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A new front opened today in the patent wars between large technology companies, as a consortium that owns thousands of patents from the Nortel bankruptcy auction filed suit against Google and other manufacturers alleging infringement. Rockstar, which is owned jointly by Apple, Blackberry, Ericsson, Microsoft, and Sony, filed suit in US District Court in Texas. In addition to Google, the consortium has alleged infringement by Asus, HTC, Huawei, LG, Pantech, Samsung, and ZTE.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Trevor Lacey and Levi Randolph hit 3 of 4 free throws in the final 17 seconds and Alabama held on for a 59-56 victory over Arkansas on Thursday night.
Lacey scored 14 points for the Crimson Tide (13-7, 5-2 Southeastern Conference), which held on for a fifth win in six games after losing 54-53 at Tennessee when he couldn't get off a final shot.
BJ Young hit a layup with 5 seconds left and then missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Arkansas (12-8, 3-4) after Randolph made two free throws.
Young, who led Arkansas with 14 points, managed to get a shot off with a behind-the-back dribble but overshot the rim. He scored 12 in the second half.
Lacey had six rebounds but also committed seven of Alabama's season-high 21 turnovers. Trevor Releford added 12 points and Nick Jacobs had 10 for Alabama.
Marshawn Powell had 11 points for the Razorbacks before fouling out.
Young missed all four of his 3-point attempts and the Razorbacks were just 3 of 19. They are now 0-5 away from home and have totaled 110 points in two straight losses.
The Tide shot just 7 of 23 (30 percent) in the second half but also made 14 of 19 free throws (74 percent).
Arkansas forced a turnover with the full-court press and Rickey Scott collected the loose ball and a layup with 51 seconds left to cut Alabama's lead to 56-54. The Tide then worked most of the shot clock down before Andrew Steele missed a 3-pointer.
Lacey grabbed the offensive rebound, drew Powell's fifth foul and hit the second of two free throws with 17 seconds remaining for a 57-54 lead.
Young then drove to the basket instead of trying to tie it with a 3-pointer, and the Razorbacks called a timeout before quickly fouling Randolph. He made both with 4.2 seconds remaining.
The Razorbacks, who had trailed by as many as 11 points in the first half, went on a 17-5 run to take the lead following Releford's technical foul early in the second half.
Young hit two free throws for a 42-39 lead midway through the second half. Lacey answered with two free throws, Releford had a reverse layup and Tide freshman Devonta Pollard scored inside to get Alabama back on track.
The Tide, which came in last in the SEC in rebounding, controlled the boards 38-29.
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This just sad!!!! I still believe Anderson is the man for this job...he just doesn't have the players for this system yet..it'll be awhile too...not until the paper weight in the middle graduates atleast,but he's a homeboy (Arkansan) so he has to play and had to get a full ride ( see other home grown Paper Weights)...Powell and Young are me players..Portis will help mask Mickelson's deficiencies..but the Hogs are 4 years away from even thinking about contending for just the weak basketball Conference(other than Florida) and that's only if Portis stays that long and he gets help
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This week sees two more titles for the PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection in North America. Whether you are a member for PlayStation 3 experiences or get your free games on the go, there's something for you.
In celebration of the release of Grand Theft Auto V, the PSP version of Liberty City Stories will be available. The story takes place three years before Grand Theft Auto III and stars mobster Toni Cipriani.
If you'd prefer something a bit more fantastical, Ico will also be available. This the story of a young boy with horns, kidnapped for his abnormality. He escapes his prison and meets a young girl, and the two of them must escape from shadowy pursuers.
In addition, if you haven't downloaded Machinarium for Vita, you are almost out of time. That title is rotating off the Instant Game Collection list on September 24, 2013.
[Source: PlayStation Blog]
Our TakeThe Instant Game Collection keeps on giving. Both of these titles are well-regarded, and with every month, Sony keeps on reinforcing the value of its annual subscription program.
Playstation plus, if we lived in Canada, I'd make you my bride.
Awesome, I've been looking to play Ico
As if being a PS+ member wasn't good enough :D


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Naseer Ahmed / Reuters
Paramedics inspect the bodies of Shiite pilgrims killed by a car bomb in Quetta on Sunday.
By NBC News staff and wire services
QUETTA, Pakistan -?Pakistani militants, who have escalated attacks in recent weeks, killed at least 40 people in two separate incidents, officials said on Sunday, challenging assertions that military offensives have broken the back of hardline Islamist groups.
A car bomb exploded near a convoy of buses taking Shiite pilgrims to Iran, killing at least 19 people and wounding 30, officials told NBC News, the latest attack on the minority sect.?
Earlier Sunday, 21 tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region, government officials said.
Witnesses said the blast occurred as the three buses were overtaking a car about 35 miles west of Quetta, capital of sparsely populated Baluchistan province, site of many sectarian attacks, near the Iranian border.?
Pakistan has experienced a spike in killings over the last year by radical Sunni Muslims targeting Shiites who they consider heretics. The violence has been especially pronounced in Baluchistan province, where the latest attack occurred. ?
"The bus next to us caught on fire immediately," pilgrim Hussein Ali, 60, told Reuters. "We tried to save our companions but were driven back by the intensity of the heat."?
A second eyewitness said the bomber rushed by in a pick-up truck, swerved in front of the first bus and slammed on the brakes. The bus slammed into the pick-up truck and then a big explosion occurred.?
Photos: Blast in Karachi kills six, wounds 48
Akbar Durrani, Baluchistan's home secretary, told Reuters that rescue teams were trying to reach victims in the wreckage of the vehicles, one of which was still in flames some time after the attack. He said the death toll could rise.?
Fayaz Aziz / Reuters
A badly injured paramilitary soldier, who survived the shooting by Taliban militants, receives treatment at a hospital in Peshawar on Sunday.
At least 19 were killed in the attacks, and 30 wounded, according to government officials.?
A string of attacks on Shiites underscores the government's inability to crack down on groups promoting sectarian violence.?
Sectarian tensions
Shiites make up around 15 percent of Pakistan's 190 million people. They are scattered around the country, but the province of Baluchistan has the largest community, mainly made up of ethnic Hazaras, easily identified by their facial features which resemble those of Central Asians.
Pakistan's 'dynastic politics': Bhutto's son launches career
Sunni extremists have long carried out attacks against Shiites in Pakistan. But the sectarian campaign has stepped up in recent years, fueled mainly by the radical group Laskar-e-Jangvhi, aligned to Pakistani Taliban militants headquartered in the tribal region. More than 300 Shiites have been killed in Pakistan this year, according to Human Rights Watch.
The violence has pushed Baluchistan in particular deeper into chaos. The province was already facing an armed insurgency by ethnic Baluch separatists who frequently attack security forces and government facilities. But the secessionist violence has been overtaken by increasingly bold attacks against Shiites.?
