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January 16, 2011, 9:30 pm
Big night for "Glee" at Golden Globes
Score three big awards for "Glee" tonight: best comedy television series, best supporting actor for Chris Colfer (who accepted tearfully and dedicated his award to bullied kids) and best supporting actress for Jane Lynch (a riot in her falsely modest acceptance speech).
"Glee" outscored other winners — "Boardwalk Empire" was next with an award for Steve Buscemi and as best drama TV series — and the musical cast members appeared to be having great fun at the traditionally boozy bash thrown by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Horray for them, but what does it mean? The Globes are sometimes good predictors of the Oscars, but often not. And they're not as respected in any case.


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By Greg Stobart
Manchester United will continue to wrap Nemanja Vidic up in cotton wool after the defender complained of pain in his knee following his error-strewn return to the starting line-up against Swansea last week.
The 31-year-old's year has been plagued by a series of knee injuries, the most recent of which occurred during training back in September that forced him to undergo surgery.
The club captain made his most recent comeback as a substitute during the 3-1 victory over Sunderland a fortnight ago, before he was restored to the starting line-up for the 1-1 draw at the Liberty Stadium, where he looked anything but his usual assured and authoritative self.
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The former Spartak Moscow centre-half has trained this week but the club are intent on nursing him slowly back into the first-team picture in an attempt to ensure there are no reoccurrences of the problems that have restricted Vidic to just 14 appearances in 2012.
Goal.com revealed back in October that concerns over Vidic's durability and longevity had forced United into considering selling their defensive linchpin amid interest from big-spending Russia club Anzhi Makhachkala,
Though United command a healthy lead over the champions and their neighbours Manchester City, defensively Sir Alex Ferguson's side have been unusually porous in the absence of Vidic, conceding 28 goals in just 19 matches.
Sir Alex's men complete their festive campaign with Saturday's visit of high-flying West Brom, before they make the relatively short trip to Wigan on New Year's Day.
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Energy drinks may mask drunkennessBy Jean Kennedy
New research is about to begin to investigate the effects of mixing alcohol with energy drinks.
The study has been commissioned by the NSW Government and carried out by researchers at various universities led by the Victorian-based Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre.
Health Minister Jillian Skinner says there is anecdotal evidence suggesting caffeine in energy drinks has the effect of masking people's perceptions of how intoxicated they are.
"So they drink even more without knowing that they're already drunk and that then leads to aggression and other risky and sometimes dangerous behaviour," she said.
"There's anecdotal evidence so far but we need the medical evidence about the adverse impacts.
"We also need to know what's happening, why they do this, what people think and also testing what the psychological impacts might be as well as the physical impacts of mixing these drinks."
Ms Skinner says the study will involve surveying people aged between 16 and 35 while they are out on the town in areas in inner Sydney but also in regional centres such as Orange and Newcastle.


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Individuals or groups who want to be a part of Carry the Cross Ministries should call founder Josh Payne at 902-6139, email him at carrythecross email@example.com or visit www.facebook.com/carrythecrossministries.
"If anyone would come after me," Jesus says in Luke 9:23, "he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."
One Accord Community Church member Josh Payne is taking that mandate literally and has started Carry the Cross Ministries, an effort in which cross-carrying walkers seek per-mile sponsors in order to raise money for various other ministries.
"It was a calling that God laid on my heart," Payne says.
The walks, which the 18-year-old Payne hopes eventually will occur monthly, are organized not only to raise money but as a visible outreach to the communities in which they occur.
"I plan to keep it going until I have to pass it on or until I can't do it," he says.
Money raised from the first walk held earlier this month -- the amount is yet to be calculated -- will be given to In His Hands Ministry, an organization that helps fund mission trips.
Payne had read information about people carrying crosses before but believed they were more for awareness and as a reminder of what Christ did than anything else.
"None were out there raising money," he says.
The crosses created for the burgeoning ministry's walks were made from simple two-by-fours, Payne says. He had checked one at the church "to see if it felt right" and based the others -- not quite his 5-foot-11 height -- on that.
They're made from wood people don't need, he says, which is "better than spending all that money [on new wood].
"Besides, I think [the older wood] looks better."
The walk earlier this month, according to Payne, involved about 12 people, seven of whom carried crosses. Another walker carried a banner with the ministry's name and phone number, and still another carried Bibles and tracts.
It began at Walgreens on Dayton Boulevard and continued west before turning north and up the hill to One Accord Community Church on Sweetland Drive -- about three miles total.
"People were honking as soon as we started walking," says Payne, a graduate of Lookout Valley High School who is hoping to enter the National Guard. "At Bi-Lo, one lady pulled over, got out of the car and started clapping and saying, 'Praise the Lord.' If we saw people on the side of the road, we talked to them and gave them a tract and a business card."
While signs of support were the norm, one person asked them what they were protesting, and one man at a stop sign "gave them a dirty look," he says.
In all, they made personal contact with 27 people and received one encouraging email from someone who'd seen their walk.
"We saw the impact on certain people's faces," says Larry Hedrick, youth pastor at One Accord.
He says the congregation now looks at Carry the Cross Ministries as "one of the church ministries" and it fits in the "hodgepodge mix" of offerings One Accord supports.
"We try to inspire leadership from within," Hedrick says, "and use the talents and gifts God has given them."
Church member Norman Lowe says it is One Accord's philosophy to take ministry to the community.
"God stopped the rain," he says of the most recent walk, "and the warm sun came out as a group ... carried large wooden crosses ... through Red Bank and then up the very steep hill to the church, as Jesus did."
The next walk, set for March 30, will begin a little farther down Dayton Boulevard and continue to the church, Payne says. At least one church in Alabama will accompany the core group, he says, and both young and old are welcome.
Future walks may happen in downtown Chattanooga, on the mission field or wherever the group is led, Payne says.
"I'm trying to get as many people to do it as I possibly can," he says. "I'm trying to make it grow."


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Morning Five: 04.13.12 EditionPosted by nvr1983 on April 13th, 2012
- After pleading guilty to driving while impaired (marijuana) Derrick Nix was reinstated to the Michigan State team. Nix, who was arrested just after midnight on April 3, had 600 milligrams of marijuana on him at the time of his arrest and admitted to having smoked marijuana two hours before. Nix pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and will be sentenced on May 11. As for his role on the team, Nix has been added back to the roster, but will be monitored closely. Although we have not read anything about an eventual suspension for Nix we assume it is coming with the length to be determined by his actions between now and the start of the season.
- As we have pointed out multiple times in the past few weeks, just because the April 10 "deadline" has passed that does not mean your team is safe. We could talk about Connecticut losing Andre Drummond, but we won't because everybody knew he was leaving. Instead we will look to another team in the Big East as Villanova will be without the services of Dominic Cheek, who announced that he would be leaving to play professional basketball. We say professional basketball instead of the NBA because there is no way that Cheek will get drafted in the first round and it seems more likely that he will go undrafted. Cheek says he is pursuing his dream of playing in the NBA, but it seems that if he is going to get there he is going to have to take a detour through Europe or some other version of the minor leagues before getting to the NBA. Despite Cheek's poor NBA Draft prospects this is a big blow for Villanova, which already was hurt by the departure of Maalik Wayns.
- The question of what to do with teams the NCAA has erased from the record books can be a difficult issue for many schools. Michigan is the latest school to learn that. The school, which saw an explosion in popularity with the Fab Five that subsequently was scrubbed from the record books, had taken down the Final Four banners from 1992 and 1993 as well as another from a Big Ten title and a NIT championship as a result of an NCAA ruling against the school in relation to inappropriate actions during that period. On Wednesday, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, the same person who had ordered those banners be taken down, stated that she had no intention of putting those banners up next year when the NCAA's ruling that the school disassociate itself from those teams and players would be up. Jalen Rose, a member of those Fab Five teams, was less than pleased with the decision and voiced his displeasure on Twitter. We are not sure how or even if Coleman will respond to this, but it is a sticky situation that more and more schools will have to deal with in the coming years.
- With the top two recruits having announced their destinations for next fall, the major recruiting services are essentially done with their rankings for the class of 2012. Two of the biggest rating services–Rivals and Scout–came out with their final rankings recently. Rivals has come out with their final Top 100 (or Top 150 if you go to their main site) while Scout has released what we think is their final Top 100. With the exception of a few small tweaks the lists are fairly similar as you would expect although we do think that herd behavior has an effect as well.
- Yesterday, next year's presumed #1 overall recruit Jabari Parker was named the Gatorade National Boys' Basketball Player of the Year. The award is notable for the fact that Parker is just the fourth junior to win the award since it was created 27 years ago. The other players who won as juniors: LeBron James, Greg Oden, and Brandon Knight. While this year's senior class was not that loaded, it did have some high-end talent particularly with the top two guys in the fact. The fact that Parker beat out those guys suggests that we could see a ridiculous recruiting battle over the next 12 months.


