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Cops Kill Man In Wal-Mart Carrying An Air Rifle That He Might Have Planned To Buy
A man who was carrying an air rifle in an Ohio Wal-Mart told the police officers that fatally shot him that the gun was "not real," according to a family member.
John Crawford was shot by police Tuesday evening at a Beavercreek store. The Ohio attorney general's office announced Thursday that he was merely carrying a brand of air rifle that Wal-Mart sells.
Another shopper, 37-year-old Angela Williams, collapsed and died as she scrambled to get away after police fired at Crawford.
The shooting occurred after police responded to 911 calls about a man carrying a rifle. In one of those calls, which was released by police, a Wal-Mart shopper told emergency dispatchers that it looked like the man — later identified as Crawford — was trying to load the rifle and that he had pointed it at two children, WHIO reported.
The 911 caller's wife said that Crawford was on the phone and that he was messing with the gun. She said that after police ordered Crawford to put down the unidentified weapon, "I heard two shots after I saw him turn. He still had the weapon in his hand."
But Crawford's family says that there is no way he intended to harm anyone that night.
LeeCee Johnson, who has two children with Crawford and is pregnant with a third, said that she was on the phone with him while the incident unfolded.
She told the Dayton Daily News that Crawford told officers that the gun he was carrying was "not real."
"We was just talking," said Johnson. "He said he was at the video games playing videos and he went over there by the toy section where the toy guns were."
"And the next thing I know, he said 'It's not real,' and the police start shooting and they said 'Get on the ground,' but he was already on the ground because they had shot him."


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This is the geodesic dome that assembles in less than 15 minutes for indoor or outdoor play. It provides a durable, safe structure for children to scramble over, under, and through, building agility as they climb. Each of its 52 bars supports up to 150 lbs. when secured with the included snap-in connectors yet unlike traditional metal climbing domes, the sturdy PVC plastic construction is lightweight, and it will not rust, peel, or become too hot or cold to the touch as seasons change. Ages 3 and up. 50" H x 70" Diam. (27 lbs.)
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Does not assemble in 15 minutes
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I knew from looking online the kids would have a great time with the geodome. I have a 7,4, and 3 year old and they all love it. It is the first thing they play on in the morning and the last thing played on at night. We have it indoors over a very thick gymnastics mat. I do not recommend this just over carpet as a fall might happen. A thick mat absorbs any shock nicely. The only misconception is the time to put it together. Real time for my 14 year old son and myself was 1 hour and 15 minutes. AND it is very rough on your hands. The tool it comes with to put it together is bogus. The directions have some issues as the joints are not labeled well. Lastly, H. Schlemmer has a lifetime warranty but you will not take it apart to send it back. That would be too painful.All in all a good purchase.
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My daughter loves it
By JW
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My 2 year old loves to climb anything she can and this is finally something she can climb without us worrying. She's about 3 ft tall and 30 lbs and it holds up to her activity very well. It is tall enough that she has fun and sees it as a challenge but isn't so high that we feel like we have to hover to keep her safe. It was very easy to assemble, only suggestion I'd make would be for the manufacturer to maybe bag the bars together by size. There are many of one size, and a few of another size that is very similar. They do have stickers labeling which bar is which but when you are digging through a box with that many pieces, trying to find the few that are just a touch longer was a bit of a pain (especially with the 2 year old "helping" arrange the parts). If each size bar was packaged together it would have been easier. They include a tool to help disassemble the bars from the connectors which was a great idea, unfortunately the material it is made from is too flimsy for it to work. I snapped a couple bars in the wrong place and could not get the tool to help me remove them. I think when I'm ready to take this down, I'll have to rig my own tool because undoing all those connections by hand is going to be a nightmare! Also it mentions using anchors for outdoor use but does not include them. So far my daughter is not heavy enough to need them but once she got rowdy and I could see the other side lift slightly so we will be finding some shortly. I'm not sure how long we will be able to use this but it is perfect for the age/size/stage she is in now so I'm happy with the purchase. For the price I won't be crushed if it has to be handed down in a year or so.
Wasn't so "instant".
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from Balto., Md.
Pushing the little buttons in to attach the bars wasn't so easy for my arthitic hands. I'm sending it back.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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How Abraham Lincoln Wrote the Gettysburg Address
Lincoln at Gettysburg. Few images in American history run deeper in the national memory than that of the tall martyr president dedicating the cemetery for the honored dead of the Civil War's greatest battle. In our post-heroic era, depictions of the awestruck crowd and transcendent president on November 19, 1863, seem irretrievably remote, but the truth behind that image shouldn't lost beneath all the tradition, homily, and trivia.
For Lincoln, getting to the speech—as a statement of ideas and as an event—was both an intellectual and physical journey. The president began to compose his words in Washington with one set of ideas, incorporated in the draft of the speech that he took with him when he left the White House. Yet by the time he stood on the platform at Gettysburg a day later, he had experienced for the first time the battlefield and the little town in the grip of patriotic celebration of loyalty and commemoration. And he had deeply felt the solemn funeral rites for more than 3,000 heroes.
Upon returning to his quarters to review his manuscript after touring the battlefield on the morning of his speech and visiting the site where his "gallant and brave friend, Gen Reynolds," had died, Lincoln initiated an unexpected revision. The changes to the text he had prepared the night before brought a new vision to his speech, including a wholly new second page incorporating a more assertive sense of dedication. He also underlined one key word on the first page that he had retained from the draft he had brought from Washington: "The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; while it can never forget what they did here." Then, on the speaker's platform, Lincoln's commitment to the cause and to the sacrifices of soldiers like his friend Reynolds moved him to pronounce those words with such feeling that many listeners were brought to tears, difficult as that might be to believe in a post-heroic world.
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The famous artist lost on MH370
The fate of Flight MH370 has now been declared with the barbarity of a text message notifying the families that their loves ones are almost certainly dead.
But when the vanished plane was still a world baffling mystery, there arose a hope against hope that MH370 had not just crashed into the sea; that maybe the famed Chinese calligrapher Liu Rusheng had survived yet another brush with death and shared his remarkable luck with the 238 others aboard.
By his own count, Liu had experienced six encounters with death before he stepped onto the plane in Kuala Lumpur just as March 7 was ticking March 8.
One more close call for him would have made it seven, and those given to magical thinking might have discerned a deeper magic than happenstance in Rusheng being 77 years old and aboard a 777.
As told it, Liu's life nearly ended before it really began. He had been just an infant when his parents were forced to abandon him repeatedly so as to escape marauding Japanese invaders during World War II.
"Actually, my parents did not expect me to survive. But whenever they came back, they were shocked to see me still alive," he would attest in a 2006 article posted online.
His coal miner father had been the one whose luck ran out when he was bayoneted to death by a Japanese soldier. Liu himself survived the war only to be nearly killed shortly after achieving one of the milestones of childhood.
"In the second incident, I just learned how to ride a bicycle and collided with a truck," he wrote. "I was trapped underneath the truck and was dragged."
The next close call came when he joined friends on a swimming jaunt that must have started out seeming like part of his bounty for having survived the two earlier ones. He came perilously close to drowning.
And then there were the heart attacks—three of them. He suffered the first in 1971 while training in the army, followed by another in 1982, while he was taking a train to Dunhuang.
He had the third one in 1993 when he was at home, and this man who had nearly been killed on a bicycle as a boy had to summon all his strength to pedal to a hospital for help.
Once again, he survived. He did not fail to appreciate fully his continued presence among the living.
"I enjoy and treasure life even more," he wrote of his repeated returns from the brink.
He quite literally marked his great luck by carrying a rubber stamp that said, "shang cang hou wo", which translates to "God bless me."
He certainly was blessed with considerable talent as an artist, proving to have a particular genius for portraying delicate plum blossoms. He also loved to sing and traveled for a time with a theater troupe that entertained at coal mines including those where his murdered father had once worked.
He broke into one of the old "red songs" when he was on a bus with a group of fellow calligraphers from China who were visiting Malaysia at the start of this month. He remained the most vital of 77-year-olds when he arrived at Kuala Lumpur Airport on March 7 for the trip home aboard the Boeing 777.
Just as the date turned to March 8, the boarding began. Liu and his 74-year-old wife, Bao Yuanhua, were among the first because of their age. The others joined them and the pilot informed the control tower that the plane was ready
"Depart 32 Right," an air traffic controller instructed.
That was one of the airport's two runways. The plane was soon aloft and not long afterwards entered Vietnamese airspace. The co-pilot's routine response became famous because it was the last anybody heard from MH370.
"Alright, good night."
After that, only silence came as air traffic controllers and pilots of other planes tried to contact the plane.
The families must have at first assumed that the plane had crashed and that their loved ones had all but surely been killed. But when it seemed that the plane had taken a deliberate turn before vanishing without a trace there was speculation that it had been hijacked.
With that—however remote—possibility, came the hope that the plane might have landed on some sequestered field and that the passengers might be alive after all.
People began to take note of an article that Liu had posted online in 2006 describing his "six close brushes with death."
Of course everybody wanted there to be a seventh.
