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DURHAM — A four-game winning streak is nice, but Portsmouth High School girls basketball coach Dan Parr knows there is plenty of room for improvement and that was on display in Wednesday night's opening round game of the Bobcat Invitational Tournament against Hanover at Oyster River High School.
After battling turnovers and poor shooting early, the Clippers found themselves only down by a point in the fourth quarter. However, Portsmouth repeated the mistakes that got it in an early hole and the Marauders finished the game on a 14-2 run to win the matchup of Division II schools, 45-32.
Portsmouth lost its season-opener to Pelham, but last Friday's 47-37 victory over Pembroke gave the Clippers a 4-1 record heading into the holiday break, while the Marauders were 1-3. The teams will not meet during the regular season.
"I thought it was a repeat of what we've done four or five times this year and that is get numerous shots on the glass under the paint and get nothing," Parr said. "I don't know what to do about it because we've got the shots. We get the rebound, we can't convert and can't score.
Portsmouth senior center Alicia Brown led the Clippers with eight points, while junior guard Tighe Loch had seven. Hanover guard Eileen Daley scored a game-high nine points.
"Our guards are so concerned about getting it inside to the big kids that they aren't shooting," Parr added.
Portsmouth shot 27 percent (7-for-26) from the field and had 16 turnovers in the first half as it trailed 22-14 at halftime.
The Clippers closed to within 26-23 after three quarters following an Allison Dennehy basket, but a pair of free throws by Molly Cornell gave Hanover a 30-23 lead early in the fourth.
The Clippers trailed 31-30 after Abby Salvadore found Dennehy underneath for a hoop, but it would be the last bucket the Clippers would get for nearly four minutes. A Cornell hoop combined with a jump shot from Liesel Robbins extended the Marauders' lead to seven. Cathleen Beleiveu's hoop gave Hanover 41-30 lead before Hannah Stevens ended Portsmouth's drought late in the fourth.
"We played well in spurts, especially being our first game back in about seven or eight days," Hanover coach Dan O'Rourke said. "Being young, I think we showed a lack of composure, but we were able to settle down. We were able to get a little breathing room and I was proud with how the kids responded to an adverse situation, where the momentum had clearly gone to Portsmouth."
Portsmouth senior forward Christina Jones said she was happy with how the team played for the majority of the second half, but the first half start was tough to climb out of.
"We hadn't lost in awhile and I think we didn't bring it out in the beginning like we should have," Jones said. "We picked up the intensity a lot in the second half after our halftime talk. We played a lot better in the second half, but we were outplayed in the first half and we just couldn't get the win."
Portsmouth continues round-robin play today at 2:30 p.m. when it faces Division II rival St. Thomas Aquinas, while the Marauders play the Saints on Friday.
"(Coach) always tells us that teams come out of holiday tournaments looking better or worse," Jones said. "We're trying to practice all of our plays so we can come out as a better team than we came in."
Hanover, 45-32
PORTSMOUTH (32) — Parker 2-0-4, Jones 0-2-2, Brown 4-0-8, Collins 0-0-0, Loch 3-0-7, Dennehy 3-0-6, Salvadore 0-3-3, Stevens 1-0-2, Ferrari 0-0-0, A. Linane 0-0-0, McDonough 0-0-0. Totals: 13-5-32.
HANOVER (45) — Daniel 1-2-4, Walker 1-0-2, Schlosser 1-2-4, Daley 3-2-9, Hamilton 1-1-4, Cornell 1-5-7, Beliveau 3-0-6, Hinck 1-3-5, Robbins 2-0-4, Croituro 0-0-0 . Totals: 14-15-45.
Portsmouth 8 6 9 9—32
Hanover 15 7 4 19—45
3-pointers: P-1 (Loch); H-2 (Hamilton, Daley).


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It was only the fourth time this season that the OU offense failed to score more than three runs, but Gascoigne kept the Wolfpack (11-10-1) off the board as she moved her record to 10-1 on the season. It was the fifth shutout of Gascoigne's season and she finished just one strikeout shy of her career high.
She struck out at least batter in every inning and set down 10 N.C. State players in a span of 11 hitters between the second and fifth innings. Gascoigne allowed only three hits and one walk.
Oklahoma entered Friday with a nation's-best earned run average of 0.80, but with a pair of shutouts, that figured dropped to 0.74. The team has recorded four shutouts in a row for the second time this season, while the current scoreless innings streak stands at 23.
The first two and a half innings went by scoreless before OU got on the board in the third.
Junior Destinee Martinez drew a one-out walk and then stole second. A single by senior Brianna Turang put runners on the corners, while sophomore Lauren Chamberlain was then intentionally walked to load the bases. Sophomore Georgia Casey followed with a groundout to second, but it enabled Martinez to score what would be the winning run.
The Sooners scored the game's final two runs an inning later.
Junior Erica Sampson pinch ran at first base for senior Keilani Ricketts who had walked with one out. Junior Brittany Williams singled to left field to move Sampson into scoring position.
With sophomore Callie Parsons on to run for Williams at first, the Sooners attempted a double steal. Sampson was safe at third but the throw was misplayed third baseman Lana Van Dyken, allowing Sampson to score. Martinez then singled up the middle to drive in Parsons from second base.
Martinez finished the game 2-2 with a walk, one run scored and one run driven in to lead the OU offense.
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Oklahoma continues play at the Judi Garman Classic on Saturday with a rematch against No. 14/19 Arizona at 5 p.m. CT. The two teams met earlier this year on Feb. 21 at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. Senior Jessica Shults set the Big 12 career home run record and Gascoigne struck out 12 as the Sooners defeated the Wildcats, 5-0.


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Monday, April 14, 2008
This Is Not Sparta!!
13 comments:
- Peter said...
The end is nigh? Good to see there's some optimism kicking around.
As hard as it is to win games when the other team scores four goals, it's just as hard to win when you average just 1.3 goals for.
At the end of this season, a lot of people will talk about the Sens' window of opportunity having passed us by. Although this year is still not done, I would like to point out that under the current CBA, teams are able to retool in a matter of months. Look at the difference in the Philadelphia Flyers from one season to the next. Or the Montreal Canadiens, who you've cited as one of the East's powerhouses. Assuming, as you say, that the Sens aren't skilled enough to win the Eastern Conference, all it takes is a few good signings in the off-season.
