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Amanda Denise Brewer of Lawrenceburg and Michael Lyn Wells of Frankfort announce their engagement and upcoming marriage.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of W. Dudley and Pattie Shryock of Lawrenceburg.
She is the granddaughter of Wilma Shryock and the late Dudley Shryock and Janie Cogdill.
She graduated from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor's degree in accounting and is an accountant.
The groom-to-be is the son of Donald and Rita Wells of Lawrenceburg.
Jerry and Betty Springate of Lawrenceburg announce the marriage of their daughter, Scarlett Lynn Springate, to David Cooker, the son of Paul and Carrie Cooker of Cincinnati.
The bride is the granddaughter of Idell Springate Thurman and the late J.W. Springate. She is also the honorary granddaughter of Donna Gash.
The ceremony was held May 24 at Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
The bride and groom are 2009 graduates of the University of Kentucky.
Lori and Tim Wells of Lawrenceburg announce the birth of their son, Josiah Reed Wells, on May 10, 2014 at 11:59 a.m. at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.
He weighed 9 pounds, 10 ounces and was 21 inches long.
He was welcomed home by his sisters - Abigail Grace Wells, 6, and Molly Kate Wells, 3.
His maternal grandparents are Bill and Vonda Reed of Mount Sterling, Ky.
His maternal great-grandparents are Herlis and Madeline Cole.
His paternal grandparents Donald and Rita Wells of Lawrenceburg.
Cecilya and B.J. Goin of Lawrenceburg announce the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth Nicole Goin, on Feb. 23, 2014 at 12:34 p.m. at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.
She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Her grandparents are Tad and Donna Young of Lawrenceburg and Sarah and John Garvison of Texas.
The great-grandparents are William and Lucille White of Lawrenceburg.
Michaela F. Cooper of Casey County and Kurtis M. Forbes of Anderson County were united in marriage May 17, 2014 in Casey County.
The couple was engaged for around a year and they have a son, Oliver M. Forbes, who was 5 weeks old at the wedding.
Richard and Elizabeth Wash York of Lawrenceburg and Alan Fryar and Carol Ruthven of Lexington announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their children, Katelyn Elizabeth York and Michael Edwin Fryar.
The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of Jim York and Ruth Herndon of Lexington and the late Vicki Shelburne York and Dr. Lewis Wash and Doris Wash of Lawrenceburg.
She is a 2009 graduate of Anderson County High School and a 2014 graduate of the University of Kentucky, where she received a Master's of Arts in education.
Hailey and Nathan Doty of Lawrenceburg announce the birth of their daughter, Olivia Kate Doty, at 1:43 p.m. on April 17, 2014 at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.
She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces and was 20 inches long.
She was welcomed home by her brothers - Gabriel, 11, Zach, 10, and Trevor, 5.
Her maternal grandparents are Leesa and Bruce Stevens of Lawrenceburg and Rodney Samuels and Sunnye Smith of Lawrenceburg.
Ashley Lewis and Dustin Graybeal of Lawrenceburg announce the birth of their son, Ashtin Karter Graybeal, at 8:07 a.m. on Jan. 21, 2014 at Frankfort Regional Medical Center in Frankfort.
He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 21 and 1/4 inches long.
His maternal grandparents are Charlene and Kevin Lewis of Lawrenceburg.
Her maternal great-grandparents are Irene and Robert Scrogham, David and Gloria Lewis.
His paternal grandparents are Debbie Morrow and Ricky Graybeal of Lawrenceburg.
Elgeather and Clarence Sharp Jr. will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary Wed., May 28, 2014.
They were married May 28, 1949 by Rev. M.H. Irvin at the Claylick United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Sharp, the former Elgeather Davenport, is the daughter of the late Doran and Bertha Davenport of Salvisa.
Mr. Sharp is the son of the late Alpha and Clarence Sharp of Taylorsville.
They have two children - Wesley Sharp and his wife, Johanna, of Versailles and Patricia Sharp of Somerset, Ky.
Jeff Drury of Lawrenceburg and Nicole Morgan of Frankfort announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Emily Nicole Drury, to Gerald Edwin Milam, son of Joe and Terri Milam of Lawrenceburg.
Grandparents of the bride are Paul and Peggy Drury and Larry and Linda Morgan, all of Lawrenceburg.
Grandparents of the groom are Darrell and Shirley Bunch and Lualice Dockal and the late Jerry Milam, all of Lawrenceburg.
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Lord Haskel: My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the order and explaining to us what it was all about. The Minister told us how Companies House became a Next Steps agency in 1988 and achieved trading fund status in 1991. The Minister implies that this is the reason for the improved performance. I think that is an exaggeration. Any change in business and industry is always caused by a variety of factors. Probably in this case it is largely due to the sensible introduction of information technology, good training, setting proper standards and introducing an ethos of harmony, co-operation and pride so that the service is delivered quickly, efficiently and effectively. That is what has been happening in thousands of companies and organisations throughout the country over the past 15 to 20 years and it is totally unrelated to privatisation.
As the Minister reminded us, this is the first order under the deregulation Act. We recognise that the Government have followed the correct procedure under Part II of the Act and have consulted the registrar. Ironically, he is the last person to consult, because he has a conflict of interests. It is the users who should be consulted as we have suggested in our amendments, but they were rejected by the Government. In fact it was the consultant who consulted the users.
The conclusion of the Government's own consultant seemed to be that the users and customers would clearly prefer Companies House to remain a public sector agency. They value the Civil Service virtues of impartiality, reliability and public service and they were concerned about providing documents to a private sector contractor who might not have these virtues. As consultants usually do, they also have to give their clients what they think the clients want, so there are a couple of rather grudging suggestions that the operation of the London Search Room could be contracted out, as well as certain aspects of the Scottish registry. To cover themselves, the consultancy group pointed out that a company ignorant of the business could make things worse.
It is obvious from the consultant's report that the main essential in Companies House is quality management. It is unclear how this dogma-driven contracting out will achieve this. Perhaps the Minister can tell us. The consultant's report shows overwhelmingly that it is the quality and excellence of the service and accuracy of the information, together with the even-handedness, confidentiality and professionalism of the enforcement, which is important to the users of Companies House. If the profit motive is being introduced in what is essentially a public service,
The Minister referred to some of the functions to be contracted out. I can understand that the users will be concerned. Article 5 of Schedule 3 allows a contractor to take over from the Secretary of State responsibility for prohibiting the registration of certain business names and extending the period for delivering accounts. Has the Minister any idea of the worry it would cause if this crucial power over business was contracted out to a private company open to all the pressures of the marketplace?
