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It was a pretty impressive showing by the 17th-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs on the basketball court Saturday afternoon.
Perhaps the best thing to come out of the 106-68 victory against the Troy Trojans at Humphrey Coliseum was the balanced scoring up and down the lineup for MSU.
The production didn't come from just one, two or even three players, but several Bulldogs got into the act. All five starters scored in double figures.
Here is a rundown on what took place.
Arnett Moultrie had his fifth double-double of the season with 20 points and 12 rebounds for MSU, while Dee Bost led the way with 28 points.
Along with Moultrie and Bost, Renardo Sidney had 18 points, Jalen Steele contributed 15 points and Rodney Hood chipped in 12 points. Wendell Lewis added eight points off the bench.
The Bulldogs improved their record to 9-1 this season and stands 4-0 when Moultrie scores 20 or more points and 4-0 when Bost gets 20 or more points.
It really didn't matter who was in or out of the game at any particular time because Mississippi State was in full-throttle from the opening tip.
The first and second halves almost mirrored each other for MSU. After scoring 54 points in the first half, the Bulldogs followed that up with 52 more in the second half.
MSU men's basketball coach Rick Stansbury was surprised to see the score get so out of hand against Troy.
"We didn't go into this game thinking it was going to be like this," Stansbury said. "We had some guys jump up and make some shots. When you do that, it gets easy. We had a pretty efficient at both ends."
Moultrie and Steele had 12 points each by halftime, while Sidney and Hood had seven points each and Lewis chipped in six as MSU jumped out to a 54-26 lead. It was the highest point total for the Bulldogs in the first half this season.
One of the reasons for that was the shooting. MSU was a blistering 61 percent (22-of-36) from the field in the first half.
It was a type of matchup that could have been tough on Sidney because of the fast-paced style of the Trojans.
Sidney had one of his better games with his season-high point total and season-high eight rebounds in 22 minutes.
He played 14 minutes of the first half and even though there were times he looked fatigued during that stretch, his play was consistent.
Basketball wasn't the only thing on Sidney's mind either because he left immediately following the game to take a final exam.
The only bad mark with Sidney was the technical foul he got in the first half. Other than that, there was nothing wrong with what the junior from Jackson brought to the table.
Even after getting fouled hard on a layup with 5 minutes left in the game, Sidney stayed in and had a dunk to make the score 101-59.
The last time the Bulldogs broke the 100-point mark was on Dec. 5, 2009 against St. Bonaventure.
If MSU continues to get this type of play out of so many different people, then some special times can be expected on the court this season.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State Nittany Lion wrestler Ed Ruth (Harrisburg, Pa.) has been named Penn State's Male Athlete of the Year while women's soccer player Christine Nairn was named Penn State Women's Athlete of the Year. Ruth and Nairn will be on the ballot for Big Ten Athletes of the Year. The honor is the latest in a long line of accolades for head coach Cael Sanderson's Nittany Lions.
Three-time All-American Ed Ruth won his second straight NCAA National Championship, this time at 184-pounds as he helped lead the Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team to its third straight NCAA team title. Ruth, who won the 174-pound title last year, rolled through his second straight unbeaten season, this time posting a 33-0 record. Twenty-six of his 33 wins were for bonus points with 12 pins, four technical falls and ten majors. Ruth won his second straight Big Ten individual title as he led Penn State to its third straight Big Ten Championship and was named the 2013 Big Ten Wrestler of the Year.
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Compared with 2011's data, Monroe County area schools saw improvement in their standardized test scores this school year.
The Michigan Department of Education released the official results Monday for the Michigan Educational Assessment Program, or MEAP, taken by students in the fall.
Last year, only about 50 percent of the region's results were higher than the state average. This year, the number jumped to nearly 60 percent.
Students in the third through eighth grades are tested in reading and math. The fourth and seventh grades are tested in writing. Fifth- and eighth-graders are tested in science, while sixth- and ninth-graders are tested in social studies.
This is the second year for the higher standards to determine proficiencies.
Mason Consolidated Schools showed improvements in sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade math scores.
"Our math scores for sixth, seventh and eighth grade are No. 1 in the county," said Supt. David Drewyor. "Last year, we used at-risk money to hire math intervention specialists to work with students one-on-one to improve their scores."
Overall, Mr. Drewyor said he was pleased with the math and reading scores of the district but acknowledged he would like to see higher science and social studies scores.
In the coming year, the district plans to continue to work on math and reading areas because Mr. Drewyor said the MEAP test will be phased out in two years and a new assessment test, which will be online, will be rolled out.
"That test is more intellectually based thinking and not as many multiple-choice questions," he said. "It requires a higher level of thinking."
The problems used in that type of testing already are being incorporated into the learning day for Mason students.
Monroe Public Schools showed its largest improvement in seventh-grade writing scores.
Dr. Barry Martin, director of state and federal programs for the district, cited its school improvement plans for the effect on student achievement.
"We continue to review all of this data along with our common assessment data as part of the school improvement process," Dr. Martin said in a news release. "Teachers and administrators are working very hard every day to help all students be successful in all areas of the curriculum, and we will not be satisfied until this goal is achieved."
The district also noticed growth in third-, sixth- and eighth-grade math scores and third-, fifth-, seventh- and eighth-grade reading.
Monroe County Middle College tested its ninth-grade students in social studies. For that test, 58.2 percent of students met or exceeded the state average for the subject. The state average was 28.6 percent for the subject.