Pakistan, Afghanistan share vision on Taliban
The sectarian bloodletting adds another layer to the turmoil in Pakistan, where the government is fighting an insurgency by the Pakistani Taliban and where many fear Sunni hardliners are gaining strength. Shiites and rights group say the government does little to protect Shiites and that militants are emboldened because they are believed to have links to Pakistan's intelligence agencies.?
Tribal policemen killed
The 21 tribal policemen who were shot dead were found by officials shortly after midnight Sunday in the Jabai area of Frontier Region Peshawar after being notified by one policeman who escaped, said Naveed Akbar Khan, a top political official in the area. Another policeman was found seriously wounded, said Khan.?
The 23 policemen went missing before dawn Thursday when militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons attacked two posts in Frontier Region Peshawar. Two policemen were also killed in the attacks.?
After receiving threatening telephone calls warning they would regret helping the "infidel" campaign against polio, a group of woman, working on a UN-backed polio vaccination campaign, were shot and killed by gunmen a day after a similar slaying in Karachi. Ch4 Europe's Lindsey Hilsum reports. Warning: Some images maybe disturbing.
Militants lined the policemen up on a cricket pitch late Saturday night and gunned them down, said another local official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.?
Also Sunday, two Pakistani army soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in the North Waziristan tribal area, the main sanctuary for Taliban and al-Qaida militants in the country, security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with official policy.?
NBC News'?Mushtaq Yusufzai,?The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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OBDII code reader advice?
Posted 19 October 2011 - 09:11 AM
and I am looking for advice on getting a reasonably priced, fairly easy to use code reader.
does not need to be anything real fancy - the vehicle in question is a 2004 Mercury Sable. . .yeah, yeah, i know, not a Subaru - couldnt find one we wanted in our price range near enough to us that didnt have a salvage title (the bank would not go for salvage, and to be honest, We're not too thrilled with the idea of salvage either)
so, info on brands - who to look for, who to stay away from, ease of use, etc would be greatly appreciated.
Posted 19 October 2011 - 09:33 AM
I got the cheap 50.00 Orange one (may be cheaper now).
Comes with a booklet and CD to install the software to look up the code (that you'll end up looking up onthe internet anyways).
I purposely go tthis reader that only gives codes (the P9999). Because it fits in a jacket pocket. The one for another 20 bucks displayed a little more info but not enough to be real helpful anyways.
It was my forst purchase on Ebay and saved me 20 bucks versus buying it at Advance Auto Parts at the time.
Good luck - you're long overdue to get one.
Posted 19 October 2011 - 09:36 AM
some ready the code only and don't tell you what it is. if that annoys you, you don't have a list of codes, will be working on multiple different kinds of vehicles, or don't have internet access - you might want the kinds that tell you what the codes are verses just the number.
if you're just working on one or two vehicles, just print the lists of codes out and put them in the owners manual in the glove box and it doesnt' matter.
Posted 19 October 2011 - 09:36 PM
Posted 17 November 2011 - 01:38 PM
they also have manufacturer specific codes on there too.
Posted 17 November 2011 - 02:20 PM
Posted 17 November 2011 - 04:35 PM
I've had these two for many years and have fit my needs for Subaru's quite well:
Posted 19 November 2011 - 12:23 AM
They do also have a cheaper model that doesn't display the definitions, but you get a CD with all of their current definitions.
Posted 21 November 2011 - 07:29 AM
havent actually used it yet, but looking at the manual for it, it should do everything we need it to do and then some - LOL
Thanks again for all the suggestions guys.
... you're long overdue to get one.
as far as that goes (assuming you are referring to the code reader) - never needed one - when ya dont have any OBD-II cars, whats the point in getting one?
Until the Mercury - the newest vehicle here was a 95 Dodge Ram 1500 that rarely gets driven.
Every Subaru that has been thru here was too old to need a code reader. . . (late 80's GL's to first gen Legacy's)
Honestly - I like my 21 yr old Subaru...dont need fancy tools to work on it, can still get 28-30 mpg out of it (which is better than some much newer cars), it hauls almost everything I need to haul, always starts & gets me to where I need to go. So why would I "need" to get something newer, that I can't really afford?
And - I REALLY miss the simplicity of my 44 yr old Pickup (that I had to sell) - talk about simple to work on! and again - it always started and did what I needed it to do.
Edited by heartless, 21 November 2011 - 07:44 AM.
Posted 21 November 2011 - 08:51 AM
Equus Innova makes great easy to use scanners, and their research department has probably the most extensive list of manufacturer specific codes. Whether it's a Ford, Acrua, Subaru, Mercedes, Toyota, or what-have-you, chances are they have the correct code definitions already in the scanner. Their stuff is pricey on their website, but you can find any of their scanners for around half price on Amazon.
They do also have a cheaper model that doesn't display the definitions, but you get a CD with all of their current definitions.
Yeah, I have a mdeium/cheap model and it's been great. Git it from Amazon. FreezeFrame, reads CANbus. - my boss'es $200 scanner couldn't connect to a co-worker's Mercedes, my several year old $90 Innova did. And it hasn't been connected to get updates since I bought it.
(note to self, check for updates to your scanner)
They are nice to have around, but I use it on my friends and kids cars more than my own.
Posted 21 November 2011 - 06:43 PM
The Solus does data logging and saves files and graphs and all that and is down right huge and you are afraid of dropping it or scratching it because its thousands of dollars to replace.
Posted 21 November 2011 - 08:24 PM
Running my shop I have a Snap-On Solus Pro. Its too much most of the time. I think I will find a cheapie one just for pulling codes and clearing like this.
The Solus does data logging and saves files and graphs and all that and is down right huge and you are afraid of dropping it or scratching it because its thousands of dollars to replace.
That is why some people don't like the laptop - based cables, just too much gear to be careful of. Now there IS a unit that has a wireless bluetooth connection to your laptop. Might work with a netbook and maybe a smartphone.
like this; http://www.dealextre...ge-dc-12v-42825
dunno how you get the disc data into a netbook or onto a phone though....
Posted 22 November 2011 - 12:32 PM
dunno how you get the disc data into a netbook or onto a phone though....
put the data on a USB thumb drive to transfer to netbook
phone - most come with a usb cable to hook to a pc - hook it up, transfer the data, unhook...pretty simple (depending on your phone LOL).
Posted 22 November 2011 - 12:42 PM
put the data on a USB thumb drive to transfer to netbook
phone - most come with a usb cable to hook to a pc - hook it up, transfer the data, unhook...pretty simple (depending on your phone LOL).
I admit to being ignorant about phones. Just pointing out that some of the gear that's easier to haul into the car than a full laptop, may require some xtra steps to set-up for scanning.
Posted 23 November 2011 - 01:32 PM
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Posted 29 November 2011 - 09:37 AM
of course, because of this, the used car dealer market is pretty jacked up.
