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Surprised to see that notice so quickly, really had him pegged for a several day deal due to the lack of enthusiasm around here for him. On the other hand, no notice yet for Eternos Randor, who seemed to have more popularity going into the sale.
Surprised to see that notice so quickly, really had him pegged for a several day deal due to the lack of enthusiasm around here for him. On the other hand, no notice yet for Eternos Randor, who seemed to have more popularity going into the sale.
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yeah...most people thought Randor would sell out quick...but he is the only one still with no tag. I think Dekker is really cool looking...different. I ordered one but now I am wondering if I should go back and get a second??? erggggg
I like Randor because he reminds me of Burger King.
Dekker, I'm shocked is selling well. I don't mind him, sorta like him, but didn't think he'd sell well at all.
Castle Grayskullman, I'm not surprised he sold out quickly, and I'm quite thrilled about it.
I thought everybody hated DEKKER. Maybe all 6 of us that like him ordered 50 a piece?? I don't remember ordering 50, but who knows? Sometimes I forget stuff...
Odd Man Out
I just re-watched the 200X episode "The Island" last night to get psyched for Dekker, and it worked like a charm. Even better is the fact that Dekker, Teela, and Man-At-Arms battle the "crab-people" throughout the episode, so I figure Dekker should have picked up a 'crab shield' somewhere along the way......... as in the Weapons Pack!
This is a great figure.
Now, where else can the 4H use those uniquely sculpted boots???
Where are the rest of my New Adventures Classics figures?!?!?
**Staunch FILMation lover!!! **** MUST complete the New Adventures Faction!!!**
MOTUC NEEDS more TROLLANS !!!
That's cool! I like Dekker. Can't wait to have my two in-hand.
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Yeah, I passed on him...... hes just too generic for me. I rarely skip, but just.... a old dude with vision problems and a toilet plunger aint doin it for me.
"We are the tools of our own imagination, constructing temples and cathedrals in which our most outlandish dreams become truth." - Samael
The alternate head would have enticed some to go for two, no?
I think, the figure is well made, but I'm not thrilled about Dekker, I'll maybe get his alternate head for a few bucks for one of my Palace Guards on secondary market...
I got a third Dekker to display both old and young heads.
Mattel needs to learn, extra heads equals extra sales!
Grayskull needs its Cardboard Spacesuit MOTUCized
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Even though I bought an extra Dekker myself, I didn't expect him to be Almost Gone already. Now we will have to see how long he sticks around after being marked Almost Gone. Frosta received that designation pretty quickly but then stayed on the site several days after.
Who would buy this turd of a toy?
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Trade feedback & WANTED: Bow/SLL style boots!
If it weren't for my sub, I would not have bought him.
SO excited for Dekker to arrive. I am debating on a second to display the younger head. However I am going to stick the younger head from my sub Dekker on a palace guard with my 200x MAA mace to make Captain Dekker of the Royal Guard. Not sure if that will cut it though. I may "break" and get the extra so I can have King Miro's MAA in all his glory. SIGH, decisions decisions.
The Year Of The GOAT Is Upon Us
I normally buy two of each figure if they have a second head, but I couldn't make myself get a second of him. He's growing on me. I think I'm going to buy another guard set and put his younger head on one.
I think I'm going with old Dekker, the grizzled veteran trumps the young man-at-arms! Plus, I dig the gray hair, the braids and the eye-patch!
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Dekker....ehh. I got him because of the sub. He was in, what, one episode? A pointless character but as a completist he is required.
if they are having one, they'll both be gone by early Monday anyway...
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Wanted.... Filmation Mer-Man, Teela & Sorceress
Needed.... MOTUC Lord Masque
Oh man, did I forget to use these [sarcasm][/sarcasm] again? Sorry....
I'm considering keeping my other dekker & displaying both. one young head & one old.
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I got one Dekker coming in my sub and two more from fellow Orgers. Space Captain Dekker, MAA Dekker, and Retired (regular) Dekker is what I'm going for. In my canon, he's the guy that had to jack up Kronis.
Can anyone that already has Dekker tell me if his skin tone matches Zodak's?
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Huskers Host No. 11 Buckeyes Saturday Night
Game 23: vs. Ohio State
Game Date: Feb. 2, 2013
Tipoff Time: 6:06 p.m.
Venue: Bob Devaney Sports Center
Capacity: 13,595
Nebraska Cornhuskers
2012-13 Record: 11-11, 2-7 Big Ten
Head coach: Tim Miles
Record at Nebraska: 11-11 (1st year)
Career Record: 294-231 (18th year)
Ohio State Buckeyes
2012-13 Record: 16-4, 6-2 Big Ten
Head coach: Thad Matta
Record at Ohio State: 237-69 (9th year)
Career Record: 339-100 (13th year)
Huskers on TV/Radio/Internet
Television: BTN and BTN2Go
(Ch. 610 on DirecTV; Chs. 439, 9500 on DISH; Chs. 24 and 333-SD, 1333-HD on Time Warner Cable; Chs. 80 SD, 1080-HD on Cox Cable)
Play-by-play: Kevin Kugler
Color: Jim Jackson
Radio: Across the state on the IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including KLIN (1400 AM/94.5 FM) in Lincoln, KFAB (1110 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington.
Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka; Color: Matt Davison
Internet Radio/Stats: Free on Huskers.com
Satellite Radio: Sirius Ch. 94, XM Ch. 191
- FM Acro Team
Huskers Take on Buckeyes Saturday Night
The Nebraska men's basketball team looks for its first win over a ranked team this season, as the Huskers play host to No. 11 Ohio State Saturday night at the Devaney Center.
Tip-off is set for 6:06 p.m. (central) and tickets can be purchased for as little as $10 by visiting Huskers.com, by calling 800-8-BIGRED or at the Devaney Center Ticket Office beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Saturday's game will also feature a performance by the FM Acro Team at halftime.
The game with the Buckeyes will be carried nationally on BTN with Kevin Kugler and Jim Jackson on the call, as every remaining Husker game in 2012-13 will be televised nationally. The matchup with the Golden Gophers is also available on BTN2GO.
Saturday's game will be carried across the state on the 29-station Husker Sports Network, including flagship stations KLIN (1400 AM/94.5 FM) in Lincoln, KFAB (1110 AM) in Omaha and KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington, with Kent Pavelka and Matt Davison calling all of the action. The game can be heard for free at Huskers.com and is also available on the Huskers' app on iOS or android devices.
The Huskers (11-11, 2-7 Big Ten) wrap up a busy stretch of 10 games over the last 32 days on Saturday, including five games against ranked foes, before their first bye in conference play.
Nebraska looks to rebound from an 84-65 loss to No. 23 Minnesota on Tuesday night. The Huskers shot 54 percent, its best performance away from the Devaney Center since Feb. 17, 2010, and received a career-high 30-point scoring effort from Ray Gallegos, but allowed Minnesota to also shoot 54 percent and have a 36-19 advantage on the glass.
The loss offset an outstanding performance from Gallegos, whose 30-point effort matched the highest scoring performance in a Big Ten Conference game this season. The junior from Salt Lake City, Utah, went 12-of-17 from the floor and added a career-high six 3-pointers in a losing effort.
Ohio State (16-4, 6-2 Big Ten) brings a three-game winning streak into Saturday's game, as the Buckeyes topped Wisconsin, 58-49, Tuesday evening. In that game, Deshaun Thomas led all scorers with 25 points, and the preseason All-American leads the Big Ten in scoring at 20.3 ppg.
By the Numbers
1998 - The last time a Husker guard had a 30-point game before Ray Gallegos' effort against Minnesota on Tuesday - a 31-point performance by Tyronn Lue against Colorado on Feb. 21, 1998. Prior to Gallegos, the last six 30-point games by a Husker were by Aleks Maric.
55 - Number of 3-pointers by Ray Gallegos, which leads the Big Ten entering the weekend. Entering this year, Gallegos had 21 3-pointers in 55 career games.
1- Nebraska of times Nebraska has lost when shooting above 40 percent this year. Entering the Minnesota game, Nebraska was 10-0 when shooting at least 40 percent from the floor.
2/26/11 - The last time Nebraska shot at least 50 percent from 3-point range and lost, which was an 83-82 overtime loss at Iowa State. NU had won its last five games since then when hitting at least 50 percent from beyond the arc.
