text:
The Upside of Renewables
When crude oil reserves were first tapped on a commercial scale in the 19th and 20th Centuries, the oil was relatively close to the surface and needed less energy to pump and refine than is currently demanded to carry out the same practice. As oil has become scarcer, deeper wells and more energy intense retrieval practices are needed to produce the energy products our economies hinge on. In spite of efficiency gains in recovery and refinement processes, the ever increasing effort required to produce usable energy from it continually decreases the ultimate return on the energy invested for oil. The energy returned on energy invested (EROI) of any energy product fundamentally affect its economics and sustainability as a viable energy source. This week's DataPoints blog will briefly look at the predicament of fossil energy's finite nature and the upside of renewables.
When oil reserves were first tapped the EROEI ratio was 100:1. This means that for the equivalent amount of energy in one barrel of oil was needed to pump and refine the early oil barons were returned one hundred barrels of oil, an EROI ratio of 100:1. As the easily accessible oil near transportation hubs dried up, wildcatters traveled to more distant locations in search of oil, driving up EROI because more energy was required to get the oil to its destination. Later and more recently, oil companies are drilling deeper wells in more remote locations while employing energy intense practices simply to pump the oil. By 1999, the world average EROI for oil was 35:1, and in 2006, it had dropped to 18:1. Even though EROI estimates can easily be contested because of variability in defining input parameters and production longevity of a well, the finite nature of fossil fuels makes perpetually decreasing EROIs for oil, gas, and coal undeniable.
Coal, as an energy feedstock, has an excellent EROI of around 80:1 delivered to a power plant. After losses are accounted for in the production of electricity, coal remains one of the soundest energy sources with an estimated EROI between 24:1 and 12:1. Additionally, the energy density and hydrophobic nature of coal further affirm reasons behind its historic dominance as the economically wisest option among energy sources. Unfortunate for coal and those that are invested in it, concerns around toxicity and carbon emissions have driven regulation to protect health and the environment. Installing emissions control technologies to achieve acceptable levels of toxins and carbon emissions the EROEI of coal (and natural gas) decreases considerably. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) along with other emission control technologies requires energy and reduce the ultimate EROI of the energy product upwards of 40%.
Considerable hype has pushed shale gas to the forefront of energy speculations. Power producers are converting and building plants to operate on natural gas as prices have declined and remained low over the last five years. With increasing environmental concerns surrounding fracking and potential price volatility of natural gas, regulation is likely to fetter its current hype. With environmental regulations and its finite nature, natural gas EROI will ineviatably decrease.
A precipitous decrease in EROI of fossil energy sources poses a serious threat to modern society. This threat, however, opens considerable opportunities for the renewable energy industry, particularly for biomass because of their drop-in nature to existing fossil energy assets. Renewable energy, by nature, is not bound by limited resources as are fossil supplies. The EROI of renewable energy remains constant and will increase considerably from the efficiency gains as the industry and technologies mature.
Bioenergy critics will cite the low EROI of some bioenergy products, such as corn ethanol at around 2:1. The infancy of the bioenergy industry and its production systems provides opportunities for significant efficiency gains that will strongly affect their ultimate EROI in the production of biofuel, electricity, and heat. Fossil energy sources are precluded from much of the EROI gains from improvements to efficiency because of penalties to their EROI from their finite existence. Corn ethanol was built on the foundations of agriculture, which put a greater impetus on food calories than purely energetic calories. Currently available technologies and potential advanced in cellulosic ethanol contribute to varying EROI estimates that reach upwards of 40:1. The potential to improve the EROI of cellulosic ethanol is far greater than the potential with oil.
Efficiency gains within the renewable energy sector will have a greater impact on their long-term EROIs because renewables are inherently renewable. The nascent state of the bioenergy energy industry offers a great potential for long-term economic growth and sustainability. The upside of bioenergy is that it is meant grow.


text:
Women's Prana Chai TeeItem #PNL193
VIP:$44.99 Get This Price
Loading product details ...
Reviews (2)
Need Help?
Product Description:
Women's PRANA' CHAI TEE :: What better to go with your after-run latte than the women's Prana® Chai Tee. Smooth, lightweight, and ultra trendy with a showy burnout treatment, this tee aims to please with its easy-going nature. But don't let its peaceful vibe fool you. Once you get in on the road it's a competitive machine, working overtime to keep you cool and comfortable.
Features & Benefits:
Reviewed by 2 customers
Best Uses
Comments about Womens Prana Chai Tee Short Sleeve Non-Technical Tops:
I had to buy this top when I saw the print, but was even happier once I got it and had a chance to feel and wear the fabric. It's my softest, lightest top that I own. I plan on buying more of Prana's "burnout" styles.
Best Uses
Comments about Womens Prana Chai Tee Short Sleeve Non-Technical Tops:
I like to wear this for every day type of wearing ; town etc
Your Help Is Here
Shop with confidence knowing your team of Fit Experts is waiting to answer all your questions. You can always find your perfect product and your perfect fit. Your Road Runner Sports Fit Experts will make sure you get exactly what you want and have tons of fun in the process! Give us a call, chat, or email!
Call 800-743-3206 to
You May Also Like

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Want to remind yourself or a friend about this program? Fill out this simple form and klru will email you a reminder on the day that it will air.
Organized Writing
series: Ged Connections
air date: 3/08/13 5:30 AM
Experienced writers offer useful organizing techniques. Watch at your own pace online! http://klru.fastforwardtx.org/
WARNING: Email reminders for this program have already been sent out. Your reminder may not reach the intended address in time for this program's airing.
Back to TV Schedule