Bedford Public Schools scored higher than the county average in all 18 testing areas and exceeded or met the state averages in all but the sixth-grade math score, said Edward Manuszak, assistant superintendent of instruction and student services.
"I sent out an e-mail congratulating our staff on their hard work," he said Monday.
Mr. Manuszak said the MEAP scores help the district guide its curriculum.
"We use many facets of data and set goals as a district, but the MEAP is only one piece of the puzzle," he said. "A lot of this is public perspective, too. Some might see low numbers, but we are always looking to improve."
At Ida Public Schools, Supt. Rick Carsten said the district is looking at a new math program to implement beginning next fall to boost some of its lower scores.
"The third-, fourth- and sixth-grade math scores are where we will be focused," Mr. Carsten said. "They are lower than we are used to seeing."
A group of educators from the district will travel to multiple schools to learn about the programs available to select the best one for the district.
"We knew our scores would be a bit lower in math after we did the Northwest Educational Assessment test," Mr. Carsten said.
The test is given to students at the beginning of the school year and then again at the end to measure students' performance.
The superintendent said the district will select a course "robust enough to align with the common core," which will help students under the new standardized testing structure.
Summerfield Schools began a new math program this fall for kindergarten through second grade called Math the Singapore Way.
"I think the math program is paying off," Supt. John Hewitt said. "It's a start."
He hopes that teaching staff from the high school will work with elementary staff to provide a better understanding of what is expected for higher-level math.
"We are not alarmed, but we see it as a challenge to improve scores," Mr. Hewitt said. "We are using the data to drive instruction in how and what we are teaching."
Mr. Hewitt said that in districts that have experienced financial problems, such as Summerfield, the cutbacks could play into testing results.
"I hate to labor this, but we are functioning with basic resources and have cut back programs because of our budget, and we feel terrible, but it could be affecting some of our test scores," he said.
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The UW Board of Trustees voted last week to allow work to begin this month on the White Hall project.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Timbers today unveiled initial details of their 2013 preseason as the club prepares for a third season in Major League Soccer. The Timbers' preseason schedule will include a 13-day camp in Tucson, Ariz., where they will open their slate of preseason matches.
Players and coaches are scheduled to report for preseason on Saturday, Jan. 19, and will begin preseason training Monday, Jan. 21. The Timbers will train in Portland for the first week of preseason before departing for a nearly two-week camp in Tucson from Jan. 27 to Feb. 9.
While in Tucson, the Timbers will conduct daily training sessions and play in preseason matches as part of The Desert Friendlies, presented by FC Tucson, at the Kino Sports Complex. Portland will play games against the Colorado Rapids, Seattle Sounders FC and Sporting Kansas City as well as host club FC Tucson, a member of the Premier Development League.
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We received some photos of this tasteful one room apartment from Gina Malin, one of our Freshome readers. Located in Cluj Napoca, Romania, this cozy crib has a few American influences, due to the fact that its owner spends nine months a year working in Arizona. The apartment has 35 square meters and features a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom. Initially there was a wall between the living room and kitchen, but it was demounted so more living space could be gained. The owner wanted an airy home, without useless furniture items and other forms of clutter. The furniture was custom made by a friend. We really like the wall shelves and think they manage to add style, functionality and an overall warm feel. The color palette (black, white, red, silver) is engaging and not at all tiring. The apartment is located on the forth floor of a building and overlooks a beautiful forest. We really want to know how you see this place and if you consider the owner did a good job in designing this small home. We certainly do.
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Really nice
What are those things used on the corners of the moldings in the 3rd picture called? I would really like to get them at my house. Thanks!
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realy nice apartament
Woaaa. I absolutely love this place. I'm Cluj Napoca too and I have a small apartment too and this gave me actually a few ideas how I decorate mines. Simply awesome.
I love that apartment! Especially the kitchen and bath! Very functional for a small place but still great design! Thanks for sharing.
I love this tiny place. I used to live in Cluj before immigrating to Canada and was very excited to see tath you showcase some of the Romanian interiors.
The only little tiny thig that bothers me in the living room is the size of the art above the corner sofa and the height it was installed. There is a rule that the art above the sofa should be 2/3 the with of the sofa and needs to be hanged not higher that 4-6″ above it. This way you can still look confortable at the painting even if you are sitting.
It is nice of her to share her apartmant with us.
where does someone sleep? I mean.. people usually sleep in their homes the most. This doesn't look sleep friendly.
@ Salvatore Lorene: it is laminated floor, and the things you're talking about we just call them corners, they can be exterior corner like that one, or interior corner.here's a link where u can see them better http://www.equate.ro/accesorii2.html .
@Monica thanx for the tips about the painting hight,had no ideea about rules, i just thought it should be somewhere in the middle
And yes Cosmin, not very sleep friendly :D, it's a pull-out couch, but that's the best i could do with so little space
I like it! It's realy tasteful.
great color combination for overal design..
greate usage of free areas at home, I like the design.
who took those horrible pictures???
the apartment is not bad, but it looks improvised pretending it´s carefully planned.
curtains are ugly and the separate boxes on the wall are wasteful and impractical: you use too much material and clean more dust. and maybe too many kinds of "wood" that don´t match and don´t make a pleasant contrast. and what´s that bar chair doing in the corner?
again, those pictures…………..
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So if VADA did not sponsor the tests, why are they allowed to use GSP on their webpage as a main athlete who supports VADA?
GSP's camp claims VADA paying, VADA denies this... still something fishy. If I was Hendricks, I would say forget this too..
