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COLUMBIA — Gunshots disturbed the late-night peace inside Mike Davis' bedroom. He counted them as he lay in bed, trying to fall asleep. There were eight fired in rapid succession. From outside his window, Davis heard somebody scream for help. He saw the body lying outside, motionless.
It was the kind of scene that brings nightmares to life. Davis quelled his fear, went back to bed. In Bankhead, located west of downtown Atlanta, close calls were frequent. Once, in the middle of a pick-up basketball game, an argument broke out on a nearby court. The fight was over someone's sister. Davis, a fifth-grader, watched a man grab a gun, pull the trigger and take off running.
"Stuff like that will have you scarred for life," Davis said. "But, you know, it teaches you a lesson. It makes you want to get out of that type of environment. It makes you hungry. It will keep you on the right track, that, hey, I can't lose focus. I don't want to end up like this type of person."
Davis said most of his childhood friends didn't make it to college. Some are in prison. Others are dead. His path was different.
Before his sophomore year in high school, the Cleveland Browns drafted Davis' brother in the sixth round. James Davis, the former Clemson running back, put a $25,000 down payment on a house for his mother and two brothers. It was more than a quarter of his signing bonus, money well spent. The family moved 45 minutes across town. It felt like a different world, a suburban utopia with "nice houses" and no boarded-up windows.
For Davis, it was the perfect change of scenery. He flourished, overcoming his rough childhood to star at powerhouse Stephenson High before earning a scholarship at South Carolina. In his first season as a full-time starter with the Gamecocks, he's emerging as one of the SEC's top running backs. Davis averages 152.3 all-purpose yards per game. He has six 20-yard plays from scrimmage. Both lead the league at his position.
Now, Davis counts his blessings. He can't forget the violence. It keeps him motivated. Davis knows there's nothing good where he grew up. Better keep moving forward.
Davis wasn't born with a football in his hands. His introduction to the game had to be arranged. James, 7 years older, wanted his brother to quit wasting days playing video games. Their mother, Teresa Davis, worried what else her son would find to fill his time.
"I just didn't want them to run around the neighborhood," Teresa said of her three boys. "They needed to have something to do, play some kind of sports. So I kept them playing all kinds of sports, every season — baseball season, basketball season, football season. I kept them doing something."
Davis joined Grove Park's little league team when he was 10 years old. He played left tackle during his first season of organized football. It was a logical position for the biggest player on the field, even if his No. 28 jersey looked odd on the offensive line.
Problem was, Davis couldn't score touchdowns as a blocker. And Grove Park needed touchdowns.
Against the No. 1 seed, Grove Park trailed 14-0 at halftime in its first playoff game. Davis remembers the opponent only by its red uniforms; his team wore baby blue. James Davis approached the coach at halftime, pitching an idea.
"Put Mike at running back," he said.
By then, James was a star halfback at Douglass High. His reputation was unquestioned. The little league coach wasn't going to argue.
He chose wisely.
Mike scored four touchdowns in the second half. Grove Park won 28-21, the league's worst team knocking out its best. The red team was so shocked, blindsided by the big left tackle's prodigious ability to run over and past defenders, it protested after the game. Mike had to prove he was under the league's weight limit for ball carriers. By a few pounds, he passed.
The coach thanked James afterward. Mike never played left tackle again.
"You talk about making somebody miss," James said. "That was his thing in little league."
In the backfield, Davis kept the toughness of an offensive lineman. When he got to Stephenson High, he was one of three running backs who would play college football. He soon emerged as the star, like his brother.
Davis had too many memorable Friday nights for Stephenson coach Corey Johnson to pick one. There were the back-to-back games Davis rushed more than 200 yards his senior season. Touchdowns blended together, one continuous highlight reel. Put on the spot, Johnson mentioned one game — perhaps the gutsiest he's ever seen.
As a junior, Davis pulled his hamstring one week before the playoffs. He played the next week anyway, once again shocking everybody in a first-round win.
"You talk about a kid who couldn't walk on Wednesday, and then all the sudden he's out there making plays, going for 130 yards and leading our team," Johnson said. "That's kind of when I knew Mike was really going to be special."
By his senior season, a full-ride scholarship was in Davis' future. The only question was which college. Recruiting letters came every day, from all over the country.
Everywhere except his home-state team.
Even today, Davis admits Georgia's hesitancy to offer a scholarship stings. The Bulldogs had a good class of running backs in 2012, with sophomores Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall forming perhaps the nation's best backfield.
To Davis, it doesn't matter.
"You start getting all these other offers from Florida, Florida State, Oklahoma, Miami, and you're in Georgia wondering when the UGA offer is going to come," Davis said. "It never came until a month before signing day. So, I was like, it's kind of too late now."
James didn't mind Georgia's absence. He wanted his little brother to sign with Clemson. He envisioned his brother in that orange No. 28 jersey, the one backfield partner and Heisman Trophy finalist C.J. Spiller wore. (The number has since been retired.)
Davis rooted for Clemson when he visited James on game weekends. With his brother playing for the Tigers, it felt natural. He stopped short of giving Clemson serious consideration.
"I don't think people understand how important that first offer is," Davis said. "South Carolina was the first team to offer me a scholarship, besides Tennessee. South Carolina was always in the back of my mind."
James doesn't hide from the irony. He attends every game inside Williams-Brice Stadium, wearing his old Clemson key chain and absolutely no garnet and black. He'll root for the Gamecocks, though there are exceptions. James hopes his brother has a good game against Clemson, but he wants his Tigers to win Nov. 30 when they visit Columbia.
On enemy soil, fans still recognize the former Clemson halfback.
"There are people still wanting my autograph," James said. "They'll be like, 'Hey, we hate Clemson, but you were a great running back.' There's definitely a lot of respect."
As for Georgia, respect is still being earned.
During a casual chat, Johnson said he warned Georgia defensive line coach Chris Wilson a couple days before South Carolina's trip to Athens earlier this month. Davis was about to put 200 yards on the Bulldogs defense, Johnson told Wilson. He said Wilson just laughed.
Davis didn't reach 200 yards. He had 198, 149 rushing — including a 75-yard run at the end of the third quarter.
"I would say I ran very angry that game, because it was Georgia," Davis said the next week. "… Of course I run with a chip on my shoulder. I run with a chip on my shoulder because I like to eliminate things. I like to prove people wrong."
Ronald Patrick has the best view in the stadium. South Carolina's senior guard helps plow the path, just like he did for former USC tailback Marcus Lattimore. He drives his blocks to the whistle, at least most of the time.
Occasionally, Patrick said, he can't help but stop and watch.
"I find myself during plays — after he breaks long runs — I find myself watching him," Patrick said. "It's amazing. He has some wheels on him."
It's an unenviable position, being the guy who follows a legend. In the offseason, fans fretted how USC would replace Lattimore. So far, Davis has handled it with remarkable ease, establishing himself as the workhorse in USC's offense.
Davis may be the best big-play running back in the SEC, opening the season with 75-yard runs in his first two games. His goal is to have more than 100 all-purpose yards every game. He hasn't missed that mark yet. His 341 rushing yards rank fifth in the conference, and he's added three touchdowns in three games.
"I knew coming into the season that Mike was going to be a good running back," USC running backs coach Everette Sands said. "I knew he'd be productive. He has good quickness, excellent acceleration, but I've got to admit that I've been pleasantly surprised by his big-play ability. I didn't think he'd have two 75-yard runs in his first two games. And when you think about it, those runs came against quality opponents.
"The game has slowed down for Mike since last season. The light has really come on for Mike, and you can see his confidence level is much higher than it was when he was a freshman."
Davis may be the Gamecocks' biggest surprise, to everyone but his brother. James, out of the NFL but hoping for one last shot, knew his brother was capable of a breakout season when they worked out together this spring.
"I didn't see it as a the team taking a big step back as far as losing Marcus Lattimore," James said. "I figured he could come right in and do the things that he's done so far."
Of course, Davis hasn't been chasing Lattimore's legacy his whole life. He doesn't compare himself to other great SEC running backs, like Gurley or Marshall. To him, the standard is the same person who moved him out of Bankhead.
Davis' reputation has always been wrapped in his older brother's shadow. His name gave way to a title — James Davis' Little Brother. Slowly, with each passing game, that's changing. Davis can sense fans in this state recognizing him for what he does on the football field.
"I want to eliminate people calling me James Davis' little brother," Davis said. "I kind of eliminated it in high school, and now in college people are knowing me as just Mike Davis. I don't think I've arrived yet. I'm never going to hear the end of it, 'That's James Davis' little brother, Clemson's star running back.' I know I'm not gonna, you know, never hear about it. I just want to make a name for myself."


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Fat Gain, Weight Gain and Calorie Source
By G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN
Anyone who has any interest in weight loss knows there has been a long-running debate regarding the primary factor that causes weight gain. Go to the weight-loss section of any bookstore and you will see the calorie, fat, carbohydrate and protein camps, each of whom insists they are the key to weight loss. They all have convincing arguments and they all can cite studies to support their opinions.
However, when I retrieve and read the evidence, I often find flaws based on lack of control regarding subject supervision. Occasionally I will come across a study that is well-controlled, but they are always short since it isn't practical to have people live in a lab for more than a few days.
Therefore, I was intrigued when I read about a study that paid people to live in a metabolic setting for three months. By allowing researchers to measure every unit of energy expenditure, the result would be expected to be much more accurate than the typical questionnaire-based study or three days in a laboratory type of experiment.
