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July 31, 2014 — A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday proposed a bill (S 2692) that aims to curb sexual assaults on college campuses by bolstering resources for students who report the crimes and increasing penalties against schools that violate federal requirements, the New York Times reports (Steinhauer, New York Times, 7/30).
The bill comes weeks after Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), one of its sponsors, released a report that found 41% of surveyed universities in the U.S. had not conducted any investigations into sexual assault allegations over the last five years, even though some had reported sexual assault incidents to the Department of Education (Marklein, USA Today, 7/30).
The measure's other sponsors include Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) and Mark Warner (Va.) and Republican Sens. Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and Dean Heller (Nev.). Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.) are expected to introduce a companion measure in the House.
According to the Washington Post's "She The People," it is not likely that Congress will approve the legislation in the next few months. Lawmakers start their five-week summer recesses later this week, and many will be focusing on the November election when they return (Henderson, "She The People," Washington Post, 7/30).
Bill's Provisions
The measure would require every college and university in the U.S. to conduct an anonymous survey of students about their experiences with sexual assault on campus. The results would be posted online so that parents and high school students could compare colleges. In addition, the measure would increase penalties levied against schools that fail to address sexual assault on campus. For example, the bill would impose penalties of up to 1% of a school's operating budget if it fails to comply with certain aspects of the bill. Currently, schools that violate the rights of students in sexual assault cases can lose federal funding, but lawmakers said that the penalty is impractical and not enforced.
The bill also would increase penalties under the Clery Act, a federal law that requires universities that receive federal funding to disclose campus crime information. Specifically, the measure increases the penalty for violating the law's requirements from $35,000 per violation to $150,000 per violation (New York Times, 7/30).
The measure also would mandate that universities designate an adviser to act as a confidential resource for students who have been sexually assaulted. The advisers and others involved with disciplinary proceedings on campus would be required to undergo specialized training.
Under the bill, colleges would not be allowed to penalize students who in good faith reveal other violations, such as underage drinking, while reporting a sexual assault ("She The People," Washington Post, 7/30).
In addition, the bill would bar athletic departments or other campus groups from handling sexual assault complaints for participants in their own division. The bill also aims to coordinate response efforts with local law enforcement authorities.
Gillibrand said that the purpose of the bill is to "flip the incentives that currently reward (colleges for) keeping sexual assault in the shadows" (USA Today, 7/30).
McCaskill said in a statement, "To curb these crimes, students need to be protected and empowered, and institutions must provide the highest level of responsiveness in helping hold perpetrators fully accountable." She added, "That's what our legislation aims to accomplish" ("She The People," Washington Post, 7/30).
However, Anne Neal, president of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, said that colleges and universities "are simply unable to play judge, jury and executioner when they're already having trouble playing educator." She added, "Resources are limited and colleges must put their focus on their primary objective: education" (New York Times, 7/30).


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Step by step procedure for the isolation of plasmid DNA from Escherichia coli. A plasmid is a small circular piece of DNA (about 2,000 to 10,000 base pairs) that contains important genetic information for the growth of bacteria. In nature, this information is often a gene that encodes a protein that will make the bacteria resistant to an antibiotic.A plasmid is a small circular..
ISOLATION OF PLASMID DNA FROM E.Coli
The plasmid:
A plasmid is a small circular piece of DNA (about 2,000 to 10,000 base pairs) that contains important genetic information for the growth of bacteria. In nature, this information is often a gene that encodes a protein that will make the bacteria resistant to an antibiotic.
Plasmids were discovered in the late sixties, and it was quickly realized that they could be used to amplify a gene of interest. A plasmid containing resistance to an antibiotic (usually ampicillin) is used as a vector. The gene of interest is inserted into the vector plasmid and this newly constructed plasmid is then put into E. coli that are sensitive to ampicillin. The bacteria are then spread over a plate that contains ampicillin. The ampicillin provides a selective pressure because only bacteria that have acquired the plasmid can grow on the plate. Therefore, as long as you grow the bacteria in ampicillin, it will need the plasmid to survive and it will continually replicate it, along with your gene of interest that has been inserted to the plasmid.
There are many different kinds of plasmids commercially available. All of them contain
1) A selectable marker (i.e., a gene that encodes for antibiotic resistance),
2) An origin of replication (which is used by the DNA making machinery in the bacteria as the starting point to make a copy of the plasmid) and
3) A multiple cloning site. The multiple cloning site has many restriction enzyme sites (to be discussed in a later lab) and is used to insert the DNA of interest.
Plasmid DNA may appear in one of five conformations, which (for a given size) run at different speeds in a gel during electrophoresis. The conformations are listed below in order of electrophoretic mobility (speed for a given applied voltage) from slowest to fastest:
• "Nicked Open-Circular" DNA has one strand cut.
• "Relaxed Circular" DNA is fully intact with both strands uncut, but has been enzymatically "relaxed" (supercoils removed). You can model this by letting a twisted extension cord unwind and relax and then plugging it into itself.
• "Linear" DNA has free ends, either because both strands have been cut, or because the DNA was linear in vivo. You can model this with an electrical extension cord that is not plugged into itself.
• "Supercoiled" (or "Covalently Closed-Circular") DNA is fully intact with both strands uncut, and with a twist built in, resulting in a compact form. You can model this by twisting an extension cord and then plugging it into itself.
• "Supercoiled Denatured" DNA is like supercoiled DNA, but has unpaired regions that make it slightly less compact; this can result from excessive alkalinity during plasmid preparation. You can model this by twisting a badly frayed extension cord and then plugging it into itself.
The rate of migration for small linear fragments is directly proportional to the voltage applied at low voltages. At higher voltages, larger fragments migrate at continually increasing yet different rates. Therefore the resolution of a gel decreases with increased voltage. At a specified, low voltage, the migration rate of small linear DNA fragments is a function of their length. Large linear fragments (over 20kb or so) migrate at a certain fixed rate regardless of length. This is because the molecules 'reptate', with the bulk of the molecule following the leading end through the gel matrix. Restriction digests are frequently used to analyse purified plasmids. These enzymes specifically break the DNA at certain short sequences. The resulting linear fragments form 'bands' after gel electrophoresis. It is possible to purify certain fragments by cutting the bands out of the gel and dissolving the gel to release the DNA fragments. Because of its tight conformation, supercoiled DNA migrates faster through a gel than linear or open-circular DNA.
A plasmid is an extra-chromosomal DNA molecule separate from the chromosomal DNA which is capable of replicating independently of the chromosomal DNA. In many cases, it is circular and double-stranded. Plasmids usually occur naturally in bacteria, but are sometimes found in eukaryotic organisms (e.g., the 2-micrometre-ring in Saccharomyces cerevisiae) .Plasmid size varies from 1 to over 200 kilo base pairs (kbp). The number of identical plasmids within a single cell can be zero, one, or even thousands under some circumstances. Plasmids can be considered to be part of the mobilome, since they are often associated with conjugation, a mechanism of horizontal gene transfer.
The term plasmid was first introduced by the American molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg in 1952.Plasmids can be considered to be independent life-forms similar to viruses, since both are capable of autonomous replication in suitable (host) environments. However the plasmid-host relationship tends to be more symbiotic than parasitic (although this can also occur for viruses, for example with Endo viruses) since plasmids can endow their hosts with useful packages of DNA to assist mutual survival in times of severe stress. For example, plasmids can convey antibiotic resistance to host bacteria, who may then survive along with their life-saving guests who are carried along into future host generations.
