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MONTGOMERY, Alabama - The Samford baseball plated four runs in the top of the ninth inning to come back for an 8-6 win at Alabama State Wednesday evening at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.
"I was really pleased," Samford head coach Casey Dunn said. "Even some of our guys that struggled, I thought did some good things. We had some guys get big hits, and we had a lot of guys go out on the mound and do some good things."
Entering the ninth inning Samford trailed, 5-4. Caleb Bryson led the inning off with a solo home run to tie the score at 5-5. Jared Watson and T.J. Dixon followed with back-to-back hits. Frankie Navarrete then reached base on a bunt single and went to second base on an Alabama State error. Watson scored on the error to give Samford a 6-5 lead. Dixon then scored on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Filliben to make the score 7-5. Drew McWhorter then singled to drive in Navarrete to give Samford an 8-5 lead.
Alabama State plated one final run in the bottom of the ninth, but Samford was able to get out of it with an 8-6 win. With the win, Samford improves to 20-13 on the season. Alabama State drops to 26-12 with the loss.
Samford was led at the plate by McWhorter, going 4-for-5 with three RBI. Heath Quinn went 2-for-3 with a double and one RBI. Dixon and Navarrete had two hits each as well. Bryson homered in a 1-for-4 performance.
Mikel Belcher (1-0) pitched 1.0 inning in relief, allowing no runs on two hits to earn the win on the mound for Samford. Chase Traffica pitched the final inning, allowing one unearned run on one hit to pick up his first save of the season.
For Alabama State, Cesar Rivera went 4-for-5 with four RBI. Waldyvan Estrada went 2-for-5 with two RBI. Dillon Cooper went 2-for-3 for the Hornets. Armando Ruiz (1-2) pitched a third of an inning, giving up three runs on four hits to take the loss on the mound for ASU.
Samford jumped on top first with a run in the top of the first inning. Dixon singled to lead off the inning and then moved to second base on an error. Dixon later scored on a single by McWhorter for a 1-0 Samford lead.
The Bulldogs added two runs in the top of the fifth inning. With two outs in the inning, Navarrete singled to right field, and Filliben was hit by a pitch. McWhorter then singled up the middle to drive in Navarrete to make the score 2-0. Quinn then singled to center field to drive in Filliben for a 3-0 Samford lead.
Alabama State came back with three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to tie the score at 3-3. With two outs in the inning Cooper singled, Einar Muniz was hit by a pitch and Richard Amion walked to load the bases. Rivera then hit a three-run single to right field to tie the score.
The Hornets took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Rivera singled to drive in Joshua Magee for the first run of the inning. Estrada later singled to drive in Rivera for a 5-3 ASU lead.
The Bulldogs came back with a run in the top of the eighth inning to cut the ASU lead to 5-4. McWhorter singled and Quinn doubled to start the inning. Brandon Powell then hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score McWhorter to bring Samford to within one run.
Samford will return to action Friday when the Bulldogs open a three-game Southern Conference series at Davidson. The first pitch for Friday's series opener is scheduled for 5 p.m. (CT) from Davidson, N.C.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- It's hard to win a Heisman Trophy with what you don't do. It's much easier to win a game that way.
In his junior year, in his third year as a starter, Terrelle Pryor is still somehow as much about what he is not, as what he is. What was one of Jim Tressel's points when praising Pryor after Saturday's 36-24 win over Miami?
"Part of passing is deciding when not to pass."
Pryor, for the most part, did well deciding what not to do. Can that go in a Heisman promo kit?
Two games into the season, these two impressions are clear to me: I don't think Pryor is going to win the Heisman, and I do think Ohio State has an excellent chance to play in the BCS National Championship. Pryor doesn't have to play like the winner of one trophy to give the Buckeyes a chance to win the other.
The Buckeyes' victory over the No. 12 Hurricanes earned them a few extra points in the two major polls, including nine of the available 114 first-place votes. They're a solid No. 2 behind top-ranked Alabama. As a team, the Buckeyes are right where they want to be.
Pryor threw for more 200 yards and rushed for more than 100 -- just the fourth time an OSU quarterback has accomplished that, and Pryor has done it three of the four times. Yet in front of national audience, it somehow seemed like 346 yards of total offense, no turnovers and a 12-point win over a top-15 opponent wasn't enough. Pinpointing where Pryor is in his career is more complicated.
Pryor isn't the stats monster that some quarterbacks are, the type who completes 70 percent of his passes while throwing for 300 yards, the guy who will win a Heisman because his numbers demand it. Pryor isn't the veteran, team-MVP type quite yet, the kind of quarterback who will win the Heisman because his team wins a lot of games and his role as it's undisputed leader demands it.
Saturday he completed fewer than half his passes, going 12-for-27, and misfired more than once. He led an offense that stalled in the red zone. In the moment, with his skills and experience, you want more.
But when it's over, and you read the stats and watch him in a victorious news conference, you wonder what exactly you were seeking. Should he have thrown for 300 yards and run for 200? Admittedly lucky that one throw over the middle went right through the arms of a Miami defender when Pryor said the ball slipped out of his hand, should he have made no throws that weren't right on target?
One moment, you can think you're too hard on Pryor. The next moment, you wonder if you're too easy. And always, you're waiting for what's next.
Maybe Pryor is exactly what he's going to be, and if that's the case, the Buckeyes should be able to go undefeated with that.
The defense is solid throughout the starting lineup and while giving up some yards, seldom gives up many points. The offensive line is better than it has been, and the skill guys should be good enough. The special teams are an issue, but it's hard to imagine a Tressel team losing a shot at a national title because of coverage units. But that needs to be fixed.
Otherwise? The Buckeyes can win all their games with a quarterback who isn't always accurate, as long as he limits his turnovers. That's what Pryor was Saturday. They can win with a quarterback who doesn't lead methodical marches down the field but is always a big-play threat, though the air and on the ground. That's what Pryor was Saturday, too.
They can win a national title without their quarterback winning the Heisman. They can win with Terrelle Pryor.

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The new areas that have surpassed famine thresholds are the agropastoral areas of Balcad and Cadale districts of Middle Shabelle, the Afgoye corridor IDP settlement, and the Mogadishu IDP community.