The same concern applies to the functions of the registrar in Article 3, Schedule 1. According to the first provision in that schedule, he can contract out the enforcement to receive the documents required by him under the Companies Acts. Is the Minister aware of the power he would be conferring on a contractor and the deep disquiet that this would cause? I would share that concern. Company registration is not like an ordinary service where companies can take their business elsewhere if they do not like the way registration is being handled. UK companies are a captive market and have to register here. Therefore it is no wonder that the consultant's report emphasises even-handedness and quality management. It is no wonder also that there is no requirement in the order to consult the staff, because the Minister knows that from them he will hear good reasons why the service will not be improved by contracting out. In addition he will be given an excellent technical development strategy, including electronic filing and document imaging.
The approach to this order is a good example of the differences between these Benches and noble Lords opposite. It is a difference of vision. On these Benches we have one ambition for Companies House, and that is for it to become a world class centre of excellence satisfying its users and contributing to the efficiency of British industry, and the effectiveness of British Government. What is the vision of the Government? It is sub-contracting, which will involve more supervision, more regulation, less control of standards, more uncertainty and additional layers of management.
This order to contract out parts of Companies House shows how out of touch the Government are with modern thinking in industry and business. Industry has moved on and the search now is for world class centres of excellence. This should be the objective, and not some minor bit of privatisation, discredited and outdated, in order to reduce the Civil Service by some few dozen employees. In view of what he has heard this evening, perhaps the Minister will reconsider this order. He will also perhaps reconsider the action to be taken under the order and even withdraw it altogether.
Lord Inglewood: My Lords, I welcome the recognition by the noble Lord, Lord Haskel, of the improvementswe can all share in commending the staffgained at Companies House and of what the staff
The concern on the part of the users of Companies House was that they were anxious about the unknown. At one time it had been proposed to privatise the whole enterprise. However, it was thought appropriate at this stage simply to see whether contracting out certain parts of the operation might result in delivering the benefits of the service without causing widespread unease and disquiet.
It is important to recognise that this order does not mean that the enterprise will definitely be contracted outthat is, those parts of the enterprise which are subject to that process. On the contrary, it provides for the possibility for that to happen. If contracts are put out to tender and there is an unsatisfactory response, the contracting out process will not go ahead. That seems to me to be the important safeguard. As I said earlier when I was talking about value for money, by that I do not just mean low prices. It is essential that the contractor maintains, and where possible improves, current levels of service. Unless this can be demonstrated, contracting out will not go ahead.
The noble Lord also referred to an anxiety that some may have at the fact that information would be provided to a private contractor rather than to someone on the public payroll. However, just as those on the public payroll are subject to the rule of law as regards how they deal with the information that they receive, precisely the same legal principles will apply to those in the private sector, should they do that job. There is no fundamental difference in that regard. It seems to us that the noble Lord, Lord Haskel, is being quite unnecessarily alarmist about all this
Lord Harris of Greenwich: My Lords, I hope I may just ask one question. Does the Official Secrets Act apply to private sector employees?
Lord Inglewood: My Lords, I cannot give the noble Lord the answer to that question.
Lord Harris of Greenwich: My Lords, the noble Lord has just said that the rules will be exactly the same, be they for public sector employees or private sector employees. Does the Official Secrets Act apply to private sector employees?
Lord Inglewood: My Lords, as I said, I do not know the answer. But we are talking about Companies House registration services. I am advised that the answer is no.
The crucial test is this. How does one provide the public with the best service? The order provides the possibility of contracting out services. Those services will be contracted out only if the placing of the contract will be to the benefit of the public. I commend the order.
On Question, Motion agreed to.
Lord Hylton: My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now resolve itself into Committee on this Bill.
Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.(Lord Hylton.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.
House in Committee accordingly.
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Some people send a note after coming to dinner. Anatole sends a boy named Nelson. The family is to feed him, let him sleep in the chicken house, and give him a basket of eggs each week that he can sell to start saving up for a wife. In return, Nelson will gather firewood, boil pots of manioc, and bring food back from the forest. Anatole chooses Nelson because Nelson is an orphan. Nelson concocts a headache remedy for Mother. He identifies snakes according to the categories of death they inflict. He constructs a frame for Rachel's mirror so that it can be hung on the wall. Nelson quickly learns English.
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"Hi, my name is Phil, and my fattest leek was five millimetres." This candid confession comes at the beginning of my allotment gardening course, where our class of 24 amateur growers is owning up to our most awkward vegetable-related disasters. A round of sympathetic nods and murmurs follows each admission. It's like an Alcoholics Anonymous session, only for allotment keepers.
The scene of this mass confessional is River Cottage, the organic farm in Uplyme, Devon, where Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the television chef, runs a range of holiday courses covering cookery and farming – and where he films his successful television series. There can be few better counties in England to inspire you to learn about food.
Devon is crammed with farmers' markets, gastropubs and Michelin-starred restaurants, and Fearnley-Whittingstall's farm is a spot so blissfully bucolic that it has charmed the most entrenched urbanites into swapping city living for sheep-rearing. Guests are escorted on to the estate on a giant tractor, which carries them into a secluded green valley dotted with heifers, pigs and ducklings.
I am here because I want to learn how to grow my own fruit and vegetables – and it is Fearnley-Whittingstall who has been credited with being at least partly responsible for a recent surge in the popularity of self-sustaining lifestyles among Britons. Allotment keeping is the barometer of this trend. The National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners reports that in the past 18 months alone, there has been a 20 per cent increase in demand for plots, mostly from professionals in their thirties.
Confessions over, we move on to practical tips about how to run an efficient and effective plot. Fearnley-Whittingstall isn't here today – he drops in on courses whenever he has time – but in his place is the charismatic Mark Diacono, who sets about correcting our bad habits with patience, down-to-earth advice and the occasional vegetable gag.
He teaches us about soil types, weeds, pests, composting, tools and, most importantly, how to "get your weekends back". Allotment keeping, he says, doesn't have to mean hard labour and a bad back. As he divulges wisdom, our group scribbles notes. This is the best news we've had in ages.
Do's include growing only what you want to eat. "The biggest mistake is growing too much of one thing," he says. He advises us to concentrate on expensive, tasty vegetables. "There's no point toiling away for hours growing bog-standard varieties that you can buy in the supermarket for pennies, or that taste like a shoe." Diacono urges us to select produce that "tastes best when just picked. Cooking within an hour of picking makes all the difference to the taste of asparagus, peas and sweetcorn. "Get the water boiling as you pick."
Over a lunch of tender sirloin beef and the world's most perfect apple tart – all made from produce grown at, or very near, River Cottage – I get to know some of my fellow allotment keepers. All of them say they enjoy working a plot because it's a sociable pastime that keeps them fit, gives them confidence in what they eat and the satisfaction of knowing that they've grown it.
"Life has become more and more detached from other people," retiree Claire Evans, from Sussex, tells me. "But when you go to the allotment, there's a huge variety of people in one happy place. It's where everyone comes together."
The afternoon sees us grazing around River Cottage's polytunnels, kitchen gardens and allotments. Even in the depths of winter, there's plenty to taste: peppery salad leaves, leafy coriander, spinach, broccoli and parsnips leave us feeling inspired about what to plant next.