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A 22-year-old man was killed after his car drove across opposite lanes of traffic and into a building on 14th Street West in Bradenton early today.
Matthew Lance Daley, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Daley was in a 2001 Nissan Quest driving south on 14th Street West, approaching the intersections of 36th Avenue West, around 6 a.m. today, troopers reported.
For unknown reasons, the Nissan drifted across the center median, through the northbound lanes of traffic and onto the east shoulder. It then struck a storage building in the 3600 block of 14th Street West, hitting with enough force that the vehicle partially entered the building.
Daley was not wearing a seatbelt, according to reports.
One person was killed early today in a vehicle crash in Bradenton, authorities said.
The name of the victim has not yet been released by the Florida Highway Patrol, which is investigating the accident.
According to reports, the incident occurred around 6 a.m. on 14th Street West, near 37th Avenue West. Troopers arrived on scene roughly 30 minutes later, with the victim later reported deceased.
All traffic lanes are open at this time.
No further details are available.
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U.Va. Darden School Alumnus Gary Jones (MBA `74) Receives Prestigious Charles C. Abbott Award
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Newswise — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — Gary Jones, a 1974 graduate of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, has received the Charles C. Abbott Award — the highest honor Darden bestows its alumni. Darden Dean Robert F. Bruner announced the award during the State of the School program, held as part of the 2014 Darden Alumni Reunion.
The annual award recognizes Darden alumni for their exceptional and lasting contributions to the School. The winner was selected from among more than 30 nominees.
"The review of nominations for the prestigious Abbott Award is surely a thorough and deliberate process with a pool of most deserving candidates," said Jones. "I am honored and humbled to receive the award. I am very proud of my Darden degree and of my Darden affiliation. It really is hard to imagine that a two-year experience can have such a meaningful impact on my life."
Jones, who served as a trustee for the Darden School Foundation for nine years, was instrumental in crafting the goals and strategic initiatives for the School's current capital campaign. Upon initiating the Darden Principal Donors Society, he became a charter member and donor, and identified and cultivated many of the original Principal Donors. Jones also helped to fund many scholarships and initiatives, including the Jones Family Military Leadership Scholarship Fund, the Jones Classroom, the Rhett Classroom and the Jones Fountain. He was also the largest single contributor to the Darden Class Gift of 1974 — the Jefferson statue, which sits in the School's Flagler Court.
In addition, Jones served his alma mater in the classroom as a guest lecturer in several of Professor John Colley's courses. His activities, such as working with Darden staff members to launch the Week on Wall Street, an annual trek for Darden MBA students, and leading an effort to encourage MBAs to enter investment banking and financial services careers in New York City, enhanced the Darden education experience.
Jones is a professor of the practice in the Scheller School of Business at Georgia Tech. He teaches the course "Management of Financial Institutions" for MBA candidates and upperclassmen. He also serves as vice chair and chair elect of the Georgia Tech Foundation Board of Trustees. Before launching his career as an educator, he spent most of his career as managing director for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. before it was taken over by Credit Suisse. "I hope I have illustrated, through my involvement and support, my love and my passion for the Darden School after 40 glorious years of pride and affiliation," Jones said.
He credits Professors Colley and Bill Sihler, and Professors Emeritus Brandt Allen and Chris Gale, along with other faculty members, with grooming him for the rigors of business leadership.
"They challenged the students every single day to respond, to defend, to promote, to provoke, to persuade, to dissuade — an amazing catalyst to build self-confidence," said Jones. "Two years of that will prepare you for anything."
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Hoyer Statement on the Endangered Species Act
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WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer made the following statement today on the House floor in favor of a bipartisan substitute to the endangered species legislation before the Congress:
"Mr. Speaker, 32 years ago, Congress passed and a Republican President – Richard Nixon – signed the Endangered Species Act to protect and conserve species in danger of extinction.
"Today, there are 1,268 species listed as endangered or threatened in the United States, including 26 in the State of Maryland.
"This law is not perfect, but it has been very successful. Roughly 40 percent of listed species have witnessed the stabilization or growth of their populations. And, less than one percent have been declared extinct since the law's enactment.
"The fact is, this law has enabled the very survival of some of our most vulnerable species – including the bald eagle, the gray wolf, the California condor, and the whooping crane.
"Unfortunately, though, the underlying bill – which has been fast-tracked since its introduction last week – would substantially undermine the Endangered Species Act.
"For example, this bill would undermine the ability of the responsible Federal agencies – the departments of Commerce and Interior – to ably perform their oversight roles, and it fails to recognize the importance of sound science to species recovery and restoration.
"The bill also creates a fiscally irresponsible, open-ended entitlement program that effectively pays landowners to comply with the law.
"In contrast, the bipartisan substitute offers a far more reasoned approach.
"For example, it ensures consultation between the Secretary and other Federal agencies with proposed actions that may jeopardize species. It strengthens the definition of what constitutes jeopardy and requires the Secretary to ensure that proposed recovery plans identify and include areas necessary for species survival.
"The substitute also creates conservation programs that would provide technical and financial assistance to landowners committed to efforts that protect species.
"Mr. Speaker, we have a responsibility to protect our environment – as well as the diverse forms of life that share it – for future generations to experience and enjoy.
"The bipartisan substitute will help us achieve this goal. I urge my colleagues to support it."


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For creating utils and Internet apps mostly, music apps and utils. For myself to learn. I am currently fluent in Basic, Pascal, Cobol, Fortran, C, C++, Lisp, 68k Assembler and RTL/2 real time language. But that was a long time ago. Thinking of learning Python from Scratch. Like I learnt C++ for dummies never coded in C before I learnt C++. Long time ago; I graduated in '95. Ruby or Python yeah?
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My cat Tiger has been diagnosed with kidney disease about 2 yrs ago. since then we started to feed him science dietg k/d since we were told that he cannot have food with allot of protein. we will feed him wet and dry k/d food but mostly wet. At some point Tiger completely refused to eat the food! At the same time he lost allot of weight!! so i did some research on different types of food for him. thats when i learned that he could have food with high amounts of protein but it needs to be of high quality. I also learned that he's also losing muscle since he wasnt recieving the proper amounts of protein that a cat needs. so i went and bought some of the recommended food hoping that it will help him gain back the weight he lost with of course making sure that they had no by-products, no grains. some of the food i bought were USDA organic. Tiger is usually 13 pounds and had dropped to 7!!!
We've been feeding him the new food for about 2 months now and have not seen any weight gain!! But he has not thrown up in about a month and is pooping and peeeing normal. He recently has not been able to jump up to his favorite spot to drink water (at the bahroom sink). but just a week in a half ago he didnt struggle with this at all. He looks really weak lately and im wondering if its because of the muscle loss.
I want to take him to the vet, but im wondering if theres anything that they can give him that will really help him out right now????:confused:
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Your Daily Dose of BuzzFlash at Truthout, via my pal Mark Karlin:
So the Senate GOP successfully filibustered the nomination of Chuck Hagel to become Secretary of Defense, replacing Leon Panetta. This is the first time that a defense secretary nomination has been stalled by a filibuster – and this is a filibuster to prevent a vote from even happening.
In part, Harry Reid and Carl Levin deserve some of the blame for this, because per the flaccid Democratic caucus, they led the opposition to eliminating obstructive non-filibuster filibusters such as this. [...]
Hey, Harry, they are hardwired to be pernicious and ignore civility, what did you expect?
Meanwhile, Lindsey Graham – one of the three pro-war amigos with John McCain and ex-Senator Joe Lieberman – is "demanding" more answers on Benghazi. Good grief, will someone give that man a sedative? This Benghazi nonsense has been virtually the sole GOP foreign policy concern for months now. And it comes from a caucus that gave carte blanche to the multiple deceptions and lies that the Bush/Cheney administration used to launch a ruinous war in Iraq. We should also mention that it is the same caucus that gave Bush a pass on 9/11, even though he had been warned that something like the terrorist attack was probably imminent – and he did absolutely nothing to prevent it.
Compare the treatment of Hagel to how the Democrats historically dealt with Dick Cheney's nomination as secretary of defense under President George Herbert Walker Bush. The Dickster received a 92-0 confirmation vote – no dissenting Democratic senators there.
The second time Rumsfeld was nominated for secretary of defense (he had first served in that position under President Gerald Ford), he was approved along with six other George W. Bush cabinet nominees by a voice vote in the Senate [...]
There's a lesson to be learned here for the Democrats in the Senate: speak loudly and carry a big stick, but they never appear to learn it.
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But the Democratic Party reported raising just under $1.2 million between July 1 and Dec. 10 to support its own role in the recall attempt. It has $360,000 in cash on hand.Meanwhile, Walker is still raking money in, and under state law there is no limit on donations, and some people are handing him checks in excess of $200,000.
This money will flood into an immense advertising campaign next year. Next year, when all the presidential candidates are trying to get attention and when there's a Senate race here in Wisconsin. Walker will continue to collect donations and spend it freely to promote the conservative agenda in Wisconsin, lending collateral assistance to the Republican candidates in the other 2012 elections. (And candidates in the regular elections have limits on the amounts donors can give them.)
Wisconsin is a key swing state in the presidential election. And Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Herb Kohl could be the one that tips the Senate Republican. The Walker recall could spell nationwide disaster for Democrats.
UPDATE: Power Line links and opines that the Dem candidate — whoever it turns out to be — will have no trouble raising even more money than Walker: "As long as the national unions can extort money from their members against their will, there will be no shortage of cash on the left." But Walker took the precaution of cutting off the collection of union dues. I know there are other unions in other states, but are they going to give it to whatever character steps up to take on Walker?