The study researchers, based in Florida and Louisiana, hired 25 people (16 men and nine women) ages 18 to 35 with body mass indexes ranging from normal weight to overweight. They were then studied for 14-28 days to establish their exact calorie amount required for body-weight stabilization. Then the subjects spent eight weeks eating one of three diets that provided 40 percent more energy than they required. All three diets averaged 934 additional calories. See Table 1 for the macronutrient breakdown.
Each of the three weight-gain diets differed by protein and fat percentage, while carbohydrates and total calories remained stable. The researchers wanted to see if macronutrient manipulation with the same amount of excessive calories would cause differences in the amount of weight gain. Results are summarized in Table 2.
The results of this study were a real eye opener, as table 2 demonstrates. The findings were:
The subjects were all closely monitored and did not exercise, although they did expend energy on activities of normal living. These results were from eating too much; they support strategies recommend higher percentages of dietary protein when total calories are insufficient because we diet to lose fat, not muscle.
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James Franco Lip Syncs to Rihanna's 'You da One'
Been sleeping too well or too much lately? James Franco seeks to remedy that. The '127 Hours' star posted a video to his WhoSay account lip syncing to Rihanna's 'You Da One,' simultaneously making the world laugh and really creeping us out.
Clad in a neon green tank top with wildly curly hair (likely due to the recent removal of his 'Spring Breakers' corn rows), Franco titled the clip 'Worst Lip Syncher [sic] Ever,' and it's easy to see why. Franco gyrates, dances and just barely mouths words outside of the chorus. You can hear someone else giggling at the silliness taking place. Near the end, the video goes black, then comes back to Franco sitting, stone faced, still listening to the song and checking out his newfound fro.
This isn't the first bizarre video the eccentric actor's made lately. Franco posted a clip of him singing along to 'Spring Breakers' co-star Selena Gomez's hit 'Love You Like a Love Song,' complete with bedroom eyes, lip licking and somewhat interpretive dance moves.
If Rihanna's rumored romance with Ashton Kutcher doesn't work out, we have a feeling she may have fun with another dark haired funny man.
Watch James Franco Lip Sync to Rihanna's 'You Da One'


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Propellerhead Reason Rack Extensions Rundown
Reason Rack Extensions Rundown
Rack Extensions... they're pretty self explanatory in that they expand Reason and let you add whatever instruments or effects your music needs.
|Propellerhead Radical Piano
|Not a replacement for a very high quality piano ReFill but an unusual and versatile instrument in its own right.
|Audio Realism ABL2
|Roland TB303 clone.
Dynamics & EQ
|iZotope Ozone Maximiser
|Limiter and very high-quality dither components from iZotope's Ozone plug-in.
|AudioDamage RoughRider
|Strongly-flavoured, thick-sounding compressor.
|Softube FET Compressor
|1176 compressor clone but with continuously variable ratio rather than buttons.
|Softube trident A-Range
|Emulation of a fine-sounding four-band EQ from Trident mixing desks.
Filters and Tone Effects
|Softube Saturation Knob
|Handy 'fattener' with interesting options to preserve integrity of high or low frequency ranges.
|FXPansion Etch Red
|Sophisticated filter bank with extensive modulation and rhythmic options.
|Sonic Charge Bitspeek
|Bizarre and wonderful pitch-tracking lo-fi vocal effect - an enhanced port of an existing plug-in.
|Synapse RM1 Ring Modulator
|A pretty simple ring modulator, but with the effect calculated, apparently, using analogue emulation.
|Sugar Bytes SB Filter Pattern
|Rhythmic filtering with 25 preset patterns for funky effects with the minimum of fuss.
|Synapse AF4 Analog Filter
|12/24dB low-pass resonant filter, emulating a Moog transistor-ladder design.
Reverbs and Delay-Based Effects
|Propellerhead Polar
|Complex harmoniser effect whose applications include thickening, stereo widening and many creative effects.
|Synapse DC2 Dual Chorus
|A very simple and easy to use stereo chorus.
|Sugar Bytes SB Pitch Delay
|A modulated delay that can introduce pitch fluctuations and has some interesting rhythmic options.
|Softube TSAR1 Reverb
|Versatile reverb with intuitive, highly tweakable controls reminiscent of high-end Lexicon hardware units of the past.
|Softube TSAR1R Reverb
|The same algorhythm as the TSAR1 but with only a few parameters to play with.
Time-Based Effects
|PEFF Buffre
|Glitch, shutter and looping - an effect you 'play'.
|Sugar BytesSB Slice Arranger
|Preset-based slicing and shutter effects - good value.
|Propellerhead Pulsar
|To put it simply - Two LFOs and a simple envelope generator in a box. Details here.
Source: Sound on Sound Aug 2012
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An excerpt from Laurence Freeman OSB, "Reverence," LIGHT WITHIN (New York: Crossroad, 1989), pp. 92, 94-95.
Religious people tend to be more self-consciousness than others. And if we are honest about our self-consciousness we should see its connection with a certain lack of reverence in our religious life. We may indeed be surprised that at the most sacred moments in our religious life our spirit of reverence is shamefully hollow. A busy, noisy irreverence in our churches is certainly something that non-Christians often remark upon. They remark for example on the lack of silence or of physical stillness. They often remark too about the amount of time spent in asking God for things we want.
This does not mean that we should never move in our seats, or that words are not an enriching part of religious worship. But. . .meditation changes our attitude to worship because it teaches from within our own experience that the God we worship is present and that it is his presence that we are worshipping. Meditation makes our religious life more reverential because it teaches us, through experience of his indwelling Presence, that it is inhis Presence that we worship his Presence. We are no less in him that he is in us. In the interpenetration of his consciousness with ours we know because we are known. The most natural response to any experience in which we know and are known is reverential silence. Silence leads deeper into mutual knowledge. [. . . .]
We use so many words. We hear the same words, the same ideas, so many times a day that they become blunted for us. But many people will remember how they could hear the words of St Paul read by Father John as if they were hearing them for the first time. That was wonder. Without wonder we forget that the reality we are talking of and worshipping isreal, ispresent. Reverence and wonder can grow only out of a direct contact with real Presence. Otherwise, we remain locked at the level of indirect contact, talking about,thinking about. We then inevitably become self-consciously concerned with the way we talk, the way we express it, the way we come across; and so develop religious self-importance. The next step is to become argumentative or condemnatory. This is the great curse and tendency of religious people, the consequence of losing reverence.
Yet the way from self-importance to reverence is so simple. We don't have to try to engineer direct contact with God because it has already been made. That is the incarnation, the Word made flesh. We don't have to try to argue our way into that greater Consciousness because it has already taken up its dwelling within us, not by argument but by love. Meditation is simply knowing that.
Meditate for Thirty Minutes.... Remember: Sit down. Sit still and upright. Close your eyes lightly. Sit relaxed but alert. Silently, interiorly, begin to say a single word. We recommend the prayer-phrase "Maranatha." Recite it as four syllables of equal length. Listen to it as you say it, gently, but continuously. Do not think or imagine anything—spiritual or otherwise. Thoughts and images will likely come, but let them pass. Just keep returning your attention—with humility and simplicity—to saying your word in faith, from the beginning to the end of your meditation.
After Meditation, from T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding," FOUR QUARTETS(New York: Harcourt Brace, 1971), pp. 50-51.
If you came this way,
Taking any route, starting from anywhere,
At any time or at any season,
It would always be the same: you would have to put off
Sense and notion. You are not here to verify,
Instruct yourself, or inform curiosity
Or carry report. You are here to kneel
Where prayer has been valid. And prayer is more
Than an order of words, the conscious occupation
Of the praying mind, or the sound of the voice praying.


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Past Seasons:
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996
Final Record: 14-10-8, 50 points (Second, Western Division)
The Galaxy finished their fifth MLS season with a 14-10-8 record (.563), good for 50 points and second place in the Western Division and the fifth-best overall record in the league. The runner-up finish marked only the second time in history the club had not finished in first place in its division or conference (the other time being 1997). A strong start (6-0-5) saw the Galaxy go unbeaten in 11 straight games from March 18 to May 20, despite the club's lowest scoring season in five years (47 goals). At the Rose Bowl, Los Angeles finished with the seventh-best home record in MLS at 8-3-5 (.656). On the road, the Galaxy recorded the third-best record in the league with a 6-7-3 mark (.469). The Galaxy posted a 5-3-4 record (.583) against fellow Western Division foes and had the second-best record (behind Chicago) among MLS squads against teams outside its division (9-7-4, .550). Los Angeles led the league in attendance for the third time (1998 and 1996 were the others), welcoming 326,392 fans to the Rose Bowl for an average of 20,400 per game. The average attendance was up nearly 3,000 fans per-game over 1999.
2000 PLAYOFFS: Despite a strong run by the Galaxy in 2000, which saw the club advance to the MLS Semifinals for the fourth time in five seasons, the team fell one game short of returning for its third MLS Cup. Los Angeles was defeated by the Kansas City Wizards in Game Three of the semifinals, losing in regulation and the sudden death mini-game, 1-0. The Galaxy fell for only the second time in a semifinal series, with both defeats coming at the hands of the eventual MLS Cup champions (Chicago Fire in 1998 was the other). Despite not having home field advantage, the Galaxy tied Game One in Kansas City, 0-0, and returned to the Rose Bowl for a sudden death overtime win, 2-1. The victory in Game Two meant the Galaxy needed only a win or a tie to advance to the finals, but the Wizards came up big behind league MVP and Pepsi Goalkeeper of the Year Tony Meola. Earlier in the quarterfinals, Los Angeles dumped the Tampa Bay Mutiny, 2-0, to advance, marking the fourth time the club has swept a playoff series.