At the end of the session, Diacono returns to the subject of our earlier confessions and deals with each one in turn. The answer for Phil's leeks is simple: "Plant them in a hole that's a little too big. Fill it with water, but don't close it up. Then, just leave them to do their thing." Phil's face lifts. His days of lacklustre leeks are over. No longer will he be the laughing stock of Romford allotment.
- A one-day allotment course at River Cottage costs £145, including a three-course lunch. Readers of The Daily Telegraph get 10% off all gardening courses in April and May, including the next allotment gardening course on April 27. For more information, call 01297 630302, or visit www.rivercottage.net
- Suzy Bennett stayed at The Bull Hotel in nearby Bridport (01308 422878; thebullhotel.co.uk); double rooms from £85, including breakfast.


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Sudler & Hennessey, with 800 employees strewn across five continents, is not only the oldest of healthcare marketing networks but one of the largest and most global. In a nod to its storied heritage, Sudler's newly-renovated offices in New York and elsewhere riff on typographic themes, referencing the network's origins in Art Sudler's design studio of seventy years ago. But the company's focus is very much of-the-moment as it navigates the perils and opportunities of a global slowdown that's exacerbating the epochal pipeline crisis roiling its clients.
The shop's North American operations saw modest growth last year—in the mid-single digits, they'll allow—seeing "a couple of big wins" plusalong with strong growth from their speakers bureau business and relocating their Sentrix specialty unit across the Hudson River to New York.
"Last year was a particularly strong year for the work," says co-CEO for the Americas Rob Rogers. Owing to client confidentiality agreements, he can't say which work, exactly, but the shop is doing a lot of work in oncology and rheumatology, and recent creative includes a strikingly retro-looking "Beast" ad for Remicade, one for Galderma's plaque psoriasis drug Vecitcal and sales kits for Roche's Tamiflu.
Orphan drugs are another area the firm has been growing into, having carved out a healthy niche there. "We've managed to develop a nice chunk of business based on these drugs, which treat really tiny numbers of patients—sometimes a few thousand," says Rogers. "They're a fascinating scientific challenge, and in some instances there are far more doctors than there are patients, and most doctors will never see a patient with the disease, but they need to know about it because in the instance that it does occur, it's deadly."
Headcount at the network's New York headquarters has risen "a little" over the past year, says Rogers, adding that "it's sort of a constant juggling act, maintaining decent margins but trying not to work people into the ground."
Like many agencies, Sudler has done away with the standalone digital unit and implemented agency-wide digital training. All employees take an eight-week course to get up to speed on the digital essentials.
"One of the challenges of digital in the healthcare space is that it's very uneven from client to client," says Rogers. "Some are very adept and some are frankly not, and some have been through the whole iThing and decided they're going back to reps and paper sales aids. The agency can't afford to have that same unevenness because the gap between the traditional business and the digital business is big enough that a lot of people are going to fall into it. And so we had to raise standards across the whole group to make sure that even if they don't become full-time digital practitioners, they know enough to be conversant in it."
"Healthcare is a business that's different enough that it has to find its own digital solutions," Rogers adds. "Simply having digital expertise that's working for Starbucks or Ford isn't enough."
On the global front, the network expanded its Latin American operations out of Mexico with a shop in Brazil through a strategic partnership with Grupo Triunfo. The agency's Japan operations saw their best year ever as they were able to "connect the dots" with some global assignments. China was also a bright spot, says Chairman/CEO Jed Beitler, as the agency grew by "leaps and bounds."
The margins are small compared to the US or Europe, notes Beitler, "but if you think of how many million people-plus cities there are—one of our clients says there are 279—it goes way beyond the ability of sales forces and you're looking at reaching people via electronic, contract sales and other alternative means."
Eastern Europe is growing, but Western European markets have been putting pharma prices in a vise.
"The economy has taken everybody for a real loop," says Beitler. "Germany, Italy and others have really put a squeeze on the industry in terms of not just formularies but cost as well, and that's meant a big change in the way a lot of our offices have operated."
The network's office in Spain had to do 80–90 pitches last year—often on small projects. They won more than two-thirds of them, but it's "a hard slog," says Beitler. The company used to have service bureaus in 27 European markets but closed many of those when Pfizer shifted to a centralized production facility a few years ago. Other clients are taking a similar tack as they seek efficiencies anywhere they can find them. "Every market fights like hell on costs," says Beitler.
The one silver lining of the crises in Europe and the US: the network's access and managed markets practice is in demand. Both Beitler and Rogers say network shops are working harder for the same Dollars, Euros and Yen than in the past.
"There's a lot of work there," quips Beitler. "There's just not as much budget." What's more, many clients aren't ready to follow through on the truly globally-integrated campaign.
"We've won a number of global assignments, and much as the clients have requested this integrated global approach, for which we have the footprint and the resources," says Rogers. "We'll find out shortly that they're not as aligned as we had hoped, and so the relationships tend to become very regionalized rather than global, and clients expect the agency to play the role of policeman."
It is, by and large, the old story of the tension between company operations in the US—still the center of gravity for most firms—and their ex-US operations.
While many large pharmas are still behind the eight ball of patent expiries and pipeline doubt, Rogers says he's seeing green shoots of optimism in the industry.
"Not evenly, obviously, as some companies are having a horrible time with their patent cliffs and a couple of the larger players have really not got much in the pipeline. But among the smaller companies, I think there's a sense that the worst is past, even if we're not quite out of the woods and we're all hunched over waiting for the next whack on the back of the head."
How does that apocryphal linguistic factoid beloved of motivational speakers go? The one about the Chinese word for "crisis" being a combination of the characters for "disaster" and "opportunity?" Sudler and Hennessey execs could tell you that's not quite correct. They could probably also direct you to the opportunity in China."You have to be willing to be excited about the constantly shifting sands," says Beitler, "and recognize that if you want to be a student of this industry, this is a good time to be in it. It's about taking all the learnings you have but also being malleable enough to change and adapt, because that's the way the world's going these days."


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This was our family room last year. No ceiling, stud walls going in by the external wall so we could use insulation and the dust, well the dust was everywhere, we're still sneezing it out over a year later. Back then it was hard to see an end to the family room, the only thing that seemed to have any chance of surviving the process was the old carpet stuck to the floorboards. This well worn red carpet had survived a ceiling falling on it, several heating engineers, a plumber who nearly set fire to it with a blow torch and enough caulk, silicon and PVA glue to recreate the Stay Puft finale from Ghostbusters. Over two weeks ago we still had the old crumbling plaster, then we found out what was hidden behind that plaster, then we were boarded, plastered and found some more hidden mistakes beneath the floor. So, where are we now? Are we living in a tent in the garden? Have we decided after the windscreen cracked on our Land Rover today to simply jack it all in and head for a warmer climate? No. We're too stubborn, stupid and salacious to give up.
