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You will experience neither heartbreak nor triumph when you read Shawn Michaels' new autobiography. Instead, you will alternate from illumination to annoyance with alarming regularity.
It's just that it's Shawn Michaels we're talking about here. And it's a Shawn Michaels that has found God and been born again, so it's a preachy Heartbreak Kid, but he just can't shake the arrogance and smarmy egomania that have identified him for so long.
This is not to say that Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story is a bad book by any means. It's a good read, a complete look at one man's life to this point. But rather than an autobiography, at times it feels more like a confession. Perhaps it would have been better titled Shawn Michaels Comes Clean.
I lost track of the number of times that he apologized for his past actions, or makes excuses for the way that he behaved. He was an absolute asshole at the best of times during his heyday, and, to his credit, he seems to be able to recognize that.
Early in the book, Michaels tells a good tale, talking about his childhood in San Antonio, football games, dreaming of being a wrestler and training with Jose Lothario. The details are nice, like remembering that it was $3,000 to train with Lothario, and what it was like hitting the road for his first match.
The stories about the AWA days with Marty Jannetty sound too wild to be true, but given what I've had verified over the years from people who were there, including Jannetty in my book, The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams, it's all true. To say the least, it was a different time and place. Michaels is honest (can one be too honest?) about his shortcomings as a husband and as an employee of the AWA and other various promotions.
There's not a lot of dirt, or true portraits of other people. Like the glory days of the Heartbreak Kid bringing a mirror to the ring, it's all about Shawn. So when he ramps things up in the WWF and talks about his ascension to the top of the company, it gets even more self-involved. The book mirrors the way he was at the time, and seems truer.
But hey, let's be honest. Most people (especially Canadian fans) will want to buy this book for his side of the "Montreal Screwjob" of Bret Hart in November 1997. Michaels and co-writer Aaron Fiegenbaum don't disappoint on that front, jumping right into it at the start with a tease of what's to come. Then when you get to the meat of it, Michaels reveals who knew about the betrayal of the champion, and when they knew it.
The Hitman is one person in the book that Michaels doesn't apologize to; instead his stubbornness shines through completely. Like oil and water, Michaels and Hart just never got along, perhaps in part because both had egos that would make Barry Bonds shake his head in disbelief.
"Bret believed he was some kind of great role model, but he wasn't. He was just full of it," writes Michaels. "No sooner had he apologized than he went right back to bad-mouthing me. This was a pattern with him that drove me nuts. He would say things about me, apologize, and then go right out and say more bad things about me."
My biggest beef with Michaels' take on the Montreal screwjob and Bret Hart is that he missed the point of the Hitman's success at the time. Hart was a heel on the U.S. side of the border for his bashing of Americans, and a beloved babyface on the Canadian side for saying all those things that we, as a nation, felt. That was the key to Bret's rise at that point, and part of his argument about not dropping the title in Canada.
In Michaels' written world, he is able to justify both the screwjob and his own refusal to drop the title when he famously went into the ring and announced that he had, "lost his smile."
The Shawn Michaels who has written this book, however, has moved on from a lot of those mess-ups and bad decisions of the past. His description of his battles with pain prescriptions is quite harrowing. Then to couple that fight with his second marriage (to former Nitro Girl Rebecca "Whisper" Curci), the birth of their first child and finding religion, it seems a miracle that he came through in shape enough to return to full-time wrestling. (His return gets short shrift, and ends after his WrestleMania 21 battle with Kurt Angle. So no talk about his heel turn to face Hulk Hogan at SummerSlam, which was Michaels' most interesting work since his return.)
His handling of religion, fortunately, never does come off as heavy-handed. Michaels gives an honest explanation (excuse?) as to how he came to this point in his life. Is it preachy? A bit. But not to the level of Ted DiBiase or Nikita Koloff's books (or, from what I've heard, the upcoming Bill Watts book).
Love him or hate him -- and I lean towards the latter -- there is no denying that Michaels has been one of the superstars of professional wrestling for the last two decades. And, in Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story, there's plenty to love, and plenty to hate.


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Feb. 13, 2011
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - It took UC Santa Barbara (5-0) just five innings to defeat Seattle University (0-5) in the final game of the Gaucho Classic I on Sunday at Campus Diamond. The Gauchos posted a 10-0 mercy-rule victory over the Redhawks to keep their 2011 record unblemished.
This marks the first time since 2003 that the program has posted five-straight wins to open the season. The team's current six-game win streak - which dates back to the 2010 season finale at UC Davis - is the longest since UCSB posted eight straight wins (Mar. 26 thru April 6) in 2008, head coach Brie Galicinao's first season at the helm of the program.
Freshman pitcher Andriana Collins (3-0) earned the victory after tossing five scoreless innings. She allowed just three hits and two walks while striking out five of the 21 batters she faced.
At the plate, all but one of the Gauchos tallied a hit and five players had multiple hits. Freshman McKenzie Kane was 3-for-4 with two runs while sophomore Kelly McDonald went 3-for-3 with two RBI, a double and a run scored.
After a scoreless first inning, UCSB exploded for seven runs in the second. Freshman Lauren Boser got the ball rolling with a double hit to deep right center field and McDonald sent her home with a double to deep left field that fell just inside of the foul pole. Junior Allison Taylor followed with an RBI double hit to deep left center field, just over the head of the Seattle left fielder.
Junior Lainey DePompa laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Taylor to third and junior Brooke Putich sent her home with a base hit to right field.
Trailing 3-0 with just one out, Seattle quickly made a pitching change, replacing Jessica Ulrich with Kelli Demianew. The substitution, however, did not halt the Gaucho onslaught.
Putich immediately stole second before Kane hit a blooper just over the Seattle shortstop's head. Freshman Kathryn Pilpil was up next and hit the ball to Demianew. The pitcher overthrew the ball while trying to cut off Putich on her way to third, allowing Pilpil to reach first on the fielder's choice, Kane to advance to second, and Putich to cross home plate.