What is wrong with WADA considering the claims neither agency is paying for the testing?
Long story short, GSP should not be attached to the company he is challenging his opponent to get a drug test from.
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OK, I'll preface this by saying I'm planning on buying Motoport gear.
However - I am an engineer, I do stress analysis and impact analysis for a living and Wayne doesn't know what he is talking about when he describes his armor or criticises the European standards.
I believe his armor works very well and I believe this is shown by the numbers of people who have crashed in his gear and walked away, but his technical statements are wrong. His gear works but not for the reasons he claims it works.
From the Motoport website QUOTES IN ITALICS:
Transfer of energy is not the same as impact absorption. Instead of placing the armor on top of the steel plate, if another steel plate was used as armor instead, even less transfer of energy through the steel plate to the sensors below would occur.
This is wrong. Steel is very stiff. If you want to transfer energy, using a lump of rigid steel to do it is a good way. A plate of steel would be very BAD at absorbing impact. It may have excellent abrasion resistance but it has very poor impact absorbing properties. This is a fundamental mistake in the above statement, which means Wayne does not really understand what is happening.
Direct vertical drop is extremely rare when in a crash (talking about the Euro test standard where they drop a lump of metal on the armor).
Irrelevant. The Euro test is designed to find out how much energy is absorbed. Dropping a lump of metal on the armor is the best way to do it.
If sensors were also placed on the metal anvil along with full encapsulation around the outside edges of the armor, more impact would be measured. Even with more sensors the impact would not be measured the same as crashing a motorcycle.
Wrong. The only thing that matters is the energy transferred. To use the motorcycle crash equivalent, the sensors in the Euro test measure the energy transferred to your body. Wayne's statement is equivalent to testing how much energy the pole you just hit feels by putting sensors on the pole. Who cares about the pole.
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This statement is guaranteed. It is possible for you to test it, here at Cycleport, or at your home. Take a piece of armor out of any other motorcycle apparel. Put your fist up against the armor and punch a concrete wall, metal pole or any sharp hard object. Now perform the same experiment with Quad-Armor. This is a primitive test but, in reality, it is better than the impact testing Satra performs. Cycleport performs this same test with customers at Cycleport's store. Currently the highest rated EN-Certified Back Protector is called the T-Pro Force Field. Cycleport has this T-Pro here in the showroom. After customers punch a sharp aluminum door frame it is evident that the Quad-Armor outperforms the T-Pro considerably. Most customers comment that Cycleport's Tri-Armor feels more protective than the T-Pro.
Wrong. If you took a pillow and tried to punch out your wall, it would feel pretty soft. Is a pillow a good bit of armor? No. The forces in a bad bike crash are so large that the armor needs to be reasonably stiff - or not feel soft to the touch - to absorb the impact. The energy in a crash is much larger than someone trying to punch out their wall or a door frame. And anyway stastically, people do not crash into anything as small and sharp as a door frame. The smallest thing you are likely to hit is a pole, which is a lot wider than the edge of a door frame.
So - Motoport gear appears to work but you cannot take any note of the technical claims on their website.
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It's unfortunate that the claims made by Wayne or his website serve an injustice to a product that works. Not to mention, an equal injustice to a very rigorous European process that has developed scientifically defensible protective standards.
For the record, I own Motoport kevlar pants with quad armour and I love them.
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Anyways - I do have a question from your discussion:
You initially say that "Steel is very stiff. If you want to transfer energy, using a lump of rigid steel to do it is a good way."
I think your comments on Wayne mix up the perspective. In this case, the test is using the moving steel to transfer kinetic energy to the armor to see how much energy is absorbed. However, when I'm moving and my kinetic energy hits sufficiently thick steel (a bridge girder comes to mind), instruments on the steel are unlikely to measure much, if any, transfer of my kinetic energy. What little kinetic energy that is absorbed occurs by subtle flexing, friction, heat, deformation, or if it is perfectly rigid, it is transfered to and absorbed by the ground at its attachments. The rest of the energy is, unfortunately, absorbed by the "weaker" item that hit it - the bike, me, and the quad4 armor. Obviously, the less energy the body is asked to absorb the better. If I were to hit a girder, clearly not enough of that energy from that impact would be abosrbed or transfered out of the impact by the girder and I and my quad4 armor would have to absorb the rest. Just like a hammer hitting the girder - the hammer bounces back and absorbs (along with the arm that swung it) much of the kinetic energy in that impact, and just a little kinetic energy is absorbed by the girder in heat or transfered to the ground.
Your steel statement seems to contradict your comment further down that says "The forces in a bad bike crash are so large that the armor needs to be reasonably stiff - or not feel soft to the touch - to absorb the impact."
So, which is it - does steel transfer or absorb?
It does seem to me that armor needs to find that balance between soft/flexible to absorb as much energy as possible while remaining somewhat stiff for durability and strong enough to spread (transfer) what it can't absorb over aa wide an area on the body as possible. All, of course, without sacrifcing comfort and good looks.
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First off, since you were talking about hitting metal bridge beams and I was talking about hitting a pole - if you hit a hard object like these head-on, then the crash is probably not survivable.
Look at it this way: people in cars wrap themselves around poles or trees and with a metre of crumple zone in front of them plus airbags and they still get killed. 20 millimetres of foam padding, no matter how good it is, in a motorcycle jacket is not going to save you.
I'm also going to stop referring to 'energy' and refer to force. Energy absorption is hard to measure which is why the Euro test standard measures force transferred.