Plasmids that exist only as one or a few copies in each bacterium are, upon cell division, in danger of being lost in one of the segregating bacteria. Such single-copy plasmids have systems which attempt to actively distribute a copy to both daughter cells. Some plasmids include an addiction system or "postsegregational killing system (PSK)", such as the hok/sok (host killing/suppressor of killing) system of plasmid R1 in Escherichia coli. They produce both a long-lived poison and a short-lived antidote. Daughter cells that retain a copy of the plasmid survive, while a daughter cell that fails to inherit the plasmid dies or suffers a reduced growth-rate because of the lingering poison from the parent cell.
Alkaline lysis was first described by Birnboim and Doly in 1979 (Nucleic Acids Res. 7, 1513-1523) and has, with a few modifications, been the preferred method for plasmid DNA extraction from bacteria ever since.
Solution 1 contains Tris, EDTA, glucose and RNase A. Divalent cations (Mg2+, Ca2+) are essential for DNase activity and the integrity of the bacterial cell wall. EDTA chelates divalent cations in the solution preventing DNases from damaging the plasmid and also helps by destabilizing the cell wall. Glucose maintains the osmotic pressure so the cells don't burst and RNase A is included to degrade cellular RNA when the cells are lysed.
The lysis buffer (solution 2) contains sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and the detergent Sodium Dodecyl (lauryl) Sulfate (SDS). SDS is there to solubilize the cell membrane. NaOH helps to break down the cell wall, but more importantly it disrupts the hydrogen bonding between the DNA bases, converting the double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) in the cell, including the genomic DNA and plasmid, to single stranded DNA (ssDNA). This process is called denaturation and is central part of the procedure ( alkaline lysis). SDS also denatures most of the proteins in the cells, which helps with the separation of the proteins from the plasmid later in the process.
Addition of potassium acetate (solution 3) returns the pH to neutral. Under these conditions the hydrogen bonding between the bases of the single stranded DNA can be re-established, so the ssDNA can re-nature to dsDNA.. The small circular plasmid DNA re-natures but it is impossible to properly anneal the huge genomic DNA stretches. This is why it's important to be gentle during the lysis step because vigorous mixing or vortexing will shear the gDNA producing shorter stretches that can re-anneal and contaminate your plasmid prep.
While the double-stranded plasmid can dissolve easily in solution, the single stranded genomic DNA, the SDS and the denatured cellular proteins stick together through hydrophobic interactions to form a white precipitate. The precipitate can easily be separated from the plasmid DNA solution by centrifugation.
To isolate the plasmid DNA from E.coli
This isolation is based upon the release of high molecular weight molecules of DNA from disrupted cells cell walls and membranes dissociating nuclear protein complex by denaturation and proteolysis and separation of DNA from other macromolecules observed.
Overnight culture of E.coli
Test tubes
Ice pack
Eppendorf tubes
1. SOLUTION 1 - 5ml
50mM Tris HCl
Pipette out 0.25 ml of 1 M TrisHCl in a beaker
20mM EDTA
Pipette out 0.20 ml of 0.5 M EDTA into the beaker
Weigh 0.75 grams of glucose
Dissolve the above chemicals and make it upto 5ml using distilled water
2. SOLUTION 2 - 5ml
0.2 N NaOH
Weigh 0.04 grams of NaOH in a beaker
Weigh 0.05 grams of SDS in a beaker
Dissolve the above solution in 3 ml of distilled water by heating and then make it upto 5 ml
3.SOLUTION 3 - 5ml
5M Pottasium acetate
• Take 1.5 ml of overnight culture of E.coli into Eppendorf tubes
• The tubes are then centrifuged at 6000rpm for 10 mins
• To this 100 microlitres of solution 1 was added and this was incubated in ice cold condition for 10 mins
• Then add 150 microlitres of solution 2 and gently vortex till a white viscous liquid is formed
• To this add 200 microlitres of solution 3 and incubate it in ice cold condition for 10 mins
• Then centrifuge the tubes at 10000 rpm for 10 min
• Then take supernatant and add equal volume of Isopropanol to that
• Incubate in ice cold condition for 30 min
• Centrifuge these tubes at 12000rpm for 10 mins
• The pellet was dried well and dissolve it in 50 microlitres of TE buffer
• Run the samples in a gel
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Here's a little known few facts about me. I have ostrich tendencies. Yes indeed you did read that correctly. And whilst I don't necessarily hit speeds of up to 70km per hour we are similar in the fact that I cannot fly, but boy can I run. Just slower. Much much slower if truth be told. But lets not let this get in the way of a good story.
Another thing we have in common is burying our heads in the sand. Strictly speaking they may be getting a bad rap here as according to the National Geographic, the ostrich doesn't actually do this at all. But for the sake of continuing here as I started I'm granting myself poetic licence.
So what is my point here? Yes burying my head in the sand. I have done so for a few months now (if not years) with regards to where we are headed with the internet, social media and our children. I brushed it under the carpet as I felt my kids were so young that it simply did not matter to me and that by the time I needed it – the information would be there. We'd be ready and armed to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing us and our kids for the next generation.
It's like this. It ain't going anywhere – much as we wax lyrical about restrictions and settings, it's here to stay and is continually evolving. In my opinion our best form of defence here is education. We are somewhat on the back foot and need to play catch up fairly fast. So what can we do?
Here's what we know, according the Trend Micro:
There is no proper research done worldwide to determine the age children should be, from a child development perspective, to be online & using this technology . We simply do not know the impact that it is having on them. There simply is no evidence either way.
I recently spent a morning in Trend Micro at their invitation, to learn more about internet safety with a focus on keeping children and teenagers safe online. Trend Micro, for those of us who have not heard of them to date, are a global cyber security company. I became interested in what they do when I heard about their primary and secondary schools "What's your story" contest – you can read more about that here.
The winners for this year have been announced but plenty of time to get thinking for next years one.
"We are the online generation but we are the generation that cannot go online". Do we want to end up here? Is banning your kids from the internet realistic? What about all the good they can get from this relatively new realm of our society? How do I police the time they spend online? Who they interact with? What they will end up reading and seeing? Who can reach them? How do I keep them safe? Where can I learn more? How do I educate them as to what is appropriate behaviour online – both by them and towards them? WHERE DO I EVEN START? Is your heading spinning? Mine certainly is.
Trend micro has educated 1.5 million parents, kids, teachers to date on cyber safety and empowering our communities online. They work closely with Europol amongst many others, so I felt this would probably be a good place to start my education.
Here is what I learned from them. My Top Tips for Creating a Safe Environment for your family online.
- Nuture Relationships
The relationship with your children is the most important thing you need to protect & nuture thoughout their childhood and teenage years.
If they come to you and tell you something they have done online that is positive or negative, positive affirmation is really good. Do no over react or explode if they come to you with some thing they have done. Always reassure them that coming to you was the right thing to do even if you do not know the solution. Go drink the bottle of wine later if you need to but stay calm in front of them.
When the talking stops the problems start.