We could put in an effect now, the kind you click on, think drum roll, think da-dah! Think...well, it's nearly finished. You can think, is that it? No, but this is better than what we had. Think old property. Think, it takes time. Think, tight budget. The stove needs blacking again with colloidal black, but that will happen soon after we can scrape ourselves back up off the floorboards, which we have scrubbed, mopped and scraped for seven days on the trot. The laying of the new hearth was fun, not easy as Andrew can't lift, he can shout, bark and tell you not to do that but he can't lift due to back problems. Yet, between us we have created a lovely new hearth.
However, the great success was Andrew's oak beam which he cleaned up over several evenings with a wire brush and sandpaper. He even made his own wax, which was 50:50 beeswax and white spirit. Only use on new wood because it treats the wood as it sinks in to the grain killing anything lurking beneath the surface. If you place it on varnished wood you'll end up with no varnish and buggered wood. We have treated this beam though with an off the shelf product to kill woodworm and dry rot. You can never be too safe with an old beam which was once painted blue along with blue walls. The Victorians loved blue.
The great success is down to the handyman we use, Glyn. He has been patient and helped us by doing the new skirting and architraves...we'll come to that and the perils of plasterers who board. Plastering is never cheap and it is something that can be learnt but it takes time to become proficient in it, and neither of us have steady hands. The only piece of plastering we did in the house looks like a sea crashing against the cliffs...it will have to be redone. The skirting across the floor is a nightmare too because the floor isn't level, think ship at sea again...don't get drunk in our family room you'll end up in a corner laughing, and wondering how you got there. There's a reason why all these photos are taken from the corner of the room, you naturally end up there. To put it bluntly, never play bloody marbles in our family room.
The plasterers though boarded the family room, the problem with that is that old cottages don't have straight walls...we do now in the family room, we're grateful for the plasterers doing this (and plasterers love straight walls) but we didn't have straight walls before, they didn't have spirit levels in 1700, they had a piece of string and the rain blowing in off the moors. That type of building was more bugger-it-and-get-it-up-I-can't-feel-me-knees. Modern type of building is straight-straight-nail-gun-straight-bosh and the result is that the old door casements aren't straight anymore, they actually ended up more buried into the new walls. At least the stone can breathe behind the boarding.
Glyn though came to the rescue again and as you can see from the photo above has built up the original casement on both doors and we have straight casements! We have learnt the love of caulk and scratching our heads.
There are some jobs we can't do ourselves, it simply isn't feasible for us, we're too cack handed, too buggered in the back and slightly too sweary. It's not pleasant to watch Andrew lose it at a drill, which he did this week when he discovered the drill he'd had for fifteen years had died. Value for money! Value for money! Value for CENSORED money! He spent two hours looking for the receipt to take it back to the company that went bust five years ago. We have been burnt by trades, see our attempt to go green, it meant that for years afterwards we panicked about using anyone but thankfully, Glyn, knows this is an old property and you can work against it and lose or work with it and have a home. Next we're having shelves made, the floor needs finishing and we need to start saving up again to do the kitchen. We're nearly finished, we're nearly there, we're nearly able to breathe again when the dust settles, until then, that floor looks like it needs mopping again.


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FMX World Tour (Mexico) January 15 - February 8 , 2010
February 12, 2010
After 6,200 kms of driving we finally arrived in Morelia, Mexico for the first stop on the six city world tour. This exclusive tour features six of the top FMX riders in the world featuring myself and fellow C&C team mate Bruce Cook.
We found ourselves excited to get riding after being cooped up in the van for four days of driving transporting our brand new Kawasaki 250f's. The first stop would have us riding two shows in the Morelia "plaza de toros" (10,000 seat bull ring). Each show went off without a hitch and set the stage for an awesome tour. Next stop Uruapan!
Unlike the first show in Morelia, Uruapan was a smaller bull ring that would only allow a smaller jump but despite the smaller gap we still left the crowd on their feet wanting more. Since the ticket sales were so good we added second show each day to bring it to a four show stop. We averaged 2000 spectators each show. Next stop San Juan Del Rio!
Like the second stop we unfortunately had another smaller bull ring that would also only allow a smaller gap. Due to testy weather the attendance was not as impressive as the first two shows but still was an awesome crowd that was extremely great full for the action packed show. After two shows we averaged around 3000 spectators for the weekend. Off to Tlaxcala!!
Finally we have a nice huge soccer stadium with more than enough space to have a nice big jump to impress the crown with. After practicing and having high spirits prior to show time, we are hit with a rain storm that canceled the first show. The next morning we woke up to blue skies and a nice size crowd to perform for. The packed house was brought to their feet with the most impressive show on the tour. After we pack up we head to nearby Apizaco where after setting up we got hit with a monsoon and unfortunately where not able to perform for the entire three days. By the third day of trying we unfortunately had to pack up and head to the sixth and final stop on the tour San Miguel De Allende.
This was by far the coolest and most Americanized community with over 50% of the crowd being either Canadian or American. We were also greeted with a nice huge soccer stadium that would allow us to perform at 100% and leave the 5,000 spectator crowd on their feet. The shows went off perfectly to round out the tour.
The month flew by. It was a great time and added another tour to the resume. With talks of returning next year and the possibility of other shows in Costa Rica we leave them on a high. I am also super excited to get home and back to doing shows in Canada. I am stoked as I have a ton of shows booked for the spring and summer.
Once again thank you to all my sponsors and family that have supported me over the years, without you guys I would not be able to do what I love to do!!! Thank you!
Kris Garwasiuk


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Cristiano Ronaldo is aiming to star in the El Clasico and extend the gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona to seven points at the top of La Liga.
The Portugal superstar has already been acclaimed as the World Footballer of the Year. Now he wants to emphasise the point by inspiring Real's pursuit of the Spanish title and Champions League before turning his attentions to World Cup glory in Brazil this summer.
In the countdown to El Clasico, the captain of Portugal was busy with his advisers arranging a series of flights for his family and friends to share his dream trip to Brazil.
He has chartered four private jets, and a spokesman for the Brazilian airforce (FAB) has confirmed that that they have granted Ronaldo's request to have the private jets land at the Campinas military airport on June 7, just before the start of the 2014 finals.
On board will be Ronaldo's mother, his sisters, his brothers-in-law, his son, his girlfriend and other friends.
"He has also booked them into five star hotels for the duration of their stay."
A spokesman for the FAB said: "The squad of Portugal is allowed to land on Campinas, and so are the four private jets with Ronaldo's family."
FAB are happy to welcome Ronaldo's 'team' to the military airport at Campinas – the town where the Portugal squad is based – but they will declare no-fly zones over the World Cup stadiums in a bid to prevent terrorist attacks.
And FAB are also asking the Brazilian government to change a law to allow them to shoot down unidentified planes during the June 12-July 13 tournament.
At the moment Brazil's military can only shoot at unresponsive civilian planes on drug trafficking routes near its borders, but not over densely populated urban areas in the 12 cities where games will be played.
