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text: Weed Out Those Bad Apples At The Interview Furniture World Magazine Posted: 6/25/2004 By Cathy Finney Let's look at how to decipher "intervieweeze" and to weed out those candidates who interview well but don't make good employees. Special note to owners and managers: Hiring new team members is time consuming and difficult. It is also Job #1. You've worked long and hard to coach, support, and create your team. They are the frontline and the bottomline of your organization. Select new people to bring on board with care. Here are some tips for "deciphering" who these candidates REALLY are. DE-CODING "INTERVIEWEEZE" Here is the latest definition of "Intervieweeze" as defined in the "Newly Revised and Abridged Edition of the Finney Dictionary." In-ter-view-eze / n. language of interviewee, used at time of interview in place of English. Imagine that a "shining star" rockets into your office and tells you everything that you want to hear. They are "preaching to the choir," you are bonding, they are committed, you are excited, they are enthused, you can't believe your luck, and they will be dedicated. You think it is English they are speaking. You KNOW you are hearing those words: "Commission? I love working on commission. It's the challenge!" "Working weekends and evenings? No problem. My family is very supportive." "Coming in early for sales meetings? I'm there! I want all the training I can get." "I have to do housecalls?" That's okay. I'm used to that." "Doing follow-up phone calls, and handling irate customers? Piece of cake. It all comes with the territory. It's all part of the job." Upon hearing these words, YOU are sold. So you hire this person only to find out that their "evil twin" shows up for work on Monday morning. She shows up late and looks like she just fell out of bed… plus you now hear… • "I don't get a commission check until when? I can't live on this!" "Work weekends? You meant every weekend?" "WHAT nights?" "I have to come in at 9:00 A.M. for a sales meeting when I'm not scheduled till noon?" "Handling customer complaints is not in my job description!" "Dress code! What dress code?" Does this sound familiar? You know that YOU spoke English at the initial interview. You even kept your sentences short and in words of two syllables. What didn't they understand and why didn't they apparently understand what you said? Okay, let's look at how to decipher the "intervieweeze." Let's invite the "evil twin" to sneak out early and show themselves to you before they move in and claim your territory as their own! Let's move up the date and time of their personal appearance. Let's see what they really look like, and how they sound in their "native tongue!" How do you do this? By remembering the First Law of Retail. No Surprises! Tell the candidate at time of the interview… not at the time of hire: What you EXPECT. What you'll INSPECT. What you'll ACCEPT. They or you do not need to be SURPRISED! Don't tell them they only have to work 35 hours a week and they can make a great living. Not on this planet, and not in the first six months. Don't do that. Don't set them up to fail. It's not fair to them, to you, to the other members of your team, and to "Ethel." No, they don't have to kill themselves and work long hours for the rest of their lives. But, until they build up their client base and learn the rules, which takes time, they must be ready, willing, and able to go the extra mile. Let them know up front that you are not looking for someone who just wants a job. You are seeking that special individual who wants to commit to a career. Give them the specifics, up-front at the interview: 1. Let them know what the minimum acceptable sales goals are for the first three months. 2. Tell them the follow-up procedures that are part of their job description: Follow-up filing system must be set-up and used. Follow-up phone calls within three days. Thank you notes (hand written) for stopping in. Thank you notes (hand written) after purchase. Follow-up phone calls after delivery. Calls & notes sent for special events & promotions. 3. If you do housecalls, give them housecall goals/month. Monitor this. If they make house calls, they should close them. 4. The first 90 days are a probationary period to see how they like you, and you like them. You invest lots of valuable time and effort to train new hires. Let's also allocate some extra time to the interviewing process to find out who they really are. You should conduct THREE Interviews. Why three? Some people don't want to be bothered with that many interviews. If they can't be bothered ~ neither can you! How did they put themselves together on these three different occasions? Most candidates get real comfortable by the final interviewing phase. They get too comfortable. They think this job's "in the bag." Guess what? They drop the "intervieweeze" and revert back to their "native tongue." Eureka! You get to meet "the twin" before you bring them on board. Give them an assignment for the second and third interviews. Now you can analyze how well they prepare and present. Have other team members present at additional interviews who will be part of the decision making process. Interview #1 Were they on time? What was your immediate first impression of them? How did they present themselves? What, if anything, did they bring with them? Were they smiling? Did they make eye contact or stare at their shoes? How would you rate their communication skills? Did they listen? What did they hear? Would you trust this person enough to buy from them? If you do housecalls ~ Would you let them in your home? What types of questions do they ask? What are their main concerns about the position? Are they obsessed with their compensation package? Do they want to know how much vacation time they get and when it takes effect? Are these their priorities? What does that tell you? How do they answer the questions you ask them on this first interview? Now, give them an assignment for the next interview. Ask them to outline: How would they network to create their own client base? In what ways would they contribute to bring in more business to your operation? Interview #2 How do they look? How did they put themselves together? You are not being judgmental or small-minded when you consider their appearance. We are in the fashion industry. "Ethel" has no idea how a salesperson she just met will be able to help her coordinate fabrics and colors for her home. The only thing she has to go by is the way they put themselves together. Your people are literally a walking billboard for your operation! So ask yourself, would you want the person you are interviewing to be an ambassador for your company? Ask them what questions or concerns they have based on issues discussed during your first meeting? Evaluate how they address the assignments that you gave them? What answers did they come up with and what were their solutions for networking themselves and your store? What public relation ideas did they plan to put in place to create their own traffic and to develop their own clients? Ask them: "What is it that sets YOU apart from all the other candidates?" "What are you bringing to the party?" If you like their answers, and you're feeling good enough about them to bring them in for the final interview… tell them to be prepared at the next interview to put a room together for you. They will select four fabrics to be used together in a room based on information that you give them about a hypothetical customer (family members, the room, their lifestyle, their needs or the "feeling" they want to create in this particular environment). Explain that you will take into account their level of experience and that they should feel free to spend time browsing in your showroom to put together their presentation. Make sure that the manager they will be assigned to is at the third interview. Don't hire someone and then send them to a store where they will be reporting to someone they've never met. It's not fair to "Sally" the new employee or "Doris" the store manager. It's awkward for everyone. "Sally" and "Doris" have no rapport. The coach needs to have bonded with her new team member on some level before she just "shows up" at the front door on her first day. There are too many potential surprises for both parties. Yes, you may think that they will be "great" together, but "Doris'" first impression of "Sally" may be that "twin" with fangs and horns in three-inch heels! So much for three interviews and ALL that time! Interview #3 Okay, you know the drill. How do they look? Are you still impressed? Are they excited about the challenge of doing this presentation for you, or do they look like Bambi in the headlights? Are they breathing at regular intervals or hyperventilating? Now it is time to look critically at their presentation. How would you rate the fabrics they coordinated for color flow, pattern mix, and their choice of textures? Does it make sense? Is it pleasing to the eye upon first inspection? Did they select fabrics based on what you told them that you need and want in the room? Did they listen? Did they "capture" the look that you were after? How would you describe their presentation skills? Do they justify why they've selected what they've selected? Are they excited about what they're showing you? Do they get you excited about what you are seeing? Do they describe the setting so that you picture what it will look like? Do you feel that you have to own it? Do they ASK you to buy it? At the end of their presentation ask yourself if you are still as impressed as you were initially? How did they do with their assignments? What does the manager think? (If you're the manager, well... do they have the job?) How would they work with the other members of your team? How did they define being a team member? What did it mean to them? Was it important to them? It only takes one person to create chaos and upset what you've worked so hard to create. Don't let this person be the one! Don't bring this person on board because, "they were the only one I could find." They may have passed the "mirror test" (they were breathing), but that is no reason to settle for them. Don't ever lower your standards by feeling you have to settle! Don't do that to yourself, your people, or your customers. If you are thinking, "I don't have the time for three interviews." Well, let's get you some time. Let's take some of the "monkeys" off of your back. If you have a sales manager, or team captain, have them meet the candidate first. Let them narrow the field. You can be involved in the second or the third interview depending on their opinion of this candidate. The more time you spend with the "interviewee," the greater your chances of deciphering "Intervieweeze!" Break the "code" before they are hired. Let the evil twin go to work for someone else, preferably your competition. You can't afford not to take the extra time to recruit a new team member. You owe it to the interested candidate, yourself, your team, and "Ethel." That's why it's Job #1! Cathy Finney is President of Ancell Affiliates \"T 'N T." She is a noted motivational speaker, sales trainer, and management consultant. Questions can be addressed to her care of FURNITURE WORLD Magazine at email@example.com. Cathy Finney, effervescent sales educator, motivator and management consultant was a longtime contributing editor to FURNITURE WORLD Magazine. Cathy helped retail furniture store sales and design associates to turn customers (she called them Fred and Ethel) into clients. An enthusiastic mentor and friend to up-and-coming salespeople, she told them to remember that they are skilled professionals and that "Ethel" needs them to get the best possible result for her room or project. Finney got her start in the furniture business with Ethan Allen where she worked closely with Furniture Hall of Fame member Nathan Ancell. Her company, Ancell Affiliates \"T 'N T" resulted from that close relationship. She passed away at 59 years of age after a long struggle with Multiple Sclerosis. For more information about Cathy and here work email firstname.lastname@example.com. Read other articles by Cathy Finney


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4-H program worth cost
July 14, 2013
It's a shame Fulton County legislators plan to end funding for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Fulton and Montgomery Counties when the year ends....
You're not going to like the answer Bill. NYS only spends 1.8% of the annual 2.3 billion on tobacco prevention programs, the rest goes into the General Fund to be used for such things as a 700k sprinkler system for a public golf course plus 24 million on a new County Jail and office bldg., both in Niagara Cnty. That's just one instance. New York States spending spree does not include useful programs like 4H.
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Any of the tobacco settlement money left? If so, use it. If not, where did it go?
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Ron, we agree on this one.
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That is what we were saying all last week...
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Agreed that this program should be continued. Just maybe the BOS should look at not giving the EDC now CRG any more money until they start producing the jobs that they are there to do and the BOS should get some backbone and go after the $3,000,000 that walker away and make this agency obey the state authority budget office rulings. We could very easily afford to fund this program if the BOS would start doing their jobs and get rid on the Board Clerk and Administrative assistant. Why do we need a non elected person to be paid that much money when that money would product much more from the 4-H.
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If you had a piece of paper in front of you I'm sure you would have no trouble writing the names of people you know have made a lasting impact on your life. The first person that comes to your mind may be a parent or a grandparent, a teacher or a coach, a boss or a mentor, a servant of God somewhere in the church you attended. But you know that your life is different today because their life intersected your life.
ILLUSTRATION – I think about John and Rene Harmon who were friends with my family when I was a boy. John was an Air Force master sergeant who worked on airplanes; Rene was a stay-at-home mom for their two children. They were strong believers and attended church each week. Often they invited my sister and me to spend the night with them on Saturday nights so we could go to church with them on Sunday morning. One summer they invited me to Vacation Bible School at their church. I went every day with them; it was the first time I remember hearing the Gospel and realizing that I needed a Savior. It was a few years later before I was saved, but they made a lasting impact upon my life. I wouldn't be doing what I do today without people like that. I'm sure that you can think of people in your life who have made a lasting impact.
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Lafitte area 4-H youth, members of the Jefferson Parish Shooting Sports Program, recently participated in an out-of-state marksmanship competition. The younger members belonging to the BB Gun division, Hannah and Chandler Gavin, and Bailey Kuhn, said were excited to take part in their very first competition, which was held in Anniston, Ala. at the annual Dixie Challenge.
They each competed in the 4P BB Gun match, contending in all four positions ,which range from a prone position on the ground to a fully standing position.
The older youths competing at the Dixie Challenge in the Sporter and Precision Air Rifle divisions are Dani Bean, Hayley Kunzli and Laura Melancon. In Sporter Air Rifle, Bean earned a respectable score of 480. Kunzli, earned a 597 and ranked 14th overall in their division. Melancon participated in the Precision Air Rifle Competition, earning her best score yet, 655, and ranking 15th in her division.
In fact, these girls have been competing all over the South. Recently, Bean competed in the Bass Pro Invitational held in Leeds, Ala. Kunzli competed in the Gary Anderson Invitational in Anniston, Ala. and in a Bass Pro event in picturesque Ozark, Mo., where she walked away with third place in the Sporter Air Rifle category. Melancon has competed in the Bass Pro and Gary Anderson events as well as the Dixie Double in Anniston, Ala. She is Louisiana's USA Shooting Sports Women's State Junior Olympic Champion, earning a gold medal.
All of the girl's parents and 4-H leaders, and the Lafitte area is proud of their hard work and dedication, and the resulting accomplishments.
