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One of the Los Angeles Galaxy's mainstays this season had been goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts. Before Saturday, the Jamaican international had been one of just three players to play every minute of every game this season.
But when Ricketts came up lame early in the week, Galaxy coaches did not hesitate to turn to Josh Saunders, who picked up a shutout in his first start of the season.
"He's a good goalkeeper," Arena said after the Galaxy's scoreless draw against Toronto on Saturday. "We probably could have played Donovan [on Saturday] but, just to be safe, we wanted to keep him out and that just tells you how much confidence we have in Josh."
Toronto FC may not have put the most pressure on Los Angeles' goal — Saunders made one save on a ninth-minute shot by Chad Barrett — but Saunders did what was asked of him even if he felt a bit nervous before the match.
"I tried to treat it just like another game," said the 29-year-old. "It was a little bit of jitters here or there, trying to be smart and not take any risks as much as possible. I made one save early on, which helped me get into the rhythm a little bit more. It's always tough when you have to make that first save and I was able to do it. That kind of guided me through the rest of the game."
The Galaxy's defense has seen its share of changes. First-year player Leonardo started in central defense but injury sidelined him and, after one match with A.J. DeLaGarza in the middle, Gregg Berhalter regained his fitness and has started the last four games. Right back has seen Sean Franklin, DeLaGarza and Bryan Jordan. On the other hand, Omar Gonzalez and Todd Dunivant have been mainstays and have yet to miss one minute on the season.
Not having their regular goalkeeper behind them was not an issue at all, Dunivant said.
"We weren't even remotely concerned," Dunivant said. "Donovan's been great for us all year but Josh is a starting goalkeeper in this league and to have him come in and back up Donovan is no change whatsoever."
Saunders nearly helped the Galaxy win the 2009 MLS Cup. Ricketts injured his hand early in the second half of last season's championship match against Real Salt Lake, and Saunders performed admirably in the rest of that half, in extra time and during the penalty-kick shootout. But Ricketts came into the 2010 season as the unquestioned number one keeper, with Saunders behind him on the depth chart.
While Ricketts' status for Thursday's game against FC Dallas was not immediately known following the Toronto FC match, Saunders said he is going to go through his usual routines whether he starts on Thursday or not.
"[I'll] treat it like every other week of training, just go in and train hard," he said. "That's all I can control."


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Clarkson University Student Jared Smith Earns Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
Jared D. Smith '13 has received a fellowship from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi -- the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.
Smith of Bay Shore, N.Y, received his bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Clarkson University in May. He is pursuing graduate studies in environmental and water resource systems engineering at Cornell University.
He is among 57 students nationwide to receive a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship. Since its creation in 1932, the Fellowship Program has become one of the Society's most visible and financially well-supported endeavors, allocating $345,000 annually to deserving students for first-year graduate or professional study.
Smith said his experiences at Clarkson allowed him to thrive and paved the way for earning the fellowship. He was a presidential scholar for all his semesters at Clarkson, and graduated with a 4.0 GPA, receiving the Levinus Clarkson Award at commencement.
Outside of the Clarkson curriculum, Smith co-founded a chapter of the environmental engineering honor society of Tau Chi Alpha at Clarkson with senior Jared Best and advisor Professor Stefan Grimberg. He was also the president of the Environmental Conservation Organization (ECO), the vice president of Clarkson's Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, the secretary of the Clarkson Community Orchestra and the group coordinator for an Adopt a Highway Group consisting of three environmental clubs on campus.
"Clarkson has given me the opportunity to pretty much do whatever I wanted to do and execute it well," he said. "I received the fellowship because of my accomplishments that Clarkson put me in a position to achieve."
Phi Kappa Phi awards fellowships based on the applicants' evidence of graduate potential, undergraduate academic achievement, service and leadership experience, letters of recommendation, personal statement of educational perspective and career goals and acceptance at an approved graduate or professional program.
Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Phi Kappa Phi inducts annually approximately 32,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni. The Society has chapters on more than 300 select colleges and universities in North America and the Philippines. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify. The Society's mission is "To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others." For more information, visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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Has anyone bought a strutless kite?
They are already selling these kites and is strange that no one on the forum has not said anything.
Personally I love the concept but I would like to know the opinion of someone unrelated to the company, for obvious reasons.
I also think the starting price is higher than I expected, at the end of the day it is still a kite with less material but I guess you have to pay for a new concept, I believe that sales will not take off if there isn't demos Mr D. style
I remember the success with the Best Waroo in 2006 they sold lots of kites with a new concept but at a lower price than its competitors as the famous Cabrihna Crossbow.
today it is more difficult to see a Best kite than in years 2006-2008 and I think that's partly because they no longer provide a competitive advantage as years ago.
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A little blog about life, family, food, and living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Yummilicious Fudgilicous! Back to Basics Chocolate Fudge
Since wheat products are no longer part of our daily repertoire, I had to reinvent old standby recipes as well as learn new ones, particularly when it came to treats. Chocolate chip cookies are no longer part of our diet; however, chocolate fudge has become a mainstay. A year ago, I had to hunt down recipes and learn about making fudge. Today, I can make fudge blindfolded ... in my sleep ... with one hand tied behind my back.
Fudge making is soooooo easy, and the results are sooooo good. Best of all, fudge is very basic, versatile, and forgiving. All you need is about 8 minutes, and you are good to go. Chocolate fudge is one of my kids favorite things on the planet, and the little squares of goodness are great for packing in lunches, savoring for dessert, or sharing at a potluck. Do you ever find that you have a couple of opened bags of chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, mini-marshmallows, or nuts hanging around? If you answered yes, consider making an easy-peasy batch of fudge.
Here's a basic recipe. Prepare to be impressed with the extensive ingredient list:
3 cups chocolate chips (semi sweet, milk, butterscotch ... any combo will work)
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
That's it folks. That's all you need to whip up an 8 x 8 pan of fudgiliciousness. Of course, you can add all sorts of yummy things like a ¼ cup of walnuts, peanuts, or even pine nuts to the mix. Feel like making rocky road fudge? Add a ½ cup of mini marshmallows and some nuts to the finished product. You can make a separate batch using peanut butter chips and swirl it into a chocolate batch. Add a handful of dried cranberries and have folks try to guess the secret ingredient! For those who like to live on the wild side, you know who you are, you could even add a ½ teaspoon of cayenne and a little cinnamon to the basic recipe to create a rock your socks off spicy fudge!
Here's how to make the basic recipe:
Line an 8 x 8 pan with wax paper. In a heavy saucepan, preferably non stick, heat the condensed milk and chips together over med-low heat, stirring almost constantly until melted. I like stirring with a wooden spoon. I love my wooden spoon. About a minute after all the chips have melted, the mixture will take on a shiny hue. When that happens, remove from heat and stir in the vanilla. Add any extras like nuts at this point.