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We are 1st to put a device into their hands so we have to take responsibility and be informed. Here's a tip: the internet has everything you need to know about internet safety – I'll include some resources at the end of this post.
3. Supervision is key:
Know where they are, what they are doing, who they are with online. Always be in ear and eye distance of them when possible. I realise this is easier the younger they are.
Charge devices outside of the bedrooms as a family rule. For example, on the landing rather than in the bedrooms or preferably downstairs overnight. Set family rules and agree with them kids. Ask yourself continuously "Am I happy with the way things are in my house? Do I need to make changes?" Consider a family contract – even to use as conversation rather than actually doing it
4. Research together:
An example is the best way to explain this one. Your child comes home wanting to know what roadblocks is. You have no clue.
"Do your homework, etc and we'll research it together. Let me tell you what I am worried about. I'm worried about what you are going to see and hear – it may be inappropriate, what you might share ( school uniform crest could identify location), who could be in touch with you. Let's find out what is good about it together and let's understand the privacy and safety settings as a team"
Here you are teaching them how to research too.You will learn from each other.
"Let's go to safe website. Sites with https:// are secure websites. This box here that came up is a Pop up – don't click on these. It is possibly a virus. This here is asking you to click and accept a Cookies. Do you know what these are? They track your habits…. they allows companies understand you as a consumer"
Here you can teach them about media literacy
5. Checking in:
Whether it is in the car, at bedtime, just check in with your child at least once a week. Ask "How are you getting on?" as opposed to presuming all is ok as you have heard nothing. It has to be primarily about the relationship between you and your child over and above privacy settings.
For every hour your child under 10 has of online activity you need to encourage them to have an hour activity off line (walk the dog, trampoline). Spending time with them on their own will encourage conversation that may not occur should you not take time to specifically check in.
What About Parental Controls? Won't they solve the lot?
Parental controls are great from the ages of 0-10 but we need to equip our children with the tools to make responsible decision on their own. Privacy settings of course play a significant role but the most important thing is your relationship with them & the power of listening. Let them know that they can talk to you. We all have choices & the choices we make online have consequences. What we do and say online represents who we are and we are judged from it
Below I have attached 2 videos that TrendMicro drew my attention to. They are worth a watch – I'm a firm believer in better the devil you know!
YouTube Resources:
This 2nd one is for teenagers (and adults!!). It is 11 minutes long but is worth the investment. Europol commisioned it and our Garda Garda Siochana emblem is embedded at the end of it. This is real – it happens. It's not a what if.
My favourite resources:
Trend Micro online resources page – everything you need from help with Maths to staying safe.
Cybersafe Ireland: Empowering children, parents and teachers to navigate the online world in a safe and responsible manner
Webwise Ireland parent and teacher guide.
Apple devices: safety features in Apple devices that are both useful for families and you may not know exist.
Tips from Facebook on staying safe on their platform.
ReachOut – Youth Mental Health
ReachOut for Parents – Mental Health
I hope that you find this post a little helpful – even if it is a start with regards to finding the information that you want. Or at least gets you and your family talking.
Your's, feeling like knowledge is power,
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The wording of Carroll's letter reveals that this is not a resignation. Carroll notifies that per his existing contract, his last day of work will be June 30, 2012. Under NJ statute, a BOE is required to give a superintendent a year's notice about its intentions regarding his contract.
From a strategic career standpoint, Carroll now avoids a possible vote to reject his contract renewal at the June 27th BOE meeting, and any associated blemish on his record. But Clinton Township residents, parents and teachers have already made their "performance review" of Carroll a matter of the public record. And they're not happy.
Following public demands, voiced at the June 13 BOE meeting, that the BOE not renew Carroll's contract at its June 27 meeting, the CTSD teachers notified the BOE on June 20 that 81% of them had voted "no confidence" in Carroll.
The teachers said this was an unprecedented action: The teachers have never voted "no confidence" in a superintendent before. More than any other individual action, the teachers' vote may have led to Carroll's sudden notice to the BOE. Combined with information provided by the public at the BOE meetings and in recent letters to the editor, it seems a rejection of the contract by the also-beleagured BOE may have been inevitable.
In February, Carroll had requested that the BOE act on his contract renewal early, and the BOE put the contract on its agenda for a vote. Immediate public outcry — which somehow surprised the BOE — led Carroll to withdraw his request before the BOE could act. At that meeting, residents accused the BOE of rushing to act on Carroll's contract prior to the upcoming school elections. The BOE apparently feared that three new BOE members would interfere with plans to appoint Carroll for another three years. In fact, the arrival of three new members, who began closely scrutinizing BOE actions, squashed more than one BOE initiative as motions started to get tabled.
However, in spite of the public's remonstrances in February, the BOE took no actions since then to conduct a full public review process of Carroll's performance. This blew up in the BOE's face in mid-June amidst continuing complaints that the public was being cut out of important school district policy decisions — like who was going to serve as superintendent.
At the June 13 meeting, members of the public not only demanded rejection of Carroll's contract renewal; they complained that the BOE itself was guilty of failing to conduct a thorough and transparent process to review Carroll's performance, and to decide on his contract renewal. (See School board gets an F on superintendent's contract.) Public comment on the contract was not on the June 13 BOE agenda. Instead, residents packed the CTMS Library specifically to address the superintendent's contract during the open public comment section of the meeting.
Under pressure from the public, the BOE quickly scheduled an extra meeting for June 20, specifically to accept comments on the superintendent's contract. Originally slated for the CTMS Library, the June 20 meeting had to quickly be moved to the CTMS auditorium to accommodate more than 100 attendees. Carroll presented a slideshow describing the district's problems when he arrived, and how he corrected them during his two years on the job. The BOE was criticized for not creating a public forum to review and debate Carroll's objectives, his performance, his claims, and the public's perception of his performance.
The public's criticisms at the June 20 meeting quickly shifted focus from the superintendent to the BOE's handling of the performance and contract review process. Under the often inscrutable and inept leadership of BOE president Jim Dincuff, the BOE seems to have destroyed any realistic opportunity that Superintendent Kevin Carroll might have had to get his contract renewed.
Before public comment was formally over at the June 20 meeting, Dincuff interrupted comments and launched a public disclosure of negotiations between the BOE and the teachers' union, prompting a teachers' representative to ask whether Dincuff was now negotiating in public. Dincuff replied that he was, and proceeded to "disclose" offers the BOE had made to the teachers.
Having violated his own BOE meeting agenda, board president Dincuff threw the meeting into a tailspin with his tirade about teachers' contract negotiations, ignoring calls for order while he brought the entire meeting to a crashing halt.
Said one resident in a letter to the editor this week:
"Morale in our schools is low, community trust is low, and stakeholders have sent the strongest possible messages to the board that we need and expect change."
Under Dincuff's leadership, it seems the old members of the BOE might believe they can now put their heads in the sand, because Carroll won't be reappointed. But Debate on Carroll's contract has focused a bright light on the BOE's own failure to properly manage the district, and on its lack of transparency. With three new members scrutinizing the old BOE's behavior, it seems radical change could already be under way.


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Insider: Working behind the scenes is more fun than sitting in the stands
Heidi Hoopingarner was 3 years old when her parents secured season tickets for the Colts at the Hoosier Dome in the mid-1980s. She grew up loving the Colts, but picked up on the details of the game that might have gone unnoticed by others her age.
