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Karl Moore | May 18, 2005
Broken down cars. Three sheds in the front yard.
That may be the way some neighborhoods in Prince William County used to look. But that is changing.
Some areas, once considered rural, are bustling with new development.
And with those new homes comes new pressure to keep up with the Jones'.
9 News' Peggy Fox shows us how the county is helping out.
Peggy Fox's Report
Michelle Casciato landed what looks like the perfect job.
For $70,000 a year, she walks around neighborhoods in Prince William county, taking in the beauty and jotting down the ugly.
For one, you're not supposed to park cars, trucks, boats and trailer son your lawn.
Casciato is Prince William County's neighborhood coordinator. It's a new position to beef up the appearance of neighborhoods in a county that is fast becoming more affluent.
The neighborhood coordinator has no enforcement powers, but she does work with 14 code enforcement inspectors to whom she'll hand off the address of properties that are in violation.
When the grass is over a foot high, or she finds another violation, she doesn't knock on the door because that can spark a confrontation. But she does write down the address. The owner of this overgrown lawn, BJ Richardson, thinks it's too much like 'Big Brother'.
Other homeowners, on the other hand, are pleased with the attention and hope more problems can be addressed.
Casciato says through education and outreach, she's trying to make Prince William a nicer place to live.


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President Obama will be in Edison Wednesday for a round table discussion with small business owners and to drum up support for a bill he hopes will pass the Senate this week expanding loan programs and tax breaks to small businesses. The venue is Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, which will serve lunch for the participants.
A few NJ.com commenters have menu suggestions for the president, like the following, from brand new NJ.com member aee4aces:
Mr. President, the #12 with the works & mayo, a bag of chips, and a Stewart's Root Beer is my recommendation. Governor Christie can pout for not being invited over a soulless corporate Subway sandwich while you are enjoying an excellent, delicious Edison classic. If Biden wants to chug along, tell him you'll meet him at the Harold's in Raritan Center - he won't figure it out until he's 20% done with his meat tower sandwich. You can thank me later.
The No. 12 is ham, salami and cheese. But another brand new NJ.com member, rafael143, goes a different direction:
I moved to Edison about 10 years ago and Tastee Sub is by far the best sub shop I've ever tasted. Someone picked a good spot for Obama. The smoked turkey with American cheese on whole wheat with all the trimmings is my choice. ;)
Have any small business or menu suggestions for the president? Put them in the comments section of the article.

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CARLISLE — When a Commonwealth Court decision barred the fees Cumberland County's Recycling and Waste Authority collected to cover much of its costs several years ago, the department's financial troubles began.
While the county commissioners seemed to agree Wednesday that the authority offers some important services to the county's residents, the question still remains of how to pay for them without having to draw down from the county's general fund.
Commissioners have been meeting most Wednesdays this year to discuss the various recommendations made by Public Financial Management, a consultant hired this past year to help find areas for potential cuts to find a budget savings.
The heads of the county's departments eyed for cuts have come in weekly to give commissioners their take on PFM's recommendations before they decide where to make those cost reductions.
Consultant Gordon Mann of PFM previously told commissioners the area of recycling and waste is one of concern. The recycling and waste authority has a deficit between $200,000 and $435,000, he said, and its reserves will run out soon.
County Chief Clerk Larry Thomas pointed out Wednesday that PFM said the authority is not mandated by the state, but the county is responsible for developing a municipal waste plan, and the consultant's recommendation was to reduce the authority to just that mandatory function, and staff appropriately.
Director of Recycling and Waste Thomas Imphong explained to the commissioners that the authority had been self-sustaining until 2007 when a court ruling on two separate lawsuits filed by the waste industry prohibited counties from collecting tonnage fees.
In Cumberland County, the authority had received a $2.50 fee per ton, collected from trash-disposal facilities, which covered the authority's expenses, bringing in roughly $500,000 to $600,000 per year.
Cumberland County is not alone in this dilemma. Imphong told the commissioners of the 20 or so counties impacted by the loss of the tonnage fees, many of whom have had to significantly cut their programs, or eliminate them all together.
But Imphong pointed out his department offers two programs — yard waste and hazardous household waste disposal — that are important to county residents, and are not offered elsewhere. And through his department's efforts, both of these programs are in better shape financially.
Through seeking grants, increasing fees to municipalities and cutting costs in other areas, Imphong said these programs "are approaching self sustainability."
"These programs are used by the population at large, and the municipalities like them," Imphong said.
But it still costs money to run them, but the authority has been cutting back where it can, he said.
"We're down to a staff of two," Imphong said, adding they share a staff assistant with another department. "We're looking everywhere to reduce costs, and pursue any grants we can."
About 39 percent of the department's costs are for the staffing.
Thomas asked Imphong and the county's finance department to come up with projections to show the commissioners how far the authority can stretch its remaining $900,000 in reserves while keeping those programs going, and continuing to look at the existing staffing costs, as well.
"Clearly the county values these programs, but we don't have a funding source," Thomas said.
Commissioner Jim Hertzler said if those services were not offered by the county, the burden would likely fall to the municipalities at a greater cost.
"It's an important service we need to provide at the county level," he said.
In the meantime, Imphong said his department will continue to work to drive down its costs while running those programs.
PFM's report can be seen here.


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Armed Robbery (Gun)
09:52 hrs.
Calhoun/S. Claiborne Ave
Victim: Male, DOB 10-25-73
Gist: Victim parked his vehicle behind the Capital One Bank. He was walking toward the front entrance of the bank carrying his business deposit bag. An unknown male approached the victim and attempted to grab the bag. When that failed he pulled out a gun and took the deposit bag, containing cash and a gift card. The subject fled on foot down Calhoun toward S. Tonti St. then unknown.
Aggravated Battery (Shooting)
22:13 hrs
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Victim: Male, DOB 7-14-1980
Gist: Victim was transported to Interim LSU Public Hospital after receiving several gunshot wounds to the body by an unknown assailant.
Aggravated Carjacking
2357 hrs
Chef Mentuer Hwy/Michoud Blvd
Victim: Male DOB 4/17/92
Gist: The victim exited his vehicle and was approached by two males, one armed with a handgun and the other a shotgun. The perpetrators demanded the victim's keys and wallet, and then fled in his red car.
Armed robbery (gun)
0029 hrs
4200 blk S Dorgenois Street
Victim: Male, DOB 7-20-1967
Gist: The victim was approached by armed male demanding money. A second subject approached the victim from the rear stripping him of his clothing. Both subjects fled after taking the victim's bank cards and ten dollars in cash.
Unclassified Death
3:51 a.m.
400 blk Burgundy St.
Victim: male, early 40s
Gist: Victim was found on the floor cold. EMT'(s) responded pronounced on scene.
Aggravated Battery (Cutting)
4:09 a.m.
6800 Blk Tara Lane
Victim: Male, DOB 4-21-1990
Gist: The victim received a cut to the shoulder after he attempted to stop a fight between two females at a local card game.