Ronaldo, meanwhile, has 10 games left in La Liga – including the clash with Barcelona – and a maximum of five Champions League matches (if Real reach the final) before concentrating on the World Cup.
Real can recall France striker Karim Benzema tonight as he has recovered from a knock to the thigh.
Manager Carlo Ancelotti said: "Benzema's recovered well and trained without problems."
Barca recall Gerard Pique (ankle) who missed last week's 7-0 win over Osasuna.


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- SteveGifford
Haubstadt, Indiana
This iReport is part of an assignment:
Perseid meteor shower
"Make a Wish" - Perseid Meteor Shower
- zdan, CNN iReport producer
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." Psalm 19:1
The skies were clear and dark this morning over Southwestern Indiana, making for good viewing of the Perseid Meteor shower. The shower peaks later today so if you missed it this morning, you have another good shot at seeing some tonight. Find a dark location, a comfortable chair or blanket and look to the northeast anytime after 10:30 or so and let the show begin! Rates were around 40/hour this morning and should be around the same or slightly better tonight. If you are interested in trying to photograph one, I have posted some tips at:
Good luck!
Steve Gifford
Haubstadt, Indiana


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Our vision
We believe in finding Latin America's most promising future leaders and empowering them to solve the problems they are most passionate about.
About our Academy's Next Bootcamp
Colombia Leadership Bootcamp 2017 (CLB 2017) is an eight-day intensive leadership and social innovation development program for students aged 17-21 who have the passion and potential to bring about positive socioeconomic and political change to Latin America. CLB will take place on December 10-17, 2017 in Medellín, Colombia.
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But Medellín has experienced the most remarkable transformation in just two decades. Today, it is safe, clean, and beautiful. It joined the 100 Resilient Cities Network in 2013, and won Urban Land Institute's Most Innovative City Award in 2013 and the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize in 2016. Importantly, it is also known as The City of Eternal Spring!
Medellín's transformation was orchestrated by a group of leaders that collaborated across the public and private (for-profit and non-profit) sectors. Organizations like GEA (an association of the largest corporations), ProAntioquia (an economic development think-tank funded by GEA), Ruta N (a publicly-funded innovation hub), Comfama (a publicly-funded, privately-run worker benefits organization), and EAFIT (the leading private university in Medellín) were instrumental in Medellín's miracle. CLB participants will have the rare opportunity to meet many of the leaders who transformed Medellín, to learn firsthand about their transformational leadership journeys.
Meet Our Team
Our global all-star team combines expertise in leadership, education, entrepreneurship, and social innovation.
Diego Ontaneda
Co-Founder & CEO
Diego is passionate about bringing socioeconomic development and better governance to Latin America. To achieve these goals, he seeks to develop a new generation of Latin American leaders: ethical, courageous, and entrepreneurial leaders who will transform the continent. He worked at McKinsey & Company and at African Leadership Academy, and is currently pursuing an MBA at Stanford University. He is from Peru.
Diego completed his undergraduate degree in Political Economy at Williams College, graduating Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
Kate Kraft
Co-Founder & Curriculum Advisor
Kate is passionate about the potential for leadership education to lead to economic development, civic engagement, and protection for minorities. She taught African History, African Politics & Governance, and Entrepreneurial Leadership at African Leadership Academy for five years.
Kate grew up in Johannesburg, Paris, and Los Angeles. She went to Yale University, and recently
graduated from Stanford University with an MBA and a Master's of Education, and was awarded the Miller Social Change Leadership Award.
David Baptista
Co-Founder & Master Educator
David is passionate about helping students develop essential dispositions, skills, habits and values that support long-term health and wellness. He is a master teacher and teacher educator with 15+ years of professional experience who speaks and consults on a wide range of topics, including social and emotional learning, STEM education, and curriculum design.
David graduated from Tufts University where he studied philosophy, physics and history. Cognitive science sparked his passion for education and he is broadly interested in understanding the impact of self-regulatory practices in multicultural contexts.
Servet Bayimli
Director of Admission
Servet is passionate about innovative education initiatives. He worked at the Amherst College Office of Admission, doing outreach and programming. In addition, he directed the Sonia and Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program, a non-profit organization combatting high school dropout rates in New York City.
Servet graduated from Tsinghua University with a master's degree in management and leadership as an inaugural Schwarzman Scholar. Prior to graduate school, he majored in Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought from Amherst College.
Fatou Fall
Outreach & Student Coach
Fatou is passionate about people and the power of information technology to make us smarter and have higher quality of life. She grew up in Dakar, Senegal, and has lived in multiple countries including South Africa, USA, South Korea, DRC, Mauritius and Argentina.
Fatou graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Applied Math and went on to build fun courses and student experiences at African Leadership University. Last year, she returned to Argentina to feel the LatAm spirit again and immerse herself in the startup world on this side of the planet!
Antonio Rodriguez
Chief Story Officer & Master Facilitator
Antonio Rodriguez is passionate about what stories are and how they do what they do, i.e. everything. He is a writer/educator/organizer from New York City currently living in Los Angeles. He was a founding member of the Brooklyn Theatre Company, where his work was staged in association with such historic NYC theatrical institutions as the Ensemble Studio Theatre and Dixon Place.
For nearly two decades, Antonio has explored how immersive theatre and leadership training can be used to achieve social impact with school districts nationally and internationally as well as organizations like AASSA, bigSTORY and particularly the Posse Foundation, a revolutionary non-profit that was one of only 10 organizations to receive a portion of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize award.
Edgard Gouveia, Jr.
Architect & Game Designer
Edgard is passionate about unleashing the human spirit through the fields of play. At 6'7", Edgard towers over most people. An early career in professional volleyball in his native Brazil was exchanged for a life of social impact. He is co-founder of Instituto Elos, Warriors Without Weapons, and Oasis Game which teaches young entrepreneurs how to empower communities to reach their own dreams without relying on outside sources of funding, including on catastrophic situations. Hundreds of Oasis games have now been played on four continents.
Edgard's new project, Play The Call, is a global game that merges the real and the virtual world, embarking players on real-world hero missions. He aims to activate 2 billion people around the world to save the planet through meaningful projects that serve the community, the region and the world, and build ever-larger networks of collaboration across the globe under the principles of fast, free & fun!
Claudia Olcese Lira
Communication & Design Director
Claudia is passionate about visual storytelling and unconventional educational programs. She considers herself a hybrid of the humanities and the arts. She worked as a consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank HQs in Washington D.C., where she started off as a member of the Innovation Lab and moved on to work in strategic planning and organizational communication.
Claudia studied geography and studio art at Clark University. She then completed a Master's degree in Communication Design. She lives with her 1-year-old pup and is determined to show people the art of rollerblading & horse therapy.