The Motoport Quad Armor from what I've read is about 20mm thick.
Case 1: 20mm thick steel plate. It is essentially completely rigid. Whatever you hit it with gets transferred direct to the other side.
Case 2: 20mm thick quilt full of duck feathers. Really soft and comfortable. However even minor impacts fully compress the feathers so it is ineffective as armor.
Case 3: 20mm Motoport armor or EU spec armor. Relatively stiff; takes a lot of force to fully compress it. This is the happy medium which reduces the force transmitted from one side of the motorcycle jacket to your body on the other side.
Wayne or whoever wrote the Motoport website does not appear to understand the physics of impacts. It does however look like Motoport have looked at a very large number of real crashes and even if they don't have much of an idea technically, they have seen what works and what doesnt.
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If memory serves, I believe wayne told me that the quad armor works on deceleration of an impact first and then spreading the force second. Whereas armor that has a hard plastic does not decelerate and impact nearly as much and can move internally much easier due to its slick surface. It made sense to me as when I crashed My hard plastic CE pads moved and actually speared my knee and elbow. They were tightly bound in the jacket and pants but the poppers to seat everything down came undone in the crash. Series 2 Transistion Jacket and Pants. Dont buy'em.The bruises were not fun to deal with for the following month. Obviosly i am not an engineer. Nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn.
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Well - I just finished up a 2.5 week 5,500 mile trip from San Francisco to Alburq to Helena and back to SF. The trip north was with Rawhyde on their northbound Great Divide Ride - roughly 2,200 miles along the Continental Divide and I'll guess 500 or so miles on slab, the rest on dirt, gravel, mud, roads, water crossings, two track, and single track. Awesome fun and challenging.
The motoport gear performed extremely well, took a beating, saved my knees, back, elbows, and shoulders and survived some pretty solid impacts to gravel and rock and dirt and sage brush without a scratch - unlike my KTM, which looks even better, now. I crashed at least 6 times on day one, perhaps 3 on day two, and once or twice on days 3 and 4 - then no more dumping after I got my skills dialed in. Last year during 4 days in the Mojave I wore a compression setup with strap on knees, and neither I nor the geared faired nearly as well.
The cycleport marathon jacket and overpant setup, all air mesh, was super comfy, breathable and cool in CA, NV, NM, CO, and WY and with the liners was fine in the rain and wind above the snow line in WY and MT and ID. I blasted through death valley at noon on Aug 3 and was fine - of course moving at about 95-105 mph helped, too. This gear now replaces my shorter and tighter air mesh jacket and street jean setup - currently for sale. Highly recommended.[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/FONT]
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I love the suggestions! Some just don't have the initiative to incorporate this and then wonder why there seem to be a gap. A fun activity before discussing something serious helps stimulate the brain and thus learning comes easier afterwards.
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Morgan's goal in the 71st minute came off a long, curling pass over the top of Germany's defense from FC Kansas City midfielder Lauren Cheney.
On Thursday morning, Thorns FC forward Christine Sinclair and the Canada Women's National Team tangled with France in a rematch of the London 2012 Olympics bronze-medal match (which Canada won). Despite going down 1-0 during first-half stoppage time on a well-placed Elodie Thomis goal, Canada kept it close and struck late in second-half stoppage time.
Sinclair collected a deflected ball and slipped a pass right into the path of Kaylyn Kyle in the fourth-minute of second-half stoppage time and Kyle netted the equalizer for Canada in front of 5,783 fans at Stade du Ray in Nice, France. Thorns FC goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc was an unused sub for the match.
Canada is back in action on Sunday, April 7 at 7 a.m. (Pacific) against England at New York Stadium in Rotherham, England. The U.S. Women's National Team visits The Hague, Netherlands on Tuesday, April 9, for a 10 a.m. (PT) match against the Netherlands at Kyocera Stadium.
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated, fresh from his revealing MLS player polls, recently put together a grand list of the 50 most important people in U.S. Soccer. It has many of the names you'd expect. The top 5 are, in order: U.S. Sports TV executives, U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati, MLS commissioner Don Garber, Nike and adidas.
Of local note though are two rather big names. Coming in at No. 9 is Thorns FC forward Alex Morgan of which Wahl writes:
Let's be honest: the 23-year-old Morgan has everything it takes (on the field and off) to become the next Mia Hamm. Just one example of her appeal: Morgan has in excess of a million Twitter followers, more than any U.S. soccer player, male or female.
In a tie for No. 23 is Timbers and Thorns FC owner Merritt Paulson paired alongside Sporting KC's owner Robb Heineman:
Young owners who live and die with their MLS teams, Heineman and Paulson are the faces of MLS 2.0 and the league's answers to Mark Cuban. If only every league owner cared as much.
Head over to SI.com to read the full list. Any names missing you think should be on there? Any names on there you disagree with?
Two years ago, Portland Timbers midfielder Jack Jewsbury teamed up with Ziba Design to help create a special bag as part of Girls, Inc's annual Power of The Purse fundraiser. You can see video of Jack's creation here.
This year, new Thorns FC head coach Cindy Parlow Cone takes up the challenge in designing a purse. Girls, Inc.--one of the Thorns main Stand Together partners--is an organization that inspires girls, ages 8-18, to be strong, smart, and bold. Via gender-specific programs and research-based curricula, the group provides girls with the confidence and self-esteem to access a bright and economically-independent future.
