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A medium-short (1:50) orchestral track with an ostinato theme on strings and a large epic theme on horn section and choir.
Suitable for action sequences or tensed and dramatic situations, fitting both film and games.
Track composed and sequenced by Mihai Sorohan in 2012.
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Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) - Memory Cells
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Scientists and engineers are looking for completely different ways of storing and analyzing information. Quantum-dot Cellular Automata are one possible solution.
In computers of the future, transistors may be replaced by assemblies of quantum dots called "Quantum-dot Cellular Automata" (QCAs).This animation describes how QCAs can store and move information. A second animation describes how they can be assembled into logic gates.
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This risotto dish is red, like the color of passion. You'll bring the "sexy back" as you have your date help you stirring the dish while you will nibble on her neck from behind. It is the perfect "lets set the mood" dish!
Cranberry Risotto
- 4 oz. frozen cranberries
- 4 oz. pancetta, diced
- ½ white onion, diced
- 1 1/4 cups Arborio rice
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 1 tbs. cranberry sauce
- 2 tbs. butter
- Salt and pepper
- Shaved parmesan, for serving
- In a skillet over medium heat, warm the butter and add frozen cranberries, diced pancetta and onion until onions have caramelized, about 12 minutes.
- Add the rice to the pan and little by little (about a ladle at a time), add the chicken stock. Cook while stirring until all the liquid has been absorbed; add another ladle-full. Continue to stir thoroughly.
- Once all stock has been added, cook over low heat for about 15 minutes or until the rice has softened. Add the cranberry sauce and a pinch of salt and pepper once rice has cooked all the way through. Top with shaved parmesan and serve warm.


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ETSU picked to finish second in conference play
MACON, Ga. (Aug. 15, 2013) – With the start of men's soccer season mere weeks away, four senior Buccaneers have garnered Atlantic Sun preseason honors, with ETSU being picked to finish second in league play.
ETSU seniors Itode Fubara (Ogbema, Nigera), David Geno (Kingsport, Tenn.), and Blaike Woodruff (Georgetown, Tex.) were each named to the Preseason All-Atlantic Sun Team, while reigning Atlantic Sun Goalkeeper of the Year Ryan Coulter (Dublin, Ireland) was selected as the Fan-Voted Goalkeeper of the Year.
Headlining the group were Geno, the reigning Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, and Woodruff. In a vote among Atlantic Sun coaches, Geno was tabbed as the Atlantic Sun Preseason Player of the Year, while Woodruff was named Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
Geno, one of just two Buccaneers to start all 20 games last season, set program single-season records for goals (11), assists (8), and points (30) en route to being named to the Atlantic Sun All-Conference First Team for the second consecutive year and becoming the first ETSU player to win the conference Player of the Year award.
Woodruff started 15 games for the Buccaneers last year, assisting on five goals and helping anchor a defense that accrued a program record goals against average of 0.93, earning a spot on the Atlantic Sun All-Conference Second Team.
Fubara, who ranks third in ETSU history for minutes played (5,406), joins Geno and Woodruff on the Preseason All-Atlantic Sun Team. The Ogbema, Nigeria native played 1,734 minutes last season and was an integral part of an ETSU offense that scored a program-record and league-leading 1.55 goals per game.
Coulter, who played every minute of every match last season (1,934) won the Fan-Voted Goalkeeper of the Year honor by receiving more than 200 votes. Coulter maintained a goals allowed average of 0.61 during conference play last season, becoming the first ETSU player to win the conference Goalkeeper of the Year award.
Geno also won the popular vote, earning the Fan-Voted Player of the Year honor.
In a preseason poll among A-Sun coaches, the Buccaneers were slated to finish second in league play behind defending conference champion Florida Gulf Coast. ETSU returns seven starters from last season's squad that saw the program to its third consecutive campaign of 10 or more wins.
The Buccaneers will open the season in Columbia, S.C. versus South Carolina Aug. 30 at 7:00 p.m before playing their home opener Sept. 5 at 7:00 p.m. against Kentucky.
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Zou et al (3) tested this hypothesis in mice:
"This study sought to investigate the effect of 3-HB and derivatives on neuroglial cell metabolic activity and gap junctional intercellular communication of hippocampal neurons, to evaluate the hippocampal expression of PUMA-G and proteins related to memory following treatment with 3-HB, and to determine whether 3-hydroxybutyrate methyl ester (3-HBME) improves learning and memory in the normal mouse."Interneuronal communication can occur indirectly and directly. In the former, chemical synapses are involved, in which transmitters are released into the extracellular space and bind the postsynaptic cell membrane. In the latter, electrical synapses mediate communication. The most prevalent group of electrical synapses, neuronal gap junctions, connect directly the intracellular space of two cells by gap junction channels. Connexin proteins are the structural components of gap junction channels in the nervous system. Specifically, connexin 36 has been involved in learning and memory (4).
3-HB is the endogenous ligand for PUMA-G (5). Its activation in adipose tissue is also produced by nicotinic acid, inhibiting lipolysis and controlling the rate of ketogenesis. This represents an homeostatic mechanism by which 3-HB controls its own production, preventing ketoacidosis.
Researchers used the Morris water maze for measuring learning and memory, and analyzed hippocampal neuron exposure to 3-HB and derivatives in vitro. All of the metabolites stimulated metabolic activity in neuroglial cells. 3-HMBE increased gap junction intercellular communication, as well as connexin 36 expression by 30% (compared to 12% in mice treated with acetyl-L-carnitine) and pERK2 levels (phosphorylated ERK2, necessary for connexin assembly). Moreover, PUMA-G mRNA was found in the hippocampus, subthalamic nucleus, temporal cortex and frontal cortex, and 3-HBME enhanced the transcription of PUMA-G in the hippocampus.
So this translates to improved memory and learning?
"The escape latency of mice in all groups decreased with time. Overall treatment comparisons indicated that statistically significant differences existed among the groups. Notably, the 30 mM 3-HBME groups took less time (p < 0.05) than the control groups on days 1 and 3–5 to find the platform (Fig. 5B). All treatment groups were faster (p <0.05) than the control group on day 5."Treatment groups include mice treated with either 3-HBME (20, 30 or 40mg/kg/d) or acetyl-L-carnitine. Control group was water.
"Paths taken to the platform area on the fifth day of spatial training by mice in the 30 mg/kg/d 3-HBME group were more direct than those taken by mice in the control group, which took more circuitous paths."
Ketotic mice knew exactly what they wanted.
This causes less total swimming distance (ie. increased efficiency):
"Similar to the escape latency results, the total swimming distance of the 30 mM 3-HBME groups was shorter (p <0.05) than the control groups on days 1 and 3–5. (...) Moreover, the total swimming distance of mice in the 30 mg/kg/d 3-HBME group was shorter (p <0.05) than that of the control or other treatment groups at days 3–5."
A probe test* then was performed to evaluate memory. Three parameteres were measured: the number of crossings of the exact place where the platform had been located, the swimming distance in the quadrant of the former platform position, and the swimming path in the pool.
Number of times that mice crossed the former position of the hidden platform within 60s:
Swimming distance in the platform quadrant:
Swimming path:
Finally, thigmotaxis was lowest in the 30mg/kg/d 3-HMBE group.
A retention test was performed two days after the probe test:
These test showed that the 30mg/kg/d 3-HMBE group:
a. Crossed more times the exact place where the platform had been located,
b. Had the larger swimming distance in such quadrant,
c. Found the platform faster than the other groups,
d. Were the most calmed (less thigmotaxis), and
e. Found the platform faster than the other groups during the retention test
These results suggest that 3-HMBE, given at 30mg/kg/d, enhanced learning and memory**.
Researchers used polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) (a polyhydroxyalkanoate) to produce 3-HB and derivatives. Can we extrapolate these results to physiologically produced 3-HB? The finding that hippocampal neurons expressed PUMA-G receptors is encouraging. As mentioned, 3-HB is the endogenous ligand for PUMA-G, but there seems to be a desensitization of the receptor when exposed to large amounts of 3-HB compared to 3-HBME and 3-HBEE. As PUMA-G interaction with several ligands is not well understood, we cannot draw many conclusions.
