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"We're persuaders, it's what we do, and persuasion is nothing more than the transfer of confidence."
Invesco PowerShares' Scott West took the stage at Curian Capital's top advisor conference in Chicago on Wednesday to share what he's discovered in his recent study of language, risk and client behavior.
"We've been working on it for the past for the past 18 months, and it's largest study of its kind in ever in financial services," West said.
He began by noting the various ways the financial services companies inform people of risk, and their marketing efforts in particular, before turning to disclosure.
"We take this small print, this mice type, and we've now found ways to make it even smaller, which does nothing more than scare clients," he said.
West added that although advisors like risk, "after all, there is no alpha without beta," you could substitute the word risk with radioactive, and "that's how your clients feel about it."
"How well would it work if you told them you're trying to limit their exposure to radioactivity?" he rhetorically asked before answering, "Not well."
He said that risk is not just about what you do, but what you don't do; it's an act of omission as well as commission.
"Do you have a client that might not be doing anything at the moment?" he asked to emphasize his point.
He then moved to a specific discussion of language, noting that "words matter" and listed some words that work better than others with clients.
"Use personalized versus customized," he began. "The latter is overused and has been hijacked. Clients think, "What, you'll customize my plan just like you'll customize every other client's plan?"
He also argued that advisors should use "comfort zone" versus "risk tolerance," because the latter is about how much pain the client can stand.
Lastly, he said clients respond better to "steady growth" than "consistency" or "consistent performance."
"During the crisis in 2008, they realized they didn't lose it in and day, so they won't make it back in a day. They just want to see that it's growing and it's steady."
He then played an amusing video (in which he starred) to illustrate what would happen it a doctor spoke to a patient in the same manner most advisors speak to their clients.
How comfortable would you feel if a doctor came in and immediately started talking about how he got started in medicine, his credentials, his practice's growth and didn't ask the patient a word about themselves? He would then turned to the dire risks of the surgery, tell the patient he will nonetheless do the surgery, and will then cut them loose for a follow-up in six months. Even though the doctor in the video was capable, had the necessary expertise and was confident, the patient would still be scared to death.
The conclusion?
"Facts before framing equals fear. If we don't create a comfortable environment, our clients will be planning their escape. They'll give you the classic, 'We'll think about it,' or 'I'll have to look it over' and never come back. We cannot fight fear with facts."
He then said the key question is how do advisors make risks "motivational, understandable and actionable for our clients? And those words are in a defined order. You can't do one ahead of the other and expect to succeed."
He noted that most Americans didn't care about debt until term 'fiscal cliff" was introduced.
"We have to take an institutional language and make it understandable to clients. Words matter. It's not what you say, it's what they hear. On the way here, I said the audience will be unattractively avoided to me," he said to laughter.
He ended with his "Three Ps for Preventing the Great Escape."
- Make it personal—It's not about you, it's about them
- Have a clear purpose and make the benefits clear—"This sounds like selling 101, but so many still struggle with this. Too often, we cover features, not benefits."
- Position—"When talking to clients, use 'you' 2.5 times more than 'I.' the formula, we've discovered, is really that simple."


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"My hope is the team learned a valuable lesson from this match," said head coach Lindsey Devine. "When you open a small door for your opponent they are going to take it. ASU took advantage of that small opening and got momentum forcing our players to make many errors. We as a team must hold ourselves accountable, and take care of the little things."
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In the first set, the Bucs jumped out to a 9-6 lead, but the Mountaineers went on a 4-1 run to tie the match at 10-all. After the Bucs tied the match 11-11, Appalachian State took a 12-11 lead on a kill by Kelly Rhein and went on the win the set 25-22.
The Bucs came out on fire in the second set using an 11-4 run to take a 14-5 advantage. ETSU went on to win the set 25-11 as Barber had seven kills in the set.
ETSU carried its momentum into the third set taking a quick 7-2 lead. The Bucs used a 10-4 run to extend their lead to 17-6. An error by the Mountaineers closed out the set as the Buccaneers took a 2-1 lead into the fourth set.
Play was tight in the fourth set until with the score tied 8-all ASU went on a 6-1 run to take a 14-9 advantage. The Buccaneers cut the lead to 16-15 after a Dyck kill, but the Mountaineers held on to win the set 25-18.
In the final set, Appalachian State got out to a 7-4 lead, but ETSU answered tying the match at 8-all. A couple plays later the Mountaineers regained the lead on a Maja Jechorek kill, as they went on to win the set 15-11.
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If there was ever a person more deserving to receive a meaningless award by default from an imaginary "Veterans Committee," it has to be the man who put "You Tube Sports" on the map.
Although Kige has yet to become the multi-media superstar we hoped he'd be, his contributions to the oeuvre of Deadspin can't be overlooked: 2007 SHOTY award nominee, one HOF nod, and all just for being a sweet guy with an unflagging dedication to posting videos of himself yapping about pretty much every thought that pops into his brain.
For me, this outtake video of his attempt to show the world how to shoot a free throw, only to air-ball it and then frantically shuffle after the bouncing ball before it destroys his camera, reveals the divine essence of Kige:
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Side note: Tim was the GLIAC champion in the 60 meter hurdles this past season, and his time of 8.05 in that event placed him as the 15th best hurdler in that event in the nation. HIs 4 x 400 relay ran at the DII Indoor national meet, placing 6th and garnering those young men All American status.
This was an update for those who have been asking how Tim has been running at the college level. Tim is currently a junior on the University of Findlay track team.
The University of Findlay has several athletes that are competing at the DI level, which has amazed me. If you are a track and field minded person, you will understand these times and distances of Findlay athletes and how they relate to DI schools:
Cory Vales High Jump 7' 1 1/2"
Derrick Vicars Shot Put 62' 10"
Discus 181' 7"
Hammer Throw 200 plus feet
Shayne Shockey Pole Vault 17'3"
Cody Crocket Javelin 204'11"
Glen Forsythe Triple Jump 48'0"
John Guagenti 400 Meters 47.01 (46.87 in HS)
Curtis Smithey 400 Meters 47.41
Tim Sanders 110 Hurdles 14.54
400 Hurdles 52.50
4 x 400 relay 3:13.96 (3:13.41 indoor season best)
And on the womens side. Raven Clay 100 hurdles 13.25....holy cow....Indoor national champion in the 60 meter hurdles
*** See what I mean....wow
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CEO's Efforts Integral in the Success of his Firm and Community
How does one go from meager beginnings to being CEO of a multi-million dollar firm and named as a Champion for Change by the White House?
The story of John Calhoun, Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Management Services (IMS) located in Jackson, Mississippi, is that of the classic entrepreneur overcoming hardship through intellect and a strong work ethic. His entrepreneurial drive began early when he, at the age of 12, mowed lawns with his older brothers for their business.
In February 1996, he and Rod Hill founded IMS, a full-service consulting, engineering, emergency response, management and operations firm helping public and private clients improve the environment and infrastructure. However, he was no overnight success story. Prior to starting IMS, he and Rod had two businesses that – in their words – "failed miserably". They learned from the obstacles and stumbling blocks and successfully started IMS Engineers.
Since its inception, the firm has grown from a two person staff to more than three hundred and the multi-million dollar operation is one of the largest minority-owned engineering firms in the nation. "Our number one goal is to provide the best services possible - every opportunity we get," said Calhoun.
