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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Several thousand protesters shouting antimilitary slogans displayed the bodies of 15 local villagers on Wednesday in northwestern Pakistan, claiming they were shot dead in their homes by security forces in an overnight raid.
The outcry came as thousands of supporters of a fiery Muslim cleric continued their antigovernment protest for a third day in Islamabad, paralyzing key areas of the capital. The interior minister warned that the government could take ''targeted action'' if the demonstrators did not leave the city by Thursday, but later backed off the threat after he was contradicted by the president.
The display in the northwest of the 15 bodies, which were wrapped in blankets, recalled a protest last week in the southwestern city of Quetta. There, the relatives of dozens of Shi'ite Muslims killed in a bomb attack refused to bury the victims for four days until the government met their demand to dissolve the government of surrounding Baluchistan Province. Islamic custom dictates the dead should be buried as soon possible.
The villagers in the latest incident were killed late Tuesday in an area known as Khyber Agency. It is part of the tribal region where the Pakistani military has been waging a campaign against Islamist militants.
An official with the Frontier Constabulary, which operates in the area, blamed militants for killing the villagers. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
There have been previous attacks by militants disguised in military uniforms, although such incidents are not common.
About 3,000 people gathered outside the house of the governor of northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Peshawar. They said gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed homes and fatally shot the villagers.
The protesters called on the military to end its operations in the area.
Human rights groups have accused the Pakistani military of widespread human rights abuses in their counterinsurgency campaign in the tribal areas.
In a December report, Amnesty International claimed the Pakistani military regularly holds people without charges and tortures or mistreats them in custody. The London-based group said some detainees do not survive and their bodies are returned to their families, or dumped in remote areas.
The Pakistani military rejected Amnesty's allegations, calling the report ''a pack of lies.''
In Islamabad, the cleric leading the protest in the capital addressed his supporters in a marathon four-hour speech. Tahir-ul-Qadri again called for the removal of the government and pilloried the country's politicians as corrupt thieves. He said they were more interested in lining their pockets than dealing with pressing problems like severe energy and gas shortages.
''The country is like a goat for them that they are sharing and eating,'' said Qadri, sitting in a bulletproof container as he faced thousands of protesters packed into the main avenue running through Islamabad. The crowd was smaller than the previous two days but attracted at least 20,000, according to an Islamabad police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.


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Friggin Italians...
Friggin Italians...
whether Italy win or not, Pirlo should be up for Balon d' Or. He probably wouldn't win it over Messi, but he should still be in the last 3. Won the title with Juve going undefeated and got Italy to the Euro Final. All class, my fav Italian player, possibly of all time.
Germany came out with no confidence, how could the German players not sing their national anthem? They played with no emotion from that point on.
Super Mario could be the next big international star if he can learn to control his emotions. Was nice to see the English announcers rooting for him during the broadcast. They know him well playing for Chelsea.
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I just watched it on my DVR. What a ****ing game. Pirlo has been playing awesomely, but how great has Buffon been?? He's made some ridiculous saves and has kept the whole defense in line. He's like the Marty Brodeur of calcio. He just doesn't age. If he records a clean sheet against Spain and they do a Man of the Tournament, Buffon should win easily.
I was getting nervous when Germany scored the PK. Italy had 3 freaking WIDE OPEN shots on goal to put them away and they just couldn't finish. Nerve wracking to say the least. They came in as big time underdogs and now are riding a huge wave of momentum against Spain. Don't count out the Azzurri.
And to think, I picked against them in the JI Pick'em.
Would liked to have seen our local kid from NJ Giuseppe Rossi play in UEFA 2012. To bad the kid is injured, and was ruled out. Hope he changes his mind and plays for team USA in Brazil,if he still can.
Gone from hero to zero in this
Great matchup for the final, but think Spain a class apart from any team in the tournament.
Forza Azzuri
Mario looking a lot like Darryl Strawberry in this picture.
Does that lone non Italian still play I think he was from Argentina? Cammarata? ? last world cup he was the only non Italian on the team.

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"Melissa and Joey" Stars Taylor Spreitler and Gregg Sulkin Will Live Blog and Tweet
During an All New Episode Airing On Wednesday, June 27th
Burbank, CA (June 26, 2012) - On Wednesday, June 27th, fans can engage in a live blog party on www.abcfamily.com and Twitter chat with Taylor Spreitler and Gregg Sulkin, stars of ABC Family's original comedy series "Melissa & Joey."
Taylor Spreitler and Gregg Sulkin will start their live blog party for fans beginning at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT at www.abcfamily.com/melissa-joey. Afterwards, fans can Tweet with Taylor and Gregg at 8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT during the East Coast broadcast of an all new episode of "Melissa and Joey." Taylor and Gregg will be answering questions from their handles @taylorspreitler (http://twitter.com/TaylorSpreitler) and @greggsulkin (http://twitter.com/greggsulkin), respectively.
In the episode, "Mixed Doubles," Lennox (Spreitler) decides to start her own blog, Lennox Explains It All, after being kicked off the school website, but it consumes all of her time, leaving her boyfriend Haskell (Sulkin) feeling ignored. Joe (Joey Lawrence) tells Mel (Melissa Joan Hart) she is way too picky when it comes to dating and offers to set her up with his friend. But in return Joe wants Mel to help him score a date with her charming friend Ariel, leading to an uncomfortable double date for the group.
The series cast includes Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler, and Nick Robinson. Guest stars include Gregg Sulkin, John Ducey, and Dilshad Vadsaria.
Told from Lennox's point of view, "Lennox Explains It All" blog is featured on the "Melissa and Joey" website at http://abcfamily.com/lennox and is updated weekly with Lennox's views on her life, family, school, etc.
Part of the Disney/ABC Television Group, ABC Family is distributed in over 97 million homes. ABC Family features programming reflecting today's families, entertaining and connecting with adults through relatable programming about today's relationships - told with a mix of diversity, passion, humor and heart. ABC Family's programming is a combination of network defining original series and original movies, quality acquired series and blockbuster theatricals. Emmy(R) Award-winning ABCFamily.com provides a variety of interactive entertainment and community features, from rich, fan-centric programming - including blogs, viewing parties, webisodes, full episodes of the network's hit programming, along with sneak peek exclusive previews and behind-the-scenes clips. ABC Family is also the destination for annual Holiday events with "13 Nights of Halloween" and "25 Days of Christmas." ABC Family. A New Kind of Family.


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Kylie Minogue has admitted that her film career has sometimes been so disastrous that she has been forced to think, "it's not for me."
With roles in The Delinquents, Street Fighter and Moulin Rouge hardly disturbing the Academy judges, she could have a point.
Kylie transformed in Holy Motors
But that could all be about to change, with her film Holy Motors becoming one of the hits of the Cannes Film Festival. Her film's French director Leos Carax has created a strange hinterland world, where characters change form from one scene to the next, and cars start singing to each other. Even its pop-singing star admitted to reporters: "I need to see it again in order to form an opinion of what it all means."
Kylie said in Cannes that she grabbed the chance to act again - "it's such a deep longing" - and revert to a time before her success forced her to create a 30-year performance, even without a script.
The enduring pop star told the Guardian: "I wanted to take away all the things that have become second nature to me whenever I see a camera. I've been doing what I do for a long time. Normally it involves being that person – that 'Kylie'."
She did, in fact, first come to fans' attentions in a very different guise from her ultra-feminine pop persona, when she made her breakthrough as tomboy mechanic Charlene Mitchell on Neighbours.
Now, nearly 30 years later - ouch! - she may have done it again, with a scene-stealing turn as a trench-coated femme fatale, in Holy Motors. And she even gets to belt out a song.
Even Kylie appears pleasantly surprised that she may have pulled it off, telling reporters at Cannes, "This has made me feel it's possible to be believable as someone else."
However, should all her acting dreams come to nothing, there's always the day job to fall back on, including a highly-anticipated reunion gig with Jason Donovan at Pete Waterman's reunion concert in Hyde Park (Hit Factory Live - 11 July).
Read Kylie Minogue's full interview with the Guardian here...
Holy Motors will be in UK cinemas in September. Watch Kylie in action in the trailer below...


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|2011-11-07, 03:30
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Location: In line to confess his sins.
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I rarely have high expectations for series, because I don't read source material (manga, visual novels, light novels ect), so my expectations have to be built on other things than the actual material the series is based on. Voice actors involved, the director, the time-slot etc combined with promotional art is what usually decides whether I'm excited about something, and I don't tend to get carried away before the series actually begins airing.
I think that the series that sticks out in my mind as most disappointing this year is Ikoku Meiro no Croisée. That might seem strange, but I still consider it a good series. But that's just it, it's merely good. I expected and hoped to be carried away, to be swept up in emotion and healed of whatever ailed me. I can't put my finger on just why, but the series lacked that extra punch to make it magical or memorable. I think part of it was just not liking any of the characters enough, but there is something else at play too. Good series, but extremely disappointing given my expectations for it.
I actually really liked most of the top choices for most disappointing show of the year. Yumekui Merry, Fractale, Nichijou, heck even Blood-C.
|2011-11-07, 10:04
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Location: City of Heroes
Gimme back my old Madhouse!!