Some studies have evaluated the potential benefit of 3-HB in neurological disorders which compromise memory and learning, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). For example, in some patients with AD and mild cognitive impairment, MCT oil produces an improvement on cognitive testing and paragraph recall (6), correlated with the increase in plasma ketones. This neuroprotective effect has been explained by the increase in metabolic efficiency associated with 3-HB (7) and inhibition of apoptosis (8), but it might also act through PUMA-G and connexin 36 dependent mechanisms. Further studies should help discovering the molecular pathways involved. In the meantime, maybe schools should start giving students coconut oil shots instead of skim milk.
* The platform was removed from the pool and mice were challenged to a single search trial for 60s.
** Note that this group performed best than 20mg/kg/d and 40mg/kg/d.
Zou XH, Li HM, Wang S, Leski M, Yao YC, Yang XD, Huang QJ, & Chen GQ (2009). The effect of 3-hydroxybutyrate methyl ester on learning and memory in mice. Biomaterials, 30 (8), 1532-41 PMID: 19111894


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DIXON � Jaylen Mitchell put his Dixon basketball team on his back and carried the Bulldogs to their first victory Monday night.
DIXON � Jaylen Mitchell put his Dixon basketball team on his back and carried the Bulldogs to their first victory Monday night.
Mitchell scored 17 of his team-high 19 points in the second half to lead Dixon to a 62-58 nonconference win over Wilmington Christian Academy.
Earlier, Dixon defeated WCA 33-17 in the girls� game.
The Bulldogs (1-7) earned boys� basketball victory No. 1 after playing competitive for the most part in their previous seven games. However, Dixon was able hold a fourth-quarter lead this time after the Bulldogs rallied from a nine-point deficit late in the third quarter.
�The first one is good,� Dixon coach Philip Durr said. �We got to learn how to win and this is a step in the right direction.�
The Patriots (3-4) lost, despite 31 points from Jonah Attoe, who made 9 3-pointers, including two on consecutive possessions, to give WCA a 47-36 lead with about two minutes left in the third quarter.
That�s when Mitchell got hot.
The junior guard scored seven points in a one-minute span to help Dixon get to within 47-44. He made a 3-pointer to start that run.
�When I hit that first 3-pointer, I told (teammate) Robbie Wyble to take over point guard,� Mitchell said. �I wanted to let him run the offense.�
It was a smart move since Mitchell was feeling it and he could just concentrate on scoring. He then scored eight points in the fourth quarter, including two on a layup with 7:10 left to tie the game at 52-52.
The Bulldogs� Daniel Page then scored on a putback one minute later to give Dixon the lead for good at 54-52. Mitchell followed that up with a layup.
�Jaylen was going to the basket,� Durr said. �They (Patriots) never turned their heads around. He took his man to the basket.�
Mitchell only had two points in the first half, missing his first three shots. However, he finished 7 of 12 from the floor.
�I like to get my teammates involved at first,� Mitchell said.
Mitchell did have a supporting cast.
Trent Marshburn added 13 points and 15 rebounds and Zack Sicknick scored 11 points for the Bulldogs. Wyble added 8 points, including a 3-pointer as time expired to end the third quarter to pull Dixon to within 50-49.
�That was a big spark,� Mitchell said of Wyble�s shot.
That�s because it gave the Bulldogs confidence, Durr said.
�It got us to within one point and I think the kids started believing they could win the game,� he said.
Wyble�s 3-pointer wasn�t his only big contribution as he also guarded Attoe in the fourth quarter.
Attoe scored 18 first-half points and had 29 after three quarters. Yet he managed just two free throws in the final eight minutes while being defended by Wyble.
�We put Robbie on him and good things happened,� Durr said.
The Bulldogs also helped their cause by controlling the glass in the second half.
�We dominated the board with our big lineup,� Durr said. �They (Patriots) went into zone and I think that spelled their doom. We made some shots.�
And Dixon ended up winning the game.
�It feels good,� Mitchell said. �Our team came together finally. We come into practice every day and we work our butts off and it has paid off.�
Dixon 33, WCA 17: Dixon limited WCA to 25 percent shooting from the field in a nonconference win over the Patriots.
The Bulldogs (2-6) secured their second consecutive victory, thanks to a pressuring defense that forced 15 WCA turnovers, and forced the Patriots to miss shots and not get organized, offensively.
�Our thinking this year is just play good defense,� Dixon coach Christel Caliguire said. �We really want to put the pressure on and see what the other team�s weaknesses are and try to capitalize on them.�
Miranda Davis scored 11 points and Corki Aquafredda added 10 for the Bulldogs, who were coming off a win over Trask on Friday.
�We�ve played a lot of aggressive teams,� Davis said. �Tonight we really focused (on good defense) because defense is the key.�
Dixon�s defense negated the Bulldogs� 23 percent shooting. The Bulldogs committed 13 turnovers, but held their lead by only making a combine five during the first three quarters.
Dixon 11 15 23 13 � 62
Conner 7, Attoe 31, Thorpe 2, Wilson 6, Towes 6, Hardee 2, Inman 4. Totals� 23-71 2-5 58.
Mitchell 19, Wyble 8, Sicknick 11, Trexel 2, Page 5, Marshburn 13, Elmore 4. Totals� 25-67 8-16 62.
3-Point Goals� W 10 (Attoe 9, Conner), D 4 (Wyble 2, Mitchell, Sicknick). Rebounds� W 37 (Towes 11), D 46 (Marshburn 15, Page 11, Mitchell 8). RECORDS� W: 3-4, hosts Raleigh Christian Academy on Friday. D: 1-7, at Swansboro tonight.
Dixon 9 8 7 9 � 33
Attoe 6, Squires 3, Bunn 6, Gaughan 2. Totals� 7-28 3-12 17.
Ankney 2, Parker 6, Aquafredda 10, Davis 11, Brinson 2, Persun 2. Totals� 12-53 6-13 33.
3-Point Goals� W 0, D 3 (Aquafredda 2, Davis). Rebounds� W NA, D 23 (Warren 5, Davis 4). RECORDS� W: 1-7, hosts Raleigh Christian Academy on Friday. D: 2-6, at Swansboro tonight.


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ECS Z77H2-AX Golden Edition Review
The first part of our testing will involve system-specific benchmarks.
Let's get started with Apophysis. This program is used primarily to render and generate fractal flame images. We will run this benchmark with the following settings:
- Resolution: 2750 x 2048
- Quality: 500
- Limit Memory use: 512 MB
The measurement used is time to render, in minutes, to complete.
Lower is Better
WinRAR is a tool to archive and compress large files to a manageable size. Here, we will test the time needed to compress files of 100 MB and 500 MB. Time will be measured in seconds.
Lower is Better
Lower is Better
Geekbench 2.1 is a benchmark that tests CPU and memory performance in an easy-to-use tool. The measure used for comparison is the total suite average score.
Higher is Better
Bibble 5:
This test consists of converting one hundred 8.2 MP RAW images to jpeg format. The file size is 837 MB. The measure used for comparison is time needed to convert the file in seconds.
Lower is Better
Across all of the tests here, the ECS and Intel boards were very close in performance – pretty much the expectation.


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An inquisitive solo theme in the genres of swing and blues played with a dyno electric piano to provide a mellow, yet thought-provoking background for diverse multimedia projects, corporate video presentations, and TV shows with a touch of classic vintage flair; facilitates smooth, thoughtful rests, pauses, and transitions between primary visual events. 2 versions of the track (151 BPM) are included: full-length (0:12) and seamless looping (0:06).
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Principled Leadership
Redefining the purpose of business
At the Opus College of Business we believe that the purpose of business – any business – is to advance the common good by thinking critically, acting wisely and working skillfully in whatever capacity you serve. The reward for this is profit. Our commitment to this belief can be seen in our curriculum, our centers and institutes, our programs and our public events.
Center for Ethical Organizations
The Center for Ethical Organization (CEO) develops innovative strategies for cultivating vibrant, ethical cultures. CEO challenges our understanding for ethics in the workplace in order to both qualify and quantify its strategic value while managing systematic improvement. We aim to champion these novel approaches in three areas: principled leadership, organization citizenship, and meaningful work.