Posted 29 November 2011 - 11:14 AM
Posted 29 November 2011 - 12:12 PM
Only cars model year '96 and newer have to meet ODBII requirements because that is the first year it was mandated in the U.S. If you happen to find a 1996 model year soob, it is exempt from needing to have the readiness monitors set, because it resets them every time the ignition is turned off. That is convenient if you have a CEL on, because if you can clear the CEL and it stays off when you restart the engine, you can still pass the inspection.
interesting! and handy to know!
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March 13, 2001 - Premarket Notice Concerning Bioengineered Foods
- Federal Register Notice: Premarket Notice Concerning Bioengineered Foods
- Food and Drug Administration
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) values greatly the opportunity the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided for comment on its proposed rule that would require food developers to notify the FDA at least 120 days in advance of their intent to market a food produced through biotechnology and provide information to demonstrate that the product is as safe as its conventional counterpart. The ASM, which has a worldwide membership exceeding 42,000, has a particular interest in issues and policies relating to biotechnology research and development. The ASM membership includes scientists working in academic, governmental and industrial institutions with expertise in molecular biology and genetics as well as in environmental microbiology, medical microbiology, agricultural microbiology, and industrial microbiology - including the microbiology of food.
On November 30, 1999, in Washington D.C., at a public hearing conducted by the FDA, the ASM concluded that the voluntary consultation process instituted by the FDA had achieved its intended purpose of providing safe products for the marketplace. However, we recognize that there is considerable public interest in a mandatory process, and support the proposed FDA rule to make premarket notification and consultation for bioengineered foods and feeds obligatory. We also concur in the position that the FDA notification requirement should include bioengineered food derived from new plant varieties modified to contain pesticidal substances. It is our hope that this requirement will facilitate communication and consultation between the FDA and the EPA on scientific and regulatory issues. However, implementation will require patience and understanding. It will be necessary to guard against interagency conflict, since authority to regulate all pesticidal substances is assigned by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to the EPA, and regulatory authority of the FDA is limited to bioengineered plant varieties which incidently may contain nonpesticidal substances that raise food or feed safety questions based on unexpected and/or unintended compositional changes.
We concur also in the position that the notification process should not extend to bioengineered food from plant varieties derived from a specific transformation event, provided that both the transformation process and the use of the bioengineered food were addressed satisfactorily in a consultation completed under the FDA 1996 voluntary program. Consultations in progress should be completed under the FDA 1996 procedures, but pending consultations should be administered under the January 18, 2001 rule change as and when enacted. We agree also that exclusions from the notification requirement include uses and applications of bioengineered food identical to those already addressed by the FDA in previously submitted applications that were complete and judged to be in compliance.
In response to the FDA request for comment on specific issues, we offer the following opinions:
Federal Register p. 4712-4713. The definition of bioengineered food and the scope of the proposed premarket notification may be expanded to accommodate specific mention of gene deletions which could result in unanticipated change/s in a bioengineered plant. Likewise, the scope of the proposed notification does not include a consideration of supplements. For example, would rosehips, which are included as supplements in some teas and some vitamin C preparations, be included in the present requirement if the parent rose plant had been bioengineered for resistance to a disease such as black spot?
Federal Register p. 4721. Although it appears efficient to require that a premarket notice for bioengineered food include methods by which the food can be detected, we suggest that the inclusion of methodology be optional. Detection methods are undergoing rapid change, with improvements in sensitivity and reliability, and to require use of current methods would be premature. Moreover, before a requirement for analysis is established, it is necessary to develop standards and tolerances based on nutritional and safety considerations.
The ASM will continue to strongly support the FDA in its efforts to modify science-based policy required to safeguard public health as recombinant DNA technology continues to evolve and give rise to more and different bioengineered foods.


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Books and movies have different ways of telling a story, with different strengths and weaknesses. Do you think the movie format particularly lends itself to BD? How and why? Or did BD work better for you as a book?
Note: this is not a general thread comparing the movie to the book, but specifically about differences related to the way books and movies work (eg books make it easier to get inside the narrator's' head; movies are more visually exciting, etc.).


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I am planning on heading up on friday. Kevin M. is planning the same. I have some new Kifaru kit to enjoy with a few more pieces in the works which I should have before then. What works the best for the bottom of your sled. I was told silicone spray, I am not questioning that as this will be my first trip with a new sled. Just wondering if anyone has tryed different products and what truely works the best. (any specific product?)
Also, does anyone have a set of Packloc sleeve they are willing to part with?


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Lady Monarchs Fifth After Round One Of Wofford Intercollegiate
By ODU Athletics
March 5, 2007
SPARTANBURG, SC-- Senior Ashley Davis shot a 79 and freshman Laura Holmes an 80 to lead the Lady Monarchs to a fifth place spot after the first round of the Diet Coke Wofford Intercollegiate. As a team, ODU has 324 points. All five of the Lady Monarchs are in the top 20 of this event.
Davis is currently tied for tenth, while Holmes is tied for 13th. Wofford leads the event with a 308, while Erin Wells of Wofford and Claudine Foong of Gardner-Webb are tied for the lead, both shot a 74.The final round is Tuesday.
DIET COKE WOFFORD INTERCOLLEGIATE Women's Golf Tournament, Spartanburg, SC Par 72, 5847 yards
1st round results
TEAM SCORES: 1. Wofford (308) 2. Gardner Webb (313) 3. Jacksonville (319); High Point (319) 5. ODU (324) 6. Kennessaw State (355) 7. The Citadel (439)
Individual Leader:Erin Wells(Wofford) and Claudine Foong(GW) 74
ODU GOlfers
T10 Ashley Davis 79
T13 Laura Holmes 80
T16 Meghan Schaefer 82
T18 Alexis Garduno (83)
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MONTREAL — The March 5 Quebec election announcement produced no surprises in a random sampling of voters' opinions at Cavendish Mall in the heart of D'Arcy McGee riding in Cote St. Luc, where the joke is that a lettuce would win as long as it was Liberal.
Not only did those queried worry about the Parti Québécois (PQ) government returning with a majority on April 7, they also expressed concern that the secular values charter would threaten religious freedom.
It could lead to "no religious freedom, no freedom of speech," said Yacov Amsellem, who is 21 and about to vote for the first time in a provincial election.
Amsellem agreed that charter or no charter, there was no option but to vote Liberal, "but you have to hope for a minority government [again]."
Amsellem, who said he loves to follow politics, gave equal weight to the issues of the charter and separation, both of which are hurting the Quebec economy.
"Companies don't feel like they want to come here," he said. Despite polls showing majority franco-Québécois support for the charter, "lots of Quebecers are against it. I speak to them every day."
Sammy Hochberg, a 70-year-old retired general contractor, said, "we need togetherness to build the country…there's no need to destroy it.
"We have more power if the English and the French are together, and with all the ethnic [communities)."