Senior Jessica Beristianos was next up and her sacrifice fly to left field sent Kane home. Sophomore Keilani Jennings brought Pilpil home with an RBI single to center field and was then batted over to second when Boser posted her second hit of the inning - a single straight up the middle of the field. A second hit from McDonald to shallow left field allowed Jennings to score, giving the Gauchos the 7-0 advantage.
At the bottom of the third, Kane hit a two-out infield single and on the play, Seattle third baseman Hannah Klein overthrew the ball to first. Kane displayed her speed as she quickly made her way to third on the error. Pilpil drove her classmate home with a single that was hit just over the shortstop to stretch the UCSB lead to eight.
During the next inning, Jennings led things off with a hard hit single to shortstop. One out later, McDonald's fly ball to left centerfield landed right in between the Redhawk shortstop, left fielder and center fielder, allowing the sophomore to get on base. An infield single by Taylor loaded the bases before Kendall Gill hit an RBI single to left field. Jennings came home on the play, but Seattle was able to get the second out by beating McDonald on her way to home plate. A single to center field by Putich during the next at-bat drove Taylor home, bringing the Gauchos' tally to 10-0.
UCSB will be back in action next weekend at the San Diego Classic I being hosted by the University of San Diego on Feb. 18-20. The Gauchos are slated to face Howard, Sacramento State, Cal, Northwestern and San Diego at the tournament.

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Kitchen Before & After: A Smart Kitchen Renovation For Under $7000
Tanja and Mark live in a 1,000-square foot condo in Los Angeles, and they've wholeheartedly turned the space into a personal, comfortable home. They haven't been afraid to tackle some pretty major projects, too, including the kitchen. They renovated on a budget with environmentally-friendly choices, like cork floors, and did it all for under $7,000, which is a good deal anywhere, let alone pricey LA. See what the kitchen looks like now:
Tanja and Mark couldn't change most of the structural limitations in their galley kitchen. They couldn't knock down walls or add windows, but they could lighten it up in other ways. They decided to keep the costs light, too, as well as their environmental burden. Tanja explains:
We tried to make the most environmentally friendly choices possible: we kept the existing cabinets, used a renewable and nontoxic cork floor and laid it over the existing tile so we didn't have to scrap those, used wood instead of granite for the counters, Energy Star appliances of course, low-energy halogen bulbs, etc.
We think that this is a good example of a smart kitchen renovation, where instead of knocking the whole thing down and starting from scratch, the owners cherry-picked wise upgrades and updates.
Here's a taste of what Tanja and Mark did in this kitchen:
- Changed the light fixtures
- Repainted the cabinets and changed the cabinet hardware
- Replaced outdated appliances and added a built-in microwave
- Changed the countertop to smooth butcher block
- Got rid of the old mirror backsplash and put in classic subway tile
- Updated all of the electrical outlets and switches
- Swapped in a new, more functional single-bowl sink with a new faucet and sprayer
- Covered up the floor tile with comfortable, environmentally friendly cork
- Added quite a bit of storage (my favorite part!) with a new wine bar and wine refrigeration unit, plus an IKEA buffet outfitted with baskets. This and the other hidden storage they added, says Tanja, "makes the whole kitchen function so much better."
In the end, their little galley kitchen went from boring and drab to lightened-up and fab. "It turned out far better than we could have expected!" says Tanja, and we agree. The extra stretch of countertop over the wine storage unit seems especially inspired to us. And all this for under $7,000, including appliances.
Their favorite element? Their new continuous grate, five-burner gas range. "It gives us room on the stove for so many more pots and pans, which saves counter space and lets us cook more at one time," Tanja says. Their only regret? "I wish we had done it sooner! We spent a whole lot less than I would have guessed, and so it was definitely something we could have tackled right when we moved in, instead of waiting almost two years. I thought I'd want nicer counters, but I actually love the wood, which was the cheapest choice after laminate."
• Wall paint: Sherwin Williams sandbar
• Cabinets: Original to the condo, painted Sherwin Williams high reflective white
• Refrigerator: Samsung counter depth from AJ Madison
• Range: Frigidaire Gallery from AJ Madison
• Microwave: Maytag from AJ Madison
• Dishwasher: Maytag from Home Depot
• Wine fridge: N'Finity from Wine Enthusiast
• Corner cabinet: IKEA Perfekt
• Counters: IKEA Numerar
• Floor: Athena Sorrel Cork from Home Depot
• Faucet: Concord Modern Pulldown Faucet from Overstock.com
• Water filter spigot: Continental from Overstock.com
• Sink: Elkay Signature Plus universal mount 22x25" from Home Depot
• Subway tile: Lowe's
• Cabinet hardware: IKEA Metrik
• Shelves and sideboard: IKEA Lack and Expedit
• Café table set: Winsome Kallie set from Amazon
• Posters: Art Source International in Boulder, Colo.
• Knife holder: Bodum via Amazon
- Read more about the renovation → The big kitchen "after" at Postmodern Hostess
- See more of their home → Tanja & Mark's Contemporary Live/Work Home at Apartment Therapy
This post has been updated. Originally published 7/7/2011.


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The rate of growth in the Irish manufacturing sector improved in February as companies reported strengthening demand and the winning of new clients.
The latest NCB manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index rose to 51.5 last month, up from a reading of 50.3 in January.
Any figure over 50 signals growth in a sector, while a figure under 50 signals contraction.
NCB said that new orders saw a return to growth last month after a marginal reduction in January, its first negative reading in 12 months.
But the stockbrokers noted that the rate of expansion was only slight, while new export orders were little changed after rising slightly in January.
Manufacturers increased their workforces last month as employment returned to growth after a fall in January.
Companies cited expectations for higher production requirements in the coming months for the increase in staffing levels.
However, companies also reported another rise in input costs due to supply shortages. As input costs rose, companies also raised their output costs in February.
NCB noted that this was the fourth time in the past six months that companies have been able to offset input cost pressures with higher output prices.
''With the headline PMI reading pointing to a 12th successive month of growth for the Irish manufacturing sector, and the rate of expansion improving from the nine month low in January, this is a solid outturn,'' commented NCB's chief economist Philip O'Sullivan.