Pour the entire mixture into the prepared pan. Use the spoon to press the mixture into the pan and even out the thickness (the mixture will be thick and slightly sticky).Excuse me for a moment while I lick the spoon. Aw come on, doesn't everybody like to lick the spoon? Actually, I rotate letting my kids lick the spoon. Ahem. Back to the fudge ... Let cool slightly, and then cover with plastic wrap pressing the wrap down on top of the fudge. Put in the fridge until cold and firm. Remove from the fridge and pan, and cut into small squares. Prepare for the stampede of fudge craving maniacs to swipe every piece. Smile as your ears are greeted with yummy noises. Ah, I've done my part to make the world a little better place. Personally I think chocolate fudge would help bring about world peace. Yeah, it's that good.My kids prefer it plain. Hubbyman will eat it in any shape or form. This batch was made with semi sweet chips, a handful of butterscotch chips, and some walnuts. So, what's your favorite type of yummilicious fudgilicous?
20 comments:
- The Blonde Duck said...
What about PB fudge? (Drools in anticipation...)
- May 21, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- Marjie said...
You know my fudge recipe! I'm so glad little Miss has done well this year. Here in my little corner of the world, fudge is required to have walnuts. And I'm so glad that your kids help you with spoon cleaning detail...saves you so much work, right?
I know your baby's birthday is coming up soon. Send her our best wishes, and a big doggie kiss from Thor!
- May 21, 2009 at 11:56 AM
- Lisa said...
Yum! i prefer mine with lots of nuts.
- May 21, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- Pam said...
I like mine with nuts. Yours look so creamy and delicious!
- May 21, 2009 at 1:37 PM
- Lynda said...
I AM impressed, Paula! This is so easy and addictive looking! I love fudge and now I must clean the drool off my screen; I so want to lick that spoon!
- May 21, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Cathy said...
Wow, I love this easy recipe. Perfect when I have a fudge attack. I like nuts best, lots of them.
- May 21, 2009 at 3:24 PM
- Deborah said...
This is dangerous - I need to lose the last of the baby weight, not gain more! I have a huge weakness for fudge!
- May 21, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- Robynn's Ravings said...
Oh, that puts me in the wrong mood. LOL
I make about 80 lbs of fudge every Christmas as gifts from my grandmother's recipe. Isn't it just the best?
Oh! I found these things at Trader Joe's called "Baked Jalapeno Cheese Crunchies" (think Cheetos only not greasy and a little healthier and spicier) and they have NO GLUTEN. Just thought I'd share!
- May 21, 2009 at 11:18 PM
- Mediterranean kiwi said...
one year of no-wheat products: wow.
i have to make this fudge at the weekend
- May 22, 2009 at 1:07 AM
- Grace said...
ya know what? i'd take fudge over cookies any day. especially your dark, rich, lusciously smooth fudge. :)
- May 22, 2009 at 5:20 AM
- Cheryl said...
Ohh man that looks good, I havent had fudge in a coons age :)
- May 22, 2009 at 3:52 PM
- Lisa said...
I adore fudge. I have made Peanut Butter Fudge since I was a girl but I don't make chocolate fudge all that often. Maybe with your Wild Side version with some walnuts would change that story.
- May 22, 2009 at 4:10 PM
- Pam said...
Fudge is literally my most favorite food ever. I cannot resist it.
- May 22, 2009 at 7:12 PM
- Paula said...
Fudgy greetings all!
Duckie: PB fudge is a fav around here! That's what I made the time before this!
Marjie: She hits double digits next week! Yikes!
Lisa: Nuts are good!
Pam: It is creamy yet firm ... yum!
Lynda: Spoonlicking is a great treat around here!
Cathy: I love the phrase "fudge attack"!
Deborah: Um, doesn't fudge help new mom's recover from childbirth? :-)
Robynn: 80 lbs of fudge ... you are the master! Great tip about the Trader Joe crunchies! I'll have to check that out!
Med Kiwi: It always amazes me how fast time flies by!
Grace: Fudge reigns supreme over cookies here.
Cheryl: Hmmm ... maybe the fudge is why I have 'coons in my yard (and on my roof)! Those pesky fudge-nappers!
Lisa: Wild side fudge is a gooooood thing!
Pam: I hear ya ... resistance if futile when it involves this fudgy goodness!
- May 22, 2009 at 8:21 PM
- Manggy said...
Confession! I've never had homemade fudge before. Maybe if I did there'd be some peace in my life, heh heh :) It looks soooo unbelievably good!
But please, don't cook blindfolded and asleep, that's dangerous! :P
- May 23, 2009 at 12:19 AM
- Mickle in NZ said...
Now this is a fudge recipe that even I can't stuff up (I don't make much sweet stuff).
Mmmmm - I fancy making some laced with chilli powder or flakes (nuts are a no no here - too rough for Mickle's innards).
So pleased gluten free has worked for your dear wee girl - unwell innards are so unpleasant, painfull and exhausting to live with.
Care and huggles from Mickle and Zebbycat, xxx and purrrrumbling
- May 23, 2009 at 4:38 AM
- Peter M said...
Oh boy...what have you done? I have no problem eating that plate all by myself.
- May 23, 2009 at 7:04 AM
- noble pig said...
Okay wow, those look like fudge extreme! Yum.
- May 24, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- Bridgett said...
A good homemade fudge is a thing worth craving. My grandfather used to make the labor intensive kind but I love this simple way just as much. You have me drooling! That bad part about me making this, is that there is always an excuse for me to have another piece!
- May 25, 2009 at 4:47 PM
- Mrs. L said...
I see nothing wrong with chocolate fudge being a mainstay in any diet. And, ahem, no kids so it's always me licking the spoon (what the husband doesn't know won't hurt him).
- May 27, 2009 at 2:45 PM


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Dear Abby: I was bullied from second grade all through school. In junior high the abuse was both emotional and physical, and it happened on a daily basis. My parents" response was that maybe I was the problem — and if I wasn"t, people would stop picking on me. (That"s a letter for another day.)
What would have been my 10-year high school reunion was two weeks ago. Needless to say, I didn"t go. Since the reunion, however, I have received more than 30 messages via Facebook from former classmates. It seems I was the main topic of conversation at the reunion, mainly because everyone apparently wanted to apologize to me.
Abby, I don"t know how to respond to these people. While I don"t doubt the sincerity of their apologies, I truly don"t want to have any contact with them (even on Facebook). At the same time, I don"t want to be rude and just ignore them.
So far, I haven"t replied to any of their messages. I want to know if I must, and if so, what I should say? To be honest, I"d like to tell them all to go to hell, but I"m trying to be nice. — Lost for Words
Dear Lost for Words: You do not have to say anything to any of these people, and you do not have to be "nice." Silence sends a strong message, and it is the one I"m recommending.
Understand that by apologizing they are trying to make themselves feel better. It"s also possible that maturity has caused them to realize what they did was wrong. However, you are not obligated to accept their apologies if doing so will make you feel worse.
