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Situated in Bellevue, this hotel is 1.4 mi (2.2 km) from Bellevue College and within 6 mi (10 km) of Bellevue Botanical Garden and Downtown Park. Bellevue Arts Museum and Lincoln Square are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features coffee/tea in a common area, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk. Free on-the-go breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a front-desk safe.
Room Amenities
All 150 rooms have flat-screen TVs with cable channels and feature kitchens with refrigerators, stovetops, and microwaves. Free WiFi, coffee makers, and free local calls are among the other amenities available to guests. Weekly housekeeping is available.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us! Opens in a new window.
Extended Stay America Seattle-Bellevue-Factoria
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Bellevue hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, laundry facilities, and discounted use of a nearby fitness facility. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Extended Stay America Seattle-Bellevue-Factoria is a smoke-free property.
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free breakfast
- Laundry facilities
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Total number of rooms - 150
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Smoke-free property
- 24-hour front desk
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kitchen
- Laundry facilities
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Flat-panel TV
- Private bathroom
- Premium TV channels
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Cable TV service
- Weekly housekeeping provided
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Desk
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Iron/ironing board
- Kitchen
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- Free WiFi
- Stovetop
- Microwave
- Shower/tub combination
Where to Eat
A complimentary on-the-go breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 9:30 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Snowboarding nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Snowmobiling nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 21
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 25 per pet, per day (maximum USD 150 per stay)
- Dogs and cats only
- 2 per room
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Pet fee: USD 25 per pet, per day (maximum USD 150 per stay)
- Weekly housekeeping provided; fees apply for additional cleaning
Hotel Name
- Extended Stay America Aparthotel Seattle-Bellevue-Factoria
- Extended Stay America Seattle-Bellevue-Factoria
- Extended Stay America Seattle-Bellevue-Factoria Aparthotel
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Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).


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This from Mario Vittone. Well worth a viewing.
October 5, 2012 by captbbrucato
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Thanks for posting this. Interesting info even if we are not rescue swimmers. There may be a times when we will be called upon to do a rescue someone. I've come close to bringing my boat to aid someone in the North River who jumped off their boat but, did not think/know what currents can do. A power boat got to them first so I was able to back off. As a solo sailor I do a lot of "what if's" all the time and try to have backups in place for when things go wrong. But, from Vittones talk it is also good to remind yourself that there may always be a new situation that you had not thought of and you should not panic when that happens.


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LOS ANGELES — Ellen DeGeneres has high aspirations for her second time around hosting the Oscars.
"It reached the world," the talk show host said of her well-received 2007 Oscarcast. "And I'm trying to get world peace. So, that's my goal. My hope is by hosting the Academy Awards, right afterward, we have world peace."
DeGeneres may have been exaggerating but there's no overstating her enthusiasm for the upcoming March 2 gig.
"I know a lot of those people," she said of the Oscar audience. "They're on my show a lot. I love the whole business. ... I get to play with all those people in the audience and make people happy, and, hopefully, relax them."
DeGeneres made her comments Friday while attending a Toys for Tots charity event in Los Angeles.


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A discussion about relocating the public administrator's office during the Phelps County Commission meeting Jan. 29 turned into a larger discussion in which commissioners expressed concerns about inefficiencies.
However, both Public Administrator Kathy Oliver and commissioners agreed that the problem is not unique to Phelps County and a fix would require changes across the state.
Oliver initially approached the commission to ask about switching offices with the senior companions office at the county courthouse.
It was noted that trading offices would give Oliver about 144 more square feet of space, which would provide more room for storing files and would give Oliver an office with more privacy.
Because of limited space in the courthouse, Oliver said she felt trading offices is the only option available except for finding a location outside of the courthouse that would need to be rented. By remaining in the courthouse, Oliver said she can be close if she is called to appear in court.
The commission agreed to relocate the public administrator and senior companions offices at the courthouse by around mid-April, but not before District Two Commissioner Gary Hicks asked Oliver about her clients who live in other counties.
Oliver explained that she is only given clients who initially live in Phelps County, but at some point, they may move to a different county.
In 2007, she was serving 108 clients but currently, she has about 160 clients. Of those 160, there are 42 clients who live outside of Phelps County, including in Vienna, Union, Houston, Farmington, Bismarck, Sikeston and as far away as Hannibal and Poplar Bluff.
Oliver said she visits the clients who live the farthest away from Phelps County about once a year.
The same thing is occurring to public administrators across the state who have to drive across counties for clients who they still serve.
"That's way too inefficient," said Presiding Commissioner Randy Verkamp. "It's so expensive and inefficient for you to drive to other places."
Verkamp said if Oliver continues to travel to other counties to visit clients, it will affect her mileage and personnel expenses greatly.
"At the pace you're expanding, it's unsurmountable," Verkamp said. "You're using tax dollars and it needs to be efficient."
"I keep as many people in Phelps County as I can," Oliver said.
District One Commissioner Larry Stratman said that taking care of the county's own is the right thing to do, but that taking care of residents who have moved away should not be supported by the county taxpayer's money.
While Oliver noted that a state statute (RSMo 475.115) allows public administrators in other counties, if they are willing, to begin accepting responsibility for those clients who move to their counties, some public administrators or judges in those counties refuse to accept the clients.