Scouting Ohio State
Under Thad Matta, Ohio State comes into Saturday's game with a 16-4 record and a No. 11 national ranking this week. Matta, who served as an assistant to former Nebraska Coach Barry Collier at Butler, is in his ninth season at OSU and has guided the Buckeyes to six NCAA appearances, including an NCAA runner-up finish in 2007 and a Final Four appearance in 2012. The Buckeyes brought back three starters from a team that won 31 games and shared the Big Ten regular-season title last year. OSU has won five of its last six games, including a win over now-No. 1 Michigan in Columbus on Jan. 13. Ohio State is tied for third in the Big Ten with a 6-2 record, one game behind co-leaders Indiana and Michigan. The Buckeyes are coming off a 58-49 win over Wisconsin on Tuesday night, as Deshaun Thomas led all players with 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting. Aaron Craft had 13 points and seven rebounds, as OSU held the Badgers to 36.5 percent shooting.
As a team, The Buckeyes are fifth in the Big Ten in scoring offense at 72.2 points per game, but have been stout on defense, ranking second in the conference in scoring defense (57.3) and field goal defense (.379).
Ohio State features one of the nation's top players in Thomas, as the first-team preseason All-American leads the Big Ten in scoring at 20.3 ppg and is the only player averaging 20.0 points per game. In Big Ten play, he is up to 21.0 ppg, nearly three points higher than any other player. Lenzelle Smith Jr. joins Thomas in double figures, as he averages 10.0 ppg. The Buckeyes also have two of the nation's top point guards in junior Aaron Craft (9.0 ppg, 4.6 apg, 2.0 spg) and Shannon Scott (5.5 ppg, 4.2 apg, 1.8 spg), as both guards rank among the top five in the Big Ten in both assists and steals.
Nebraska-Ohio State Series History
Ohio State leads the all-time series, 7-2, in a series that dates back to 1936. The Buckeyes have won six straight meetings dating back to 1987, including the first meeting this season on Jan. 2. The Huskers are 1-2 against the Buckeyes in Lincoln, including 1-1 at the Devaney Center.
Nebraska won two of the first three meetings, including a win in the 1985 Sun Bowl Invitational, but OSU swept a home-and-home series and also picked up an 85-74 win in Columbus in the 1989 NIT before winning the first three matchups as Big Ten schools. Including Saturday's game, the Buckeyes have come into the contest ranked in four of the last five meetings, including three times in the top 10.
In the first matchup in Columbus, Deshaun Thomas had 18 of his game-high 22 points in the first half, as the eighth-ranked Buckeyes posted a 70-44 win on Jan. 2. Thomas keyed a pair of first-half runs for the Buckeyes, as Ohio State used a 16-2 run late in the first half to build a 19-point halftime cushion. Ray Gallegos was the only Husker to finish in double figures, finishing with 14 points, as the Huskers shot 30 percent on the night and were out-rebounded 43-32.
Last Time Out
Despite a career-high 30 points from Ray Gallegos, the Nebraska men's basketball team fell to No. 23 Minnesota, 84-65, Tuesday night at Williams Arena.
Gallegos became the first Husker since 2008 to score 30 points in a game, topping his previous high of 22 set at UTEP on Dec. 22, as the junior guard recorded his fourth 20-point game of the season. Gallegos went 12-of-17 from the field, including six 3-pointers to match his career high.
Unfortunately for the Huskers (11-11, 2-7 Big Ten), Minnesota put three players in double figures, led by 23 from Rodney Williams and shot 54.2 percent from the floor, becoming only the second Husker opponent in 2012-13 to shoot above 50 percent. Williams hit 8-of-13 shots from the floor, while the Gophers, who improved to 16-5 and snapped a four-game losing streak, converted 16 offensive rebounds in 20 points.
Both teams shot lights out in the first half, as Minnesota took a 44-35 halftime lead. Nebraska shot 63.6 percent from the field in the first half, as Gallegos had 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range. Minnesota, which hit 10 of its first 13 shots, shot 55 percent from the floor while also turning seven offensive boards into 10 points.
Williams got Minnesota going early as the senior forward had six of the Gophers first seven points before Gallegos' jumper got the Huskers on the scoreboard. Williams had 12 of his 19 first-half points in the first 8:20, as the Gophers built an early 23-8 lead.
Gallegos keyed the Husker comeback, hitting three 3-pointers as part of a 10-2 run to pull the Huskers within 25-18 with 8:40 left in the half. Minnesota responded moments later with a 5-0 run before another Gallegos 3-pointer ended the run. Nebraska trailed 38-25 before Shavon Shields ran off five straight points, hitting a three-point play and a layup to make it an eight point game. NU cut the lead to seven twice in the final two minutes, the last being on a Gallegos jumper for his 20th point of the half to make it 42-35 before Andre Hollins' bucket with a second left pushed the lead to nine.
In the second half, the Huskers pulled to within 48-40 after a Shavon Shields' 3-pointer with 16:53 left, but Andre Hollins keyed a 10-2 Gopher spurt with six straight points, including a 3-pointer to take a 58-42 lead after Joe Coleman's layup with 12:30 left. Nebraska pulled to within 60-47 after a Ubel 3-pointer with 11:28 left, but could not get any closer, as 3-pointers from Austin Hollins and Joe Coleman stretched the lead back to 16, and NU was unable to cut into the Gophers' advantage the rest of the way.
Brandon Ubel and Shields joined Gallegos in double figures with 13 and 10 points, respectively.
Quick Notes From the Minnesota Game
- Nebraska shot 54.5 percent from the field against the Gophers, its best effort in Big Ten play and the second-best shooting night of the season. NU's season high is 57.1 percent against Central Michigan on Dec. 22.
- Nebraska went 9-of-14 from 3-point range, as its 64.3 percent shooting was the Huskers' second-best shooting night from 3-point range this season (64.7 percent vs. USC on Dec. 3).
- Nebraska lost for the first time when shooting at least 40 percent. Prior to the game, the Huskers were 10-0 when reaching that shooting plateau.
- Minnesota's 84 points were a season high and only the fifth time the Huskers had allowed 70 points in a game this season.
- Ray Gallegos led Nebraska with 30 points, setting a career high for the fifth time this season. His 30 points were the most by any Husker since Aleks Maric in 2008, and the most by a Husker guard since Tyronn Lue in 1998. Gallegos set career bests in field goals (12) and 3-pointers (six) while topping his previous high of 22 set at UTEP on Dec. 23.
Value the Basketball
Under Tim Miles, one thing the Huskers have done well is cut down on the number of turnovers. Despite losing its top three point guards from last year and losing its backup point guard to a season-ending injury, Nebraska is third in the Big Ten and 16th nationally with 11.1 turnovers per game - two fewer per game than last season - and has committed 10 turnovers or less eight times this season. The Huskers had a school-record two turnovers against Purdue on Jan. 16, breaking the mark of three set on the three previous occasions. In Big Ten action, the Huskers are tied for third in the conference with 10.1 turnovers per game, trailing only Wisconsin, which has led the country in fewest turnovers in recent seasons, and No. 1 Michigan in that category.
Huskers Look to Match 2011-12 Win Total
The Huskers could match their entire 2011-12 win total on Saturday night, as they go for their 12th win of the season. Nebraska went just 12-18 during last season.
The Huskers have done it against a schedule which has been one of the 10 toughest in the country by RealtimeRPI.com. Currently, Nebraska's strength of schedule is eighth nationally and second among Big Ten schools.
In addition, the Huskers will look for their first win of the season against a ranked team. NU is 0-5 on the season against ranked foes following Wednesday's loss to Minnesota. Saturday's game will be Nebraska's second home game against a ranked team this year and first since Dec. 6. Nebraska is 59-226 all-time against ranked teams and has knocked off at least one ranked team in 11 of the past 12 seasons.
Creep, Crawl, Walk, Run
With four new starters from last season and an eight-player rotation which includes only three players who saw action last season, there have been some bumps along the way, as the Huskers install a new offensive system and the headline has been a common mantra of Coach Miles during his first season on the job.
Last year, his Colorado State team led the Mountain West Conference in field goal percentage, 3-point percentage and free throw percentage, ranking in the top-10 nationally in both free throw and 3-point percentage. The 2012-13 Huskers come into Saturday's game with Ohio State ranked 10th (.417), 10th (.307) and ninth (.671), in those respective categories. When Nebraska has put up points, they have enjoyed success, going 9-2 when scoring at least 60 points following Wednesday's loss to Minnesota.