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The institute fosters ethically and socially responsible organizational conduct by promoting, applying, adapting and continually improving the Self-Assessment and Improvement Process (SAIP).
Through its engagements with practitioners and collaborations with scholars, the institute also aids the formation of ethical, effective leaders.
Learn more about the Veritas Institute and the SAIP.
The Opus College of Business has one of the largest business ethics faculty in the world. The integration of business ethics is centered around the belief that responsibility for one's actions and respect for the dignity of others are fundamental to success in business.
Our emphasis is on the importance of dialogue for developing mature moral judgment both personally and in group decision making. This maturity includes the exercise of certain virtues in the workplace, such as honesty, fairness, empathy, promise-keeping, prudence, courage and concern for the common good. It also includes interaction between the both "head" and "heart" and the need for congruence between judgment and action. We believe such moral development is a lifelong process.
Our goal in the Opus College of Business is to encourage this development in the context of sound policies and practices. We affirm the legitimacy and centrality of moral values in economic decision making because without them, business relationships and strong communities are impossible.
Learn more about our business ethics faculty and curriculum.
Launched at the 2007 UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in Geneva, the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative is the first organized relationship between the United Nations and business schools, with the PRME Secretariat housed in the UN Global Compact Office. The Opus College of Business became a signatory in 2014.
The mission of PRME is to inspire and champion responsible management education, research and thought leadership globally.
The Six Principles of PRME are inspired by internationally accepted values and provide an engagement structure for academic institutions to advance social responsibility through incorporating universal values into curricula and research. They seek to establish a process of continuous improvement among institutions of management education in order to develop a new generation of business leaders capable of managing the complex challenges faced by business and society in the 21st century.
Great Thinkers who Shaped Western Civilization
Coordinated by Dr. Jeanne Buckeye and T. Dean Maines, the Great Books Seminar is a unique graduate-level elective course based on the world-renowned Aspen Institute Executive Seminar. Students and alumni of any St. Thomas graduate program are welcomed. The readings revolve around such universal human concerns as justice, rights, liberty, equality, power, leadership, democracy and community. Moderators lead conversations on the enduring ideas and ideals of world civilization, the problems and opportunities facing society today and critical issues to be encountered in the years ahead.
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After missing the first four races of the motocross season, Cortez native Eli Tomac is making his presence known.
Competing in Buchanan, Mich., on July 5, Tomac finished fourth in round one and second in round two on his way to a second-place finish overall.
Getting off to a strong start in the first round, Tomac battled start to finish, finishing fourth behind Ken Roczen, Trey Canard and Ryan Dungey.
According to GEICO Motorcycle, a dirty visor hindered Tomac late in the race.
"The main issue was being able to see clearly as I actually ran out of tear-offs," Tomac was quoted as saying.
In the second round, he accelerated to his best finish of the season, finishing second to Roczen.
"Today went even better than last weekend in Tennessee," Tomac said after the race.
Tomac hopes to contend for a win when he hits the track on July 12 in Mechanicsville, Md.
"Hopefully, I will turn this progress into a first place next event," Tomac was quoted as saying. "We are extremely close to the bike being fully dialed in. I can't wait to be battling for first when that happens."
Those interested in watching Tomac compete in Mechanicsville on July 12 can tune in to www.promotocros.com at 3 p.m. for live coverage of the event.


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When the Southtowns Family YMCA was built five years ago in the family-oriented Buffalo suburb of West Seneca, NY, organizers anticipated a huge influx of family memberships. With that in mind, plans for the Southtowns Y included not just two locker rooms but five of them — one each for men, women, boys, girls, and another for families and people with special needs.
The Southtowns Y is just one example of a fitness facility with multiple options for its locker rooms. A growing number of for-profit facilities, community recreation centers, universities, Ys and Jewish Community Centers (JCCs) are offering a variety of locker room options, depending on their members' needs.
As a whole, locker room usage declined in the 1980s and 1990s, according to Bruce Carter, president of Optimal Fitness Design Systems International, Weston, FL. Busy lifestyles and the fear of contracting AIDS in saunas and locker rooms contributed to the decline, he says.
However, as the senior population continues to be the fastest growing new member population and as more Baby Boomers hit senior citizen age, locker room usage should increase again, says Craig Bouck, the president and CEO of Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture, Denver. Seniors enjoy socializing, and locker rooms can be a social area for them, he says.
"The demographics are different than they were five years ago, and in 10 years, they're going to be wholly different," Bouck says. "All the Baby Boomers are going to have more time on their hands. When we get to the point where we have all these 60 to 70 million folks who are easing into retirement, you're just going to have a lot more people using these facilities."
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For some seniors, the need for more privacy might become greater, however, as they deal with medical and personal issues. People in other demographics, such as business people not wanting to deal with children in the locker room or schoolteachers not wanting to change next to their students, might mean that tiered locker rooms could become more popular, too.
Some Ys and JCCs have had tiered locker rooms where people pay $15 to $30 more for access to an upscale locker room, says Carter, who adds that one of the features of these locker rooms is the use of a permanent locker.
"[Tiered locker room systems are] found more in the Ys and the JCCs because they cater to a broad spectrum of people," Carter says.
However, a tiered locker room system, which includes special amenities such as towel service, plasma TVs and Wi-Fi Internet access, may not be the most appropriate model for a Y, says Jeff Townsend, executive director of the Southtowns Y.
"We don't believe in the tiered system at all," Townsend says. "We feel strongly that everybody deserves the same amenities and deserves the same spaces. We just happen to give the option of a private space."
A tiered system may not be the best option for public recreation centers and university facilities, either. Bouck says his firm designed plans for a tiered locker room system at an Ohio recreation center. That experiment soon evolved into dry and wet locker rooms, with the dry locker room accessible for dry activities, such as cardio, strength, racquetball and basketball, and the wet locker room accessible for use in the aquatics area.
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) planned to renovate Swinney Recreation Center with a tiered locker room system in which students, faculty and patrons could pay extra to be able to use a more secure locker room area. However, some students and faculty expressed concerns about the two groups sharing the same locker room. Administrators at UMKC eventually changed their plans and instead remodeled the locker rooms to include sectioned-off areas for each group. (See sidebar on page 64.)
"Most public facilities focus on providing equal access to all they have to offer — especially basic services such as locker rooms," Bouck says. "With this goal in mind, tiered locker rooms are typically not a high priority for community services. On the other hand, private fitness providers have more options and can develop specialized levels of service for every aspect of their business — even locker rooms. With this in mind, tiered locker rooms may be an important element of service options, offerings and branding for private companies."
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Bouck's firm has designed recreation center locker rooms with cabanas that couples or families can use. The cabanas allow them to have social interaction in the locker room, rather than go their separate ways to change or shower, Bouck says. He adds that the cabana idea could work in a for-profit club, too.
"It's a phenomenon that we didn't expect in the public sector, and it's just gone crazy," Bouck says. "In some facilities now, we're not even doing men's and women's lockers. We're only doing the cabanas. We could do a dozen or 15 cabanas."
The cabana is especially convenient for the elderly, Bouck says.
"In the large facility where the locker rooms might be pretty large, you'll have the shower on one end of the room and the toilets on the other end of the room," Bouck says. "[A cabana] allows them to go into one place and very efficiently do everything they need to do rather than traversing back and forth with their walker or their cane."
The youth locker rooms at the Southtowns Y are for boys and girls up to the age of 19. Having separate options for men, women and children lessens the awkwardness of strangers changing in front of children and vice versa. Townsend adds that several teachers have joined the Southtowns Y and appreciate that they don't have to change and shower in front of their students.
The family/special needs locker room eases concerns for parents, too.
"It's appropriate to have separate spaces, especially in this day and age, for the safety of children and protecting them from predators and making sure that we're providing safe spaces for them as well as their families," Townsend says. "There's not that awkward, uncomfortable situation of having small children in a place where they don't belong."
Although the Southtowns Y has five locker rooms, the Almaden Valley Athletic Club (AVAC) in San Jose, CA, has six. The AVAC has one each for men and women, one for boys and girls up to 16 years of age, and boys and girls locker rooms in the AVAC's indoor swim school.