The statute reads: "A public administrator may request transfer of any case to the jurisdiction of another county by filing a petition for transfer. If the receiving county meets the venue requirements of section 475.035 and the public administrator of the receiving county consents to the transfer, the court shall transfer the case. The court with jurisdiction over the receiving county shall, without the necessity of any hearing as required by section 475.075, appoint the public administrator of the receiving county as successor guardian and/or successor conservator and issue letters therein."
"First I would need to talk to that public administrator (in another county) and tell them about the individual client or individual ward to see if they are willing to accept that transfer," Oliver said. "If they are willing to transfer, they need to give me a letter consenting that they accept." Then, a change of venue is needed.
For clients who take up a permanent residence in another county, it makes sense to transfer those individuals to the care of that county's public administrator, Oliver said, but noted there are some clients who, because of one issue or another, move away from one county and then move back into that same county.
Then there are cases where a home or facility may not have room for one of Oliver's clients, so she must look elsewhere, sometimes in other counties, to find a place that is willing to take the client.
Stratman said the Missouri Association of Counties and the state Legislature both need to be aware of this issue.


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Police this week seized two methamphetamine labs in the St. James community, and at least two suspects have been charged in connection with the labs.
ST. JAMES – Police this week seized two methamphetamine labs in the St. James community, and at least two suspects have been charged in connection with the labs.
Steven Lawrence Harris, 56 of Waynesville, and Randolph L. Schmidt, 37 of St. James, are charged with Trafficking in Drugs/Attempt to Traffic in Drugs (1st Degree).
Bond is set for $100,000.
The identities of other suspects involved in the investigations had not been released as of press time Friday afternoon.
According to a press release published on the department's Facebook page, officers on Thursday evening received information of a possible meth lab near the 300 block of E. Scioto Street.
"There was a definite pungent odor associated with it.," said St. James Police Chief Jim Anderson. "The officer knew right away what was going on."
Anderson said the three occupants inside the home were placed under arrest. Responding officers drew their firearms during the course of the arrest, but the suspects surrendered and were taken without incident, the chief said.
The St. James Fire District was called in to keep traffic from entering the immediate area, and the South Central Drug Task Force was called in to disassemble the lab.
"Subjects were placed on a 24-hour hold pending warrant application for manufacturing methamphetamine and trafficking drugs," according to information published on Facebook.
Officers later found a second meth lab at the 1100 block of West Springfield Road. The South Central Drug Task Force also removed the second laboratory from the location. Suspects for the second methamphetamine laboratory have not yet been identified, and the investigation was ongoing as of press time Friday afternoon.
Anderson said seizure of meth labs in St. James typically occurs a few times a year.
"This is definitely a yearly occurrence," he said.
A third drug-related investigation at the 100 block of North Outer Road, which led to the arrest of an unidentified male suspect for possession of synthetic drugs on Friday, was ongoing as of press time.
In other police news, the St. James Police Department is also investigating a burglary at the 300 block of North Meramec Street, along with 17 separate incidents of stealing from "unsecured motor vehicles."


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A pair of Major League Baseball teams that call Southwest Florida home for spring training shattered attendance records this year, fulfilling predictions by tourism and sports officials.
A combined 213,888 people watched professional baseball games in Sarasota and Manatee counties during the spring season, setting records at Sarasota's Ed Smith Stadium and Bradenton's McKechnie Field.
Sports and tourism officials alike say the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates' spring training sites — together with the Tampa Bay Rays facility in Charlotte County — are contributing to a greater influx of visitors to the region overall.
"In March we were completely sold out across the boards, and I think a lot of that had to do with spring training," said Nicole Rissler, director of sports for Visit Sarasota County, the county's tourism agency.
The Orioles, in their third season in Sarasota, set a franchise record, drawing 120,455 fans in 17 home games. The team's previous local record was in 2011, when the the Orioles played before 115,506 fans over 16 home games. Last year, 106,398 people attended Orioles' spring games.
Sarasota, meanwhile, also smashed a record for the number of attendees for spring training. The community has been hosting Major League Baseball teams for spring training since 1924.
More than 7,640 people were at Ed Smith Stadium for the Grapefruit League finale against the New York Mets Saturday, but the highest attendance was on March 14, when the Tampa Bay Rays played the Orioles. That game was one of nine sell-outs this year.
"There are a number of factors that contribute to the record number of fans we're seeing this year," said David Rovine, an Orioles' vice president.
"The continuation of the relationship we have with MASN-sports, which televises the games and beautiful stadium to millions in the mid-Atlantic states, combined with the great weather and destination we have here, really drives that pent-up demand to get out of those unfortunate areas of the country," Rovine added.
The Baltimore Orioles, which nearly made it to the American League Championship Series last season for the first time since 1997, returned to Sarasota for the second year following a $31 million renovation to Ed Smith Stadium.
The record number of fans came despite the loss of AirTran Airways, which flew direct daily flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sarasota-Bradenton International. AirTran left the airport in August 2012, following an acquisition by Southwest Airlines.
By comparison, the Pittsburgh Pirates drew 93,433 people to 15 home games at McKechnie Field this year, the first spring season following a $7.5 million upgrade for new seating, better access to players and improved concessions and bathrooms.
The Pirates previous McKechnie record was also set in 2011.