- Blood-C, I knew this gonna be suck, but I didn't expect it to be that bad.
- Guilty Crown, superior production quality and artists (supercell, redjuice) doesn't always guarantee epicness (wtf, it also announced the game before this anime first airing)
- Hidan no Aria, don't ask
seems that's all. Personally, Persona 4 is not that disappointing yet. Just keep your expectation low, and you'll be fine
|2011-11-07, 16:42
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Netherlands
Age: 41
Yumekui Merry; Till episode 9, all was good, interesting or even funny. Then the show took a nosedive and never recovered. Someone needs to redo this show, with a director who actually knows what he's getting himself into (and whoever's bright idea it was to hire him needs to get sacked).
Nichijou; I'll admit, after watching it again, it becomes more funny. The problem is that it failed to entertain me almost half of the whole series and even now, there are some things I don't really see the humor in.
Blood-C; This show started off way too slow for my liking. Plus, the main character was quite annoying. It felt more like Nana Mizuki was promoting herself rather than being the character.
Dantalian no Shoka; The first five episodes were actually good, but the show lacked on overhanging plot and I didn't really find most of the characters particularly interesting.
Kamisama Dolls; I just couldn't get into this show. I tried two times, but I got bored at episode 4 and couldn't take no more.
Hidan no Aria; It started good, but it kinda fizzled out near the end. It's not as bad as Yumekui Merry, but it could've been better nonetheless.
Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai; This show confused me too much. The fact that it was actually more than one story being told didn't help either.
Kyoukai Senjou No Horizon; Can someone explain to me what I am supposed to like about humongous boobs? All I got is nauseous from watching them bounce around. And then take into account that I have to do that for at least 4 episodes before the plot (for what it's worth) starts kicking in.
Maken-ki!; I'm not even gonna try to find reasons to hate this. I just did nothing for me.
|2011-11-07, 17:01
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In harmony with the flow
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Shall the flowers bloom atop the mountain?...
Hmm ... I would have to vote for No. 6 - so much potential and so much . Argh...
Fractale was kinda in the same boat for me. I gave it a really long gbbotd until the last ep, where I suddenly stopped and the classic "Wait ... what? " A pity too as the OP and ED were so well done! Hate when that happens....
Guess I will also Yumekui Merry if only for the last few eps ... what a waste .
Such a good manga series too!
|2011-11-08, 00:07
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Noitamina let me down in a big way. Fractale had a really promising start, then became ****ing awful. [C] wasn't bad, but it ended up being a, well, C-level anime. I tried No. 6, and it just took a few episodes before I dropped it to the ground. It wasn't all fail, though. Ano Hana was really good, and I've liked what I've seen of Usagi Drop.
Also, I can't help but be let down by Suite Precure. Don't get me wrong, I like the show, a lot, but I keep thinking, man, I wish this was as good as Heartcatch. I know that it's one of the better ones for the franchise, but my expectations were set too high last year.
|2011-11-08, 11:02
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Don't Call Me Bro
Fractale - Yakaman making promises he can't keep and making a poor man's version of Nadia of the Blue Water (1990).
Infinite Stratos - Nice visuals, Charlotte was a delight. But where's the freaking story?! WHERE IS IT?! And the nationalism went way too far. Charlotte deserved a better show.
Madoka - It's everything SHAFT does well for its target market. Don't confuse popularity/hype with quality, though. Episodes mainly composed of 'watch the backgrounds while we rant!' just does nothing for me.
Rio - Rainbow Gate - Koutaro's fine artbooks and game art deserved WAY BETTER than this monstrosity!
Deadman Wonderland - Should have been great. Let down big time by poor execution and being too much like Hollywood movies.
C - Good idea that was utterly butchered and didn't aim for a viable market.
Hanasaku Iroha - Way too much drama, cast was unbalanced, wasted a lot of time on trivial issues, plus Episode 3 was downright creepy. Ohana deserved a better show.
Moshidora - You get a good studio, good production values and good seiyuu talent in Kana Hanzawa and Yoko Hikasa. Yet you have a high-selling book turned into a lifeless show despite all that...
AnoHana - A character cast that drives me insane to no end. If people like this show, so be it. I understand why you like it and I'm not knocking this show. But Menma is amongst the top few most annoying characters I've ever watched in my life and several others in that cast aren't far behind. Most unlikeable cast for me for all of this year.
Blood-C - The only people I know that like this show are literally trolls. Need I say more? There are some thinks CLAMP should be banned from associating with. They can't make everything good. It's not even hilariously bad. It's just bad full stop.
No. 6 - Pandering to qualities that sell doesn't work if you can't execute the basics properly! Main characters that clash whenever they're together is unforgivable.
Horizon - This is not for everyone. Because not everyone likes tropefests, generic service and world settings being introduced in the ending credits.
Mashiro-iro Symphony - manglobe utterly botched the art and character designs! How can you like something in that genre if it looks bad?
Guilty Crown - A cast full of purely unlikable characters. *shiver* Emo male lead, a female lead that's treated like a sex doll. Creepy side cast.
There's plenty more I didn't like from the year, but there were the ones I've been legitimately disappointed by because I had faith/interest in them at one point. You may disagree/be outraged by some of the titles I listed. But this is honestly how I feel.
|2011-11-09, 00:53
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Southern California
Fractale - Given all the hype going in you'd think that the show which seems bad after a first watching wouldn't look so bad upon closer inspection. And it's doesn't look as bad, it looks worse.
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko - I normally have no issue with shows where there is very little plot to speak of and the focus is on the character interactions (and often their moeness) but when I look back at Denpa Onna I just think of a barren soulless expanse of blaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuugh. It's a show about nothing that thinks it's about something. Or something like that.
Kamisama Dolls - I quickly got tired of all the characters and there just wasn't anything left to keep me interested. The show fell victim to what I've decided to call "School Days Syndrome" wherein the show become so boring and the characters so unlikable that you're just cheering for one of them to go crazy and kill the rest.
The World God Only Knows II - It was just the same thing as the first season, which normally wouldn't be bad since I liked the first season but there were so many chances to change the tired formula (which was already getting tired by the end of season 1) and they never wavered even once. I suppose this is more a fault of the source material but regardless I wish things had changed up a bit.
|2011-11-09, 08:38
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Another vote for Nichijou.
"Kyoto Animation? Comic slice of life? Count me in!" I thought, but then I sat through episode after episode until I arrived at a point where I just couldn't be bothered any more. Endless Eight was more entertaining...
The thing I didn't like about it was the way they'd take what should have been a short, snappy skit and s---t---r---e---t---c---h it out long beyond the point at which humour was lost and it just became tedious.
|2011-11-09, 10:31
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Hidan No Aria deserved much better treatment than what it got, considering the source material.
And what makes it doubly infuriatng is that it was done by the same studio that brought us To Aru Majutsu No Index, having clearly showed us that they are more than capable of doing a competent task with Light Novels if they give a damn, which they most clearly did NOT this time.
I'm gonna miss my Riko-chan and Shirayuki-chan badly.
|2011-11-09, 13:39
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|2011-11-09, 14:16
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2011 had lot's of disappointing series and i think it had more of them compared to 2010.
A selection of what i found disappointing so far (not included anime from this season and animes that were intentional bad, like Softenni or Rio Rainbow gate )
A channel:It looked almost like another Moe serie that tried to mimick K-on and the jokes weren't that funny.
Ao no Excorcist : the last few episodes were a complete mess, because it was trying to make an anime original ending just like the 2003 FMA
Baka Test 2: it's less funny and it has less action than season 1. It simply didn't live to the expections after the decent first season.
C: Settings were nice, but the plot ended being bad. I learned more economics from Moshidora than from this serie that used economical terms nonsensically.
Also the fight with the guy with the Angel asset was just horrible. He was defeated off screen using a crippled Msyu, while he was completely dominating the fight before with a huge intimidating Angel.
Dantalian no Shoka: i expected a serie like Gosick, but i got to see more boring and less clever anime with a focus supernatural themes and stories. And the characters in this one weren't that interesting as the one in Gosick.
Dog Days: I expected much more from the creators of Nonoha and the anime wasted such a good seiyuu cast for this mediocre anime.
Fractale: i don't think i can add anything what hasn't been said
Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi: After what Zecxs did with their previous LN adaptions, i should not have had too much hope for this one. But i got suckered in and disappointed again.
Hidan no Aria :The last time that JC staff had an anime with both Kugimya Rie and Junji Majima , it ended being one of my favorite animes. But this one was just average in every aspect.
Hoshizora e kakaru hashi: another ruined Eroge/VN adaption with hardly any character development and story. Also the main heroine that was choosen for the ending was really questionable.
Idolmaster anime: Eventhough it's still ongoing and i am sure lot's of people like it, but as someone who did play the games i find this adaption quite disappointing. The characters have their game quirks and personaility, but some of the personaility quirks are much more exaggerated compared to the game. Also the idol's backstories were poorly handled.
I actually know someone in real life who is a diehard Im@s fan (a certain idiot who owns all of the im@s live blu ray concerts and bought 10 months ago a japanese xbox360 just for Im@s2. Also he recently bought the limited edition version of the ps3 game ), who dropped the series at pretty much the beginning, because he thought that the anime did a poor job accurately portraying the idols.
Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai: personally i think both seasons failed compared to the manga. The anime added too much useless scenes and at some times it ruined other scenes by skipping some elements or by explaining too much.
Kamasama Dolls: The last few episodes were actually quite nice, unfortunately most people would have dropped this serie because the first 8 or 9 episodes weren't that interesting
Yumekui Merry: it has a really good episode 1 in my opinion, but like most anime adaptions of mangas that are still ongoing it ruined he story of the original by adding too much anime original elements. I don't mind anime original ideas, but they have to be well executed and in this case it was not. Mystletainn was a horrible last villain.
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|2011-11-09, 17:35
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I kinda liked the mind****k ending of blood-c and i hated the first half of the series, because the first half began to get repetitive after a few episodes. The fights were choreographically quite nice, although a little gory at times.
|2011-11-09, 18:57
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I did find Yumekui Merry dull and stupid at times
I also find Maji de Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai rather disappointing. The first episode teased a good anime, but now it's been drowned with fan service and has been going downhill since.
|2011-11-09, 21:27
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@OP: Nothing I have watched has disappointed me yet. :P In contrast I regret not seeing Blood - C, for the gorn, and A Channel, for loli lesbian.
|2011-11-24, 12:59
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I guess the one that comes to mind the most would be Kamisama No Memochou. I think I literally got dumber watching that anime rather than smarter. No interesting story, no interesting characters, and nothing to make fun of. It was that boring. I also hated Yosuga No Sora.
|2011-11-24, 13:32
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Fractale, Madoka, Level E, Ikoku Meiro no Croisee and Kaiji S2 to some extent.
Fractale and Madoka fell for me to the "potentially amazing, but not living up to the potential" kind of shows. I mean both have good concepts, Fractale as an adventure anime and Madoka as a grand magic girl show, but they fell to either bad directing and being a some sort of meta-series that didn't even seem to be an anime.
Level E, well I really liked the first comedy arc it had, but then it fell in to using cheap tricks like sentai parodies that I've seen a billion times already and done better.
Ikoku Meiro had comptent people behind it, but it turned out to be all looks and no soul. The character types were also quite played out already.
Kaiji had an awesome first arc. The second one wasn't that bad either, but Jebus was it a mistake to have only two arcs for 26 episodes.
Note, that these are shows that I placed some kind of expectations upon.
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William Green and William Mummert of Elite Dance International Studio in Mount Pleasant competed last month at the Savannah Dance Classic, a large ballroom competition in the Southeast.
Green received four first places in Pro/Am Silver Smooth Dance Single Dance Division and second in Silver Smooth Scholarship Division.
Mummert received three first places in the Pro/Am Bronze Rhythm Single Dance Division.
Professional dancers Maxim Kappitannikov and Natalia Fridmanovich placed first in Open Professional Latin. They are ranked in the Top 20 professional couples in the world.
Anne Goldstein, longtime student of the Fred Astaire Dance Studios of Charleston, recently competed at the Atlanta Open.
Dancing in the Pro/Am divisions, Goldstein and instructor Andrey Gergel took first and second places in the Open Bronze Smooth & Rhythm Single Dance divisions.
She also was a finalist in the Silver Smooth & Rhythm Championships, the Senior Smooth & Rhythm Scholarships and in the Global Pro/Am Smooth & Rhythm Scholarships.


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NEOSHO RAPIDS, Kan. (WIBW) - A court date is set for one of two people allegedly involved in an attempted home invasion last Wednesday that left one suspect shot.
KVOE reports 30-year-old Rodney Yowell of Dunlap will make his first appearance in Lyon County District court next Monday.
He and his 35-year-old cousin Gary Yowell are accused of breaking into a home three miles north of Neosho Rapids.
The Sheriff says the home's owner, Ronald Sleisher, shot Hary and held Rodney at gunpoint until authorities arrived.
Gary Yowell remains at a Topeka hospital.
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Survivors of Rape and Sexual Violence Speak to Dark Side of Vineyard Life
By MANDY LOCKE
She's the girl next door. She's the waitress who serves you at your favorite spot on Circuit avenue. She teaches your children. She dates your brother. She sits next to you in biology class.
She's your daughter, your sister, your mother, your wife.
And she's a survivor of sexual violence. She's one of the 15 known women to survive rape or sexual assault on Martha's Vineyard this summer alone. She's one of more than 30,000 women in Massachusetts who reported rapes and sexual assaults to crisis centers in the last decade. And it is estimated that only 20 per cent of survivors ever report the crime.
Of course you didn't know. Shame forces these women into silence. She fears insulting questions: "Well, how much did you have to drink?" or, "Why were you wearing that skirt anyway?" She dreads common value judgments like, "She's always been easy" or, "She should have known not to go home with him." People blame the victim so they can distance themselves from the survivor and stay safe in the belief that sexual violence can't happen to them.
If you know the woman, you're likely to know the rapist as well. Nine out of 10 women are attacked by someone they know. So, the rapist, too, is the guy next door.
Rape has nothing to do with sex.
"It's about power and control. Sex is the weapon," said Ann Wallace, director of Women's Support Services of Martha's Vineyard Community Services.
"People are surprised to hear about the prevalence of sexual violence here because the Vineyard is not seen as a real place. It's seen as a safe and magical place," Ms. Wallace said.
"The silence surrounding sexual violence against women on the Island creates a false sense of security," added Annie Holmes, counselor and advocate for Women's Support Services.
It's easier to think the women fabricated their stories. Yet, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics, only about two per cent of rape reports are false. That's equal to or lower than rates of false reports for all other crimes.
This false sense of security is dangerous, Ms. Wallace said, because it leads women to believe they can protect themselves from rape. So, when it happens, survivors blame themselves. But as rape survivor Cynthia Caroseller writes in Who's Afraid of the Dark?: "Rape exists because there are rapists, not because there are victims."
In recent days, four women agreed to share their personal experiences of sexual violence with the Island community. Their names have been changed in the interest of privacy, but the stories are uniquely their own.
Caitlin is a high school student who has lived her whole life on the Vineyard. This fiercely loyal and honest young woman wants the men who raped her to know the damage they've done to her life.
Even though her case has been creeping through the court system since the attack last year, she has unshakable faith that justice will prevail. Meanwhile, Caitlin waits. She knows that drill all too well. She switched schools for a year to avoid seeing one of her attackers throughout each day. Now, she waits for the two men to face the judge.
Alex is a second-year college student who, like thousands of people her age, headed to the Island for the summer to save some money for school and to enjoy the endless beaches with friends. A nationally ranked lacrosse player in high school, not even Alex's physical strength protected her from being raped by her supervisor one night this summer. The missing piece of this puzzle is Alex's recollection of the night.
She suspects she was given a date rape drug, and even though she went to the hospital within 24 hours of the rape, finding traces of any of these quickly disappearing drugs is difficult. Alex waits, too. She waits for the district attorney to decide if there is even enough evidence to proceed to court. Meanwhile, she'll head back to school for the year and trust that her report will proceed.
Rose, a year-round Vineyarder in her mid-20s, is a brilliant self-starter. Her friends would classify her as an intellectual. But not even her sharp wits could protect her from being held against her will earlier this summer by three men who repeatedly raped her over the course of several days. Rose has filed a police report, but she is uncertain as to whether she'll proceed into the criminal justice system.
Beth, too, grew up on the Island in a well-rooted Vineyard family. The lure of the Island called her home after college, where she immediately began working with Island youth. Beth appears reserved, but her closest friends know that a passion runs just below her calm surface. Beth was sexually assaulted by a co-worker in the spring of 1999. After waiting a year in the court system, the district attorney settled with the assailant in a pretrial conference. He pled guilty to lesser charges, and the case was continued for one year without finding. Beth now works diligently to move on with her life.
Editors' note: Additional articles about issues surrounding rape and sexual violence in the Island community will appear in future editions of the Vineyard Gazette.


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Candace Cameron-Bure is dancing her way to the body she's always wanted.
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The former "Full House" star, who has made it to the final six couples on "Dancing with the Stars," told US Weekly she's very happy with her current body.
"I'm confident with my body and at my age -- not that I'm super old -- but I feel like I look better now than I ever did in my 20s," she said. "I love my body."
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Last month, Cameron-Bure told ABC News she has to make sure to eat right to maintain her weight on the show.
"I didn't have weight to lose to start," she said. "I'm working so much harder [now] that it's important to make sure that I have proper nutrition and to keep my muscles. If I'm dancing, the cardio can decrease my muscle if I'm not lifting weights and the last couple weeks I wasn't able to."
To make sure her meals are balanced, the 38-year-old mother of three subscribes to the "Dancing with the Stars"-provided meal service, Freshology.
For Cameron-Bure, who said she's always tried to eat "clean and healthy meals," it takes the guesswork out of things, especially after hours-long dance practices.


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Tomy International announces the promotion of Gregory J. Kilrea to president and chief executive officer and Masayuki Nagatake to chief operating officer. The board of directors approved these appointments, and Curtis W. Stoelting will resign from his positions as chief executive officer and director to pursue other business opportunities.