Leo Kerner Elementary's Academic Games team competed in their final tournament on March 2. Down to five dedicated kids, the team is proud of the respectable scores and the improvement they've shown in the challenging competition. Team member Alexondra Richardson said, "It's a lot of work, but fun too. At practice every Thursday, we have fun, and we learn a lot too. And when we go to tournaments, we make new friends, we wouldn't have ever met."
Academic Games focus on higher-order thinking skills, rather than memorized facts, so students have to use reasoning and application over simple recall. Final scoring and tabulation of season long scores were still not available, but regardless of the final results, these kids say they have had fun and feel like they've learned real life skills as well.
Shelley Relayson is the teacher who puts in extra hours in order to coach the team. She said that many of the schools they compete against create a class for their team, so they are able to practice daily. Leo Kerner's team must meet after school once or twice a week, but despite this distinct disadvantage, the team has had some impressive scores throughout the season. Relayson is proud of her entire crew, and treated them all to overflowing yogurt cups at Tutti Frutti after the competition.
St. Anthony's Catholic Church's St. Joseph altar will be held March 19. Anyone wishing to donate can call Pam Enclade at 504689.3750 or Theia Creppel at 504.275.6055.
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HOOVER, Alabama - This is Johnny Manziel's story, and he's sticking to it.
See, what had happened was, he went to the Manning Passing Academy as a counselor, and there were "social events" each night. Who among us doesn't love a good social event?
Not to mention, at the end of the day, he's a 20-year-old college student, and he wants to have fun, and that's when a lot of the fun begins, at the end of the day.
Turns out he overslept Friday night because his cell phone died and, no, he wasn't hung over, "absolutely not." It's just that he's had a very busy schedule throughout June and July, traveling all the way to places like Oregon for events like The Opening.
Which reminds me. The ESPYs are tonight.
Anyway, he missed some of his Manning responsibilities Saturday morning, and yes, he went home, but no, he wasn't asked to leave. "It was a mutual decision."
Satisfied? Of course you're not.
It's been amazing to watch so many otherwise rational adults reach for their smelling salts over the off-season activities of the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy.
Some of those Miss Pittypats carried media badges and followed Manziel around the Wynfrey during his SEC Media Days visit hanging on his every word or snapping his picture or snapping pictures of all the people who were hanging on his every word.
Steve Shaw, the SEC's coordinator of football officials, should've shadowed Manziel with a video camera himself. It would've made for a tremendous instructional DVD on targeting.
Professional reporters turned into amateur prosecutors as they deconstructed Manziel's story of the night in question at the Manning Academy.
But his dad said he was dehydrated!
But the academy's statement said he was sick!
But he's underage!
But ... but ... but... Tim Tebow!
Granted, Manziel's story was well-crafted, especially as he avoided the potential legal question of underage drinking. Given a chance to tell his side of the story, he didn't tell the whole story, leaving it to your imagination to fill in the blanks.
Some of you have a colorful imagination, and you're doing your best to think the worst of the Texas A&M quarterback. And you wonder why so many elite college players turn pro at the first opportunity.
That's not to excuse Manziel's early departure from the Manning Academy. If you make a commitment to be there, you should be there. If you're too exhausted from trying to be all things in all places to all people, lighten your scheduling load.
That's on Manziel and his family and Texas A&M.
But the overreaction and condemnation in the guise of concern is on everyone else. Manziel is 20. Shouldn't the adults in the room actually act like the adults in the room?
Manziel's not following us around with a camera phone. He's not hanging on every word we say, though he listened and calmly answered all the repetitive questions fired his way Wednesday.
If you're disappointed in his off-season behavior, if he has somehow failed to live up to your expectations of the way a freshman Heisman winner should act, that's not his problem. It's your problem.
If you don't see him as a role model, you're looking in the wrong place for inspiration.
"I'm not Tebow," he said, even as he expressed his admiration for a fellow Heisman winner.
No, he's not, and he shouldn't have to be. What he does have to be is accountable to his family, his coaches and his teammates. What he does have to do is show up on time and ready for workouts, practices, meetings and games.
It doesn't really matter what you think of him. It matters what the people around him think of him. His coach, Kevin Sumlin, didn't pretend that Manziel has pushed all the right buttons away from the game.
"I think off the field, there's no question that he's made some mistakes," Sumlin said. "Can he be better in that area? Certainly. That's something that we're working at."
The other two A&M players in the traveling party, tackle Jake Matthews and defensive back Toney Hurd Jr., didn't express any concern that he'll fail to show up on game day.
Hurd called him "a great guy. He's a humble guy. When the season starts, he'll be ready to go."
"They know where my head is," Manziel said. "They know where my heart is."
One question for everyone wagging a finger in the direction of one person in College Station: Where's your head?
Manziel still has plenty of growing up to do and plenty of time to do it. It's a shame some of his critics can't say the same.
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Northwestern Leads NCAA In Graduation Success Rate
Northwestern University may not be competing for a Big Ten championship on the football field this season, but its success in the classroom can't be beat.
According to the NCAA's annual graduation success rates, which the organization released Thursday, Wildcats football players top the leaderboard with a 97-percent graduation success rate. The overall FBS graduation rate is 71 percent,
The graduation success rate is the percentage of athletes who graduated within six years of beginning college.
"More student-athletes than ever before are earning their college degrees, and we are gratified to see our reform efforts impact the lives of those we serve," NCAA President Mark Emmert said in a statement on NCAA.org. "We have even higher expectations for the future, but we are proud of the progress we have made."
The overall graduation rate of student-athletes has increased by eight percentage points since the NCAA first began keeping track of graduation rates among student-athletes who entered college in 1995. (Other numbers are positive, but not as glowing, and the NCAA's figures don't tell the entire story.)
Eight schools, including Northwestern, have a graduation success rate over 90 percent. Northwestern is followed by Rice (95 percent), Boston College (94 percent), Notre Dame (94 percent), Air Force (93 percent), Stanford (93 percent), Duke (92 percent) and Boise State (91 percent).


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BON SECOUR, Alabama -- Works of art from local artist Edie LaMotte Berner will be on exhibit Feb. 19-March 29 at the Swift-Coles Historic Home in Bon Secour.
A variety of pieces will be on display, including acrylics, figures, pastels and Southern reflections galleries.
Berner, a Kentucky native, has studied art since age 12. Following a formal education that included studying abroad, she taught art in the public and private sectors for more than 10 years. She and her husband split their time between Alabama, Pennsylvania and Sweden.
The Swift-Coles Historic Home is a 16-room tidewater mansion that overlooks Bon Secour River. Originally built in 1882, the home was expanded through the years from a four-room dog trot home to its current 6,000-square-foot size, which includes 3,500-square-feet of porches.