Hochberg said while he did have grown offspring no longer in Quebec, their departure was not connected to politics.
"It's been good here, and I don't want [Premier Pauline Marois] to spoil it.
"It's disturbing. The economic situation is going down and there's less work than there used to be and it's because of the political situation, the threat of separation."
Despite anxieties over the coming election, Hochberg had room for a joke.
"Did you hear why Pauline Marois had to go to the hospital? She ate an English muffin."
Shloime Orshanky, 84, a retired diamond cutter, said he is not looking forward in general to another vote 18 months since the last one.
"I'm afraid [Marois] is going to win, but I hope it will be very close and only a minority [government].
"The charter is stupid," Orshansky said, "but separation bothers me more than the charter. It's a beautiful country, and the Quebecois are wonderful people. I am Québécois too."
Orshanky's wife, Gina, seated across from him, put it succinctly: "I agree with him."
Sidney Nemes, who owns the popular J & R kosher butcher shop inside the mall, hoped that the Liberals and CAQ (Coalition Avenir Québec) "will be able to put Mrs. Marois onto the thinking table before it will affect our economy."
Meanwhile, Michel Bohbot, owner of Miss U, a shoe boutique in the mall, hoped against the PQ forming a majority government and while generally against the secular values charter, agreed that the real target for its ban of public workers wearing religious symbols was Muslims, not Jews or Christians.
"I'm not sure I'm going to vote anyway," Bohbot said, given the fact that a victory by the Liberals in D'Arcy McGee is a foregone conclusion.
The CJN spoke to voters a day before it was reported that six-time Liberal incumbent Lawrence Bergman would be bowing out of the election.


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Resolutions aren't my thing. If there is positive change to be made in life, and let's face it, there always is, then it should be ongoing and daily, with a intended eye toward a paradigm shift that is realistic, and works best for you. And if that happens in January, or March or even September, than it's better than not happening at all. So be kind to yourself, and gradually allow for the time needed to make whatever positive shift you wish to make in your life. What it boils down to is that you're creating new habits, and these take time to stick, to become something that you just do and don't think about. It won't happen in a day, and likely not in a month. So please… if there is an agenda in your life for your new year ahead, tread slowly, be present with it and allow for your life to sometimes get in the way.
Because you're the only one who can.
I'm looking ahead for 2011, dreaming of new foods to explore and share with you all, trying to negotiate my way through some ideas to start out the year with and finding myself a touch unmotivated. There is a lot going on in my head, and I'm trying to draw it all out and make sense of it. This happens to me, this information overload. I'm faced with fresh promise and 12 months stretching on endlessly ahead of me and it's like a new notebook or a unread book. I've got a few ideas to start, and a thought about how to get it out and organized, so please stick with me. I'll have something for you in time, and as always, it should be delicious. And if there's anything you wish to see on this blog, feel free to let me know as I'm always open to other suggestions. Who knows? It might help push me over this creative slump that I find myself in.


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by Shaun Tilghman
Deanna Niccum, 42, North Manchester, was arrested Monday, Feb. 17, on a warrant citing three alleged criminal offenses, including: Attempted Child Exploitation, a class C felony; Attempted Vicarious Sexual Gratification, a class D felony; and Child Solicitation, a class D felony.
The arrest resulted from an investigation that began after one victim's parents alerted the North Manchester Police Department of an incident that occurred earlier this month between Niccum and their child, according to the case summary.
Officers from the NMPD took the next step by contacting the Department of Child Services, as well as Wabash County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Bryan Michaud. On Feb. 14, following the determination of probable cause, Information and Affidavits of Probable Cause were filed, an arrest warrant was ordered, and bond was set at $12,500 surety / $250 cash.
The Wabash County Sheriff's Department filed a Return of Warrant on Tuesday, Feb. 18, which indicated that NMPD officers had arrested Niccum at 1:24 p.m. the previous day. The initial hearing was also held on Feb. 18, during which time Niccum entered a preliminary plea of not guilty.
Stefan Poling, of Roll Harter & Poling in Huntington, is representing the Defendant (Niccum), while Wabash County Prosecutor William Hartley Jr. is representing the Plaintiff (State of Indiana) in the Wabash Circuit Court case presided over by The Honorable Robert McCallen III.
Judge McCallen III then set the following: omnibus date is April 18, 2014; pretrial conference is June 2, 2014, at 1 p.m.; jury trial is June 24 and 25, 2014, at 9 a.m. Niccum and her counsel are also to appear June 24 at 8:30 a.m. in order to address preliminary matters.
On Friday, the court approved a Motion to Transfer, filed by the Sheriff due to overflow, and Niccum was subsequently transferred from Wabash County Jail to Miami County Jail.


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Monday, November 28, 2011
MZone Picture of the Day: Super Sale in Ohio
5 comments:
- Dennis said...
Given those have been sitting in a warehouse for 8* years, no suprise they are on sale. :)
- November 28, 2011 2:28 PM
- Michigan Sports Girl said...
LOL! Great post, Yost!
@ Dennis: I really appreciate the levity that you bring to the M/OSU rivalry. I wish that all Buckeye fans were like you! I think it's great when both sides can keep things light and have fun in the spirit of competition!
Thank you for being you! I always look forward to reading your posts!
- November 28, 2011 4:00 PM
- phil said...
Yost and MZone readers: I am forming a protest group that basically is protesting how cheap Ohio State is. Only $40 million for 7 years? Hey, Ohio State, this isn't just some high school coach. Do you realize how cheap your whole university looks with this ridiculous offer? A low-ball figure to be sure. What a bunch of cheapskates. I will be emailing the administration at tUOS and complaining. Hopefully we can "OCCUPY OSU" until they make a better offer. He is worth at least $400 million per year. Look at all the crap he has to put up with. I will be buying billboards and TV ads throughout Ohio. More to come.
- November 28, 2011 4:06 PM
- A2saint said...
As an aside- Not too long after the game I drove down to Cabela's in Dundee to hang out in the Bargain Cave. The place was full of OSU fans fresh from the game. I guess none of them had heard of the Woody Hayes edict about never spending any money in Michigan...
- November 28, 2011 4:17 PM
- Dennis said...
Thank you for the kind words. I think I have had one post here where I felt I got a little too nasty. I've said before I think I have a different perspective than many of my Buckeye Brethern because I lived outside of not only Ohio but Big Ten Country for a number of years. I worked very closely with a huge Michigan fan during much of that time and we were able to discuss college football rationally.
While there is much to despise about the SEC, I do admire that they support their team first, then their conference. Too many of our fans relish in the suffering of other conference teams and don't get the big picture. Sure a part of me enjoyed the RR years, just because of the irrationality of some of your fans for his scheme. And clearly he was a good defense away from implementing it. I imagine many of you will feel some of that if the Urban Renewal (is that as annoying as I think it sounds) goes the way of the RichRod experiment. But I started to feel bad for you and I felt it cheapened some of our wins and lessened the conference.