That's getting ahead of ourselves, though. There's still at least one game left in this season.
- April 14, 2008 at 11:01 PM
- Peter said...
Sorry for the double-comment, but good point on the Sparta debacle. It was embarassing for all involved.
- April 14, 2008 at 11:02 PM
- Ben said...
You're right about Gerber. Somehow, he has become immune to criticism in the Ottawa media.
He blew this game as much as the rest of the team. He ALSO didn't come through when we needed him in the third.
- April 14, 2008 at 11:15 PM
This is a team sport. Gerber is not responsible the ONE goal wasn't even a regular Sens player for pity sakes. Nor is he responsible for the weak defense, leaving Gerber to fend for himself. What he DID do was keep 34 shots out. How about all those players who contributed nothing? How about all those players contributing to penalty minutes and leaving Gerber out to dry. Focus on someone else. He's doing all he can for a team that has become helpless. And the reason the fans like Gerber is because he's WORKING out there!!
- April 15, 2008 at 12:50 AM
- Don said...
I'm pretty sure the Spartan walking through the team would have been taped earlier - not live.
- April 15, 2008 at 9:50 AM
That pre-game show was beyond embarassing. It sounded like something from Wrestlemania. I'd expect that schtick in Nashville or even here in LA, but not in the cradle of hockeyland.
Gerber probably deserves a B- for his play. He definitely made some very good saves early in the game and then tailed off a bit. Not Martin Brodeur, circa 2000, but who is?
The offense was pitiful once again - sorry, but splitting up the big 3 in an effort to deepen the offence is great in theory but evidently not in practice - and my god, Redden was probably our 2nd best defenseman... The team, especially Neil, played very undisciplined hockey. Giving Pittsburgh 8 power plays is never a good idea; when you're down 0-2 in a series, it's pitiful.
Anyway you look at it, we're not good enough. We're still not looking very strong in Bingo, so I'd be surprised if we improve next year. Hope I'm wrong, though.
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Transplant offers chance for 'normal' childhoo.
Just because Lexi Simants hasn't been in school with her classmates in Brady for a few weeks doesn't mean she is taking a vacation from homework.
The fifth-grader is 290 miles away, working to master multiplication of decimals, even though math is her least favorite subject.
"I like science," the 11-year-old says. "I want to go back to school."
School will likely wait at least a couple more weeks, though. Doctors in Aurora, CO, want to make sure Lexi is stable and her medications are adjusted correctly before they send her home following a kidney transplant on March 25.
"I really miss my grandma and grandpa," Lexi says, "and even my brothers."
Lexi is the daughter of Scott and Becky Simants who live north of Gothenburg next to Becky's parents Bill and Marlene Fleischer.
Becky is a guidance counselor and special education teacher in Brady while Scott works for Union Pacific Railroad.
In the summer of 2008, the Simants family learned Lexi's kidneys were not flushing enough waste from her body.
At that time, blood tests revealed a creatine level of 2.1.
Becky said a normal adult female's creatine is approximately 1.9 and an 11-year-old girl's should measure 0.8 to 0.9.
Lexi was tired all the time and spent a lot of time going back and forth to the bathroom.
Lexi saw a specialist in Omaha that summer and got a second opinion from a pediatric nephrologist in Colorado.
"At that time we were told she could lead a normal life with elevated creatine levels," Becky said. "We were told to have her creatine checked every six months and come back if it increased more than a point."
Last July, Lexi's creatine shot up to 4.6 and two weeks later it reached 5.7.
"Those were pretty scary numbers," Becky said.
That's when doctors broke the news that Lexi would require a kidney transplant or face regular dialysis.
Several steps had to be taken before Lexi could even be considered for a kidney transplant.
Becky said she had to have all new immunizations, have her teeth and eyes checked for any possible infections and maintain a specialized diet containing no phosphorus.
By November 2010, Lexi had met all of the requirements and she was placed on the inactive donor list.
"That means they put all her data on the national donor recipient list but then she had to gain points to be moved to the active list," Becky said.
Points are earned while preparing the body for a transplant, she explained. There's an extensive list of requirements that must be met to gain points and move up. Lexi compiled points faster because of her age, Becky said.
In January, she moved to the active donor list.
In the meantime, medications were increased to keep Lexi's kidneys functioning.
"They were really hoping to be able to do a transplant before she had to start dialysis," Becky said.
The cutoff for the creatine level before dialysis is 6.0. Becky said the last test done before the transplant indicated a level at 6.7.
Becky was on her way home from school on March 24 when she received a call that a kidney matching Lexi's O+ blood type and two of the six antigens was available. Scott and Becky had roughly five hours before Lexi was expected to be at Children's Hospital in Aurora, CO.
"Our bags were already packed," Becky said, "but I don't know how prepared a person can really be for a call like that."
Lexi went into surgery at 3:30 p.m. the next day.
"I can't even put into words how we felt waiting," Becky said of the five hours Lexi was in surgery. "We were entirely helpless."
Nurses called Scott and Becky every hour to give them updates.
At 8:20 p.m., Lexi was wheeled back into
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 13th Mar 2013 23:27 UTC
"We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage has declined. So, on July 1, 2013, we will retire Google Reader. Users and developers interested in RSS alternatives can export their data, including their subscriptions, with Google Takeout over the course of the next four months." This makes me very, very sad. Any good alternatives - alternatives with Windows Phone and Metro applications, that is?
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This just speaks to what a double edged sword cloud computing can be.
We need to push for having data exporting and interop at the data layer between cloud service providers. That way if one decides to pack up show, you can just export your data and move on.
Its great that Google Reader has this option, but some cloud services don't and some users get shafted.


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Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski could be Man Utd target
Sir Alex Ferguson has hinted he could move to bring Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski to Manchester United.
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The Poland international was being mooted for a move to Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich, who have already captured his Dortmund team-mate Mario Gotze.
Lewandowski further enhanced his reputation this week when he scored all four of his side's goals in the 4-1 Champions League win over Real Madrid.
Ferguson has confirmed he is a fan of the 24-year-old and is hoping Dortmund's reluctance to sell any more of their players to Bayern may work in United's favour.
"If the right player comes along you have to be prepared to make a move," the Old Trafford boss was quoted as saying on the Guardian's website.
"I can find room for anybody here as long as they have the required quality.