Cone sat down with Bella, a 7th grader from Da Vinci Middle School and a host of Girls, Inc. Radio, for a special interview where Bella interviews Cindy and then Cindy, in turn, interviews Bella. They talk about their respective background, sisterhood, and inspirations. It's a great listen (scroll to the bottom to hear Cone's interview).
To learn more about the Power of the Purse event and to purchase tickets, visit them here.
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The U.S. Women's National Team vs. Canada at the London 2012 Olympics. That's really all that needs to be said, but in case you were on a trip to the Outback last summer and didn't have access to a TV, internet, newspaper or any other form of news media here's a quick refresher.
August 6, 2012 … Old Trafford … Manchester, England ... Olympic Semifinal
Christine Sinclair gives Canada a 1-0 lead 22 minutes into the match in front of 26,640 fans at famed Old Trafford, home of Manchester United, and the teams enter the interval with Canada grasping a 1-0 lead and a chance to head to the gold medal match.
USA midfielder Megan Rapinoe equalizes in the 54th minute and the match becomes a slugfest with Sinclair and Rapinoe (both former standouts at the University of Portland) trading goals. Sinclair nets her second goal, putting Canada ahead 2-1 in the 67th minute … Rapinoe hits back with her second, tying the score at 2-2 three minutes later in the 70th minute.
Sinclair gets a hat-trick with the go-ahead goal in the 73rd minute and Canada carries a one-goal lead into the final 10 minutes of regular time before the real drama kicks in. Canada's goalkeeper Erin McLeod is called for holding onto the ball for more than six seconds – a rarely enforced rule, but one that awards the U.S. with an indirect free kick inside Canada's penalty box. On the free kick, the ball strikes a Canadian player on the arm and a penalty kick is called.
Abby Wambach steps up and buries the spot kick to level the score at 3-3 in the 80th minute.
The two sides battled to a stalemate through 30 minutes of extra time, trading jabs before U.S. forward Alex Morgan rose up and looped a header into the goal in the third minute of stoppage time, the game's 123rd minute to be exact and the latest ever goal scored in a FIFA competition.
Now, catch your breath.
The rematch is coming on June 2 in Toronto as the U.S. Women's National Team faces Canada in an international (not so) friendly for the first time since that drama-filled Olympic semifinal match. Mark your calendar as several Thorns FC teammates could potentially clash on the field. Clearly, there are no medals on the line, but there's no doubt the intensity will be heightened as Canada will look to repay the USA for the match last summer.
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Editor's Note: As the hashtag evolved, it turned out it also held multiple meanings across the globe. In the Philippines, the word "baon" also referred to a style of lunch popular with school kids. It also came under use in Russia with other awkward meanings. As such, the Rose City Riveters decided that beginning with the 2014 season, the hashtag would alter slightly to #BAONPDX. It still remains its excellent theatrical, literate and rose-infused core.
#BAON. You may have seen the hashtag pop up recently in regards to Thorns FC tweets. What does it stand for? What does it represent?
Much like #RCTID, #BAON has taken on an organic, fan-driven evolution. It grew out of a desire to sometimes separate fans' Thorns Twitter conversations from their Timbers ones. They can certainly overlap and intersect, but on occasion, one is one and one is the other.
But back to #BAON, what's in a name?
Exactly. For sharp-eyed literate Shakespeare academics, #BAON stands for "By Any Other Name" and is a snippet of a monologue from Romeo and Juliet's Act II, Scene 2. Romeo, scion of the Montague family has fallen for Juliet, maiden of the sworn enemy Capulets. The famous scene is set is the evening when Romeo comes upon Juliet high atop her balcony. Hidden from her view, he speaks his famous "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks," monologue singing the praises of her beauty. Her response, which he listens to, laments the fate that should see them be from separated warring families. Were Romeo not a Montague in name, she figures, all her problems would be solved.
What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O! Be some other name:
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name;
And for that name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself.
In essence, she's saying, "It's not the name that should matter, it's what's inside that counts." Juliet is pining for the man, not the name—a romantic wish to be sure.
But for Portland Thorns FC, with their intertwining language and identity with roses and the Rose City being key, the meaning is expanded to become less about the name on the back of the shirt, and more about all being what's inside the player—the quality of the play and the drive to win.
So be it
#BAON #BAONPDX or #RCTID, now you'll know where to track your Portland soccer teams' online chatter and discussion.
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Portland isn't Paris, but it sure is a long way from Long Island. It might as well be a different country. New Thorns FC signing Allie Long spent a couple months playing in the City of Light for Paris Saint-Germain during the 2011-12 season, but aside from that experience the native New Yorker hasn't played professionally more than about four hours from home with the Washington Freedom, Sky Blue FC and the New York Fury.
Life in the Rose City presents an opportunity for the former University of North Carolina and U.S. U-20 Women's National Team midfielder to take a step out of her comfort zone. Long was quoted in a story by Dan Lauletta on The Equalizer about leaving home and joining up with head coach Cindy Parlow Cone in Portland as well as her time spent training with Thorns FC teammate Alex Morgan in California and alongside women's soccer royalty Mia Hamm.
"I'm hoping to get a role where I can create and help score goals myself as well as play defensive and be able to keep it," Long said. "I love keeping possession of the ball and playing quickly. I like both aspects of the game so wherever she needs me is where I'll be and at the end of the day I just want to win."
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There's no debating the crossover between music and sports and ESPN The Magazine brings the connection to the forefront with this year's Music Issue. The Mag got creative with this issue, having athletes impersonating various album covers.