Prior to the opening of the swim school in 2000, the AVAC planned to build a family locker room for the swim school, but the San Jose planning department denied their request, says Sue Davis, AVAC's general manager of operations. Davis says the city cited its ethnic diversity as a reason that its citizens would not approve of a family locker room. Some cultures would be uncomfortable with opposite genders changing in the same room, the city said.
"That kind of took us by surprise because we owned a facility across the street that was an educational entertainment center that the city allowed us to put family restrooms in," Davis says.
The AVAC altered its initial plans and installed boys and girls locker rooms, in which mothers and fathers of children 6 years old and younger could be in the locker rooms to help them change. Davis says parents are also allowed in the 16-and-under locker rooms to help children 6 years old and younger.
The family/special needs locker room at the Southtowns Y has lockers and benches in an open area with private changing stalls, showers and bathroom facilities along the sides of the room. In this type of locker room, the elderly, people rehabilitating from an injury or people with prosthetic arms and legs can be assisted by someone of the opposite sex. The locker room gets enough use that two years into its operation, the Southtowns Y expanded it to include more changing stalls and showers.
The family locker room had set the Southtowns Y apart from the rest of the Ys in the YMCA Buffalo Niagara group, but a new Y in the group also will have five locker rooms, including a family/special needs room. Other Ys in the group are looking to install family locker rooms, too, making them the signature locker rooms in their facilities.
"This is the wave of the future, at least for us here in Buffalo," Townsend says, "because we've seen it become a very successful model."
Tiered Locker Room Plan Creates Stir at UMKC
The Swinney Recreation Center at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, and part of that celebration involved a $1.9 million renovation. The renovation included an upgrade to the rec center's locker rooms, but the upgrade ended up being different than originally planned.
UMKC planned to implement a tiered locker room system, something the University of Missouri-Columbia, its sibling school, had implemented. Members would pay extra for private lockers with built-in combination locks, a lounge area with Wi-Fi Internet access, flat-panel TVs and towel service. The monthly cost for lockers at UMKC is $10 per month, but the higher-tiered locker room was projected to cost $14 per month. Access to the locker room would be controlled by a biometric reader.
The purpose of the tiered locker room system was to allow members to upgrade their membership while supporting the university's student scholarship program, says Paris Saunders, UMKC's assistant vice chancellor of auxiliary services.
UMKC researched industry trends and studied other facilities that offer similar types of membership upgrades. Saunders adds that UMKC also collected feedback using member surveys.
However, many students, faculty and patrons who use the Swinney Recreation Center said they were not informed of the proposed changes to the locker rooms. Some people expressed their disenchantment in articles and letters to the editor in the school's newspaper, The University News. One of the complaints was that students and faculty could have equal access to the same higher-tiered locker room, creating a conflict of interest and privacy issues.
"What if you have a student from a rich family and he can afford a private locker, and you have another guy from a poor family who's working 20 hours a week and trying to take 12 hours…that makes a person feel bad," Henry Lyons, a UMKC alumnus and a member of the rec center, told the newspaper.
About a month after plans were made public, administrators at UMKC changed their plans, instead deciding to simply remodel the locker rooms for both men and women. Each of the remodeled locker rooms has a section designated for faculty/staff lockers and showers.
"After discussing these issues with the chancellor and his direct reports, the decision was made to maintain our current level of membership services while we increase the opportunities for additional feedback into a more comprehensive campus recreation and wellness plan," Saunders wrote in an e-mail to Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro. "The total costs have not been finalized. However, we are within our original budget for the project."


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It was outhustled and outsmarted for much of Tuesday night. And if not for superior athleticism, the Trinity Catholic boys basketball team might have been outscored as well.
Instead, the Crusaders did just enough to come away with a 53-47 win over a Fairfield Ludlowe team that has been giving opponents fits all season.
"Because of our talent we were able to win," Trinity coach Mike Walsh said. "Ludlowe is scrappy, they play hard and they really run their sets well. At times I thought we were lazy on defense. Down the road we can't expect to play like this and win a tournament game."
Schadrac Casimir, who overcame a slow start to finish with 16 points, might have offered an analysis that could be uttered by every FCIAC player and coach this season.
"I don't look at it as playing down to another team's level," said the sure-shooting guard. "Everyone in the league is good. In the FCIAC you can't go off records. We are not a team with six Division I players. We are not going to win off talent like past Trinity Catholic teams. A win is a win. We have to play hard."
Tremain Fraiser finished with a game-high 19 points for the Crusaders (14-1, 12-1 FCIAC), who played with a lead for the final 13 minutes, but one that was not totally secure until Casimir's layup, off a steal and assist by Neno Merritt, put them ahead, 49-42, with 2:42 left.
Ludlowe was without head coach, Brian Silvestro, who underwent surgery on Monday for a kidney stone. The Falcons were coached by his assistant, John Dailey.
Ludlowe also lost one of its key players, Mark Malone, with 3:12 remaining when he got hit in the head following a collision with Fraiser. The game was delayed for 20 minutes as Malone was immobilized and then taken away on a stretcher.
Dailey said Malone would need stitches and possibly sustained a concussion, but the injury did not appear more serious. Malone gave a thumbs-up sign to the crowd as he was wheeled out.
Ludlowe (7-8, 6-7) was within 44-40 before Fraiser completed what became a 3-point play that changed the complexion of the game.
The Falcons, outmanned on many nights, have kept themselves on the cusp of an FCIAC Tournament berth by dictating tempo, playing fundamentally sound and lulling opponents -- exactly what happened for long stretches on Tuesday.
"Their dribble penetration hurt us, and Fraiser and Casimir are terrific athletes and terrific players," Dailey said. "They really hurt us, but I thought our kids played their hearts out all night. We played tremendous defense, shot the ball decently and hung around. I couldn't ask for a better effort."
Connor Peterson led the Falcons with 17 points. Pat Gutierrez added 12.
Ludlowe never allowed the Crusaders to sustain momentum or break the game open.
Trinity scored 8 unanswered points, ending with Casimir's double-clutch jumper on the opening possession of the second half, for a 28-20 lead.
Ludlowe came right back with its own 8-0 run to tie the score.
"On defense we didn't talk, basically," Walsh said. "We didn't switch. We thought we could do it without working hard, and you can't play defense without working hard."
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Danny Santella 0 0-0 0; Matt Doyle 1 0-0 3; Chad Peterson 0 0-0 0; Mark Malone 3 0-0 7; Pat Gutierrez 4 2-2 12; Stephen Scholz 4 0-0 8; Connor Peterson 7 3-6 17; Brent Pfeiffer 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 19 5-8 47.
Schadrac Casimir 6 4-4 16; Tremain Fraiser 7 3-4 19; Brandon Wheeler 3 3-6 9; Neno Merritt 4 0-0 8; Tyrell St. John 0 0-0 0; Danny O'Leary 0 1-2 1. TOTALS: 20 11-16 53.
3-point shots: FL--Doyle, Malone, Gutierrez 2; TC--Fraiser 2.


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For tourism in Mystic, it's a season in the sun
Mystic - To be sure, the local maritime museum can't go dropping a national landmark into the river every summer.
For Mystic's tourism trade, 'tis a pity.
"The Morgan launch was huge," Richard Prisby, general manager of The Whaler's Inn, said last week. "We were booked up that Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Mystic was full of people."
Indeed, the Seaport's July 21 launching of the restored whaleship Charles W. Morgan proved to be the kind of public event that can make a tourism season - for hotels and restaurants here as well as for the Seaport itself.
Earlier this summer, an exceptionally wet month followed by a nasty heat wave in early July exacted a toll at the Seaport's turnstiles. Then came the launch.
"Up through the end of June, our attendance was down about 3 percent compared to last year at the same time. But in the last several weeks, we've brought it up to even," said Dan McFadden, a Seaport spokesman. "... We anticipate a positive growth year."
Some 4,500 visitors packed the Seaport grounds the day of the launch and thousands more jammed the shore and boats on the Mystic River. Video of the launch, streamed live on the Seaport's website, attracted some 12,000 views the first 24 hours it was available.
"One of the most rewarding things was that people came from Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Maine, New York," McFadden said.
In Mystic, the state's top tourism destination, business this summer promises to top last year.
