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UPDATE: GBI releases autopsy results in shooting that killed officer
UPDATE: Saturday afternoon the Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed that an autopsy had been performed on both Locust Grove Police Officer Chase Maddox and Tierre Guthrie.
Preliminary results from the autopsies show that Officer Maddox was shot three times and died from a gunshot to his head.
Tierre Guthrie was shot four times and died from gunshots to his chest.
UPDATE: Friday evening the Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the suspect in the day's shooting to be 39-year-old Tierre Guthrie.
LOCUST GROVE, Ga. -- One officer has died and two deputies are injured after a shooting in Locust Grove in Henry Co. Friday afternoon, officials say.
The suspect was shot dead as well.
It happened on St. Francis Court in Locust Grove. The deadly shootings occurred when deputies were serving a search warrant.
Two officers were airlifted to the hospital, officials say. The Locust Grove police officer -- identified as Chase Maddox -- has died, while the Henry Co. deputies -- Michael D. Corley and Ralph Sidwell Callaway -- are injured.
Surrounding area schools were temporarily placed on lockdown.
This is a developing story. Check back here for updates as they become available.


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|June 22, 1999, 04:36 PM
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Well here is a company who has lost all my business.
Advanced Specialty Products, Inc (www.aspila.com)
June 4th Sent an e-mail to check on availability of Blade-Tech IWB holster for Glock 30. They stated in return e-mail in stock. Called them on the phone later in the day (my dime, no 800 number), verified it was in stock and ordered. They said would ship on Monday (the 7th).
June 10th The holster is charged to my VISA.
June 15th Wondering where my holster was, I sent them an e-mail. Was never answered.
June 18th Called on the phone, no answer.
June 21st Called on the phone and was told they will check on it and get back to me in the afternoon. Didn't call back.
June 22 Called again and was told it was on backorder. When I told them they said it was in stock when I ordered it, they said "Sorry, they may be in tomorrow". Canceled order and asked them to take the charges off my card.
It is a real shame as I was really wanting to try out a Kydex holster while I wait on my leather from Waldon Holster Co (anxiously waiting)and was planning on ordering PT night sights from Advanced Specialty in the next month or so.
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Try getting Blade-Tech Concealx holster from http://www.prostyleinc.com / I caled their 800 number and had a nice chat <do not rember his name> and then ordered Concealex from them for my 1911. Now to just wait until it arives, should be any day!!!
I also have the PT bar dot on the 1011 Novak lo mount sights. They went dim after about 4 1/2 years. Sent them in and were replaced and upgraded <red dots added on the side of the green bar> for less than $50.00 total. Really happy with them http://www.ptnightsights.com /
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Nine Inch Nails, Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, Neutral Milk Hotel with special guests Daniel Johnston and Half Japanese, Animal Collective, How to Destroy Angels, Gary Numan and more will be at the first annual Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit. The event will take place October 25-27 in Asheville, NC.
As previously reported, the Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit was created after AC Entertainment ended their relationship with Moogfest last year. The company will put on the new event, while Moogfest will take place in the Spring of 2014.
Other artists performing at Mountain Oasis include Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Disclosure, Chromatics, Tricky, Zola Jesus and JG Thirlwell, The Bug and Jessie Ware, among others—though more artists will be announced in the future. The festival will also feature panel discussions, art installations and other interactive experiences. Weekend passes to the event go on sale on Thursday, May 2 at 12pm ET for a starting price of $149.50.
Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit 2013
Nine Inch Nails
Pretty Lights
Neutral Milk Hotel with special guests Daniel Johnston and Half Japanese
Animal Collective
How to Destroy Angels
Gary Numan
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
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Zola Jesus and JG Thirlwell
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Robert DeLong
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Food Expenditures
The ERS Food Expenditure Series contributes to the analysis of U.S. food production and consumption by constructing a comprehensive measure of the total value of all food expenditures by final purchasers. This series annually measures total U.S. food expenditures, including purchases by consumers, governments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. Because the term expenditure is often associated with household decisionmaking, it is important to recognize that ERS's series also includes nonhousehold purchases. For example, the series includes the dollar value of domestic food purchases by military personnel and their dependents at military commissary stores and exchanges, the value of commodities and food dollars donated by the Federal government to schools, and the value of food purchased by airlines for serving during flights.
ERS developed the series in 1987, and annual data are available from 1929 through 2014. The series also constitutes a measure of total sales through different food outlets, such as supermarkets, full-service and limited-service restaurants, mass merchandisers, and hotels. Production value or sales is equal to total expenditures.
ERS provides estimates of food eaten away from home and food eaten at home, as well as the share of the two food spending categories relative to two income series—disposable personal income and disposable personal money income. Food-away-from-home spending is mainly for food purchased at eating and drinking places, but it is also for food purchased at such outlets as hotels and motels, recreational places, vending machines, and schools and colleges. ERS estimates of food at home and food away from home may not equal estimates with similar labels by other series.
For data on expenditures on food and alcoholic beverages that were consumed at home by selected countries, see International Consumer and Food Industry Trends.


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The new X-Men title has been co-written by Zak Penn, the screenwriter of movies X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand, and legendary comic book writer Chris Claremont. Set before the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, the game will see players take control of Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Iceman in an original storyline that will reveal new insights into Nightcrawler's absence from the upcoming movie.
Each character will have his own unique signature powers, be it the brute strength and recovery powers of Wolverine, the acrobatics of Nightcrawler or the Iceman's ability to ice slide and shoot beams of ice. Players will also be able to pull off more devastating attacks by utilising fury and adrenaline modes, unleashing everything you have on the enemy.
As you progress through the game, your characters' super powers will improve through the Mutant Evolution System. Uniquely engineered environments will force players to make full use of the powers available to them and seek help from fellow X-Men in order to defeat the enemy.
The game is scheduled for a May, 2006, release on PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, PC, GBA, Xbox 360 and the DS complete with touch screen control.


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A 25-point, 15-rebound performance from Davis helped propel the Buffaloes (24-0) back into the state title game in a 74-54 win over Moundridge (19-6).
A point guard that facilitates an offense with minimal flaw, a forward that can step inside or outside whenever needed and a post that can bring in nearly any rebound will bring any team plenty of success.
The trio of guard Jett Little and forwards Morgan Davis and Randall Friesen provide exactly that for the Meade Buffaloes and they'll get a shot at redemption that they've been seeking since last March.
A 25-point, 15-rebound performance from Davis helped propel the Buffaloes (24-0) back into the state title game in a 74-54 win over Moundridge (19-6).
Meade advances to play Belleville-Republic County in today's state championship at 6:15 p.m.
After losing in last year's state championship, the Buffaloes have had their eyes set on a return to the title game and have gone about their way in strong fashion.
Moundridge head coach Vance Unrau said Meade has used its prior experience well and is a team very much on a mission.
"There is no question," Unrau said. "They used some of that experience to add to their motivation to get there again and to take care of some unfinished business."
Keeping within arm's reach at a 30-21 deficit at halftime, the Wildcats were well within reach of knocking off the No. 1 seed but the post defense of the Buffaloes prevented Moundridge from establishing its offense inside.
The Wildcats shot just 37.7 percent from the field and were 20-53 from the field.
"We couldn't finish," Unrau said. "We got the ball where we wanted to against their size and we just had a hard time finishing."
Davis and Friesen, standing at 6-4 and 6-8 respectively, give the Buffaloes a formidable frontcourt duo and despite plenty of shot attempts against the unit, Moundridge was unable to find consistency offensively.
"I use the word distracted," Moundridge head coach Vance Unrau said. "It's easy to get distracted when you're going against size like that and certainly it's more size than what we're accustomed to. Credit them, they contest every shot."
Guard Daniel Ratzlaff put together one of his strongest performances of the season for the Wildcats, scoring 26 points on the afternoon.
The senior's 9-23 shooting performance was noteworthy but it couldn't quite carry the load.
"There's just no quit in Daniel," Unrau said. "Obviously he's put a lot of time into his game and he's not a vocal leader. I call him our silent warrior because he just goes out and plays."
Losing a chance at a state championship is difficult but Unrau said a good opportunity awaits his team in today's third-place game against Ness City.
"The good news is we get a chance to come back tomorrow," Unrau said. "I tell our kids to always end on a make. Before you leave the court, you end on a make. We're coming back tomorrow to end on a win."