One adjustment the Huskers have made recently is going to a bigger lineup and moving senior Dylan Talley to the point guard spot. Over the last five games, Talley and the Huskers have responded well, averaging 13.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game while posting a 1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Learning to win the Close Ones
After getting blown out in its Big Ten opener at No. 8 Ohio State, Nebraska has had opportunities in nearly every other Big Ten game. In the next five games after OSU, NU made it a two-possession game in the last seven minutes of each of the last five games, including a chance to tie or take the lead against Wisconsin and at Michigan State.
While NU was not able to pull out wins in the first four games, the Huskers found a way down the stretch against Penn State. In the final seven minutes at Penn State, the Huskers hit 60 percent of their field goals and went 9-for-9 from the foul line to earn a four-point win. Against Illinois, NU trailed by nine with eight minutes left, but did not make a field goal the remainder of the contest. The situation was reversed against Northwestern, as Nebraska held a double-figure lead for the final 9:53 against the Wildcats. At Minnesota, Nebraska was never within 15 points in the final 15 minutes.
Nebraska is 4-0 on the season in games decided by five points or less after going 4-3 in games decided by five points or less last season.
Huskers Look for Balanced Scoring
One of the biggest keys to success for the Huskers has been finding multiple scoring options. Nebraska has three players averaging in double figures on the season, while six players (Brandon Ubel, Dylan Talley, Ray Gallegos, Andre Almeida, David Rivers and Shavon Shields) have all scored at least 20 points at least once this season.
Nebraska has three players averaging at least 12.0 points per game, which would mark the first time that the Huskers have had three players average double figures in a season since 2005-06.
When Nebraska has three or more players in double figures, the Huskers are 9-3 following Wednesday's loss at Minnesota, but are just 2-8 when not putting at least three players in double figures.
Husker Defense Has been Solid
While Nebraska's offense has been in transition, the Huskers have done a good job slowing tempo and controlling things on the defensive end.
- The Huskers are eighth in the Big Ten in scoring defense, allowing just 62.2 points per game.
- NU has held 17 of its first 22 foes under their 2012-13 scoring averages, while three teams have been held to season lows. Only five teams have scored 70 against the Huskers this season, as Minnesota's 84 points were a season high against the Huskers.
- The Huskers have held 20 of 22 teams to under 50 percent shooting from the field, including nine teams to under 40 percent. Northwestern was held to 32.1 percent on Saturday, the Huskers' best defensive effort of the year.
- Nebraska is sixth in Big Ten games in scoring defense, allowing 64.2 points per game. Nebraska held Wisconsin over 20 points below its season average on Jan. 6, and limited Michigan to 62 points on Jan. 9 after the Wolverines averaged 94.5 points per game in their first two Big Ten games.
Developing Talent; Looking for Depth
While having to replace four starters and seven of the top nine scorers from last year, Tim Miles has had the challenge of putting players in new roles this year. The Huskers had five returning scholarship players in 2012-13, and all five are integral members of NU's rotation.
All five players have seen significant jumps in their averages from their last season of competition and are all enjoying personal bests in both scoring and rebounding. Prior to this season, the Huskers had only one player on the roster with a 20-point game as a Husker (Andre Almeida in 2010-11) and no returning player had averaged more than nine points per game.
One of the problems has been a lack of depth, as Coach Miles signed four players after arriving in late March (the three redshirts and freshman Sergej Vucetic) while NU's other two scholarship freshman (Shavon Shields and Benny Parker) have been mainstays in the rotation. NU's depth will be improved next year, as Miles signed three players in the fall and has two scholarships available for the spring signing period.
A 30-point Milestone
Nebraska junior Ray Gallegos enjoyed the finest offensive performance of his career in the Huskers' loss at Minnesota on Tuesday night.
- His 30-point performance against the Gophers marked the 61st time a Husker had scored 30 points since Feb. 13, 2008, a span of 159 games.
- Gallegos became the 24th player in school history to have a 30-point game at Nebraska. Of the 24 players, only 12 have multiple 30-point games in their Husker career.
- His 30 points tied the Big Ten high for a conference game, set two other times this year. He also set Big Ten highs in conference play in field goals made (12) and 3-pointers (six), setting career bests in both categories.
Shields Erupts Against Penn State
Freshman Shavon Shields enjoyed one of the finest efforts by a Husker freshman with his 29-point effort at Penn State on Jan. 19.
- Shields 29-point effort tied for the second-highest scoring effort by a freshman in school history. Only Tyronn Lue, who had 30 points against Oregon in 1995, had more.
- His 10-of-11 shooting effort against the Nittany Lions is the second-best shooting night by a Big Ten player this season, trailing only David Rivers' 8-of-8 effort at Michigan State on Jan. 13.
- Shields also went 8-of-8 from the foul line, which tied for the second-best effort from the foul line by a Big Ten player this season.
- He also tied for team-high honors with six rebounds and added a career-high three steals while playing 38 minutes before fouling out.
- Shields earned Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week honorsJan. 23after averaging 23.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game in two games.
Ubel Proving Offense, Leadership
Senior Brandon Ubel came into the 2012-13 season as the Huskers' most known quantity and NU's most experienced player - by a wide margin. Ubel entered the season with 59 career starts at Nebraska, while the remaining seven returnees on the roster had combined for seven career starts for the Scarlet and Cream.
While most known for his rebounding, Ubel has picked up some of the scoring slack, averaging 12.1 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, as he ranks among the Big Ten leaders in both categories. Ubel missed two games with an elbow injury, the first games he missed since his freshman year, but came back to the lineup against Penn State on Jan. 19, and has put together four straight double-figure games. He had 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the loss to No. 23 Minnesota on Tuesday night. Ubel dominated on the interior against Northwestern with 14 points and 12 rebounds, including seven on the offensive glass.
Ubel, who averaged only 5.7 points per game over his first three seasons at Nebraska, has become more offensive-minded as a senior, reaching double figures in 16 of the 20 games he has played. Entering the season, he had one double-double, but already has four this season for the Huskers (21 points & 12 rebounds vs. Southern, 17 points & 13 rebounds vs. Kent State, 15 points & 10 rebounds vs. Jacksonville State and 14 points and 12 rebounds vs. Northwestern). He is third in the Big Ten in double-doubles entering Saturday's game with Ohio State.
Ubel nearly had another double-double against Wisconsin on Jan. 6 with 10 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, and eight rebounds, along with a career-high three blocked shots. Ubel also had a team-high 10 rebounds at No. 2 Michigan on Jan. 9, the fourth time this year he has grabbed double figures in rebounds, before suffering the elbow injury in the final minutes of action. He began the season with a career-high 21 points in the win over Southern, before pacing Nebraska with 17 points in a 50-48 win over Horizon League favorite Valparaiso. Ubel had 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting in the loss to Kent State and also had 18 points, including 10-of-11 shooting from the foul line, against Nicholls State.
The 6-foot-10 forward is the Huskers' top returning rebounder (5.3 rpg) and second-leading scorer (6.7 ppg) while being one of the Huskers' most consistent performers at the free throw line. Ubel is fourth on Nebraska's career free throw percentage list at 80.7 percent. Last year, Ubel shot 82.5 percent from the foul line. Ubel is shooting 90 percent (39-of-43) from the foul line dating back to Dec. 15.
Off the court, Ubel is a broadcasting major who will graduate in May. He has done some women's basketball play-by-by for the campus radio station and interned at a local ABC affiliate over the summer.
Talley Takes Offensive Role
Senior Dylan Talley came into the 2012-13 season as the Huskers' most proven scorer and has shouldered a significant role in NU's offense. The 6-foot-5 senior enters Saturday's game with Ohio State averaging 13.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. He is 16th in the league in scoring and third in minutes played with 35.5 per game.
Talley has been in double figures in 16 contests and has topped the Huskers in scoring nine times this season, including 16 points against Illinois on Jan. 22 and 20 points in Saturday's win over Northwestern. In that game, Talley hit 8-of-15 shots and also grabbed eight rebounds to help the Huskers pick up their first home win since Dec. 29. It was Talley's fourth 20-point effort of the season after not having one all of 2011-12. He was held to six points and four rebounds in Tuesday's loss to Minnesota.
He put on a display against Kent State on Nov. 24, scoring a career-high 27 points, grabbing six rebounds and dishing out three assists. Talley also had 22 points against Nebraska-Omaha on Nov. 18 and 21 points, including a career-best six 3-pointers, against Central Michigan on Dec. 22.