"These records are the culmination of a lot of hard work by our organization, the city of Bradenton, and Manatee County to make McKechnie Field such a comfortable place for our fans, while keeping the classic ballpark feel," said Trevor Gooby, the Pirates senior director of Florida operations.
Both the Orioles and Pirates reported record attendance for pre-spring training events, too.
Crowds for a mid-January FanFest in Baltimore doubled that of 2012, despite the building excitement over the Baltimore Ravens' pending Super Bowl XLVII appearance in early February.
"I think the enhancements made to McKechnie Field, of course, drew more people to the area, but it is also a step in the right direction for the redevelopment of our urban core," said Elliott Falcione, executive director of the Bradenton Area Convention Center & Visitor's Bureau.
"We're connecting the dots so Pirates fans can easily see what else Bradenton has to offer," he added.
Tourism officials believe that marketing efforts during the regular season in both Pittsburgh and Baltimore through television, radio and print ads, along with raffle vacation giveaways, helped spur interest to travel to games this year.
"We promoted Sarasota as a destination in the Washington, D.C., area during the regular season, hoping to entice fans to make the trip down here," Rissler said.
Pat Sears, a lifelong Orioles fan from Orioles' Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr.'s hometown of Aberdeen, Md., stayed in Venice and spent a week going to spring training games regionwide for the first time. Though he spent most of his time at different ballparks, he also saw Siesta Key and other attractions.
"In Baltimore during the regular season, you don't get to interact with the players like you do at Ed Smith Stadium," Sears said. "That stadium is beautiful and the people are friendly. It was awesome."
Spring training games bring record crowds
A pair of Major League Baseball teams that call Southwest Florida home for spring training shattered attendance records this year, fulfilling predictions by tourism and sports officials.


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DURHAM, N.C. – After leading for much of the game, the Duke baseball faced a one-run deficit in the eighth but the Blue Devils were able to rally for the 5-4 victory over High Point Tuesday evening at Jack Coombs Field. Freshman Michael Matuella was outstanding in seven innings on the mound, while redshirt sophomore Chris Marconcini totaled three hits and two RBI to lead the Blue Devils.
Duke (23-20 8-13 ACC) led 3-1 after a three-run third, but High Point (22-21, 9-6 Big South) plated three unanswered – one in the seventh and two in the eighth - to take a 4-3 advantage. In the bottom half of the eighth, junior Jordan Betts drew a leadoff walk and scored from first on Marconcini's second double of the night to tie the game before freshman Kenny Koplove drove in what proved to be the game-winning run.
"At the end of the day, a win's a win against a very quality, very well-coached club" said head coach Chris Pollard. "Even though you don't like to give away a lead like we did, at the same time you learn something about yourself when you have to battle back in a ball game like that. We showed some guts. We didn't show great execution in a lot of the things we did today, but we showed guts."
In his fifth start of the season, Matuella scattered three hits over seven innings and allowed just two runs, only one earned. The rookie right-hander struck out three and walked one batter in the no decision.
"Ultimately the credit goes to Michael Matuella," Pollard added. "The job that he did … he deserved to win the ball game. The quality of the start he gave us really allowed us to overcome some of our mistakes. I thought he showed tremendous composure, poise, competitive fire - all those things. He showed me a lot today."
Marconcini turned in his first three-hit performance of the season with a pair of doubles and a single against the Panthers. Koplove was 2-for-4 with an RBI, while redshirt sophomore Aaron Cohn laced a single in his first at bat of the season. Junior Jordan Betts and senior Jeff Kremer both added a hit and an RBI as well.
High Point struck first with an unearned run in the second as Spencer Angelis reached on an error and ultimately scored on a Scott Glover grounder to the right side.
Duke registered three hits with two outs in the bottom of the third to claim a 3-1 advantage. Senior Ryan Munger walked and scored the first Blue Devil run of the game on a Kremer two-out base hit. Sophomore Grant McCabe kept the rally going with a walk before a Betts base knock plated Kremer. Marconcini then recorded his first RBI of the evening with a single to score McCabe.
With Matuella on the mound, Duke appeared to be in control, but High Point cut the lead to 3-2 in the seventh. Senior Ryan Retz began with a single, advanced to third on a Cody Manzella base hit and scored on a wild pitch. With the tying run at third, Matuella struck out Dane McDermott to end the frame and preserve the Duke lead.
In the top of the eighth, a high fly ball lost in the lights put a Panther runner on second and High Point tied the game on a Josh Spano RBI double just inside the third base line. The Panthers then regained the lead with a Retz RBI single before sophomore Andrew Istler (2-3), who tossed two innings with a pair of strikeouts to pick up the win, induced a fly ball to left to end the frame.
"It was bad luck," Pollard said. "I thought [Istler] left a couple balls up but those two runs are more bad luck than anything."
Istler permitted a two-out single in the ninth but got leadoff hitter Willie Medina to fly out to right to end the game.
The Panthers' Zach Haile (1-1) suffered the loss after giving up two runs on three hits in 1.1 innings of work.
The Blue Devils will reunite with the Panthers tomorrow, traveling to High Point for a 6 p.m. start. Duke will then host Maryland over the weekend at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park Friday, Saturday and Sunday.


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Help select Sells Twitter handle
South Dakota State Athletics needs your help as director of athletics Justin Sell makes his way onto the Twitter scene. Over the coming weeks, fans can help name Sell's Twitter account.