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Sign Language Santas Help Bring Joy to Hearing-Impaired Children This Christmas
For kids, Christmas can be a magical time of year, filled with both seasonal sights and sounds. A couple of men who portray Santa Claus are making sure that every kid, regardless of his or her disability, has a chance to experience this.
In Fairfax, Va., the Fair Oaks Mall recently hosted a "Signing Santa Day." Santa Claus posed for photos and communicated with hearing-impaired children in sign language.
"I think it's very important because it means that she can be independent and go talk to Santa one-on-one instead of me trying to gesture or figure out what he's trying to say to her or telling her," a mother explained to WTTG. The Fox affiliate ran its story in mostly silence with subtitles.
"Other people who use different languages can talk to Santa, so deaf and hard-of-hearing kids need to be able to talk to Santa too," the person dressed as Mr. Claus told the TV station.
He isn't the only Jolly Old St. Nick catering to the hearing-impaired. Scott Powers in the metro Detroit area is known as "Deaf Santa." Powers is deaf, and knows firsthand children's frustration with attempting to communicate a wish list to Santa.


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Report: Obama's economy converts middle-class jobs into low-wage jobs
Nearly half of the new jobs created since 2008 are low-wage jobs, while 80 percent of the jobs destroyed in the government-inflated real-estate bubble were high-wage or medium-wage jobs, according to a new report by the National Employment Law Project.
In effect, almost 2 million well-paid middle-class jobs have been converted into low-wage blue-collar jobs since January 2008, through the five years of President Barack Obama's economy, according to the report, titled "The Low-Wage Recovery: Industry Employment and Wages Four Years into the Recovery."
Forty-four percent of the new jobs pay less than $13.33 per hour, while only 30 percent pay more than $20 per hour, said the report, which was produced by a left-wing group, the National Employment Law Project. The remaining 26 percent of new jobs are middle-wage jobs, says the report, which is based on government data.
"Service-providing industries such as food services and drinking places, administrative and support services, and retail trade have led private sector job growth," says the report, which does not mention Obama or his policies.
"These industries, which pay relatively low wages, accounted for 39 percent of the private sector employment increase over the past four years," said report, which adds to a recent series of studies and polls showing a steep drop in the number of people who believe they are middle-class.


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Stafford Brothers' #SomethingBig radio show launches this weekend on Evolution
Say hello to the Stafford Brothers, because they have #SomethingBig for their fans. The duo will launch their new radio show, called #SomethingBig, this weekend on Evolution!
Direct to fans from their studio each week, the Austrialian brothers will be not only be playing the hottest tunes in dance music, but will share exclusive commentary behind the world's dancefloor bombs from their creators themselves. Expect to hear from producers like Thomas Gold, Nicky Romero, Tommy Trash, Krewella, NERVO and more.
Matt and Chris Stafford are the first electronic artists to be signed to Cash Money Records, and recently released a track with Lil Wayne and Christina Milian called "Hello."
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Inside Uber's Political War Machine
"We're in a political campaign, and the candidate is Uber, and the opponent is an asshole named Taxi," Travis Kalanick, the CEO of ride-sharing company Uber, said while on stage at a conference in late May. "Nobody likes him, he's not a nice character, but he's so woven into the political machinery and fabric that a lot of people owe him favors."
Kalanick wasn't bluffing. Uber really is the candidate: It has been interviewing potential campaign managers--real ones, from real presidential campaigns--for months. A source close to the hiring process told me, "They want somebody who has been steeped in that political warfare."
And for good reason.
In the process of trying to force regulators to concede to its enormous popularity, "Uber" has become, in some ways, a loaded political term. And observers and participants alike are questioning, in real time, how much government interference is too much.
Uber, which in June was valued at $17 billion, appears to be launching a full-scale political operation—complete with backroom operators and face-saving strategists.
To combat governmental hostility, Uber has hired political muscle all over the country: in D.C., it has the Franklin Square Group (Apple, Google). In New York, it has Bradley Tusk (Michael Bloomberg's former campaign manager). In Chicago, it has Michael Kasper (the lawyer who got Rahm Emanuel on the ballot). Additionally, it has lobbyists in Miami, Baltimore, Houston, and Denver.
And Uber's not the only member of the new sharing economy who's gone political. Airbnb, a housing and rental service estimated to be worth $10 billion, has hired one of the most-connected operators in New York—and even formed its own "grassroots" political organization.
Kalanick (who did not respond to multiple requests for an interview) looks like a television preacher, appears on Gwyneth Paltrow's Instagram, and once joked to a journalist about how the success of Uber increased his desirability to women: "Yeah, we call that the Boob-er."
For a time, Kalanick's Twitter avatar was the cover of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead—which he has repeatedly said was not the sort of bold political statement some have made it out to be. (In other interviews, he has indicated Rand has influenced his thinking.) But it is difficult to not see some parallels between Uber's business model and libertarianism.
Given that, it's not surprising that Uber is gaining friends on the right side of the political aisle. For example, Grover Norquist, the anti-tax activist, on ThursdayTweeted "Today, there are two political parties/movements in America. One is UBER, the other is with taxi commission. Choose."
Overwhelmingly, the political types who openly support Uber—Norquist and Republican Senator Marco Rubio, to name two—are the ones who were demonizing regulators long before the phrase "call an Uber" had ever been uttered. But now, of course, the phrase has been said millions of times in multiple languages across the globe.
Companies like Uber—along with Airbnb and less popular services like Zilok (which lets you rent "anything" from strangers)—make up the sharing economy, a community in which individuals rent out their possessions or their labor, and businesses act as middlemen, helping to arrange plans. Uber and Lyft (another ride-sharing service) will connect passengers with drivers, but won't provide a car. Similarly, Airbnb will introduce homeowners to those looking for a place to stay, but doesn't own properties.
The distinction of not owning any hardware, sharing economy companies would like customers and regulators alike to believe, should make all the difference when it comes to the law. Except, it doesn't—at least not yet. The fact remains that Uber and Airbnb have built multibillion-dollar empires by operating in places where they are illegal, and so they are turning political to protect themselves.
Ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft are apps which allow users to summon a private car with a few swipes on their smartphone. All that's required to participate is a valid credit card. No cash ever gets exchanged. In short: It is so convenient that it makes a taxi seem about as high-tech as a camel.
Uber provides a variety of vehicles to choose from: SUVs, "black cars" like Mercedes and BMWs, and the lower-end "UberX," which can be anything from a dated, smelly Lincoln Town Car to a new Toyota. Lyft cars, where passengers sit in the front seat and greet drivers with a fist bump, are adorned by an identifying pink mustache. Other ride-sharing apps include Sidecar and Hailo--but Uber, which operates in 34 countries, remains king.
Uber functions like the free market: Drivers and passengers alike are given mandatory star ratings, on a scale of 1-5, after each ride. If a driver's average rating falls too low (below 4.5), they can be kicked off the app without notice. If a passenger's does the same, they could risk being skipped over for rides by drivers. (Although passengers are not informed about their ratings, a driver told me mine was 4.7.) This system is meant to self-regulate by weeding out the bad eggs.
And self-regulation is an important concept when it comes to understanding the government-averse sharing economy.
Uber and Airbnb—the most successful services of their kind—are "disruptive" innovations. It's a term which has been employed, sometimes incorrectly, by tech companies trying to brand themselves as being different, but actually has a specific definition first introduced by Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen in 1995. New York magazine's Kevin Roose described in layman's terms the actual meaning of "disruptive" to be "The process by which 'technologically straightforward' services and products target the bottom end of an established market, then move their way up the chain until, eventually, they overtake the existing market leaders."
And unsurprisingly, being overtaken is not something market leaders—or their defenders in government—particularly enjoy.
This month, Uber and Lyft launched in Miami, the former incentivizing locals with $200 worth of free rides. That's despite the fact that, in Miami, law mandates an hour of wait time before a private car can pick up a passenger after a request has been made, as well as a minimum fare of $70--meaning ridesharing is totally, obviously illegal. Miami's taxi industry responded to Uber and Lyft's arrival by calling for drivers to be thrown in jail. Before Uber had even launched, some 150,000 people had opened the app in the city--there was demand, and Uber responded to it.
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InfoRotating, unsprung weight is the most critical weight in a late model stock race car. Lighter wheels offer an immediate bolt-on performance advantage by lowering the moment of inertia, which boosts horsepower and improves handling. This is why Bassett created the lightest 15x8 wide-five wheel on the marketWhat's the secret to Bassett's Wide-Five wheel superiority? Using a unique wave pattern welding technique and special HSLA steel for a flatter, stronger ring center. Plus, patented Cornering Fatigue Testing Apparatus. It allows them to test new designs and know they'll work BEFORE the wheel hits the track. It's the reason why a Bassett Wide-Five wheel will last 3 times longer than any other wide-five wheel on the market - even those weighing five lbs. more!NOTE: For easier tire mounting, these wheels do not have a tire safety bead. For dirt applications, make sure you select a wheel with a safety bead at the time of order.
