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The SoFA district in San Jose is a thriving arts district, but two decades ago it was the heart of a memorable club scene.
The regulars — and some irregulars — who frequented places such as F/X, the Cactus Club and Ajax got together Friday night at Brix on South First Street for a fifth annual reunion of those wild days of the late 1980s and early '90s.
For those who don't remember or weren't there, F/X was the hot concert venue in downtown San Jose's nascent South of First Area. They Might Be Giants played the club's opening in 1989, and No Doubt performed there twice before it closed Halloween night in 1995.
Of course, everyone who went to those clubs is in their 40s and 50s now, so things were a little more respectable. But it was still a great night, with deejays Rick Preston, King Raffi and Harry Who, among others, helping everyone relive their youth.
Former F/X owner Fil Maresca, who has organized the party through Facebook since 2008, remembered those days as a special time. "All the money was getting spent north of San Carlos Street," he said. "We didn't mind that. We were doing our own thing."
FLOCK OF RUNNERS: Everyone who took part in the eighth annual Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot can pat themselves on the back for helping to make it the biggest such race in the country. Race Results Weekly did a survey of Thanksgiving Day races and found that San Jose had the most finishers of any, with 20,159.
Among that group was City Councilman Sam Liccardo, but just barely. He rolled his ankle during the race. But he managed to hobble his way across the finish line and showed up at the Christmas in the Park tree-lighting ceremony Friday on crutches.
SEEKING TALENT: The Palo Alto Philharmonic Association is sponsoring a Concerto Movement Competition open to Bay Area students 18 or younger who are vocalists or instrumentalists. Finalists will perform before judges Feb. 23, and as many as seven winners will be selected to appear in concert with the Palo Alto Philharmonic Orchestra on May 12 at Cubberley Theatre.
Applications, a demo CD and a nonrefundable fee of $25 must be postmarked by Dec. 31. For more information, call the Palo Alto Philharmonic at 408-395-2911 or go to www.paphil.org.
Contact Sal Pizarro at email@example.com or 408-627-0940. Follow him at Twitter.com/spizarro.


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Melges 24 2013 Sperry Top-Sider Seattle NOOD Regatta Registration
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Mark your calendars for the highly anticipated and always well attended Sperry Top-Sider Seattle NOOD Regatta happening May 17-19, 2013!
Entries can be submitted online at Sailing World or Yacht Scoring.
The entry deadline is May 6, 2013.
Late entries will be subject to a late fee of $50 if received or paid after May 10, 2013 at 5PM EST.
The Melges team has several events planned for the weekend including a rigging party on Thursday followed by an awesome speed clinic lead by Melges USA's very own Matt Pistay. On Friday the party continues with a BBQ dinner at the Q loft post racing.
Register today to reserve your spot to sail with the Melges 24 fleet!

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My first card uses the Pinwheel die with a Hero Arts+Basic Grey sentiment from Happy Holidays and papers from Echo Park's For the Record Collection. For the pinwheel, I chose a double-sided paper that had the traditional Christmas colours since both sides will always show when using the Pinwheel die. I folded the flaps down in the reverse direction from THIS CARD I made using the same die. Then I used a scoring tool to neatly flatten each blade or, in this case, petal to create a poinsettia. I stitched along the outer edge of each petal and adhered them to each other.
After I finished die cutting the blades, I was left with the negative from the curves of the Pinwheel die and the pattern looked so beautiful to me. Normally, I throw away all my scraps. I know, some of you are gasping in horror. ;) This time I couldn't bear to dispose of it. That's when the lightbulb went on inside my head. I could use it as an overlay! But how? I looked through some of my new stamps and I thought it would be perfect to use it as a Swiss cheese house for this little mouse from the Paper Smooches set called Santa Paws. Don't you love how it looks like he's watching the snow fall through the windows?
As soon as I saw the sentiment, I knew it would look great with the Sentiment Flags die and stamp set. The post that comes with the stamp set is awesome and goes with pretty much everything. I just wished that I had stamped it a little better on this card.
I hope you enjoyed today's installment of Lil' Inker Designs inspiration! Do you own any of the die and stamp sets? I'd love to see what you've made. Just leave a comment with your link and I'll drop by to have a look.
We started packing this weekend! Every day, my son thinks it's moving day tomorrow. He even packed up some of his toys in a mock moving box and taped it shut. Poor little guy. Not yet, honey, not yet. We still have 12 days to go. All I can do is blame the Berenstain Bears who apparently packed in one day. :Þ I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Sources for Happy Holidays: Gina K Designs pure luxury black cardstock; Echo Park For the Record Collection; Hero Arts+Basic Grey Happy Holidays; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Lil' Inker Designs Pinwheel die; QuicKutz Epic Six; Gutermann ivory thread; sewing machine; Basic Grey button; The Twinery baker's twine in Charcoal
Sources for Happy Christmouse: Gina K Designs 120lb pure luxury white cardstock; Echo Park For the Record Collection; Paper Smooches Santa Paws; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Lil' Inker Designs Pinwheel die & Sentiment Flags die and stamp set; QuicKutz Epic Six; Stampin' Dimensionals


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NCAA Game Night: 10-13-12
Colgate Raiders 1 @ No. 9 Miami RedHawks 5
F Jimmy Mullin, MIA: 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM, 5 SOG
Season totals: 2 GP, 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM
Miami easily handled the Raiders on Saturday, one night after shutting them out, 3-0. Jimmy Mullin hit the scoresheet for the first time this year with a third period assist.
Robert Morris Colonials 0 @ Quinnipiac Bobcats 4
F Matthew Peca, QU: 0-1-1, +1, 2 PIM (slashing), 3 SOG
Season totals: 2 GP, 0-1-1, E, 2 PIM
Quinnipiac improved to 2-0 on the year with a shutout win over the Colonials. Lightning prospect Matthew Peca earned his first point of the season, an assist. Eric Hartzell (undrafted) made 16 saves in the Quinnipiac nets for the shutout.
St. Lawrence Saints 2 @ No.10 Western Michigan Broncos 3
D Luke Witkowski, WMU: 0-2-2, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 2 GP, 0-2-2, E, 2 PIM
The Broncos exacted a bit of revenge on the Saints, who beat WMU in overtime on Friday night. Lightning prospect and WMU captain Luke Witkowski (pictured) notched his first two points of the season, including an assist on the game-tying goal scored by Lightning target Danny DeKeyser. The Lightning pursued DeKeyser, a free agent, late last year and along with the Red Wings were thought to be a finalist to sign him until he decided to return to school for his junior season. DeKeyser and Witkowski are partners on the ice and roommates off the ice.
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Councilman Edmund Ford, Jr. was elected to the City Council as the District 6 representative in November 2007, making him the youngest African-American ever to be elected to the Council and the second youngest overall at the age of 28. Dr. Ford served as the 2013 Memphis City Council Chairman. He is currently a mathematics teacher at Central High School where he graduated in 1996 at the age of 16. Dr. Ford is the oldest child of former Councilman Edmund Ford, Sr. and Myrna Ford and is married to Vickye Ford.
During his tenure as Councilman, he has performed public service in both local and state capacities. Councilman Ford, Jr. also served on Mayor AC Wharton's Transition Team as Chairman of the Government Efficiency Sub-Committee and a member of the CIP/Engineering Sub-Committee. In 2013, he served on Mayor Wharton's Revenue Enhancement Subcommittee. He was also a member of Shelby County Mayor Joe Ford's Task Force on Core City Development, Redevelopment, and Revitalization. This year, Councilman Ford, Jr. is Chairman of the Budget Committee. He will serve as legislative liaison to the Downtown Memphis Commission and the City of Memphis Healthcare Advisory Board.