text:
denard ea sports cover
NCAA 14 Review: Change You Can Believe In
Previously on MGoBlog: Seth's review of the same.
NCAA 14 hits the shelves today, and EA Sports was kind enough to give us an advance copy to review — for the last four days, I've dutifully ignored the lure of sunlight, company, and basic hygiene in order to cram in as many hours as possible with the game. The things I do for you people.
My review of last year's edition eschewed the normal overview of gameplay and the various modes, instead focusing on how to make another underwhelming, mostly-redundant NCAA an enjoyable gaming experience. For the last several years, the basic debate surrounding NCAA has been whether to drop $60 for a couple gameplay tweaks (and, inevitably, a few new gameplay bugs) or save the money and hope for a good roster update.
This year, EA finally made enough changes that it truly feels like a new game in most aspects. Dynasty Mode got a much-needed overhaul, the gameplay adjustments are mostly positive, and the game as a whole feels more realistic. There are gripes, to be sure, but overall I think this is the strongest NCAA in a while.
There have been enough changes to the gameplay (I know, right?) that even experienced players will want some time to learn the new features and hone their skills. Before doing anything else, I'd highly recommend going through the "Nike Skills Trainer"* — a series of tutorials/drills that covers all aspects of the game. Doing those not only helps you get used to some new controls, especially with the overhauled option (more on that later), but the drills are fun on their own — I found myself hitting "try again" several times to see if I could earn a gold medal in each drill, which unlocks a player for the online-only Ultimate Team mode. The skills trainer replaced the mini-games (option dash, tug of war, etc.), which I miss dearly — while the skills trainer is fun, you can't play against anyone else, and the mini-games were great for quick round-robins with a few friends — but it's certainly a worthy addition.
The biggest change once you're ready to hit the field is in the running game, where EA has implemented the physics engine that made last year's Madden so enjoyable. Running looks and feels much more like real life than in the past — setting up blocks is paramount, size matters in collisions, and there's a bevy of new animations that mostly look great (there are still kinks — a few tackles I've seen defied physics). With a good offensive line, running between the tackles can actually be effective.
More importantly, the option — and spread option — has been completely revamped, and I'd guess most players will find that running it in some form is their favorite way to play on offense. The game now helpfully points out the defender to read at the mesh point (for the read option or triple-option dive) or for the pitch (traditional option) before the snap, and variations like the mid-line option and inverted veer are now in the playbook. Backs maintain proper pitch relationship — an issue in years past — and quarterbacks can take hits without consistently getting injured or fumbling (this varies depending on ratings, of course, but QBs used to be outrageously brittle). The CPU can finally run an effective option, as well, with no more inexplicable pitches landing three yards behind the back; defending the option is hard, as it should be.
The passing game is mostly unchanged. Ill-advised throws are going to get picked off more often than not, which is realistic but also tough for gamers who don't know how to read defenses. There are still a few money routes — thank me later for recommending TE Trail in short- to mid-yardage situations — but I've found I can't predetermine where I'm throwing the ball unless the defense is completely misaligned given my playcall. Linebackers no longer are supermen, which helps; I wish receivers would do a better job on their own of adjusting to the ball in the air, though.
Defense is, one again, pretty damn difficult, especially if you want to play in the back seven. CPU quarterbacks are ruthlessly accurate; on All-American difficulty, my best hope of stopping a pass was to blitz and hope for a sack or throwaway, which along with the occasional drop appear to be the only ways to force incompletions. There are little-to-no mistimed routes, passes just out of a receiver's reach, or panicked chucks under pressure; even with a stellar secondary, interceptions and incompletions were very hard to come by, and instead I had to sell out with the pass rush or play conservative zones to keep YAC to a minimum.
Run defense is largely about calling the right play; from there, unless you're quite adept at linebacker or safety, the way your CPU teammates react is the biggest determining factor in a run play's success — this isn't unrealistic, but it doesn't make for a particularly enjoyable defensive experience. I've mostly lined up as a DT and focused on getting a big push into the backfield, which is more fun than it sounds (at least for me) and can have a big effect on both the pass and run games — collapsing the pocket on a QB is by far the most effective way to stop a passing play, as they often slide right into an awaiting DE.
The good news here is that EA now allows you to set separate difficulties for offense and defense. If you find yourself turning the ball over on half your possessions, you can knock the offensive difficulty down a notch; same goes for defense if you can't get a stop. This is an imperfect solution to a major problem — defensive gameplay is still quite frustrating — but it's still appreciated.
Now here's where things get really fun. Dynasty Mode finally got an overhaul, and it's a good one. First and foremost is the addition of "Coach Skills" — as you progress through your dynasty, you'll earn points for both on-field and recruiting accomplishments, and those points earn upgrades (the details of which can be found here). This adds a RPG-like angle to dynasty that makes it feel like you're really building towards something, not just running through the same season over and over again. You'll have to decide early on if you want to focus on earning in-game boosts (like Coachstradamus, which at its highest level gives you a 25% chance of identifying the opponent's play type before the snap) or an edge in recruiting (Kitchen Sink, for example, raises the cap on points you can spend recruiting individual players). Other coaches earn these same boosts, so you don't just lap the field as your dynasty wears on.
The second major change is the streamlined recruiting process. You get a certain number of points each week to spend on scouting, offering scholarships, and pitching players — those points aren't separate, so you have to find the right balance of scouting and recruiting early on. The critical change is that you don't have to unlock pitches or reset the number of points spent on a recruit each week — you know from day one which pitches a recruit likes and how many bonus points you'll get each week from them, then choose how many additional points to add from your pool. Those points don't change from week to week unless you change them; if you want, you can set your board in Week 1 and then forget about it (though I wouldn't recommend it). Even if you decide to spend time recruiting each week, the process goes much faster — including in the offseason, where the recruiting process has been cut down from a bloated five-week ordeal into a one-shot bidding war (you get a pool of 10,000 points and all caps for individual player spending go away).
The points system adds much more clarity to recruiting; you know exactly how far ahead or behind you are with a recruit, the bonus points your competition is getting each week, and the baseline number of points you'll earn on a given visit. This allows you to be much more strategic when it comes to targeting recruits, especially the longshots. With the roster cap still at 75 (ugh) and yearly scholarship caps at 25, I've found that narrowing down my recruiting board early and bringing in classes of 15-20 recruits gives me the best chance at landing a top class. Other recruiting tips:
- If you can, max out the Scouting coach skill as quickly as possible. There are plenty of "gems" and "busts" in the prospect field, and identifying those guys early is an easy way to cut down your board and focus on the best prospects. This is especially useful in preseason, when you get 1,000 points to spend solely on scouting.
- DO THE MATH. You can figure out precisely how many points you need to give a recruit based on the bonus points other teams are receiving and the weekly changes on a prospect's top schools board. Sometimes, even if you max out a recruit's weekly points, it's impossible for you to catch another program (usually Alabama). Drop those recruits like they're hot.
- After a certain amount of time, a recruit "locks" into a certain number of schools, and the rest are eliminated from contention — the numbers of schools locked in and how early this happens depends on the recruit. It's worth searching the board on occasion for prospects who are still <25% locked in the latter half of the season; even if the prospect doesn't have initial interest, you can often swoop in and pick these guys up late. This is a great fallback if you miss out on a prospect at a position of need.
- Pay attention to pipelines. Having a certain number of prospects from a specific state makes that state a pipeline, and you earn bonus points with a prospect if they hail from that state. Again, it's all about maximizing your limited number of points, so any edge you can find is helpful.
- The game gives extra points for scheduling visits late in the season — your goal with most prospects should be to get their final visit, and the game encourages you to schedule everyone as late as possible. DON'T ALWAYS DO THIS. Visits can cause huge swings in points, so if you have a comfortable lead for a prospect early, bring them in ASAP and you'll probably lock everyone else out and earn his commitment. Scheduling an early visit can also save you from being locked out, though you'll then have to sweat out the recruit's subsequent visits.
Other than recruiting and coach skills, dynasty mode is mostly the same, which is good — that's always been my go-to mode. My biggest gripe is that there is no playoff starting in 2014 — you're stuck with the BCS in perpetuity, which is especially unfortunate since the game occasionally produces some wonky title games. Exempli gratia:
Even worse: Stanford beat Washington by 30 in their simulated matchup.
EA is probably waiting to unveil the playoff (sorry: cofopoff) as a new "feature" in next year's game. This is pretty lame, EA.
Overall, though, the changes to dynasty mode are a big step in the right direction, making an already enjoyable game mode even better. My only gripe with the coach skills is they can sometimes make things too easy — if Coachstradamus tells me the defense is in a Cover 2, I know enough to audible to a play that will gain 15 yards at worst — but you can set how difficult it is to level up, which helps mitigate that issue. The RPG aspect is something I very much enjoy; I found myself tempted to race through seasons so I could pick up more bonuses and build a true juggernaut.
Road To Glory — in which you take a player from high school recruit through his college career — is still in the game and, as EA admitted, is essentially untouched. If you liked the mode in years past, you'll still enjoy it. If you didn't — or found it less compelling than Dynasty Mode — then it's not worth trying again.
EA imported their popular Ultimate Team feature — in which you unlock players through in-game accomplishments, then use them in games against online opponents — to NCAA. You can use these players, which include several all-time greats and (until yesterday) one "oh shit, get him out of here", in head-to-head online seasons or solo challenges. I haven't had the chance to delve into this mode in depth, so I won't comment on its merits except to say that it'd be nice if there was an offline option.
If you're the type who just wants to play the game but still want to play for something, there's a new "2013 Season" mode, which is exactly what it sounds like — you play (or sim, though that seems to defeat the purpose) your way through the 2013 season without having to worry about recruiting and the like. This won't be a feature I use but I'm sure some of you will appreciate it.
It's pretty clear at this stage that EA has maxed out what they can do on the PS3 (oh, hey, just in time for the PS4!). There are some minor graphics improvements — players' muscles are more defined, for one — but the atmosphere falls flat at times; players on the sideline look like they're imported from a PS2, the field and crowd often look flat and dull. This isn't a big deal for me as much as the actual gameplay, especially since it's clear that EA has to hold back on minute details to ensure the game runs smoothy (and I'll take that over picture-perfect fieldturf).
In a long-overdue move, NCAA has new in-game camera angles, including a wide-angle view that allows you to see all 22 players on the field. I haven't toyed around with them much — on the first try, I found the wide angle to be a little too zoomed out — but at least there are options now.
As for the sound, you're still getting the same generic commentary in games, and the same repetitive marching band music in the menus (my first move is always to turn off the menu music and sound FX so I can listen to whatever I want while moving through my dynasty). EA has tried to add to the atmosphere by including piped-in music — yes, "Seven Nation Army" is in the game — which you'll either slightly appreciate or hate with the fury of a thousand suns. (Hi, Brian.)
Aside from the BCS tomfoolery, I've found the game pleasantly devoid of glitches or major issues with simulation. The only real glitch I noticed occurred once, when my CPU opponent went into the hurry-up and, with the rest of the offense set, the center stood over the ball until the play clock ran out. That hasn't happened since and the CPU loves to run the hurry-up, so that's hopefully an easy fix when EA releases the inevitable patch.
This isn't a bug, but a new recruiting feature is "complimentary" visits — no, this doesn't mean your coach heaps an excessive amount of flattery on a recruit, but instead that the player is visiting along with recruits of compatible positions (e.g. having a QB and WR visit in the same week). As a writer, or at least a person with a decent command of the English language, this drives me nuts.
This is my favorite edition of NCAA since they moved to the PS3. The run game is a lot of fun, especially the option, and unlike many I think the passing game is enjoyably challenging. Defense still needs plenty of work, especially in defending CPU quarterbacks, but I'm holding out hope that messing with the sliders — or perhaps a major patch — will alleviate some of the issues. (I didn't touch the sliders for this review so I could give a fair impression of the game right out of the box; if you're a serious gamer, I highly recommend checking the Operation Sports forums for tips on setting sliders.) With the improvements to Dynasty Mode, this is the first time in a while I've felt confident in saying a new edition of NCAA is worth the price tag.
Now if EA could just add the playoff and bring back the mini-games, baby, we'd really have a stew goin'.
*Product placement and ads for in-game extras are both quite prevalent. I found this fairly annoying — and I'm sure Ed O'Bannon does, too — especially when it comes to EA suggesting you purchase booster packs for a game that already costs $60. Long live capitalism, I guess.
NCAA Football 14: An ePinion
Dilemma: The HTTV proofs were delivered at the same time as the game.
First a confession: the last time I bought EA's college football game was 10 (the 2009 season) for PS2. I used to get it every year from the Woodson cover to the Desmond cover and play until it was taking more time than I could excuse because an exercise bike was involved. The exception was '05, which I played for four days before going back to 2004, still the gold standard of the series.
The versions I had were all great for power runs to set up bombs but in the summer of 2009 I was mostly interested in wrecking offensive rushing records with Rich Rod's offense. Like anybody with a touch of ASD, I cannot play until I've filled in and fiddled around with Michigan's rosters. Tate Forcier was like an 80 overall when I was done. Denard was probably set to move to cornerback—remember this was the 2009 offseason, when old men in conference hotels were dancing to Weapon of Choice:
Then I started playing and videogame Forcier would throw 8 interceptions per game because linebackers could leap 100 feet in the air. There was no such thing as an incomplete pass; you threw screens or you threw interceptions. It took just three games for my frustration to turn me off from the series and turn me into one of those people who delights in The Consumerist ripping on EA. Other than goofing around on my 2004 dynasty NCAA the game was dead to me.
Then they put Denard on the cover (and the wife let me get a PS3 once I proved how awesome it is at Netflix). And since I'd moved on from guy at convention hotels to guy who works for a college football blog, it turned out I could get an advance copy of the thing with Denard on the cover in return for telling people how I felt about it. A part of me finds it ridiculous that I can get away with this. Since I've been out of things for awhile (and Misopogal has grown skeptical over all this "work" I've been putting in) I'm gonna deliver the game to Ace after I post this, and next week you'll get a review from someone with a frame of reference within the current console generation. Here's the things you should know now:
1. IT HAS DENARD ON THE COVER. Truly it is the most beautiful thing to grace a cover since...NCAA 06? NCAA 99? A baby swimming toward a dollar on the album where music got its balls back? If Denard was smiling maybe.
I adore all of you!
He is actually the most appropriate cover athlete for a version of this game since they put Ricky Williams on the one with unstoppable running backs because…
2. OPTION OFFENSE is awesome. They completely redid that and now read options work the way they're supposed to. EA also gave the defense its option-crushing corner blitzes and scrape exchanges.
I keep forgetting to sub Green in at FB
However the counter to the counter sucks. They put bubble and PA split end screens in the playbook, but the defense reads these way too quickly on any difficulty worth playing. Also I've found my skill position guys tire so fast that when I go to it I keep getting Jeremy Jackson. Anyway the option stuff is the most fun, specifically the read and triple options. Too bad Michigan went back to the future on offense since...
[after the jump]
Dear Diary Rolls Old School
Fruits of the photoshop thread
The weekend respite from blasé hockey brought back a sorely missed tradition: goal-by-goal analysis. MGoBlueline picked up where Center Ice left off, and collects the Diarist of the Week; 200 points to Gryffindor. A sampling:
Copp makes a truly spectacular pass through Guptill that ends up right on the tape of Lynch's stick. Lynch is now all alone in the high slot facing a goaltender who is going to have to move side-to-side to stop a shot.
Lynch doesn't hesitate, roofing a shot over the goaltender's glove that makes his Gatorade bottle jump.
By now, yes, everybody knows that Ferris got a free breakaway when they put a 7th man on the ice and nobody noticed. I remind you that the Penguins once spent over 90 important seconds of an NHL Finals elimination game with too many men on the ice and didn't get flagged. I can only surmise that this is legal to do against teams I root for.
LSAClassof2000 has continued to put together short stats-based diaries with cats at the bottom. This week he went into Big Ten scoring offense since 2000. Since so many different coaches and systems have come through during this time, I'm not sure what aggregating by school really does—scoring offense is probably the most 'duh' statistic available to fans, and having Nebraska in a percent of total calculation is just fruitless. Break it up by seasons and tempo-free stats and we're talking—I'd like to know how good, say, 2010 was compared to 2012 Ohio State.
The Blockhams this week tried a little genetic experiment, which as an amateur evolutionary biologist I should warn you that you'd better isolate a lot of genes or else you're as likely to get a too-small, powerless, nerve-pinch-susceptible swimmer with the power to make Tennessee fans deranged by mere mention of his name.
Etc. A sense of entitlement fails you at Penn State and undersells beating MSU, however I caution not to underrate the benefits of that feeling like you can just trust your team will win because that is a low simmering awesome feeling that can make entire weeks happy, and expecting too little will just make you numb. THE LAST FINAL REMAINING SCHEDULES FINAL FINAL by GOLBOGM. Wallpaper by jonvalk.
Best of the Board
A decade ago ESPN realized the power of fan polls to drive passions and traffic when its Page 2 ran a sports-wide uniform contest. One by one the greats—Red Wings red, Tigers white, and finally the maize and blue went down to the ugliest Broncos uniform in history. How? Some fans found a way to game the system. Now a guy whose claim to fame is he's the Heisman winner's favorite receiver is doing the same through the college ranks, and again Michigan ends up the finalist they're trying to screw. Video of how they do it? Actually yeah.
Credit mgouser dmoo4u for uncovering the plot in time. It seems if you create a new group that group gets to vote again. Much of this was going on in the wee hours of last night. I suspect they've been doing this all the way up the ranks.
Spring football at least but we are starving fans and we'll take that. Before there was the Brian article on things to look for this spring, there was the thread of things to look for this spring. Eyes are on, in order, the offensive line, the receivers after Gallon, and the young defensive ends. Ojemudia gif appears:
While on the subject of the foosballs YoBoMoLloRoHo (name complaint: I get that Kipke, Crisler and Bump don't have easily accessible o's but what's your excuse for leaving out Oosterbaan?) takes us down to Georgia to see how they're developing football talent. I appreciate the effort but having followed high school football in the State of Michigan for some time, I think you're overrating the difference. I felt that certain schools in the past didn't do what they could to get their players into BCS programs, but year-long S&C training happens here and on better equipment. Take a tour of Farmington Hills Harrison's program sometime. The biggest difference between the north and the south in the programs themselves is coach longevity, and I don't see how that's a bonus. The biggest difference between Midwest HS football and the South is they have more talent there.
Bryan Fuller | MGoBlog
Following the Penn State disaster the board starting asking whether a Stauskas who isn't shooting 80% from behind the arc (and wasn't defending so well) really ought to be starting over the LeVert sensation. Then we immediately got a chance to put this theory to the test when Stauskas was knocked out against MSU. Minutes in the last five games:
LeVert played well, Michigan beat its rival at home, and successful message recipient Stauskas's defense was much better against Purdue. He drew Byrd and I don't think that guy made a field goal until finally getting in on the parade of preposterous treys late. Competition is good. If LeVert establishes himself as a guy worth 15 minutes a game and the sum effect is to get Stauskas to play better I take. We'll be watching what they do against Oladipo and Indiana.
The other question being mulled is whether B1G teams other than Michigan might struggle in the NCAAs when they don't have Valentine et al. and the conference's notoriously poop-flavored whistles protecting them. The theory goes that when Aaron Craft can't mug people and MSU can't send man-beasts with active elbows into the paint and Wisconsin can't Wisconsin that those teams will lose a big part of their winning strategies. Answer 1: The rest of the NCAA isn't the NBA. Answer 2: I don't give a damn, because B1G officiating is a huge disadvantage for a team like Michigan, which hardly ever fouls and which often has a quicker undersized guy taking non-called charges. Michigan State has been going to Final Fours for over a decade with teams just like the one they have this year. Getting away from awful Big Ten refs won't matter nearly as much as getting away from ridiculous Big Ten home court advantages.
This would be a diary if it wasn't for a demand by the OP that it remain on the board. Raoul put together an epic review of current recruiting targets for women's basketball in the 2014, 2015, and yes even 2016. As in current high school freshmen. I've mentioned before that it's quite common for the non-main sports to fill their classes years in advance (they have full and partial scholarships to give out so the athletes race to grab the few full rides available), so there's a lot of pressure on the kids to commit before they can, you know, drive cars.
Profitgoblue is stepping down from his longtime moderator chair in order to pursue his lifelong dream of getting a newborn to sleep through the night. Stepping into his place is LSAClassof2000. Better have some good, minable data in your posts from now on.
Buzzfeed is to Reddit as Flounder is to a group of fraternity brothers playing cards. That said, when Michigan fandom comes in for the "You might be a _____ if…" treatment anywhere, we bite. Here's all the things from the Buzzfeed list you need to care about:
- Chipatis. Pizza House takes all the credit but Pizza Bob invented the thing, which makes sense when you consider the whole trick is to make the salad on a paper plate first and then stuff it into a pita, and Bob's is the place that 1) serves everything on paper plates, and 2) uses pita dough for its pizzas because it's cheaper.
- Not a Blimpy virgin. If you haven't heard, it's not going to be there much longer.
- "Constant Buzz" and Casa Dominicks.
I guess you need to at least have taken the orientation tour to know not to step on the M on the Diag, that the UGLI exists, and the stacks are for scandalous trysts (I only ever went there to do research and found other people doing research). The other 29 things are generic, stupid, or things you would discover if you're from Los Angeles and Googled "Things to do in Ann Arbor." DON'T BE TAKEN IN BY STUPID BUZZFEED LISTS.
The comments at least mentioned the first day of spring, when the North Face jackets disappear and everyone is outside in shorts throwing frisbees because it's blessedly 49 degrees. And while the Fishbowl is known to all, the c. 2001 Fishbowl RIsing movement and the Brabbs for Heisman campaign that originated there shall ne'er be forgot.
ETC. Softball has Wagner back. Also back: mercies. Possibly leaked Illinois alternate helmet that doesn't seem to jive with the school's attempts to get away from 1950s-'how, white man' Native American imagery [insert my usual spiel about how this is peanuts when there's pro teams called Redskins and Indians].
Your Moment of Zen:
Vote Denard!


