Lavon Lake is a fresh water impoundment located in Collin County, Texas on the East Fork of the Trinity River near Wylie off of State Highway 78. It is commonly called Lake Lavon for commercial and recreational purposes but Lavon Lake is its official name according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It was originally called Lavon Reservoir.

StatisticsEdit

• Length: 9,540 feet (2,908 m)
• Maximum Depth: 38 ft
• Surface Area: 21,400 acres (87 km²)
• Conversion storage capacity: 275,000 acre feet (339,000,000 m³)
• Conservation Pool Elevation: 492 feet (150.0 m) msl
• Spillway level is 503.5 feet (153.5 m)
• Shoreline Length: 121 miles (195 km)
• Wildlife Management Area: 6,400 acres
• Date Impounded: September 14, 1953
• Owned by: United States Government (The North Texas Municipal Water District, the local cooperative agency, has rights to 100,000 acre feet (120,000,000 m³) of water in the conservation pool of the lake)
• Operated by: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The lake serves as water source for various north Texas cities.

HistoryEdit

Started in 1948 and completed in 1953 the Lavon Dam was created to impound the upstream East Fork of the Trinity River, many of its tributaries and the areas immediately surrounding them. The reservoir was primarily designed for preventing seasonal flooding of rich bottomland in southeastern Collin County and water storage. Its construction also stimulated land development along the shores of the lake and recreational use of the water and adjacent land areas.

FishingEdit

Lavon Lakes's dominant fish species are the largemouth bass, white bass, blue catfish, and crappie.

See alsoEdit

• Trinity River Authority

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lavon Lake
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Lavon Lake
• Learn about fishing at Lake Lavon

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Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC) is a privately held chocolate manufacturer located in Burlington, Vermont, USA. The company handcrafts over one million pounds of gourmet chocolates each year. Its products are sold nationally through independent specialty food retailers. LCC also owns three retail locations in Vermont, including its factory store in Burlington.

Restaurant owner Jim Lampman, who was distributing hand rolled truffles from the kitchen, founded the company in 1983. Eventually Lampman sold the restaurant in order to focus on the new business.

In 1989, the Candy Bar Gazebo named LCC’s Caramel bar the “Best New Bar of 1989”. Other honors include “Best of the Region” by Yankee magazine’s Travel Guide to New England, “Top 25 Picks for Kids” by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce Winter Guide 2003 and “The world’s finest chocolate…” by The Boston Globe magazine. LCC is well known for its gift baskets and handcrafted uniqueness on the chocolates.

Lake Champlain Chocolates' product line includes kosher, no preservatives bars, chocolate bunnies, truffles, and peanut cups. LCC offers chocolate demonstrations, sampling, and factory tours.

External links

• LCC Product Review

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Snow Lake is an unincorporated community in northeast Desha County, Arkansas, United States. Snow Lake is located on Arkansas Highway 44 20 miles (32 km) south-southwest of Elaine. Snow Lake has a post office with ZIP code 72379.

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The 2014 Real Salt Lake season was the team's tenth year of existence and also the first year with new Head Coach Jeff Cassar. The team's first game was on March 8 at StubHub Center.

Background

In 2013 Real Salt Lake played in the MLS Cup final, losing in the tenth round of penalty kicks to Sporting Kansas City. Real Salt Lake also announced that LifeVantage would be a long term sponsor beginning in the 2014 Season. Additionally, long term head coach, Jason Kreis announced that he would leave the club at the end of the season to embark on an opportunity to become the first coach for New York City FC to start in the 2015 season. Other changes to the staff including Miles Joseph who left to assist Kreis in New York and C. J. Brown returned to his former club, Chicago Fire Soccer Club, to serve as assistant coach. Jeff Cassar was promoted to be the head coach beginning in the 2014 season.

