Raiders fall in Red Deer before must-win in Edmonton

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The road from Red Deer and Edmonton is a short one the Prince Albert Raiders will travel this weekend. But after the Raiders loss in Red Deer Friday, the road to overtaking Edmonton for a playoff spot just got a whole lot longer.

Goaltender Nick McBride of the Prince Albert Raiders makes a second period save against Red Deer Rebels forward Grayson Pawlenchuk during Friday night WHL action at the Enmax Centrium in Red Deer. Photo credit: Ashli Barrett/Red Deer Advocate

A poor second period doomed P.A. on Friday night in Red Deer, with the Rebels scoring three goals in the middle frame on their way to a 5-3 win.

With the loss, the Raiders remain 11 points behind the Edmonton Oil Kings for the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference. P.A. heads to Edmonton for an afternoon affair on Sunday before inviting the Oil Kings to town for a Tuesday tilt.

Weve just got to win those, theres no doubt, said Raiders coach Marc Habscheid after Fridays loss. Weve got to play with desperation because were running out of games.

That desperation showed for the Raiders in the third period against Red Deer, when they held the Rebels without a shot for 13 minutes and cut the lead to one on a power play howitzer from Jesse Lees.

But the desperation needed to come a period earlier.

After Brooks Maxwell and Mackenze Stewart traded first period goals, the Rebels used two early power plays in the second to take a 3-1 lead.

Nine seconds after Jordan Tkatch took a holding the stick penalty, Scott Feser scored to make it 2-1. Reid Gardiner was called for goalie interference 25 seconds later, and Josh Mahuras power play point shot found a way in past a screened Nick McBride to make it 3-1 Red Deer.

Maxwell added another at the 12:18 mark before Red Deer product and recent call-up Luke Coleman pulled one back for the Raiders at 13:50.

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Nyong'o stolen pearl gown recovered by police

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LOS ANGELES - A $150,000 ($205,000) pearl-encrusted dress stolen from the hotel room of Kenyan star Lupita Nyong'o was found Friday, Los Angeles police said.

The custom-made gown, encrusted with some 6,000 pearls, went missing from the Oscar-winning star's hotel room after she turned heads in it Sunday on the Academy Awards red carpet.

"A dress that greatly resembles the dress that was stolen" was recovered, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Nicole Nishida, told AFP.

The elaborate Calvin Klein pearl dress designed by Francisco Costa was reported missing from the London West Hollywood hotel just off Sunset Boulevard late Wednesday.

Nyong'o won a best supporting actress Oscar last year for her performance in the drama "12 Years A Slave." The Kenyan-born actress has wowed fashion critics with her bold sartorial choices since her breakout performance.

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Code Red used to remind residents to remove vehicles from streets

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SPEARFISH The Code Red system, a reverse notification system that can call or send message alerts regarding emergency or community information, was used to remind residents citywide Wednesday evening to move any vehicles parked on the streets in preparation of snow removal early the next morning. This was the first time the system was used for this purpose.

Our goal was to just remind people, Spearfish Police Chief Pat Rotert said, describing that since the system was implemented last year, the priority is for the system to be used in emergency situations, such as evacuation notices or missing child alerts, but secondarily, it can be a helpful informational tool. He gave the example that a couple of weeks ago, the system was used to alert residents within a two-block radius around Ames Street that there would be a water shutoff for a short period of time.

The street department approached Rotert about the possibility of using the system when the city knows a large snow event is coming, to help remind people to clear the streets to ease with snow removal efforts.

Yesterday was just a great example, Rotert said of Wednesdays use of Code Red. Snow had already fallen, with additional snow forecasted, and the street department had plans to get out at 4 a.m. the next day to begin snowplowing.

Beau Riopel, streets superintendent, said that the alert seemed to make a difference: We did get responses from people that they appreciated the heads-up.

Rotert added that the police department has been heavily enforcing snow removal parking policies; vehicles parked on priority routes during snow removal will be ticketed a $15 fine and theyre seeing fewer vehicles parked on the road during snow events because of the enforcement. He said that the department isnt trying to be punitive, but rather, to gain compliance to clear the streets of parked vehicles to assist the plow operators to be able to do their jobs quickly and efficiently.

Riopel explained that the city snowplows are 12-feet wide. Having vehicles parked on streets narrows the space available to the plow, which can create safety issues when trying to maneuver around those hazards on the roadway. Parked vehicles also make it impossible to get the snow completely off the street the ways the plows need to get gutters cleared off for future snowmelt, Riopel said.

We do the best we can with it, but a lot of the times you cant do a good, quality job because you cant get them (vehicles) all the way off (the street) and get it cleaned out, Riopel said.

When the Code Red system was implemented, much of Spearfishs city-defined database was automatically imported, so landlines that were in existence were likely automatically added to the system and will receive phone calls with an automatic message. People can also sign up through cityofspearfish.com, by clicking on the Code Red button and filling out the registration, should they wish to add additional numbers to receive alerts: for example, college students renting residences can add their cell phone numbers and locations to receive alerts, or landlords who may own a property but not live at that address who want to know about location-specific alerts about the area. Rotert added that there is an app for smartphones that allows location services to activate for wherever one happens to be; for example, if he has the app on when he is traveling through another state that utilizes the alert system, he could receive any location-specific notifications, even though he does not live in or have an address in that area.

Rotert said that the city may continue to use Code Red for some general notifications but not to the point where it loses its effectiveness, since the main priority for its use is the emergency notifications.