Regionally, Dr. Ford is an advisory board member of the Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council (TREEDC) whose mission is to interconnect renewable energy resources with statewide economic development. He is Alternate Director for the Tennessee Municipal League's 8th District. In 2009, he completed the Local Government Leadership Program at the Jimmy Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership, an agency of the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service. In 2013, he was a graduate of the Cornell University Executive Leadership and Strategic Management Program.
In 2012, after many unsuccessful attempts over the years, Dr. Ford co-sponsored a unanimously passed resolution to rename a significant portion of downtown Linden Avenue to Dr. M. L. King, Jr. Avenue. This avenue represents the last street marched on by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the historic sanitation strike which introduced the world to the "I AM A MAN" slogan before his assassination in 1968.
Councilman Ford, Jr.'s most recent accomplishments include being a member of the 2010 Executive Class of Leadership Memphis, 2011 Memphis Business Journal's Top Forty under 40, and named as a 2012 Memphis City Schools TEM Level 5 educator which is a ranking bestowed to teachers who demonstrate "significantly above expectations" in several teacher effectiveness measures. He was named as one of the Tri-State Defender's 50 Men of Excellence.
Dr. Ford established the Ford Gateway Tutoring Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization that fosters the academic success of Algebra students and incentivizes proficient and advanced-level mastery on the state end-of-course examinations. Presently, the non-profit organization has benefited over 500 students.
Councilman Ford, Jr. graduated cum laude from Tennessee State University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics with a Minor in Computer Science and a Master of Science degree in Mathematical Sciences with an emphasis in Technology. During that time, he was an inductee into the Golden Key National Honor Society. At the age of 22, he was accepted into Vanderbilt University's doctoral program at the George Peabody College of Education where he performed two years of PhD work in the area of Leadership and Policy Studies. During his years at Vanderbilt, he assisted nationally renowned Professor James C. Hearn with the completion and publication of the text, "Diversifying Campus Revenue Streams: Opportunities and Risks." Ford received an Educational Specialist degree in Administration and Supervision in 2005 and earned a doctoral degree in the same field with a concentration in Higher Education Administration in May 2012. His dissertation was titled, "Faculty Perceptions of Information Technology and Its Perceived Usefulness at a Public, Urban University in Tennessee."
Dr. Ford is former Vice-President of the Bluebird Park Estates Neighborhood Association and current member of the McCorkle Road Neighborhood Development Association and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He is a life member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, Inc., and Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, Inc., the largest service fraternity in the nation. Local affiliations include the TSU Alumni Association (Shelby County Chapter) and the Orange Mound Lodge of Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masons. Councilman Ford serves on the Steward Board at Ford Chapel AME Zion Church in south Memphis where he has been a lifelong member.
Councilman Edmund Ford Jr. works alongside a resident of
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A Prolific Love Maker!
Today I found out that a Gaelic Footballer Player from Ireland did two films on the casting room. One was a solo the other with a guy. Now sometimes I gloss over the affects the sex industry can have and how dark elements of it are but I honestly hate this news. The guy went by Fergus on the site and of course the films reared their ugly heads. The reason I'm angry is because this guy is battling gambling addiction so remove the debate over his sexuality for a minute he maybe actually be so desperate
Not everyone will understand the ins & outs but they will relate and say yes I do that too or that is so true.
12 years after deciding I wanted to teach I finally made it to do post grad teacher training in 1 intensive year. I'm wondering now did I make the right choice?
Although I've only had classes for a week I don't know if I can take the pressure and the workload, I was working as a classroom assistant before this and all I wanted to do was teach. Its 9 months long and it will go in a blink of an eye but its going to be tough.
I need to over come my fears and watch myself
I'm out to my family from january of this year but as the time has worn on I feel like I have gone back into the closet. It mybe that I have been that used to not talking about what I have been feeling deep down I never express it. Don't get me wrong I'm not comfortable saying I facy a man or TV for example to my parents, but it feels like we are tip toeing around each other afraid to say things.
But I have to push the matter my family are all OK with it they love me no matter what.
A shout out to everyone on the site posting threads about BBM including myself. Why isn't there a merged thread to talk about everything BBM do we really need a new one everyday? Seriously its bumping good threads down the list by rehashing what has already been stated on the board so please please let us suggest a merging of the threads.


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Sept. 13, 2004
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - MIT opened its season with a 7-2 victory over NEWMAC foe Smith College on Saturday. The Engineers' (1-0, 1-0 NEWMAC) No. 2 doubles team of Joanna MacKay and Jaclyn Cichon had the most exciting match of the day, defeating Ruth Linz and Shelly Kattan, 9-8 (7). Also in doubles action, Mariah Hoover and Jill Konowich earned an 8-2 win over Macailagh Herman and Jane Nylund in the No.3 spot. The top doubles team of rookie Jusleen Karve and Elaine Ni fell to Lauren Kemp and Talia Williams, 8-1.
Tech dominated the singles matches, only faltering at the No.2 position. Rookie Serena Lin rebounded from a loss in the first set, taking a 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 win at the No. 1 spot. Elaine Ni defeated Talia Williams, 6-3, 6-4 while Emily Chen earned a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Shelly Kattan. Jill Konowich picked up a win in the No. 5 slot, defeating Whitney Brown, 6-0, 6-3. In the first singles match of her collegiate career, Jusleen Karve defeated Jane Nylund, 6-2, 6-3.
The next match for MIT will be Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 4:00 p.m. when it hosts Wellesley College in NEWMAC play.


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Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Baseball Appeal; MLB Still Doesn't Get To Own Facts
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As MLB realized that claiming ownership of game data was never going to cut it in court, it changed the story somewhat, saying that it was really about the players' right of publicity, which also (somehow) included owning their stats. A district court quickly saw through this argument and told MLB that it had no case. Rather than admitting defeat (and recognizing that more widespread use of baseball info should bring more fans into the game), MLB appealed. The appeals court wasted little time in again telling MLB it had no case. But those folks at MLB are nothing if not stubborn. So, they asked the full appeals court to rehear the case and were turned down
So, again, rather than recognizing that perhaps all of these courts (and common sense) had a point, MLB appealed to the Supreme Court, who (as noted) turned them down. If you're keeping score at home (and, we're not claiming ownership of the score), that now makes 4 - 0 for the courts over MLB, and I think we've pretty much hit the 9th inning, as there are no more appeals. The only thing MLB can hope for now is for a different circuit to somehow (unlikely) come to a different conclusion and the Supreme Court to revisit the issue. But that seems about as likely as, say, the Seattle Mariners somehow coming back to win the World Series this year. Stranger things have happened, but not very often.


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KNOXVILLE (Dec. 23, 2011) – The ETSU men's basketball team will attempt to get the Christmas weekend off to a good start, as the Buccaneers take on in-state rival and Southeastern Conference member Tennessee Friday night inside Thompson-Boling Arena.
Tip is set for 7 p.m.
The Bucs will play the Volunteers and Clemson (Dec. 30) over the holidays before returning to Atlantic Sun Conference action at the start of the new year. ETSU (5-5 overall) will be looking for their first win over the Vols since 1991.
For more on Friday's game, click on the game notebook link to the right or read the game notes below. For more on ETSU men's basketball throughout the 2011-12 season, visit ETSUBucs.com.
We are "ETSU"
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
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While posting its highest RPI since the 2003-04 season, head coach Murry Bartow led the ETSU men's basketball team to another successful season in 2010-11, a campaign that included 24 wins and ultimately ended with a run to the semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament … Led by seniors such as Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) and all-conference performer Micah Williams (Manchester), the Bucs enjoyed impressive road wins at Atlantic 10 Conference member Dayton and Southeastern Conference foe Mississippi State, while also finishing second in the A-Sun Conference standings … Along with Smith and Williams, fellow senior Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) continued to impress fans with his high-flying dunks, which twice landed him as the No. 1 play of the day on ESPN's SportsCenter and earned him a spot in the national slam dunk championships … Unfortunately for the Bucs, Smith, Williams and Tubbs have departed, leaving the team with the unenviable task of having to replace over 42 points of offensive production from a year ago – equal to 60 percent of the team's scoring in 2010-11 … The Bucs will begin looking for those offensive numbers from returning starters such as senior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) and senior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.), while senior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) – a 2010 A-Sun all-conference and all-tournament performer – will return to the floor after taking a medical redshirt season a year ago … Other returning players looking to improve their production will include junior guards Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) and Jarvis Jones (Memphis), junior forwards J.C. Ward (Marietta) and Lukas Poderis (Tampa), and redshirt freshman point guard Ryan Woumn (Lynn, Mass.) … The Bucs have also added a talented recruiting class that includes three true freshman and one junior college transfer.