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Cartoon superheroes shone on a high-rise wall as fireworks lit up the beachfront for the New Year's Eve curtain-raiser at Surfers Paradise.
Thousands of revellers took in the 9pm (AEST) show, a precursor to the main event at midnight, which is billed as one of the biggest fireworks displays in Queensland for New Year's celebrations.
Organisers went with a superheroes theme for this year's family party, hoping to encourage children to attend as their favourite superhero and several little Spidermen and Supermen could be seen among the crowd.
Projected images of superheroes such as the Phantom and Batman were displayed on a high-rise building adjacent to the beach as the fireworks display began.
"It's going to be a big year, bring on 2013," Coomera resident Steve Hoffmann, who brought his wife and son to the display, told AAP.
The event was one of several held up and down the Gold Coast while other centres in Queensland also lit up with their family-friendly displays.
The main event at Brisbane's South Bank had to be delayed by 10 minutes due to a helicopter needing the airspace above the Brisbane river to deliver a patient to nearby hospital but after that it was all systems go.
Crowd numbers were reported to be down for the midnight spectacular, with about 65,000 revellers turning up to the riverbank at South Bank to watch laser light shows and fireworks that launch underwater.
"We've been working on a few surprises," Skylighter Fireworks director Max Brunner told Brisbanetimes.com.
"All I can say is that this year will be the biggest display a Brisbane New Year's Eve has ever had."
Public transport was free of charge to revellers in Queensland's southeast until 5.30am (AEST) on New Year's Day.
Cairns also suffered a drop in numbers due to wet weather during the day.
The heavy rain appears to have headed south leaving clear skies at midnight for revellers in Cairns and Townsville, though other centres such as Mackay and Bowen faced a damp start to 2013.
Up to 50,000 people were thought to have attended the Surfers Paradise festivities.
Police praised crowds for their good behaviour and attitude, with no major incidents taking place and just two arrests made at South Bank before midnight.


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Car Widget Pro Goes the Distance - and Beyond
Nov 2, 2012 5:00 AM PT
Car Widget Pro, an app from Alex Gavrishev, is available for US$0.99 at Google Play.
Europe's biggest navigation device maker, TomTom, chopped its full-year revenue forecast this week. The company blamed its weak outlook partly on the economy hurting sales of built-in navigation systems, but also on the proliferation of smartphones. Frankly, I can see why.
For one, it's pretty had to beat the convenience of a smartphone for in-car use. I find myself entering on-phone destinations in the comfort of home before descending into the rather gloomy depths of my garage.
In-dash system users, on the other hand, have to hunt-and-peck alphanumeric keypads sitting in the dark like a bat, or even drive outside for a dose of Vitamin D and a satellite fix before embarking on a trip.
Other pro-phone factors include the rapid advancement of screen resolution, graphics and app development that leaves in-car systems looking archaic -- even on brand new cars. Mercedes-Benz take note.
Volvo's Dymo embossed label-maker, rotary-style input is absolutely bizarre. Studies have shown, in fact, that built-in systems can contribute to vehicle depreciation.
I've written about getting the most GPS performance out of your phone recently. I've also written about how to dash-mount a tablet for a super-efficient experience.
In-Car Smartphone Issues
One issue I've been experiencing, though, has been keeping the stock phone or tablet screen illuminated for the duration of the trip.
Stock Android doesn't allow for a greater than 30-minute screen timeout. Another niggle has been having to adjust media audio levels to suit the entertainment system.
Car Widget - the Free Version
Developer Alex Gavrishev's free, widget-oriented app lets you assign home screens specifically to be used in the car, and it lets you create large, easy-to-punch buttons for six shortcuts per screen. The buttons render well at tablet-strength high resolutions, unlike other car apps I've tried.
One area where Gavrishev's widget app differs from other in-car control apps is that it can still browse to other home screens on your device. All of the others I've tried force you into using only their screen once you've set the phone to car mode, which I think is restrictive.
After successfully playing with the Car Widget free version, I decided to check out the pro version, at $0.99 in the Google Play store.
Car Widget - The Paid Version
The paid version of Car Widget brings clever in-car detection and settings not available in the no-charge version, rounding out Car Widget's simple but strong features.
If the ability to disable screen-timeout weren't bargain enough, this 99-cent app also lets you create detection routines for in-car mode. So you can set the smartphone to enter in-car mode and keep screen illuminated, for example, when a headset is connected.
The first thing I do when I get in the car is insert the accessory cable leading from the stereo into the phone's 3.5-mm headset jack. With Car Widget Pro, that action also switches the phone into in-car mode, which in turn automatically toggles the screen timeout to none, and sets the media audio output to my preferred level.
That's it -- but that's all I want. I then can swipe to unlock the screen and stab at the shortcuts to music, directions, maps, podcasts and so on. For the duration of the trip, I can safely glance at an illuminated map, or album sleeve without swiping the screen. Plus, I haven't had to adjust the volume knob. Well done, Alex Gavrishev.
Other clever, well-thought-out detection settings include functions like turning in-car mode on when a certain Bluetooth device connects. Less usable is turning in-car mode on when power is connected to the device.
Other action-oriented features, along with screen and volume, include auto-answer, and route all calls to speaker.
In Conclusion
I'm hard pressed to think of many other utility-style apps that have gone so far to solve such a simple problem.
Swiftkey's thumb-typing for tablets logic -- where the QWERTY keyboard is split into left and right thumbable sections, with less-used numbers down the middle -- makes tablet typing highly functional and comes close to Car Widget Pro's brilliance.


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Two residents face embezzlement charges
An 'unusual' number of embezzlements of public money recently, DA says
A Crowley Lake woman and a Bridgeport woman recently faced the courts after accusations that they embezzled money.
Debra Ray, 53, of Crowley Lake, was arrested on Friday, April 19, on suspicion of embezzling $29,000 from a Crowley Lake water district.
Ray pleaded not guilty Monday and was released after her arraignment where her $50,000 bail was reduced to $10,000, according to the Mono County District Attorney's office.
This same week, another woman, from Bridgeport, Roxanne Foley, 52, was arraigned in federal court for embezzling about $320,000 between October 2011 and March 2012 from the Eastern Sierra Community Bank, where she was employed as a manager, according to a Department of Justice press release dated April 24.