ONE OF TWO PLAYOFF DYNASTIES: Los Angeles is one of only two clubs (Dallas Burn is the other) to have earned a playoff berth in all five years of MLS' existence. Of those two, only the Galaxy has reached the MLS Cup with the team making two championship game appearances (1996 and 1999).
GALAXY ENDS STREAK OF 20-WIN SEASONS: Los Angeles, who become the first team in Western Conference history and second in MLS (D.C. United doing it during same seasons, but reaching 20 wins earlier in 1999) to achieve back-to-back 20-win seasons (1998 and 1999), fell six games short in small part to the MLS' new system which includes wins, loses and ties, and eliminates the shootout victory. The Galaxy went to overtime a league-leading 11 times, posting a 1-2-8 record with two overtime losses at Colorado (6/10 and 9/8).
DEFENSE STILL AMONG TOPS IN MLS: After two consecutive years of leading the league, Los Angeles was the second-best defensive unit in Major League Soccer in 2000, allowing 37 goals for a 1.12 average and 8 shutouts.
MLS ALL-STAR GAME INCLUDES SIX FROM GALAXY: The Galaxy boasted six MLS All-Stars at the contest held at Crew Stadium in Columbus. Mauricio Cienfuegos, Cobi Jones, Robin Fraser and Greg Vanney were voted starters by the fans while Kevin Hartman was selected by West Coach Bob Gansler and Luis Hernandez was one of MLS Commissioner Don Garber's two picks. Jones and Tampa Bay's Carlos Valderrama jointly set an MLS All-Star Game record with four assists each. The West held a 4-3 lead at halftime, but the East exploded for an All-Star Game record six goals in the second half to win the highest scoring All-Star Game in league history, 9-4. Cienfuegos got a goal in the 19th minute off a Jones' pass, one of three assists the U.S. National Team star produced over a five-minute span.
GALAXY ALLOCATED MEXICAN INTERNATIONAL LUIS HERNANDEZ: On May 16, Major League Soccer allocated Mexican International Luis Hernandez to the Galaxy. Following the acquisition, Hernandez appeared in 16 games, making 15 starts while collecting four goals and six assists for 14 points. Despite missing four MLS games due to national team duty with Mexico, Hernandez finished tied for fourth on the Galaxy's scoring board. After a seven-game drought to start his MLS career, Hernandez demonstrated why he was such a key acquisition for the Galaxy, scoring three goals and five assists over a five-game stretch (6/28-8/5).
Hernandez joined the Galaxy after spending his last four seasons with the Tigres of Monterrey of the Mexican First Division, where he tallied a total of 38 goals in 64 games, including 13 during his final 2000 Summer Season. The 31-year-old Hernandez, who began his professional career with Cruz Azul's reserve team in 1990, won two Mexican League Championships (1994-95, 1995-96) with Necaxa, a CONCACAF Champions Cup title with Monterrey (1992-93) and was named the Mexican Player of the Year in 1997 and 1998.
NATIONAL TEAMS SPY TALENT ON GALAXY: Eleven Galaxy players drew National Team duty in 2000, including Cobi Jones (USA), Robin Fraser (USA), Greg Vanney (USA), Danny Califf (USA), Peter Vagenas (USA), Sasha Victorine (USA), Mauricio Cienfuegos (El Salvador), Luis Hernandez (Mexico), Sebastien Vorbe (Haiti), Simon Elliott (New Zealand) and Ezra Hendrickson (St. Vincent & the Grenadines). These players participated in a wide variety of tournaments including World Cup Qualifying, 2000 Olympic Qualifying, 2000 Olympic Games, Gold Cup, Confederations Cup, 2000 U.S. Nike Cup and Oceania Nations Cup. Overall, Los Angeles' 11 national team members missed a combined 45 MLS matches over the 32-game schedule.
ROOKIES MAKE STRONG IMPACT: The Galaxy would have been in a much different position in 2000 if it were not for the talent of four rookies who put up impressive numbers for a team whose veteran roster is considered one of the deepest in Major League Soccer. Defender Danny Califf, midfielders Sasha Victorine and Peter Vagenas and forward Sebastien Vorbe all contributed significant minutes and stepped up when injury and national team call-ups had depleted the club.
The Galaxy's first-year foursome led all MLS teams in rookie production with 79 games played, 59 games started, 5,430 minutes, 11 goals, eight assists for 30 points. U.S. Olympians Califf, Vagenas and Victorine made nine starts together, while Vorbe joined in nine games.
|L..A.'s Rookie Foursome
|Sasha Victorine
|Sebastien Vorbe
|Peter Vagenas
|Danny Califf
GALAXY REACHES SEMI-FINALS OF U.S. OPEN CUP: The Galaxy, making its second Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup appearance, reached the semifinal of the tournament for the first time in team history. However, Los Angeles was unable to advance as the Chicago Fire defeated the Galaxy, 2-1, at Cal State Fullerton's Titan Field on August 23.
Beginning play after a first round bye, Los Angeles defeated the A-League's Seattle Sounders, 2-1, in front of 3,063 fans at Titan Field to move to the third round. Cobi Jones scored the game-winning goal in the 90th minute. Los Angeles scored first off a Greg Vanney penalty kick in the 23rd minute, which resulted after midfielder Brian Kelly was taken down from behind by Seattle's Viet Nguyen just inside the penalty box.
In the Third Round, the Galaxy defeated the A-League's San Diego Flash, 2-0, to advance in front of a Flash-record crowd of 6,118 fans at Mesa College's Douglas Stadium. Midfielders Sasha Victorine and Ivan Polic each tallied for the Galaxy in the second-ever U.S. Open Cup meeting between the two teams.
In the Quarters, L.A. defeated MLS-rival San Jose, 2-0 at Titan Field. Midfielder Mauricio Cienfuegos opened the scoring in the 77th minute, while Seth George ended the Earthquakes' hopes of a comeback with a strike of his own four minutes later. Goalkeeper Matt Reis once again came up big for the Galaxy recording his second straight U.S. Open Cup shutout.
VANNEY AND FRASER TWO OF PEPSI BEST 11: For the first time in his career, Galaxy defender Greg Vanney was named to Major League Soccer's Pepsi Best 11 squad for 2000. He was joined on the squad by Galaxy teammate Robin Fraser, who earned his fourth Best 11 nod (1996, '98, '99). One of the original members of the team dating back to 1996, Vanney has emerged as one of the league's brightest stars and a U.S. National Team regular. In addition to be one of the league's best markers and deadliest penalty kick specialists, Vanney tied for fourth on the team in scoring with six goals and two assists for 14 points. Fraser captained the Galaxy to its fifth straight playoff appearance and another Top 2 finish among MLS defensive units


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This morning, the Federal Reserve, which is also scheduled to release its latest Beige Book summation of economic conditions later today, reported that industrial production for the month of March rose 0.7% after climbing 1.2% in the prior month. The report, along with a solid reading earlier this month on manufacturing activity from the Institute for Supply Management, an Arizona-based trade group, indicates steady growth in the manufacturing sector. Such data are yet another indication that the U.S. economy is strengthening and, along with an encouraging report on the labor market this month, should allow the central bank to stay the course with regard to tapering its monthly bond-buying program.
The primary catalysts behind the March performance were increases in utilities (up 1.0%) and mining (+1.5%) output. Overall, total industrial production was up a healthy 3.8% for the 12-month period ending in March. Meantime, capacity utilization rose to 79.2 last month, which was 0.9 percentage point below its long-run (1972-2013) average, but 1.2 percentage points higher than the prior year.
As noted, the latest improvement in industrial production and capacity utilization—the expectation was that industrial production would rise by 0.5% in March—is another indication that manufacturing activity in the U.S. is strengthening and even more encouraging given the severe winter weather that blanketed much of the country for the first two-plus months of this year. The uptick in industrial production, along with notable improvements in a few other important sectors of the economy, including the labor market, which added 192,000 new jobs last month, gives us some confidence that GDP growth will pick up further in the back half of 2014.
At the time of this writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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Response from the Search Committee
"Mike provides a unique mix of having helped define Nyack College and Alliance Theological Seminary as they are today and at the same time has the experience and insights from many educational institutions where Mike has worked as a consultant or employee. He is well suited in training, personality, experience, and spirituality to take Nyack College and Alliance Theological Seminary to new heights and successes."
"Dr. Michael Scales showed many strong qualities that will be a great asset to the Nyack community. His 20-plus years of affiliation with Nyack, along with a strong background in fundraising and a team approach to leadership, will help the organization reach its stated goals."
Christ Church, Montclair, NJ
"Our Nyack College/Seminary community expressed very high expectations for the next president. The Presidential Committee search process as well as my 15 years of experience watching Mike Scales prayerfully work alongside, inspire and empower people provided evidence that he could fulfill those expectations. Mike will be the first one to admit that this is the beginning of a faith journey and that his success will depend on our solid support and prayers. The great thing is that Mike has already earned those from us. I am very excited to see how God will bless us, Mike, and his family over the years ahead."