In 2006, IMS was named to the prestigious Inc. 500 list as one of America's fastest growing companies for the fourth straight year. That year, IMS ranked 449th in the nation with a 3-year sales growth of 330.1%. IMS was also named to the 2007 Inc. 5000, the first ever list of the 5,000 fastest-growing businesses in the country with a rank of 833rd and a three-year sales growth of 414.1%. IMS was also ranked 30th on the 2008 Inner City 100 Award for the fastest growing inner-city businesses in the U.S. for the fourth straight year.
IMS Engineers is a Small Business Program 8(a) graduate and holds multiple MBE certifications with state and local municipalities; and has acquired and executed contracts throughout the United States. While participating in the 8(a) program, IMS garnered several contracts to include an 8(a) Set-Aside IDIQ Construction Contract worth $281,000 to a $20 million small business set-aside contract for debris monitoring and quality assurance aervices in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
SBA's 8(a) Program is an essential instrument that helps firms that are majority owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals gain access to government contracting and premier business development tools. Participation in the program is divided into two phases over nine years: a four-year developmental stage and a five-year transition stage.
Calhoun is a product of the Jackson Public Schools and received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Memphis State University. He received an MBA from Jackson State University - and a Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi.
Through his 8(a) certification, SBA sponsored his completion of post-doctoral executive education studies at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, the Center for Closely Held Firms of the Sellinger School of Loyola University, and the University of Texas.
Prior to founding IMS Engineers, Calhoun taught Strategic Management and Human Resources classes full-time at Jackson State University. For the past several years, he has taught graduate students in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Professional Development - in the College of Business. He has also served on multiple business and community Boards and Commissions including that of Senior Advisor to the Mayor of Jackson where he was the chief architect of the Metro Jackson Housing Partnership and the Jackson Hinds MINCAP fund, an institution that lends millions of dollars to minority businesses in the Jackson Metro Area.
Calhoun received his award as the Mississippi SBA's 2011 Small Business Person during a ceremony in Jackson, MS on June 14, 2011. He was judged on his company's staying power, growth in number of employees, increase in sales and/or unit volume, current and past financial reports, innovations of product or service, response to adversity and contributions to aid the community.
For more information about SBA's procurement related programs and services, contact the Mississippi District Office in Jackson at (601) 965-4378, the Gulfport Branch Office at (228) 863-4449 or visit the Mississippi SBA website at www.sba.gov/ms.
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Severe storms with strong winds bring down trees, wires in western Pennsylvania
Plum, Mt. Lebanon, Bethel Park, Westmoreland among locations with fallen trees
People in parts of western Pennsylvania have been cleaning up downed trees and other debris after a line of strong thunderstorms -- rare for November -- swept through the area.
The National Weather Service says the storms produced winds up to 60 mph as they moved through Pittsburgh and surrounding areas early Friday. The storms were brief and caused widespread power outages.
Storm damage: Watch video | See photos
In Plum, a huge pine tree split and fell onto a house on Barnett Street just after 3 a.m.
"It sounded like a freight train coming through, and all of a sudden I heard a big crash," said the homeowner Keith Pricer.
Branches poked through the roof, but there were no injuries. Power was knocked out in the neighborhood. The Plum Borough School District was among a handful of school districts that issued a two-hour delay.
A tree also fell onto an SUV on Hamilton Road in Bethel Park, near the Cool Springs Golf Center. A woman inside the vehicle did not appear to be hurt.
And in Mt. Lebanon, police placed flares on Scott Road to divert traffic around a fallen tree. No injuries were reported.
In McKeesport, a tree hit a house in the 1500 block of Grandview Avenue. There was moderate damage to the front of the home, and no injuries were reported.
The house is a parsonage for a church down the street, and Caryl Randolph was house sitting for the pastor overnight when the storm hit.
"I screamed," Randolph said. "I mean it was just frightening to look out there and see all those big branches and all the damage that had taken place."
Westmoreland County saw its share of damage as well. Storms brought down a tree that landed on power lines in Youngwood.
"I saw something sparking right after I woke up, and we called the power company. While we were on the phone with the power company, my uncle went outside and said the house was on fire," said victim Rex Collins. "We went out as fast as we could because my dad can't breathe very well. We just left the house as fast as we could."
No one was hurt in that fire.
In Mount Pleasant, storms destroyed a 200-year-old oak tree that sat in front of Norvelt Elementary School. Employees there say it was one of the oldest trees in Westmoreland County.
"Everybody knows the tree, no matter who you talk to. Former students that were here in kindergarten and sixth-grade and they're out in the community. Now they're adults with their own kids and they'll come in and say about the tree. Everybody knows this tree. It's a great tree. It's going to be missed," said secretary Judy Kitta.
Duquesne Light reported that only 800 customers were still without power at 11:30 a.m.
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Collegedale Community is an evangelistic church. Our mission to the world is not to serve or please ourselves; we are to glorify God by co-operating with Him to save souls. Our worship service is always an evangelistic event centered in worshiping God through the preaching and teaching of His Word. Conference promotions, children's programs, religious liberty campaigns, communion service and a myriad of other activities that take up the worship hour in many Adventist Churches are done at vespers in ours. Our hope is that you will invite people to our worship service who do not know Christ or who need to have their faith strengthened.
Collegedale Community is an evangelistic church. We take the gospel commission of Jesus very seriously. He said to make disciples and that is our purpose. We consider discipling as being a relationship with the intention to lead someone to accept Christ as their Savior or to strengthen their experience if they know Him as Savior. Every person we come in contact with is someone to minister to. Consider that all people fit on this scale:
1 2 3 4 5 † 6 7 8 9 10
Numbers 1 through 5 represent the experience of someone who does not know Jesus as their Savior. (1 being the least interested, 5 being the most). The † represents accepting Christ as Savior. Numbers 6 through 10 represent the growth of someone who knows Christ as their Savior. Virtually every person we come in contact with is on this scale somewhere. It is our purpose to help them come to the Lord or to strengthen their faith if they know the Lord. Our goal is for every member of Collegedale Community to recognize that every person they come in contact with is someone to minister to.
Collegedale Community is an evangelistic church. Through radio, CDs and the internet, we want to be used by God to win millions of people around the world to Him. Locally we want to win the un-churched to Christ. It is our purpose to be the type of church that is 'real' and not pretentious, high minded and spiritually proud. We believe we are sinners saved by grace and it is our desire to cooperate with Jesus to create an environment where people can find forgiveness and acceptance.
Collegedale Community is an evangelistic church. There are many Adventist Churches in the area and it is not our desire to duplicate the services they offer. We advertise programs going on in the area churches and encourage people to attend those things that are most helpful to them. It is not our desire to build a kingdom here on earth, but to help get people to the kingdom of God.
Collegedale Community is an evangelistic church. We recognize that there are times in people's life when they need to 'sit' for a while and be ministered to. We do not pressure people by guilt or other means to fill positions in the church. The Sabbath Schools, greeters, deacons, deaconesses, tape ministry, and many other positions are staffed by people who are finding it fulfilling to serve God in those roles. If you have an interest in being involved in the church programs and ministries please contact Tom Hayes, our Pastor of Church Life, at 423.396.5464. He will gladly guide you through our process of matching desires, abilities and ministries.
Collegedale Community is an evangelistic church. We want to help you win your family, friends, work associates, neighbors, and casual acquaintances to the Lord. Please begin praying for these individuals and when prompted by the Spirit of God share a sermon CD that you think would be meaningful to them. If the response is favorable continue sharing with them until you believe it is the right time to invite them to church. Our prayer is that in church your loved one will experience God in a more meaningful way than they ever have and that they will commit their hearts to Him.