The exhibit will be available to the public during the home's normal operating hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays. Admission is $5 per person over the age of 6; children 6 and under get in free.
Group tours and event reservations can be made by calling 251-580-1897.


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Which is better, the NBA or NHL playoffs?
Hugh Bernreuter: I'm actually a bigger fan of the NBA, but as far as the playoffs, the NHL wins. Homecourt seems much more vital in the NBA Playoffs, so there are few upsets, especially in the early rounds. In the NHL, anything can happen. There are no shootouts. Play until someone wins. Home-ice advantage is nice, but not impossible to overcome. And, one hot goalie in the playoffs can send even the heaviest favorites to the sidelines. There is much more intensity, much more excitement and much more uncertainty in hockey, creating much more interest, even for those who may not call themselves hockey fans.
Greg Mancina: Hockey has its drawbacks because of how the games are sometimes officiated, but in terms of game play it ranks among the best of any sport. Guys are clobbering each other, everyone is going all-out, and the games usually are competitive despite the stature of the teams. The NBA, to me, has many of the same qualities, but I can tell you the Lakers will face the Cavaliers in the finals right now. The NHL? I'm not so sure who will play for the Cup.
Bill Petzold: I'm going to be following the Red Wings' trip through the playoffs this season, but the NBA playoffs are a lot more interesting for me. The Pistons will be lucky to get by Cleveland, but there are so many good players and teams in pro basketball right now that watching other teams is just as much fun. As long as the mute button is close by for those overly dramatic NBA "Where (blank) Happens" commercials.
John Walker: I have soured on the NHL since the lockout. I learned to live without hockey and found all was OK. While there's no denying a sudden death overtime playoff game is exciting, I'm old now and I need to get to bed! Seriously, I just enjoy the NBA more personally. Watching a series develop from game-to-game and finding out who the real players and coaches are is interesting.
John Pozenel Jr.: Considering the fact that I'm not a fan of the NBA -- regular season or playoffs -- I would have to say the NHL playoffs. Factor in that the Red Wings should challenge for another Stanley Cup, while the Pistons are simply first-round fodder for the Cleveland Cavaliers and its no contest. I have to admit, though, I would tune into LeBron and the Cavaliers against Kobe and the Lakers in the NBA Finals before watching any NHL Finals game that doesn't include the Red Wings.
Adam Smith: My allegiance as a hardcore Detroit Pistons fan is well documented, so my response is predictable as well as admittedly biased. While I enjoy both Pistons and Red Wings playoff games, that's where the similarities end because I actually follow other NBA series but don't have an interest in the hockey playoffs as a whole. Both sports seem to be officiated differently in the playoffs than in the regular season, and defense dominates each sport's postseason play. I prefer to watch NBA stars such as LeBron James and Kobe Bryant break free from their shackles as opposed to the real stars of the hockey playoffs, otherwise known as goalies, all but eliminate scoring. In addition, hockey is more of a world sport than in the NBA, where I can better relate to its players since the majority of them are homegrown.


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ATHENS, Ohio- The Western Michigan women's basketball team won its third in a row, defeating Ohio on the road Saturday, 62-53.
Sophomore forward Marquisha Harris registered her third-straight double-double, totaling 23 points and 15 rebounds, both career highs. Harris has five career double-doubles, all coming in the last eight games, in which she has averaged 13.8 ppg and 8.6 rpg.
Junior guard Corie Buchanan contributed 15 points and seven rebounds off the bench, 10 of those points and six of the boards coming in the second half.
Freshman Alex Morton was the third Bronco to score in double figures, tying a career-high with 11 points.
The Broncos led by as many as 13 in the first half and by five at halftime, 32-27. Ohio hit a spurt in the second half and pulled in front, owning a six-point lead with 13:29 remaining.
Harris and Buchanan went to work and Western Michigan outscored the Bobcats 25-10 the rest of the game.
The win improved WMU to 9-15 overall and 5-6 in the Mid-American Conference. Ohio dropped to 5-18 and remains winless in league play (0-11).
The Broncos look to even their conference record Wednesday, when they host rival Central Michigan (15-9, 9-2 MAC) at University Arena, at 7 p.m.
WMU currently sits fourth in the MAC West standings with five games to go in the regular season. All five games are against West opponents.


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Young Marilyn Briggs left Westport to seek a new life in California. She found one in the movies-as Marilyn Chambers-but she never found the thing she wanted most.
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Marilyn was, in fact, a good enough actress to gain parts in a couple of Staples High School musicals while still a student at Long Lots Junior High. She was also a remarkable athlete-a gymnast who could do back flips from one end of the gym to the other, a champion diver at the Patterson Club, a great dancer. In eighth or ninth grade, she performed as a go-go dancer at the Rage, a teen club across the Post Road from Playhouse Square that later became Bunyon's, a singles' bar.
In effect, she was already finding fortune in men's eyes. Decades before "sexting"-where today's teenagers send erotic photos of themselves via their laptops and cellphones-Marilyn broadcast her body and sexuality in real time.
The mother of one middle-school friend recalls a summer slumber party at their house between seventh and eighth grades. While the woman and her friends played bridge and drank cocktails in the game room over the garage, her daughter, Marilyn and three or four other girls were downstairs in their pajamas, eating, playing records and dancing with one another. The sole restriction that night: no boys. Deciding to check on the girls partway through the evening, the woman went out through the garage and into the back yard to look through a big picture window into the living room. There, out on the grass in the dark, she found half a dozen adolescent boys from the neighborhood staring through the same window, and facing them a few feet away on the other side of the glass, 13-year-old Marilyn, stark naked.
In high school, Marilyn was a cheerleader and a member of the Staples Players, the acting troupe that over the years has mounted first-class, professional-caliber plays and musicals. She appeared in school productions of West Side Story, Bye, Bye Birdie, Oliver and The Sound of Music.
But even then she had bigger stages in mind. She skipped classes to audition for acting jobs in New York City, and in her junior year landed the role of Robert Klein's girlfriend in The Owl and the Pussycat, starring Barbra Streisand and George Segal. Represented by the Wilhelmina modeling agency, she also won the part of the young mother of an infant on the box of Proctor & Gamble's Ivory Snow, alongside copy famously proclaiming the product "99 44/100% pure."