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Today's Outlook on Angels
When I first wrote about angels in 1997, I wrote to help people honestly probe their own questions about them. Back then, people were mostly trying to make sense of angel traditions and reports of angels guarding and rescuing people. They were hoping to learn about not only divine angels, but also about the holy God, the Wholly-Other, who cares enough to send such envoys to humans. (Touched By An Angel gently took this hope to TV.) They were asking, "Why angels? And, are they among us?" Yes, there was angel kitsch and trivia. Yes, a few people wrote of angel wars. But there was a refreshing openness and lightheartedness toward the possibility of angels who may well be pretty much as the Biblical writers described them.
But the questions are different today. Today, the world is abuzz with novels and films and 'experts' on TV and the Net and in video games. They use bizarre ideas and imagery to portray what angels do in violent epic battles of spiritual warfare, with the universe at stake. And this has stuck in the public's mind. "Could these things possibly be as the writers say?", many ask. The global recession stripped away the most outlandish kitsch, and down-to-earth concerns have taken their place. Also, a new generation of intellectual materialists dismisses the entire realm of the supernatural, abolishing anything else that's not provably active in the material world. They don't ask, "Why angels?" or even "If angels?". They rule them out from the start, and often think that even entertaining the very idea is unworthy of a healthy intellect.
This site is here to help guide you through your own processes of sorting out angels and other matters of faith, by teaching the Christian faith's view(s) of these matters in a very un-official way. I ask myself, and God, the same questions you do. And I know for sure that I don't really know for sure. Yet I honestly believe in the supernatural. Not as the superstitious do, as something that either manipulates us or can be manipulated by us, but I believe in it nonetheless. And I'm convinced that it underlies all that is. Angels are an important part of that. Through understanding their place, we can better understand ours.
Today's view of angel-messengers is being shaped by media people who don't care enough to handle it honestly. Instead of angels being a real outreach from a real God to an often surreal world, there usually isn't a real God in the picture. In these stories, it's as if angels exist for their own reasons. Those whose type of being means 'messenger' or 'envoy' neither deliver nor represent a real message, and are envoys only for themselves. They're written up like gussied-up space aliens, who in turn are just tricked-up projections of ourselves at our most selfish or noble. This detours our spiritual instincts. Could it be as they say? Not really.
Must We Believe In Angels?
Must Christians believe that angels exist? No. The much more important thing is to believe in the God who is said to send them. Many Christians, whether rationalist Protestants, ex-Catholics, or some of the emerging-churchers, see them as being merely symbolic, just a story-teller's way of telling the story. I myself am convinced they're quite wrong on that, at least on the 'just' or 'mere' part of it. But I can't prove that. I haven't (knowingly) met one. I don't require actual mal'akim to make sense of God, the Bible, Christianity, the world, or my life. God doesn't have to use them to deliver a message or carry out a mission. You can live as Christian as anyone else and not believe in angels. They're not specifically mentioned in the Creeds, nor in most theologies, nor in most formal statements of faith, and only briefly in worship services. (In liturgical services, in the preface to Holy Communion, the minister announces our praise to God, "joining our voices with angels and archangels and all the host of heaven".) When Jesus said what the core matters of the faith are, belief in angels was not mentioned. Christ rescues you either way. In brief, angels are not a bare-bones requirement of Christian belief, as they are required in most forms of Islam.
But, if angels do exist, and if they do deal with us in any way, then for the sake of being real we would be wise to account for them. If you are convinced they do not exist, then I invite you to climb into their story, their role in God's purposes, because it is by walking through the story with their character that you will learn the lessons of that story. And, whether we do or don't, that's fine with the angels. Their concern is not what humans think of them, but to get done what God sent them to do.
What Are Angels?
What are angels? Lord knows. Many tasks have been assigned to them in Jewish and Christian tradition, in folklore and folk theology. People have been guessing at it for 4000 years, probably longer. One helpful view is that angels are sent by God to bring the truth, especially the big truths, to specific people in critical situations. The biggest truth (the one that Jesus Christ was living, dying proof of) is that God is with us and for us, and an angel is sent here as a part of that. God's message can be a warning, or be a comfort in times of danger and fear. There's more going on than the careless eye can see, so God's messenger points it out. Since God is way too much for us to take, the messenger is sent in God's stead, like a diplomatic envoy. What happens then is between humans and the Lord. God chose this way (among other ways) to keep in touch with us and not be a far-off Deist god.
Part of the Unseen
Angels are from the unseen in the "all that is, seen and unseen" that the Nicene Creed says the Father created. They don't decay or die, since they are spiritual beings. They exist to praise God and to bear the message and task for which God sends them, including to us humans. They can think and hold conversations, and they have their own identity. They even have some sort of rank, such as the archangels and the "angel of the Lord". They appear to people of all religions, even people of no religion at all, when God wants them to listen. We can't prove angels exist, any more than we can prove God exists; they are, after all, spiritual beings and don't fit into material-world rules. Not all religious folks believe in angels (for instance, the Jewish Sadducees, and many modernist Christians). But all over the world, those who have a strong sense of spirituality tend to believe God sends supernatural envoys and heralds, and they sometimes experience their presence. Thus there are many angel reports from India, Malaysia, and other Asian countries. That's no surprise, since God loves them, too.
The ancients couldn't picture anything in the 'pure' world of heaven as being female or neuter, so they called them mostly what they felt was greatest - male. (A possible exception is in Zechariah 5, but the passage is cryptic at best.) Maybe we're getting over such a narrow vision. Angels are often pictured as having feathered wings. The ancients believed the angels flew, so they portrayed it through the only means of flying they knew: the feathered wings of a bird. I suspect this image came in handy. They don't need angel wings to fly (they're supernatural beings), but wings of what would be the necessary size inspire awe in us ground-bound material-type beings. The angel-messengers are often reported and portrayed as glowing with light, especially as they deliver their message.
Are Angels Overrated?
Where big things are happening, angels are among us, at the scene. The ginormous event of God's coming to us, started off with a peasant girl from Galilee talking with the archangel Gabriel. Herald angels sang to a bunch of field-working shepherds on the day Christ was born, and many thousands of us try to sound like that angel choir each Christmas. Angel choirs abound, and will be singing strongly when the Kingdom arrives in full. When Mary Magdalene peered into Jesus' tomb on that first Easter, she saw two angels, one sitting at each end where Jesus' body was laid. Just as an archangel set up the first coming of Christ, so an archangel will mark the final return of Christ. Thus, Christianity's two main holy days, Easter and Christmas, are marked out from the start by angels.
Humans tend to get freaky when an angel shows up. We often quiver in fear or fall down in awe. Not to say they're ho-hum, but angels themselves are not really that big a deal. We're more important than they are. Angels are servants, acting on Someone Else's authority, while we humans make our own decisions, and are responsible to discern God's ways by what the Lord has given us. God made us, not angels, in the image of God. Jesus makes His followers, not angels or even archangels, into God's heirs. Every angel goes by what they know: they personally live in God's great presence and receive God's command. We are made to walk not by sight, but by faith. We're told not to worship angels in Colossians 2:18. (Indeed, any bona fide angel will urge you not to worship them, but to worship the God who sent them.) Nor are we to pray to them, though, like the others in the divine realm, they are praying along with us and in our favor. The apostle Paul even tells the Corinthians that, in the end, we will judge angels, not the other way around.
The angels revel in being in God's presence. How much more will it be so for creatures like us who bear God's image, once the Kingdom comes in full! What's much more important than us or the angel is the One for whom they are acting. The author of the letter to the Hebrews (in chapter 1) takes pains to point out that however awesome you may think angels are, Jesus is far more important.
Why Are There Angels?
Not There to Meddle
Angels are not there to be meddling fix-its, but our helpers in responding to the truth. A divine envoy may guide us in the way God wants us to go in a specific situation, sometimes calling on us to take a specific action. We can just blow them off, but people usually find themselves responding instantly with some amount of trust, comfort, or awe. Angels can celebrate and have joy, and presumably have other emotions as well. They don't negotiate unless God tells them to. They don't argue, either; they let God do the rebuking, like the archangel Michael did against Satan. By sticking to God's given task instead of asserting themselves, they are good examples of humility.
Angels Execute Judgement
Scripture shows that angels have another fierce task: when God passes judgement on injustice, they're often the ones who enforce the sentence. An angel who was sent on this sort of a mission executed the first-born of Egypt, leading to the Exile. The usual image shows them with flaming swords, but the Bible shows how they can execute judgement in other ways as well. When carrying out a sentence, angels are more like a strike force than envoys. You won't find them doing this on a Christmas card!
What Kind of Messenger?
"Angel" in Biblical Hebrew is mal'ak . Its main meaning is "messenger", which matches most well with the announcer-herald angels of the Christmas scene. It's the same name given to the prophetic book of the last of the Prophets. The book's author has no name, just the title of Messenger. He could've been the editor who gathered the Prophetic books together so his people could remember and prepare for what was to come. Some angel-fans think Malachi is an angel, but the book's content and its presence among the Prophets make it certain that Malachi is a human messenger, a prophet. In Islam, Mohammed is called "the prophet" and "messenger of God", but is clearly not in any way a god or an angel. In Greek, the root angelos is found in ev-angelos, the gospel or 'good message'.
But this raises a question: can we always tell this difference, even when we find 'messenger' in the Bible or the traditions? Angels are definitely not humans, especially not dead humans who 'earn wings'. (This idea was not invented by Frank Capra for Clarence in the movie "It's A Wonderful Life". Its roots go back at least as far as *The Martyrdom of Polycarp*, 1:39, early 2nd century AD, and probably even further back.) As spirit-beings, angels don't even have food or sex or marriage, or make baby angels, at least not as humans would recognize it. They're pictured as having earth-type gender and earth-type body forms, mainly so we can relate to them better. Such forms might also translate some aspect of their personality.
It's a fine line between the main task of a divine mal'ak and the main task of a prophet, an evangelist, or a poet or storyteller, or anyone else who brings us a divine truth that's hard for us to take. The Christmas "herald angels" of Jesus' birth and resurrection were certainly supernatural. But sometimes it's not as clear. Their main task is to tell a truth which communicates God's will to some person(s), leaving the results to the people who hear it and the Holy Spirit at work among them. Since Christians are all given the charge of spreading the good report on Jesus Christ to others who don't know or understand, then in a way every Christian and every Christian church is a 'messenger', a mal'ak. Not in the sense of a divine or heavenly being, nor a substitute for them, but as the human bearer of good news from God. The apostle Paul picks up this theme when He calls the Corinthian Christians "our letter" and "a letter of Christ". One drawback: when their plans are ruined by the news, people tend to take it out on the messenger, and a divine messenger can make a better getaway than a human one.
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The Brooklyn natives met at a dance at an "Over 21 Club" at Our Lady of Perpetual Help R.C. Church and were married on Sept. 26, 1959, at St. Stanislaus R.C. Church, all in their home community. Forty years ago they moved to their present home in Eltingville.
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CAPTAIN AMERICA #1: Well, the McNiven art is pretty, and Brubaker's story zips along just fine from WW2 to today (probably a smart move for audiences walking out of the WW2-set Cap film), but I have to say that this issue didn't work on the balance for me. Part of it is the "Wait, when is this happening in continuity" aspect — Steve is Cap again, but not even a mention of ol' Buck… and, especially that graveyard fakeout means this is happening at least "three months" "from now" (Post FEAR ITSELF), but the other part is the TWO different (if related) continuity implants of the issue — Jimmy Jankovicz ("Jimmy Jupiter"), and the other guy, who I *think* was named "Codename: Bravo"… though maybe he's JUST named "Bravo", since what moron would have "codename" before his name? It's hard to say, really, either way — neither of whom is really properly introduced or explaining their motivations in any significant way.
Take Jimmy J first — there's a "bum, bah bah!" beat of "I think Jimmy Jankovitz just woke up!", without explaining who he is, or why he is asleep, or, more importantly for a serialization, WHY I SHOULD CARE if he's asleep or awake or even in existence. Jimmy is apparently "our ticket right into the belly of the beast" of some secret french base, despite looking like a nine year old American boy, but then we cut away to JJ being an old man, and nothing else happens with that thread other than him being a McGuffin what gets kidnapped.
Then there's the man who is codenamed as Codename: Bravo (seriously, I can just see… "Ah, what was his codename again?" "He is codename: Codename: Bravo!") who SEEMS to hate Cap because Peggy Carter wouldn't kiss him back in '44, and whom it is also implied somehow is a "man out of time" (jeez, how many of those are running around the Marvel U?), but who, despite saying that he wants to destroy Captain America, takes a shot at… Dum Dum Dugan instead? Allllright, nothing like an incompetent act to get your ideological villain off on the right foot.
There's also a fight that seems to take place on a freeway (rather than a surface street), where a grenade casually goes off, surely killing a civilian (or 12), and no one comments on it for even one second. Ah, what the hell, they're French, it's OK!
I don't know, maybe this will make more sense when we have the entire TP collection, but, at this point, I'm not especially compelled to even pick up #2…
Sadly, this was just modestly OK.
DEFENDERS FROM MARVEL VAULT #1:Most of the "from the vault" books seem to "just" be left over inventory, but this one, as explained in the text page was plotted by Fabien Nicieza a decade back, and drawn back then (by Mark Bagley), but they lost the plot and script in the intervening years, so Kurt Busiek stepped in to try and figure out a new story. That's pretty stunningly "Marvel Method", in a lot of ways, and the resulting comic is far more coherent than you could ever hope that it might be. I enjoyed it in a "goofy fun" kind of way, and give it a big strong OK.
GREEN LANTERN #67: I don't expect a lot out of crossover thingies, but it IS nice when they end up in such a way that mixes up the status quo significantly for a little while. I don't have any expectation that this will stick for more than a few months, and it certainly makes that hastily inserted end-credit sequence in the GL film make a smidge more sense, maybe, but it WAS a genuinely "hoo boy!" moment which made my blackened and jaded heart swell for a moment, so that, all by itself, makes me give it a VERY GOOD. I also liked the half-beat insinuation that there's something really freaky about the Indigo lanterns. The only thing I will say is that the more they try to fill in Sinestro's backstory (between the film, and that direct-to-DVD animated one, and much of this arc), the less sense it makes that he was ever "Sinestro" in the first place, y'know?
ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #1: How is this going to be a six issue mini, I don't get it? More than half of this issue was just various reaction shots of supporting cast members, few/none of which seemed like they needed another page at all? It was "touching", I guess, but as "1 of 6", it was pretty dang EH.
X-MEN SCHISM #1: I dunno, I like Jason Aaron very much, but I don't think he nailed the right "tone" of an X-book here at all? There was kinda too much comedy on one hand, and not enough "weight" on the other. Liiiike… "ooh, Sentinels are scary!", then both Cyke and Wolvie are shown casually taking entire groups out with AOE attacks? Also? Kinda no "schism" on display here at all. Much like Cap, I'm wondering what my motivation to come back for #2 might be — it isn't on the page. Eh.
That's me — what did YOU think?
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Codename: Assassin was what…3 years ago? Jimmy Olsen specials?
In DC's style there were some winks and on page jokes about it if I recall. Marvel plays it pretty straight up then? What do you lose by just calling him Bravo? It's not like some creator from the 40's is going to get a check as a result or anything. right?
Codename: Bravo. Probably to keep him from being confused with this guy known simply as "Bravo": http://www.comicvine.com/bravo/29-29676/
Then again, probably not.
For Ultimate Fallout, I think most of the 'of 6' are going o be used to set up the new status quo. Since the whole Ultimate line is re-launching in a few months it looks like 'fallout' is not only fallout from death of spiderman but more of fallout from all the crap that's gone down the last couple years. Its a bridging device for the line.
Either the funeral itself will wrap up soon or else it will just be a framing device for more of a story.
Green lantern 67 made me appreciate the power of a strong ending. For most of the comic I was seriously disliking it; it felt rushed and sloppy. The end seemed to be what pages were cut for (hence the delay?), to set up the new GL #1. Which now does interest me more than before. (Also the Indigo Lanterns; there's a story there that I really want to read.)
As for X-Men Schism, I'm a long time X-Men fan, so I'm still interested, but I can't escape the notion that the real story is that Cyke and Wolvie have planned all of this. This is born of the end of Prelude to Schism #4 and the idea that Cyke is supposed to me a master strategist, tho Prelude was enough of a mess that it could be entirely moot.


