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Access Centre, The (Ajax, Ontario, Canada)
Koinonia Worship Centre (also known as The Access Centre) was originally an independent congregation, established in 1997 by Dan and Carol Sileshi. Dan had become a Christian through the Meserete Kristos Church (Mennonite Church in Ethiopia) and served for a number of years as a pastor and teacher in Nigeria before moving to Canada in 1996. In 2001 the congregation had 100 attending representing 20 different ethnic groups, worshiping in the English language. At that time the Canadian Mennonite Brethren Conference Board of Evangelism appointed Sileshi to be a church planter under "Love Toronto," its Key City Initiative. The congregation joined the Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches in February 2002. The church also has an Amharic congregation pastored by Simeon T. Demeke which ministers to the Ethiopian community in Toronto.
Mennonite Brethren Herald (2 March 2001): http://old.mbherald.com/40-05/news-4.html (accessed 12 October 2009); (26 October 2001): http://old.mbherald.com/40-20/toronto.html (accessed 12 October 2009); (22 March 2002): http://old.mbherald.com/41-06/news-1.html (accessed 12 October 2009).
Additional Information
Address: 487 Westney Road South, Ajax Ontario, Units 19 and 20
Telephone: 416-385-0285
Website: The Access Centre http://www.theaccesscentre.org/
Denominational Affiliations:
Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (2002-present)
Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (2002-present)
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Expectations from most QPR supporters is that they should be challenging for promotion back to the Premier League next season.
However, getting QPR straight back up will be Harry Redknapp's greatest challenge in management so far.
When Redknapp arrived at QPR he was greeted with a club in crisis, devoid of victories, and only with an outside chance of him saving them from relegation. He basically had nothing to lose.
Now Harry needs to build a whole new squad to compete in one of the hardest and most competitive leagues in world football.
Harry is a great man-manager but to gel a whole new squad to mount an instant challenge for promotion may well be an impossible ask for him.
QPR will not want to have such highly paid players like Christophe Samba in their squad. However, will their be clubs queuing up for players who have seriously under performed this season? They will not be attractive as they would have been twelve months ago and it may be hard to move many of them on.
QPR have a lot of players like Adel Taarabt and Loic Remy who may be regarded as flair players who, as individuals, can produce moments of magic but perhaps do not work so hard for the team. This was a major issue for QPR this season even with Harry's efforts.
It is paramount that QPR hang on to characters like Shaun Derry and Clint Hill who are players who you know can be relied upon to give one hundred per cent every game and are born leaders.
They may lack the quality but the Championship is all about determination and stamina.
The Championship itself will be very tough for QPR. They have been promoted before but year after year the league is improving and becoming more and more competitive.
There are teams who have been striving for the right formula for success for a number of years and it is not an easy fix. Reading, themselves relegated from the Premier League this season, are more likely to succeed in bouncing straight back as they have a team of players who have been promoted from the Championship before and are more of a team than a group of highly paid individuals. Many of Reading's players will stay at the club giving them more continuity and stability.
Teams who are relegated from the Premier League can find it very difficult to adapt to the hustle and bustle of the Championship. It can be a shock just how intense and competitive every game can be and a team do not adapt straight away then they can struggle to gain results particularly as matches quickly follow each other.
Wolves have proven that relegated Premier League teams have no god given right to bounce back straight away. They suffered their second successive relegation.
There have been many 'big' clubs who have suffered the ignominy of falling from the Premier League into the third tier of English football, such as Manchester City, Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United.
Harry has a huge task on his hand during both the summer and the new season. However, if anyone can turn QPR's recent fortunes around then he is the man to do it but it won't be easy. 2013-14 is going to be a challenging season for the West London club.
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Original Air Date: 10/31/2008
A special hour long For The Record will preview the November General Election. Party Chairs for the Democratic and Republican Party will discuss the campaign. Rep. Mike Hubbard Chair of the Alabama Republican Party and Joe Turnham Chair of the Alabama Democratic Party will talk about both the Presidential Race and key races in the state.
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death by animeoverdos X_X
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: hinamizawa in an endless cycle of death
Age: 27
school days - one of a kind unfortunately
death note - only non action, nothing but talking, anime i think ive ever managed to complete, plus its one of my tops
one piece - its a *RARE* shonen, what more can i say?
|2008-10-05, 04:05
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
They're praised and mentioned every chance anyone gets. Rare is the last thing these two are.
Think of: very few fans, never heard of name... or just simply obscure and forgotten.
Unique or special are not the type of rare anime for this thread.
|2008-10-05, 04:10
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: San Diego
Yeah, there's a difference between *rare* and *unusual/unique*, and anyway, School Days, Death Note, or One Piece aren't really unique. : /
I'm not sure how rare it is now that it has an offical R1 release, but I saw the original Toward the Terra movie... The more recent series isn't exactly popular either.
|2008-10-05, 11:01
|Link #206
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Land of the rising sun
In rarity how is this, the oldest animation found in Japan.
It is reported to be a two minute film from 1917 created in Japan.
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|2008-10-31, 16:20
|Link #208
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: England
Age: 28
The most rare anime that I have seen is "Strawberry Panic!". I do not know whether this anime is rare elswhere but here it is as rare as finding a gay man in a female brothel (very rare if you did not understand the term).
What is more is that I bought it as a boxset and I can almost garuntee to you that there are only two of these DVD's between every 70,000 houses in the UK (probably more). It also took me many months to finally find one so I was not to lose the auction for anything! (Ebay). The lady I bought it from also wrote me a nice letter when I bought it congratulating me as I told her through E-mail how much I wanted it.
|2008-10-31, 17:20
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Eien no Aseria: The OVA of an old ps2 game that was never released in NA. It also features the opening theme sang by Kawamura Yumi, who is the same person who sang most of the Persona 3: FES vocal tracks of the OST.
Growlanser IV: The OVA of the best Growlanser game that was also never released in NA. For some reason, only Growlanser 2, 3, and 5 were released, even though Growlanser IV and Growlanser VI were the best ones.
Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu: A very short OVA that only features 6 episodes based on a Nintendo DS game. The story centralizes on a junior correspondent of Sonohara Wave Press's journey into Japan's version of Area 51.
Gundam SEED MSV Astray: A 2-episode ova that features the story of two Astray Gundam pilots, Astray Red Frame and Astray Blue Frame. Each episode is only 6 minutes in length.
|2008-11-01, 08:35
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~*Eternal Bakaness*~
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Cheesecake wonderland
BB Damen Bakugainden, if I spelt it correctly. It's bomberman with bombs on their tummy. I had some old chinese dubbed VCD (they are the legit Hong kong edition ;P) and I remembered I had it.
Good morning call OVA, I really liked the manga. Must read Good Morning Kiss aswell now.
|2008-11-01, 09:01
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Hopeless Dreamer
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: On bended knee asking Belldandy to marry me
Idol Defense Force Hummingbird
In a world where the military is owned by entertainment and music corporations:
|2008-11-05, 22:21
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Your wife is hot...
Join Date: May 2008
Location: At your house fixing A/C
racing genre is the rarest that i can think of, e.g. initial d
food genre is quite rare also, about one or two (decent ones) every decade
something unique like xxxholic, and shin-chan are rare.
rare main character type, something along the black lagoon line.
|2008-11-05, 22:47
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Im not sure but i think: Maze and Piano is kind of rare. I havent seen many people talking about them.
And i dont think "Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan" is that rare. I have heard many talking about it and many of my friends have seen it or heard about it.
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ODU Soccer Hosts Annual Charity Kicks Saturday, Aug. 14
By ODU Athletics
Aug. 13, 2010
NORFOLK, Va. - The Old Dominion Monarch and Lady Monarch soccer teams rarely take the field with one another, unless of course, it's for a good cause. On Saturday, they join forces as part of the Charity Kicks Soccer Clinic taking place at the Old Dominion Soccer Stadium beginning at 9 a.m.
The event, put on by the Harbor Front Kiwanis Club and the ODU Soccer teams, has been a staple in the soccer community for the last six years. The clinic gives youth players, ranging in age from kindergarten to eighth grade, a chance to improve their skills through instruction from both the coaching staff and players. Youth League coaches are invited as well and can attend a coaching clinic put on by the Old Dominion coaching staff.
Special event highlights include an autograph session, raffle prizes and a silent auction with the opportunity to bid on items such as MLS autographed apparel, ODU football, ODU basketball and ODU soccer tickets, plus golf outings at various courses throughout Hampton Roads.
For those attending, cost is $20 for an individual, $30 for a family and $120 for a team or group. All proceeds will go to charity. Those participating will receive a Charity Kicks t-shirt and are reminded to bring a ball, cleats and shin guards. Water will be provided and an athletic trainer will be on site.
For registration or any questions, visit the Charity Kicks website at www.charitykicks.com.