Kilrea has been with the company since 2004, having served most recently as president of Tomy International and, prior to that, as the company's executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Kilrea's focus will be to strengthen Tomy's global platform and brand portfolio, deepen relationships with key licensor, trade and vendor partners, and set the vision and strategies required to drive further growth.
Nagatake will focus primarily on Tomy's toy and hobby business and will remain as a key liaison with Tomy Company Ltd. to ensure global strategic alignment.


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Following sell-outs of the first set of concerts for artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball in Los Angeles and across Canada, Lady Gaga has been confirmed for a concert at Joe Louis Arena on Saturday May 17, Live Nation Global Touring announced.
Tickets go on sale Monday, Jan. 13, at 10 a.m. Buy tickets at Livenation.com, at the Joe Louis Arena box office and all TicketMaster locations. Charge by phone at 800-745-3000.
LittleMonsters.com members will have first access to tickets. Members who RSVP to the event listings for the shows they wish to attend at LittleMonsters.com will be provided a code to order online while quantities last. For concerts in Detroit and Buffalo, N.Y., members will be able to purchase tickets beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, through 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. There will be a ticket limit of four per member.
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2013-01-09 / Schools/Sports
Jimmy Nealis invited to play Adidas M.L. Soccer
After leading Georgetown University to its best season in men's soccer history, Massapequa native Jimmy Nealis, a dynamic left-back, now has an opportunity to demonstrate that his skills translate to the professional level.
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San Antonio is a very large city, spreading for miles outside the downtown center. That means that properties are available year round, especially the farther out you go. But if you're looking at places near any of the major universities and colleges in the area — University of Texas at San Antonio , Trinity, Incarnate Word — the housing market can get pretty competitive during certain times of the year. In general, the earlier you begin looking for a place, the better. Many students begin their search around November, browsing through listings and finalizing their roommate plans. By February, students are beginning to tour potential apartments and sign leases, and when May comes around, most students have already grabbed the best apartments near campus. The selection can get slim during the summer, but don't worry — there are still places out there for you!
Finding an apartment can be hard, especially when there are so many choices. Adding a filter can help narrow your search. With our Quick Filters below, you can search by a price and amenities. After following one of these links, be sure to check out the advanced search filters and then sign up for an Email Alert so you can receive new listings that match your needs.
One of the reasons San Antonio's population has grown so much in the last 40 years is that the city has moved its borders, annexing smaller towns and communities. Sometimes, though, those smaller towns retain their autonomy, and operate their own municipal governments within the city. Cities like Alamo Heights, Shavano Park, and Balcones Heights are essentially independent "islands" within the San Antonio city limits, though many people conceive of them as neighborhoods.
San Antonio is a large, sprawling city that was designed with vehicular travel in mind. Walking or biking from one place to another is likely to get tiring, especially with the hot Texas sun beating down on you. Many people own a car or carpool with their fellow students or coworkers. The city's bus system, VIA, provides service in multiple areas around the city at a fair rate. Unfortunately, it's the city's only public transportation option, as San Antonio is the largest American city without an intracity rail system. However, the UTSA bus system is also very reliable, offering free student transportation to both on- and off-campus stops.
Let's talk about the Riverwalk. Touristy? Yes. Beautiful? Also yes. And in recent years, this sub-street level dining and shopping district on the San Antonio River has become less of a chain-restaurant-clogged gauntlet, as the city has extended the attraction into the city's north and south sides. Extension projects since 2009 have focused on preserving the unique local flavor of downtown San Antonio, with initiatives supporting sustainability and local businesses. You can now walk from the Hemisfair Park to the Alamo, all the way to the Pearl, a shopping district on the site of the old Pearl Brewery, which ceased operation in 2001 and is now the anchor for the city's trendy north side.
San Antonio has seen renewed development and interest in its downtown, which after decades of slow growth has in recent years become an attractive area for young professionals. Still, the city's sprawling design means that the city's bar scene is concentrated in pockets or clusters. Check out the south side's King William District for upscale dining and cocktails in a historically gorgeous neighborhood, or north Broadway for businesses catering to students from nearby Trinity and Incarnate Word.
If you're a beleaguered college student looking to turn back the clock to simpler childhood pleasures, Six Flags Fiesta Texas is only a stone's throw away from UTSA's north campus. Get a season pass and you can ride the recently revamped Iron Rattler (which was once the world's tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster but now has a metal track) whenever the urge strikes you.
If you know one thing about San Antonio history, you know the story of the Alamo, a Spanish mission that became the site of the most famous battle in the war for Texan independence. The mission's distinctive facade (in reality only a small part of the chapel) is synonymous with San Antonio. Every year, over 2.5 million visitors walk through the Alamo's on-site museum and gardens, making it the most-visited tourist attraction in the state. But don't let the Alamo's fame blind you to the other missions in the area, which are also beautiful repositories of the region's culture. Mission San José is the largest, and has special meaning to Catholics who come from miles around to take in the Mariachi Mass. San José, along with Mission Concepción, Mission San Juan Capistrano, and Mission Espada, make up The San Antonio Missions National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Ever since the cattle-driving days, when caballeros made old and tough meat palatable by cooking it for days over low embers along with generous heapings of peppers — in the process inventing chili con carne — The Alamo City has been famous for its food. Its Tex-Mex is the best in the country, and for traditional takes on the cuisine — homemade chips and salsa, flour tortillas fresh from the comal, delicious refried beans, and queso so creamy you could put it in coffee — try out Los Barrios, a beloved neighborhood mainstay, or Mi Tierra, a 24-hour restaurant near downtown with eclectic decor. Paloma Blanca, in Alamo Heights, features a refined take on the classics, along with an emphasis on fresh seafood from the gulf and some of the best top-shelf margaritas in town, while Rosario's, in the historic King William neighborhood, looks south of the border for iconic Mexican dishes like ceviche, shrimp tacos, and enchiladas de mole. Be sure to hit up one of the dozens of trucks parked across the city for one of the area's true regional specialities: the breakfast taco, a flour tortilla typically filled with a mixture of eggs, bacon, potatoes, salsa, and cheese. (Order what you want — beans and cheese is a particular favorite — but just don't call it a burrito.)
Not every restaurant in town is focused on Mexican or Tex-Mex, however. In recent years, a spate of exciting restaurants have hit the local dining scene. Feast offers inventive small-plates and cocktails, and is well known to offer one of the best brunches in the city. Just next door at Hot Joy chef Quealy Watson has devised an inventive menu that melds pan-Asian influences with South Texas classics. Think brisket dan-dan noodles, or a traditional Mexican dish like grilled corn with cotija, spiked with kewpie and furikake. Chef Mark Bliss — whose restaurant Silo helped put San Antonio on the fine-dining map — runs the inventively named Bliss, which serves up some of the most elegant new-American cuisine in the city. And Rebelle, opened by Feast's Stefan Bowers in the iconic St. Anthony Hotel, has since its opening in 2015 quickly become one of the best restaurants in San Antonio, melding local ingredients like grilled quail to classic French technique and Moroccan influences.
San Antonio has seen an explosion of craft beer and cocktail bars in the past five years. The Brooklynite is just a few blocks off the Riverwalk but it feels a world away, especially if you knock back more than one of the speakeasy's unique cocktails, like Cross My Heart & Hope for Rye (rye, mezcal, house pecan cordial, sweet vermouth, and spicy fire and damnation bitters). Bar 1919, in the Blue Star Arts Complex, was recently named one of the best bars in the country for whiskey by USA Today, and with a spirits list exceeding 300 bottles, it's easy to see why. Barbaro serves up adventurous pizzas alongside its inventive drinks, which appear on the menu under the headings "The Good" (lighter aperitifs), "The Bad" (bright and boozy), and "The Ugly" (stirred). Treat yourself to a Treat Yo Self (rum, macadamia nut liqueur, lime, pineapple, coconut milk, bitters). Or just order a beer — locals drink Shiner (brewed in nearby Shiner, TX) and Lone Star (basically Texan PBR).
The Majestic Theatre is one of the most beautiful theaters in the south, and maybe the country. Built in 1929, the theater features a domed ceiling painted to resemble a night sky, inset with lights to suggest stars, and mostly hosts traveling Broadway companies and concerts. The city also contains a number of excellent museums. The San Antonio Museum of Art is housed in the historic Lone Star Brewery complex, and features the south's largest collection of Asian Art, as well as extensive holdings of pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial, and Latin American folk art. The McNay Art Museum was the first museum of modern art in Texas, and exhibits work by artists such as Georgia O'Keefe, Henri Matisse, and Paul Gauguin in a gorgeous Spanish Colonial complex, situated on a 23-acre site — complete with Japanese garden and fountains — that is a destination in itself. Have kids in tow, or just want to feel like a kid again? The Witte Museum features hands-on, fascinating exhibits about history, culture, and science. Check out the bug room.
Rodeos are an important facet of Texan culture, deeply ingrained in everyone who grew up in the state. The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo takes place each February, and showcases some of the best rodeo competitors in the world. The event is held at the AT&T Center, home of the San Antonio Spurs, and is so popular that the beloved basketball team has to take an extended road-trip for the two weeks the rodeo overtakes their court.