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ANN ARBOR, MI – Western Michigan University's men's basketball team emerged from its first road stretch of the season feeling pretty good.
The Broncos played four of their first five games this season away from University Arena, and came out of it with a 4-1 record, including the University of South Florida Invitational title.
Tuesday night's game at Crisler Center, a 73-41 loss to No. 3 Michigan, marked the beginning of an even more daunting road stretch for WMU (6-2).
PHOTO GALLERY: Check out the WMU/Michigan images from Daniel Brenner of AnnArbor.com
How much can road tests, especially those against opponents the caliber of the Wolverines, help the Broncos later this season?
"That's a million-dollar question right there. This starts the beginning of six out of seven road games, which goes all the way up until the Akron game, the first game of conference play," said WMU coach Steve Hawkins, who noted that only four of the Broncos' first 14 games this season will be played at home. "Whether it be the miles – hopefully not losses – that it doesn't wear on you. You hope you improve and gain momentum as the year progresses. Looking at Michigan's schedule right before the game, holy cow, they're going to play 13 games and the Bradley game is going to be their only road game until they open up conference play at Northwestern.
" … Hopefully the road hardens us and doesn't break us. Last year's (14-20) team, it broke us a little bit. Hopefully it hardens us and hopefully it makes us better. Hopefully tough atmospheres won't be anything foreign to us once we get into MAC play."
The Broncos have three more road games in a row, beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday against Illinois State. Eight days later, they will make a trip to High Point (N.C.) after WMU edged the Panthers, 54-53, on Nov. 29 at University Arena.
On Dec. 19, the Broncos head to Duquesne. Three days later, WMU hosts Mount St. Mary's, but then the Broncos are back on the road at North Carolina State (Dec. 29; ESPNU) and Akron (Jan. 9) for the Mid-American Conference opener.
"First half of our nonconference (schedule) was on the road, at USF, so I mean we're accustomed to the road," WMU redshirt junior center Shayne Whittington said. "That really doesn't affect us that much. Like, we were in Europe -- it brings us together a little bit, all that time together."
GUARD PLAY SETS TONE: Michigan sophomore Trey Burke finished with a game-high 20 points, seven assists, three steals and no turnovers. It was the second straight home game in which the Wolverines' 6-foot point guard did not record a turnover.
U-M's starting backcourt of Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Nik Stauskas combined for only three of their team's 10 turnovers. WMU guards Austin Richie and Brandon Pokley, and wing/forward Nate Hutcheson combined for eight of the Broncos' 18 turnovers.
Michigan attempted 58 shots (and made 50 percent) compared to 45 (28.9 percent) for WMU.
"I felt like a huge difference in the game was guard play," Hawkins said. "Obviously, Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway, Stauskas, those guys -- they can play the game. But we did not do a great job of just getting the ball moved from side to side. When we did, we had some pretty good offense taking place.
"No matter what adjustment we made, they countered and, for the most part, it was Trey Burke. You know, there are players that when you decide to do something different. … Maybe coming out of a media timeout, which we did, and the first time you do it, a lot of teams or a lot of players will take two, three, four possessions, maybe even talk to coach about it, say, 'Hey, they're doing this now.' Trey Burke just sees it, counters it right now, and it ends up in a layup or a wide-open 3 for somebody else. You can do a great on those guys and still guard, but they rise up – 20 points, seven assists, no turnovers, he's just a big-time player that makes everybody on the floor a lot better."
EARLY NERVES, FOUL TROUBLE: Whittington said that nerves were not the reason for the Broncos' missed shots from close range, especially his.
"Just missed shots. Nerves shouldn't really bother us, that close (to the basket) anyway, but I blame myself for that one because I missed at least three," said Whittington, who picked up two fouls in the first 2:04 of the contest and sat the next 8:32 before he re-entered the game and wound up playing nine minutes in the half.
The crowd was much larger than WMU is accustomed, but it was not what you'd call a raucous environment.
Attendance was announced as a sellout (12,693), but a large share of the seats in the second tier on the north end of the area were wide open. The Wolverines' Maize Rage student section was present, but did not bring the same intensity that it reserves for U-M's rivals.
As for the early foul trouble, Whittington said it's the players' responsibility to adapt to the way a game is called.
"You've got to feel that out for the first four minutes, how they're calling the game, and I was the one that had to be the example, so I'll take it," said Whittington, who finished with four fouls, four points, six rebounds and three turnovers in 21 minutes.
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text: Locals and visitors are invited to join in a discussion of gardening memoir "The Quarter Acre Farm" by Spring Warren at 10:30 a.m. this Saturday at the Fredonia Farmers Market. The book chronicles the journey of a wife and mother's attempt to grow 75 percent of her family's food for a year. Throughout the novel, Warren provides clever anecdotes, practical gardening tips, recipes, and humor. Readers will also enjoy the easy going style of Warren's narrative and the abstract illustrations that accompany each chapter. This event is free and open to all. However, "The Quarter Acre Garden" will not be available for purchase at the market, so attendees are asked to bring their own copies.