The series versus Tennessee
In a series that dates back to 1960, the Volunteers hold an 11-2 advantage over the Buccaneers ... ETSU won back-to-back games in 1989 and 1991, but have since dropped six straight to Tennessee, including a 78-66 loss back in 2009.
Last time out against Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 2, 2009) -- Facing the nation's No. 11-ranked Tennessee Volunteers, the ETSU men's basketball team found itself within striking distance late, but was unable to make a run when it was needed and dropped a 78-66 contest inside Thompson-Boling Arena. ... Junior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville) posted a game-high 22 points, and the Bucs also got double-digit scoring from junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) with 11 and freshman point guard Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) with 10, but despite those efforts ETSU could do no more than give the Vols a significant scare. ... Against a team that prides itself on forcing turnovers, the Bucs only turned it over 13 times and shot well both from the floor (44 percent) and free throw line (85 percent). ETSU also held its own in the paint, being out-rebounded only by two at 34-32. ... Tennessee came out on fire in the first half, shooting 75 percent from the floor over the first 10 minutes of play and building a lead of as many as 14 points at 26-12 with 9:39 left before the intermission. However, from there ETSU did not fold, outscoring the Vols 19-10 the rest of the way to finish the half just five back at 36-31. ... In the first 20 minutes, the Bucs held their own in most every statistical category, but UT dominated in the paint by outscoring ETSU 24-10 under the basket. ETSU stayed close thanks to a 75 percent clip at the foul line, where they were 6-of-8 and shot well above their season average of 60 percent. ... In the second half, the Bucs cut the Tennessee lead to three at 42-39 with 15:36 thanks to a layup by Tubbs. ETSU stayed within striking distance most of the way in the second half and trailed just 64-58 with 4:37 left, but an 8-3 spurt by UT ended with a three-point play by Tyler Smith that made it 72-61 with 1:25 left. From there the Bucs got the game within single digits a couple times but were unable to turn the tide. ... Tennessee got a team-high 15 points from Smith, while Scotty Hopson added 10.
Last time out
JOHNSON CITY (Dec. 19, 2011) – Junior guard Marcus Dubose (Hartsville, S.C.) scored a game-high 20 points and senior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) pitched in 18 as the ETSU men's basketball team cruised to an 83-43 win over Milligan College in non-conference hoops action Monday evening inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. ... Along with Dubose and Sollazzo, junior guard Jarvis Jones (Memphis) added 14 points in the winning effort, as the Buccaneers improved to 5-5 on the season. Meanwhile, the Buffaloes (4-7 overall) got a team-high 14 points from Tyler DeVault. ... The Bucs, who will take on in-state SEC rival Tennessee at 7 p.m. Friday night, will be looking for their first win over the Volunteers since Nov. 25, 1991. ... After Milligan managed to tie the game at 2-2, ETSU dominated the rest of the first half. In all, the Bucs would outscore the Buffs 49-17 before the intermission, shooting 47 percent from the field and 44 percent from beyond the 3-point line. ... It was the ETSU defense that made the lop-sided half possible, as the Bucs forced 14 turnovers on six steals and held Milligan to just 26 percent shooting from the floor. ... In the second half, the two teams basically traded baskets with ETSU ultimately outscoring the Buffs 34-26 and finishing with the 40-point victory. The Bucs enjoyed a 32-18 edge on points in the paint and outscored the Buffs 21-8 off turnovers. ... For the game, senior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) led the Bucs attack on the glass, grabbing a game-high 11 rebounds and helping ETSU to a 54-32 advantage in that statistical category. ETSU also improved at the foul line on this night, shooting 73 percent from the charity stripe. ... ETSU forced 20 turnovers for the game on nine steals, and blocked seven shots.
Bucs showing "flex"-ability with offense
In ETSU's game against Appalachian State back on Dec. 10, the Bucs debuted a new offensive wrinkle, utilizing one of basketball's most traditional offenses ... The "flex" is an offense that utilizes multiple screens and a great deal of slashing throughout the paint ... The results were good for the Bucs, who enjoyed several layups and dunks against the Mountaineers, as they won 65-48 to snap a four-game losing streak.
Bucs, Cooley among nation's best in steals
Key to the Bucs' wins this year has been the ability to swipe the ball from opponents ... Through games of Dec. 18th, ETSU ranked fifth in the country in steals per game, averaging 10.3 steals a contest ... Meanwhile, junior Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) has been on a torrid pace this season and a big reason for the Bucs' success in the steals category, averaging 2.6 steals per game ... Through games as of Dec. 11, he ranked 18th nationally in steals per game.
Block party for Brown
With a block in last season's finale against Iona, senior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) set a new school record for blocks in a single season, swatting away a total of 71 shots on the year ... For his career, he now stands fifth on the all-time list at 157, but is just 25 blocks behind the program's all-time leader Zakee Wadood ... In addition to those marks, Brown's six-block performance against Belmont last year also matched the program's single-game record ... At the time, Brown joined six other ETSU players who have had six-block games, including former standouts Brad Nuckles, Eryk Thomas, Jerald Fields, Zakee Wadood, Greg Dennis and Greg Hamlin.
Getting to the free throw line a key for the Bucs
In recent years, the Bucs have focused on playing stingy defense, but also driving to the basket on offense and trying to get "tough" points thanks to fouls ... One way for the ETSU coaching staff to determine how successful the Bucs have been is charting free throw attempts and makes ... Well if this statistic is a true indicator, then the Bucs did just as the coaches would like ... Last season, ETSU set a school record for free throw attempts, putting up a total of 856 free tosses ... The Bucs also made their share of those attempts, ranking second on the all-time list with 580 makes ... The 2010-11 edition of the Bucs came up just nine makes short of the all-time record, held by the 1991-92 Bucs at 589. ... However, this season the team has continued to make it to the line, but is shooting just 61 percent from the stripe -- in other words not capitalizing.
Florida connection proving valuable to Bucs
For much of the past 10 seasons, the Buccaneers have enjoyed a pipeline of quality players coming from the "Sunshine" state ... A glance at this year's current roster shows that trend continuing ... Entering Monday's game, these have been the contributions of ETSU's current Floridians:
Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) 13.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, 4.7 assists
Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) 7.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists
Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) 12.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists
Lukas Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.) 5.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 0.3 assists
In all, ETSU's Florida players are averaging a combined 38.5 points,
20.1 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 5.7 steals per game so far this season.
On their way to 1,000 points
As they begin their seniors seasons, ETSU's trio of Isiah Brown, Adam Sollazzo and Tommy Hubbard are all eying the 1,000 point mark for their careers. After the season opener at Virginia Tech, here is where each stands:
Isiah Brown........................................................................ 907 points
Tommy Hubbard ........................................................... 647 points
Adam Sollazzo ................................................................ 683 points
To reach 1,000, the three would have to average the following during the regular season:
Isiah Brown..................................................... 7.0 points per game
Tommy Hubbard....................................... 14.7 points per game
Adam Sollazzo............................................ 14.8 points per game
Bucs add to postseason resume
The ETSU men's basketball team has enjoyed its share of postseason success and ranks as one of the nation's most prestigious basketball programs ... The Buccaneers have earned berths to the NCAA Tournament nine times (1969, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010) and NIT twice (1983, 2007) ... In 2011, the Bucs made their first ever appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, winning twice and advancing to the semifinals of that event ... It was the program's 12th postseason tournament appearance all-time.