"I am not sure Lewandowski will be sold to Bayern now. The Dortmund fans are not going to be happy and I don't think they will sell to their main rivals.
"I think they will either let his contract run out or sell him somewhere else."


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[Valentina] Kunasz said despite all the debate outside the courtroom about the prosecution's use of an anti-hacking statute to charge Drew for violating a web site's terms of service, jurors never considered whether the statute was appropriate. However, she said she agrees with the idea that users who violate a web site's terms of service should be prosecuted.Should it be considered a serious, federal crime to violate a website's terms of service? Remember when a blogger set up a Facebook page using my name? That violated Facebook's Terms of Use. ("[Y]ou agree not to use the Service or the Site to... impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age or your affiliation with any person or entity....") The blogger in question appeared in the comments to my post and confessed and bragged about his behavior. (I've preserved all his comments in case he now thinks it's worth his trouble to delete them.)
"The thing that really bothered me was that (Drew's) attorney kept claiming that nobody reads the terms of service," she said. "I always read the terms of service. . . . If you choose to be lazy and not go though that entire agreement or contract of agreement then absolutely you should be held liable."
Should they be punished with a federal prison sentence?
"I guess that's an option for debate," Kunasz said. "When it's gross circumstances of someone killing themselves. . . . "
Now, I pursued the remedy I cared about: I got Facebook to delete the page. But imagine if some federal prosecutor went after him. It would be utterly abusive, in my view, and a violation of freedom of speech, but how is it different from what happened to Lori Drew?
I expect you to say that the blogger's hoax didn't cause a death. Okay, then let's make it a hypothetical: His taunting is severe and it drives me to commit suicide.
But he right answer is that Lori Drew's case was different because she was accused of using the website in order to obtain information about Megan Meier:
Drew... was convicted of helping create a fake MySpace account for a non-existent 16-year-old boy named "Josh Evans" to woo Megan and determine if Megan was spreading rumors about Drew's then-13-year-old daughter Sarah. According to testimony during the trial, Ashley Grills a then-18-year-old employee of Drew, created the "Josh Evans" account with Drew's approval and conducted most of the communication between "Josh" and Megan.The federal statute used by the prosecutor -- 18 U.S.C. § 1030 -- is about unauthorized access of a computer and obtaining information.


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'Women's Health' rally speakers denounce McMahon's stance
Hartford — The head of a leading national abortion-rights group said at a campaign rally Thursday for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Chris Murphy that his Republican opponent is a threat to legal abortion in this country.
"Linda McMahon is not pro-choice," said Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. "You see, you cannot be pro-choice when you support bosses who can deny women their birth control coverage for their women employees. You are not pro-choice when you will not stand up and unequivocally support freedom and privacy and Roe v. Wade."
Keenan referred to McMahon's stated support for the "Blunt amendment," a Republican proposal in Congress that would have allowed employers with moral objections to opt out of providing workers certain coverage in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, such as birth control.
McMahon says she is pro-choice on abortion rights and supports access to contraception. She would have supported the Blunt amendment because "it was about religious freedom, over-regulation of businesses and the government imposing its will on individual citizens."
Keenan was one of five speakers at an afternoon "Women's Health" news conference in Murphy's Hartford campaign office, including the candidate and his wife, Cathy Holahan, a former board president of NARAL's Connecticut chapter.
In his remarks, Murphy vowed to oppose any U.S. Supreme Court nominee who would overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
"That is a litmus test for me," Murphy said. "I think this issue is so important that we need to use it as a condition for elevation to the Supreme Court."
McMahon's campaign said McMahon has been unwavering in her support of abortion rights.
"Linda McMahon has been clear from the beginning of her campaign that she is a pro-choice candidate, even though her position puts her at odds with her party," said Kathy McShane, chairman of the Women for Linda coalition. "I respect that Linda is an independent thinker who will not always agree with her party; instead, she will do what is right and what reflects the viewpoints of the people she represents."
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Although the official welcome was warm, there was unscripted discord from Sunni protesters angry over Iran's support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, as well as decades of sectarian animosity between Shiite-led Iran and the region's Sunni majority.
At one point, Ahmadinejad was forced to flee an ancient mosque in downtown Cairo after a Syrian protester took off his shoes and threw them at him.
Later, anti-Iranian protesters raised their shoes up while blocking the main gates to Al-Azhar, the Sunni world's most prestigious religious institution, where Egypt's most prominent cleric chided Ahmadinejad for interfering in the affairs of Sunni nations.
The protests illustrate the limits to how far and how quickly Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi can go in reaching out to Iran: His Sunni allies at home view mainly Shiite Iran as a bitter rival, and Cairo can't afford to alienate Washington and Gulf Arab states who seek to isolate Tehran.
The three-day visit, centered around an Islamic summit, was an attempt by Morsi to strike an independent foreign policy and reassert Egypt's historic regional leadership role following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, a close U.
Morsi gave Ahmadinejad a red-carpet welcome on the tarmac at Cairo airport, shaking his hand, hugging and exchanging a kiss on each check.
The two leaders then sat down for a 20-minute talk that focused on the civil war in Syria, security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media. Iran is Damascus' closest regional ally, while Egypt is among those that have called on Assad to step down.
Still, the chasm inherited from 34 years of bitter relations and the rift between overwhelmingly Sunni Egypt and Iran's Shiite leadership were on display.
Sunni-Shiite tensions dominated talks between Ahmadinejad and Egypt's most prominent cleric, Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, who upbraided the Iranian leader on a string of issues and warned against Iranian interference in Gulf nations, particularly Bahrain, where the ruling Sunni minority has faced protests by the Shiite majority.
El-Tayeb said attempts to spread Shiite Islam in mainly Sunni Arab nations were unacceptable and called for a halt to bloodshed in Syria, where Tehran's ally Assad has been battling rebels, according to a statement by Al-Azhar about the meeting.
The Sunni cleric also demanded that Ahmadinejad speak out against insults hurled at the first caliphs who succeeded the Prophet Muhammad and other figures close to the prophet in the 7th century. Those figures are widely resented among Shiites because they are seen as having pushed aside Ali, the prophet's son-in-law, who Shiites consider his rightful successor. The dispute over succession is at the root of the centuries-old split between Islam's Shiite and Sunni sects.


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Tway continues to lead after second round of GHC
While some things change, some remain the same.