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Among cases handled recently by the Washington Humane Society -
SARATOGA AVENUE NE, March 21. A district woman asked animal control to remove her pet rabbit from her apartment. She said she had obtained the rabbit to chase mice away but found that it preferred to just play with them. She said there seemed to be more mice since the rabbit arrived. The rabbit was expected to be transferred to an animal rescue group.


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Yahoo! (YHOO) are down 7 cents at $23.72 after a brief trip into the green this morning, following last night's report of Q1 revenue below expectations, profit above expectations, and a forecast for revenue this quarter a bit below as well.
There is one ratings change so far today, that I can see, from Merrill Lynch's Justin Post, who raised his rating to Buy from Neutral, with a $28 price target, writing that the focus of investors is likely to be on the Alibaba Group Holding and Yahoo! Japan assets as investors await more detail in Yahoo!'s forthcoming 10-Q filing.
Despite missing on the top line, Yahoo!'s EPS beat benefitted from interest income and Yahoo! Japan results, he writes, and "we estimate that Alibaba profit was between $350 million and $400 million, in 4Q (up a strong 100% depending on impact of other undisclosed items)."
Adds Post, "Despite the core business focus on the call, Alibaba's potential valuation is fundamental to Yahoo!'s stock price (Yahoo's owns 24%)."
"We are increasing our valuation estiamte to $80 billion from $60 billion, which is near the midpoint of our colleague Eddie Leung's valuation scenario range of $60 billion to $90 billion." He notes the company's new CEO will start on May 10th, prompting speculation of a lead up to an Initial Public Offering for the Chinese e-commerce firm.
As for Yahoo! maintaining its full year revenue and Ebitda outlook, Post writes that "suggests an improvement in trends in second half, or overly optimistic estimates."
The rest of the Street today seems to care little for the company's attempts to optimize its "core" business, and like Post, is mostly concerned with Alibaba:
Anthony DiClemente, Barclays Capital: Reiterates an Overweight rating and a $26 price target. "Though we acknowledge that YHOO's core business remains in a turnaround that could take several years, we still see significant value in YHOO as it continues to benefit from the value of its Asian assets, Alibaba and Yahoo Japan, which we believe have appreciated significantly in value in the past year [...] Earnings from Equity Interest grew 18% Y/Y. We believe this is very significant, as this line reflects a 24% ownership in Alibaba versus 40% last year. While Yahoo Japan has shown recent momentum, we believe growth in earnings from equity interest was driven by operating leverage and revenue growth at Alibaba, which we recently valued
at $55 billion."
Jason Helfstein, Oppenheimer & Co.: Reiterates an Outperform rating, and a $27 price target, lauding what appears to him to be rising "engagement": DAU's on mobile apps +50% q/q; Flickr uploads +50% q/q, homepage
interactions increased 25% following redesign; 300M mobile monthly users vs. 200M in 4Q. By 2015, YHOO expects mobile device usage will surpass desktop." "Reduced ad loads–following the homepage and mail redesign–and the shift to mobile usage are weighing on Display revenues [...] However, as FY2013 guidance remains unchanged, YHOO is assuming a 2H rebound [...] Highlight of the quarter was 26% y/y growth in Asian equity income, which was greater than pre-tax income." Helfstein raised cut his 2013 estimate to $4.55 billion in revenue, $1.65 billion in Ebitda, and $1.27 per share in profit from a prior $4.7 billion, $1.73 billion, and $1.24 per share.
Peter Stabler, Wells Fargo: Reiterates a Market Perform rating and a $24 to $25 "valuation range," writing that "A Luta Continua–The Struggle Continues." "Looking ahead, we expect search pricing will likely take another step back as Yahoo! rolls off of Microsoft (MSFT) RPS guarantee. Display results continued discouraging trend, as pricing positive pricing trend saw steep sequential reversal and #ad sold remained negative. Display result of -11% suggests to us Yahoo! continues to act as source of funds for Facebook (FB). We believe further Display pressure sourced from programmatic shift impact on pricing." Stabler maintains his 2013 revenue estimate at $4.6 billion, but cut his Ebitda estimate to $1.6 billion from $1.7 billion, and cut his EPS estimate to $1.29 per share from a prior $1.39.
Ken Sena, Evercore Partners: Reiterates an Equal Weight rating and raises his price target to $27 from $22. "Although an update on Yahoo!'s 24% stake in privately-held Alibaba was not provided on the call, we use this opportunity to
reexamine our Alibaba valuation work in light of growing evidence that our $40bn prior estimate was insufficient. Specifically, examining Alibaba's growth, scale, and rate of monetization amongst major peers leads us to forecast a 50% higher valuation, now $60bn, or 40% of Yahoo!'s closing share price after taxes [...] In truth, our work suggests an $80bn-$100bn valuation to be more appropriate in the context of its current growth and 3P scale (each roughly 3x Amazon's). W" Sena cut his Q2 estimate to $1.08 billion in revenue, $368 million in Ebitda, and 28 cents per share from a prior $1.12 billion, $409 million, and 30 cents.


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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign has hired Peter Daou, one of the most prominent political bloggers in the nation, to help disseminate her message in a forum that has not always been that hospitable to her....Nowadays, you have to hire a blogger to fend off the bloggers. This blogging game is playing out nicely.
The Clinton camp is clearly counting on Mr. Daou, who directed blog outreach and online rapid response for Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign in 2004, to help improve Mrs. Clinton's image among liberal bloggers, who are fast becoming a constituency in their own right and may thus play a significant role in selecting the Democratic Party's nominee for president.
ADDED: Glenn Reynolds collects links -- including to this post -- on the blogging conspiracy theme. I especially enjoyed BloggingHeads. What makes the Wright/Kaus split screen so fascinating? It's that they don't have that look people get on TV. Especially Kaus. I love the way -- in the beginning -- he's just sticking his tongue halfway out as he's concentrating on Wright's intense discussion of the Kosola time line. Is he intentionally acting like a guy who doesn't know anyone's looking at him or is he just a guy who isn't thinking about how anyone's looking at him?
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After a tumultuous week that saw four of the top five teams in men's college basketball lose at least once, Indiana remained atop the latest Associated Press poll.
It's the first time in six weeks that a team maintained the No. 1 ranking.
Indiana was one of the teams to lose last week, falling on a last-second shot at Illinois before coming back with a resounding win at Ohio State on Sunday. The Hoosiers received 26 first-place votes and a total of 1,559 points from a nationwide media panel to edge Duke for this week's top spot.
Duke, which was No. 1 twice earlier this season, was the only top-five member to escape unscathed last week, but just barely. The Blue Devils scored the final six points to notch a 62-61 win at Boston College on Sunday and moved up two spots to second in this week's poll with 20 first-place votes and 1,515 points.
Miami-Florida, which handed Duke a resounding defeat in Coral Gables last month, has won 11 straight games and vaulted five places to No. 3 this week. The Hurricanes, unbeaten in the ACC, garnered 17 first-place votes and 1,499 points.
Michigan and Gonzaga round out the top five. The Wolverines lost in overtime at Wisconsin on Saturday and dipped one place to fourth, while Gonzaga moved up one spot from sixth. The Bulldogs earned two first-place votes.
Syracuse, Florida, Michigan State, Arizona and Kansas State complete the top 10. Syracuse moved up three places from ninth, while Florida tumbled five spots from second after suffering its first SEC loss -- an 80-69 setback at Arkansas. Michigan State rose four places from 12th and Kansas State ascended three spots from 13th.
The second 10 consists of Butler, Louisville, Ohio State, Kansas, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma State, Marquette, New Mexico and Wisconsin. Kansas lost twice last week and dropped nine spots from fifth, while Pittsburgh had the biggest jump within the poll, moving up seven spots from 23rd.
Notre Dame, Memphis, Oregon, Colorado State and Kentucky are the last five teams ranked this week. Notre Dame managed to stay in the poll and improved four places from 25th by following up a dismal loss at Syracuse with a thrilling five-overtime win against Louisville.
This week's newcomers are Wisconsin, Memphis, Colorado State and Kentucky. Of the four, only Colorado State is ranked for the first time this season. Minnesota, Missouri, Cincinnati and Creighton all dropped out this week.
Wisconsin was ranked to start the season and fell out of the poll after a loss at Florida in November, but has won three straight, including the 65-62 overtime victory over Michigan.
Memphis was also ranked at the start of the season and fell out of the poll after two losses at the Thanksgiving tournament in the Bahamas. The Tigers are unbeaten in Conference USA and have won 14 straight since a mid-December loss to Louisville.
Colorado State's only two losses in Mountain West play have come on the road against San Diego State and New Mexico.
Kentucky, meanwhile, was No. 3 to start the season with a new cast after its national championship from a year ago. The Wildcats dropped out of the poll the first week of December after early losses to Duke, Notre Dame and Baylor, but have won five straight heading into a matchup this week at Florida.
In addition to Tuesday's Florida-Kentucky battle, this week's other ranked matchups include Michigan and Michigan State in East Lansing on Tuesday, Pittsburgh visiting Marquette on Saturday and Ohio State at Wisconsin on Sunday.