Meanwhile, back in Westport, she was growing impatient with normal high school activities. In 1969, her junior year, she was kicked out of cheerleading, along with two teammates and a number of male athletes, for drinking. Although nominated for Staples Homecoming Queen in her senior year, she didn't win, though a class poll did vote hers the "Best Student Body."
In retrospect, she seems to have been preparing for her biggest role.
"I don't think anyone who knew her back then was surprised when she started doing adult films," says Steve Miner, a Hollywood director who grew up in Westport and knew Marilyn from the time she was 14."What I remember is someone who was determined to make something of herself and her life. Somehow that ambition, combined with her relentlessly adventurous spirit and impatience with anything, or anyone, not moving fast enough, led her to make many bad choices."
And back then was the right time, and Westport the right place, for making the worst decisions.


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MONTMAGNY, Quebec – Autodrome Montmagny officials have postponed the Série ACT 250 scheduled for Saturday due to forecasted rains.
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The Montmagny 250 will be the second Série ACT event of the 2013 season. Jean-François Déry of Quebec City stole the win in the season opener at Circuit Riverside Speedway. Patrick Cliche led the majority of the event and used the bonus points to claim the point lead.
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TRENTON — The Legislature will convene at 1 p.m. today to hear Gov. Chris Christie call for them to enact a tax cut.
The governor, upset that the Legislature said they would only enact an income tax cut if he meets his optimistic revenue projections, called for a special session today in a Saturday letter to Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex).
"Cutting taxes is a choice that has been debated in the homes, business, schools and streets of our state. It is time for that debate to reach the great Chamber of the Legislature," Christie wrote.
The tax cut would take effect in January, at the same time as the cut Democrats who control the Legislature say they'll enact if state revenues meet Christie's predictions.
"We presented the governor with a budget committed to providing middle-class property tax relief," said Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester). "And regardless of the governor's political theater, no tax breaks will even go into effect until 2013. While the last thing anyone wants in the middle of a heat wave is hot air coming from Trenton, we will be there."
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West Brighton resident Tim Dale gives new meaning to being at the right place at the right time.
Dale, a baseball enthusiast who has made a hobby of visiting different Major League Baseball ballparks over the last decade or so, entered the 2014 season without the benefit of ever catching a foul ball.
The way Dale sees it, he'd been to over 100 games in his lifetime.
So what, you say? Tens of thousands of fans could probably claim the same thing?
That might very well be true, but the 36-year-old Dale, for one, has made up for lost time in a way that appears unexplainable.
In one five-week stretch this summer, during which Dale visited six different MLB ballparks coast to coast, he hauled in a total of four foul balls at different games.
"I finally got one and I just put it in my trophy case,'' said Dale, an English/Journalism teacher at Curtis High School. "Then I got a second and third one, in the next two games I went to and I was in awe.
"I actually started doing some reading up on it and what I've learned is, it's really just luck. But all of the sudden, I was a foul-ball magnet.''
Dale's escapade started June 27 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, catching the foul ball in the third-base stands.
Each of his next three catches came in the vicinity of behind home plate. He got his second grab in Washington on July 5 ... he brought father Dennis Dale to celebrate the latter's birthday ... and then another July 13 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
"I warned my father-in-law before the game at Dodger Stadium that I was a foul-ball magnet,'' laughed Time Dale, who also made the trip to California with his wife, Christina Ruffino.
Tim Dale didn't catch a fourth foul ball in trips to Angel Stadium (Los Angeles Angels) and Petco Park (San Diego Padres), but he hit pay dirt again when he returned East.
The life-long Chicago Cubs fan visited Yankee Stadium on Aug. 6 and must have thought he was experiencing an optical illusion when he caught his fourth foul ball since June 27.
"A lot of people I had previously talked to said they have caught one or two balls in the stands at some point or another,'' said Dale. "But I had never caught one before this summer and when I tell someone about catching four (in five weeks), they get excited for me.
"It's kind of shocking,'' he added. "I still can't believe it.''
Dale admits he will likely enter ballparks with a somewhat different persona.
"Previously, I never had expectations of catching a foul ball,'' said Dale. "But now I'll be going into games looking to make a play on the ball.
"If you're in a good section behind home plate, chances are you're going to get a ball at some point.''
Dale's next opportunity will come during a trip to Chicago later this month. He'll get to see his beloved Cubs on Aug. 24 before visiting the White Sox two days later.
So is foul ball No. 5 in Dale's future? Will he get it in the Windy City?
"If I don't come back with one, I'll be disappointed,'' laughed Dale.


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70s Craft Revival: God's Eye Weaving
A few Sundays ago, Henry suddenly looked up from his close examination of my childhood copy of Steven Caney's Playbook and announced, "I want to try God's Eye weaving." Well, he was just lucky enough to catch me in a good mood, and to want to do a craft we had all the supplies for (sticks from outside + yarn). This was definitely the type of craft that required frequent parental intervention (mainly when adding a new yarn color) but both boys could do the weaving part all by themselves (though it took poor lefty Eli a lot longer, because we kept showing him how to do it right-handed…once he started doing it left-handed he did a much better job).
I'm sure you all did this during the long summer of 1978 or thereabouts. The how-to part will come right back to you (basically: get two sticks, make an x with them, secure the x with yarn, wrap the yarn around and over each stick). The boys were super proud of their creations, and Eli hung his over his bed to keep away evil spirits (though Dave and I were slightly concerned that the God's Eye was going to fall on Eli in the middle of the night) (but apparently the good spirits have thus far prevented that from happening).
Notice Eli's bed? And the nice setup? (And make sure you notice the awesome painting by our fabulous neighbor Brian.) More tomorrow on how this particular little haven is soon to go away.
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Oh man, that's a blast from Girl Scouts past! Or how 'bout lanyards!!!
I know, Kaia! I think next we'll do some Spirograph and SpinArt.
Adam S. and I revived the God's Eye thing in college – totally his idea, of course. We even dyed our yarn with natural ingredients. We used onion skins and blueberries and sticks, I think. We took photos of us wearing them around our necks, but I may have destroyed said photos because it was one of those really humid Carlisle days and with our porous wavy/curly hair, it wasn't pretty. I think I had an acne flare-up, too. Ah, memories!
Elizabeth, I love that. The whole thing. I can totally picture you guys doing that, and I love the curly hair/humidity thing too. We had so much TIME in college!
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"Living with water" is something of a buzzword in urban planning these days. New Orleans, for example, has an ambitious $6.2 billion plan to reimagine itself as a watery metropolis, instead of a drained fortress in a bowl bent on keeping lakes, rivers and the ocean at bay, and Jefferson Parish President John Young has spoken of trying to attract new residents who seek to live along the very water that Jefferson blocks with levees.