Talley's role has changed in recent games, serving as one of the Huskers' primary point guards and helping to run the offense. Over the last five games, he is averaging 12.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game while posting a 1.6-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
He handled much of the point guard duties at No. 2 Michigan as Benny Parker battled foul trouble, and finished with 12 points and a then-career-high five assists. Talley started at point guard against No. 22 Michigan State on Jan. 13 and had 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists in 38 minutes. Against Purdue on Jan. 16, he had just six points, but led the Huskers in rebounds (eight), steals (four) and assists (three). He dished out a season-high six assists and added eight points and four rebounds in the win at Penn State on Jan. 19.
In his first season at Nebraska, Talley tied for the Big Ten lead in scoring by a reserve, averaging 8.9 points per game, as he was in double figures 11 times. Talley has been a prolific scorer throughout his collegiate career, earning America East Conference Rookie-of-the-Year honors in 2009-10, averaging 11.8 points per game at Binghamton University. At Blinn (Texas) College, he was sixth nationally in scoring at 23.0 points per game.
Gallegos Provides Ray of Light for Offense
One of the biggest surprises for the Huskers has been the emergence of Ray Gallegos. The fourth-year junior from Salt Lake City redshirted last year and spent the year adding strength and improving his shooting range. The work has paid off for Gallegos, who may be one of the Big Ten's biggest surprises in 2012-13.
Gallegos, who averaged 2.6 points per game in 2010-11, leads the Huskers in scoring at 13.5 ppg and tops all Big Ten players with 55 3-pointers. He has been in double figures 16 times this season after accomplishing the feat just three times in his first two years at Nebraska.
Gallegos has led the Huskers in scoring four times in conference play, highlighted by a 30-point effort at Minnesota on Jan. 29. In that game, he tied or set career bests in 3-pointers (six) and field goals (12) while becoming the first Husker since 2008 to have a 30-point game. His previous Big Ten high was a 19-point night at No. 2 Michigan on Jan. 9, which highlighted a seven-game stretch where he was in double figures. Against Northwestern, Gallegos had 11 second-half points, including a trio of 3-pointers in an 11-2 run to put the game away.
Earlier this season, Gallegos put on a show in El Paso, as he earned a spot on the Sun Bowl Invitational All-Tournament team. He averaged 20.5 ppg, including a career-high 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting in Nebraska's loss to UTEP. In the semifinals against Central Michigan, he scored 11 of Nebraska's first 16 points to help the Huskers get out to an early lead and finished with 19 points.
Gallegos put together the best two-game stretch of his career, posting consecutive 20-point efforts at Wake Forest and USC, a stretch where he shot 56 percent from 3-point range. Against USC on Dec. 3, Gallegos had a career-high six 3-pointers and scored the Huskers' final 11 points of the first half to break open a tie game. At Wake Forest on Nov. 27, he finished with a career-high 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting, as he made his first seven shots of the second half and totaled 17 of his 20 points after halftime.
Gallegos, who never played more than 27 minutes in any game during his first two seasons, leads the Big Ten and is eighth nationally with 37.1 minutes per game. He played every minute of the Huskers' first five Big Ten games and saw his streak of consecutive minutes end at 218:39 when he exited the game midway through the first half at Penn State on Jan. 19.
His minutes per game are the most since Dave Hoppen averaged 38.5 minutes per game in 1984-85. In the last 25 years, Charles Richardson Jr. is the only Husker to average more than 35 minutes per game for a full season when he averaged 36.3 minutes per game in 2006-07.
As a sophomore, Gallegos played in 25 games, including a start in the season opener, and averaged 2.8 points and 1.0 rebound per game. The Salt Lake City native's best game of 2010-11 came against Grambling, when he came off the bench for 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting.
20-20 Vision
Nebraska has enjoyed a pair of efforts with multiple 20-point games this season. Against Central Michigan, Dylan Talley (21) and David Rivers (20) both had at least 20 points in Nebraska's 89-74 win. Earlier this season, Andre Almeida and Ray Gallegos enjoyed 20-point efforts against Wake Forest on Nov. 27, marking the first time since March 5, 2007, that the Huskers had multiple players with 20-point nights. In that game, Marcus Perry (25); Aleks Maric (23) and Paul Velander (20) all eclipsed the 20-point mark.
Shields Makes Name For Himself
For nearly the first month of the year, Nebraska relied on a shortened bench, as Shavon Shields missed five of NU's first six games with an elbow injury. A layoff following the win at Wake Forest helped Shields get back into game action, and the freshman has provided a much-needed boost.
On the season, Shields is averaging 7.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while averaging 26.2 minutes per game. In Big Ten play, he has continued to make strides, raising his scoring and rebounding numbers from his non-conference totals, averaging 9.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per outing. He is challenging to be the first Husker freshman since the 2005-06 season to average double figures in conference games. Shields posted his third double-figure outing in the last five with 10 points at Minnesota on Tuesday night.
Shields set career highs in both of the Huskers' games two weeks ago, highlighted by a 29-point effort at Penn State on Jan. 19. Shields hit 10-of-11 shots from the field and went 8-of-8 from the line in posting the highest scoring effort by a Husker this year. He also had team bests in both rebounds (six) and steals (three). On Jan. 16 against Purdue, Shields became the first Husker freshmen to lead the team in scoring in three seasons with 18 points and eight rebounds. Shields was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Jan. 21, the first time since 2009 that a Husker freshman was honored by the league.
At the Sun Bowl Invitational, he averaged 5.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, as he grabbed seven rebounds in each game. Against Jacksonville State on Dec. 18, Shields came off the bench to score a career-high 14 points, hitting 6-of-7 shots from the field and also added three rebounds and two steals to help NU snap a two-game losing streak.
Rivers Looks to Get into Offensive Flow
Throughout the summer and the preseason, one Husker returnee who was flying under the radar was sophomore David Rivers. The 6-foot-7 wing totaled only 20 points and 16 rebounds in 19 contests as a freshman, but has added nearly 20 pounds since last year and has made significant strides.
Rivers' improvement has been evident, as he is averaging 5.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per game while playing in all 22 contests. He has been at his best in the last 11 games, reaching double figures for the first three times of his career, as he averages 7.1 points per game on 53 percent shooting dating back to Dec. 22, despite being held scoreless at Minnesota on Tuesday evening.
He made his first career start at No. 22 Michigan State on Jan. 13, leading the Huskers with 18 points on a perfect 8-of-8 shooting from the field. His eight field goals without a miss was one off Nebraska's single-game record, and he also chipped in six rebounds while playing all 40 minutes. Rivers broke out of a mini slump with eight points and four rebounds on Saturday against Northwestern.
Rivers put on a show in Nebraska's win over Central Michigan on Dec. 22, scoring a career-high 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting and matching his personal best with seven rebounds. His effort against CMU matched his entire season output as a freshman. Prior to that game, Rivers turned an ankle against Oregon and played just 11 minutes in NU's previous two contests.
Against Nicholls State on Dec. 29, Rivers cracked double figures for the second time in three games, totaling 12 points, six rebounds and a pair of steals in 28 minutes. He came off the bench to add seven points and four rebounds at No. 8 Ohio State on Jan. 2 after not scoring in Big Ten play as a freshman.
Parker Makes A Point
One of two freshmen who have started for the Huskers this season, Benny Parker became only the 10th freshman to start a season opener since 1995. Parker averages 2.9 points, 2.5 assists and 1.5 rebounds per game. Parker has a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio and has committed one turnover or less in 10 of NU's first 22 games. The Kansas City, Kan., native has shown his toughness during the season, overcoming foot and knee injuries without missing any playing time. He originally suffered the knee sprain in practice on Dec. 10, but played 27 minutes in the Huskers' loss at Oregon five days later.
Parker has provided a spark for the Huskers' second unit since coming off the bench on Jan. 13. He dished out a team-high six assists and grabbed three rebounds in 30 minutes of work against Minnesota on Tuesday night. Parker made a major contribution in NU's win at Penn State, as he played exceptional defense with two steals and also had two assists in 18 minutes of work. Against Northwestern, Parker had three points, three steals and three assists, while helping the Huskers outscore Northwestern by 22 points when he was on the court.
Parker had a career-high seven assists and had one turnover in Nebraska's 61-57 win over Tulane on Nov. 21, and totaled eight points, four assists and a career-high four steals at Wake Forest on Nov. 27. Against UNO on Nov. 18, he had eight points - all coming in the second half - after sitting most of the first half because of foul trouble. Parker also had seven points, three rebounds and three assists in a two-point win over Valparaiso on Nov. 15.