"I have been impressed with Michael Scales from the time I first met him about 16 years ago when he had the role as VP for Advancement at Nyack College. Early in the Search Committee process, as we reviewed his resume and then interviewed him, it was clear to me that Michael was one if not the top candidate for the Office of President. I am very pleased that a unanimous election of Dr. Scales from the Search Committee and the Board of Trustees was made. I believe God has great things in the future for Nyack College."
Dr. Duane A. Wheeland
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"Our Committee Chairman Mr. Paul Glenn, Esq. and Secretary to the Board of Trustees guided the committee with a gentle yet firm leadership. At his request, the committee was called to a day of fasting and prayer. We were to petition the Lord to lead us to know the one of His choosing. On the day of the final interviews, prayer was the first item on the agenda. We told the Lord that we submitted our preferences, prejudices, and agendas to Him and our prayer was "just lead us Lord to know your mind and to discern your choice." Finally at the closing interviews the Lord made it very clear to me the one who was His choice for this present time. I voted, as the Lord led me, for Dr. Michael Scales."
"I welcome Dr. Mike Scales home to the Nyack community! I believe his abilities to build relationships, develop team leadership, raise necessary funds and truly listen to members of the community will provide a sense of stability in this season of Nyack's growth and development. Mike brings to this position a deep integrity and a commitment to lead Nyack into the fullness of its mission and purpose in God's kingdom. I am delighted to welcome Mike and his wife, Susan, as a vital part of Nyack College."
Dr. Lyndell O'Hara
"I have been impressed by the thoroughness with which the Presidential Search Committee, under Paul Glenn's leadership, conducted its search over a period of five months, culminating in an amazing drawing together in unanimity after a marathon 13+ hour final day of interviewing. As we prayed together that last evening, it was truly a "God moment." We believe that Dr. Scales will provide experienced, thoughtful, positive and energetic leadership for Nyack/ATS. His long-term experience in recruiting, admissions, the pastorate and business/fund-raising bode well for the Alliance Seminary and Nyack College in years ahead. Dr. Scales also carries a deep commitment and passion to encourage our spiritual growth, as well as our academic progress as a community."
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Super Talent The Godfather 16GB USB Flash Drive Review
A few days back, I was politely asked to review this USB flash drive, but I refused. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse", he said. The next morning, when I woke up, I was covered with blood. I slowly lifted the sheets and I cried to death. I had found the head of my dog, freshly cut. A bit later, I ended up having the gun on the temper. I had no choice but to review this USB flash drive if I wanted to stay alive.
...I'm joking, obviously! However is that reminding you something? What if I tell you it is a movie from Paramount Pictures published in 1972? Yes, you got it. It comes from "The Godfather". This movie is considered by many one of the best movies ever. Thirty-six years later, Super Talent, a manufacturer specialized in memory with more than twenty years of experience, is making a USB flash drive with The Godfather as its theme. Included with it are quotes and still images from the movie, a deal that every fan of that classic cannot miss. So let's see what is special about this thumb drive.
Closer Look:
The thumb drive is sold in the typical small toy package. Nevertheless, it gets the job done. It protects the product from being scratched while still letting the buyer see it. Obviously, the cardboard reflects the thumb drive's theme: The Godfather. It is stated on the dark round spot that it includes quotes and still images from the film. A 16GB sticker has also been affixed. This shows there are different capacities for The Godfather thumb drives. This one is the largest one, however there are smaller ones, down to 1GB. On the back of the package, it is written that the drive is USB 2.0 and 1.1 compatible, plug-n-play and that no driver is required for most operating systems - the standard for USB flash drives. Finally, there is a picture of The Godfather himself.
The Godfather USB flash drive has a very sturdy rubber envelope. On the front, the title of the movie is written. Another small sticker about its capacity has been affixed on its right. At the back, there is another red shape. At first glance, you might not see what it represents. I thought it was a blood spill! If you still don't see what it is, I'll make you wait a few moments. You'll realize what it is a bit further down the page. Also, since The Godfather is copyrighted by Paramount Pictures, Super Talent has to write it on the USB flash drive. This is what you see in grey.
Removing the cap reveals the USB port. It fits tightly on it so there is no risk of losing by accident. If one pulls on the USB port, the other rubber part can be removed, however it is tighter than the the cap. It reveals the interiors of the USB flash drive. In fact, the metal USB port is part of the same thick piece of metal protecting the circuit. By the holes, one can see the memory chip and a small LED.
With the thumb drive is a small chain with another rubber piece. This one can be inserted in a diagonal hole in the corner. The rubber piece is exactly the size of a female USB port. It is used to put the cap on it when the USB drive is in use so that it won't be lost during usage.
When the USB flash drive is plugged into a computer, the small LED we've seen earlier lights red though a small transparent hole in the rubber casing. If the thumb drive is accessed, the LED will flash. Finally, I put it alongside a penny to show you how small it is. It is exactly 48mm long.
Do you recognize this shape? This is the one at the back of the USB flash drive! Yes, this is Don Corleone's face. These pictures are a glimpse of the collection that comes preloaded on the drive. There are 19 of them and some are in other languages, including french and spanish.
Overall, The Godfather USB flash drive has a nice design. Now let's see if the performance of this device is worthy of the Don himself.


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Military judge deliberates in Manning leak case
FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) — A U.S. military judge has begun deciding the fate of Army soldier Bradley Manning, who could face life in prison for giving thousands of pieces of classified military and diplomatic information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks in one of the largest leaks in American history.
The prosecution says the 25-year-old is a glory-seeking traitor. His defense lawyers call him a naive whistleblower who was horrified by wartime atrocities but didn't know that the material he leaked would end up in the hands of al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden.
Army Col. Denise Lind began deliberating Friday after hearing nearly two months of conflicting evidence and arguments about the 25-year-old intelligence analyst. A military judge, not a jury, is hearing the case at Manning's request.
Lind said she will give a day's public notice before reconvening the court-martial to announce her findings. The most serious of the 21 charges against Manning is aiding the enemy, which carries a potential life sentence in prison.
Manning's supporters say that a conviction would have a chilling effect on government accountability by deterring people from disclosing official secrets to journalists. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in a telephone press conference Friday that if Manning is convicted of aiding the enemy, it will be "the end of national security journalism in the United States."
He accused the Obama administration of waging a "war on whistleblowers" and a "war on journalism."
Prosecutors contend Manning knew the material would be seen across the globe, including by bin Laden, when he started the leaks in late 2009. Manning said he didn't' start leaking until February 2010.
"Worldwide distribution, that was his goal," said the military's lead prosecutor, Maj. Ashden Fein, during closing arguments on Friday. "Pfc. Manning knew the entire world included the enemy, from his training. He knew he was giving it to the enemy, specifically al-Qaida."
Defense attorney David Coombs said Manning was negligent in releasing classified material, but lacked the "evil intent" that prosecutors must prove to convict him of aiding the enemy.
Coombs called the government's final remarks "a diatribe ... fictional ... fantastical," and said it leaped to conclusions and contradicted itself in areas where prosecutors could not prove something with facts.
After Coombs finished his three-hour-long argument, there was a smattering of applause from Manning supporters, who were quickly hushed by the judge.
Manning also faces federal espionage, theft and computer fraud charges. He has acknowledged giving WikiLeaks some 700,000 battlefield reports, diplomatic cables and videos, but he says he didn't believe the information would harm troops in Afghanistan and Iraq or threaten national security.
"The amount of the documents in this case, actually, is the best evidence that he was discreet in what he chose, because if he was indiscriminate, if he was systematically harvesting, we wouldn't be talking about a few hundred thousand documents — we'd be talking about millions of documents," Coombs said.
Giving the material to WikiLeaks was no different than giving it to a newspaper, Coombs said. The government disagreed and said Manning would also have been charged if he had leaked the classified material to the media.
Coombs showed three snippets of video from a 2007 U.S. Apache helicopter attack Manning leaked, showing troops firing on a small crowd of men on a Baghdad sidewalk, killing several civilians, including a Reuters news photographer and his driver. Coombs said the loss of civilian lives horrified the young soldier.
"You have to look at that from the point of view of a guy who cared about human life," Coombs said.
Coombs has said Manning wanted to do something to make a difference, and he hoped revealing what was going on in Iraq and Afghanistan and U.S. diplomacy would inspire debate and reform in foreign and military policy.
Coombs also countered one of prosecutor Fein's arguments that attempted to show Manning was seeking fame: A photo Manning took of himself, smiling in front of a mirror while on leave. Fein said it showed a "gleeful, grinning" Manning who was proud to be "on his way to notoriety" he wanted.
Coombs asked the judge to take a closer look at the photo, pointing out that Manning was wearing makeup and a bra.
"What you see is a young man who is cross-dressing," Coombs said as Manning's face tightened slightly.
"Maybe, just maybe ... he is happy to be himself for that moment," Coombs said of Manning's struggle to fit into the military at a time when he was confused about his gender identity and serving openly was illegal for gays.
After his arrest in May 2010, Manning was held alone for nine months in a windowless cell 23 hours a day, sometimes with no clothing. Jailers at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, said they considered him a suicide risk. Lind later ruled Manning had been illegally punished and should get 112 days off any prison sentence he receives.