Juan Sebastián Muñoz
Implementation Partner
Juan Sebastián is passionate about the transformational power of education and the way business creates value for society. He is the Head of Sales at Caltek. Prior to Caltek, he worked as Budget Advisor for the Deputy Secretary of Education of Bogota. Juan Sebastián is also the Co-Founder of Mentors4u Colombia, a non-profit mentorship program that helps the most talented and motivated Colombian college students develop their career plan.
Juan Sebastián completed his undergraduate degree in Economics and Philosophy at Middlebury College, graduating Magna Cum Laude and Highest Honors. He also has a post-graduate degree in Financial Management from the Universidad de los Andes.
Daniel Uribe
Implementation Partner
Daniel is passionate about connecting and empowering young individuals to realize their potential and achieve their career plans. He is Head of Business Development at ESCALA Educación. Prior to ESCALA, Daniel worked as a Financial Analyst at Citigroup's Latin America Investment Banking group, in both the New York and Mexico City offices. Daniel is also the Co-Founder of Mentors4u Colombia, a non-profit mentorship program that helps the most talented and motivated Colombian college students develop their career plan.
Daniel completed his undergraduate degree in Economics and Finance at Bentley University, graduating Magna Cum Laude from the Honors program.
Mentors4u Colombia
Implementation Partner
Mentors4u Colombia is a non-profit mentorship program that connects Colombian talent with opportunities. The organization identifies the most talented and motivated college students and connects them with professionals who help them develop their career plan and realize their potential. The organization is the first international chapter of Mentors4u, the largest independent mentoring network in Europe.
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Objectives Edit
Return to Ysera at Nordrassil in Mount Hyjal.
Description Edit
Nemesis... destroyed...
I feel rejuvenated.
Tell Ysera my strength is hers.
The Twilight's Hammer will fall.
Rewards Edit
Completion Edit
By relieving Tortolla of his final burdens you have acquired for us a formidable ally... and the final piece of the puzzle.
Steel yourself, <name>. The most difficult part of our journey is to begin.
We will bring the fight to their stronghold.
Notes Edit
Head northeast back to the World Tree.
Quest progressionEdit
- [81] The Last Living Lorekeeper
- [81] Firefight
- [81] Aessina's Miracle
- [81] Tortolla's Revenge
- [81] The Hammer and the Key
- Side chain: [81] Lost Wardens & [81] Pressing the Advantage
- Side quests: [81] Breakthrough, [81] Hyjal Recycling Program
- [81] The Third Flamegate
- [81] The Strength of Tortolla
- Side quest: [81] The Time for Mercy Has Passed
- [81] Finish Nemesis
- [81] Tortolla's Triumph
- [81] The Ancients are With Us
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HudsonAlpha's educational outreach team received a big boost from BBVA Compass Bank. The local company donated $XXXX toward the institute's Science For Me Too! program.
This effort creates opportunities for under-served populations of students to experience science activities and laboratories outside of the regular school day. Through the generous support of BBVA Compass Bank, more than 150 elementary and middle school students in high- needs areas have participated in Sci-Quest Science Center activities including science field trips and summer camps.
In addition, a core group of high school students, along with their mentors from the local 100 Black Men of America chapter, participate in regular Science Saturday meetings at HudsonAlpha. These students are able to investigate career options, practice laboratory skills and reinforce genetics concepts from their school work while working with Education Outreach staff.
HudsonAlpha educator, Madelene Loftin said this about the program: "Science For Me Too! is important because it allows these students to 'try on' careers in science and really see themselves working in this environment. The students come in, put on a lab coat and get to 'do science'. After several visits, the guys are getting more independent in the lab and more confident in their abilities. We are all grateful to BBVA Compass for helping make this opportunity possible for these students."


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I am delighted to have this opportunity to introduce you to West Church, and bring you the warm Christian greetings of our congregational family. Perhaps you have lived in this area for a number of years, or you may have just moved into our community recently – whatever the case we at West assure you of a warm welcome at all of our Church activities. We are a fellowship of friendly, happy people who want to share the joy of following Jesus with you.
Yours, Celebrating and Serving Jesus Together
Rev. Daniel John Kane
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All Primary School age children welcome. Click here for details.
Everyone welcome! Click here for details.
Music Ministry CD Recording
CDs are availavble at £10 each from the church
or contact the Church Office
Samples of the CD tracks are available here
Sunday Services
11.00 am and
5.00 pm/6.30 pm
(see bulletin)
There are no evening services
during July and August
West Presbyterian Church
15-19 Ballymoney Road, Ballymena, Co Antrim, BT43 5BS
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In dentistry, there are three fast-growing employment fields. Dental hygienist jobs may range from providing patient care, to record-keeping and scheduling appointments. Dental lab technicians construct, or repair, dentures and prosthetics. Dental hygienists clean teeth, examine patients for signs of oral diseases such as gingivitis, and apply sealants and fluorides to help protect teeth. They must also learn to take and develop dental x-rays. The median annual wage for dental hygienists was $52,330 in 2015, while dental assistants average $37,500 per year. Dental hygienist jobs are projected to grow 19% in the coming decade.
Dental hygienists need an associates degree in dental hygiene. The programs typically take 3 years to complete, and offer laboratory, clinical, and classes in anatomy, physiology, nutrition, radiography, pathology, and periodontics. All states require dental hygienists to be licensed, although requirements vary by state. The Commission on Dental Accreditation, part of the American Dental Association, has accredited more than 300 dental hygienist job programs.
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Troop Levels Are Too Important to be Left to the Generals
The comment of Georges Clemenceau, premier of France during World War I, that war is too important to be left to the generals was a sage observation even amid the total war in which his nation was then engaged. The importance of maintaining a strong sense of political purpose and political control can be appreciated by contrasting Clemenceau's France with what was happening in Germany. There, General Erich Ludendorff, who held the title of quartermaster general, functioned during the last year of the war as almost a military dictator of Germany, with his influence extending to domestic and economic policy as well as operations at the battle front. The warped political perspective involved had echoes in Ludendorff's postwar activities, which included his pushing the "stab in the back" explanation for Germany's defeat, his participation in Adolf Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch, and his propounding a doctrine in which total war is considered permanent and unending, with peace being only a brief interruption to the struggle.
The importance of clear political purpose and political control should be at least as evident when a total war is not being waged and national security decisions involve the use of military resources in a more calibrated way, with degrees of risk of small military involvement escalating into something larger and costlier. It is thus regrettable to see President Trump repeatedly sloughing off to the Pentagon what should be presidential (or presidential and Congressional) decisions. The most recent and clearest instance is his delegating to Secretary of Defense (née General) James Mattis the determination of how many U.S. troops should be in Afghanistan .
That delegation of authority is wrong not because civilian leaders necessarily have better judgment on such things than military officers. There is ground for criticism of Barack Obama's handling of Afghanistan, which featured some micromanagement and in which some of his decisions about troop levels evidently were taken for less laudable political reasons.