The following must be considered when using Bassett wheels for on highway / street use applications when the wheel/tire assembly is being balanced. Bassett Wheels are lug centric, which means they are built off of and must be balanced using the bolt circle and NOT the wheel center hole. Improper use of a tire balancer that centers the wheel on the hub bore, not the bolt circle will result in an incorrect reading for rim runout, as the center hole is not in the perfect center of the bolt pattern. The only machine capable of performing a lug centric balance is the Hunter GSP 9700 with the flange plate bolt circle adapter and no centering cone.


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WATCH: Zimmerman judge walks out while lawyers argue
(Sanford, FL) -- Lawyers representing George Zimmerman are accusing prosecutors of withholding information and also say they're getting tired. After a court session that lasted more than 13-hours, Judge Debra Nelson walked out of the courtroom, ignoring defense lawyers who asked for a postponement.
Judge Debra Nelson has repeatedly shown concern for the nine remaining jurors who have been sequestered for two-and-a-half weeks, even missing Independence Day with their families. The judge is expected to rule on outstanding issues involving Trayvon Martin's text messages and a computer simulation of the night the teen was shot and killed. The defense is expected to rest its case today.


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New report reveals shocking details surrounding Osama bin Laden
(Liz Klimas) An official government report published by the Arab TV channel Al-Jazeera Monday reveals details surrounding the U.S. raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May 2011, including how the man charged with organizing the 9/11 attacks could have been caught eight years earlier.
The 336-page report was written by the Abbottabad Commission, which was tasked by the Pakistani government with investigating the circumstances of the covert mission that killed bin Laden, was published by Al-Jazeera after being leaked to the station by unknown sources.
The report delves into how bin Laden was able to live in Pakistan undetected for nine years because of a breathtaking scale of negligence and incompetence at practically all levels of the Pakistani government.
The fact that the compound where bin Laden was hiding was located only about a half a mile from Pakistan's equivalent of West Point led many in the U.S. to suspect Pakistani officials of aiding the al Qaeda chief, although officials never found evidence to back that up.
The report said it also found no evidence that current or former Pakistani officials helped bin Laden hide, although it couldn't rule it out completely either. It said very little is known about the network of support that bin Laden had in Pakistan, other than the group of family and backers that lived with him in Abbottabad.


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PHOTO: Meet Ivanka Trump's son Joseph Frederick
(Yahoo!) - Baby boy joy!
Just one day after welcoming her second child into the world, Ivanka Trump and hubby Jared Kushner were ready to show the little guy off.
The 31-year-old daughter of mogul Donald Trump, posted a photo of her newborn son in her arms at the hospital along with the baby's birth announcement on her Tumblr account.
"With love we welcome our son, Joseph Frederick Kushner," she wrote, revealing he was born at 9:54 p.m. birth on Monday, October 14.
Joseph Frederick, who joins big sis Arabella, is named after both of his parents' paternal grandfathers.
"Jared's grandfather, Joseph, was a rock," Trump writes. "His indomitable spirit, his sense of family, and his work ethic are the values we hope to hand down to our son. My grandfather,Frederick, was a builder not just of tens of thousands of homes throughout this city, but of a tight-knit family that honors to this day the traditions he established."
Donald Jr. tweeted his congrats:
Congrats to @IvankaTrump & @JaredKushner on the birth of their baby boy last night. Kai Donnie Tristan & Spencer can't wait to play w/ him— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 15, 2013
Proud grandpa, The Donald, also took to Twitter to announce his excitement over the news:
My beautiful daughter Ivanka just had a healthy baby boy. Jared and Ivanka are very proud!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2013
But they weren't the only family members excited about the new arrival. Ivanka also shared an adorable photo of 2-year-old Arabella holding her new brother, with the caption, "such a proud big sister!"
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Arkansas school district takes advantage of little known law and arms 20 teachers
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"The plan we've been given in the past is 'Well, lock your doors, turn off your lights and hope for the best,'" Superintendent
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Home to an annual peach festival, the town isn't known for having dangerous schools. But Hopkins said he faced a flood of calls from parents worried about safety after the attack last year at
Hopkins said he and other school leaders didn't see why the district couldn't rely on its own staff and teachers to protect students rather than hire someone.
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There are other dissenters, too.
"We just think educators should be in the business of educating students, not carrying a weapon," Morey said.
Participants in the program are given a one-time
"If they're concealed, then it's no big deal," said Whitkanack. "It's not like someone's going to know 'Oh, they have a firearm.'"
The district will post signs at each school about the armed guards, but the identities of faculty and staff carrying weapons will be kept secret, Hopkins said.
Those who participate in the program will continue to receive regular training, he said.
"I think police officers are trained to make those decisions, not teachers," Wommack said.
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It will be a rematch from the 2006 NIT when Creighton visits Rhodes Arena on Feb. 19 as part of ESPN.com's BracketBuster event.To read more or comment...
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Akron's nonconference schedule will include trips to Ohio State (on Sept. 3, sans Terrelle Pryor and others) and Cincinnati (on Sept. 17).To read more or comment...
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Your Akron Zips are now 2-4 in the conference, an unfamiliar sight, after losing their fourth game in five chances.To read more or comment...
Former University of Akron soccer standout Teal Bunbury scored his first goal for the U.S. Men's National Team late Saturday night in a 1-1 draw against Chile in a friendly before a crowd of 18,580 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Esteban Paredes gave Chile a 1-0 lead with a goal in the 53rd minute.To read more or comment...
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Let me start by saying that I have become totally jaded by the recruiting process. Too often during my time as a reporter have I been snared by the hype of an eventual non-impact player. Too often have I passed over a stud player whom the recruiting sites ignored.To read more or comment...
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Keith Dambrot tried mixing up the starting lineup, but it didn't bring the Zips out of their slump.To read more or comment...
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The ABJ's Marla Ridenour wrote an interesting article about Caleb Porter's overseas recruiting.To read more or comment...
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Once again, the Zips were torched by the 3-ball.To read more or comment...
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Check out today's edition (Thursday) of the Akron Beacon Journal for a story and a scouting report on the MLS SuperDraft.
The articles, which are also available on ohio.com, pertain to the seven University of Akron players that are expected to get selected today.
The seven Zips are: forward Darlington Nagbe, midfielder Perry Kitchen, defender Kofi Sarkodie, defender Zarek Valentin, midfielder Michael Nanchoff, midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong and defender Chris Korb.
The 2011 Major League Soccer SuperDraft started at noon and is being televised live on ESPN2 from Baltimore, Md.
MLS SuperDraft First Round
No. 1 -- The Vancouver Whitecaps FC select Omar Salgado, a 17-year-old forward on the U.S. U-20 National Team. Salgado is 6-foot-4 and 170 pounds. He is from El Paso, Tex.
No. 2 -- The Portland Timbers select Darlington Nagbe, a 20-year-old forward from the University of Akron. Nagbe, the Hermann Trophy award winner, is 5-foot-9 and 165 pounds. He is from Lakewood, Ohio.
No. 3 -- D.C. United selects Perry Kitchen, an 18-year-old midfielder/defender from the University of Akron. Kitchen is 6-foot and 160 pounds. He is from Indianapolis, Ind.
No. 4 -- Chivas USA selects Zarek Valentin, a 19-year-old defender from the University of Akron. Valentin is 5-foot-11 and 155 pounds. He is from Lancaster, Pa. Chivas USA is a franchise located in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, Calif.
No. 5 -- The Philadelphia Union selects Zac MacMath, a 19-year-old goalkeeper from Maryland. MacMath is 6-foot-2 and 176 pounds. He is from St. Petersburg, Fla.
No. 6 -- The New England Revolution selects A.J. Soares, a 22-year-old defender from California. Soares is 6-foot and 170 pounds. He is from Solana Beach, Cailf.
No. 7 -- The Houston Dynamo selects Kofi Sarkodie, a 19-year-old defender from the University of Akron. Sarkodie is 5-foot-9 and 155 pounds. He is from Huber Heights, Ohio.
No. 8 -- The Vancouver Whitecaps FC select Michael Nanchoff, a 22-year-old midfielder from the University of Akron. Nanchoff is 5-foot-8 and 150 pounds. He is from North Royalton, Ohio.
NOTE -- Five of the first eight draft picks are from The University of Akron. That is an MLS record.
No. 9 --The Chicago Fire selects Jalil Anibaba, a 22-year-old defender from the University of North Carolina. Anibaba is 6-foot and 170 pounds. He is from Davis, NC.
No. 10 -- Sporting Kansas City selects C.J. Sapong, a 22-year-old froward from James Madison University. Sapong is 6-foot-1 and 185 pounds. He is from Manassas, Vga.
No. 11 -- The Houston Dynamo selects Will Bruin, a 21-year-old forward from Indiana University. Bruin is 6-foot-2 and 194 pounds. He is from St. Louis, Mo.
No. 12 -- The Columbus Crew selects Rich Balchan, a 21-year-old defender from Indiana University. Balchan is 6-foot and 165 pounds. He is from Carmel, Ind.
No. 13 -- The New York Red Bulls select Corey Hertzog, a 20-year-old forward from Penn State University. Hertzog is 6-foot and 172 pounds. He is from Reading, Pa.