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A memorandum of agreement was signed this summer in a ceremony at the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC) in downtown Honolulu. This agreement between the NDPTC and the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center (HERS) of Haskell Indian Nations University will improve training on disaster preparedness, response and recovery of communities affected by natural disasters and climate change. Bringing them together in a spirit of cooperation and open communication, the agreement was signed by Dr. Daniel Wildcat of Haskell Indian Nations University, and Dr. Karl Kim of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. This partnership addresses needs identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to work with the "whole community."
As a member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) and a FEMA training partner dedicated to providing critical all-hazards training throughout the United States and its territories, NDPTC is uniquely positioned geographically and culturally to develop and deliver training and education on disaster preparedness, response and recovery to governmental, private, tribal, indigenous and non-profit entities, as well as under-represented and underserved communities.
The Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center (HERS) is a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), a network of 37 tribal colleges and universities that provide opportunities to American Indians through programs that are locally and culturally based, holistic and supportive. It collaborates with federal agencies to ensure that indigenous tribal knowledge of landscapes and climates are valued, used and incorporated into tribal research, education, training, outreach, communication, policies and plans to increase the resilience of tribal communities and economies to natural disasters.
This agreement between NDPTC and HERS will improve disaster-related education and training for tribal and indigenous communities who face substantial challenges in the event of extreme natural hazards and disasters. Typically hardest hit when these events occur, these communities suffer severe consequences due to their dependence on natural resources to sustain their economic and cultural practices, as well as their close ties to the environment for their physical, mental, intellectual, social and cultural well-being. Valuable lessons and practices to other communities interested in building resilience will also be captured.
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Opinion: Politics
Beyond Left and Right: Awaiting the Pope's Next Encyclical
G.K. Chesterton once wrote, "The whole modern world has divided itself into conservatives and progressives. The business of progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected." The tired categories of Left and Right, which we associate with Liberal (or Progressive) and… READ MORE >
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A movie mocking Hollywood liberals is overdue, but a movie mocking Michael Moore is outdated. David Zucker, director of zany comedies like Airplane and Naked Gun, sets his satirical sights on a ripe target: the self-satisfaction of bleeding-heart Hollywood liberals (the kind who decry world poverty while collecting multi-million dollar paychecks).… READ MORE >
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Chevy LUV Junkyard Jewel - Part 1
Step One: The Cleanup Phase
Fact: First sold in North America from '72 as a badge-engineered variant of the Japanese-market Isuzu Faster. Production of the first-generation ended in '80.
Let's be real about it, money is tight any way you look at it these days. So, what does one do? We can't just stop paying our bills or quit eating, and once all those realities of life are taken care of, there seems to be less and less cash left over each month for any fun. Perhaps the answer to this daunting problem is right in our own backyards and garages.
We're talking about a low-buck, budget project. All those poor, forgotten minitrucks you see rotting in yards and fields as you drive by and think to yourself, "Man, that truck could be SO cool with a bit of love" are where the action is. The reality is with a bit of sweet-talking, you could probably take one of them home with you for a measly couple hundred bucks. Now here's the part where we can save a few bucks and keep this project on the cheap from start to finish. By nature, we minitruckers tend to be "junk" collectors. Most of us probably have boxes full of old parts we've collected over the years that are too good to throw away but aren't quite cutting-edge anymore like old 'bags and valves, wheels and link kits, assorted fittings, and stuff like that. Realistically, a cool ride to cruise around in doesn't have to break the bank—it will just involve smart shopping and creative wheeling and dealing with some of your buddies!
Follow along with us as we drag an old forgotten Chevy LUV out of a field and have a crack at building a cool daily beater or parts-chaser to cruise around in without having to sell one of the kids.


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The responses in this thread are really funny.. "no newb wants to base.." haha. Basing is definitely the most appealing attraction to this game. There really is no argument for dueling against basing. Simply put, a great basing game >>>>> a great dueling game.
Having said that, the main appeal for the vast majority of new players from 2000-2005 was pub squads. Pub, when it wasn't littered with the whole money system and all that nonsense, used to just be an individual point race to a 1,000,000, or a kill race to 10,000, or to an Ave rating of 200.0, until the scores reset Wednesday. The best pub squads (ie, FMM, Scumbags, Floydians) were actually desirable to join as a pubber. Watching players like Sweet Leaf or Twisted 1! or DUTCH MADNESS reach 10,000 kills and 1,000,000 points, or Relativity_17 going 2:1 with 2,000 kills and a 200.0 Ave was actually "inspiring" for a newbie pubber. The best squads had the best overall pub stats. No joke, make fun if you want, I remember being 10 years old and getting my first 1,000th kill (granted, I was like 1000-1500), I legit got up out of my chair applauding and PM'd the guy I killed congratulating him on being my 1000th kill and thanking him. That's how much fun pub was. (para I know you're reading this so stfu in advance in advance)
Even LT'ing was fun, because back then pub was bumping, no newbies playing for 2 months complained about LTs, and you could actually hit 2,000-3,000 bounty with a good terr like Y ? or spacedust. Things have changed because of the strange upgrades made to pub, and also because of the (warranted) emphasis on competitive play. We exchanged having a great pub system for having the ability to earn "cash" to buy "fireworks."
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The Many Wacky Easter Eggs of the 2013 Kardashian Christmas Card
Just look at this thing.
Last night's Keeping Up With the Kardashians Christmas special featured a bunch of "never-before-seen" home videos, moments in which the clan reminisced about their pre-fame days, and, most important, a look at this year's Christmas card. It's a wonderful tradition, and although the average family's photos might get less embarrassing as the years progress, the Kardashians' just get wackier and wackier. There were the matching white clothes, the motorcycle gangwear, the year Lamar might have been Photoshopped in, 2011's 3-D motif, and last year's, which featured Kim's now-dead kitten, Mercy. 2013's photo was shot by David LaChappelle and is "high fashion" in a way we now come to expect from the Kardashian family. (Since they've been hanging out with Kanye West, especially.) We've dissected this year's photo below:
What's actually going on here (other than the Sears Portrait Studio's worst nightmare)?
- All hail Kim Kardashian! Prominently featured in the top left, her body is much bigger than the rest of her family's — perhaps a nod to the fact that she is their cash cow. Not convinced? Check out the giant dollar sign to her left.
- Kardashian significant others Scott Disick, Lamar Odom, and Kanye West all appeared to be missing from last year's portrait. But just as Kanye claimed on Kris Jenner's short-lived talk show, Kris, to have drawn himself into past portraits, he might have also snuck himself into this year's, too. One of the mags the family is standing on? Kanye's cover of Rolling Stone.
- Speaking of covers, it's Bruce Jenner on the cover of a Wheaties box.
- If there's actually an Illuminati, the Kardashians would like you to know that they are definitely in it.
- "Coming Soon" reads the neon sign. Right under it, a baby wearing a heavenly halo. North, is that you?
- Nori might be missing, but Mason isn't. Hi, Mason!
- Right above the happily airbrushed Kris Jenner, a graffiti tag that reads "FAME."
- Bruce and Kris may be happily separated, but that doesn't mean he'll be left off this year's card. Here he is, looking like Spaulding from American Horror Story and stuck into a booth labeled "cashier." Not a coincidence.
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If the idea of a coming technological Singularity were a church, inventor and innovation maven Ray Kurzweil would be its most ardent and persuasive evangelist, and woe betide the unprepared heretic who crossed his path. For some, the Singularity—a point in our future history when artificial and enhanced intelligences will be the major drivers of progress and leave merely human imagination in the dust—is the much derided "rapture of the nerds" and Kurzweil is a brilliant man dreaming of immortality to avoid facing death. For some others, the Singularity is an inevitable outcome of our accelerating advances in A.I., biomedicine and nanotech, and Kurzweil is an intensely knowledgeable and foresighted expert who embraces what most of the world fears to recognize.
Presumably, there are also still others who fall somewhere between those camps, but they are not the people who usually write online. In feature articles, blog posts and comment sections about Kurzweil and his ideas, those highly polarized camps always seem to dominate.
Refreshingly, Carl Zimmer offers an antidote to the feverish extremes in an excerpt from his new e-book Brain Cuttings now posted at ScientificAmerican.com. "Can You Live Forever? Maybe Not—But You Can Have Fun Trying" is a balanced-but-not-wishy-washy, critical appraisal of the ideas that Kurzweil and other speakers tout at the annual Singularity Summit.