Dear Abby: I am a single mother struggling with my 12-year-old daughter. For the last three months she has been withdrawn, uncommunicative, rude, mean and treats me with contempt. We have been in counseling and are going back again, but I can"t ask people to stay with her while I go and recharge my spirit because she"s so rude to them as well.
I need to know, Abby, what do other parents do to make it through this incredibly painful period in the lives of their teenager and themselves? — Single Mom in Canada
Dear Single Mom: Any abrupt change in behavior should be regarded as a red flag. Your daughter should be evaluated by her pediatrician to be sure there isn"t an underlying cause. Could she have been molested, be using drugs, pills, alcohol, etc.? Do her friends act this way? Does she have friends?
Changes like this don"t usually happen overnight. Was this behavior tolerated when she was smaller? If a child of mine behaved that way, she would be grounded and her cellphone and Internet privileges canceled until she was 30.
As to whom you can leave her with while you "recharge," does this girl have a father, an aunt, a grandparent who can give you respite? That"s how some single parents get a break. But if those resources are not available, you will have to deal with this (with the help of a more effective therapist than the one you were using) until your "problem child" becomes an adult.
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Freshman Class Hopes to Push Elis to Next Level
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—The Yale men's track and field and cross country teams are welcoming several new faces this upcoming season. A total of 11 freshmen will join the track and field team this year, and six of those athletes will also be running cross country in the fall.
The members of the class of 2017 will be seeking to drive the Bulldogs to greater heights following the team's strong showing during a 2012-2013 campaign that saw the emergence of cross country stars like junior Matthew Nussbaum and track standouts like senior James Shirvell. The Elis' cross country team managed an impressive eighth-place finish at the NCAA Division I Northeast Regional Championships, while the track and field team sent three athletes to the NCAA Division I East Regionals.
"I feel it is a great group coming in, perhaps one of the best in recent program memory," said Head Men's Cross Country Coach/Middle Distance and Distance Coach Paul Harkins. "I think we have a couple guys who can make an immediate impact with the cross country team, but that the entire class adds tremendous depth that we will be able to build off over the next few years."
Mark T. Young '68 Director of Cross Country and Track and Field David Shoehalter agrees with Harkins that the incoming class has plenty of potential.
"We've covered a lot of event areas and have some incredible incoming talent," he said. "I'm very excited to see what the year brings."
The members of the class of 2017 will begin their Yale careers with high hopes and expectations. Here is a look at the incoming freshmen looking to make their mark this year:
Marc-Andre Alexandre, Sprints, Track & Field, Upper Canada College (Toronto, Canada)
Residential College: Berkeley
Personal Records:
100-meter 10.79
200-meter 21.60
400-meter 47.49
High School Accomplishments: Member of summer 2012 Canadian junior national team that competed at the World Junior Championships in Barcelona…Selected to compete at Toronto International Track and Field Games alongside many Olympic athletes…A star wide receiver, defensive back and kick returner for Upper Canada's football team…Won silver medal in senior 400-meters at Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) championships…Won gold medal with record-breaking times in 100-meter, 200-meter, 400-meter and 4x100 meter races at Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA) championships.
Tim Cox, Middle Distance, Track & Field and Cross Country, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (Acton, Mass.)
Residential College: Ezra Stiles
Intended Major: Cognitive Science
Personal Records:
600-meter 1:23.39
800-meter 1:55.09
1000-meter 2:30.66
Mile 4:25.12
5,000-meter (cross country) 16:01
High School Accomplishments: Helped team win outdoor and indoor Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association titles...Three-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic honoree...Recipient of Boston Globe Richard J. Phelps Scholarship...Nine-time All-Conference honoree in cross country and track.
Chandler Crusan, Sprints, Track & Field, Hempfield High School (Hempfield, Pa.)
Residential College: Branford
Intended Major: Chemical engineering
Personal Records:
400-meter 48.81
800-meter 1:56.00
High School Accomplishments: Finished eighth at States in 400-meters...Finished first in 400-meters at the Tri-State Invitational his junior and senior year...Finished first in 400-meters at county meet (WCCA) two years in a row, receiving MVP honors his senior year...Qualified for outdoor Nationals his junior and senior year in 400-meters.
Ryan Douglas, Middle Distance & Distance, Track & Field and Cross Country, Petaluma High School (Petaluma, Calif.)
Residential College: Trumbull
Intended Major: Environmental studies
Personal Records:
800-meter 1:56.71
1600-meter 4:17.84
Mile 4:18.00
High School Accomplishments: Named to All-Redwood Empire track team for 2013… Helped Petaluma High School win 2013 Sonoma County League Championship by finishing first in 800-meter and 1,600-meter runs (and second in 3,200-meter run)…Placed second in 800-meter and 1,600-meter runs at CIF-NCS Redwood Empire Area Championships as a senior...Missed qualifying for California state meet by just two seconds, finishing fifth in 1,600-meters at North Coast Section Meet of Champions.
Dan Grosvenor, Distance, Track & Field and Cross Country, Montpelier High School (Cabot, Vt.)
Residential College: Berkeley
Personal Records:
1,500-meter 4:12.63
Mile 4:26.84
1,600-meter 4:27.30
3,000-meter 8:44.29
3,200-meter 9:17.52
Two-Mile 9:23.47
5,000-meter 14:58.05
4,000-meter (cross country) 13:04.1
5,000-meter (cross country) 16:02
High School Accomplishments: Named ESPN Gatorade State Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year his senior year—his first year running cross country…Raced to Division 2 individual state championship as a senior, leading Montpelier High to fifth place as a team…Finished 10th at New England Cross Country Championships and captured 13th at Foot Locker Northeast Regional Championships…Earned victories at Essex Invitational, Woods Trail Run and Northern Vermont Athletic Conference Mountain Division Championships.
Andre Ivankovic, Distance, Track & Field and Cross Country, D.W. Daniel High School (Clemson, S.C.)
Residential College: Jonathan Edwards
Personal Records:
800-meter 1:57.01
Mile 4:15.60
1,600-meter 4:18.14
3,200-meter 9:13.55
5,000-meter 14:54.62
High School Accomplishments: Named 2013 Male Track Athlete of the Year by Independent Mail…Led Daniel High to state championship and number one overall state ranking his senior year…Finished senior cross country season undefeated and as number one ranked individual in the state…Named South Carolina Runner of the Year for 2012 cross country season…Finished second in 800-meters and first in 1,600-meters at 2013 South Carolina High School League State Track and Field Championships…Won individual state titles in 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter runs his junior season, earning him a spot on 2012 all-state track and field team.
Austin Loewen, Hurdles, Track & Field, Williamston High School (Williamston, Mich.)
Residential College: Davenport
Personal Records:
110-meter hurdles 14.44
300-meter hurdles 38.34
High School Accomplishments: State champion in 110-meter hurdles his junior and senior year.
Torren Peebles, Hurdles, Track & Field, Appleton North High School (Appleton, Wisc.)