I look forward to becoming acquainted with you and joining you as we journey together to heaven. I thank you that you have chosen to become part of our church family. Always be encouraged knowing that the Lord will soon return. May we all be found in Him in peace when He appears!
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An Editor's Guide to Adobe Premiere Pro: Importing Media
- Importing Files into Adobe Premiere Pro
- Tape-based Workflows
- Tapeless Workflows
- Supported File Types
- Modifying Clips
- An Introduction to Dynamic Link
- Next Steps
The first step to starting an actual project is getting your media into Adobe Premiere Pro. No matter what kind of project you're doing, if you can't import media, you're stuck. Of course, not everything will come in the way you expect it. So, it's essential that you know how to modify clips. Adobe Premiere Pro also doesn't work alone: It's crucial that you understand the real "superpowers" of the suite. You can draw assets from the rest of the Adobe Creative suite, including Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, and even Adobe Audition.
In this chapter, you'll learn about importing files and the effect it will have on your system. You'll also learn how to bring in audio and even how to record your own narration tracks.
Importing Files into Adobe Premiere Pro
Overall, Adobe Premiere Pro behaves the way most other editorial systems do. It provides a link from the original media to a pointer that lives inside your project. After you've imported media files, moving them outside the application can break links.
You can import into Adobe Premiere Pro in three ways:
- Standard importing by choosing File > Import
- The Media Browser panel
- Adobe Bridge
We prefer the latter two. But whichever way you use Adobe Premiere Pro, it will create a link to your media, whether the media consists of videos, stills, or audio files (or even a dynamic project from one of the other Adobe Creative Suite apps, such as Adobe After Effects).
Standard Importing
Standard importing is probably the most straightforward type of importing you can do, and you've been doing it for years. To import any file, choose File > Import. If you prefer to use keyboard shortcuts, press Command+I (Ctrl+I) to open the standard Import dialog (FIGURE 4.1).
Figure 4.1 The Standard OS X Import dialog; note the search box in the upper-right corner.
Let's import a clip to see this process.
Choose File > Open, navigate to Chapter Files > Chapter_04_Media > [Version Number], and open the project Ch04_Start.prproj.
This is is an empty project that's set up for the media in use.
- Choose File > Import.
- Navigate to the Chapter_04_Media > Media folder on your local drive.
- Select the first clip (MVI_0152.MOV) and click the Import button.
- Click the New Bin button at the bottom of the Project panel or press Command+/ (Ctrl+/).
- Name the bin Imported and drag the clip into the new bin.
- Repeat these steps for the four other clips that start with MVI.
Using the Media Browser
Our favorite import method, by far, is the Media Browser (FIGURE 4.2). Its flexibility makes it superior to the standard file system import. Not only does it display the files in a straight list, but it also adjusts the view using the metadata. Being able to see this metadata makes it far easier to select from long lists of files or shots.
Figure 4.2 The Media Browser has the capability to display clips and cards from popular formats like P2 and XDCAM.
By default, you'll find the Media Browser in the lower-left corner (if your workspace is set to Editing). You can also quickly access it by pressing Shift+8. Because it's a dedicated panel in Adobe Premiere Pro, you can save it to a specific workspace or move it around so it lives in a different part of the interface.
The major benefits of the Media Browser include:
- Auto sensing of camera data—AVCHD, Canon XF, P2, RED, Sony HDV, and XDCAM (EX and HD).
- Narrowing the display to a specific file type, such as JPEG, TIFF, XML, AAF, and more.
- Viewing and customizing the display of metadata.
- Spanned clips appear as a single element.
Once open, you'll find that the Media Browser is not significantly different than browsing using the OS. You can navigate through the folders on the left side and use the up, down, left, and right arrows in the upper-right corner.
Camera media
Adobe Premiere Pro's Media Browser (FIGURE 4.4) automatically recognizes camera media, meaning that if you navigate into a directory of XDCAM, P2, or Red files (amongst others), it will auto recognize the footage. This makes it easy to use and adjust metadata from the field.
Figure 4.4 P2 card import in the Media Browser.
Let's use the Media Browser to import the rest of the clips on the P2 card.
- Start with the same project from the preceding exercise.
- Click in the Media Browser or press Shift+8.
- Press the grave accent (`) key to display the Media Browser in full screen.
- Choose Chapter_04_Media > Media > Card 01.
- Select the four clips, and choose File > Import from Media Browser.
- Press the grave accent (`) key to return the Media Browser back to normal size.
- Click the Project panel to make it active, and create a bin called From Media Browser.
- Move all the clips into that bin.
Narrowing file types
Being organized in the editorial process is a key skill, both within and outside of Adobe Premiere Pro. Yet, sometimes you'll find yourself scanning a long list of files for a specific format (FIGURE 4.5). An easy way to reduce the number of files you're looking at is to limit the file types to the specific format you need.
Figure 4.5 Not only can you limit the files to a specific format, but you can also select multiple formats, such as stills, which makes finding just the stills in a directory quick and painless.
Adobe Bridge
Most people encounter Adobe Bridge (FIGURE 4.7) via Adobe Photoshop. In case you've never used it, it's a dynamic media browser—think of it as a file browser on steroids. It's a media browser that is optimized (right now) mostly for still photography, but has loads of power for video users.
Figure 4.7 Adobe Bridge is a versatile program in its own right. Notice Filtering on the left side and Video Metadata on the right side.
You can manually open Adobe Bridge by clicking its application icon. You can also choose File > Browse in Bridge to automatically launch Adobe Bridge and point it to the same directory that the Media Browser is viewing.
Adobe Bridge has a few killer features you should know about. They are optional uses but are very powerful in and out of the video workflow, acting as a significant replacement for your native OS file system. The two features we'll focus on are adding metadata and rating clips with stars, along with Batch Renaming and Building a collection (on the accompanying DVD).
Adding metadata with Adobe Bridge
Metadata is additional data about the actual video in the shot. It could include information like the frame size of the shot or the scene number. With stills, metadata can include all sorts of common EXIF data, such as aperture, location (if the camera has a GPS chip), and camera model or lens.
You've imported material earlier in this chapter. By adding the metadata to the Quick-Time files, you'll be able to contrast your existing imported files by importing the same files after you've added metadata. The choice to add metadata offers additional organizational ability in Adobe Premiere Pro, such as being able to sort on information like shot type. Because the metadata stays with the clips, the media will be easier to organize in the future if you bring the clips into a new project.
- Continue working with Ch04_Start.prproj.
- Launch Adobe Bridge by choosing File > Browse in Bridge.
- Navigate to the Chapter_04_Media > Media folder (FIGURE 4.8).
Figure 4.8 The Folder tab in the top left of Adobe Bridge permits navigation similar to your native OS file system.
- Select all the MVI video clips.
- Click the pencil next to the Scene descriptor (FIGURE 4.9) under Video in the Metadata panel.
Figure 4.9 Customizing the Scene metadata. You can change any field that has a pencil next to it.
Add the scene number 15.
After the metadata has been added to the clips, they're permanently modified.
Rating clips in Adobe Bridge
If you're working with QuickTime-based media, you can quickly apply star ratings to your clips (FIGURE 4.10). This makes it easier to make qualitative judgements.
Figure 4.10 Rating clips makes it easy to find the best clips.
In Adobe Bridge, make sure you're using the Essentials workpsace.
- Select a clip by clicking it. It loads into a player in the upper-right corner. You can use standard controls to play back the video and listen to audio.
Choose Label and select one of the star ratings.