Ed Dombroskas, executive director of the Eastern Regional Tourism District, which has its headquarters at Olde Mistick Village, attributed the upturn in business to the public's sense that the economy is on better footing than it had been.
"Overall, hotel occupancy is up and attendance at attractions is generally better. We're hearing that retail is doing well," he said. "People are more comfortable about spending a little money."
For some tourism-based businesses, this summer will mark two solid seasons in a row, after a string of off years.
"We're having our best year since ... last year," said Prisby, the general manager of The Whaler's Inn. "We're a little ahead of last year, with the best part of our year - August, September, October - still to go. Why was 2012 so good? It's hard to say. I think people were really tired of being held down. They wanted to cut loose."
Marketing, of course, has a lot to do with any season's success, or lack of it.
For all its attractiveness and "great location" a half-block from the Mystic drawbridge, The Whaler's Inn draws customers because "we do everything we can to get them here," Prisby said.
The region, Mystic in particular, continues to benefit from a "dislocation" in New York and New Jersey markets that are still recovering from last fall's extreme weather, Dombroskas said.
"Just this morning, I had calls from people in Maryland and Georgia who have never been here before and were putting Mystic on their short list," he said. "The first thing they ask about is what is there to do, and then, 'Do you have any deals?'"
Theresa Thesier owns the Mystic & Shoreline Visitor Information Center, a private enterprise that books tours and hotel rooms and sells discounted tickets to attractions. She, too, sounded the things-are-better-than-last-year refrain.
"I think the economy got a little better, or at least it's perceived to be better," she said. "There's not so much moaning about rates, not so much grumbling."
Some say that while Mystic's downtown traffic is heavier than it was a year ago, visitors, individually, are spending less, a phenomenon observed in recent years at casinos from Connecticut to Atlantic City to Las Vegas.
"What I'm hearing is that volumes are higher but people are being thrifty, not spending as much," said Tricia Walsh, president of the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce.
August remains a critical month for the tourism business, especially with Labor Day arriving early this year on Sept. 2. Still ahead in Mystic are such stalwarts of the calendar as this coming weekend's Mystic Outdoor Art Festival and the Taste of Mystic food festival Sept. 6-8.
"I expect that when we get to the end of summer, we will have had a good season," Walsh said.
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Rockport, population 3,321, is trying to solve the existential dilemma of small-town America: How do you get people such as Meg Weston's students to stick around?
Weston is the president of Maine Media Workshops + College, one of Rockport's primary economic drivers. When she took office in 2012, she saw that the college couldn't survive without a better Internet connection. Her students needed to upload and download enormous digital files using three or more devices each; she says the school hit a wall with its existing communications capacity.
The town's Internet access connection didn't have enough room to handle the school's demands, and private companies would charge too much to be a realistic option.
That is, until this week, when Rockport opened its own gigabit-scale municipal fiber optic network — meaning it can transmit a thousand megabits of data per second.
Weston is jubilant: Given the inexpensive, world-class connectivity, she can make the school's courses available to people in other states and countries — and persuade her students to make a life in Maine.
Rockport's new gigabit network is a big deal. It is the first such network in Maine, and as Sen. Angus King said at its opening, fiber is essential: "Internet service in my opinion is exactly like water; it's exactly like electricity. It is a public utility that is necessary in order for our country and our economy to flourish."
Most important, the Rockport network provides a replicable model for towns and cities across the country. Creating jobs and competing with other countries depend on ubiquitous, inexpensive fiber connectivity, so we need all the help we can get.
Weston, along with Jeff Letourneau of Networkmaine (a program of the University of Maine), came up with $30,000. They persuaded the town board to chip in another $30,000 in unused town tax funds to its communications infrastructure. The money went to stringing fiber along poles in downtown Rockport.
And then the town-owned network, built and operated by a private contractor, was connected to a 1,100-mile statewide fiber network — called the Three Ring Binder — built with $25 million in federal stimulus money and about $7 million from private investors. Those funds, in turn, were conditioned on making available reasonably priced, nondiscriminatory access points between the Three Ring Binder and networks such as the one Rockport has built. Twenty states have laws that raise barriers to municipal networks, but self-reliant Maine isn't one of them.
Rockport's town-owned gigabit network doesn't directly serve subscribers, which means Rockport isn't competing in the private market. Instead, the town is making its network — made up of dark fiber, which carries a potentially unlimited amount of communications data — available to any private service provider.
A company called GWI stepped up, and it will soon be selling gigabit services to Rockport's business for $70 a month. At that rate, many can take advantage of it, and hopefully find new business opportunities as a result.
As King put it, "We want to work where we live, rather than live where we work."
Most American businesses have no choice other than their local monopoly cable operator for high-capacity Internet connections. Time Warner Cable, for example, charges $70 per month for Internet access service that downloads 20 times slower and uploads 200 times slower than the network Rockport will enjoy.
Every American hamlet, town and city needs to upgrade its residential and business networks to inexpensive fiber optic connections. And we need choices. We do not have a plan for this upgrade, and existing private carriers have little incentive to change the status quo. Rockport shows that we can get there from here.
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WARWICK – Quick Fitting® Inc. said Monday it is relocating its headquarters ahead of expected rapid growth.
The manufacturer of fittings for plumbing, heating and irrigation applications said it is relocating its headquarters to a 100,000-square-foot facility in Warwick from East Providence.
Eventually, Quick Fitting® plans to move one of its five manufacturing facilities, currently located in China, back to that facility.
Fueling its growth is an "overall conversion of the market" from conventional methods, such as solder, to push-connect technology, which allows "really anyone" to do it, said President and CEO David Crompton.
"It takes about 17 pounds to insert [the copper tube] and about 700 pounds to try and pull it off. It's just so simple, so easy to use … it lasts longer. It's like the hammer and the nail gun, it makes life so much easier, so much faster," Crompton said.
"If you had a leak under your sink today … you could patch it in yourself [and] when you push it on, it gives you the same connection whether you're a 25-year plumber or [someone] who has done it for the first time. It's an amazing technology."
"We're on track to supply [our products] to many, many wholesalers," Crompton added, noting that they're slated to launch to an undisclosed big-box retailer soon. The company's clients include: Orgill, Handy Hardware, Tractor Supply (more than 1,100 locations), and HD Supply, among others.
Quick Fitting® currently supplies to more than 7,000 retail locations and plans to grow to more than 10,000 in the near future.
To keep up with that growth, the company sees adding between 150 and 300 people to its current 37-person staff.
"Every time we turn around, we do hiring – which is pretty much every week now," Crompton said.
"We're been on a terrific growth track for the past couple years, and this past year has been absolutely phenomenal. We launched new lines, we've got some recent patents that we've secured on our copper products … we're just really blowing out."
The company considered relocating its headquarters to Massachusetts, Crompton said, and even talked to economic development officials. They found "a lot of opportunity there," but chose to stay in Rhode Island because they didn't want to uproot their workers "[who] have helped us get where we are today. That was probably the deciding factor to stay in the state."
Quick Fitting® is looking to bring back a manufacturing facility to the United States in order to have its Copperhead product be "Made in the USA."
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From the Huntingdon County, PA Will Book No. 9, 1878-1882, page 33, located at Huntingdon Co. Court House, Huntingdon, PA -
Huntingdon County ss:
Before me, Register for the probate of wills and granting Letters of Administrations in and for said county, personally appeared J. Wesley Johnston, who, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that Irvin Johnston, late of West Township died on or about the 25th day of November 1878 at 4:35 oclock a.m. to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Sworn and subscribed this 3rd day of March A.D. 1879 before J.D. Kuntzelman, Register.