Residential College: Trumbull
Personal Records:
110-meter hurdles 14.74
300-meter hurdles 39.40
High School Accomplishments: All-Conference selection in 2011, 2012 and 2013...Team captain in 2012 and 2013...State qualifier in 2012 in 4x400 meter relay, 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles...State finalist in both hurdles events (disqualified in 110-meter hurdles, eighth in 300-meter hurdles)...2013 state qualifier in 4x200 meter relay and both hurdle events...Repeat state finalist in both hurdle events (seventh in 110-meter hurdles, sixth in 300-meter hurdles)...State finalist in 4x200 meter relay (3rd)...All-State honors in 4x200 meter relay, setting a school record...All-conference football linebacker in 2012...Conference champion and state qualifier as a wrestler.
Luke Persichetti, Shot Put, Track & Field, LaSalle College High School (Wyndemoor, Pa.)
Residential College: Calhoun
Personal Records:
Shot Put 17.5m (57'5")
High School Accomplishments: Two-year letterman with All-Philadelphia Catholic League and All-City honors in football...Three-year letterman with All-Philadelphia Catholic League and All-City honors in track...Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association state champion in shot put.
James Randon, Middle Distance & Distance, Track & Field and Cross Country, Middlesex School (New Canaan, Conn.)
Residential College: Morse
Intended Major: Ethics, Politics & Economics
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800-meter 1:57.08
1500-meter 3:49.43
3000-meter 8:20.80
Mile 4:09.39
Two-Mile 8:52.56
4,000-meter (cross country) 12:26.70
5,000-meter (cross country) 16:55.20
High School Accomplishments: Two-time cross country and track captain...Nike Cross Nationals individual finalist...Three-time New Balance Nationals All-American...Dream Mile qualifier...National runner-up in two-mile at New Balance Outdoor Nationals.
Nathaniel "Spike" Sievert, Distance, Track & Field and Cross Country, Bellevue High School (Belleview, Wash.)
Residential College: Timothy Dwight
Personal Records:
1,600-meter 4:21.70
3,200-meter 9:22.18
Three-Mile (cross country) 14:53
5,000-meter (cross country) 15:42
High School Accomplishments: Captained cross country and track teams...Finished fifth in Washington 3A State cross country championships...First team All-League and All-District.
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SOCORRO, N.M., Sept. 23, 2004 – New Mexico Tech has once again been recognized as one of the nation's best values available for a university education.
The state-supported research university in Socorro was included in the latest edition of "America's 100 Best College Buys," an annual report compiled and published by Institutional Research and Evaluation, Inc., and based on a nationwide independent survey of more than 1,200 accredited U.S. colleges and universities.
According to the listings in "America's 100 Best College Buys," New Mexico Tech, with its in-state cost of attendance of $7,863 for 2004-2005, posts the second-lowest figure in that category among the select group of institutions of higher education.
In addition, New Mexico Tech's current annual cost of $14,494 for tuition, fees, room, and board for out-of-state students attending the university places the school in the fifth-best-value position in that category, well below the $22,198 average out-of-state cost posted among the colleges and universities named in the report.


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Jerry Cantrell + Mike McCready Join 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Performance Lineup
Seattle will be well represented whenever Heart enters the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month. It was previously revealed that Soundgarden's Chris Cornell would induct the classic rock band, and now it has been announced that fellow Seattle music vets Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains and guitarist Mike McCready from Pearl Jam will perform with Heart at the induction ceremony.
The two rockers are among several new additions to the star-studded event's talent lineup. Usher has been added to perform in honor of Quincy Jones. Spike Lee and Harry Belafonte will be part of the presentation to rap icons Public Enemy. Lou Adler's induction will feature a presentation from Cheech & Chong and a performance from Carole King. Plus, Jackson Browne and John Fogerty will play alongside songwriting legend Randy Newman.
They join what was already turning into a stellar evening that included the Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl inducting Rush, John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr. performing on behalf of blues legend Albert Lee, Don Henley inducting Newman and Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Hudson performing in honor of the late Donna Summer.
The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will honor Heart, Newman, Summer, Public Enemy and Rush, along with lifetime achievement winners Jones and Adler. The event will take place April 18 at Los Angeles Nokia Theatre in the L.A. Live complex. A highlight show from the induction ceremony will air May 18 at 9PM ET/PT on HBO.


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U.S. News and World Report Lists Top Metro Hospitals; Thomson Reuters Lists Top 100
Daniel J. DeNoon
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March 29, 2011 -- U.S. News & World Report has released its list of the best hospitals in 52 U.S. cities on the heels of Thomson Reuters' "100 Top Hospitals" list.
The two companies have released dueling "best-hospital" lists for years. U.S. News & World Report releases its top-hospitals list over the summer, while the Thomson Reuters list comes out in the spring.
But this year, U.S. News & World Report has a surprise. Building on data from its 2010 "best" list among the nation's 4,852 hospitals, it's now offering a list of the best hospitals in U.S. cities with a population of 1 million or more.
Hospitals that make the U.S. News & World Report metro list are ranked first by the number of medical specialties in which they are among the best in the nation. Then they are ranked by the number of medical specialties in which they score among the top 25% of all U.S. hospitals.
Hospitals with at least one national ranking outscore hospitals that may be better in various other specialties but aren't nationally ranked in any of them. Children's hospitals are not included in the report.
"Consequently, the No. 1 hospital in a metro area is not necessarily the best in town for all patients," notes U.S. News & World Report editor Avery Comarow in a news release. "We expect that savvy consumers will consider not merely a hospital's overall rank in the metro area, but its expertise in the specialty relevant to their care."
Given this warning, here's the list from U.S. News & World Report of the top-ranked hospitals in the five largest metro areas:
New York City
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
- NYU Langone Medical Center
- Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Hospital for Special Surgery
Los Angeles
- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- USC University Hospital
- University of California, Irvine Medical Center
- Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- University of Chicago Medical Center
- Rush University Medical Center
- Loyola University Medical Center
- University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago
Dallas-Fort Worth
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Baylor University Medical Center
- Parkland Memorial Hospital
- Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation
- Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- Christiana Care
- Temple University Hospital
- Hahnemann University Hospital
Top 100 U.S. Hospitals
The Thomson Reuters ratings use a very different system. The report considers 2,914 non-federal U.S. hospitals.
The report evaluates hospitals according to 10 criteria: deaths; medical complications; patient safety; average patient stay; hospital costs per patient; hospital profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care; post-discharge mortality; and death and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure, and pneumonia.
Patients may not be overly concerned about a hospital's profitability, which counts as much in the rankings as in-hospital deaths or patient safety. But "operating profit margin is one of the purest measures of a hospital's financial health," the Thomson Reuters report notes.
But according to Thomson Reuters' calculations, if all Medicare patients received the same level of care as patients in the top 100 hospitals:
- There would be about 116,000 fewer hospital deaths.
- More than 197,000 patients would avoid medical complications.
- Hospitals would save $462 per patient.
- The average patient stay would be half a day shorter.
States in the Midwest had half of the top 100 hospitals. Southern states had 29 of the top 100, Northeastern states had 14, and Western states had six.