Anyhow, I'm glad Yost came back and that I finally stopped lurking and started posting and that I feel mostly welcome. Honestly, given some of my opinions, I think I am more welcome here than some OSU sites.
If he wins, especially a MNC, don't be suprised if that salary jumps. It will also be interesting to see if we start spending SEC style money on assistant coaches. And if that has a negative impact on the other 36 sports or if it will be absorbed, like your recent expenses, by increased ticket prices.
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Reviews for Di Lac
Average rating: 0 / 5.0 Based on 8 reviews.
|Pretty disappointed. I have always been told that this is place is vegan when I've asked, for several years. I got this wierd feeling that I should ask again when I went in the other day and was told not everything is vegan, including items I'd been told numerous times were vegan. Talked to the owner and although she said sorry, I didn't feel she was really too apologetic.
Reviews: 18
|No ambiance, but exotic (to me) Vietnamese foods. Lemon-crusted tofu (salty but good!), veggie "shrimp" and "pork" spring rolls w/ spicy peanut sauce (very good), fried rice (so-so), bitter melon stuffed w/ tofu & mushroom (wow! that melon is bitter!), "lobster" red-colored fake meat (good!), and my favorite, the veggie stuffed "cake" (savory) kinda like a "hot pocket." Buffet ready at 9:30AM.
Reviews: 34
|Nice restaurant with good food and generally pleasant staff, but service is a little sketchy. They seem to be popular with the locals, who eat there at all hours or drop in for lots of takeout from the extensive to-go buffet. Buddhist inspired cuisine is tasty and healthy. My vermicelli dish was large and very good. Food seems to be mostly vegan, but there is milk in some drinks. Great variety.
Reviews: 133
|Vietnamese, Thai and Chinese food served, over 120 items and 30 types of drinks. With such an extensive menu, there's gotta be some here that you will like. The Spicy Thai soup was good but my Eggplant and Lemon Grass Tofu was average. I think Golden Lotus in SF is better.
Reviews: 81
|The taste of the veggie meat dishes were similar to every other dish ordered (a fish dish would taste like the beef dishes). The soy chicken drumsticks were really salty. The veggie jerky is pretty good though.
Reviews: 4
|Delicious to-go buffet, available until 8 or 8:30 pm. For $4 you get 3 generous items, like veggie noodle stir fry, stuffed tofu, a variety of veggies and delicious gluten and tofu 'fake meats".
Reviews: 1
|The food is wonderful and the selection, staggering. They make their own tofu and soymilk on the premises, so order a soy something. Veggie "fish" dishes are delicious and flavored with seaweed.
Reviews: 6
|I love this place even more than Golden Lotus. Owner super nice--our 1st trip there he picked out the menu for us & gave us complimentary tofu appetizer & dessert. Great asian veg. Try it!
Reviews: 24
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College of Arts and Sciences Presents June 10 Downtown Speaker Event
Dr. James E. Caron to discussUniversity of Hawaiʻi
College of Arts and Sciences
Tamara Goldbogen, (808) 956-5790
College of Arts and Sciences
The Colleges of Arts & Sciences of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa continue their Downtown Speakers Program with a lecture on June 10, 2004 by Dr. James E. Caron, Director of the Honors Program and Associate Professor of English. This free talk will be held from Noon to 1 p.m. at the American Savings Bank Tower, 1001 Bishop Street, 8th floor, Room 805. It is a brown-bag event so attendees are invited to bring their lunches.
In 1866, Sam Clemens arranged with the Sacramento Union, the most powerful newspaper in California, to visit the Hawaiian Islands and write travel letters for them in the characteristically humorous style of Mark Twain. This talk will address Clemens' tour of the islands, the letters he wrote as Mark Twain, and will be accompanied by pictures of Hawaiʻi, many of which are contemporaneous with his visit. Caron is currently writing a book on the early career of Mark Twain.
For more information, please call the Office of Community and Alumni Relations, Colleges of Arts & Sciences, 956-5790.
Upcoming Downtown Speakers Program Events:
Members of the community are invited to attend a series of free presentations especially planned for the downtown business community. These are sponsored by the Colleges of Arts & Sciences of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. All talks will be held from Noon to 1 p.m. at the American Savings Bank Tower, 1001 Bishop Street, 8th floor.
July 1, 2004 — "Renewing our Sense of Wonder: Teaching Philosophy to Children," Dr. Thomas Jackson, Director of Philosophy in the Schools Project and Associate Specialist of Philosophy
August 12, 2004 — "Can Dogs See Ghosts," Dr. Robert Liu, Professor of Chemistry


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McHENRY – Starting this pool season, McHenry residents will have to put up a barrier around larger temporary pools.
In a 4-2 vote, the McHenry City Council eliminated its old regulations regarding pools and replaced them with standardized building codes that routinely are updated.
The building codes requires any pool, including the temporary or portable pools that were previously unregulated in McHenry, to be surrounded by a barrier at least 4 feet high.
Owners of temporary pools now will also have to get a permit from the city. The permit will have a one-time cost of $30 as long as there are no changes.
Alderman Jeffrey Schaefer questioned whether the barrier requirement might be "overburdensome" to residents, adding that he thought it might "be tough for a lot of people" to meet the requirement.
Alderman Geoffrey Blake agreed, adding that he could see the reasoning if the pool sat there all summer.
"All it takes is one incident," Blake said. "I think it's better to be safe."
The barrier is designed to keep children from accidentally falling into the pools. The regulations are becoming more common in area communities, according to council documents.
The requirement does not affect kiddie pools, which usually hold less than 24 inches of water, Alderman Geri Condon added. The city will work with stores that sell pools to notify potential buyers about the new rules.
The Community Development Committee had started looking at its pool regulations because it had received a lot of calls, said Condon, who is the chairwoman of the committee.
Because the council eliminated its previous regulations, the provision that required circulation systems also was eliminated. Alderman Andrew Glab raised concerns about that and the possibility of algae building up and making pools smell.
The Community Development Committee will take a look at that issue in a separate ordinance, the council decided.
Temporary pools must have barriers, McHenry City Council decides
McHENRY – Starting this pool season, McHenry residents will have to put up a barrier around larger temporary pools.


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Linux Kernel Boot Statistics: 2.6.24 To 2.6.39: Recently there were benchmarks on Phoronix looking at the Ubuntu 11.04 boot performance relative to past Ubuntu Linux releases. This was done with five mobile systems and going back as far as Ubuntu 8.04. The tests showed around Ubuntu 10.04 LTS was where the boot performance in Ubuntu's been the best but Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 have slowed down a bit in how fast it's reaching the desktop. In this article we are looking at the boot performance when simply changing out the kernels. Every kernel from Linux 2.6.24 to 2.6.39-rc4 was analyzed.