The abstract of Irvin Johnston's Last Will and Testament -
Irvin Johnston of the township of West in the county of Huntingdon… To my beloved wife Tiney Johnston, all my household furniture that is now in my house and in my possession, also my horse, carriage and carriage harness, two cows, three young cattle, six heads of hogs and three hundred dollars of money out of the sale of my personal property…Executors will lease my farm on which I now live for the sum of three years after my decease and then put it to sale. My wife Tena Johnston to remain in the house until the expiration of the lease…bequeth to my wife Tenay Johnston five hundred dollars out of the sale of the farm to be invested in a homestead…I do hereby bequeath to my son Wesley Johnston three hundred dollars…the balance of my money…shall be equally divided between the following names heirs: Alfred Johnston, Wesley Johnston, Franklin Johnston, Howard Johnston, and Molley Johnston, my five children and I do further bequeath to Teney Johnston my wife all the firewood she may need during the term of the lease on the farm… appoint my son Wesley Johnston of Fulton County, Pennsylvania, Executor of this my will. In witness whereof, I the said testator Irvin Johnston have to this my last will and testament set my hand and Seal the 14th day of November A.D. 1878.
Signed Irvin Johnston by his mark
Witnesses: Ephraim Fisher and Henry Davis, Jr.
|The Huntingdon Journal
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Friday, October 8, 1880
[Source: Newspaper Archive]
Orphans' Court Sale of Valuable Real Estate (Estate of Irvin Johnston, Deceased.)
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Huntingdon county, Penn's, the undersigned will expense to sale, on the premises, in West township at one o'clock, p.m., on Tuesday, October 26, 1880, the following described valuable real estate, vis: A tract of land situate in West township, Huntingdon county, Pa., adjoining land of Henry Davis, Jr., Richard Cunningham's heirs, John Cunningham, John Gregory, and others, containing 117 ACRES, all cleared and tillable limestone land. It is in the Shaver's Creek Valley, about three miles from Petersburg, and has thereon erected a GOOD BRICK HOUSE, BANK BARN, NEW WAGON-SHED AND CORN-CRIB, SPRING HOUSE, GOOD FRAME HOG PEN, and other outbuildings. There is a never-failing spring at buildings, running water in barnyard and in six of the fields. A good apple orchard of nursery fruit, belle pears, cherries, etc., with church, schools, mill and stores all convenient. Possession given April 1st, 1881.
TERMS OF SALE: One-third of purchase money at confirmation of sale, balance in two equal annual payments with Interest, to be secured by judgement notes or bonds or mortgage of the purchaser.
J.W. Johnston, Admr.of Wells Tannery, Pa.
Final Account of J. Wesley Johnston, Executor of Irvin Johnston, Late of West Twp. Book 5, 1881 No. 205, page 412 - The complete Executor's report is recorded.
Irvin Johnston's five children, as listed, W. A. Johnston, T. F. Johnston, Howard Johnston, J. Wesley Johnston, and Mary M. Baumgardner, received distributions of 1/5 of 2/3 of his estate, in the amount of $313.93 each.
Signed by William A. Johnston for himself and as Grantee of Interest of T.F. Johnston and Howard Johnston; J. Wesley Johnston; and Mary M. Baumgardner.[Source: Huntingdon Co. Court House, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania]
Notes of interest:
Irvin's will mentions each son by their middle name. In the Final Account, three of the sons are referred to my their first and middle name initials with W.A. signing as William A. Johnston. Howard is Henry Howard Johnston.
In the time between the will and the final account, Molley Johnston became Mary M. Baumgardner.
Why did William A. Johnston sign the Final Accounting for himself and two of his brothers? I found all three brothers and their families living in El Paso, Woodford Co, Illinois in the 1880 U. S. Federal Census.


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Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life and President of the National Pro-life Religious Council, announced today that the national pro-life prayer service to be held on the morning of Friday, January 25, in Washington, D.C. will be dedicated to the memory of Miss Nellie Gray, who led the March for Life every year since 1974.
The service, known as the National Memorial for the Pre-Born and Their Mothers and Fathers, is interdenominational, and has taken place for nearly two decades. The planning for the January service has been in the works for a couple of years already, due to the significance of this January being the 40th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade.
"Now, we have an even deeper meaning to the service," said Fr. Pavone. "We will thank the Lord for Nellie, we will commend her to the Author of Life, and we will beg God that He will bestow on us all a double-portion of her spirit. Attending this service will be a wonderful way to honor her memory and renew our determination to fulfill her vision."
The service will take place from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 25 in the DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. It is open to the public. That same afternoon, the March for Life, which Nellie Gray led, will take place. To keep up to date as plans progress for the morning prayer service and other events regarding the 40th anniversary of Roe, visit www.roevswade40.com.
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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Trichorrhexis nodosa is a problem in which thickened or weak points (nodes) along the hair shaft cause your hair to break off easily.
Your genes may play a role in whether or not you develop trichorrhexis nodosa.
Certain things you do to your hair such as blow-drying, over-brushing, perming, or excessive chemical use, appear to trigger the condition.
In some cases, trichorrhexis nodosa is caused be an underlying disorder such as hypothyroidism, argininosuccinicaciduria, Menkes kinky hair syndrome, ectodermal dyspalsia, Netherton syndrome, or trichothiodystrophy.
Your hair may have patchy hair loss or it may appear like it isnot growing.
In African Americans, looking at the scalp area using a microscope shows that the hair breaks off at the scalp area before it grows long.
In Caucasians, the problem often appears at the end of a hair shaft in the form of split ends, thinning hair, and hair tips that look white.
Exams and Tests
Examination of the hair shafts with a microscope may reveal changes that indicate trichorrhexis nodosa.
Any underlying metabolic disorders will be treated.
Improving environmental factors will reduce damage to the hair.
Your doctor may recommend gentle brushing with a soft brush instead of aggressive brushing, ratting, or other procedures.
Other things that may help improve the condition include:
?Avoid harsh chemicals such as those used in straightening compounds and permanents.
?Do not use a very hot hair dryer for long periods of time. Do not iron the hair.
?Do not use a harsh shampoo, and always use hair conditioner.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Improving grooming techniques and avoiding products that damage hair will help correct the problem.
This condition is not dangerous, but may it affect a persons self-esteem.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your doctor if symptoms do not approve with changes in grooming and other home care measures.
Avoid aggressive brushing and grooming, strong chemicals, permanents, straightening, and similar hair-damaging habits.
James WD, Berger TG, Elston DM, eds. Andrews Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011: chap 33.
Sperling LC, Sinclair RD, El Shabrawi-Caelen L. Alopecias. In: Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Schaffer JV, eds. Dermatology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 69.
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ISU professor tests athletic shoes and Army boots; hopes to go galactic
ISU Associate Professor of Kinesiology Tim Derrick has tested athletic shoes for Consumer Reports and Runner's World, and combat boots for the U.S. Army. He has a grant proposal in to test the stress forces on the bones in reduced gravity environments for NASA.
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Where Are They Now: Ron Hextallby Anthony SanFilippo / Philadelphia Flyers
Ron Hextall could have done any number of things with the Stanley Cup.
After all, he had waited 25 years to actually be part of a team that won the most cherished trophy in sports, and although he didn't win it as a player, but rather as an executive – the assistant general manager of the Los Angeles Kings – it was just as sweet a victory.
So, it's safe to say no one would begrudge Hextall taking the Cup anywhere in the world to celebrate a victory that took much longer to accomplish than he ever thought.
He took the Cup back to his hometown of Brandon, Manitoba for a charity event and then headed up to his Clear Lake, Manitoba cabin where he spent the day taking pictures with his dad (former NHLer Bryan Hextall) and visiting area landmarks that wrapped up with a party and a bonfire at Ron's summer home.
But there was a pit stop in between all that celebrating - one that was unexpected by everyone except for Ron Hextall himself.
"I thought [Bob Clarke] was going to be in Manitoba that week and I was going to show up at his place with the Cup," Hextall said. "I was hoping he could be there so we could take a picture with it, but he wasn't there yet. His wife Sandy was there though. So, I took the picture anyway."
And while some would interpret this as a playful way of rubbing it in, that was not Hextall's intention in the least.
"Back when he won the Cup in the seventies, he didn't get a chance to spend a day with it because they didn't do that then. So, I thought it would be a good chance for him to reconnect with it. I was really excited about it because we had talked at the draft and we had realized we were going to be up there the same week. So, I figured I'd surprise him.
"I had the Cup on a Tuesday and he wasn't getting in until Friday of that week, so I missed him. He did see the picture though of the Cup at his place and he thanked me for it."
It was a gesture from one friend to another, but it was a kinship that goes well beyond their Manitoba-bred roots.