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Red-hot White gives Hawks added dimension

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The Iowa basketball team already was on a roll. The Hawkeyes already were a tough team to prepare for, a team comprised mostly of juniors and seniors seemingly starting to play with more consistency as the end of the regular season approached.

And now Aaron White is throwing in 3-point field goals.

Upcoming opponents have to be scratching their heads and wondering What do we do now?"

Hes just shooting it with confidence," Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said of White as he prepared his team for a 5:05 p.m. road test today at Penn State. If he keeps doing that, it changes everything in terms of how people need to guard us."

White fired in a career-best 29 points in a victory over Illinois on Wednesday night and mingled in with the usual assortment of dunks, free throws and headlong drives to the hoop were three 3-pointers. He also had two threes in the previous game against Nebraska and went 5 for 6 from long range in those two games.

White insists he has always had confidence in his 3-point shooting and McCaffery said his 6-foot-9 senior forward always has had the green light. But the fact remains that he was just 9 for 39 (23.1 percent) in the first 26 games of the season and 49-197 (24.9) in his career until this past week.

Its kind of frustrating that at the end of my career theyre finally going in," White said. Im sure the fans are like Where did this come from? Shoot, I made two (Wednesday night) and the Illinois coach is still yelling He cant shoot. I thought OK, Ill pull another one."

White, like McCaffery, figures that if he can continue do this, its going to radically alter the way upcoming opponents defend the Hawkeyes.

Its way easier to play when my shot is falling," said White, who moved up to No. 4 on Iowas career scoring list Wednesday. It opens up my drive and I can make plays for others. Its not easy to drive when they know Im driving."

The Hawkeyes (18-10 overall, 9-6 Big Ten) have won five of their past seven games but they also face a fairly formidable defensive task today.

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[CRS-4] NASA Thermal Infrared Cameras Capture SpaceX Falcon 9 First Stage Re-entry – Video

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NASA's Giant Crawlers Turn 50 Years Old

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NASA's crawler-transporters, two of the largest vehicles ever built, have carried NASA rockets and spacecraft to the launch pad for the last 50 years. They will continue their legacy as the "workhorses" of the nation's space program as part of the agency's journey to Mars.

The crawlers are being modified to carry NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) with the Orion spacecraft atop it and potential commercial vehicles to their pads to begin space exploration missions. Originally constructed in 1965 to support the agency's Apollo Program, they also supported the Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project and Space Shuttle Program, helping NASA push the boundaries of human space exploration farther into the solar system.

To celebrate its 50th year of supporting NASA missions, the upgraded and modified crawler-transporter 2, known as CT-2, rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Feb. 18 and began the 4.2-mile trek to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA, members of the media and guests paid tribute during a viewing and tour of the crawler at the pad Feb. 23.

But there's no time for these giant machines to rest on their laurels. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program (GSDO) at Kennedy has been busy beefing up crawler-transporter 2 to be ready to support SLS and Orion. CT-1 will be available to carry a variety of other launch vehicles.

Using these vehicles, NASA will send astronauts farther than ever before, first to an asteroid, and onward to Mars. The modifications will enable the crawlers to continue supporting human spaceflight for another 20 years.

The crawlers were initially manufactured by the Marion Shovel Company in Marion, Ohio. Weighing in at more than 6 million pounds each, the larger parts that could be assembled and fit on a truck were shipped to Kennedy in 1964 where final assembly took place.

Each crawler is 131 feet long and 114 feet wide, with four pickup points spaced 90 feet apart on the upper deck that fit into four interface locations on the mobile launcher.

"It's important to maintain an equal amount of weight distributed on each of the crawler's trucks," said John Giles, crawler project deputy manager. "Through tests and calculations, the center of gravity is determined for the mobile launcher. The interface locations can be different according to the weight and location of the space vehicle on top."

The unique features of the giant vehicles include 16 traction motors, two alternating current generators, two direct current generators powered by diesel engines, and two control cabs each to drive the vehicles forward and backward. The jacking, equalizing and leveling (JEL) system, among other systems, are monitored and controlled from inside the crawler's control room. The JEL system keeps the upper deck and pick up points level at all times, even when traveling up steep inclines to the top of the pads, to prevent its rocket payload from toppling.

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Transgender Hormone Therapy Doesn't Seem to Pose Major Risks

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THURSDAY, Feb. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Hormone therapy for transgender adults is generally safe, according to a new review.

The findings should ease the concerns of some doctors and transgender people who've wondered about the safety of such therapy, the researchers said. These findings may also help reduce some of the barriers faced by transgender people.

The review analyzed existing research on the subject.

"Although many of the studies identified were small and will need to be replicated with larger numbers of patients involved, the overall trend of the findings is reassuring," review corresponding author Dr. Joshua Safer, an associate professor of medicine and molecular medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, said in a university news release.

"Notably, there was no evidence of a significant increase in cancer risk from transgender hormone treatment despite that being a common fear that is actually listed in most current guidelines," he added.

The review did find that hormone therapy was associated with an increased risk of blood clots in male to female transgender adults, and increased blood counts in female to male transgender adults.

However, there was little evidence that hormone therapy was associated with other serious health concerns, including increased risk of cancer or death.

The findings were published Feb. 24 in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology.

"Although the review uncovers numerous areas in transgender hormone treatment that require more research, it should already help put to rest unnecessary anxiety about hormone safety for transgender individuals," Safer said.

"Thus, one additional barrier to care for transgender individuals can be substantially reduced relative to what is still thought by many," he concluded.

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