Mono County District Attorney Tim Kendall commented on the seemingly large number of recent embezzlements of public money—Ray, the Rossy's from Inyo County who were recently arrested on suspicion of embezzling about $150 million from the county's health and human services, and last year, a Bridgeport woman, Cheryl Goode, who was arrested for embezzling $5,000 from the local water district she served on.
"The number of embezzlements is not unusual," he said. "However, the number of embezzlements in the last two years from public entities is, at least locally."
Private money embezzlement is another matter, he said.
"Speaking for Mono County, businesses incur embezzlements all the time and we routinely prosecute those cases every year," Kendall said.
"I am confident that this is not unique to Mono or Inyo counties. They occur statewide and in every state. These embezzlements range from small amounts to hundreds of thousands."
Both Ray and Foley are presumed innocent until found guilty, both the Justice Department email and Kendall noted.
Here are the details of both cases, beginning with Ray, according to two separate press releases:
"Debra Ray was arraigned in the Mono County Superior Court on Monday, April 22, a 22-count complaint alleging the theft of public monies," said Kendall.
Ray was under investigation for some time, according to the district attorney's office.
"In late 2011, the current board members for the Crowley Lake Mutual Water Company reported a suspected embezzlement of public funds by Ray, who served as a water company board member from approximately 1998 to the middle of 2011," the district attorney's office news release stated.
"Ray was serving as president and treasurer during the 2010-11 year before being voted off the board in the 2011 general membership election.
"During her tenure with the water board she also served for many years as the treasurer before taking over as both president and treasurer.
"Ray has been charged in a 22-count complaint alleging that she embezzled approximately $29,000 in public monies from the water company starting in 2008 and ending in 2011 when she left the board.
"During this period, Ray was drafting checks made payable to herself and her husband for work not performed and reimbursing herself for expenses that the water company had already paid to her."
Foley, the former Bridgeport bank manager, faced a federal grand jury on April 18, according to an April 24 Justice Department press release.
"On April 18, 2013, a federal grand jury returned an indictment, charging Roxanne Foley, 52, Bridgeport, with theft and embezzlement by a bank employee," the justice department news release stated.
"According to the indictment and statements made in court, between October 2011 and March 20, 2012, Foley embezzled approximately $320,000 from the Eastern Sierra Community Bank where she was employed as a manager.
"Foley was released April 24 on a $50,000 bond. She is scheduled to appear before United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on May 29 for a status conference," the news release stated.
"If convicted, Foley faces a maximum statutory penalty of 30 years in prison, a $1 million fine, and a five-year term of supervised release. The charges are only allegations; the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
"This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Mono County Sheriff's Department. Assistant United States Attorney Kyle Reardon is prosecuting the case."


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Downtown Express photos by Jefferson Siegel
Above: A man who claimed he was not part of the Critical Mass ride is issued a ticket for riding a bike without a headlight at 18th St. and Park Ave. S. Below: a woman is stopped and issued a ticket for riding without a headlight, while the food deliveryman on the bike behind her, with no headlight, was allowed to proceed without being issued a ticket.
Police initiative targets bicycle headlights
By Jefferson Siegel
Participating in last Friday's Critical Mass wasn't a bright idea if your bicycle didn't have a headlight, as police collared anyone riding solely by the glow cast by streetlights.
Several hundred cyclists, including several small children in child seats, gathered in Union Square in the dusk on Sept. 29 for the monthly ride.
One person watching in amazement was rider Renata Falzoni. Falzoni, who produces and hosts an outdoor show for ESPN/Brazil, was filming the evening for a segment of her show. She has participated in Critical Mass rides in her hometown of Sao Paulo, although she says they are much smaller, usually with only 40 to 50 riders.
"When you meet, making an effort for political rides of bikes, you get very few people in my town, unfortunately," she lamented as she watched the sizeable crowd of bicyclists leave Union Square. "Everything is for cars" in Brazil, she added, "including respect."
The ride, which usually kicks off around 7 p.m., has started later the past few months as police have tried to stop the procession just outside the park's boundaries. In July, several riders were stopped right outside the north plaza. On the August ride, their progress was stopped a block away at Fifth Ave.
There was a palpable hesitancy last Friday night, and the ride didn't start until just before 8 p.m. Several cyclists began pedaling south on Park Ave. S., only to be called back by other anxious riders and told of the crane collapse earlier on nearby Third Ave. and 13th St. The area had been closed to traffic and several cyclists voiced concern about proceeding into the area.
Instead, the ride turned up Park Ave. S. One block north, at 18th St., about 20 cyclists at the front of the ride just beat a line of motor-scooter police, who rode across 18th St., blocking the rest of the ride. Orders were given to stop any cyclists riding without a headlight. Immediately, 10 cyclists were stopped. As officers wrote out tickets, several advised the riders that the ticket was equivalent to one issued to a car with a broken headlight or taillight. Cyclists were told if they added a headlight to their bikes within 24 hours, they could apply to have the ticket dismissed.
Meanwhile, those at the back of the Mass saw the blockade and diverted to riding west on 17th St. A dozen were stopped at Broadway. Police sorted out the group, eventually telling those with headlights they could proceed while writing tickets to those without headlights.
Parsons student Robin Hastings stood by her bike as she waited to be issued a ticket.
"I got off the bike," she recounted, "and started walking it onto the sidewalk to get out of traffic." Nevertheless, Hastings was cited for riding without a headlight.
As is often the case, the ride splintered into several smaller groups that took different routes. Many concluded the ride at an after-party at the McCarren Park Pool in Williamsburg.
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By Peggy Aulisio
By Peggy Aulisio
FAIRHAVEN — Rogers School Principal Wendy Williams says she will bring its culture of a close-knit community to her new position as principal of East Fairhaven School next fall.
Superintendent Robert N. Baldwin announced last week that Mrs. Williams will become principal at East Fairhaven School.
She will take over following the retirement of Principal Geraldine Lucas at the end of the school year.