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BEREA, Ohio -- Receiver Josh Gordon admitted today that he's growing weary of rumors that he'll be traded before next Tuesday's 4 p.m. deadline.
"I'm tired of it,'' said Gordon. "I honestly wish if it was going to happen, I wish it would happen already instead of dragging on. If a trade offer came in and that's what the Browns want to do, so be it. If not, then let it be known this is where I'm going to be. Honestly, it's part of the game. I'm dealing with it."
Gordon, selected in the 2012 supplemental draft with the 2013 No. 2 pick, said he knows a trade is possible.
"It would be pretty naive of me to not think it's possible in this business of the NFL,'' he said. "So it could happen any minute, any day. So if it does, it does. If it doesn't, you know, I'm glad to be here.''
He said he knows a deal can still take place even though coach Rob Chudzinski assured him it won't happen.
"Ultimately it's up to Joe Banner and Jimmy Haslam and the guys up top, but I do feel comforted in my head coach wants me to be here, but the reality of it is anybody can make a deal and they're saying they're opening to listening to people, so anything can happen."
He said he needs to continue playing well -- including Sunday against the 7-0 Chiefs -- in spite of the rumors swirling around him. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported on Monday that at least three teams have contacted the Browns about Gordon, and that they have standing offers from two teams that include a high pick and a player.
"Regardless of the trade, I need to show something, not just for people, just for myself,'' Gordon said. "Regardless of all this stuff, trade rumors and stuff like that, I still have to be focused and play my game."When it gets here, it gets here. If I'm still on the team, great. If not, great. That's just how it's going to have to go for me. I'm not sure right now."
Gordon was asked if there isn't a small part of him that would like to play for the 49ers or Redskins, two teams that have been mentioned in rumors or speculation.
"It's really not even up to me in that regard,'' he said. "I'm here in Cleveland and I want to make a difference here in Cleveland. This is where I am right now. Whatever happens tomorrow, I'll have to deal with that then, but my head and my space is right here and that's what I'm focusing on."
Gordon was asked about the perception that his body language during Sunday's 31-13 loss to Green Bay signaled lack of effort or frustration. He caught only two of his six targets for 21 yards, his worst game of the season.
"Deflated? I'm not sure I saw it,'' Gordon said. "Guys wanted to win just as bad as any other week. It might have the weather. Guys were looking a little bit slower. It was sloppy, guys falling down. That might have been the case. But guys want to win, go hard and give 100 percent every week."
He said he wasn't frustrated with Weeden, who struggled with his accuracy during the game.
"I don't believe so,'' he said. "Me and Brandon have always been cool, always been tight. It's just that certain games go our way and certain games don't."
Gordon said he was shaken up on that second-quarter play on which the defender tossed him to the ground.
"I guess I just got the wind knocked out of me on my left side by my ribs or whatever, but I was alright,'' he said.
As for playing with his third quarterback in eight games in Jason Campbell Sunday in Kansas City, he said, "It's a part of the game. Guys get hurt, guys come in and come out. You roll with the punches. We're dealing with it. Me as a young wide receiver, at least I'm getting it out of the way now.
"We've got a few more days to get into rhythm of throwing with Campbell, but we have before. We've practiced with him enough times. We've done it. This is our third time with a different quarterback so I think we're ready for it.''