Fans can submit a name for Sell's Twitter account via social media including Facebook and Twitter using #Name4Sell until July 22, at 8 p.m.
Entries will be collected and the top five names will be unveiled, with a $20 gift card awarded to the fans that submit one of the five chosen names. Fans can then vote on the top five entries until July 30 at 8 p.m., with the winning name announced on Aug. 12, during fall sports media day
The winner receives two home sideline passes to a football game of their choice for the 2013 Football season in Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.
To Submit Your Vote:
· Tweet using the hashtag: #Name4Sell
· Submissions via Facebook (SDSU.Jackrabbit.Nation) and Twitter (@SDSU_Jacks)
Top 5 Selected Names (Choose 1):
· @SDStateAD
· @JackrabbitAD
· @SellnSDSU
· @StateofSell
· @Sell_SDSU
Voting ends on July 30th at 8 p.m.


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Horizon NJ Health premiered their brand new Care-A-Van at a free health care event in Guttenberg last month. The van offers screenings and other services for the community.
The goal of the event was to educate residents on health and nutrition.
Horizon NJ Health is a health care company that serves both insured individuals with Medicaid and those under NJ FamilyCare programs for low income families.
"Our health representatives – we call them Team NJ – participate in more than 300 community health events in all 21 New Jersey counties throughout the year," said Horizon NJ Health Public Relations Specialist John Passuth. "Working with community, faith-based organizations and schools, we use various resources to target each community's health care and health education needs."
"Our main focus is to create health awareness." – Jose Roche
Historical pharmacy
Seifert's Pharmacy's history, which is over 100 years old, sparked the interest of Horizon's Community Health Nurse Zaida Soto. She contacted the Picca family who own Seifert's Pharmacy and set up the event.
"It's good because it encourages people to actually see their doctor, and not be afraid to see their doctor," said Pharmacist William Picca.
"For the pharmacists it's a joint collaboration," said Soto. "They're not looking at us as an insurance company, they're looking at us as a joint community effort."
Pharmacist Robert Picca said the partnership between Seifert's Pharmacy and Horizon NJ Health made him feel like he was contributing.
Horizon NJ Health Care-A-Van
Health Representative Carlos Sanchez and Fleet Administrator/Community Health Representative Jose Roche interacted with the attendees. The Care-A-Van offers on-site health education and screenings for blood pressure and high blood sugar, and helps residents with health insurance questions.
Some of the literature Horizon distributed, in English and Spanish, provided information on how to determine if you have diabetes, how to choose low sodium foods for those with high blood pressure, and offered guidance for those who are uninsured and looking for healthcare.
Low income families at the event were able to verify if they were eligible for NJ Family Care.
"There's so many people out there with high blood pressure and high blood sugar that don't know it," said William. "There's nothing to fear, there's no charge, and it helps us by helping the community, it saves lives too."
"I think it's a pleasure that I work for a company that allows us to go into the community and reach the people," said Soto. "We're here about wellness and preventative care and to answer any questions."
Picca wants people to know that there are a lot of free programs available for residents who are in need of them much like Horizon's NJ Health Care-A-Van event.
For additional information visit www.horizonnjhealth.com or call 1 (800) 682-9094 and ask to speak with any of the Horizon representatives mentioned above.
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This week on REWIND: Awards Show Edition we zero in on the big scandal of the 55th Annual GRAMMY awards — their One Directionsnub. Directioners are up in arms over the band's lack of nominations (not even Best New Artist?!?) and they have legitimate reason to be!
Did you know:
• That One Direction's debut album, released in March 2012, was the first ever #1 debut for a UK artist in the U.S.A.? Even the Beatles didn't pull that trick off.
• That One Directions second album, released in November 2012, had the third biggest debut sales week this year — only behind GRAMMY nominees Taylor Swift and Mumford & Sons?
• That no boy band has ever won a GRAMMY? That's right, while some have been nominated there is no hardware from the GRAMMYS in the homes of 'NSYNC, the Backstreet Boys or New Kids on the Block. Could there be a conspiracy against boy bands at work?
-Courtney E. Smith, CBS Local


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Nebraska Shines in Road Win at Cal
Berkeley, Calif. - An outstanding team outing on vault and stellar performances from three all-around competitors powered the No. 11 Nebraska women's gymnastics team to a 197.525-196.525 win over the Cal Golden Bears on Saturday night. The performance by the Huskers (9-3, 5-2 Big Ten) gave the squad their second-highest score of the season and their highest road score this year. Cal (8-9, 1-7 Pac-12) also had a solid evening, posting their highest team score in 2013.
"We came in here after a meet last week that we weren't totally satisfied with," Head Coach Dan Kendig said. "We wanted a good away score, and the girls delivered. We needed this going into Big Tens next week. It was an important meet for us, and I think it will give us a lot of confidence and momentum heading into our conference championship."
NU was led by junior Emily Wong, who earned or tied for titles on bars (9.925), beam (9.90) and floor (9.925) to take her sixth all-around title this season at 39.675. Her all-around score also tied her career-high from two weeks ago vs. Iowa. Hollie Blankse and Jessie DeZiel tied for top honors on vault with identical scores of 9.95, and Brittany Skinner tied for the beam title (9.90).
The Huskers opened the night on bars, posting their highest road score on the event this season at 49.300. NU was led by Wong, who began her evening in the all-around with a meet-best 9.925. DeZiel earned a 9.875, and Blanske tied her career-best on the event at 9.85.