Fiesta, the largest festival in the city, celebrates a different aspect of local culture. Begun in 1891 to commemorate the battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto (which clinched Texan independence from Mexico in 1836), Fiesta now is a wholesale celebration of San Antonian history and culture. For a week in April, the city turns into one giant party. Food stands line the streets and music fills the air during an array of concerts, events, and two major parades: The Battle of Flowers and Fiesta Flambeau, which together draw over 1 million people to the city center.
For a slightly quieter festival experience, try the Texas Folklife Festival, which has celebrated Texas's unique blend of cultures— Native American, Mexican, Spanish, German, Polish, and many more — for 45 years at the Hemisfair campus of UTSA.
Shopping in San Antonio was once largely confined to North Star Mall, famous for the pair of 40-foot-tall boots standing guard over its parking lot. But in the past 20 years a number of new major shopping centers have brought new choices to the area. The Shops at La Cantera is the high-end shopping destination in San Antonio, and features luxury brands in an outdoor setting conveniently located near UTSA. If you'd like a more typical mall shopping experience, head to the Alamo Quarry Market, which houses dozens of major stores in buildings that were once part of the Alamo Cement Company. For unique San Antonio-flavor gifts and crafts, try El Mercado Market Square. The Pearl is great for quirky boutiques, as is the stretch of Broadway near Austin Highway in Alamo Heights.
Despite years of effort — the city even built a football stadium in the early '90s in a failed attempt to lure the NFL to the city — San Antonio remains a one-sport team. But what a team it is: The NBA's San Antonio Spurs have won five championships in the past 17 years, most recently in 2014, and current and former stars like Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, David Robinson, and George Gervin are afforded near-messianic status by locals. The San Antonio Stars of the WNBA also enjoy considerable local support and have made the playoffs in seven of their 13 seasons. College sports are popular — the University of Texas-San Antonio is D-1, and the basketball team made the NCAA tournament in 2011 — but in South Texas, high school football is king. Locals turn out by the thousands for Friday night games.
It only takes a few minutes to get to Lake Braunig from the city, and it is a wonderful place to fish and just enjoy a day out on the water. Farther north, the Hill Country town of New Braunfels is a popular weekend getaway for tubing on the Comal and Guadalupe rivers, or waterslides at the German-themed waterpark Schlitterbahn. The hills surrounding San Antonio make for challenging play at a few local golf courses — get a tee time at The Quarry, La Cantera, or Brackenridge. Within the city, the Mission Hike and Bike Trail is an 8-mile paved trail that takes you past each of San Antonio's historic missions. The Howard W. Peak Greenway Trails System is a much more comprehensive trail system, with more than 47 miles of trail.


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Drew Paszotta, Dre Brown and Jack Sauter first met Matt Weckler even before he was their coach.
The three DeKalb football veterans took Weckler on a tour of the high school when he was a finalist for the Barbs' head coaching position last winter.
Although it was the players' goal to get to know Weckler better, the former Belvidere football coach formed an immediate impression of his three future leaders.
"They seemed like three really dedicated, very genuine student-athletes that were very passionate about their school, very passionate about them wanting the football program to be better and there to be some stability," Weckler said. "To make football enjoyable and fun and energetic, that's the atmosphere they gave me, just wanting some excitement in the program."
Weckler took the job in February and brought his team together in the school's performing arts center for their first meeting. There, he introduced himself and new defensive coordinator Dan Smaha.
More than anything, he laid out his expectations for the program, and most of them were vastly different than in the past.
"In the first meeting he was intense," Paszotta said. "He wasn't trying to make friends with the players, letting everybody know right away that we're going to have to work really hard and it was going to be a tough season. But if we want to be good, that's what we've got to do."
Eight months later and after a 5-4 regular season, the Barbs are in the postseason for the first time in three years. It's only the second time they've won five games in the regular season since 1989. The Barbs travel to Batavia in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs at 7 p.m. today
It's been a major transformation for a team that ended last year with a 2-7 record and without a permanent coach in place.
"Last year was really tough," Paszotta said. "We had a lot of trouble going through the season and didn't end up very well."
Weckler told the Daily Chronicle in February that making the playoffs was a definite possibility for a team that he thought had untapped potential. The relatively new athletic facilities only added to his enthusiasm for the opportunity.
Yet there was work to do for Weckler, who is DeKalb's third coach in three seasons. He needed his team to buy in immediately and develop a trust. So the first thing Weckler did after taking the job was get in contact with his former tour guides – Paszotta, Sauter and Brown. He gave them a better understanding of what we wanted and entrusted them to help him in the process.
"Having those guys jump on board, it helped out some of the other guys to follow their footsteps," Weckler said. "Peer pressure plays a big role in the success of anything. It can be positive or negative, and in this situation it was positive."
There was better participation in DeKalb's offseason workouts, and players thrived with increased structure and organization. Weckler said he lost some players in the process, but knew he was left with the ones he wanted.
He emphasized keeping a positive train of thought, something difficult to do when success has been rare at any level of the football program. Weckler wanted the players, the parents, the school faculty and the DeKalb community to get on board.
A Week 1 comeback victory over Vernon Hills only helped the cause. Despite close losses to Hampshire and Yorkville, DeKalb made big strides as the players became accustomed to Weckler's system and the coaching staff tailored the offense toward its players' strengths. The defense showed the biggest improvement, giving up eight fewer points a game than in 2012.
In a must-win situation, DeKalb came through with a 46-41 win over Rochelle at home last week.
"[Last] Friday it was crazy," Paszotta said. "Everybody was so excited, especially for me being a senior. We got to make the playoffs, something that hasn't been done often in past years."
Now DeKalb finds itself playing on the first weekend of November, the goal for every team in the state.
And although Weckler's original playoff projection already had been realized, quicker than many thought, he doesn't see this year's result as a finish line.
"We have to keep moving forward. Hopefully, our younger kids realize that 5-4 is the standard, and after this, getting into the playoffs is somewhere we can be and we should be," Weckler said. "Winning games in the playoffs is something we should now focus on."


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Ireland Nugent views her cameo in Winter documentary | News
CLEARWATER, Florida -- It's an exciting night for little Ireland Nugent. Sitting in an auditorium at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, she waited to see her cameo in a documentary about Winter the dolphin.
"What's the name of the dolphin you're going to see?" asks a lady.
"Winter," says Ireland.
It was just a few weeks ago that Ireland was able to get up close and personal with Winter, waving her little hand hello, then caressing the dolphin's back. Ireland knows Winter has a prosthetic tail that she uses to help her get around, and she understands the parallel.
"This was very special. Winter was one of the first toys we had to demonstrate to her that she had lost her legs, like Winter had lost her tail, and that she had a prosthetic and she would have one also," said Ireland's father, Jerry.
PHOTOS: Ireland takes first steps on prosthetic legs
The documentary entitled Winter, The Dolphin That Can holds special meaning for Ireland's parents. It's a story of triumph from tragedy -- much like Ireland's remarkable recovery. And at the end of the film, little Ireland lights up the screen to the delight of the crowd.
"The community support has been amazing. I mean, we really feel like we're not in this alone, and it makes Ireland happy, and we're excited to see her in the movie," said Ireland's mother, Nicole.
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Prosthetic fitting: Ireland Nugent fitted for new feet
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COMMERCE, Ga. (AP) — A Pennsylvania-based outlet chain is planning a distribution and retail expansion in Georgia and throughout the Southeast, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced Wednesday.
Ollie' Bargain Outlet is planning to invest $14.56 million to open a distribution center in Commerce, an area of Jackson County about 20 miles north of Athens, Deal said in a news release. Ollie's Bargain Outlet was founded in 1982, and currently operates more than 150 stores in 14 states. The chain specializes in closeout, excess inventory and salvage merchandise, state officials said.
The company plans to create 175 new jobs at the distribution center within five years and is planning to open between 30 and 40 stores in Georgia as part of its Southeastern growth plan. The stores are expected to open within the next four years, Deal said.
"We have signed leases to enter the state of Georgia and Alabama this year," company CEO Mark Butler told The Associated Press, adding that Ollie's plans to open between 20 and 25 stores in Alabama within the next two to four years.
"Once we open our new distribution center that, of course, opens up the entire Southeast corridor of the United States for us," Butler said. He added that access to infrastructure that would help move goods throughout the region factored into the company's decision to open the facility in Georgia. The distribution center is slated to open near the meeting of Interstate 85 and Georgia Highway 98.
The company also qualifies for job tax credits, sales and use tax exemption on certain equipment and will receive Quick Start workforce training, Georgia Department of Economic Development spokeswoman Victoria Borges said in an email. Borges added that the company could also qualify for a port tax credit if the volume of goods being shipped through the Georgia Ports Authority qualifies.
Jackson County Commission Chairman Tom Crow said in a statement that he's excited the company has chosen to expand in Commerce, and said the distribution center will be a "great addition to our business community."
The 962,000-square-foot distribution facility in Commerce will serve stores planned to open in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Tennessee. Each store is expected to employ between 20 and 30 workers and it's unclear how many stores the company will open in Florida, Butler said.


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President Roderick J. McDavis
Apr 25, 2014
From staff reports
Ohio University President Roderick J. McDavis issued the following statement Friday afternoon:
Dear OHIO Faculty, Staff, and Students,
First I want to congratulate our graduates! At the end of next week, you will walk across the stage of the Convocation Center and begin a new, exciting journey. We are very proud of you and your accomplishment and hope you come back home to Ohio University often.