UNICEF UK Deputy Executive Director Anita Tiessen says a more concentrated effort is needed to reach children in these areas but UNICEF's emergency appeal is 70 per cent underfunded. UNICEF is the world's largest children's organisation.
In her statement, Tiessen says:
" More than 250 children are dying from hunger each day in South Somalia. This news that these three new areas in Middle Shabelle, the Afgoye Corridor, and Moghadishu have gone into famine means that there are now more children in need than UNICEF has the funds to cater to.
"The clock is now ticking for these children and everything must be done to reach those in the worst affected regions as quickly as possible to prevent more children from dying.
"This is a children's famine and I am appealing to members of the UK public to please give generously to our appeal.
"Of the £111 million that we need to help children over the next six months we have received only £34 million. There are more children in need than our current emergency budget can help. Just £20 will fund therapeutic feeding for a severely malnourished child and will allow that child to recuperate within a month.
"This is more than a food crisis- it is a crisis for child survival: In addition to lack of food and water, malnourished children are extremely susceptible to killer diseases, including measles, malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia. Malaria and measles epidemics are also expected when the rains come in October."
To donate to UNICEF's East Africa Appeal please go to www.unicef.org.uk, call 0800 037 9797, or text FAMINE to 70099 to make a £10 donation. UNICEF receives no funds from the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC).
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For further information please contact:Terry Ally, UNICEF UK, Tel: 07714 721 701, email@example.com, or call the UNICEF UK press office on 020 7375 6030
NOTE TO EDITOR• The districts of Lower Shabelle and Bakool were declared under famine on 19 July• 82% of all malnourished children are located in South Somalia• UNICEF has been operating across Somalia since 1971. We have never been banned and never stopped working in the South. We are the largest supplier of therapeutic and supplementary nutrition in the country. Despite the challenges to a country torn apart by conflict, insecurity and poverty, UNICEF and its partners, is delivering for children. In the South, we operate through a network of 70 non-government partners and deploy third party monitors to ensure that supplies reach children
About UNICEF UNICEF is the world's leading organisation working for children and their rights in more than 190 countries. As champion of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF works to help every child realise their full potential. Together with our partners, UNICEF delivers health care, nutrition, education and protection to children in urgent need, while working with governments to ensure they deliver on their promise to protect and promote the rights of every child. UNICEF relies entirely on voluntary donations from individuals, governments, institutions and corporations, and is not funded by the UN budget. For more information, please visit www.unicef.org.uk
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Fromm Four Star Nutritionals canned dog food earns the Advisor's second-highest tier rating of 4 stars.
The Fromm Four Star Nutritionals product line includes three canned dog foods, each claimed to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for all life stages.
The following is a list of recipes available at the time of this review.
- Fromm Four Star Nutritionals Shredded Beef Entree
- Fromm Four Star Nutritionals Shredded Pork Entree
- Fromm Four Star Nutritionals Shredded Chicken Entree (4.5 stars)
Fromm Four Star Nutritionals Shredded Beef Entree was selected to represent the other products in the line for this review.
Fromm Four Star Nutritionals Shredded Beef Entree
Canned Dog Food
Estimated Dry Matter Nutrient Content
Ingredients: Beef, beef broth, carrots, potatoes, peas, potato starch, tomato paste, choline chloride, betaine anhydrous, potassium chloride, taurine, calcium carbonate, sodium selenite, folic acid, vitamins, minerals
Fiber (estimated dry matter content) = 17.1%
Red items indicate controversial ingredients
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|Guaranteed Analysis
|Dry Matter Basis
|Calorie Weighted Basis
The first ingredient in this dog food is beef. Beef is defined as "the clean flesh derived from slaughtered cattle" and includes skeletal muscle or the muscle tissues of the tongue, diaphragm, heart or esophagus.1
Beef is naturally rich in all ten essential amino acids required by a dog to sustain life.
The second ingredient is beef broth. Broths are nutritionally empty. But because they add moisture to a dog food they are a common finding in many canned products.
The third ingredient includes carrots. Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, minerals and dietary fiber.
The fourth ingredient is potato. Potatoes can be considered a gluten-free source of digestible carbohydrates. Yet with the exception of perhaps their caloric content, potatoes are of only modest nutritional value to a dog.
The fifth ingredient includes peas. Peas are a quality source of carbohydrates. And like all legumes, they're rich in natural fiber.
However, peas contain about 25% protein, a factor that must be considered when judging the meat content of this dog food.
The sixth ingredient is potato starch. Potato starch is a gluten-free carbohydrate used more for its thickening properties than its nutritional value.
The seventh ingredient is tomato paste. Unlike the controversial item, tomato pomace, the tomato paste detailed here does not include the skin or seeds of the fruit.
From here, the list goes on to include a number of other items.
But to be realistic, ingredients located this far down the list (other than nutritional supplements) are not likely to affect the overall rating of this product.
With one notable exception…
The vitamins and minerals added to this product are not detailed sufficiently here to permit us to judge their quality.
Fromm Four Star Nutritionals
Canned Dog Food
The Bottom Line
Judging by its ingredients alone, Fromm Four Star Nutritionals looks like an above-average canned dog food.
But ingredient quality by itself cannot tell the whole story. We still need to estimate the product's meat content before determining a final rating.
The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 39%, a fat level of 12% and estimated carbohydrates of about 41%.
As a group, the brand features an average protein content of 41% and a mean fat level of 11%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 40% for the overall product line.
And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 28%.
Near-average protein. Below-average fat. And above-average carbs when compared to a typical canned dog food.
Even when you consider the mild protein-boosting effect of the peas, this looks like the profile of a wet product containing a moderate amount of meat.
Bottom line?
Fromm Four Star Nutritionals is a grain-free meat-based canned dog food using a moderate amount of beef, chicken or pork as its main sources of animal protein, thus earning the brand 4 stars.
Highly recommended.
Please note certain recipes are sometimes given a higher or lower rating based upon our estimate of their total meat content and (when appropriate) their fat-to-protein ratios.
