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Patrick Johansson & shop update
I could really go for both of these white kitchens!
And...I feel like I need to apologize, again, for being sporadic with my posting. We've had a lot going on with our family lately, my sister is expecting a baby in December, and I've catching up with the shop as well as finishing up a brand new line of earrings & necklaces! I'll be honest, I am so exhausted! My goal is to update the shop in by the end of the week with over 32 new and entirely unique pieces! Each necklace & earring pair are one of a kind & ready to ship, that versus a lot of my made to order items.
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32 new pieces? I'm excited to see them! You're beyond creative!ReplyDelete
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love love LOVE those stacks of bracelets. Its awesome seeing the way you are bringing more and more variety in to your shop while still keeping it all very harmonious. Lovely job :)ReplyDelete
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My I wish we were neighbors and I could come over to help you AND also speak some Spanish... Do you speak Spanish? haha! I am loving those. I am buying as soon as you update.ReplyDelete
I'm so happy that your shop is doing so amazingly well! Your pieces are all so beautiful :)ReplyDelete
Wow, where do you get those golden points for the bracelets at the bottom?! They look so cool!ReplyDelete
I really love the new charm bracelets, they are amazing!ReplyDelete
omg what a gorgeous bracelet; I loooove looove loove it!!!ReplyDelete
LOVE the bracelets, layered!ReplyDelete
Beautiful bracelets in wonderful colours! Love wearing your earrings btw. Best from Amsterdam, JuliaReplyDelete
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Make your dorm feel like home with blankets and throws that bring comfort to college. OCM's versatile blankets are the super-soft solutions no coed should be without. Choose a classic micro-fleece to wrap up in during a chilly outdoor game. Dress up your dorm room seating with a stylish throw blanket. Or, add an extra layer of warmth in the winter with a chunky knit or luxurious faux fur. Our selection includes dorm blankets designed for all personalities and college needs!


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Shoppers throughout Alexandria this holiday season can also win a gift for themselves — a winter shopping spree valued at more than $2,000. It's all part of the "Find Alex" program which runs from Nov. 26 to Dec. 24.
Forty one Alexandria retail shops, in both Old Town and Del Ray, are participating in the program to encourage residents to do their holiday shopping at home. Shoppers can register in any of the listed stores to win the shopping spree. The winner will be announced at First Night Alexandria, Dec. 31.
"The response by local merchants to our holiday shopping promotion has been tremendous. We couldn't be more pleased," said Jo Anne Mitchell, president and CEO, Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association.
"Our merchants are joining together to create a festive holiday shopping experience in Alexandria. This includes decorating with a common theme that reflects our Scottish heritage. "Alex," our spokes-Scottie for the holiday season, carries the Scottish theme as the focal point of the promotion," she said.
In order to participate in the promotion, retailers have agreed to stay open, at a minimum, from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays. In addition, each has agreed to donate a $50 certificate to be used during January and February 2005.
"Alex," a stuffed Scottish Terrier wearing a tartan tam and a gold medallion tied with tartan ribbon around his neck, will be visible in the windows of the participating shops. He will be moved from shop to shop throughout the promotion, according to ACVA.
In order to be eligible to register for the shopping spree, shoppers must "Find Alex." To increase the odds of success there will be three toy Scotties that venture among the participating stores.
"Alex" can also become part of the holiday gift list. Merchants will be offering a limited supply of the canine look-a-like for sale. He will also be available for purchase at the Ramsey House Visitors Center, 221 King St.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP with ACVA and The City of Alexandria on the holiday shopping promotion are local commercial business organizations, including the King Street Metro Enterprise Team, the Potomac West Business Association and the Alexandria Hotel Association.
In addition to the shopping promotion program, a retail and residential decorating contest will be initiated, professional holiday entertainers will circulate throughout the City to create a memorable holiday experience, and Alexandria hotels have created more than 20 themed weekend packages, according to Laura Overstreet, vice president, ACVA Communications.
For a complete list of participating merchants, holiday events, and the hotel theme packages, and to access ACVA's interactive holiday shopping map and events calendar, visit www.FunSide.com. Complete holiday information and printed copies of the map can also be obtained at the Ramsey House Visitors Center or by calling 703-838-5005.
SHOPS IN OLD TOWN are already bringing out the holiday goodies. At Wilfred Rogers, 320 King St., last year's most popular item is back for an encore. The six piece marching bear band known as "Santa's Marching Band" has reappeared for 2004 at its 2003 price of $159.95.
This furry bunch plays and marches to "Jingle Bells" and "Deck The Halls." It's a definite show stopper in any household. Last year they sold out early, so don't hesitate.
"For those that are really into the Lord of The Rings series, we have a whole set of pewter goblets and cordial glasses," said Stanley E. Rudy, owner. The goblets are in the form of various characters portrayed in the tales and sell for $110 each. Cordials go for $44.95 each.
Another eye catcher is the musical carousel which plays a total of 30 songs — 15 regular and 15 holiday selections. This an item that can be on display year round. It is priced at $125.
For the chess aficionado, there are two sets specifically tailored to football fans and the pet lovers. The football set retails at $265, while the one featuring dogs and cats can be acquired for $185.
Shoppers seeking a fiber optic display other than the traditional tree need look no farther. Wilfred Rogers has an alpine village with winding roads and chalets that constantly change color for $85. It has a myriad of decorative possibilities.
Those who wish to make a holiday purchase that is a dual gift should definitely stop by House in The Country, 107 N. Fairfax St., or The Christmas Attic, 125 S. Union St. There they will find a new offering by holiday decorations creator Radko geared to helping various charities.
Each ornament is created as a meaningful yet festive symbol of the charity it is intended to benefit. There are ornaments for Alzheimer, cancer, AIDS, and pet societies to mention only a few. They range in price from $35 to $45, each with a percentage going to that particular charity the ornament symbolizes.
THIS BEING RADKO'S 20TH year of creating holiday ornaments and display pieces, there are a number of anniversary offerings. One of those is a large musical cookie jar in the form of a snowman entitled "Snowy Sweet" at $130.
For pre-schoolers and kindergarten set there is Why Not, 200 King St. Two of their biggest sellers are "Cut & Play Pizza," a wooden pizza set at $20 and "Band in A Box" at $33. The latter, recommended by Parents Magazine, is designed for children 18 months and up, according to Sarah Rolph, manager.
As for children's books, "One of my favorites is `The Gruffalo' by Julia Donaldson. I've read it to two year olds as well as children seven and eight. They all really enjoy it," Rolph said. It is priced at $16.99.
In addition to these items, Why Not has a wide array of children's clothing for a variety of ages as well as a myriad of other toys and accessories. Clothes are on the street level, while most toys are upstairs.
The Discovery Channel Store, 118 King St., has something for "children" of all ages and gender. Two of last year's big sellers are back and improved, according to store management. EVO 21 Edge Hovercraft operates on land or water and sells for $80.
The Vectron Ultimate remote controlled flying saucer is now radio controlled for longer flight and more maneuverability. It goes for $39.95
For adults there are the Shiatsu Massage Cushion at $149.95 and the Aroma Mist light at $39.95. The former fits any chair and can even be used in a vehicle with an adapter. However, the store does not sell the adapter.
"Aroma Mist" enables the owner to add the scent of their choice by adding aroma oils to the vaporizer. It also serves as a humidifier for a limited area, according to its literature. Using regular tap water the light constantly changes color when it is in use.
THOSE LOOKING FOR the perfect keepsake or gift representing Alexandria need only contact ACVA. They have come up with three symbols of this colonial-seaport city.
New this year is a picturesque snow globe filled with a miniature Alexandria set featuring historic homesites under a snowy facade. It sells for $29.95 and can be found at the Ramsey House Visitors Center.
Next on every shoppers "must have" list is the third annual, original historic Alexandria holiday ornament. This year the painted scene depicts a snowy Alexandria streetscape by designer Diane Gray. It is priced at $12 and is also available at The Ramsey House.
Thirdly, there's, "Alex." Available at any of the retailers participating in the "Find Alex" promotion. He comes in two sizes, priced at $14 and $28 respectively.
Any shopper's complete list should be able to be fulfilled by the merchants throughout Old Town and Del Ray. They encompass the gamut from the free trade shop of Ten Thousand Villages to Kingsbury Chocolates to Ann Welsh Salon to Lords and Ladies of Del Ray.
But, the real holiday gift for the shopper is avoiding mall madness, both inside and outside, in the parking space derby. Holiday shopping in Alexandria is a gift in itself.


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For an MMORPG like Guild Wars 2, getting the game launched is just a small fraction of its development. The team needs not only to keep developing new content as time goes by, but also to be able to address bugs, security concerns, and balance in existing content as the game evolves.
So how does it work? ArenaNet's Colin Johanson took to the game's blog to explain that it isn't just one "dev team" working on Guild Wars 2 after launch, but rather eight different sets of folks, each with a singular focus.