Cal opened the evening with a 49.275 on vault. The Bears were paced by Kristina Heymann, who earned a 9.875 overall. The Huskers jumped to an early lead after the first rotation, leading Cal by a score of 49.300-49.275.
Nebraska erupted on vault in their second rotation, posting the nation's best team score on vault prior to this weekend with a 49.650. The score, the third-highest in program history, was fueled by a whopping five Huskers who posted marks of 9.90 or higher.
Leading the way on vault for the Big Red was Minnesota native DeZiel and Hollie Blanske, who earned identical marks of 9.95. DeZiel's score tied her career-high, while Blanske's mark was a new career-best for the freshman. Wong and Brittany Skinner added powerful 9.925 routines each, and Giblin earned a new-season best with a 9.90.
The Bears earned a 49.125 on bars on their second event, led by a 9.925 from Madisyn O'Brien. With two events down, NU extended their lead over Cal to 98.950-98.400.
Nebraska's momentum carried over to floor, where the team pulled down a solid overall mark at 49.275. Wong led NU, posting her third consecutive 9.925 on the evening. Skinner tied her career-best with a 9.875, and DeZiel added a 9.875 as well.
Cal took to beam on their third rotation, earning a 48.925. Crystal Paz was tops for the Bears on the event, scoring a 9.875. With only one event remaining, Nebraska led the Bears by a score of 148.325-147.325.
THe Huskers sealed their victory on beam, posting a solid 49.300 on their final event of the night. Wong and Skinner paced the Huskers, each earning 9.90s. Skinner's mark gave her a new career-high. DeZiel added a season-best-tying score of 9.875, and Jennifer Lauer earned a 9.825.
The Bears earned a 49.200 on floor to close their evening, aided by identical scores of 9.875 from Alicia Asturias and Mariesah Pierce. The effort would not be enough to overcome Nebraska, but did give Cal their best team score of the season at 196.525.
NU's all-arounders put up three outstanding performances on the evening. In addition to Wong's meet-best 39.675, DeZiel posted an outstanding 39.575. Skinner added a 39.525, a new career-best for the senior. The Bears were led by Asturias, who earned a 39.375 to finish fourth.
Nebraska will open postseason competition next weekend in East Lansing, Mich., at the 2013 Big Ten Championship. Hosted by Michigan State at the Breslin Center, eight teams will take part in the event: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State and Penn State. The meet will be split into two sessions, with session I starting at noon CDT and session II beginning at 5 p.m. CDT. Both sessions of the championship will air live on BTN.
Name Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around
Jordyn Beck --- --- --- --- ---
Hollie Blanske 9.95 9.85 --- 9.775 ---
Jessie DeZiel 9.95 9.875 9.875 9.875 39.575
Janelle Giblin 9.90 8.75 9.80 --- ---
Kailyn Hawkins --- --- --- --- ---
Amanda Lauer --- --- --- --- ---
Jennifer Lauer --- --- 9.825 9.825 ---
Ariel Martin --- --- --- --- ---
Madison McConkey --- --- --- --- ---
Kassandra Nathe --- 9.825 9.375 --- ---
Jamie Schleppenbach --- --- --- --- ---
Brittany Skinner 9.925 9.825 9.90 9.875 39.525
Desire' Stephens 9.825 --- --- 9.625 ---
Emily Wong 9.925 9.925 9.90 9.925 39.675
Team Score Vault Bars Beam Floor Total
Nebraska 49.650 49.300 49.300 49.275 197.525
California 49.275 49.125 48.925 49.200 196.525


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For the second straight time, the match came down to a few tie-breakers for the Luther men's tennis team, but the Norse found themselves on the wrong end of a 6-3 score against Carleton, ranked No. 10 in the Central Region at the Winona Tennis Center in Winona, Minn.
Luther tallied its first point of the day at No. 1 doubles where Ramesh Karki and Quinn Foley moved to 3-0 this spring with an impressive (8-3) victory over Carleton's Paul Cooper and Andrew Hwang. The Knights were winners at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to take a 2-1 lead into singles action. Nick Mozena and James Ayer were unable to capitalize on some early break point opportunities and never got back into the match, falling (8-3) at No. 2 against Austin Jiang and Alex Chin. Sean Brown and Torstein Jystad came close at No. 3 before dropping an (8-5) match to McCoy Becker and Erik Johnson.
After Chin beat Jystad (6-2, 6-2) at No. 4, Ayer responded with a (6-3, 4-6, (10-8)) super tie-breaker victory against Cooper at No. 5 to trim the Knight advantage to 4-2. Carleton notched its fourth point with a (6-2, 6-3) win from Hwang over Luther's Matt Bellio, but the Norse stayed in the hunt when Mozena knocked off Avery Rux (6-2, 2-6, (10-8)) at No. 2 to make it a 4-3 meet.
Karki had won his first set against Jiang at No. 1 in a tie-breaker, but had quickly dropped the second set and was headed to a deciding super tie-breaker. Matt Knutson was also deadlocked in a tight match with Becker at No. 6. After dropping the first set 6-4 and getting broke to go down 6-5 in the second, Knutson broke back to make it 6-6 and send the second set to a tie-breaker. With the Norse needing to win the remaining tie-breakers to win the meet, Carleton responded with some clutch shots earning a (6-7 (5), 6-1, (10-4)) win at No. 1 and a (6-4, 7-6 (5)) at No. 6 to take home a 6-3 team victory.