Parker was a four-year starter at Sumner Academy of Arts and Science, leading the school to an 85-15 mark and a pair of state titles during his high school career. As a senior, he averaged 24.8 points, 6.2 assists and 3.9 steals per game, winning the 2012 DiRenna Award, representing the top player in the Kansas City metro area.
Almeida Looks to Provide Inside Presence
As Nebraska hits the grind of the schedule, the Huskers will need a strong interior presence and are hoping Andre Almeida can fill the role. The 6-foot-11 senior averages 5.7 points on 51 percent shooting, 3.8 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game.
He has been slowed by injuries at times in Big Ten play, missing two whole games and a half of another over the last month. The injury bug began against Ohio State in the Big Ten opener when he sprained his ankle. His best effort since his return to action was eight points and four rebounds against Purdue on Jan. 19.
Earlier this season, he put together the best game of his career at Wake Forest on Nov. 27, when he had 20 points on 9-of-10 shooting and a career-high 11 rebounds to earn Big Ten Player-of-the-Week honors. His effort at Wake Forest marked the first time since 2009 that a Big Ten player had 20 points and 10 rebounds while shooting 90 percent from the field.
Almeida put together a dominant effort against UNO on Nov. 18, when he had 19 points on 9-of-11 shooting, and seven rebounds. Against Tulane on Nov. 21, the 6-foot-11 center keyed Nebraska's second-half effort with 10 points, six rebounds and four blocks, as he scored nine of his 10 points in the second half. Almeida had eight points and three blocked shots against USC and added six points, five rebounds and a season-high four blocked shots in the loss to Creighton.
In 2010-11, he averaged 5.2 points on 56 percent shooting, 3.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocked shots per game as the Huskers' top reserve in the post. Almeida reached double figures on five occasions, including a 20-point, seven-rebound effort in his debut against South Dakota. Two of Almeida's best efforts of 2010-11 came against a pair of top-five teams, as he had 10 points and seven rebounds at No. 3 Kansas and 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting and five rebounds in 15 minutes off the bench in Nebraska's win over No. 3 Texas. Almeida was a force on the defensive end, ranking sixth in the Big 12 in blocked shots.
Huskers Have Relied on Walk-Ons This Season
With only eight recruited scholarship players, Nebraska has relied on its walk-ons to play crucial roles this season.
Mike Peltz saw action in 14 of NU's first 16 games as the first guard off the bench, averaging 2.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.1 points per game in over 15 minutes of action per contest before being sidelined with a knee injury. Peltz will have a patella tendon debridement on his left knee, and the typical rehab schedule for the surgery is three to four months, allowing him to be at 100 percent for offseason workouts.
Peltz had one of his best games of 2012-13 at Oregon, totaling four points and four rebounds in 15 minutes of action. Peltz played a career-high 22 minutes against Kent State, where he grabbed six rebounds, including four on the offensive glass, and had three rebounds and two assists in the win over USC on Dec. 3. Peltz tied for team-high honors with four assists in 18 minutes off the bench against Central Michigan.
In recent games, Jordan Tyrance has become an important part of the rotation following injuries to Peltz and Brandon Ubel. After playing just 13 minutes in Nebraska's first 16 contests, Tyrance has averaged 10.8 minutes per game over the last five contests.
The 6-foot-4 guard has given the Huskers solid efforts off the bench, including career highs of 10 points and seven rebounds in 21 minutes against Purdue on Jan. 16. He had four points, a pair of rebounds and a steal against Illinois on Jan. 22 and played 12 minutes at No. 22 Michigan State on Jan. 13, totaling two blocked shots and two assists.
Trevor Menke is the third Husker who has played a significant role, as he has appeared in 11 games as a backup point guard. Menke was put on scholarship for the season and has five asssists in 56 minutes of work.
Husker Tidbits
- Nebraska is 4-1 when it shoots above 50 percent from the field, but has struggled in its 10 losses, being held under 40 percent in 10 of its 11 losses.
- The Huskers have held 20 of 22 opponents under 50 percent shooting this year, as Kent State and Minnesota are the only foes to shoot better than 50 percent. The Huskers have also held nine opponents to under 40 percent shooting.
- Balance has been key for the Huskers, as Nebraska is 9-3 when three players reach double figures and just 2-8 when two players or less reach double digits.
- Nebraska's 89 points against Central Michigan on Dec. 22, was the Huskers' highest total since scoring 94 on Southern Utah on Dec. 29, 2009. It was also NU's highest total in a road or neutral site since scoring 89 in a 101-89 loss at TCU on March 15, 1999.
- Husker coach Tim Miles became just the sixth coach in the 117-year history of Nebraska basketball to win his first four games. In fact, only two Husker basketball coaches had won their first four games since 1920.
- Earlier this season, Miles becomes the first Nebraska Head Coach to win his first road game at Nebraska since Paul Schlisser in 1919-20, a 47-9 win over Hastings College on Jan. 13, 1920. Prior to Miles' win, the previous 14 Nebraska basketball head coaches had lost their first road game as Husker head coach.
- Nebraska's 16-point victory at Wake Forest was its largest road margin since a 77-60 win at Minnesota on Nov. 29, 2003, and the seventh-largest win over the past quarter century.
- Nebraska's win over Wake Forest marked the first time the Demon Deacons had lost at home in seven ACC/Big Ten Challenge games and was just their third loss in the series history.
- Nebraska's 51-point second half at Wake Forest was its highest scoring half since scoring 55 against Arkansas Pine Bluff on Nov. 15, 2010, a span of 67 games.
- Nebraska held Horizon League favorite Valparaiso to just 48 points in a 50-48 win, the Crusaders' lowest point total in 29 games dating back to Nov. 25, 2011. Over the last three-plus seasons, Valparaiso has been held to 50 points or less just four times.
- Nebraska's 50 points in the win over the Crusaders equaled the fewest the Huskers have scored in a win since a 50-44 win over Oregon State on Dec. 12, 2009.
- Nebraska held Southern to 55 points and Valparaiso to 48 points, marking only the fifth time in the last 60 years that the Huskers had held its first two opponents of the season to 55 points or less (1958-59, 1985-86, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2012-13).
- The Huskers defeated Jacksonville State while going 0-of-5 from 3-point range. It marked the first time since Feb. 14, 1998, that NU won a game without making a 3-pointer.
- Nebraska held Wisconsin to 47 points on Jan. 3, the fewest points allowed by Nebraska in conference action since giving up 46 in a win over Oklahoma on Jan. 30, 2010.

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It's been a long time in the making but construction at the new American Legion Ambulance Station 64, located at the Route 6/Route 300 intersection, is well underway with construction expected to be completed in January.
Station 64 held a Capping Off Ceremony Nov. 20 to allow for residents to sign the "cap," which was the final piece of structural steel to be placed on the building.
Post Commander Mike Havel said the ceremony was significant in that it's being done in November and that it's been 88 years since World War I veterans started the ambulance service in 1924.
Building for growth
The new station will sit on 14,000 square feet with a total cost of $2.5 million. Construction manager Ed Ide, of i3a Engineering & Construction Management, said the project is expected to be finished at the end of January and there's still plenty to do including putting in the dry wall, carpet, tiles, painting and more.
The project was originally expected to be completed the fall of 2011, however, Ambulance Serve Director Allan Post said they hit a few speed bumps along the way.
"This is our first real project and we did some things backwards," Post said. "Most stations have built two or three stations by now, but this is our first time."
The new station will be substantially larger than the current facility on Glenwood Avenue and will allow Ambulance 64 to better serve the growing Smyrna and Clayton communities. Moreover, the centralized location on Route 6 and Route 300 puts the station in the middle of the two towns.
Havel said the new facility will also allow for them to house six ambulances. They currently have two ambulances and one Suburban; they hope to order two new ambulances.
Post said it could also lead to more volunteers. Ambulance 64 is unique in that they have roughly 30 volunteers working with the nine full-time and 16 part-time staff members.
An added benefit of the new building's location is that it's across the way from Bayhealth's Smyrna-Clayton Medical Services Building on Carter Road, which will have a new 24-hour emergency department starting next week.
Capital campaign kick off
The Capping Off Ceremony was two-fold in that it kicked off the new capital campaign to help pay for the project, Post said.