The Live Response team handles bugs, feedback, and balance, while Live Security deals with bots, spammers, and account thefts. Commerce tackles the economy and the Black Lion Trading Company. Living World adds content, as does the Holidays and Events team. Yet another group is dedicated to PvP and eSports, building out Guild Wars 2 into a competitive game. One team is working solely on performance and the Mac client. And that leaves "Bonus Teams," who work on mysterious projects that don't fit into the above.
Guild Wars 2 is not alone among MMORPGs in needing massive support for all the years that come after launch. But it's neat to get a quick glimpse into what makes a game go.
Colin Johanson Outlines Guild Wars 2 Live Game Development [Guild Wars 2 official site]


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Making Your Club Part of the Health Care Continuum
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reviewed activity levels of Americans and, for the most part, found them statistically unchanged over the reported period. From a club perspective, that seems unbelievable as we look at membership growth, new facilities, equipment innovations, etc. However, despite this industry's involvement, educational efforts by the CDC, and the 1996 Surgeon General's Report, we are making little inroads into the pool of non-exercisers.
When Eau Claire Athletic Club (ECAC) opened in 1986, we hoped to one day serve a niche of the population that would directly benefit from an improvement to their quality of life — an improvement that they never explored. To achieve this goal, ECAC has positioned itself as a component of the health care continuum, which encompasses the recreation market as well as people who want to exercise, understand the need, yet have been unable to prioritize or initiate the fitness process.
ECAC has shown sedentary people the health benefits of exercise while showing that these benefits have an economic impact on others within their circle of influence, including employers, significant others and health care providers. And if entities such as health care providers get involved in the fitness process, they can provide motivation that leads to positive economic outcomes, enhanced quality of life, and a win/win situation for all parties involved.
Primary Process
To align ourselves within the health care continuum, ECAC established our position as a provider of health-related services. Here's how we began.
We stated our mission: Make fitness a lifestyle! We keep this mission statement in mind whenever we make decisions concerning staffing, programs, facility improvements, marketing and equipment purchases.
We hired degreed staff to provide a diversity of talent and expertise. Disciplines such as dietetics, exercise physiology, exercise management and cardiac rehab not only provide a resource to the members, but also raise our credibility within the community.
We perform fitness evaluations, HRAs and exercise programming/updates (following ACSM guidelines) as a component of one's membership and provide continual guidance toward predefined goals.
We formed a medical board of advisors from various health care providers in the area. This sounding board has given perspective and advice for working effectively with their practice and patients. (See sidebar "Sound Advice" for the board's suggestions.)
Marketing Methodology
We market our services to the medical community by:
Sending a "Welcome" letter to all physicians new to the community, listing our staff credentials, programs and commitment toward individual health.
Providing all health care practitioners with a one-month complimentary membership.
Giving health care practitioners who are members complimentary access to our interactive fitness network.
Providing a club information packet that a practitioner can give to a patient.
Sending a quarterly educational newsletter to all area health care practitioners. This newsletter provides the practitioners with data relevant to their daily patient contact.
Sending "Thank You" notes for all practitioner referrals, as well as listing them in the quarterly newsletter.
Lasting Friendship
In addition, we developed a relationship with a local provider, Marshfield Clinic. We are integrating our fitness services with Marshfield's medical processes. This integration includes:
Instituting an exercise prescription process that provides ongoing motivation and follow-up.
Tracking costs of once sedentary patients now engaging in exercise vs. those remaining sedentary.
Integrating the occupational medicine and physical therapy services with a daily routine of exercise.
The Health Opportunity
Health clubs have an opportunity to use their existing services to improve the quality of life for the sedentary population. With a little "tweaking" of club resources, this industry can take its place in the health care continuum, bringing about effective and economic change. Clubs can contribute to tremendous economic growth, resulting from savings generated by healthier living.
A 24-year industry veteran, Jeff Sauter is co-owner of the Eau Claire Athletic Club (ECAC). As a consultant, speaker and author, Sauter uses the ECAC as a model and training ground for new and innovative approaches toward expanding the exercise population. He can be reached at (715) 833-2201 or [email protected].
Sound Advice
ECAC heeded the advice of its medical advisory board and implemented the following initiatives:


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This test makes images that show activity in body tissues. A substance that gives off a tiny amount of radiation is put into your body. This substance goes to the part of your body that is most active. A machine can then detect where that substance is. PET can be done for many body parts, including:
PET Scans of the Brain
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A PET scan may be done for a number of reasons, including:
Complications are rare. If you are planning to have a PET scan, your doctor will review a list of possible complications.
Some people have a bad reaction to the contrast dye. The contrast is the chemical that improves the details in the pictures. In some people, the contrast can cause allergic reactions or kidney problems.
A PET scan does use radiation. You and your doctor will weigh the harms and benefits of this test. A PET scan may not be advised if you are pregnant.
Be sure to discuss these risks with your doctor before the test. Let your doctor know about any allergies or unrelated illnesses you may have.
You will be given a radioactive substance. This may be done through an injection, or in some cases, you will be asked to breathe in a gas. It will travel through your blood to the area of the body being studied. It takes 30-90 minutes for the substance to be absorbed by the tissue. When the substance has been absorbed, the scan can take place.
You will lie on a table and be moved into a machine that looks like a large, square doughnut. This machine detects and records the energy levels from the substance that was injected earlier. The images are viewed on a computer monitor. The scan lasts about 30-45 minutes. You may be asked to perform specific tasks before or during the test. For example, during a heart PET scan, you may be asked to walk on a treadmill.
Drink plenty of fluids to help the radioactive substance pass from your body.
At least 2 hours
The images will show activity levels as different colors or degrees of brightness. A radiologist will review the images and send the results to your doctor. It may take a few days for your doctor to receive the report.
Call your doctor if you have any unusual symptoms such as a rash, itching, or difficulty breathing. These symptoms may mean that you are having an allergic reaction to the radioactive substance.
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Radiology Info—Radiological Society of North America
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Positron emission tomography (PET scan). Cleveland Clinic website. Available at: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/pet-scan. Updated February 23, 2009. Accessed October 3, 2017.
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III. B. University Governance
With more than 5,400 students in day and evening classes, some 451 full and part-time faculty, 246 administrators, and alumni numbering over 38.000, a certain number of administrative arrangements and operational procedures are needed. Students should understand these processes to enhance their experiences and also to assume their significant role in the governance of the University.Back to Top
Student participation in Governance
An organizational structure has been developed which recognizes that the three primary constituencies of the University - students, faculty, and administration - all play major roles in governing the University, thus creating a formal communication system which is essential for effective operation.
The University has established a system of decision making by which final decisions are made at the lowest level of administration consistent with the concept of interested representation and collegiality. It is through this system that students play a role in governing the University.Back to Top
The President
The Board of Trustees has final legal authority for all University business. However, it is the President who, as Executive Officer of the Board, carries final authority for day-to-day operational policies and decisions. The President is the chief officer of the entire institution, the official representative of the University to its various publics, and the administrator who has overall responsibility for planning, supervising, managing, and evaluating the work of the University.Back to Top
University Council
In formulating University policy and in making major operational decisions such as on budget matters, the President enjoys the collaborative assistance of University Council. The University Council is a body composed of three student representatives appointed by the Students' Government Association; four faculty members appointed by the Faculty Senate; the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students; the Academic Deans; the Executive Assistant to the President; the Vice President of the Corporation; the Provost; and the three Vice Presidents. The guiding concept behind this collaborative arrangement at La Salle is referred to as "President-in-Council." The President has final authority for approving new policies and for changing old policies; however, such actions can be taken only after review with Council.Back to Top
Provost and Vice Presidents
The University is organized into four areas, headed by the Provost and three Vice Presidents. These officers report directly to the President. The responsibility of each area is reflective of its name: Academic and Student Affairs, Business Affairs, University Advancement, and Enrollment Services.
The Provost is responsible for the University's central mission of teaching and learning. he is assisted in these responsibilities by the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students, the Dean of the School of Business Administration, the Dean of the College of Continuing and Professional Studies, the Dean of the School of Nursing, and by the Directors of the various academic services such as the Registrar, the Library, and Information Technology. The Deans are in turn assisted by the Academic Department Chairs and Directors within their respective Schools or Divisions.
The Vice President for Business Affairs is responsible for administering fiscal programs, security, food service, and the physical plant. The Vice President is assisted by a Comptroller and the Directors of the Campus Store, Food Services, Printing and Mail Services, Human Resources, Purchasing, Physical Facilities, and Security and Safety.
The Vice President for University Advancement is charged with directing the University's fund raising programs and for communicating its policies and goals to its many publics. This area includes the Assistant Vice Presidents for Alumni, Marketing and Communication, Government and Community Relations, and their staffs.