You can rate the image between 0 and 5 stars. A useful shortcut in Adobe Bridge is to press Command+5 (Ctrl+5) for a five star clip. You can use the numbers 0–4 to apply other stars as well.
Some editors with QuickTime-based clips use Adobe Bridge as a preprocessing tool. This lets them (or a client/producer) quickly rate material before it's brought into Adobe Premiere Pro. This metadata is also embedded with the clips when you bring them into a different project.
Viewing metadata from Adobe Bridge
You've now imported the clips in two ways: once before the Scene metadata was added and once after. Both clips exist in the same project. Let's make a quick comparison of this information.
- In Adobe Bridge, select the five clips that you just added metadata to.
- Choose File > Open or press Command+O (Ctrl+O). The clips should now be imported into the Project panel in Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Create a bin called From Bridge, and move all the clips into that bin.
- Click the Project panel to open it or press Shift+1.
- Press the grave accent (`) key to view the Project panel full screen.
Click the disclosure traingle to open the From Media Browser folder and the From Bridge folder.
You should see the same clips in both folders except for the one clip in the Imported folder.
Scroll to the right until you see the Scene column.
Note that the items in the From Media Browser bin do not have the Scene number, yet the ones that were imported from Bridge do. The only reason the newer clips have this data is that they were imported after you added the data in Adobe Bridge (FIGURE 4.11). If you were to import them now via the Import command or via the Media Browser, the new import would also have this metadata.
Figure 4.11 Note the differences in the Project panel between the two lists of identical files. Adobe Premiere Pro can only display metadata that was embedded in a file prior to its import.
- Choose the Metadata Display option from the Project panel menu.
- Using the search field, type in a rating.
Select the check box to add the field and click OK.
You can now scroll to see the star ratings.
- To rearrange the order of columns, just hold down the Option (Alt) key and drag the columns left or right in the Project panel.


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Teacher Appreciation Week Challenge Winners
During Teacher Appreciation Week, we challenged students to send us stories about their awesome robotics teachers, mentors, and coaches. We received some great stories and are excited to announce the top three stories!! Each teacher will receive a 365-day classroom license for Robot Virtual Worlds. Below are the list of winners and the stories submitted by the students.
You think you've seen awesome but you haven't met Miss Liberty! In 2009 she convinced our elementary school principal to let her start a robotics class. At first, she volunteered her time to teach 24 of us after school (we were in 3rd and 4th grade)…it was so much fun! She made learning how to program seem really easy. We used both NXT-G and ROBOTC.
Then, she loved doing it so much, she founded a STEM non-profit to start robotics and engineering programs throughout our community. She gave a ton of her time to help start robotics programs at elementary, middle, and high schools and then her "robot fever" spread to the neighboring school districts. She began teaching at multiple schools, starting FIRST teams at all levels, and helping us realize there was more we could do with our future then we ever thought possible.
In our community, because of her passion, we now have three school districts with: 4 high schools with actual engineering and robotics elective classes, 3 middle schools with engineering/robotics electives, and two elementary schools with technology rotations of programming with robotics. To top if off, she recruited other awesome teachers to help with the after school programs and every year there are over 32 schools who have full-time robotics teams…all because she rocks. (oh…and she helped the Palm Springs Air Museum raise over $400,000 to build a technology center for kids who want to do robotics, but it isn't offered at their school!).
Well, we aren't in elementary school anymore, but she continues to open up her house for our rag-tag group in addition to all the classes she teaches. We love her so much. She is enthusiastic about making sure we "learn how to learn"; thinking critically about everything we work on, from strategy, to psuedocoding, to prototyping out designs. She always answers our questions with questions, and has a neat way of helping us break down complex issues into tiny bite-size pieces.
But best of all, she encourages us to be "Fruitloops in a World Full of Cheerios" and challenges us to the best of who we can be and embrace our quirkiness.
Yeah…Miss Liberty is awesome!!!!!
X-Treme Team (and the kids of the Coachella Valley)
"We know what we are, but not what we may be." – Hamlet Act IV Scene V
A life beyond what we can perceive is a tall tale to tell indeed. The future is uncertain, opaque, and daunting. We can never truly grasp what it entails, and it often seems unreachable. Yet visions and plans of a future that we may influence lie entirely in our hands, and these dreams may be brought to reality through the wisdom, guidance and eccentric nature of one great man. Mr Graham Conlon is truly a delight to all. His enthusiasm, insight, good-humour and remarkable wit has propelled our team onwards and upwards to unimaginable renown. Whilst this may be marked as pretentious, there are no delusions of grandeur here. Mr Conlon has been a wonderful and exemplary mentor, showing us that with careful organisation, a calm approach, and a dry joke or two, we can affect and shape a collective future for the team. Regardless of the final outcome, we are taught that the journey that we embark on as a team is far more significant; That growing and developing as a team has more value than success. He centers our main focus around building an exceptional team that can then build, control and influence an exceptional robot. From there, the rest is our own doing.
Mentor from Reseda Regents Robotics
*We have not got official word from this coach to use his name in the article, so it has been removed from the story.
I do not write to you today about a mentor of my team, at least not a formal mentor. Instead I write of VRC#20 mentor. I recall him asking why I "wasn't smiling" very much during the 2011 world championships as he handed me a completed score sheet with a win for red alliance. I find it strange; that single comment brightened the rest of the competition for me (even though I wasn't sad, just tired) and forever made me a bit appreciative of what he does for robotics. Each year, my team (VRC#599) hosts a VEX tournament for teams in our area that services around 40 teams each year. As such a large event, we draw volunteers from numerous sources and rely heavily on volunteer support. Amongst the volunteers stand STEM teachers, college teachers, students, engineers, and parents. At my very first event, I knew the volunteers from my team and no one else. Within a year I recognized each face and knew each volunteer by name. I see the Reseda Regents Robotics mentor in the morning donning the bright Reseda Regents blue. Just as soon as his team is registered, the Reseda Regents Robotics mentor has put on the striped referee shirt. At every event, he does the same. You see him in bright blue, you see him in black and white. One would expect his black and white referee uniform to juxtapose his Reseda shirt just as the black juxtaposes the white. One would expect an on/off relationship of volunteer to coach; a relationship that leads him to coach his team and volunteer as two separate entities. His Reseda blue very well may be the black and white of the Referee shirt or the gray of a volunteer shirt. In everything he does, he presents a team that inspires. Reseda blue stands out amongst the field reset crew. Reseda blue stands out amongst the queueing team. Reseda blue stands out amongst the half assembled fields. Reseda blue stands out amongst my Robodox green. Reseda blue stands out because team 20, Reseda Regents Robotics, and everyone else emulate an outstanding mentor and teacher whose Reseda blue stands out amongst everything he does.
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Thank you to every one who sent in their stories and thank you to ALL teachers, mentors, and coach for everything you do for your students!
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Do you know an amazing robotics teacher, mentor, or coach? Let us know who they are and why they are AWESOME! Send us your best story, pictures, and/or video about this person to firstname.lastname@example.com. We will share several of these stories on the Robotics Academy blog during Teacher Appreciation Week. And the Top Three Stories, voted by us, will each WIN one Classroom Annual License for Robot Virtual Worlds for their teacher/mentor/coach!