Earlier this semester, I committed to you that I would share my tuition and fee recommendation to the Board of Trustees before the end of Spring semester. Since that time, there has been much discussion about our strategic priorities and capital improvement needs through open budget forums, presentations to Student Senate, and other conversations within the campus community.
Taking all of our budget considerations under advisement, the Budget Planning Council, chaired by Dr. Pam Benoit, Executive Vice President and Provost, and Mr. Steve Golding, Vice President for Finance and Administration, has recommended a 1.5 percent tuition and fee increase for the 2014-15 academic year. Such an increase would equal a $156 annual increase in tuition and fees per student. These additional resources will be invested in academic programs, financial aid, and facilities.
The recommendation brought forward by the Budget Planning Council, which consists of faculty, students, staff, and deans, was made after thoughtful dialogue, discussion, and vetting of the feedback shared in the open budget forums that were held earlier this month. I want to thank the members of the Council for their deliberation and thoughtful consideration of the funding needs across campus. We recognize that the proposed tuition and fee increase is not insignificant in its impact on students and their families. At the same time, we believe that the balance achieved by the Council is the best possible solution to meeting the budgetary needs of our university while still maintaining affordability and our commitments to scholarships for students and other investments in academic programs and facilities.
I accept the Budget Planning Council's recommendation and will present it to the Board of Trustees at its June 26 meeting on the Eastern Campus. As always, this meeting will be streamed live on the web, and we also will be providing complimentary transportation to faculty, staff, and students who wish to attend the meeting in-person.
Our presentation to the Board will emphasize the importance of need-based scholarships and grants, which will help offset the impact of a tuition and fee increase for students and their families. One way in which Ohio University has improved affordability is through our new OHIO Signature Awards, which includes generous merit-based scholarships as well as supportive need-based grants for members of the incoming freshman class. In addition, I have directed Dr. Benoit and Mr. Golding to identify a means of financial support for current students with the highest financial need to lessen the burden of a tuition and fee increase on them and their families. I plan to include a recommendation to support these students in my budget proposal to the Board.
Thank you for your interest and involvement in this important decision-making process. I believe that the recommendation of our Budget Planning Council combined with the affordability initiatives currently underway will result in positive outcomes for Ohio University's students, faculty and staff.
Roderick J. McDavis
President, Ohio University


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The following analysis was previously published by The Conservative Caucus Foundation.
Obama, Libya and the U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constitution clearly gives to Congress, and only to Congress, the power of declaring war. Article I, Section 8 states "The Congress shall have Power . . . to declare War". The debate that took place in the Constitutional Convention on August 17 reached a deliberate conclusion that Congress should make the decision to go to war and the President should be assigned the task of carrying out the war, once declared. The only exception was a defensive one, allowing the President to fight off sudden attacks.[1]
The United States has gone to war five times through such a declaration. However, the last formal declaration of war took place on June 5, 1942, when Congress added Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania to the list of enemy nations.[2] All wars fought since 1945 have been undeclared wars, entered into through presidential decisions and actions.
Unfortunately, the history of undeclared war is almost as old as the Constitution itself. Both President John Adams and President Thomas Jefferson carried on wars without an official declaration from Congress. However, it is worth noting that both of those Presidents did get Congressional authorization of a different sort.
The War with France, 1798-1801
When Adams became President in 1797, relations between the United States and France had become greatly strained by the Jay Treaty, which made many concessions to Britain. France began to retaliate against American ships, capturing and confiscating them. Adams dealt with the problem by sending a three-man diplomatic team to negotiate a settlement.[3]
On March 4, 1798, President Adams received news that negotiations with France had broken down, that French plundering of American commerce would not end, and that France was threatening to go to war against the U.S. Attorney General Charles Lee gave his opinion that a declaration of war was now the only proper response.[4] President Adams sent Congress a message on March 12, 1798, calling upon Congress to pass laws necessary "for the protection of our seafaring and commercial citizens, for the defense of any exposed portions of our territory, for replenishing our arsenals, establishing foundries and military manufactures, and to provide such sufficient revenue as will be necessary to defray extraordinary expenses and supply the deficiencies which may be occasioned by depredations on our commerce" but not asking for a declaration of war.[5]
Congress acted swiftly. Laws were passed increasing the size of the navy, arming merchant ships, enlarging the regular army, creating the Navy Department, fortifying harbors, acquiring arms, authorizing a Provisional Army to supplement the regular army, and assisting the militia. A final act allowed the President to order American ships to attack the French navy.[6] To pay for all of this, Congress levied a tax on land, real property, and slaves, and authorized additional borrowing.[7] Adams sent the American Navy into the West Indies for combat against the French navy, which resulted in significant success.[8]
Adams treated Congress as a full partner in the war, and firmly resisted those in Congress who wished to move beyond its limitation as a purely naval activity. He eventually succeeded in reopening negotiations and signed a treaty concluding the war just before leaving office.[9] Despite having violated the letter of the Constitution, he could claim to have acted within its spirit by seeking Congressional action for each step taken. He probably had no idea he had laid the foundation for future Presidential excesses.
War Against the Barbary Pirates, 1801-1815
As a U.S. diplomat in France following American independence, Thomas Jefferson had been a strong advocate of going to war with the Barbary Pirates of North Africa. Their attacks on American commerce and enslavement of their prisoners were intolerable to him.[10]
Lack of funds made it impossible for the United States to carry on such a war in 1786, but the situation was entirely different when Jefferson became President in 1801. When news came that Tripoli was once again preying on American merchant ships, Jefferson dispatched a naval expedition. His orders were to act only in defense of American commerce, on the grounds that defensive action was within Presidential authority but offensive action was not. This included instructions that American vessels were allowed to sink, but not capture, Tripolitan ships. Congress bolstered this authority by an act of February 6, 1802, authorizing such use of the navy (as well as letters of marque and reprisal) and allowing captures.[11] Defensive action, however, was broadly interpreted to include blockading Tripoli[12], and Jefferson found that he could not prevent the men on the spot from going beyond his "defensive" intentions. The campaign eventually escalated to include an attempt to capture Tripoli via a land expedition.[13]
Jefferson sought further Congressional involvement in 1804 when the cost of the war became a problem. The solution was the Mediterranean Fund, a surtax on the tariff, with the money collected being designated to pay for "warlike operations against . . . the Barbary Powers". The tax was to expire three months after the ratification of a peace treaty.[14] Jefferson also obtained Congressional approval that same year for the construction of four ships specifically intended for use in the Mediterranean campaign.[15] In1806, an end to the war was negotiated and the treaty was approved by Congress.[16]
President Jefferson demonstrated an understanding that the Constitution did not allow him to declare war, and attempted to stay within Constitutional boundaries. However, the line between defensive and offensive action proved to be elusive.
An uneasy peace between the United States and the Barbary nations continued until 1815, when renewed piracy by Algiers caused President Madison to ask Congress for a declaration of war.[17] Astonishingly, Congress responded by granting the President warlike authority without actually declaring war.[18] Within a few months the U.S. Navy had forced Algiers to agree to a new treaty of peace, intimidated the other Barbary powers, and ended forever their threat to American commerce.[19]
Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Undeclared Wars
For the next hundred years undeclared wars against recognized foreign nations were avoided. The Indian Wars were recognized as a special case, being carried on within the borders of the United States. The War Between the States was conducted under the legal fiction that secession was illegal, and that the war was merely the suppression of a "rebellion". Likewise, suppression of the Philippine insurrection was treated as reaction to rebellion.
This restraint ended when Woodrow Wilson became President in 1913. Wilson intervened with military force in Mexico to undermine Mexican dictator Victoriano Huerta. He was able to use an incident involving U.S. sailors in Tampico to obtain Congressional authorization to begin the intervention. Although Congress refused to approve broader authority for more general intervention, Wilson exploited this resolution as a means to bring down Huerta.[20] He was on stronger ground when he sent the Punitive Expedition into Mexico to hunt down Pancho Villa following Villa's attack on Columbus, New Mexico, since that was arguably a defensive measure.[21] Wilson also sent U.S. troops to conduct small wars in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. President Coolidge followed suit with a Nicaraguan intervention.[22]
President Truman broke new ground by ordering U.S. troops into Korea in 1950. When he brought in Congressional leaders to "inform" them, Truman cited a United Nations resolution as sufficient authority for going to war.[23] Never before had an American President put the nation into a major foreign war without some form of Congressional authorization. Congressional criticism soon forced Truman into the ridiculous position of publicly denying that the U.S. was at war.[24] By 1952, the unpopularity of Truman's war was one of the reasons he decided not to run for reelection.
At first, Truman's experience taught future Presidents a lesson concerning the need to make Congress at least appear to be a partner in an undeclared war. President Johnson obtained the Gulf of Tonkin resolution before sending ground troops into South Vietnam. George H.W. Bush insisted on a Congressional resolution supporting the liberation of Kuwait. Bill Clinton, however, went beyond President Truman when he began a war against Yugoslavia without even the cover of a United Nations resolution, and continued the war when Congress refused to pass an authorizing resolution. George W. Bush also set a precedent in 2002 when he persuaded Congress to pass a resolution (H.J. Res. 114) explicitly delegating to him, "as he determines to be necessary and appropriate", the power to begin a war.
