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This is an exciting trip to an unspoiled place. You'll catch variety of unusual gamefish here. Coiba is far away, yet we make it quick and easy to be here. Catch fish, relax in comfort and return home refreshed, as easily as you arrived.
Three hours from Miami, Panama City is a clean, safe and modern city. All major hotels are here, this is an international banking & shipping center. Fine restaurants, excellent shopping malls & a unique, safe & fun nightlife. Americans are particularly liked and welcome here, you'll feel it anywhere you go.
You are going to catch a-lot-of-fish, all sorts of different fish. You'll be fishing where, still today relatively few have fished before. With exception to Hannibal Bank & Isla Montousa, the whole area receives nearly no fishing pressure, sport or commercial.
There's practically no one here. Chances are you won't see another boat while out fishing. It's too difficult to be way out here. No marinas, fuel, ice, houses, villages... Just islands.
There is no place else in the world like this, words can't describe what it is to be surrounded by so many living things. The tropics hold the most biodiversity, Coiba is a world renowned treasury of biodiversity. All the creatures that were here on and around these islands a hundred years ago, still are. Fishing here is an excuse for being on an extreme eco tour.
This is a fine quality fishing adventure. We can whisk you through the airport in an impressive way and have you flying again in under 30 minutes, off over the Panama Canal on a 1 hour flight here to Coiba.
We are a small charter outfit with excellent quality staff. Eva & Andrea prepare & serve our meals from fresh fruits, vegetables, seafood, fish and the best cuts of meat. These women are calm, pleasant and efficient. Expect courteous assistance, wholesome food, clean rooms, daily laundry and tranquil atmosphere.Captain Tom has been guiding anglers here 23 years.
Black Marlin & big Yellowfin Tuna are what draw most anglers to us, but there is much more to this unique fishing adventure. Unlike other world famous fishing destinations, there is practically no one here. Roosterfish, Cubera Snapper, Wahoo, Snook and dozens of other exotic gamefish thrive in this fantastically beautiful tropical island paradise.
The 31' Bertram "Joker" is the perfect boat to fish these waters. It's feels like a bigger boat with ample space to spread out in the shade and plenty of area to fish in the cockpit. She rides smooth, clean & quite at 22 knots and is fully rigged with everything necessary to make the most out of whatever fishing opportunity we might encounter.
The Joker' wide beam and twin inboard diesel engines make quick work of a marlin battle, you'll fight your fish close to the boat. The Joker can efficiently fish in 3 feet of water or 300 fathoms. It's the boat you want to be on around here, for sure.
You can't possibly beat our location. We lodge on Isla Coiba inside the national park, here where all the fish still remain. No need to make long runs before fishing, the fish are right here. To fish for marlin & big tuna, the Hannibal Bank is only 14 miles off Coiba. The island is so large, in case of inclement weather we can always catch gamefish in calm water on the leeward side.
The captain, 54 year old American Tom Yust has been guiding anglers from Isla Coiba since 1991. Twenty-three years lends a lot of local fishing knowledge to your chances for success. After a quarter century in the same place, he's got a good feel for when, where and how to comfortably catch more and bigger fish. As an owner operator, the captain has a very sincere concern toward your fishing experience. Your fishing vacation is very valuable time, trust it to a proven professional.
Anytime of year the fish are here. While we often have better overall offshore fishing in the winter months with more Blue Marlin, Dorado, Sailfish & Tuna, inshore fishing is reliably good year-round, possibly best in summer months. Black Marlin get caught any month and seem biggest during summer months. Big Yellowfin Tuna are here in masses most of February through August. Sea conditions suit the 31 Bertram just fine.
We fish as many as five guests on the Joker, and up to three anglers on our 22' Mako. We accept groups up to eight, but normally fish only one party of four each week.
Call US 800-800-0907 / 314-566-8555 Book your charter with Jessica, the captains daughter.
Coiba Adventure Sport Fishing Vacations - Best Black Marlin Fishing Destination in the Americas!
Tom's local knowledge insures you will be fishing in the right spots, the right way, at the right time for the fish you are after. Juan the first mate is the best you will ever see work a cockpit. Always thinking two steps ahead, quick moving, never stopping, always polite and safety conscious. Juan is a fishing machine. Second Mate Kevin is entering his second year training. A young man of good character & good sense of humor working hard to keep up with Juan. Both mates maintain a cheerful, positive atmosphere in the cockpit. The crew are adult professionals who appreciate the privilege to display their talents in such a magnificent setting.


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Charlotte High's NJROTC gives back
Members of Charlotte High Schools NJROTC program helped Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity on a recent build.
With school now back in full swing, Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity was fortunate to receive a call from Captain James Farley of Charlotte High School's NJROTC program.
He wanted to schedule a date to come out and help build. Brenda Graham, volunteer coordinator for Charlotte County Habitat, welcomed a total of 26 volunteers as they arrived for their shifts at the site.

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Artist Gingashi imagines an alternate Gotham City in which Batman has half as many foes who are twice as dastardly, giving us the mashed-up rogues Poison Cat, Two-Clay Face, Madcrow, and Jokernigma.
Gingashi has cooked up backstories for some of these mixed-up villains, but the most brilliant ones are the ones that would slip easily into Batman's adventures. "Peyton Harley," the Harley Quinn/Ventriloquist combo, would make for a brilliant villain, with Mr. J as a mere figment of her twisted imagination. Check out the rest in Gingashi's gallery.
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Erich Murphy's Sez Mee column
What an exciting postseason run for a group of girls from El Paso, Gridley and that area. The EPG Titans set a new mark for wins in a season while capturing the program's first state trophy.
El Paso-Gridley defeated Walther Lutheran of Melrose Park 55-46 for third place in the Class 2A girls' basketball state finals Saturday night. It capped an exceptional season.
"In the summer, we were talking about getting to Redbird and somebody said 'Let's dream big' and it stuck from there," Chelsea Kessinger, El Paso-Gridley senior basketball player, said last weekend at the IHSA Class 2A state tournament. "When we got here it was like, wow, we actually accomplished our dream. No matter what happened, we got to Redbird."
The victory for the Titans completed a busy week that saw them deal with a snowstorm on the ride to the supersectional at Monmouth. A win over Byron that night put EPG into the state finals, but the task at hand was monumental, a battle against top-ranked and towering St. Thomas More.
"It wasn't easy but the ride was worth it," EPG head coach Kyle Bobbitt said of the season.
The Titans lost twice in 32 games, finishing 30-2. The first was to Rochester, a 3A school, at the State Farm Classic over Christmas. The next was to St. Thomas More in the state semifinals.
"St. Thomas More was a tough loss for us, but we knew we had to get back up and play our last game like it's our last game because it is our last game," Schlipf said.
But EPG bounced back one more time. It showed a lot of character in a group of girls who consider themselves as a family unit.
"This is a very resilient bunch," Bobbitt said at a press conference after the third-place game. "I tell them 80 percent of the game is mental, 20 percent is physical. I told them at the beginning of the season it's not about physical.
"Physically, I feel we can play with anybody because our girls play extremely hard. It's how we carry the load that matters. They are able to move to the next play and not let a run hurt them. We've done it all season, to be able to bounce back."
There was an attitude with this team, by far the best small-school girls' team I've covered since getting into this business 30 years ago.
A major factor in this team's cohesiveness is the way the seniors were able to accept the situation.
"I couldn't ask for a better end," said senior Jenna Souhrada at the press conference. "We started together and we ended together. I couldn't ask for any better place to do it than Redbird Arena in the state finals."