Overview

March

Real Salt Lake began the season away to LA Galaxy on 8 April 2014 and won their first match of the season. Nick Rimando was awarded the first week Player of the Week after a nine-save performance helping to secure the win. Additionally, Rimando was voted for MLS Save of the Week and named for MLS Team of the Week along with defender Nat Borchers for week one. Real Salt Lake continued to remain unbeaten throughout the month with draws at San Jose (3â€"3) and the home opener to LA Galaxy (1â€"1), and a three-nil home win to Toronto FC which saw Álvaro Saborío, Javier Morales, and Nat Borchers named to the MLS team of the Week for week four. Captain Kyle Beckerman was also awarded MLS Goal of the Week for his 25-yard shot against San Jose that earned him nearly 50 percent of the votes.

April

RSL continued their unbeaten run through the month with draws away to Sporting Kansas City (0â€"0) and Philadelphia Union (2â€"2), and home against Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2â€"2). Real Salt Lake also had a single home win over Portland Timbers (1â€"0), to bring the tally to eleven consecutive matches unbeaten against the Timbers. Real Salt Lake also were honored by being awarded the "Team of the Year" in the Utah Governor's State of Sport awards, as well as awards to Kyle Beckerman for "Male Professional Athlete of the Year", and Nick Rimando was awarded for "Highlight of the Year" for their accomplishments in the 2013 season.

Luis Gil was called up to the U-21 US National Team for the pre-Olympic Training Camp, but backed out to recover from a lingering hamstring injury. Defender Carlos Salcedo additionally was called up to train with the Mexico U-21 National Team to prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics. RSL Arizona Academy graduate Justen Glad was offered a Homegrown Player contract and became the seventh academy graduate to join the first team. Real also announced a new Under-12 Academy to be based in Utah with graduates being promoted to the RSL Arizona Academy.

May

Real Salt Lake continued their unbeaten run to tie the MLS record for an unbeaten start of the season, tying with 1996 and 2010 LA Galaxy and 2000 Kansas City Wizards. RSL suffered their first defeat the final day of the month when they lost away to Seattle Sounders. Forward Álvaro Saborío was named to the Costa Rica World Cup Roster, and Midfielder Kyle Beckerman and Goalkeeper Nick Rimando were called up to the United States men's national soccer team and departed to train with their respective teams in preparation for the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup, although Saborío returned after fracturing his fifth metatarsal in training. Jordan Allen was ruled out for the remainder of the season after undergoing a microfracture surgery to his right knee.

Joao Plata won the MLS Player of the Week for week nine after his two-goal performance against Chicago Fire Soccer Club. Javier Morales scored the second fasted goal in RSL history with his first goal finding the net fifteen seconds into the match. Javi also got his first hat-trick for Real Salt Lake in the teams first ever win away to FC Dallas. In Nick Rimando's absence, Jeff Attinella won the MLS Save of the Week for Week 11 with a double save in the win against Colorado Rapids.

Competitions

Preseason

Matches

Desert Diamond Cup

Standings

Note: Chivas Rayadas de Guadalajara took the place of FC Tucson in the final match v. Chicago Fire.

Matches

MLS Regular Season

Standings

Western Conference

Overall table

Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, and 2015 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying to the playoffs

Updated to matches played on October 26, 2014 11:36 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

(W1) = Western Conference champion

¹ The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2015â€"16 CONCACAF Champions League seeding Pot A (Canadian teams normally do not qualify for the Champions League through MLS, qualifying instead via the Canadian Championship, however see note 4.) The other U.S. representatives in the 2015â€"16 CONCACAF Champions League are:

• Winner of the 2014 MLS Cup (Pot A) ²
• Regular Season Conference Winner that is not the Supporters' Shield Champion (Pot B) ³
• Winner of the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Pot B) ⁴

⁵ If the same team qualifies multiple times and/or if a Canadian team occupies one or more of the MLS qualifying places, then the American MLS team(s) with the best regular-season record not otherwise qualified are entered.

⁶ For this season only, the highest placed Canadian team will be awarded Canada's place in the 2015â€"16 CONCACAF Champions League, as a result of the rescheduling of the Canadian Championship in 2015.