"I grew up telling my mom I wish I could work the chains," Hoopingarner said, referring to the crew that manages the orange signal poles marking the down number and distance needed for a first down.
Hoopingarner, half-jokingly, said her "dream has been fulfilled." The North Central teacher joined the chain crew this season, completing a four-person, all-female group for Panther home games. She joined Katie Cluver, Janet Eichenberger and Lynn Schopp — all three also teachers at North Central — as a unique foursome.
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The idea originated with North Central athletic director Paul Loggan, who liked the idea of having sports-minded teachers on the sidelines on Friday nights. Cluver, Eichenberger and Schopp started three years ago with Hoopingarner joining this fall.
"We made her go through an interview process," Cluver joked of Hoopingarner. "She submitted an essay on why she should be on chain gang."
It might be easy to overlook the contributions of people like Cluver, Eichenberger and Schopp and Hoopingarner on football Friday nights. The action is on the field, after all, and the players provide the touchdowns, sacks and thrills. But there is an army of people behind the scenes who keep things running smoothly — from the chain gang to the concessions manager to the public address announcer to the groundskeeper. You might not notice them, but they are a vital part of the experience in high school sports.
'I do whatever it takes'
For the last 30 years, Jim Huse has been a consistent presence at Brebeuf Jesuit. He fills multiple roles, serving as the school's groundskeeper. Huse went from full-time to part-time four years ago, but still works two or three days a week to prepare the facilities.
"I do whatever it takes to have us ready on Friday night," Huse said.
Huse, 73, does more than that. He drives the bus to road games. He delivers the pre-game prayer. He leads the chain gang at home games. He used to mow the home field every week until Brebeuf installed a synthetic surface in 2011.
"They needed somebody to drive the bus when I first got here," said Huse, a 1963 Westfield graduate. "I've been in love with being part of it ever since."
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In three decades, Huse has missed just two games — one when his wife, Jackie, had back surgery, and the other when his daughter was sick. He will retire at the end of the school year, meaning this is likely the final season Huse will fulfill his capacities at Brebeuf.
He will miss it — all of it.
"I know there's no feeling like being in a football locker room before a big game and feeling that emotion," he said.
A Triton Central mainstay
When Jeff Wilson was hired at Triton Central as a math teacher 27 years ago, the administration asked if he had any interest in coaching. Visions of angry parents filled Wilson's head, so he said he would not mind being involved in a supporting role.
Around that time, John Bowers, a teacher at Triton Central, was nearing retirement. Bowers had filled the role of public address announcer for many years at Triton Central games.
"We rotated for a couple years," Wilson said. "Then it turned into a permanent job. I've done every game ever since."
Except one. In 2011, Triton Central won its first football sectional championship in 23 years with a 36-27 win over Paoli. Wilson was at home that night with laryngitis. Athletic director Bryan Graham stepped in for Wilson.
"I listened on the radio," Wilson said. "I missed it. Fortunately, we have won a few more (sectionals) since then."
In his role as public address announcer, Wilson stands by a couple of rules.
"Every child out there has a parent in the stands," he said. "I announce opposing plays when they are done well and never say anything that will be unsportsmanlike. You can root for your team and put more emphasis on those plays, but still compliment the other team. The other rule is that people are there to watch the game, not hear the announcer on every play. I'm not the radio announcer."
Wilson, who is also the school's drama sponsor, also fills in as the national anthem singer when needed. But he always attempts to find a student to sing first.
"If there's one thing I don't like, it's hearing the national anthem on tape," he said. "So if I don't have a student or the marching band doing it, I will do it. I probably end of singing it about 15 times a year."
Wilson, 49, said there have been many highlights over the years. One of his personal favorites came this season when his neighbor, senior Keyan McKee, returned a kickoff for a touchdown.
"He came out for football as a senior and knew he probably wasn't going to get much playing time," Wilson said. "That was a really exciting moment. It probably wouldn't be a standout play for anybody else, really, but what a great memory for him. I about wanted to cry."
Keeping it stocked
Dustin Bratton laughs now at the part-time job that called for "15 to 20 hours a week."
"Sometimes I feel like I'm at the high school as much as a full-time job," he said.
Bratton has a full-time job as an auditor for the state, but signed as a concessions manager at Franklin Central in August of 2017. In his role, Bratton coordinators with vendors like Coca-Cola and other distributors to make sure the concessions stands are stocked for all of Franklin Central's home athletic events.
On the other end, Bratton works with volunteer groups to run the concessions stands, which serve as major fundraisers for their organizations.
"Football is hectic," Bratton said. "We have two home stands and one on the visitor side. Depending on what else is going on, we try to have everything stocked and ready to go so it goes smoothly on Friday."
Bratton did not have a connection to Franklin Central other than living 15 minutes from the school. But he said his involvement in the last year-plus has made him a fan of the Flashes.
"I'm very engaged with the school now," he said. "Whether it is academics or athletics, I'm a lot more involved. I have lots of Flashes' shirts. I've learned to lean on (athletic director Greg Orr) a little more. I don't think people probably realize all of the things that go on behind the scenes before you get to Friday nights, but it's worth it."
One step at a time
As long as he can get up the steps to the press box, Butch Sampson plans on being a part of the Martinsville football games.
Sampson, 75, has run the game clock for the Martinsville games for 30 years. Sampson is part a little team of its own in the press box with John Pobalis (scoreboard), Chris Page (play clock) and Phil Deckard (public address announcer).
"I thoroughly enjoy the games," said Sampson, whose granddaughter Leslie Deaton was a standout on Martinsville's 1995 girls basketball state championship team. "I enjoy it a lot more when we win and we've been blessed the last couple of years to have really good teams again."
Because he spends much of his time in the press box, it might sound strange that Sampson is "not really good" with heights. When Martinsville played a game at Lucas Oil Stadium a few years ago, that was a bit of an issue.
"We got into the control room and you learn over the desk and there is nothing but air all the way down," Sampson said. "That was interesting."
Though this is the first year that Sampson, a former salesman at Sears, does not have a child or grandchild involved, he said he plans to continue running the clock as long as he is able.
"As long as I can get up the steps," he said.
More fun than sitting in the stands
Katie Cluver is in her sixth year as a math teacher at North Central. She is also an assistant coach for the baseball team. On her Friday nights on the chain gang, she is learning.
"For me, even though it's all I have done, I am learning how to coach boys," she said. "Football is different than baseball. But I'm listening to what the coaches are saying to the kids. I was so impressed with the first team we played this season (Fishers). I asked Lynn if I could write a letter to the school. It was cool to see how they lifted each other up and stayed positive even though we were beating them. It kind of inspired me in a way. Hopefully I can harness some of that going into our baseball season."
Eichenberger, 62, never coached. She was a swimmer in high school and has been the academic coach for the boys and girls basketball teams at North Central, where she has taught English as a New Language for 15 years.
"For me, it has been fun to talk to the officials and hear what is going on during the game," Eichenberger said. "It's so much fun. We all went to the sporting events anyway and would see each other at the games. This is much more fun than sitting in the stands."
Schopp, in her 24th year as a teacher at North Central, was soccer player at Carmel and in college. She is an academic advisor for the baseball team.