Kessinger added, "It was an amazing feeling. We've played basketball since we were little, since bitty ball, altogether. It was great to end our career on the floor together. It was an awesome feeling."
The four seniors on the EPG team were Kessinger, Souhrada, Mattie Buchanan and Darian DeVary. Besides being talented players, these young ladies showed what being team leaders and teammates are all about.
One of the biggest factors in creating disharmony on a team is having the seniors not accept underclassmen as key players.
These four did, and in a big way. It was easy because they have been playing together for such a long time. But that doesn't always work out.
EPG's seniors may not have even realized it, but they were part of the program as underclassmen and that may have shown through in respecting this year's bunch.
The two best players on the team were juniors. Rebekah Ehresman and Codee Schlipf have been the two best, or at least two of the top three, players on the team since they were freshmen.
They lead by example, but it was the inspiration brought on by players like Kessinger, Souhrada, Buchanan and DeVary that made this team a family, as they called themselves.
"It's kind of bittersweet because it's the last game with the seniors," Ehresman said after Saturday's contest. "We're sad about that but we couldn't have ended it any better way."
By accepting everyone as equals, the EPG girls were able to make their big dream come true.
Just remember juniors; you will be the seniors next year. Take what you have learned about respecting your teammates and put that into practice next year. With a little luck, you may be back playing on Doug Collins Court one more time.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - A perfect shooting night from freshman reserve Josh Davis helped UC Santa Barbara open Big West Conference play with a 65-49 victory over UC Riverside Thursday night.
The Gauchos (4-7, 1-0 ) had lost five straight road games and were playing their first regular-season home game since beating Southern California on Dec. 3. UC Riverside (1-6, 0-1) has lost four in a row.
Davis came off the bench to rally UCSB from a 17-10 deficit. He scored eight points, which included a pair of 3-pointers, during a 13-0 run which put the Gauchos ahead for good, 27-20. Davis shot 5-for-5 on the night and finished with 14 points.
UCSB, with leading scorer Branduinn Fullove sidelined with a groin injury, was led by Mark Hull with 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Hull had 11 points after halftime to help the Gauchos extend a 32-35 lead.
Riverside, led by Kevin Butler's 13 points and four assists, rallied to within six, 46-40, with 10:15 left. But a three-point play by Hull sealed the win for the Gauchos.


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The Washingtonian Magazine has issued a statement apologizing after coming under fire for showing a lack of diversity in a campaign called "I Am Not A Tourist."
The local magazine recently launched the campaign with a line of T-shirts that read "I'm Not A Tourist. I Live Here." But it didn't take long for social media users to call them out for a lack of diversity after rolling out several photos on Instagram.
On Monday, before the post was deleted, WPGC radio reports there were hundreds of comments under the post that called them out on it.
As Instagram Joe Clair points out there wasn't one single black person in any of the photos.
The Washingtonian has since deleted the Instagram rollout, stating in part, "This was the very beginning of a campaign in which all intentions are to include the many communities that make up our city. We solicited pictures from a diverse group of people and put the pictures up in the order they came in. People who saw the initial gallery of pictures had no way of knowing that it was not, in fact, the entirety of the marketing campaign."
According to the 2017 U.S. Census Bureau, the black or African American population alone makes up about 47.7 percent of D.C.


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Hamann BMW Z4M Roadster
Hamann has always been a tuning company that took lary versions of BMW cars, particularly M division and gave them more. Of everything. Well, they've recently announced that their next target is the Z4M (E89) and what they have in stock for this car is nothing short of spectacular.


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Sarah Palin, Kate Gosselin, Teen Moms & More — The 10 Biggest Reality Divas Of 2010!
They make great money, have limited responsibility other than being heightened versions of themselves and get to enjoy the wonders of television infamy — so why are these ten reality stars such divas?
Some television stars are paid money to reenact emotionally devastating scenes or gruesome situations, and then there are the ones who are paid to sit around and drink, whine and judge. Whereas America used to tune into the fun loving cast of Friends, we now have the cast of the Jersey Shore, who decided they needed to be making at least $30,000 an episode to drunkenly embarrass themselves. Or Kate Gosselin, who, well, she's just always straight up difficult. Take a look at our top ten reality divas of 2010 and vote on the biggest!
- Kate Gosselin: She may be the mother of eight children, but this loud ball of complaints almost always behaves as if she is the youngest. Whether she is whining about the conditions of an Alaskan camping trip, getting in her seemingly endless array of tanning and hair appointments or just mortifying us all with her utter lack of rhythm, you can be sure she is doing it with a frown and a highly negative comment.
- Amber Portwood & Gary Shirley: Where oh where to begin with America's sweethearts. The teen parents became the poster children for why one would never, ever, want to be in a relationship as they spent week after week yelling, fighting and almost completely ignoring the 2-year-old daughter they are raising. Meet the Jon and Kate of the Facebook Generation folks.
- Sarah Palin: She loves the woods and hates common sense, but it turns out Sarah's version of low key living involves a lot of highly expensive flights, guided boat tours and costly gear. In addition, her actually reality has always been a mess and she has the clothing bill to prove it — to the tune of $150,000.
- Kim Kardashian: Hands down the nicest, and far and away the most attractive, star on the list, Kim's diva behavior stems less from her attitude and more from her full blown OCD. Her all white house cannot be dirtied, America has never seen her anything less than camera ready and her clothes are nothing if not impeccable — a diva attitude we should all possibly aspire to.
- Jersey Shore cast: Most Americans celebrate the end of the work week, or a difficult day, by spending their hard earned money on a few drinks. These Ed Hardy delights however decided to hold out for a new season of their inexplicable reality hit by demanding MTV pay them more money — to drink. Sadly, they were rewarded with $30,000 and episode and a slew of other financial opportunities teaching America's youth they should throw away the schoolbooks and build up their tolerance.
- Nene Leakes: The Real Housewives of Atlanta is a diva packed cast, but if there is one standout it is good old Nene. She doesn't take slack from anyone, and does not sit by quietly when she feels she has been offended. Be it on-again off-again pal Kim Zolciak or her own husband, Nene is never shy to tell it how it is and back it up.
- Bethenny Frankel: From being a wifeless housewife to hocking her line of tasteless low calorie goods, Bethenny has always found a way to promote her "brand." Her latest step, being a contestant on America's favorite disaster program — Skating With the Stars. Only Bethenny has decided she does not care what the judges say, which is mostly that she's awful, and instead says she is skating for America. America wants you to know Bethenny, we agree with the judges.
- Teresa Giudice: Living her lavish life, by way of New Jersey, Teresa showed that it takes neither class nor money to enjoy the finer things in life — be it Italian trips, eight foot tall vases or endless shopping trips with your ever growing pack of daughters. Teresa's divatude became somewhat diminished however when it was discovered she and her hubby Joe were millions in debt.
- Tyra Banks: I mean, is there any need for an explanation here?
- Johnny Weir: The flamboyant figure skater brought his blend of overly dramatic diva antics to not one, not two, but three reality programs this year. First up, the Olympics, where after two seemingly perfect skates her incomprehensibly failed to medal. Then, he took center stage on his own Sundance program, Be Good Johnny Weir, where he bathed with BFF Paris and extolled the virtues of Balenciaga bags and male make-up. Finally, he closed it all out with his stint as a judge on Skating With the Stars and let Bethenny have it on episode four — and it is safe to say this diva definitely OWNED that diva.