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Date(s) - 20/03/2014
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The Department of East Asian Studies
is pleased to announce a talk
Fugitive Sounds of the Taiwanese Musical Cinema
Professor Andrew Jones
Andrew F. Jones is Professor and Louis B. Agassiz Chair in Chinese at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Jones teaches modern Chinese literature and media culture. His research interests include music, cinema, and media technology, modern and contemporary fiction, children's literature, and the cultural history of the global 1960s. He is the author of Developmental Fairy Tales: Evolutionary Thinking and Modern Chinese Culture (Harvard University Press, 2011), Yellow Music: Media Culture and Colonial Modernity in the Chinese Jazz Age (Duke University Press, 2001) and
Like a Knife: Ideology and Genre in Contemporary Chinese Popular Music (Cornell East Asia Series, 1992).
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By Mark Patton, Santa Barbara News-Press
UCSB freshman Taylor Formico won't be alone when she throws herself onto the Thunderdome court tonight.
On either shoulder will be a volleyball legend.
On one side will be cousin Kerri Walsh, the echo of her angelically encouraging words lifting Formico's spirit.
"She'd come to my club tournaments in L.A. to cheer me on, and she's just the sweetest, most generous, motherly person you'd ever want to meet," she said of the three-time Olympic champion.
On the other side will be UCSB coach Kathy Gregory, chewing on Formico's ear in a devilish attempt to toke her competitive fire.
"When she's hard on me, I know she's just trying to make me better, and that's a challenge that I love taking on," she said.
The angel and devil in the details have Formico posting otherworldly numbers as the starting libero of the UCSB volleyball team. Her 400 digs entering this weekend's matches — which include tonight's showdown with Big West Conference leader Hawaii — have her on pace to break the league record.
"She could become the best we've ever had at that position," Gregory said. "We wouldn't be anywhere this season without her, by far.
"I don't want to put any more pressure on her than I already have, but a girl like Taylor comes along only once in a lifetime."
The ability to handle pressure, however, is just how a rookie became the steady hand on a volleyball team that's still coming to grips with itself. The Gauchos, 8-10, were unable to get a handle on matches against the likes of nationally ranked UCLA, Oregon, San Diego and Pepperdine that all ended in 3-1 defeats.
But that just makes tonight's challenge of No. 8 Hawaii more enticing for UCSB's 5-foot-7 libero.
"I'm a pretty competitive person," Formico said. "I have three brothers and I'm the only girl, so I grew up having to be competitive."
It starts with her dad, Mike Formico, whose sister Margery is Kerri Walsh's mom.
"The whole family is a big influence on her, in particular her father," Gregory said. "He supports her and pushes her, too. She got 32 digs the other night, but his response was, 'She could've gotten six more.'
"We've asked her to lead this team by example and do more — asked everyone to be part of the solution and not the problem — and her father really gets that. He's instilled some unbelievable values in her."
Formico got interested in volleyball after noting the success of her cousins — Walsh included — and joined a 12-and-under club team when she was only 10.
"I became obsessed with watching Kerri, and following what she was doing in the Olympics," she said.
She won her own Junior Olympic bronze medal as the setter for a City Beach Junior team, and she also won California Division 2 Player of the Year honors after guiding St. Francis High of Mountain View to a CIF State title.
But she wasn't tall enough for NCAA Division 1 recruiters to give her much of a look at setter.
Her club coach told Gregory that she would make a great libero for the Gauchos, however.
"Once I met her father and mother (Ramona Marr), and saw what kind of commitment they were willing to make for her to come here to Santa Barbara, I decided I really wanted her," Gregory said.
That meant hiring a trainer to improve her fitness as well as her defensive skills in volleyball.
"Even when she was in summer school here, there weren't enough hours in the day to suit her," Gregory said. "She's always asking for extra reps.
"Her work ethic and tenacity, and her ability and desire to play this position for us, is the reason we're competitive this year. She filled a big hole for us."
UCSB lost a record-setting libero with last year's graduation of Chelsey Lowe, who set a new Gaucho mark of 652 digs. But Formico has a good chance of writing a new record.
"I'm really proud of that, of coming in here over the summer and working so hard to get into that position," she began. "But to be honest, I'm looking a lot more at our team record. Like against Pepperdine, I could've done more, especially in the first few games, to help us win that match."
Formico isn't the only freshman making an impact for UCSB. Britton Taylor, a 6-3 middle attacker, ranks ninth in the Big West with a hitting percentage of .266. Opposite hitter Jaylen Villanueva has also seen plenty of playing time, and Gregory now plans to call more on outside hitter Alex Barbeau and defensive specialist Shauna Klein.
"One time I looked out there and I had five freshmen on the floor," Gregory said. "It's exciting because they come mentally prepared to compete every day and bring something to the court.
"I know the potential is there, especially with some of the good recruits we'll have coming in next year."
This season got off to a ominous start when the Gauchos struggled to beat Iona and then were swept by Connecticut.
"I was thinking, 'Oh my, this could be the toughest season we've ever had,'" Gregory said. "And then Taylor got 34 digs to beat Loyola Marymount single-handedly. No matter what they hit, she dug it.
"The LMU coach told me afterward that he'd never seen a libero play like that before."
Even in defeat, she won the respect of UC Irvine's coach two weeks ago.
"He said he couldn't believe how good she was," Gregory said. "No one knew where she'd come from because she'd never played libero before.
"She just goes for the ball. Some people watch the game, but she doesn't. She just reacts to the game. She's very humble, but she sets a standard for the whole team, even the upperclassmen, with how aggressive she is."
The coach admits that she has been the devil on Formico's shoulder, prodding her along.
"I can say anything and she doesn't take it personally," Gregory said. "I get on her all the time and she can take it. She's just so appreciative of the opportunity that she's getting.
"The greatest thing is that she understands where I'm coming from."
And where that can take them all.
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All About Jazz: Marty, you have recently recorded a live CD at the Toronto Club Top o' the Senator (which is sadly no longer booking jazz). Is this your first as bandleader and will you be issuing it yourself? Has this band been together for some time?
Marty Morell: Yes, this is my first CD. I felt inspired to record it after meeting Evan Evans in 2001. He is a very talented young man and is a highly sought after film score composer in Hollywood. I had put off recording my own CD for too many years and felt that it was something that I really needed to do. Meeting Evan was what inspired me.
Last year my son Craig "Paco Morell and I started "Datz It Productions a CD duplication and production company. We have produced 5 CDs for various artists since moving to Florida. We do the graphics, duplication and packaging as well. So I decided to issue my CD through our company. It seems to be the way to go these days. You can purchase my CD at ejazzlines.com. The band hasn't been together as a unit per se but I had worked with these musicians quite a bit in many different situations during the 25 years that I lived in Toronto.
AAJ: How do you choose tunes for a recording session or live set?
MM: Well, for this CD I wanted to record some of the tunes that I've composed over the years. I have three on the CD, but tunes like "My One and Only Love and "Two Base Hit are some of my favorites to play. I've always wanted to play "Two Base Hit so we put a chart together for the CD. Basically, I just choose tunes that are fun to play and try to come up with a good variety and listening order.
AAJ: Do you compose at the piano, away from it, or a bit of both?
MM: Usually at the piano. I don't have perfect pitch so I need a piano to work with.
AAJ: How does a new composition evolve for you?
MM: Well, it kind of varies. Sometimes I'll hear a melody while driving or some rhythmic configurations and of course by the time I get to a piano, those ideas are gone but in trying to recapture what I've been hearing, I may come up with something interesting. Sometimes I want to write something in a specific style so I'll start with some chords then work on the melodic lines. The tune "Blues News on my CD is based on a 12 tone row. I took a 12 tone row lesson from Bill [Evans] on a plane one time and this was the result. In the late '70s and early '80s I had a Latin band in Toronto and did a lot of originals in that style for the band. I am hopefully going to record these tunes sometime soon. I've got lots of them.
AAJ: Have you been actively conducting jazz workshops and/or taking on private students?
MM: Yes, over the years I've done lots of clinics and master classes and have had a good variety of students but with being so busy playing I really did not have the time to teach on a consistent basis.
AAJ: Describe your musical background, including how you got interested in jazz, any formal lessons, important mentors and early gigs prior to becoming a professional.
MM: Well, I began studying piano at age six then played clarinet at the age of ten but had always wanted to play drums. My parents finally gave in so when I was twelve I began playing drums in the school band and continued from there. In 1961 I was a percussion major at the Manhattan School of Music and also studied tympani and mallets at the Julliard School of Music with Moe Goldenberg and Saul Goodman. During the time I was in school I played all kinds of gigs weddings, parties and I did lots of show gigs in the Catskill Mountains in upstate NY. Met a lot of great players up there. Dave Liebman, Eddie Daniels, Joe Farrell and many others.
AAJ: When did you start playing vibes and piano?
MM: It's funny but after I finished school I put away the percussion chops and just played drums but when I moved to Toronto in '74 I got back into playing percussion. Basically it was a survival thing because I never thought of myself as a percussionist but when I got a phone call asking if I played Latin percussion and if I could play on a recording session, I quickly got back into it. Soon after that, Rob McConnell asked me to join the Boss Brass and asked if I could play a few mallet parts with the band as well. Guess he had heard that I played a bit of piano and thought that I could work up a few vibe and xylophone parts. So, I borrowed a set of vibes and started brushing up on the mallets. After doing my first weeklong gig at Basin St in Toronto, the phone started to ring off the hook with percussion calls. It seemed like I became a first call percussionist over night. It was at that time that I got interested in playing vibes.
As far as the piano goes, I've always played for my own pleasure. It's been a great tool for me as a percussionist. I actually did a few gigs on the piano but never felt that I was good enough to pursue it full time.