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This week had the sexy Brazilian babe, Dany Mel, on Mike in Brazil. This sexy lady was a fire-engine red bikini enjoying a swim in the pool. Her wet skin made her look extra erotic. Dany was as sexy as they come. She put on a great striptease for us. Dany was a total tease, and we were hooked. When she stripped down, we got a better look at her fit body, juicy plump ass and perfect pussy. About that time, Roge showed up and jumped right into the water with Dany.
He was happy about the situation presented to him with Dany. In not time. They dried off and got to it. Dany started by playing with her own pussy. She got really horny and decided to give Roge a blow job. By then, he was dying to get in that pussy, so he went for it and drilled Dany hard until she came. But they weren't done yet, Roge went into that tight asshole with his cock and didn't stop pumping it until he blew his cum load.


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Stevens students develop new computer tools to stop stock trading fraud
The stock market is booming, and while corporations and investors are reaping profits, financial criminals are also looking for easy cash. But a pair of Stevens students and their professor are designing new tools to help catch schemers before they cheat.
The students, doctoral candidates Stavros Tsarpalis and Sheung Yin Kevin Mo, work with Dr. Steve Yang, assistant professor with the School of Systems & Enterprises. Together they have developed computer simulations to automatically check for trading irregularities.
"The goal of this project is to create trading analytical tools and an automated market surveillance system that financial market regulators can use to investigate trading fraud," Yang said. "The idea is for them to be able to automatically identify unknown malpractices on the market."
Tsarpalis called trading fraud a serious problem. "The effects of fraud in financial markets ripple through the whole system with broad, unpredictable and at times catastrophic results," he said. "It's a systemic risk that needs to be addressed and prevented at the proper levels."
Yang and the students run various simulations of stock markets to detect fraud. For example, they may run a simulation showing X, Y and Z to be a normal trading sequence, which would tip regulators to potential irregularities in real life if they ever see X, Y and Q happen. Or the Stevens team might run a simulation with X, Y and Q so that regulators can understand more about what Q looks like.
The Stevens team is operating with a research grant from Northrop Grumman. The company has assigned two employees to work with the Stevens team, and it will continue to fund the project into the next year.
During a recent visit to campus, Jim Sowder, the chief technical officer of Northrop Grumman's civil financial group, said he was very impressed with the students' work on the project.
"I found their presentation to be very informative and impactful," Sowder said. "Stevens is developing an impressive program with students well-prepared for entry into industry or academia."
There are multiple regulatory agencies, both governmental and independent, that look for trading fraud, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. However, Yang said that trading fraud has become more sophisticated because of technology, forcing regulators to develop new ways of keeping pace.
"Trading fraud has become harder to detect these days, and it's exerting a bigger impact on the financial market," Yang said. "Financial regulators need new advanced technology and tools to battle these forces."
Given the size and scope of the American trading market, fraudsters have an incentive and opportunity to target millions and perhaps billions of dollars. Yang cited one recent case where the CFTC fined Red Bank, New Jersey based Panther Energy over $2.8 million dollars for using new trading algorithms to manipulate commodities markets. Panther had been projecting a false impression of wide industry demand, which would inflate the company's sale price for its shares.
Yang said that financial regulators have already expressed interest in the Stevens project and are eager to implement the new technology. He estimated that with more development the system could be ready for use within two years.
He added that companies, investors, regulators and the general public all have an interest in stopping trading fraud. "We need a healthy market where trading is fair and where people can participate with a sense of trust," Yang said.
Tsarpalis agrees. "We strongly hold that for a market to thrive there needs to be a level field for all players," he said. "Our concentrated efforts in fraud detection contribute in creating a secure and resilient market and therefore an efficient and more profitable one."


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Women are invited to the second annual Women of the Way Bible Study to be held April 8-29.
WoW is an interdenominational women's gathering to encourage and inspire women to be passionate, devoted followers of Christ.
Each session begins with refreshments at 5:30 p.m., registration from 5:30-6 p.m. and the Bible study begins at 6 p.m. Donations to community ministries will be gratefully accepted for each community ministry listed below.
On April 8, Amy Satterfield will lead the study in Titus 2, hosted by First United Methodist Church of Fayetteville, located at 200 Elk Avenue North. Monetary donations will be accepted for the community ministry, Junior's House Child Advocacy Center.
Debbie McAlister will lead the study on Rachel and Leah on April 15. Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, located at 1720 Huntsville Highway, will host the study. The community ministry supported is Wings of Love with donations of diapers and pull-ups, size large.
Gay Dempsey will lead the study on Mary and Elizabeth on April 22. Hope Assembly of God Church, located at 28 Deer Trace Road, is hosting the study. The community ministry supported is Hands of Mercy, with donations of chicken soup and saltine crackers.
Vanessa Holman will lead the study on Ruth and Naomi on April 29. The study will be held at First Baptist Church of Fayetteville, located at 210 Elk Avenue North. The community ministry is Good Samaritan, and donations of canned foods are requested.
For more information, please contact Amy Satterfield at 931-307-3167 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Cirque du Soleil provide media representatives with show and corporate press kits.
François Bergeron has been designing sound for Cirque du Soleil for more than 20 years. His creations (Nouvelle Expérience, Saltimbanco, Quidam, "O", La Nouba, Varekai and ZED) have toured the world, earning him multiple awards, including "Sound Designer of the Year," for multimedia facilities at the Nike flagship store in New York and Cirque du Soleil's Quidam. He was part of the creation team that won a THEA Award for "O" in Las Vegas.
Since moving to Los Angeles in 1993, François has designed the sound for numerous variety shows, plays, musicals, theme parks and museum experiences. He took part in the creation of the Tokyo DisneySea theme park and Templo del Fuego (Universal Studios Port Aventura in Spain), an assignment that eventually led to the creation of his own company, Thinkwell Design & Production. François regularly works on projects throughout the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
"The soundscape can elicit powerful emotions within a Cirque show," he says. "It can warn of impending danger, heighten tension or trigger laughter. It is impossible to escape its influence. My challenge as the Sound Designer is to create an atmosphere that conveys the intentions of the director, highlights the music and support the artists."
"To create the sound environment of IRIS, we used tools and techniques that are poles apart," he adds. "On the one hand, we designed and installed an advanced sound system. On the other, we took a purely organic approach to create some of the sound effects, using anything we could lay our hands on. It's a mixture of advanced digital technology and old-school know-how. This is our tribute to the film artisans."
François Bergeron was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.