text:
Photo of Christine Matera courtesy of Gil Tablot.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Harvard women's basketball team went down to wire with Boston College Thursday night before falling 80-78 at Conte Forum. Five Crimson players reached double figures as the Crimson (6-6) shot above 50 percent for the fourth time this season.
Brogan Berry went 5-for-11 for the Crimson for a team-best 17 points and seven assists. Victoria Lippert scored 15 points, including three three-pointers, while Emma Markley (11), Christine Clark (11) and Christine Matera (10) also contributed with double figures. Miriam Rutzen grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.
A Matera three-pointer put the Crimson on the scoreboard to start the game and gave Harvard a 3-2 lead. Thanks to solid defense and sharp shooting the Crimson increased its lead to 14-8 seven minutes into the game. BC chopped away at the lead, pulling to within 16-15 with 10:47 on the clock, but a trey from Lippert, her second of the game; put the visiting team up 19-15, 20 seconds later. The Eagles tied it on the next possession and the two teams traded leads over the next five minutes before three straight Harvard scores put the Crimson ahead 31-25 with 3:47 remaining in the half. Lippert gave the Crimson its largest lead of the half, 33-26 12 seconds later. The Eagles battled back in the final minutes of the half evening the score at 38, before a Jackie Alemany jumper gave the Crimson a 40-38 halftime lead.
Lippert and Matera led the Crimson with 10 points each at the half. Harvard connected on 16-of-30 shots to start the game for a 53.3 clip
Boston College used an 17-4 run to take a 55-44 lead six minutes into the second stanza. Miriam Rutzen drained with 13:49 left to play to snap a three minutes scoring draught. Another three from Rutzen, two jumpers in the paint from Markley and four Berry scores pulled the Crimson to within 60-58 midway through the half.
The Eagles extended its lead to 69-62 before the seven straight from Harvard including a three-point play from Alemany tied the score at 69 with 4:17 to play. After trading two-point baskets, Lippert nailed a trifecta to give Harvard a 74-73 lead. The Eagles answered with bucket on their end before Clark's three-point play put the Crimson up by one. BC made 3-of-4 free throw attempts in the final minute to bring the score to 78-77. Alemany made 1-of-2 free throws to tie score. Carolyn Swords grabbed a rebound under the BC basket and put it in with one second on the clock to give the home team a win.
Harvard went 30-for-60 from the floor, including a 7-for-14 effort from beyond the arc. The Crimson converted on 11-of-15 shots from the free throw line. BC dominated the boards, grabbing 42 rebounds to Harvard's 29.
The Crimson takes on NJIT at home Sunday. Game time is slated for 2 p.m.