⁷ Montreal Impact qualified for the 2014â€"15 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2014 Canadian Championship.

Results summary

Last updated: October 5, 2014
Source: MLS Results
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

Last updated: October 5, 2014.
Source: RealSaltLake.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match Results

As of May 4, 2014

Legend::   Win   Draw   Loss
Schedule Updated: February 2, 2014
Source: Real Salt Lake Schedule

MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Semifinal

U.S. Open Cup

Kickoff times are in MDT

Friendlies

Club

Roster

As of April 8, 2014. Age calculated as of the start of the 2014 season.

Transfers

In

Out

Loans

In

Out

Note: Kwame Watson-Siriboe and Benji Lopez have both played matches with RSL Reserves while on loan away from Real Salt Lake

Coaching & Technical staff

Kits

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of May 12, 2014

Source: Real Salt Lake Statistics

Individual Awards

The MLS Player of the Week, Month, and Year is awarded by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) and decided by vote.

Weekly Awards

As of July 9, 2014

Top scorers

As of July 9, 2014

Top Assists

As of May 12, 2014

Source: mlssoccer.com

Disciplinary record

As of July 9, 2014

Source: Competitions
Competitive matches only
* indicates a second yellow card ()

Captains

Last updated: July 9, 2014
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

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Convict Lake is a lake in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada in California, United States. It is known for its fishing and the dramatic mountains (including Mount Morrison) that surround the lake. Its surface lies at an elevation of 7,850 ft (2,393 m).

The lake was named after an incident on September 23, 1871, where a group of convicts escaped from prison in Carson City. A posse, from Benton, led by Deputy Sheriff George Hightower, encountered the convicts near the head of what is now Convict Creek. Posse member Robert Morrison, a Benton merchant and Wells Fargo Agent, was killed in the encounter, and Mount Morrison was named after him. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.

RecreationEdit

Convict Lake is known for its fishing, including Rainbow trout, German brown trout, and a species of sucker fish. Due to the high demand of fishing in the lake and stream, the lake is stocked once a week during the summer with rainbow trout, supplied by nearby hatcheries. There is a three-mile trail for hiking around the lake and a trail that connects the lake to the Sierra Crest.

1990 drowningsEdit

In February 1990, Convict Lake was the site of a major drowning. Twelve teenagers and two counselors from a nearby camp were on a holiday outing at Convict Lake. At least four teenagers and both adults fell through the thin ice and into the water. By the time the first rescuer arrived on the scene, only one teenager had been able to pull himself out of the water, but the other teenagers were no longer in sight, having apparently already drowned. In all, three teenagers from Camp O'Neal, an institution for juvenile delinquents located near Whitmore Hot Springs, and four would-be rescuers drowned in the freezing water. Another youth and a volunteer fire chief were rescued. Shortly before their deaths, the youths were warned that the ice was too thin to support their weight but failed to heed the warning.

As a result of the drownings, Camp O'Neal was investigated and subsequently shut down due to findings of abuse and neglect.

In filmEdit

• The 1951 film The Secret of Convict Lake was largely based on the events that occurred at the lake in 1871.
• According to the narrative included with the movie How the West Was Won, Convict Lake was in the opening scenes.
• The lake was the filming location for several scenes in the 1998 film Star Trek: Insurrection.
• It was used in an advertisement for Nature Valley granola bars in 2007.
• An image of Convict lake was used in a CG background for a cartoon demonstration on MythBusters.

See alsoEdit

• List of lakes in California

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• History of the Convict Lake name

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Convict Lake is a lake in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada in California, United States. It is known for its fishing and the dramatic mountains (including Mount Morrison) that surround the lake. Its surface lies at an elevation of 7,850 ft (2,393 m).

The lake was named after an incident on September 23, 1871, where a group of convicts escaped from prison in Carson City. A posse, from Benton, led by Deputy Sheriff George Hightower, encountered the convicts near the head of what is now Convict Creek. Posse member Robert Morrison, a Benton merchant and Wells Fargo Agent, was killed in the encounter, and Mount Morrison was named after him. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.