What is instead wrong about the current president's approach is that it loses sight of the principle that militarily achieving certain things on the ground is a means, not an end. Trump's approach fails to acknowledge the need for a military expedition to have a clear objective that is not defined in a circular, self-referential way solely in military terms. It fails to acknowledge not only the need for careful assessment of what can be achieved with military force but also whether such achievement is worth whatever costs are entailed, bearing in mind the full range of U.S. interests that may be at stake, including alternative purposes to which scarce national resources might be put. That last topic gets squarely to questions of troop levels in foreign lands. And it is a topic that the military should not be expected to try to answer on its own.
The aforementioned issues are especially acute regarding Afghanistan, where U.S. forces have been engaged in war for more than fifteen years. There are big unanswered questions about what is achievable, and about what would be achievable with a few thousand more U.S. troops that could not be achieved with the 100,000 troops the United States formerly had there. There are even bigger unanswered questions about what difference to U.S. interests would be made by some turning of the military situation on the ground in Afghanistan. Being stuck in history—9/11 and all that—doesn't answer those questions. If it's terrorist safe havens we're worried about, there is nothing unique about Afghanistan today.
There is no Ludendorff in today's U.S. military, but also no basis for in effect forcing the military to make political decisions. When U.S. military officers are forced to do that (and the not-long-out-of-uniform Mattis can be included with the military for purposes of this discussion), some recurring patterns have been apparent. One is that, if the United States is not already involved in an armed conflict, military officers, knowing something of the costs and pain of warfare, are often less inclined to initiate involvement than are non-veteran civilians. Another pattern is that if the United States already is involved in an armed conflict, then the professional military is quite properly trained and conditioned to do what it takes to pursue the effort until an outcome is reached at which we can say a mission has been accomplished. If officers are not given a clear mission, then they grab whatever bits and pieces from the political discourse can reasonably be construed as a mission. Or, they in effect construct their own mission, defined to involve some sort of vanquishing of an adversary's forces. And U.S. officers will request the troops and other resources they believe they need to accomplish the mission, regardless of how shakily defined that mission is.
This is often a prescription for escalation. In a situation like Afghanistan, it is a prescription for endless perpetuation of involvement in a conflict. And still unanswered is the question of whether accomplishing a given military mission is worth the cost. The talk one hears most often about a mission for a few thousand added U.S. troops Afghanistan is to reverse gains the Taliban have made over the past couple of years. Even if such reversal were accomplished, what exactly would that gain for U.S. interests?


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Championship rematch on slate
Also: Elite compete at Mary Nutter Classic; 'Cuse streak on line
Attention all lacrosse fans -- clear your calendars on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. You have a big game to watch.
Defending NCAA champion Loyola (Md.) will play host to Maryland in a rematch of last year's national title game, which will be televised nationally on NBC Sports Network.
This one will be tough to resist even for lacrosse newbies, because it just doesn't get any better than No. 1 vs. No. 1. No, that's not a typo. The Greyhounds currently hold the top spot in the Inside Lacrosse media poll, while the Terrapins snuck into the No. 1 spot in the USILA coaches' poll on Monday.
An added bonus for fans, this is a series that is not contested very often in the regular season. In fact, this will be the first regular-season meeting between the pair of instate schools since 1989. And it wasn't easy getting the match-up on the schedule.
"Coach [John] Tillman and I are very close friends and run camps together," Loyola head coach Charley Toomey said. "I've been talking about this to him since he became the head coach [at Maryland three years ago]. They play such a tough schedule in the ACC, and we feel like we play a very competitive schedule in the ECAC.
"We really believe this is a great game for both programs, and the state. The only way we could figure it out was to play early in the season. I think we would both prefer to play this game in March or April, but our schedules just didn't work out this way."
|USILA rank
|No. 1
|No. 2
|Inside Lacrosse rank
|No. 2
|No. 1
|NCAA title-game appearances since '90
|Note: Maryland leads all-time head-to-head 19-2
|Related: Loyola (Md.) beats Maryland 9-3 to capture first national championship
The programs have met 21 times with Maryland leading the series 19-2, and all but three of those contests were played 1959 or before. And, the series may not even continue due to Maryland's impending conference move.
"Unfortunately, it might be a one-year deal because of them moving to the Big Ten," Toomey said. "We're going to try to continue to play the game, but have some things to figure out. In the meantime, it's a RPI game … a strength-of-schedule game … that can benefit both of our programs come May."
While both teams return eight of 10 starters, along with their starting goalies from last season, and are 2-0 entering the contest, this game will likely be a bit different than a postseason meeting.
"It's just such an early season game that both teams are still trying to find their identity," Toomey said. "It's very different than playing a game in late April. We have to worry about Loyola and what we do well, and continue to fix some things."
Loyola began its title defense with a 9-8 win against Delaware on Feb. 16, but needed a game-winning goal from Chris Layne with 4.4 seconds left in regulation to escape with a victory. On Wednesday, the Greyhounds followed it up with a 14-9 defeat of Towson.
"I think the guys now understand they are going to get everybody's best shot every weekend," Toomey said. "It's learning to be the hunted, rather than the hunter. We're going to go out and embrace this role."
Loyola defeated Maryland 9-3 to win the program's first NCAA Championship last season. The Greyhounds set a title-game record by allowing just three goals in the contest.
• The No. 5 Duke women's basketball team will face two of its toughest tests this weekend, hosting No. 19 Florida State on Friday, and then traveling to No. 8 Maryland for a Sunday contest. Both the Seminoles and the Terrapins will be looking to knock Duke off its undefeated pedestal in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.
The Blue Devils will have to fend off their two foes without junior point guard Chelsea Gray, who suffered a season-ending knee injury last Sunday against Wake Forest. Gray was averaging 13.1 points, 5.6 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 3.7 steals per game, and was leading the conference in both assists and steals. While Duke is the lone unbeaten in ACC play with four regular season games remaining, the Blue Devils will have to play the next four teams in the standings during the next two weeks. After fourth-place FSU and second-place Maryland, Duke heads to fifth-place Miami (Fla.) and third-place North Carolina to conclude the regular season. Sunday's game against Maryland will be broadcast live on ESPN2 at 3 p.m.
• A critical game in the Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings will be featured on Saturday as No. 16 New Mexico travels to No. 23 Colorado State in a battle between the first and second-place teams in the league. New Mexico has reached the 20-win mark for the sixth consecutive season, and owns a 9-2 mark in conference action. Colorado State, which dropped a two-point contest at UNLV on Wednesday, has recorded back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 1996-97 and 1997-98. The Rams have won a school-record 27 consecutive games at Moby Arena, which is the nation's third-longest active home win streak behind Syracuse and South Dakota. The game will air nationally on NBC Sports Network at 4 p.m.
• Speaking of home winning streaks, No. 8 Syracuse will put its' 38-game home winning stretch on the line when the Orange hosts No. 11 Georgetown on Saturday in a sold-out Carrier Dome. The game will also be key in the hunt for the regular season league title. The Orange and Hoyas are knotted in a three-way tie with No. 17 Marquette for first place in the Big East Conference. Georgetown enters the contest on a winning streak of its' own – eight in a row, which includes three wins against top-25 teams. The game will be broadcast live on CBS at 4 p.m.