text:
ONU to present Venice Baroque Orchestra
Ohio Northern University's Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present the Venice Baroque Orchestra in the Stambaugh Theatre on Sunday, Feb. 3, at 2 p.m.
The Venice Baroque Orchestra (VBO) is recognized as one of the premier ensembles devoted to period-instrument performance. The orchestra has received wide critical acclaim for its concert and opera performances throughout North America, Europe, South America and Japan.
Committed to the rediscovery of 17th- and 18th-century masterpieces, the VBO has given the modern-day premieres of Francesco Cavalli's L'Orione, Vivaldi's Atenaide, Andromeda liberata, Benedetto Marcello's La morte d'Adone and Il trionfo della poesia e della musica, and Boccherini's La Clementina. With Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Orchestra staged Cimarosa's L'Olimpiade, Handel's Siroe, and Galuppi's L'Olimpiade, and reprised Siroe at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York in its first full staging in the United States.
Tickets are $35 for general admission and $18 for students and children. The Freed Center box office is open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Phone orders are accepted with American Express, MasterCard, VISA or Discover by calling 419-772-1900. Tickets also are available online at www.onu.edu/freed


text:
By CHRIS WHITAKER
Americus Times-Recorder
FLORENCE, S.C. — Logan Bland blooped an 0-2 pitch to right field to score the winning run as No. 5 Francis Marion beat Georgia Southwestern 4-3 in 10 innings Friday night.
After leaving the bases loaded in the eighth, GSW (25-17, 11-11 PBC) managed one base runner the last two frames as the Hurricanes fell to .500 in conference play.
Francis Marion (37-10, 15-7) took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly from Bland and an error.
GSW tied the game in the third using a Bud Long sacrifice fly and a Zack Stanton RBI-single. Preston Shuey's RBI-single put the Patriots back on top in the bottom half before GSW tied it again in the seventh on a Kevin Carroll RBI-single.
Jared Allen had three hits, including his ninth double of the season to lead GSW, and Carroll and Trent Dooley each had two as the Hurricanes had 11 altogether. Chris Lingham legged out his first triple.
The Patriots had 13 hits, led by Josh Biggers' three; three other Patriots had two, including Bland, who drove in two runs.
Ryan Lackey took a no decision after working 7.1 innings and allowing two earned runs on 11 hits. Corey Hawes (2-1) took the loss, allowing two hits while striking out two and walking two.
Brandon Forshee (3-0) got the win pitching 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit. Starter Josh Edgin lasted six innings, allowing two runs on eight hits.
It was the Hurricanes' ninth game with at least four errors, but only one of the Patriots' runs were unearned.
GSW lost its first game by one run (6-1) and its first extra-inning (2-1) affair of the season. It was the sixth time this season the Hurricanes were held to three runs or less, and it was their second loss (15-2) when the opponent scored five runs or less.
The Hurricanes dropped to 4-13 against ranked opponents.


text:
How cool was it to see a full pit area? There were racecars everywhere, as 69 cars between the three divisions lined the infield. 27 supers (29 counting backups), 19 SBS machines and 23 modifieds were race ready Saturday night.
While there were a lot of cars, it seemed there were only a few that got through the night unscathed. There were a lot of minor jingles through the night, slowing the race pace. But, while there were a lot of little things that brought out the yellow, there wasn't anything that wasn't fixable for this week. Sure there will be a lot of sheet metal banged out, straightened, and a lot of parts fixed in the garages, but there wasn't anything that would take a car out of competition for this Saturday night.
Randy Ritskes grabbed the opening night win in the Jim Shampine Memorial. Randy has been around the speedway for a long time, and the significance of an Oswego Speedway supermodified feature win isn't lost on Randy. He was emotional, excited, thrilled, and had the look of a little kid on Christmas Day after the win. The 88 was fast all day long, even stopping clocks in the 2's late in the race. Randy was in the right place at the time when the breaks went his way. Congratulations to Randy, Johnny, and the entire 88 team. I believe this is the first win for car owner Randy Darratt.
Randy's good break came at the expense of Ray Graham. Graham had the car to beat last weekend, and was stomping on the field. The only thing that kept anyone in the area code of the 90 was the caution flag. Once racing, the 90 shot out to comfortable leads each time, only to be reeled in when the yellow flew. Lap 59 Ray wheeled the 90 along the front stretch, into turn one, when he went a bit high to get around the slower 33 and 85 cars. The back end came around, the 90 spun, and Ray's lead was gone. The foam bit the back end of the car, and the rear wing was loose, and side panel bent, making the aerodynamics of the car les than ideal. It was a tough finish for the car that was the one to beat.
Jerry Curran was happy with his second place finish, with a fifth place car. He kept the car straight all night, and out of trouble, and was rewarded with a second place check. Joey Payne finished third, and cashed the check, fast. Bobby Bond was involved in the first turn accident that bent up 7 cars, but came back for a fourth. Matter of fact, the 25 was airborne in that accident, catching a wheel and getting some air time. The crew beat and banged the car straight enough to finish. Keith Gilliam was all smiles with a fifth at the end of 75. Keith likes the longer races, and to top it off, had no breaks.
All in all, the supermodified race was a pretty good one. You put it all together, opening night, a 75 lapper to start the year, 26 cars, and a green racetrack, and it was a pretty good start to 2011.
The SBS race saw Mike Bond take the lead early, and basically run away with it. Mike is the career win leader in the SBS division, and added to that total with win #22. He took the lead from Mike Bruce early with a power move out of four, and wasn't challenged all race long. Robbie Pullen and Tim Barbeau wheeled by Bruce later on, but didn't have enough time to catch the #26.
The RoC race was decided early, as by lap 18, the top running top five, was the same five guys that finished in the top five in last year's Evans Memorial, Hossfeld, Mike Leaty, Wilbur Hebing, Erick Rudolph and Matt Hirschman. Matt went pitside with a busted pannard bar, Wlibur looped the 1 near the end, and Chuck Hossfeld drove on for the win. Chuck got the better of Mike Leaty on a lap 18 double file restart and that was all he needed enroute to the win.
We get back at it this week with a regular show, full set of qualifiers, followed by a 30-lap SBS feature and 50-lap supermodified race. Spectator gates and practice starts at 4:30pm, with the first heat race at 6:30pm.
Opening night is in the books, and there's no reason to think we aren't going to move forward from here. There was a good crowd last week; we had 27 cars last week, possibly more this week. The SBS division put on a good show, and looks to add cars this week as well.
The first race under the new ownership was a successful debut, and there are more exciting things in the works as the summer moves along.
See you at the races.


text:
The Hagerstown Suns baseball team will partner with the Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack to keep the contest alive.
Hagerstown — The Hagerstown Suns baseball team will partner with the Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack to keep the annual woolly bear caterpillar contest alive.
The almanac, after more than 30 years, discontinued the contest because participation has dwindled and there was no longer a site for woolly bear headquarters.
The Suns, whose mascot is Woolie B, will now play host to woolly bear headquarters and the designated spot for in-person judging of the caterpillars.
"When we heard that the contest was going to no longer exist it obviously struck a chord with our entire organization" said Bill Farley, Suns general manager. "Our mascot, Woolie B, is based off of the woolly bear caterpillars and we felt it was our duty to see the contest continue."
The contest will begin immediately and run until Friday, Nov. 2.
Contestants are asked to bring their entries to the Suns front office located at Municipal Stadium. Jerry Spessard, former judge of the woolly bear contest, has agreed to help the Suns with the judging duties — including deciding which caterpillar is biggest and woolliest and which is the smallest and cuddliest.
"With the help of the Hagerstown Almanack, we hope to revive this program within the local schools as it is a fun and educational process for the kids in our community" said Farley.
For more information, call (301) 791-6266 or visit:


text:
Bayer HealthCare to Present Data on Secondary Prophylaxis with Kogenate(R) FS -- antihemophilic factor (recombinant) on Bleeding Frequency in Adults and Adolescents with Severe Hemophilia A
The World Federation of Hemophilia 2012 World Congress
WAYNE, N.J., July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayer HealthCare announced results from SPINART, a study designed to evaluate the effect of secondary prophylaxis with Kogenate® FS – antihemophilic factor (recombinant) on bleeding frequency and joint damage compared to on-demand treatment in adults and adolescents with severe hemophilia A. These data were presented as a late-breaker at the 50th annual World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) World Congress, July 8-12, in Paris, France.
In the SPINART study, 84 subjects ages 12 to 50 were randomized to either prophylaxis (25 IU/kg three times per week) or on-demand treatment, with a total planned follow up period of 3 years. Results presented focus on the primary endpoint of bleeding frequency after a median follow-up period of 1.7 years.
Primary prophylaxis is defined as treatment started before or immediately after the first joint bleed, and before the age of two years, while secondary prophylaxis is defined as treatment started after multiple bleeding episodes have occurred [i] .
Bayer submitted an application for an adult prophylaxis indication for Kogenate FS to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on June 21, 2012.
"We are proud of our commitment to studying different treatment modalities, and how they might affect patient outcomes," said Pamela Cyrus, MD, Vice President and Head, U.S. Medical Affairs, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. "We look forward to a robust scientific discussion at WFH, and to continuing our scientific investigation into adult prophylaxis as a potential treatment modality for hemophilia A."
Kogenate® FS, antihemophilic factor (recombinant), is a recombinant factor VIII treatment indicated for the control and prevention of bleeding episodes and peri-operative management in adults and children (0-16 years) with hemophilia A. Kogenate® FS is also indicated for routine prophylaxis to reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes and the risk of joint damage in children with hemophilia A with no preexisting joint damage.
The most serious adverse reactions are systemic hypersensitivity reactions and the development of high-titer inhibitors necessitating alternative treatments to AHF. The most common adverse reactions observed in clinical trials were inhibitor formation in previously untreated or minimally treated patients, skin-associated hypersensitivity reactions, infusion site reactions, and central venous access device (CVAD) line-associated infections.
Kogenate® FS is contraindicated in patients who have manifested life-threatening immediate hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis, to the product or its components, including mouse or hamster proteins.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of
prescription drugs to the FDA.
Visit www.fda.gov/ medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
For important risk and use information, please see the full prescribing information.
About SPINART
SPINART is an ongoing, phase III study evaluating the effect of secondary prophylaxis with rFVIII on bleeding frequency (number of bleeds per year) and on joint damage compared to episodic treatment in adults and adolescents.
About Hemophilia A
Hemophilia A, also known as factor VIII deficiency or classical hemophilia is largely an inherited bleeding disorder in which one of the proteins needed to form blood clots in the body is missing or reduced. Hemophilia A is the most common type of hemophilia and is characterized by prolonged or spontaneous bleeding, especially into the, joints, muscles or internal organs. Approximately 400,000 people around the world have hemophilia.
About Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. is the U.S.-based pharmaceuticals business of Bayer HealthCare LLC, a subsidiary of Bayer AG. Bayer HealthCare is one of the world's leading, innovative companies in the healthcare and medical products industry, and combines the activities of the Animal Health, Consumer Care, Medical Care, and Pharmaceuticals divisions. As a specialty pharmaceutical company, Bayer HealthCare provides products for General Medicine, Hematology, Neurology, Oncology and Women's Healthcare. The company's aim is to discover and manufacture products that will improve human health worldwide by diagnosing, preventing and treating diseases.
BAYER® and the Bayer Cross® are registered trademarks of Bayer.
Intended for U.S. Media Only
Forward-Looking Statement
This news release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group or subgroup management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Bayer's public reports which are available on the Bayer website at www.bayer.com. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
[i] Berntorp E, Astermark J, et al. Consensus perspectives on prophylactic therapy for haemophilia: summary statement. Haemophilia 2003, 9 (suppl), 1-4.
SOURCE Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
CONTACT: Jane Ward, +1-973-420-2876, firstname.lastname@example.com
Posted: July 2012


text:
Latest Wyoming News Briefs
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Board of Medicine has reinstated the license of a Cody doctor the board suspended in January following the death of a Montana man after a back operation. The Powell Tribune reports that the medical board on Tuesday lifted its suspension of Dr. John H. Schneider Jr.'s license. He's a surgeon with practices in Wyoming and Montana. The board suspended Schneider after finding he prescribed a pain patch to a man who died shortly he was discharged from a hospital.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Legislature plans to study the possible consolidation of Wyoming Army National Guard armories in the northwest area of the state. Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner is Wyoming's adjutant general. He says the Wyoming Military Department requested the interim legislative study. Reiner says the Legislature's Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee plans to look into the feasibility of consolidating the current four Guard locations in the Basin area.
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees is considering tuition and fee increases over the next two years. Under the plan the board is set to vote today, tuition paid by resident students at the state's only four-year public university would increase 2 percent in each of the next two fiscal years for 2013 and 2014. Tuition for nonresident students would increase 4 percent the first year and an additional 2 percent the following year.
CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The National Park Service is awarding nearly $31,000 to preserve the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, where thousands of Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation plans to use the money to improve the website of the new Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center to develop a virtual tour, incorporate new content, and offer access to the center's archives and artifacts online. The grant was announced yesterday.


text:
CRN: Dell and HP have the networking piece. They own it. And the server piece. Do you think you need to own these technologies? Do you need to buy that? Or come out with your own server?
TUCCI: No, we don't. Look, we're a technology company unlike, say, a Dell. We spend over 11.5 percent of revenue on R&D. That's a big number. And what are we spending it on? This year's forecast is $2.5 billion spent on R&D. That's a lot of money. We're very focused on virtualization and cloud. It's on storage. It's on information protection. It's on information security, and information intelligence and analytics.
That is a vast subset of the things that the two companies you mentioned, Dell or HP, or IBM, are doing. But a much higher percentage of revenue. In HP's case, more than twice. In Dell's case, more than 10 times the percentage. And we're going deep. And, of course, what we don't have—servers—what we don't have—networking—we partner. I don't want to be all things to all people. I want to do the things I just mentioned extremely well, and have truly distinctive, best-of-breed products. Not good-enough products. Truly distinctive, best-of-breed products.


text:
Mrs. Bayles of Des Moines, Iowa writes Dr. King during his sentence in the Birmingham jail. She congratulates him for all of his achievements and reminisces on the events she has been privileged to attend and hear him speak publicly.
Digital Archive brought to you
by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Enjoying the Digital Archives? Help us maintain and expand the collection. Donate to The King Center