Because states don't have equal numbers of hospitals, the Thomson Reuters report analyzed states for their performance over the past two years of top 100 studies.
In this analysis, states whose hospital systems rank in the in the top 20% are:
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Wisconsin
States in the bottom 20% are:
- Alaska
- California
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Nevada
- New York
- Rhode Island
- West Virginia
SOURCES: U.S. News & World Report web site, accessed March 29, 2011.News releases, U.S. News & World Report.Thomson Reuters, 100 Top Hospitals: Study Overview and Research Findings, 18th edition, March 28, 2011.News releases, Thompson Reuters.
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Film festival cancels award to fake movie over tax scam
A United States film festival has withdrawn an award given to a British movie about a Gulf War veteran seeking justice after a London court jailed five people for making the movie as part of 2.8 million pound ($4.3 million) tax scam.
Tax inspectors were told that A-listers from Hollywood would be starring in a 19.6 million pound production that would be shot in Britain.
But the gang never intended to make the film Landscape Of Lies, Southwark Crown Court in London heard on Monday.
"The real intent was to defraud the public purse of nearly 1.5 million pounds in VAT along with nearly 1.3 million in film tax credit claims," the HMRC revenue department said.
When tax inspectors started becoming suspicious, the gang tried to cover their tracks by actually making a low-budget film about a Gulf War veteran seeking justice for a murdered comrade.
Just as in this year's Oscar Best Picture winner Argo - in which the CIA dreams up a fake sci-fi movie, complete with screenplay, posters and advertisements as cover for a hostage-rescue mission - the low-budget production was announced in film industry magazines.
It then even went on to win a Silver Ace award at last year's Las Vegas film festival.
A spokeswoman from the festival was the award was "simply a participation award".
"The acknowledgment has since been rescinded," she said.
HMRC said in a statement that gang leader Bashar Al-Issa, 35, along with former Irish actress Aoife Madden, Tariq Hassan, Ian Sherwood and Osama Al Baghdady, owned Evolved Pictures.
They told their auditors that they had a budget of more than 19 million pounds, provided by a Jordanian company, to produce a blockbuster film in Britain.
"Evolved Pictures told HMRC that millions of pounds of work had been spent on the film, including paying actors and film set managers, claiming this meant a VAT repayment was due of 1.48 million pounds," the HMRC statement said.
"However, during checks, HMRC found that the work had not been done and most of the so-called suppliers and film studios had never heard of the gang.
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The movie, released on DVD in 2011, included in its cast an actor from the soap opera EastEnders, Marc Bannerman, and television presenter Andrea McLean, both of whom had no knowledge of the fraud.
Al-Issa, described as the orchestrator of the fraud, was jailed for 6 1/2 years.
Actor Madden, said to have submitted a "pack of lies" to inspectors about the project, was sentenced to four years and eight months.
Hassan and Al Baghdady received four-year jail sentences.
Sherwood, who allowed his offices to be used for the fraud, was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in jail.


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Senators, Mr. Chairman, I want to thank you very much for letting me testify before your committee today. My name is Ali Al-Maqtari, and I want to tell you the story of how I was jailed by the INS for almost eight weeks. Thanks to the fairness of your immigration court and appeal system, and the hard work of my wife, Tiffinay, and my attorneys, my story has a good ending. However, even though I did nothing wrong, and cooperated with the INS, FBI, and Army in every way possible, I spent many weeks in harsh jail conditions, cut off from my wife, and my wife had to give up her army career. I tell you my story in the hope that it will help other innocent people avoid the problems that I had.
I came to the United States in June 2000 for a long visit. I had just spent a year in France where I had completed a diploma as a teacher of French. Before going to France, I had worked as a French teacher at the Kuwait High School in Sana'a, Yemen for several years. I graduated from Sana'a University with a degree in French in June 1997.
I have an uncle, who is a U.S. citizen, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his family. Visiting my uncle and his family was my first goal on my trip, but I also wanted to see what the United States was like and improve my English. I also hoped that perhaps I would have an opportunity to student teach or teach French. Gaining this experience in the United States would be something that would really help my career as a teacher in Yemen, because American education is highly-respected in my country.
I spent about a month in New York, visiting my Uncle's family and sightseeing. I liked it very much. My uncle has a close friend - so close to our family that I call him "uncle" too, even though he is not actually a member of our family, who lives in New Haven Connecticut. My uncle urged me strongly to visit him. I did, and the visit worked out very well. My "uncle" owned a small market and had a second apartment where several young men lived. It was easy for me to stay there without inconveniencing him or his family. I was able to attend English classes at a local adult education center, and I helped out at the market. Although I was not paid a salary, my "uncle" gave me money for my expenses, and I bought a computer that a customer of the store was selling. I discovered the internet, and this helped improve both my English and French. I was really enjoying my visit, and I wanted to extend it. A friendly woman, who was a mentor to many of the students at the adult education center, helped me by filling out the INS application to ask for a longer visit, and I sent it in to the INS in Vermont.
In my first few months in New Haven, I also made contacts about student teaching or teaching French. I visited Kay Hill, the language coordinator of the New Haven Public Schools several times. She invited me to visit several schools in New Haven and gave me advice about taking the TOEFL test and studying here. Later on, in May or June 2001 I had my degrees evaluated and applied for admission to a language teaching program at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, which accepted me.
However, the most important thing which happened to me in the United States, is that I met my wife, Tiffinay. We first met in a French language internet chat room in March or April 2000. Tiffinay also speaks French well. Like me, she has studied in France. We met only once in the chat room. We traded email addresses and began to exchange emails. Then we spoke by telephone.
Because we speak French, we were able to communicate well. My wife had previously become a Muslim, and this was something else that we shared and was important to us. It continues to be now, as we share the holy month of Ramadan. In May 2001, Tiffinay invited me to visit her in North Carolina. I stayed with her and her parents, and invited her to visit me in Connecticut. She did this very quickly, and this showed me that her intentions were serious. We decided to get married and were married in Hamden, CT on June 1, 2001. Neither of us is in favor of extended social dating or living together before marriage. We wanted to marry and begin our life together. This is common for Muslims. My own parents met only a day before their wedding and have been happy for many years.
After our marriage, Tiffinay moved to New Haven, and we rented our own apartment. At first, we thought that both of us would get jobs in New Haven, and Tiffinay would transfer from the North Carolina National Guard to the one in Connecticut. (I didn't really know exactly what the National Guard was. Tiffinay explained to me that it was like the part-time army.) We went to an attorney to begin work on a marriage application to allow me to stay here. She told us to write to the INS to withdraw my request to extend my tourist visit, because I now planned to live here, not just to visit. We did this in early July.
Because of delays with transferring Tiffinay's National Guard membership from North Carolina to Connecticut, she thought that it would be best if she enrolled in the full-time army. I agreed. This would mean living in another part of the country further away from my uncle and his family, but we are young, and I wanted to respect Tiffinay's decision. In August, we learned that Tiffinay would be in the army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky for a long time, for up to three years, starting in the middle of September, and we made plans to move there. We also filed our marriage application with the INS.