These two paragraphs neatly summarize Carl's conclusions:
After the meeting I decided to visit to researchers working on the type of technology that people such as Kurzweil consider the steppingstones to the Singularity. Not one of them takes Kurzweil's own vision of the future seriously. We will not have some sort of cybernetic immortality in the next few decades. The human brain is far too mysterious and computers far too crude for such a union anytime soon, if ever. In fact some scientists regard all this talk of the Singularity as a reckless promise of false hope to the afflicted.
But when I asked these skeptics about the future, even their most conservative visions were unsettling: a future in which people boost their brains with enhancing drugs, for example, or have sophisticated computers implanted in their skulls for life. While we may never be able to upload our minds into a computer, we may still be able to build computers based on the layout of the human brain. I can report I have not drunk the Singularity Kool-Aid, but I have taken a sip.
By all means, read Carl's whole article. If you hurry, you might even be able to comment on it before most of the haters and fan boys arrive.
Carl's perspective is pretty squarely what mine has been for some time: I don't know whether to believe in the phenomenon of the Singularity as such, and I'm very skeptical of some of the specific technological assumptions that often go into it (such as uploading human minds), but monumental improvements in A.I., life extension and medicine, genetic engineering, nanotech, and mental and physical augmentation all seem quite certain. My greatest doubts surround Kurzweil's highly optimistic timetable, which seems to call for us to achieve that time of miracles by 2050 or so. Nevertheless, I do have considerable respect and admiration for Kurzweil, who is truly a genius and who may be as well-versed in cutting-edge technology as anyone alive.
Perhaps my views would surprise some of those who have read my recent feature story in IEEE Spectrum, "Ray Kurzweil's Slippery Futurism" (December 2010 issue). Part of why Kurzweil is taken so seriously when he talks about the Singularity is that he enjoys a reputation as a prescient seer of tech trends. In his books The Age of Intelligent Machines (1990) and The Age of Spiritual Machines (1998) he makes voluminous predictions about how the world will work by 2010 (and beyond). Today he maintains that the track record for his predictions to date is extremely good. I question that claim, however. To quote from my article:
On close examination, his clearest and most successful predictions often lack originality or profundity. And most of his predictions come with so many loopholes that they border on the unfalsifiable.
For example, Kurzweil is commonly credited with having foreseen the rise of the Web, yet I point out he made that prediction about widespread networked computing at a time when many others were making that same claim, and businesses if not whole industries were built on it. Similarly, he repeatedly predicted in 2005 and thereafter that "by 2010, computers will disappear"—referring, of course, to the spread of embedded microprocessors. But given that embedded microprocessors were already commonplace by that time, and no one doubted that the trend would suddenly stop, what did that grandiose claim really mean?
Read the article for my full argument. I had other examples in my original draft of the article that might be worth posting here if there's interest, but I think my basic criticism will stand or fall based on what is in print in IEEE Spectrum.
Lo and behold: I started writing this post today because Carl's book excerpt, posted yesterday, gave me a good occasion to bring up the subject of my own article. But just this afternoon, I learned that IEEE Spectrum has posted a response from Kurzweil to what I wrote. Excellent. I'll be replying to his letter shortly, after I check a few things with the magazine's editors, and probably posting my remarks both here and at IEEE Spectrum. Stay tuned.
Update (Xmas day): I've written my reply to Kurzweil, but the Christmas holidays seem to be interfering with my getting answers I need from IEEE Spectrum's office (for reasons that will become obvious). So it looks like I'll have to wait until early this coming week to post it. No hurry.
Update: My full reply is now available here.


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Chronic Pancreatitis: Pain ManagementSkip to the navigation
Topic Overview
Pain is a frustrating, sometimes debilitating aspect of ongoing (chronic)pancreatitis. Many people have pain for many years.
Pain may decrease as the damaged pancreas loses its ability to produce enzymes. But it may take years for the pancreas to stop producing enzymes. In many people, this process never occurs.
If you are having debilitating pain from chronic pancreatitis, you may be referred to a pain clinic.
Treatment for pain includes avoiding alcohol, eating a low-fat diet, using pain medicine, and in some cases takingenzymepills to help rest your pancreas.
- Analgesics. You may be able to help your pain with over-the-counter pain medicines like acetaminophen, aspirin, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen. Be safe with medicines. Read and follow all instructions on the label. If over-the-counter pain medicines don't control your pain, you may need to have your doctor prescribe an opioid pain reliever.
- Tricyclic antidepressants. These medicines (such as amitriptyline or imipramine) may help people sleep and cope with pain and depression.
- Pancreatic enzyme supplements. People can take oral enzyme supplements, which may reduce pain in some people, particularly those who have mild or moderate disease.
- Stents. A procedure called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) can be used to place small supports (stents) in a narrow pancreatic duct.
- Celiac plexus nerve block. An injection of alcohol or corticosteroids into this bundle of abdominal nerves may provide temporary relief.
- Surgery. Pain may be reduced by removing stones from the pancreas and draining pancreatic ducts. For some cases of chronic pain, total pancreatectomy (removal of the pancreas) may be considered.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 16, 2005) - The East Tennessee State University women's tennis team concluded their regular season with a 7-0 win over the Wofford Terriers on Saturday afternoon at the ETSU tennis courts. The Bucs improve to 18-6 overall, 8-2 in the SoCon, while the Terriers drop to 7-11, 3-6.
"I'm glad we won another SoCon match 7-0," stated Head Coach Steve Brooks. "Wofford is a really good team and I didn't expect us to win the match 7-0."
Action opened with the doubles point being awarded to ETSU. At No. 1, Masha Ilina (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Sylwia Ziolkowska (Warsaw, Poland) defeated Ellen Rogers and Sarah Shelley with an 8-6 final decision. Then Sandie Knight (Adamstown, Australia) and Elena Volobueva (Barcelona, Spain) finished at No. 2 with a 8-4 win over Laura Lynn Williams and Delaine Hare to capture the point for the Bucs. At No. 3, Olya Batsula (Minsk, Belarus) and Gemma Halim (Jakarta, Indonesia) battled against Lauren Prickett and Tara Hartness but fell in the tiebreaker with a final score of 9-8 (7-5).
In singles action, the Bucs took all six points with wins in straight sets. Knight clinched the game winner for the Bucs with her win at the No. 1 slot over Rogers 6-3, 6-1.
At No. 6, senior and team captain Halim picked up her 60th career singles win during her last home match of her career as a Buccaneer. With the win, she ranks tied for seventh on ETSU's career singles wins top-ten list. Before the day's match, Halim was recognized for her contributions during her career at ETSU.
"It's sad to see her go," stated Brooks. "It's been great to see Gemma grow as a player for the last four years. She is always smiling and that has been great for the team. She will be hard to replace."
The Bucs will now prepare for the SoCon Tournament, which begins on Thursday, April 21 in Charleston, S.C.
East Tennessee State 7, Wofford 0
1. Ilina/Ziolkowska (ETSU) d. Rogers/Shelley (WC) 8-6
2. Volobueva/Knight (ETSU) d. Williams/Hare (WC) 8-4
3. Lauren Prickett/Hartness (WC) d. Batsula/Halim (ETSU) 9-8 (7-5)
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
1. Sandie Knight (ETSU) d. Ellen Rogers (WC) 6-3, 6-1
2. Masha Ilina (ETSU) d. Sarah Shelley (WC) 6-0, 6-0
3. Sylwia Ziolkowska (ETSU) d. Laura Lynn Williams (WC) 6-4, 6-3
4. Olya Batsula (ETSU) d. Delaine Hare (WC) 6-3, 7-5
5. Elena Volobueva (ETSU) d. Tara Hartness (WC) 6-4, 6-2
6. Gemma Halim (ETSU) d. Adriane Hodges (WC) 6-2, 6-2
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1*, 6, 5, 4
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Sam Claflin plays the Prince in Snow White and the Huntsman. He recently revealed he was a fan of Macrus Foster and had no idea Kristen knew him!
"There is a guy called Marcus Foster. Basically a guy played at my birthday, this sort of big musician who I love, and I went to go and see him at another gig, and supporting him was Marcus Foster. So, I went backstage and to meet Marcus, and he was telling me about this music video that he's about to do that Kristen [Stewart] has just starred in. Then when I saw Kristen next, I said, 'I can't believe you did that. You know him and he knows you, and he knows Rob [Pattinson].' So, again, it's all this small world. So namely him, but I think — I have a feeling our sort of music tastes are very much in tune."