Meanwhile, Lind banned one of Manning's most visible supporters from the trial Friday "to prevent harm or intimidation" of trial participants. An Army spokeswoman said the subject was a member of the media who posted threatening messages online. Clark Stoeckley, a college art instructor from New Jersey, confirmed he was the one booted.
Stoeckley attended the court-martial as a sketch artist, arriving each day in a white box truck with bold words painted on the sides: "WikiLeaks TOP SECRET Mobile Information Collection Unit."
A tweet Thursday night from an account Stoeckley used said: "I don't know how they sleep at night but I do know where." It was removed Friday and Stoeckley told The Associated Press on Twitter he couldn't comment.
Associated Press writer Jessica Gresko in Washington contributed to this report.


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For the couple who loves the mountains (they hiked to Everest Base Camp together, so we'd say it's serious), what better location to say "I do" than in the Bavarian Alps? And clearly the mountain air suits them because this bride in her long sleeve, Rue De Seine gown and this groom in his light blue, Tiger of Sweden suit look absolutely spectacular. In Love by Bina Terré was there to capture the rustic, elegant celebration and every picture takes our breath away.
From In Love by Bina Terré... I wanted to submit a real wedding which took place in the mountains of Germany, in Bavaria. This couple was beyond gorgeous and so in love. They chose this place because they feel home in the mountains, fresh air, grass, and nature (They hiked to the base camp of Mount Everest already!). They planned an outdoor wedding on the grass with an amazing view of the mountains and celebrated their happy day with all their loved ones. It was such an amazing day, and I was so honored to be part of this wedding.


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Immediately after their three-game road trip, the Lakers sent rookie guard Jordan Clarkson to the NBA Development League to join the D-Fenders for a 141-140 win over the Reno Bighorns.
Clarkson has drifted out of the Lakers' rotation over the last 10 games, making just two appearances for a total of 14 minutes.
With the D-Fenders in El Segundo Saturday night, Clarkson played 23 minutes, scoring eight points with six assists and five turnovers.
Lakers' affiliate player Roscoe Smith (small forward) scored a season-high 38 points on 17-of-19 shooting, while pulling down nine rebounds. Former Lakers guard-forward Manny Harris notched a triple-double with 23 points,...


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Many of us grew up imagining ourselves in the role of a costumed crusader, from Wonder Woman to She-Ra. Little did we know that years down the road, we'd be inducted into an amazing force of lesser-known superheroes known as moms (83 million strong in the U.S. alone, according to the U.S. Census Bureau), whose collective powers directly shape the fate of an entire generation. Disguised in bathrobes, marked with bags under their eyes, and toting around mini-sidekicks, these supermoms take on challenges and responsibilities that would bring the Man of Steel to his knees. Leap tall buildings in a single bound? Fine, but can he quiet a colicky newborn at 3 a.m.? That, my friends, is a job for Supermom -- the perfectly imperfect superhero who is unleashed when we rise to the very real challenge of loving and protecting our children.
Katherine Ellison is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and mother of two. In her book, The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter, she employs the latest scientific research to prove that from enhanced memory skills to increased emotional intelligence, motherhood actually makes you smarter. "If you think about it in evolutionary terms, there's no other time in a woman's life when she needs to be quite as smart as when she's looking after young children," Ellison says. "Nature takes over and changes her brain at that time on a scale as great or greater as the changes that take place during puberty and menopause." Not feeling super? Consider this heroic transformation: First, your body physically morphs to provide life support to your developing child. Despite bouts of morning sickness, sleep deprivation and myriad other pregnancy ailments, you continue to deliver life-sustaining nutrition to the baby growing inside your body. Yet, there are still more maternal, chemical changes that contribute to superhero-worthy enhancements. "Chemicals like the pituitary hormone, oxytocin, are released into a mother's bloodstream during the birth of her child," explains Sharon Mass, M.D., an OB-GYN at Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey. "Along with stimulating uterine contractions and triggering the milk ejection reflex, it also leads to heightening senses."
It may not have the same visual wow-factor as Bruce Banner's shirt-shredding Incredible Hulk transformation, but the evolution from woman to Supermom is just as amazing--and difficult. The villainous double whammy of sleep deprivation and post-delivery pain can be difficult, emotional and straight-up exhausting. "It's the infant stage, when all we yearn for is to fall sleep and wake up when our kids can pay for their own Nikes," says Deb DiSandro, author of Tales of a Slightly Off Supermom: Fighting for Truth, Justice and Clean Underwear!
Even those with the most powerful abilities can feel overwhelmed by day-to-day challenges. Thank goodness you can count on your superpowers to make life easier. "When my son Rhys was just a few months old, it seemed like I woke up one morning and could completely understand him," says Shay Sampson, a mom of two in San Francisco. "With every cry, coo and facial expression he made, I knew just what he needed. It was like all of a sudden I spoke his baby language." Combining these powers with an armful of knowledge during the tumultuous first 12 weeks of new parenthood (we like to refer to them as "the trenches") can leave every new mom feeling stronger, better and faster -- and restore peace and order to even the most chaotic of kingdoms. Behold, seven super ways to combat common new-mom challenges:
Banish Baby Blues
"Baby blues" affect as many as 60 to 80 percent of childbearing women during the first year of their baby's life, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lack of sleep, and hormonal changes, can wreak havoc, leaving you tired, emotional and sad. "Take care of yourself. Simple to say, hard to do," says Nancy M. Silva, M.D., fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and board-certified pediatrician in Brandon, Florida. "As a new mom, your baby's needs come first. However, much like an oxygen mask on an airplane, you must first care for yourself before you can help your baby." Silva shares the following small changes that may help to minimize the blues:
• Stay home with your little one the first few weeks. Although it may seem that everyone wants to see the new baby (and you want to show off your cutie too), preparing yourself for an outing can often get in the way of a new mother's need to rest. Also, try to rest when your baby sleeps, even if it's just a catnap or a short snooze. One exception: Go out for an hour or two alone every week to reconnect with yourself and the world. It may feel strange to leave your new baby, but time alone can bring sanity to a stressed Supermom. Mental respite is crucial.
• Drink plenty of liquids to keep yourself hydrated and to maintain your breast-milk supply.
• With a new baby to care for 24/7, you may forget to eat or simply not feel hungry. But your body needs energy, especially if you had a Cesarean or any complications. Eating small, frequent, healthful meals will sustain your appetite and provide a constant source of fuel.
• Meditation, deep breathing, massage and other relaxation techniques are great ways to relieve stress -- and prevent the blues. And now that your body is learning new positions for breastfeeding or formula-feeding, carrying baby, pushing a stroller, and lugging a heavy diaper bag, these techniques can prevent muscle strain too.
• Make time for skin-to-skin contact with baby. Studies show it will help you relax while also calming your baby. Consider it the all-natural high for both mom and baby.
• While the blues tend to dissipate, post-partum depression (PPD) is a more serious condition, and can be harder to shake. If the blues last more than two to three weeks, you are having trouble eating, sleeping or taking care of your baby, or you feel overwhelmingly sad, talk to your doctor.
Call in Reinforcements
Although many new moms find it difficult to ask for help, or accept it when offered, even Supermom can't do it all on her own. If your mom, or even your mother-in-law, wants to help care for her precious grandchild, take her up on it. Friends may offer to bring you dinner and hold your baby while you nap ... let them! Oh, and whatever you do, don't sideline Superman! Even if you're breastfeeding, he can take on other caretaking responsibilities like burping, diaper changes and general comforting.
Once those difficult first few weeks are over, you may also find yourself looking for a band of like-minded Supermom comrades to share in the joy and struggles of your new "super" life. There are several ways to meet other moms with baby in tow:
• Check out new-mom forums like those at parenting.com or cafemom.com. Facebook is another network where new moms can share photos and witty comments about their new lives without even having to shower first.
• Sign up your baby for a class! From Kindermusik to Gymboree, there are programs designed for even the youngest of babies. The classes stimulate your little one's senses while introducing you to a new group of moms with babies in the same age group as yours.
• Find a playgroup. It's another (free) reason to get out of the house and meet other new moms. To locate a playgroup in your area, search meetup.com or join your local Mothers of Preschoolers International (MOPS) at mops.org.
Batmobile Safety
Saving lives and protecting the innocent are part of the moral code of conduct every good superhero lives by. Unfortunately, our Superspawn do not come equipped with protective shields, so when driving, make sure you follow car seat safety guidelines.
• The smart folks at the AAP recommend that your baby ride in a rear-facing infant or convertible car seat in the backseat of your car until she is at least 1 year old and weighs 20 pounds, or even longer if she fits in it comfortably. If your child outgrows her infant seat before she turns 1, consider buying a larger rear-facing seat that can accommodate a child that weighs up to 40 pounds. Graco's My Ride 65 Convertible Car Seat is one of the few rear-facing seats that accommodate babies up to 40 pounds.
• It can seem like installing a car seat properly might actually require superhuman ability. Three out of four of them are used and installed incorrectly, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Carefully read the instruction manual prior to installation, and then call in another superpower to double-check your work. Certified child-passenger safety technicians can review your car seat installation and make necessary changes. Visit nhtsa.dot.gov/cps to find a list of safety-seat inspection stations near you.
• Once your seat is installed, make sure your Superbaby is properly secured. The harness retainer clips should be positioned at armpit level, and the harness straps should be snug, lying flat and tight across her chest.