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Huskers Hit the Road for First Time in 2013
After competing at home during the first two weeks of the 2013 season, the men's and women's Nebraska track and field teams will head south to the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. Hosted by the University of Arkansas, the two day meet starts at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25 and continues on Saturday at 11 a.m.
The Huskers will be up against some of the top programs in the country, as Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Florida State, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Georgia and Baylor will all be in attendance.
On the men's side, six of the 11 teams are ranked in the USTFCCCA top-25, including No. 1 Arkansas. The other five teams include No. 3 Florida, No. 6 LSU, No. 11 Texas, No. 13 Arizona and No. 21 Arizona State.
On the women's side, eight of the 11 teams are ranked in the USTFCCCA top-25, led by No. 5 Arkansas. Joining the Razorbacks, will be No. 6 LSU, No. 7 Florida, No. 12 Arizona, No. 13 Texas, No. 16 Georgia, No. 17 Baylor and No. 21 Nebraska.
Action starts on Friday at 1 p.m. with the women's pentathlon 60-meter hurdles, while the men's pole vault opens the field events at 4 p.m. and the track events start at 6 p.m. with the women's 60-meter preliminaries.
On Saturday, the men's weight throw starts at 11 a.m., with the heptathlon 60-meter hurdles starting at 12 p.m. and the women's 3,000 meters at 12:15 p.m.
Huskers Sweep adidas Classic Team Titles
The Nebraska track and field team swept the meet titles at the adidas Classic for the fifth straight year on Saturday at the Devaney Center Indoor Track. Both Husker squads dominated the field, as the women finished with 207 points, while Wichita State finished second with 100 points. The men posted with 205.33 total points; Iowa was second with 111 points. The afternoon was highlighted by numerous personal best performances and 19 event titles for Nebraska, including Jessica Furlan, Janis Leitis and Mara Weekes all winning more than one individual event crown on the day.
Winning Ways
The all-time winningest track and field coach in the history of the Big 12 and the former Big Eight Conference, Nebraska Head Coach Gary Pepin enters his 33rd season at NU during the 2013 track and field season. The longest tenured active coach in Cornhusker athletics, 2013 will be Pepin's 33rd season as head coach of both the Husker men's and women's track teams. Pepin captured 23 Big 12 titles as the Huskers' leader.
In his first 32 seasons at Nebraska, Pepin has coached athletes to 57 NCAA titles, 477 All-America honors and 516 conference titles.
White Leads Huskers, Earns Big Ten Honor
Junior James White made a quick name for himself at the Holiday Inn Invitational during the first weekend of competition, stealing the show and winning the men's high jump with a leap of 7-5 1/4 (2.27), a personal best for him. His jump is the leading jump in the Big Ten and is fifth all-time in the Nebraska record books. He is the reigning junior college high jump champion after completing the last two years at Central Iowa Community College.
White was named the Big Ten Co-Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 14.
Leitis Honored by Big Ten
Senior Janis Leitis Nebraska was honored by the Big Ten Conference on Monday, Jan. 21 as he was named the league's male field athlete of the week.
Leitis produced a successful weekend where finished first in the 60 meters at the NWU Invite on Friday and also won the 200 meters and the long jump at the adidas Classic last Saturday. He posted times of 6.92 in the 60 meters and 21.45 in the 200 meters, along with a mark of 24-8 ¼ (7.52) in the long jump. He ranks first in the conference and is fifth in the nation in the long jump. The award marks the first indoor track and field weekly award of his career.
Akinmoladun's Stellar Start
Oladapo Akinmoladun opened his 2013 season by recording the best time in the Big Ten this season, the 11th-best time in the nation and the ninth-best performance in Husker history with a personal-best-tying time of 7.83, giving him his first event title as a Husker.
Weekes Takes Home Two More Titles
After winning two event titles at the Holiday Inn Invitational, Mara Weekes won the women's 60 meters with a time of 7.54 and took the 200 meters with a time of 24.24. She ranks ninth in the Big Ten in the 60 meters and is sixth in the 200 meters.
Brinn Continues to Excel
Senior Tommy Brinn recorded the third-best time in Husker history in the 600 meters, finishing first in the event with a time of 1:18.06 at the adidas Classic. His personal-best in the event is 1:17.63. He holds the top spot in the event in the Big Ten Conference.
Husker Throwers Set PR's
Chad Wright took home the men's shot put title at the adidas Classic with a personal-best throw of 61-6 ¼ (18.75), he now leads the Big Ten in the event and is fourth in the nation. Taylor Shapland followed his lead with a second-place finish and a personal-best throw of 57-5 (17.50), the 11th-best throw in the Big Ten.
On the women's side, the Huskers swept the top four spots in the shot put at the adidas Classic, as Annie Jackson led the way with a huge personal-best throw of 52-5 ½ (15.99) that ranks fifth in the Big Ten. Carlie Pinkelman was second with a throw of 50-3 ½ (15.33), which ranks sixth in the Big Ten.
Make in 104
The Nebraska women's track and field team capped its first Big Ten Indoor Championships in style with a 114.50-106 win over defending champion Ohio State last season. The NU women earned the second Big Ten title in school history and the first team title for the track and field program. Nebraska has a total of 104 conference titles as a program.