It was a relationship that really began when Clarke, then the general manager of the Flyers, chose Hextall as a rookie to be the Flyers everyday goalie in a season when they had Stanley Cup aspirations.
It was a risky proposition, but one that almost came to fruition, with the 1986-87 Flyers falling in Game 7 to the legendary Edmonton Oilers of Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Paul Coffey, et al.
Hextall made it back to the Finals one more time as a Flyers goalie – in 1997 – but that squad was swept by the Detroit Red Wings.
In 1999, upon retiring, Hextall was given a job as a scout with the Flyers, hired by Clarke to stay with the organization.
After a few years as a scout, Hextall was promoted to Director of Pro Player Personnel in 2002.
Four years later, he left the Flyers to become assistant general manager of the Kings, where he's been for the last six years – and now has a Cup on his resume.
And no matter how many more he may get in his career as a manager in Los Angeles – or wherever the NHL may take him – Hextall will always circle back to his relationship with Clarke as a reason for his success.
"I can't state enough how much I learned from Bob Clarke," Hextall said. "He is one of those guys who didn't talk a lot, but if you watch him – first as a player and then as part of the management team – how he conducted himself and how he was methodical when making decisions, and despite the fact that even though he was competitive as hell he didn't overreact – there are so many times that I find myself in a position and choosing to react the way Clarke would.
"He was one of those guys where even if your two best players were hurt, you got the sense as a player that he believed the team could still win. Those little lessons that I observed from him helped mold my personality that I have today as an assistant general manager."
There was no doubt, that with all the Flyers connections on the Kings from management to coaches to players on the ice, that they were an easy team to root for once the Flyers were eliminated.
Yet, while Hextall's first Cup will always be connected to the Kings, he still considers himself a Flyer at heart and recanted some of his fondest memories of playing in the orange and black.
"Game 6 of the 1987 Finals at the Spectrum that we won against Edmonton was [the most memorable moment] in Philadelphia," Hextall said. "Not only was it a big game but we came from behind – and we had been coming from behind that whole series – and we pushed that Oilers team to a point they never thought they'd be."
Everyone will remember J.J. Daigneault's goal in the third period that put the Flyers ahead, but the final minutes of the game were about as frenetic and edge of your seat as maybe any in Flyers history.
The Oilers were buzzing around the Flyers net for the entire end of the game, but Hextall was square to every shot.
Then, with about 10 seconds left in the game, Hextall tried to clear the puck, only to have it intercepted at the blue line by Mark Messier, who skated in alone on Hextall.
"I just made the save," Hextall says now, 25 years later. "You had to know though, every time you got into one of those situations with Edmonton it was going to be a frantic finish. We had to buckle our seat belts and get it done. They had a great team. I often think back that if we didn't play them – and they were possibly the greatest team ever – we would have won the Stanley Cup. It's like – damn – why did it have to be that year?"
Hextall also addressed some of his other memorable moments in his time with the Flyers
- On scoring a goal: "I say to this day it was overrated," he said. "The part that was special to me was the reaction of my teammates. They all came off the bench. Guys were hooting and hollering. The Flyers got us all a plaque made out of the game sheet. It became more of a team thing. Because of that, it's something I'll never forget. I never thought about scoring before it happened. It wasn't that important to me. It couldn't not be in my mind though because every time I got the puck and there was an empty net the fans would be yelling, 'Shoot.' The media kept asking me when I was going to score a goal. It was one of those things that people wouldn't just let sit on the sideline. I figured at some point I'd have a good opportunity to do it and I happened to have it that night against Boston and it went in the net."
- On the hit on Chris Chelios in the 1989 Eastern Conference Finals: "I think its safe to say that was one of those points where my emotions got the best of me," he said. "Everyone remembers what he did to [Brian] Propp earlier in the series, so I guess I didn't want to go away quietly. When you're facing the end of a series and you are losing out it is an emotional time and I did what I thought was right. I guess the league didn't feel the same way though."
- On the 1987 Canada Cup experience, especially the final series win over the Soviet Union: "I had the best seat in the house," said Hextall, who was the backup goalie to Grant Fuhr. "In the final game I was on the bench there and it was exciting. Someone asked me [recently] if it was the best hockey I had ever been part of or seen and I said, 'Yes.' It was the highest level of hockey ever because it was more than just a hockey game. It was more than just the Canada Cup. At that point in time we all still hated the Russians. To bring that type of emotion into the game and the series there is something I don't think you can ever duplicate again. We get along with the Russians now. Every team has Russians in their organization and they're not a lot different then us. The times have changed. It wasn't like the 1972 series with them when Clarke played and you wanted to rip the guy's head off, but it wasn't that far short of that. We really wanted to beat them. It was a clear emotional pinnacle.
- On missing Philadelphia: "That was my home for a long time. My girls still live on the East Coast and my son Brett played on the East Coast last year (with Portland of the AHL). I do spend a decent amount of time in Manchester (N.H.) with our minor league team, but I miss the Philadelphia area. I can't say enough about the organization and the people in the organization. When you get down to it, an organization is just an organization but what makes it special is the people. From [Chairman] Mr. [Ed] Snider to Clarke to [Paul Holmgren] to everyone in that organization, it's a special, special organization."


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A local group hopes to offer programs for teens to deter them from a life of crime.
A local group hopes to offer programs for teens to deter them from a life of crime.
The Christian Coalition Against Gang Violence is a nonprofit founded by the Rev. Huey Jones Jr. of Houma.
The coalition's seven board members, including Jones, were sworn in Tuesday night during a meeting held at the Main Library in Houma.
Jones is the executive director. Other board members are Lawrence Kolber, president; Cranston Ross, secretary; Javon Harris, treasurer; the Rev. Ray Marcel; the Rev. Christopher Burrell; and Dr. Judy Plaisance.
Jones says the organization aims to target the civic, social, education and spiritual welfare of local youths and young adults.
"Our mission is to combat the rising tide of gang violence and to educate the youths in our community about the dangers of getting involved with gangs and drugs," Jones said.
Jones said he's been working with teens for more than 35 years as an ordained minister. He's also worked for 21 years as a chaplain in jails in Missouri.
Jones produced a documentary chronicling the lives of gang members in Missouri, which prompted him to start the coalition in 1991.
When Jones returned to his native Houma, he said he noticed crime, in the South in particular, had gotten worse.
"Even with my knowledge of gangs, I see something different here in the South," he said. "(It's) not like it was 10-15 years ago."
Kolber said he joined the coalition to directly address the increasing crime and poverty problems faced by the community and country.
"Something is going wrong with the system," he said. "We have a serious drug problem, which breeds violence … so I have become involved with this group hoping that we can make a difference."
Kolber said he and Jones have been brainstorming programs that reach problems at their core and use positive reinforcement.
For instance, Jones proposed a program that would work with local schools to create an aviation program.
"They will learn about mechanics, math, geography, history, and the weather," he said.
Jones also mentioned getting kids involved in journalism programs.
Jones said that although the coalition's primary focus is resolving local problems, he also envisions taking on issues at the national level.
The coalition will meet again at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Main Library, 151 Library Drive.


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Let's set aside the issue about whether Bill Marimow deserved to be fired as the editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer and discuss a more troubling question: Who's the boss?
Former New York Nets owner Lewis Katz. H. F. "Jerry" Lenfest, South Jersey political boss George E. Norcross III; Krishna Singh, chief executive of the Holtec International Corp.; William Hankowsky, chief executive of Liberty Property Trust; and Joseph Buckelew, chairman of Conner Strong & Buckelew, joined forces last year to buy the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News and website Philly.com for $55 million.
What made them think they would be able to set aside their considerable egos and work together to run one of the largest U.S. newspaper, an industry which none of them had any experience? I know they spoke of their desire to own the papers for the "benefit of the community", but what does that mean? It's doubtful that they appreciated the depth of the paper's problems.
Every business needs a boss. In theory, the boss of Interstate General Media is supposed to be Publisher Robert Hall. In reality, it remains unclear who is running the company. Norcross has installed his daughter Lexi as the head of Philly.com and has decided to concern himself with such mundane details such as the brand of coffee employees drink in their break room.
