining the country's resources and threatening to re-ignite the tiny Arab nation's own explosive sectarian mix.
Associated Press writers Barbara Surk in Beirut and Albert Aji in Damascus, Syria, contributed to this report.


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