Bob Tway, who held the lead after the first day of the Greater Hickory Classic with a 9-under-par round, continues to lead the tournament by one stroke. He fired a 5-under-par second round to put him in the lead at 14-under-par.
Despite a large tie for second place yesterday, Tommy Armour III is in sole possession of second. He is one stroke behind Tway at 13-under-par.
James Mason and Chip Beck, who came in the day tied for 16th, are in third place at 12-under-par. They had the second-best rounds of the day at 7-under-par. Only Frankie Minoza, who shot 8-under-par in round two, had a better round.
Minoza moved from tied for 59th to tied for 15th with the strong round.
Five players matched Mason and Beck's 7-under-par round, including Tom Kite, Craig Stadler, Corey Pavin, Larry Mize and John Huston.
Reidsville native Mike Goodes, who set the GHC record for lowest score in the first nine holes in Friday's first round, is tied for seventh with Nick Price and Jeff Sluman.
Defending-champion Gary Hallberg, who struggled with a 1-over-par first round, recovered to shoot 4-under-par in the second round. He stands at 3-under-par in a tie for 60th.
Fifteen players remain within four strokes of leader Tway, making Sunday's final round possible one of the most dramatic in the history of the Greater Hickory Classic.
Round two tees of tomorrow beginning at 9:10 a.m. Tee times for tomorrow can be found at the following link:
Second round — Greater Hickory Classic
1. Bob Tway -14
2. Tommy Armour III -13
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Big game tonight have to protect home court. Dont want to be in the position brooklyns in going on the road for 2 games.
btw anyone see this yesterday? I hope Melo did and goes off for 50.
make it two tonight
don't get mad, Boston, we all still love you
Big game tonight have to protect home court. Dont want to be in the position brooklyns in going on the road for 2 games.
btw anyone see this yesterday? I hope Melo did and goes off for 50.
Locking it down in the second half yet again. ****ing awesome.
2 down
14 to go
awesome win last night.
but i worry about these offensive ruts we've been seeing so far. i understand that Boston is a very good defensive team, but there are stretches in which our offense has no flow whatsoever. we're lucky that the Celtics don't have the firepower to capitalize on that and go on a big run, but that could spell trouble against a better team (ie, Miami).
hopefully things will improve as Pablo and Chandler get healthy and regain their rhythm. our offense is at its best when the ball is moving and we use multiple pick-and-roll sets, we haven't seen nearly enough of that through the first two games.
Who is Dan Shaughnessy and why is he retard?
tonight will be a big emotional night in Boston, the arena will be rockin'®, Knicks need to come prepared and show no mercy.
3-0 puts this series away and sets us up for a sweep or at worst a 4-1.
losing tonight could breathe new life into the Celts. we don't want to go back to NY tied at 2.
Was down in Miami three years ago during Stoudemire's first season but never intended to go to a Knicks game. I'm in Saint Petersburg roughly 5-7 hours (depending on traffic) from Miami and only went down in order to drop my wife off at her fathers for two days. He was moving back to his country of Latvia, I was very close to her dad for many of years since I was a teen but just thought it wouldn't be right to be in the middle of her last couple of days with her dad. Long story short I went and got a room for two nights and the room only had basic cable with no internet. I was going mad bored to say the least, so went walking around the area until I found a newspaper. Seen the Knicks @ Miami game was about to tipoff in under an hour, so I jumped in the car, asked for directions and found myself at American Airlines Arena. Was a weird feeling walking into the arena, an anxious one, because the last time I seen a live Knicks game was during my childhood years of growing up in Queens. So I am amped. Alone and all. What a way to kill some time. Turned out to be an amazing game got to witness Anthony/Stoudemire lead us to victory.
Long story short, if you can catch a Knicks game alone inside of your living room, you can without question catch a Knicks game live while being alone. Would've much rather had my older brother or my girl alongside to high five and celebrate with but I was just in awe of the whole situation. Nothing beats catching a Madison Square Garden game though. American Airlines Arena can't compare in regards to intensity/atmosphere although it felt like at least 30-40% Knick fans.
Boston's arena will be rocking tonight, no question about it -- IMO the Knicks will have to play much better in Game 3 than they did in the first two to pull off the victory. We can't count on Boston going as cold as they did in both second halves (regardless of the Knicks playing better defense.)
There's going to be a lot of emotion in that building and Doc has been working the refs 24/7 since Game 2. We will be public enemy number one, and won't get any calls. A win would effectively end the series though, it would be huge if our guys came through. Need to get back to the ball movement that got us here, not the Melo/Smith isolation that has had us go stagnant.
3 down, 13 to go.
Let's go Knicks take care of business.
Tough loss. Boston came out played with the passion and pride you'd expect from a veteran team with two future HOFers on it and the Knicks looked flat early, very complacent turning the ball over more than they had all series.
We were getting run off the court early as Melo struggled and we missed JR. Players other than Jeff Green decided to show on offense for the C's and Paul Pierce started to actually play like the Knick-killing Paul Pierce I was afraid of entering the series.
Felton really put the team on his back in the third though, and willed it to being a game. With JR suspended he was our only non-Melo player who could score and create and we needed him to step up and he did. Shumpert also came up big a few times after struggling early.
C's wanted it more than and made it happen. Melo really killed us down the stretch, missing tons of makable shots and in particular missing back to back free throws we had to have. NY media should be all over him.
Overall I was annoyed with the refs but we got the majority of calls in Game 2, it usually evens out. Hopefully we can close them out in Game 5, if they steal that they all of a sudden have the life to think they can win the series. I think Game 3 spoiled me a bit and raised my expectations -- this was the C's team I was expecting to see the whole series.
Terry looked like a doofus celebrating like the won the title though.
Is JR back for game five?
nice performance by Terry in falling down like a sack of potatos on that foul... reminded me of Mario the Fake Lemieux in a long ago and far away hockey match with the Rangers
with JR back for game 5, the Septic's season ENDS on Wednesday night at the World's Most Famous Arena


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By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com
After enduring two knee surgeries, tearing his right wrist and missing three straight seasons -- all when he was one step from the Major Leagues -- the last thing you might expect to hear from former Oakland Athletics' first-round draftee Sean Doolittle is the first that comes out of his mouth -- he feels fortunate.
"I have a whole new energy for the game now," Doolittle said from Phoenix, the site of A's Spring Training, "because I really feel like I lucked out and got a second chance. I'm having a lot of fun. I feel like this is my first big league camp like it was back in 2009."