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Okay this literally just happened and it left me a very strange mix of and , so I had to come here and get some feedback...My cell phone rings. The number is unavailable, which I've never had on my cell. I should have just ignored it but I almost never get calls from people I don't know. I had also given my number to someone for emergencies and I was worried it was her and she needed me. So I answer:Me: Hello?Unidentified Female: Hello? Who is this?Me: (thinking - um, you called me lady what the ehell?) Uh, this is *Firstname.* Who is this?(Still) Unidentified Female: Oh, I'm looking for *John Doe.*Me: I have never heard of them I think you have the wrong number.(Apparently Determined to Remain) Unidentified Female: Oh. Okay.Me: (uncomfortable pause wherein I realize she isn't going to apologize for interrupting a stranger, so I decide to commiserate with her on her inability to contact Mr. Doe) ...Well, sorry. Bye.I am used to getting random wrong numbers on my cell. There is even some lady who has called repeatedly under the assumption that my number belongs to a friend or relative of hers. But the exchange above really irritated me. The woman's tone was like "who are you?" Very accusatory and it got my back up. It really seemed rude to start in with questions when she was the one calling. I can understand that if you call a number and assume 1) you have the right number and 2) you have dialed correctly, then hearing a voice you do not recognize can be disconcerting. However, when it happens to me, I do not assume something crazy like that the guy I'm trying to call is cheating on me or that someone has broken into my friend's house and answered their phone. I go back to #1 and #2. Voice I don't know? Does the person sound like the wrong gender? Duh, maybe I have the wrong number! So my first logical thing would be to try and confirm and say "Hi, So-and-so?" or "Hi is So-and-so there / Can I speak to So-and-so please?"FWIW, I feel that calling someone is like being invited into their house (yes, even on a cell). You are asking to "come in" as a "guest" to their time and headspace. I don't think it is unreasonable to expect basic politeness from people who use a phone to intrude on my time. You say "please" and "thank you." You introduce yourself and state your purpose. Is is really that difficult?What say you ehellions? Was the phone call I got rude? What are your rules for basic phone etiquette?
I agree that leading off with "who's this" is rude, but can give a little slack because hearing a voice other than the one you expect can be a bit disconcerting.
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Think sales is the hardest part of running a services business? Wrong. Cashflow is harder.
- You're entitled to a downpayment. Don't wait until the end of a project to send an invoice. As part of your negotiation and written contract, specify between 30-50% up front. It's customary, and it's essential to managing your own cash flow.
- Track your invoices or risk total cash chaos. While technology like FreshBooks can help, invoices generated in Word are also adequate, as long as you keep a list of invoices by tracking number and dollar value. It's not uncommon for clients to lose your invoice and ask you to resend it.
- Don't assume your client will pay you in a timely fashion. Ask for the name and email address of the person paying the bills (this could be a CFO, accounts payable director, bookkeeper). Email and introduce yourself. Make sure they have what they need to pay you (i.e. W-9, mailing address, ACH transfer information). Multiple emails and phone calls are entirely appropriate to establish and track payments.
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Phone: 660-543-4640
Fax: 660-543-4943
Contact: Jeff Murphy
WARRENSBURG, MO (April 29, 2014) – Telling spectators The Crossing – South at Holden is "symbolic of taking learning to a greater degree," University of Central Missouri President Charles Ambrose led a groundbreaking ceremony today launching the largest building project in the university's history. Nearly 100 people from the campus and local community were on hand to watch as the first shovels of dirt were turned at the site of the new $41 million facility at 116 W. South St. in Warrensburg.
Those attending heard remarks about the benefits of the project from Ambrose and Board of Governors President Marvin "Bunky" Wright, Columbia, while also learning more about sustainability measures that are being incorporated into the structure from Jim Schraeder, vice president of the Kansas City firm, Gould Evans, the project master planner/designer. Representatives of other Kansas City firms involved in the project were also in attendance, including AT Demolition, which is handling the demolition of the former General Services Building (GSB), where The Crossing is being constructed; McCownGordon Construction, design-builder; and Treanor Architects, the architect of record. Also present were representatives of SPIN! Pizza and Starbucks Coffee, two businesses which will be located on the lower level of this 325-bed mixed-use student residential-retail facility.
"This is a major part of who we are and what we are to become as an institution," Ambrose said, while thanking the university's governing board and individuals who have served on the project management team. He also pointed out the project will have a significant economic impact on the Warrensburg community.
"One thing that is important for us to recognize is that the project construction phase – with AT Demolition, McCownGordon Construction, and Treanor Architects – will provide 160 Missourians with full-time jobs," Ambrose said. "It will create 652,000 labor hours at an average pay rate of $45 per hour, and when it is finished it will be filled with student workers and employees who will have new campus-based jobs, as we look ahead to create the new student employment base."
Architectural drawing of The Crossing-South at Holden were on display at a reception at the Achauer House following the groundbreaking ceremony.
According to Ambrose, the new mixed-use facility is part of the university's new contract for student completion, which is focused on measures that will help students graduate in four years. In addition to meeting requirements such as regular class attendance, taking the "right" 15 hours of college courses per semester, and meeting with academic advisors on a regular basis, the contract also requires undergraduate students to reside on campus their first two years at the university.
Wright told the gathering The Crossing is the fulfillment of a dream for many people on campus. The board looks forward to being able to celebrating the structure's opening by the fall 2015 semester.
"It is something I think will draw attention and be useful to the City of Warrensburg, the University of Central Missouri, and certainly it will be a benefit to students of this university," he said in talking about the new student residential-retail facility.
The Crossing also is being built with a goal to achieve the U.S. Green Building Council's Silver LEED standards in terms of energy efficiency and sustainability. Schraeder said this includes small- and large-scale efforts.
He noted that the event plaza to be located on the south side of the complex will include a bike maintenance station to support the university's Re-Cycles initiative, which is a campus bike lending program. A number of additional efforts are also underway to reuse materials from the demolition of the former GSB, which was torn down to make room for the new facility.
"The design-build team is working very hard and has a goal of diverting from a land-fill 90 percent of all construction demolition waste for this project. One of the big ways we'll be doing that is crushing rubble from the building and using it as sub-base under the (new) building and in the parking lot," Schraeder said.
The groundbreaking came approximately one month after demolition began on the GSB, which for many years housed the Facilities, Planning and Operations unit, along with purchasing and printing offices. As part of the overall project, these services have been moved from 116 W. South Street to a new location at 415 E. Clark Street.
The Crossing – South at Holden will serve as a living and learning center at UCM. It will provide a combination of two- and four-bedroom units that feature kitchens, living areas, and private bathrooms for each two students, with supporting community spaces. It also will include an outdoor plaza area, and retail space within the building, including a new University Store, SPIN! Pizza and Starbucks coffee shop.
Contributing to a total cost of approximately $60 million, additional improvements planned as part of the overall project include the relocation of GSB services to the former South East Elementary School on the east side of campus, and improvements to Audrey J. Walton Stadium at Vernon Kennedy Field, located directly south of the new mixed-use facility. Stadium improvements include moving locker rooms from the GSB to the lower level of Walton Stadium, as well as installation of new visitors seating and restrooms on the east side of the facility.


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El Monte high school teacher Trevor Schoenfeld is an omnivorous moviegoer, the kind who wants to see films he's interested in at their first possible screening. For years, he's been willing to line up at the multiplex for the first midnight showings of mainstream releases, but lately, he's gone to theaters playing "Evil Dead," "Oblivion" and "Pain & Gain" at 10 p.m. or even 7 p.m. Thursday ahead of their official Friday openings — sometimes getting home to his four kids before the clock strikes 12.
"It is much nicer to get home at midnight versus getting home at 3 a.m.," said Schoenfeld. "I have no problem with the current trend of new releases screening earlier and earlier on Thursdays."
Still, he believes there are some films that are much better experienced at midnight — and not just horror flicks or camp such as "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Take the edgy, sexy "Spring Breakers," which he saw at the ArcLight Hollywood, or "The ABCs of Death," which he caught at the AFI Fest last fall. "Midnight movies," he said, "are a whole different experience."
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With a mix of old and new titles, fan favorites and obscurities, L.A.'s weekend midnight movie circuit is drawing strong crowds week after week to such diverse titles as the 2010 Michael Cera comedy "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" and the 1987 new wave ninja rediscovery "Miami Connection." Audiences have turned out lately for an unpredictable group of films that includes the 1999 killer shark tale "Deep Blue Sea," Prince's 1984 musical "Purple Rain," the Jean-Claude Van Damme actioner "Hard Target" and the PG-rated family baseball comedy "The Sandlot," not to mention "Faces of Death" and "Scream."