Obama's War
Barack Obama's choice of war with Libya must rank with that of President Clinton. He has obtained no form of Congressional authorization, nor even the inadequate claim of a U.N. resolution. NATO, which was formed as a defensive alliance, provides no authority for an unprovoked, offensive war.
Congress has never been willing to impeach a President for usurping the power to declare war, nor to end that war by denying appropriations. The Libyan War offers the best opportunity ever seen for cutting off funding, since it would in no way place any American forces at risk. Impeachment can be more easily justified than against any President except Clinton. If Congress refuses to act now, future Presidents will understand that they can go to war with no fear of ever being called account.
[1] Farrand, Max, ed., The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Vol. II (Yale University Press, 1937), pp. 317-320.
[2] Hull, Cordell, The Memoirs of Cordell Hull, Vol. II (The MacMillan Company, 1948), pg. 1176.
[3] McCullough, David, John Adams (Simon & Schuster, 2001), pp. 474 and 477 and Dupuy, R. Ernest and Baumer, William H., The Little Wars of the United States (Hawthorn Books, 1968), pp. 6-7.
[4] Elkins, Stanley & McKitrick, Eric, The Age of Federalsim: The Early American Republic, 1788-1800 (Oxford University Press, 1993), pp. 553, 585 and DeConde, Alexander, A History of American Foreign Policy (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971), pp. 67-69.
[5] Richardson, James D., ed. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, Vol. I (Government Printing Office, 1896), pp. 264-65.
[6] Statutes at Large, Vol. I (Little and Brown, 1845), pp. 547, 549, 552-63, 569, 572, 574-6, 578-80,
[7] Ibid., pp. 580-94, 597-604, 607, 609.
[8] Dupuy and Baumer, Little Wars, pg. 9 and following.
[9] McCullough, John Adams, pp. 552-560.
[10] Boyd, Julian P., ed., Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. X (Princeton University Press, 1954), pp. 566-68.
[11] Statutes at Large, Vol. II, pg. 130.
[12] McDonald, Forrest, The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson (University Press of Kansas, 1976), pp. 61, 76-80 and Dupuy and Baumer, Little Wars, pg. 36.
[13] Malone, Dumas, Jefferson the President: Second Term, 1805-1809 (Little,Brown & Company,1974), pg. 43 and Dupuy & Baumer, Little Wars, pp. 54-60.
[14] McDonald, Presidency, pp. 79-80 and Malone, Jefferson, pg. 43 and Statutes at Large, Vol. II, pp. 291-92..
[15] Statutes at Large, Vol. II, pg. 206.
[16] Malone, Jefferson, Vol. V, pg. 43.
[17] Richardson, Messages, Vol. I, pg. 554. For the background to this request, see Dupuy and Baumer, Little Wars, pp. 60-61.
[18] Statutes at Large, Vol. III, pg. 230.
[19] Dupuy and Baumer, Little Wars, pp. 61-64.
[20] Link, Arthur S., Wilson: The New Freedom (Princeton University Press, 1956), pp. 398-413. See especially the footnote on page 399 regarding the failure of the Lodge amendment for a more general grant of authority.
[21] Mason, Herbert Molly, Jr., The Great Pursuit (Random House, 1970), pp. 68-69.
[22] Dupuy and Baumer, Little Wars, pp. 144-168.
[23] Truman, Harry S., Years of Triumph and Hope: 1946-1952 (Signet, 1956), pp. 384-85.
[24] Donovan, Robert J., Tumultuous Years: The Presidency of Harry S. Truman, 1949-1953 (W.W. Norton, 1982), 218-224.
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"Our first grade field trip to Rehkopf's was a great learning experience," said Nancy Essary, Communities in Schools Coordinator for the district.
"The boys and girls understood they made history by being the first group from New Diana ISD to take the first field trip to the new Rehkopf's Grocery Store in Diana," she said. "The kids learned about needs/wants and supply/demands."
She said the employees were helpful in explaining to the students about what their jobs entailed, "and the butcher even modeled his apron. We got to see recycling in action.Boxes were crushed in the machine right in front of the kids."
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Building Palm Conduits, Part 3
Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4
At this point, all the changed records from the Palm device are safely written to the desktop folder. As we'll see later, DirtyRec and DeletedRec take care of any conflicts between desktop and Palm device records. Now FastSync needs to write any changed data from the desktop to the Palm database.
FastSync loops through the files on the desktop, looking for those with extensions that require some processing. For each file found, it calls a routine to do the actual work, supplying the file object, the record adapter, and the utility object as reference parameters:
Select Case UCase(FSO.GetExtensionName(File.Name))
Case "NEW"
NewFile DBPath, File, pdRecords, pdUtil
Case "DEL"
DeletedFile File, pdRecords, pdUtil
Case "CHG"
DirtyFile DBPath, File, pdRecords, pdUtil
End Select
The last thing the FastSync routine has to do is to clean up deleted records on the Palm device, and clear the change bit(s). The data is now synchronized, so nothing is dirty! FastSync uses the same calls we saw in HHtoPC to do this cleanup work.
Now that the top-level structure of FastSync is clear, let's look at the auxiliary functions that move the bits and bytes. The implementation of DirtyRec is shown in Example 4-11. To understand its logic, recall that in our conduit, a change to a Palm record has precedence over a change to the corresponding desktop record.
In This Series
Building Palm Conduits, Part 4
Building Palm Conduits, Part 2
Building Palm Conduits, Part 1
Example 4-11: Listing for SyncLogic.DirtyRec
Private Sub DirtyRec(ByVal DBPath As String, _
ByVal strID As String, _
ByRef Data As Variant)
Dim Filenum As Integer
Dim Filename As String
Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject
' Remove any changed or deleted desktop record
On Error Resume Next
FSO.DeleteFile DBPath + "\" + strID + ".DEL", True
FSO.DeleteFile DBPath + "\" + strID + ".CHG", True
On Error GoTo 0
' Write device data to desktop record
Filenum = FreeFile
Filename = DBPath + "\" + strID + ".REC"
Open Filename For Output As #Filenum
Write #Filenum, StrConv(Data, vbUnicode)
Close #Filenum
End Sub
Because changes to desktop records are stored in files with the extension .DEL or .CHG, DirtyRec simply removes those files. Then the contents of the Palm record are written into the desktop file. This process overwrites the old desktop record, if it existed, or creates a new record file with the correct name and extension.
This is in accordance with our design decision that changes to the Palm record have precedence over the desktop. A conduit that implemented Palm's recommended mirroring strategy would have to reconcile the contents of the files with the Palm record data.
The implementation of DeletedRec is very similar.
Private Sub DeletedRec(ByVal DBPath As String, _
ByVal strID As String, _
ByRef Data As Variant)
Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject
On Error Resume Next
FSO.DeleteFile DBPath + "\" + strID + ".REC", True
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub
However, note that DeletedRec does not remove the .CHG record, which gets processed later. This is because a change on the desktop has precedence over deletions on the Palm device. If this seems unclear, look over Table 4-14 again.
The NewFile function creates a new record in the Palm database when the user has created one on the desktop:
Private Sub NewFile(ByVal DBPath As String, _
ByRef File As File, _
ByRef pdRecords As PDRecordAdapter, _
ByRef pdUtil As PDUtility)
Dim Data As Variant
Dim RecordId As Variant
GetFileContents File, Data, pdUtil
' Create a new Palm device record
RecordId = vbEmpty
pdRecords.Write RecordId, 0, 0, Data
File.Move DBPath + "\" + pdUtil.RecordIdToString(RecordId) + ".REC"
End Sub
Despite its simplicity, there is a lot going on in NewFile. First, the routine calls GetFileContents to read the file data into a variant byte array for uploading to the Palm database record. We'll see how this is done later.
Next, we create a new record in the Palm database. The
PDRecordAdapter class doesn't have an explicit record creation method; instead, you call its Write function with a special record identifier. Passing a variant set to
vbEmpty does the trick. When the Write function returns, it has replaced
vbEmpty with the new Record ID.
TIP: It is not always possible to create a record on the device--for example the storage heap could be exhausted. We don't handle that error in our simple conduit, but your conduit should.
The last thing NewFile does is to rename the .NEW desktop file so we don't process it again later. We generate a filename using the new Record ID and an extension of .REC. The records are now synchronized on the desktop and the device. If the user later changes this record on the Palm, our conduit will be able to locate the corresponding desktop file using the Record ID as filename.