RecreationEdit

Convict Lake is known for its fishing, including Rainbow trout, German brown trout, and a species of sucker fish. Due to the high demand of fishing in the lake and stream, the lake is stocked once a week during the summer with rainbow trout, supplied by nearby hatcheries. There is a three-mile trail for hiking around the lake and a trail that connects the lake to the Sierra Crest.

1990 drowningsEdit

In February 1990, Convict Lake was the site of a major drowning. Twelve teenagers and two counselors from a nearby camp were on a holiday outing at Convict Lake. At least four teenagers and both adults fell through the thin ice and into the water. By the time the first rescuer arrived on the scene, only one teenager had been able to pull himself out of the water, but the other teenagers were no longer in sight, having apparently already drowned. In all, three teenagers from Camp O'Neal, an institution for juvenile delinquents located near Whitmore Hot Springs, and four would-be rescuers drowned in the freezing water. Another youth and a volunteer fire chief were rescued. Shortly before their deaths, the youths were warned that the ice was too thin to support their weight but failed to heed the warning.

As a result of the drownings, Camp O'Neal was investigated and subsequently shut down due to findings of abuse and neglect.

In filmEdit

• The 1951 film The Secret of Convict Lake was largely based on the events that occurred at the lake in 1871.
• According to the narrative included with the movie How the West Was Won, Convict Lake was in the opening scenes.
• The lake was the filming location for several scenes in the 1998 film Star Trek: Insurrection.
• It was used in an advertisement for Nature Valley granola bars in 2007.
• An image of Convict lake was used in a CG background for a cartoon demonstration on MythBusters.

See alsoEdit

• List of lakes in California

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• History of the Convict Lake name

Learn more »

Convict Lake is a lake in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada in California, United States. It is known for its fishing and the dramatic mountains (including Mount Morrison) that surround the lake. Its surface lies at an elevation of 7,850 ft (2,393 m).

The lake was named after an incident on September 23, 1871, where a group of convicts escaped from prison in Carson City. A posse, from Benton, led by Deputy Sheriff George Hightower, encountered the convicts near the head of what is now Convict Creek. Posse member Robert Morrison, a Benton merchant and Wells Fargo Agent, was killed in the encounter, and Mount Morrison was named after him. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.

RecreationEdit

Convict Lake is known for its fishing, including Rainbow trout, German brown trout, and a species of sucker fish. Due to the high demand of fishing in the lake and stream, the lake is stocked once a week during the summer with rainbow trout, supplied by nearby hatcheries. There is a three-mile trail for hiking around the lake and a trail that connects the lake to the Sierra Crest.

1990 drowningsEdit

In February 1990, Convict Lake was the site of a major drowning. Twelve teenagers and two counselors from a nearby camp were on a holiday outing at Convict Lake. At least four teenagers and both adults fell through the thin ice and into the water. By the time the first rescuer arrived on the scene, only one teenager had been able to pull himself out of the water, but the other teenagers were no longer in sight, having apparently already drowned. In all, three teenagers from Camp O'Neal, an institution for juvenile delinquents located near Whitmore Hot Springs, and four would-be rescuers drowned in the freezing water. Another youth and a volunteer fire chief were rescued. Shortly before their deaths, the youths were warned that the ice was too thin to support their weight but failed to heed the warning.

As a result of the drownings, Camp O'Neal was investigated and subsequently shut down due to findings of abuse and neglect.

In filmEdit

• The 1951 film The Secret of Convict Lake was largely based on the events that occurred at the lake in 1871.
• According to the narrative included with the movie How the West Was Won, Convict Lake was in the opening scenes.
• The lake was the filming location for several scenes in the 1998 film Star Trek: Insurrection.
• It was used in an advertisement for Nature Valley granola bars in 2007.
• An image of Convict lake was used in a CG background for a cartoon demonstration on MythBusters.

See alsoEdit

• List of lakes in California

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• History of the Convict Lake name

Learn more »