"Being down there brings out my competitive side," she said. "I was a hard-hitting soccer player so I wish I could have played football. I was kind of the enforcer. I always watched football but I never really learned the technical side of the game. It has been fun to see how it works."
It has also given the teachers a chance to know their students in a different way. "It is relationship building," Schopp said. "Which helps them be better students."
It can work the other way, though. Cluver heard that one of her students was trash-talking during the game when his jersey number was cited by an official. She had a talk with him on Monday morning.
To a person, the four-person North Central chain gang said their gender has rarely been a topic of conversation on Friday nights. They said they did get a kick out of a Pike ballboy referring to them as the "Mom Squad."
"He was great," Hoopingarner said. "He was so much fun."
For Hoopingarner, a former basketball and softball player at North Central, working the chain gang on Friday nights is part of a well-rounded experience for a teacher. Plus, who knows? If North Central makes a run to Lucas Oil Stadium, maybe her crew will get the call to be on the sidelines.
Call Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep at (317) 444-6649.
The Battle of Lawrence is hitting the big time. Lawrence North and Lawrence Central face off in football sectional action Friday night and you can watch it live on indystar.com in the MIC Network Game of the Week, presented by Central Indiana Honda Dealers. The livestream starts at 7 p.m. and is also available on IndyStar's mobile apps.


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The Great Wealth Transfer – Financial Advisor SEO & Social Media Marketing
$30 Trillion Wealth Transfer Looms
Future Market Shares Are Up For Grabs
This issue of aging baby boomer clients looms over the financial advisory. "Studies regularly show that when wealth passes to another generation, in the majority of cases, the heirs change financial advisors," said Gauthier Vincent, head of Deloitte's U.S. Wealth Management practice. "The relationship between assets, asset owners and financial advisors is unraveling before our eyes."
How advisory firms prepare for this transition will determine which succeed and which falter. The oldest baby boomers are entering their 70's, so the transition has only just begun. As it accelerates, there will be an unprecedented amount of assets and clients up for grabs. It's inevitable that there will be a huge shift in market shares and there will be winners and losers.
Millennials Have Financial Advisor Trust Issues
The truth is, all financial advisors have their work cut out for them. A 2017 Scottrade study conducted by Harris Poll found that 67 % of Millennials and 64% of Gen Xers feel their advisors sometime recommend products and solutions that are in their advisor's own best interest. The same study found that only 22% of Baby Boomers and 15% of Seniors feel the same way.
Just 18% of financial advisers say they are prospecting Millennials. Ignore Millennials at your own risk, someday this will come back to haunt you. There is no debating that at some point Millennials will be the largest generational segment of high net worth clients. The "Great Wealth Transfer" is already underway & Robo Advisors are coming for you!
Millennials Are the Future
Relative to their elder counterparts, millennials may have fewer assets currently, but don't let that fool you. It's a common misconception that appealing to them takes an unreasonable amount of time and money. Yes it will take a effort. Yes you will have to invest time and in certain cases money, but there are very few things in life or business worth doing that are easy or free.
The current perception is that most Financial Advisors work with people with a minimum of $500k to $1 million in investible assets and it's ok for them to ignore everyone else. I'm not here to tell you that appealing to the next generation is going to produce real ROI in the short term. I'm not telling you to go out there and sign as many Millennial clients as possible, regardless of their net worth. I'm just telling you not to ignore them completely. Learn to speak their language now. That way when the wealth does transfer to the next generation, you've positioned yourself to do business with them when it will equate to real ROI. It's similar to contributing to an IRA or qualified plan in your twenties. It's all about preparing for the future.
If you completely ignore appealing to the next generation of clients, I guarantee some of your competitors will. I'm already seeing a huge uptick in the number of RIA's that are implementing a more modern approach to their marketing efforts online. SEO & Social Media Marketing do take time, so those who start now have a competitive advantage over those who are late to the game. You also have to consider that not all of your competitors are human.
Robo Advisors Vs Human Financial Advisors
Robo Advisors should scare you. They are already engaging the next generation of clients by affording them access to low cost, automated investment opportunities that were generally reserved for the ultra wealthy, like tax-loss harvesting. Betterment, one of the behemoths in the industry, already has over $10 Billion AUM. Another example, Personal Capital, is an all in one platform that provides free financial planning tool in addition to access to an actual human financial advisor. They have $5 billion in AUM as of October 2017.
Robo Advisors are carving out huge chunks of market share. According to the consulting firm A.T. Kearney, AUM by robo-advisors will grow by 68% annually to $2.2 trillion in the next five years. When it comes to Millennials in particular, consider the burden of hiring a real life Financial Advisor vs going to the App Store and scanning your fingerprint.
Low Fees & Minimums Have Millennial Appeal
Robo Advisors have much lower account minimums if they have minimums at all. Not to mention they usually have much lower fees. A traditional financial advisor will typically charge somewhere around a 1 percent annual fee to manage your portfolio. Robo-advisors generally charge an annual fee between 0.25 percent and 0.50 percent of assets.
Combine those factors with the fact that Millennials don't depend on face to face human interaction and you can see why they are gaining so much market share. Andy Rachleff, the CEO of Wealthfront, which has $5.5 billion AUM, recently said, "Young people would prefer to deal with software rather than people." As it turns out, he may have a point. If you don't believe me, read this and then check out the comments section. Millennials have serious trust issues when it comes to financial institutions, including financial advisors.
The Market Gets to Decide
There is obviously another side to this argument. There are a litany of articles stating that robo advisors will always fall short of their human counterparts. Three guesses who wrote most of those articles. Surprise surprise, a considerable amount are written by a Financial Advisors themselves. So obviously there is a little bias depending on who you ask. The truth could lie somewhere in the middle. Hybrid models that combine the best of both worlds could very well be the wave of the future.
As one of my mentors Gary Vaynerchuck always says, "The market gets to decide… The cream always rises." Financial Advisors can talk about why they are superior to robo advisors until they are blue in the face and vice versa. In the end it's not going to be up to any of them. The market gets to decide.
Millennials Live & Communicate Online
As the wealth does transfer to Millennials and Gen Xers they will have to decide where and who to invest with. Millennials communicate and do business in a completely different way than their baby boomer counterparts. As I have discussed before, they grew up online and with social media. So when they are making the decision of where to invest their newly found wealth, where do you think they will go to do their research? Advisors need to understand how truly connected this new generation is. Not just to each other, but to information.
Millennials want anyone they do business with to have a presence online. That absolutely includes Financial Advisors. The first thing they'll do when considering investing with you is Google you. They'll review your social media profiles and comb through forums looking for reviews of your firm. These generations trust businesses that have clean websites, robust social media profiles & positive reviews. Businesses that lack these things are merely an afterthought. The financial advisors that have the foresight to build up their online presence now will have a clear competitive advantage over the ones that do not.
Especially when you consider that Millennials and Gen Xers are much more likely to NOT trust Financial Advisors compared to their predecessors. So you can count on them doing in depth research of your firm ONLINE before they sign with you. If you don't manage your online presence, there could be negative reviews hurting your firm that you aren't even aware of.