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RipDev has released the Installer 4.0b8 publically! This is the last update since the 4.0b6 which removed quite a few bugs. The reason they mention for the late release being swamped with work.
This new version switches to libcurl from the stock Foundation URL loading classes, which means more lightweight CPU and memory footprint and, more importantly, resumable file transfers. They also mention that there will be some more bug fixes.
Another great thing is that they have changed the functioning of the feature page. Now the featured page has featured stuff in it's true sense. I mean to say that now it displays the most popular (number of installations) packages on the featured page. Though there will be a few sponsored package too (for obvious reasons ) but they will be easily distinguishable and will be less in number (<3).
Another improvement done is that the community sources ae updated to reflect the change in name of ModMyiF0ne (intentionally mispelled) to ModMyi. It also removes some useless and outdated sources.
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RU to host regional science fair
Radford University's College of Science and Technology and Department of Chemistry will host the 22nd annual Blue Ridge Highlands Regional Science Fair March 8-9 in the Peters Hall gymnasium.
This will be the third consecutive year that the regional fair has been held at RU. Chemistry professors Christine Hermann and Kimberly Lane are co-directors for this year's event, which is open to students from 16 counties and three cities across the region.
The goal is to stimulate an active interest in science and engineering in young students, provide an unparalleled experience in research and presentations, and expose the public to the hard work the students are doing, the professors said.
Through posters and oral presentations, participants will present the results of their research in the fields of animal science, behavioral and social science, biochemistry and chemistry, cell and molecular biology, computer science, earth and planetary science, environmental management and science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and health, microbiology, physics and astronomy, and plant science.
Students in grades six through eight will compete in the junior division, and students in grades nine through 12 will compete in the senior division. Hermann and Lane are expecting about 120 projects to be on display this year.
The science fair is open to students in the counties of Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Giles, Grayson, Lee, Montgomery, Pulaski, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise and Wythe and the cities of Bristol, Galax and Norton. Students from the Southwest Virginia Governor's School in Pulaski also will participate.
Science professionals, professors and a number of volunteers from various disciplines will serve as judges for the regional event, Hermann and Lane noted. The fair will have 40-50 judges.
The first-place winner in each individual senior category will receive an invitation to participate in the Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair at Virginia Military Institute on April 5 and 6.
Grand award winners (the top two senior division projects) will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix the week of May 12-19.
All projects must be submitted for approval before the exhibition at the fair. The deadline to submit a registration form and abstract is Friday, Feb. 22. Rules and guidelines as well as registration and other forms are available online.
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Representatives Travel to Panama to Advance the International Credit Union Movement
September 08, 2005
Des Moines, IA — Six representatives from the Iowa credit union movement and World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. (WOCCU) traveled to Panama Aug. 28-Sept. 1 to establish an international "People to People Partnership" exchange that will help strengthen the Panamanian credit union movement.
Those participating included: Patrick S. Jury, Iowa Credit Union League (ICUL) Vice President; Murray Williams, ICUL Director of Strategic Alliances & Public Affairs; Jan Dietzenbach, ICUL Management Consultant; Patrick Drennen, ICUL 2nd Vice Chair and 1st Gateway Credit Union CEO, Camanche, IA; Mark Kilian, Community Business Lenders CEO; and Victor Corro, WOCCU International Partnership Manager, Madison, WI.
"Our goal with this partnership is to champion the credit union philosophy of people helping people by providing assistance on an international level," Jury said. "We learned a lot from our friends in Panama during our first visit, and hopefully we provided them with new ideas for their credit unions in return."
To begin their visit, the Iowa credit union delegation met with the staff of COFEP – the Panama credit union trade organization – to learn more about each other and develop the groundwork for a long-term partnership. While Panama has a sound credit union movement in place, they are working to develop a more structured regulatory system, Jury said.
"In the United States, credit unions are a product of the legislative and regulatory process, so we have much experience in that arena," he said. "COFEP told us this is one area where Iowa could provide them with counsel and support."
The Iowa contingent next conducted a four-hour education session with approximately 100 Panamanian credit union representatives on their second day. Topics presented included: an overview of the Iowa credit union movement and ICUL governance structure; the importance of a sound regulatory environment; the role of volunteer boards of directors, how to engage in legislative advocacy, how to structure new business development, the role of credit union consulting; and an overview of member business lending.
On the final day, the group met with Panama's regulator for cooperatives (which also regulates the country's credit unions) to discuss the need for regulatory reform and visited five Panamanian credit unions of various sizes.
"I was fascinated by how similar the challenges are for credit unions in both the U.S. and Panama," Drennen said. "Though Panamanian credit unions are earlier in their evolution than we are in the U.S., their issues and goals are in line with what we see in Iowa credit unions."
During the exchange the Iowa delegation also visited the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal and received an exclusive tour of the canal's operations. "It was impressive to see that the Canal, now under Panama control, is still being operated with the same engineering design with which it was opened in 1914," noted Corro. "While at Miraflores Locks, the delegation was able to take control and raise two ships from Pacific sea level to Caribbean sea level."
COFEP and ICUL are now working to formalize their partnership and establish immediate and long-term goals for the relationship. Ongoing dialogue is planned and a international Webinar is in the works with the ICUL presenting to Panama credit unions via the Internet. A contingent from COFEP and Panama credit unions are also planning an Iowa visit in early 2006.
COFEP was formed in 1985 by U.S. credit unions in the Panama Canal Zone in order to provide a stabilization fund, guarantee fund and consulting for credit unions to preserve their financial well-being and the savings of their members. Currently, 84 Panama credit unions belong to COFEP, which represents 112,000 of the 135,000 credit union members of those who live Panama.
World Council of Credit Unions is the global trade association and development agency for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach.
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All this time and money is being wasted to determine how to solve the state pension funding problem. The solution is obvious but has never been discussed.
Gov. Jim Edgar and legislators relied on statisticians and actuaries when the pension funding ramp law was enacted in the 1990s. They figured 50 years would suffice in fully funding the pension systems without being an undue burden upon the state. However, they did not include the pension holidays and the Great Recession that followed.
After all, statisticians and actuaries must have known constants to reliably predict future events. Please let me know if anyone out there can predict what tomorrow will bring.
The easiest way to decrease the pressure that the pension funding ramp is causing on the state budget is to reduce the payments by extending the time to full funding. What makes the year 2045 so special? Why not 2065 or 2095 for full funding of pensions? By then, all Tier I retirees will be gone and the much lower benefits received by Tier II retirees will be supported by the pension fund.
In fact, 100-percent funding of the state pension funds is arbitrary. This is based on everyone who works for the state retiring at once, which is an impossibility. And do you think our politicians would leave this big pot of money sitting there? Have they done so in the past?
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Mid-South residents have a chance to view a rising neighborhood in Eads – and possibly win a home – while helping children fight cancer.
John Christy joins Candy Johnson, from left, Betty Christy, Aggie Wagner and Beverly Osing of the Ladies of St. Jude, an organization that supports the hospital and the 2013 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway.
(Photos: Bob Bayne)
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is using real estate as a vehicle to help fund the battle against childhood cancer and other deadly diseases through the 2013 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, a June 22 raffle for a $475,000 home in Eads.
Participants can view the 4,000-square-foot custom home, built in the Aston Park Renaissance Community by Southern Serenity Homes, during free open houses every weekend through June 16.
"It's just something we wanted to do to help the children at St. Jude," said Greg Bridgers, co-owner of Southern Serenity Homes, which donated time and materials to build the home.
"It's very rewarding to us because we've met a lot of the families with varying and numerous types of diseases where doctors had told them they wouldn't live, they wouldn't be able to see, they wouldn't be able to walk. Yet due to the miraculous work of St. Jude, they were alive, they were able to see and they were able to walk."
By touring the four-bedroom, three-bathroom home visitors can enter a free open house giveaway for a $5,000 gift certificate from Ashley Furniture HomeStore.
But the real fundraising muscle, and the opportunity for participants to win the showcase home and a host of other prizes, including a year's worth of gas from Circle K, comes through a $100 ticket purchased by June 2.
The money raised from ticket sales is plowed back into St. Jude for research and patient care.
John Christy and Candy Johnson, president of Ladies of St. Jude, at the St. Jude Dream Home in Eads. Raffle tickets are available through June 2.
The 22-year-old event had been a fundraising success for St. Jude, which covers the cost of transportation, food, treatment and lodging for patients and a parent.
"St. Jude pays for everything and a lot of people, including Memphians, don't know that," said Dr. Susan Aguillard, a pediatrician at Pediatrics East in Memphis and a member of the board of governors and directors of ALSAC/St. Jude.
"The money from this event goes straight to the hospital to pay for this endeavor."
So far, more than 300 houses across the country have been awarded and the program has raised more than $240 million for St. Jude, which has a daily operating cost of $1.8 million.
"It's exciting and it's kind of frightening because with anything that keeps growing you always worry if you can sustain it and even grow it," Aguillard said. "Every year we try to make it a little better."
That's a quantum leap compared to the program's humble beginnings.
Aguillard's father, Donald Mack, started the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway program in Shreveport, La., in 1991. Mack had been approached by a man with a prefabricated home who suggested Mack raffle it for charity.
"My father said, 'Why not do something for St. Jude?'" Aguillard said. "That's how it started. From there it's grown to a national program."
Southern Serenity Homes has built the last six Dream Homes, including this year's, raising around $6.2 million for St. Jude.
"We feel like we're a little drop in the bucket compared to what St. Jude does," Bridgers said.
The St. Jude Dream Home house will be open for free tours through June 16; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets may be reserved by calling 1-800-224-6681 or by visiting www.dreamhome.org. People may also reserve tickets at all Memphis-area locations of Regions Bank, Ashley Furniture HomeStore and at Stash.
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UVM College of Medicine Class of 2016 Receives White Coats
- 10-18-2012
- By Jennifer Nachbur
An annual rite-of-passage ceremony that prepares medical students for their future as physicians took place a little earlier this year at the University of Vermont. Typically held six months into UVM medical students' first year, the Class of 2016's White Coat Ceremony took place in conjunction with "Family Day" on Saturday, October 20, 2012, at 2 p.m. in UVM's Ira Allen Chapel.
The ceremony marked a first for newly-appointed Associate Dean for Student Affairs Christa Zehle, M.D., an associate professor of pediatrics and pediatrician at UVM/Fletcher Allen and Class of 1999 College of Medicine alumna, who began her new role at the College of Medicine just one month prior to the Class of 2016's arrival on August 6, 2012. Zehle delivered the keynote presentation at the event. Additional presenters included William Jeffries, Ph.D., senior associate dean for medical education, Frederick C. Morin III, M.D., dean of the UVM College of Medicine, and John Brumsted, M.D., president and CEO of Fletcher Allen. Zehle, Morin, Brumsted, and Tania Bertsch, M.D., associate dean for clinical education and associate professor of medicine, assisted with cloaking students with their first white coats at the event.
To date, members of the Class of 2016 have studied Clinical Decision Making, Cell/Molecular Biology and are currently immersed in the 12-week-long Human Structure and Function course, which focuses on the composition of the human body and how it performs through an integrated study of microscopic and gross anatomy, physiology, basic imaging principles, embryology and clinical skills. The course integrates traditional educational methods with innovative computer-based lessons, small-group learning, and hands-on learning with Standardized Patients in the Clinical Simulation Laboratory.
The event was broadcast live via videostreaming beginning at 1:45 p.m. on October 20. Photographs and a link to the ceremony video will be available the week of October 22 at http://med.uvm.edu/medphoto.
The University of Vermont Medical Alumni Association, Fletcher Allen Health Care, and the UVM College of Medicine Dean's Office provided white coats for the ceremony, and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation provided Humanism in Medicine lapel pins for each student.
Background Information on the White Coat Ceremony:
- Physicians dressed in black until the late 19th century, due to the association of black attire as formal. Physicians adopted the white coat as a symbol of purity at the beginning of the 20th century.
(Source: Mark Hochberg, M.D., "The Doctor's White Coat--an Historical Perspective," American Medical Association Journal of Ethic's Virtual Mentor website, April 2007)
- According to the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the White Coat Ceremony helps establish a psychological contract for the practice of medicine.
- Initiated on August 20, 1993 at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, this annual ceremony or a similar rite now takes place at about 90 percent of schools of medicine and osteopathy in the United States.