Some of the highlights include Oympic gold medal swimmer Ryan Lochte as the swimming baby on Nirvana's iconic "Nevermind" cover, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman as Michael Jackson on the cover of "Thriller" and let's not forget about Thorns FC forward Alex Morgan, who graces the issue as pop star Katy Perry in her "One of the Boys" cover.
The issue doesn't hit the shelves until Feb. 8, but ESPN released some behind-the-scenes video and photos of the creative process.
You can take a look at Morgan's album cover here.
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A distinguished career with the U.S. Women's National Team including 158 international appearances, a champion in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup and a two-time Olympic gold medal winner, Portland Thorns FC head coach Cindy Parlow Cone is now up for another honor: Election to the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Voting (which does not include a fan vote) started on Jan. 25 and will continue until Feb. 22; results will be announced shortly after. A player must be listed on at least 66.7 percent of the ballots in order to be elected to the Hall of Fame.
Parlow Cone, who last played for the Women's National Team in 2004, scored 75 goals throughout her international career. Following her debut against Russia in January 1996, the Memphis, Tenn., native, appeared in three Olympic Games (1996, 2000, 2004) as well as the 1999 and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments. She ranks sixth overall on the Women's National Team career points list with 185 (75 goals and 35 assists), as well as second overall in career hat-tricks (8) just behind Mia Hamm (10).
"I feel very honored to be on the ballot for the National Soccer Hall of Fame," Parlow Cone said. "I am so proud and feel so fortunate to have been able to represent the United States on the international stage. Now, as a coach in the NWSL for Portland Thorns FC, I'm really looking forward to continuing the development of women's soccer."
On the professional side, Parlow Cone played four seasons in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), all of them with the Atlanta Beat. She was a member of the Atlanta teams that finished as runner-up for the WUSA title in 2001 and 2003.
Other notable players on the Class of 2013 ballot include: Chris Armas, Wade Barrett, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Raul Diaz Arce, Marco Etcheverry, Lorrie Fair, Robin Fraser, Chris Henderson, Angela Hucles, Jason Kreis, Roy Lassiter, Shannon MacMillan, Joe-Max Moore, Victor Nogueira, John O'Brien, Ben Olsen, Ante Razov, Tiffany Roberts, Tony Sanneh, Taylor Twellman and Tisha Venturini-Hoch.
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"She's a nightmare for defenses. Her size was never an issue in college because she's so fast and so fit. … How do you replace that engine? Who's going to be as willing to work as hard as Nicolette did?"
Those are the words of University of Central Florida head coach Amanda Cromwell. A former U.S. Women's National Team member alongside Thorns FC head coach Cindy Parlow Cone, Cromwell recommended Nicolette Radovcic to Portland prior to the National Women's Soccer League College Draft nearly two weeks ago.
Parlow Cone, formerly an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina, already had a bit of familiarity with Radovcic before the draft. The energetic attacker played 86 minutes in UCF's 5-4 penalty kick win against UNC on Nov. 20, 2011, helping the Knights reach the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament.
Sports writer Jane Havsy of Radovcic's hometown newspaper the Daily Record (Morris County, N.J.) caught up with Thorns FC's second round pick, Parlow Cone and Cromwell for a good story.
Just prior to Thorns FC announcing their season ticket information today, owner & president Merritt Paulson tweeted about some interesting stats:
Pricing for @thornsfc tix released today. At 5K+ STH deposits now..more than 2010 USL Timbers. I think we can get to 6K STH and avg 10k/gm
— Merritt Paulson (@MerrittPaulson) January 24, 2013
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By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia
Bond has been set for three people charged over the weekend with operating a marijuana grow house in Franklin County.
Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas said late last Friday, deputies responded to a report of a domestic dispute in a vehicle traveling down the highway.
Dispatchers gave deputies the tag number of the vehicle which came back to a home at 116 Russo Road in Franklin County.
Thomas said deputies went to the residence to speak with the victim and while there, he said officers saw the marijuana plants.
On Tuesday, Franklin County Magistrate Judge Cody Grizzle set bond for Brad Carlson, 51 of Southport, NC was set at $25,000.
Carlson is charged with manufacturing marijuana, possession with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Bond for Franklin Drought, 57 was set at $40,000 who lived on the property.
Drought is with manufacturing marijuana, possession with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during a commission of a crime, possession of tools during a commission of a crime and possession of drug related objects.
Also charged was Gloria Drought, 72; her bond was set at $35,000.
Gloria Drought is charged with manufacturing marijuana, possession of tools during the commission of a crime, and possession with intent to distribute.
All three remain in the Franklin County Detention Center.


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AMERICANS have a gift, not always admirable, for coining colloquialisms, a racy slang to summarise some aspect of an operation so that every member of a small group understands what is meant and outsiders do not. The material for the mirror of the projected space telescope and the accuracy to which it could be polished appeared crucial to a NASA working group discussing the project's feasibility in 1969. So the mirror became a 'tall pole', holding up the project or 'tent' and possibly concealing other problems under the canvas. Ways had to be found to 'collapse' the tall pole.
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Approximately 300 youth and 30 teen leaders from Henrico Police Athletic League traveled to Washington, D.C. June 28 for a day trip planned and coordinated by HPAL board member Raiford Beasley and led by Sgt. Kenny Ragland.
At their first stop, the group attended a half-hour memorial service for fallen Henrico County police officers at the National Police Memorial. Sue and Richard Cheney presented a floral wreath at the memorial in honor of their daughter, Virginia State Trooper Jessica J. Cheney of Henrico, who was killed in the line of duty. Beasley also read the name of Henrico officers who died in the line of duty, and Sgt. J.A. Livingstone played Amazing Grace on the bagpipes to close the service.