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Mimosa cochliocarpos Gomes
|Taxonomic Notes:
|There is an inland and a coastal form for this species. The coastal form is a tree 10 metres or more in height, and the inland form is up to 4 metres tall with smaller, more coriaceous leaflets (Lewis 1987). The species differs from Abarema filamentosa in (inter alia) dense capitula of sessile or subsessile flowers and dull blackish, densly papillate pod-valves (Barneby and Grimes 1996).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Watkinson, G.
|Hilton-Taylor, C.
Abarema cochliocarpos does not meet any of the criteria for the threatened categories. It has a large extent of occurrence (EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO), and specimens have been found in several protected areas. However, the Caatinga and savanna habitat that this species is found in is threatened and declining due to agricultural expansion. Although there are conservation actions in place such as those of the Nature Conservancy, further protection would help to ensure that A. cochliocarpos does not become threatened.
The species was previously listed as Vulnerable, however, it is now know to be more widely distributed than previously thought.
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|Range Description:
|A. cochliocarpos is found in Brazil (Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Paraiba, Alagoas, Sao Paulo).
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Native:Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, São Paulo)
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|A. cochliocarpos occurs in coastal woodland, on sandy substrates, and inland on scrubby areas or open grassy slopes and savanna habitats (disturbed mata de cipo, caatinga, cerrado, campo rupestre), and in areas of secondary vegetation. It occurs over an elevation range of 200-1,300 m.
|Major Threat(s):
|The main threats to this species are habitat loss as a result of agriculture and the intense use of natural resources in the area (The Nature Conservancy 2010). Opencast iron mining also occurs on a huge scale (Burman 1991). Around 7% of the Caatinga vegetation in Brazil is in protected areas, but only just over 1% of this protected habitat has full protection with restricted human use. The savanna habitats which are endemic to Brazil are currently not given enough attention, compared with the rainforests (Burman 1991).
|Conservation Actions:
|Specimens have been collected for this species from a number of protected areas (Marimba/Iraquara, Chapada Diamantina National Park, Costa de Itacare/Serra Grande State Environmental Protection Area, Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, Litoral Norte do Estado da Baia). The Nature Conservancy has been working with small communities in Brazil since the late 1990s to protect the Caatinga habitat, developing agro-forestry projects and increasing knowledge of the Caatinga and its ecology (The Nature Conservancy 2010). This species is not listed under CITES. Material has not been collected for the Millennium Seed Bank project.
|Watkinson, G. 2012. Abarema cochliocarpos. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T36560A20013204. . Downloaded on 22 September 2018.
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When a tornado is coming, you have only a short amount of time to make life-or-death decisions. Advance planning and quick response are the keys to surviving a tornado.
Why Talk About Tornadoes?
Tornadoes have been reported in every state, and though they generally occur during spring and summer, they can happen any time of the year. While tornadoes can occur at any time of the day or night, they are most likely to occur between 3:00 and 9:00 p.m. There are no areas immune to tornadoes; they have been reported in mountains and valleys, over deserts and swamps, from the Gulf Coast into Canada, in Hawaii and even Alaska. Regardless of the location or time of year, if conditions are right, a tornado can happen. Over 1,000 tornadoes are reported annually nationwide, and as our tornado detection systems improve, more are being reported each year. However, sometimes tornadoes will develop in areas in which no tornado watch or warning is in effect, so stay alert for changing weather conditions.
What Are Tornadoes, and What Causes Them?
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes have rotating winds of 250 miles per hour or more. They are capable of causing extreme destruction, including uprooting trees and well-made structures, and turning normally harmless objects into deadly missiles. Most tornadoes are just a few dozen yards wide and only briefly touch down, but highly destructive violent tornadoes may carve out paths over a mile wide and more than 50 miles long. Although violent tornadoes comprise only 2 percent of all tornadoes, they are responsible for nearly 70 percent of tornado-related fatalities.
Tornadoes develop from severe thunderstorms in warm, moist, unstable air along and ahead of cold fronts. Such thunderstorms also may generate large hail and damaging winds. When intense springtime storm systems produce large, persistent areas that support tornado development, major outbreaks can occur. During the late spring, tornadic thunderstorms can develop in the southern High Plains along a "dry line," the interface between warm, moist air to the east and hot, dry air to the west. From the front range of the Rocky Mountains southward into the Texas Panhandle, slope flow of unstable air can cause tornadic thunderstorms to develop. While generally smaller and not as frequent, tornadoes occurring west of the Rocky Mountains of the United States also cause damage and threaten lives annually.
Landfalling tropical storms and hurricanes also generate tornadoes. Such tornadoes are most common to the right and ahead of the storm path or the storm center as it comes ashore. In 1967, Hurricane Beulah produced 148 tornadoes as it made landfall in south Texas.
While tornadoes can be highly destructive and are potentially deadly, timely precautions can save lives and reduce property damage. During active weather, stay alert of the forecast by listening to radio or television or by using a NOAA Weather Radio. Contact your local National Weather Service (NWS) office, emergency management agency, or American Red Cross chapter for more information about your risk from tornadoes.
Awareness Information
A National Weather Service WATCH is a message indicating that conditions favor the occurrence of a certain type of hazardous weather. For example, a severe thunderstorm watch means that a severe thunderstorm is expected in the next six hours or so within an area approximately 120 to 150 miles wide and 300 to 400 miles long (36,000 to 60,000 square miles). The NWS Storm Prediction Center issues such watches. Local NWS forecast offices issue other watches (flash flood, winter weather, etc.) 12 to 36 hours in advance of a possible hazardous-weather or flooding event. Each local forecast office usually covers a state or a portion of a state.
An NWS WARNING indicates that a hazardous event is occurring or is imminent in about 30 minutes to an hour. Local NWS forecast offices issue warnings on a county-by-county basis.
Tornadoes may appear nearly transparent until dust and debris are picked up. Stay alert for high winds even if you do not "see" a tornado.
Tornadoes often occur when it is not raining. In fact, in the Great Plains and other semiarid regions, that scenario is the rule rather than the exception. Tornadoes are associated with a powerful updraft, so rain does not fall in or next to a tornado. Very large hail, however, does fall in the immediate area of the tornado. In humid environments, rain often tends to wrap around the tornado, being pulled from the main precipitation area around the outside of the rotating updraft. The rain could make it difficult to see the tornado.
Waterspouts are weak tornadoes that form over warm water and are most common along the Gulf Coast and southeastern states. In the western United States, waterspouts occur with cold late fall or late winter storms, during a time when you least expect tornado development. Waterspouts, which are tornadoes over a body of water, occasionally move inland becoming tornadoes and causing damage and injuries.
Damage happens when wind gets inside a home through a broken window, door, or damaged roof. Keep windows closed. Houses do not explode due to air pressure differences. Stay away from windows during severe storms. Flying debris could shatter the glass and cause injury.
It used to be advised to go to the southwest corner for safety; however, the southwest corner of a house is no safer than any other corner. Historical information has shown that any corner on the lowest level away from windows is as safe as any other corner. If tornado winds enter the room, debris has a tendency to collect in corners. When selecting a tornado "safe place," look for a place on the lowest level and away from windows, preferably in a small room (closet or bathroom) in the center of the house. Closer walls will help provide more support to the roof, and each wall between you and the outside will provide further protection.
Folklore passed down through the generations used to advise opening windows in case of a tornado because air pressure differences would cause a house to explode. This information is not true. Air pressure differences in a tornado are not strong enough to cause a house to explode; houses are damaged by the violent winds associated with a tornado and from the debris blown at high velocities by tornado winds.
Folklore also used to advise that if you are driving and a tornado is suspected or sighted, you should turn and drive at right angles to the storm. This advice is not recommended because tornadoes do not necessarily travel in straight lines; you cannot always tell the direction the storm is coming from; the road you turn onto may curve and head into the storm, rather than away from it; and there may be more than one tornado associated with a strong storm system, but you may not see it because visibility is diminished by heavy rain and wind-blown debris. The safest thing to do is go to a nearby sturdy building and go inside to an area on the lowest level, without windows. If a sturdy building is not available, then get out of the vehicle and lay down in a low spot on the ground not subject to flooding, protecting the head and neck.
Plan for a Tornado
Develop a Family Disaster Plan. Please see the "Family Disaster Plan" section for general family planning information. Tornado-specific planning should include the following:
Learn about your tornado risk. While severe tornadoes are more frequent in the Plains States, tornadoes have happened in every state. Contact your local emergency management office, local National Weather Service office, or American Red Cross chapter for more information on tornadoes.