The move is coming at a time when Rogers School is being closed. Its students and staff will be moving to the new Wood Elementary School next fall under Principal Amy Hartley-Matteson.
Mrs. Williams was principal at Oxford School from 2004 to 2007. She closed Oxford in June 2007 and became principal at Rogers in July that same year. Now she will be closing Rogers.
"I closed Oxford. My husband calls me 'The Closer,'" she said in her office at Rogers School Monday.
Mrs. Williams began teaching in the district in 1997 as a fifth grade teacher at the old East Fairhaven School before the new school was built, so she's used to musical chairs.
She said she will be "going home" by becoming principal there, albeit in the new building.
Rogers School has no bus transportation so families either walk their children there or drive them. Even on a snowy day, families can be seen arriving or picking up their children by foot, not in a motor vehicle.
Mrs. Williams said she can't take that 'walk to school' culture with her to East Fairhaven School, but she can try to keep the close-knit feeling among students, families and staff.
"One thing you get to feel here is that everyone knows everyone," she said of Rogers. Every student knows every student and every family knows every family. That's something I want to bring to the new school."
As for leaving Rogers behind, she said, "It's bittersweet."
That's because the staff of Rogers will be going to Wood School.
"It's going to be hard because I've been here six years now and I know everyone. the staff, I know every family."
On the other hand, she said, "I know that I'm sending them to a great school with a great leader (in Mrs. Hartley-Matteson).
She added, "On the flip side of that, I'm going home. It's where I spent the majority of my time in the District."
And, she added, "Chances are I'm not going to be closing that one." So she won't be 'The Closer' ever again?
"I'm hoping to break out of that nickname, 'The Closer,'" she said. If I does for some reason end up closing East Fairhaven School, she said, "It's a good thing because it means I've been in the District a long time and I hope I can make some lasting impact there."


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My question is, does this step seperate the antibody from chromatin? In another word, is the antibody still bound with chromatin in the supernatant or it is discarded with the beads?
I'm planning to do a pilot experiment for re-ChIP. Unfortunately two antibodies are both anti-mouse. In this case it is necessary to make sure no remaining 1st antibody after the 1st round elution. Not sure this will work. Anyone has any suggestions?
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Rivalry debate is dominating pre game talk for Saturday night's matchup between the 14th-ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame and the 17th-ranked Michigan Wolverines.
Earlier this year Notre Dame left the dissolving Big East conference to join the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports besides football. Notre Dame is and wishes to remain independent from any conference for football likely due to their television rights contract with NBC. The contract makes Notre Dame the only team whose games are guaranteed to be broadcasted nationally every week and the school naturally sees big money because of this.
Although independent, Irish football still had major rescheduling to do for the school to join the ACC. Notre Dame had to make some tough choices during scheduling to accommodate ACC regulations and unfortunately a once bitter rivalry with Michigan may fall victim to the cuts. Notre Dame will be playing 5 ACC teams starting in 2014 and chose to keep matchups with Southern California, Navy, and Stanford over the Michigan Wolverines.
Talk of the abandoned rivalry heated up earlier this year when Michigan head coach Brady Hoke accused Notre Dame of "chickening out," of the matchup.
Kelly may have fired a shot back this past Sunday when he explained he didn't consider the Michigan game to be one of Notre Dame's most historic and traditional rivalry games. According to the Chicago Tribune Kelly has since backtracked a bit, opening up a Tuesday press conference saying, "It's a great and historic rivalry that we'll be playing this Saturday, so let's get that out of the way right away so we don't have to answer any more questions about this rivalry."
Kelly then added, "We're excited about the game, excited about playing it. This will be decided by the players on the field and the preparation that goes along with it so we can stick to that and dispense with the nonsense."
Regardless of how you look at the matchup, the game will help validify one teams place in the national championship chase. The matchup will be a good look into the potential of the Fighting Irish this year. Michigan's massive stadium will give the Irish a look into the noise and hostility to expect if their going to make any run towards a national championship.
Notre Dame should be able to secure the victory despite running out of luck the last time the two schools squared off in Michigan.
Quarterback Tommy Rees will hope to ride the momentum from his impressive opening week performance and get the job done in Michigan.
Rees has experience playing and doing well in Michigan but fell just short of a win in 2011. He started in Ann Arbor and threw for over 300-yards before Notre Dame fell apart in the fourth quarter and lost a big lead. Rees' experience will help him and the rest of the team as they prepare to play at a high level on Saturday and finish the game.
Rees will have help from what seems to be a strong receiving core this year led by senior captain TJ Jones. Notre Dame's defensive line will have to come up big, bring mismatches and secure the line of scrimmage for the Irish.
Michigan will look to get a lot out of quarterback Devin Gardner whose talent and skill set creates more flexibility in the wolverine offense.
As of now, this game will be the end of the rivalry for at least a few years so you can expect both teams to come out and accept nothing but a win, making for what should be a great game.


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There are plenty of strategies for picking stock winners, from finding low P/E stocks to seeking companies selling at a discount to their future cash flows. But what if we could whittle down our list of prospects beforehand, to find those whose engines are just getting warmed up?
Using our investor intelligence database at Motley Fool CAPS, I screened for stocks that were marked up by investors before their share prices rose over the past three months. My screen returned just 49 stocks when I ran it, no doubt reflecting the market's turmoil during that time, and included these recent winners:
CAPS Rating March 7, 2012
CAPS Rating July 6, 2012
Trailing-13-Week Performance
|Exterran Holdings
|Keryx Biopharmaceuticals
Source: Motley Fool CAPS Screener; trailing performance from June 1 to Aug. 31.
While this screen might tell us which stocks we should have looked at three months ago, we'd rather find the stocks that we ought to be looking at today. I went back to the screener and looked for stocks that were just bumped up to three stars or better, sport valuations lower than the market's average, and haven't appreciated by more than 10% in the past month.
Of the 45 stocks the screen returned, here are three that are still attractively priced, but which investors think are ready to run today:
CAPS Rating July 5, 2012
CAPS Rating Oct. 5, 2012
Trailing-4-Week Performance
P/E Ratio
Smith & Wesson Holding
Source: Motley Fool CAPS Screener; trailing performance from Aug. 3 to Aug. 31.