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DANBURY, CONN. — Western Connecticut State University will present "From Cuba without Rum, Sugar or Cigars: A Trip Down Memory Lane," featuring Associate Professor of World Languages and Literature Dr. Galina Bakhtiarova, a cultural historian. The talk will be at 12:15 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Room 101 of Warner Hall on the WCSU Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The public is invited.
Bakhtiarova will share her impressions of a recent research trip to Cuba at the invitation of The Society for Mutual Assistance of the Descendants of Catalans. Among the destinations she visited were the Cuban capital Havana, the city of Matanzas and the town of Hershey.
Bakhtiarova had the opportunity to see firsthand the struggle and difficulties that the inhabitants of the island continue to experience in the 53rd year of the Cuban Revolution. Her conversations with historians, researchers and locals she got to know during her trip gave her true insight into Cuban life as opposed to what is shared with tourists, who often are presented with a viewpoint that is inaccurate and based on biases. "I was given a glimpse of Cuban life rarely seen by tourists who enjoy a sugar-coated façade presented to them by the government-run tourist agencies and Cuban ideologues," she said.
Bakhtiarova's perspective is built upon her experiences as a Soviet translator and interpreter at the construction of a mill and grain storage facility in Havana, Cuba, in the 1980s as well as her years of extensive research into Cuban culture and history, one of her major academic interests.
Attendees can gain an unfiltered perspective into Cuban life and culture as Bakhtiarova shares her personal accounts and observances that she aligns with her in-depth years of study.
"I try to present an objective reality devoid of ideological radicalism of those who proclaim their adherence to the principles of Marxism on the island, and of those who condemn these principles from the U.S. shores, yet continue advocating for the economic embargo of Cuba that only brings additional suffering to its people," said Bakhtiarova.
For more information, call (203) 837-8734.
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In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated's Peter King, Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller astutely stated, "you don't even know what type of football player you're going to be in two or three years." When one considers the professional instruction and weight rooms of the NFL, Miller's statement makes a lot of sense, especially when it comes to draft prospects. Young players come out of the draft and are very raw, still learning the finer points of their craft, thus not really looking like an NFL player until a couple of years into their career. It's why the word "potential" is thrown around so often with prospects and in the case of Texas A&M outside linebacker Sean Porter, it most certainly applies.
Porter is not your typical collegiate linebacker. He plays outside linebacker in the Aggies' 3-4 defense but spends many of his snaps detached from the edge, instead lined up across slot receivers and tight ends, or lined up in between defensive tackles in the interior gaps. He operates more like a traditional 4-3 strongside linebacker opposed to a 3-4 rusher and like Miller was at A&M, he's a raw athlete.
The Aggies linebacker is roughly 6'2" and 230 pounds soaking wet. He possesses very good straight line speed, range to successfully pursue ball-carriers and underrated overall quickness that enables him to beat blockers twice his size. However, he's still learning how to play, as high pad level and poor hand use issues persist. He also has a tendency to play with questionable technique in pass defense but that has improved tremendously since the 2011 season and is no longer a grave concern.
Sean Porter's greatest talents are his speed and motor. He is a very active defender as he's constantly around the ball and working toward a ball-carrier if the play is away from him. He's improved in the latter area of his game since last season, showing more ability in locating the ball and overall more awareness of his responsibilities. He's also willing to shoot the near gap from the backside of a play and hunt down running backs as witnessed against Mississippi State this season. His quickness is far too overwhelming for interior blockers as they simply cannot keep up with his sudden movements. This quickness combined with his newfound discipline as a run defender was one of the areas of his game that stood out the most while watching him.
As noted earlier, he has spent time lined up between his interior defensive linemen and rushing against offensive guards. It's one of the things that former teammate Von Miller has also done in the NFL with great success, and I believe it is something that we will see more of over the course of the next few years with all linebackers. Pass rushing linebackers that can line up in traditional alignments, such as SAM or WILL, and rush the quarterback through the interior of the pocket by beating slow offensive guards are significant assets that defensive coordinators should consider adding to their side of the ball. Porter offers this talent to teams as he showed against the Alabama Crimson Tide earlier this season.
Lined up over offensive guard Chance Warmack in a two point stance, Porter exploded forward at the snap. He was the first of the two to make contact, bending at his knees and forcing Warmack to move in reverse after a jarring blow to the breast plates. The blocker tried to keep his balance after the shock, reaching for the chest of Porter with his right arm, but Porter quickly slapped it away, accelerated forward and brought down quarterback A.J. McCarron for the sack. The play illustrated the potential of Porter if used correctly and given proper coaching.
He'd made a similar move earlier in the season against Mississippi State but coming from the outside and going up against the left tackle. He took a couple quick steps outside, forcing the blocker to kick slide wide to account for the speed rush, and then stopped on a dime before cutting back to the inside and blowing past the blocker. It was another flash of his potential that had yet to be realized, partly because he spends so much time dropping back in coverage.
Sean Porter has played linebacker for many years now, dating back to his high school days at least, but watching him in 2011 was admittedly somewhat unappealing. He didn't appear to be fully in sync defensively, seemingly second guessing his responsibility and the speed of the game sometimes simply looking to be too fast to comprehend. However, in 2012, he has looked much better and improved on his technique.
There were noticeable improvements in his patience as a pass defender, allowing routes to develop in front of him opposed to last season when he'd open his hips up too early and fall behind the receiver.
Porter also did a better job of mirroring routes, which helps explain why his total pass breakups (four) doubled from the previous year. Porter was also used in many different ways, sometimes seeing his responsibilities change from a mere curl-flat defender to a deep third, middle of the field defender as witnessed against Mississippi State. This responsibility was very similar to the one that the New York Giants gave to athletic and rangy linebacker Jacquian Williams in the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots.
The ability to execute various coverage duties open up an entirely new debate about Sean Porter: Where does one play him? Is he a strongside linebacker or a weakside linebacker? Is he a 3-4 outside linebacker or a 4-3 linebacker? Is there a difference between the two? All important questions that need answering, and it's my belief that his best fit is as a strongside linebacker in either defense because of his athleticism, range, potential in coverage and upside as a speed rusher.
With the use of 1-gap 3-4 defenses, especially with the Under front, there is very little difference between 3-4 and 4-3 defenses because they ask for similar jobs from the linebackers.
The aforementioned Von Miller is listed as a traditional outside linebacker in the Broncos' 4-3 defense but operates as both a rusher and dropper because of his athleticism. He rushes from the outside against offensive tackles and on the inside against interior blockers. He also drops in coverage quite a bit and lines up both on the line and off of it. Sean Porter is able to do all of this as well, although he's not as quality of a pass rusher as Miller is, and it will be down to one NFL team in April to give him the proper coaching in order to see him blossom.