In Milwaukee, the latest tactic for embracing the wetter side of the environment calls for flooding the basements of foreclosed and abandoned houses, the Journal Sentinel reported. The newspaper said a feasibility study found several positives for using vacant basements to manage larger amounts of stormwater:
- It helps protect occupied homes from basement backups
- It provides a source of water for urban agriculture
- It helps Milwaukee adapt to a changing climate.
During a Milwaukee flood in 2010, the neighborhoods that took on the most water were the same ones hit hardest by the mortgage foreclosure crisis, which left hundreds of houses vacant and abandoned, the Journal Sentinel said. If these house are demolished, their basements could be preserved for stormwater detention.
Flooding basements doesn't seem very productive in southeast Louisiana, where very few buildings have basements. Still, you can read Milwaukee's feasibility study and the Journal Sentinel's full story.


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Town of Union, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The future of the BAE Systems facility may end up in the hands of the Broome County community.
The Westover manufacturing site was flooded in September 2011.
The US Air Force will demolish the old and vacant BAE System facility and will open up the 27-acre plot of land.
The town is asking for community input. Some suggestions have been a mobile home park, outlet mall, and even walking trails.
Town of Union Supervisor Rose Sotak said the large piece of land could be used in multiple different ways.
"I want to see some building going that can recuperate some of our tax base. So could we do a little bit of commercial in there? Yes," Sotak said. "It's a big site. Could we bring BU over here? Yes. Could we have recreation area in the back? Yes."
Sotak said the best way to voice your opinion on what should happen to the land at 600 Main Street is to go to meetings and speak up during public comment. She said the community can also stop by her office.
A $10.1 million grant will help the town flood-proof what ever goes into the area.
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I am not one of those conservatives who goes looking for liberal media bias on every page of the paper, but the Star-Ledger was guilty of offering up a heaping helping thereof on the front page of Tuesday's newspaper.
It came in the form of that front-page article in which we reprinted a propaganda piece from the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers.
The institute's "scientific" study purported to show that preschool education actually saves taxpayers money because children who go to preschool do better in grammar school.
But the reason I put "scientific" in quotes is that to have any validity, any such study would have to have been done by a neutral authority, one that has not prejudged the question of preschool education one way or the other.
That's not the institute. The institute's mission statement constitutes an admission of bias:
"The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducts and communicates research to support high quality, effective, early childhood education for all young children."
What are the chances that the employees of an institute that exists to "support" publicly funded preschool would construct a study that showed anything less than glowing success?
I once edited a health magazine and spent years reading real scientific studies in such areas as epidemiology and medicine. An admission of such prejudice would immediately disqualify any researcher from having his or her work published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Also grounds for disqualification would have been the fact, unmentioned in this obviously slanted news article, that the co-director of the institute, Ellen Frede, designed the very program her institute purports to be studying back when she worked for the state Department of Education. Again, this is such an obvious source of bias that it precludes the institute from performing a study with any scientific validity.
The article is written like a press release, quoting one supporter of the preschool program after another.
This passage could have come from the teachers' union website:
"Quality preschools include a maximum class size of 15; certified teachers with early childhood expertise; and developmentally-appropriate curriculum. The focus is on getting children ready for reading, as well as preparing them for the learning process."
Oops, it looks like it did. I did a Google on the NJEA site and came up with this description of preschool, which was taken from state regulations:
1. A certified teacher and an assistant for each class;
2. Maximum class size of 15 students;
3. Developmentally appropriate curriculum;
And then there is the obvious bias shown by quoting only supporters of the program. Numerous supporters are quoted, including a certain governor who is up for re-election. But the reporter did not contact a single critic of the program. A decent regard for journalistic ethics would require that the reporter contact both the scientific and the political opponents of this program.
As I said, I'm not one of those guys who goes around looking for journalistic bias under every bed. But when reporters and editors give unquestioning acceptance to government propaganda, this leaves them open to charges of liberal bias.
Interestingly, the many readers who commented on the article seem to have penetrated through its slant very effectively. Almost all the comments are negative. The commenters saw through the bias immediately.
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"Also when the state has over thrown in over 800 thousand dollars of taxpayer money in this study is there the slightest doubt that it will conclude exactly what is desired from it?"
As a useful corrective, I offer this column I wrote back in 2007, which was the last time these bureaucrats tried to get this propaganda past the public. In it you will see quotes from one of the many prominent critics of publicly funded preschool who could have been easily contacted for this article.
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Imagine you're back in high school and you're given the chance to grade your own tests. What would you score?
I don't know about you, but I would've gotten 100 on every test.
So did the state's preschool program. The National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers released a report the other day that purported to show that the state's preschool program is doing a great job of cranking out pint-size scholars.
Furthermore, if other states know what's good for them, they'll start blowing billions on preschools as well, the release said.
"The study is significant nationally given the growing trend for states to provide preschool education for their children," said the study's principal author, Ellen Frede, in the release.
When I called her up, Frede told me that the study conformed to the highest scientific standards.
"I am a scientist," she said.
I'm sure she is. But despite Frede's qualifications, which are no doubt impressive, there is one glaring problem that disqualifies her: She was the architect of the very program that she's studying. Prior to coming to the institute, Frede was commissioner for early childhood education at the New Jersey Education Department. In that post, she set up the very programs that were the subject of the study.
Frede assured me that in the education field it's common for administrators to run studies of their own work. But when I discussed this with Juan Carlos Calcagno of the respected Columbia University School of Education, he said that the best studies are conducted by those with no connection to the program being reviewed.
"If you want to have more validity you want someone else to do the evaluation of the program you implemented," Calcagno said. We discussed at some length the "regression discontinuity design" of the institute's study. There are a number of potential sources of conscious or unconscious bias in such a study, he said, which is why it's better to have it done by an outside expert.
This is important to you as a taxpayer for a number of reasons. One is that such studies are often cited uncritically in the press and by politicians eager to spend your hard-earned money on new programs. Another reason is that social science data often make it into the courts. That is especially true of the activist New Jersey Supreme Court, which ordered free preschools for 3- and 4-year-olds in urban districts even though the state constitution requires schooling only for those ages 5 through 18.
And then there's Gov. Jon Corzine, who has made universal preschool a priority. He has even cited it as a reason to sell the Turnpike.