The Vice President for Enrollment Services is directly responsible for developing and implementing enrollment management (student recruitment and retention) strategies and activities. The Vice President is assisted by the Dean of Admissions, the Director of Student Financial Services, the Registrar, and the Director of Institutional Research.Back to Top
University Committees
Committees have been established in each administrative area to assure the participation of all three constituencies; accordingly, provision is made on all standing committees of the University to reflect the views of students, faculty, and administration. Except for those committees whose chairs are designated ex-officio, committees select a chair from among faculty and administration members at the beginning of each academic year.
The Students' Government Association appoints the students who sit on all standing University committees (with the exception of the Community Development Advisory Board).
The following is a partial list of the major standing committees of primary concern to students:
Academic Affairs Committee:
In its monthly meeting, the Academic Affairs Committee deals with problems referred to it by any of its members or by members of the faculty which arise in carrying out existing academic policies. Thus, it considers, for example, revisions of the academic calendar, the rules of academic standing, the grading system, special programs, new programs and departments, and so forth. It also suggests actions to the University Council in matters of wider scope or of an essentially policy making nature.
The Academic Affairs Committee is composed of the Provost as ex officio chairperson; the Academic Deans and the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students as ex officio members; five voting faculty members representing each of the Schools with two of the five from the school of Arts and Sciences and some of the five regularly teaching in graduate programs; a non-voting faculty member from the Faculty Senate; three student representatives; and the Assistant Provost for Administration as a non-voting member.
Academic Department Boards:
Students are offered the opportunity to participate in decisions regarding academic life through membership in academic department boards. Although each academic department may organize its board accordingly, typically these boards items such as curriculum revision, teacher evaluation, tenure and advancement in rank, and general academic concerns.
Activities Funding Board:
The Activities Funding Board has been established to assist the Division of Student Affairs in administering student organization accounts.
The duties of the Board include reviewing budgets of all student organizations requesting or receiving institutional funding, hearing the funding requests of new student organizations, annually recommending and submitting budget appropriations for regularly funded organizations, hearing requests of student organizations desiring funds which exceed their annual budget allotment and providing financial assistance for new programs, arbitrating disputes related to student organization accounts, and recommending to appropriate University authorities modifications or additions to the way in which funds are secured for student organizations.
The membership includes two faculty members appointed by the Faculty Senate, two student affairs administrators, eight students appointed by the Students' Government Association, and a faculty or staff member (ex-officio and chair) appointed by the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students.
Athletics Committee:
The Athletics Committee (AC) advises the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation (DIAR), and the President as the AC deems timely and proper on current and proposed policies and practices relating to the intercollegiate and recreational sports programs.
The AC meets regularly with and informs the DIAR on all matters which deserve his/her attention, or to consider issues on which he/she seeks advice.
The AC will also meet at the beginning of each academic year with the University President to discuss plans for the upcoming year.
The AC may also meet periodically with coaches, athletics administrators, and student/athletes to review their experiences in an effort to promote the enhancement of the University's intercollegiate and recreational sports programs.
The AC will receive the Annual report from the DIAR and Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR).
AC members are expected to communicate routinely with and serve as a liaison between their respective groups and the AC and the DIAR.
Committee Membership
The membership shall consist of the following:
- Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation (as an ex officio member)\
- Faculty Athletics Representative (as a standing member)
- Six (6) Faculty Members (as appointed by Faculty Senate)
- Three (3) Alumni Representatives (as designated by Alumni Association) – 2 votes
- One (1) Explorer Club Representative (as designated by Explorer Club Board of Directors)
- Two (2) Student Athletes (as designated by Athletics Relations Council) – 1 vote
- Two (2) Students (as designated by Students' Government Association) – 1 vote
Term of Appointment
- Five-year term for Faculty Athletics Representative
- Three-year terms for Faculty Members, Alumni, Explorer Club, and Student Affairs Representatives
- Student Members to be designated on an annual basis, with strong consideration of underclass appointments to gain experience and be in a position to serve and contribute over several years.
Curriculum Committee:
The Curriculum Committee is charged with a continuing review of the general and specialized education provided by the University's curriculum. The Committee is essentially concerned with the integrity of the curriculum in terms of the University's philosophy and objectives. It is responsible for the curriculum as a whole and for individual departmental curriculum proposals. Part of the responsibility includes reviewing and making recommendations on new course proposals. The Committee is also concerned with any major rearrangements of the academic year which affect the basic pattern of the curriculum.
The Curriculum Committee has the Provost as Chairperson as is composed of the Deans of the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, and Nursing; the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students; nine faculty members; and three students. The Director of the Connelly Library and the Registrar are non-voting members of the Committee. The Curriculum Committee is an advisory group responsible to the Provost.
Food Services Committee:
The Food Services Committee is advisory to the Director of Food Services for the purpose of maintaining a formal communication link between the Food Services Administration and the various constituencies which it serves. It shall provide the Director of Food Services with a forum to receive advisory information to aid in formulating departmental policy and operating procedures.
The committee shall be comprised of the Director of Food Services, who will serve as chair; the Assistant Director of Food Services or one of the Food Services managers, appointed by the Director of Food Services; a Community Development staff member, appointed by the Senior Associate Dean of Students; a University Life staff member, appointed by the Assistant Dean of Students; one faculty representative, appointed by the Faculty Senate; one Day Division student (preferably a commuter), appointed by the Students' Government Association; one Continuing Studies student, appointed by the Continuing Studies Student Council; and two students appointed by the Resident Student Association. Should the Continuing Studies Student Council fail to appoint a representative, the position will revert to the Students' Government Association for appointment.
Health Advisory Committee:
The Health Advisory Committee is an advisory board to the Associate Dean of Students for Counseling and Health Services, the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students and the Provost. The Committee assists with the development and review of student health policies, services and education programs and advises the Alcohol and Other Drug Program Coordinator on issues and policies related to the use of alcohol and drugs at La Salle University. The committee also functions in an advisory capacity on health issues that effect the University as a whole such as a smoking policy, handicapped accessibility and possible disease outbreaks.
The Health Advisory Committee has the following responsibilities regarding Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS): to develop and monitor educational programs in order to increase awareness of AIDS and HIV infection and to prevent the transmission of AIDS within the University community; to serve in a consultative capacity when requested regarding individual cases of HIV infection; serve in an advisory capacity to University administrators regarding the institutional response to AIDS; and, to review and update the University guidelines and protocols by considering changes in the available knowledge regarding AIDS and in national, state and University policies.
The Committee is composed of three academic and student affairs administrators appointed by the Provost and Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students, three faculty members appointed by the Faculty Senate, three students appointed by the Student Government Association (one being a student athlete, if possible), and one staff member each from Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation, Food Services and Human Resources. The Associate Dean of Students for Counseling and Health Services and the Director of the Student Health Center will serve as co-chairs of this committee.
Judicial Board:
The purpose of the Judicial Board is to adjudicate cases involving violation of the University's rules and regulations. Membership includes six faculty members and eighteen students. A panel of four students and one faculty member is drawn from the available board members to hear a case. The eighteen student members of the board are appointed by the Students' Government Association after consultation with the current board members. The six faculty members of the board are appointed by the Faculty Senate.
The Community Development Advisory Board:
The Community Development Advisory Board advises the Division of Student Affairs on matters related to residence hall living. It is the appropriate group for students, faculty, and staff interested in becoming involved in making decisions about the nature and quality of resident life. The Board meets regularly to discuss issues and topics of concern and interest.
The Community Development Advisory Board is comprised of two Community Development student staff members; two students at large, appointed by the Resident Student Association; the President of the Resident Student Association; three Community Development staff members; two Student Affairs Administrators, including one from University Life; one Food Services staff member; one faculty member; and a faculty or staff member (ex-officio and chair) appointed by the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students.
Security and Safety Advisory Committee:
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A service honoring Priscilla's memory will be held on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 5:30 pm at First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, 569 S 1300 E, Salt Lake City, UT. An obituary for Ms. Mayden was recently posted on the Salt Lake Tribune website.
As noted in an earlier blog post, Priscilla Mayden was the first director of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library here at the University of Utah. When the current library staff learned of Ms. Mayden's passing, Joan Stoddart, our Deputy Director, shared some interesting tidbits she'd gleaned from interviews with Ms. Mayden as part of the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project. One amusing story was about Ms. Mayden's time working as a "Rosie the Riveter." Apparently, she was the best in the factory at the assembly work she did, but because of the era in which she lived, they would not give her a promotion to supervisor with accompanying pay raise. Eventually, she got fed up with having men promoted to supervise her that couldn't do the job as well. So she marched into the office and demanded a promotion and a raise, and got it! Unfortunately, the men at that time didn't appreciate having a woman as a supervisor, and gave her no end of grief.
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Hi, my name is Christopher Graff and I represent the National Team of the Federation of Colombia. I'm in the mix and process of potentially qualifying on making it to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Currently, I still train at Springfield College, located in Springfield, MA, in a graduate program pursuing on receiving my master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, and the assistant coach for the Springfield College Men's Gymnastics program.