But seriously, why so happy?
Here's the reason: Instead of a 21-year-old first baseman who collected 22 homers and 91 RBIs between two levels in 2008 is a 25-year-old relief pitcher with a new path to the Majors in 2012. And his left arm, capable of heat in the mid- to high-90s, is very healthy.
Doolittle, whom Oakland selected 41st overall in 2007, is no stranger to the mound. As a collegian at the University of Virginia, he recorded a 2.23 ERA in 56 career appearances (while batting .312 in 181 games as a hitter). He discussed with MiLB.com his recent position switch and the frustrations he's overcome along the way.
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Doolittle: The first knee injury was one thing. but having the success I had in big league camp in 2009 and then suffering it 30 games in, knowing that I was going to have a shot to get called up at some point that year, that was tough.
MiLB:: After the second surgery and missing all of 2010, how close were you to reemerging in '11?
Doolittle: I was literally three days away from heading back to [Triple-A] Sacramento last spring and I tore [a tendon in] my wrist [swinging] at a fastball up and away, something that I really thought I could drive to the opposite field. I heard a pop. I felt a pop. Immediately when I did it, I knew I was in trouble.
MiLB.com: And at that point, you were still set on being a position player?
Doolittle: As far as I was concerned, I was going to go back to Sacramento later that week and resume playing first base every day. I love playing day in and day out -- that's been one of the biggest adjustments of pitching so far. But at that point that year, Sacramento had been putting a Band-Aid on the first-base situation. They had been playing guys out of position there, trying to hold it over until I could get healthy. They had done everything but put me back on the plane to Sacramento. I had virtually graduated my rehab assignment [in Arizona], and I was feeling great and optimistic about everything because my knee was coming back really well, and I was starting to swing the bat really well also. I went from a really high to a really low there.
MiLB.com: The suddenness of it all seems cruel, doesn't it?
Doolittle: The timing of the injuries and having three of them, it's been really tough. Hopefully, having three of these things -- I mean, I'm pretty superstitious and things come in threes. Good things come in threes too.
MiLB.com: What was the final straw for you as a first baseman?
Doolittle: One recurring theme throughout all my doctors visits with the wrist was, "We won't know if you need surgery until you swing in a game, until you go after a changeup or get beat by a fastball." They really weren't sure. I went back to the doctor for what was supposed to be my final checkup in early August. By this point, I wasn't healthy enough to take dry swings with a real bat. I was taking dry swings with a fungo bat at about 75 percent [effort] and I wasn't feeling right. They suggested I take off until at least December or January and then start swinging again. Once I calculated all that, I was like, "Wow, I'm not going to get in game action until February in Spring Training. God forbid something goes wrong in Spring Training. Surgery is six to eight months [of recovery] for this particular injury. There's a serious chance I'd miss a fourth straight season." When I added it all up, I really just wanted an opportunity to switch to pitcher.
MiLB.com: How agreeable were the A's?
Doolittle: They were a little hesitant at first. I had had success swinging the bat when I was healthy, so I totally understand why they would balk at the idea. Originally, it was [player development director] Keith Lieppman's idea for me to start long-tossing, because I had a cast on my right arm essentially, up past my right elbow from my hand. Long-tossing was just something for me to do during the day in May, June and July. Looking back on it now, we were getting the wheels turning on our insurance plan. One thing led to another: The wrist wasn't getting better; the arm was.
MiLB.com: When did you realize you could still hack it as a hurler?
Doolittle: I never really had an epiphany. It was more of a snowball effect over time. By the time they called me and said, "You're a pitcher now," I had done so much throwing, so many flat-grounds, so many light bullpen sessions, that over time in my head, I was like, "Man, I can probably do this."
MiLB.com: How has your repertoire been coming along?
Doolittle: I really feel like my fastball is my best pitch. There is some deception there, some late life -- this is obviously coming from my catchers, not me -- and I really feel like I can locate it well to both sides of the plate. And that gives me a real chance to compete no matter how my off-speed is.
MiLB.com: And the off-speed...
Doolittle: The changeup was definitely the first pitch to come back. It came back pretty quick, and it's been good so far in Spring Training. The slider is a work in progress. This past week, we made serious strides with it, so I'm definitely optimistic.
MiLB.com: Sounds like you've covered a lot ground in a short time.
Doolittle: I don't want to sound cheesy or cliché or that I am just "along for the ride," but I'm having a blast. I'm learning a lot.
MiLB.com:: Biggest adjustment so far?
Doolittle: The way I hit the weight room. I have learned a lot from guys just watching how they go about their business every day, seeing what their routines are after they throw, before they throw -- stuff they do to get their body in shape to throw.
MiLB.com: Have any established Oakland hurlers been of particular help?
Doolittle: I've been asking a lot of questions and everyone has been very receptive. I talk to Andrew Carignan a lot about different things, because [like Carignan] they have me pegged as a late-inning reliever. Ultimately down the road, that's what we're shooting for. I talk to Jerry Blevins a lot, because he's a left-hander. Older guys, Brian Fuentes and Grant Balfour, observing them has been great.
MiLB.com: How about your younger brother, Ryan Doolittle, another A's Minor League pitcher who has overcome injury?
Doolittle: This was my first offseason as a pitcher, so here I am the older brother -- a year-and-a-half older -- and I'm going to him for advice on stuff to do in the weight room and how my throwing progression should go. We went into slider, changeup grips, all that stuff. So I have actually learned a lot from him. In Instructs and Spring Training, I have put a lot of that to use and I have been able to have success. It's been a lot of fun to share that experience.
MiLB.com: And the potential is there for you both to pitch in the same bullpen.
Doolittle: Neither of us have an idea of where we're going to go, but if that were to happen, that would be really cool.
MiLB.com: Where would you like to begin the season?
Doolittle: I can't even begin to speculate about where I'm going to start. I realize this is such a unique situation that there's really no blueprint for. No matter where I start, whether it's [Class A Advanced] in Stockton or it's Triple-A in Sacramento, I really don't care because I have been through so much. I have spent so much time down here, in the AZL, in extended spring training, just trying to get my body healthy -- and I'm finally healthy. Wherever I go, as far as I am concerned, is a huge step in the right direction.


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Easier to clone my HD...or use Time Machine??