Those looking for a nice kibble from the same company may wish to visit our review of Fromm Four Star Nutritionals dry dog food.
Fromm Dog Food
Recall History
The following list (if present) includes all dog food recalls since 2009 directly related to this product line. If there are no recalls listed in this section, we have not yet reported any events.
- Fromm Dog Food Recall of March 2016 (3/18/2016)
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Each review is offered in good faith and has been designed to help you make a more informed decision when buying dog food.
However, due to the biological uniqueness of every animal, none of our ratings are intended to suggest feeding a particular product will result in a specific dietary response or health benefit for your pet.
For a better understanding of how we analyze each product, please read our article, "The Problem with Dog Food Reviews".
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By Heather Simione
PENNSVILLE TWP. -- As costs continue to skyrocket, one senior housing complex is tackling energy issues with innovative "going green" concepts.
Installation of a solar roof system on Kent Avenue Apartments here is complete and was unveiled Thursday, bringing more energy-efficient, affordable housing to those on a fixed income.
The solar roof system consists of 462 solar panels that will in its lifetime produce 2,764,375 kilowatts, which is equal to 1,450 tons of avoided CO2 emissions, 19,725 trees planted, or 2,193,950 miles not driven in a car, according to Goff Sun Power, the company that built the system.
With a one-bedroom unit in this facility costing senior residents on a fixed income $670, the construction team headed by Ron Rukenstein, John Bibeau, and Ryan Goff collaborated with Pennsville Township officials for ideas to keep costs low.
The facility currently consists of 101 units and houses 60 residents.
The concept for "green housing" was sought roughly three years ago; however, mapping out installation of the solar panels system started in Dec. 2007.
Along with the solar panels, the household cabinets are made of solid wood rather than particle board and carpets are made from recycled materials that do not contain formaldehyde.
Mayor John Crawford, an employee of Conectiv, said this apartment complex moves the township into the 21st century while meeting the goals for the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH).
"It's a win-win for everybody," said Crawford. "We will in the future see a lack of energy, so the company (Conectiv/Atlantic City Electric) encourages this movement and hopefully other businesses in the township will see this and follow suit."
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Owner/brewer Kevin King is working with Lone Wolf Investments LLC, which built Washougal Town Square and which has several properties in Washougal, including the 5,500-square-foot former pawnshop at 1834 Main St. where Amnesia will locate. Plans call for a brewpub that'll accommodate 50 people to open this summer, and a production brewery with a 15-barrel (500-gallon) brew system to open late this year.
The pub will reprise the no-frills, urban/industrial character of the current pub, King says, though the beers will vary from those of the Mississippi Avenue location, which will continue to brew. Amnesia brewed 1,700 barrels (about 53,000 gallons) of beer last year. When the new brewery is online, annual capacity will nearly quadruple to 6,700 barrels, or more than 207,000 gallons.
Much of that will go to the restaurant and pub accounts Amnesia brewers are working overtime to supply, plus Amnesia will sell its beers in cans and bottles for the first time, King says. Amnesia is the most recent brewery to locate in the Columbia Gorge, joining a roster that includes Full Sail and Double Mountain in Hood River, Solera in Parkdale, Logsdon Farmhouse Brewery in Odell, Walking Man in Stevenson and Everybody's Brewing in White Salmon.
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French band Quintessence's new album Le bourreau de Tiffauges was added to the Ragnarok Records Bandcamp. They play melodic and progressive black metal. The raw production and angry/pained french vocals creates a dark and doomy atmosphere. Almost every song features beautiful lead work or a solo that creates a little breathing room. Read the review from Don't Count on it Reviews and check it out.
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Lime green real leather cat collar by Bobby with a central cat head charm pendant embellished with Swarovski clear crystals - an attractive and high quality designer cat collar for the discerning cat owner.
The leather is attractively embossed with a pattern and the whole collar is shaped in a curved fashion so that it is wider at the centre and narrowing down at the sides.
These Bobby cat collars not only look gorgeous but are extra safe, too, with a strip of elastic to expand plus a slide buckle without a pin so this can also open up if your cat should get caught.
Cat safety collar: Yes - double safety with elastic section and a slide apart buckle
To fit neck: 9 – 11"
Collar width: Varying curved
Colour: Green
Bell included: No
Delivery cost to UK addresses is £1 per order
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Ubuntu In The Clouds
Ubuntu One will support tight desktop integration. To achieve that goal, the developers are building client software that will make the service a seamless part of the desktop experience. The software is currently available to beta testers in an Ubuntu Personal Package Archive (PPA) hosted on Launchpad. The source code will be released soon under open licenses and is said to be usable on other Linux distributions.
At the current stage of development, the primary feature of Ubuntu One is file synchronization. The client software creates an Ubuntu One folder in the user's home directory and will keep the contents of this folder synchronized across multiple computers.
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I am really annoyed because I just wrote a long post and it DISAPPEARED.
Anyway.....I have been out of town on business (in 114 degree Las Vegas of all places!) and am SO relieved to be back in Portland, this lovely town! There are many things coming up and happenings in the 'hood, so I thought I'd let you know!
The annual Kerns Neighborhood Picnic is taking place on August 5 in Oregon Park! Come on down for music, grilled food, games, and fun! Celebrate living in the awesome neighborhood of Kerns!
There have been some changes in neighborhood businesses lately.
Los Baez, located in the newer building on the south side of E Burnside around 26th, has CLOSED. Good-bye, delicious mole sauce. . .
The Dog House has a new look -- and a new name! The top spot for hot dogs is now known as Franks A Lot. The owners and wieners remain the same, but now you receive your franks out of a mustard yellow building.
Speaking of paint jobs, Whole Foods (formerly Wild Oats) has received a brand-spanking new green color, presumably to go along the green trend. Not that going green is a bad thing at all, but the idea has become quite fashionable as of late, which somehow seems to lessen the weight of this very important topic. But that's just me.
Work has continued on the Sun Rose condominiums located at SE 28th and Burnside, built on the remains of the Hungry Tiger (and partially owned by the same family that owned the former dive bar). Pre-leasing is underway; visit Sun Rose Condominiums.