Pick a safe place in your home where family members could gather during a tornado. The safest place to be is underground, or as low to the ground as possible, and away from all windows. If you have a basement, make it your safe place. If you do not have a basement, consider an interior hallway or room on the lowest floor. Putting as many walls as you can between you and the outside will provide additional protection. Less than 2 percent of all tornadoes are powerful enough to completely destroy a sturdy building. Make sure there are no windows or glass doors in your safe place and keep this place uncluttered.
Consider having your tornado safe place reinforced. Additional reinforcement will add more protection from the damaging effects of tornado winds. Get more information from FEMA about building a tornado safe room. (See link at Left of this story)
If you are in a high-rise building, pick a place in a hallway in the center of the building. You may not have enough time to go to the lowest floor. Center hallways are often structurally the most reinforced part of a building.
If you live in a mobile home, choose a safe place in a nearby sturdy building. A sturdy building provides greater protection. If your mobile home park has a designated shelter, make it your safe place. Mobile homes are much more vulnerable to strong winds than site-built structures. Prior to 1994, most manufactured homes were not designed to withstand even moderate winds.
Discuss how you would be warned of an approaching tornado. Different communities have different ways of providing warnings. Many communities have sirens intended for outdoor warning purposes. Use a NOAA Weather Radio with a tone-alert feature to keep you aware of watches and warnings while you are indoors. Learn about your community's warning system. Make sure all family members know the name of the county or parish where you live or are traveling, because tornado watches and warnings are issued for a county or parish by name.
Learn about your community's warning system. Different communities have different ways of providing warnings. Many communities have sirens intended for outdoor warning purposes. Use a NOAA Weather Radio with a tone-alert feature to keep you aware of watches and warnings while you are indoors.
Conduct periodic tornado drills, so everyone remembers what to do when a tornado is approaching. Practice having everyone in the family go to your designated area in response to a tornado threat. Practicing your plan makes the appropriate response more of a reaction, requiring less thinking time during an actual emergency situation.
Check with your work and your children's schools and day care centers to learn tornado emergency plans. Every building has different safe places. It is important to know where they are and how to get there in an emergency.
Discuss tornadoes with your family. Everyone should know what to do in case all family members are not together. Discussing disaster ahead of time helps reduce fear and lets everyone know how to respond during a tornado.
What to Tell Children
Find safe places in your home and classroom. Make sure these places are away from windows and tall furniture that could tip over. In your safe place, get under something sturdy, or use a large, hard-cover book to help protect your head and neck from flying or falling objects. Locate safe places outside in case you are not able to go inside. Frequently, children in schools are told to move to the inner hallways away from windows. Children need to know that a tornado safe place is not the same as a fire meeting place.
Wherever you are, if you hear or see a tornado coming, take cover right away. Tornadoes can move quickly, blowing objects at very high speeds, even if they are a distance away. Protect yourself from flying debris by taking cover immediately.
If you're in a house or apartment building and a tornado threatens, go to the lowest level--a basement or storm cellar if possible. Once on the lowest level, go to the middle of the building away from windows, into a bathroom or closet if possible. The safest place to be is under the ground, or as low to the ground as possible, and away from all windows. If you have a basement, make it your safe place. If you do not have a basement, consider an interior hallway or room on the lowest floor. Putting as many walls as you can between you and the outside will provide additional protection. Make sure there are no windows or glass doors in your safe place and keep this place uncluttered.
Get under something sturdy, such as a heavy table, hold on and stay there until the danger has passed. Being under something heavy will help protect you from falling objects. If tornado wind enters the room and the object moves, holding on with one hand will help you move with it, keeping you protected.
Use your other arm and hand to protect your head and neck from falling or flying objects. Your head and neck are more easily injured than other parts of your body. Protect them as much as you can.
If you're outside in a car or in a mobile home, go immediately to the basement of a nearby sturdy building. Sturdy buildings are the safest place to be. Tornado winds can blow large objects, including cars, hundreds of feet away. Tornadoes can change direction quickly and can lift up a car or truck and toss it through the air. Never try to out-drive a tornado. Mobile homes are particularly vulnerable. A mobile home can overturn very easily even if precautions have been taken to tie down the unit.
If there is no building nearby, lie flat in a low spot. Use your arms and hands to protect your head. Tornadoes cause a lot of debris to be blown at very high speeds, and you can be hurt by this debris if it hits you. Dangerous flying debris can be blown under highway overpasses and bridges, or weaker overpasses and bridges could be destroyed. You will be safer lying flat in a low-lying area where wind and debris will blow above you. Tornadoes come from severe thunder- storms, which can produce a lot of rain. If you see quickly rising water or flood water coming towards you, move to another spot.
How to Protect Your Property
Make a list of items to bring inside in the event of a storm. Having a list will help you remember things that may be broken or blown away in strong winds.
Keep trees and shrubbery trimmed. Make trees more wind resistant by removing diseased or damaged limbs, then strategically remove branches so that wind can blow through. Strong winds frequently break weak limbs and hurl them at great speed, causing damage or injury when they hit. Debris collection services may not be operating just before a storm, so it is best to do this well in advance of approaching storms.
Remove any debris or loose items in your yard. Branches and firewood may become missiles in strong winds.
Consider installing permanent shutters to cover windows. Shutters can be closed quickly and provide the safest protection for windows.
Strengthen garage doors. Garage doors are often damaged or destroyed by flying debris, allowing strong winds to enter. As winds apply pressure to the walls, the roof can be lifted off, and the rest of the house can easily follow.
Have disaster supplies on hand.
- Flashlight and extra batteries
- Portable, battery-operated radio and extra batteries
- First aid kit and manual
- Emergency food and water
- Nonelectric can opener
- Essential medicines
- Cash and credit cards
- Sturdy shoes
What to Do Before a Tornado
Use a NOAA Weather Radio with a tone-alert feature to keep you informed of watches and warnings issued in your area. The tone-alert feature will automatically alert you when a watch or warning is issued.
If planning a trip or extended period of time outdoors, listen to the latest forecasts and take necessary action if threatening weather is possible. Knowing what weather could happen helps you be prepared to respond if necessary. Having a raincoat, umbrella, and disaster supplies kit available will make it easier to deal with severe weather if it occurs.
Watch for tornado danger signs. Tornadoes may happen so quickly warnings can't be issued long in advance. Pay attention to weather clues around you that may warn of imminent danger.
Before a tornado hits, the wind may die down and the air may become very still. It is not uncommon to see clear, sunlit skies behind a tornado.
Dark, often greenish sky . Sometimes one or more of the clouds turns greenish (a phenomenon caused by hail) indicating a tornado may develop.
Wall cloud , an isolated lowering of the base of a thunderstorm. The wall cloud is particularly suspect if it is rotating.
Large hail. Tornadoes are spawned from powerful thunderstorms and the most powerful thunderstorms produce large hail. Tornadoes frequently emerge from near the hail-producing portion of the storm.
Cloud of debris. An approaching cloud of debris can mark the location of a tornado even if a funnel is not visible.
Funnel cloud. A visible rotating extension of the cloud base is a sign that a tornado may develop.
Roaring noise . The high winds of a tornado can cause a roar that is often compared with the sound of a freight train.
Tornadoes may occur near the trailing edge of a thunderstorm and be quite visible . It is not uncommon to see clear, sunlit skies behind a tornado. They may also be embedded in rain and not visible at all.
If you live in a single-family home in a tornado-prone area, find out how to reinforce an interior room on the lowest level of your home (such as the basement, storm cellar, bathroom, or closet) to use as a shelter. Plans for reinforcing an interior room to provide better tornado protection in your home are available from your local emergency management office or from FEMA's Website at www.fema.gov.
What to Do During a Tornado WATCH
Listen to a NOAA Weather Radio or local radio or television stations for updated information. Tornadoes can change direction, intensity, and speed very quickly.
Be alert to changing weather conditions. Tornadoes accompany severe thunderstorms, and weather conditions can change rapidly. Large hail, blowing debris, or the sound of an approaching tornado may alert you. Many people say approaching tornadoes sound like a freight train.
What to Do During a Tornado WARNING
Listen to a battery-powered NOAA Weather Radio, regular radio, or television for updated information. If the electricity should go out, you will still be able to receive emergency information.