After doing my undergraduate career at Springfield College, I'm very grateful and have a lot of gratitude towards Springfield College, which did an amazing job supporting me during the four years I was a student athlete and made me gain endless accomplishments that I never expected:
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Any funds donated will be greatly appreciated and I hope to bring you all along for the journey. Thank you for all of your support!


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Top: Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra (at left) with Gen Bikram Singh; Bottom: Lt Gen Dalbir Singh
By Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 30th Oct 12
The dust has barely settled after General VK Singh's Supreme Court battle to be army chief for another year. Now another senior army general is approaching court with a petition that, if accepted, could make him the next army chief instead of Lt Gen Dalbir Singh, the Eastern Army commander who is currently in line.
Business Standard has learned that Lt Gen Ravi Dastane, currently the Deputy Chief of the tri-service Integrated Defence Staff, will shortly file a petition with the Armed Forces Tribunal, a high-court level legal body that adjudicates on military matters.
"My client has been unfairly denied the appointment of army commander, for which he fulfilled every condition. Instead, a post was kept vacant for Lt Gen Dalbir Singh who was under a vigilance ban. This was procedurally incorrect, and I will request the Honourable court to set it aside," says Major (Retired) Sudhansu Pande, who will represent Gen Dastane in court.
After commanding the Leh-based 14 Corps in 2011-12, Gen Dastane is eligible to be appointed an army commander, a pre-requisite for becoming army chief. The army has seven commands: six geographical (northern, western, south-western, southern, central and eastern); and one functional command, the Army Training Command or ARTRAC. There is also the tri-service Andaman & Nicobar Command, which is commanded in turn by officers from the army, navy and air force.
The key date in the current dispute is 31st May 2012, when two army commanders' posts fell vacant with the retirement of former army chief, Gen VK Singh, and the western army commander, Lt Gen Shankar Ghosh. Army records examined by Business Standard indicate that the three senior-most generals on that day who were eligible to become army commanders (the pre-requisite being that they must have commanded a corps) were, in order of seniority: Lt Gen Dalbir Singh; followed by Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra; followed by Lt Gen Ravi Dastane.
As was widely reported in the media at the time (and corroborated by Major Pande), Lt Gen Dalbir Singh was under a discipline and vigilance (DV) ban, having received a show-cause notice from the former army chief, Gen VK Singh, for a botched operation by the 3 Corps Intelligence Unit under Dalbir's command.
With Dalbir ineligible for elevation because of the DV ban, the army appointed Chachra as western army commander (MS Branch signal 388218/2012/MS(X)/79 dated 30th May 12). Dastane, however, was not given the second army commander vacancy. Instead, it was kept vacant until Lt Gen Dalbir Singh's show cause notice was nullified on 8th June by Gen Bikram Singh, who had taken over as army chief.
On 15th June, Lt Gen Dalbir Singh was appointed the eastern army commander through MS Branch signal 388246/2012/MS(X)/94 dated 15th Jun 12. Two weeks later, the MS Branch restored his seniority of 1st June 2012, through MS Branch letter A/45751/2012/LG/Army Cdr/EC/MS(X) dated 24th June 12.
Dastane's Statutory Complaint to the MoD, filed on 6th August, objects to the differential standards applied, in which one vacancy was filled by appointing Lt Gen Chachra, while "reserving" one vacancy for Lt Gen Dalbir Singh, and granting him retrospective seniority.
"They appointed Lt Gen Chachra because he was retiring on 31st May 12. But my client was as eligible as him, and if Chachra was considered for army commanders' appt on 31st May, that concession should also have been given to me. The government could have taken a stand that we will not appoint anyone before Dalbir's show-cause notice is resolved. But they considered and appointed Chachra," points out Pande.
The next army commander's vacancy arises only on 31st January, by when Dastane would have less than two years of residual service, rendering him ineligible as per current guidelines to be appointed army commander.
Dastane's lawyer says that his petition to the Armed Forces Tribunal will plead for his promotion as army commander with effect from 1st June 12, and that he be physically appointed to head the next army command that falls vacant.
If this is granted, says Dastane's lawyer, the general will have a strong legal case to demand seniority above Dalbir Singh, who was appointed only on 15th June. That would make Dastane the senior-most qualified lieutenant general on 31st July 2014, when the current chief, Gen Bikram Singh, retires. The MoD convention has long been to appoint the senior-most qualified officer to succeed an outgoing chief.
The MoD's viewpoint, say ministry sources, is that Lt Gen Dalbir Singh's claim was alive on 1st June, though subject to a decision on his show-cause notice. The MoD, therefore, left one army commander's vacancy unfilled, in anticipation of a decision on the show-cause notice.


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This month, we celebrated African American heritage and my goal was to read some of the Harlem Renaissance Era's literature.
This month, we celebrated African American heritage and my goal was to read some of the Harlem Renaissance Era's literature.
This era's authors included Zora Neale Hurston, who grew up in Eatonville, one of the first African American towns to become incorporated. Many of Hurston�s stories depicted the vernacular and life of people whom she knew and lived with in Eatonville.
Langston Hughes, probably the Harlem Renaissance Era's most popular author, is renowned for his poetry. In addition, he was a writer, playwright and novelist.
Both authors� works are available in our library.
I searched the library catalog for other African American authors from the Renaissance Era and came across Nella Larsen, a biography on whom is this week's Staff Pick.
Her book, �The Nella Larsen Collection,� contains five stories that portray characters whose lives mirror her own. Anxious to learn more about this author, I discovered her biography by George Hutchinson, �In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line.� (Please see sidebar)
Both books proved worth reading and gave greater understanding of African American life during the Harlem Renaissance.
In this era of cultural and social change, African Americans experienced economic freedom and liberty to develop their talent and education.
Numerous artists, musicians, authors, poets and actors were discovered during this time.
I recommend these good reads for anybody interested in African American literature.
Jean Lewis is the Crestview Public Library's director.


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It's very difficult to ignore what is going on in Egypt. Daily news coverage of the army slaughtering fellow Egyptians easily engenders sympathy for the victims. One can easily conclude that we are witnessing the actions of a vicious military crushing its unarmed protesting population. Indeed the world community including the United States has been condemning the army for that.
Those daily images of the bloody carnage will generate the same attitude in most people. It is difficult to see dead bodies lined up in makeshift morgues, severely wounded bloody victims, and wives and mothers who cry out in pain at the loss of a husband or child.
It is easy to sympathize with them. The reportage is extremely sympathetic to the underdog victims. But as always the case with media reports – rarely do they see context. It's always about the underdog. In this case the underdog is the Muslim Brotherhood.
Let us take a moment and look at some historical and religious context.
Egypt's former dictator, President Hosni Mubarak, was ousted from office after a popular uprising by Egyptian citizens . Democracy was their cry. They had apparently had enough of Mubarak. But he fought back. People were killed. Mubarak was eventually overthrown by his own military and arrested. After a brief military rule elections were held and Musilm Brotherhood candidate Muhamed Morsi was (somewhat surprisingly to me) elected by a majority of Egyptian voters.
Mosri pushed through a new constitution that was largely based on Islamic law. In the meantime Egypt's economy collapsed and is in shambles. People started protesting again. The Egyptian military once again stepped in and quickly removed Morsi from office.
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood members were outraged seeing themselves robbed of their freely elected leader. They started protesting in huge numbers. The army fought back with live ammunition. The result is what we are now witnessing in the daily news coverage.
The US has wisely not reduced it financial support of Egypt. But it has not been shy about criticizing the Egyptian military's lethal tactics in trying to suppress Brotherhood protests.
How are we to see what is going on there? How does what is going on in Egypt affect us, the Jewish people? Whose side should we be on… if any?
I think the first thing we have to do is look at what the Egyptian army is really fighting. They are fighting a movement that is extremely anti Semitic as a part of its religious theology. They believe that Israel is a gang, not a country and they will fight it until they destroy it.
The Muslim Brotherhood honors Osama Bin Ladin and condemned his assassination by the United States. Ayman Al Zawahiri the current head of Al Qaida is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Muslim Brotherhood denies the Holocaust while praising Islamic Jihad and martyrdom. They condemn the peace treaty with Israel and they consistently call for the destruction of Israel. In addition, their Arabic website alleges that Jews have created evil in the world throughout history.
It is therefore my view that it does not serve Israel or US interests to support the Muslim Brotherhood – even though the Egyptian military tactic is brutal.
No one supports man's inhumanity to man which is what it seems like the Egyptian military is doing. But as Chazal tell us – when one is kind to the cruel, they will end up being cruel to the kind. To peace loving democracies like the United States and Israel and to most other Western countries, the Brotherhood should be seen in the same light as Hamas, Hezbollah, and any other Islamist Jihadist group. They should be seen as determined to prevail at all cost. Including at the cost of innocent lives as anyone who lost a loved one on 9/11 can tell you.