As an overall program, the Huskers won 51 Big Eight titles during the conference's history from 1974-1996 and Nebraska continued to dominate the conference since moving to the Big 12 in 1997. NU had won a league-high 23 team titles, including the program's historic 100th conference team title in 2007.
The Huskers added their 101st and 102nd titles during the 2009 and 2010 outdoor seasons when they became the first men's team in Big 12 history to win back-to-back team titles at the outdoor conference meet. Nebraska recorded its 103rd conference title in 2011, as the women's team upset four-time defending champion Texas A&M at the indoor championships.
All-America Pipeline
Nebraska has been a staple at the NCAA Indoor Championships as the men's team alone has produced 118 All-America awards. The men's squad has been on quite a roll as they have had at least one athlete earn All-American honors at the past 22 national meets. Since the indoor championships began in 1965, the Huskers have failed to leave with at least one All-America award on just five occasions, including 1975, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1990.
The women's team has been just as good indoors since the national meet started in 1980. Along with three straight national titles from 1982 to 1984, the Huskers have two or more All-Americans at every meet except for 2002 when they failed to earn a honor.
Big-Time Jumpers
The Husker women have been arguably one of the top programs when it comes to the high, long and triple jumps. The Huskers have won at least one title in one of the events at 11 of the previous 16 indoor conference championships and have won the triple jump crown eight times, including five straight wins from 2000 to 2004.
Mara Griva led the Huskers in 2012, earning her first Big Ten Indoor title on Feb. 26. Griva used a season-best jump of 42-9 1/2 (13.04) to take top honors and earn her second indoor conference triple jump title.
Huskers Name 2013 Captains
The Nebraska track and field team named its 2013 captains earlier this year. Leading the team this season will be Tommy Brinn, Jessica Furlan, Mara Griva, Tim Thompson, Bjorn Barrefors, Morgan Wilken, Chad Wright, Anne Martin, Seith Wiedel and Ellie Grooters.
Among the group of captains the Huskers boast one NCAA Champion, seven All-Americans indoors and outdoors (first-team, second-team and honorable mention) and numerous All-Conference competitors.
Huskers Ranked in Pre-Season Dual-Meet Standings
The Nebraska track and field men's and women's squads both received national recognition as they earned a spot in Track and Field News' Pre-Season Dual Meet Rankings. Both squads were ranked fourth, as LSU led the charge on the women's side and Arkansas was ranked first on the men's side. In the latest set of rankings, the women remined in the No. 4 spot nationally and the men moved up to No. 3.
Wright Under Consideration for Bowerman Award
Nebraska junior Chad Wright was listed among the names released on the initial Bowerman Watch List by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Wright is one of six who received votes on the initial ballot from the selection committee.
The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009, is presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the most outstanding male and female collegiate track & field athletes in the nation. It is named after legendary coach Bill Bowerman. The award takes into consideration the performances during the indoor and outdoor NCAA track and field seasons.
Wright, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, was the 2012 NCAA Discus Champion and is a two-time All-American and All-Big Ten performer. He holds the second-best discus throw in Husker history with a throw of 206-3 (62.88). Wright finished second in the discus at the 2012 Big Ten Outdoor Championships.


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the reg snaps in to the reg, wide side down right? in other words there is a top and bottom or do reg seats start even and flatten out? please enlighten.


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DayZ creator Dean Hall doesn't want to be a professional. He wants to be a person that is upfront about his feelings and opinions. And for that reason, he's making it clear that he is furious with the competing zombie game The War Z.
"I am angry about the WarZ. I'm very angry," he said in an AMA on Reddit (via CVG). "I'm quite hurt personally because anyone can see how similar the words are, and while the average gamer knows the difference individual people don't."
Hall said people have called him unethical because they have confused the problems faced by The War Z with his mod. "I really don't think anyone can understand just quite how exasperated that can make you feel when you've gambled everything on something, put your whole self and reputation on the line. So it hasn't made my life very pleasant."
The War Z developer Sergey Titov has publicly apologized for problems the game has had and for the 'arrogant' way he responded to the issues.
When told that as a good professional developer, he shouldn't talk bad about another developer, Hall made it clear that he wasn't concerned. "We fundamentally disagree on what a 'good developer' is. I think a good developer should be a person not a professional. Because games are personal. I care more about being a good person and if that conflicts with some abstract sense of professionalism then to hell with professionalism. I made DayZ for the game I want to play, not because I wanted a career in it."


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Whether someone is among the 39 percent of the U.S. population with type O positive blood or the 2 percent with B negative, the American Red Cross is looking for eligible donors of all types to give blood this summer to help avert a shortage.
Whether someone is among the 39 percent of the U.S. population with type O positive blood or the 2 percent with B negative, the American Red Cross is looking for eligible donors of all types to give blood this summer to help avert a shortage.
Those with O negative, A negative and B negative are especially urged to donate, as their blood types are often in high demand because they can potentially be transfused to both Rh negative and positive patients. O negative is the universal blood type and can potentially be transfused to any patient.
Vacations, activities and holidays contribute to a decrease in donations during the summer, but patients don't get a break from needing blood. Visit the Summer of Stories campaign website, redcrossblood.org/summer, to make an appointment to donate, then share why you give blood and watch videos about people whose lives have been touched by donors.