Before we go down that road, though, we should consider whether preschool actually improves education in later years. There's not much proof that it does. The institute's study showed some gains for kindergartners in math and reading skills, but other studies show such gains disappear by third grade, says Lisa Snell of the California-based Reason Institute. Given the fact that New Jersey's public preschools cost $12,000 a year per pupil, that's $24,000 spent with little or nothing to show for it.
Well, we have one thing to show for it: higher property taxes. Because of the court's meddling in education, New Jersey has the most expensive school system in the country, at $16,000 a year. But we are about average in outcomes when adjusted for demographics, says education expert Robert Rumberger of the University of California at Santa Barbara. California also ranks about average, Rumberger said, though it spends considerably less on education.
The reason is Proposition 13, the 1978 initiative that permanently cut California property taxes. I asked Rumberger what he pays in taxes on his house. "About $4,000," he said.
Snell, who lives outside Los Angeles, pays a mere $2,500.
And California taxes won't be going up to pay for preschools. Recently actor Rob Reiner spearheaded a drive for universal preschool in California. Californians voted it down, partly because of data compiled by Snell showing that the real problem in America is not with early education. We do fine in international comparisons at the fourth-grade level. It's above that level that American kids fall behind.
The push for state-funded preschool has less to do with helping kids than helping the New Jersey Education Association develop a new source of union jobs, says Steve Lonegan, the Bogota mayor and former Republican candidate for governor. But when you come down to it, preschool is just glorified day care, he said.
"My wife taught in a nursery school for years," said Lonegan. "If by the end of it you teach the kids to stand in line and hang up their coats, you're doing a good job."
Sounds like a proper subject for a regression discontinuity design. Perhaps Mrs. Lonegan can get a grant.


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Police have discovered the body of a male who died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, at the Great Kills Friendship club at 11 Sampson Ave. in the Great Kills section of Staten Island.
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Six months after the restoration of the Saenger Theater in New Orleans resumed, the stage has been set for a separate overhaul of the former La Salle Hotel, the vacant structure that shares a roofline and a facade with the iconic Canal Street playhouse. A nonprofit affordable-housing developer recently closed on the purchase of the four-story building at 1113 Canal St., clearing the way for an $11.6 million investment.
North Carolina-based Reliance Housing Foundation plans to bring 32 affordable rental units and street-level retail space to the site at the corner of Canal and Basin streets.
David Anderson, a top executive for ACE Theatrical Group of Houston, the Saenger's longtime private owner-managers, has said his group is interested in renting the ground-floor space that fronts on Canal Street for a ticketing center.
As for the residential space, Anderson indicated that the Saenger could probably fill many of the units with its in-house staff.
"This is good news for Canal Street,'' said Keith Adler, a sales and leasing associate at Corporate Realty who represented the former owners of the La Salle property. "It's bringing another blighted structure back into commerce, and that's a good thing for New Orleans.''
Officials from Reliance Housing, which redeveloped and currently manages a 186-unit, 24-story mixed-income apartment tower at 200 Carondelet St., declined to comment on their timetable for redeveloping the former hotel.
But with the $51 million facelift at the Saenger expected to culminate with a June 2013 opening, work on the La Salle site is likely to begin before year's end.
In January, Adler said Reliance appeared to have its financing in place, adding that the developers were "passionate'' about the project and "ready to move forward."
At the time, Reliance CEO Robert Jackson said the development planned for the La Salle building is "fully funded" and represents a good fit for the area because it will offer leasing priority to artists, musicians and employees of performing-arts venues.
Jackson added that his organization is committed "to working collaboratively" with the Saenger development team and City Hall to ensure "the integrity of the historic preservation effort and the coordination of both developments."
The latter comment appeared to address concerns about the La Salle project expressed late last year by three City Council members, the head of the Downtown Development District and the president of the city agency overseeing the Saenger renovation.
The public officials raised questions about the plan in letters sent in October to the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency, which was considering a request from Reliance Housing for more than $900,000 in state tax credits. The state agency approved the application in December.
The opponents argued that the redevelopment being proposed by Reliance is out of sync with the city's plans to create a thriving performing arts district in the area.
Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer, whose district includes the Saenger, noted in her letter that the area around the shuttered La Salle "is seeing unprecedented development as an entertainment zone.''
Palmer told the finance agency that she had concerns that the Reliance proposal "as residential use would not be in line with the current or future plans for this block and this area." She added that she believes "this property should be redeveloped in concert with the arts and theater district."
In their letters, Councilwomen Jackie Clarkson and Stacy Head expressed similar misgivings. Council members have said nothing publicly about the La Salle project since.
The La Salle Hotel opened in 1922 on then-bustling Canal Street and catered to the many visitors who arrived by train. In later years, it became a favorite of foreign travelers, backpackers and students.
But in recent years, it fell on hard times.
The hotel shut down in the summer of 2004, unable to withstand the decline in foreign travel after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and stiff competition from new economy hotels in the area.
The business reopened after Hurricane Katrina, but it was closed down for good in June 2009 after investigators discovered that the hotel's occupational license and permits were expired.
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After 40 years, Encompass is still going strong. This year Encompass will be celebrating its 40th anniversary by holding a special activity once a month each month all year. The first celebration, "How To Fly" with the Nomadic Theatre Co., will be held in the Mount Si High School commons in collaboration with Encompass' family night event.
The celebration will include a large birthday cake, buttons and balloons in addition to the usual family night activities. Family nights provide entertainment, a light supper and a craft activity. To get the word out about Encompass' 40th anniversary, members of the organization are sending out flyers and stickers, complete with the new logo of three smiling faces. The event will be held Friday, Jan. 12, from 6:15-8:30 p.m. and will be free to any families in the community.
Encompass began 40 years ago, in 1967, when a few parents who had developmentally disabled children got together and decided a special school was needed in the Valley.
"I was one of the people that helped start it," said Margaret Fischer, a founding parent. "We have a daughter with very severe cerebral palsy."
When her daughter was about 2 and one-half years old, Fischer began taking her to a children's preschool in Seattle for two or three days each week, she said. That lasted for two years.
"It was just getting to be too much," Fischer said.
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We are very grateful for your coverage of our parish festival, Spring Fling. In fact, kudos to all that you do for the community to bring the news of our neighborhoods to your publication.
In an age when folks do not feel the need for newspapers, we can point to you for your fine coverage of news and information in the Hillcrest area. Many folks were made aware of our great event by your coverage, along with other news that you provide for us to know about our community.
Community papers, like the Sun Messenger, remind us that we have a vibrant community and important stories to share. The little article about our parish festival, the quotes of pastors in stories and more help us understand, know and share the incredible things happening in the Hillcrest area.