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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are urging young people to get vaccinated before they take off on their spring break vacations this month. From March 8 until March 22, college students across the country will get time off to make trips to sunny beaches and other destinations.
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The report by the AP, which was pounced on by smaller news agencies, has received little attention by major news agencies who are seemingly obsessed with a presidential nominee.
In perhaps the most distasteful and contrarian effort yet, stories are surfacing through news agencies this morning of a private congressional talks that would actually raise the Federal Gas Tax by approximately 50%. That's right, a 50% increase in the federal gas tax at a time when Middle Class and Lower Class Americans, along with the backbone of our economy, the trucking industry, are suffering from oil prices that have more than doubled since the beginning of 2007.
Fueled by reports that funding for Highway projects will continue to fall short of actual costs, the AP has reported that Congressional Democrats are privately discussing and pushing for a 10 cent per gallon increase in the federal gas tax imposed upon both gasoline and diesel fuels. According to the AP, Congressional Democrats are currently writing legislation for the increase to be included in the 2009 Highway funding act. Currently the tax, which was passed to be a temporary tax, is 18.4 cents per gallon on gasoline and 23.4 cpg on diesel fuel.
Democratic leadership is pushing for the increased taxes based upon a current shortfall in Federal Highway funding, a shortfall that will only increase as long as the current leadership continues to fail to enact legislation aimed at lowering fuel prices. Just three years ago the federal highway fund reported a budget surplus, but as oil prices have risen, so have the costs of the heavy machinery and asphalt that is used in highway projects. It is the rising cost of oil that has created the budget shortfall, and this congress apparently feels that increasing fuel prices further will magically solve the problem.
Congressional Democratic Leadership, running on a platform of lower oil prices in 2006, has failed to enact a single piece of legislation aimed at lowering fuel prices. This summer, they have held up legislation put forth by Republican leadership aimed at increasing domestic oil production and increased funding for federal commodities regulators (the regulators who provide oversight to the "speculators"). In fact the only legislation that current Congressional leadership has pushed for is the so-called "use it or lose it bill" which would double the land-lease rates on offshore drilling.
Middle Class Americans are being hammered at the pump and at retail checkout counters. Last month, consumer inflation rose by over 1%, driven by high oil prices. This fall consumers will face a double-whammy as they turn on their furnaces, only to find that home heating costs have also skyrocketed. Inflation is only likely to rise, as the trucking industry, the backbone of our economy, continues to reel from increased fuel prices. Yet, despite a growing concern over stagflation, congressional Democratic leadership is proposing a tax on the very product whose high prices are damaging our economy.
The report by the AP, which was pounced on by smaller news agencies, has received little attention by major news agencies who are seemingly obsessed with a presidential nominee. It is time, that the press reports this travesty and that American people realize that the current congressional leadership is a disaster who has shown no ability to pass legislation based upon the concerns and needs of middle class Americans.
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Preliminary Guide to the William Hancock Wilke Collection
Preliminary Guide to the William Hancock Wilke Collection, ca. early 1900s
Collection number: Printers Mss 23Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Photographs/paintings, drawings, and watercolors
The Informant/Shreve Col. purse clasp design and calendar/book plate design
Clippings of photos used for prints; Prints; Design sketches
Prints – personal work, quick sketches and caricatures
Jewelry and purse clasp design; Wilke Handwrought Metalwork Book; Ornamental sketches
Printed designs and ads; newspaper clippings; Biblical sketches
Border designs and framing devices; Sketches - boats; Misc. designs
Miscellaneous drawings
Misc. clippings; Printed brochures, broadsides, posters; Misc. design sketches
Logo & label designs (misc); Logo designs (liquor); Cards and card designs
Christmas cards
Book design; Sketchbook from European trip 1903
Kaiser designs; Futuristic plane, boat, and car design; Plant design and flow charts
Printed ads and designs; package design; poems, notes, correspondence
Candy box designs
Brochure and candy box design; completed brochures/magazines
Linoleum blocks
Oversize materials
Presentation folders
Miscellaneous prints/designs, photographs
Miscellaneous broadsides, watercolors, drawings & prints
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He's my 2nd-great uncle, my great-grandfather's brother. I had been assuming that his legal name was John, because that was his father's name (according to his death certificate), but Heather did a search and found a James L Rogers - and all the information (parents birth places, wife's name, birth place, everything) matched perfectly. You couldn't find a better match.
So then I went crazy on Ancestry. I use Ancestry as a starting point, especially since I see flaws on there all the time (today I read my grandmother is dead - pretty sure she isn't, I talked to her yesterday and she sounded fine). I put together a tree, and then print it, finding other sources to verify the facts. The only tree I trust on there is my cousin's, because I know the information on that tree is from family records in his possession.
Over the next week I'm going to work on JL's mother, who was named after her father - Willis. Her full name was Willis Adeline/Adaline Weed, nicknamed Addie. She was the only child to two older parents (I'm presuming miracle baby/accident or adopted). All I have is her parents names - Willis Weed (Willie Weed?) and Martha Clay.
I also found my two 2nd-great aunts married the same man. First one sister did, then she died, then the other sister married him a year later. I find this remarkably creepy for so many reasons. I'm sure it was common, but still, I shudder at the thought.


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Two third-year law students who have devoted their careers to public service have won $2,500 scholarships from the Lawyers' Club of San Francisco.
Morgan McGinnis and Pedro Hernandez each hope to go into public interest law. "Morgan and Pedro demonstrate the best of UC Hastings and our longstanding commitment to public interest law, " said Professor Eumi Lee. "As an institution, we strive to support students such as Morgan and Pedro who are committed to serving the community throughout their careers."
Morgan McGinnis
Morgan McGinnis hopes to become a public defender representing juveniles. In her first and second years in law school, she was involved with the Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation (HPILF), which raises money to support students in public interest summer fellowships. She served as co-president, and this year she is an advisor to the group. "Our community really provides great opportunities for service, and is very supportive of those pursuing public interest work. I hope this commitment to service only continues to grow, because it's one of the reasons I came to UC Hastings."
McGinnis won an HPILF grant to help support her work as a policy intern for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. She later served as a legal extern for Judge Harry Pregerson of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Last year she participated in the Community Economic Development Clinic, working on an ongoing project with community groups negotiating with California Pacific Medical Center over its plans for expansion to ensure substantial benefits for the communities directly surrounding the development.
"I hope to do the Individual Representation or the Criminal Practice Clinic in the spring," she added. In the meantime, she teaches a class on criminal procedure to inmates at the San Francisco County jail in San Bruno. "I'm learning just as much from my students as they are from me. My partner and I provide a framework for discussing the theory; the students share their actual experience interacting with the criminal justice system," she said.
She also serves as the Symposium Editor for the Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal. The journal will host its annual event in February 2014, marking the 50th anniversary of President Johnson's "War on Poverty."
Pedro Hernandez
After graduation, Pedro Hernandez hopes to eventually return to his Central Coast hometown of Watsonville to create "individual and systemic change" in his community. "My community has definitely struggled with racial tensions, and opportunities for mobility and advancement," he said.
The town is predominantly Latino, and has an unemployment rate of 24%. "Most of the jobs are in agricultural work. There aren't many jobs that require advanced degrees," he said.
Hernandez has been a community activist since his early college days, and has a particular interest in constitutional rights and education. He flew to Washington, D.C. to march with other activists outside the U.S. Supreme Court when it held oral arguments in Grutter v. Bollinger, a 2003 landmark case that upheld the affirmative action policies at the University of Michigan Law School.
During his first year summer, he worked at the Equal Justice Society, and was privileged to write part of an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court affirmation action case, Fisher v. University of Texas. He also externed for the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, and worked in the Watsonville office of California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA). His CRLA work was funded in part by an HPILF grant.
Hernandez is Editor-in-Chief of the Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal, and has been active in the La Raza Law Students at UC Hastings. He was instrumental in organizing one of the group's most important events, Day at Law School. This year, La Raza hosted more than 240 middle and high school students from traditionally underrepresented communities, encouraging them to pursue higher education and introducing the concept of going to law school.
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Each year, the Lawyers' Club's Scholarship Fund Foundation awards two scholarships and complimentary membership to local law students. Criteria include demonstrated involvement and commitment to a community outreach program, academic and professional achievement, and financial need.