Now let's look at GetFileContents, shown in Example 4-12. Reading in the file contents is simple enough; the routine assumes all the text is a single input field delimited by quotation marks, and reads it into the string variable
Example 4-12: Listing for SyncLogic.GetFileContents
Private Sub GetFileContents(ByRef File As File, _
ByRef Data As Variant, _
ByRef pdUtil As PDUtility)
Dim Filenum As Integer
Dim sBuf As Variant
Dim RecordId As Variant
Dim bArray( ) As Byte
Filenum = FreeFile
Open File.Path For Input As #Filenum
Input #Filenum, sBuf
Close #Filenum
' Convert to a byte array
Data = bArray
ReDim Data(0 To Len(sBuf))
pdUtil.BSTRToByteArray Data, 0, sBuf
End Sub
Next, we convert the input string,
sBuf (which may or may not be Unicode, depending on your operating system), into a byte array. To do this, declare an empty byte array and assign the reference parameter Data to it:
Dim bArray( ) As Byte
Data = bArray
This effectively converts Data, which is a type-less variant, into a byte array. Re-dimension Data to hold the input string, and use the utility function BSTRToByteArray to pack the string data into the array:
ReDim Data(0 To Len(sBuf))
pdUtil.BSTRToByteArray Data, 0, sBuf
We resort to this trickery because you cannot pass a VB byte array directly into a COM function call. If your conduit's data is more complicated, you should look at the other conversion functions in
The conduit calls DeletedFile to handle desktop files that the user has marked for deletion. This function is very straightforward: convert the desktop filename into a Palm Record ID using the StringToRecordId utility function, and then call the
PDRecordAdapter Remove function to erase the database record. Here's the code for DeletedFile:
Private Sub DeletedFile(ByRef File As File, _
ByRef pdRecords As PDRecordAdapter, _
ByRef pdUtil As PDUtility)
Dim RecordId As Variant
Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject
RecordId = pdUtil.StringToRecordId(FSO.GetBaseName(File.Name))
On Error Resume Next
pdRecords.Remove RecordId
File.Delete True
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub
We wrap the actual Remove call in an error handler, because it raises a runtime error if the requested record does not exist. This is an unlikely condition in a well-designed application, but it happens frequently during development. A simple
On Error
Resume Next ensures that we handle that possibility.
The conduit calls DirtyFile to handle desktop files that the user has changed. The code for DirtyFile is shown in Example 4-13. This routine repackages some functionality we have seen earlier. It calls GetFileContents to read in the changed desktop data, and builds a Palm Record ID using the StringToRecordId utility function.
Example 4-13: Listing for SyncLogic.DirtyFile
Private Sub DirtyFile(ByVal DBPath As String, _
ByRef File As File, _
ByRef pdRecords As PDRecordAdapter, _
ByRef pdUtil As PDUtility)
Dim Data As Variant
Dim RecordId As Variant
Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject
GetFileContents File, Data, pdUtil
' Find correct Palm device record based on file name
RecordId = pdUtil.StringToRecordId(FSO.GetBaseName(File.Name))
On Error Resume Next
pdRecords.Write RecordId, 0, eDirty, Data
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
' Record deleted on device without warning.
RecordId = vbEmpty
pdRecords.Write RecordId, 0, eDirty, Data
End If
On Error GoTo 0
' Rename from .CHG to .REC
File.Move DBPath + "\" + pdUtil.RecordIdToString(RecordId) + ".REC"
End Sub
If DirtyFile encounters an error when updating the Palm database, it assumes that the record no longer exists. In this case, DirtyFile creates a new record by writing the data using a Record ID of
vbEmpty. As we mentioned before, this is an unlikely condition, but you should take great care to make your conduit very robust. Note that the original Record ID is lost.
As usual, we rename the desktop file to have the .REC extension. Note the use of the eDirty attribute when writing the record. Assigning this attribute overwrites any other Palm record attributes, including eDelete. When FastSync cleans up the Palm database by purging deleted records, these dirty records won't be among them.
Other Sync Types
In contrast to fast synchronization, slow synchronization requires looking at all records, not just those that are marked as dirty or new. In our simple application, we just had to change the
PDRecordAdapter iterator function--for example, ReadNext instead of ReadNextModified. This causes SlowSync to look at every record in the Palm database, not simply the changed ones.
Particular care must be taken if you expect your users to synchronize their application data with different desktops or devices. When that happens, it is easy to lose track of data--usually with very bad results for your users.[5] Design carefully to avoid this.
For the sake of completeness, we support the PCtoHH sync type in the sample application. There is nothing noteworthy in the code that we haven't already covered, so we won't detail it here.
Running the Conduit
At this point, you have seen all the code in the sample conduit. You can compile it as an ActiveX EXE, and register it with the HotSync manager using the CondCfg.exe tool covered earlier in this chapter (see Figure 4-4). Instead of the VB IDE, enter the programmatic identifier of the conduit as the COM client. In the case of our sample, this is
To debug, stop the HotSync manager, and then run the conduit from the VB IDE. Make sure you have enabled the default debug setting:
Wait for components to
be created. You do this from the VB IDE by choosing the
Properties option from the
Project menu, and then selecting the
Debugging tab.
Next, set a breakpoint in each of the routines for
IPDClientNotify, and then press
F5 to run the project. This generates a new temporary GUID for your public class, but the programmatic id stays the same. Once the project is running, restart the HotSync manager.
The debugger should launch into the breakpoint in GetConduitInfo first, because the HotSync manager checks every registered conduit as it initializes. The HotSync manager will call this function several times, once for each information request type.
You can trigger the other breakpoints by choosing the
Custom option for our conduit from the HotSync manager user interface (in the Windows system tray), or by actually performing a HotSync with the device in the cradle.
Test the conduit by using the Palm application Ch4a.prc to manipulate records on the Palm device, and a text editor to edit files on the desktop. Then synchronize with the HotSync manager.
Roger Knoell s a software developer with 10 years experience leveraging high-level language development tools and environments.
Patrick Burton has been programming in C/C++ for most of his career. His experience inlcludes algorithm development for embedded satellite receivers, Linux system programming, and Windows programming using the Win32 API and Microsoft Found Classes (MFC).
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May 25, 2008
IRVINE, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara's fantastic regular season came to a close Sunday afternoon at Anteater Ballpark with a hard fought 2-0 loss to UC Irvine. The Gauchos battled tooth and nail, and were able to amass nine hits in total, but were unable to plate a run. Senior southpaw Chuck Huggins outlasted Anteater starter Daniel Bibona, but single runs in the third and the eighth for Irvine did in the Gauchos.
UCSB finishes the 2008 regular season campaign with a 35-21 overall record, and a 14-10 Big West Conference mark, while UCI improved to 38-16 overall, with an identical 14-10 BWC record.
Both Huggins and Bibona were on from the start, as the first run of the game wasn't scored until the bottom of the third inning.
Anteater second baseman Josh Tavelli led off the bottom of the third with a double to left field. Eric Deragisch followed with a sacrifice bunt, allowing Tavelli to advance all the way to third base. In the ensuing at-bat, catcher Aaron Lowenstein laid down a sacrifice bunt to Gaucho first baseman Eric Oliver, allowing Tavelli to score the first run of the game. After three, UCI held a 1-0 lead.
Huggins scattered four hits over the next four innings, before giving way to Mike Ford. Ford, the Gauchos usual Friday ace, was unable to pitch the series opener due to sickness, but took the ball from Huggins in the eighth hoping to preserve a 1-0 game.
Ben Orloff greeted Ford rudely, with a lead off single up the middle. The Anteaters continued with the small-ball approach, as Jeff Cusick advanced Orloff to second with a sacrifice bunt. With Brock Bardeen pinch-hitting for Tony Asaro, Orloff was able to advance to third base on a wild pitch from Ford. Again, it wasn't a base hit that scored the Anteater run from third, but another sacrifice fly, this time off the bat of Bardeen. Jason Roenicke then came on in relief of Ford, striking out Dillon Bell to end the eighth-inning threat.
Anteater closer Eric Pettis surrendered a base hit before retiring the Gauchos in order in the top of the ninth, securing the 2-0 UCI victory.
Mike Zuanich led the Gauchos offensively, supplying three hits in a 3-for-4 effort at the plate. The only other UCSB hitter to tally more than one hit was catcher Chris McMurray.
Ironically, in a season where the Gaucho offense average nearly 7.5 runs scored per game, UCSB couldn't plate a run on the final day of the season. Sunday's game was as close a contest as the Gauchos have played in all year, but unfortunately UCSB was on the wrong side of the 2-0 decision.
Four Irvine pitchers combined to shut out the Gauchos, something that UCSB had experienced only two times prior to today's game.
While UCSB outscored their opponents 413-to-290 on the year, the most telling stat of the day is that the Gauchos dropped to 0-8 when scoring two or fewer runs.
Even with the Gauchos losing two of three to the Anteaters this weekend, UCSB still has a shot at an at-large postseason bid. With UC Riverside losing to Cal Poly, and UC Davis losing to Cal State Northridge, UCSB sits in a three-way tie for third place.
UC Irvine, UC Riverside, and UCSB all have identical 14-10 Big West Conference records. UCI holds a tiebreaker over UCSB, while UCSB holds a tiebreaker over UCR. With both Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton already guaranteed postseason bids, it will be up the NCAA selection committee to choose another Big West team. In addition, UC Davis may still be in the running with a 13-11 BWC record as well.
Regardless of whether or not UCSB gets an at-large bid, the 2008 campaign will be viewed as a major success for the Gauchos. Picked to finish sixth in the Big West in a pre-season coach's poll, the Gauchos have exceeded the expectations of many.
The post-season selection show airs at 9:30 a.m. on ESPN tomorrow morning.


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