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Despite the Curse of LaMar-Naimoli, that has landed several starters on the DL, the offense has been good. Not great, but good. With all the injuries, and B.J. Upton and Delmon Young waiting for their turn down at Durham, this team is showing that it has the potential to be a very good offensive team. The team is only 9th in the AL with a .262 team batting average, but as a whole the team is showing more patience at the plate and lead the league with 60 walks and are 6th with a .355 OBP. More surprising, the team is second in the AL with 19 home runs, trailing only the Detroit Tigers who have forgotten that they are not supposed to be very good. But most importantly, the offense has scored the second most runs in the AL, behind only the New York Yankees that have a lineup that includes 8 All-Stars. The offense has been paced by Jonny Gomes (.300-5-14) and the surprising Ty Wiggington (.293-5-13).
The Bad
The Curse of Lamar-Naimoli, and early season injuries to four starters, a starting pitcher and a member of the bullpen…The Devil Rays, who were third in the majors last season with 151 stolen bases, have been much more selective this season, with only 5 stolen bases in the first 13 games. The increased patience on the basepaths is coming at a cost as the team has been caught stealing 7 times for a 42% success rate. Last season, the team was successful on 75% of their attempts…outside of Mark Hendrickson's complete game shutout and Scott Kazmir's near complete game, the pitching staff has been awful, but we expected that. The team is next to last in ERA giving up almost 6 runs per game (5.84). While the team only has one blown save, they have held a lead in 4 of their 6 losses, and as a team they have given up the most hits in the AL and 4th most walks, while they are last in strikeouts.
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He made me do it: Driving breast-feeder sentenced
This is the latest in a continuing saga of the wife of the former Charlottesvillian who just said no to government rules. While he was here, Brad Barnhill refused to sign a soccer coaching form that asked for prior arrest records– although he told journalists that his refusal was part of his libertarian philosophy and that he had not, in fact, ever been arrested for pedophilia or any other crime. In 1997, he made a bid for a seat on the Charlottesville Planning Commission but was passed over by City Council. In recent years, his libertarian philosophy and out-of-the-mainstream religious beliefs seem to have taken a new turn: freedom to direct his wife's every action.–editor
A woman convicted of violating child-restraint laws for breast-feeding her baby while driving was sentenced Thursday, December 5, to three months of house arrest.
Portage County, Ohio, Municipal Court Judge Donald Martell also ordered Catherine Nicole Donkers, 29, to pay $300 in fines. He stayed the sentence for one month so she can pursue her appeal.
Donkers was found guilty in August of violating child-restraint laws, driving without a valid driver's license, and fleeing police. She was found innocent of child endangering.
Donkers said her husband, former Charlottesville resident Brad Lee Barnhill, ordered her by cell phone to breast-feed their seven-month-old daughter to save time while she drove on the Ohio Turnpike from Pennsylvania to Michigan on May 8.
Police stopped Donkers after a trucker called 911 to report he had seen a woman driver holding a baby on her lap. Donkers refused to pull over for three miles as a state trooper pursued her.
Donkers argued during trial that as a Michigan resident, she was entitled under that state's child restraint law to breast-feed while driving, even though she was driving in Ohio. Child restraint laws in Michigan exempt nursing babies.
She also said in court that she did nothing wrong because the couple's religious beliefs require Barnhill to be responsible for directing her decisions and whether she should be punished.
They belong to the First Christian Fellowship for Eternal Sovereignty, which has a history of challenging the government.


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Roshan Singh, his wife Sapinder Kaur and two teenage sons are grateful to the Army for evacuating them from their submerged house in Minto Circle colony in flood-hit Srinagar.
The Singh family is among 1,176 people rescued by the Indian Air Force (IAF) from various parts of the Kashmir valley since last night. They were brought in an IAF aircraft that landed at Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport here this afternoon. Three more flights are expected to land soon.
Jammu-based Ghulam Nabi Wani said he had gone to Srinagar a few days ago, but got stuck there due to sudden floods. He said he had a tough time securing two meals a day. Later, he learnt about the IAF rescue operation and boarded a flight to Amritsar.
Another evacuated passenger Shahnaz, a resident of Bijnor in UP, reached the holy city with her four children. She said: "My husband, a tailor by profession, takes up some assignment for a certain period in the valley. This year, I also joined him, but I will never go there again."
A majority of the survivors said they would go to their relatives living in various parts of the country. They narrated the hardships they had gone through during their stay in the flooded valley. The Punjab Government had arranged lunch for the evacuated persons at the airport. Several buses were pressed into service to drop them at the railway station or the bus stand for their onward journey.
Another 36 persons whose travel expenses were funded by the SGPC also arrived in the city in a SpiceJet flight this evening.
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ESPN analyst and former football standout Craig James has requested at least one game away from the broadcast booth as he weighs the possibility of running for U.S. Senate in Texas.
Josh Krulewitz, a spokesman for ESPN, said James will not be a commentator for the "Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl" in St. Petersburg, Florida on Tuesday as scheduled, but is currently on the schedule to broadcast two more bowl games this season.
Krulewitz said James is still scheduled to announce a bowl game that features the Universities of Texas and California in San Diego on Dec. 28 and Ohio State University and the University of Florida in Jacksonville on Jan. 2.
The report from ESPN adds to recent speculation that James, 50, is considering running for the Republican Senate seat that will be vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison. The deadline for candidates to file is Monday.
So far, the race is packed full with big names in Texas politics including Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, former Texas solicitor general Ted Cruz and former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert.
If he files to run, the former Southern Methodist University and New England Patriots running back will be hoping his notoriety will help him tackle his opponents and overcome a late start.
His recognition, however, might work against him for some college football fans.
James was involved in the firing of Texas Tech football head coach Mike Leach in 2009 after James filed a complaint that Leach mistreated his son after he suffered a concussion.
Leach denies the allegations and has since sued the university naming James as a defendant. The case is pending before the Texas Supreme Court.
James was also part of the record-setting backfield at SMU alongside Eric Dickerson in the early 1980's. Later that decade, SMU was penalized by the NCAA for violations involving paying players, but James denies all involvement and was never directly cited for violations by the NCAA.
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Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe
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The seasonal cookbook is a familiar standard by now, and in
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Sodium Girl's Limitless Low-Sodium Cookbook
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Are you feeling salty about the challenges of low-sodium cooking? If so, you're not alone. Whether you're cooking for yourself or the people gathered around your holiday table, it can be tough to make impressive eats that meet the demands of a low-sodium diet. But blogger and food writer Jessica Goldman Foung has your back. Though this cookbook isn't holiday-focused, it's comprehensive enough to give you a solid foundation in creating low-sodium variations on all kinds of meals, and even offers recommendations for further cookbook reading. Fans of Foung's "cheerful, can-do attitude" (
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Warm, fragrant baked goods are an important component of many holiday celebrations, yet they're often denied to those who need to monitor carbs, sugar, or gluten. Beloved baker Peter Reinhart and co-author Denene Wallace, however, have honed combinations of nut flours and natural sweeteners to produce quick breads, crusts, cookies, cakes, muffins, and other treats with zero gluten and a staggeringly low glycemic load. Though it requires a bit of know-how and is un-apologetically baking-centric (try Danielle Walker's
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Israel was given this cute little Ferm Living cup from Harabu House last week. It's kind of perfect for his little hands and he loves the Panda Bear, he loves Pandas for some reason. Of course the most exciting thing is opening the box that was delivered to the house, he is so intrigued with the mystery of the box's contents. Anyways, he loves his little cup and asks for it all the time, drinks from it and spills plenty of water everywhere.