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Negotiations aimed at averting the fiscal cliff of tax increases and deep automatic spending cuts are making progress, lawmakers say, as Washington stares down a midnight deadline for action. See full story.
Obama: Failure to pass deal will hurt markets
President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to reach a scaled-down deal to prevent higher taxes on the middle class, saying the failure to act would damage the economy and hurt financial markets See full story.
4 things that will cost less in 2013
Experts say some items and expenses may actually be cheaper in the new year. In some cases, the drop is due to evolving technology and increased competition. In others, shoppers are making choices that may result in lower bills — without leaving them feeling deprived. See full story.
Cliff overshadows job, industrial snapshots
The monthly jobs report and a snapshot of manufacturing are usually a big deal, but Washington — and specifically the fiscal cliff — has shown little sign of relinquishing the spotlight See full story.
Who's to blame for fiscal cliff? You are
Hold up the mirror to find out who's responsible for taking the nation past a precipice of tax hikes and spending cuts, writes Steve Goldstein. See full story.
The fiscal cliff is a misleading metaphor, writes Rex Nutting. The tax and spending laws will change on that day, it's true, but the impact will be spread out over many, many months. We're already feeling the pain. See full story.
These not-so-obvious conditions may mean you're headed for danger See full story.


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Mark Lyons scored 18 points, freshman Brandon Ashley added 10 in a reserve role and No. 9 Arizona defeated Utah 68-64 on Sunday to snap a two-game skid.
Arizona led by as many as 13 early in the second half only to see Utah respond with a 14-3 run to tie it at 51 with 7:28 remaining on Jason Washburn's tip-in.
A 3-pointer by Dakarai Tucker pulled Utah within two with 4:46 left, but a putback by Kevin Parrom and a layup by Lyons helped seal it for the Wildcats (21-4, 9-4 Pac-12), who were coming off their worst loss of the season.
Jarred DuBois had 16 points, Washburn 15 and Jeremy Olsen 12 for the Utes (11-14, 3-10), who have yet to win back-to-back conference games since joining the Pac-12 two years ago.
Arizona coach Sean Miller shuffled his lineup, starting Parrom, a 6-foot-6 senior forward, over the 6-8 Ashley in hopes of avoiding another sluggish start.
Arizona led 33-25 at halftime, with Ashley contributing six points off the bench.
Despite the win and losses last week by other top 10 teams, Arizona is expected to fall when the new rankings are released Monday.
With five games remaining, the Wildcats are tied with UCLA for second place in the conference standings, a game behind No. 23 Oregon.
Just like the first game between Arizona and Utah, this one went down to the wire.
Early in the second half, however, the Wildcats appeared to take control.
Arizona bumped its lead to 41-28 on a twisting layup by Lyons with 17:43 left as it opened the second half on an 8-3 run.
Utah, with three freshmen on the floor, fought back.
DuBois and Tucker hit 3-pointers and Olsen had two more baskets in the paint during Utah's big run.
After Washburn tied it, Solomon Hill scored on a tough layup and Lyons converted a three-point play as Arizona went up 56-51.
Utah pulled to 60-57 on two free throws by DuBois with 3:15 remaining. But freshman Jordan Loveridge, who was 1 of 9 from the field, turned it over and Parrom scored on a nice feed from Lyons for a five-point edge with 1:48 left.
DuBois made one of two free throws and Lyons scored on a drive with 1:10 left for a 64-58 edge.
Washburn hit a 3 at the buzzer to make the final margin closer.
Arizona led by as many as 12 points in the first half as the Wildcats hit five 3-pointers and limited Utah to 37 percent shooting.
Arizona went cold from 3-point range in the second half, making just 1 of 10.
Lyons was 1 for 9 from beyond the arc but 5 of 6 on free throws.
Utah shot just 39.6 percent and finished 7 of 16 from 3-point range after going 2 of 8 in the first half.
Olsen came off the bench and kept Utah within reach before the break by hitting all three of his shots. Brandon Taylor's driving layup with 1 second left pulled the Utes to 33-25 at the break.
Parrom was scoreless in the first half. Ashley entered about 5 minutes in and scored four points in 60 seconds.
Grant Jerrett also had six points off the bench for the Wildcats in the first half, while Hill started strong and had eight points and six rebounds in the first half.
Arizona took only six shots in the first 9 minutes but made five to jump ahead 14-9.
Hill opened 3 of 3, including a pair of 3-pointers, to give Arizona a 21-14 lead with 8:44 left in the half.
Lyon's 3-pointer with 6:27 left made it 26-17, and his free throws with 1:43 to go put Arizona ahead 33-21.


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Determinants of customer behavioural responses: A pilot study
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DCHS also earns unexpected playoff spot
Dodge City sophomore Bernabe Rincon probably has never heard of the "fumbleruski" play of football, but he showed that he knew how to perform it correctly.
Even if it was by accident.
Running back Parker Davis fumbled the ball before reaching the end zone and Rincon fell on it and was able to get into the end zone for what proved to be the winning points as the Red Demons beat the Garden City Buffaloes 24-20 at Memorial Stadium to earn the Hatchet in its 75th contest and an improbable playoff berth into the Class 6A state tournament.
"I was just glad the coaches gave me the chance to play," Rincon said. "I didn't expect coming to playing as much time as I did. I'm just happy I fell on that ball and I held on for dear life."
The Demons needed to get every key break in the game to secure the Hatchet and earn the playoff spot. Dodge City had to beat Garden City by four points and Hutchinson to win by 13 points or more over Maize.
"We just had a big practice," said quarterback Kelan Newton. "We're like a big family and we wanted to get together. We wanted the season to go on. It was definitely what we wanted."
All indications by the DCHS athletic department is that the Red Demons will travel to Manhattan for a rematch of last year's bi-district matchup.
The seniors didn't want to go out with a five-game losing streak and picked themselves up after the 54-51 loss at Maize last week.
"We knew how much the Hatchet meant to us and we wanted it back," said senior Jordan Doan, who caused a fumble that eventually led to a Davis rushing touchdown in the opening quarter. "We worked hard this whole week because, as a senior class, we had been struggling these past few weeks. We just wanted to win this game by four and keep going."
The Demons wanted to get greedy this final week as just winning the Hatchet was going to be enough for the squad, even after the bitter taste they felt in their mouths after losing the prized possession to the Buffaloes last year in double overtime.
"All of us seniors knew this could be the last week for us," Davis said. "We came out here and wanted to be focused and we wanted to play as hqard as we can. We've been playing with the same kids since third grade and this could be their last game. We wanted to play for them."
Rincon's score gave the Red Demons 17 points in the quarter as they started to push ahead. The Demons had momentum the rest of the way, even after the Buffaloes (5-4, 1-2) scored late in the fourth quarter to keep the score at 24-20.
Why? Because the ball didn't reach the line of scrimmage on the extra point as it was shanked by the Buffaloes' kicker.
"I can't tell you how blessed we are," Davis said. "Four points is what we needed to go to the playoffs. We won the Hatchet and we're going to the playoffs."
Another player who came up with big plays was junior receiver Immanuel Galloway. Galloway set up a field goal and also scored on another of those unusual plays when he got across the line and grabbed the mis-snap of Garden City center Mitch Morris up in the air with the Buffaloes were in a shotgun formation and went untouched for a 78-yard interception of a snap to push the Demons ahead.
"I just wanted to win," Galloway said. "We had to bring it home for the seniors and we wanted to win at home. I just thought that I had to get this and score on this. This could be a game changer and I was surprised. All I was thinking was 'I'm getting this.'"