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BROOKLYN, MI - Visitors checking out the historic Walker Tavern structure at the Cambridge Junction Historic State Park now will be required to have a state recreation passport for vehicles entering the site.
The Recreation Passport, which took the place of the "window sticker" system in 2010, permits entrance to all Michigan state parks, recreation areas, state forest campgrounds, non-motorized state trailhead parking areas and state boat launches.
Located near the intersection of M-50 and US-12, Walker Tavern was built in 1832, five years before Michigan became a state.
The historic structure, and state park where it is located, draws about 12,000 people annually with its events such as a farmers market and 1860's style baseball games.
Passports cost $11 for vehicles and $5 for motorcycles, and can be obtained when renewing vehicle registrations at the Secretary of State.
They may also be purchased onsite at Walker Tavern through a self-registration system, or at nearby Hayes State Park.
"It's important that area residents who visit Walker Tavern purchase a Recreation Passport the next time they renew their vehicle registration," said Laurie Perkins, site manager for Walker Tavern. "The $11 is reinvested into our state park system, including historic and cultural sites such as Walker Tavern."
Last year, funds from the recreation passport supported the installation of a new roof on the Hewitt House at Walker Tavern.
Throughout Walker Tavern's first year of the recreation passport requirement, vehicles will be able to access the site without a recreation passport until the owner's next registration renewal date, according to a press release.
"This will be a soft transition," Perkins said. "If you have an August birthday and are visiting Walker Tavern in May, staff will recognize from your license plate that you haven't renewed your registration yet, and there will be no entrance fee for you,"
Once a full year has cycled, all vehicles entering the park must have a Recreation Passport.
Though the park has previously never required a pass of its visitors, traffic isn't expected to decrease.
"Last year, we monitored cars that came through, and 75-80 percent already had recreation passports," Perkins said. "We think it will be a very smooth transition."
Anyone seeking more information can visit www.michigan.gov/recreationpassport.


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Who: Orlando Magic (12-33) at Detroit Pistons (17-27)
When: 7:30 p.m. (ET)
Where: The Palace of Auburn Hills
Television: Fox Sports Detroit Plus
Radio: 97.1 The Ticket and the Pistons Radio Network
Line: Pistons -7 1/2 (204 1/2)
Twitter: Follow David Mayo and Brendan Savage
Live coverage: Look for a live blog hosted by Brendan Savage at 6:30 p.m.
Orlando Magic
Jameer Nelson (6-0, 190, St. Joseph's), Victor Oladipo (6-4, 215, Indiana), Arron Afflalo (6-5, 215, UCLA), Tobias Harris (6-9, 235, Tennessee), Glen Davis (6-9, 289, LSU).
Detroit Pistons
Brandon Jennings (6-1, 169, Oak Hill Academy, Va.), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (6-5, 205, Georgia), Josh Smith (6-9, 225, Oak Hill Academy, Va.), Greg Monroe (6-11, 250, Georgetown), Andre Drummond (6-10, 270, Connecticut).
--The Magic have the worst road record in the NBA (3-19) and the Pistons have the second-worst home record (7-15).
--The Magic beat the Pistons 109-92 on Dec. 27 at Orlando, behind 23 points from ex-Piston Afflalo and 20 points and 11 rebounds from center Nikola Vucevic. The teams' last of three meetings is next week, during the Pistons' two-game Florida trip.
--Vucevic (concussion) is out. The Magic are 2-15 in games he missed. He has not played since tumbling over the Clippers' Blake Griffin while challenging a shot and landing on his head Jan. 6 at Los Angeles. It is Vucevic's second concussion in less than a year. He also missed time in March 2013 after an accidental shot to the jaw from Indiana's Roy Hibbert.
--Magic backup point guard Ronnie Price (sprained right foot) will miss his seventh consecutive game since he was injured in a Jan. 16 practice.
--The Magic are 2-13 in their last 15 games. The Pistons are 3-11 in their last 14.
The Pistons took Monday off, their second idle day in the last three. Insert punchline here.
Rest may have been part of it, but mental health seems more challenging for the Pistons than physical health for now -- no jinx intended -- and with another day off presumably coming after the back-to-back games tonight and Wednesday at Atlanta (although given head coach Maurice Cheeks' recent history, a day off after ending a back-to-back in Atlanta is no guarantee), it would seem Monday was what folks in the general workplace generically call a mental-health day.
So get on the couch. There's plenty to discuss.
Drummond has to chill. There's every reason to believe he will. He got called out, singled out, shown up. OK, he's still a player and Cheeks is still the coach. He isn't untouchable. He could have re-entered Sunday's game at Dallas and been a force after Cheeks yanked him 11 seconds into the third quarter; instead, he got two rebounds in 10 minutes and justified it.
Cheeks might have handled that differently. I'm not going to fault a coach for an instructional moment for a 20-year-old center, even involving a quick hook. But he has to be more aware of how to handle these moments. Drummond isn't the first guy in the NBA who should be a college junior. The Pistons are suffering and everyone can see Drummond's displeasure growing daily. All the losing, and the striking similarities to last season after the Pistons' offseason makever, is taking a toll. So use the instructional moment to teach. Put an arm around his shoulder and talk to him. Otherwise, the quick hook is just punitive. Spanking 20-year-olds doesn't work.
Oh, and Smith needs to lead this team. Chauncey Billups, who has been limited by a bad knee all year, has the voice of veteran savvy, but not the hammer of a rotation player. Smith is the only one with both, and he's the leader of a team whose point guard sometimes seems like a stranger to his teammates, whose fellow starting big men are playing under the weight of a recent punishment (Drummond) and a longer-term concern about a trade and/or contract negotiation (Monroe), and a half-dozen backups who wonder how/when/why their playing time will or won't come as the team disintegrates on the floor. It is Smith's duty to lead this team out of lethargy by using his influence positively. It might as well be written into his job description.
To say the Pistons' season teeters on the brink is not an overstatement now. Yes, they're within one game of the playoff cut line. They're also tied the New York Knicks, who have started to find a groove with Tyson Chandler back. With the top seven in the Eastern Conference suddenly seeming to solidify, it increasingly appears that the Pistons may be competing with Charlotte, Cleveland and New York for the last playoff spot.