• Never use a car seat that is more than five years old or one that has been involved in an accident. If you have a hand-me-down car seat (or crib, or any other type of gear) make sure it has not been recalled due to safety reasons. You can call the manufacturer or check the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Website (cpsc.gov) for an updated list of recalled products.
Booty Duty
Supermoms play many roles when it comes to baby care, and diaper changer may be the most thankless of all. Amazingly, Supermoms can eventually become almost immune to the smell of their own child's pee and poop. Now that's a superpower that comes in handy, since newborns go through as many as 10 diapers a day. Follow our diapering tips to make your changes safe and mess-free:
• If you're using a changing table, keep one hand on your squirmy baby's belly. Never leave him unattended, even for a second. Even tiny babies can surprise you with the ability to roll over when you least expect it.
• Use damp cotton balls or baby wipes to clean your baby's genital area thoroughly. For little girls, be sure to wipe front to back to avoid a urinary tract infection. For boys, use a washcloth to cover his penis and avoid a surprise shower. If your son is uncircumcised, it is important to gently tug back his foreskin and cleanse thoroughly. [Read an important note from the Editors of Babytalk about the care and cleansing of baby boys' penises.]
• Change soiled diapers often to avoid rashes, and always dry the area completely before fastening a new diaper. If that cute bottom becomes inflamed with a diaper rash, wash the affected area with warm water and apply a cream like Desitin. If the rash continues for more than a few days, call your pediatrician; it could be a yeast infection or an allergic reaction.
• If your newborn's umbilical cord stump is still attached, fold down the front of the diaper below the belly button to avoid exposure to waste or moisture.
Crying Kryptonite
Two to three hours of crying a day in the first three months is considered normal, according to the AAP. Is it stressing you out? Blame one of your superpowers! Researchers used MRI imaging to show that a crying baby actually triggers a neural chain reaction in a mom's brain, heightening her reaction. But even the most in-tune Supermom can sometimes find calming a crying baby difficult. After covering the basics, like checking to see if he's wet, hungry or tired, Silva suggests the following tactics. Before you know it, you'll be adding these to your ever-growing superpower collection.
• Use a swing. The movement mimics the motion babies experience in the womb, and thus has a tendency to calm them.
• Carry your baby in a sling. You'll be hands-free and can even tackle household chores (or your Facebook status update) while your baby is comforted by the closeness.
• Warm baths can be soothing for little ones. (Others find it irritating, so try it out and see if it helps.) Most babies can take a bath once the umbilical cord has fallen off and healed. Use hypoallergenic, scent-free baby soap to prevent skin irritation, and massage him with soft, circular strokes.
• Yes! A Supermom has the power to morph into her baby's very own human pacifier. It's called breastfeeding, but a simple pacifier can work too.
• Ssshh softly in his ear, run a vacuum cleaner or play a white noise CD. It simulates the constant sounds heard in the womb. It also helps some babies tune out other sounds that subtly stimulate.
• Try swaddling him. The warm, secure feeling is soothing to most newborns. Go to babytalk.com for a step-by-step primer on how to swaddle.
Getting your baby to fall asleep and stay asleep can be a difficult superpower to acquire. The first few months may seem like an endless 'round-the-clock battle. (It's no wonder sleep deprivation is considered a form of torture in some countries.) Although it may not seem like it, your baby is actually sleeping an average of 14 ½ to 16 ½ hours a day during the first eight weeks -- just broken up into a few hours here and there. "Then, between 3 and 4 months, your little one may begin to sleep a five-hour stretch," says Silva. "Sleeping through the night typically occurs at about 5 months, usually defined by a eight-hour stretch." There are many techniques at Supermoms' fingertips to help them achieve the coveted super-status of having a baby who sleeps through the night.
Whatever strategy you use, be sure to keep your baby safe. Always put your little one to sleep on her back on a sleeping surface free of blankets, stuffed animals and pillows to decrease the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). For more SIDS prevention guidelines, visit the AAP's new Website for parents: healthychildren.org.
Liquid Power
Tiny bellies only hold so much, so you'll be feeding your little one a lot over the first 12 weeks. "Newborns should feed eight to 12 times in a 24-hour period," says Silva. "That means the average baby will eat every two to three hours." Whether you decide on bottle, breast or both, liquid power is all your baby needs in the first four months. Frank Greer, M.D., a member of the AAP's Committee on Nutrition, says breast milk is the optimal choice of nutrition for your baby for the first 12 months. "Human milk is the preferred food for all infants, including premature and sick newborns, with rare exceptions. The only acceptable alternative to breast milk is iron-fortified infant formula," he says. More feeding advice for new moms:
• Don't feel like the two- to three-hour rule is set in stone. Some infants like to cluster-feed. "They will feed every 30 minutes to an hour several hours in a row -- it can be very exhausting, yet normal," says Silva. "The same baby may give you four to six hours of sleep in a row." As long as there have been eight to 12 feedings in the previous 24 hours, and your baby is gaining weight, this is fine. Consult with your pediatrician if you have any concerns.
• Learn to read your baby's cues for when he's hungry or full. He may cry, suck on his hands, root with his head or make sucking motions with his mouth. As for when he's had enough, babies have a natural ability to self-regulate. They rarely overeat. So as long as he's meeting the requirements set forth by your pediatrician, he should be fine.
• Although spitting up seems to come with the territory, doing so after each meal could be a sign of overfeeding or gastroesophageal reflux. Consult with your pediatrician.


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After generating quite a splash across the ocean, and already making a name for itself here in the States, the Samsung Galaxy Note is finally available from AT&T.
With a 5.3-inch display and S Pen technology, the Galaxy Note is easily one of the most talked about Android devices in recent memory. After a commercial for the Note aired during the Super Bowl, everyone online was talking about Samsung's latest "phablet," and the stylus that comes with it. Whether you're for or against the Note's massive display and unconventional input options, it promises to deliver on all fronts (well, except for pocketability).
For $299 with a two-year contract, the Galaxy Note comes in either Ceramic White or Blue Carbon, and boasts a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3, 16GB of internal memory, 1GB of RAM, Android 2.3.6 (with a promised update to Android 4.0) and access to AT&T's 4G LTE network.
If you're looking to score your own Galaxy Note on Ma Bells airwaves, visit AT&T or Amazon online now. Be on the lookout for an Android and Me Galaxy Note review coming soon.


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Tattoos & Immigration
Many thanks to all who sent me the link to this article, which was front page news in the Wall Street Journal: "Tattoo Checks Trip Up Visas."
At issue here is concern over granting green cards or permanent citizenship to members of foreign gangs. The applications are denied on national-security grounds, but even those who do not have a criminal record could be flagged on the basis of gang-related tattoos. Here's more from the article:
The presence of tattoos isn't enough to deny an application, according to a spokeswoman for the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs. She said "more attention has been paid to tattoos as indicators of a gang affiliation during the visa process" as law enforcement has better understood the relationship between "certain tattoos" and gangs. The department doesn't comment on individual cases, she said.But what's a gang tattoo?
The article discusses the plight of two Mexican-born applicants for US residency, Hector Villalobos and Rolando Mora Huerta. Both were denied visas because of their tattoos. The article particularly cites the popular "Smile/Laugh Now, Cry Later" design, which US officials believe to be gang related. While the origins of the motif in Latino art are arguably rooted in prison culture, the symbol has come to mean more than criminality.
As I wrote in the introduction to Edgar Hoill's Latino Art Collection, the ethos behind the Payaso (or Payasa) centers on the belief that one cannot show weakness but should appear strong and happy in the face of adversity and later deal with troubles when alone. It is also said that the motif reflects the ideal of living life fully in the moment without regard to consequences and suffering them afterward. Some even believe that music may be behind the imagery, noting songs like "Smile now, cry later" by Sonny Ozuna.
You don't have to be a criminal to wear this tattoo. Indeed, both men deny any criminal affiliation.
Particularly in black & grey tattoo culture, some of the artwork may find its roots in gangs and prisons, but as a gang expert cited in the article states, a number of these tattoos have become part of "popular culture at large" over the last ten years.
US officials should not decide critical immigration decisions based on how they interpret tattoos and nothing more. What about swastika tattoos? Will all those "gentle swastika" proponents be barred from residency for being in a Neo-Nazi gang?
Perhaps it will take a lawsuit to clear up this issue.
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This may be more of a vent but I need some advice too.
Background: 3 natural vag deliveries.
First was the worst induced and episiotomy plus I tore.
Next two I told the doctor (same doc)hands off and it was perfect about three hours from the time the first contraction hit til the baby was here no tears. There were only 3 people in the room my DH, Doc, and a nurse, no lights on(I know weird), and I was left alone. My DH actually slept til about 15min before the baby was here.
My next pregnancy was twins I switched from our local hospital(where my first 3 were born) with no NICU to one 1hr away with NICU. My water broke at 32wks and I opted for a section. It was awful, I had tons of complications plus other issues. This is a very large teaching hospital and you are just a number.
I am now pg and due in early Aug. At my first OB visit we went over VBAC policies for our local hospital they are:
No going past due date, No inductions, IV, constant monitoring.
And the kicker: Due to having no surgeon at the hospital round the clock you can only deliver during the hours of 8-5 Mon-Fri
Basically the only way to VBAC here is to show up complete with the baby coming out.
My doctor recommends all her VBAC patients to go the hospital I had my twins at or have a homebirth.