What about the Egyptian military? They reflect the will of secular Egypt and have their support. But there is no love lost between Egypt's secular population and Israel. As Muslims – they are in theory just as opposed to the Jewish State as the Muslim Brotherhood. But they are not in favor of hostilities with the Jewish State and are probably more willing to stand by the peace treaty with Israel as a means of achieving stability in the region. Secular Egyptians are more interested in improving their lives materially and having a government that responds to their needs. Israel's legitimacy is in their minds a back burner issue for now.
What about the current carnage of Brotherhood members? I'm sorry. I don't have too much sympathy for religious fanatics whose ultimate goal is to destroy the Jewish State and kill Jews… a movement that has spawned the likes Ayman Zawahiri.
They look like innocent victims in the eye of the camera. They portray themselves as devout Muslims whose only goal is to restore their Islamist leader and live religious lives. And they seem to be systematically slaughtered for simply expressing their protest in large numbers. But that is far from the complete picture – to say the least.
In my view the United States should take a 'hands off' approach. Let the Egyptian people fight it out. Let nature take its course. The Egyptian military should not be hampered. Financial aid should not be withheld since it helps ensure the continuance of the peace treaty. The Muslim Brotherhood must be defeated. If we allow them to succeed, we allow religious extremism to succeed and increase. And that is the last thing the world needs right now.
I wonder how many secular Egyptians miss Mubarak right about now? He may have been corrupt. But Egypt was a lot better off when he was around. And the Middle East was a lot more stable. The democracy that was hoped for by the west after he was deposed – never happened. Democracy is not only about having a free election. It is about including free and democratic principles that do not force religious law upon all its citizens. That's what happened with Morsi. And that is why I'm glad he's gone.
A word about fighting terrorism as perpetrated by the above-mentioned movements .The world should once and for all realize that what they are really fighting is not terrorism but an ideology. I don't think they do. This is not about supporting a poor underdog… or a brutal military bent on destroying innocent people. This is a holy war initiated by a militant and fanatic religion that loves death more than we love life. How do you fight an idea? I don't know. But the more the world realizes this fact, the better prepared they will be to deal with it.
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Disney's new film "The Princess and the Frog" is their first Black Disney Princess. But people are getting all fired up and angry when shown who her Prince is. The above pic features Princess Tiana and her love, Prince Naveen of Maldonia. Some people think the Prince is white, but he just looks like a light skinned brother too me. Drama Drama Drama...controversy! lol Aside from the controversy this is causing I am glad there is finally a Black Disney princess...I'm just made I am about to be 21 and it took this damn long!
In other cartoon news lmao The Cleveland Show is slated to hit the air in the Fall and will be feature Kanye West as a guest star. Kanye will play an up and coming MC named Kenny West lmao. I can't wait for this damn show!
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Our story spells out detailed tactics and practical ideas that CIOs can use to turn good IT managers into potentially great IT leaders...
You'll notice a strong thread of personal attention and hands-on involvement from the very top at the companies developing a strong bench of future leaders.
At REDACTED, for example, the CEO walks the walk on one-to-one leadership development by holding regular career conversations with his senior leadership team. His CIO, REDACTED, then makes sure that style of direct communication flows downward to the IT team. "If you don't take time to talk to people about their professional development," REDACTED notes, "it just doesn't get done."
REDACTED is another bright light in this realm with a program called The Lab, which fosters leadership development across various business units by bringing together 30 of them at a time to form strategic problem-solving teams.
And at REDACTED, CIO REDACTED connects on a more personal level, emailing coffee-talk questions to her global staff every two weeks to get conversations going on everything from personal dreams to world views.
In my opinion, "regular career conversations" are a form of coaching, not leadership. Forming "strategic problem-solving teams" is management, not leadership. Finally, "emailing coffee-talk questions" is banter, not leadership.
So what are the five qualities of leadership, at least in my experience?
- Leaders develop and execute a vision; they do not follow trends set by others.
- Leaders embody strong core values and do not sacrifice those core values in order to advance their personal careers.
- Leaders' actions demonstrate a focus on their people, not themselves, and that focus on the people takes care of the mission.
- Leaders work to "make their people look good," rather than making the boss or themselves look good.
- In the darkest hours, leaders put themselves personally at risk for the good of their team.
Notice the contrast between these five principles and the previous guidance. My focus is on actions, whereas the other ideas focus on communication. I do not discount the value of communication, but with leadership the deeds matter far more than the words. It is helpful to have coaching, mentoring, managing, and so forth, but these concepts are separate from leadership.
If you're wondering about the image for this post, I wanted to show a picture from the movie We Were Soldiers, based on the book by Lt Gen Hal Moore and Joe Galloway. Then Lt Col Moore (portrayed by Mel Gibson) always landed with his air cavalry troops, in the first helicopter, and was the first person to step foot on adversary soil. He was also the last person to leave. As he wrote:
When we step on the battlefield, I will be The First Boots On and the Last Boots Off.
And he didn't just say it, he did it. That's a leader.


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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The No. 1 Maryland (6-0) men's lacrosse team makes its first-ever appearance in The Big House when the Terps travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., to take on Michigan on Tuesday, March 18 at 4 p.m.
• The game is scheduled to be streamed live on the Big Ten Digital Network as part of Big Ten Student U Productions. Premium content on the Big Ten Digital Network is available for a monthly subscription of $14.95. Click here for more information.
• Maryland is coming off of a 12-10 home win over Villanova on Friday night at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. Freshmen Connor Cannizzaro (3), Matt Rambo (2) and Colin Heacock (1) combined to score six of Maryland's 12 goals, while senior Mike Chanenchuk led the Terps with four points on three goals and an assist vs. the Wildcats. Chanenchuk leads the team this season with 25 points on 19 goals and six assists. He is followed closely by Rambo, who has 17 points on 12 goals and four assists. Junior Charlie Raffa has won 67-of-112 (.598) faceoffs this season with a team-best 47 groundballs and four goals. Senior Michael Ehrhardt has made a seamless transition to the long-stick midfield spot and has 25 groundballs, which leads all non-faceoff men, and a team-best 14 caused turnovers. Senior Niko Amato has started every game of his college career (56 straight) and boasts a 6.71 goals-against average this season with a .608 save percentage.
• Michigan evened its record at 4-4 with an 11-10 overtime victory at Bellarmine in its ECAC opener this past Saturday in Louisville. It was the Wolverines' third overtime game this season. Freshman attackman Ian King leads the Michigan offense with 18 points on 17 goals and one assist. Sophomore midfielder Kyle Jackson also has double-digit goals with 12 to go along the three assists for 15 points. Senior midfielder Thomas Paras is the team's leader in assists with eight and also has 15 points. Freshman Robbie Zoninio has started all eight games in net for the Wolverines and has an 11.98 goals-against average and is saving 44.6 percent of the shots opponents have put on goal. Sophomore faceoff specialist Brad Lott has taken 138 of Michigan's 215 faceoffs this year, winning 85 draws (61.6) with 52 groundballs to his credit.
10 … Since 2002 Maryland has won 107 of the 116 games in which the Terps have scored 10 or more goals for a .922 winning percentage.
9 … Maryland is 124-26 in games since 2002 when it allows nine goals or less, for an .827 winning percentage.
8 … This season is just the eighth time since 1982 that the Terps have scored at least 10 goals in each of its first six games.
7 … Seven Terps have at least 10 groundballs this season, including three of its top four scorers.
6 … Six different Terps have scored at least one extra-man goal this season.
5 … The Terps are averaging just over five goals per game this season in the second quarter.
4 … Maryland has only lost four times to first-time opponents in its 89-season history.
3 … This will be just the third time in the last six seasons that Maryland has traveled west to play (2009 NCAA's at Notre Dame, 2010 season opener at Bellarmine).
2 … Maryland junior Michael Bender has played two games vs. the Wolverines when he was at Bellarmine.
1 … Maryland is ranked the No. 1 team in the country for the 11th time since 1978.
• John Tillman is in his seventh season as a head coach, and fourth with the Terps, with a 61-34 career record for a 64.2 winning percentage. Tillman is 41-15 (.732) as Maryland's head coach. He had a 20-19 record in three seasons as the head coach at Harvard.
• John Pauls is the only head coach in the short three-year history of the Michigan men's lacrosse program and has a 6-30 (.200) overall record with the Wolverines.
• This will be the first-ever meeting between the Terps and the Wolverines.
• Maryland has played 78 different opponents in its 89 seasons. The 2014 season adds Michigan to that list. In the Terps' 78 first-time meetings Maryland is 74-4 (.949) in those games. Adelphi (12-13, 1982), Army (0-3, 1923), Syracuse (3-10, 1927) and Yale (3-5, 1925) are the only schools to beat the Terps the first time the schools met on a lacrosse field.