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Beloved father, husband, son and brother Ronald Ray Gallagher, 57, died unexpectedly at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 30, 2013.
Beloved father, husband, son and brother Ronald Ray Gallagher, 57, died unexpectedly at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 30, 2013.
His funeral will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 375 Lumen Christi Lane, Salisbury. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
In lieu of visitation, a remembrance celebration will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the West Rowan High School Gym.
He was the sports editor of the Salisbury Post since 1997, beginning his career there in 1995. Prior to that, he was a sports writer for the Davie County Enterprise and The Dispatch. Ronnie, as he was known to everyone, was passionate about sports and was a popular and notable figure on the high school sports scene in Rowan County.
He touched many lives through his writing. His articles were well-known throughout the community, as he personalized the stories about each player, each team, each game. He inspired many young athletes and writers, and his work and enthusiasm will continue to inspire.
He was well-known as a dedicated family man who adored his wife and two sons and was a committed friend to many. His good humor and quick wit endeared him to all.
He was born Oct. 19, 1955, in Winston-Salem to Ronald Vance and Mary Kathleen Gallagher. He graduated from North Davidson High School in 1974. He was always a sports fanatic and a prolific writer, which he turned into a lifelong career. He was the recipient of no fewer than 34 N.C. High School Sports Association Awards. He also was honored in 2005 by the N.C. High School Sports Association with the Tim Stevens Media Representative of the Year Award.
Ronnie married Joan Canavaciol Gallagher in 1991, and they have two sons, Jack and Mackie. He is further survived by his mother, Mary Kathleen Gallagher; three sisters, Debbie Merten, Ginger Gallagher and Angela Gallagher; and one brother, Tim Gallagher.
Condolences may be sent to the family at 135 Chapel Court, Salisbury, NC 28147.
Online condolences may be made at www.summersettfuneralhome.com.
Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Gallagher family.


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Release Notes: This release fixed several issues uncovered by static code analysis tools. Enhancements were made to the Notepad++ plugin and the Windows installer. Bugs affecting the concurrent execution of the internal test suite have been fixed along with issues affecting the build system. There were also other bugfixes and enhancements.
Release Notes: This release enables multiple instances of the same predictor class at runtime through configuration. Predictive performance can be more finely tailored to the users' specific needs by tuning the resources and configuration of each predictor. The default configuration has been changed to add a custom user-smoothed ngram predictor, which adaptively learns its language model. Its learning performance has been improved.
Release Notes: This release integrates into Notepad++, a powerful Windows text editor, thanks to the new presage predictive Notepad++ plugin NppPresage. It comes with improved configuration profile handling on Windows: it now locates the system profile configuration directory from HKCU/Software/Presage registry key on Windows, and correctly locates the user profile directory. There are improvements to gprompter, including an updated text editing widget and a new invert colours feature. gprompter and pyprompter also come with new (and ugly) icons on the GNOME desktop.
Release Notes: This release brings improved support for Visual Studio compilers on Windows through the presage C API. It also comes with improvements to the predictive text editor gprompter. It comes with a number of other enhancements and fixes.
Release Notes: This release offers a new C API to libpresage, in addition to the C++ and Python APIs. gprompter is now written in plain C and uses the new libpresage C API. There are improvements to the experimental D-BUS service interface and start-stop scripts. A D-BUS Python example client is also provided. There are a number of other enhancements and fixes.
Release Notes: This version comes with a number of improvements and fixes to its build system. It adds shared library symbol versioning. Symbols exported by libpresage are limited to public API symbols and versioned. This version removes the dependency on embedded convenience copy of XML configuration parser library, when a system installed libtinyxml is available. This verison also provides an experimental DBUS prediction service and Spanish language model generation. Other bug fixes and enhancements are also included.
Release Notes: This version comes with a number of improvements and fixes to its build system. No major features were added in this release. This is a minor mantainance release. This version also includes other bug fixes and enhancements.
Release Notes: This release comes with improved gprompter and pypresagemate demo applications. gprompter new features include autopunctuation implementation, support for keyboard accelerators to access menu items, bugfixes, and updates to the text editing component. Presage 0.8.2 delivers a number of fixes and improvements to the core predictive engine, such as a fix for a defect in the learning code and the prediction with multimaps. The core predictor hierarchy has been refactored and the XML parsing code subsystem updated. Compilations issues on Solaris and compilation warnings have also been fixed.
Release Notes: This release sports significant performance improvements in its smoothed n-gram predictor. Runtime execution was sped up by approximately a factor of 5 by tuning some expensive SQL queries to the embedded SQLite database. This release comes with refactored configuration and profile handling subsystems. Configuration is read from system-level, installation-level, and user-level XML profiles and from an optional user-specified profile. Changes to configuration variables made at runtime through the config() API can now be persisted to file by calling the new save_profile() API method.
Release Notes: This release includes two new predictive applications, gprompter and pypresagemate. Gprompter is a cross-platform predictive text editor. Pypresagemate is a universal predictive text companion. Pypresagemate works alongside any AT-SPI aware application. This release provides a new callback-aware programming interface to make it easier to develop interactive presage applications. Presage applications no longer need to track user interaction by explicitly updating the context. There are other bugfixes and enhancements.


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WEST BEND - The Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire girls took the top spot in a regular season Cornbelt Conference meet in West Bend on Thursday.
The Titans finished with a 219 followed by West Bend-Mallard with 231, Harris-Lake Park with 233, North Union with 236, Clay Central-Everly with 282 and Corwith-Wesley-Luverne with 286.
HLP's Macy Gunderson took medalist honors with a 50 while the Wolverines' Jennalyn Thul was runner-up with a 51.
Caroline Koekenhoff led GTRA with a 52 while Kelley Harris shot a 53, Destiny Akridge a 56 and Sara Harris a 58.
Non-counting scores were a 64 from Cassy Hampson and a 69 by Alyssa Hoffman.
Marisa Doocy led North Union with a 56 while Britney Evans shot a 57, Jalisa Irmiter shot a 58 and Jasmine Clausen carded a 65.
Non-counting scores were a 75 by Becky Cronk and a 77 by Taylor Christiansen.
Both GTRA and North Union are on the road at Lake Park on Monday.


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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A University of South Dakota football player charged in what authorities say is a federal tax fraud and identity theft scheme will not play this weekend.
University spokeswoman Tena Haraldson says no formal disciplinary action has been taken against 20-year-old Christopher Lundy, but that he will not play against South Dakota State on Saturday "due to the circumstances."
Lundy is a sophomore defensive back from Tampa, Fla. He is among nine people charged in federal court in South Dakota in what authorities say was a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $1 million. He has pleaded not guilty.
Haraldson says the suspects also include four former USD football players and a former track athlete.