While some fundraisers will be held early next year, donations can also be made through a PayPal account on Station 64's website.
Post said the theme for this year's campaign is "We were there for you, will you be there for us."
"It'd be nice if the communities, since we don't do collections, will help us be there for them for another 88 years," Post said.
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EPA Releases WaterSense New Home Specification
Beginning this month, developers and home builders have a new opportunity to highlight green building achievements applied toward their projects. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the EPA WaterSense New Home Specification. This Specification establishes criteria for new homes and multifamily occupancies to be labeled under the WaterSense label, which is similar to existing EPA programs EnergyStar and Indoor AirPlus.
To earn the WaterSense label on residential occupancies, applicants will be required to meet the criteria of the Specification and be built by WaterSense builder partners, covering both indoor and outdoor water use reduction. Indoor water use requires that all toilets, urinals, bath sinks, kitchen sinks, and showerheads be EPA WaterSense labeled and that all dishwashers and clothes washers be EnergyStar qualified.
Clothes washers must also conform to water use limits. The Specification includes requirements for landscape water use, pools, spas, landscape design, and ornamental water features. Irrigation systems must be designed or installed by a WaterSense irrigation partner and must include a weather- or soil moisture- based, WaterSense-labeled controller.
California's Green Building Code, CALGreen, put the WaterSense label within reach for new developments, since flow rates for bathroom and kitchen faucets, water closets, urinals and showerheads are identical to those of the WaterSense program. CalGreen requires that water closets be WaterSense labeled, and the 2013 code will require the same of showerheads. CalGreen and WaterSense both require the use of weather- or soil moisture-based irrigation controllers.
Like EPA's EnergyStar, EPA's WaterSense has the potential to become widely recognized by consumers; for example, EnergyStar has been marketed by the EPA for 20 years, and the EnergyStar label is recognized by 84% of those surveyed (Consortium for Energy Efficiency 2011 ENERGY STAR Household Awareness Survey Report). Using a similar approach, the EPA WaterSense label is positioned to deliver trusted performance criteria, thus making code compliance and water efficiency goals easier to achieve.
You can view a video message about the WaterSense new homes specification here.
Glen Folland, LEED AP (BD+C, Homes), CEPE is the assistant project manager for VCA Green.
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Fisheries: Past Events
The Division hosts many workshops, symposia, and other meetings that provide information or bring together policy-makers, members of industry, scientists, and the general public to discuss timely issues. Here you will find archived information about these past events, including agendas and supplemental materials.
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Go Wild, go birding
The Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge will be holding a free "Birds in Culture" at the Cedar Key Library on Thursday, May 10 at 10:30 a.m. in recognition of International Migratory Bird Day. May 12 is the day we celebrate our winged relatives on this earth. Enjoy the gifts they bring us through their beauty, their lilting songs, and the magnificence of their flight.
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The Eagles Club in Cedar key is hosting a Lasagna Dinner on May 12, to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Tickets will be $7. Dinners will be served from 1-6 p.m.
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Help 4-H shooters go to competition
Levy County 4-H Shooting Sports is having a "Tuesday Spaghetti Dinner" at 5 p.m. at the Levy County Extension Office Pavilion in Bronson. Dinners include spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, dessert and tea. Cost is adults, $5; and children, $3.
All proceeds go to the four muzzle loading shooters who will be traveling to Grand Island, Neb., in June to represent Florida at the 4-H National shooting competition. Each child must raise about $800 to attend.
Dinners can be made to go, eaten at the pavilion or delivered in the town of Bronson to those who can't travel.
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8th Annual Seafood Feast
On Saturday, May 19, Christ Episcopal Church will be holding its 8th Annual Seafood Feast which includes: fried mullet, shrimp, clams, fish chowder, grits, hush puppies, cole slaw and an array of fabulous homemade desserts.
Thelma McCain and her crew (AKA The Thelmetts) are once again in charge of preparing this feast. Cost is $10 per person.
For the first time, it will be held at the Community Center rather than at the church from noon through 2 p.m.
Advance tickets are strongly suggested. You can purchase tickets by calling 543-6128 or 490-1056.
May 30
Non-Fiction Book Bunch to meet
The Non-Fiction Book Bunch will meet on Wednesday, May 30, at 1:30 p.m. at the Cedar Key Library when Erik Larson's "Issac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History" will be discussed. Please bring suggestions for the October meeting with you. Proposed thus far are:
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•Manning Marable's "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention";
•Cornell University's Legacy Project "Thirty Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans";
•and Candice Millard's "River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey".
The Book Bunch had its last meeting for the season several weeks ago. As the last turnout was small, we ask that you e-mail your suggestions for books to read in the fall to Maggi Funchion at firstname.lastname@example.com. One suggestion is that, as the group has read much historical fiction this year, perhaps memoirs or classic novels may be in order.
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Chiefland Watermelon Festival, bike ride
The Chiefland Woman's Club is hosting the 58th Annual Chiefland Watermelon Festival in historic downtown Chiefland and partnering with the Suwannee Valley Rotary Club's 1st Tour De Melon. The Tour De Melon is a cycling event for cyclists of all ages on the Greenway Trail and local roadways.
The Watermelon Festival will include a parade, watermelon pageants for all ages, watermelon contest, family fun, fanfare, arts, crafts, food and much more.
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A Hockessin man who has coached at Tatnall School in Greenville has been arrested by state authorities for allegedly engaging in the distribution of child pornography.
A Hockessin man who once coached at Tatnall School in Greenville has been arrested by state authorities for allegedly engaging in the distribution of child pornography.
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden said an undercover online investigation conducted by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force led to the arrest of Daniel R. Cooke, 26, of Hockessin.
"Receiving, possessing, and distributing child pornography are criminal acts that perpetuate the sexual abuse of kids, and we're working aggressively to hold offenders accountable," Biden said.
The Delaware Child Predator Task Force obtained a search warrant Monday for a residence on Michelangelo Court in Hockessin, Delaware Department of Justice spokesman Jason Miller said. Detectives seized several computers and multiple assorted media and electronic storage devices.
Cooke was identified as a person of interest in the case and was taken to Delaware State Police Troop #6 in Prices Corner for further investigation, Miller said. A forensic preview of the seized evidence revealed multiple files of child pornography, including a video of an elementary school-age female child engaged in sex acts with an adult male.
Cooke was then arrested and charged with 25 counts of dealing in child pornography as a result of the investigation, Miller said. He was arraigned via videophone by Delaware Justice of the Peace Court #2 and was taken to James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna in lieu of $1.5 million secured bail.
Cooke reported to investigators at the time of his arrest that he had been employed as an assistant junior varsity soccer coach at the Tatnall School during the 2012-2013 school year.
Tatnall spokesman Michael Morgan confirmed that Cooke was an assistant junior varsity soccer coach for the boys program during the 2012, fall season.
"He was hired only for that season, with no expectation at the time that he would continue in any other capacity or be rehired next year," Morgan said. "The school has had no contact with him since the season ended on Nov. 1, 2012.
"The school did run a background check at the time of hire, as is our requirement, and it came back clean," he added. "We also have no reports of any problems while he was here. Beyond that we have no comment."


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It's the big names that get the publicity when we talk inscribed books. In years past the Newberry Library Book Fair has had things inscribed by Pablo Picasso, Fidel Castro, William Howard Taft, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. So far this year we have Charles Schulz, Ralph Nader, and Magic Johnson. And there's still that copy of Alice in Wonderland signed by Alice.
But I have a soft spot for the signatures of the less rich and famous, whether they be the authors or the presenters of the book.
You never get the full story with gift inscriptions. This year I'm worrying a little about "To Yum from Yum Yum" and even more about "To Daddy from Condi'. (Couldn't be, could it?) And there are those Victorian gift inscriptions which may include long, flowing, passionate verse vowing eternal love and affection only to reveal at the end that the book was given "To Millicent from her Loving Sister Gertrude".
Most poignant gift inscription so far? The little journal inscribed "Merry Christmas To My Husband. Fill the Pages With Love." The rest of the journal was blank.
The fad right now in author inscriptions is for no inscription at all, just a signature. I find that to be an empty gesture: I know these fools can spell their own names; I want to know what else they have to say. "To Mortimer Adler from Nobody" told me plenty about the author's self-esteem. And who can beat "To Joe; that's you I'm talking about in Chapter Five"?
You get poignant inscriptions in this line, too. I wish I'd kept the one where the author recorded forever the painful circumstances in which he found his book. "Remaindered! In Paris! And in Spring!"