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Hey all....I can get a good price on a Seagate 500GB HD. Question is to those more experienced, would it be easier for me to run SuperDuper and clone my HD that way.....or would it be easier to install the OS on the new HD external, install it in my Macbook and transfer my files and backups from Time Machine....or am i confused as a new user? lol....thanks alll
Ohhhhh, 1 more thing. Is it possible to bump myself from 4gb of RAM to 6GB of RAM? I can get a good deal on a 2GB stick as well and bump from 4 to 6
BTW this is all on my new Macbook 6,1 PolyCarb uMB
Thanks Mac'sters!
Assuming that the Seagate is an internal drive, what you could do is buy an enclosure similar to this one and pop your new (blank) drive into it. Plug it in to your MB, clone your current drive to the new one using CCC or SD. Then when you swap drives, everything is already on there and you're ready to run.
Not sure about the RAM question, but you can wait for someone else to chime in or Google it.
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Definately easiest to clone the drive and then swap them over.
Ohhhhh, 1 more thing. Is it possible to bump myself from 4gb of RAM to 6GB of RAM? I can get a good deal on a 2GB stick as well and bump from 4 to 6
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According to Mactracker you can bump your memory up to 6 Gb. That would mean 1 x 2 Gb module + 1 x 4 Gb module = 6 Gb.
Not sure you need all that memory but if you can get it discounted and it's good memory, why not?
Not to doubt you MYmacROX, but how accurate is cloning the drive by doing it the way you described while doing this in regular operational mode in OSX?
I guess I'm still used to the Windoze way of either going SAFE mode or DOS mode for cloning/back up regular files and system files. Has anyone verified that CCC or SD is acccurate in cloning another HD? I guess I am paranoid about HD failure and want the best method for backup.
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I have used Carbon Copy Cloner, Disk Utility, and Super Duper to clone drives without issue. I do suggest that when the clone is finished you attempt to boot from it just to make sure that it is bootable. Of all the clones I have made I had one that did not boot properly. But that is one failure against I don't know how many successes.
The other suggestion that I would make is to make sure you are using a current version of whichever program you choose. From time to time there are changes to the underlying structure of OS X that older utilities (including cloning programs) do not manage properly.
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Senate Confirms Former FBI Lawyer For Judgeship, Despite Long Record Of Papering Over Abusive Surveillance Tactics
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The overreach of intelligence agencies has generated tons of news and commentary. So much, in fact, that even our normally gridlocked representatives have been propelled into action. More than 20 pieces of legislation are currently in the works, aimed at rolling back the abuses of intelligence agencies and the expanded PATRIOT Act.
With so much attention being paid to the fact that agencies like the NSA and the FBI trampled all over Americans' civil liberties, you'd think that a few of our Senators might have found former FBI counsel Valerie Caproni's oversight of a decade's worth of abusive tactics by the FBI to be a bit problematic. In the current climate, one would have expected the Senate to shoot down her nomination for a seat as a judge on the Southern District Court of New York -- especially considering the court's history as the go-to venue for terrorist-related cases.
But no, her nomination sailed through 73-24, thus placing another judge aligned with the administration's "see no evil [in our intelligence agencies]" viewpoint. If you're bringing a suit against any number of overreaching government agencies for violation of your rights, you'd better hope your case gets assigned elsewhere.
Here's the vote breakdown.
Worth noting: there's pretty much a partisan split on the vote. Only one of the 24 "nays" was a Democrat -- something not too surprising considering she was the administration's nominee. Some Republicans just enjoy voting against Obama, no matter what's at stake. What's more surprising is some of the names that voted for Caproni, including most of the sponsors of a bill aimed at ending the secret legal interpretation that makes it legal for the NSA to sweep up huge amounts of phone data.
Of the bill's seven sponsors and co-sponsors (Merkley, Leahy, Heller, Begich, Franken, Tester and Wyden), only Merkley and Heller voted against the former FBI lawyer. All of these sponsors should have voted down the nomination, if for no other reason than maintaining a consistent tone on surveillance overreach. Caproni acting as head counsel for the FBI during a near-decade-long run where the agency completely dismantled the legal framework surrounding requests for phone records, starting with free-flowing National Security Letters before steadily devolving to the point agents were issuing requests via Post-It notes or simply calling up service providers and asking them to send over the requested records.
For senators concerned the NSA is abusing its power to collect phone data, they certainly don't seem too concerned about placing someone who defended even worse behavior in her own agency in the position to create damaging precedent.
Maybe Caproni had some redeeming qualities that haven't made it to the public eye quite yet or maybe they're more convinced than I am that she'll recuse herself from cases dealing with untargeted data collection, the FBI or anything conceivably related. Or maybe this is exactly what it looks like -- a vote along party lines intended to mark something, anything off the "To Do" list and allow the reps to move on to more pressing matters, like their own legislation.
No matter what the excuse, Caproni's new position is a win for intelligence agencies and the administration that loves them.


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December 3rd is both Pesticide Action Network's International Day of No Pesticides and the 18th anniversary of the explosion of the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. The Day of No Pesticides is held to commemorate the thousands who died immediately following and the tens of thousands who still suffer and die from effects of the 1984 Bhopal disaster, as well as the millions of people who suffer from pesticide poisonings every year from the manufacture and use of chemical pesticides.
Although Union Carbide Corporation accepted "moral responsibility" for the accident, and eventually paid US$470 million to the Indian government, much of it never reached those affected, and most victims remain unable to pay their medical bills. Individual settlements have been in the range of US$3,300 for the loss of life and US$800 for permanent disability. Union Carbide abandoned the Bhopal plant without cleaning up the polluted soil and water. Criminal cases against Union Carbide are still pending in the Bhopal district court, but are difficult to enforce because Union Carbide no longer has assets in India.
Meanwhile, in 1999 the Dow Chemical Company acquired the Union Carbide Corporation. Dow's US$10 billion acquisition of Union Carbide opened the possibility of enforcing criminal liability against the corporation as Dow has four subsidiaries and substantial assets in India. An intensified campaign by the Bhopal survivors and their international supporters to hold Dow liable for cleanup has been underway since early this year.