There are no must-wins with 38 games left. Anything short of that regarding the importance of tonight's game probably is an apt description, considering it's the most winnable game left on the schedule. But the Pistons have lost four in a row, and playing short-handed teams and losing teams -- even some short-handed losing teams -- hasn't helped them at all lately.
A win tonight won't get them off the couch. There's a follow-up appointment tomorrow in Atlanta.
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The billboards, which went up May 4 on the Indiana Toll Road, Interstate 80/90, read, "NOTRE DAME: Obama is pro abortion choice. How dare you honor him," along with a picture of a baby in utero sucking its thumb.
"These billboards will be seen by hundreds of thousands of motorists, including most of the families coming to Notre Dame for the graduation exercises," said Eric Scheidler, the League's communications director. "They will help make the direct and irrefutable connection between Barack Obama and abortion."
"As scandalous as the Obama invitation is, it presents us with a welcome opportunity to highlight Barack Obama's pro-abortion record—something which was largely concealed by the Obama campaign and the media during last year's campaign," League National Director Joe Scheidler said. "Obama's extreme pro-abortion agenda is out of step with the majority of Americans, and that news is finally getting out, thanks to this controversy."
One of the League's billboards is located on Interstate 80/90 east, half a mile east of the Elkhart exit No. 92, about 15 miles east of the Notre Dame exit, and the other on Interstate 80/90 west near Rolling Prairie, about 25 miles west of the Notre Dame exit. The League has rented the two billboards for 30 days each, so they will be in place for two weeks leading up to the Notre Dame commencement, as well as two weeks afterward.
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Here are just a few of the many things that I did not know about the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus in 1997 when he came to Muskegon for an interfaith dialogue.
I did not know he was an immigrant to the United States, whose life had begun in Pembroke, Ontario. I didn't know he had left home as a callow 14-year-old, for Crisco, Texas, to become a gas station owner at the unfinished age of 16.
And this man who was regarded as one of the sharpest theological minds in his adopted country never finished high school. I didn't know that.
I didn't realize it at the time, but mainly I saw Neuhaus as a conservative foil for the exuberantly lively mind of Rabbi David Hartman, founder of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Now I see so much more. Death will do that sometimes.
During the past nine days or so, since Neuhaus lost his life to cancer, a host of tributes, obituaries and epitaphs have appeared online and in print.
Now I see Neuhaus' life less as a political snapshot, trimmed to fit stereotypes, and more as a kind of journey, meandering back and forth across the boundaries of our expectations.
Before he became a Catholic priest, Neuhaus was the Lutheran pastor of a large black congregation in Brooklyn, N.Y. Long before he became the spiritual confidante of President George W. Bush, he was friend and adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Before he became a voice for evangelical conservatism, preaching the dangers of gay marriage and stem cell research, he was an activist for the New Left, protesting the Vietnam War and sharing jail cells with the likes of Norman Mailer and Murray Kempton.
You would have had to listen hard to hear all that in his dialogue with Hartman.
On that day, more than a decade ago, the pair occupied the stage of the Frauenthal Theater in downtown Muskegon debating before hundreds.
They had traveled across the Midwest and Canada for this all-day event pitting two theologians, Christian and Jew, in dialogue over questions of revelation, diversity, conflict, history and the meaning of God's plan for humanity.
They debated revelation and the character of the divine itself, with Hartman arguing for interpretation and Neuhaus insisting on universal truth.
The fact that all this happened in modest, little Muskegon was enough to make the head spin.
We are entering our third decade of Jewish/Christian dialogue in West Michigan. We have been at this long enough to begin to lose some of our best participants. Neuhaus, who was 72, is the second to go. Bishop Krister Stendahl -- a quick-witted, gentle Swedish theologian and New Testament scholar -- died last April.
What does this tell us? It tells us every life is a journey. It teaches us that in all of us, there are multiple personalities.
Dialogue can be many things. Ultimately, Neuhaus reminded us, it is liberation.


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by MATTHEW NASH
Sequim Gazette
The water is flowing, the royalty's crowns are shining and organizers say they are ready for the 116th
Sequim Irrigation Festival, running May 6-15.
Deon Kapetan, festival chairman, said everything is going fantastic and nearly ready to go.
"The things left are finalizing the grand parade lineup, getting all the dignitaries their vehicles, the River Center Run and setting up," Kapetan said.
First weekend events, Friday, May 6, through Sunday, May 8, for the festival include the Arts and Crafts Fair, Merchants Street Fair, Kids Day and Family Picnic, First Friday Art Walk, Sequim Arts Juried Art Show, the Sequim High School operetta "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," Sequim Open Aire Market and Goldwing Motorcycle Display.
"The more events you can have the better it is for the festival and the community," Kapetan said.
Shelli Robb-Kahler said her first festival as the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce executive director has been a learning process despite attending the event since she was a girl. She said the chamber oversees all of the festival operations and has sold plenty of merchandise, answered phone calls and begun the final touches.
"We're just praying for sunshine," Robb-Kahler said.
Jeri Smith, officer administrator for the chamber, said the last-minute festival routine remains the same.
"There are vendors trying to get into the different events so we get them to the right contact people," Smith said. "We've seen an increase in visitors, too, which might be attributed to the nice weather, too."
The second weekend of the festival, Thursday, May 12, through Sunday, May 15, includes the carnival, Crazy Daze breakfast, Logging Show, Strongman Showdown, River Center Run, Kids Parade, Car Cruzz, Car Show 'n Shine, grand parade and the continuing operetta.
Dan Fryer, grand parade chairman, said he is expecting 120-130 entries in the parade, which is similar to years past.
Kapetan said organizers wanted to make the carnival and festival in general more economically feasible for families. They've added more rides for a broader age range, she said, including a Ferris wheel and carousel — in tradition with this year's theme.
The chamber is selling ride tickets through Wednesday, May 11, in the form of armbands that allow for unlimited rides for $20 per person.