text:
Oct. 30, 2007
Complete Release in PDF Format
Download Free Acrobat Reader
The Schedule
Match No. 15
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
No. 12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at UC Irvine Anteaters
Anteater Stadium
Kickoff 7:00 p.m.
Match No. 16
Saturday, November 3, 2007
No. 12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. No. 30 Cal Poly Mustangs
Harder Stadium
Kickoff 7:00 p.m.
Gauchos On the Air and Web
For UCSB fans that cannot make it to out to Harder Stadium Saturday, you need not worry. KCSB's dynamic team of broadcasters will be covering the Gauchos as they battle their Central Coast rivals with first place in the Big West standings on the line once again this week. John Greely and Juan Salas will have the call live in an internet only broadcast. Fans can listen to the match online by logging on to www.kcsb.org.
Gauchos Bully the Matadors, 3-0
For the second time in the last three weeks, UC Santa Barbara had just one match on the slate, but the Gauchos made it count, posting a 3-0 win over rival Cal State Northridge in front of 1,758 rowdy fans at Harder Stadium Saturday night. Ciaran O'Brien continued his recent hot streak, scoring two of UCSB's three goals and registering an assist on the third. The sophomore midfielder put home what became the game-winner on a free kick in the 20th minute and put the game out of reach with a second goal in the 71st. Senior forward Tino Nuñez also found the net, scoring Santa Barbara's second goal of the evening in the 68th minute. The Gauchos out-shot the Matadors 10-2 in the opening period and held an 18-8 advantage for the game. Freshman goalkeeper Bryant Rueckner had a tremendous performance between the posts, recording five saves, which is one off his career-best, on the way to his fifth shutout of the season. The 3-0 win was the Gauchos' largest margin of victory over the Matadors in the Tim Vom Steeg era. With a second straight victory overall, UCSB improved to a season-high five games over the .500 mark at 8-3-3.
Scouting the Anteaters
UCSB travels to UC Irvine Wednesday in the second and final meeting between the two programs this season. The Gauchos and Anteaters will clash for the 44th time in an all-time series that Santa Barbara leads 28-11-3. UCSB defeated UCI 4-0 at Harder Stadium in the first match-up this season led by Chris Pontius' first-career hat trick. Alfonso Motagalvan also found the net as the Gauchos routed the Anteaters in front of a record crowd of 5,543 in the Fox Soccer Channel Game of the Week October 3.
UCI enters Wednesday's contest with an overall record of 6-4-4 and a 1-3-2 mark against league foes. The Anteaters, who are currently in sixth place in the Big West standings, have just one win in their last nine games and dropped a 2-1 decision at UC Davis Saturday.
Irvine has outscored its opponents by a narrow 21-18 mark and rank fourth in the Big West scoring 1.5 goals per game. Junior midfielder Matt Murphy paces the Anteater offense with a team-high six goals and two assists for 14 points, while freshman forward Spencer Thompson has found the net four times in 2007. Rookie Pat Barton has been the man between the posts, starting 11 of UCI's 14 contests and brings a 1.11 goals against average with 41 saves and three shutouts into Wednesday's match.
Scouting the Mustangs
After its bout with UC Irvine, Santa Barbara will return to Harder Stadium to host Cal Poly Saturday night in a battle of the Big West's top two teams. The Gauchos have gotten the better of the Mustangs over the years and lead the overall series 37-13-2. UCSB had defeated Cal Poly 12 straight times before falling for the first and only time in conference play this season in front of a school record crowd of 7,143 in San Luis Obispo October 17. The Gauchos were without All-American defender Andy Iro and allowed two goals on seven Mustang shots in the 2-1 loss.
Cal Poly enters competition this week with a record of 9-1-3 overall and a 4-0-3 mark in Big West play. The Mustangs have not won since defeating the Gauchos two weeks ago, posting ties with UC Irvine and UC Riverside, and will play at Cal State Northridge Wednesday before the showdown in Santa Barbara Saturday. Cal Poly has already set a school record for wins as a member of the Big West Conference this season.
The Mustangs have outscored their opponents 23-10 entering play this week and boast the Big West's top defense with a team goals against average of 0.77 with eight shutouts. Offensively, freshman forward David Zamora has been the guy to watch and leads the squad with five goals and four assists, while fellow rookie Kyle Montgomery is not far behind with four goals. Junior goalkeeper Eric Branagan-Franco has started all but one game and owns a goals against average of 0.74 with 45 saves and league-best seven shutouts.
Back On Top
Not only did the Gauchos beat their biggest rivals soundly last weekend, but they reclaimed the top spot in the Big West Conference standings with the win. UCSB entered play last week one game behind Cal Poly in the standings, but moved back in front after the Mustangs tied UC Riverside 0-0 in San Luis Obispo Saturday night. Santa Barbara now leads the conference with 16 points at 5-1-1, one point ahead of Cal Poly with 15 at 4-0-3 against league competition. UC Davis is a distant third with 10 points at 3-3-1 and no other squad has more than seven points after that. Picked to take home the Big West crown for the sixth consecutive year, UCSB has five conference games remaining with three on the road and two at home. The only team in the Big West with five wins, the Gauchos have owned the top position in the conference standings for all but one week in 2007.
Up In the Standings, Up In the Polls
Although last Saturday's win did not come against a ranked opponent, Cal State Northridge is much better than its record shows and UCSB's 3-0 decision did, in fact, translate into a climb in the national polls. The Gauchos enter the Big West Conference stretch run having moved up in the rankings after falling the two previous weeks and are the No. 15-ranked squad in this week's NSCAA/adidas coaches poll, which is up four spots from their No. 19 position last week. In the media polls, Santa Barbara climbed to No. 12 in the current College Soccer News Top 30, moving up three spots from last week's ranking of No. 15. UCSB climbed two spots and holds the No. 14 position in this week's Soccer America Top 25, up from the No. 16 slot the team enjoyed last week. Lastly, the Gauchos are the proud owners of the No. 14 spot in the current SoccerTimes Top 25 after climbing three spots from No. 17 to round out the polls.
Thats More Like It
The Gaucho defense found its form again against CSUN, posting a shutout Saturday after allowing five goals in the three previous matches coming in -- the highest total of any three game stretch this season. Three-time All-American Andy Iro and the Santa Barbara backline were tremendous, limiting the Matadors to just two shots in the decisive first half and eight total for the match. In fact, four of Northridge's attempts came in the last 17 minutes after UCSB was forced to play a man down when Eric Avila was issued a red card. But the defense held and goalkeeper Bryant Rueckner made two of his six saves to preserve the shutout. The Gauchos have now recorded a shutout in four of their five wins in conference play and have blanked the opposition five times overall, a total that ranks third in the Big West.
The Trend Continues
Trying hard not to beat a dead horse on this point, its worth noting once again how successful the Gauchos have been when scoring two or more goals in 2007. After UCSB's convincing 3-0 shutout victory over CSUN last week, the Gauchos have now scored at least twice in nine of their 14 matches this season and remain unbeaten in those contests at 7-0-2. Flipping the coin, the defending champs have a record of just 1-3-1 when scoring less than two goals and have found the net a total of just twice in the three losses. Furthermore, UCSB has averaged nearly three goals per match in the team's eight wins and, not surprisingly, averaged under a goal per match in the three losses. Santa Barbara ranks second in the Big West with 30 goals scored and a per game average of 2.14 through 14 matches. A total of 10 different players have found the net this season.
O'Brien Puts Nation, Conference On Notice
On Monday, sophomore midfielder Ciaran O'Brien was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week and earned his second Big West Player of the Week award this season for his performance against Cal State Northridge last Saturday. For the second week in a row, the transfer from the University of San Diego paved the way for the UCSB offense and was directly involved in all three goals in the Gauchos' 3-0 win over rival Northridge. O'Brien scored what became the game-winner in a second consecutive match, punching in a free kick past Matador keeper Kevin Guppy in the 20th minute after CSUN was whistled for a foul just outside the box. He was also credited with an assist on Santa Barbara's second goal in the 68th, and scored again in the 71st when he finished the rebound off a shot by Eric Avila to put the game out of reach. O'Brien is now second on the team with five goals this season, with three of those coming in the Gauchos' last two contests, and leads the squad with six assists and 43 shots. The native of Federal Way, Wash. has either scored or assisted on UCSB's last six goals spanning the last three matches. O'Brien also took home the Big West's weekly honor after scoring a goal and tallying an assist on the game-winner in UCSB's 2-1 overtime win over No. 3 SMU September 14.
Forward Thinking
Tino Nuñez has played an integral part in UCSB's offense in 2007 and whether its finishing or setting the table for his teammates, he has made a tremendous impact during his senior campaign. After recording an assist on both of the Gauchos' goals in a 2-1 win at UC Riverside October 20, the Long Beach, Calif. native got back in the scoring column again in the 3-0 win over Cal State Northridge last week. Nuñez scored UCSB's second goal of the match, finishing a feed from sophomore midfielder Jon Curry after Ciaran O'Brien's initial attempt was denied by the Matadors' keeper. The goal was his fourth of the season and he has now more than doubled his career total coming into the season (3). Nuñez ranks third on the team both in terms of goals scored and assists with four and ranks fourth overall with 12 points. The Gauchos are 3-0-1 when Nuñez finds the net this season.
Keeping It Real
Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Bryant Rueckner has been very effective for UCSB this season, starting all 14 matches between the posts. The Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. native has very respectable numbers and enters competition this week ranking third among Big West keepers in terms of goals against average at 0.88 and shutouts with five. Rueckner was impressive in the Gauchos' 3-0 home win over Cal State Northridge last week, recording fives saves on the way to a fourth shutout in seven confernece matches to start his career. The five saves against the Matadors were one shy of his season high that came in Santa Barbara's 2-2 at Stanford in the season opener. Rueckner has only had to make more than three saves on three occasions this season and ranks sixth in the conference with 35.
Iro, Avila Named To Hermann Award Watch List
Senior defender Andy Iro and junior midfielder Eric Avila were recently named to the 2007 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List, marking the first time in program history that two Gauchos were selected for the prestigious list that will eventually determine the NCAA Division I Player of the Year. The defending national champions are one of only two schools in the nation that had multiple players named to the Watch List, joining senior goalkeeper Matt Allen and junior forward Byron Dacy of Creighton. UCSB has now had a total of four players named to the list after Iro received the honor in 2006 and former teammate Tyler Rosenlund was selected in 2005. The winner of the M.A.C.'s Hermann Trophy will be determined by a panel of NSCAA Division I member coaches. A list of 15 semifinalists will be announced in November, and three finalists will be named in early December in conjunction with the NCAA Division I College Cup. The final three will be invited to the Missouri Athletic Club on Friday, January 11, 2008 and the winner will be announced during a nationally-televised news conference that evening.


text:
There's never been a better time
to apply to Otterbein University.
Apply online today!
April 30, 2012
Lexington, Ky — The Race for Education is pleased to announce Ms. Brittani Koons of Gahanna, Ohio, as the first recipient of the Isaac Murphy Scholarship. This college scholarship is sponsored jointly by Team Valor International Racing and the stables owners, Barry and Kathleen Irwin and is awarded to an African American student that has a passion to work in the equine industry upon graduation. Criteria for this scholarship include financial need, communication skills, leadership, and commitment to the agriculture industry. This scholarship will be awarded to one student annually. The amount will be based on the recipient's level of financial need.
Two percent of the earnings of all Team Valor's horses, including 2011 Kentucky Derby Winner Animal Kingdom and 2012 entry Went the Day Well will provide funding for these scholarships.
Brittani Koons, a freshman at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, will receive up to $18,000. She is majoring in equine pre-veterinary studies and pursuing a minor in Equine Business Management. She has an interest in attending veterinary school upon graduation with future goals of becoming a racetrack practitioner and a secondary career as a Thoroughbred farm owner with a breeding operation. Koons is currently working at a small animal hospital as well as volunteering with a nearby boarding facility to gain the hands-on horse experience needed for veterinary school.
"African Americans had an important and positive impact on horse racing in an earlier era of racing in the United States," Irwin said. "I want to do something to honor that heritage and encourage today's black youth to consider a career in our great sport."
The award memorializes Isaac Burns Murphy (April 16, 1861 - February 12, 1896), an African-American Hall of Fame jockey, who is considered one of the greatest riders in American Thoroughbred horse racing history. Murphy won three Kentucky Derbies. Murphy rode in a total of eleven Kentucky Derbies, winning three times: on Buchanan in 1884, Riley in 1890, and Kingman in 1891. Kingman was owned and trained by Dudley Allen, and is the only horse owned by an African-American to win the Derby. Murphy is the only jockey to have won the Kentucky Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, and the Clark Handicap in the same year (1884). At its creation in 1955, Isaac Burns Murphy was the first jockey to be inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.[1]
The Race for Education provides educational programs and college scholarships to young people in the equine and agriculture industries with significant financial need. The majority of their students come from high need, low income backgrounds. The Race for Education not only offers financial support for these students, but also mentoring, tutoring, and partnership support to ensure students are receiving the support and educational skills they need to be successful. The Starting Gate, a youth outreach program was also established by The Race for Education in 2009 in New York and has expanded to include two Central Kentucky locations in 2011.
[1] Isaac Murphy at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Retrieved 2012-04-18, http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/horse-jockeys-view.asp?varID=47
Mandy Roberts
The Race for Education
Communications Coordinator
1818 Versailles Road
Lexington, KY 40504
(859) 252-8648
Otterbein University, 1 South Grove Street, Westerville, OH 43081 614.890.3000
Otterbein University is a private, non-profit, United Methodist affiliated, regionally-accredited institution.
© 2018 Otterbein University. Otterbein University is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer


text:
By most standards, Lisa and John are model citizens. He's a veteran, they are both college grads, and they've been married for over ten years. Both have good jobs, John in high-tech and Lisa in the medical field. They live in the Boston suburbs, send their kids to public school, and spend most of their waking hours juggling busy schedules involving work, school, and the kids' activities.
Nevertheless, in the eyes of some, there is reason to question the patriotism of Lisa and John. Their flaw, it seems, is that they don't conform to official government doctrine on the existence of a divinity. "Our six-year-old daughter came home from first grade very confused," Lisa explains. "In school she was taught to stand up each morning and declare that we are a nation under God, but she knows that mommy and daddy don't believe in any gods. She wanted to know, why does the school say there's a God when mommy and daddy say there isn't?"