ETSU picked among nation's best "Prestige" programs
Since the beginning of the modern era for NCAA Division I-A basketball – marked by the expansion of the NCAA Tournament field to 64 teams in 1984-85 – the ETSU men's basketball program ranks in the Top 30 percent of the 300 programs that were eligible for the postseason at that time, this according to ESPN.com's "Prestige" ranking released back in 2008 ... Since that time, the Bucs have only added to their list of prestigious honors … The Buccaneers -- who have enjoyed nine NCAA Tournament trips, one NIT and one CIT berth, 14 20-win seasons, and a slew of conference regular season and tournament championships since 1984-85 -- ranked tied for 82nd out of 300 teams, meaning they were in the Top 27 percent of schools making the list. ETSU was ranked ahead of every current Atlantic Sun Conference team, as well as former Southern Conference rivals Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Georgia Southern and UNC Greensboro. In addition, the Bucs ranked ahead of SEC schools such as Tennessee, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn, as well as programs such as Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, DePaul, Bradley, Clemson, California and Florida State.


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Sidebar to the article Police Use of Force: The Impact of Less-Lethal Weapons and Tactics by Philip Bulman
Physical force and hands-on control increased the risk of injury to officers and citizens. When controlling for the use of
CEDs and pepper spray in the multiagency analysis, using force increased the odds of injury to officers by more than 300 percent,
and by more than 50 percent to suspects.
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Increasing levels of suspect resistance were associated with an increased risk of injury to officers and suspects. The increased
injury risk was especially acute for officers. These findings suggest that officers, rather than suspects, face the most increased
injury risk when suspects resist more vigorously.
The overall analysis (of 12 agencies) showed that pepper spray use reduced the likelihood of injury to suspects. For officers,
however, pepper spray use increased the likelihood of injury. This finding was unexpected, and further research may help to
explain how officers choose to use pepper spray instead of CEDs.
Except for Richland County, where its effects were insignificant, CED use substantially decreased the likelihood of suspect
injury. The analysis of 12 agencies and more than 24,000 use-of-force cases showed that the odds of suspect injury decreased
when a CED was used. CED adoption by the Orlando and Austin police departments reduced injuries to suspects and officers over
The 12-agency analysis showed that male suspects were twice as likely to be injured as female suspects. In that analysis,
the presence of a male suspect slightly increased injury risk to officers. In Seattle, female officers were more than twice
as likely to be injured as male officers. In Miami-Dade and Seattle, where suspect race was available as a variable for analysis,
the odds of injury for non-white suspects were lower than they were for white suspects.
Back to: Police Use of Force: The Impact of Less-Lethal Weapons and Tactics.
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Late homer hands Marlins seventh straight loss
PHILADELPHIA -- The Marlins won an important umpire review on Sunday afternoon, but they didn't have an answer for Chase Utley.
Utley continued his series-long torment of Marlins pitchers by delivering a two-out home run in the eighth inning that lifted the Phillies to a 4-3 win over the Marlins at Citizens Bank Park.View Full Game Coverage
PHILADELPHIA -- The Marlins won an important umpire review on Sunday afternoon, but they didn't have an answer for Chase Utley.
Utley continued his series-long torment of Marlins pitchers by delivering a two-out home run in the eighth inning that lifted the Phillies to a 4-3 win over the Marlins at Citizens Bank Park.View Full Game Coverage
For the second straight game, the Phillies relied on a late-inning home run to roll past the Marlins, who lost all six games on the road trip. Miami has dropped seven straight games after a 5-1 start.
Utley's blast to right came off Mike Dunn, who logged two quick outs in the eighth. In the series, Utley finished 7-for-12 (.583) with three doubles, one home run and four RBIs.
A day after Jimmy Rollins' walk-off homer in the 10th inning lifted Philadelphia to victory, the Marlins held a 3-1 lead in the fifth inning, courtesy of Garrett Jones' solo home run off Kyle Kendrick.
Counting being swept at Washington to open the trip, Miami relievers surrendered home runs in the eighth inning three times, with two being grand slams.
Ryan Howard added a solo shot for the Phillies in the third inning.
"We've been victimized three games now on this road trip on late-inning big hits," Miami manager Mike Redmond said. "Our bullpen, over the course of time, especially last year, has been really good. This road trip, we've coughed up a couple of leads."
Miami's two-run advantage in the fifth was short-lived as Henderson Alvarez, who worked six innings, allowed a two-out hit in the bottom of the fifth. Utley led off with a single, and Alvarez seemed to have the inning in order after he struck out Howard looking and got Marlon Byrd to lift a routine fly ball to left. Domonic Brown, with the Marlins' shifting, slapped the ball through the open space at short for a single. Wil Nieves went to the opposite field with a two-run double to right to tie the game.
"The Phillies are a good hitting team," Jones said. "You can't count them out. This is a good hitters' park. You don't have to square it up to hit it out of here. They just kept battling back, both nights. You've got to tip your cap to them. They play tough baseball.
"We've got to keep our heads high. We're losing and we're a hit away, a pitch away, from winning the ballgame. We've got to trust what we're doing and continue what we're doing and get back on track to when we started the season. Just executing a little better and get back on track."
A run-saving play came in the sixth inning when the Phillies nearly claimed the lead on Utley's double to left. Tony Gwynn Jr., who singled to open the inning, attempted to score from first when Christian Yelich bobbled the ball in the corner. But he recovered and threw to shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria, whose relay throw to the plate was a perfect strike.
Catcher Jeff Mathis applied the tag on a close play. Home-plate umpire Mark Ripperger called Gwynn out, and Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg came out to request an umpire review of the league's collisions rule. After a 54-second review, the umpires determined no violation was observed.
MLB's collision rule still remains a murky issue, as catchers try to figure out what they are not allowed to do. The way Mathis approached the play was to let instincts take over.
"Just habit to try to get in front of it," Mathis said. "I'm not really thinking about the rule at the time. Hech made a great throw, and the ball got there before he got to me. I think that's why they made the rule that they did. I think that's the explanation they were given."
Utley was denied an RBI by the play at the plate in the sixth inning, but he left no doubt with his decisive home run.
"He's a smart hitter," Dunn said. "He's been around a while. He was sitting on slider. He wasn't fooled."
It was Utley's first game-winning homer in the eighth inning or later since Aug. 10, 2012, against the Cardinals.
"Just finding some holes, to be honest," Utley said of his hot stretch. "Not trying to do too much. Put the ball in play, and right now they're falling."
When Casey McGehee slapped a two-out RBI single to left in the first inning, it gave Miami its first lead of the series. The run off Kyle Kendrick was unearned because Yelich reached on a two-base error at first by Howard, who was unable to handle the high chopper.
Yelich came through in the second inning with a two-out run-scoring single. Mathis, who singled and moved to second on Alvarez's sacrifice bunt, raced home from second to put Miami ahead by two runs.
Even though he had a two-run cushion, Alvarez was in trouble for most of the game. The 12 hits he allowed matched a career high for a start, and the home run to Howard was the first blast he allowed this season. Last year, he gave up just two home runs.
"I think everyone has to take ownership in this road trip, and the 0-6," Redmond said. "You can't just look at one, it's all of us. We've got to get better. We went into this road trip feeling really good. We were tested. We knew it was going to be a test. We realize now how much work we still have to do to get to where we want to go."
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El Toro High School students are not shy about pursuing their passions.
From walking the runway to learning healthy eating habits, the school has nearly 100 clubs where students can explore nonacademic interests.
Take, for example, junior Kevin Tran. He spent a summer on the Irvine-based Underground Dance Team, which spurred him to start El Toro High's Movement Inspired, a club focused on hip-hop.