Put Your Content Where The Eyeballs Are
Everyone has a smartphone these days. People are glued to their mobile devices. If we have a second of downtime, we pick up our phone. That's just the way it is nowadays. Next time you're at a restaurant, count how many people are looking at their phones. People barely put down their phones to drive, it's crazy. A huge chunk of that time is spent scrolling through their various Social Media platforms.
Plenty of Financial Advisors are rolling out premium content. The problem is they aren't putting it where the eyeballs are. Why not share that amazing content you are already producing in places where it will get way more reach. Sites like StumbleUpon, Medium & Flipboard are popping up everyday. The more places your content lives, the more reach you will have. It also happens to be a huge boost for your SEO too.
Get A Head Start On Your Competition
As you can probably tell already, I'm pretty passionate about this. You may be asking yourself, "What authority does this guy really have?" Well, I spent 8 years working in Financial Services and I still have active FINRA series 7 & 63 licenses. I was the dedicated service contact to a RIA with over $2 billion under management for close to 2 years. It was even a part of my life growing up as my Mother actually worked as the Operations Manager for a couple of Financial Advisors in the Bay Area. So it's safe to say I'm no stranger to the industry. On the flip side, I also have the advantage of being Mark Zuckerburg's original target audience. Facebook launched in February 2004 when I was a freshman in college. So you'll be hardpressed to find anyone who has been using social media longer than I have.
The gist of what I'm getting at is that the industry is going to change because the client base is going to change. Baby Boomers can't live forever. Things like SEO and Social Media Marketing take time to implement and those are the tools you need to appeal to the next generation of clients. The firms that implement them now will have a serious competitive advantage over the ones that do not.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights inquiry into police practices in yet another city, investigating possible systemic abuses in the New York suburb of Mount Vernon and whether officers targeted Black residents, used excessive force and conducted illegal searches, officials said on Friday.
The department's Civil Rights Division since President Joe Biden took office in January also has launched investigations into police practices in Minneapolis https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-launch-probe-minneapolis-police-after-george-floyd-murder-report-2021-04-21, Phoenix https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-justice-department-launches-probe-into-policing-practices-arizona-2021-08-05 and Louisville, Kentucky https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-launch-review-louisville-kentucky-police-abc-news-2021-04-26, following protests in many U.S. cities last year against racism and police brutality.
Kristen Clarke, assistant U.S. attorney general for the civil rights division, and Manhattan's U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced the investigation into possible abuses by the city of Mount Vernon, which has a population of roughly 70,000, and its police department.
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The inquiry, she said, was prompted by tips and publicly available information.
"We have received information about the repeated use of excessive force, often against individuals who are handcuffed," Clarke said. "Similarly, reports indicate that officers routinely conducted searches without sufficient legal basis, including strip searches."
A statement provided by a city spokesperson said that Mount Vernon officials will fully cooperate with the investigation.
The statement said that since taking office in 2020, Mayor Patterson Howard has "demonstrated her commitment to transparency and transformation" by launching an internal investigation into past allegations of abuse and corruption within the city's police department.
Since then, Police Commissioner Glenn Scott has implemented new policies and procedures "to ensure that every police encounter is equitable and non-discriminatory," the statement said. It added that the information from this internal probe was turned over to local prosecutors and the U.S. Justice Department.
Biden has made the issue of racial justice a priority in the aftermath of the May 2020 police killing of a Black man named George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer who was later convicted of murder https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex-policeman-derek-chauvin-be-sentenced-george-floyds-murder-2021-06-25.
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- Simplicity. Crosspoint switching has never been easier. By pressing the buttons on the touchscreen interface you can perform multiple switches. The colors and icons are very informative with meaningful details.
- Seamless control. Straightforward control interface for all of the inputs and outputs on all 8 Layers.
- Exceptional diagnostics. 25G Hybrid offers the features already provided in Lightware architectures, such as Advanced EDID Management, Input Signal Analysis and Frame Detector.
Room Management
As the maximal crosspoint area in the 25G Hybrid routers is an exceptionally large switching plane, we have introduced 'Room Management'.
All the user‑created virtual rooms can be programmed with their own sources and destinations, but can also share some resources if required. If, for example, you want to prohibit an operator in one room from accidentally making switches in another, the maximal crosspoint area can be divided into smaller virtual matrices called 'rooms'.
For security, a user password can also be set to access general system control.
The components used in this technology are industrial grade, circuit boards are gold plated in order to achieve reliable and stable hardware performance. This technique results in better soldering and contact performance and eliminates corrosion problems caused by salt and humidity, which is especially advantageous in marine environments, like yachts and cruise ships. All boards that contain active electronic components are hot swappable and the front load design makes it easy to replace failed components. All fans and power supplies can also be replaced in a simple movement. The 25G matrix routers are designed for 24/7 operation. Optionally, redundant CPU board and Power supplies can be also added for further reliability.
Select the Configuration You Need
To configure the best 25G solution for a particular application you need to choose a frame, need to find out what Media Layers you will use for your application, and then populate the selected frame with the input and output boards. One of the main advantages of this structure is that you only need to pay for what you need and won't have extra unused functions.
The first step is to choose the right size frame. The largest 25G frame handles 160 input and 160 output ports, this frame is also available with the same functionality but with fewer ports as well in sizes 120x120, 128x128, 144x144, 160x80 or 80x160. The smaller 25G frame has 80 inputs and 80 outputs. CPU and power redundancy are available for the 25G matrices for a high level of security: it is possible to add a second redundant CPU and more redundant power supplies as well.
Step two is to select the Media Layers you will need for your application, there are altogether 1+7 media layers available:
Video Layer with Embedded Audio (included in the frame by default)
Forward Audio Layer
Return Audio Layer
Consumer Electronics Control Layer
RS‑232 & RS‑422 Control Layer
Ethernet Layer
USB KVM Layer
IR Layer
Select the input and output boards you need from the huge selection of boards with various signal and port types, and additional features and services


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Second in line in my New Zealand reviews comes The Big Smoke – without question, the best beer I had in NZ.
The Big Smoke pours as a dark ruby brown, beautifully opaque in colour with a fine, steady head. Taking a good ol' whiff leads to aromas of roasted malt, candied walnut and smoky embers.
The Big Smoke is a rich robust porter that exhibits strong malt and coffee characters on the palate. The smoke is well balanced and has a long lingering malt elements.
Essence of chocolate and liquorice dance hand-in-hand across the tongue until pushed over by the hops that remain constrained in the background. The smoke remains, ever present, to finally pick the malt characters up in the finale.
Like most good porters, this bold brew will go well around a camp fire, with a nice juicy steak on the barbie.
Beechwood smoked hops add to the smokiness of this great beer.


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Churchill is one of the best-kept secret brunch places in Lagos. It is an expat-centric joint. They call it the "Local" serving all-day British Breakfast while you catch a game or two of footie.
Also had the infamous fish & chips here - it was very nice!
I tend to stay from here in the evenings, the value-proposition changes if you know what I mean.


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The first major product announcement Apple was proud to make at its new Steve Jobs Theater last night was the Apple Watch Series 3, which features a better processor, a swimproof body and cellular connectivity thanks to an embedded SIM card.
That means you can use it without your phone to receive notifications, receive calls, monitor your heart rate and stream music. While I didn't care for the original Apple Watch or its successor, I definitely don't want this one in my life.