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The number of California school districts facing financial distress has fallen by more than 50 percent, down to 92 from 188 a year ago, according to figures released Tuesday by the State Department of Education.
The Department releases two interim status reports a year identifying which of the 1,037 school districts, county offices of education and joint powers agencies are in financial jeopardy.
In this year's Second Interim Status Report, eight districts received negative certifications, meaning they don't have enough money to pay their bills and may need intervention by their county office of education. While that's down by four from a year ago, it's a slight increase from the First Interim Status Report for 2012-13, when seven districts were on the negative list. Another 84 districts received qualified certifications, indicating that they may not be able to cover their costs within the next two years.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson credited passage of Proposition 30 last November for much of the improvement. The ballot initiative will raise a little over $6 billion for education through temporary increases in the sales tax and incomes for the state's wealthiest residents.
Torlakson tempered his remarks, however, noting that although the number of struggling districts has been cut in half, that still leaves many districts in fiscal danger.
"The 92 districts that still face financial jeopardy represent some 1.7 million students, and we must continue our work to get them on solid fiscal ground," Torlakson said in a written statement.
The latest numbers represent districts' financial status as of Jan. 31, predating Governor Brown's May budget revisions and, according to the Department of Education, some may have changed since then.


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CHRISMTAS ISLAND — Gaelic music took centre stage at the Celtic Colours International Festival, Monday afternoon.
Piper Paul K. MacNeil performs some tunes during the Our Gaelic Kids: Ar Clann Ghàidhealach show at the Christmas Island fire hall, Monday. Laura Jean Grant - Cape Breton Post
The show, Our Gaelic Kids: Ar Clann Ghàidhealach, was an inter-generational affair with many young Gaelic singers joining with their parents, teachers, and elders for an afternoon of Gaelic song, tunes, and dance.
Goiridh Dòmhnallach was master of ceremonies for the concert, held at the fire hall in Christmas Island, where the sun broke through just before showtime after a grey, rainy morning.
"The weather today has been kind of appropriate," he said. "Where it was darker early on and the rain coming down and now it's turned into this (sunny day) and that's kind of what's happened with of our (Gaelic) language revitalization here."
Dòmhnallach, a Gaelic singer from Inverness County, said that the future of the Gaelic language in Cape Breton was pretty bleak just a decade ago, but things are beginning to change.
"Over the last five, six years things have been moving forward. We're still small but there's an awful great spirit and a large community of interest. We've got children learning to speak Gaelic now and we still have our remaining Gaelic speakers," he said.
Tracey Dares MacNeil, a pianist and the director of education and programming at the Gaelic College, was among the featured artists at the show, alongside her husband, piper Paul K. MacNeil, and their five daughters Jessie Helen, Floragael, Nora, Katie Agnes, and Orianna, who sang a couple of Gaelic tunes to the sold-out crowd.
MacNeil said their five girls hear a mix of Gaelic and English in the home, but even young people who don't hear Gaelic at home are now able to learn the language in a number of ways.
"Children who might not be getting it so much in the house, they're hearing it up the road at their uncle's place or they're going to all the feis' that are happening on the island and taking lessons and things like that, plus they're getting it in their school through the core Gaelic program so it's a pretty well-supported system of children trying to acquire some language," she said.
Gaelic programs are now part of the curriculum at select schools in Cape Breton including Rankin School of the Narrows, Bayview Education Centre, Dalbrae Academy and Mira Road Elementary.
Approximately 30 young people from those programs were featured in Monday's show, singing Gaelic songs and taking part in milling frolics.
Other featured performers included Scotland's Cathy Ann MacPhee, and from Cape Breton, Joanne MacIntyre, the Iona Gaelic Singers, Colin Watson, and Melody Cameron.
With close to 50 singers and musicians taking part in the show it was one of the largest lineups of this year's Celtic Colours festival — a testament to the hard work and dedication of the island's Gaelic speakers.
"To say that I'm really happy to see it happen is an understatement because it's a show that mixes the generations with language and culture and that's really where it has to all come from if we're going to be able to move forward on the footing of saving the Gaelic language the way it is here in our communities," said MacNeil.


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Facebook: Why does Facebook want "to friend your tween?" Following Monday's Wall Street Journal report that Facebook is exploring ways to "officially" admit users under 13, Quentin Fottrell weighs the value of online marketing aimed at tweens, also known as "big, predictable consumers." The Washington Post's Janice D'arcy asks what's the better compromise: opening Facebook to children with built-in safeguards, or continuing the nearly impossible task of enforcing age restrictions.
Preventing abuse: New programs to prevent abusive relationships start earlier than you might expect, Jan Hoffman reports for The New York Times. Middle schoolers are the target audience for Start Strong Idaho programs that encourage teachers, parents and students to reinforce social and emotional well-being in relationships before the teen years even begin. "Middle school has gotten a lot more grown-up than you'd expect," one student says.
Junk food: Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it will ban junk food ads from its TV channels, radio stations and websites intended for children. Starting in 2015, that will mean no more commercials for fast food and sugary cereals that don't meet nutrition standards set by Disney.
Breast-feeding: Though a majority of new moms want to follow guidelines to breast-feed for six months, only a third of them meet that goal. Why the disparity? Bonnie Rachman looks at the factors -- primarily a lack of support -- cited in the new study in the the journal Pediatrics.
Brain, Child: The Summer 2012 issue will be the last for Brain, Child, "the magazine for thinking mothers." In a letter to readers, Jennifer Niesslein and Stephanie Wilkinson announce their Plan B: "We're going to publish anthologies about parenting with the same quality of writing that you know and love."