text:
Finding out your son had a knife pulled on him isn't exactly what a mother wants to hear, but for Susanne Landgrebe, hearing from her son Daniel is always a good thing.
Daniel is currently on the road, living off the grid, as research for a fictional book he plans to write. His mother has no problem with it as long as he checks in every two to three days. Daniel hitch-hiked on Interstate 80 out of Newton heading toward Canada. On June 24, Daniel went without contact for 13 days. Daniel didn't take a cell phone or GPS with him and has relied on payphones and the kindness of strangers to contact his mother.
Susanne filed a national missing person report after five days of not hearing from Daniel. On Saturday, Susanne finally heard from Daniel, who was just in Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and didn't have access to communications.
"Daniel's highly creative," Susanne said. "He was a student at the University of Iowa, he was in a writer's community and as a freshman he had three things published and he had a reading at Prairie Lights Bookstore. He was an avid, avid reader."
But Daniel isn't a novice in the wilderness. Susanne said that growing up, she would take him on camping trips and that he knew basic survival skills. She said during parts of Daniel's trip he has to catch and forage for his own food, something that Daniel is used to and something that she supported. What he's not used to, Susanne said, is dealing with railway gangs.
"But what I was not an advocate of, he was going to be hitchhiking and train hopping and refused to take anyway for me to check on him," Susanne said.
In Cheyenne, Wyo., Daniel hopped in a freight train and had a knife pulled on him by a gang member of the Freight Train Riders of America, a gang that's been around since the 1980s. When Susanne heard about this, she started researching.
"That's one of the roughest gangs in the United States," she said. "It's a transient gang and if you Google about them they're extremely violent and not easily tracked because they're so transient.
After encountering the gang, Daniel said he would stop train hopping and start hitchhiking. Susanne also gave him $40 for a bus ticket.
Friday, Susanne said she was going out to Salt Lake City, the last place Daniel was seen, to be more proactive in the search. On her way, she received a call from someone who had seen Daniel, and turned around. Soon after, she heard from him.
While Daniel was in the forest, he asked someone to call his mom when they regained cell coverage to tell her he was safe, and they promised to do so. Susanne said she never received that call.
Staff writer Dave Hon may be contacted at (641) 792-3121, ext. 425, or at email@example.com.


text:
The Institute communicates its scientific and educational information in a number of ways. One major outlet is peer-reviewed publications and reports. Cary Institute staff regularly publish in the best-rated journals in their respective fields.
Export 2 results:Sort by: Author Title Type [ Year]
Filters: Author is Dearing, M.D. [Clear All Filters]
Contact heterogeneity in deer mice: implications for Sin Nombre virus transmission", P. Roy. Soc. B.-Biol. Sci., 2009., "


text:
The latest addition to Iconotech's KR line is the Optimizer KR universal printing and feeding system. Designed for medium- to high-volume batch runs of rsc cases, die cuts, and multi-wall Kraft bags, the Optimizer KR-U consists of the Optimizer printer integrated with the KR staging, indexing, and powerful vacuum feeding system, capable of handling cases up to 36 in. W x 39 in. L and gusset or valve bags up to 36 x 36 in. Adding the material handling components of a restacker and return conveyor brings full system throughput to 50 pieces/min. The versatility and efficiency of this feeding automation combined with Iconotech's direct contact, plateless printing process provides years of cost savings from in-house generic case printing.
Iconotech, Clinton, CT 800-521-0194 www.iconotech.com
For related equipment reviews, articles, and news, visit our Packaging & Bagging Equipment ZoneIconotech


text:
Remember those early days of computer games and consoles? Keeping digital 'treasures' like Super Mario and Pacman for posterity is a huge technical challenge. And the same issues apply to the high-end business software of yesteryear. But thanks to an EU-funded project, we now have tools that will enable access to obsolete software long into the future.
Thanks to the systematic activities of libraries, museums and national archives, much of our digital heritage is well preserved. Many copies of legacy software, from early video games to high-end professional software suites, have been collected as artefacts of the digital age.


text:
What would you say about SEO in 2013?
Is it going to be much tough or what?
It is already much tougher
It will be tougher as rumor say it will soon launch Penguin update v2.0.
how do you do SEO in 2013?
Just do what he does best - be a real company and as Reynolds says do RCS - "sh. Actual Company t" There is no single "quick win" that will keep your business afloat. Stick to your guns, be transparent, have some fun, be creative and have passion for what you do. And then reflect it all online - anywhere on the web for your business has a presence!
Establishing an online audience and build up your community. Keep consistent with your brand personality or voice at all points of contact. In these times, with so many options out there and commodification, customers are not as loyal as they used to be, so it's important to be memorable throughout.
SEO is not tough in every year. Every year, google makes changes in on-page and off-page.Because he will like only the genuine way not for spamming. Top five steps for success in seo 2013
1) Creating Infographics
2) Longer Posts, Actionable Content
3) Solve Problems and Answer Questions
4) Write About Others
5) Guest Blog
Pretty useful SEO tactics still work, like creating quality content, working on websites with high pr and related to your niche.


text:
Belgian rider Jan Bakelants did enough in the sweltering heat to keep the race leader's yellow jersey.
Gerrans looked to have the finish line in sight with about 100 meters to go, though the Slovakian rider put on a late sprint and almost caught him.
But Gerrans dug deep to clinch his second career Tour stage win. Spaniard Jose Joaquin Rojas finished third.
"Sagan is a guy who can often climb with the best climbers and sprint with the best sprinter, so I'm really thrilled to be able to beat such a classy rider," Gerrans said. "I surprised quite a few people a little bit today, including myself."
Gerrans shouldn't be too surprised, though, as he had prepared well.
"This is a stage that I've been targeting for quite some time," he said. "We were down here in Corsica last weekend doing a recon and scouting the finishes and it all paid off today."
Although Gerrans has clinched a stage win on all three Grand Tours, his previous stage win on "Le Tour" was five years ago -- when it actually finished in the northern Italian ski resort of Prato Nevoso.
Monday, he was slowing up but just managed one last effort to throw his bike forward the way a 100-meter runner would dip for the line.
"I wasn't sure if I had won -- a half-wheel length?!" Gerrans said.
He will also need to thank his countryman and teammate Simon Clarke, who placed himself in the early breakaway.
"It was the team plan. I was brought to the Tour de France to join breakaways, so I made sure I did my job," Clarke said. "I was quite relaxed today and when you're relaxed it means you have good legs."
It was a particularly welcome win for Gerrans' Orica Greenedge team after the confusion of Saturday's first stage, when the team bus was stuck on the finish line and removed moments before the riders arrived.
"We saw the footage," Gerrans said. "You really can't do (anything) but laugh at the situation. (Our driver) did a fantastic job, we are proud of him. He was embarrassed so we felt quite sad for him."
Sagan is in the coveted sprinter's green jersey he is expected to contest with British sprinter Mark Cavendish, who is 49 points behind.
"I'm a bit sad about the stage, but the team's objective is to get the green jersey and that's what we have," Sagan, a Slovak, said through a translator. "I don't feel at my best yet. But the Tour is long and there are still a lot of good stages to come."
Bakelants, the winner of Sunday's second stage, finished in 19th place.
"The team worked very hard for me, and I'm very happy to keep the yellow jersey," Bakelants said. "It was a very hot day and the conditions were not easy."
Monday's 90-mile trek started from Ajaccio, where French emperor and military mastermind Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769, and finished in Calvi after three moderate climbs and a steeper last climb tested the legs of the peloton.
Gerrans clocked about 3 hours, 40 minutes.
It was the last of the trio of Corsican stages before the race heads to mainland France for today's team time trial in Nice, where race favorite Chris Froome's Sky team are expected to challenge for the win.
Tour de France
At Calvi, Corsica
Third Stage
A 90.4-mile medium-mountain ride from Ajaccio to Calvi, with a pair of Category-3 climbs and a Category-2 up the Col de Marsolino
1. Simon Gerrans, Australia, Orica GreenEdge, 3 hours, 41 minutes, 24 seconds; 2. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Cannondale, same time; 3. Jose Joaquin Rojas, Spain, Movistar, same time; 4. Michal Kwiatkowski, Poland, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time; 5. Philippe Gilbert, Belgium, BMC Racing, same time; 6. Juan Antonio Flecha, Spain, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time; 7. Francesco Gavazzi, Italy, Astana, same time; 8. Maxime Bouet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time; 9. Julien Simon, France, Sojasun, same time; 10. Gorka Izaguirre, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, same time.
11. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Sky Procycling, same time; 12. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time; 13. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC, same time; 14. Sergey Blagutin, Uzbekistan, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time; 15. Elia Favilli, Italy, Lampre-Merida, same time; 16. Manuele Mori, Italy, Lampre-Merida, same time; 17. Simon Geschke, Germany, Team Argos-Shimano, same time; 18. Davide Malacarne, Italy, Team Europcar, same time; 19 Jan Bakelants, Belgium, RadioShack Leopard, same time; 20. Peter Velits, Slovakia, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time.
27. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, same time; 41. Brent Bookwalter, United States, BMC Racing, same time; 46. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Sharp, same time; 58. Andrew Talansky, United States, Garmin-Sharp, same time; 83. Thomas Danielson, United States, Garmin-Sharp, same time; 168. Edward King, United States, Cannondale, 9:15.
Overall Standings
(After three stages)
1. Jan Bakelants, Belgium, RadioShack Leopard, 12 hours, 21 minutes, 27 seconds; 2. Julien Simon, France, Sojasun, 1 second behind; 3. Simon Gerrans, Australia, Orica GreenEdge, same time; 4. Michal Kwiatkowski, Poland, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time; 5. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Sky Procycling, same time; 6. Daryl Impey, South Africa, Orica GreenEdge, same time; 7. David Millar, Britain, Garmin-Sharp, same time; 8. Sergey Blagutin, Uzbekistan, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time; 9. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, same time; 10. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time.
11. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, same time; 12. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto-Belisol, same time; 13. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time; 14. Jean-Christophe Peraud, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time; 15. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, same time; 16. Damiano Cunego, Italy, Lampre-Merida, same time; 17. Eduard Vorganov, Russia, Katusha, same time; 18. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, same time; 19. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, same time; 20. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana, same time.
30. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Sharp, same time; 38. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC, same time; 53. Andrew Talansky, United States, Garmin-Sharp, same time; 69. Thomas Danielson, United States, Garmin-Sharp, same time; 89. Brent Bookwalter, United States, BMC Racing, 5:39; 189. Edward King, United States, Cannondale, 26:50.