You can run your own version of this screen over on CAPS; just remember that the data's dynamically updated in real time, so your results may vary. That said, let's examine why investors might think these companies will go on to beat the market.
Unemployment might have miraculously tumbled to 7.8% in an October surprise, but this was largely due to a surge in part-time jobs for economic reasons, meaning people can't find full-time work, the economy's still a mess, or demand is low -- or all of the above. Such conditions mean companies that cater to the unemployed or underemployed like Rent-A-Center and Aaron's ought to thrive. With their target demographic having annual incomes between $15,000 and $50,000 and generally lacking access to credit, there's a large market opportunity for the rent-to-own industry to grow.
Wall Street is certainly bullish on the prospects, as all 10 analysts weighing in on Rent-A-Center and tracked by CAPS think it will beat the market indexes, but you can tell me in the comments box below whether you think the economy's improving enough that the rent-to-own industry will ultimately see demand slacken.
Smith & Wesson Holding
It was pretty much those same economic conditions that had gun maker Smith & Wesson Holding setting its sights on higher earnings growth expectations. From the poor economy to fear of rising crime, from the need for security to a desire to beat potential new restrictive gun-control initiatives, FBI background checks for gun purchase permits are soaring to new highs and both S&W and Sturm, Ruger
The CAPS community has cited all the above reasons in rating Smith & Wesson to beat Wall Street, but some analysts think maybe the gun trade has peaked. I'm not so sure, at least not near-term, so I've rated Smith & Wesson to outperform, but you can tell me below whether you think the gunslingers will continue shooting out the lights.
Considering the Internet business model has proven especially resilient in trouncing the bricks-and-mortar version these days, I'll admit to a certain level of surprise that Stamps.com hasn't been more successful in taking away more business from the U.S. Postal Service. Maybe it's the ubiquity of the local post office or the government's own online initiatives, but though the e-stamp leader has seen certain aspects of its business grow (its core business-facing PC postage division revenues were up 18% last quarter), the overall trends haven't been as robust as you might imagine.
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A mother has been left inconsolable after heartless yobs stole floral tributes from her soldier son's grave.
Pauline Briggs was devastated when she discovered flowers and a wooden cross were missing from the final resting place of her son, Lee Kirk, at Shirebrook Cemetery.
The flower holder had also been trampled on and pieces of pot were scattered around the grave.
The 56-year-old, of Rosling Way, Arkwright Town, said: "The people who did this don't know what they've done to me.
"I've still not got over Lee's death so I've been left heartbroken after this.
"Why would anyone do this to a grave? Why?"
Lee, who grew up in Shirebrook, joined the Army aged 17. He was based with the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment – now the Mercian Regiment – and served in Northern Ireland.
Lee left the Army six years later and sadly died aged 23 after climbing an electricity pylon in 1997. It is believed he committed suicide as he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mrs Briggs said: "He was a lovely, popular lad and I miss him every day. When he died, a candle went out inside me and I can't light it again."
Mrs Briggs discovered the theft last Wednesday.
PC Adam Galley, of Derbyshire police, who is probing the crime, said: "This offence has caused great distress to Lee's mother. It's unlikely that the person who did this realised how much harm they were doing but there is no excuse for petty crime of this nature. I would urge anyone who knows anything about this offence to contact me on 101, quoting incident number 17124/14. Alternatively, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."


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so I was doing some Naruto research/analyzing because I'm lame and have no life (lol) and I have a few questions and thoughts about some stuff. Help in clearing some of it up would be much appreciated (.n_n.)
1. First off I'm really confused on how Nagato (pain) has the Rinnegan if he's a descendant of the Uzumaki clan, which in turn are the blood relatives of the Senju. I thought the Uchiha inherited the "eyes" of the Sage of Six Paths? So why does a Senju member have the Rinnegan? (sorry if I sound stupid I may have missed something, which I often do).
2. I'm also a little confused about the Kyubi's chakra. When Minato used the dead demon seal, he said he sealed away the Yin part of the fox's chakra away and then put the other half inside Naruto. So how come when Naruto was training with Killer B he had to seperate the fox's chakra into 2 again and only suck out the good portion of it? I thought it had already been cut in half, does it just like keep getting cut in half? And the half Naruto absorbs to turn into that golden flash mode, can that also be cut into 2 parts? I'm so confused :l and since Minato already sealed away part of the kyubi's chakra, can Madara's moon eye plan even work now? Lololol I DONT KNOW.
3. Last question I promise! Um this one's about Naruto's golden Kyubi mode. So if you're only watching the anime you haven't gotten this far so this might be a spoiler.
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Okay so when Naruto turns into gold foxy mode, are the markings on his body an illusion to the sage of six paths? I'm pretty sure it is and with this talk about Naruto being the next savior, is Kishi hinting at us that Naruto is going to be the next sage of six paths? (that would be so badass btw). When B uses his tailed beast he doesn't get any markings or anything so obviously Naruto and the kyubi are special. Also from what we've seen in regards to the sage of six paths' appearance, he has spiky hair and two horn-like things on his forehead. (Naruto has spiky hair and when he's in gold fox form his "fox ears" look just like those horns).
Thanks for reading :3
If you read the manga, it will tell u, your aswer to the 1st question.
2. I know what your getting at. but I'm still at an loss at explaining it myself. Cause 4th sealed the Kyuubi, yet seperate yin from yang, but the key was to the full 'power of the kyuubi'. but ya, It does seem like it being put into 4 different pieces xD
Ya, You could say that Naruto was 'born' to be the next Sage in life
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I'm up to date on the manga but the whole Pain thing was a lot of info to take in so I guess I just missed it. Do you know around which chapters it explains my first question?