No. 14 -- Chivas USA selects Victor Estupinan, a 22-year-old forward from Quininde, Ecuador.
No. 15 -- The Columbus Crew select Justin Meram, a 22-year-old forward from the University of Michigan. Meram is 6-foot-1 and 165 pounds. He is from Shelby Township, Mich.
No. 16 -- The Los Angeles Galaxy select Paolo Cardozo, a 21-year-old midfielder from Montevideo, Uruguay.
No. 17 -- FC Dallas select Bobby Warshaw, a 23-year-old defender from Stanford University. Warshaw is 6-foot and 185 pounds. He is from Mechanicsburg, Pa.
No. 18 -- The Colorado Rapids select Eddie Ababio, a 23-year-old defender from the University of North Carolina. Ababio is 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds. He is from Tampa, Fla.
That concludes the first round and ESPN2's coverage of the event.
-- In the second round two more University of Akron players were selected. Senior defender Chris Korb was drafted by D.C. United with the 31st pick and senior Anthony Ampaipitakwong was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes with the 33rd pick.
Korb is a 23-year-old defender that is 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds. He is from Gates Mills, Ohio.
Ampaipitakwong is a 22-year-old midfielder that is 5-foot-8 and 160 pounds. He is from Carrollton, Tex.
-- Check out the Akron Beacon Journal and ohio.com on Friday for a story about the Zips drafted into MLS.
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It looks like there will be a decent crowd tonight. There are two factors that will probably cancel each other out. First, a lot more people are going to show up to support the Akron soccer national championship. Second, a lot fewer people will attend because of the snowstorm that beat Northeast Ohio for the last 24 hours.
In Ohio's 2007 trip to Akron, there was also a big blizzard. That was a game that Akron fans expected to really give it to Bubba Walther.
Akron's starters: Zeke Marshall, Steve McNees, Brett McClanahan, Alex Abreu and Nik Cvetinovic.
Ohio's starters: DeVaughn Washington, D.J. Cooper, T.J. Hall, Nick Kellogg and Ivo Baltic.
Six-foot-8 Washington beat out Marshall on the tipoff.
Ohio opened the game playing a zone. After a foul by Hall, coach John Groce switched to man-to-man.
The alumni had to wait a few minutes before sitting down, which they are permitted to do only after Akron scores. Abreu made two free throws. I think they should wait for a field goal, but maybe they didn't breed tough alumni back then like they do today.
After five minutes of the game, Akron has more turnovers (three) than points (two) and is 0-for-5 from the field.
Abreu and Cooper are doing a little friendly jawing. Tonight could be the start of a long rivalry.
Abreu drew some "oohs" and "ahhs" with a faked pass to Darryl Roberts in the corner while he streaked around Cooper. The layup gave Akron its first field goal at the 14:04 mark.
The refs called a double-technical foul on Brett McKnight and Reggie Keely, who did not appear to be going at it as hard as Abreu and Cooper are.
The drama continues. Cooper fouled Abreu hard on a fast break. Cooper landed on top of Abreu and gave Abreu a not-so-accidental elbow jab as he rose to his feet. Abreu made another couple free throws. He has all six of the Zips' points so far.
The fans have become really upset with the referees after a loose ball foul on Cvetinovic. Keith Dambrot stared down the ref who blew the whistle, and informed him that he "biffed it up." Only he didn't say "biffed."
McNees is 0-for-3 tonight. He is shooting 27.4 percent this year from the field and 27.8 on 3-pointers. You have to assume that will improve.
I hope Akron settles down and begins to work the ball down to Marshall.
During warmups, the Zips wore "national championship" T-shirts. The soccer team is sitting in the baseline bleachers.
Ohio's offense has been much more fluid tonight. Cooper has five assists already. Abreu has five turnovers. The Zips are keeping it close through their 12-6 rebounding surplus.
Ohio went on a 7-0 run, which prompted Dambrot to call timeout. Ohio went to a 2-3 zone that forced Abreu into some bad passes.
The Zips are looking like they've never seen a zone before. The ball gets passed around, then back around, then a half-hearted entry pass, and then back out again. Finally, Akron made it a point to work it in to Mike Bardo, who spun home a layup over Keely.
This half got worse and worse, but at least it's over. Bardo airballed a shot from four feet. Keely made an uncontested layup as the half expired.
The good news about this half being over is that it's time to celebrate the national champions. There was a nice video. Then the team came out, with Anthony Ampaipitakwong holding the trophy. The team passed it down the line. Caleb Porter took the mic and thanked everyone (see pic below).
The celebration is Tuesday at 5:30 at Rhodes Arena. The first 4,000 fans will get a poster, so clearly the university expects a large crowd.
Halftime stats of note: Akron 21, Ohio 37. The Zips are shooting 28.6 percent, compared to Ohio at 51.9 percent. The Zips hold a 17-12 rebounding edge. Akron has 10 turnovers and four assists; Ohio has five turnovers and 12 assists (Cooper has 10 alone). Tommy Freeman leads the Bobcats with nine points, all on 3-pointers. The Bobcats have made 6-of-11 3-point attempts; Akron is 1-for-6. Marshall has two points and no rebounds.
The Zips ran an effective possession to beat the Bobcats' zone. Abreu caught a pass from another guard on the perimeter and immediately dashed toward the rim, splitting the double-team. Cvetinovic cut to the basket from the baseline and caught an Abreu pass for a dunk. The Zips have closed the lead to 11.
Akron has drawn four fouls in the first three minutes.
McNees stole the ball from Freeman on the break, which Abreu converted on the other end, closing the Bobcats lead to eight.
Ohio has drained three consecutive 3-pointers and is currently 9-of-16 from behind the arc. The Bobcats have had clean looks at these shots, though.
The university has hoisted a banner celebrating last season's CBI Tournament berth. You'll see the banner if you scroll up to the picture I just posted.
McNees missed everything but the backboard on a 3 attempt.
The Zips have done some things better this half, but Ohio keeps pouring in the 3s. And the Zips have spoiled chances to close the gap with blown layups or fumbled passes.
The referees are looking at video to determine whether Marshall threw an improper elbow. One ref called a foul on the player who Marshall struck with the elbow, or so it seemed. Marshall simply pivoted with the ball tucked under his chin. This is a big waste of time.
Unbelievable. They called an intentional foul on Marshall. That's the worst call I've seen in a long time.
Marshall earned a foul on the other end by ambushing Washington. The Zips' center is off the floor with four fouls.
Kellogg splashed a 3 to extend Ohio's lead to 22 points. No matter how bad it gets tonight, Akron can always take solace that it wasn't as bad as what happened to the Cavs last night in Los Angeles.
You might hear from the media that Akron suffered a hangover after the Kent win. People throw out these kind of statements as if Dambrot literally slammed a case of Christmas Ale and had to get up for work the next morning. There is no hangover. And no, Akron didn't "sleep" on the Bobcats, who are the defending MAC Champions. Sometimes, you play like crap and the opponents have a great night.
With that said, these games swing very quickly. I always apply the following formula to determine if it's really over: If Deficit > (minutes left x 2) + 6, Then it's over. Right now, there are four minutes left and Akron's down 14, so it's close to being over.
Quincy Diggs took his first shot after playing for 15 minutes. He needs to be more assertive.
Elton Alexander just left the media table. He quipped: "I'm going to be like the fans and leave early."
This was not a well-officiated game. But let's be serious, we could have had Tim Donaghy out there, and it wouldn't have changed much. The Bobcats have shot very well. Akron has been cold.
Because this game is over, I have to share how bad the roads were on the way to Cleveland. I question whether they saw a snowplow at all by the time I got there. It felt like my car was trying to iceskate without skates. I had to turn around because I literally thought I could go off the road at any moment. It was the first time I sympathized with LeBron James' decision to spend the winters in South Beach.
McNees hit a 3 to bring the lead down to eight, with 1:40 left. Cooper split the pair on the subsequent foul. Do the Zips have a chance? Barely, but they have to score on every possession and force a couple turnovers.
Roberts missed two attempts on 3-pointers on the other end. Cooper collected the rebound (his seventh) and then split the pair.
A fan shouted to Cooper: "You have to make your foul shots if you're going to talk smack like that." Cooper looked up, and stayed silent. Cooper's line tonight: 13 points, 15 assists, eight rebounds. I wouldn't talk back either.
McNees made a meaningless layup as the buzzer sounded.
There was a minor skirmish after the post-game handshakes. This game was very chippy. The teams made it clear they don't like each other.
"That's all here from Rhodes Arena! Akron had an after-Kent hangover and then slept on the Bobcats. No two ways about it!"
Word is, CBS analyst Clark Kellogg was in attendance tonight to watch his son score a game high.
Final score - Akron 70, Ohio 79
Ohio is now 8-8. I wouldn't put any stock into that mediocre record. Groce has already shown that he's capable of getting his team hotter than lava when it matters.