At the carnival May 12-15, the armband costs $25.
For more information on Sequim's Irrigation Festival, contact the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce, 1192 E. Washington St., at 683-6197, or visit www.irrigationfestival.com.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A first-of-its-kind poll finds most New Yorkers want to consolidate at least some local government services, but don't want their home town or school district dissolved in the process.
The Marist College Poll's survey of New Yorkers finds 68 percent want local services shared by governments. But just 31 percent want to see local villages and towns dissolved. The survey shows supporters of reducing local government costs will have to clearly prove the action will save taxpayers money and not result in a loss of a voice in local government.
The study found the least public support for some of the biggest potential areas of tax savings: Dissolving villages and consolidating police, fire and rescue services.
"We anticipate this survey will serve government and public policy makers in their deliberations on this important and somewhat volatile subject," said Robert R. Dyson, president of the Dyson Foundation. The foundation has provided consolidation grants for nonprofit groups in the past and is now looking to government, but Dyson said the poll was "nonpartisan, unbiased" and wasn't influenced by the foundation.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has sought local government consolidation and had named Dyson as a transition adviser, applauded the report.
"The message from this survey is clear — New Yorkers support consolidation efforts that reduce the size of government, improve the quality of services, make the state more attractive to business, reduce property taxes and reduce the cost of services while at the same time increasing efficiencies," Cuomo said in a written statement.
The poll shows New Yorkers have far more confidence in their local government and most consider local government a good value. The greatest support for consolidation is in western New York. The least support is on Long Island.
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In the just-released first official trailer, we see Dinklage and a group of live-action Renaissance role players at a competition/convention that gives new meaning to the word "nerds." Among the role players are "Community's" Danny Pudi, "Firefly's" Summer Glau, "True Blood's" Ryan Kwanten, and comic-actor Steve Zahn.
As the event goes on, Zahn mistakenly summons a soul-devouring demon -- an "Oops!" moment if ever there was one. That forces the role players to grab the swords and chain mail face reality. The comedy looks promising, though the film has a troubled history. It was filmed in 2010, and was previewed at Comic-Con two years ago, but has been sitting in a film vault ever since. The release of a trailer is a sign it will finally see the light of day.
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The end of the Trenton Devils minor league hockey franchise marks a sad day for local hockey fans and dims the prospects of economic growth the once-successful team brought to the city when the team was still called the Trenton Titans.
The team's demise was hastened by the purchase of the ECHL franchise by the New Jersey Devils in 2006. While it's common for minor league teams to bear the same name and logo of the parent club, renaming the club the Trenton Devils was a major marketing misstep in a region that is a confluence of fans for the NHL's Devils, Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers. Those teams aren't just competitors, they're mortal enemies.
That left the hard-working management team at the Trenton Devils front office with an impossible challenge to fill the seats, particularly from towns just across the Delaware River in Pennsylvania that lean heavily toward Philadelphia sports allegiances.
The numbers turned grim quickly. The Trenton Titans averaged about 6,700 fans per game in the 2000-01 season, though that number gradually eroded to 4,300 in 2005-06, the final season before the sale to the Devils. The team was renamed a year later and averaged about 2,800 people per game over four seasons as the Trenton Devils. On many nights this year, it appeared that just a few hundred fans showed at the more than 7,500-seat capacity Sun National Bank Center.
Local officials must look past this disappointment and see opportunity. As evidenced by the Titan's early success and the strength of local youth hockey programs, the greater Mercer County region remains a hockey hotbed ripe for development by a minor league team.
Speculation surfaced in 2008 that Trenton could host the Philadelphia Phantoms, the AHL affiliate of the Flyers, after the team was forced to relocate prior to the demolition of the Spectrum. The team landed in Glens Falls, N.Y. and became the Adirondack Phantoms, but the move is a stopover until a deal can be cut to build a new 10,000-seat arena in Allentown, Pa. Those plans have stalled, and Allentown is now resorting to eminent domain to obtain the downtown property for the arena, a process that could take years. Allentown officials have already acknowledged that a new arena would open in 2013 at the earliest.
The Phantoms, meanwhile, have struggled to generate a following in upstate New York, ending last year with the second lowest attendance in the 30-team AHL at 3,575 fans per game. By contrast, the Phantoms drew an average 6,459 per game in the team's final year in Philadelphia.
Trenton should make a strong pitch bring the Phantoms to the Sun National Bank Center not just on an interim basis, but permanently. Trenton has a great arena ready to host the team today, not years from now after lengthy eminent domain proceedings. The move would bring the Flyers key prospects a short train ride from Philadelphia for quick call-ups to the big club. And the quality of AHL-level hockey would rejuvenate the hockey fan base craving professional sports at family-friendly costs and a fan-friendly atmosphere.
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I recently organised a youth conference in Nigeria and asked the youths to write and submit an essay on their dreams for the future.Over 150 students participated and submitted their essays.But there was a challenge.There were no cheap means to get the essays across to me in the United states.Scanning each essay was so expensive. An idea came to me.We gathered the youths and used it as an opportunity to give them basic skill training on how to type and send e-mails using a computer.The youths typed the essays and sent it to my mail box. This exercise gave them the opportunity to create their personal email accounts and also learn how to type and generate information using Google search engine.Initially they were very slow in typing but as they typed more essays,their skills were improving. IT empowerment is very vital because it introduces a different attitude to learning.There are so many resources on the internet through which young people can educate themselves,be aware of what's going on around them and participate irrespective of their geographical locations.
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Hi Stephanie,
I hope this message finds you well! Thank you for sharing your experience about organizing the conference in Nigeria. It seems like it was quite the good experience for you. Through the exercise, you taught your students what to do and empowered them. Good for you! Keep up the great work!
Dear Stephanie,
You could have found a way to duplicate essays, but no, instead you tapped into your belief in the abilities of these young participants and gave them all so much more! Now they know how to type on a computer, have email accounts and can search Google. Who knows where that will all lead! How great. Next time I am in any similar situation, I will think grandly, as you have done here. Congrats. I loved seeing their faces, too.