If you are inside, go to your safe place to protect yourself from glass and other flying objects. Tornadoes can change direction, intensity, and speed very quickly. The tornado may be approaching your area.
Get under a piece of sturdy furniture, such as a workbench or heavy table, and hold on to it. Sturdy furniture will help protect you from falling debris. If tornado wind enters the room and the object moves, holding on with one hand will help you move with it, keeping you protected.
Use your other arm and hand to protect your head and neck from falling or flying objects. Your head and neck are more easily injured than other parts of your body. Protect them as much as you can.
Stay away from windows. Opening windows allows damaging winds to enter the structure. Leave the windows alone; instead, immediately go to a safe place. It is a myth that tornadoes cause houses to explode due to changes in air pressure. Flying debris can shatter glass. Violent winds and debris slamming into buildings cause most structural damage.
If you're outside in a car or in a mobile home, go immediately to the basement of a nearby sturdy building. Sturdy buildings are the safest place to be. Tornado winds can blow large objects, including cars and mobile homes, hundreds of feet away. Tornadoes can change direction quickly and can lift up a car or truck and toss it through the air; never try to out-drive a tornado. Mobile homes are particularly vulnerable. A mobile home can overturn very easily even if precautions have been taken to tie down the unit. Mobile home residents need to acknowledge the potentially lethal tornado threat and make arrangements, in advance, for shelter. Some mobile home communities have shelters that afford safety within a minute's walking distance. And, yes, getting out in the rain, hail, wind, and lightning may not seem logical, but it beats becoming part of the debris field along with your mobile home
If there is no building nearby, lie flat in a low spot. Use your arms and hands to protect your head. Tornadoes cause a lot of debris to be blown at very high speeds, and you can be hurt by this debris if it hits you. Dangerous flying debris can be blown under highway overpasses and bridges, or weaker overpasses and bridges could be destroyed. You will be safer lying flat in a low-lying area where wind and debris will blow above you. Tornadoes come from severe thunderstorms, which can produce a lot of rain. If you see quickly rising water or flood water coming towards you, move to another spot.
Avoid places with wide-span roofs, such as auditoriums, cafeterias, large hallways, or shopping malls. Wide-span roofs are frequently damaged or destroyed in tornado winds, providing less protection and more risk of injury, than roofs over smaller rooms.
- Help injured or trapped persons.
- Give first aid when appropriate. Don't try to move the seriously injured unless they are in immediate danger of further injury.
- Call for help.
- Turn on radio or television to get the latest emergency information.
- Stay out of damaged buildings.
- Return home only when authorities say it is safe.
- Use the telephone only for emergency calls.
- Clean up spilled medicines, bleaches, or gasoline or other flammable liquids immediately.
- Leave the buildings if you smell gas or chemical fumes.
- Take pictures of the damage--both to the house and its contents--for insurance purposes.
- Remember to help your neighbors who may require special assistance--infants, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
Check for gas leaks --If you smell gas or hear a blowing or hissing noise, open a window and quickly leave the building. Turn off the gas at the outside main valve if you can and call the gas company from a neighbor's home. If you turn off the gas for any reason, it must be turned back on by a professional.
Look for electrical system damage --If you see sparks or broken or frayed wires, or if you smell hot insulation, turn off the electricity at the main fuse box or circuit breaker. If you have to step in water to get to the fuse box or circuit breaker, call an electrician first for advice.
Check for sewage and water lines damage --If you suspect sewage lines are damaged, avoid using toilets and call a plumber. If water pipes are damaged, contact the water company and avoid using water from the tap. You can obtain safe water by melting ice cubes.
Source: FEMA, American Red Cross


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DOVER, Del. - Wesley College's football team held its annual end-of-season banquet on Sunday afternoon at the Duncan Center where it announced all of the team award winners from the 2012 season. Head Coach Mike Drass and his coaching staff also recognized the 21-member senior class whose 47-6 record over the last four years is the most wins in program history and nine players who received All-America and/or All-Region honors.
All-American linebacker Sosthene Kapepula took home the Most Valuable Player award after registering a team-high 120 tackles and 13.0 tackles for loss to go with four forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries. His 120 stops were the most by a Wolverines since 2004 when Rocky Myers made 124 tackles and became the only defensive player to win the Gagliardi Trophy.
The Offensive Player of the Year award went to a pair of seniors in wide receiver Matt Barile and All-Region quarterback Justin Sottilare. It is the fourth-straight year that the award has gone to two players. Sottilare finished the season with 3,071 passing yards and 33 touchdown passes while Barile caught 36 passes for 572 yards and six touchdowns. Barile was also recognized earlier in the day for setting the Wesley career-record with 20.7 yards per catch, as was Sottilare for throwing a Wesley-record six touchdowns in a NCAA Playoff win against Mount Ida.
For the last six years, the Defensive Player of the Year award has gone to a pair of players, and this year was no different as All-American safety Jared Morris and All-American defensive end Devin Hardy shared the honor. In his first year as a defensive player, Morris led the team with six interceptions while ranking third on the Wolverines with 76 tackles and 8.0 TFLs. In his final season at Wesley, Hardy led the squad with 5.5 sacks despite drawing constant double teams.
After accumulating a 3.78 grade-point average, running back Joe Bonato received the Senior Scholar-Athlete award.
A trio of players shared the 'Ken Pippin Lineman of the Year' Award for just the second time in program-history (2007). This year, the honor went to All-American offensive tackle Brian Cranmer, senior defensive tackle Dwayne Glass and All-Region center Tim Putman. Cranmer and Putman were both three-year mainstays on the offensive line while Glass made a career-high 39 tackles in 2012.
Steve Koudossou and Askia Jahad shared the Fourth Annual 'Naselli Award' which goes to the team's best skill player. Despite the honor being shared for the third-straight year, it is the first time it went to a pair of offensive players. Just a sophomore, Koudossou led the team with 51 catches for 747 yards and ten touchdowns while Jahad rushed for a team-high 648 yards and five scores.
The Most Improved Defensive Player was shared by All-Region defensive tackle Terence Gavin and linebacker Luke Maginnis while wide receiver Matt Bundy received the Most Improved Player award on the offensive side of the ball. Both Gavin and Maginnis made 53 stops on the year while Bundy led the team at 17.4 yards per catch average with 19 receptions for 331 yards and four touchdowns.
All-American Punt returner Sean Hopkins, wide receiver Jeremiah Howe, and All-Region kicker Dan Tryon shared the Special Teams Player of the Year honor while Devin Filliben and Daniel Laguerre received the offensive and defensive Rookie of the Year awards, respectively. Hopkins led the Nation with an 18.6 yard per return average while Tryon became Wesley's all-time leader in field goals (30) and points by a kicker (263). Howe led the Wolverines in special teams tackles. Filliben played on both sides of the ball but started every Playoff Game at offensive guard. Laguerre played in all 12 games on the defensive line and recorded 21 tackles with three going for a loss.
Team Awards
Most Valuable Player: Sosthene Kapepula
Offensive Player of the Year: Matt Barile and Justin Sottilare
Defensive Player of the Year: Jared Morris and Devin Hardy
Senior Scholar-Athlete: Joe Bonato
Ken Pippin Lineman of the Year: Brian Cranmer, Dwayne Glass and Tim Putman
Naselli Award (Best Skill Player): Steve Koudossou and Askia Jahad
Most Improved Player (Defense): Terence Gavin and Luke Maginnis
Most Improved Player (Offense): Matt Bundy
Special Teams Player of the Year: Dan Tryon, Jeremiah Howe and Sean Hopkins
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Dan Laguerre
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Devin Filliben


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Two Points for the Tea Party. Now What?
The Tea Party has it right on two points: America has a deficit problem and the federal government is spending recklessly on things it should not be funding. But the solutions the Tea Party suggests are ones favored by its funders, the billionaire Koch brothers. Those are not solutions that work for most of us.
Fortunately, there are signs that the country is waking up to the need for solutions that promote the interests of the vast majority of Americans, not just those of the right-wing advocates of wealth concentration. In 2010, the tax-time conversation centered on complaints that Americans are overtaxed. This year the conversation centered on wealthy tax dodgers, including reports in corporate media such as The New York Times and Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Corporate tax dodgers like Bank of America have been the targets of lively protests across the country.
In simple truth the deficit problem can be readily resolved by eliminating tax giveaways to the rich and cutting government's most wasteful and unnecessary spending.