Final stats of note: Cooper ran the point as well as any guard I've seen in the conference. Kellogg finished with 23 points, often the beneficiary of Cooper passes. McNees broke out of his funk in the second half, finishing with 15 points. Cvetinovic grabbed nine rebounds. Akron finished shooting 37.1 percent, compared to Ohio's 52.9 percent and 52 percent on 3-pointers. Akron cleaned up its assist-turnover ratio with 15-13; Ohio was 21-15.
"I'm gonna try to sound positive, but that was bad effort, not very smart, undisciplined, emotion-less early. I can't even judge the second half because we had to scramble back. We just weren't really ready to play. We came out there with no juice."
"They're playing 2-3 zone, and that's all we practiced for two days. We knew it was coming. They did it in the MAC Tournament; they did it against Miami. The second half we were fine."
"We were inconsistent. That's been typical of these guys. One night Zeke's great. The next night it looks like he's never played. And it's not just him."
"Alex got caught up playing Cooper. His dad's at the game. He was trying to do too much.
"They made open shots and we didn't make any."
"We got the same damn problems in practice as we got in the game. Alex doesn't guard in practice. How's he going to guard in the game?"
"Against the 2-3 in the second half, we're driving it up the gut and getting layups. In the first half, we were throwing it to them."
"Am I frustrated? I'm about to choke somebody to be honest."
"Cooper's good at finding the hot hand. He can't score points and have assists. Tonight, he had a lot of assists. We were doing things like rotating to their four-man (rather than their shooters)."
"They made a concerted effort to go after Zeke. And he did a bad job of stepping up to that challenge."
"If they would have talked like that to Dru Joyce or Wood or one of those guys, it would have been interesting. I don't blame them. If we're going to take it, we're going to take it. Cooper's a tough little guy. He just punked us. He talked and backed it up. That's all. Gotta respect that. I don't like it, but I gotta respect it. You gotta make a scene early. What's interesting is that we got the intentional foul called on us."
On the skirmish after the handshakes: "Our guys finally had enough of it, but they waited a little long."
On the elbow: "I thought he got fouled first."
"We're in a tough position now. We have to go on the road and play in two tough places. We've been better on the road than at home the past three years, so we'll see."
STEVE McNEES QUOTES
"It's a disappointing loss. We obviously didn't come ready."
On the 3-point barrage: "We knew they had some capable shooters but they were hitting a little better than usual."
On the zone: "We had trouble in the first half. In the second half, we were fine. We attacked better. In the first half, we were stagnant, a little passive. It's tough to beat a zone playing that way."
On the angst between the teams: "There's a lot of talking out there. Anytime you play against a team that talks on the court, you're going to have some issues. And it goes both ways. The two times we played them before (the MAC Championship) were chippy."
"I think they hit a few shots early, and we didn't quite attack. We warmed up and prepared to be ready, but sometimes you're not as ready as you think you are."
"You've got to get into the gaps. We were stagnant up front with the guards. Anytime you play a zone, you want to get the ball into the middle of the floor. We weren't getting as many good shots as we could have."
On Buffalo: "They play hard and they run their stuff very well, as good as anyone else in the league. We have some new guys, so we'll work hard to prepare."
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I'm sitting down on the baseline, which is my normal position for Akron-Kent games. The AK-Rowdies are hurling insults at the Kent players as they warm up.
As you saw in today's Beacon Journal, Darlington Nagbe won Akron's second straight Hermann Trophy yesterday.
I've been near-sighted since law school screwed up my vision. Finally, I got glasses. Suddenly, I can distinguish between individual pixels in the big-screen. Hopefully, this will help me give you a more accurate picture of the games.
Attendance is really strong tonight. We still have 10 minutes until tipoff, and the general admission sections are about 97 percent full.
Assistant coach Rick McFadden visited my humble location at the baseline and quipped: "You graduated, and now they bump you to the kids' table." True.
Kent is wearing its black uniforms, which adequately allows the Flashes to play the villain role. Randall Holt is wearing bright yellow shoes. They are the exact hue of the bright-gold color in the Kent logo.
Kent starters: Michael Porrini, Holt, Justin Greene, Rodriguez Sherman, Justin Manns and Justin Greene.
Akron starters: Zeke Marshall, Alex Abreu, Nik Cvetinovic, Brett McClanahan and Steve McNees.
Abreu scored the first points on a 3. He is looking to the crowd, trying to pump up the fans.
As usual, it's taking awhile for these teams' offenses to relax. Neither has gone inside to their post player in the first four minutes. The teams have combined for eight turnovers and one assist.
Sherman has had a tough first five minutes. He has three turnovers.
Brett McKnight entered the game and promptly drilled a deep 2 in Mark Henninger's face. He splashed a 3 two possessions later. He now has another favorable matchup -- against 6-foot-11 Manns. On the other end, Manns found McKnight sleeping and sneaked inside for the lob pass.
Greene is 1-for-5 from the field. They still have not made an effort to isolate him on the post.
Henniger picked up two fouls within five seconds. Both on Cvetinovic drives. On KSU's next possession, Cvetinovic pinned a Henniger layup to the glass.
McNees has not scored much this season. I don't think fans should be too concerned, though. Throughout the Keith Dambrot era, established players have faded during the season, only to reappear. Chris McKnight from last season is the best example.
On the back of Marshall, the Zips are on a 7-0 run. He has converted put-backs on the last two possessions.
Kent State has a new player sitting in the bench. It's walk-on sophomore Jordan Wilds. He was re-added to the roster on Thursday after playing three games last season.
Greene plowed over Mike Bardo (no small feat) and was whistled for his second foul. Greene tried to help Bardo to his feet, but the Zips players nudged Greene aside and pulled Bardo up first. Greene apologized to Bardo on his way back down the floor. He seems like a good guy.
On a speeding fast break, Porrini threw an alley-oop pass to Eric Gaines, who missed the dunk and sent the ball into the front row. It was an exciting play, happening just 10 feet from me.
A video of Akron's national championship is playing on the big screen. The celebration is halftime on Wednesday at the Ohio game. Zippy is hoisting up the national championship trophy right now.
The band is playing "Don't Stop Believin'." I think that's proof something good will happen tonight. I was excited to see that Stanford's band played that everytime the Cardinal scored a touchdown.
The Rowdies have been heckling Porrini, calling him "Corey" -- his brother's name. On an inbounds play, they shouted to him: "You're worse than your brother Mike." Porrini turned around and said, "I am Mike!" Corey Porrini currently plays for Canton-Timken.
Bardo lost his contact lens after a McKnight free throw. The trainer dunked it in some solution, and back into Bardo's eye it went. If he gets pink eye in the next week, you'll know why. With all this talk about contacts and glasses, I should have sought out an optometrist to sponsor this blog post.
In one of the few isolation attempts for Greene, Marshall slapped the shot attempt away. On the other end, the Zips' center unleashed a filthy, nasty, angry, furious, vicious one-handed slam.
Halftime score: Akron 30, Kent State 27. Notable stats: Sherman has a game-high 13 points and has been perfect on his three 3-point attempts. Marshall leads both teams in rebounding with four. Porrini has played an efficient game at point with three assists and one turnover. Akron is shooting 37.9 percent and Kent is 38.1 percent. The Zips have had eight more field-goal attempts, due to their 17-to-11 advantage on the boards and 10-to-8 turnover margin. The Zips are leading with points in the paint, 12 to four. Kent made up ground by making 4-of-6 3-point attempts.
Kent stared off the second half with three straight buckets, giving the Flashes a three-point lead.
The Rowdies on the other end fooled Greene into thinking the shot clock was expiring, while it was really at "7."
Marshall bounced to the rim with the ball and dunked with both hands over Manns.
Greene has three fouls, which is something to watch. He hasn't been a factor yet, though.
After a Holt jumper, Kent opened up a six-point lead.
Dambrot has been upset with a couple calls. First, the refs missed a push-off on a rebound by Holt. Then, the ref whistled Marshall for a foul against Greene, when Dambrot contended Marshall had his arms straight up.
The Zips have stagnated on offense. Luckily, Kent has not stepped on Akron's throat, but the Flashes have extended their lead to nine.
Kent committed its seventh foul, so Akron must make the front end of these one-and-ones to get back into the game.
As many of you know, I'm on city council in Stow. I just realized that my distaste of all things Kent might be my least popular political belief. A lot of KSU faculty live in Stow, as I learned when I knocked on doors. After learning of their occupation, I had to bite my tongue.
Kent has made its run by retaking the paint. The Flashes now have an advantage in rebounding and points in the paint.
I took off my glasses for a moment, and realized how little I can see. I can't believe I reported on dozens of games without any competency in vision.
McKnight hit a 3 to bring the Zips back within four. A pull-up jumper on the break by McKnight brought Akron within two.
I like the Marshall vs. Greene matchup for Akron. Greene is giving up about six inches and isn't so much quicker as to drive around Marshall.
Akron came out of a timeout pressuring Kent full-court.
A deep McNees 3 nearly brought the roof down. But Greene responded with a put-back while he was fouled. Kent now has 22 points in the paint, compared to the Zips' 14.
More on McNees ... He has built up so much capital from the MAC Tournament that he could get suspended for dog fighting and still be a fan-favorite. In fact, that tournament performance should have earned him Dr. Proenza's parking spot.