On September 12, the local Army recruiting office called Tiffinay to let her know that the recruiting center in Springfield, Massachusetts where she was to pick up her final orders was closed, but that she should go there on September 13 to pick up her orders. When we went there, a sergeant at the recruiting center spoke to each of us separately about Tiffinay not wearing a hejab - the head scarf that many Muslim women wear. . He was not unfriendly to either of us. We explained to him that Tiffinay would be wearing her uniform when she got to base, and soon after, we left. We did not think that anything was wrong, and we began the three day drive to Fort Campbell. We had ended our lease in New Haven, and we had all of our things packed in Tiffinay's car.
When we arrived at Fort Campbell on September 15, Tiffany's car was stopped as soon as we got to the gate. We were separated and taken by officers to separate cars, and Tiffinay's car was emptied and searched three or four times by bomb-sniffing dogs.
We were then taken to a building like a police station and separately interrogated by INS, Army, and FBI investigators - nine of them, I think - for more than twelve hours. Although we were separated, we had the same thought: to cooperate and answer all the questions they put to us. We did this although the questioning was very harsh. An INS agent screamed at me that I was illegal and could be deported immediately and he refused to listen to me when I told him about my applications. He said I was lying, that there was nothing about me in the computer, and that I would be deported. An FBI investigator, Bill Frank, also told me that the Springfield, Massachusetts recruiting center where Tiffinay had received her orders had been blown up by terrorists twenty minutes after we left it. (He told Tiffinay that there had been a bomb alert and that they found suspicious materials after we left.) They told her that we were suspicious because she was wearing a hejab and we had been speaking in a foreign language. French was the only language other than English that we had spoken together, but it must have made them nervous. The investigators said many, many times that our marriage was fake, and that Tiffinay must be married to me because I was abusing her. These accusations were totally false and very painful for me. They also made many negative remarks about Islam, things like Islam being the religion of beating and mistreating women. One acted out a fist hitting his hand, another said my wife had written a letter saying that I beat her, which I knew was false, and another insisted he would beat me all the way to my country because I mistreated my wife.
They asked us about the box cutters that we had among our things, and we explained how I had used mine in the store, and Tiffinay had used hers when she worked in the shipping department of a nursery. The interrogators were so angry and wild in their accusations that they made me very frightened for what might happen to me. I learned later that Tiffinay was asked very similar questions. They also asked her if I spent large amounts of time on the internet and/or sent emails to terrorists. The interrogators also had the letters that I had brought with me from my a family, and from a friend in Yemen who is a doctor. These letters were in Arabic. They had a translator review them. He would read passages from the letters, and Bill Frank from the FBI insisted that the letters from my friend, the doctor, showed that she was my terrorist controller and that I was somehow involved with terrorists from Russia. This was silly and completely false, and I think they knew it, but at the same time it made me frightened because it seemed like they intended to accuse me of being involved with all the enemies of the United States.
After this long interrogation, at about 4:00 am, they let us speak to each other in a room for a few minutes while they waited outside. We would not be alone again until November 8.
Tiffinay was taken to a barracks where she was kept on a separate floor apart from the other women soldiers. From that time through Wednesday of the following week, she had three guards with her at all times, day and night, no matter what she did: even bathing and sleeping. All of these soldiers but one were men. After that she was not so mistreated. She was able to live with the other women, and she started to make friends with people. Still, she learned many negative things: that her photo had been distributed to the gates of the base before we arrived, that handmade posters with her photo were circulated around the base, and that many people had heard local television news broadcasts that said that I was a spy at Fort Campbell.
I was taken to a hotel near the base, where I spent the weekend. People watched me from the parking lot.
On Monday, September 18, both of us were taken were taken to the FBI office in Nashville, Tennessee, where they gave us polygraph tests. Although many of the questions were very strange (Have you ever embarrassed your family? Have you ever lied? ) we both answered them the best that we could. I was given deportation papers charging me with overstaying my visa. In what seemed like a positive thing, both the INS agent and Mr. Frank from the FBI said that they knew that I had told the truth and that I would probably be released the next day. I learned later that Tiffany had been told the same thing by army people, and the INS had given similar news to Attorney Maria Labaredas, who works with Attorney Boyle and who faxed copies of all my immigration papers to the INS. It was strange that these men, who had been wild and full of anger on Saturday, were now very calm.
However, I was not released. Army people told Tiffinay that someone in the FBI had ordered that I not be released. I really do not know what happened. I was never spoken to again by the FBI, Army or INS, but I spent more than seven weeks in jail.
At the jail near Nashville where I spent my first week in detention, one guard was very difficult. He kept saying that I was a terrorist and asking if I knew bin Laden. Then I was transferred to a jail in Mason, Tennessee, near Memphis. For my first two weeks there I was put with normal inmates, and the staff and other inmates treated me normally. However, it was upsetting to be in jail. I had never been arrested or had any kind of problem with the police anywhere. I did not want to be in jail, and was concerned that I had not been released quickly, once the INS and FBI had confirmed that I had told them the truth. I was also unable to speak to my wife, and was worried about her.
I learned later that my wife was also very upset and concerned about what was happening to me. She was afraid that I would still be in jail when she was sent overseas. Also, she was concerned that some people seemed to distrust her because she was my wife and that many people at Fort Campbell seemed to believe the local television reports about me being a spy. When her officers suggested to her that she should request a discharge because of these problems, she agreed. She was granted an honorable discharge on Friday morning, September 28, and drove to the prison to visit me that afternoon.
Things were harder for me after that. The prison moved me to a segregated unit with very serious criminals. They said that it was for my protection, but it made me feel very unsafe. The other prisoners had committed very serious crimes, and a guard there accused me of being a terrorist. He would whisper to these bad criminals, and they would threaten me and taunt me. One, who said that he had murdered someone and spent twenty-five years in jail threatened me in the shower. Others told me that I should confess, that I would never leave the jail, and things like that. Because I was in the segregated unit, I could only make one phone call a week. One of my attorneys, Michael Boyle, visited me twice and could call me before I had hearings. However, things were very frightening and very difficult. What was happening to me was totally different than how I thought America worked. As things seemed to get worse and worse, I became fearful of what would happen to me.
My first bond hearing, early in October, was difficult. Tiffinay and I answered questions for a long time, and the INS presented no evidence. Still, the Judge set a very high bond, $50,000. The INS said that they would immediately try to stop even this high bond from taking effect, and they did. It was very hard to wait while the appeals board considered the case. My next bond hearings were also disappointing, as the Judge said that he was giving the INS a "last chance" to bring in more evidence. I was glad that he said he was thinking of a lower bond, but I was concerned that the INS seemed to get so many chances even when they had told me that Monday in Nashville that they knew that I had told the truth.