I do not want to go to that hospital again. I would love a homebirth but my DH is very anti homebirth. He says it's my body and I can do what I want be he won't be here for it.
So any suggestions or advice??
Thanks for the help!
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No advice, but just an impression on your DH: he's scared. My DH has only "forbidden" one thing in our marriage, and it's an HBAC. Nothing scares him more than losing me, and in his mind "any risk is too high." Admittedly, we live 30 miles from the nearest birthing center, and neither of us want to deliver in an ER. And I've had 3CS (it was 2CS when I approached him, so it would have been HBA2C). But simply asking him what it was about a homebirth that bothered him so and challenging him to at least compare/contrast the risks and benefits of each got the door of communication open again. We were at peace with each other when I delivered ... and although I did have a CS, it was at 40w3d and I was already in labor - so I recovered well and DD2 scored a 10 on the Apgar, alert, feeding well.
I'm not saying you should sacrifice your desires; just that the key may be getting the communication open again.
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Re: Help with VBAC options
Honestly, if DH isn't comfortable with a HB, I would consider the large teaching hospital where you delivered your twins if a VBAC is what you have your heart set on.
I would not like to only have the option to show up ready to push, but that's just me. I am attempting a VBA4C at the local university/research hospital any day now (EDD was 2-25). Since I am going into it planning for a VBAC, DH and I are making sure that we are clear on our birth plan and options. You might be surprised what options you may have to make your birth experience more pleasant with a planned VBAC versus a C/S.
We didn't know until we reasearched and asked and as it turned out there were many routine procedures (residents in room etc) that are not REQUIRED and you can opt out of. Talk to someone there and go for a visit and tour and ask those questions.
I personally feel most comfortable laboring at a hospital with OBs/anethesiologists on site 24/7 due to my prior C/Ss, and I certainly have no idea if baby boy will conveniently arrive between 8-5 M-F.
Good luck and congratulations!
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Re: Help with VBAC options
Some women have found that watching "The Business of Being Born" with their DH has been pretty helpful for getting him to consider a home birth. I haven't seen that one yet myself, and so I can't vouch for it personally, but it's an option, anyways.
Would going to the teaching hospital with a doula be an option, maybe? The doula would be there to support you every step of the way, and help you fight for your birth wishes when you're in labour, so you don't have to argue with the staff over things when you're not up for it. She would provide the personal care and support that you missed out on last time you were there. If your DH won't consider a homebirth, maybe that could help?
I don't think I'd opt for the local hospital if you're going to be on the clock like that. Too much stress!
All the best with finding a solution that works for you!
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Re: Help with VBAC options
I had 2 c/s and my dr said after 2 they do not allow a vbac. That was ok by me bc I was moving. So I searched and found a Dr who would perform them who was very reputable and in one of the top hospitals.
I go an hr and a half away but I got my vba2c and it was amazing. I am also due in Aril and using the same Dr.
I would do as much research as you could to find the top Drs and hospitals. Wen it comes down to it you need to go with your momma instincts after all the research is done.
In my case though vba2c or c/s I would have to still go that far away bc where I live the medical is horrible.
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Here's a silly question. So you can't VBAC because there's no surgeon in the hospital outside business hours. So what do they do if a woman who is not a VBAC needs an emergency c in the middle of the night? Transfer her to the other hospital? Call someone in? Why can't they do the same for you? And what happens if you show up outside business hours in labor anyway? Turn you away? Make you have a c? Wait, no surgeon, they couldn't do that. That doesn't make sense to me. I'd question this a bit further if I were you.
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My first 5 deliveries were vaginal, natural births. And then my 6th was a c-section, and I had soooo many complications. So with my 7th, I went to several doctors before I found one that would do a vbac. And it was so wonderful! Totally worth all the extra work to find that doctor!!! But anyway, would a birthing center, with an OB on staff, be an option? That way you don't have to have a hospital birth, but your DH may feel more comfortable. And you have the OB there, although I feel the midwives do a much better job!! Hehe!!
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My hubby is the same way about not wanting a HBAC. I understand and agreed for my first vbac, since 20 min can be the difference between losing the baby or not. That being said, my vote is get a doula and go to the big hospital or show up at the closer hospital pretty far into labor. They cant' turn you away and they won't have any time to do any of those silly requirements.
Kristen; traditional Catholic, married to my DH (07/07) and mom to David (03/09), Andrew (11/10;vbac), Jonathan (09/12;vbac) , and Michael (07/14; vbac)
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Broncos even season series with Bonneville
BLACKFOOT — A day after a road loss at Bonneville, the Blackfoot Broncos returned home, looking for a season split with the Bees.
After an early start time on the diamond and a slow start at the plate, Blackfoot rebounded for a nice 5-3, come from behind victory.
"It really feels good. The boys came out today a little slow to get started but once they did I was really impressed," Blackfoot head coach Kenny Dahle said.
Bonneville drew first blood on the Broncos, getting a trio of runs in the first three innings off of starting pitcher Sam Cannon. Cannon settled in however, holding the potent Bonneville bats silent afterwards, thereby giving the offense a chance to chip away at the early deficit.
"Sam came out a struggled a little bit getting going but it was thirty-one degrees outside which was one of my main concerns, the weather," coach Dahle said. "Once he got warmed up though, he settled down and I thought that he threw phenomenal. Just a terrific job. I really couldn't have asked for more."
At the dish, Blackfoot commenced on the comeback trail in the home half of the third inning as Beau Hoskins ripped a lead off single, igniting the offense. Hoskins eventually scored courtesy of an RBI ground out by Trae Pilster.
After a scoreless fourth, Hoskins once again ignited a rally in the fifth inning with a lead off single. Cody Evans followed with a single of his own and Hoskins scored on a RBI single by Pilster, pulling the Broncos to within 1-run.
Colby Pearson then strode to the plate and on a 2-2 pitch, the talented sophomore crushed an inside fast ball over the left field fence, rattling the tennis court with a three run bomb that proved to be the difference.
"It felt good," Pearson said. "He was trying to jam me with an inside fast ball but I was ready. I was just trying to keep the ball in play and help my team out but I got a good swing on the ball and it went out."
With the lead, Blackfoot then turned the ball over to Pilster to close out the contest and the righty did just that, working the last two innings in scoreless fashion as Blackfoot evened their conference record with the win.
"I think that our nerves just settled down and they guys just sort of settled into the game," coach Dahle said. "In the big inning the guys knew what they had to do and they came out and did it. This was a huge win, Bonneville is a good team and we will be battling with them for the conference title so it was huge to get a win against them, especially on our home field which is what we have talked about, taking care of home field, especially in conference play."
Blackfoot (2-1, 1-1) will be off for Spring break, returning to the diamond on April 5, when they host Rigby for another High Country Conference tussle.
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Pitchers: Sam Cannon (W) 5IP 3R, 3ER, 7H, 2BB, 6K; Trae Pilster 2IP, 0R, 0ER, 1H, 1K


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ASIS&T Annual Meeting
World Wide Web Inventor to Speak at 2004 ASIS&T Annual Meeting
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and currently director of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), will deliver one of two keynote addresses at the 2004 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, November 13-18, 2004.
JC Herz, author of Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and Rewired Our Minds and Surfing on the Internet is also slated for a keynote address at the conference.
Berners-Lee, the son of computer scientists, studied physics at Queen's College at Oxford University, graduating in 1976. By 1980, he was working as a software consultant at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva, where he created Enquire, a system to help him remember connections between various people and projects at the lab. In its early years, Enquire was expanded into a system that his colleagues could use to share information from one computer to the next without a central database. In 1989, he proposed taking Enquire to the next level by creating a network based on his memory project.
Berners-Lee envisioned a global information space where computers everywhere would be linked and available to all. The existence of two technologies hypertext and the Internet would let him turn his vision into a reality. Hypertext would allow any document to be linked to any other document. The Internet would allow those documents to be transmitted. And thus were planted the seeds of the World Wide Web.
JC Herz, principal of Joystick Nation, Inc., a consultancy that applies the principles of complex systems and game design to products, services and learning systems, is recognized as one of the World Economic Forum's "Global Leaders of Tomorrow." Herz's focus is networked interaction design and systems that leverage the intrinsic characteristics of networked communication. Among the clients of Joystick Nation are multinational corporations, non-profit organizations and the U.S. Department of Defense.
A noted journalist, lecturer and educator, Herz has conducted numerous workshops on game design, networked experience design and brand strategy in networked markets. She currently sits on the National Research Council's Committee on Creativity and Information Technology. She was the New York Times' first computer game critic.
The two speakers will join dozens of other practitioners, researchers, academics and writers discussing the conference theme of Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and Conflicts.
The information society, especially after recent world events, is displaying an increasing tension between forces that encourage and discourage integration and cooperation. A major focus of this conference will be on conflicts and solutions involving many national and international information cultures, including social, professional, educational and technological interests.
The Bulletin will continue to provide new details about the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. For more frequent updates, please check the ASIS&T website at www.asis.org.
News about ASIS&T Chapters
The Central Ohio ASIS&T (CO-ASIST) chapter joined with the SLA chapter of Central Ohio to present a workshop on Managing and Working in the Collaborative Environment: Techniques and Technology to Make Collaborations Easier. Mary Stansbury of Kent State University led the workshop, which looked at insights, techniques and strategies to help people maximize their collaboration efforts.