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Lady Monarchs Meet UNC-Wilmington Friday, Travel To Delaware Sunday
By ODU Athletics
Feb. 15, 2006
Old Dominion vs. UNC-Wilmington/at Delaware Game Notes in PDF Format
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Game: Friday: Old Dominion vs. UNC-Wilmington - Ted Constant Convocation Center - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday: Old Dominion at Delaware - Bob Carpenter Center - 1:00 p.m.
Live Stats: Live stats are available at www.odusports.com for Friday's game vs. UNC-Wilmington and at www.udel.edu/sportsinfo for Sunday's game at Delaware.
Radio: ESPN Radio - 1310 AM - Join 13-time Sportscaster of the Year as Tony Mercurio calls all the action live. He will be joined by ODU Hall of Famer and former Lady Monarch Jan Trombly on color during all home games.
Internet: Live audio of the ESPN 1310 broadcast and video steam of all home games are available via the Monarch All-Access pass at www.odusports.com.
About Old Dominion: The Lady Monarchs' win streak is up to 12 as they picked up victories at George Mason and against Georgia State last week to improve to 14-7 overall and 12-0 in the CAA. In both games, Old Dominion outscored their opponent by an average of 43.5 point and through the last four games, the Lady Monarchs have had a 40.0 scoring margin.
Recapping Last Week: On Friday, Old Dominion improved to 38-0 all-time against George Mason with an 81-33 victory. Sophomore T.J. Jordan led the charge with a season-high 23 points, which included a 7-of-11 effort from downtown. Her seven treys tied her career-high and was two shy of tying the Lady Monarch record of three-pointers in a game recorded by Aubrey Eblin in 1998. Also scoring in double figures was senior Lawona Davis with 14. Davis narrowly missed her second double-double performance of the season as she ended the night with nine boards. Sophomore spark Shahida Williams led ODU with 12 rebounds. The Lady Monarchs were holding on a 18-14 lead with 10:05 remaining in the first half before going on a 20-3 run to enter the half ahead 38-17. Old Dominion completely dominated the second half outscoring George Mason, 43-16. The Patriot's netted a lay-up at the 11:42 mark to bring the score to 57-30, but it would the another ten and a half minutes before George Mason would see the ball go through the hoop again. During that 10:32 span, the Lady Monarch scored 19 unanswered points. The Patriots finally stopped the drought with 1:10 left for their final points of the night. Old Dominion continued to roll picked up an 89-50 victory over Georgia State in the first ever meeting between the two teams. Five players scored in double figures led by 16 points by Jordan. The game was never in doubt as the Lady Monarchs held the Lady Panthers scoreless for the contests' first seven and half minutes. Old Dominion opened the game on a 16-0 run and never looked back. The Lady Monarchs enjoyed a 44-24 halftime lead. Jordan scored nine points in the first opening stanza, which included going 3-of-4 from downtown. In the second half, Old Dominion outscored Georgia State, 45-26, and led by as many as 40 late in the stanza. Joining Jordan in double figures were junior Paula Muxiri with a career tying 14 points, senior Lawona Davis with 13, junior Shantel Wilson with a career-high 12, and junior Sherida Triggs with 11. All of Triggs' 11 points came in the second half of action.
About UNC-Wilmington: The UNC-Wilmington Seahawks enter Friday night's game with a 13-9 overall mark and 7-9 record in CAA play. Headed up by 2003 CAA Coach of the Year Ann Hancock, UNC-Wilmington was picked 11th in the CAA Preseason Poll after losing four starters, including 2005 CAA Rookie of the Year, Meagan Samis. The Seahawks opened the CAA portion of its schedule as one of the hottest teams in the conference rattled off four straight victories, which included win over William & Mary and 2005 CAA runner-up Delaware, and currently sit in sixth place. After suffering setbacks to Delaware and Hofstra, the Seahawks returned to the win column last Sunday with a 53-41 home win against Drexel. On the stat sheet, UNC-Wilmington is led by Sasha Taylor, who is averaging 10.7 points and 6.8 points per game. Taylor, a guard/forward, is a redshirt freshman having suffered a knee injury early last season. Also featured on the roster is freshman forward Alex Stewart. Stewart played scholastically at nearby Great Bridge High School in Cheseapeake. As a senior she averaged 13.2 points and 14.5 rebounds per game and led Great Bridge to a 20-6 record, its first 20-win season since 1998. Additionally, she was named the Virginian Pilot Southeastern District Player of the Year.
The Series With UNC-Wilmington: The UNC-Wilmington Seahawks are winless against the Lady Monarchs with Old Dominion owning a 32-0 all-time record. The two teams became rivals when the Lady Monarchs joined the CAA back in the 1991-92 season and outside of the regular season have faced each other five times during the CAA Tournament. Several games in recent memory have been close affairs with the Lady Monarchs escaping Trask Coliseum in 2003 with a 51-48 overtime victory and edging out the Seahawks at Trask, 59-55, last season. Tonight will mark the only regular season meeting between these two teams.
Last Time Vs. UNC-Wilmington: The Old Dominion women's basketball clamped down on the CAA's leading scoring, allowing former Seahawk and CAA Rookie of the Year Meagan Samis just four points, as the Lady Monarchs defeated UNC-Wilmington, 76-52, on February 24th at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. The Lady Monarchs had four in double figures led by Lawona Davis with 16 points. Davis also added in three assists, three steals, and six rebounds. Former UNC-Wilmington player Lindsay Isom was the only Seahawk in double figures with 11. Samis, who entered the game with a league leading 17.0 points per game was held to just one field goal netted with 5:29 in the first half and two free throws late in half number two. The redshirt freshman finished the night 1-of-7 from the field with a team-high four rebounds and three assists. Forward Tiffany Green narrowly missed her eighth double-double of the year netting 12 points and nine boards. Shareese Grant had 14 points to go along with six assists, while Sherida Triggs scored 10, including the games' first eight points. Old Dominion swatted away a season-high 11 blocks, with Green, Triggs, and Megan Pym all rejecting three Seahawk shots. Additionally, the Lady Monarch committed a season-low 10 turnovers. With the score tied at 4-4 in the opening minutes of play, the Lady Monarchs took off on a 12-2 run and never looked back. After extending its lead to 12 with 8:17 left in the first half, UNC-Wilmington took a 7-1 run to close within six, 24-18. The run was capped by Samis' first bucket of the night, however, it would the closest the Seahawks would come to the Old Dominion the rest of the night. From there, Old Dominion rattled off nine unanswered points to go up by 15 and maintain a double digit lead for the rest of the game. The Seahawks would only manage two field goals, both by leading scorer Isom as the Lady Monarchs held a 35-22 edge at the half. Old Dominion expanded its lead by as many as 30 in the second half.