text:
- Home
- About Us
- Advertising
- Make an Announcement
- Special Sections
- Bridal Showcase
- Conservation Section
- Tri-County Spring Farm Edition
- Senior Living
- Spring Home & Garden Edition
- Summer Recreation Guide
- Health & Wellness Edition
- Antiques Directory
- Tri-County Fall Farm Edition
- Annual Restaurant Guide
- Fall Home Improvement Edition
- Fall Car Care Edition
- Holiday Shopping Preview
- Contact
Norma M. Vickery
Thursday, January 3, 2013 2:33 PM
Norma M. Vickery, 82, of Huntington, IN, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Mrs. Vickery graduated from Union High School in 1948. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Church of the Nazarene, where she served as a Sunday school teacher for more than 50 years.
She was born June 15, 1930, in Huntington to Roy E. and Nellie Fisher Beeching. She married Eugene Vickery on Dec. 1, 1951, in Huntington, and he survives.
Additional survivors include two sons, David (Katrina) Vickery, of Indianapolis, and Dan (Diane) Vickery, of Monument, CO; four daughters, Carolyn (Virgilio) Torres, of Hatillo, Puerto Rico; Bonita (David) Ringewold, of Montague, MI; Phyllis (Mitchell) Pakosz, of Posen, IL; and Jeanne (Doug) Moore, of Bethalto, IL; a brother, Omer (Shirley) Beeching, of Lowell; 16 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Calling is Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at the First Church of the Nazarene, 1555 Flaxmill Road, Huntington. A service will be held at the church on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at 2 p.m. Rev. Keith White and Dr. David Roland will officiate. Burial will be at Union Cemetery, Huntington County.
Memorial gifts may be made to the First Church of the Nazarene Building Fund or Nazarene Compassionate Ministries in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 W. Park Drive, Huntington, IN 46750.
To sign the online guest book, visit www.baileylove.com.


text:
SARANAC LAKE - Hundreds of people packed the Harrietstown Town Hall the evening of Monday, Feb. 3 to celebrate the upcoming Winter Olympics and the local athletes who will participate in them.
This year's Olympics will feature five athletes who attended Saranac Lake schools: nordic combined Olympic gold medalist Billy Demong, ski jumper Peter Frenette, luger Chris Mazdzer and biathletes Annelies Cook and Tim Burke. Plus, two more athletes - alpine skier Andrew Weibrecht and biathlete Lowell Bailey - grew up in Lake Placid.
Although the athletes couldn't attend the event because they are already in Sochi, Russia for the Games, many of their parents were on hand. The opening ceremony is Friday.
Article Photos
Residents gather at the Sochi Send-off event Monday, Feb. 3 at the Harrietstown Town Hall in Saranac Lake. (Photo — Mike Lynch)
"This was great, and our communities are awesome, and the support that we have received for these games and for Peter and for ourselves has been unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable in all three communities: Tupper Lake, Lake Placid, Saranac Lake," Jennie Frenette, mother of Peter Frenette said.
Frenette's father, who is also named Peter, grew up in Tupper Lake. He emphasized that his son would have never been able to go to Russia without the generosity and support of the community. Because the U.S. Ski Team doesn't provide funding to ski jumpers, the Frenettes have had to put together a grassroots effort to get their son to international competitions and the Olympics. They've worked extra jobs and held community fundraisers to pay for much of his training and travel in recent years.
"I don't think he'd be there without the community," Peter Frenette said.
The presentation at the town hall was led by village Mayor Clyde Rabideau, who gave a short speech and then introduced the athletes. For each athlete there was a video presentation. Several of the athletes made special videos geared at thanking Saranac Lake and the surrounding communities.
The biggest ovation of the evening came for Demong, who took home a gold medal in the individual race and a silver in the team events at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Demong attained national attention for his achievements and was a flag bearer in the 2010 Olympic closing ceremonies.
Billy's mother, Helen Demong, thanked the community on behalf of the parents at the rally. Billy's dad, Leo Demong, said Billy has always been proud of growing up in this community.
"It was always important to Bill to come from a small town, and he loves the fact that he has the local support, and this meant a lot to me," Leo Demong said. "It was really special, and I really thank the local people for coming out in such numbers."
The event, which was called a "send-off" for the athletes and their families, was organized by village Clerk Kareen Tyler.
"I think it turned out perfect," she said. "There were people here who were babies, and there were people here who were 80 years old. Most of the people here knew one of the athletes one way or another, whether there child went to school with them or they skied at Dewey with them, or if they skied at Pisgah with them. ... Five hundred and something people are psyched.
"There's five kids from our school district, and I just thought there can't be another small town of 5,000 people who have five people in the Winter Olympics."
Many of those in the crowd were young athletes who aspire to one day compete in the Olympics themselves
"I'm very, very, very excited, and someday I want to go to the Olympics for biathlon," said young Adrian Hayden. "It was awesome, the presentation that they did."
The rally attracted plenty of news media. Not only were there members from local organizations, but NBC Nightly News was on hand with a camera crew to check out the festivities, which included the Saranac Lake High School marching band and chorus.
Rabideau said to have so many local athletes in these games is significant.
"That's why NBC Nightly News is here," Rabideau said. "They wanted to catch the small-town spirit, which really is the small flame that lights the Olympic fire."


text:
Getting a Garage Door Repair Company
It could be very difficult to work with a reliable garage door repair tech, because, in many situations, neither the companies these technicians help nor the staff are regulated in any reliable fashion. Compare this with the individuals who service door locks, which operate under a heavily managed and manipulated environment, and you'll see that you can't truly be quite as certain of the people who work on the procedure of the doors themselves. Even if you do manage to hire someone who is able to show you some form of certification, the records mean almost no, as will be certainly really no reliable regulating body to oversee who is reliable and who isn't. So, effortlessly this in mind, you need to take great safeguards in employing a company or individual to operate your garage.
We want to provide some basic ideas for choosing a trusted technician to work on your garage doors. These ideas range between checking with friends and neighbors for testimonials for companies who may have done reliable work for them in the past to requesting feedback from past customers of the company that you want to hire.
Nevertheless , the key questions that you should think of before doing any type of business with a garage door repair company are as follows: Just how long have they experienced business? Do they feature any kind of guarantees in their advertisings or website that can be tested? Can they perform the job automatically or are they limited to one specialty? Do they have any testimonials that you can authenticate? Are you able to research them online by performing a Search or a search related to either to their company name/personal name or through other search conditions related to garage door repair or installation?
Read on below, as we go more in depth on the top four considerations when hiring a garage door repair or installation company. But first, check out a video watching Globus Repairing a Garage Door!
Finding the right Garage Doors Repair Services
1. How much time they've recently been in business: If the company you want to hire has been around business for at least 5 years, then they are probably a trusted business. At the very least, after 5 years, they should have enough of a record online that you will get reviews about them. It also helps that most businesses are unsuccessful into their first 5 years, so that does fragrant weed indian weed cavendish fid negro head old out a few of the spoiled eggs. It's generally good practice to find a company that has recently been operating for a decade or more. That way, you will have far more peacefulness of mind. At Globus, we've been in business for more than 15 years and still have all of the trust you would expect for a company that has been hanging around as long as we have.
2. Types of Services Offered: This will likely rely upon the sort of job that you might want done. Does the company you're considering take care of every part of your task or one section of the it? Do they only perform repair? Can they cope with upgrading older hardware? Naturally, if you need to hire more than one company for your task that defeats the goal of vetting a company so carefully. It's also going to require you to pay more time and money to muddy the oceans with more than one company. Hire one company to consider the responsibility for completing employment and be done with it. Globus offers a full range of garage door repair and unit installation services. Make sure you contact all of us about all of the services we offer.
3. Customer Reviews/Complaints: What type of reputation does the garage door repair company have? Carry out they have reviews on better-known review services like Yelp, The Yp, Yahoo or Yahoo local? Carry out they have a Better Business Bureau profile? Persons conduct business with people which may have been labeled them by friends and family because they trust the word of folks they know. Yet, 3rd party reviews are becoming more reliable, as more services work to curb false reviews. At Globus Garage Doors & Entrance Inc, we have a stellar track record and a great reputation for customer satisfaction.
4. Net Presence: What sort of information comes up when you look for your probable garage door repair company? If nothing at all shows up, that may be a bad sign. In some cases, not necessarily a major concern, as there are still a lot of businesses that rely on word of mouth to operate a vehicle their business. However, the internet will offer more visibility. We now have so much information at our finger tips, it really makes sense to aim for getting a company that has a strong, trusted web presence. As you can see from our website, we are quite happy of the business image that we have cultivated online. Globus Garage Doors & Gateways Inc has a well-researched web occurrence that you can use as a reliable way to confirm our level of trust and integrity as a business.
All of the above advice may appear like overkill just for completing a simple job. However, when you think about the cost of the forms of things you imagination your garage, you may learn to realize that you are essentially entrusting the person who you hire to ensure the safety of your belongings. Not to point out, if your garage is attached to your home, you're practically inviting a stranger into your house. Some thieves work in the daytime as repairmen so that they can scope away properties they can take from at night. You never can be extremely careful when selecting a contractor of any form for home installations and repairs.
There is no way to know who you're hiring if you research the garage doors company in advance. Find someone that works alone and has an established reputation over many years, and you have found a good choice.
Call Globus Garage Doors and Gates Today!
If you're looking to save time, give us at Globus Garage Doors & Gates Inc. a call. We meet all of the above criteria and are one of the best garage door installation and repair companies in the entire nation. You can reach us by phone at +1(866) 344–2953