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Bachelor of Media and Communication
Swinburne University of Technology
Students come first at Swinburne.
Producing career-ready graduates informs what we teach and how we teach it. Our commitment to high-quality teaching over our 100-year history is what makes us educational leaders in science, technology, innovation, business and design.
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Year 12 or equivalent; VCE prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL. A minimum IELTS overall band of 6.5 (Academic Module) with no individual band below 6.0; or, a TOEFL iBT (internet-based) minimum score of 79 with no band less than 18; or, Pearson (PTE) 58 (no communicative skills less than 50); or, equivalent. Additional performance criteria and prerequisite requirements may also apply.
Course Description
This program has a focus on how the digital age is rapidly transforming the way we communicate. In this flexible program, students select one or two majors. Majors available include advertising, journalism, digital advertising technology, creative writing, social media, cinema studies and public relations all developed in conjunction with industry experts to have a focus on the digital space. This course takes students on an exploration of news, advertising and the evolution of media. Students investigate the power of words and images, and how they affect the way we think. As an industry-focussed university, Swinburne offers students access to work integrated learning opportunities while they study; ensuring graduates are highly sought after for their relevant real-world experience and skills. Graduates could be employed in advertising, art direction, journalism, multimedia, public relations or media production. Students may choose to enhance their employability by selecting cross-faculty majors or minors from any program offered at Swinburne. Additionally, many students choose to globalise their learning by taking a semester abroad at one of Swinburne's overseas partner universities or by taking an industry-focused overseas study tour.
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300 credit points comprising: 4 Core units (50 credit points); 8 units for Major (100 credit points); 12 units for Other studies (150 credit points).
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Year 12 or equivalent; VCE prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL. A minimum IELTS overall band of 6.5 (Academic Module) with no individual band below 6.0; or, a TOEFL iBT (internet-based) minimum score of 79 with no band less than 18; or, Pearson (PTE) 58 (no communicative skills less than 50); or, equivalent. Additional performance criteria and prerequisite requirements may also apply.
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Pathways allow students to progress from one qualification to another where the first course is recognised as an entry requirement and/or provides advanced standing to the second. Credit is granted in recognition of previous study and/or experience and allows students to gain advanced standing towards their course. Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis.
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At Swinburne you'll benefit from opportunities to connect with industry and engage in interdisciplinary projects in any course you undertake. Our students gain exclusive access to our huge range of industry partners. Our Industry-Based Learning program has been operating for more than 50 years. Every bachelor degree student is able to access either an industry-based placement or industry-based project.
Swinburne offers courses across a range of study levels and disciplines, from engineering, arts and business to science, design and law. You can combine learning on campus with studying part time or online, ensuring flexibility in your course.
Our teaching staff are talented individuals who bring industry experience to their teaching. They ensure your classroom experience has an applied focus rather than just offering theory-based learning.
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At Swinburne you'll have access to facilities and technology that are used in industry and get hands-on experience that is not available to students at other universities.
Our physics students make groundbreaking discoveries; our engineering students showcase their work at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix; our film and television students win more awards at international film festivals than other university; and our design graduates are recognised as some of the nation's best designers.
Depending on your chosen course you could:
- access our state-of-the-art film, television and animation production facilities in their new home at our Hawthorn campus
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- work with students from universities in Finland, China and Chile on projects in the Swinburne Design Factory.
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Emre Deniz
Shedding some light on Earthlight
In an office just around the corner from Swinburne sits a team of game designers who have just returned from NASA.
Opaque Media are the creative minds behind Australia's new virtual reality game, Earthlight .
Emre Deniz, a swinburne Bachelor of Arts (Games and Interactivity) graduate has been keeping busy as the game's designer creative lead.
Earthlight is a virtual reality game that takes players through the training of a NASA astronaut, and then sends them out on missions at the International Space Station (ISS).
"Earthlight puts the player through the journey of what it takes to be an astronaut. We want to create modules that have a perfect balance between game play and experience," says Emre.
"A lot of the skills you learn are translated skills from astronauts, because NASA actually uses virtual reality to train their astronauts."
Visiting NASA
The game has had so much hype the team were personally contacted by NASA and invited to tour the Johnson Space Center — a first for any Australian game designers.
"It was weird seeing private messages on my Reddit from NASA. We were invited to basically do a production tour and speak to staff. We learnt about missions and protocols, spoke with astronauts and got very intricate details such as the jingling sound of tools on a space suit," says Emre.
Although the visit allowed the team to get to the nitty gritty for the game, Emre believes the experience was something profound on a personal level.
"It's a form of validation for my work. As a game developer, seeing a simple idea send you walking through the ISS mock up at the Johnson Space Centre, makes your feel like your work ash value. No amount of money can get you that experience."
Changes of virtual reality
Virtual reality has some risks and the guys are doing all they can to combat these.
"Things like motion sickness can be controlled by frame rates, at 60 frames per second (fps) or lower, this is where motion sickness kicks in. We keep all our games at around 90 fps," says Emre.
Emre understand this is a make or break time for games that involve virtual reality.
"Virtual reality is essentially either at risk of becoming an industry bubble or it's going to be a substantial shift int he way we view and play games. It can go either way, but virtual reality is definitely here to stay."


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Motorola XOOM WiFi set to receive Android 4.0.4 update
It hasn't been that long since the WiFi-only version of Motorola's XOOM tablet received its last update, but it looks like Motorola is geared up to release another one. This time, it's a bump up in the version of Android, bringing the tablet to Android 4.0.4, along with some additional goodies for owners of the tablet.
Here's the list of what you should expect:
Android 4.04 (IMM76) Software Update for the Motorola XOOM™ WIFI users in the US
We are pleased to announce a new software update for the Motorola XOOM™ WIFI in the US. This Android 4.04 (IMM76) software update by Motorola includes numerous enhancements. Upgrade today for peak performance.
For more information on Motorola updates and product support, please visit us at: www.motorola.com/support
Who Can Use This Release
ALL Motorola XOOM — US WIFI users
After downloading and installing the software release, you will notice:
Quicker screen rotation
A new setting to choose whether the power button immediately locks the device or not
Microsoft Exchange improvements with additional EAS policies
Better phone number recognition
Camera and image quality improvements
Improved stability
The improved stability and improvements to the overall image quality and camera are probably some of the best additions in this update, and it should make it even more worthwhile to owners. The update is reportedly rolling out now to owners, but it seems to be hit or miss who already has it. If you get the update, be sure to let us know what you think of the new software.
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WILSONVILLE -- The Oregon School Activities Association on Monday announced the recipients of the Qwest Scholarship Program. Calli Jackson of Oregon City High School and Dallen Davies of Crane High School are the winners for winter 2009 of $1,000 college scholarships.
Jackson served as a captain of the Oregon City girls basketball team, which won the OSAA Class 6A championship in March. From mentoring young girls at basketball clinics throughout the summer to volunteering her time at a memory care facility in which Alzheimer's patients reside, Jackson gives back to her community. She has also organized an Adopt a Family program, which aids disadvantaged families during the holiday season. She developed a Diversity Month club at Oregon City High School.
Davies led the Crane Mustangs to fifth place at the OSAA Class 1A boys basketball tournament. Besides the leadership he exudes on the court, he shows leadership in his community and school. He is active in the FFA, 4-H club, National Honor Society and his local church. Davies is an Eagle Scout and plans on becoming a neurosurgeon after college.
The Qwest Scholarship Program, administered by the OSAA, recognizes six high school student-athletes each school year who make a difference in their communities through leadership skills and a commitment to community service. This program promotes and inspires student-athletes to exhibit leadership to better their communities. The scholarships are awarded based on the student-athlete's level of commitment to community service and a demonstrated ability to lead their peers. Each high school sports season two student-athletes will be chosen to receive a $1,000 college scholarship from Qwest and the OSAA. The winners are selected by representatives from Qwest and the OSAA.
"These two fine recipients have shown dedication, not only in the classroom, but on the field of play and within the communities they live," OSAA executive director Tom Welter said. "We are proud to partner with Qwest in this outstanding effort to recognize those who exemplify true leadership."
Said Judy Peppler, Qwest president for Oregon: "Qwest is very pleased to reward these student-athletes for their accomplishments both on and off the field. We appreciate the opportunity to partner with OSAA and hope these scholarships help these outstanding young people continue to pursue both their athletic and academic development."


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Kidd, 26, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and was sentenced to 15 years in prison under a plea agreement in Mobile County Circuit Court.
"I know I can't replace the use of your legs..but I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, I'm sorry," Kidd said.
The man, Timothy Wright, solemnly nodded in reply.
Prosecutors say Wright was inside a Prichard house on Joseph Street on July 5, 2009 when Kidd drove by and fired into the home.
Three days earlier, Kidd shot and killed William Hampton outside the same house. Kidd is serving life in prison after a jury convicted him of murder in Hampton's death.
Kidd admitted to the shooting, but he said he pulled the trigger in self defense. He claimed that Hampton was pointing a gun at him, and he acted quickly to protect himself.
Police launched a search for Kidd for nearly two weeks. Kidd, who police say even dressed himself as a woman to hide, appeared on his on his own at Providence Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound.
Kidd was later sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to carjacking and possession of a gun during the commission of a violent crime.
The day of the fatal shooting, Kidd admitted to approaching a pickup truck at Integrated Waste in Prichard at 4:20 a.m. and forcing the driver at gunpoint to get out and strip to his underwear.
All of Kidd's prison sentences have been ordered to be served concurrently.