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Thank you for sharing your story and lovely experience of empowering youth through teaching them to create an account of google and write their essays. I am pretty sure that they are gonna keep exploring its benefits! Good job!
Hi Stephanie! Great post! I loved reading about your smart and simple solution to the problem of scanning and how you ended up teaching these youths a lot. I am sure in many (if not all of them) a love for the internet has been born and will continue. What was the conference about? It's great these youths are now on email. The next challenge, I suppose, is trying to help youths in Nigeria have consistent access to the internet. Thank you for sharing! Best wishes, Julia
Thanks Erin,Tam,Sabapet and Julia.The conference was about empowering youths,discovering,harnessing and developing talents and potentials.The challenge they are presently working on now is to create awareness and educate the community on Ebola.They are on research right now on the internet and the campaign will start early next month.We are glad to be impacting our community #BetheChange


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As the Kings of Leon set showed signs of starting on the Gentilly Stage at Jazz Fest late this afternoon, a friend commented: "It's like this and the Acura Stage are the coastal stages for most people, and the others are the flyover stages."
Posted at Gentilly, I worried I was missing something on the other coast as Jersey boy Jon Bon Jovi turned the clock back to 1986 with the suburban cowboy hair-metal soundtrack of my grade-school years. Turns out that the Kings of Leon, three sons of a Pentecostal preacher and their cousin, all former choirboys, can do anthemic just as well.
Lead singer Caleb Followill kicked things off with a strange display that mixed hubris and humility. He walked onstage and stood with his back to the audience, arms splayed as if mimicking crucifixion; then he turned, bowed his head and crossed himself. While the crowd was still wondering what to make of it, the group ripped into a hard-driving series of songs and didn't take a breath -- not even to greet us -- until after the fifth number. I almost wanted to remind them that they had to keep it up for 90 minutes.
The band's first EP, Holy Roller Novocaine, drew praise for its Southern rock rawness, and albums since then have gradually grown slicker and smoother in production -- even noodling a bit in the free-jazz-rock psychedelia realm of acts like the Flaming Lips. (At one point, Caleb Followill spoke -- a rare occurrence in the set -- and said, "I hope you're happy to be at Jazz Fest. Our songs aren't really jazzy. But we'll try to, um, jazz it up for you.") And they did, putting plenty of echo into the mix and cutting loose, if briefly, with occasional psychedelic guitar breaks and vertiginous swoops from the synthesizer. Though they did bring the power chords, I -- and I think many of their fans -- would have preferred a bit more interaction and a bit more of the raw soul so audible in their earlier recordings.
Maybe that's why the crowd (which included the bride and groom from the day's earlier Gospel Tent wedding) erupted so heartily when they closed out, five minutes early with no encore, by ripping into the rough, twangy guitar of "Black Thumbnail," an Exile On Main Street-worthy song that was released in 2007, but was a throwback to their early, lo-fi production.
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Chasing Mavericks screened after WW press deadlines, but we dispatched a critic to scope it out. Does this surfer flick hang ten? Not quite.
Critic's Grade: C-
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When teenage Jay spies the 40-plus-foot Mavericks surf break, he begs Frosty to help him surf there; their grueling training comprises the filmâs primary focus. But wait a minute, now an insignificant character is bullying Jay? And Frosty is a masochistic handyman? And Jay is in love with Kim (Leven Rambin), a popular girl who wonât talk to him in public? This film is The Karate Kid with a slightly cooler Daniel and an emotionally infirm Mr. Miyagi.
Iâm not even sure Iâd take the comparison that far. The continuity of the plot and characters may convince a young teen with one eye on the screen and the other on his dateâs slowly encroaching hand, but most moviegoers will be left raising their eyebrows and checking their watches. For one, Kim looks much older than Jayâcreepily older. The true series of events has been chopped and screwed Hollywood-style. One character, for example, drops dead with a loud clunk, having previously spent about two minutes on-screen. Sharks are cheesily reflected in visors, songs by the Offspring and Butthole Surfers play, and cannabis use is strictly frowned upon (by Jay, at least). Clichés are pulled from an admittedly large grab bag, but glued together hastily and awkwardly.
Letâs get one thing straight: As claimed on the Chasing Mavericks official site, it features âsome of the most mind-blowing real wave footage ever captured on film.â Surfers are shown numerous times catching and failing to catch massive walls of water, though the characters are difficult to keep straight during the more extended sequences. Seeing tiny surfers teetering atop these walls inspires some respect for the real Jay and his story. This may be a small saving grace, except that the messianic respect heaped on Jay and Frosty without a hint of irreverence will leave viewers wondering whatâs underneath the surfboard wax.
Jay asks Kim, âHave you ever felt like you were meant for something more, something bigger than you?â Iâll sleep soundly knowing this film wasnât meant for anything more.


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NFL trainer Steve Saunders and Denver Outlaw Sean DeLaney show IL Fitness two unique core exercises for improving your game.
The core is just as important as any other muscle group, especially when it comes to the athletic demands of lacrosse. A strong core not only increases your shot speed and power, it also improves your body's balance and coordination. Here are two core exercises to help athletes become fast, physical and explosive.
Band Woodchop
This is an excellent rotational exercise that strengthens muscles used for shooting, passing or simply playing a physical game.
How-To: With arms extended, grip the handle with both hands facing the wall. Be sure not to lean; focus on pivoting. Accelerate your hips, upper body and arms away from the wall, watching your hands at all times. Bear down at your core at the end of your movement. Control the negative force on a three-second count back to the wall, keeping your head in line with your hands at all times.
Target Areas: Obliques, Abs & Lower Back
Movement: Rotate as fast as you can with the resistance band fully extended.
The Numbers: 3 sets of 10 reps
DeLaney: "This one really works my abs and obliques. I noticed some pretty dramatic improvement in my shot speed within the first month of doing this exercise."
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This is a terrific transferable movement for strengthening muscle groups you'll be using during the season. The same muscles and motions are used when shooting or passing in a game situation.
How-To: Start on your knees in a shoulder-width stance, with your entire body in an upright position. Reach back over your head, holding the ball with two hands. Snap and throw overhead, following through completely to emphasize distance on the throw.