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I downloaded Wattpad maybe 6 months ago. Serialization is a fine idea (not sure how much of a re-imagining it is) and consistent with a lot of fanfic...the problem with Wattpad is that the quality of the writing found there is so bad. Worse than most fanfic. LIke many of these media, I wonder: where are the talented authors? Isn't it time they start appearing as authors of these new forms? I mean, read just a few chapters of that 278(!) chapter piece they refer to and the problem is obvious...
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Broadcast Integration department :
Integration systems, Engineering – Video-audio-lighting broadcast & IT solutions
The creation of a hybrid broadcast system has never been an easy thing.
Over the years, we have succeeded in filling the gap between IT & broadcast, thanks to our expertise, our analysis and the real added value we provide with each client and each project.
Axis-One is a supplier of systems, broadcast services and integration services.
Our staff work for and with their clients, in order to propose the best and, in this way, to contribute to ensuring the reliability, long-term viability and upgradeability of each investment.
We have designed, built and installed turn-key broadcasting systems, and we have integrated systems for a wide range of clients and firms, in order to enable them to maintain a competitive position in the audiovisual world.
We rely on more than 20 years of experience in the TV & broadcast sectors in order to produce sequences, conceive projects and present our broadcast skills by means of integration systems, engineering projects, project management and partnerships with other companies, providing professional, practical and reliable solutions for all actors in the broadcast sector, most particularly in television.
Over the years, we have completed simple, large-scale projects and more complex projects for major television networks, international institutions,
production companies, post-production studios and independents in Belgium and abroad.
For Axis-One, no task is too big or too small; all projects are worthy of our greatest attention. Our staff, in partnership with our suppliers and top brand manufacturers, continue to grow and evolve as times and trends change, in order to remain on the cutting edge of technology and broadcasting.
The traditional audiovisual era has changed greatly and is constantly evolving.
Today, a full range of high-performance, complementary software programs are operational for broadcasting and for the management of video-audio-IT fluxes, subtitling, post-production, workflow automation and the management of digital assets for broadcasters.
These changes require digitisation & archiving of yesterday's media for consultation and use today. You can benefit from this experience, which can now offer you film archiving solutions and the transfer of traditional media to high-performance, reliable and secure digital back-ups.
How can we help you with your current or future projects?
Put us to the test!
Axis-One is, above all, a service company "at your service". This is why our primary role is to listen to you, assist you, advise you and provide you with our expertise and our know-how, whether simply for the purchase of equipment or for the examination and completion of a project, in conjunction with you, your architect, your technical manager, your selected suppliers, etc.
An overview of our range of skills:
● Study, design, installation and services: Technological and technical studies, development of plans, design, installation, testing and worksite supervision, user training, maintenance & upgrades.
● Network integration: Networking, data sharing, audiovisual tools, etc.
Management of video-audio-IT fluxes, secure storage and archiving.
● Secure archiving & storage: Digitisation & archiving of yesterday's media for consultation and use today.
● Multimedia integration: Networking of audiovisual-video-sound-lighting-translation technology: management, supervision & sharing of sources.
● Radio & Web TV studios: The traditional radio studio of yesterday is now being transformed into a mini-TV studio, with the installation of robot-controlled cameras.
● Study, design & installation of studios, mobile control rooms, OB vans, SNG, TV sets , lighting concepts, studios, green key, infinity, virtual studios, etc.
The study, design and completion of a mobile unit, a studio, a TV set or Web/virtual studio require specific know-how and skills on a case-by-case basis.
At Axis-One, thanks to our years of experience in the television and audiovisual sector as well as our especially flexible structure and our network of partners, we are able to quickly develop a solution or technical recommendation that is specially adapted to your budget and technical needs.
● Fitting-out of an amphitheatre or a meeting room:
We provide a simple, professional audiovisual solution that enables people who are uninitiated in communication technologies to use a practical, flexible and efficient audiovisual solution, ensuring a clear display.
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Profit from and optimise this space or passageway; fit it out with a little imagination in terms of lighting and audiovisual aspects, so that it can become a marketing tool at your service.
● Maintenance and after-sales service: Development of preventive and/or curative maintenance contracts on our premises or at your site, in line with the client's needs.
Mechanical & electronic maintenance, repairs, wiring by the unit, etc. on our premises.
● Training on specific products, upgrades: Thanks to the privileged relations we maintain with our suppliers and top brand manufacturers, our staff are constantly trained in how to use new technologies, and they can share this knowledge with our clients.
After-sales service & maintenance
At Axis-One, we are not satisfied with delivering and installing your equipment. Our engineers test it prior to delivery. They also perform the necessary adjustments and calibrations, which are then fine-tuned on site, under real conditions of use.
We know how important the reliability of your equipment is for you. This is why we offer tailor-made maintenance contracts that enable you to have your equipment maintained by qualified technicians, at your site or in our workshops. If your equipment is out-of-service for a prolonged time, or to enable you to deal with any service interruption, we provide you with equivalent replacement equipment at suitable prices and with a short turnaround time. We maintain privileged relations with all the brands that we distribute. Thanks to our fleet of rental equipment, we also have a large stock of spare parts and an in-house technical team (mechanical and electronic shops) that guarantee the availability of perfectly operational equipment under all circumstances.
Some customer references
2STV : Senegal
* Design & full execution of the 2STv television station in Dakar (broadcast control room, editing units, TV set, lighting).
* Full training of staff.
ADN-Studio : moving
* Design and technical video-audio-IT execution of the new studios on rue Artan.
* Installation & networking of 10 post-production control rooms & IT network + nodal.
* Set-up of a viewing room with screen & Barco 2K projector.
* Equipment rental + maintenance service.
Be-Tv (Ex Canal + Belgium)
* Implementation & installation and operation of multi-camera set for live sports events.
* Equipment rental + maintenance service.
Charleroi Danses:
* Installation & networking of 2 Final Cut editing units.
* Set-up of a sound studio.
* Equipment rental.
Centre National Audiovisuel Luxembourg :
* Moving of the video unit.
Axis-One performs studies, wiring and layout diagrams, wires the entire building for video, audio, IT & fibre optics, implements rack equipment, silkscreens and connects all peripherals.
European Commission in Brussels :
Supply & set-up of a Broadcast video HF transmission system + staff training.
Council of Europe in Brussels :
* Upgrading of the TV studio to high definition: technical design and preparation of drawings, implementation of equipment, execution of wiring & silkscreen printing.
* Renovation of the VIP hall; new lighting design and video control room with remote-controlled cameras.
* Consultancy for the drafting of specifications for a multi-camera control room and a filming studio.
* Set-up of a Web TV studio for DG Press + staff training.
Mediares :
* Installation & networking of 6 Final Cut editing units.
* Design & rental of a six LDK camera Broadcast control room.
* Equipment rental + maintenance service.
Radio Nostalgie Brussels :
* Execution of the Web TV studio + staff training.
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* Installation of a new production SAN + staff training.
* Equipment rental + maintenance service.
NATO Brussels :
* Installation of a Barco multi-viewer, an FC Studio control room + furnishings.
* Equipment rental + maintenance service.
* Sale of equipment for the ENG department (cameras, tripods, lenses, audio).
European Parliament in Brussels :
* Provision of filming equipment, lighting and supports.
RTBF Brussels :
* Set-up of a motorized camera system on track for the news set + user training + maintenance contract.
* Provision of monitoring for the new HD12 coach.
* Equipment rental + maintenance service.
RTBF Rhisnes :
* Sale of various broadcast equipment & accessories.
* Equipment rental + maintenance service.
RTL-TVI Brussels :
* Installation of cool lights in the news studio.