History gives the lie to the story that taxing the wealthy destroys the economy. In 1961, the top U.S. income-tax rate was 91 percent. Our strong middle class made us the envy of the world, a single wage earner could comfortably support a family, we were the undisputed world industrial champion, Wall Street mostly financed real investment, and the federal debt was a bit under $300 billion.
Now, the top income-tax rate is 35 percent, wealth is obscenely concentrated, the middle class is badly eroded, we are no longer an industrial power, two wage-earners struggle to keep food on the table, Wall Street makes money gambling instead of funding real investment, and the growing federal debt tops $13 trillion. Advocates of wealth concentration who claim that taxing the rich is bad for the nation are on weak ground.
"Unnecessary Austerity; Unnecessary Government Shutdown," a report by the D.C.-based Institute for Policy Studies, notes that in 1961 small business owners and individuals paid twice as much in federal income taxes as large corporations. In 2011, they will pay nearly five times as much. The report estimates that eliminating tax giveaways to the super-rich and the largest corporations would raise $4 trillion within a decade and largely resolve the deficit crisis.
On the spending side, the U.S. military is the number one example of wasteful spending. We face no credible conventional military threat, yet devote more than half of the federal discretionary budget to the military, an amount roughly equal to the military spending of the rest of the world's governments combined. Most of our military establishment could be disbanded without compromising our real security and the resources could be redirected to reducing the deficit and dealing with far greater threats to our security, such as climate chaos and dependence on Middle East oil. Other obvious opportunities for cost cutting are expenditures for Wall Street bank bailouts and subsidies to the oil and pharmaceutical industries, among others.
So, yes: We have a deficit problem and a spending problem and there are obvious solutions to both. It is up to us as citizens to demand that politicians act on these solutions and to bring them to the fore of the political debates in the upcoming 2012 election cycle.
In a time of budget crises, debunking the arguments against taxing the very, very rich.
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Scottsdale, Ariz. July 18, 2014 – Lane Martin Barker, Executive Director of Devereux Arizona, received the award for Cultural Heritage from Arizona State University's Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy (CABHP) on July 17, 2014. The Cultural Heritage Award is one of five awards presented to individuals or agencies in the field of behavioral healthcare. According to ASU, "The [Arizona Behavioral Health] Awards honor distinct individuals, organizations, and partnerships who work to improve healthcare and quality of life for all Arizonans. Their notable achievements exemplify their ongoing commitment and vision in a field that is as challenging as it is rewarding."
Presented as a part of CABHP's annual Summer Institute, held in Prescott, AZ, the Cultural Heritage award recognizes an individual or agency that has brought cultural distinction to the behavioral health field. "I am truly honored to receive this award and consider it a wonderful affirmation of our commitment to the LGBT community both as an employer and service provider." As the Executive Director of Devereux Arizona, Lane Barker has demonstrated a commitment to diversity and inclusion, specifically in regard to her outreach to the LGBT community.
Recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, Devereux Arizona is the only organization in Arizona to have received the "All Children-All Families™" seal, which is given to organizations that demonstrate a commitment to diversity and cultural competency toward the LGBT community. In 2012, Lane was appointed to the National Advisory Council for the Human Rights Campaign's All Children-All Families Initiative. She has been a part of Devereux Arizona's leadership team for more than 20 years and has served as Executive Director since 2005.
A licensed marriage and family therapist, Lane has worked in the behavioral healthcare and child welfare fields for over 30 years—the last 20 at Devereux. She is a past-president and current board member of the Arizona Council of Human Service Providers, and a founding member of Quality Care Network, a not-for-profit behavioral health network serving youth and families throughout Maricopa County. She is also a partner in Arizona Partnership for Children, a collaboration of child welfare agencies formed in 1996. In 2012, Lane was appointed to the National Advisory Council for the Human Rights Campaign's All Children – All Families Initiative. In 2013, she was recognized as a Local Hero by ONE Community. She chairs Devereux's national LGBT work group.
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Kyle Hagler has been named president of Next New York, a division of Next Model Management, a new post.
Most recently Hagler was senior manager at IMG Models, where he worked for 17 years.
He will report to Next Model Management co-chief executive officers Faith Kates and Joel Wilkenfeld.
"I think he is incredibly talented and dynamic, and he's the future of the modeling business," said Kates. "He knows how to take someone brand new and take them the whole distance."
At IMG, Hagler launched the careers of Joan Smalls, Hilary Rhoda and Liya Kebede and has been instrumental in the careers of Heidi Klum and Naomi Campbell. He has also represented models such as Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Karmen Pedaru.
Hagler, who begins Jan. 17, said, "I am [pleased] to work with a team that has a shared vision, which is noticing that talent and opportunity are everywhere."
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After seven years of dating, three years of being engaged, and 3 ½ years of raising their son together, NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony and TV personality La La Vazquez finally tied the knot on the recent VH1 hit La La's Full Court Wedding. The lovable couple is back again for ten all new half-hour episodes to follow what life is really like for a newlywed celebrity couple trying to have it all. La La is always on the go -- whether she's working in Hollywood, caring for her family, or dealing with the successes and struggles of being married to an NBA superstar...who is about to be traded.
In the early 2000s there was no way of turning on the TV and not seeing La La. Whether she was hosting MTV's popular video countdown show Direct Effect or TRL, grilling Hollywood superstars or rubbing elbows with music royalty, La La held her own. With a girl next door appeal, the veteran of radio (Atlanta's Hot 97 and LA's 100.3 The Beat) mastered the art of hosting and spot interviews. Her skills didn't stop there. On the small screen, La La impressed with stints as the host of several memorable VH1 reality show specials before becoming the subject of her own reality special alongside husband, Carmelo Anthony. The prolific scorer has impressed his entire career. After leading Syracuse to their first NCAA National Championship in 2003, this basketball phenom was selected third in the draft by the Denver Nuggets and never looked back. The three time All-Star also proudly represented the USA at several Olympic games, winning a bronze at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and bringing home the gold as a member of The Redeem Team at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
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Only 25 days are left to apply for the Powered by Nature awards, a competition targeted to European communications students to co-create a social media campaign on nature and energy.
The goal of the awards is to raise awareness of "natural solutions" for energy and encourage the young generation to become "powered by nature". Students will work together with experts from environmental organisations and communications agencies on their final submissions during a week-long workshop in the Netherlands.
Here is some information on the workshop:
When? 26-30 August 2013
Where? Starnmeer, just north of Amsterdam
Who? 11 national award winners
The best ideas from each country and the national award winners will come together for an intense week of creative collaboration and play, during which the participants will refine, implement and integrate the best aspects of the winning ideas into a joint campaign. This is a chance for communications students to:
- Work with peers from eleven countries on a project that will reach thousands of people;
- Experience the dynamics of collaboration, creativity and innovation at work;
- Learn to create better results through rapid prototyping and quick feedback cycles;
- Get feedback from renowned communications experts, nature conservation professionals, industry leaders and energy campaigners; and
- Have a lot of fun in an inspiring and uplifting environment.
The schedule
Day 1: Arrival and introduction to the workshop
Day 2: Review of ideas and preparation of prototypes
Day 3: Expert feedback session and preparation of campaign concept
Day 4: Polishing and presentation of campaign
Day 5: Review and departure
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Located in the polders just north of Amsterdam, the Buitenwerkplaats is a magic place for creativity. An old farmhouse, bought and renovated by a couple of architect/artists a few years ago, it now sports grand views, workshop rooms, comfy bedrooms and a sauna. Outside, you'll find spacious grounds with a shady orchard and productive kitchen garden, a reed bed and green swimming pool, a chicken coop and the farmhouse dog.


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SAO PAULO (AP) — Eight people have been charged in connection with the deadly nightclub fire in southern Brazil that killed 241 people earlier this year, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The Jan. 27 fire roared through the crowded, windowless Kiss nightclub in the city of Santa Maria, filling the air with flames and thick, toxic smoke.
Police have said the band performing at the club lit a flare that ignited flammable soundproofing foam on the ceiling, releasing a deadly combination of cyanide, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.
Prosecutor David Medina told a Tuesday news conference that the nightclub's two owners and two band members were charged with murder.
"The owners of the nightclub and the members of the band were fully aware of the danger the public faced and could have foreseen the result, but they took no action or were indifferent to the risks," Medina said. "Fireworks were used in a place that was completely inappropriate for any kind of flame. There was wood, curtain and unfortunately a lot of people."