On December 3, the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal delivered more than 4000 brooms collected from Bhopal, Chennai and Trivandrum to Dow Chemical and told the company to clean up Bhopal and address all pending liabilities without further delay. Last week, more than 50 people were arrested at the Bhopal factory site and accused of attempting to seal the toxic substances abandoned there. A spokesperson for the Bhopal disaster victim's organizations said "Dow Chemical has made a serious mistake if it thinks that the disappearance of the Union Carbide name will bring the Bhopal issue to a close. Dow will inherit all of Union Carbide's liabilities and responsibilities. Dow needs to know that Bhopal gas victims will never give up their fight for justice and fair compensation."]
Activities in observance of December 3rd around the world are:
PAN Germany circulated a sign-on letter to United Nations General Secretary Kofi Annan in support of compensation for families in the village of Tauccamarca, Peru where 48 children died after eating a school lunch accidentally poisoned with pesticides. The organophosphate pesticide methyl parathion was distributed in packages similar to powered milk and labeled in Spanish, despite the fact that it was marketed to Quechua-speaking farmers. A Peruvian Congressional committee has found Bayer criminally negligent and Tauccamarca families have taken their appeal to the United Nations.
PAN Latin America--In Santiago, Chile student workshops, press conferences, and municipal workshops are being held in support of compensation for Tauccamarca families and for a ban of highly toxic pesticides responsible for most poisonings and environmental damage in the region.
PAN UK is releasing a new book, Silent Invaders: Pesticides, Livelihoods and Women's Health, documenting the effects of pesticides on farming communities and agricultural workers in developing countries. Agriculture forms the basis of the economy in many of these countries, where women produce 60-80% of the food.
PAN Asia Pacific, and Tenaganita, a workers organization in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will hold a workshop for community-based organizations on paraquat poisoning. The organizations won a recent ban on paraquat in Malaysia and are now campaigning for a worldwide ban. Tenaganita works with women pesticide sprayers who face the greatest risk of pesticide exposure.
Nepal--The All Nepal Peasant Association will hold a workshop on Awareness Building Against Agrochemicals.
Bangladesh--UBINIG (Policy Research Centre for Development Alternatives) has organized a picket by farmers and activists with the message "No More Pesticides." UBINIG has said, "Pesticides are killers. It is genocide without bloodshed. We have no option but to resist the use of such killing." UBINIG also coordinates a large farmers' group who practice sustainable agriculture.
New Zealand--A rally was held in front of Parliament in Adelaide to protest ongoing pesticide spraying by the city of Auckland. In Auckland, 140,000 people are sprayed with Foray 48B every three weeks to eradicate the Painted Apple Moth. About 100 families have become ill. The government has not revealed he contents of the spray, and the community is calling for "right-to-know" legislation. The spraying is being done to prevent the moth from damaging private pine plantations. As Dr. Meriel Watts of Pesticide Action Network, New Zealand states, "It is not acceptable that people's health should be sacrificed on the altar of commercial profit through mass spraying of pesticides. We learn nothing from the tragedy of Bhopal until we learn to treat people with respect and find a different way to manage our pests."
India--Aerial spraying of the insecticide endosulfan on cashew plantations in the state of Kerala has been responsible for disease, deaths and birth defects. Usha S. Jayakumar of Thanal Conservation Action and Information Network reports that the group "has asked the industry to withdraw endosulfan and the government to ban it altogether." Thanal is holding a cultural performance on pesticide dangers for farmers and distributing pamphlets in the area's local language. The village of Warangal is also holding a rally for a ban on endosulfan.
Also in India, the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in Thiruvananthapuram are presenting a seminar on "Invisible Violence on Women--Chemical Pesticides--Silent Actors" and a larger a public meeting for fisher folks and the local population. A poster advocating a ban on endosulfan and a booklet on pesticides and health in the Malayalam language will also commemorate the day. In Tamilnadu, the PREPARE Network is demonstrating with the theme "No Pesticides" and holding a seminar on "Globalization--Food Security and Profiting from Poisonous Pesticides and Health."
U.S.--Students at the University of Michigan are holding a rally and re-enactment of the chemical disaster in Bhopal and activists from around the state joined the Greenpeace Toxics Campaign for a candlelight vigil outside the Midland residence of Dow Chemical CEO Michael Parker. Sshivani Anil Patel, with the Association for India's Development said, "Thousands of Bhopal survivors continue to suffer as a result of Dow and Mr. Parker's refusal to clean up the contaminated soil and groundwater around the Bhopal plant."
Sources: Bhopal Medical Appeal Press Release, July 17, 2002; PAN A/P Press Release, December 3, 2002; Activists Demand Dow Take Responsibility for Toxic Contamination in Bhopal, Greenpeace Toxics Campaign Press Release, December 3, 2002, http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/bhopal.
Contact: PANNA.


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on a heating pm today, the lady was telling me that she had the vent pipe replaced last year on her 4 year old rheem furnace. i asked why...
she said "the remodelers said it was not the right kind of vent for the furnace. it was a pipe that went up for 3-4", then had a gap, then it continued with another pipe with s small hood on it... you know, like a water heater!"
to be sure, i asked, "you mean there was a chunk of vent pipe missing right here? and you could see this green coil box thru the gap in the pipe?"
the original contractor has 2 or 3 trucks, see them around town now and then... i'm still at a loss for words


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I just discovered that one of my images was used in multiple NWF blogs without my knowledge or consent. What's troubling is that although they credited the image to me it also says "Courtesy SharkWeek," which appears to be Discovery Channel's Shark Week, whom I would never allow to use one of my photos. I do agree with the spirit of the blog post, but my images specify "All Rights Reserved" and I do not want them used without consent. Did Discovery Channel steal the image as well? Does anyone have any idea who I can contact about this? I cannot find any contact info for the blog writers, and the NWF contact page does not appear to be the appropriate way to contact them. I am also unable to leave a comment on that blog page.
Here are the articles: http://blog.nwf.org/...amazed-by-them/
and here's my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.co...157623140150937
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Senior Night on Tap Wednesday for USU Volleyball versus Nevada
Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013
Utah State [University] volleyball will host Nevada Wednesday, Nov. 27, in the Aggies' season finale. First serve from the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum is slated for 7 p.m. (MT). Wednesday is Senior Night for USU as the Aggies will honor two seniors, outside hitter Tumua Etimani and middle blocker Alyssa Everett.