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PAW PAW – Elementary students in sixth and seventh grade took part Feb. 13 in the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser during physical education class. Participants raised $2,288.48 for the American Heart Association.
In other Paw Paw school news:
■ John Hoelzer, a Paw Paw High School sophomore, competed March 13 in the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering competition at Northern Illinois University. He received a third-place medal in English for Division 300.
■ Senior Night was Feb. 15, with prize drawings for a number of items as a fundraiser for the senior Class of 2013. Erv Safranek won the Mega Cash top prize of $519, while Cash Reichling won $223 for the second prize. Kathy Mangan received a Paw Paw Bulldogs quilt made by Betty Seidelman, grandmother of senior, Austin Safranek. Nina Castaldo Mitchell won a $50 gift card from Sherman's, an appliance and electronics store in Peru.
■ Junior high and high school athletes were recognized March 13 during the winter sports award ceremony. Those honored were:
Junior high: Ola Soto, eighth grade, Best Base Award; LeeAnn Smith, seventh grade, Most Vocal Award; Joslyn Hopkins, seventh grade, Cheerleader of the Year; and Brieanna Bevans, seventh grade, Most Spirit Award.
High school: Morgan McCannon, Most Spirited, and Nick Ekstrom, Outstanding Dedication.
Eighth-grade boys: Robbie Hill, Best Defensive Player; Brandon Heiman, Best Offensive Player; and Antonio Solis, Coaches Award.
Seventh-grade boys: Brandon Heiman, Best Offensive Player; Robbie Hill, Best Defensive Player; and Trystan Sheridan, Coaches Award.
Boys varsity: Nicholas Siemers, Justin Wiley, and Zach Lilja, Most Valuable Players; Justen Penman and Wesley Kaiser, Co-Most Improved Player; and Jonathan Jenkins, Defensive-Hustle Award.
Boys junior varsity: Trevor Oros, Patrick Wiley, and Jason Kidd, Most Valuable Player; and Fred Randazzo, Defensive-Hustle Award.
Eighth-grade girls: Deona Collins, Best Offensive Player; Brieanna Bevans, Best Defensive Player; and Haley Oros, Coaches Award.
Seventh-grade girls: Joslyn Hopkins, Best offensive Player; LeeAnn Smith, Best Defensive Player; and Haley Oros, Coaches Award.
Girls varsity: Kasie Crawford, Heart Award; Danyelle Levan, Most Improved Player; Katelynn Lampson, Coaches Award; Josie Morgan, Offensive Award; and Jasmine Glenn, Defensive Award.
High school: Lindy Oates, Coaches Award; Heather Becker, Most Spirited Award; and Emily Wagner, Most Improved Award.


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Census of Population, 1940 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample (ICPSR 8236)
Published: Jan 12, 2006
Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
Version V1
The 1940 Census Public Use Microdata Sample Project was assembled through a collaborative effort between the United States Bureau of the Census and the Center for Demography and Ecology at the University of Wisconsin. The collection contains a stratified 1-percent sample of households, with separate records for each household, for each "sample line" respondent, and for each person in the household. These records were encoded from microfilm copies of original handwritten enumeration schedules from the 1940 Census of Population. Geographic identification of the location of the sampled households includes Census regions and divisions, states (except Alaska and Hawaii), standard metropolitan areas (SMAs), and state economic areas (SEAs). Accompanying the data collection is a codebook that includes an abstract, descriptions of sample design, processing procedures and file structure, a data dictionary (record layout), category code lists, and a glossary. Also included is a procedural history of the 1940 Census. Each of the 20 subsamples contains three record types: household, sample line, and person. Household variables describe the location and condition of the household. The sample line records contain variables describing demographic characteristics such as nativity, marital status, number of children, veteran status, wage deductions for Social Security, and occupation. Person records also contain variables describing demographic characteristics including nativity, marital status, family membership, education, employment status, income, and occupation.
Export Citation:
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Subject Terms
Geographic Coverage
Time Period(s)
Date of Collection
1978 -- 1983
Data Collection Notes
The data files are arranged by subsample, with each subsample stored as a separate physical file of information. Within each of the 20 subsamples, records are sequenced by state. Extracting all of the records for one state entails reading through all of the 20 physical files and selecting that state's records from each of the 20 subsamples.
The collection consists of a total of 2,133,800 hierarchical records: 391,034 household records, 391,034 sample line records, and 1,351,732 person records.
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Taking a Shine
Although you might not know it from the copy, advertising is spreading out. It's not just television and print anymore; it's viral stunts, sponsorships, naming rights, and product placement. The world is getting more media from more angles and advertising is coming along for the ride. Anything you can do, you can do for advertising. All you have to do is tack a logo on the end.
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Sunday, November 18, 2012 8:35 pm
Gators pull away to rout Middle Tennessee
By FRED GOODALLAP Sports Writer
The senior guard scored the final 13 points for the Gators and put an exclamation mark on a 66-45 rout of Middle Tennessee on Sunday.
"I kind of felt it late," Boynton said after shrugging off a slow start to score 20 points and help the Gators (3-0) remain unbeaten.
"This is one of the most physical teams I've played against in a long time," Boynton added. "In the end, we're going to benefit from playing them."
Will Yeguete had 11 points and 13 rebounds for the Gators, who opened the second half with a 14-2 run and never looked back.
Middle Tennessee (2-1) trimmed a 15-point deficit to nine before Mike Rosario finished a fast break with a dunk and Boynton hit a 3-pointer to put the game away.
Marcos Knight led Middle Tennessee with 12 points and Shawn Jones added 10 for the Blue Raiders, who played tough, disruptive defense early and trailed 29-26 at halftime.
"Last year we won at UCLA, we won at Tennessee, we beat Ole Miss on a neutral-court game in Mississippi. So we come in, we expect to win these kind of games," Middle Tennessee coach Kermit Davis said. "Florida was too good today, and we didn't have enough guys play well."
Middle Tennessee returned 10 of its top 12 scorers from last season, when the Blue Raiders went 27-7 on the way to the quarterfinals of the NIT.
Sunday was the team's first game against a ranked team since a 75-54 loss to Tennessee on Dec. 11, 2009.
"I thought we competed. We came in thinking a critical stat was going to be rebounding, and we ended up outrebounding them in the second half," Davis said. "That's a good team. They're well put together, obviously. Extremely well coached, and they've just got every part. They've got shooters, they've got bigs, they've got experience."
The bigger, stronger Gators turned up the defensive pressure in the second half, limiting the Blue Raiders to 27 percent shooting after the break. Middle Tennessee missed seven of eight shots while the Gators were taking control over an eight-minute stretch.
Patric Young had nine points and 10 rebounds for Florida, which led by three at the half despite shooting 39 percent and not getting much offensive production from its top two scorers, Erik Murphy and Boynton, who began game needing four points to move ahead of Dwayne Schintzius into sixth-place on the school's career scoring list.
"In the first half, their guards were really pressuring our guards, and they were out in the passing lanes, so they had the floor very, very much extended," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "We got the ball inside a few times and our post guys did not do a great job of finishing plays, or even making plays for that matter."
Murphy, coming off shooting 10-for-10 and scoring a career-best 24 in an 18-point win over No. 22 Wisconsin, didn't even attempt a shot until making a 3-pointer midway through the opening half. He finished 2 of 4 with six points, well below the 19.7 he averaged in the Gators' first two games.
Boynton, averaging 16, missed his first four shots and didn't score until making a pair of free throws with just over a minute to play in the half.
The senior guard finished with a flourish, though, delivering three 3-pointers and two more free throws to eliminate any hopes Middle Tennessee had of rallying.
"I just thought that our flow offensively was disrupted ... with the amount of contact, how physical it was. I thought in the second half we really, really made a huge emphasis to say, `OK, if they're going to put all the pressure out there, then we're left playing one-on-one in the post. ... It was a grind-out game. Overall, I thought the presence up front in the second half was the difference."
After their scheduled season opener against Georgetown was canceled because of poor court conditions aboard the USS Bataan docked in Jacksonville, the Gators returned home to begin with lopsided wins over Alabama State and Wisconsin, which led the nation in scoring defense last season.
Florida made six 3-pointers against the Badgers and seven more against Middle Tennessee, which was 2 of 10 from behind the arc on the way to shooting 32 percent for the game.
Meanwhile, the Gators went 10 of 17 from the field (58.8 percent) to warm up to 46.7 percent overall.
Neither team led by more than six before Boynton made a driving layup for his first field goal, then added a free throw to complete a 3-point play that put Florida up 37-28 with a little less than 15 minutes left.
Boynton finished 5 of 12 from the field - including 3 for 7 on 3-point attempts - and made all seven of his free throws.
"He's a guy you've got to account for out there, even though he didn't have a bucket or a field goal in the first half," Donovan said. "But in the second half, that's what he can do. He can put together spurts like that where he can open up a game."