Following the tribute, the campers enjoyed a picnic lunch in the shade of the trees on the Mall lawn and proceeded to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, where they admired King's statue and gathered for group photos.
The campers concluded their trip with a visit to Arlington National Cemetery, where HPAL board member Don Blake remarked that "the enormity of sacrifice of our military was evident, and absorbed in solemn and respectful observation."
Blake, who accompanied the group to record the day's activities with video and photographs, observed that all the campers clearly enjoyed the trip – despite the hot weather.
"It was another great day of HPAL youth making memories," said Blake.
'Proof of Heaven' coming to Glen Allen
Dr. Even Alexander, a New York Times best-selling author who has been featured on Oprah and Dr. Oz, was in town last week to promote his June 27 talk, "Proof of Heaven," at Glen Allen High School.
Alexander (pictured, at right, while Unity of Bon Air church member Harry Simmons interviews him) has written about what he considers to be his journey through the afterlife.
Tickets to this month's event are $25 and will support the new Bon Secours Hospice House being built later this year. > Read more.
Innsbrook Rotary celebrates 25 years
The Innsbrook Rotary Club, which is celebrating its 25th year in 2015, has completed a number of volunteer projects this year and raised thousands of dollars for various organizations through three events.
The club's annual rose sale, benefit for youth live auction and Virginia Fire Games competition, combined with individual and corporate donations, have raised nearly $70,000 – money that the club contributes back to the community.
FeedMore is the beneficiary of the club's 25th anniversary project, which provides refrigerated trailers to be used for the distribution of food throughout Central Virginia. > Read more.
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(PRWEB) March 13, 2014
Portland-based real estate private equity firm ScanlanKemperBard Companies (SKB) and Wayzata Investment Partners (Wayzata), is pleased to announce that 42 Saint, a popular local men's and women's boutique, will be relocating to its development on High Street (http://www.HighStreetAZ.com) this month from its current location at Kierland Commons.
42 Saint will be opening in a 2,000 square-foot space on the north side of High Street between AZ Body Mechanics and Modern Margarita. The boutique features an eclectic mix of clothes from the catwalks to the sidewalks, everything from haute couture to tee shirts. From small designers to big, if it's different, clients find it at 42 Saint.
"The opening of 42 Saint on High Street will be a welcome addition to our entertainment-driven destination," added Leslie Himley, vice president of marketing for High Street. "Their collection of small, hard to find designers as well as the best mainstream designers will be well-received by our residents and office tenants as well as the surrounding community that frequents our popular restaurant and bar collection."
42 Saint's owners Jennifer & Mark Manion have owned the boutique for 15 years launching in the downtown Scottsdale's art district and operating there for five years, then moving up to Kierland for the past 10, and now High Street. The boutique will be open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and noon to 6 pm. on Sunday in suite 109.
"We offer a unique shopping experience, we're very much the neighborhood feel with amazing clothes and accessories, great tunes, and ice cold beverages on the house," explained Mark Manion. "While fashion continually changes, Jennifer and I will always work to give the small designers the recognition they deserve while brining our loyal clientele the best product and lines from the big boys."
"The announcement of 42 Saint follows the positive perception shift that has already occurred in eleven short months," said Todd Gooding, president and principal of SKB. "This has always been an extraordinary real estate asset, created by a developer with a reputation for high caliber work. Our team, in conjunction with Jones Lang LaSalle and Southwest Retail Group has quickly elevated it to one of the most sought-after locations in Phoenix."
Retail and Office leasing activity has picked up since ScanlanKemperBard Companies and Wayzata Investment Partners (The Ownership group) acquired High Street in April 2013.
Retail Leasing
New retail leases:
These five recently signed leases represent nearly 30,000 square feet on the ground level of the property and were brokered on behalf of the Ownership group by Southwest Retail Group.
Additionally, on September 3, Desert Ridge Pediatric Dentistry and Desert Ridge Prosthodontics opened offices on High Street representing 10,000 square feet. Mojo Yogurt also reopened in an 850 square foot space in October 2013.
Office Leasing
New office leases, expansions and renewals include:
These three recently signed leases, representing more than 16,000 square feet of office space, are in addition to a 2,700 square foot expansion by Kennedy Partners, a renewal by Guttilla Murphy Anderson, P.C. on their 6,100 square foot space and a 12-month lease by Stealth Software on a 3,850 square foot space.
All office lease deals were brokered on behalf of the Ownership group by Jones Lang LaSalle.
For continued updates on events, tenants and activities on High Street visit http://www.HighStreetAZ.com.
About High Street
High Street is a 628,000 square-foot mixed-used development in Northeast Phoenix featuring restaurants, retailers, Class A office space and luxury apartment homes. New tenants include La Bocca Wine Bar & Urban Kitchen, Desert Ridge Pediatric Dentistry, Desert Ridge Prosthodontics, Modern Margarita, AZ Body Mechanics and Aspire Salon & Spa. Other highlights in the property's popular restaurant and bar collection include Ocean Prime, Blue Martini, Kona Grill, Mellow Mushroom and coming Summer 2014 Rick Bronson's – House of Comedy and Toby Keith's I Love This Bar. For more information, visit http://www.HighStreetAZ.com.