Weekly lunchtime lessons led by Tran and two other Underground members, Sandy Flores and Christine Reglos, have attracted dozens of students eager to learn.
Routines set to today's music – this week, the hit "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – attract students to the club, sophomore Patricia Mora said.
The club isn't exclusive to students who want to dance at a higher level: It functions as a stress reliever, a way to exercise and an all-around fun 40 minutes where students can let loose, Tran said.
Becky Bender is founder of a nutrition club called I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas, named after the traditional children's song.
Her goal is to inspire El Toro High students to eat more healthfully.
Bender, a soccer player, said her family has influenced her interest in eating well: She and her older sister once devoted an entire summer to learning to prepare a variety of good-for-you foods.
The fledgling club has about eight members so far, but Bender is hoping to grow its membership via a walk planned for April 21 at the school that is intended to raise awareness about the importance of nutrition.
In the meantime, she is working with a teacher to get the OK to plant a community garden near the girls' locker room.
Bender, a Girl Scout, said organizing and caring for the garden will be her Gold Award project.
Produce will go to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, she said.
Junior Victoria Lo started ET Couture this year as an outlet for students interested in entering the fashion industry – aspiring photographers, hairstylists, makeup artists, designers and more.
Photo shoots organized by the group draw dozens of students, who prep, preen, pose or take photos, depending on their area of interest.
Last weekend ET Couture conducted a three-day 1920s-themed photo shoot as a precursor to the school's Winter Formal, called "A Night With Gatsby."
Lo, an aspiring fashion designer, isn't El Toro High's sole fashionista: She expected about 10 people at her first meeting, but had upward of 50.
"We have really talented people in this club, and I think it's great that they get to use those talents," Lo said. "There's more to fashion than pretty clothes."
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Myran Jean Staple, 73, of Danville passed this life at 1:10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
Myran Jean was born Dec. 12, 1938, in Webb, Miss., to the late Teddy Shepherd and Eddie Mae Curtis. She married John Henry Staple on Jan. 8, 1950, and shared more than 35 wonderful years together raising three daughters and six sons.
Over the years, Myran Jean held many different jobs as she worked to help provide for her family. She was a domestic worker for a number of families in Vermilion County and a short order cook at the Black Cat Restaurant.
Looking for more stability she started working at the Egg Plant in Champaign. She left the Egg Plant and went to work at Peterson Puritan Aerosol factory where she retired after 27 years.
Myran Jean was a community activist who lived to serve others. She devoted her life to improving the quality of life for all human beings. She loved her community and worked to instill a sense of pride in everyone she came in contact with.
She treated everyone as if they were a member of her own family by sharing the warmth and comfort of her smile, by lending a patient listening ear and, of course, by sharing her down home southern cooking.
Over the years, she volunteered at the various food pantries in Danville and organized Thanksgiving community dinners feeding more than 500 individuals each year. Also, she provided rides for medical appointments and organizing youth trips to Disney World. She found great joy in doing for others.
Myran Jean was a faithful member of Saint James Freewill Baptist Church, where she labored for more than 50 years. She served as a church mother, member of the Finance Committee, Usher board, supervised the Junior Ushers and was a member of the Trustee Board. As a loving Mother of the church, she was dedicated in serving the Lord.
Myran Jean often visited and supported other churches in the community.
Myran Jean enjoyed walking at the mall, reading her bible and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was also a member of the Laura Lee Fellowship House Golden Seniors and actively participated with the monthly luncheon meeting held for General Motors retirees. Myran Jean was very passionate about her cooking, and there were no strangers at her dinner table. She enjoyed traveling both in the Unites States and abroad.
She leaves to cherish her memories sons Henderson (Sandra) Staple of Chicago, Robert Staple of New Orleans, La., John Henry (Jill) Staple, Jr., of Stockbridge, Ga., Melvin Staple, Los Angeles, Calif., and Ronnie (Lisa) Staple of Beloit, Wis.; daughters Belinda J. Carr of Macomb and Nickie F. Staple of Danville; daughter-in-law Doris Staple of Lansing; and sisters Rosemary (Edward) Martin of Chicago and Johnnie Mae Dorris of Champaign.
She also had 20 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren, as well as many nieces and nephews. She especially adored and appreciated her nephew Ricky Brown.
Myran Jean was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, one sister, one son and one daughter.
Myran struggled with serious illnesses during the past nine months. However, those nine months were a gift from God that she treasured. Throughout these trying times her faith in the Lord never wavered.
Her life was celebrated at a service on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the New Life Church of Faith, 1419 N. Bowman St., in Danville. Officiating was Elder Frederick Cowen. Interment was at Spring Hill Cemetery. A public viewing was Friday, Nov. 16, at Leek & Sons Funeral Home, 304 E. Williams St., in Danville.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jamaal Charles made it through every hit from Derrick Johnson, every shot from Eric Berry and every tackle from the rest of the Chiefs' defense during three weeks at Missouri Western.
It wasn't until he was leaving their training camp home that he got hurt.
Charles was in the process of moving out of the dorms last Thursday, when the team was getting ready to shift the rest of camp to their own practice facility, when he came to a grassy slope. He wound up slipping just a bit and turned his foot just enough to set alarm bells ringing.
X-rays and MRI exams ensued, and Charles did not make the trip to Carolina for Sunday night's preseason game against the Panthers. And while all the tests came back negative, coach Andy Reid said Monday that he's unsure just how long the explosive running back will be out.
"He's feeling better today. We're optimistic about it," Reid said. "Initially there was a little concern, but he had all stuff done to it and everything is clear."
Reid did not say whether Charles will practice this week, or whether he'll be available when the Chiefs host the Minnesota Vikings for their third preseason game Saturday night.
"I don't know if there is any other guy in the league like him. You can't replace him," Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith said, "but that's the NFL. It's every team. If a guy goes down, the next guy has to step up and we got to go. We all have to take up the slack as a group."
The health of Charles is hardly the only cause for concern in Kansas City these days.
The Chiefs' offense has failed to score a touchdown on eight series spanning two preseason games, netting only a pair of field goals against the Panthers. That production was clearly hurt by the loss of Charles, who is arguably the most valuable player on the entire roster.
The defense has continued to give up big plays, particularly in the downfield passing game against a secondary that is still missing Pro Bowl safety Eric Berry to his own injury. Carolina put up two touchdowns apiece in the second and third quarters on Sunday night.
Fundamentals remain problematic — things such as blocking, tackling and route running. And the yellow laundry that littered the field did little to make Reid feel good about discipline — Kansas City was flagged 13 times for 131 yards compared to four times for 32 yards for the Panthers.
"Really, penalties were a significant issue," Reid said. "We've got to a better job."
Delving deeper into the issues facing Kansas City:
— The performance of the offensive line has been mediocre at best. Left tackle Eric Fisher, the first overall pick in 2013 draft, was soundly beaten several times by the Panthers' pass rush, and the rest of the front five fared little better.
— The defensive backfield is still struggling to adapt to the loss of Pro Bowl cornerback Brandon Flowers and starting safety Kendrick Lewis. Ron Parker, Marcus Cooper and Sean Smith are all trying to earn a cornerback job, and all three were penalized during the game.
— The wide receiver race is still begging for someone to step up, particularly with Dwayne Bowe suspended for the season opener. Bowe had five catches for 62 yards against Carolina, but the rest of the wide receivers combined for just seven catches for 91 yards.
"It felt like we were able to move the ball but just couldn't finish," Smith said.
Of course, not everything is doom and gloom with two preseason games remaining.
The pass rush was effective in getting after Carolina quarterback Cam Newton, and it already appears that first-round pick Dee Ford will fit seamlessly with fellow outside linebackers Tamba Hali and Justin Houston. And kicker Ryan Succop, being pushed by Cairo Santos, may have solidified his job by kicking a 54-yard field goal against the Panthers.