Target Areas: Core Muscles, Abs, Obliques, Lower Back, Shoulders & Arms
Movement: An explosive movement using all of these muscles to generate as much power as possible.
The Numbers: 3 sets of 6 reps (weight of ball used depends on the athlete)
DeLaney: "The medicine ball's much harder than it looks. I felt targeted muscle groups were activated at much deeper levels and I felt stronger pretty quickly."
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The Pentagon is cutting its top-level staff by some 20 percent in the coming years, a change that could save the Department of Defense up to $2 billion. It won't happen quickly, however, with the process not beginning until 2015 stretching until 2019.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said the cuts will impact his office and those of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the heads of Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines. Hagel made the announcement during a visit to Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida, one of several host sites for recent town hall meetings.
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said in a written statement the reductions are not part of cuts due to sequestration. Instead, they are one of the first actions to come out of a comprehensive review of DOD operations conducted recently by Little and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey.
"Secretary Hagel's announcement is based on the work of the Strategic Choices and Management Review, which scrutinized the department's spending priorities and determined that these headquarters reductions should be pursued now, regardless of future fiscal circumstances," Little said. "These cuts will be implemented even if Congress lifts sequester-level budget caps."
The exact jobs to be eliminated will be determined after a review of each office, Little said and would be included in the fiscal 2015 budget request when it's unveiled in February 2014.
According to Defense News, the cutbacks will take place among permanently assigned defense civilian employees, military personnel and contractors. The Office of the Secretary of Defense has about 2,000 staff members while the Joint Chiefs employ more than 4,000.
Hagel's announcement comes as the Pentagon deals with an unprecedented series of cuts caused by sequestration that began March 1. Sequestration is set to take $500 billion from the Pentagon over the next decade, including $37 million this year. That number could grow to a $52 billion reduction next year, Hagel has warned.
"Uncertainty is a tremendous enemy for all of us, for obvious reasons," Hagel said. "I've got to prepare this institution and our people for the facts of life and the reality as it is and the law that is now in place."


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Volleyball camps
Richmond County Volleyball & SIIQ Volleyball are teaming to host a pair of volleyball camps. The camp for boys in grades 7 through 12 will be held Aug. 5-8 at the Manor Road JCC from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The girls' camp for the same grades will run Aug. 12-15 at the same site and same hours. Each camp is $100. Campers will learn volleyball skills and drills as well as strength and conditioning. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for a registration form or call director Marco Altieri at 646-322-2678.
Basketball camp
Tom Burns will host a basketball camp for high school and college-aged players every Monday/Wednesday/Thursday through the summer from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Fastbreak Center. Call 718-948-3710.
Basketball tourney
Breakaway Basketball will hold a three-on-three tournament for youth and high-school aged players at the Victory Sports Arena. On Aug. 17, ages 10 through 14 will compete and on Aug. 18 ages 15 through 18 will contest. Call Lauren Weidmyer at 917-559-9748 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A Jersey City teen has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a 24-year-old city man killed on Wayne Street just after midnight yesterday.
Ahmed Hassan Dar, 19, of Chopin Court, is charged with murder and weapons offenses in the fatal shooting of Roman Kaploun, 24, of Jersey City, Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Gene Rubino announced tonight.
Authorities have not released a narrative of the events surrounding Kaploun's death, but a man who lives on the block said he saw a group of people, including the gunman, fleeing in a white car after the 12:15 a.m. shooting.
Dar's bail has been set at $500,000 cash or bond, Rubino said. He has been remanded to the Hudson County jail in Kearny.
Rubino said the motive of the shooting remains under investigation.
Dar is expected to make his first court appearance on the charges tomorrow.


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Maddox Ungar Silberstein PLLC, has landed three new contracts to provide audit services to businesses located in California, Idaho and Ohio.
Although it is somewhat unusual for smaller firms like MUS to attract clients nationwide and globally, nonlocal business is a fast-growing part of the Farmington Hills-based CPA firm.
The contracts highlight a consistent pattern of growth since independent firm Maddox Ungar, PLLC merged with Ronald N. Silberstein, CPA, PLLC this past summer.
The firm has secured agreements to provide audit services to Neokinetics, a technology and behavior-metrics provider based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Stem Cell Authority, Ltd. a national company based in Fairlawn, Ohio, dedicated to providing obstetricians with a comprehensive state-of-the-art stem cell banking program; and Media Sentiment Inc., an innovative news resource for online investors based in San Francisco.
For each of the new contracts MUS will conduct an intensive examination of each company's systems and records.
"Basically we're a smaller firm providing 'Big Four' services to midsized and smaller clients," said Ronald Silberstein, principal of MUS.
MUS lands the business mainly by way of referrals from sources such as law firms and other clients nationwide and in Asia and Canada. But increasingly, new clients find MUS on the Internet.
"Frankly they're pursuing us," Silberstein said. Companies around the country and in Canada and in Asia are looking for us. On the Internet our name keeps popping up."
The smaller and midsized public and newly public companies are seeking out MUS's services because many of the larger firms aren't interested in them, Silberstein said.
"We want this because there's less competition, and it's a good way to grow and we can handle it," Silberstein said, adding that working with the smaller publicly traded companies makes up about 80 percent of what he does, and about 30 percent of the firm's business. "The big firms don't want to work with them. A lot of smaller companies can't afford the fees that the larger firms charge, but also there is supposedly a lot more risk in a smaller company."
Silberstein doesn't agree with that notion and said there is really less risk in working with a small, newly public company.
"There are fewer shareholders, less debt on the books, they don't have earnings figures to meet or beat every quarter," he said. "There are fewer transactions, and there are fewer ways they can hide fraud or play games."
This growing segment of MUS's business makes economic sense for the firm, even though Silberstein has flown about 50,000 miles in the last year.
"The truth is, and it's no secret, the economy here isn't so good, and there are a smaller number of companies starting and growing here," Silberstein said. "I do wish that some of these companies were looking at Michigan as a place to do their business, but that's just not happening. Until it does, I'll keep going to them."
Contact Carol Marshall at (248) 374-4920 or email@example.com.