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DreamWorks Animation SKG is licensing its movie characters for various theme parks being developed in Russia, an increasingly important market for the Glendale-based studio.
The creator of the "Shrek," "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" franchises said it had signed a licensing agreement with Regions Group of Companies, which is developing what is billed as Europe's largest indoor theme parks. Regions says it's the fourth-largest retail property owner in Russia.
The parks, scheduled to open in 2015, would be located in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Yekaterinburg and include various attractions based on DreamWorks characters. They would be part of larger entertainment developments, including mixed-use movie/concert halls, 4-D movie theaters, hotels and shopping centers.
DreamWorks Animation is not investing in the parks or participating in the development, a spokeswoman for the studio said.
Nonetheless, like China, Russia has emerged as a key market for DreamWorks Animation and other Hollywood studios. The country has a strong appetite for Hollywood movies and is rapidly expanding its theater industry.


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Coach Chan Gailey admitted that Fred Jackson (head) was not feeling well on the plane ride back to Buffalo Sunday night.
The Athletic's Jeff Howe reports the Patriots are nearing a reworked contract with Rob Gronkowski.
Colts coach Frank Reich insists the team is "not worried at all" that Andrew Luck (shoulder) has yet to resume throwing.
Domestic violence charges against 49ers MLB Reuben Foster have been dropped.
Chargers GM Tom Telesco wouldn't rule out re-signing free agent TE Antonio Gates.
Free agent OG Richie Incognito was involved in an altercation at a Florida gym on Wednesday and is being held by police for an involuntary psychiatric evaluation.
Free agent TE Marcedes Lewis will visit the Packers this week.
The NFL will not require players to be on the field for the national anthem in 2018.
According to ESPN Bears reporter Jeff Dickerson, second-rounder Anthony Miller is "earmarked" for the slot receiver job.
Hunter Henry suffered a torn ACL at Chargers OTAs on Tuesday.
NFL.com's Mike Silver reports the Browns offered the Eagles the No. 35 overall pick for Nick Foles before eventually trading for Tyrod Taylor.
The NFL has approved revised kickoff rules for 2018.


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Attorney General Lockyer Announces Arrest of Residential Care Facility Employee on Rape Charges
Norwalk Caretaker Charged with Sexually Assaulting Two Dependent Adult Residents
(NORWALK) – Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced the arrest of a Norwalk residential care facility employee on charges of sexually assaulting two dependent adult residents of the facility.
Rommel Amado Sibal, 32, of Bellflower, was arrested today by Special Agents with the Attorney General's Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse (BMFEA), and transported to the Los Angeles County Jail in Norwalk. He was charged with five counts of committing a lewd act on a dependent adult, one count of rape of an incompetent person and one count of oral copulation of an incompetent person. Bail was set at $700,000.
The charges stem from assaults on two dependent adult residents who resided at Norwalk Terrace, at 15602 Belshire Avenue in Norwalk, between September 2003 and March 2004. Both victims suffered from mental disorders which rendered them incapable of defending themselves or giving legal consent to any of the sexual acts.
Sibal had been employed as a medication clerk at the facility since June 2003. He was suspended in March 2004 when the facility's supervisors were notified of the BMFEA's criminal investigation. The investigation began when one of the victims reported the assaults to a mental health worker.
Given the access that Sibal had to other vulnerable dependent adults, Attorney General Lockyer urges anyone with information about additional victims to contact the BMFEA at 1-800-722-0432.
A copy of the criminal complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, is available online at http://www.ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/index.htm


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The Portland Trail Blazers are still searching for a win on their current seven-game road trip and will take on the Cleveland Cavaliers Saturday night from Quicken Loans Arena.
The Blazers have lost five of six games and fell to (0-4) on their road swing following Friday's 96-78 setback in Boston. LaMarcus Aldridge led the Blazers with 23 points and eight rebounds, while J.J. Hickson and Meyers Leonard scored 11 points apiece.
"Boston came out really aggressive," said Blazers head coach Terry Stotts. "Doc (Rivers) called them a soft team and they came out aggressive. And they were very aggressive with their pick and rolls. They had us on our heels for the first two quarters and it took us a while to regroup."
Portland shot just 34.8 percent overall and went 3-of-15 from 3-point range, while committing 23 turnovers. The Blazers trailed by as many as 27 points.
The Trail Blazers, losers in five straight as the guest, will also visit Charlotte and Indiana, and are 2-7 outside the Rose City this season.
Cleveland is only 4-12 on the season, but played like a playoff team in Friday's 113-111 victory in Atlanta. The Hawks had won six in a row overall and seven straight against the Cavs.
Alonzo Gee scored on a putback of rookie Dion Waiters' missed 3-pointer with three-tenths of a second remaining, helping the Cavs end a four-game slide.
"I thought (Waiters' shot) was good," Gee said. "I had confidence that he was going to make that. He was in a rhythm and I just thought it was going in."
Jeremy Pargo had 22 points, Waiters had 21 points and Anderson Varejao posted a double-double of 20 points and 18 rebounds. Varejao has at least 15 rebounds in 11 of his 15 games played this season, including each of the last seven. He leads the NBA with 14.9 rebounds per game, including 5.8 rpg on offense.
The Cavs buried 10-of-23 3-pointers and shot 48.2 percent. They will try to even their 2-3 home mark Saturday night.
Cleveland lost the only meeting with Portland last season, a 98-78 setback at the Rose Garden. Aldridge scored 28 points, grabbed eight rebounds and came up with four steals. Kyrie Irving, who is currently sidelined with a broken finger, posted 21 points for the Cavaliers.
Portland has won three straight in this series following a six-game slide.


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Apple iPad fourth-generation model includes 128GB, retina display; stock rises slightly
Apple Inc. debuted an iPad with twice the memory of existing models, offering users more space to store movies, videos and books amid mounting competition in the tablet market.
The new iPad with 128 gigabytes of storage will be available starting Feb. 5, priced at $799 for a Wi-Fi version and $929 for a device that also offers a cellular connection, Cupertino, California-based Apple said today in a statement.
Apple bolstered its product lineup in October with the iPad mini, priced from $329 to $659, and a fourth-generation iPad that costs $499 to $829, depending on the features. The latest iPad model comes as as Apple works to fend off challengers from Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in the market for tablets, which NPD DisplaySearch has estimated will more than double to $162 billion by 2017.
"The tablet market is expanding, and Apple sees a market opportunity, not just at the low end but also in the high end with heavy media consumers," Tavis McCourt, an analyst at Raymond James & Associates, said in an interview.
Apple rose 1.9 percent to $458.27 at the close in New York. The stock has declined 14 percent this year, making it the worst-performer in the S&P 500 Information Technology Index.
Earlier this month, Apple posted the slowest profit growth since 2003 and the weakest sales increase in 14 quarters, fueling concern about Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook's ability to keep producing hit products more than a year after the death of co-founder Steve Jobs.
Apple said the added memory will be especially useful to businesses that use use heavy amounts of data and need more storage capabilities. The iPad is used for storing project blueprints, training videos, service manuals, X-rays and other data-heavy files. Nearly all Fortune 500 companies are using the iPad, Apple said.
Corporations will account for about 11 percent of tablet shipments in 2013, up from 8.3 percent in 2012, according to IDC. Microsoft has been trying to appeal to this market with its new Surface tablets.
"With more than 120 million iPads sold, it's clear that customers around the world love their iPads, and every day they are finding more great reasons to work, learn and play on their iPads rather than their old PCs," Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, said in the statement.
The more expensive iPad model follows the same strategy Apple employed when its Mac computers were challenged by lower- priced rivals, McCourt said.
"This is Apple logic," he said. "When cheap netbooks were popular and taking over, Apple upgraded, rebranded, and raised the price of their MacBooks." Apple could apply this same high-end strategy to the iPhone with future models of the handset, McCourt said.
Even so, Apple also is seeing demand for its lower-cost alternatives. Apple said last week that the iPhone 4, the least- expensive model available, and the iPad mini were sold out for much of October, November and December.