My lawyers assured me that things would get better for me, that the Judge and the appeals board judges had to be very careful because of what happened on September 11, and would be very generous to the INS at first, but that they would not let the INS hold me for months without having any evidence.
I am very grateful that in the end this is what happened. I am grateful that the appeals court judges were willing to make a decision based on the facts, not on fear. And I am grateful that the INS was worried that the Immigration Judge in Memphis would give me a low bond and decided to settle my case. Still, I spent almost eight weeks in jail, and my wife lost her army career because people were angry and nervous and I am from Yemen. My experience with the INS was very bad. They lied to me and locked me in jail for eight weeks with no evidence against me. I told them all there is to know about my life, my lawyer gave them many documents from Yemen and France to prove the truth of what I said, and my wife testified all about our marriage. I should not have been held for weeks. In the end, we had to agree to the $10,000 bond that the INS offered because there is a new rule that could have let the INS keep me for many more weeks if the Judge had given me a lower bond than the INS wanted. Because Tiffinay had saved enough money to pay the bond, this was not a problem for me, but I am worried that there will be many other people whose wives do not have $10,000.
I hope you will do whatever you can to try and fix these problems. I have been back together with my wife for almost a month, and our lives are healing, but I hope that you will protect other innocent people from the INS.
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One of the most promising aspects of Vermont's political and educational landscape is the belief in community and civic engagement. For those coming to this state from elsewhere, it is a powerful realization to see such ardent participation in the health of our communities. It's refreshing to see the public go beyond recrimination to take action and be part of finding solutions.
The research on parent and community involvement in schools reveals a causal relationship with student academic performance. Engaging the entire community, from parents to businesses to partner organizations, is critical to the success of our students. However, it's rare to find educational systems that leverage all available resources. Instead, we find in K-12 systems across the country in a continual struggle to engage parents. We didn't design our educational institutions for this dynamic interaction between parent and school, yet we know that it is the key to bridging the opportunity gap that plays out in student achievement scores across the country and continues the effect of poverty on opportunities for our students.
As an educator, I have worked with innumerable families in supporting student success. At the outset of my career, as I reached out to parents to engage them in their child's education, I soon realized that the institutions I was working in didn't have strong vehicles to do this work. It forced me to create my own system to establish strong communication and a structure to help families understand the best way to support their student. In subsequent research on parent engagement, I've found that the most vital and innovative school systems develop clear communication and provide a positive structure for parent engagement.
However, clear communication is not enough. A more comprehensive approach is required, especially if our goal is the success of all students. The structure to engage community must be flexible, and take into account the increasingly challenging economic and psychological realities that many of our families face. Recent research has pointed to a number of promising approaches to wrapping school and home together, by partnering with local social service agencies to establish strong, unified approaches to student support. These partnerships are challenging to construct and maintain, but they are essential to leveraging all of our resources for students.
The opportunity gap is at the top of the national educational agenda, but we won't bridge that gap until we grapple with the reality that schools now have very different objectives from what they were designed to do. It's no longer acceptable to let some fail and some succeed. By engaging all of our community, we can better identify what students really need, whether it's within our school walls or beyond them.
Editor's note: Peter Burrows, D.Ed., is superintendent of the Addison Central Supervisory Union and has more than two decades of experience in education.


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For iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 users, included is FREE Augmented Reality Feature which helps find nearest stops!
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Sioux Falls Advances to Finals in NCAA Bid Process
NCAA officials announced that the City of Sioux Falls has been chosen as a finalist to potentially host multiple national championships over the next four academic years. All of the championships in which Sioux Falls has been chosen as a finalist include come from the Division II ranks. Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field, DII Men's Basketball, DII Women's Basketball, DII Women's Volleyball, and DII Wrestling.
According to the NCAA's website, The University of Sioux Falls Sports Complex is one of 6 sites that will compete for the Track and Field Venue. The others are located in Allendale, MI; Geneva, OH; Raleigh, NC; Bradenton, FL; and Kingsville, Texas.
The Sanford Pentagon made the cut for three events. The NCAA will choose from three sites for Men's Basketball with Sioux Falls; Frisco, TX and Evansville, IN in the running. Four choices remain in Volleyball with Pensacola and Tampa, FL plus Kearney, NE being the others. Six sites will hope to gain the Women's Basketball championship from places such as Indianapolis, IN; Louisville, KY; Mankato, MN; Fort Lauderdale, FL and Columbus, OH joining Sioux Falls. The Denny Sanford Premier Center made the top four site selections for Wrestling along with arenas in St. Louis, MO; Kearney, NE and Waterloo, IA.
The 150 cities named as finalists for at least one championship are spread across 39 states and the District of Columbia. Ohio led the way as the state with the most finalist selections with 24 championship sites, while the state of Florida had 22 selections and North Carolina had 21. Louisville was the city that received the most selections with 13, while Columbus, Ohio, and Birmingham, Ala., both had eight. The final selection of host cities will be announced via webcast at NCAA.com on December 11.


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Now for a message from our PTA about tonight's Color Fun Run!
Color Fun Run Information:Good morning! We are gearing up for the fun run tonight at 6:00 pm at Asa Low. This incredible event will be exciting, different, messy and fun. We have few bits of information to share so keep on reading along :). First and mostly on everyone's mind, the weather. We are definitely keeping an eye on the weather forecast and for now it appears, per the forecasts, that the rain should be out of the area by noon today, just leaving us with cloudy skies. Now that being said we are working on an alternative rain date as Texas weather loves to surprise us more often than not. I will certainly update everyone here or through school announcements if we need to cancel tomorrow once we have a good idea of the forecast.
Fun Run Fun part: The run is 9/10 of a mile that starts at Asa Low front doors, winds around Chandler Park and heads back to the starting spot. On the Asa Low grounds we will have three powder throwing stations (people that throw powder at you) of differing vivid color powder. The powder is cornstarch that has been colored by food coloring. It is Non-toxic and environmentally friendly. The run is fun and not a race so you are welcome to take your time run, walk or both. You do not have to go through the powder stations and if you choose the non-messy part just go around the powder throwers, but please wave and cheer as our volunteers love excitement!
Clothing: If you preregistered for a T-Shirt and sunglasses, you will get that when you arrive at the run. If you chose the 'Run Only' wear something light colored which will allow the powder to really pop on your shirt. Sunglasses are recommended just for eye protection through the powder stations. Do not wear your best dress as the powder should not stain but it might. Also bring a towel for your car ride home!!!! If you want to preserve the color on your shirt, hand-wash it in vinegar when you get home, air-dry and it is good from there.
Arrive: I'll be there early and so you are welcome to come earlier than 6:00 if you'd like to get your SWAG bag – pre-registrants get these. If you did not sign up already, you can do so with $20 at the registration table at 6:00. The table will be at the front doors of Asa Low. Uncle Bo's will be cooking burgers so bring some extra cash if you would like to grab dinner after the run. Other yummy concessions will be available. Looking forward to a non-rainy day and loads of fun.