I should point out that a SIM card-less option is also available at a slightly cheaper price – but that's not the point of this post. The major innovation Apple touted with its announcement is cellular connectivity, and that's largely the cause of my issues with the Series 3.
LTE support is certainly a big deal for the Apple Watch, and the company's ability to miniaturize all those components into a wearable that's the same size as the previous model is commendable. But the Series 3 brings along the same issues that plague most smartwatches, and that's why I'm not jumping over turnstiles to get my hands on this device.
Battery life
Let's start with battery life. Apple proudly proclaimed that even with its new features, the Series 3 manages a full day on a single charge. Sorry, but that simply doesn't cut it for a non-essential personal device.
If it's not your primary communication tool, you shouldn't have to worry every day about whether that gadget has some juice left. Ideally, its battery should last long enough that forgetting to charge every day shouldn't hinder your usage.
That's the case with now-defunct Pebbles and with my recent favorite, the What? Calendar Watch (which lasts several weeks on a charge). With those, I'd merely charge them whenever I took them off for a shower or when I switched to a different watch at some point in the week for a special occasion. Having to charge that rarely meant that I could easily travel with those timepieces on my wrist, while leaving the watches' proprietary chargers at home so I didn't have to worry about losing them.
You'd be right to point out that those two devices are very different from the Apple Watch – and you might want to cut the Series 3 some slack because it's got a cellular connection. But if you're at all concerned about how much use you'll actually get out of a device, it's important to consider whether it's ready to leave the house when you do.
Call me maybe (not)
When I step out without my phone, it's almost always because I want to cut loose from all the distractions my phone exposes me to.
I've written before about how I don't enjoy my watch vibrating a couple of hundred times a day to alert me of new messages and email, particularly when it's not the best tool for replying to them.
If you hope to be more discreet wearing a smartwatch when out with company than whipping out your phone, I've got news for you: it doesn't work that way. You'll end up glancing away from your companions just as often as you would with your phone beeping on the table, and perhaps staring at your watch's tiny screen more than you would with a handset.
On to calls: Apple deserves props for building in some sort of far-field mic tech that negates the need to hold up the watch to your face to speak to and hear people on a call. But is it really a game-changer, if the game has already changed?
I make far fewer calls these days than I did a couple of years ago; I even use Truecaller to identify and screen unknown numbers, and frequently tackle incoming calls with a canned text message that reads, 'Sorry I can't talk just now, what's up?'
I'm simply not in the market for a tinier phone that I can wear on my wrist and use to answer calls. The only draw for me that the Series 3's cellular connectivity holds is the ability to stream music on the go – not voice-based communication.
On a more personal note – I've never really cared for the look of the Apple Watch, and at this point, I'm really tired of seeing its chunky profile. It doesn't appeal to me as a fashion accessory to pair with my outfits, and as such, one of the most crucial arguments for buying this watch is quickly lost.
Naturally, not everyone will relate to these concerns. In fact, if you're a fitness enthusiast, you should probably strongly consider the Series 3 for its workout routines, the built-in altimeter for climbing exercises, as well as its heart activity monitoring and water resistance. It's a bit pricey at $400 for the cellular-capable model, but it does everything most health trackers do, and then some.
I guess I'm just surprised that it's taking Apple so long to make me want one of its products. Granted, I'm a tiny bit of a watch nerd at this point and I don't see the value in a connected wearable – but every one of Apple's customers has biases just like I do, and the company is usually good at changing people's minds. Even with the third iteration of its Watch, it seems to be falling short.
Ah well, at least I can keep my imaginary spare $400 in my pocket for at least another year.


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Chief Minister's Reading Challenge
Got reading kids and live in Canberra? Is your school joining the challenge?
I've been in the fortunate position over the last few years to be involved in the management of the ACT Chief Minister's Reading Challenge through my work at the ACT Education Directorate. I've been lucky enough to meet some of Canberra's exceedingly talented authors (squeeeee!!), work alongside amazingly generous sponsors, see thousands of children rise to the challenge of reading 15 books between February and September every year, and work with some extremely dedicated people (usually ever-committed librarians) who drive the Challenge in their schools.
I have to say, one of the best parts of the job is the Chief Minister's Reading Challenge Awards Ceremony, held at the conclusion of the Challenge. Seeing the smiling faces of hundreds of avid little and not-so-little readers is just the best. I love this Challenge because it encourages children to read and provides a great opportunity for schools to celebrate their successes together at the conclusion of the Challenge. The encouragement and celebration of reading is so important to our community and children's future.
The Challenge is open to all ACT schools and is for students in Preschool to Year 8. Schools register online (students don't register individually) and there is no prescribed book list. If you have school age children and your school isn't registered for the Challenge this year there is still a little time! Ask your school about their involvement and encourage them to register here before 31 March 2018.
By the way, its also a really good chance for you to talk to your child about reading, listen to them read and model what readers do (i.e READ!!) to help foster their love of reading into the future. You might even want to do the Challenge with them. I know I will be!
Good luck and happy reading!
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WIAA football playoffs: Kade Ehrike helps carry Stratford to first state berth in decade
MEDFORD – Feed the beast.
That was the main plan for the Stratford football team on Friday, and it has the Tigers back in Camp Randall Stadium for the first time in a decade.
Kade Ehrike, the 5-foot-10, 200-pound running back and the team beast rushed for 303 yards and three touchdowns on 42 carries as Stratford downed Spencer/Columbus Catholic 22-6 in a WIAA Division 5 state semifinal game in chilly and snowy conditions at Medford High School.
"He gets angry when the doesn't get the ball," Stratford coach Jason Tubbs said. "A game like tonight, you have to give it to your best player."
Ehrike's first touchdown run gave the Tigers a 9-6 lead at the half and then he scored on a pair of 23-yard runs in the final 8 minutes, 37 seconds of regulation to put the game away.
"He had a good night and definitely ran hard," Rockets coach Jason Gorst said. "Give them credit. They outplayed us tonight."
The Tigers (11-2) avenged a season-opening 27-7 loss to Rockets and will play undefeated Fond du Lac St. Mary's Springs at 4 p.m. Thursday in Madison. It is the Tigers' eighth state appearance and first since 2008, when the program won the last of its six straight championships.
"It is so exciting. Words can't describe how much work we have done and how proud I am of all my teammates — every single one of them," senior center/defensive lineman Dylan Schoenherr said.
Stratford rushed for 324 yards behind Ehrike and outgained the Rockets 331 to 232 overall. Spencer/Columbus Catholic rushed for 190 yards on 33 carries and Carson Hildenbrandt led the way with 90 yards for the Rockets, who finished with an 11-2 mark and just missed their second trip to Madison in four years.
Ehrike gave credit for his big night to Schoenherr and the rest of Stratford's offensive line — a group in which he made a pregame bonding deal with in which none of them would wear sleeves under their jerseys to show Friday's frigid weather wasn't a factor to them.
"We made a pact (at the start of the week)," Ehrike said. "I walked outside today and thought, 'I'm probably going to wear sleeves.' But we didn't wear them, and, honestly it's awesome.
"(The offensive line) controlled it all night long, it was amazing," said Ehrike, who had 71 yards in the first game against the Rockets. "I just saw pancake blocks (on some runs). I was almost laughing running through the holes at some point. It was incredible."