Samantha Hastings, current ASIS&T president and associate professor and fellow of the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge, University of North Texas, was the featured speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Central Ohio ASIS&T chapter in May.
The Northern Ohio ASIS&T (NORASIST) chapter, in conjunction with the Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians, presented a program on Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR): Challenge, Opportunity or . . ., with Maja Zumer, assistant professor of library and information science at University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). FRBR is a 1998 recommendation of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to restructure catalog databases to reflect the conceptual structure of information resources.
The Los Angeles Chapter of ASIS&T (LACASIS) held a spring half-day workshop on OpenURL: De-Mystified, offering technical explanations and real-world applications surrounding this context-sensitive standard.
The Los Angeles Chapter (LACASIS) is soliciting nominations for its annual Contributions to Information Science and Technology Award, which goes to one or more individuals who have made significant contributions to the field. Recipients are recognized by their colleagues as exceptional leaders whose dedication, commitment and vision inspire others, or whose singular contribution to the field of information science has been particularly significant. Deadline for nominations is July 30, 2004.
In conjunction with the Lazerow Lecture Series, sponsored by Thomson ISI, the Los Angeles Chapter of ASIS&T (LACASIS) presented Karen Spärck Jones, 2002 ASIS&T Award of Merit winner and emeritus professor of computers and information at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, in a talk on Information Retrieval Research: Old Ideas, Current Challenges and New Possibilities.
The ASIS&T Pacific Northwest Chapter held a spring meeting on The Impact of Ubiquitous Information, featuring sessions on such topics as personal information management, metadata, infoglut and content management.
For its May meeting, the Potomac Valley Chapter (PVC) of ASIS&T featured Amy Berger, Section 508 Coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey, in a talk on Web Site Accessibility: The Nuts & Bolts of Section 508 Compliance.
News from an ASIS&T SIG
SIG/III Announces 5th International Paper Contest
ASIS&T Special Interest Group/International Information Issues (SIG/III) will once again honor information science professionals in developing countries who share their experiences and studies in the 5th annual International Paper Contest. International journal publisher Elsevier has contributed funds to support the contest and expenses for the winners to attend the 2004 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, November 13-18, 2004.
The theme for this year's contest is Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and Conflicts - The Developing World Perspective. The paper topic can be at the country or regional level and should address issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of this theme.
The SIG/III International Paper Contest facilitates and enhances better communication and interaction among ASIS&T members and their international colleagues on information issues. Since its inception in 2000, the contest has attracted increasing numbers of papers from many countries. In 2003, 51 papers from 23 countries were submitted. Many papers have been published in Elsevier's International Information and Library Review. More information is available from the Paper Contest page at www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/.
Six winners will be selected. The panel of judges includes Suzie Allard, University of Tennessee; Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto; Nathalie Leroy, United Nations; Duncan Omole, The World Bank; Liwen Vaughan, University of Western Ontario; and Hong Xu, University of Pittsburgh. Contest chairs are Yunfei Du, Wayne State University; Nathalie Leroy, United Nations; and Sue O'Neill Johnson, SIG/III immediate past chair.
The prize for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership. In addition, thanks to the continued generous support from Elsevier, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration and accommodations while attending the 2004 ASIS&T Annual Meeting.
Publishing Opportunities
Submitted papers will be considered for posting on the SIG/III website as pre-publications. In addition, they will also be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer refereeing process.
Information for Authors
Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of and resides in a developing country are eligible. Previous winners in the International Paper Contest are not eligible. Papers should be original, unpublished and in English.
ASIS&T Copyright Policy
ASIST will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its website or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author.
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5000 words, by June 30, 2004. Electronic submission is encouraged. For more information or to submit manuscripts, contact Yunfei Du by e-mail at the following address: email@example.com
Please check the SIG III website (www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/) for a list of previous winners, sample papers and success stories of some previous winners.
News about ASIS&T Members
Allison Druin, assistant professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, is one of 12 individuals appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS). Her appointment, which will end in 2006, was approved by the Senate earlier this year.
Bonnie Carroll, former ASIS&T president, and current president of Information International Associates (IIa), Oak Ridge, TN, is one of the nation's 100 "most valuable information technology (IT) professionals," according to Federal Computer Week (FCW), which makes the award. Carroll was cited for her long-time leadership in CENDI, the federal STI managers group. FCW describes the winners as individuals with "uncommon vision" who play pivotal roles in the federal IT community. They are the ones who make a "lasting impact" on their organizations and their communities.
Clifford Lynch, former ASIS&T president and current executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), has been named the 2004 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Lippincott Award. The award "recognizes an individual for distinguished service to the profession of librarianship."
Norman Horrocks, professor emeritus, School of Library and Information Studies, Dalhousie University, is the 22nd annual recipient of the International Kaula Gold Medal and Citation, which honors a distinguished librarian, documentalist or teacher of library and information science. Horrocks was selected by the International Awards Committee of the Professor Kaula Endowment for Library and Information Science.
Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was the featured speaker for the April session of the HCIL Spring Seminar Series at the University of Maryland. The title of his scheduled talk was Agile Views for Digital Video.
Treasurer Presents ASIS&T Audit
ASIS&T Treasurer Cecilia Preston has presented the audited financial statements for fiscal year 2003 to the ASIS&T Board of Directors.
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Constantine reaches district finals
Constantine will meet KVA rival Schoolcraft in the Class C District 66 finals.
The Lady Falcons swept Marcellus 25-23, 25-20, 25-11 in the first semifinal game.
"The girls have been mentally preparing for tonight for days," coach Niki Tulley said. "We came with a goal of maintaining our composure and enthusiasm on every point.
"When we can do this and maintain our confidence, great things happen," Tulley added.
Danica Lucas had 11 kills, five digs and two aces, Jessica Mallo had seven kills, three aces and two blocks and Lexie Harrison four kills, three aces and eight digs.
Caitlyn Burch recorded eight kills, 11 digs and three aces, Megan Rodewald added eight digs and two aces, Zoe Jones had 28 assists and six digs and Kelsey Potter had five digs.
In the second semifinal, Schoolcraft swept White Pigeon 25-11, 25-18, 25-10.
No individual stats were available at press time.
Bronson wins
Bronson's volleyball team reached the district finals with a win Wednesday night.
The Lady Vikings beat Union City 25-12, 25-21 and 25-21 to reach the finals.
Bronson will play Reading tonight beginning at 7 p.m.
The game is being held at Union City High School.
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Marshfield native John Loughran, who died in Bourne accident Saturday, is remembered as passionate about his job.
To those who worked beside him as he did the job he loved, John Loughran will be remembered as a hero.
Loughran, of Quincy, and Joseph L. Boyd III of Fall River died instantly Saturday after a truck with an aerial basket holding them about 140 feet in the air toppled over at a job site in Bourne. Both men were 34.
Brian Murphy, the business manager and financial secretary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 104, based in Walpole, worked for more than a month alongside Loughran when the pair traveled to Long Island, N.Y., to repair power lines after Hurricane Sandy.
Murphy said he and Loughran shared a passion for their job, which brought them all over the country repairing power lines after storms.
"No matter how frustrating things could get, he loved the challenge and the freedom of being a line worker in the IBEW," Murphy said.
When they weren't talking shop, Murphy said, they were talking boats.
Loughran was originally from Marshfield, where his family still lives. He was a 1998 graduate of Marshfield High School and a 2002 graduate of Bridgewater State College.
His father, John Loughran, broke down Saturday at the scene of the accident.
"I lost my son today, and I love him," Loughran said. "He was doing exactly what he wanted to do being at the top of that tower. He was a wonderful kid. I love him, and I'm going to miss him terribly."
Murphy said Loughran came from a family of linemen, and the IBEW building in Walpole is dedicated in his grandfather's name. Friends and relatives gathered at his parents' Marshfield home Sunday afternoon, but did not wish to speak to the press.
The accident took place at property owned by Cape Cod Aggregates Corp. at 665 Scenic Highway, Bourne police said.
Loughran and Boyd worked for Mass Bay Electrical Corp. and were contracted to work on an NStar utility project, NStar spokeswoman Rhiannon D'Angelo said.
They appeared to be working under high-tension power lines, near the power poles, on a sandy and barren parcel of land.
An off-duty Wareham police officer noticed the upended truck from the Scenic Highway and called Bourne police, Bourne Police Chief Dennis Woodside said. Other workers were on the ground at the job site when the accident happened.
Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe, the State Police and the federal Office of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are investigating the accident. O'Keefe could not be reached for comment Sunday. A team of Cape firefighters specially trained for technically challenging situations was called to the scene shortly after the incident was reported.
Murphy said many people are unaware of the challenges faced by linemen and the risks they have to take at work.
"Line workers make sacrifices every day to the public to keep their lights on," he said.
Eighty percent of deaths from vehicle-mounted elevated platforms are a result of contact with electrical sources, according to the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Department of Labor Standards. In addition to electrocutions, fatalities occur from failure to use a fall restraint, from overturned trucks set on unstable ground, from falls from buckets and from slips and falls while using the bucket.
Still, Murphy said Loughran died doing what made him happiest.
"John and Joe made the ultimate sacrifice Saturday but few will ever understand, (John) would not have wanted it any other way," Murphy said. "At Local 104 they will always be heroes in our eyes."
Material from The Cape Cod Times was used in this story.
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