Parking: As always, Mr. Short is worried about parking. When you arrive at Asa Low, please drive all the way around and utilize all the parking spots in the back of the building first. Parking will most likely fill up quickly! Mr. Short would prefer that nobody park in front of Asa Low since that is where most of the Color Fun Run Activity will be centered. If the back parking lot fills up completely, you may park down by the STEM Academy, the Police Department, and Wester Middle School. Be warned, you will be on your own for parking…nobody will be directing traffic or parking! Good Luck!
Thank you! It's going to be FUN!-Denise Jenkins
Finally, parents of 5th graders: next week all four teams will be going on a little mini-field trip to the MISD Agricultural Center. This field trip is sponsored by the Texas Wildlife Association and will involve several hands-on science activities that align perfectly with the state standards in our Science Curriculum. We are very excited about this opportunity for our kids just one week before they take the Science STAAR! Students will ride in buses out to the MISD Ag Center, which is located next to Tarver Rendon Elementary School. The field trip is divided into two days, so two teams will go each day.First, Columbia and Tulane will go on the field trip on Tuesday, May 8. Then, Vanderbilt and Yale will go on the field trip on Thursday May 10.
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UTSA will be Tobacco-Free and Smoke-Free on June 1, 2014
(May 28, 2014) -- Effective June 1, the UTSA campuses will be tobacco-free and smoke-free. This comes after a one-year transition period during which smoking and tobacco were permitted only in designated areas on campus. [read more]
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South Dakota Panel Urges Reform of Criminal Justice System
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A panel appointed by state leaders from all three branches of government has recommended changes in South Dakota's criminal justice system that could save up to $212 million in prison costs in the next decade.
The group's recommendations include keeping more drug and alcohol offenders out of prison by placing them in intensive treatment programs, focusing probation and parole on offenders most at risk of getting into trouble, and changing sentencing laws.
The panel's report says the recommended changes would improve public safety, hold offenders accountable and focus prison spending on violent and chronic criminals.
The panel was appointed by Gov. Dennis Daugaard, Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson and legislative leaders. Those officials will use the report to propose changes in law during the next legislative session.
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Four friends took an interior decorating class together, all with great plans to redo one room in their respective houses. By some twist in fate, each not only picked a different room to redo, but a different color and style scheme as well. Determine the name of each friend, what room each planned to redo, and what would be the main colors and theme of each redone room.
1. The person who redecorated the bedroom used a floral theme. Carl didn't use blue and purple as his main colors.
2. The playroom wasn't redone in a southwestern theme. Melody didn't decide on a nautical theme.
3. The kitchen was redone in black and white colors. Sara didn't redo her bedroom.
4. The room that was redone in a nautical theme used blue and purple colors.
5. Carl loves cats, so the theme for his new room was easy to choose. Melody didn't redo the kitchen. Sara didn't use green and aqua colors.
6. Wesley decided on brown and orange for the colors of his new room. The living room was not redone in a nautical theme. Wesley didn't use a floral theme.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers overwhelmingly approved aid to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, but the measure will not become law until at least next week, congressional aides said on Friday.
The House of Representatives left for the weekend without approving a final version of the legislation. Aides said it would be considered first thing when members return to Washington on Tuesday, April 1.
After weeks of partisan wrangling over what should be contained in the legislation, the Senate and House on Thursday quickly passed separate, and largely similar, bills to help stabilize Ukraine's weak economy and punish those involved for Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.
As the measures passed, congressional leaders reached an agreement for the Republican-controlled House to approve the Democratic-led Senate bill and send it to President Barack Obama to sign into law before the end of the week.
The legislation supports $1 billion in loan guarantees for Kiev, provides $150 billion in aid to Ukraine and surrounding countries and imposes sanctions on Russians and Ukrainians over Russia's annexation of Crimea.
It does not include the International Monetary Fund reforms sought by the White House that were resisted by many Republicans. Senate Democrats agreed to drop the IMF provision in order to move the legislation quickly.
But the House did not pass the Senate bill as was expected on Friday.
A spokeswoman for Eric Cantor, the Republican House Majority Leader, said there was less urgency after the IMF reached an agreement to release billions to the government in Kiev.
She also said members wanted their votes to be on the record supporting Ukraine, rather than passing the bill by unanimous consent - a way of declaring an issue decided, without taking a roll-call vote - and House leaders agreed.
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Slate's mistakes.
In a Jan. 18 "Politics," John Dickerson identified a National Rifle Association online video as a television ad.
Due to a production error, a Jan. 18 "Obit" included a photo of Esther Friedman Lederer, the twin sister of Pauline Friedman Phillips, but identified the image as Friedman Phillips.
In a Jan. 18 "Weigel" blog post, David Weigel wrote the opposite of what he meant when he stated that "Eric Cantor saying 'we will pass something' does mean 'we have the votes to pass something.' " Just because Cantor says it does not mean he has the votes.
In a Jan. 17 "Slatest" post on the "gun-show loophole," Josh Voorhees misstated the year an article he cited was published. The PolitiFact story was written in 2012, not 2013.
In a Jan. 15 "Explainer," Forrest Wickman misspelled the last name of language columnist William Safire.
In a Jan. 15 "TV Club" post about Justified, Rachael Larimore misstated the point in the episode at which Wynn Duffy said to Boyd Crowder, "How … Christian of you." It was after Duffy killed his dealer, not before.
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Because of a production error, in the Jan. 8 "Poem," Richard Cory's last name was misspelled.
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The Miami Dolphins want to get South Florida back into the Super Bowl rotation. To make that happen, Sun Life Stadium needs to be upgraded. To make that happen, the Dolphins need (or at least want) public money.
So what happens if a public referendum tentatively planned for May 14 results in a "no" vote?
Owner Stephen Ross told Pro Football Talk last month in Arizona that the Dolphins won't be moving, which necessarily reduces his leverage. But if he fails to secure partial public cooperation to improve a stadium that was built with private money more than 25 years ago, some think Ross will at least consider selling the team.
And if the sells the team, the next buyer could be less committed to keeping the Dolphins in Miami.
The other alternative would be for Ross to simply fund the renovations without public money. By blinking, however, Ross and the NFL would be setting a horrible precedent for any future efforts by other teams to finagle public money.
The easiest long-term solution would be for folks in Miami-Dade County to support the referendum. The small increase in hotel taxes would result in a stadium that would attract Super Bowls and other events that would drive plenty of money into the region.
Despite any philosophical concerns about the use of taxpayer money to subsidize billionaires, billionaires always have options. For Stephen Ross, one or more of those options could lead to the Dolphins leaving town.


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The UNC Department of Public Safety is looking into a possible check cashing scam.
DPS says multiple victims have recently contacted them about the scam.
Victims have been contacted through University email and Craigslist job postings with requests for babysitting or personal assistant work.
DPS is encouraging anyone receiving a check from a suspect who requests that they either deposit or cash the check and then send the suspect funds in return should contact the UNC Public Safety at (919) 962-8100.


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