An Abreu floater brought the Zips within one with six minutes left.
Sherman launched a 3 that hit nothing but the baseline. To hoist an airball in a college basketball rivalry game is a nightmare for all players. He is hearing airball chants that aren't even in chorus yet.
McClanahan hit a layup high off the glass to give Akron its first lead in about 15 minutes. He missed a good look at 3 that would have extended the lead on the next possession.
Akron committed its seventh foul, so Kent is also shooting. Manns split a pair, while listening to a chant about his "shrunken head."
Marshall blocked another Greene attempt. Kent will have two seconds on the shot clock after the media timeout. It's a tie game with 3:31 left.
Greene made a costly foul. It was his fourth and the team's tenth. Marshall made both to give Akron the lead. A Marshall sky hook extended the lead to four with 1:50 left.
Marshall helped stop Greene on the defensive end. Akron now holds the ball with a four point lead and a minute left. Marshall converted an alley-oop from McNees to make the crowd explode.
Sherman hit two free throws. Akron called timeout with 50 seconds left, a four-point lead and the ball.
Abreu drove through the lane, pump-faked a pass to the wing and spun home a layup to take Akron's lead back to six. It was an impressive take.
Porrini quickly took it back down the court and made a short jumper. Akron leads by four with 27 seconds left.
The Zips got trapped in the backcourt, and were forced to send it to Marshall, who was immediately fouled. He's not the guy you want shooting free throws down the stretch, but you have to use him for his ability to serve as an inbounds target. Marshall is grinning as heads to the line. It's not over yet, big man. He missed both.
Darius Leonard drilled a 3 on the other end -- his first points of the game. Kent State is only down one, with 14.7 seconds left. Akron's ball.
The key will be to inbound the ball to someone other than Marshall, and only use the 7-footer as a last option.
The ball found Darryl Roberts, which is the best-case scenario. There are 11.2 seconds left. He made both.
Porrini took the ball down the court, handed it to Sherman, who passed it right back. Porrini hoisted a 3 with a few seconds left. The shot missed and Marshall secured the rebound and the win.
I'm surprised that Porrini was the player to take the last shot. He had only taken one 3 to that point in the game, and he missed it. Sherman must have been the guy Dambrot focused on in the huddle.
Final score -- Akron 65, Kent State 62
This was a very exciting game. The large crowd got its money's worth.
There is no way Akron would have been close tonight without Marshall's second-half performance. He came up with big rebounds, big blocks and big shots/dunks. Tonight is the first night I can say that Marshall played like a star.
Notable final stats: Both teams shot 38 percent. Akron outrebounded Kent, 41 to 38. Marshall finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Sherman had 19 points and six boards. Akron's bench outscored Kent's, 21 to five.
"It was too clogged up over there and I didn't want to take a crazy shot. Mike Porrini was open over there, so I made the extra pass."
"I think (the new guys) did a great job. Everyone kept their composure. Nobody got rattled. But we need to get stops when it's time to get stops."
"Playing at Akron, it's a great atmosphere, a hostile atmosphere. You got the fans going at you. That's what we play for. Coach Dambrot is a great coach. It just hurts. I wanted to leave with a win."
"We had some tough lineups out there, but I think our kids fought. It's the first time in three games that we showed signs of life. It's hard when you're a freshman and you go into this game and you don't have any concept of the intensity and the atmosphere. In the first half, we had 10 turnovers and they had two steals. That was a telling statistic for me."
"The stretch where we got the lead, we were finishing at the rim."
"I thought (Marshall) played well. The offensive rebound was the killer play. He got one on top of Justin Greene."
"McKnight killed us. He posed so many problems. We were afraid of him picking and popping, and we were switching, which puts our guards on him. The one he hit at the top of the key was unbelievable."
"They have been really good with (McKnight) back. They are a much better team with him. He's difficult to gameplan for. He bothered us the most over the course of the game. Over the course of 40 minutes, he kicked our butt, which he tends to do. I'm glad his father decided to stop having kids."
"I thought (Porrini) made it. We ball-screened for Rod. Rod came off and they double-teamed him. The guy who was supposed to go with Mike didn't go. That's as good of a look as we can ask for."
"We've been in a major rut up until tonight. While I'm not content that we got beat, it's the first sense of toughness we showed in a game. We fought enough to win, but we didn't execute enough to win."
"We have too many younger guys who think they have careers that will last forever. They have no sense of urgency to get better."
"It's a tough league, and there hasn't been a repeat champion in 20 years. You have to play the games and get better. Our basketball team is starting to get better. We have to find ways to get a couple of the guys off the bench to be more productive."
"We'll take our chances with Justin against just about anybody. It's a little bit tougher for him this year because everyone double-teamed Singletary. He's still evolving, still developing. He's had a couple tough shooting games, back-to-back. I didn't feel like he took any bad shots."
"For this being my last home game playing Kent, it means a lot. It feels really good to get this win to start the MAC off."
"I think (coming off the bench) is an advantage. You can see how the game is flowing and you can see how to put your game into the game. You can decipher how their defense is playing and how they'll guard you."
"The good part about our team is that we continue to fight. We find a way to win the game. That's the main part about our team. That's one of the best qualities of our team."
"It was a battle (with Greene). I really had to just go on my instincts. He had a bad night."
"Double-double or not, small plays is where I matter the most. I care about getting the win. Those last few free throws I had, I felt that mattered most. That put us in a bad position."
"I'm getting better. I'm getting more comfortable. I'm just trying to mold out my game to become the dominant big man that I should."
On his vicious dunks: "There was a conflict with another player. I was thinking to throw it down as hard as I can to get that anger out on the rim."
"It was a typical Kent-Akron game. It's been a streaky series. When we first started off, they were better then us. Then we got a little better than them. Then we split."
"(McKnight) is a little more fresh. He's a good offensive player. He has to rebound the ball for us to be better. We're a different team with him. He has his issues but he's a very easy guy to coach."
"I thought we played pretty good, then we just couldn't make a shot. The first four minutes of the second half, we didn't guard very well."
"Zeke did a really good job on (Greene). Zeke tends to get tired a little defensively. At the beginning of the second half, he wasn't good. In the last four minutes of a lot of games, he's really good."
"(The last play) was a coaching dilemma. I figured Darryl would make two free throws. My philosophy is to foul under five (seconds). It came up slow, so I couldn't get my guys to foul. I thought we defended it fairly well. He got a good look, but not a great look."
"Rod Sherman, who I think is one of the best winners in the league, has done a good job of guarding McKnight. I didn't know what they'd do in the second half. He can pick-and-pop you when you don't switch. When Brett McKnight plays good against Kent, we win."
"You add Guyton to that team, and they're a good team. They have some four-man issues. Mark Henniger is going to be a good player, but that's a tough matchup for him (against McKnight)."
"Porrini is my kind of a guy. He's a tough, hard-nosed, gritty, winning kind of guy. He makes a lot of winning plays. I think Alex is probably more skilled, but I don't see any comparison on the toughness level. You have to pick what you want at that position. I like their team. I like their guys. Justin Greene, Rod Sherman. They're nice kids."
"I think (Guyton) is gonna be back. I think it's going to change some things when he gets back. They're a little thin on their bench without him. He gives them pop."
"We were going to double (Greene) when Nik had him. With Zeke, we were going to play one-on-one."
"I told our guys, whether we win or whether we lose, we need to stay even-keeled. This one's a big game, and the last one's a big game. And the ones in the middle are big games. The real game is the third one in the MAC Tournament. It's going to be very interesting to see how it all plays out."
"The hard part is that the East is a grind now still. A lot of people know how to win. The West, we'll see how it goes. It's more close than it's ever been before."
"Our league has to strive to have that kind of atmosphere every night. When I was in the league the first time, it was better (than now). We've slipped a lot in that regard. I don't care if you're Duke (vs.) North Carolina -- you can't get better atmosphere than tonight. It makes for a better game, and it's fun."
Men's basketball
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And if "it" refers to attendance at a MAC basketball game, you better not do so much as sneeze near it.
Akron and Kent State often sell out their arenas. It's the most raucous game in the conference, save maybe (maybe) Miami and Ohio.
But MAC officials got cute this year and swapped it into the leadoff position on the schedule -- before students return from winter break. It's one of those issues that nobody can really figure out.
As Dave Carducci points out, the league hasn't done the teams any favors with them playing in the final game of the regular season, either.
Once the whistle blows, however, the complaining will end and the heated basketball will begin. Just how the game will turn out is anyone's guess, though. Generally, Akron and Kent have four common opponents within three weeks leading up to their first matchup. By this time most years, they've both drilled Bowling Green and Buffalo, and they've played grinding games against Ohio and Miami.
This year, the Zips and Flashes have two common opponents: Cleveland State and Youngstown State. Both lost to CSU and beat YSU. But Kent played a closer game with the Vikings -- a game that was held at the Wolstein Center. Kent beat the Penguins comfortably, while Akron relied on a miracle shot by Brett McClanahan to send the game to overtime.