Nagato in theory was giving the Chakra element to awaken the Rinnagan by Madara similiar to what Itachi did for Naruto, hence why I speculated that Naruto will eventually awaken the Rinnagan, but till it's proven we can't say for sure, it's all in my theory to the clues that Kishi is going to give Naruto the rinnagan. the appearance of the Chakra control state appearing like the Sage is to farther prove that the Uzumaki are related to the Sage of the Six Paths, but to farther answer your question it's not proven in any where in the story yet
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yea naruto will get the rennagaan but it will probly awaken wen he fights suskae cuz all the uzimakis hve the chakra to awaken ta rennagan i think i dunno all i know is pain is the only 1 eit ta rennagan rite now but its still early in the season
i was wondering why naruto doesnt get the whole red bubbly stuff around him when he goes into 9 tails mode
the seal appears black while in Naruto 9 tailed mode, it's completely noticible on center mass of his body
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Ha! I've only seen naruto in 9tails chakra mode 1nce on wiki so i wouldnt no but i never noticed th resemblence if he did awakan th rinnengan tat would b so cwl! but i dont want him 2 hav those eyes cause his eyes r so cwl,(if he could make his eyes change like sasuke can with sharingan tat'd b alright
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Madara (well, Tobi actually) gave Nagato the rinnegan when he was still a newborn and all he had to do was awaken the powers it contained.
The scroll that was the 'key' Jiraiya had was actually the other half of the Kyuubi's chakra that was separated from his body when he was sealed inside Naruto. When Naruto used it, he released the rest of the chakra from the seal and gained it, giving him the full chakra of the Kyuubi.
When Naruto is in his 'inner world' fighting the Kyuubi, he actually separates the body and most of the chakra from Kurama (the Kyuubi's actual name) and seals away his body. The chakra hasn't been split into 4, Naruto has full control over all of it.
This has been my understanding of it anyways, hope it helps.
In answer to question 1- Nagato does awaken the rinnengan however that is only possible because tobi/madara gave him the rinnengan in the 1st place.
Question 2- Naruto was not trying to seperate chakra he was infact seperating the chakra from the Kyuubi's will that is why he had to do the waterfall training....... He had to conquer his hatered hence he is trying to tame the Kyuubi's chakra but blocking out the Kyuubi's hatred.
Question 3- I think you have the right assumption as I think he is the rebirth of the sot6p
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SACRAMENTO, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Pittsburgh Penguins owner Ron Burkle and investor Mark Mastrov have emerged as possible buyers of the Sacramento Kings, sources told the Sacramento Bee Tuesday.
Burkle and Mastrov, founder of 24 Hour Fitness, would keep the Kings in Sacramento and work with city officials on a plan to finance a new downtown arena, the newspaper said.
Burkle and Mastrov emerged as potential 11th-hour saviors for Sacramento, which stands to lose its NBA team to Seattle unless a counteroffer sways the Maloof family, the current owners of the Kings.
Sources told the Bee Burkle and Mastrov were seen as a deep-pocketed "dream team" by city officials, who have been scrambling in recent months to cobble together a plan to build a sports arena that would keep the Kings in town.
The Bee's source said Burkle and Mastrov consider Sacramento to be a stronger market than Seattle due to the size of the television market and proximity of corporate entities and California elected officials.


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Perhaps one of the most infamous and bizarre attractions inside Greensburg's Fairview Cemetery is what locals have come to call "The baby in the glass." The above ground baby mausoleum has fueled speculation for years about its unknown history and unusual characteristics.
Perhaps one of the most infamous and bizarre attractions inside Greensburg's Fairview Cemetery is what locals have come to call "The baby in the glass." The above ground baby mausoleum has fueled speculation for years about its unknown history and unusual characteristics.
While many wonder about the motivation or possible purpose of the memorial, there is no questioning that it is a marker for a baby who passed away on the same day as her birth.
The headstone is a glass fronted cave measuring about one and a half feet tall and is located in the old section of the local cemetery.
Some say the child was born to a family who was passing though Greensburg.
Others say they remember the family and that they owned a large black sedan that would burp plumes of ebony smoke.
Former cemetery sexton Ed Schoenberger said that when he discovered the headstone around 1989. He said the front glass had been broken and that there were shards strewn across the cemetery lawn.
Schoenberger didn't say if someone had broken into it, or if something had broken out of it. He did dismiss the notion that the child had been buried above ground inside of the glass and stone enclosure but said it was filled with strange wires. But one could wonder about the make-up of a man that so enjoys the company of the deceased he would make it his occupation.
Schoenberger said he spent hours piecing together the broken glass to decipher the writing, which revealed the father's name and the date of the baby's birth and death.
The front glass identified it as the grave of the "Daughter of F.L. Scott." The birthday and day of death are both listed as July 26, 1925 though local papers never reported on the passing of the baby girl.
Interestingly the information, which revealed the name of the father and the date of death, were painted on backwards… from the inside of the tomb.
In order to save our county historians from injury due to excessive finger wagging I wanted to issue this brief disclaimer.
Readers should not take the stories in this week's "Kiowa County's Spookiest" special section as definitive truths. Many of the stories have been embellished and exaggerated to create a more macabre and entertaining read. They are historical fiction stories that mix actual facts, rumors and legends with a pinch of seasonal hyperbole.
As a writer I work extremely hard to limit weekly news items to reputable facts and quotation, but these types of stories let me flex my fiction muscles and have some fun.
I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.
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I have been using exchange for myself for ages (one user), and I now have an VA.
I have created the user account, they can send and receive emails, but I need help with configuration of:
1) Shared email folders - that allow my me to drop emails in that my VA needs to look at (I don't want to have to forward emails to her) OR allow my VA to access only a sub-folder in my inbox.
2) Shared contacts etc. - my VA needs to access my contact list, and be able to make appointments for my contacts with me.
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I am the admin on my account, and can access the admin centers.
I want to do a screen share with me as you do this so I can learn how you are doing it.
We will do the work through zoom (I'll send you a link), so it's preferable if you're in / can work in a USA timezone.
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This should be less than a 15 minute job for the person who knows what they are doing.
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Fragile (UK - DVD R2)
Reviewer Scott McKenzie finds out if Ally McBeal can cut it as a scream queen...