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In the Arms of a Marquess (Rogues of the Sea #3) (Paperback)
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With only three books, Katharine Ashe has already established herself as a force to be reckoned with in the world of historical romance fiction. In the Arms of a Marquess, the third novel in her Rogues of the Sea series, once again showcases this remarkable author—whom reviewers have enthusiastically compared to Johanna Lindsey—and her amazing ability to mix danger and passion with outrageous action and breathtaking sensuality. If you are not yet a Katharine Ashe fan, you will most assuredly be one after reading this enthralling tale featuring pirates, smugglers, mistaken identities, British lords and ladies…and a beautiful, successful, yet shockingly unwed Regency miss who seeks help in a most perilous clandestine matter from a rogue English marquis, the only man she ever truly desired.
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Hey cricketweb.net. So I am putting together a private fantasy league between a couple of friends of mine, a lot of which know nothing at all about cricket but are still willing to try it out (god bless them). Thing is this league I am making is unlike any other because it's year-round, or at least it'll run until February. Now this is going to be a LOT of work, because this means the league is going to be done the way the old rotisserie baseball leagues were done: by hand. :wacko: Anyway I came up with basic rules that I will post, which is stage 1 of three. I am currently developing a player statistic document to use for draft (yes, you heard me, draft, as in we will draft out team's player) purposes. After that's done, I'm going to create a beginner's guide for those, mainly everyone else but me in the league, who don't know anything about cricket that will inform them on what everything means. This way everyone will go into the draft on level ground, or at least the most level ground as possible. Tell me what you think. I'm going to edit this OP by just copying and pasting the original Rules and Regs (it's like 2 pages in word) in here, but the player list is too long, so I will attach it later when it is complete. It is being complied thanks to the ICC's rankings and Cricinfo's Statsguru (which I tried for the first time last week and instantly fell in love with). Wish me luck, it's a lot of work in the beginning here.
Here's the Rules we'll be using:
2010-2011 Fantasy Cricket Rules + Regulations
Events to be Scored
Test Matches
England v Pakistan – 3rd + 4th Tests – August 2010
India v Australia – 1st + 2nd Tests – October 2010
India v New Zealand – 1st, 2nd, + 3rd Tests – November 2010
Pakistan v South Africa – 1st + 2nd Tests – November 2010
Sri Lanka v West Indies – 1st, 2nd, + 3rd Tests – November – December 2010
The Ashes – Australia v England – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, + 5th Tests – November 2010 – Janurary 2011
South Africa v India – 1st, 2nd, + 3rd Tests – December 2010 – January 2011
One Day Internationals
Sri Lanka Triangular Series – August 2010
England v Pakistan – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, + 5th ODIs – September 2010
India v Australia – 1st, 2nd, + 3rd ODIs – October 2010
Pakistan v South Africa – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, + 5th ODIs – October – November 2010
Australia v Sri Lanka – 1st, 2nd, + 3rd ODIs – November 2010
India v New Zealand – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, + 5th ODIs – November – December 2010
Sri Lanka v West Indies – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, + 5th ODIs – December 2010
South Africa v India – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, + 5th ODIs – January 2011
Australia v England – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, + 7th ODIs – January – February 2011
The ICC World Cup
All Australia Matches
All England Matches
All India Matches
All South Africa Matches
All Sri Lanka Matches
All West Indies Matches
All New Zealand Matches
All Pakistan Matches
All Bangladesh Matches
The Draft + Statistics
The draft will take place over Skype, or some other multi-chat network. All of the top 100 bowlers from the 9 test nations of England, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, South Africa, West Indies, Pakistan, New Zealand, and Australia will be available to draft. Each team will draft an amount of players to be determined at the time of the draft based on league participation. Each player will have their career Test and ODI numbers as well as an explanation of what each stat is. Each player will have an additional stat of "Games Scheduled to Play" as teams will play an uneven amount of games in the time span the fantasy league will take place in. Players will NOT be sorted into Bowler and Batting categories. This means that each fantasy owner can select the number of bowler specific, batting specific, and all-arounders that they want to make up their team. All players drafted will be responsible for acquire all statistics. The following statistics will be tracked in the fantasy league:
Batting Statistics
Runs Scored
Batting Average
Strike Rate
Fours Hit
Sixes Hit
Balls Faced
Catches Taken
Run Rate
Bowling Statistics
Overs Bowled
Maiden Overs
Wickets Taken
Runs Surrendered (Lowest Score is Better)
Strike Rate (Lower Score Is Better)
5-Wicket Innings
10-Wicket Matches for Tests
4-Wicket Matches in ODIs
Extras Bowled (Lowest Score is Better)
The League will use a Rotisserie Style scoring system. Results will be published as daily as possible where available and no more than every-three days (this is because they are being done by hand).
All other rules including trades are as follows:
All players dropped into Free-Agency shall go on waivers for 4 days, and will clear waivers at 9 PM EST on the 4th night.
All trades will be open for one week and will require the approval of the League Manager. At this time, league members may vote to approve or veto this trade, at which at the end of the week, if the trade does not acquire at least one more than half of the league's teams vetoes, then that trade shall be considered legal and approved.
The league will operate with no bench spots, and all players on the fantasy owners' teams shall be active at all times. The league will operate with 1 Injured Reserve spot which will allow players to place an injured player in that spot and allow that owner to acquire an additional player until the player originally place in the Injured Reserve spot is fully able to play.


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Colombian Judge Approves Country's First Same-Sex Marriage
Colombia may be joining the growing list of South American countries to provide marriage rights to all its couples after a judge ruled in favor of equality for one gay couple.
Caracol Radio reported that Carmen Lucía Rodríguez Díaz, a civil judge in Bogotá, the country's capital, "defended the viability of marriage for gay couples" in a five page ruling she wrote after a couple identified as Diego and Juan petitioned her to legally recognize their relationship.
The two men are expected to tie the knot in a civil marriage ceremony on July 24. Same-sex couples in Colombia on June 20 began to seek legal recognition of their relationships. The South American country's Constitutional Court in 2011 ruled gays and lesbians could legally register their relationships within two years if the country's lawmakers failed to extend to them the same benefits heterosexuals receive through marriage.
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Angel Rodriguez recorded 22 points and 10 assists and Shane Southwell added 18 points on a silky 6-of-9 shooting from 3-point range to help No. 10 Kansas State roll past Baylor, 81-61, on Saturday at Fred Bramlage Coliseum.
Jordan Henriquez registered a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards for the Wildcats (20-5, 9-3 Big 12), who bounced back from a crushing defeat at rival Kansas on Monday. Rodney McGruder and Will Spradling contributed 10 and seven points, respectively, in the victory.
"It was a good win against an obviously good team," Kansas State coach Bruce Weber said." They are very talented. You can see how explosive they are. We talked about 40 minutes and, against them, it is something that you have to play because they can get that 12-0 run. They have a lot of weapons. I thought our guys did a good job. We talked about making our guys accountable on defense, and we did that."
A.J. Walton paced Baylor with 14 points and Isaiah Austin scored 13 and grabbed six rebounds for the Bears (16-9, 7-5), who fell for the first time in their last three contests. Brady Heslip had 12 points -- all of which came on 4-of-6 shooting from behind the arc -- in the defeat.
The home team pulled ahead by 14 points to start the second half, but the Bears used a 12-0 run to get within 43-41 with just under 13 minutes remaining.
Kansas State then regained control of the contest with a 16-4 flurry, highlighted by Henriquez's slam and monster block on Heslip's layup, which made it 59-45 with seven-plus minutes to play.
Baylor had no answers after its furious charge to get back into the contest, and failed to show any spark for the remainder of the second half. The Bears trailed by double-digits for the remainder of the game.
"I thought Kansas State showed why they are the 10th-ranked team in the nation," Baylor coach Scott Drew said. "We have done a much better job of taking care of the ball in other games and in the backcourt. K-State forced us into 19 turnovers. So, hats off to their defense. The second thing was offensive rebounding. That was disappointing. Second chance points were 15-5 them, and that kind of sums up the game right there."
Rodriguez's 3-pointer at the midway point of the first half brought the home team within 16-15. Southwell then kicked off a 15-8 spurt with back-to-back treys before the Wildcats held a 30-24 edge with 3:34 remaining in the half.
KSU increased its advantage to 38-29 at the break.
Game Notes
Kansas State has won 12 of 13 games at home ... The Wildcats lead the all-time series, 15-12 ... The Wildcats connected on 11-of-25 from 3-point range and forced 19 BU turnovers which resulted in 22 points ... Kansas State outscored the visitors 34-20 on points in the paint.