Continue doing your great work and letting us know of the vibrant community of folks we have who are doing so much to be "good news" in our world. Happy year of the optimist!
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MIDInight Express 2.7
MIDInight Express Details
Polyhedric SoftwareDeveloper :
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Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Platform :
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June 27, 2005 Date Added :
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Oregon State vs. Stanford
When: 7 p.m. today
Where: Gill Coliseum, Corvallis
On the air: TV on Pac-12 Networks; Radio on KEX 1190 and KPOJ 620
Records: Oregon State (8-6, 0-2); Stanford (9-4, 0-1)
Projected starters: Oregon State: G Hallice Cooke (5.9 ppg), F Eric Moreland (5.5 rpg), C Angus Brandt (11.5 ppg), F Devon Collier (16.4 ppg), G Roberto Nelson (21.1 ppg); Stanford: C Stefan Nastic (8.7 ppg), G Chasson Randle (18.4 ppg), G/F Anthony Brown (13.5 ppg), F Josh Huestis (8.2 rpg), F Dwight Powell (14.4 ppg)
Briefly: OSU will be looking for its first conference win of the season when it hosts an up-and-down Stanford team ... The Beavers opened Pac-12 play with a tough Rocky Mountain trip, dropping games at then-No. 20 Colorado and Utah. OSU totaled 32 turnovers over the two defeats ... Forward Eric Moreland, who was reinstated last week from an unspecified violation of team rules, showed some rust in the losses. He came off the bench in Boulder to tally two points, 10 rebounds, a block and four turnovers. Against the Utes, Moreland had four points, one rebound and three turnovers ... The Beavers, owners of the Pac-12's worst rebounding margin, beat Colorado and Utah on the glass ... OSU's starters struggled during their first conference road trip. They often didn't move the ball much, settling for ill-advised shots ... Collier and Brandt never got going on the trip. The big men combined for 12 points in each game. It was quite a meltdown for two players who ended nonconference play averaging a combined 30.9 points per game ... Coach Craig Robinson said earlier this week that he is strongly considering replacing point guard Challe Barton in the starting lineup with freshman Hallice Cooke. The rookie, who has recorded career-high point totals in two of his past three outings, leads Barton in nearly every statistical category despite playing about three fewer minutes per game ... Robinson listed "consistency" and "getting assists" as the two areas where he hopes to see improvement today ... OSU has shot at least 50 percent from the field in seven of its past 14 contests, including three of its past 12 games at 60 percent or better. It is seventh nationally with a 49.9 field-goal percentage ... The Beavers have held six of their past nine opponents to under 40 percent shooting ... The Beavers rank seventh in the Pac-12 in scoring offense (77.1) and third-to-last in scoring defense (73.7) ... Nelson (21.1) and Collier (16.4) are No. 1 and No. 10, respectively, in the Pac-12 in scoring. They account for 48.6 percent of the Beavers' offensive production ... Nelson, who has been named Pac-12 Player of the Week twice this season, needs 22 points to become the eighth player in program history to reach the 1,400-point mark ... Collier, who is third in the Pac-12 with a 63.3 field-goal percentage, scored 20-plus points in five straight games for the first time in his career before tallying 13 against Towson on Dec. 18. His five double-doubles this season tie the amount he recorded during his first three years combined ... Collier needs one point to become the 13th player in program history to hit the 1,300-point mark ... Brandt is averaging 17 points and 5.9 rebounds in Gill Coliseum this season ... Since connecting on at least 50 percent of his shots in each of his first six appearances this year, swingman Victor Robbins has shot 5-of-28 from the field over his past eight. The former starter played just one minute at Colorado and two at Utah ... According to KenPom.com, OSU has a 43 percent chance of winning this game ... This is the 138th meeting between these two programs. OSU leads the series 71-66, including a 37-26 edge in Corvallis ... Stanford is riding a four-game winning streak in the series ... Stanford is coming off last week's 69-62 loss to California ... The Cardinal has experienced its share of ups and downs this season. It won at then-No. 10 Connecticut, but dropped home games to BYU, Pittsburgh, Michigan and California ... Randle is averaging 20.2 points on 49 percent shooting in four career meetings with OSU ... Dating back to the 2008-09 season, the Cardinal is 12-32 in road conference games ... Stanford was picked sixth in the Pac-12's preseason media poll. OSU was picked 10th ... Since Dec.1, the Cardinal has held six straight opponents to fewer than 70 points ... Stanford's starters account for 86.4 percent of the team's offensive production ... The Cardinal ranks second in the Pac-12 with a 41.2 three-point percentage. That could spell problems for a Beavers team that is last in the conference at defending the arc. OSU allowed Utah to shoot 12-of-22 on threes Saturday ... Per KenPom, Stanford ranks 13th nationally with a blocked-shot percentage of 6.3.
-- Connor Letourneau


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Spain broke open a fierce defensive battle in the final minute to beat France 66-59 and reach the semi-finals of the Olympic men's basketball tournament in a bad-tempered contest.
Back-to-back fouls for unsportsmanlike behaviour were assessed against France's Ronny Turiaf and Nicolas Batum after hard hits at the end of the game, and players from both teams had to be restrained by officials from going after each other.
Marc Gasol led Spain with 14 points, while Tony Parker and Boris Diaw scored 15 points apiece to pace France.
Russia made the most out of their size advantage to beat Lithuania 83-74 and advance to the semis against Spain.
Lithuania, plagued by periods of ice-cold shooting, battled back from a 13-point deficit late in the third quarter with an 11-2 run that made it 54-50 going into the fourth quarter.
A three-pointer by Rimantas Kaukenas made it a one-point game at 54-53 before the Russians recovered with center Timofey Mozgov and veteran forward Andrei Kirilenko leading the way.
Kirilenko led Russia with 19 points and Mozgov scored 17, most of them coming on dunks and put-backs from under the basket.
Kaukenas scored 19 points to lead Lithuania, who made one last push to close within five points at 74-69 with two minutes left before Russia secured victory from the foul line.


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A quick edit of my filming from that shoot
Not long ago I was asked to do some aerial video for a documentary on the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in downtown Salt Lake City. This was my first flight with one of my newest helicopters and I am pretty happy with it's performance.
Well the documentary is now complete! It will air on KBYU 11 at 7:00 PM on Monday, November 21st, and again at the same time on 26th. I hope you enjoy the documentary and I hope you like my contribution. It was a lot of fun!