About the only thing that the owners all agreed on was that they should hire Marimow, who had done two other tours with the Inquirer. Former Inquirer columnist Gail Shister noted in Philadelphia Magazine that Marimiow isn't universally beloved. "As a newsman, Marimow's moral authority is beyond question," she writes. "As a manager, the same cannot be said."
Katz and Lenfest are suing their fellow owners over their decision to fire Marimow. Given the level of animosity that is evident among the paper's owners, I don't see how they can continue to work together. Winding down this partnership isn't going to be easy or cheap. This distraction is the last thing the paper needs.
Further complicating the situation is the long-time romance between Katz and Nancy Philips, a veteran Inquirer editor. That explains why Marimow was blocking needed change at the paper, according to his critics. Norcross told the New York Times, that Katz "wants to control the newsroom to satisfy his friends and punish his enemies." That's a ludicrous idea.
First of all, herding cats is easier than getting a large group of journalists to agree on anything Katz and Philips have made little effort to hide their relationship. Robert Hall,who has been associated with the paper for years, must have mentioned it at some point to the company's owners.
The expression that "too many cooks spoil the broth" applies to the Inquirer. The paper, the Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com are in desperate need of leadership.


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Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced the launch of Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters on PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. This hugely successful title, which originated on the PSP (PlayStation Portable), has been in high demand by PlayStation 2 owners looking for a Ratchet & Clank game to play on their systems. Featuring a remapped control scheme, re-worked lighting and textures, and the addition of 2-player split-screen gaming, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters has been remastered to take advantage of the PlayStation 2 hardware.
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters find the pair on a much needed vacation, Ratchet and Clank's rest and relaxation time is suddenly cut short as they find themselves lured into a mysterious quest. Following the trail of a kidnapped girl, Ratchet and Clank rediscover a forgotten race of genius inventors known as the Technomites. They soon uncover a plot more dangerous than they could have imagined. With hallmark Ratchet & Clank gameplay, upgradable weapons and customizable armor; players will shrink and enlarge to explore the inside of Clanks head or fly through space as Giant Clank.
A new feature to the franchise is head-to-head split-screen multiplayer games. Two players battle on one of four different maps in Capture the Flag or the team based Iron Lombax game mode, which finds players competing to accomplish unique tasks such as collecting Martian cows to create meat crates and fill delivery trucks, the first to fill their truck wins.
The multi-million unit selling franchise originated on PlayStation 2 in 2002 and has produced five sequels spread over PlayStation 2, PSP, and PlayStation 3. With more than 47 million PlayStation 2 owners in North America, PlayStation 2 remains the best-selling gaming system on the market and continues to provide new and original content seven years into its lifecycle. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters is a shining example of SCEA's continued support of the system and its loyal fans.


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New Construction with Old American Charm
In a country content with McMansions, it's a treat to see a new construction designed to fit rather than dominate the landscape. However, in the case of this South Carolina farmhouse designed by architect Ken Pursley, the appeal doesn't stop with the structure. Rope railings, planked walls, and a bunk room are just a few interior details contributing to its charm.
Rather than going for the typical American farmhouse, Ken Pursley's inspiration came from an old icehouse that he spotted on Cumberland Island in Georgia. The unusual double-decker roofline and loads of windows, give the house both unique character and an airy modern appeal. The interiors take advantage of the light with an open floor plan filled with relaxed rustic details like the reclaimed wood shower door on a barn door track.
To learn more about the amazing details of the house and property, check out the full story at Garden & Gun.
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They look so cute running around in the mini suits and gowns but having little children at the big day can be a bit of a buzz kill, no? Especially if the kids in question are yours.
We didn't have kids at our wedding. It started at 5 p.m. on a Saturday night and it went until 1 a.m. It was formal. We had 300 people and a kick-ass band and the last thing we needed were adorable little kids taking up any space on the dance floor. Or worse, adorable little kids having temper tantrums because they were tired or hungry or jacked up on Shirley Temples. We had a ring bearer (my nephew, Andrew) and a flower girl (my cousin's daughter) and after their duties were complete and their photos snapped, they went home to babysitters. (Yes, they got plenty of snacks and hugs and gifts and special attention before they were sent packing.)
For me it was never a question. But then again, I'm kind of a stickler for adult-only time. And, like I said, I had a very adults-only type of wedding. Sure, the idea of gorgeous little kids twirling around in delight, skipping from table to table, passing out in the tux-clad father's arms is very Martha Stewart Weddings, but those kids still need their butts wiped and their shoes tied and their chicken fingers cut up and someone has to do it. Even when you hire a babysitter to wrangle the kids (like we did at my sister, Meghan's, wedding*), they still know you're there. And you know they're there. You never get to fully go off duty and if I'm at a wedding, I like to be off duty. And if my friends or family with children are at my wedding, I'd want the same for them. Maybe it's selfish because I think the attention should be on the bride and groom and the festivities and the efforts put into that day to make is extra special.
But I also think it all depends on the time and place of the wedding, too. And what kind of vibe you're going for. And, perhaps most important, the age of the children in question. A few weeks ago my younger cousin got married on a Sunday afternoon. She invited the cousins with young kids to bring them to the festivities, which I thought was a nice gesture. Melissa and I chose to bring only our older two—Andrew and Alex—because, well, we wanted to be able to enjoy the day and celebrate my cousin and not get caught up in parenting. It was a beautiful wedding and having Alex there made it so much more fun—especially since Nick doesn't like to dance and Alex does. He knew it was special for him to be there and he was so well behaved. He loved the massive amounts of fancy cocktail-hour food (and the Shirley Temple I let him order) and he danced his little butt off. But Nick and I were very aware of not letting him get too carried away—making sure he stayed silent during speeches, making sure he didn't dance into too many adults, making sure the spotlight stayed where it should—on the bride and groom.
I know a few people planning weddings right now trying to figure out whether to have kids and, if they decide not to, how to delicately tell people to leave their spawn at home. I know some people get offended when their kids aren't invited to weddings. And some people get confused and show up with babies, anyway. I think it completely depends on the type of wedding you're having but that said, even if you're doing it at noon in a field with paper plates and napkins, if you don't want kids there, you don't have to have them there. Right? And if you're going black-tie swank and you do want kids there, that's your call too.
So, did you have kids at your wedding? Do you like being invited to weddings with kids? Would love to hear your thoughts!


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JMU Alumnus Makes Live Voting Round in Walmart Contest
Vinny Mazzurco graduated from JMU in 2004 with a degree in accounting and a lifelong passion for baseball. A few years after graduation, Vinny started his own business, Baseball Swing Mastery, and now has a once-in-a -lifetime opportunity to get his product on Walmart's shelf.
Vinny's Baseball Swing Mastery product passed the audition round and made it into the live voting round of Walmart's Get On The Shelf Contest, which is similar to American Idol. The public votes on products, and whichever one get the most votes has the opportunity to be picked up by Walmart and sold on their shelf.
According to Vinny, Baseball Swing Mastery is a step-by-step baseball instructional DVD (2 disc set) on the mechanics of hitting. Vinny grew up with a batting cage and pitching machine in his backyard and would practice his swing every day.
"Everyone has different hitting theories, but I could actually go in my backyard and test out all the different theories to find out what really did work, what didn't work and what is really going to get results," Vinny says.
Vinny says his father, who played minor league baseball, gave him a solid foundation of baseball knowledge.
"From there, I was able to build even further and refine the knowledge even more by taking those 500 swings almost every single day in my batting cage," he says. "I was obsessed with the baseball swing."
Vinny's mission is to help players take their skills to the next level.
"I just want to get my message out there through proven results that work," Vinny says.
Help support Vinny's product win the grand prize for an opportunity to get on Walmart's shelf. Visit https://getontheshelf.walmart.com/product/16f8/Baseball-Swing-Mastery to vote. Everyone can vote once a day, every day until September 2nd.
Vinny also attributes his success to his education from JMU.
"The College of Business and the COB 300 program foster an entrepreneurial spirit and teaches you all the facets of a business," Vinny says.
For more information, visit http://www.mazzurcobaseball.com or http://vinnymazzurco.com.
Published: Monday, August 26, 2013
Last Updated: Thursday, August 11, 2016