Upcoming blood donation opportunities:
Chippewa County
July 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kviteseid Lutheran Church, 308 N. Third St. in Milan, Minn.
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Rock County
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Stevens County
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How to donate blood
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About the American Red Cross
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NEW YORK (AP) — The man charged with killing a 6-year-old boy in 1979 made a false confession and will plead not guilty in a case that catalyzed the missing-children's movement, his lawyer said Thursday.
Pedro Hernandez's admission in May to suffocating Etan Patz was a stunning turn in one of the most notorious and vexing cases in New York City history, prompting the first arrest ever in the case. But he is mentally ill, and his statements "are not reliable," his lawyer, Harvey Fishbein, said after Hernandez made a brief court appearance Thursday.
"The really sad part of this case is that it will take time, it will take money ... and it will not tell the city what happened to Etan Patz," Fishbein said.
An ashen-looking Hernandez stood in handcuffs during the hearing and never spoke. His wife and daughter were in the courtroom but left without talking to reporters. Hernandez has been held without bail since his arrest.
While Fishbein has said Hernandez is schizophrenic and prone to hallucinations, the attorney said the New Jersey man is fit to stand trial. Legally, competence for trial doesn't mean a defendant's mental state can't be part of his defense.
But prosecutors say an exhaustive post-arrest investigation found enough evidence to seek an indictment and proceed to trial.
"We believe the evidence that Mr. Hernandez killed Etan Patz to be credible and persuasive, and that his statements are not the product of any mental illness," Erin M. Duggan, spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., said Wednesday.
A judge set a Dec. 12 date for Hernandez to enter a plea.
Etan's disappearance is legend. It led to an intensive search and spawned a movement to publicize cases of missing children. His photo was among the first put on milk cartons, and his case turned May 25 into National Missing Children's Day.
Hernandez, 51, was a teenage stock clerk at a convenience store when Etan disappeared on his way to school on May 25, 1979. Hernandez was a married father with no criminal record and living in Maple Shade, N.J. when police approached him based on a tip earlier this year.
Investigators say he told them he lured the boy into the convenience store with the promise of a soda. He allegedly said he led the child to the basement, choked him and left his body in a bag of trash about a block away.
Following the arrest, court hearings for Hernandez were postponed for weeks, with both sides saying they were continuing to investigate. The prosecutor's office said in September it wanted time to keep going "in a measured and fair manner."
Authorities seized a computer and a piece of old-looking children's clothing from Hernandez's home, scoured the basement of the building where he had worked in what was then a grocery store and interviewed his relatives and friends — but nothing incriminating came of it, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
The person wasn't authorized to discuss findings not yet made public and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Under New York state law, a confession can be enough to convict someone as long as authorities can establish that a crime occurred.
False confessions are a longstanding legal phenomenon. Examples range from the more than 200 people who came forward to claim to kidnapping the infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh in the 1930s to the 2006 episode in which a man falsely said he'd killed JonBenet Ramsey, the 6-year-old beauty queen found dead in her parents' Colorado home a decade earlier.
Fishbein said he planned to have expert witnesses explain why people sometimes admit to crimes they didn't commit.
"It's a hard concept to understand. But it's a reality. And it's a scary reality," Fishbein said.
Asked whether Hernandez still believes his confession, the attorney answered, "He's pleading not guilty."
From the outset, Hernandez's his wife, Rosemary, told investigators that he had a history of hallucinations, said an attorney representing the family, Robert Gottlieb.
The wife and the couple's daughter, Becky, "have lived with him and seen firsthand that type of behavior," Gottlieb told reporters outside court.
"They support him 1,000 percent," the lawyer added. "They don't believe the so-called confession."
Etan's parents had a court declare the boy legally dead more than a decade ago, allowing them to sue convicted child molester Jose Ramos in the boy's death.
Ramos was found responsible — a ruling made because he didn't entirely cooperate with questioning during the lawsuit — but it's unclear how that finding could now factor into the prosecution of Hernandez.
Ramos, now 69, had been dating the boy's baby sitter in 1979 and was considered a suspect. He was later convicted of molesting two different children and was in prison in Pennsylvania prison for more than a quarter-century.
Ramos had been scheduled to be released last week, but he was immediately rearrested on a charge of failing to register properly as a sex offender; authorities said he'd lied about where he planned to live, giving an address a relative vacated long ago. He was ordered to stand trial Thursday for allegedly providing authorities with a bogus address.
Etan's father, Stanley Patz, said Wednesday that the family wasn't commenting on the case.


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"Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?"
Love Smart (Free Press) is one of those relationship guides for women THAT GIVES ADVICE IN LARGE TYPE BECAUSE YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT GET WHAT IT'S SAYING. It also has lots of exclamation points! More than two dozen in the first seven pages alone! But the main problem with this book isn't punctuation. It's the patronizing mush dispensed by talk-show host Dr. Phil McGraw, who hands out cliché after cliché, as in: "Now it seems time to step up and close the deal, get 'the fish in the boat,' walk down the aisle, tie the knot … you want to get to the next level."
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McGraw suggests that women hold sex "in reserve" until a man has made "the ultimate commitment," because many men still think: "Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?" Has it occurred to McGraw that, in the age of a female Speaker of the House, a lot of women might not like being compared to cows?
© 2007 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.
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