* Set-up and configuration of a Triple IT 3G transmission system (4 units).
* Equipment rental.
Tťlť Bruxelles :
* Set-up and configuration of a Triple IT 3G transmission system (2 units).
* Equipment rental.
Tťlťvesdre : moving
* Studies, wiring and layout diagrams, wiring of the entire building for video, audio, IT & fibre optics, implementation of rack equipment, silkscreen printing and connection of all peripherals.
TV Com :
* Design, installation, configuration of a broadcast server, 5 editing & post-prod units, supply of TV set cameras and complete ENG units.
* Equipment rental + maintenance service.
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While there's still a possibility Buccaneers cornerback Darrelle Revis could play in next week's third preseason game, the more important milestone will be Monday.
Bucs coach Greg Schiano told Albert Breer of the NFL Network that Revis would participate in team drills in practice next week.
"We'll get him into the general practice population now, and get him doing some team stuff, just get him playing a little bit more," Schiano said. "He did a little 7-on-7 last week in the red area, we'll give him some more, and just take it, add a little bit, see how he is the next day and add a little bit more."
"If he just keeps going, says, 'Yeah, I wanna do this,' then we won't have to think about it as much. And if he doesn't play, that doesn't mean he isn't feeling good. You just sit back and, like I said from the beginning, I don't need to see him play in the preseason. I know what he's capable of. He just needs to get to where he's confident and feels like, 'I can go out and play.' "
While it might be nice to see how he'd react in a game situation, the fact they feel comfortable giving him time to ease back from knee surgery is sign of how important he is to their process.


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IRVINE — The first cut has, in fact, been deep enough to propel the UC Irvine baseball team into the upper echelon of the Big West Conference in recent years.
After junior Andrew Thurman threw a complete-game four-hitter to fuel a 7-1 victory over visiting Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the first of a three-game series between Big West teams that came in tied for third place, UCI is hoping the same holds true this spring.
The Anteaters (30-15, 12-7 in conference) moved into sole possession of third, one game behind second-place Cal State Northridge, as the offense backed Thurman with 14 hits for a commanding triumph that pleased Coach Mike Gillespie to no end.
UCI also upped its record in conference series openers to 36-3 since it dropped the final two series debuts in 2008. This season, UCI is 6-1 in conference series openers, best in the Big West.
"Clearly it was our best performance [of the season], all things considered," Gillespie said. "[The Mustangs (32-15, 11-8)] are good, their [starting pitcher Joey Wagman] has been good and Thurman was really good. We had quality at-bats up and down the lineup. It was a good night for us."
Thurman allowed back-to-back doubles in the second inning as the Mustangs posted their lone run. From then on, the visitors managed only two hits and Thurman faced the minimum after a one-out double in the fourth, en route to his second complete game. Thurman, now 5-3, struck out seven and did not issue a walk to trim his earned-run average to 2.98.
"Basically, I try to go out and set the tone for the series," Thurman, projected to go as high as the second round in next month's Major League draft, said. "Cal Poly is a good club, so it was good to take this one from them."
Gillespie said Thurman's command of his changeup helped him turn in a performance that was, well, commanding. And Thurman agreed.
"The changeup has been up and down this year, but tonight I definitely had it and was able to use it well," said Thurman, who helped pin Wagman with only his third loss in 13 decisions. "I used it in pretty much any count, to any hitter, left-handed or right-handed, so it helped a lot tonight."
Now, UCI will hope to change up a trend of losing the second game of a conference series when the two teams play again Saturday at 1 p.m.
UCI is 2-4 in Game 2 against Big West foes this season, then 4-2 in conference series finales, the latter thanks largely to the pitching of junior Andrew Morales, who is 9-0.
Saturday's starting assignment falls to junior Matt Whitehouse (4-5), whom UCI will count upon to be solid.
"It's just consistently throwing quality strikes," Gillespie said of the biggest concern with Whitehouse this season. "When Whitehouse threw last week [a 5-3 loss at UC Santa Barbara] it was OK, not good, good. It's got to be good."
Five UCI hitters had at least two hits and sophomore third baseman Taylor Sparks was three for five with two runs batted it. Sparks hit his ninth home run of the season to cap a two-run first inning and later added a triple. Sparks came in leading Big West hitters in conference play with a .411 batting average and 23 RBIs.
Senior right fielder Scott Gottschling went two for four with two RBIs and sophomore first baseman Connor Spencer, the conference's leading hitter overall at .380, drove in two runs and went one for four.
Senior catcher Ronnie Shaeffer and senior left fielder Jeff Stephens, who stole home with two outs in the fourth inning to up the lead to 3-1, were both two for four.
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A man has been arrested in connection to the beating death of Ashley Jewell, the ex-fiance of "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Kandi Burruss.
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STERLING – The final game of the season at Musgrove Fieldhouse came down to just one possession, and it belonged to the Sterling Golden Warriors.
The Warriors scrapped and clawed to erase an early double-digit deficit against NIB-12 West champion LaSalle-Peru on Friday night, and earned one last chance to hand the Cavaliers their first conference loss.
But after running more than 2 minutes off the clock, Sterling could only settle for a half-court shot by Cornell Hartz. It ricocheted off the backboard as the buzzer sounded, preserving L-P's 46-45 victory.
"We called a play for a zone [defense] in our final timeout, and just our luck, they came out in man," Sterling junior Zach Rehmert said. "I tried to come and get the ball, but they had fouls to give and made us throw the ball in the backcourt on two straight inbounds passes.
"We tried to run a play we'd only run once in practice, but we couldn't get aligned right and we were out of luck."
It looked like luck was favoring the Warriors (10-17, 4-6) down the stretch. Trailing 37-31 with 7:35 to play, Rehmert hit a pull-up jumper, then Chase Shetter put back a Rehmert miss and followed that with a hanger in the lane to get Sterling within 39-37. After a Brady Huebbe 3-pointer, Alex Soriano nailed a pair of 3s 41 seconds apart to give the Warriors a 43-42 lead.
"We just kept hustling as hard as we could, scrapping for everything, doing anything we could to try and get points every possession," Shetter said. "We started rebounding better, we tightened up the defense, and we knocked down a few big shots, and those things made all the difference."
Noah Lamboley hit a pair of free throws to give L-P the lead again, then Rehmert hit a hanger nearly identical to the one Shetter converted a minute and a half earlier to put Sterling up 45-44. But Jens Soderholm answered for the Cavs, driving down the lane and finishing with a finger roll over the front of the rim to give L-P a 46-45 lead with 2:13 to play.
That set up Sterling's long final possession, which came up empty.
"Those 2 minutes seemed like at least 5 or 6," said Soderholm, who passed the 1,000-point mark for his career with a 20-point night. "You always want to be the team with the ball in that situation, but we knew with only three fouls that we could make them reset their offense a few times. I think that jostled them out of what they wanted to do, and they couldn't get into a fluid offense and get anything going to the rim."
Early on, it looked like it wouldn't even come down to a last possession. Sterling trailed 23-10 just 12 seconds into the second quarter, but scored the final eight points of the first half and the first four of the third period to take a 26-25 lead with 5:57 left in the third.
That's when the Warriors first tried to take the air out of the ball. Sterling ran a minute and a half off the clock, only to see the momentum they'd gained with their 12-0 run vanish.
L-P (17-9, 10-0) took advantage of Sterling's turnover after the long possession with a five-point trip of its own. Lamboley buried a 3-pointer, and Sterling was whistled for a foul as the teams fought for rebounding position.The Cavs made it sting, as Huebbe drove down the lane for a layup to give L-P a 30-26 lead; Soderholm hit a pair of free throws less than a minute later to extend the margin to 32-26 with 1:22 left in the third.