Israel loves to play in his room, at his little desks that are right at his level. He turns on his lamp and music, colors & paints, races his cars up and down and just makes a general mess. I am not one to tolerate toys everywhere, it is very stressful for me but at the same time I want Israel to have fun and spend time playing with his imagination and not be prohibited by his mom's need to keep things put away. To solve this, I keep his toys in these white bins that are on a high shelf (somewhat visible in the 2nd photo) and take one or two down at a time. When he wants more toys down, I have him put the toys back into the bins and trade them for new ones. That way all of his toys are not out at once but he still gets to play and make a mess.
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Bins, baskets and crates are all fantastic but toys do tend to get "lost" in their depths after a while. I'm always trying to purge the excess, usually when the kids are at school and won't notice! It's hard when generous grandparents keep adding to the odds 'n ends though. I've had to learn to give my brood much looser reign in their rooms or else I'd be endlessly picking up after them and driving us all crazy! ~LilyReplyDelete
I want Israel's desk in adult size... How do you come up with these things?!ReplyDelete
I LOVE Israel's little set-up there.. I would never leave my room!ReplyDelete
I adore Ferm Living and this cup in Israel's hands looks double cute:-) Great pics! Cheers from Munich, Igor xoxoReplyDelete
This is one seriously adorable cup. I kind of want one.ReplyDelete
I want to see a full post with pictures of his whole room! Looks cute!ReplyDelete
That cup is so sweet! I have a few cards of the same animals up in my son's room. (They're by Darling Clementine if you ever wanted to check out more of their stuff.)ReplyDelete
I have a few baskets to store my toddler's big toys and stacking containers/shelves for cars, people, animals etc, so if he does make a huge mess it so quick and easy to shove the various toys into their 'homes'.
I love that cup! I quite like pandas too so maybe I will have to get one--although me holding it won't look anywhere near as cute as Israel holding it.ReplyDelete
- christineJanuary 27, 2012
would you please be able to share the sources for all of the lovely things in israel's room? his desk! his chair! and oh, those lovely toy bins... swoon.ReplyDelete
As a mother of three, I have learned to let go... :) We have bins and baskets for everything, and we put everything back in it's right place before bedtime, but during the day it's mostly a big mess. But I don't mind. My kids are quite good at cleaning up their toys before switching to a new game, so it's not really that bad actually.ReplyDelete
My strategy is actually quite the opposite from yours. I keep everything (toys, craft materials, books etc) where the kids can reach it. That way they can also put it back by themselves. And they get a good overview of what they have. I feel that if I would keep their things on high shelves, their stuff would be my responsibility, and I don't want that. By keeping everything at their level they can help with putting it back from a very early age, and it becomes part of their natural routine to do so. My youngest is two years old now and she is very good at tidying up, without even having to be prompted to do so.
And, I like to purge. Unfortunately, I am very alone with that in family, all of the others are big time hoarders! So I have to throw their junk away little by little when they aren't looking. :DReplies
This is how we do it at our house, too. The toys are stored in their rooms so at the end of the day when they are in bed my husband and I can enjoy a few hours in the living room without the toys in sight.Delete
The thing I struggle with more than toys is art projects. I feel like I'm drowning in paintings, glued masterpieces, and sculptures made with tape and objects from the recycle bin! I'm not a big saver, and I have a small flat file for each child that I keep special pictures in, but I always feel so bad getting rid of their other creations.
I love his sweet baby hands holding the cup...you have such a beautiful boy!ReplyDelete
I too want his desk in adult size! So perfect :)ReplyDelete
Israel is so adorable, as always!ReplyDelete
I have a huge open container with the toys my 6 year old daughter plays with and it's located in her closet. This way when she is done, she can open the closet, throw all the toys she played with in the container and close the closet.
Isreal's room is amazing! I love that you have a roll of butcher paper and markers there for him. My Mom always had plenty of art supplies and paper around for me to color on as a child and I credit her for my love of art and creative nature as an adult! I am not a Mom (yet) but I feel so passionate about fostering a child's creativity. :)ReplyDelete
Love these photographs. His room looks amazing, so clean and warm at the same time. I bet he has lots of fun playing in there.ReplyDelete
As a mom of three too, I do things quite the same as Emma. The children learn to clean up what they played with before moving on the another game and that way I keep things reasonable organized. And I throw away a lot too. If something's incomplete or broken to the point it can't be repaired, it goes out.
But I have to say, they are all really small still. I guess I will see where thsi household will be when they are teenagers. Oh my! ;-)
Love the cup, we have this one, too.ReplyDelete
Concerning the toys, we tend to have very few things and the boy has to put back what he played with before taking out something else. Plus, we swap things from time to time, meaning there are never all x books, cars and bricks available, only as much as the boy himself can stay on top of.
Cute cup!ReplyDelete
Love this idea of a craft station keeping everything all together, need to do something like this for my boys as I find sometimes there stuff just spreads across the whole house..were is the work station from ? It is super cute for the children.
love his little play corner:)ReplyDelete
I have 3 kids 9,7 and 3. i am a huge fan of bins. i actually keep all of their toys organized in bins according to their type. i am the same as you and don't have everything in reach. i only have one decent size drawer (like the one on the right size of your sons desk) that i keep reachable toys in and i rotate things. it actually keeps the kids interested in their toys because after my kids play with certain toys for a while and seem to be getting disinterested i will rotate them out and put some toys in that they haven't seen in a while and they get excited about them because they forgot all about them! it works out that i don't have to keep buying as many new things for them to play with. when things stay in reach for to long it seems that they loose interest in them. love your blog and shop by the way:)
- AnonymousJanuary 27, 2012
Oooh, I'm dying for another peek at this beautiful playroom! Are there photos anywhere else? And I'd also love to know who made the chairs and the desk.ReplyDelete
My daughter is 9 months old, so we are just starting to figure out the toy situation. I can already see that rotating toys is going to be a good idea!
I love the chairs. Where did you find them?ReplyDelete
I'm a Montessori teacher and mom. Our plan (daughter is only four months right now) is to have low shelves with a tray/box system for each toy. So, say you had an Expedit shelf from IKEA on its side. Each cubby would house one complete toy or activity in its own container, either a tray or box. Two or three (out of eight) toys/activities are rotated each week. Because they're low, it's easy for the child to put everything away independently. The clincher? Only one thing out at a time. That way there is a continuous cycle going all day of 1. take out, 2. play with, 3. put away, and repeat. :)ReplyDelete
Israel's space is gorgeous. Children up until the age of 6 don't like clutter either, due to their sensitive period for order, so you don't need to feel guilty over your need to put things away. He's happy to have a system that keeps his space orderly, too!! <3
i have my kid's toys in their closet sitting on the floor inside bins and also I storage them inside an "adult" credenza that is in their room and serves as a changing table for my one year old. Don't like seeing toys everywhere and having my house take over by toys in the living room!ReplyDelete
- McKenzieFebruary 09, 2012
I too would love to know where you got those chairs? Thanks!ReplyDelete
Jennifer, I have been searching for the perfect white paint (for my walls), and I think yours is lovely. Would you mind sharing what it is? Thank you!ReplyDelete
your son's room in so wonderfulReplyDelete
so i want to see more pic about this room
but your blog don't have menu list
than where can i select post?
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 7, 2012) – All the news about U.S. men's volleyball players in the U.S. and around the world.
U.S. middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.), a 2012 Olympian, and his French league team Tours, are now 5-0 after defeating Tourcoing, 25-21, 25-21, 21-25, 25-14 on Nov. 4. Smith started all four sets and scored nine points on six attacks and a team-high three blocks.
U.S. outside hitter Robert Tarr (Cape Canaveral, Fla.) led AS Cannes with 21 points but the team lost to Rennes, 26-24, 25-21, 25-23 on Nov. 11. Tarr scored on 18 attacks, one block and two aces. Middle blocker Matt Rawson (Los Angeles) played as a substitute but did not score for Cannes.