The Aggies got back in the win column Monday night [Nov. 25] with a 3-1 win over Air Force after dropping a pair of matches last weekend to avoid their first three-match losing skid of the season, improving to 19-11 overall and 12-7 in Mountain West Conference play. USU is seeking its second 20-win season in a row and third in the last four years, all under head coach Grayson DuBose. USU is going for its first back-to-back 20-win seasons since 2000 and 2001, when USU won 22 matches in 2000 and 20 in 2001. Overall, the Aggies are going for their 12th 20-match win season in school history in the 38 seasons of Aggie volleyball.
After going 2-24 through the first 26 matches of the season, Nevada has won two of its last four matches, all at home, for a 4-26 overall record, including 2-16 in MW action. Nevada beat Air Force, 3-1, on Nov. 22 before getting swept by New Mexico on Nov. 23. The Wolf Pack is 0-11 on the road, including 0-8 in league matches.
Prior to the match, the Aggies will honor Etimani and Everett, who will be playing their final match in a USU uniform.
"These two have left a nice legacy in Utah State Athletics," DuBose said. "I'm going to miss lots of things. I've been around Tumua for four years and Alyssa for three, so you pick up lots of things that you're going to miss. I'm just going to miss Tumua. She has this infectious smile, and she's a nice kid. You can get mad at her a little bit, but she's just going to keep smiling and trying hard. With Alyssa, her work ethic is what she leaves behind. Her legacy for her teammates is that she worked hard every day and pushed herself and her teammates to be better."
The Aggies have received significant contributions this season from Etimani (Richardson, Texas), who entered this season with just 17 kills and nearly doubled that in the first two matches with 24 as part of 39 total kills in first three matches of season. She progressively improved in both kills and digs each match of the opening weekend. On the season, Etimani now has a total of 18 matches with double-digit kills, having a streak of five in a row halted with only seven at New Mexico (11/9), but has double-digit kills in 13 of the last 19 matches. Etimani also has a total of 16 double-digit digs outings, leading to her sharing the team lead with 13 double-doubles this season. While she did not play in Monday's match due to an illness, she is expected to be in action Wednesday.
"Tumua has done a fabulous job," DuBose said. "Sometimes you don't have the opportunity, she had people in front of her with more experience. She bided her time and kept working and grinding away and when she got her chance, she shined. It was kind of a cool deal for her. Tumua's strength for us is her personality and who she is as a person. She cares about her teammates vehemently. If somebody insults them or isn't treating them right, you better not let Tumua hear you because she'll be up in your grill making sure that doesn't happen again. She's a good teammate. She treats them really well and it's neat.""
After missing last season with a knee injury, Everett (Perry, Utah) has made a smashing return to action. In her season debut, Everett posted eight blocks and four kills on .500 attack pct. at Utah (8/30). Everett tied her then season-high with eight blocks in the win over Pacific (9/7), adding six blocks at Weber State (9/10) before breaking through with a career-high 10 block assists against Boise State (9/18). She has a total of 15 matches with four or more blocks, including six in Monday's win to go with six kills. Everett enters Wednesday's match sixth in blocks per set overall (1.19 bps) and sixth in league only matches (1.23 bps).
"Alyssa sat out last year, and the people she came in with, and thought she'd graduate with, but that just didn't happen," DuBose said. "She came back from that injury stronger than she did before. I'm really impressed with who she is as a person, not just as an athlete. Alyssa comes in as a junior college transfer, having had a lot of success that has impacted our program and record books. She's done a nice job. The thing I like about her is her personality. She's just a good kid and she works hard. Every day she brings it and tries to make herself a little bit better than she was before. That's all I can ask for as a coach."
The Aggie senior class of 2013 has created many memories together as individuals, as a senior class and as part of a team that is on the verge of another 20-win season, leaving their mark in the program's record books.
"I've given marbles (a conditioning drill) to Tumua more than any kid I've ever coached," DuBose said. "There's a vivid memory. She'd do it again and again, but wouldn't complain. Alyssa is enthusiastic when she blocks a ball. She turns around, and you can see it in her eyes when she's playing volleyball. She loves what she does. Those are things I'll miss and hopefully never forget.
"They're great kids and I love them. I love what they've done for our program and how they've impacted our team. I'm fortunate to have been their coach for these years. Hopefully, they leave as better people than when they got here."
Utah State volleyball tickets are available by contacting the USU Ticket Office at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum or by phone by calling 1-888-USTATE-1 or (435) 797-0305.
Fans who can't make the matches can follow along with "Watch Live" and "GameTracker" links at the Athletics website.
Fans can also follow the Aggie volleyball program on Twitter, on Facebook or on Instagram. Aggie fans can also follow the Utah State athletic program on Twitter, on Facebook or on Instagram.
Additional Aggie sports news is available at the Athletics website.


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They play exes onscreen, but Courteney Cox and Brian Van Holt's off-screen relationship appears to be in much better shape than their "Cougar Town" characters'.
Cox, 46, and Van Holt, 43, have reportedly been dating for at least 10 months, but have only gone public after Cox's divorce with David Arquette was finalized last month.
Cox and Arquette announced in October 2010 they were ending their 11-year marriage, and legally separated in December 2011. After they went public with their split, Arquette said he thought Cox was having an "emotional affair" with her costar.
"Cougar Town" will have at least one more season -- its fifth -- on TBS.


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AC Milan have moved to dismiss speculation that highly-rated forward Stephan El Shaarawy will be moving to Manchester City as part of a swap deal with Mario Balotelli.
The Serie 'A' outfit are long-term admirers of the mercurial Citizens striker, according to Sky Sports, and have admitted in the past that they would be willing to bring the Italian back to the San Siro.
However, an exchange agreement for the former Inter Milan star is out of the question, according to club vice-president Adriano Galliani, who insists that selling players is not on the agenda in January.
"There will not be any exchange. El Shaarawy will remain at Milan. We plan to keep our best players and to try and find cover for Nigel de Jong (who will miss the remainder of the season with an Achilles injury)," he's quoted as saying on Sky Sports.
El Shaarawy's stock has risen dramatically with the Rossoneri after signing from Genoa in the summer of 2011. His form has since earned three international appearances for the Azzurri.
Balotelli, meanwhile, remains a bit-part player at the Etihad Stadium, getting a rare start in the Manchester derby at the weekend before being substituted by manager Roberto Mancini.
However, his time at City won't be coming to an end as part of a deal for El Shaarawy, who will look to continue impressing under manager Massimiliano Allegri.
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