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NEW Melbourne Heart midfielder Marcel Meeuwis could have been pulling the strings in the centre of the park for A-League leader Central Coast - had he accepted an offer from Mariners boss Graham Arnold before the new season started.
But the 32-year-old opted to stay with his club VVV Venlo in Holland, despite the positive message about the A-League he had been given by compatriot and Mariners stalwart Patrick Zwaanswijk.
Six months later he finds himself in the sweltering sun of a Melbourne summer morning training with the Heart, looking forward to reacquainting himself with the Mariners centre back and hoping to drive his new club's run to a finals berth.
Meeuwis is small and skilful, what the Dutch like to call a ''controlling'' midfielder. Thanks to the information he received from his countryman, he has not arrived expecting the A-League to be a picnic.
''Zwaanswijk told me the level of the A-League was higher than people think in Europe. It's physical, but tactically it's getting better every year, Patrick told me,'' Meeuwis said.
His contract is for just three months but he gives every indication that if he does well and the Heart likes him, he is looking to stay. Meeuwis said he had had a difference of opinion with his coach at Venlo, was not playing and both decided a fresh challenge would be the best thing for him.
''We had a good talk, and we decided to separate as adults. It was better. My agent called me if I wanted to go to Australia. I took a couple of days to think about it and then decided I would,'' he said.
''In the pre-season Graham Arnold called me and asked if I wanted to play at the Mariners. I almost did it and I had a little regret that I didn't do it. But I looked the Heart up on the internet. I spoke to John Didulica [football operations manager], I spoke to Patrick Zwaanswijk, then I decided I wanted to come to Australia to enjoy playing football, and for the life as well. I had an option to go to Sweden, but I signed for Heart because I wanted to get into the team, then we will see what happens.''
There are plenty of faces on the Heart coaching staff with whom Meeuwis is familiar. ''I knew Joe Didulica [from his time with Ajax and AZ Alkmaar] and I also know Peter Zois because I played three months with him at Willem II [a Dutch top-division club],'' he said.
Meeuwis is confident he will be able to make an impact in a short time - and aware of the consequences if he does not. ''Football is an international language. I have learned the names very fast, it's not easy, but I think I will succeed. If I don't I will be back in Holland. John Aloisi will show me some videos on how they want me to play …''
He says he is impressed with the physical capacity of Australian players. ''Almost everyone here has a good condition,'' he said. ''That's the first thing I noticed, everybody is in good shape. In Holland not everybody is.''


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Aggie Tennis Competes In The Fall
ELON-The North Carolina A&T women's tennis head coach James Dunwoody got a chance to see how his team looks in competition this weekend, as the Aggies played in their first fall preseason event, the Elon Fall Invitational.
Ten of his 12 players competed, playing in two singles matches a piece and at least two doubles matches. The Aggies finished the weekend with four singles wins and three doubles wins, showing their coach and future opponents their mettle. The Aggies had three doubles teams compete on Sunday afternoon to wrap up the tournament.
"The first day they were kind of awestruck with the level of competition," said Dunwoody. "I think the second day they came to the realization that it's a ball that comes across the net-it has a name on it, not a school's name on it. I thought they made a good adjustment."
On Friday, freshman Takeyrah Reid from Las Vegas, Nev., defeated Julia Aguilar from N.C. Central by a 6-0, 6-2 final. Reid was the only one to win a match for A&T on Friday. On Saturday, senior Cayla Cross defeated Sara Ruiz from Western Carolina 5-7, 6-1, 10-5. Junior Victorea Austin and freshman Jayla Scott also picked up singles wins on Saturday.
In doubles play, Scott and sophomore Kenya Colbert picked up a 7-6 win against Meredith to advance to the final round on Sunday against a duo from Elon. Scott and Colbert lost to Elon 8-1. Also on Saturday, the duos of senior April Burrage and Reid and freshman Unique Hawkins and junior Kendra Esparza-Harris each picked up a doubles win to advance to the final round to face each other. Burrage and Reid defeated Hawkins and Esparza-Harris 6-1, 6-2.
In addition to getting a preview on how his team will look on the court in competition, Dunwoody and the Aggies were also able to get a sneak peak at some of their upcoming opponents, including N.C. Central, Elon and UNC Greensboro.
Dunwoody said he was pleased with the look of his team, in terms of their conditioning, as well as their attitude on the court. Preseason action will enable him to see where his team can improve for its regular season in the spring. Among the areas A&T will be working on is doubles competition and the team's footwork.
"We have to give the new people a chance to adjust to the not only the academic side, but also adjust to the pace and the intensity. It takes a couple of months for them to determine that they're not in high school anymore. Once they accept that, we'll go to work," he said.
The Aggies will also compete in two more fall invitational tournaments-the 12th Annual HBCU Invitational and the Wake Forest ITA Invitational - to prepare for the 2013 season.
Friday's Results:
Isabel von Stryk (USC -Upstate) def. Cayla Cross 6-1, 6-1
Puja Patel (Meredith) def. Kenya Colbert 6-1, 6-0
Taylor Cohen (USC-Upstate) def. Jayla Scott 6-0, 6-1
Natasha Afridi (Campbell) def. Nianna Henry 6-2, 6-0
Mia Ramic (N.C. Central) def. Unique Hawkins 6-0, 6-0
Loures Ros (Campbell) def. April Burrage 6-0, 6-2
Takeyrah Reid def. Julia Aguilar (N.C. Central) 6-0, 6-2
Aissa Mumba (N.C. Central) def. Kendra Esparza-Harris 6-0, 6-0
Maria Camara (Elon) def. Kimberly Stalling 6-0, 6-3
Viviana Stavreva (Elon) def. Victorea Austin 6-0, 6-1
Telenga/Ros (Campbell) def. Jayla Scott/Kenya Colbert 8-0
Jimenez/Maguire (Western Carolina) def. April Burrage/Takeyrah Reid 8-1
Lindsey/Renz (Campbell) def. Unique Hawkins/Kendra Esparza-Harris 8-1
Falcon/Gammie (UNC Greensboro) def. Cayla Cross/Nianna Henry 8-0
Patel/Hunt (Meredith) def. Victorea Austin/Kimberly Stalling 8-2
Saturday's Results:
Cayla Cross def. Sara Ruiz (Western Carolina) 5-7, 6-1, 10-5
Stephanie Falcon (UNC Greensboro) def. Cayla Cross 6-1, 6-0
Allison Beeler (USC-Upstate) def. Kimberly Stalling default
Jayla Scott def. Ewa Telenga (Campbell) default
Amy Ellis (UNC Greensboro) def. Jayla Scott 6-1, 6-4
Amy Ellis (UNC Greensboro) def. Kenya Colbert 6-2, 6-1
Nicole Nielly (Western Carolina) def. Nianna Henry 6-0, 6-1
Victorea Austin def. Mary Lawrence Newton (Meredith) default
Nicole Nielly (Western Carolina) def. Victorea Austin 6-3, 6-1
Shannon Bettiol (Western Carolina) def. Unique Hawkins 6-1, 6-0
Marshal Temory (Virginia Tech) def. April Burrage, 6-2, 7-6 (9)
Caroline Baker (Elon) def. Takeyrah Reid 6-1, 6-1
Caroline Lindsay (Campbell) def. Kendra Esparza-Harris 6-0, 6-0
Ruiz/Kissell (Western Carolina) def. Cayla Cross/Nianna Henry 8-1
Conley/Temory (Virginia Tech) def. Victorea Austin/Kimberly Stalling 8-6
Jayla Scott/Kenya Colbert def. Edwards/Newton (Meredith) 7-6 (ret.)
April Burrage/Takeyrah Reid def. Musgrave/Thomson (Meredith) 8-5
Unique Hawkins/Kendra Esparza-Harris def. Bye
Sunday's Results:
Lazarova/Stavreva (Elon) def. Jayla Scott/Kenya Colbert 8-1
April Burrage/Takeyrah Reid def. Unique Hawkins/Kendra Esparza-Harris 6-1, 6-2


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The Marion County Sheriff's office reports that area roads are up to 100% snow and ice covered and slick. Sheriff Ron Goemaat has issued a tow ban on Marion County until further notice.
The Iowa Department of Transportation reports that travel west of hwy 14 to Des Moines is difficult on all routes, as is travel east of Marion County. Towing services are prohibited on HWY 163 within and beyond the Marion County limits.
According to the Marion County Engineer's Office motor graders will continue to work on gravel roads until dark and begin again at 4:00 am tomorrow morning. They plan to be through all gravel roads by 7:00 am tomorrow morning. However, if we do receive the anticipated winds predicted, roads may drift shut again. The Engineer's Office anticipates that ice and snow on highways will continue to be a problem until the temperature moderates.
If you must travel, please use extra caution and give our road crews and first responders every courtesy possible.


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I don't know what more we can learn from focusing on these plays. I think that the analysis already done has far outreached the knowledge we have.
If there is a read on this play, we don't know what it is. It hardly matters because this play is not going to work regardless of who keeps the ball.
One thing is clear, there doesn't appear to be a running lane for anyone. There appears to be 9 guys within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage near the tackle box playing run. Neither edge is clean and all 4 LB ( I guess one of them has to be a safety?) are unblocked and waiting. Whatever the blocking scheme was it does not appear to be working.
It looks to me like Michigan should be passing on this D but we know how everyone hated that idea. If in the future, defenses commit 9 guys to stopping the run then I expect Michigan to pass. Hopefully, the WR will be able to win their one on one matchups more often next time.
However, I do not expect very many other teams to be able to blow up Michigans run blocking like Alabama did on this play.