• The Terps took over the top spot in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll and the USILA Coaches' Poll on March 3 after two impressive wins over then-No. 2 Syracuse and then-No. 1 Duke in sucsessive weeks. This is the 11th time Maryland has earned the No. 1 ranking since 1986.
• Overall, Maryland has played 31 games as the No. 1-ranked team and is 21-10 in those games.
• This last time the Terps were the No. 1 team in the rankings was in the 2013 season. After taking over the top spot following its 12-10 win at then-No. 1 Loyola on Feb. 23, the Terps played six games as the nation's outright top team and was 4-2, defeating Duke, 16-7, in Durham on March 2, topping Stony Brook, 13-7, at home on March 10, going on the road to beat Villanova, 10-7, on March 16 and dropping a 10-8 decision to North Carolina on March 23. After regaining the No. 1 ranking on April 1, the Terps defeated Navy, 11-8, in Annapolis on April 5, but then dropped a 7-4 decision at home to Johns Hopkins on April. 13.
• Prior to the 2013 season, the last time Maryland was the top team in the nation was in March of 2006 after the Terps defeated then-No. 1 Duke, 8-7 on the road in overtime. Maryland defeated Towson as the No. 1 team the following Saturday, but fell, 7-6 in double-OT, to Bucknell on Tuesday, March 14. The Terrapins were still No. 1 in their 9-4 win at UMBC to close out their two-week stay at the top of the polls.
• The longest Maryland has held on to the No. 1 ranking was seven weeks in 1987. That streak came to an end with a 13-8 loss to No. 4 Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Semifinals.
• One axiom of lacrosse is that if you score 10 goals or more your chances of winning are pretty good. Well, a look at the results since 2002 shows that when Maryland scores 10 or more goals there's not just a pretty good chance the Terrapins will win; it's an almost certainty. Since 2002 Maryland has won 107 of the 116 games in which the Terps have scored 10 or more goals for a .922 winning percentage.
• Maryland scored 10, but fell at North Carolina, 11-10, on March 24, 2012 and again came out on the losing end, despite scoring 11 in a 13-11 loss at Colgate on May 5, 2012. The Terps scored 11 vs. Johns Hopkins on April 16, 2011, but the Blue Jays won the game in overtime, 12-11. On April 3 of last season the Terps lost to No. 1 Virginia by a final of 11-10, giving Maryland its only loss when scoring 10 or more goals in 2010. In 2009 the Terps lost to Georgetown, 13-10 on Feb. 21 and lost again when scoring 10 in the ACC Semifinals in a 16-10 defeat at North Carolina. Prior to that, Maryland had not lost when scoring 10 or more goals since dropping an 11-10 decision to Virginia in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament in Durham, N.C. The Terrapins got to 10 goals in the 100th game against Johns Hopkins, but the Blue Jays took the game 14-10. Virginia is the only team to beat the Terps twice when allowing 10 or more goals. The Wahoos did it first in 2002 with another 11-10 decision.
• The Terps have been extremely impressive (winning 92.2 percent of its games since 2002) when it scores 10 or more goals, they have been nearly as impressive when holding opponents to less than 10 goals during that span.
• Since 2002 Maryland is 124-26 in games, for a .827 winning percentage, when it has held opponents under 10 goals. The Terps have played 199 total games since 2002. Maryland has held opponents to nine goals or less 75.4 percent of the time.
• Since 2005 the Terps are a remarkable 65-4 (.941) when shooting 30% or better in a game. The only four losses were: 13-10 to Georgetown in 2009 (the Terps shot 10 of 30 for 33.3% vs. the Hoyas), 11-10 to No. 1 Virginia on April 3, 2010 (10 of 33 for 30.3%), 12-11 in overtime on April 16, 2011 to No. 3 Johns Hopkins (11 of 28 for 39.3%) and 13-11 at Colgate on May 5, 2012 (11 of 31 for 35.5%).
• Maryland is 6-0 on the year and shot 30% or better in three of its five victories and just barely missed that mark in the win at Syracuse.
W- Mount St. Mary's: 16 goals, 44 shots = 36.4%
W- UMBC: 14 goals, 45 shots = 31.1%
W- at Syracuse: 16 goals, 55 shots = 29.1%
W- Duke: 10 goals, 44 shots = 22.7%
W- at Stony Brook: 11 goals, 48 shots = 22.9%
W- Villanova: 12 goals, 39 shots = 30.7%
• If 30% is the benchmark, then 40% shooting is in a class all to itself and Maryland has shot 40% or better in 15 games since the start of the 2008 season. Out of those 14 games, Maryland shot 50% or better in four of them.
• Six games into the 2014 season and so far and three Terps have notched at least one point in every game.
• Senior Mike Chanenchuk has scored at least one point in each of the six games so far in 2014 and has a 29-game point scoring streak dating back to the Johns Hopkins game on Apr. 14, 2012. Overall, for his Maryland career Chanenchuk has tallied at least one point in 36 of 38 games.
• Junior Jay Carlson and freshman Matt Rambo have also registered at least one point in every game this season. Junior Joe LoCascio had his five-game point scoring streak end in the Villanova game.
• With four goals in his first college game, a 16-3 win over Mount St. Mary's (Feb. 8), Matt Rambo became just the ninth Maryland men's lacrosse freshman to record a hat trick since 1998. He followed that up with another hat trick in the 14-3 win over UMBC (Feb. 15) to become the first Terp to record back-to-back hat tricks in his first two collegiate games since Grant Catalino in 2008.
• Connor Cannizzaro scored his first hat trick with three goals in the Terps' 16-8 win at Syracuse to become the 10th Terp freshman with a hat trick since 1998. This marks just the second time since 1998 that two freshman have recorded hat tricks in the same season. Cannizzaro netted his second career hat trick vs. Villanova on March 14.
• Game-by-game stats haven't been saved since the 1998 season, so the following chart can only go back to then, but here's a look at freshman hat tricks (consecutive games are underlined):
Andrew Combs (1 in 1998): 3-0=3 vs. Towson, Mar. 7
Mike LaMonica (1 in 1999): 3-0=3 vs. Penn State, Mar. 17
Mike Mollot (1 in 2000): 3-4=7 vs. Hofstra, May 14 (NCAA first round)
Dan LaMonica (3 in 2001): 3-1=4 vs. Duke, Mar. 4; 3-1=4 vs. Johns Hopkins, Apr. 14; 3-1=4 vs. Virginia, Apr. 20 (ACC semifinals)
Joe Walters (6 in 2003): 4-1=5 at Towson, Mar. 8; 4-2=6 vs. Bucknell, Mar. 11; 4-0=4 vs. Butler, Mar. 25; 3-1=4 at Virginia, Mar. 29; 4-0=4 at Navy, Apr. 5; 3-1=4 vs. UMBC, Apr. 25
Grant Catalino (3 in 2008): 4-0=4 at Georgetown, Feb. 23; 3-1=4 at Mount St. Mary's, Feb. 26; 4-3=7 vs. Yale, May 3
Travis Reed (4 in 2008): 4-1=5 at Mount St. Mary's, Feb. 26; 3-0=3 at Duke, Mar. 1; 3-0=3 vs. Providence, Mar. 3; 3-2=5 vs. Virginia, Mar. 29
John Haus (1 in 2010): 3-0=3 vs. North Carolina, Apr. 23 (ACC semifinals)
Matt Rambo (2 in 2014): 4-2=6 vs. Mount St. Mary's, Feb. 8; 3-0=3 vs. UMBC, Feb. 15
Connor Cannizzaro (2 in 2014): 3-1=4 at Syracuse, Feb. 22; 3-0=3 vs. Villanova, Mar. 14
• Senior midfielder Mike Chanenchuk scored five of the Terps' 10 goals in the team's 10-6 win over No. 1 Duke on March 1, 2014. That performance marks just the ninth time since 1998 that a Maryland player scored at least 50 percent of the team's goals in a victory (with a five-goal minimum). Chanenchuk is the first Maryland player since 1998 to accomplish the feat at home.
• Here's a look at Terps who have scored 50% or more of the team's goals (min. 5 goals) in wins since 1998:
Mike Chanenchuk, 5 goals in 10-6 win vs. Duke (3/1/14)
Jay Carlson, 5 goals in 10-7 win at Villanova (3/16/13)
Joe Walters, 6 goals in 11-4 win at Johns Hopkins (4/15/06)
Joe Walters, 5 goals in 9-6 win at North Carolina (3/25/06)
Xander Ritz, 5 goals in 8-7 OT win at Duke (3/4/06)
Joe Walters, 6 goals in 12-11 win vs. Virginia in ACC finals (4/25/04)
Buggs Combs, 6 goals in 10-4 win at Delaware (3/17/01)
Scott Hochstadt, 6 goals in 9-4 win at Yale (5/1/99)
Scott Hochstadt, 7 goals in 14-11 win at Virginia in ACC finals (4/19/98)
• There are a couple others earlier than 1998, which includes a minimum of six goals scored (which is the minimum for the single-game records):
Rob Wurzburger, 6 goals in 12-7 win at Towson (3/26/88)
Dick Corrigan, 9 goals in 17-10 win over Navy (4/26/58)
• The Terps boast an all-time record of 753-253-4 (.748), dating back to the first varsity team in 1924 (a team was not fielded in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II). Maryland has finished every one of its previous 88 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 12-6. The program reached the 700-win milestone with a 15-6 victory over Penn on April 14, 2009 at Ludwig Field and became just the fourth program with 750 wins with a 16-8 win at No. 2 Syracuse on Feb. 22, 2014.