Rehmert had the answer, hitting a 3 and a jumper to pull Sterling back within 32-31. The Cavs led 34-31 heading into the fourth quarter, then got a Soderholm 3 to open the fourth, setting up the thrilling finish.
Soderholm had 20 points, 10 rebounds and three assists, while Lamboley and Huebbe scored 11 apiece.
Rehmert's 13 points paced Sterling, and he also had five rebounds. Shetter had 10 points and nine boards.
"We did what we had to do to give ourselves a chance at the end," Sterling coach Jim Preston said. "When it comes down to a single possession, you replay in your head about 40 plays throughout the game where you could have done something differently. But the kids gave a great effort to battle back, and credit L-P for playing smart basketball down the stretch."
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LaSalle-Peru 46, Sterling 45
Star of the game: Jens Soderholm, LP, 20 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists
Key performers: Chase Shetter, Sterling, 10 points, 9 rebounds; Zach Rehmert, Sterling, 13 points, 5 rebounds; Noah Lamboley, LP, 11 points, 3 3-pointers, 2 assists, 2 steals
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The Australian Open edition of Tattoo Watch continues…
We already know about Jurgen Melzer's back tattoo (nice and clean), but we had to do a double-take when we saw this picture from yesterday's first round match between Melzer and Jiri Vanek.
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The various normative elements implicit in the assessment of psychiatric disorder overlap, and much of what has been said above about the concept of harm, moral frameworks, and even the question of rationality could have its place in this section as well. Therefore, what I am going to do in this section is only to highlight the various cultural dimensions of psychiatry. These are assumptions and mechanisms regarding the causes of mental disorder, the impact of culture on diagnosis , specific differences in the individual experience of mental disorder, and last but not least the evaluation of behavior from the third-person perspective.
Culture or the character of a given society seems to influence the development and understanding of psychic problems both directly and indirectly; indirectly through the norms and social expectations the individual has to follow, directly through the expected ways of behavior which determine deviance. In an interesting article Catherine Caldwell-Harris and Ayse Ayçiçegi formulated a " personality-cultural clash hypothesis " according to which there is a correlation between personality-style, cultural character and mental health ( Caldwell-Harris and Ayçiçegi, 2006 ). They state that "[p]ersonality traits associated with psychopathology will be most frequent in allocentrics living in an individualist society, and in idiocentrics living in a collectivist society." In collectivist societies where strict rules of social behavior have to be followed and social harmony is highly valued, people with an idiocentric (extremely individualistic) personality tend to have poorer mental health with high scores in paranoid, schizoid, narcissistic, borderline, and antisocial PDs. In individualistic societies, by contrast, a distinct allocentric (extremely collectivist) personality is positively correlated with social anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and dependent personality. In addition to this indirect influence on mental disorder, there is a more direct influence, too. This can best be illustrated by Wakefield's account of cultural relativity:
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The Nissan 200SX nameplate was used on many different models sold in various foreign markets. One particular model, known in the U.S. as the Nissan S-series Silvia, used the same 200SX moniker in Australia and Europe from 1977 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 2002.
The 200SX made its first appearance in the U.S. in 1977. This first generation was produced through 1988. This included the rear drive Silvia S-series: the S10, S11 and S12.But this would later be rebranded in the U.S. as the 240SX from the S13 model onward. The 200SX badge would then be reintroduced as the two-door version of the Nissan Sentra from 1994 to 1998.
The 200SX designation caused quite a bit of confusion amongst motoring enthusiasts in various international markets. Even with conventional drivers, the 200SX label was always associated with a pure sports car in the late 1970s and early 1980s. While the two-door Sentra was marketed as the sportier version of the base model, the desired sports car image did not immediately catch on. It was only in the late 1990s, after knowledge of Nissan's performance engines became widely known due to the growth of the aftermarket industry that the sporty reputation of the two-door Sentra caught on.
The late model 200SX could be purchased with Nissan's famed SR20DE performance engine, which was also used in all late S-series Silvia models in foreign markets. But the 240SX ironically used a less powerful and less popular 2.4-liter engine. As a result, focus towards the SR20DE powered 200SX grew and many performance enthusiasts used the 200SX as a track car, utilizing it in many professional and semi-pro competitions.
During a time when imports in the U.S. were quite expensive and it was difficult to approve emissions testing, the 200SX, which was locally manufactured in Tennessee, gave the U.S. domestic market easy access to the SR20DE engine. Due to a high demand, many aftermarket performance companies built custom turbo systems, transforming this engine to an SR20DET. This gave the car comparable performance to that seen in the S-series Silvia models from other foreign markets.
Through the 1990s, popularity of the Nissan 200SX continued to soar. Even after its production stopped after 1998, the 200SX is still seen gracing the pages of many magazines and driving in many popular video games such as ""Need For Speed: Underground."" This was one of the most-notable examples of its cult status.
The Nissan 200SX was officially classified as a sport coupe and was offered as a base SE model and a sportier SE-R version. There were not any major exterior differences between the two sub models. Both shared the same front and rear-end design. Both were front-wheel drive and both shared a nearly identical interior, aside from a few additions on the dashboard and center-console in the SE-R version. The majority of the body design and interior dimensions came from the Nissan Sentra.
The SE base model was equipped with a twin-cam1.6-liter four-cylinder engine, while the SE-R had an upgraded 140 hp 2.0-liter engine widely used in Nissan's performance car circuits. Each model had the option of either a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission. Dual airbags were standard on both models. Optional features such as anti-lock brakes and air-conditioning were available for both the SE and SE-R variants.
Unlike most sport coupes released during the 1990s, the Nissan 200SX offered plenty of room in the backseat and cargo area when compared to other cars in its class. Both the SE and SE-R versions sat on the same chassis and suspension configuration, but many drivers expressed better handling and less body-roll with the SE-R model. Experts have credited the SR20DE engine's balance and quick response on the throttle when exiting corners as the main reason for its better handling. However, the SE-R model has a bouncier ride when compared to the SE because of the latter's smoother engine behavior.
As one of the few vehicles in the mid-1990s to sport a twin-cam engine, the fuel economy of the Nissan 200SX was outstanding when compared to its competitors. The improvement in efficiency from the dual-overhead cam profiles was most noticeable when driving long highway-type miles. The white-faced gauges in the instrument cluster were a huge hit amongst enthusiasts. Before production ceased, the final model built in 1998 received new headlights and sportier body accents like a front lip and rear spoiler.
When Nissan reintroduced the 200SX to the U.S. market, it was essentially a two-door version of the Nissan Sentra. It used the same B14 chassis and was fitted with front-wheel drive. This vehicle replaced the discontinued Nissan Sentra coupe and the Nissan NX, which stopped production in 1993.
In 1996, the only changes to the 200SX were new paint color options and newly designed mirrors and door panels. In 1997, however, Nissan added rear spoilers on both the SE and SE-R sub models, and the interiors were made identical in both variants. Moreover, the SE-R models of this series had to be recalled, as the SR20DE engine did not meet emissions requirements. The problem was immediately remedied and all subsequent models manufactured were up to standard by 1998.
1998 Nissan 200SX
Coupe, Sports
The 1998 Nissan 200SX is a two-door version of the Nissan Sentra, which was introduced in 1995 as a replacement for the Nissan NX and the Sentra coupe.
1997 Nissan 200SX
The 1997 Nissan 200SX is much more refined and spacious than the preceding SE-R Sentra coupe.