Ehrike rushed for 183 yards on 22 carries in the first half, including a 56-yard run on the fourth play of scrimmage. The Tigers drove 79 yards on that their opening drive but Ehrike fumbled on the Rockets 1 and Spencer/Columbus Catholic's Tanner Kleinschmidt.
Stratford's Eli Drexler pulled down the Rockets' Austin Bacon for a safety two plays later as the junior running back was trapped in the end zone trying to run a sweep around right end. The Rockets drove 63 yards on their next possession and Hayden Bauman scored on a 22-yard pass from Jarred Mandel on a fourth-and-10 play in the final minute of the first quarter to give the Rockets a 6-2 lead.
Stratford followed with a 15-play, 61-yard drive to regain the lead. Ehrike scored on a 14-yard run around left end to give the Tigers a 9-6 lead with just under six minutes left in the second quarter.
The Tigers had an opportunity to add to their lead at the end of the half but were stopped at the Rockets 5 with five seconds left in the second quarter as a pass attempt fell short in the right back corner of the end zone on third down and a fourth-down try was knocked down.
Ehrike had a 2-yard touchdown run wiped out by a holding call with 43 seconds left in the half.
Stratford 2 7 0 13 - 22
Spencer/Columbus Catholic 6 0 0 0 - 6
First quarter
St-Safety. Austin Bacon tackled in end zone. 9:03.
S/CC-Hayden Bauman 22 pass from Jarred Mandel (kick failed), 0:46.
Second quarter
St-Kade Ehrike 14 run (Reed Curtis kick), 5:57.
Fourth quarter
St.-Ehrike 23 run (pass fail), 8:37
St. Ehrike 23 run (Curtis kick), 1:59.
Passing: St-Max Schwabe 1-4-7-0-0; S/CC, Jarred Mandel 5-12-42-1-0.
Rushing: St-Kade Ehrike 42-303. SC-Carson Hildebrandt 11-90, Logan Zschernitz 3-49, Mandel 8-39.
Receiving: St-Derek Martin 1-7; SC-Hayden Bauman 2-31, Hildebrandt 2-11.


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Goodbye seventh sky
Last Monday (June 12) in the National Assembly of Pakistan, a member of a breakaway Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI), Maulvi Asmatullah, suddenly rose from his seat and started to recite the azaan (Muslim call for prayer).
It didn't matter to him that the muezzin of the assembly mosque had already sounded the call, and the fact that Asmatullah was not facing the qibla (Kabah) while reciting the azaan.
I am sure I would have burst out laughing had I been there, enough to burst the stitches I just got while playing football.
To me, this behaviour of Asmatullah is a classic example of what is called, 'black comedy' – a real life situation ripe with irony where something is done in all seriousness but ends up sounding or looking absurd.
I'm sure the self-righteous among my Muslim brethren (especially of the politico-religious kind), just like the JUI man, actually think he did something stunningly pious.
But never mind the odd holy eccentric politico, I've always wondered how does one talk to a suicide bomber? No black comedy there, or is it?
With paradise on the suicide bomber's mind, there is, of course, also that attractive matter of hoors awaiting him there – wide-eyed maidens pending for those who have done good deeds in this world.
How is one to reason with a person who exhibits the ultimate extreme of irrationality by willingly ready to blow himself up in public in the name of religion?
For one thing, one should try to talk to him in his own language and imagery. No need to talk to him about politics, economics and society. Talk to him about paradise.
Yes, but wouldn't this further encourage him? Because after all it is paradise he thinks his soul is headed to after the body explodes into bits, taking along with its self-inflicted mutilation, all those who are still not ready for the seventh sky. And good (or better than good), is what this soon-to-detonate jihadi believes he is doing. Because you see, according to him, Allah wants him to explode. Preferably in public.
So, what to say to someone so demented and desperate?
Simple. Talk to him about rapture. But with a twist.
Tell him that paradise is running out of hoors. Thanks to so many recent suicide bombings, scores of bombers have already reached heaven and bagged all the blissful fair maidens. Tell him it'll take a bit of time for the new hoors to grow (on trees, of course) and that it would be wiser for him to delay his dramatic, headless departure by, say, another twenty to thirty years.
Let him know that in the meantime, he can do a lot of good, for instance, by chasing away people celebrating basant, blackening 'obscene' billboards, delivering fiery, loud sermons from his favourite mosque every Friday and so on.
This way at least he won't be murdering innocent people, at least not directly. All this we have lived through (even if with firmly-clinched teeth), but bomb blasts and the sight of severed limbs and quivering burned bodies that follow are something else all together.
You can also try appealing to the suicidal jihadi's individuality streak by telling him how overdone and passé suicide bombing is and how the hoors are not impressed anymore with all this overkill of similar looking jihadis arriving in paradise, all speaking and looking the same way. Actually not speaking at all because they usually arrive without their heads!
I'm sure if he agrees to delay his martyrdom for those crucial twenty to thirty years, his stance will eventually soften. At most, he will end up becoming an instructor at a madressah.
Who knows, he may also get the opportunity of being interviewed by Hamid Mir or even better, he could end up joining a politico-religious party and drive his very own Prado.
In fact, there is now a chance for our suicidal jihadi for bagging a career in television as well. As we all know there is always a lot of space for loud denouncers and jihadis on talk shows. Also tell him that hoors find TV personalities rather dashing.
As a talk show host on TV, apart from shouting down conspiratorial infidels, he can also add his bit to the conventional political gossip. And since this gossip on the news channels is treated as insightful political discourses, he too can become known as a "constitutional expert" or a "senior tajziya nigar."
If news channels are not his style, there also are dedicated twenty-four-hour religious channels for him to join. Channels devoted to discussing intricate, serious and vital issues such as the status of the cow in Hinduism or whether a second cousin is na-mehram to a third cousin but only half-mehram to the first and conditionally mehram (or na-mehram or both) to the adopted first and second cousins, so on and so forth.
And if all else fails for our struggling jihadi, there is always a spot or two available on 'Aalim Online,' even if only for a fleeting moment of light comic relief.
Remember brothers, the idea is to explain to him in his own language and his logic, why he should delay the violent departure of his paradise-bound soul.
So, I appeal to the peace-loving tableeghi jammat brothers: don't come to me, go to the jihadis instead and tell them about the impeding shortage of hoors in paradise. I mean, what's a paradise without hoors, right?
The views expressed by this blogger and in the following reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Dawn Media Group.
Nadeem F. Paracha is a cultural critic and senior columnist for Dawn Newspaper and Dawn.com. He is also the author of two books on the social history of Pakistan, End of the Past and The Pakistan Anti-Hero.
He tweets @NadeemfParacha


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Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the winners in the Olympic Games, Asian Games and individual world championships.
The origin of combined medals:
A long time ago, the winner of a sports competition was only awarded a "laurel crown" made of olive and cinnamon branches. Later, in 1465, a gold medal was awarded to the winner of the triple jump event in Zurich, Switzerland.
It was not until 1907 that the International Olympic Committee formally made a decision to award gold, silver and bronze medals to the winners of the Olympic Games at the executive committee meeting held in the Hague, the Netherlands, and began to award medals to the non winning athletes at the 4th London Olympic Games.
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