• During the decade of the 2000s, Maryland went 111-49 for a .694 win percentage, making it the winningest decade in Terrapin lacrosse history. In the decade of the 1990s, Maryland posted a 95-47 record. The .669 winning percentage matched Maryland's win percentage of the 1980s when the Terps went 83-41 and also compiled a .669 win percentage. So far, Maryland is 53-19 in the 2010's for a .736 winning percentage.
• Maryland's 15-6 victory over Penn on April 14, 2009 was the program's 700th victory in 84 seasons of varsity men's lacrosse. The Terps join Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, Navy, Army and Cornell as the only programs with 700 or more Division I wins.
• Two things that make Maryland's accomplishment all the more impressive is that the Terps reached the 700-win plateau in just their 84th season. Only Syracuse reached win No. 700 in as few seasons, but it took the Orange 53 more games than Maryland. In fact, Maryland needed only 940 games to reach 700 wins and only Johns Hopkins needed fewer games (932) to hit the historic number, but the Blue Jays did so in their 105th season.
• Maryland's 18-6 win over the Colgate on May 4, 2013 extended the Terps' streak of double-digit win seasons to 11, which is the longest active streak in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse. (Special thanks to Patrick Stevens of the D1scource.com).
• There are only four programs with a current streak of at least five-straight 10-win seasons:
Maryland (11): 2013 (10-4), 2012 (12-6), 2011 (13-5), 2010 (12-4), 2009 (10-7), 2008 (10-6), 2007 (10-6), 2006 (12-5), 2005 (11-6), 2004 (13-3), 2003 (12-4)
Notre Dame (8): 2013 (11-4), 2012 (13-3), 2011 (11-3), 2010 (10-7), 2009 (15-1), 2008 (14-3), 2007 (11-4), 2006 (10-5)
Duke (7): 2013 (16-5), 2012 (15-5) 2011 (14-6), 2010 (16-4), 2009 (15-4), 2008 (18-2), 2007 ( 17-3)
North Carolina (5): 2013 (13-4), 2012 (11-6), 2011 (10-6), 2010 (13-3), 2009 (12-6)
• Cornell's string of seven-straight 10+ win seasons came to an end in 2012 with a 9-4 final mark. Virginia's streak of eight-consecutive seasons with 10+ wins ended in 2013 with a 7-8 record, while Siena saw its run of six 10-win seasons end with an 8-9 mark this season.
• Many school's refer to their sports programs as families, but the Maryland men's lacrosse program is truly a family affair. Since 2001, the Terps have had 13 sets of brothers, including three on this season's roster, don the red and black together for at least one season.
Harry & Thomas Alford: 2004-05-06-07
Jake & Jesse Bernhardt: 2010-11-12-13
Justin & Owen Blye: 2009-10-11
Brian & Kevin Cooper: 2011-12-13
Billy & Bobby Gribbin: 2012-13
Brendan & Ian Healy: 2003-04-05
Bryn & Curtis Holmes: 2010
Bryn & Travis Holmes: 2007
Dan & Mike LaMonica: 2001-02
Chris & Willy Passavia: 2001-02-03
Brian & Michael Phipps: 2007
Max & Xander Ritz: 2005-06
Mark & Michael White: 2008-09-10-11
• The 2014 season is the first since 2000 that the Terps have not had a brother combination on the roster.
• Maryland has an 85-3-1 (.961) lifetime record in season openers dating back to the 1924 season. The Terps have won their last 19 openers and 26 of the last 27, with the only loss coming to Duke in 1993, when they fell to Duke 9-5 on March 6.
• After losing their 1925 opener to Yale, 5-3, the Terps went on to win 40 consecutive season openers from 1926 through 1967. The streak was broken when Maryland tied Princeton, 6-6, in the 1968 opener. Following the deadlock, Maryland went on to win its next 14 openers, giving the Terps a 54-0-1 record over a 57-year span (Maryland did not field a team in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II.)
• After beating Mount St. Mary's to open the 2013 season the Terps have an 20-game winning streak in season openers. Five of those wins came against Villanova (1994-98) and the last nine over Denver, Mount St. Mary's (three times), Air Force, Hobart, Duke, Georgetown (four times), Bellarmine (twice), Presbyterian, Detroit Mercy and Hartford. Over the 21-year stretch, Maryland outscored its foes 306-108 (an average score of 14.6-5.1) in those games.
• The Terps have not allowed more than seven goals to any opponent in a season opener over the last 21 years. Maryland has not allowed an opponent to score 10 or more goals in a season opener since Syracuse beat the Terps, 16-13 on March 9, 1983.
• Led by senior defender Michael Ehrhardt, four Maryland men's lacrosse student-athletes were chosen in the 2014 Major League Lacrosse collegiate draft.
• Ehrhardt was chosen seventh overall by the Charlotte Hounds, becoming the eighth Maryland player to be taken in the first round, joining Lee Zink (2004, 5th), Chris Passavia (2004, 6th), Joe Walters (2006, 1st), Bill McGlone (2006, 5th), Ray Megill (2007, 9th), Joe Cinosky (2008, 9th) and Jesse Bernhardt (2013, 4th).
• Senior midfielder Mike Chanenchuk was the next Terrapin off the board, also joining the Hounds as the 11th overall selection.
• The third Terp to be selected was senior goalie Niko Amato, becoming the first Terp to join the Florida Launch, with the 29th overall selection.
• The final Terp to be drafted was senior short-stick defensive midfielder Brian Cooper, who earned the distinction of being 2014's MLL equivalent of "Mr. Irrelevant" as the final selection of the draft, going with the 64th overall selection to the Chesapeake Bayhawks.
• Five Maryland men's lacrosse alumni were named to the 30-man roster for the U.S. National Team that will compete at the 2014 FIL World Championships from July 10-19 in Denver.
• Jesse Bernhardt (2013), Dan Burns (2011), Jeff Reynolds (2009), Drew Snider (2012) and Lee Zink (2004) made the team, which was selected from an original pool of 98 players through a seven-month selection process.
• Maryland's five selections are tied for the most of any college program with Johns Hopkins, which also has five alums among the 30-man roster.
• Four players have been named team captains for the 2014 season. The quartet, which was selected by a combination of team vote and coaches' input, consists of seniors Tyler Adelsberger, Niko Amato, Mike Chanenchukand Michael Ehrhardt.
• The University of Maryland's men's lacrosse team will compete in the Big Ten Conference beginning with the 2015 season, following an announcement from the conference office on June 3, 2013 that the Big Ten has secured six men's teams when Johns Hopkins was accepted as a sport affiliate member for men's lacrosse only beginning with the 2014-15 academic year to give the Big Ten six men's programs, joining Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers.
• The six programs that will comprise Big Ten men's lacrosse boast 56 national championships, with schools that have competed for more than a century. Johns Hopkins has been an independent since 1883 and leads all schools with 44 national championships. Maryland has claimed 11 national titles, while Rutgers has also won a national championship. The Scarlet Knights launched men's lacrosse in 1887, followed by programs starting in 1913 for Penn State, 1924 for Maryland and 1953 for Ohio State. Michigan instituted a men's lacrosse program in 2012. Maryland, Ohio State and Penn State each qualified for the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 2013, with the Buckeyes advancing to the quarterfinals.


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100th Anniversay of Army Reserve ~ Soldiers Enlist
Soldiers Re-enlist to Commemorate 100th Army Reserve Anniversary
By Master Sgt. Anthony Martinez, USA
Special to American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, Jan. 18, 2008 – More than 100 mobilized Army Reserve soldiers deployed in Iraq and Kuwait raised their right hands and recited the oath of enlistment in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Army Reserve, in a ceremony here today.
In the grand rotunda of Al Faw Palace here, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of Multinational Force Iraq, issued the oath of enlistment and remarked on the continued commitment Army Reserve soldiers make in reenlisting.
"In places like Iraq, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, the Philippines and Latin America, Army reservists are bringing their warrior skills and their civilian trades to the fight," Petraeus said.
"As everyone here knows," Petraeus told the citizen-soldiers, "that combination is particularly effective in the exceedingly complex environments we face today -- environments that require our troopers to be not just warriors but also diplomats, builders, trainers, advisors, intelligence gatherers, service providers, economic developers and mediators."