1996 Nissan 200SX
The 1996 Nissan 200SX comes with two engine and transmission choices and three trim levels.
1995 Nissan 200SX
Introduced this year, the 1995 Nissan 200SX takes the Nissan Sentra and changes it into a sporty, fun-to-drive coupe.


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Like most people, we're occasionally skeptical of change. Often it can be refreshing, but sometimes you wonder why they didn't simply leave it well alone. And so we approached the new BMW 4 Series with a degree of trepidation, mourning the division of one of the greatest family of cars ever built.
We were concerned there wouldn't be sufficient differentiation between the 3 and 4 Series to justify the new nomenclature, but first sight of the attractive new 2014 BMW 435i Coupe put our minds at ease. A BMW representative also explained that with extra models scheduled, it would be easier to identify the workhorses from the racehorses – the F30 sedan would be joined by an F31 wagon and (F34) Gran Turismo model, while the F32 coupe would spawn an F33 convertible and even a (F35) Gran Coupe, and who knows if there'll be an X4 SUV to follow?
On first acquaintance, the 2014 BMW 435i we'd be driving had elements of the 6 Series design, with its sharper nose and swage lines creating a more defined wedge shape. There's also a dose of 3 Series familiarity to preserve the family heritage, but overall the F32 looks pleasingly distinctive.
Its unique elements include a lower roofline and wider track than the 3 Series. The BMW 4 Series gets a different front-end, using new headlights (full LED option), slightly forward raked grille and a front valance that ducts air around the wheels to smooth the airflow. They work in conjunction with the "boomerang" Air Breather gills on the side to contribute to the car's low 0.28 Cd figure that helps with efficiency and stability.
With its typical long hood and rearward cabin structure, the prominent swage lines along the flanks draw attention to the rear fenders. And for the first time on a BMW (we find this hard to believe), those rear fenders are wider than the door handles. This emphasizes the car's sporting nature, making the 4 Series appear more purposeful from the rear.
Being a BMW, it's not all window dressing. The F32 gets the obligatory 50/50 weight distribution that made it so balanced on the Estoril racetrack where we sampled the car. The 4 Series also sits 10mm lower than the equivalent 3 Series, and the center of gravity is below 20" – making it the lowest of any BMW and further contributing to its stability and cornering ability.
The suspension underpinning the BMW 4 Series is different to the F30, having additional front bracing, different pivot points and the lower ride height. We spoke to Sebastian Sauerbrei, head of 3 and 4 Series vehicle dynamics testing, who explained: "The most important thing for chassis tuning is the body… We have a good relationship with the designers, which is useful because it's easier to change a sketch than the body in white."
Sebastian then outlined how the F32 has different control arm mounting points on new axle hubs, giving it a 19mm lower roll center than the F30. The new bracing reinforces the front subframe to the sill rails, creating a stiffer platform and allowing more precise reaction to steering inputs.
Similarly at the rear, the wider track required new components to mount the five-link axle, repositioning the pivot points and altering the car's characteristics in comparison to the existing sedan version.
The 4 Series coupe gets electric power steering with Servotronic speed-sensitivity. There's also a variable ratio rack option, which lessens input at low speed or in sudden maneuvers. The 435i has four-piston front brakes and the cars were equipped with the excellent eight-speed ZF automatic with paddle shifters. However, a no-charge six-speed manual is available on the 428i, 435i and 435i xDrive, the only exception being the 428ix.
Starting at $40500 for the 428i and rising to $48000 for the 435ix, the BMW 4 Series coupe is priced considerably higher than the equivalent sedan, but will be better equipped. It comes in the usual Modern, Luxury, Sport and M Sport Lines that bring their own equipment and trim levels to reflect the theme, with the sporting models getting black window surrounds, boomerang, intakes, mirrors, valances, etc.
This was also our first chance to sample the new iDrive Touch controller that allows you to input finger movements onto its upper surface, spelling out a location, for example.
The coupe gets automatic seatbelt feeders to save you reaching back for the belt after entry. There's also an interesting optional two-tone door and side panel trim that makes the interior feel more cosseting. The red trim on our Sport models ran across the dash, as it does on the F30, and onto the doors to create more flow. While the rear bench was sculpted to create two individual seats – which is unfortunate for a fifth person, who would have to sit on the center divider…
As with the exterior, the changes have created a different look and feel for the interior, all of which benefit the occupants and differentiate the coupe from the sedan.
You may have seen us driving the 2014 BMW 435i on the famous Estoril racetrack in Portugal in a video on Roundel magazine's website. The surprisingly small but technical circuit gave the 435i a chance to shine, with long straights where it could get into its stride, and tight hairpins to demonstrate the remarkable lack of body roll, as well as the punch from the engine. With traction control off, the coupe would light up its tires without too much provocation, leading to some very predictable drifts that merely added to the overall entertainment.
The powerful brakes and precise steering gave you total confidence to keep pushing for the limits, with the stability control stepping in at the last minute to avoid any embarrassment.
The six-cylinder's rich engine note and its abundance of torque allied to the wonderful eight-speed auto meant the engine was constantly in its sweet spot, able to power out of any turn, no matter how tight.
We heard some complaints about lack of steering feel, which is inevitable with low-energy electric systems, but crucially the car went exactly where you pointed it. With its natural balance, the 2014 BMW 435i is utterly predictable. This means you know what the car is going to do and can instinctively correct any situation.
For larger, heavier cars such as a BMW 4 Series, the notion of racecar steering feedback is redundant. And while we mourn its passing, the alternative we have here is an excellent replacement in what is a truly excellent car for both the road and track. We don't know how they do it every time, but BMW has scored another perfect ten.
2014 BMW 435i
Layout front engine, rear-wheel drive
Engine 2979cc i-6 DOHC 24v N55B30MO, twin-scroll turbo, direct injection, Valvetronic variable valve control, Vanos
Drivetrain eight-speed 8HP45 ZF automatic with manual shifting
Brakes four-piston calipers, 13.4" rotors f, single-piston, 13" r
Suspension aluminum double-joint strut f, five-link axle r
Wheels & Tires 18x8" wheels, 225/45 R18 tires
Power 302hp at 5000-6000rpm
Torque 295 lb-ft at 1200-5000rpm
0-60mph 5sec
Top speed 155mph
Curb weight 3610 lb
Economy 23/33/26mpg (city/highway/combined, EPA est)


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Wabash Career Services Plans Community Fairby Wade Coggeshall • July 10, 2006 Share:
Wabash College tends to be its own community, with its students often isolated and unaware of their larger surroundings. By having a community fair, college officials are hoping to break down some of those barriers and strengthen ties between the school and its host town.
The First Annual Community Fair is set for 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 28 on the campus mall, weather permitting. Participating businesses and organizations will be provided an 8-foot table and chairs. There is no cost, and free food, beverages and parking will be provided.
Scott Crawford, director of Wabash's Schroeder Career Center, said the fair should provide students useful information on what's available to them in Crawfordsville.
"A lot of the students have never been past three blocks from the school," he said. "They don't necessarily know what's going on in town."
John Moore, a career center intern who's coordinating the community fair, reiterated that assumption.
"We're very limited in our knowledge (from the student point of view) of what the community has," Moore said. "We don't get out necessarily unless we hear about something worth checking out. That usually comes from other students."
Moore has been courting participants the past few weeks. Many nonprofit groups have signed up so far. He'd like to get a similar response from local businesses. He encourages them to bring advertisements, brochures, coupons — anything that helps the students understand what goods and/or services they offer.