U.S. opposite Carson Clark (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Montpellier fell to Sete, 3-2.
In France's B league, AS Orange Nassau, including U.S. libero Dustin Watten (Long Beach, Calif.) and outside hitters Damien Scott (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Eric Vance (Camarillo, Calif.) improved to 4-1 after defeating Nancy, 25-18, 24-26, 25-23, 25-19 on Nov. 3. Scott started all three sets and scored nine points on six attacks and three blocks. He was also credited with 45 receptions, which were 84 percent positive. Vance also started all three sets and scored nine points on eight kills and one block. Watten was credited with 15 receptions, 93 percent positive.
Andreoli Latina, which includes U.S. opposite Murphy Troy (St. Louis, Mo.), improved to 4-0 in the Italian Serie A league with a 25-15, 25-17, 23-25, 25-18 victory over Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata on Nov. 4. Troy played as a substitute in the first and second sets and started the third and fourth to tie as the team's leading scorer with 13 points on 11 kills and two aces.
U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) scored seven points on three attacks and a match-high four blocks as Copra Elior Piacenza defeated Casa Modena, 27-29, 25-23, 25-19, 25-23 on Nov. 3. U.S. outside hitter Futi Tavana (Saipipi, Samoa) is also on the roster for Piacenza, but did not play.
U.S. outside hitter Jeff Menzel (Santa Barbara, Calif.) started the first and second sets and scored one point on one kill as his team Castellana Grotte fell to Marmi Lanza Verona, 25-21, 25-14, 17-25, 25-18 on Nov. 4.
In Italy's Serie B league, U.S. outside hitter Garrett Muagututia (Oceanside, Calif.) scored 23 points in helping Sieco Service Ortona to a 25-22, 25-27, 27-25, 20-25, 15-13 victory over Coserplast Matera on Nov. 4. Muagututia scored on 21 attacks, one block and one ace. He was also credited with 29 receptions, 76 percent positive.
U.S. middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.), another 2012 Olympian, and Jastrzębski Węgiel defeated Skra Belchatow, 26-24, 20-25, 25-12, 25-23 on Nov. 4. Holmes started the first two sets and scored three points on two kills and one block.
To view a photo gallery, click here.
U.S. outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), a 2012 Olympian, and his Polish Plus Liga team Asseco Resovia Rzeszów fell to Delecta Bydgoszcz, 26-24, 25-20, 21-25, 25-15, on Nov. 5. Lotman finished with nine points on six attacks and three blocks.
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U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.), a 2012 Olympian, and his Russian Super League team Zenit Kazan improved to 6-0 after defeating Guberniya Nizniy Novgorod, 25-20, 25-22, 25-22 on Nov. 4. Anderson started all three sets and scored 12 points on 11 attacks and one block. To view a photo gallery, click here.
Kazan will begin play in the Cup of Russia tournament on Nov. 9
The Finnish team Raision Loimu, which includes three U.S. players, went 1-1 in its last two matches. On Nov. 3, Loimu defeated Liigariento Joensuu, 19-25, 25-23, 24-26, 25-22, 15-13. U.S. middle blocker Dan McDonnell (Glendale, Ariz.) started four sets and finished with 11 points on seven attacks, three blocks and one ace. U.S. opposite Dean Bittner (Lakewood, Calif.) played as a substitute and started the fifth set, finishing with nine points on six attacks, two blocks and one ace. U.S. outside hitter Jordan Dufault (Lakewood, Calif.) started the first two sets and scored six points on four kills, one block and one ace.
On Nov. 4, Loimu fell to Pielaveden Sampo, 25-23, 25-13, 25-22. Bittner started all three sets and finished with 12 points on nine attacks and three blocks. McDonnell started all three sets and scored six points on five attacks and one ace.
In Pool A, Matt Anderson and Russia's Zenit Kazan defeated Germany's Vfb Friedrichshafen, 25-17, 25-21, 25-22 on Oct. 31 in Germany. Anderson started all three sets and scored seven points on four kills, two blocks and one ace. U.S. middle blocker Matt Denmark (Edmond, Okla.), who plays for Friedrichshafen, played as a substitute and scored one points on one kill. Kazan (2-0) will host Austria's Hypo Tirol Innsbruck (0-2) in the third round on Nov. 14. To view a photo gallery, click here.
In Pool B, U.S. outside hitter Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.), a 2008 Olympian, setter Kawika Shoji (Honolulu, Hawaii) and Germany's Berlin Recycling fell to Russia's Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, 26-24, 25-19, 27-29, 25-22. Touzinsky started all four sets and scored 10 points on eight kills and two aces. He was also credited with 29 receptions, 52 percent positive. Shoji scored two points on one kill and one ace and also set Berlin to a 48.4 kill percent and a .422 hitting efficiency. To view a photo gallery, click here. Berlin (1-1) will host Croatia's Budvanska Rivijera Budva (0-2) in the next round on Nov. 13.
In Pool C, David Smith and Tours fell to visiting Trentino Diatec of Italy, 25-19, 25-16, 25-23 on Nov. 1. Smith started all three sets and scored three points on two kills and one block. Tours (0-2) will travel to Serbia to play Crvena Zvezda Beograd (0-2) on Nov. 14 in the next round. To view a photo gallery, click here.
In Pool G, Paul Lotman and Asseco Resovia Rzeszów defeated Romania's Remat Zalau, 25-17, 25-23, 25-21 on Oct. 31 in Poland. Lotman did not play in the match. U.S. setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.), who was playing with Zalau, has left the team. Resovia Rzeszów (2-0) will host Italy's Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (2-0) in the next round on Nov. 15.
Champions League matches can be viewed live at laola1.tv.
Murphy Troy and Italy's Andreoli Latina defeated visiting Bulgaria's CSKA Sofia, 25-16, 25-15, 23-25, 25-21 on Nov. 1. The victory advances Latina (2-0) to the round of 16, where it will play Finland's VaLePa Sastamala in Finland on Nov. 14.
Russell Holmes and Poland's Jastrzębski Węgiel defeated host France's Rennes Volley, 25-15, 25-23, 25-23 on Oct. 31. The victory advances Węgiel (2-0) to the round of 16 where it will travel to Turkey to play Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara on Nov. 14.
Reid Priddy and Turkey's Halkbank Ankara defeated visiting Delecta Bydgoszcz of Poland, 25-21, 25-22, 21-25, 18-25, 16-14 on Nov. 1. Because Ankara had lost its first match against Bydgoszcz, the teams played a golden set, which Ankara won, 15-8. It will advance to host Landstede Zwolle of Netherlands in the round of 16 on Nov. 13. To view a photo gallery, click here.
In the Turkish league, U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.), a 2004 Olympian, and Istanbul BBSK defeated Sivas Dort Eylul BLd. S., 25-21, 25-13, 25-17 on Oct. 31 in Turkish league play. Billings led all scorers with 18 points on a match-high 14 attacks and a match-high four blocks. Billings followed that up with a 20-point performance on Nov. 4 as Istanbul defeated Maliye Milli Piyango S., 19-25, 25-18, 25-18, 29-27 on Nov. 4. Billings scored on 18 kills and two blocks.
U.S. setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.), a 2008 Olympian, and Arkas Spor defeated Fenerbahce Grundig, 20-25, 18-25, 25-22, 26-24, 15-11 on Nov. 4. Hansen started all five sets and scored one point with a block. He also set his team to a 45.4 kill percent and a .338 hitting efficiency.