Both teams have suspended a key player indefinitely. Brett McKnight has returned after being suspended earlier in the season for Akron for reasons often whispered but never made public. KSU guard Carlton Guyton is out after being charged with felony theft -- an issue coach Geno Ford expects will be cleared up in the coming weeks.
KSU also has two starters fighting injuries: Justin Greene and Michael Porrini. Greene is a bouncy athlete who is fun to watch. (No word on whether Justin is related to Alvin Greene (see below), although Alvin probably would have won a majority of votes on Kent's campus.)
(Did you really think I would escape a Kent blog post without a quick cheap shot? Of course not.)
Back to business... There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding how the teams match up. The Zips have been consistent in one thing: inconsistency.
Kent State is not feeling very good about its play lately, either
"We certainly are not playing well right now," Kent State's Geno Ford said at this morning's press conference. "We've had two poor performances since we've been back for Christmas. That's alarming because we want to be playing our best heading into conference play."
The Flashes have 10 first-year players, along with three solid returners. Frontcourt depth is one of the bigger concerns.
"We are looking for a second player to go along with Justin Greene." Ford said. "Several of them are hit-and-miss. One game, they give you good rebounding, and then they forget out to box out."
And Kent would really benefit from another solid rebounder, because most teams will double-team Greene. Kent also will miss Guyton's shooting.
"We don't have a lot of other 3-point threats like he is," Ford said.
Most years, the coaches talk about how critical the rivalry game is. Akron coach Keith Dambrot downplayed it, in the context of it being only the first conference game.
"If you win the game, it doesn't mean that you're going to win the regular season or win the tournament," Dambrot said. "If you lose the game, it doesn't mean anything."
It's certainly a different feel from most Akron-Kent matchups, when the fans know what both teams are bringing to the table and everyone expects a rowdy sell-out crowd.
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Men's basketball
It's a rare win when you give up 59.2 percent shooting and get out-rebounded by a 39-20 margin.
But that's what the Akron did tonight against Oral Roberts, by a 84-80 count.
The Zips won the game by turning the Golden Eagles over 23 times, while committing only six turnovers for their own part.
Akron shot the ball well, too, hitting net on 46 percent of field goals. Still, you win very few games where you get out-shot and out-rebounded by such a large margin. I had to miss this game (city council meeting), but I'm really skeptical of these stats.
Saturday is going to be unique. Akron will kickoff the MAC season against its greatest rival. Generally, Akron and Kent get a chance to feel their way through four MAC games before the rivalry game. You get a sense of what to expect. I don't think either team knows what to expect on Saturday. It will be very interesting.
The game starts at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Rhodes Arena.
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Texas Youth Football League Stops Handing Out Trophies For Teams That Don't Win
(CBS 11 NEWS) – It's the youth league where everyone is not a winner. The Keller Youth Association (KYA) football league has decided to do away with trophies for every child who plays. The league director said the board made the decision in order to teach kids that to get awards, they have to go above and beyond just participating.
Football director John Quinones said the board had talked about eliminating trophies for a couple years. They scaled back to medals for participants over the last few seasons. Starting in the spring, those will be gone too, except for possibly the youngest division. Only league champions will take home an award.


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This website is about any and everything that sparks the creative genius in all of us. By profession I am a Graphic Designer, and enjoy all aspects of design. From traditional to urban from resin to vinyl, these are all great mediums and deserve to be explored. On top of that everything from music to movies from guns to graffiti.


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This is what happened just before Fort Hood rampage
(NEWSER) – Specialist Ivan Lopez fired at least 35 shots during his 8-minute rampage at Fort Hood military base, killing three of his fellow soldiers and wounding 16, military investigators say in a detailed account of the shooting. The military has also confirmed that the shooting began after Lopez had an argument at his unit's administrative office over a leave request to deal with family matters, the New York Times reports. He returned with a gun minutes later and killed one person in the office and wounded nine others. Investigators believed the soldier killed in the office had been involved in the leave argument.
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Jordan is leading a rush among Arab states to develop shale oil reserves.
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Chesapeake Energy Corp,the Oklahoma-based firm is the No. 1 driller in Ohio.
Rig Count Interactive Map by Baker Hughes, an energy services company.
Shale Sheet Fracking, a Youngstown Vindicator blog.
National Geographic's The Great Shale Rush.
The Ohio Environmental Council, a statewide eco-group based in Columbus.
Earthjustice, a national eco-group.
People's Oil and Gas Collaborative-Ohio, a grass-roots group in Northeast Ohio.
Concerned Citizens of Medina County, a grass-roots group.
No Frack Ohio, a Columbus-based grass-roots group.
Fracking: Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat by ProPublica, an online journalism site.
Pipeline, blog from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Marcellus shale drilling.
Allegheny Front, environmental public radio for Western Pennsylvania.


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Thurs., Dec. 6 @ 1:00p.m.
Come enjoy the sounds of the season during this special afternoon featuring the O'Brien Strings duo. Kate O'Brien and company will be performing familiar holiday classics and popular songs of the last 100 years. Holiday refreshments courtesy of the Friends of the Library will be served. Please register in advance for this FREE holiday event. All are welcome!


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Boston Bombing Suspect To Be Arraigned Today
(Boston, MA) -- Surviving Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is at a Boston federal courthouse awaiting arraignment. He's scheduled to be in court this afternoon. He was driven to the building in a plain white van, accompanied by a motorcade for his safety. Tsarnaev is accused of carrying out the bombings which killed three and wounded hundreds in April. His brother was killed in a shootout with police days later.
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Super Bowl snags best ratings in TV history
(NEWSER) – Did a blowout victory get in the way of America's great TV love affair? Not at all: Brushing aside initial reports of low ratings, Deadline reports that Super Bowl XLVIII drew 111.5 million viewers—the most of any show in US history. And Bruno Mars' half-time performance with the Red Hot Chili Peppers drew a record 115.3 million, topping Madonna's 114 million in 2012 and Beyonce's 110.8 million last year. Meanwhile, the game's fast national share of 46.4/69 (% of TV households/% of TV sets) matched last year's matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers.
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Chris Martin Says He's No Longer Vegetarian
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Chris Martin says he isn't "really" a vegetarian anymore, mostly because he eats meat.
The Coldplay frontman tells BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright that he made the dietary change for "various reasons." But that doesn't mean he's barbecuing every day. Martin explains that he'll only eat a certain meat if he thinks he might be able to kill the animal himself.
Wonder which animals he's talking about!
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WATCH: Ray Stevens makes 'Duck Dynasty'-inspired video
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Ray Stevens is getting in on the "Duck Dynasty" craze with a new YouTube video.
The comedic country star's clip is a mock ad for an album by the fictional Eider Down, the internationally-renowned "master of the duck-a-fone" -- a variety of duck calls attached to a two-by-four. The "world's greatest duck-a-fone hits" include "Hit The Road Quack," which bears a striking resemblance to a Ray Charles classic.
Other "titles" include "You Are The Web Between My Toes," "Waddle I Do," and "Duck Be A Lady Tonight." The spoof spot adds that "you can have these classic hits for only 29-25, plus just $350 shipping and handling."
Meanwhile, a real "Duck Dynasty" star is branching out in a new animal direction. "Uncle" Si Robertson is the new co-owner of a two-year-old Thoroughbred named Sithechristmas elf. The horse is currently being trained at a ranch in Texas, and is expected to make her racing debut this summer.


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Friends vote slain student Prom Queen
(NEWSER) – Maren Sanchez was allegedly killed for refusing to go to prom with her attacker—but her friends ensured that the slain Connecticut 16-year-old was still a part of the dance. Though Friday's prom was postponed, her friends wore tuxes and dresses to the beach, where they brought Maren's dress and named her prom queen,CBS News reports.
As for the 16-year-old suspect, who's set to be arraigned today: "He seemed like a nice guy. I didn't really get into any in-depth conversations with him, but just, 'Hi,'" a student says. The boy was a likeable athlete with a sense of humor and strong family ties to the community, others say. Another student tells the AP that the suspect and Sanchez were friends.


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Namaste Montreal
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HRTV (R), The Network for Horse Sports, will provide equestrian fans with more top-flight action when it hosts the exclusive, free live webcast (www.tvg2.com) of two outstanding shows from Lake Placid, NY -- Lake Placid Horse and I Love New York Shows -- for 10 days (Wednesday, June 26 through Sunday, June 30 and Wednesday, July 3 through Sunday, July 7).
HRTV.com's comprehensive webcast airings will begin at 8 a.m. ET each day. The 2013 Lake Placid Horse Shows, Presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC, feature the 44th annual Lake Placid Horse Show (June 25-30) and the 36th annual I Love New York Horse Show (July 2-7). The horse shows host all levels of competition ranging from young children on ponies to grand prix competitors and Olympic medalists, all competing for over $535,000 in prize money.
The annual shows from upstate New York showcases two of the most prominent equestrian events for world-class riders and horses and are key events on the all-important "Road to the Alltech National Horse Show," which is set for Oct. 29-Nov. 3 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY.