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Mike Eacker, Oakridge: The 6-foot-8 senior center helped the Eagles earn a split in a pair of West Michigan Conference games last week. He had a game-high 18 points in a 62-28 romp against Hart on Tuesday and came back with one of his best games of the season, a 29-point performance in a 70-58 loss Friday to league leader Montague. Eacker also had eight rebounds in the loss. "That's the type of game we need from Mike every time," Oakridge coach Tracy Ruel said.
Abby Cole, Grand Haven: The 6-foot-5 senior center helped the Bucs stay unbeaten, improving to 16-0 with a pair of victories. She totaled 19 points, nine blocks and six rebounds in a 56-31 victory against East Kentwood and followed it up with an 18-point, 11-rebound, five-block effort in a 55-35 win versus Rockford.
Morgan Giddings, a junior guard for the Oakridge girls team, topped 1,000 points for her varsity career in the Eagles' 59-18 win Tuesday against North Muskegon. Giddings scored 18 points on the night for the 15-1 Eagles.
"It's seniors. They've been through big games before. There was a lot of hype for this game, but my players know what it's like to play in these games." – Montague coach Dave Osborne after the Wildcats' 70-58 win in a showdown with Oakridge.
9: Points allowed by Mona Shores, a school record, in last week's win against Kenowa Hills.
10: Blocks by Muskegon sophomore Deyonta Davis in pair of wins last week.
11: Consecutive wins by Montague's boys basketball team.
24: Points by Alex Wagner in Pentwater's 61-59 win against Bear Lake.
29: Points scored in fourth quarter by Grand Haven boys in overtime win against Rockford.
31: Points scored in first three quarters by Grand Haven boys against Rockford.
Boys area rankings
Class A-B
1. Muskegon (11-5)
2. Spring Lake (10-2)
3. Ludington (11-3)
4. Grand Haven (8-8)
5. Oakridge (12-4)
Class C-D
1. Muskegon Heights Academy (11-1)
2. Montague (13-1)
3. Western Michigan Christian (11-4)
4. Shelby (12-5)
5. Muskegon Catholic Central (6-7)
Girls area rankings
Class A-B
1. Grand Haven (16-0)
2. Ludington (14-1)
3. Oakridge (15-1)
4. Mona Shores (9-6)
5. Muskegon (10-7)
Class C-D
1. Kent City (15-2)
2. Shelby (13-2)
3. Western Michigan Christian (12-5)
4. Muskegon Catholic Central (11-2)
5. Fruitport Calvary Christian (15-1)
Here are a few games to watch this week in the Muskegon area:
Spring Lake (6-0, 10-2) at Ludington (7-1, 11-3)
Tipoff: 7 p.m. Tuesday
What to watch: The Lakers enter the week having played once since Jan. 18 because of weather postponements. Spring Lake won the first meeting against Ludington 51-48 as Austin Johnson scored 27 points. But that was the lone league loss for the Orioles.
Muskegon (11-5, 5-1) at Zeeland East (14-2, 6-1)
Tipoff: 6 p.m. Friday
What to watch: This one will go a long way to deciding the OK Black champion. The Big Reds let a lead slip away in the fourth quarter in a 67-61 home loss in the first meeting. Muskegon will look to keep Zeeland East off the free-throw line that hurt in the first game and slow down Josh Groenhof, who had 35 points against the Big Reds.
Oakridge (15-1, 9-1) at Shelby (13-2, 10-0)
What to watch: This one will go a long way to deciding the West Michigan Conference champion. Shelby handed Oakridge its lone loss 48-38 on the Eagles' home floor. Oakridge must find a way to negate the size of Shelby, led by Sydney Czurak, and get more scoring help for Keyara Wiard and Morgan Giddings.


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On Sept. 24, in Herndon, the Newport football team dominated time of possession (30:25 to 17:35) and accumulated similar yardage totals as Line Mountain. The Eagles, however, controlled the one stat that matters most — points — running away with a 55-8 win that dropped the Buffaloes to 0-4 on the season.
Turnovers (five) and penalties (8-for-55 yards, all on offense) were the primary problems Buffalo coach Mike Gunkle addressed following the game, saying "Offensively, we have to eliminate turnovers and (stop) shooting ourselves in the foot. If we didn't do those kind of things, we probably would be successful.
"We got it going on a couple of drives there, and we'd either turn it over or get a penalty and have to punt and our defense is back on the field."
Some Buffalo bright spots were John Craig who was 8-for-15 passing for 129 yards, and Darren Shoemaker who finished with 89 yards on six carries and a touchdown. Spencer Sutton added five receptions for 59 yards.
The Eagles came firing right out of the gate, as they scored on their first five possessions, building a 42-0 halftime lead.
Junior quarterback Marty Beninsky put on a passing clinic, completing 12 of his 13 attempts as he picked apart the Buffalo secondary for 129 yards and two touchdowns.
On the opening drive, Beninsky wasted no time, connecting with Mike Marciniak for 11 yards on the first snap of the night. Two plays later, Joey Hukill, who finished with 80 yards on seven carries, ripped off a 20-yard run. Beninsky then called his own number, barging in from 17 yards out to give the Eagles a 7-0 advantage.
After Newport went three-and-out, the Eagles needed only four plays to march 53 yards and extend the lead to 14-0.
Things soon went from bad to worse for the Buffalo offense. Craig's first pass of the night was deflected and picked by Dylan Forrey, who returned the interception 11 yards to extend the Eagle edge to 21-0.
Craig was picked again on the first play of the next Buffalo possession and the Eagle offense again struck with lightning efficiency, covering 46 yards on four plays. Beninsky found Trae Wren from 14 yards out to make the score 28-0.
Following the kickoff, the Newport offense showed signs of life. Craig successfully executed a fake punt to give the Buffaloes their first first-down. Unfortunately, an illegal block wiped out a 16-yard completion. Craig's subsequent 20-yard hookup with Bryce Mullen made for a manageable fourth-and-two, but disaster then befell the Buffaloes as Craig fumbled at the end of his keeper after running for first-down yardage.
The Eagles took over and proceeded to advance 52 yards on six plays. On the payoff play, Beninsky linked-up with Marciniak from the 20 to extend the Eagle advantage to 35-0.
After another failed Buffalo possession, the Eagles started at midfield. Five consecutive hand-offs to Hukill culminated in a 1-yard touchdown run that finished off the first half scoring.
Newport's final drive of the half netted 59 yards as Craig connected on three passes for 50 yards, and added another 19 on the ground. However, an intentional grounding penalty stalled the march, and Hukill's interception kept the Buffaloes off the scoreboard.
With the mercy rule in effect for the second half, Newport's offense ran off a major chunk of the clock on a 48-yard drive that reached the Eagle 30. But Craig, under serious pressure, was sacked for a loss and Tyler Lahr intercepted a flanker screen that he returned 61 yards for a score that bumped the lead to 48-0.
With backups in the game the rest of the way, each team scored.
Line Mountain rolled out a seven-play drive covering 59 yards, Snyder pounded in from the 1 and the Eagles led 55-0.
The next Newport drive was all Shoemaker. The junior tailback got the call for three carries that went for 86 yards, including the 65-yard scoring dash that allowed the Buffaloes to avoid a shutout. Alex Gonzalez's two-point conversion settled the final result at 55-8.
"We have to pick our heads up, keep plugging away, and try to get better each week," Gunkle said, looking toward the future. "It's one of those things where we as a group have to come together and just keep pushing forward. It's only week four — we have six more weeks to be successful."
The Buffaloes next host Twin-Valley powerhouse Pine Grove (4-0), seeking to reverse last year's 34-25 loss to the Cardinals.