U.S. outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), a 2004, '08 and '12 Olympian, and Halkbank Ankara defeated Yenisehir Belediye Spor on Nov. 4, 25-12, 25-19, 25-17. Priddy started all three sets and scored 10 points on six kills, two blocks and two aces.
In the competition for the Turkish Cup, Priddy and Halkbank defeated Ziraat Bankasi, 25-16, 25-21, 25-21 on Oct. 7. Priddy started all three sets and scored 11 points on seven attacks, three blocks and one ace.
Billings and Istanbul BBSK defeated Maliye Milli Payango, 25-18, 25-13, 25-13 on Nov. 7. Billings scored 11 points on 10 attacks and one ace.
On Oct. 30, U.S. opposite Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) led all scorers with 26 points on 23 kills and three aces as Plataneros de Corozal defeated Maratonistas de Coamo in the Puerto Rican league23-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-23. U.S. outside hitter Austin Rester, who plays for Coamo, scored 19 points on 16 attacks and three blocks.
On Nov. 2, Patak again led all scorers with 20 points on 14 kills, one block and five aces as Corozal beat Changos de Naranjito, 25-17, 25-18, 25-19. Corozal leads the league with a record of 11-3.
U.S. opposite David McKienzie (Littleton, Colo.), a 2012 Olympian, and his team Patriotas de Lares defeated Nuevos Gigantes de Carolina, 25-21, 23-25, 26-24, 25-11 on Oct. 31. McKienzie scored 16 points on 13 attacks, two blocks and one ace. U.S. outside hitter Steve Klosterman (Long Beach, Calif.), who plays for Carolina, scored four points on three kills and one block.
On Nov. 3, McKienzie led all scorers with 20 points on 17 kills, two blocks and one ace as Lares defeated Capitanes de Arecibo, 25-16, 19-25, 25-16, 25-18.
To view photos from Puerto Rico league matches, click here.


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3D. Diner's breakfast request : EGGS SUNNY SIDE UP. The order you give to Flo, in Mel's diner.
5D. Baseball manager's decision : STARTING LINEUP. The list of players who will be in the game.
9D. Cop's command : PUT YOUR HANDS UP. An order that caused a lot of unrest in Ferguson.
And the reveal:
11D. What sports stats are usually shown in ... or what 3-, 5- and 9-Down each represents? : DESCENDING ORDER. Each of the three theme entries is a type of "order" descending in the grid. I am not sure if "up" at the end of each one has something to do with the theme, or if they are just coincidental. Let's see if Mr. Sessa can enlighten us.
(From C.C.: I thought they're coincidental. Lemonade said Rule 39 is "there are no coincidences". So we consulted the constructor Mr. Ed. Here is what he told us:
I figured it added a little twist to the puzzle, up being "down", along with having three different "takes" on the meaning of the word "order")
Unusual grid, with left to right symmetry, but not top to bottom. It also seemed very easy to me for a Thursday, but your experience may vary.
1. Many Pindar poems : ODES.
5. Philatelist's find : STAMP.
10. Mt. Rushmore locale : S. DAK.
14. "Rich & Meaty" brand : RAGU
15. "I should have made my way straight __ long ago": Whitman : TO YOU.
16. "Try this" : HERE.
17. Joule fractions : ERGS.
18. Explosive trial : A-TEST.
19. "Makes sense to me" : I SEE.
20. Old Buick : LESABRE.
22. Not surprising : TYPICAL.
24. Schoolyard comeback : IS NOT.
25. Chaps can be seen in one : OATER. This one got a smile from me.
26. Like boxed matches : UNLIT.
28. Jackson successor Van __ : BUREN.
29. Predatory seabird : ERN.
31. "Hit me" : ONE MORE. You might hear those words at a bar or at a Blackjack table.
33. Speckle : DOT.
36. Broadway's __-Fontanne Theatre : LUNT. No clue. All perps. It was originally called The Globe Theater, but renamed after renovation in 1957, in honor of Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontaine.
38. Grind, as teeth : GNASH.
39. Young hombre : NINO.
40. Shout before Silver : HI YO. Silver, Awaaaaaaaaaaay!
41. Patterson who played the singing flight attendant in "Airplane!" : LORNA. Loved that movie.
42. Handling the situation : ON IT.
43. Pancreatic hormone : INSULIN.
45. Blue hues : INDIGOS.
47. Chase scene sounds : SIRENS.
48. Annexes : ADDS ON.
49. One of a fiver's fifty : DIME.
50. Recipe word : STIR.
51. Flock females : EWES.
53. Freedom, in Swahili : UHURU. Total WAG, with only 5 perps needed. ;-)
57. "The Country Girls" novelist O'Brien : EDNA. the novel was banned in Ireland, and her parish priest publicly burned copies, because it dealt with sexuality in the '60s.
60. Big oaf : LOUT.
61. Surgical holding area : PRE-OP.
62. Go slowly (through) : SEEP.
63. Hard-to-do dos : MOPS.
64. Part of REM : EYE.
1. City about 225 miles from Moscow : OREL. I always get this city confused with Orem, which is near Provo, Utah.
2. "__ say it?" : DARE I.
4. "Valley of the Dolls" author Jacqueline : SUSANN. Gimme. That book was also considered "racy" when it came out in the '60s.
6. Carry : TOTE.
7. Word to a captain : AYE.
8. Greatest amount : MOST.
10. Many an Iraqi Muslim : SHIITE.
12. Toward the stern : AREAR.
13. Boat base : KEEL.
21. Barn dance neckwear : BOLO.
23. Remove the skin from : PARE.
27. Mortise inserts : TENONS.
28. Sarajevo's region : BOSNIA.
30. Roman holiday attractions : RUINS. It's an incredible feeling to walk where Caesar once stood.
32. Dent or scratch : MAR.
34. Pizza topping : ONION. I just made Hawaiian pizza last night, with ham and pineapple. Yum!
35. Wee ones : TOTS.
37. Busload at a resort, probably : TOURISTS.
39. Loud to the max : NOISIEST.
44. Moon lander, briefly : LEM.
46. Prohibited insecticide : DDT.
51. With 65-Across, source of shade : ELM. And 65-Across: See 51-Down : TREE.
52. Act the suitor : WOO.
54. Charlemagne's realm: Abbr. : HRE. Holy Roman Empire.
55. Turn that's hung : UEY. I think we should take a vote for our favorite spelling of this, and then banish all other spellings forever from crossword puzzles!
56. Canapé topping : ROE.
58. Wedding page word : NEE.
59. Oaf : APE.
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Bowling Green
As one of the top twenty-five places to retire in the United States, Bowling Green, the third most populated city in Kentucky is also a great spot to vacation. With a population of over 60,000 people, it will not take long to realize why they all come to this beautiful southern oasis and stay for good. The people who you will meet in this city are all very nice, while the area is very safe. Even though it is metropolitan in the amount of things to do, see, and experience, the city is still down-home in atmosphere and personality.The city of Bowling Green was founded by the pioneers of 1798 and it was in fact the motivation for the Everly Brothers song "Bowling Green", which was released in 1967. Going farther back to its roots though, the city also became the provisional capital of Confederate Kentucky during the American Civil War, while today Bowling Green is the home of many well-known manufacturers, such as General Motors and Fruit of the Loom, and all Chevrolet Corvettes that have been built since the year 1981. Western Kentucky University also calls the city of Bowling Green home, which also makes it a popular area for perspective students and families.
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