The community fair is not a career fair, which Wabash has on its schedule later in the year. "This is more like a 'here we are' kind of thing," Crawford said.
The advantage for community entities to take part is the "900 potential customers, plus the staff and faculty, who don't necessarily know everything here either," Crawford said. "This is great exposure."
"It'll tie the Crawfordsville and Wabash communities together," Moore said. "We're hoping to bridge those two neighboring but sometimes distant communities."
Those wishing to sign up for the community fair can call Moore or Toni McKinney at the Schroeder Center, 765-361-6414, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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by Tom Utescher
The halftime leader was ultimately the losing team in both of Chestnut Hill College's home basketball games last week. The Griffins enjoyed a 35-31 advantage at the intermission on Tuesday night, then bowed to the visiting Golden Rams of West Chester University, 72-67. On Sunday afternoon CHC trailed the University of Bridgeport (Conn.) at the half, 30-23, but rallied in the second period to unhorse the Purple Knights, 70-69.
The home court split produced a season record of 5-2 for the Chestnut Hill squad, which was slated to play two more non-conference foes before hosting Holy Family University on December 6 in its Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference opener. The only loss besides the one to West Chester was a 102-74 setback against U.C. San Diego in the first installment of a three-game California foray that launched the Griffins' season.
"That first game we were a little shell-shocked, and then in the West Chester game they stepped it up in the second half and we didn't match their effort," said CHC head coach Jesse Balcer, now in his ninth season. "When we've kept our heads and played as a team, we've been able to win. We're young [there are two seniors on the roster and usually at least one freshman starter] and we're going to make some mistakes, but the important thing is that we learn from them and keep on growing."
Brandon Williams, a senior guard from Abington Friends School, passed the 1000-point mark in career scoring back on November 16, when the Griffins won their home opener over C.W. Post. Last Tuesday it was the turn of his classmate Dan Comas to break the barrier, as the all-conference forward started the West Chester contest with 995 points.
The points didn't come easily for Comas on this occasion, but the Griffins erased an 0-4 deficit at the outset to go up 14-7 six minutes into the contest. The Golden Rams drew closer, but Jakeem Bogans, a sophomore guard out of now-defunct Cardinal Dougherty, came off the CHC bench to hit two driving lay-ups, a free throw, and a three pointer from the right wing.
Several times, the hosts had an eight-point advantage, and on one of these occasions they missed a lay-up that would've pushed the lead into double figures. With 1:10 to go in the opening half, Comas hit a lay-up that put the Griffins up 35-27 while also giving him 1001 points in his Chestnut Hill tenure.
After a brief ceremony to recognize the achievement, West Chester started the final minute with a driving lay-up and then scored off a steal to make it 35-31 for the halftime break. The visitors' momentum carried over into the second stanza, as they finally pulled even at 39-all with two-and-a-half minutes gone.
The Golden Rams went ahead and then maintained a modest lead in the middle of the second half, but never were able to pull away. CHC tied it up at 55-all and then leveled the score for the final time at 60-60 with five-and-a-half minutes to go. Bogans tied it with two free throws stemming from a fourth personal foul on Carl Johnson, and at 5:17 an illegal pick sent WCU teammate Corey Blake off the floor with his fifth foul.
Lance McDowell stepped up for the visitors over the next three minutes, bagging two lay-ups and a short jumper, and throwing down a dunk in transition. With two minutes left the Griffins were down 68-63, and they couldn't get closer than three points down the stretch.
McDowell set the standard for both points (24) and rebounds (nine) in the game. Comas came away with nine points and six boards, while the hosts received double-digit scoring from three guards: Bogans (16), Williams (12), and junior Mark DeRugeris (15.)
Balcer remarked, "Our goal was to force them to become a jump-shooting team, but they just pounded it inside on us."
After Sunday's successful outcome against Bridgeport, the CHC skipper pointed out, "We shot free throws much better than we did with West Chester, and another thing we did better was play defense for 40 minutes. They hurt us on the offensive boards early in the game, but I thought we did a much better job in the second half."
For more than 11 minutes the Griffins essentially traded points with the Purple Knights, but with the host hosts ahead 17-16, Bridgeport had Darian David bank in a three-pointer, and teammate Omari Howard followed up with a jumper from the above the foul line. A free throw and a score off an offensive rebound made it a 8-0 run, and at the end of the half Chestnut Hill was still down by seven, 30-23.
After playing the somewhat larger West Chester, CHC had to try and match the rapid tempo of the Knights. They didn't have great size but their quick hands and quick feet gave them extra opportunities on offense and helped them disrupt the Griffins' offensive transition. The CHC guards eventually rose to the occasion, and several times in the second half a series of steals and re-steals had players sprawled around the court as if they were playing some kind of rugby match with a greased ball.
Bridgeport's highwater mark came when a dunk by Howard made it 43-31 about five-and-a-half minutes into the second half. What the National Football League would deem "excessive celebration" on the play irked the Griffins.
"The bottom line," said Balcer, "was we got down by 12 points and Dan Comas, our senior, just wanted the ball. We started giving it to him and it started paying dividends."
A lay-up by the CHC forward and some subsequent free throws helped pare down the lead, and Comas grabbed some key rebounds, as well. Later, two three-point buckets by freshman point guard Luke Dickson took the visitors' lead down to three points, and the Griffins were back in business.
Next, it was the turn of DeRugeris to make plays at both ends of the floor and get the Griffins over the hump and into the lead. With a little over six minutes to go, the junior hit a pair of free throws, then came back down the court and hoisted a lay-up. His shot was actually slapped off the glass by Bridgeport, which drew both a goaltending call and the Knights' 10th team foul of the half. DeRugeris made the free throw for a 57-55 Chestnut Hill lead with 5:57 on the clock.
Both clubs had individuals in foul trouble, but the Griffins kept everybody in the game while the visitors had two players ejected. The Griffins made numerous trips to the foul line and Williams threw a "three" into the mix, helping the hosts attain a 67-61 lead as the one-minute mark approached.
The Knights weren't done yet; senior guard William Harrison made two successful drives and bagged a free throw to boot, and suddenly it was a one-point game (67-66) with 17.2 seconds remaining. A few ticks later DeRugeris cashed in on a foul to make it 69-66, but at the other end the Griffins let Harrison's hot hand heave a three-pointer from the right wing. That knotted the score at 69-all with 5.3 seconds on the board.
From the baseline Williams inbounded the ball to Bogans, who was fouled right away. His first free throw found nothing but rim, but his second dropped in off the iron to nudge the hosts ahead, 70-69. The Knights made one last journey down the court, but a shot from the right elbow by Hakeem Rodriguez missed the mark and the home crowd celebrated.
The Griffins had clicked on close to 90 percent of their free throws (28/32), and committed 16 turnovers to Bridgeport's 20. Rebounds were close, 35 to 32 in favor of Chestnut Hill. Comas collected 15 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals, and Williams had 14 points, four boards, three steals, and two assists. Dickson (two assists, two steals) and DeRugeris contributed 13 points apiece for the winners.
Eion Lewis led Bridgeport with 17 points, while Rodriguez rang up 11 and Harrison and Howard each ended up with 10.
"Our guys play tough, and we gutted this one out today," Balcer said. "We made the extra passes, we drew charges, and we hit the boards hard late in the game."


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Rugby World Cup
1999 :
By Adrian Porter
Adrian Porter spent a working lifetime as a foreign correspondent for the BBC and other news organisations in various parts of the world. He writes on rugby and cricket for Culturekiosque.com.