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1. At what point were you worried for Bella's safety with the thugs? Or did you have some idea that Edward would show up just in the nick of time?
Hmm, I was dithering. I've been followed in similar circumstances before, but luckily for me there was nothing sinister going on, so part of me thought Bella was in the same situation, while another part was worried for her. When she said
"...I realised I wasn't being followed. I was being herded.", I actually stopped breathing. Then I read so fast, I didn't have time to consider whether or not Edward was coming for her. However, as soon as she saw the car come flying round the corner, I knew he had come to the rescue.
2. How did you feel about Edward's emotional reaction to the whole situation? Were you afraid of him? Were you worried for Bella?
I wasn't afraid of him, or afraid for Bella. I felt as she did - I trusted him. I knew he was a vampire, but this was the second time he'd stepped in to save her life - surely he couldn't be a danger to her?
3. Were you surprised that Edward told the truth so quickly about his ability to mind read? Had you guessed that this was his secret?
Not really, though I guess I should have been. I think I'd already guessed that he could, though I have no idea what brought me to that conclusion.
4. What was your personal theory as to why Edward can't hear Bella's mind the first time you read the book?
I had no idea. I tried to form theories, but none seemed to make any sense. And there seems to be no specific reason for it now (4th time reading it), or from the other books - it's Bella's special ability, just as reading minds in the first place is Edward's.
5. Did it concern you at all that Edward keeps such a close watch over Bella? Did it seem somewhat like a stalker to you or did you just brush it off?
I must admit, I thought it was - romantic isn't the right word - caring? Again, I was similar to Bella with my reaction, I knew that I should have found it creepy that he was stalking her, but ~ I didn't. As I said above, he's saved her life twice at this point, how much of a danger could he be?
*I know it may sound like I'm trying to make myself into Bella in some way - I'm honestly not. I don't know if it's because of reading the book in the first person, or if that is how I would have reacted anyway, but these are my honest reactions to the questions.


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ABBY GETS CAUGHT IN A COMPROMISING POSITION - Connor (Jonathan Patrick Moore) has an unpleasant encounter with someone from Jennifer's (guest star Krista Allen) past. Nick (Joe Dinicol) is surprised to find Sabrina (Georgina Reilly) up to her old tricks and sets out to even the score. Meanwhile, Kaldrick (Andra Fuller) finds himself at a crossroads, and Beth (Dayle McLeod) lets her overprotective nature get the best of her. Finally, Abby (Cassie Steele) begins to realize that she might be in over her head. Jewel Staite and Michael Levinson also star. The episode was written by Carl Binder and directed by Stefan Brogren (#206).


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Vice President Joe Biden told a group of House Democrats Monday that the White House could use the Obama for America campaign infrastructure built during the presidential campaigns to push for the gun control policies that the White House intends to introduce on Wednesday.
According to Rep Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., who attended the meeting, Biden told the group "that they were going to use their campaign mold" to pursue gun control policies.
"What he needs to do is like he ran the campaign, same as President Clinton did, to get out to the American people," McCarthy said, "And that's what we need."
McCarthy, who is on the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, says their group of House Democrats will meet with Chris Cox of the NRA next week to discuss their strategy for gun control legislation.
Their recommendations, which will be separate from the president's, will likely be released the first week of February, McCarthy said.
But the political realities of passing an outright assault weapons ban, which McCarthy supports, are becoming clear to members in the House.
Even McCarthy herself admitted "We're not going to get an outright ban."
"Senator Reid has said he doesn't know whether he has the votes (for an assault weapons ban)," she said. "There's heavy lifting, so are we going to waste time on heavy lifting? Or are we going to try to work on doing something that could actually get passed?"
McCarthy added that there is a growing sense that a ban on high-capacity clips is something that could garner enough votes in both the House and Senate. She also said she's hoping the Senate passes a package of gun control measures first, in an effort to put pressure on the Republican-controlled House.
"I think (Senator Reid) could pass a package without the (assault weapons) ban, and I think he probably thinks that too," McCarthy said, "But let's play it out. We'll see what the President offers tomorrow and we'll go from there."


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So I was vehemently opposed by another individual when I told her that all babies were atheists. I also said that no innocent child believes in the supernatural beings until they are proselytized to believe so. Doesn't geographic determinism prove this? If you're born in the United States, you'll probably end up Christian, and if you're born in Iran, you'll end up Islamic. Doesn't this prove my point? I'd appreciate any devil's advocates.
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Ermmm...wouldn't it be a smidge more accurate to say humans are born ignorant of theism? I suppose that falls under atheism...
No, atheism is a stance against theism. It isn't ignorance of theism.
Babies are born with no view on the matter. Arguing otherwise is to abandon logic.
And this is different from everything else that is a part-and-parcel of religion precisely how?
Religious people and atheists have formed views on the existence of God. A baby is just interested in eating, body contact, and other primal comforts. It also hasn't been inculcated in any doctrine yet.
Rocks are atheists? Come on!


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The needs and concerns of Oregon citizens are key drivers of the study. In early 2013, the project team developed a set of preliminary alternatives after extensive stakeholder engagement and development of conceptual solutions. In November, a series of open houses was held along the rail corridor to collect additional feedback from interested citizens.
Among the council's recommendations are two primary routes. The first is the existing alignment (blue) on the Union Pacific line, which assumes major infrastructure investment. The second is a new alignment consisting of the Interstate 5 (formerly red, now orange) from Eugene-Springfield to Keizer, the Oregon Electric rail line (formerly purple, now orange) from Keizer to Wilsonville and Interstate 5 and 205 (formerly red, now orange) between Wilsonville and Oregon City where it would merge with the existing alignment (blue). The two options provide an opportunity to mix and match and the ability to examine design options.


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STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A county sheriff under fire for how he has handled a high school rape investigation faced down a raucous crowd of protesters on Saturday and said no further suspects would be charged in a case that has rattled Ohio football country.
Ma'lik Richmond and Trenton Mays, both 16 and members of the Steubenville High School football team, are charged with raping a 16-year-old fellow student at a party last August, according to statements from their attorneys.
Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla, accused of shielding the popular football program from a more rigorous investigation, told reporters no one else would be charged in the case, just moments after he addressed about 1,000 protesters gathered in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse.
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A small Coke bottler in Minnesota says it's stopping production of the bottles, which customers could return to get back a 20-cent deposit. The company in Winona, Minn., had been making the bottles since 1932 but said it no longer makes business sense to continue doing so.
LeRoy Telstad, the bottler's vice president and general manager, says the last run of the bottles was Tuesday.
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Storage unstart-up Pillar Data Systems has contracted a case of the market's green fever, but focusing its appeal to data centers worried over skyrocketing operational costs through power and cooling, but the size of their box.
Pillar feels the eco-friendly hype-masters have committed the sin of overlooking the size of the boat over the motion in the ocean. So Larry Ellison's $150m data storage company launched its mass-aware message in February by developing at a new mathematical equation to determine the efficiency of storage gear, factoring in size:
Capacity (in TBs) x Performance (in input/output operations per second) / Power consumption (in watts) x Space (in square meters)
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Discover Chicago by exploring the Great Chicago Fire, city landmarks and blues music through creative activities that engage the whole family at the Chicago History Museum. The educational fun includes Dance Like a Real Chicagoan -- Chicago-style moves, such as shooting hoops like Derrick Rose or tossing a pizza; testing your skills with a Chicago word scramble; guessing a landmark; and joining the Chicago Fire Relay Race. While you're at the museum, tour the exhibits using a special kids' activity guide and make-and-take a craft.
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at 1601 N. Clark S., Chicago. Performances are at noon and 2 p.m. Activities are free with museum admission. Adults $14, seniors (65+) $12, students (13-22 with ID) $12, children 12 and younger admitted free. (312) 642-4600 or chicagohs.org.
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Package good through April 1 at 505 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Package starts at $259. (312) 944-4100 or icchicagohotel.com.
Brrrring it on
Get to Michigan to celebrate the annual Heikki Lunta Winterfest, held on and around Negaunee's Teal Lake. The festival of winter fun includes a fishing derby, dance, feast, bonfires on the lake, "blooper" ball and fireworks.
8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, in downtown Negaunee. negauneeirontown.com.
Oh, Henry!
Outdoor winter recreation is just two hours west of Chicago in Illinois' Henry County. The Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park offers the state's longest snowmobile and cross-country ski trail on more than 80 miles of tow path. The path is also great for hiking and snowshoeing. Enjoy ice skating on the canal or ice fishing and keep your eyes peeled for all kinds of wildlife.
(877) 436-7926 or visithenrycounty.com.
Happy trails to you
If you really want to start the new year losing some heft, consider cross-country skiing, which can smoke nearly 800 calories in an hour, or snowshoeing, which can burn around 500 calories. The 18th annual Winter Trails Day on Saturday, Jan. 12, will offer adults and children a chance to try both activities for free at around 80 resorts and Nordic centers nationwide. There will be experts on hand and equipment available at a number of participating locations in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Times vary per location. See wintertrails.org.