Highlighting the competition, and HRTV.com's webcasts, are the $75,000 Equine Insurance Services/Great American Grand Prix of Lake Placid on June 30, the $100,000 Woodlea Farms Grand Prix, both presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC, slated for July 6, along with the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, presented by Eastern Hay and Purina Mills on July 7.
The Grand Prix ring webcast and coverage of individual rides is provided by ShowNet.
The addition of the Lake Placid shows to HRTV.com's burgeoning webcast coverage of premier equestrian events joins an expanding list in recent years, including: Lamborghini Grand Prix, Hampton Classic's Grand Prix & FEI World Cup qualifier, Diamonds & Dirt Barrel Horse Classic, the North American Junior & Young Rider's Championship, and others.
New Series of HorseFlicks Shows Kickoff on Wednesday at 9 p.m.
HRTV (R), the Network for Horse Sports, will debut a new series of the popular HorseFlicks, beginning on Wednesday, June 26 at 9 p.m. ET.
The 30-minute show will air for 13 weeks in the Wednesday time slot. HorseFlicks is a unique series that brings horse enthusiasts the world of horse breeds and visits to Great Western Dude Ranches.
With over 90 breeds of horses in North America, it takes a look at selected breeds with exceptional versatility and suitability for ownership. HorseFlicks shows viewers the passion that owners have for their particular breed, and why they have been attracted to particular breeds.
HRTV's opening episode will feature the "Appleby Gypsy Horse Fair," which is held annually at Appleby-in-Westmoreland, Cumbria in England. One of the oldest horse fairs in Britain, it is held every year in early June. Viewers may watch the majestic Vanner horse and join the annual Romany reunion. Roughly 30,000 people visit the fair during the week.
The Great Western Dude Ranch series features historic, sometime luxurious and always authentic, vacations on legendary ranches throughout the Western U.S. Coming soon will be an episode on the White Stallion Inn, in Tucson, AZ, where guests enjoy safe rides among the exotic Saguaro cactus.
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WATCH: Video of kid getting choked up while singing is just too sweet
As someone who spends his evenings talking and playing songs on the radio, I know the impact that the medium can have on a track. The airplay of a single can transform everything from the song's meaning to the career trajectory of the artists performing it.
Look no further than the band A Great Big World to see the latest example of this. Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino met at New York University eight years ago. The duo wrote "Say Something" about four years ago. After the song had key placements in 2013 on "So You Think You Can Dance?" and "The Voice," a remix of it featuring Epic Records label mate Christina Aguilera began airing on the radio. The ballad is now becoming inescapable.
As the last part of that equation takes place, a song ingrains itself in pop culture. That process usually yields reaction to and interpretation of the single from unlikely sources. In this instance, that source is a 4-year-old. Mark Blitch of Plano, Texas, uploaded this clip of his son Jackson listening to "Say Something" on the radio. According to Blitch, he tried to change the station, but Jackson insisted that he switch back to the song. The father said in the video's description that it's the first time his son has been "moved."


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INTERVIEW: Madeon at Electric Zoo
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At only 19 years old, Madeon is one of the most talented producers in dance music and beyond. With original tracks supported by guys like Pete Tong, he has also worked with musicians like Ellie Goulding, Two Door Cinema Club, and even Lady Gaga for her new album ARTPOP. With so many amazing accomplishments at a young age, the future is nothing but bright for Madeon.
We got to hang out Madeon at Electric Zoo in New York. He talked to us about his new music, working with Lady Gaga, what's next for him, and revealed who he would love to work with! Check it out below:
Tell us about "Technicolor?" It's doing really well, and Pete Tong is playing it on his "All Gone Pete Tong" show on Evolution.
I kinda wanted to just do a track for myself, you know, initially. So I was really surprised that people liked it. I wanted to use a longer structure to lbe able to take my time, and tell a story, and have a narrative in the track. So it took a lot of time. It took me I think about 8 months from start to finish, and I just put it out because I started playing it at shows, and people asked for it. And then it did really well! It stayed in the like top three of Beatport for like a week. Then DJs started playing it, which was a really nice surprise for me. And the fan reaction has been great as well. So, you know, I was really happily surprised.
[Buy "Technicolor" on Beatport]
Tell us about the song you just produced for Two Door Cinema Club?
Yes, I did. It's a new single called "Changing of the Seasons." It's out in late September, and I've just been a fan of them for along time. It [was] really really fun to be able to be involved in that song, and the reaction seems to be really good as well. The radio is playing it, and that's what you want.
You also have a song with Ellie Golding, "Stay Awake," on her Halcyon Days album?
Yeah, well I'm trying to do songs for myself, and then work with artists that I like. So you know I've worked with Two Door Cinema Club, [with] Ellie Goulding on this track. I worked with Lady Gaga on her new album. So all kinds of projects I find really exciting.
How was it working with Lady Gaga for her new album ARTPOP?
Amazing. I'm actually not really allowed to say much, but what I will say is that she is fantastic. She is as good as you think she is.
What other music do you like to listen to outside of electronic music?
Well I listen to a lot of music from pop to really really underground electro. But I guess lately I've been listening to the Beatles a lot. There was a period of my life where I only listened to Beatles, for like a year. I'm a massive fan and lately I've been getting really back into it again. And so I'm kind of listening to Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour in right now. But I keep on changing my mind about which is my favorite. Some days its the White, some days it's Revolver, some day it's Abbey Road. So you know I keep on changing my mind.
How is it being so young in this industry?
Well, this DJ thing is all a ruse. I just wanted to be allowed into clubs. That's the only reason I'm doing it! [He was kidding of course] No, obviously, I find it quite funny. The way it affects my approach to DJing is that, I've never been to a club before I started playing. So my first experience into a club was a performer. So as such, I really I guess, [I had] a really naive take on it. And on DJing, I learned a lot from these shows and I tried to implement my production knowledge into my DJing.
What's next? Do you have new music on the way?
I'm putting out new music. I may or may not have played some stuff tonight. I think I'm gonna release an EP next, and I'd like to do an album after that. So this is kind of my plan right now. Do a lot of shows, work with artists I love, and then release my album. That's kind of my plan for the next couple of years.
Is there anyone that you really want to work with?
Paul McCartney! Give me a call.
Well since we are at Electric Zoo if you were an animal, what animal would you be?
I'm gonna say a majestic lion, with like a silver lining and is like just looking roaring at the giant crowd, just proper you know.
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Did Potential Zimmerman Juror Lie to Court?
A potential juror at the George Zimmerman trial who told the court he had little knowledge of the case apparently indicated otherwise on Facebook.
"I CAN tell you THIS. 'Justice'…IS Coming," the juror appeared to write of the Zimmerman case on the Facebook page for the "Coffee Party Progressives," a page with which he was confronted in Judge Debra Nelson's courtroom.
The potential juror, assigned the number E7, who described himself as an "underemployed" musician and painter, told the court that he did not have a lot of knowledge about the case when it first happened.
George Zimmerman was not screaming for help, two experts testify. Read the full story here.
In February 2012, Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman in Sanford, Fla., shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin after an scuffle in the dark. Zimmerman has said he shot the African-American teen, who he said had been acting "suspiciously," in self-defense.
The shooting triggered a national debate about race, protests, marches, even high school walkouts.
Sixteen months later, Zimmerman faces a charge of second-degree murder.
Full Coverage of the George Zimmerman Trial
Susan Constantine, a jury consultant, told ABC News, "This is a very high-profile trial, so who wouldn't want to sit on it? It's one reason we get people who would love to be in the position of being that one juror in the middle of all the limelight they never had before."


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Domestic Flights: Air Freight
Domestic Flights: Air Freight
Domestic Air Freight Ton-Miles (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
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Though still much smaller than air passenger transportation, air freight is an increasingly important revenue source for the air transportation industry. It includes both freight handled by dedicated air cargo handlers and air cargo shipped on combined passenger and air freight carriers (passenger luggage is not considered cargo for this purpose).
Unused ton-miles are the difference between available ton-miles and revenue ton-miles utilized. Changes in the level of spare capacity might be an indicator of the timely availability of air freight services. For example, a shipper with a sudden need for service will be more likely to obtain an appropriate flight when spare capacity is higher. Space limitations also affect the availability of air freight services
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NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
A revenue ton-mile is equal to one ton carried one mile and measures utilization of air-freight services. The data include both transborder and foreign flights by large U.S. carriers, but not include any flights by foreign carriers.
For those planes that carry both freight and passengers, available freight ton-miles are calculated by subtracting available seat-miles times 0.1 from total available ton-miles. The data have been adjusted to have a standard 30-day month by multiplying the data for each month by the ratio: 30/(actual days in month). These indicators are components of freight and overall aircraft load factors displayed in "Aircraft Capacity UtilizationPassengers and Freight."
The dramatic changes in the September 2001 data reflect the impact of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, on aviation, including several days in which commercial air operations were suspended.
The data reported here excludes small-certificated and commuter carriers that began reporting T100 data in 2002 for comparability with previous issue.
Refer to the Special Notes at http://www.bts.gov/oai/indicators/top.html for special concerns regarding the preliminary nature of the most recent data for latest issue of Air Carriers Traffic Statistics Monthly.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics Monthly, April 2004.