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How to Apply for a Distance Learning Programme? Application and enrolment
Applying for a distance learning Bachelor, Master, PhD or Short Course is not that much different from applying for an on-campus programme.
Distance vs. traditional education
If you consider applying for a distance learning degree, you need to follow almost the same steps like for an on-campus programme. At certain universities, however, you might have the advantage that application regarding distance learning programmes may be submitted more often than for on-campus learning programmes. While for a traditional Master programme, for example, there are maximum two submission deadlines and two admission sessions per year (if not only one!) for a distance learning Master programme there may be four or five submission deadlines and admission sessions per academic year. For some programmes, you may even enrol all year around! This of course, increases your chances of admission and makes the application procedure more flexible for the student.
What does this mean in practice?
So if for example September is not a good starting time for you because you are not yet done with the previous programme, then you can just start in December and you dont have to wait to start in September the following year. In the end, this is what distance learning is about: providing you with more flexibility than traditional education. On top of this, access to many distance learning programmes is much less restricted than to the on-campus programmes. Most of the time there are no selection criteria based on excellence, in some cases you may even enrol no matter your educational background (check out Open Universities if you are interested in this).
View and compare 9,360 distance learning programmes
Step by step application guide
After you have identified the distance learning programme that you wish to follow, then the application procedure includes roughly these steps:
Step 1: complete an online application form, which will probably require you to previously set up an account that includes some personal information
Step 2: upload the electronic versions of the following documents:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Copy of your passport
- Copies of your previous qualifications and transcript of records
- Proof of English language competencies
- Motivation Letter
- Recommendations (from former professors or employers or both)
- Any other documents specific to the study programme youre choosing or to your particular education level
Step 3: certain universities or programmes may require an interview, which can be conducted over the phone or online
Step 4: wait for the decision on your admission
Step 5: in the happy case in which you have been admitted to the desired programme, you have to enrol as a student. This enrolment can also be done online and may require also the payment of the full or partial tuition fee.
No need for physical presence!
So, as you can see, the application is not much different from the classical application. At most, the application and enrolment procedures for a distance learning programme are more flexible, more frequent and dont require the physical presence of the applicant throughout the entire process.
Other requirements
The differences are higher after the beginning of the study programme. As many distance education programmes rely on education through the internet, once enrolled, make sure to have the right equipment ready such as a reliable computer, a stable Internet connection and access to the particular software as provided by your distance learning institute. If you lack any of these, do not worry: Some institutes cooperate with learning centres throughout the world allowing you to make use of their technological infrastructure to facilitate your learning.
Good luck!


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When we had our first look at the Cadillac Converj Concept at the 2011 Canadian International Auto Show, it was just that—a concept that appeared to be as far away from a production model as any seen at the show.
Here was a Caddy built—as the Cadillac brass on hand said—with virtually no budget, based on the electric powertrain of the newly arrived Chevy Volt, and styled like something from the sequel to I, Robot—assuming Audi was no longer interested.
Well, it appears that a budget has been set, as Cadillac has confirmed that they will, in fact, be building the Converj. Well, not the "Converj"; the official name is called "ELR". Because, like Mazdas, it appears that modern Cadillacs aren't allowed to have actual model names unless they're an SUV.
Power will be coming from a lithium-ion powered electric unit and a four-cylinder petrol lump. Being so recently into development, no power figures have been set but if Cadillac is expecting the ELR to keep up with the standard (if you can all it that) of electric spots cars, the Tesla Roadster, then expect the figure to be around 250-280 horsepower. The range, meanwhile, is claimed by Cadillac to be "hundreds of miles".
Don Butler, vice-president of Cadillac Marketing said in a statement that "like other milestone Cadillac models of the past, the ELR will offer something not otherwise present—the combination of electric propulsion with striking design and the fun of luxury coupe driving".
Well, we can't confirm the "driving fun" part, but we can definitely concur with Butler's "striking design" comment. Unlike so many concepts, when we saw the Converj we felt that it at least looked like something that they could build and that people would buy. The interior was outlandish, that's for sure (and will most likely be drastically changed come production time), but the rest was aggressive without being ridiculous. The head lights may be in violation of Transport Canada's motor vehicle safety regs, but again, a few tweaks are sure to come that shouldn't take away from the overall effect of the syling package.
No release date has yet been set (don't expect it to be any earlier than 2013) but either way, the ELR, along with the Tesla and Fisker Karma, serve as shining lights that there is more to the hybrid car movement that simply finding the cheapest, most efficient way to get from A to B. There will always be sports car lovers, even when hybrids take up the lion's share of manufacturer's lineups, so it's nice to see that they won't be forgotten.


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If you're looking for more grocery deals you should check out the Publix list for this week. It is a great one with lots of items at $.50 or less.
Also, don't forget to go sign up to win an envelope of coupons to match next week's Publix deals.
Game of Things & Gestures $15.00, sale price $20, use $5/1 coupons found here.
Butterball frozen whole turkey 10 to 24lb $.88 lb, use $2/1 coupon found here to make it even less.
Archer Farms Spiral Sliced Honey Ham $1.69/lb, use $1/2 coupon found here to make it cheaper.
Cuties $3.99, sale price $4.99, use $1/1 coupon found here.
Pepsi Products 12 pack $2.00/each, sale price $3.00, use $1/1 coupon found here.
Green Giant frozen boxed veggies $.67/each, sale price $1.00, use $1/3 coupon found in the 11/15 & 11/22 Sunday Paper(GM). There is also a $.50/2 found here.
Birds Eye Frozen Vegetables $.50/each, sale price $1.00, use $.50/1 coupon found in the 11/15 Sunday paper(SS). There is also a $1/4 found here that would make them $.75/each


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New icons in version 2.8 are horrible. Anyone knows how to use the 2.7 instead? Skype looks like cheap app.
I use to LOVE skype but this "connection fee" makes skype short calls expensive. Hope Google Voice put some pressure on this!
Skype video calls are awesome. I just wish I could use the same interface as Adium.
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The assignment of the responsibility for different taxing powers is one of the most important problems in the theory and practice of fiscal federalism. The literature provides us with a set of general guidelines for the "tax assignment problem". One conclusion is that "tax exporting" could create perverse signals for fiscal choice. In this paper the tax exporting problem is analyzed with simple models. The case of a tax passed through a referendum (Consulta Popular) in an argentinean tourist Municipality is studied. In a numerical exercise, using the fiscal data of the Municipality, the size of the public expenditures is calculated under different rules of fiscal decision. Then, an empirical analysis of the results of the voting and its determinants is carried out. The paper concludes with some comments, in order to improve the mechanisms of referendum related to fiscal decisions at the municipal level.


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Testimony in the racketeering trial of former state legislator and City Councilmember Renee Gill Pratt began Wednesday with two witnesses who say their involvement with the Jefferson political family began when they were employees at REMCO, a rent-to-own business that was run by former U.S. Congressman William Jefferson and his brother Mose in the late 1980s.
In his second day on the stand, Ezra Jones, who served as director of the Jefferson-controlled nonprofit Orleans Metropolitan Housing, told the jury that Gill Pratt's sole role with the agency was to secure state funding.
"Did Renee Pratt ever do anything other than funding?" defense attorney Michael Fawer asked in his cross-examination.
"I never dealt with Renee other than writing a grant or two," said Jones, who testified Tuesday that Gill Pratt asked him to help her apply for a grant from the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District for her annual back-to-school supply giveaway.
Jones went on to say that Gill Pratt had no involvement in the day-to-day operations at Orleans Metropolitan. He said as far as he knew, she was unaware of direct orders that Mose Jefferson gave him to sell properties charity owned and renovated by the charity to the family on the cheap.
However, Jones said Tuesday that even though he was the director, he was left in the dark on many issues related to the agency, including how grant money was spent and how politically connected people were hired at the agency.
"Renee Gill Pratt had absolutely nothing to do with those real-estate deals?" Fawer asked him.
"As far as I know, you can say that," he replied.
"You talked about how money came in that he (Mose) directed it to one or more of his companies," Fawer continued. "You felt you had to go along?"
"He was my direct upline," Jones said. "I didn't always agree. But his opinion would override whatever I thought."
Next to take the stand was Larry Bryant, a former REMCO employee who worked for years on the campaigns for the Progressive Democrats -- William Jefferson's political organization -- and eventually landed a job as deputy assessor in Betty Jefferson's office.
Bryant admitted to signing several legal documents at Mose Jefferson's request.