Opening article: Rugby World Cup 1999 : Forecasts
and a Guide to the Game
Rugby World Cup 1999 : Opening Games Wrap-up
Rugby World Cup 1999 : Second Round Games Wrap-up
Read Adrian Porter's archive articles on the Cricket
World Cup
Opening article: Domination is the Name of the Game
Results of 1st Week: A Commonwealth Row and High Tech Foul Up Cricketing Traditions
Results of 2nd Week: Umpires Upset Bookmakers With Excessive Wide Balls
Results of 3rd week: Zimbabwe and Bangladesh topple giants to make "Super Six" round
First week of the "Super Six" Pakistan and South Africa in arm-pumping finish
Second week of the "Super Six"Australia snatches victory from South Africa
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Author Notes: This recipe came from my paternal grandmother, Hortense Paster and it has long been a family favorite. My aunt served this potato salad in her (sadly) short-lived Washington DC deli in the 80's, which she called Zeltner's, after my grandmother's parents. It is a simple recipe with only a few ingredients -- we eschew hard-boiled egg in potato salad -- but it is sublime. The apple cider vinegar is the key to the flavor. —ekpaster
Serves: 6-8
pounds Waxy Potatoes
Green peppers, diced
1 small
Red onion, diced
cup Fresh parsley, minced
1 1/2
cups Good quality mayonnaise, like Hellman's
tablespoons Apple cider vinegar
Salt and pepper, to taste
In This Recipe
- Boil potatoes in generously salted water until tender. (The amount of time will depend on the size of your potatoes.)
- While the potatoes are cooking, whisk apple cider vinegar into the mayonnaise to create a pourable dressing.
- Once the potatoes are tender -- and be careful about checking your potatoes too often because they can become water-logged if you poke too many holes in them -- drain them in a colander.
- As soon as the potatoes are cool enough to handle, chop them into bite-size pieces. (You can peel them or not, as you choose. My grandmother always did, but I sometimes do not.)
- While the potatoes are stil warm, toss them with the mayonnaise and vinegar mixture. (Warm potatoes will absorb the mixture better.)
- Add green pepper, red onion, and parsley and combine gently so as not to break up the potatoes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Allow to stand for 10 minutes or so, so the potatoes can absorb the dressing. Serve warm (my favorite) or cold.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Potato Salad
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O.R. in a trailer: UVA's newest medical facilities
In September, Martha Jefferson Hospital is set to open its swanky new $17-million Outpatient Care Center at Peter Jefferson Place on Pantops Mountain. In July, UVA will unveil its... operating rooms in a couple of doublewides.
And some of the university's medical staff are not too happy about the contrast in facilities.
But first of all, the trailers are actually called "modular operating rooms," corrects hospital administrator James McGowan. And they're being leased to handle surgical volume while the hospital expands during construction between now and 2006.
"They make us look stupid," says a staff physician, who commented only upon condition of anonymity. "How can we be a top 100 hospital and have mobile O.R.s?"
UVA Medical Center currently has 19 operating rooms; the total will be 24 after construction is complete. Until then, the addition of two mobile O.R.s will boost the number to 21– and McGowan says that demand makes the units necessary. Critics concede that surgery is profitable for the hospital.
What about the standard of care? "I can stand in front and say the quality of care is no different from the main O.R.s," says McGowan.
Of course, surgeons won't be performing open-heart or brain surgery in the trailers. But some procedures– such as orthopedic foot surgery, ophthalmology, or vascular access procedures– will work just fine in the auxiliary O.R.s, according to McGowan.
In fact, with the complex equipment required for 21st-century surgery, the size of the room dictates what sort of procedure can be performed in it, he explains. New operating rooms built today contain around 700 square feet. The mobile O.R.s are between 350 and 400 square feet– the same as at least three current UVA operating rooms.
"They're going to have to be very careful which cases go in the mobile O.R.s because they can't meet the same standards of care," contends a hospital physician, who's also concerned how new, stricter federal privacy standards will be met in the smaller quarters of the modular operating rooms.
Each trailer has a prep area, an O.R., and a recovery area. "We feel we can control how we place patients sequentially" and maintain privacy using "queuing," says McGowan.
UVA Medical Center is one of the top indigent health care providers in the state. Is there any chance those low-income patients will be shuffled out to the trailers in back?
"Of course not," McGowan replies indignantly.
Nor will patients have to walk through the rain to get an operation. The mobile O.R.s will be joined to the existing building by an attached, climate-controlled corridor.
A hospital employee describes the temporary home of the auxiliary O.R.s as a "smelly, ugly part of the hospital," and says, "There is no nice way to get all the patients there and back."
And what of tornados, the bane of mobile home parks? McGowan says that in such an emergency, the mobile units will take the same precautionary steps as the main hospital."
"We're sensitive to the trailer park mentality," he says.
UVA is not alone in using mobile technology. With the soaring cost of medical equipment, more hospitals are finding it's cheaper to rent technology on wheels– McGowan mentions computer tomography, MRIs, and cath labs– one or two days a week than to have expensive equipment sit around unused.
Still, some resident wags have suggested a promotional campaign to launch the new O.Rs: "Free wifebeaters to the first 200 patients," and "Free pork rinds– and after a tour of the doublewides, a moving tribute to Dale Earnhardt."Read more on: uva medical center


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Early weaning is one tactic cattle producers might consider as their pastures begin to toast, said Shane Gadberry, associate professor-ruminant nutrition for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.
"May to June is the time forage production is making the change from predominately cool-season grasses such as fescue and ryegrass to predominately warm-season grasses including bermudagrass, crabgrass, bahiagrass and dallisgrass. Below average rainfall, however, has slowed the production of these grasses and is beginning to limit the amount of forage available for cows to consume when nutrient requirements are at their greatest for spring calving beef herds."
Having cows in good condition at this time is important because cows have the double duty of producing milking for their calves and being able to breed back to calve again within 365 days.
Beef calves are commonly weaned at six to seven months of age. Dairy calves are weaned from their dams within a couple of days of birth at the latest.
Researchers that have studied early weaning in beef herds have shown cows benefit from early weaning by being able to gain weight more rapidly and combined with removing the influence of suckling, pregnancy rates and earlier breeding dates have been observed in cows whose calves were weaned as young as 56 days old.
"While there are reproductive benefits to early weaning beef calves, proper management is essential to success," Gadberry said. "Calves need a diet that is capable of mimicking the nutrients they would have received from milk and the small amount of forage they would begin to consume at that early age."
If fed a high quality diet and managed in a healthy environment, early weaned calves should be able to acquire 1 pound of weight gain for every 4 to six pounds of feed consumed.
"Young calves are very efficient at converting feed into weight gain. At today's livestock auction market, a pound of beef calf weight gain is worth $1.58 per pound. If a feed conversion of 5 is used, the cost of feed would have to exceed $600 a ton before the feed cost of gain would exceed the value of weight gain."
A high-quality diet can be formulated for $220 to $320 per ton depending on whether feed is being purchased in bulk and blended on the farm or purchased in small amounts from the local feed store.
Prior to early weaning, cattle producers may want to begin exposing calves to their diet by creep feeding or by supplementing cows in troughs that are low enough to allow calves to eat a little supplement alongside their dams.
"When supplementing cows, extra trough space will be needed for the calves to be able to get to the trough," Gadberry said."Also, similar ingredients should be used in the cow supplement that would also be used in the early weaned calf's diet to help get the early weaned calf eating quickly during the weaning process."
For more information on early weaning management, contact your local county Extension office or visit www.uaex.edu.