Calista Flockhart plays Amy Nicholls, a nurse who is called in to cover the night shift at a hospital on the Isle of Wight that is closing down. The only patients are a handful of children, including a young girl called Maggie, who forms a bond with Amy and tells her of a 'mechanical girl' who lives on the derelict second floor. Is she saying that the hospital is haunted, and what happened to the nurse who worked the night shift before Amy?
Recognise the setup? That's right—a spooky girl haunts a bunch of people who the powers-that-be don't believe. What's surprising is that Fragile wasn't made in Korea or Japan and isn't being released by Tartan like the mountain of spooky girl movies we've checked out recently. In actual fact, it was filmed in Spain and the UK by Spanish filmmakers and while their nationality is irrelevant to whether they can deliver a decent movie, I found myself enjoying Fragile more than I thought I would.
Fragile feels a little different when compared with recent horror movies because there's no big twist. Rather than turning the whole film on its head at the climax and forcing the viewer to question what they've seen all the way through, we get a run-of-the-mill plot with a twist that won't make you jump out of your seat in shock. This lack of flair permeates throughout the whole production with production design, sound and camera work that you would expect from a haunted hospital movie. About half way through I began to realise that I could appreciate the film more if I thought of it as a TV movie rather than a production that I might want to watch on the big screen.
So can Ally McBeal cut it as a scream queen? Well, she's not bad here. She has to carry a lot of the early scenes on her own as she walks around the hospital, checking for the sources of the creaks and moans. Her character has a past that means she's tightly coiled and ready to snap at any time and she carries it off pretty well. Her performance is as convincing as any I would expect from a highly-paid TV actor, but I can't imagine it will set her on her way to headlining big budget horror movies.
There appears to be a common theme here—that there's not a great deal in Fragile that sets it apart from any other scary movie out there, but there's also nothing that would force me to warn you against watching it. However, there is one scene that is definitely worthy of your time. When Amy finds out the fate of the nurse whose job she has taken over, she delivers the news to one of her colleagues at the same time as the children in the hospital are watching an animated movie. The scene is well-written, comparing the film the children are watching with the feelings of the characters in the background whose lines are delivered in silence.
I wasn't expecting big things from Fragile but I hoped it might offer something where the other spooky young girl movies I've reviewed over recent months have failed. Fragile succeeds in not having ideas above its station. This is a straight-to-DVD movie, and has even premiered on TV in some countries, which delivers on the expectations set by the DVD cover. It's a fairly spooky movie with a bit of a twist that is worth a look if you're stuck for a movie to pass the time.
Fragile is presented with a 2.35:1 anamorphic picture. This surprised me because I expected a movie that has been sold for TV and directly to DVD to be cropped to 16:9. While the visuals are not exactly epic in scope, the wider picture is welcome. Having a damsel in distress sneaking around a haunted hospital means low lighting and large areas of black and dark colours, with some scenes having a Matrix-esque green tint. The picture doesn't show excessive signs of compression or any other artefacts that may get in the way of an enjoyable viewing experience.
The disc comes with just one audio track, Dolby Digital 5.1. A movie that depends on spooky noises to move the story along needs a decent soundtrack and here it does its job. Footsteps and voices echo through the surround speakers to set the tone and the only complaint I have is that I thought the music was a little too loud compared with the dialogue. As with the video quality, there's nothing here that will make you want to show off your entertainment system with this disc but there are no obvious problems either.
The disc prompts you to watch trailers for The Lives of Others, See No Evil, Right At Your Door and 11:14, but it is possible to skip past them. The only other extra is a 'Making of' featurette that clocks in at a woefully short seven minutes and devotes more screen time to clips of the movie itself rather than interviews with the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage.
Slightly above average is the best way I can describe Fragile. When viewed as a TV movie with decent production values, it offers a less squirm-inducing alternative to the 'torture porn' being peddled by Hollywood at the moment. I can't imagine many people would want to watch it more than once and the DVD extras don't offer anything to come back to so my recommendation is to give it a rent. With your expectations set at the appropriate level, it's worth a go.
Review by Scott McKenzie
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 2nd July 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Making of Featurette, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Jaume Balagueró
Cast: Calista Flockhart, Richard Roxburgh, Elena Anaya, Gemma Jones, Colin McFarlane
Genre: Drama and Horror
Length: 93 minutes
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — Between the high-rises in the dark center of this megacity, a swarm of people covers an entire block. They are in constant, aimless motion, glazed eyes and dirty faces illuminated repeatedly by small flashes of fire.
This is cracolandia, or crack land, and the horde is one of many moving settlements of homeless drug addicts that dominate this part of town. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, live here, sleeping and sometimes dying on the streets as other Paulistanos, residents of the fast-moving and gritty city, step past and over them on the way to work or Christmas shopping.
The men beg, hustle or recycle trash, while many of the women sell their bodies. Some shelters are available, but many of the addicts prefer not to go. Police might claim a nearby corner, then stand by and watch without making arrests.
"I had always heard about cracolandia, that you could always get high there, you could live your life and get whatever you wanted," says Tiago Bussulom Moraes, 23, who gave up on treating his addiction two years ago and took a bus here from his nearby hometown of Campinas.


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Liberty News
Flames notch big win over Ball State
The Liberty Flames went on the road this past Saturday and pulled off a huge upset of a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) team. The Flames used a late touchdown by Mike Brown and numerous key defensive stands to upend Ball State of the Mid-American Conference, 27-23, in Muncie, Ind.
Liberty is now 2-0 for the year. The victory marked the program's second victory over an FBS team. The first win was in 1989 against another MAC opponent, Eastern Michigan, in Ypsilanti, Mich.
Following Saturday's win, Liberty waived Saturday night's curfew to allow students to go to the Lynchburg Regional Airport at 1:30 a.m. to greet the team.
Liberty is now ranked in the top 15 in the nation in two Football Championship Subdivision polls. Next up for the Flames is a matchup against Robert Morris in Pennsylvania. The Flames travel to Harrisonburg, Va., on Sept. 25 to face James Madison University, a team that pulled off a huge upset of Virginia Tech on Sept. 11.
The team returns home to open the renovated Williams Stadium on Oct. 2 to take on Savannah State.
For more information on the Liberty Flames football team, visit www.libertyflames.com.


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