There is a third category of inscription, I guess. A book dealer I knew once groused in her catalog, "Don't these people know they're passing up their one chance at immortality?" Yet to some people it is vital to erase, ink out, or slice away any sign that they once owned a book. (Yum or Yum Yum probably should have thought of that.)
Once upon a time, the Book Fair received a book of the proceedings of an African-American conference just after the turn of the last century. The main speakers, some sixteen in all, had signed the lengthy inscription at the front of the book: Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, George Washington Carver, and Marcus Garvey seem to have been among the group.
I had to learn this through the use of a high-powered photocopy machine, though. The previous owner had carefully erased every letter, every name, and every word of the inscription. THAT was the saddest inscription the Book Fair has seen so far.


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DURHAM, N.C. – A goal by senior forward McKay Ross in the 62nd minute proved to be the difference Friday evening as the ninth-ranked Duke field hockey squad topped William & Mary 2-1 in non-conference action at Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium. Ross' late score broke a 1-1 tie, sending the Blue Devils to 4-1 on the fall and 3-0 in home contests.
Duke outshot its opponent for the second consecutive game, posting 15 shots to the Tribe's six. The Blue Devils also led in shots on goal by a 9-5 margin, while each side earned four penalty corners.
"We had good control of the game and good pace of the game – we just weren't clean with it," said head coach Pam Bustin. "But after [Ross'] goal, it gave them the confidence that we can put it in and we are putting the pressure on them. We just need to take care of the ball, keep possession and protect the center."
Both teams had penalty corner opportunities early in the match, but the two defenses – aided by solid goalkeeping performances on either end – responded in challenging fashion. Following four consecutive shots on goal, Duke broke through for a score in the 26th minute, as freshman Heather Morris notched her fourth goal of the season.
The 1-0 advantage in the Blue Devils' favor would hold until the end of the half, with the home team leading in shots, 7-1, and corners, 2-1, at the break.
William & Mary's Taylor Hodge fired the equalizer just six minutes into the second period, converting on a pass from Brittany Hopkins. However, Duke quickly regained momentum as the offensive unit continued to push the pace of the game. On the squad's fourth penalty corner of the evening, a pair of Blue Devil shots glanced off the post before Ross reverse tipped in a touch from redshirt senior forward Devon Gagliardi. The goal in the 62nd minute was Ross' first of the season, and also marked the first assist of the year for Gagliardi.
"Everyone just wanted to come out with some power," Ross said. "I think we gained the momentum right after halftime to keep control in our half a good majority of the time. It paid off."
Duke held off late scoring threats by the Tribe to close out the 2-1 victory. William & Mary dropped to 2-3 with the loss.
"We've been working really hard to connect the forwards and the midfielders," Morris said. "We had a little bit of a rough day today, but I still felt really connected and I felt like we did a good job of just sticking with it."
Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Blazing posted four saves in the win while Cate Johnson recorded seven saves for the Tribe.
The Blue Devils continue their weekend homestand Sunday, Sept. 15 when they host No. 15 Old Dominion at 1 p.m. The match will be streamed live on GoDuke.com Inside Access.


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More people are dying every year in Jefferson County because of prescription-drug overdoses, a trend mirroring national statistics that the coroner's office attributes to increased prescribing of opiate painkillers.
By year's end, the office predicts, 45 residents will die from unintentional drug toxicity. And though 2010 saw a slight drop in prescription-drug deaths, the anticipated number for 2011 would represent a 73 percent rise over those of 2005.
Partly to blame is increased social acceptance of recreational use of the drugs, which are often pilfered and resold on the street, the coroner's office said. But of equal concern is the number of poisonings due to misuse — accidentally ingesting too many pills in hopes of alleviating legitimate pain. Some patients take additional medication, not realizing they had done so shortly beforehand. Others think an initial dose is ineffective, and they take more medication that sometimes proves lethal.
"It used to be that the people we saw who overdosed would be on street drugs. But now, the majority of overdoses are prescription drugs," Chief Deputy Coroner Carl Blesch said, citing the recent rise in misuse of prescribed drugs. "We're not suggesting people don't use pain medications. Used under the proper precautions, it's pretty safe."
The reasons for the unintentional overdoses are complex, experts say. Keeping track of doses can be difficult, particularly for patients already feeling lightheaded from a previous dose of potent medication.
"They may take two or three times the amount of medication they should in a given amount of time, because they just don't remember," Blesch said, adding that others are quick to take more meds when immediate effects are not realized.
"We see a fair amount of fentanyl patch (overdoses)," he said of the narcotic pain relievers, which dispense medication through the skin over the course of up to three days and take hours to have an effect. "When you put that thing on, it's not going to work within the next 10 minutes. … We have seen folks put on a second patch, because it's not enough."
Further, increases in recreational use of opiate medication have contributed sharply to mortality, said Jennifer Place, head of the Peer Assistance Services Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Program. Instances of abuse by teens and adults have risen in recent years, she said.
"It's people abusing it intentionally; they're not using it as prescribed — if it's prescribed to them in the first place," she said. "Childproof caps are not enough to protect our kids anymore — it's teenagers and adults."
When combined with alcohol, overdoses become even more common. Piling one depressant on top of another impedes the body's ability to circulate oxygenated blood, slowing the heart and lungs to a near halt.
"They essentially have a heart attack," Blesch said. "The synergic effects of those things can be sufficient to cause death in one (night of) sleep."
And though some would wag a finger at recreational abuse, they might not hesitate to share prescribed meds to alleviate pain. One might, for instance, give Vicodin to a co-worker suffering a migraine, with neither person realizing the potential side effects or risks, Place said.
"It's today's Tylenol. People don't realize it's illegal, and it can be fatal," she said. "We're seeing a large amount of emergency-room visits in our adult population due to prescription medications. … This is alarming."
Distressingly, Colorado has witnessed a related trend in heroin overdoses, she said. Some suspect that increased pain-medication prescriptions lead some patients to develop dependencies that they satisfy with cheaper street drugs.
"We're seeing a rise statewide in heroin treatment admissions and heroin-overdose deaths, with the suspicion that those individuals got prescribed opiates — and heroin is cheaper," Place said.
Not surprisingly, the illicit purchase of prescriptions pilfered from medicine cabinets or resold nefariously by patients themselves seems to be a white-collar affair.
"This is more of a suburban problem. The abuse is happening with individuals of moderate to high economic status," Place said. "It's a lot cheaper to get coke and heroin on the street than it is prescriptions."
But interestingly, the same cost factor may be deterring experimenters from using other street drugs such as cocaine, the coroner's office said.
"Cocaine has gone down. It's probably too expensive compared to stealing, or obtaining through misrepresentation, prescription opiates," Blesch said, noting that although prescription drugs have taken the national spotlight, alcohol abuse remains a massive problem in Jeffco.
"Alcohol is such a huge problem for us. Alcohol abuse is not adequately reflected in these numbers," he said, explaining that long-term maladies such as cirrhosis and acute problems such as drunken-driving accidents might be overlooked. "It has been called a public-health epidemic for probably 100 years, but we still have it. … You don't have to have a 300 blood-alcohol level to be a danger on the highway."
Solutions are scarce
For as much as public officials are alarmed about the rise in prescription-drug-related deaths, there are surprisingly few solutions currently proposed. The most effective measure, most seem to agree, is for patients to keep better track of their medication, ensuring pills are locked securely in a safe, not a medicine cabinet.
But for people who would find the measure cumbersome if not impossible, a more plausible option would be to have a caregiver oversee treatment.
"If someone is that impaired because they can't use a lockbox or they forgot where they stored their medication … they should probably have some other form of care," Place said. "We're not asking somebody to get a triple-lock safe, but keeping medications out of medicine cabinets. … You want something that's not easily transportable out of the home, the same place you'd keep your Social Security card."
But in some cases, entrusting care of pills to family members is problematic. A 50-year-old Jeffco man overdosed recently from medication intended for his 70-year-old father, Coroner John Graham said, adding that the son appeared to be using the opiate recreationally.
"I'm not picking on 18-year-old kids. This was a 50-year-old," he said.
Disposing of prescriptions is another matter. Pharmacies, for example, don't accept unused medications, even if only for disposal.
And because of environmental and health concerns, flushing pills down toilets has been discouraged, though the Food and Drug Administration says the practice is safe for a small list of drugs. And throwing unused drugs in the trash can also be permissible, provided prescriptions are mixed in with repugnant waste.