Then there's Travis Kelce, who missed all of his rookie season with a knee injury. The tight end caught a long touchdown pass against Cincinnati in the Chiefs' preseason opener, and caught a 43-yard scoring strike from rookie Aaron Murray on Sunday night.
"I do like what he is doing. He just has to keep coming with it," Reid said. "There's more than just the route running. You have to be able to run block and detail all of your work there. You sure have to give him credit for the effort that he has given."
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale was well-represented at the recent Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) Women's Lacrosse World Cup. The United States won the World Cup, and Anne Phillips -- Yale's Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Women's Lacrosse -- oversaw the selection of the U.S. roster. Phillips has been U.S. National Team Selection Chair since 2008. Additionally, two former Yale players -- attacker Jenna Block '10 and midfielder Sara Greenberg '09 -- played for Israel, which finished eighth. Yale assistant coach Tanya Kotowicz was an alternate for Germany, which finished 12th.
The World Cup, which featured 19 teams, was held at the Oshawa Civic Recreation Centre near Toronto, Canada, from July 11-20. The event dates back to 1982 and is held every four years. The United States has now won the championship seven times, including twice with Phillips serving as Selection Chair. Phillips also oversaw the selection of the U.S. Under-19 team that won the Under-19 World Championship in 2011, so she now has been a part of three world championships in the last five years.
The top-ranked United States went 7-0 in the tournament, beating Canada (ranked No. 3) 19-5 in the championship July 20. The U.S. team set program and tournament records for goals (127), goals per game (18.0) and margin of victory (13.2).
The 19 teams at the World Cup were divided up into four pools. As part of "Pool D", Germany (with Kotowicz) and Israel (with Block and Greenberg) each played three games against the other teams in the pool -- including one against each other on July 11.
Making its first World Cup appearance, Israel's roster was composed of Israeli players as well as members of the Jewish diaspora, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FIL.
Israel wound up upsetting Germany (ranked No. 10 in the world entering the tournament) 15-6 in the opener and Scotland (ranked No. 8) 15-6. Israel then beat South Korea 19-2 and Hong Kong 19-4 before falling to Japan 12-11 in overtime to finish the pool play/crossover match portion of the tournament with a 4-1 record. Block scored three goals in the first game, then two each in the next two. She had two goals and four assists to earn Player of the Match vs. Hong Kong, then scored one more against Japan. Greenberg scored a goal in the opener.
In the first round of the championship playoffs, Israel beat New Zealand 12-9 to advance to the quarterfinals. Block had two goals and two assists.
After falling to host Canada 17-5 in the quarterfinals, Israel fell to Scotland 9-7 in overtime in the consolation semifinals. Israel then forfeited the seventh-place match to Haudenosaunee because it was scheduled to take place during the Jewish Sabbath.
Block and Greenberg were teammates at Yale in 2007 and helped the Bulldogs make the NCAA Tournament with a 13-3 regular season record that year.
Block, a native of Owings Mills, Md., received her Master's degree in public health from Columbia in 2012 and is now working as a healthcare consultant with The Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C. She appeared in 50 games for the Bulldogs from 2007 through 2010, leading the team in assists in her junior year (23, tied for ninth in Yale history) and her senior year (13). She finished her career with 28 goals and 40 assists, tied for 11th on Yale's career assists list.
Greenberg, a native of Gladwyne, Pa., was working in venture capital and doing research at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs last year when Block contacted her about joining the Israeli team. Greenberg is now in graduate school at Harvard, pursuing a Master's in business administration and a Master's in public policy. She appeared in 29 games for the Bulldogs from 2006 to 2007, totaling 22 goals and four assists.
In conjunction with the Israel Lacrosse Tzedakah Program, each Israeli player competed in honor of a charity of her choosing. A portion of the national team's general fundraising efforts was committed to each charity. Block played for Shanti House, an organization that serves and supports at-risk youth who are victims of physician violence, sexual abuse, crime and prostitution. Greenberg played for Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), an organization established in 1981 by a group of Holocaust survivors to provide for the wellbeing of the men and women who serve in the IDF as well as the families of fallen soldiers.
Kotowicz is German on her father's side and therefore qualified to play for Germany. She is a former two-time UConn team captain who spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Hofstra before joining the Yale staff in the fall of 2012. Her international playing experience includes time as a member of the Wilderness Lacrosse Team in Adelaide, Australia, in 2003. She also served as a coach with the MAAC All-Star Team in Tokyo, Japan, during the summer of 2006. In January 2010 she was on the coaching staff of the USA Athletes International Lacrosse team that won the gold medal at the Southern Cross Lacrosse Challenge in Australia. She also served as a guest coach for the English National Team in January 2011.
Kotowicz is a native of Hicksville, N.Y. Including camps and clinics, her efforts to spread the game of lacrosse have taken her to 13 different states along with Australia, England and Japan. She has also worked to spread the game in developing areas throughout the United States, including Georgia, Hawaii and Washington.
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BEAVERTON, Oregon (AP) — Strong demand for Nike's shoes and apparel in North America and Europe, as well as price increases in regions around the world, helped the athletic goods maker's net income rise 38 percent in the fiscal first quarter.
Results beat expectations and the company's shares rose 6 percent in aftermarket trading.
Nike has been dealing with Europe's fluctuating economy and a slowdown in growth in China. The company has been working to reduce its inventory in China and reworking its offerings there to adapt to the changing tastes of Chinese consumers. In a call with analysts, the company said it expects China revenue to grow in the second quarter and be roughly flat for the year as it works to turnaround results.
"We continue to make progress on repositioning this market for long-term sustainable growth," said CEO Mark Parker.
Meanwhile, Nike has been enjoying strong demand in its largest market, North America, where it has been selling off less profitable brands like Umbro to focus on core brands like Nike and Converse. All categories except golf grew in North America during the quarter.
Nike Inc. said Thursday its net income for the three months that ended on Aug. 31 rose to $780 million, or 86 cents per share. That compares with net income of $567 million, or 63 cents per share a year ago. That beat analyst expectations of 78 cents per share, according to research firm FactSet.
Net income was helped by easing costs for raw materials and selling fewer items at a discount, partly offset by higher labor costs and the stronger dollar.
The company, based in Beaverton, Oregon, says revenue rose 8 percent to $6.97 billion. Analysts expected revenue of $6.96 billion. Nike brand revenue rose 7 percent to $6.5 billion and was higher in running, basketball, soccer and men's training. That offset a slight decline in sportswear. Converse revenue rose 16 percent to $494 million.
Revenue rose in all regions except China, where revenue fell 3 percent to $574 million.
Europe was a bright spot. Revenue in Western Europe rose 8 percent to $1.3 billion, and revenue in Central and Eastern Europe rose 10 percent to $366 million. North America revenue rose 9 percent to $3.14 billion.
Orders for goods scheduled to be delivered between September and January 2014 rose 8 percent.
Shares rose $4.27 to $74.61 in aftermarket trading, after closing the regular trading day up $1.42, or 2 percent, at $70.34. The stock has traded between $44.83 and $70.56 over the past year.


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- Finally, KDE guys have done away with HAL. My other desktop environment, Enlightenment had switched to udisks, upower etc. So, I have been waiting for KDE to get rid of it.
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|2012-03-22, 05:33
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I've played the first few hours yesterday and will continue as soon as I'm done with this post. Very fun game for now, I must say, but I still have to get a hang of the battlesystem. I mean I know how it works, but that doesn't mean I actually know how to play.
What confuses me though, is that in the story mode, characters sometimes seem to have different abilities than whaty they have when you select them in versus mode. I mean the reason for that is obvious, but it makes me wonder if you can customize ninjutsus somehow.
/edit: Turns out you cannot. But you can unlock multiple versions of the same character, each with a different jutsu setup. You can customize passive boni for online battles though, such as faster chakra recovery. That's actually pretty nice.