"There were insufficient and poorly lit exits," he added.
Two firefighters who allegedly tried to show that the nightclub had passed safety inspection tests were charged with evidence tampering. Police have said that minimum safety and fire prevention measures were not in place. An accountant and a former partner of the nightclub were charged with perjury.
Brazilian authorities have often turned a blind eye to safety and infrastructure concerns about public gathering places. The disaster, the worst fire of its kind in more than a decade, raised questions about whether safety can be ensured in such venues as the country prepares to host next year's World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.
Prosecutors have asked police to investigate the involvement of four additional people in the nightclub fire. They are the mother and sister of one of the owners who are listed as partners in the nightclub and the two city officials who granted the club an operating permit.
Prosecutors filed the charges with a state judge who is expected to rule in about two weeks whether to accept the charges and bring those named to trial.
Police said on March 22 that the mayor and fire chief of Santa Maria could also be held responsible for the accident because of the faulty safety inspections of the nightclub.
But because Mayor Cezar Schirmer is an elected official, only the Rio Grande do Sul State Supreme Court and the city's legislature can determine if he will be charged. Only a military court can charge the fire chief, because the department is under the control of the police, which is part of the military.
The blaze began around 2:30 a.m. during a performance by Gurizada Fandangueira, a country music band that used pyrotechnics during its shows. The band's guitarist said that the 615 square-meter (6,650-square-foot) club was packed with about 1,200-1,300 people. The police have said the capacity for a club of that size is less than 700 people.
Kiss apparently had no alarm or sprinkler system and only one working exit, leaving the crowd to search desperately for a way out.
About 50 victims were found in the club's two bathrooms, where they crowded after blinding smoke evidently caused them to believe the doors were exits.


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With or without standards, 802.11n proliferates; the GCN Lab tests five devices
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has been working on the "n" amendment to its 802.11 wireless networking standard for five years as of January. Happy anniversary, gang!
802.11n access points get up-to-speed
Criteria for testing 802.11n Draft-N access points
Belkin N+ Wireless Router
Netgear ProSafe WNDAP330 Wireless Access Point
Buffalo Nfiniti Wireless-N Router
SMCWEB-N EZ Connect N Pro
D-Link AirPremier N DAP-2590
But although IEEE might be blowing out the cake candles in spite of potential lawsuits and patent issues, the rest of us have stopped holding our breath. The events surrounding the amendment's completion continue to unfold like a bad soap opera, but the world has decided to move on. Manufacturers that were in a holding pattern a year ago are now churning out devices that conform to the draft 802.11n specification, which isn't expected to be finalized until December.
Government and educational organizations aren't waiting either. More Draft-N wireless networks are being implemented every week. Just last month, the University of Minnesota announced that it had completed the largest 802.11n initiative to date, with about 9,500 access points covering more than 300 buildings. So it's a good thing that manufacturers are on the ball.
For this review, we gathered the most recent Draft-N access points from Belkin International, Buffalo Technology, D-Link Systems, Netgear and SMC Networks.
We were pleased to find that, like last year, each device was easy to deploy and often required only the setting of an IP address or two before we had the local computer and wireless client talking to each other. Also, all the access points had the latest security features, such as Wi-Fi Protected Access, WPA2, WPA2-Pre-shared Key, and Wired Equivalent Privacy 64- and 128-bit encryption. That level of flexibility should allow administrators to match those access points to any existing security setup.
For our performance testing, we added a considerable amount of firepower to our array of testing methods this year and found that each of the devices had different advantages and flaws. Some had buffering issues, while others had limited wired connections that created an additional bottleneck for environments that are often already rife with them.
In addition to the performance testing, we graded each device on how easy it was to set up and change settings. We also took into consideration any additional features, such as router modes and extra local-area network ports. Lastly, we looked at the unit's price compared to how it fared in the other categories.
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Thanks for setting up the test network and sharing the results. I would like to suggest another test that would provide more useful information to your readers: How many wireless devices can each wireless access point support? Hotels, conference centers, and other public sites need to have this information. Invariably, I am told wireless access is "free" at every hotel I visit. However, if I am attending a tech conference, you can be sure that wireless access from the lobby does *NOT* work. My experience is that the access point degrades after five users. These are consumer grade access points sold to hotels. No one ever tested the maximum limit of users or informed the hotel staff. PLEASE consider re-doing these tests to determine the load that each access point ccan accomodate.
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Many equestrians consider cuts, bruises, and the occasional broken bone part of the territory when it comes to working with and around horses. However a recent study revealed that a "disproportionately high accident rate" in the horse world as compared to other industries.
"Horses are extremely powerful animals, weighing about 500 kg (about 1,100 pounds), reaching speeds of 60 km/hr (nearly 40 miles per hour), and packing a 'punch' of 400 joules when they kick, which is approximately four times the test impact load of most equestrian helmet standards," said Craig Jackson, PhD, professor of occupational health psychology at the Birmingham City University School of Social Sciences, West Midlands in the U.K. "It is no wonder why so many accidents have been reported throughout the world among people working with Thoroughbred horses."
Most studies published to date on horse-related injuries focus on jockeys, whereas little to no data on such factors as accident severity or financial compensation exists for stable staff, grooms, and trainers.
"More information is available regarding the deaths of racehorses than the staff who train them," relayed Jackson.
To get a clearer picture of both the nature and cause of accidents in stable staff, Jackson and colleagues prepared a questionnaire asking for details regarding the number and type of accidents that occur.
Information from 2,293 racing staff revealed 665 accidents in 126 racing yards. An average of five accidents per yard occurred in 2008, and 50% of all accidents required treatment, most often at a hospital.
"The most common people to be injured by far were the staff riders followed by the grooms, yard managers, and trainers, and the most frequent injuries were caused by falling from the horse followed by being kicked, impacted, stood on, pulled, and bitten," added Jackson.
Despite having bruises, lacerations, cuts, and dislocations, less than half of all injured staff actually took time off following an accident, suggesting that a significant number of employees were among the "walking wounded," he said.
"This study supports the hypothesis that there is a disproportionately high accident rate in the horse industry relative to its size," Jackson concluded. "We also inferred that the industry is hesitant to discuss injuries among the workers, but do recommend that a formal system for accident reporting needs to be adopted, which would help health and safety agencies quantify the risk posed to such workers, and to measure if any subsequent interventions were effective in accident and injury reduction."
The study, "Only falls and horses: accidents and injuries in racehorse training," appeared in the July edition of Occupational Medicine. The abstract can be viewed online.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The president of Pakistan said in an interview aired Sunday that he will not run for another term, a decision that was widely expected after his party was trounced in parliamentary elections last month.
It was Asif Ali Zardari's first interview since the May 11 election when his Pakistan People's Party, which controlled the outgoing government, won only 39 seats in the 342-member house, compared to 176 for the winning Pakistan Muslim League-N.
Under Pakistan's constitution, the president is elected by members of both houses of parliament as well as provincial legislatures, making it highly unlikely that Zardari would be able to garner enough support for another five-year term.
During the television interview, Zardari acknowledged his party's loss in explaining why he would not run when his term expires in September.
"I don't think I will have a right. This time we wouldn't have a right because we don't have a majority," he said.
After changes to the constitution during Zardari's tenure, many of the powers of the presidency were transferred to the prime minister. That was an attempt to reverse changes made under former leader Pervez Musharraf, who tried to strengthen the executive office. As a result of a constitutional amendment, the presidency has become more of a ceremonial position.
Zardari is the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was killed in 2007 after she returned to Pakistan to contest elections. He had little experience in politics but rode to power on a wave of sympathy following her assassination.
For the interview, Zardari sat next to a framed photo of his late wife, and a large painting of Bhutto hung on the wall behind him.
Zardari's popularity has plummeted during the course of his administration over accusations of corruption and widespread anger at the worsening electricity blackouts around the country.
The interview also covered matters of policy.
Speaking of the contentious U.S. drone program, Zardari said there was no agreement with the U.S. over allowing drones to target militants in the tribal areas. The CIA's drone program is highly unpopular in Pakistan, where people consider it a violation of their sovereignty. The government regularly denounces the drone strikes.
However, Pakistani leaders have a history of taking one stance publicly on the drones and then privately supporting them. In one of the cables leaked by WikiLeaks, former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, a PPP member and a Zardari ally, is quoted as telling the U.S. ambassador in 2008 that he didn't object to them.