• After stunning cross-town rival San Diego in the season-opening weekend with a sweep of the then-No. 20 Toreros, San Diego State earned some recognition for the feat with a No. 22 ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll. The Aztecs will look to move up the ladder when they open their home schedule against No. 6 Oregon State for a three-game series beginning Thursday. The Beavers also started the season with a flawless record, winning in extra innings against UC Riverside on Monday. OSU is 4-0 for the first time since 2007.
• Some of the nation's top Division I track and field teams will be showcased at the 2013 Southeastern Indoor Track and Field Championships beginning Friday at the Randal Tyson Track Center at Arkansas. The SEC boasts the nation's No. 1 teams in both men's and women's entering the weekend with Arkansas and LSU, respectively. The championship meet will feature 11 ranked teams between the men and women.
Highlighting the meet on the women's side will be LSU's Jamin Stowers, who will be seeking her third consecutive SEC title in the 60-meter hurdles. She would be the first person to accomplish the feat since LSU's Lolo Jones achieve three in a row in 2002-04. On the men's side, Ole Miss jumper Ricky Robertson is vying for his fourth consecutive SEC indoor high jump championship. He would become just the second person in SEC history to accomplish the feat, joining Arkansas' Kenny Evans, who won four in a row from 1998-2001. Robertson currently is the SEC leader in the men's high jump with a leap of 2.29m/7-6.
• The Concordia (Minn.) women's basketball team broke in to the latest national WBCA Division II poll at No. 24 after winning 16 of its last 17 games following a 3-4 start to the season. The Golden Bears have won 11 consecutive games heading into the final weekend of the year, and need just one win (or a Minnesota State-Mankato loss) to clinch the Northern Sun Intercollegiate overall and South Division titles. Concordia has already earned home court throughout the first two rounds of the 16-team NSIC Tournament. The Golden Bears close out the regular season by hosting Southwest Minnesota State and Sioux Falls on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
• The No. 1 Metro State men's basketball team continues to hold on to the No. 1 spot in the Division II rankings, but the Roadrunners will be challenged on Friday when they visit No. 17 Fort Lewis for a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference showdown. It will be the first time in FLC program history that the Skyhawks will host a No. 1 team. Metro State (22-0) is one of just two unbeaten teams in Division II men's basketball, joining defending NCAA champion and second-ranked Western Washington (24-0).
• The No. 17 Merrimack men's hockey team has put together a 7-1-2 record in its last 10 games and currently sits on top of the Hockey East standings with six regular season games remaining. The Warriors will host No. 4 Boston College on Sunday in a critical league game as the Eagles look to gain ground in the standings. The Warriors are 4-0-1 in February and have won five consecutive games at Lawler Arena. Merrimack junior goalie Sam Marotta leads the Hockey East in goals against average (2.01) and save percentage (.931), and has posted a 1.16 GAA and .963 save percentage in his last five starts, including a 2-1 overtime win against Boston College on Feb. 15.
• The No. 2 Boston College women's hockey team will be attempting to set a school record for wins in a season as the Eagles (24-5-2) play Vermont in a two-game series to wrap up the regular season. The Eagles have already broken the mark for most goals in a season with five in their 5-2 victory against Providence on Tuesday. The total now stands at 146.
Boston College is currently tied for first place in the Hockey East standings with No. 4 Boston University as the two schools have identical records and point totals. The Terriers will play a home-and-home series against Connecticut to compete their regular season schedule this weekend. BU's 6-0 win against New Hampshire on Wednesday improved the Terriers' Hockey East winning streak to 13 games. BU also eclipsed the program record for league wins in a season (16) with the UNH victory.
• No. 5 UCLA looks to bounce back from last weekend's loss to Oregon State as the Bruins remain on the road to face No. 2 Oklahoma on Friday. The meet is the second of three consecutive away meets against top-15 teams for the Bruins. UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa is the nation's top all-around with a 39.595 average, and ranks No. 1 on the floor exercise with a 9.930 mark. Oklahoma is one of just two unbeaten teams in the nation, and has scored a 197-plus in five consecutive meets. Three Sooner gymnasts rank in the top 25 in the all-around - No. 4 Taylor Spears (39.446), No. 9 Erica Brewer (39.375) and No. 22 Brie Olson (39.242). Friday's meet will be televised live on Fox Sports Southwest and Fox College Sports Central at 8 p.m.
• The No. 2 Gustavus Adolphus women's hockey team looks to conclude its regular season with an undefeated record when the Gusties square off with Saint Benedict on Friday and Saturday for their final Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series of the year. The Gusties are 22-0-1 entering the weekend. No. 1 Plattsburgh State (23-0-2) has already posted an unbeaten record in the regular season, and received a first-round bye in the ECAC West Tournament. The Cardinals will host the championship on March 2-3 in their bid to remain flawless.
• The No. 2 California men's swimming and diving team will finish off the regular season with a perfect dual meet record when the Golden Bears host rival Stanford on Saturday in the Big Meet at Spieker Aquatics Complex at 4 p.m. Cal is looking to defeat the No. 9 Cardinal for the first time since 2005. Last season, Cal fell at Stanford 146.5-96.5, but went on to win the NCAA title, while the Cardinal finished in third place.
• Thirteen of the top 25 Division I softball teams in the nation will converge upon Big League Dreams Park in Cathedral City, Calif., for the 10th annual Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic beginning Thursday. No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 4 Tennessee, No. 5 Florida, No. 7 Missouri and No. 8 California headline the 35-team tournament, in which 84 games will be played on five fields in four days.
Formerly the Cathedral City Classic, the tournament was renamed in honor of Mary Nutter, a member of the NFCA Hall of Fame, who died unexpectedly last June. She was a former coach at Pittsburg State, and a leader in softball education.
• Albright freshman Kelecia Harris is the current field goal percentage leader in Division III women's basketball with a 59.6 mark. She finished her rookie season with a stellar 22 points on 11 of 13 shooting in Albright's loss to Elizabethtown on Feb. 16 as the Lions ended their season with an 11-14 record. And while that may not seem out of the ordinary, if Harris remains the field goal percentage leader, it will be the lowest mark to lead the statistical category since Division III women's basketball started in 1982. That season, UNC Greensboro's Michele Blazevich compiled a 59.8 percentage, and the annual statistical champion has never been below 60 percent since that year.
• One of the most heated Division III rivalries will be on display on Friday as No. 17 Wooster hosts Wittenburg in the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals. While the two teams have faced each other 11 times in the NCAC finals since Wittenburg joined the conference in 1989-90, the rivals of the "Witt-Woo" have never tangled in a semifinal match. One of the two teams has won the NCAC Tournament all but three times in the past 23 years. Wooster has won eight titles, including the last four.
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