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|2012-04-01, 04:20
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Madara Uchiha vs 1st Hokage? thats never been shown in the Manga or anime?.. thats priceless!.
unbelievable, it shows clearly that the 1st not only held his own against
Madara, but also the Kyuubi Fox at the same time... amazing! the 1st hokage is the only one who could fight Madara and 9 tail fox at the same time!.. sorry, I had to say it again just to believe it myself.
|2012-04-01, 12:23
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Genkaku Fangirl~
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Morristown, Tennessee {US}
Age: 24
I have the game, and I am seriously dissapointed. It's still cool, but there is no proper story mode like Ultimate Storm 2 and there are nowhere near as many new playable characters as I was hoping for, not even Karui & Samui. I finished the stories in the game weeks ago :/ very dissapointing. Mabye it's better if you play online, I don't know, but for me it was nowhere near as good as I had hoped. Although Mei Terumi IS awesome in the game. I have my team of Mei Terumi, Ino Yamanaka, and Karin, beat everyone! Also alot of characters were there, but weren't playable {only support characters} like Tayuya, Anko, Shizune, Chojuro, etc. I wanted to make a past team of Tayuya, Ino, and Tenten so bad.
|2012-04-01, 20:03
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Speculation is wrong.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Paris
I share your feelings. I actually enjoyed going back and forth on those maps.
It's a shame they just went for cutscene and just fights.
|2012-04-08, 23:20
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Join Date: Mar 2009
I got it, and I'm disappointed, for a whole other reason though.
I had feared about the jutsu situation, and sure enough, you only get to have like 2 per battle, 1 normal and 1 ultimate. In Ultimate Ninja 3, I think you got 2 normal and 3 ultimate. How CC2 thinks regressing is excusable, I don't know.
And this hits some of my favorite characters worst of all. Pain, I'm seeing, does not have Chibaku Tensei or that Mega Shinra Tensei or even Bansho Tenin. Da fuq? That's simply unacceptable. Not to mention, his actual Shinra Tensei has far too short a range.
Also, Itachi - I'm sorry, but there's no legitimate reason why you shouldn't have acess to all 3 of his Mangekyou jutsu at the same time. There's also no reason you can only use his Amaterasu in Awakening mode, whereas one of the Sasukes can use it easily as a normal attack, along with Susanoo.
Hoping they clean up these problems for whenever the next installment is. Going from 5 available jutsu to 2 is incomprehensible, and Pain not having his most powerful attacks is plain disappointing.
|2012-04-09, 09:07
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|2012-04-13, 05:24
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The First Rasengan!!
Join Date: Nov 2007
^ I'm not sure how DLC works as far as video game production goes but I like the mechanics of this game. They should just send character and stage updates as the manga/anime goes along. Perhaps it's not profitable, I dunno
|2012-05-16, 15:06
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The Lost Lamb
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: in Darkness
okay just checked out the trailer, and i think the game is really good
so many new characters, and i believe that this is the first game of UNS series which includes haku and zabuza, team minato (specially young kakashi) , the five kages action in the gameplay what else do you want
and the story line has also gone very far and it looks like they have put more efforts in the story mode now, atleast that's what the trailer says
well i haven't watched the walkthroughs yet but i hope that i won't be disappointed
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|2012-05-18, 08:16
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I am a Pie
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: In a fantasy.
|2012-05-18, 09:11
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The Lost Lamb
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: in Darkness
ok i saw some of the walkthroughs and i am totally confused ,there are only fights between the characters ,while there is narration to cover the story , and the story mode only covered naruto's fights and then there is also itachi story mode
can anyone explain to me ,what's with the story mode in this game
|2012-05-21, 17:55
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Hunter in the Night
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Australia
Age: 28
What bothered me is the use of substitution justsu it regenerates pretty slow.... And theres still people spamming spells -.- what they shouldve change is the amount of chakra you can use since the sub jutsu have different gauge.
|2012-06-26, 05:32
|Link #100
Speculation is wrong.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Paris
Gosh, I'm so glad I didn't buy Generation, but so pissed at Namco/Bandai for throwing at us new games every year (with just 4/5 new characters...)
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Hard to go wrong with Pedroia or Carpenter
BOSTON -- One of the most intriguing matchups of this year's World Series is taking place at second base.
Until this past season, any comparison between the Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia and the Cardinals' Matt Carpenter would have tilted in favor of Pedroia, who has had a lengthy history of success.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- One of the most intriguing matchups of this year's World Series is taking place at second base.
Until this past season, any comparison between the Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia and the Cardinals' Matt Carpenter would have tilted in favor of Pedroia, who has had a lengthy history of success.View Full Game Coverage
Pedroia played shortstop at Arizona State University as the double-play partner of Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler. Pedroia was a second-round selection of the Red Sox in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft.
In his eight-year career in Boston, Pedroia has played with passion and energy on his way to a .302 batting average. He has been a major sparkplug, winning the American League MVP Award (2008), being named to four All-Star teams and picking up two Gold Glove Awards -- the most recent of which came in '11. In addition, Pedroia won a Silver Slugger Award in 2008.
Pedroia did not let up this past season. He hit .301 with nine home runs and 84 RBIs. Among Pedroia's 193 hits, he collected 42 doubles and two triples. He scored 91 runs, 10 more than the year before, and he also stole 17 bases.
And even with all those fabulous credentials, Carpenter might get the nod as the better second-base option in this World Series. It's hard to believe, but for many, it's fact. The better player is in the eye of the beholder.
Pedroia or Carpenter? Who gets the nod?
Consider that Carpenter has played only two full seasons after a brief introduction to professional baseball as a rookie. As a 13th-round pick in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, Carpenter was selected from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.
At 27, the 6-foot-3, 215-pound Carpenter had a true top-of-the-charts 2013. In 2012, there were hints of a breakthrough season for the versatile and highly athletic left-handed hitter. He hit .294, serving notice that he could be counted upon for quality play from several positions.
So far with the Cards, Carpenter has played every outfield position, first base, second and third, and he's played them all well.
Offensively, Carpenter is coming off an awesome season. He hit .318, leading the National League with 126 runs and 55 doubles. In 717 plate appearances, Carpenter also stroked seven triples and 11 home runs among his league-leading 199 hits.
Pedroia is generally believed to be a better fielder overall than Carpenter at second base. Pedroia's play in the fourth inning of Game 2, when he ranged far to his right to take a hit and an RBI away from the Cardinals' Matt Adams, helped the Red Sox avoid what could have been a big inning.
With the game on the line, who would a fan rather have step up to the plate: Pedroia or Carpenter? What a decision.
Awards, accolades, commendations? All good. A World Series ring? The ultimate.
Both Pedroia and Carpenter can change a game with power, a key base hit, a great defensive play or a disciplined at-bat that puts pressure on the pitcher. Both players have nice short swings, staying quick to the ball while trying to barrel the pitch to the gaps. They don't swing for the fences, but they swing for an RBI or to become the runner on base who can provide their team with the lead.
But pick one over the other in this World Series? It can't be done.
Bernie Pleskoff has served as a professional scout for the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners. Follow @BerniePleskoff on Twitter.


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The World Economic Forum's (WEF) Future of Urban Development Initiative has helped identify challenges and opportunities for the further urban development of two new champion cities of China—Dalian and Zhangjiakou.
The world's population is moving toward urban locations at an unprecedented rate. This evolution is particularly striking in China—where more than 50 percent of the population lives in cities and more than 60 percent will do so by 2018. Urban expansion to this degree presents numerous challenges that need to be addressed holistically if cities are to remain livable, productive and sustainable.
The Future of Urban Development Initiative serves as a partner in the transformation of cities worldwide as they address significant urban challenges. It aims to make innovation accessible to city leaders and businesses in a mutually beneficial setting.