About ScanlanKemperBard Companies
Formed in 1993, SKB is a fully integrated real estate merchant banking firm based in Portland, Oregon with additional offices in Seattle and Denver. Investment types include office, retail, industrial and mixed-use. SKB also funds bridge loans and periodically provides equity to select developers of ground-up development projects located in the Western United States.
SKB has originated total portfolio activity of $2.77 billion comprised of 20.3 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space and 1,955 residential units. With longstanding relationships in each of its markets, SKB has the ability to source, structure and execute value creation across a wide spectrum of real estate opportunities. You may learn more by visiting the company's website at http://www.skbcos.com.
About Wayzata Investment Partners
Focused on opportunities in undervalued debt, equity and assets, Wayzata Investment Partners has brought success to institutional investors for more than 15 years. Since 1992 Wayzata Investment Partners has managed more than $19 billion cumulatively. Today its total assets under management are more than $7 billion. Wayzata's experience in the alternative investment market is reflected in the structure of its investment vehicles: a variety of long-term funds. You may learn more about Wayzata Investment Partner's by visiting the company's website at http://wayzatainvestmentpartners.com/.


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To the Editor of the Starkville Daily News:
I have been affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America since joining as a cub in 1976. I am an Eagle Scout, the father of an Eagle Scout, and the current Scoutmaster of Troop 14 in Starkville. Though the scouting program has had a profound influence on my life, and its positive aspects are numerous, I will be resigning my position and ending my association with the BSA. Though the recent revision of the BSA's membership standards policy is the immediate precipitant of my decision, it would be a gross over-simplification to merely argue that I am leaving the organization because I happen to disagree with that policy. Rather, I argue that the entire policy revision process and subsequent justification campaign engaged in by the national office are symptomatic of a profound moral shift, a shift that has nothing to do with sexual orientation.
Scouting's stated mission is "to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law." As a condition of membership scouts must subscribe to and abide by this Oath and Law, which are bookended with duty to God and reverence for God respectively. Further, scouts affirm weekly their promise to live lives that are "morally straight." This begs an important question. How is "moral straightness" defined? As an organization that says it exists to teach morality, how does the BSA justify that its moral positions and ethical advice are correct? Where does it get the moral authority for asserting that its beliefs are true? Pared down to the most basic inquiry, how does anyone know the difference between right and wrong?
For the last 102 years, the BSA had answers that reflected the foundational bookends of duty and reverence to God. While not officially affiliated with any particular religious denomination, the scouts consistently affirmed belief in God and accepted a major philosophical implication of that belief: If there is an eternal omnipotent God who created and reigns over the universe, He makes the rules. Scouting recognized the existence of moral absolutes, universally true for all people for all time.
In 2013, these same Boy Scouts have suddenly embraced secular humanism. They have amended their moral code based upon a national "listening process" and subsequent election. This action by the BSA's national leadership has serious implications: there is no accountability to a Creator and no absolute standard of right and wrong; society or the individual can decide what is moral, and morality is subject to change.
Chief Scout Executive Wayne Brock's recent letter to BSA chartering organizations is replete with examples of the new BSA, where the opinions of man trump the authority of God in the determination of morality. He states, "Scouting's chartered organizations have the right to uphold their own moral standards within the units they sponsor." Implied in this assertion: moral standards may vary among BSA units.
Having just asserted the rights of chartering organizations to uphold moral standards, just a few paragraphs later Brock contradicts himself: "That [endorsing a particular moral viewpoint] is not the role of the organizations [chartering organizations, including churches], and Scouting is not the place to resolve divergent viewpoints in society." Translation: Morality is relative. No person or institution can claim to know moral truth. Our youth organization, whose mission is to teach morality and ethics, won't take sides on this issue, and our chartering organizations may not either.
Brock again: "The review confirmed that this [acceptance of homosexuality] remains among the most complex and challenging issues facing the BSA and society today. Even with the wide range of input, it was extremely difficult to accurately quantify the potential impact of maintaining or changing the current policy." Again, BSA is clearly not framing their discussion in terms of right and wrong, but in measuring the potential financial or membership consequences of one choice over another.
The first point of the Scout Law is "A Scout is Trustworthy." I suggest that the national leadership of the BSA needs to stop lying to itself. It is intellectually dishonest to claim moral authority while at the same time looking for societal consensus before making a moral pronouncement. It is ridiculous to admonish a boy to do his duty to God while simultaneously maintaining a policy that encourages him to accept behavior his God unambiguously defines as sinful.
In her opinion piece on the BSA Thursday, Mary Garrison made some admirable points. It is indeed purposeless to rail against others and breed hate, as well as evil to engage in emotional and manipulative propaganda. However, she erred in her suggestion that the BSA acted nobly by changing its membership standard. There is nothing noble about abandoning a timeless core value because it happens to be unpopular in secular society.
Today's majority easily dismisses arguments such as mine. Ms. Garrison herself echoed the common belief: no one consciously chooses to be homosexual; they are who they are, and therefore we must accept them for who they are. Even some Christian churches agree, justifying their position by either claiming scripture is irrelevant, wrong or wrongly interpreted. Besides, we live in an enlightened and scientific age, and we know the Bible can't be true. That settles the matter, doesn't it?
Actually, no. Not if you claim to know what it means to be "morally straight." Not if you make 11-year-olds promise to do their duty to God. Not if, in response to the question, "How do you know?" the best you can come up with is, "Because most people agree with me." That answer just won't cut it, even with 11-year-old boys. Ultimate truth will never be determined by counting up the votes.
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