"Citizen-soldiers perform these diverse roles expertly, and in so doing, they demonstrate the critical role members of the Army Reserve play in safeguarding freedom at home and defending it abroad," the general added.
"Indeed, I cannot think of a better way to honor the Army Reserve's first century of service than being part of a ceremony where so many great reservists raise their right hands and commit themselves to continue serving our nation," Petraeus said.
During the ceremony, Army Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, chief of Army Reserve Command, commented on the transformation of the Army Reserve over the past 100 years.
"The Army Reserve was founded in 1908, but I can tell you that the Army Reserve of 2008 is vastly different than the Army Reserve of 1908," Stultz said. "The Army Reserve today really is an operational force, an integrated part of the Army," Stultz added. "And there's no better way for us to kick off our 100th anniversary year and to symbolize what the Army Reserve today really is than to be able to conduct a re-enlistment ceremony here in Baghdad in the palace with 100 of our Army Reserve soldiers."
For many of the soldiers here today, the opportunity to participate was about more than just re-enlisting for themselves. It was a way to honor the service of those who came before them.
"I'm just one soldier, just one average 'joe,'" said Sgt. Jonathan Britt, a 25-year-old medic from Fayetteville, N.C., mobilized with 535th Military Police Battalion.
"I've only been in for two years, so for 98 years there were people upholding these traditions, and that's one of the reasons for me to re-enlist, to uphold the tradition, honor and integrity behind that -- not for my own personal sake but for those that served before me," Britt said.
Soldiers selected to participate in the commemorative ceremony are a sampling of the more than 1,876 Army Reserve soldiers who have reenlisted over the past 12 months while deployed in Iraq and Kuwait, according to the Army Reserve Retention and Transition Office here. Army Reserve re-enlistments in Iraq and Kuwait reflect approximately 20 percent of all re-enlistments for the Army Reserve worldwide, officials said.
(Army Master Sgt. Anthony Martinez is assigned to the U.S. Army Reserve Command.)


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A not guilty plea was entered for Lance Marshall Tamyo, 45, who remains in the hospital. San Diego Superior Court Judge Joan Weber set bail at $150,000, and Tamyo will be transferred to jail after he is discharged from the hospital.
Deputy District Attorney Michael Runyon said Tamyo faces a maximum sentence of three years and eight months in prison if convicted. Runyon declined to comment about Tamyo's medical condition.
On Aug. 6, Tamyo called 911 from his car, saying he was suicidal and had a gun and wanted to commit suicide by cop. Police kept him talking on his cell phone, but Tamyo got out of his car and walked around a grassy area holding a gun.
He allegedly pointed the weapon at numerous officers and at an overhead police helicopter before he was shot near De Anza Cove and rushed to the hospital.
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The adage that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover applies to the Blue Point Restaurant in Acushnet. Located off North Main Street down a gently sloping side street, the restaurant blends right into its residential neighborhood.
The adage that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover applies to the Blue Point Restaurant in Acushnet. Located off North Main Street down a gently sloping side street, the restaurant blends right into its residential neighborhood.
It was very unassuming and did little to hint at the wonderful food that awaited us inside the dining room, a converted Worcester dining car that was built in the 1930s.
Allison and I entered through the main entrance on a Sunday afternoon and found a small bar area on the left. There was no hostess on duty, but one of the waitresses told us we could sit anywhere we liked and we settled into a table in the back right of the small dining room next to a black chalkboard with the day's specials written neatly in white chalk.
A waitress greeted us and took our drink orders, a diet soda for me and a glass of ice water for Allison. While we were looking over the menu and checking out the specials, a basket of warm rolls and corn bread with pats of butter was delivered to the table.
We decided to get things started with a couple of appetizers. Allison and I have developed a fondness for shrimp Mozambique and we were happy to find it on the menu for $8.50. We also ended up ordering a side of three meatballs ($3.50), because I'm still on a crusade to find meatballs that measure up to the ones that my mother makes.
For her entree, Allison decided to try the salmon with dill sauce ($13), which was one of the chalkboard specials along with Yankee pot roast ($10), chicken pot pie ($9.50), haddock primavera over pasta ($14), 8-ounce filet mignon ($17), large fish & chips ($9.50), and stir-fry chicken ($11) or shrimp ($13).
I was torn between ordering chicken parmigiana ($13.50) or the seafood casserole ($17). Italian food is my all-time favorite, but I was in the mood for something from the sea. The combination of scrod, scallops, and shrimp sounded good, and I went with it.
Some of the other appetizer choices on the menu include a bucket of steamers ($13), clams casino ($8), crab cakes ($6.50), and onion rings ($5 for a small order and $6.50 for a large).
The big menu includes a nice selection of dishes that will make everybody happy.
Seafood entrees include baked scrod ($10 lunch, $14 dinner), a New England clam boil ($17), baked scallops ($12/$17), seafood Mozambique ($13.50/$17), and lobster casserole ($20).
Diners can also choose between chicken marsala ($11/$14.50), chicken broccoli penne ($11/$13), sirloin tips ($10/$14.50), surf & turf ($19.95), southern fried steak ($9/$11/$13), fettucine Alfredo ($10/$12), baked lasagna ($8/$10), or spaghetti and meatballs ($8/$10).
Sandwich choices include a bacon cheeseburger ($8.25/$9.50), chicken breast ($7.75/$9), fish ($7.75/$9), and a tuna melt ($7.75/$9).
A meat pie ($8.50/$9.50) and a salmon pie ($9/$10) are also available. Pizza prices range from $6.25 for a basic cheese pie all the way up to $9.75 for a chicken Alfredo.
After a short wait spent discussing our December trip to Walt Disney World, our appetizers arrived and both were outstanding.
The shrimp were bathed in that familiar orange sauce with a nice hint of beer and garlic, and we made quick work of them. Allison put them right up there with those at the best Portuguese restaurants that we've been to, and I wasn't about to disagree with her.
The three medium-sized meatballs came to the table in a casserole dish topped with tomato sauce. I forgot to ask if they were homemade, but they had a smooth, velvety texture with lots of flavor, and the sweet sauce, which was chunky, but not excessively so, was a perfect complement.
We had both saved a roll for the appetizers and Allison used hers to soak up some Mozambique sauce. I ended up making a mini meatball sandwich out of mine and we both agreed that we could have made meals out of just the bread and the appetizers.
After the dishes were cleared and I received a soda refill, our entrees arrived in short order. Allison's salmon came with mashed potatoes and butternut squash, the vegetable of the day, and one of her favorites. I ordered a side of spaghetti and sauce to go with my seafood casserole, because I'm not a potato and vegetable kind of guy.
Allison likes to order salmon whenever she can and she wasn't disappointed.
The fish was flaky and cooked to perfection, with a tasty creamy dill sauce that enhanced the dish. She couldn't have been happier, because it was quickly added to her top-five list.
My seafood casserole came to the table piping hot and I let it cool off a bit after adding some melted butter and a couple of squeezes of lemon.
The spaghetti came topped with the same sweet sauce that was on the meatballs and that was just fine with me. I made a nice dent in the pasta and turned my attention to the seafood, which was lightly topped with crumbs. The scallops were absolutely delicious and I appreciated the fact that the tails had been removed from the shrimp. I'm not a big fish eater, but the scrod was nice and flaky with a mild flavor that was made even better with a small forkful of the mixed crumbs, butter, and lemon.
We both made quick work of our entrees and enjoyed them tremendously.
The dessert menu was easily seen from our table (we noticed it shortly after sitting down) and we both knew what we were going to end our meal with before ordering any food.
Allison had pre-chosen the caramel pecan cheesecake and I quickly decided to try the pistachio cream square. Two good-sized desserts arrived and it wasn't long before we were both making yummy sounds. The cheesecake was velvety with a nice mix of caramel and pecans, and my cookie-crumb square was topped with a delicious pistachio pudding and cream. They were a nice end to a very enjoyable meal.
The other dessert choices included Indian pudding, tapioca, apple crisp, pumpkin pie, and coconut dream pie.
Not counting tax and tip, our bill came to $58.44 and we both left happy and full to take on the rest of our day off.
We're big fans of the television show "Phantom Gourmet," which features a segment called "hidden jewels," and we would definitely place the Blue Point in that category because of the food quality and the reasonable prices. It's always nice to find a simple place that makes you feel comfortable and serves great food. Both of the waitresses on duty the day we visited were friendly and helpful, and the surprisingly quiet dining room proved to be a nice place to carry on a pleasant conversation.
The decor of the dining room was as simple and plain as the outside of the restaurant, but the food was the star of this show and we thoroughly enjoyed everything that came to our table.
We were both glad to discover the Blue Point and we're looking forward to returning. If everything else on the menu is as delicious as the dishes we had, we have a lot of good visits ahead of us.
Dine Out's reviewer visits restaurants unannounced and at his or her discretion. The Standard-Times pays for the meals reviewed. The reviews merely reflect one diner's experience. Ratings range from 1 to 5 stars.