This WEF report, The Future of Urban Development Initiative: Dalian and Zhangjiakou Champion City Strategy, developed in collaboration with Accenture, identifies three main urbanization themes for the two champion Chinese cities. These include:
Transport planning and management.
Urban energy management.
Sustainable industry development.
The report also discusses in detail a champion city model, identifies six key issues and proposes 19 strategic recommendations with best practices case studies to guide these cities.


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Flight Attendants Cheer New FAA Rules on Electronics
The FAA is lifting restrictions on electronic devices in flight, saying that fliers generally should be allowed to use tablets, e-readers and other gadgets. Association of Professional Flight Attendants president Laura Glading joins the News Hub to explain why attendants applaud the move. Photo: AP.
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... the Aviation ministrations and though it is just rich and I'm using electronic devices in flight ... the shrinking team that had accrued your hand from gate to gate ... welcome to your ferry staffing the news have I'm Sara Murray ... the FAA saying they plan to be on leave their tablets he rehear and other electronic gadgets during every stage of play by the end of the year ... right now forced to turn them off the plane as well as ten thousand feet ... free can fly receiving pretty happy that this thing gets the lead flight attendant ... learned all adding that present in the fifteen nation of professional flight attendants joins us from Washington ... I last ... I Horry of the year ending ... the I think that this is a good call ... well this and pretty disruptive for the flight attendants trying to stop the flight off by walking around my train the passengers on electronic devices suspending convenient for the passengers ... of flight attendants are forced to act like all my teachers and so we welcome this change we think it will make ... for much more enjoyable flight for the passengers and he's huge appetite to see the actual work you need to get down on the plane a mean air real fifty procedure that need to be taken can ensure that the palpable a feminist ... and can he change and that leaked and customers ... yes yes we will welcome the piece to importing process out all that being said I will have to make sure that these devices are still properly the ones that are too big for use laptops and so forth so though be a will but more ... of looking into the policy but overall we welcome the opportunity we're going to be in for mares ... I've not been for Sears and that's a very big point also ... but I think it really is going to make the jobs of the flight since a little bit easier we do however today and tomorrow will be asking the passengers leaves ... paid tension to the flight and in the front of the cabin ... and have really listened to the safety video or the safety instructions from flight ... the winning anything and now I can it be harder to get people to pay attention to this AP instructions and pain they know that they can be openly using the electronic devices ... the show I mean I hope not I and and we fully expect there with the passengers on this one and now we want ... I hear something in return we want you to pay attention to these BRCD announcements ... but that before where somebody would of had a book reviews favorite again they may have an e reader so I don't really see a huge difference ... and the U District local that'll make for much smoother ... flights and that the relationship between five iPhones and passengers the beginning of the flight ... no one like hiding in the corner trying to cover the screen of yourself and ... if I was reminding people in a couple things Anfield it'd be awfully me thinking can have your him a twenty lap top I mean if you have your cell phone you're not allowed to ... actually be making a phone call when you're in the air anyway the beefy rates ... risk that come with various kinds and tonight ... well if anyone has a laptop that I mean if they were so shortstop or some other type of background interruption disruption ... and I can really be a projectile and hurt somebody goes flying through the air so ... we still would not change in policy I'm having items still of the takeoff and landing but let's face it no magazine the magazine or book ... can be just as heady ... as that yelling e reader ... and so while we think that you read this will be fine but we would ... again laptops will need to be stowed as they are today for take off ... I help lead its changing the theory I doubled the lead here thankful around ...


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A bill to extend unlimited insurance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for some business bank accounts passed its first hurdle in the Senate Tuesday.
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The Senate voted 76 to 20 in favor of limiting debate on the bill, which avoids a filibuster that would have killed the legislation in the Senate.
The bill would extend the Transactional Account Guarantee, or TAG, program for two years. TAG was originally created during the financial crisis to reassure businesses that, in the event of a bank failure, they wouldn't lose the funds in the noninterest checking accounts they use to do things like pay employees or buy materials.
For large and even medium-sized businesses, those accounts can often exceed the $250,000 FDIC insurance limit, so a failing bank posed the risk of taking substantial amounts of a company's uninsured deposits down with it. In 2008, with the financial crisis in full swing, banks faced the prospect of businesses withdrawing their cash en masse to avoid such a scenario, which would have, in turn, reduced banks' cash reserves and undermined their liquidity at a time they could least afford it. That was especially true for community banks, which didn't have the implicit backing of the federal government enjoyed by the "too big to fail" banks.
"This was to help to hold funds in banks but also to give people comfort and businesses comfort that they could leave an unlimited amount of money in a bank and have full insurance protection," says Bert Ely, a banking consultant based in Alexandria, Va.
While many community banks are in better shape today than they were when TAG was created, industry groups fear a business exodus if it is allowed to expire as scheduled Dec. 31.
"The community banks particularly feel that the TAG program has given them, not a competitive advantage, but leveled the playing field a little bit with regard to being able to attract and keep deposits of businesses," Ely says. "Their concern is that once the TAG program expires, they're going to lose a lot of these deposits."
In addition to securing enough support to avoid a filibuster, the TAG extension also is supported by the White House, which put out a press release supporting the measure ahead of today's vote. However, final passage of the bill is still uncertain, Ely says. House Republican leaders, including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., are on the record opposing the measure.
"There's a lot of opposition to it," he says.
So if TAG does expire and there is an outflow of money from the banks, will that impact banks' ability or willingness to make consumer loans?
Not necessarily, Ely says.
"Banks are awash in deposits and keeping substantial balances at the (Federal Reserve), so I don't think it's going to crimp lending," he says.
And while community banks probably don't relish the thought of sending out letters to businesses and high-net-worth customers informing them that they now have uninsured deposits, customers probably don't have to worry about finding a new bank if TAG expires, he says.
"The bank failure pace has dropped off. We've had 50 this year, and I'm not sure we're going to get anymore," he says. "Liquidity is not an issue for most banks these days."
What do you think? Should Congress extend TAG? Do community banks' business customers need unlimited deposit insurance for transactional accounts?


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Embedded Video Processing and Radio Unit
The embedded video processing and radio unit (VPRU) is a small, high performance single board computer for capturing and transmission of high definition video and for providing a simple TM/TC interface for the system it is built into.
- Capture high quality video in 640x360 and 1280x720 pixels, 25 fps, progressive scan
- Perform some basic compression of the video stream in real time
- Provide a TM/TC interface to other processing units
- Interleave telemetry from other processing units and the video stream and transmit it over a radio link
- Receive telecommands via the radio and forward them to the other processing units
Nice to have requirements:
- Pan, tilt, and zoom
- Transponder functionality in the radio unit for ranging
Functional Overview
Development Approach
The VPRU is going to be developed in three incremental iterations resulting in three prototypes:
- First Prototype
- This prototype will focus on the video processing functionality and the TM/TC interface. For the radio part, a simple Wi-Fi interface will be used allowing laptops and handheld devices to act as hosts.
- Second Prototype
- This prototype will focus on the radio unit and implement the transponder functionality.
- Third prototype (TBC)
- This prototype will focus on adding the pan tilt and zoom functionalities and will be likely to replace the camera unit from the first and second prototypes.
Initial Analysis
Two processors from Texas Instruments are evaluated:
- The TMS320DM355 digital media processor
- The OMAP3530 application processor
Both are based on the DaVinci™ technology and contain hardware accelerators for video processing (both front end and backend). The OMAP2530 also contains a C64x+ DSP using which Software defined radio functionality could be implemented[1].
While these may not provide the best solution, they are relatively easy and cheap to get started with, because development environments are available in the form of the Beagle Board, the Leopard Board, and the Gumstix series.
To begin with, following borads have been acquired:
- Leopard Board that comes with a VGA camera and a 5 Mpix camera.
- Gumstix Overo Fire with the Summit expansion board.
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