"Safe disposal is a huge issue, because right now we don't have a viable way to dispose of these medications," Place said. "I've thrown things away in dirty diapers before."
However, the most acceptable means of ridding a house of unused prescriptions is to keep the pills stored in a safe until a community drug take-back event is held. Such an event several weeks ago at Dakota Ridge High School, sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Agency in conjunction with the Jeffco Sheriff's Office, netted more than 405 pounds of medications. The amount was actually down 245 pounds from that of the same collection event last year.
"Other than these events, there really is no other way to get rid of these drugs, because you can't take them back to a pharmacy. … The only person who can accept these drugs is a uniformed law officer," Place said, adding that the 2010 Safe and Secure Drug Disposal Act could change that. The U.S. attorney general now has increased authority to change rules regarding safe disposal of drugs, she said, including the potential to allow pharmacies to accept unused meds.
Since patients often visit multiple doctors and pharmacies, sometimes attempting to game the system, keeping track of prescription abuse is a discouraging endeavor. The most recent attempt came in 2005, when the state implemented the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, which has seen limited success. The program requires pharmacies to submit to a statewide register all medications dispensed every two weeks, including patient information. The program has enormous potential, but doctors are not required to check the register before writing prescriptions, Place said.
"The physicians that are using it love it," she said. "(But) there's not requirements for prescribers to look at that prior to writing a prescription."
The lack of congruity in abuse prevention is hardly news to lawmakers, and efforts in the state to create uniform policies are on the horizon. On Nov. 10, for example, a representative from the National Office of Drug Policy met with state leaders in prescription-abuse prevention at the Colorado Prescription Drug Abuse Forum at the Anschutz Medical Campus.
"Many Medicare (patients) are using multiple pharmacies with multiple doctors," Graham said. "The multiple pharmacies and multiple doctors is sometimes planned but never good."
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Sometimes the hardest thing to do is take time for ourselves
Here's the thing, you have one life to live. Wouldn't you want to live it to the fullest and in the funnest possible way? Taking care of you is very important to reaching this goal. You want to make sure your body is healthy by keeping it well-fed, well-rested, hydrated, and exercised. You only get one body, why not treat it right? Plenty of fruits & veggies, rest, and exercise will have you feeling so great; you won't have time to worry about a thing! You'll also feel great about yourself when you look back and realize what you can do. "I just completed 30 minutes on the stepper!" "I ate all the required daily servings of vegetables today!" "I feel wonderful after getting a great night's sleep!" Go ahead, make time for yourself! You deserve to be happy and healthy. You are full of wonderful talent!
Your biggest critic? That would be you. Think about it. I'm sure the people in your life aren't nearly as critical of you as you are of yourself. "You could have done a better job there." "Why can't you look like that?" "That's ridiculous, nobody would like that!" The little voice in your head is SO MEAN! Why not shut it up? This can be an extremely hard task. To begin with, every time that little voice goes to say something negative, don't let it. Simply think of something else. "Wow, my hair looks great today!" or "I did a great job at getting that report to the boss on time." Little acknowledgments of your strengths and accomplishments will go a long way. They help you see not everything is terrible. Start thinking more positively. Instead of "I can't" start saying, "Of course I will!" Remove "I can't" from your vocabulary entirely and watch how your outlook becomes instantly brighter. Listen when friends, relatives, co-workers or even strangers pay you a compliment. They are speaking the truth. If they can see it, why can't you? Remind yourself of the compliment you received all day. When that voice tries to bring you down, imagine the person paying you the compliment all over again. Picture yourself in the place it occurred. Really focus on how it made you feel to get acknowledged in a positive way. You'll find that soon enough, your negative voice will become a positive one. For more information, please contact the Wayne County YMCA at (570) 253-2083, or visit us on the web at ymcawayne.com.


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LONGMONT -- When strangers asked Patty Roy about the injuries to her face, she would reply bluntly.
"I said, 'My boyfriend hit me in the face with a hammer,' or I'd say, 'My boyfriend tried to kill me,'" she said Friday.
The blows that Roy, 47, suffered at the hands of her boyfriend in January fractured the orbital bone in her left eye several times and left her partially blind in her left eye. While surgery has corrected the deformity, partial paralysis and numbness plague her day-to-day life. But the physical scars aren't the only ones that remain a year later.
She struggles with trust, anxiety and post-traumatic stress.
"I still have some issues that I have to deal with," she said, adding that she feels she is doing pretty well overall. "Some stuff, it is a constant reminder because I can't see, I have this paralysis. It is like it is with me all the time. I think it would be easier if I didn't have this."
Roy's ex-boyfriend, Gilbert "Freddie" Vasquez, was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month. He pleaded guilty in August to domestic violence-related first-degree assault as part of a plea deal with prosecutors that stipulated a 12-to-20 year sentence. A judge opted for the maximum sentence.
Roy said the conviction and sentence bring some closure for her, and she now wants to reach out to other domestic violence victims.
She recalls that she hesitated at first to cooperate with police after her roommate took her to the hospital after the attack. There, a surgeon explained to her that the injuries could have easily been fatal.
Roy dated Vasquez for about six months before the attack. She recalled that he fought with her constantly, often inventing elaborate accusations that she was cheating on him. Eventually, she said, she wouldn't even leave her home for fear he would pick a fight over it.
On the night of the attack, she said, she went to bed at about 11 p.m. to watch "Seinfeld" and then get some sleep. Vasquez, she said, wanted to use the computer, so she told him he could do so in the living room of her home. He left the room and she fell asleep. She said he returned about once an hour to do a variety of tasks in the bedroom and woke her each time. At about 3 a.m., she said, she got up and was annoyed and grouchy with him.
He tackled her onto the bed, she said.
The attack, she said, enraged her and she spit in his face.
"The next thing I know I was getting hit in the face," she said.
She remembers the flash of the tool's handle.
"It was the handle of a roofing hammer, so it was a big, big, heavy hammer," she said.
When the blows stopped, she said, she sat up and blood gushed from her nose and mouth, but her skin was not broken. She later learned that if she'd passed out she could have drown in that blood.
At the hospital a facial surgeon was consulted, and she learned she had too much swelling to undergo surgery right away. She spent more than a week icing her face and taking pain medications. On Feb. 10 a surgeon implanted plates around her orbital bone to fix the damage. In October, she underwent another surgery that removed fat from her stomach area and implanted it in her face to correct a dip that had developed over the damaged area.
The hospital bills totaled more than $40,000.
That alone, she said, likely deters some domestic violence victims from speaking out and getting help from police. What they don't know, she added, is that the state's victim compensation fund, which is funded through fines and court fees for those who are prosecuted and convicted of crimes in Colorado, paid the whole bill.
She said she felt Longmont Police Detective Sandi Esters and Boulder County prosecutor Katharina Booth were by her side and helping through the entire ordeal. Additionally, she said, she sought out and received counseling from Safe Shelter of the St. Vrain Valley that was helpful as she worked to process the trauma she suffered in the months after the attack.
After Vasquez's sentencing, Booth said Roy had done "a superb job of being brave and coming forward."
While preparing the case against Vasquez, investigators turned up four of his ex-girlfriends who were willing to testify against him had the case gone to trial.
Roy's relationship with Vasquez was only a few months long, but she said there were plenty of red flags and she wonders why she didn't act on them.
"I have thought about it," she said. "I remember thinking he would get better."
She said she hoped she could show she was trustworthy and that he would alter his behavior.
But she said his behavior escalated.
"I have since found out he says he was doing drugs," she said, adding that his presentence investigation report even recommended that he be tested for psychopathy.
Roy said she is grateful to those who helped her in the criminal justice system, such as Esters and Booth, and hopes other victims will reach out.
"I was shocked how good they were to me," she said. "You don't think they are going to reach out to you."
The financial help she got to pay her medical bills also gave her more faith in the system.
Roy said she still has some healing to do and wants to find a counselor who can help her deal with the post-traumatic stress. She said she has read a lot of books about it during her recovery because of recurring symptoms like being startled easily and crying if faced with the stress of even small crowds. He family, friends and new boyfriend have been supportive, she said.
"(Vasquez's sentencing) did bring some closure. It brought a strange feeling like I wish I would have not had him in my life or broken up with him much sooner," Roy said.
She said she is sad for how much her life changed, but also that Vasquez's life has been effectively destroyed as well, by a lengthy prison term.
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