About Delaware: The Fightin' Blue Hens enter the weekend with a 17-5 overall mark and are presently in a tied with Hofstra for third place in the CAA with a 9-4 league record. Delaware will host Towson Friday night before welcoming the Lady Monarchs to the Bob Carpenter Center. The Fightin' Blue Hens have certainly had "home court" advantage this season as they enter the weekend with a 9-0 home record. Tyresa Smith currently leads Delaware, averaging 14.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Melissa Czorniewy is also averaging double figures for the Blue Hens, checking into the weekend posting 13.4 points per outing. Junior Chrissy Fisher is also pouring in double figures with 10.6 points per game along with 5.6 rebounds per game. Fisher missed eight games earlier this season with a sprained foot but returned to action two weeks ago. Today will mark the only regular season meeting between these two teams.
The Series With Delaware: Old Dominion holds an 8-3 all-time record with the Fightin' Blue Hens. Two of the three Blue Hen victories have occurred at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, while the other occurred at the Ted Constant Convocation Center snapping ODU's 122 CAA home game win streak. Delaware's first victory over the Lady Monarchs happened in 2002 with a 58-50 victory. However, in the rematch, the Lady Monarchs captured their 12th straight CAA title with a 66-58 win in the CAA Tournament championship game. Last year, the Blue Hens swept the season series from the Lady Monarchs, however, once again, the Lady Monarchs rebounded by defeating the Blue Hens, 78-74, in the championship game of the CAA Tournament. The game, which gave ODU its 14th consecutive CAA title, went into overtime and was one of the most memorable tournament finales in memory.
Last Time Vs. Delaware: Back on March 12th, 2005, Old Dominion University's Shareese Grant scored 15 of the Lady Monarchs' final 18 points to net a career-high 35 points and was named tournament Most Outstanding Performer for the third year in a row to lead #2-seed ODU to a thrilling 78-74 come-from-behind victory over top-seed Delaware in the only overtime game ever played in the conference finals. The Lady Monarchs claimed their NCAA record 14th consecutive conference crown with the win. Grant hit four straight jump shots in a span of two minutes to give the Lady Monarchs a 66-64 lead with 1:20 remaining in regulation. Delaware's Tyresa Smith converted a three-point play to give the Blue Hens a 67-66 advantage with :57 to play. Smith added another free throw at :38 as UD took a 68-66 lead. Grant countered with a baseline jumper to tie it with :13 remaining and Delaware was unable to get off a shot sending the game into overtime for the first time in CAA Championship history. Tiffany Young opened the scoring in overtime as she was fouled and hit a layup at the 3:50 mark. She converted the free throw to make it 71-68. TJ Jordan quickly responded five seconds later as she connected on a three-pointer from the top of the key, her third trey of the game, to knot the score at 71-71. Young connected on 1-of-2 free throws with 2:44 left to give the Blue Hens a 72-71 lead. Grant answered with another jump shot and 1-of-2 free throws with 1:59 to go as ODU took a 74-72 lead. Smith hit the second of two foul shots with 1:32 left to cut the ODU margin to 74-73. Shahida Williams, a 48 percent free throw shooter coming into the game, went to the line with 1:23 left and made both free throws as ODU increased its lead to three points. Delaware's Tiara Malcom, the CAA Player of the Year, made 1-of-2 free throws with :37 to go in the extra session to cut the ODU lead to 76-74. Malcom became the CAA's all-time leader in free throws made (531) as she went 13-of-16 from the line. Smith stole the ball from Tish Lyons with :10 on the clock. Grant, a CAA All-Defensive team selection, made a steal deep in the Blue Hens' frontcourt and went in for an uncontested score to clinch the victory for ODU. Grant, who shot a scorching 15-of-19 from the field, added a team-high seven assists. After scoring just six points at the half, she went for 29 in the second half and overtime to lead the Lady Monarch charge. Jordan had 11 points and Tiffany Green added nine points and seven rebounds. Delaware was led by Young's career-high of 23 points and nine rebounds. Malcom added 19 points and Smith 18. Old Dominion out-rebounded Delaware 43-38 but the Blue Hens held an advantage at the line, as UD hit 29-of-40 free throws while ODU made 11-of-19. The Blue Hens led by as many as 11 points in the first half and took a 35-28 advantage into intermission. UD maintained its lead until late in the second half when Tiffany Green knotted the score at 58-58 with 5:19 remaining. There were four ties in the final 3:21 of regulation play. Smith converted the first of two free throw with :38 remaining to give the top-seed a 68-66 advantage. After a miss on the back end and a timeout by ODU, the Lady Monarchs got the tying basket at :13 to force the game into overtime.
T.J. Jordan - CAA Co-Player of the Week: Old Dominion sophomore point guard T.J. Jordan was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Co-Player of the Week for the week ending February 12th. Jordan averaged 19.5 points and shot 59.1 percent from the floor and 60 percent from three-point range in Old Dominion's two victories last week. Against Mason in a 48-point 81-33 win, she led the team with a season-high 23 points, the third time she has reached the 20 points mark this season. Additionally, she tied her career-high with seven three-pointers made, which is just two off the school record. Jordan followed by pouring in a game-high 16 points in a 89-50 victory over Georgia State as one of five Lady Monarchs in double figures. She captured all but one point from downtown finishing the afternoon shooting 5-of-9. Additionally, she dished out five assists and collected three rebounds. On the season, Jordan is averaging at team-best 13.5 points per game and is shooting 41.6 from downtown. Last week she ranked 14th in the country in three-pointers made (2.9).
The Highs And The Lows: The 48-point, 81-33 victory over George Mason last Friday night, was the largest for Old Dominion this season. The Patriots were only able to score 17 points in the first half and 16 in the second. Not only were the 33 points scored by George Mason the lowest point total allowed by the Lady Monarch defense this season, the 16 points netted by the Patriots tie the lowest points in a half for an ODU opponent this season as well. Drexel was the other school to net just 16 points in a half. That occurred during the second half of February 3rd's 76-49 victory at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.
They Shoot, They Score: Old Dominion shot 55.6 percent from the field in last Sunday's 89-50 win over Georgia State, the third time in the last four games the Lady Monarchs have shot over 50 percent from the floor.
D-D-D-Defense: Last Sunday, Old Dominion kept one of the top scoring threats in the CAA in check. Georgia State's Kelcey Roegiers-Jensen entered the game averaging 17.9 points against CAA competition, good enough to rank second among the league players. However against the Lady Monarchs she was held scoreless in the first half and she collected just six points total.
The Latest Trend: Old Dominion opponents have not gotten over the 50-point mark in the Lady Monarchs' last four games. Also in the last four games, the Lady Monarchs have averaged a 40.0 margin of victory.
Back To The Polls: The Lady Monarchs are making appearance in both national polls this week. Old Dominion received two votes in the Associated Press Poll and one vote in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll.
Promotions at the Constant Center: On Friday against UNC-Wilmington enjoy half-time entertainment by the Shake'n'Bake Ballers. Also bring a camera and get your picture taken with Dora the Explorer during either pre-game or half-time. Also the NCAA's mascot J.J. Jumper will be making an appearance.