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May 11, 2001
Fullerton, Calif. - 23rd-ranked UC Santa Barbara handed top-ranked Cal State Fullerton just its third loss in the last 27 games and moved to within one game of the Big West Conference leader with a 7-1 victory at Goodwin Field Friday night. The Gauchos (36-12, 10-3) used a brilliant performance by starting pitcher James Garcia and a relentless offensive attack to take the first game of the conference series from the Titans (38-13, 11-2).
Garcia went the distance, his fifth complete game of the season and fourth in five Big West starts, holding the Titans to one run on four hits while striking out seven and walking two. The win boosted Garcia's record to 10-1 and lowered his ERA to 2.48. The Torrance native becomes the first UCSB pitcher to win ten games since current Gaucho pitching coach Tom Myers did it in 1991. The Gaucho offense also did its share, scoring nine runs and pounding 15 hits, including four doubles and a homer.
After going down 1-2-3 in the top of the first, the Gauchos struck quickly in the second inning to take a 1-0 lead. Dave Molidor, the Big West's leading hitter, led off with a sharp single to left. Tyler Von Schell then hit a double off the left field wall to score Molidor. With two men retired on strikeouts, Donovan Warrecker narrowly missed hitting his second home run of the season, as Cal State Fullerton center fielder Chris Stringfellow rand hard to the left center field gap to make a leaping grab, robbing the Gaucho catcher and ending the inning. Two Gaucho hits in the third were erased by a failed sacrifice attempt and a successful pickoff move by Fullerton pitcher Jon Smith.
The hosts evened the score at one run apiece in the bottom half when the leadoff batter, whom Garcia hit, scored on a one-out sacrifice fly to center.
The Gauchos then tagged Smith for a three-spot in the fourth. Von Schell led off the inning by lacing a single to left. With two down, Von Schell got hung up between first and second on a pickoff move, but the first base umpire called a balk, sending him to second. Warrecker then sprayed a run-scoring double right field line. Andy Campanella followed with a walk, to put Gaucho runners at first and second. Skip Schumaker then doubled to the gap in left center, sneaking the ball beneath the glove of a diving Stringfellow, to score both men. The Gaucho rally ended when Ryan Spilborghs fouled out to first base.
Chad Peshke made it 5-1 UCSB when he hit an 0-1 pitch well over the left field fence as the first Gaucho batter in the fifth, for his fourth home run of the season. Molidor the flew out to the warning track in center. With two down, Jeff Bannon narrowly missed connecting on a long ball of his own, when the Fullerton left fielder made a leaping grab to pull down the warning track shot.
Meanwhile, Gaucho starter James Garcia continued to roll, getting Fullerton 1-2-3 in the fifth. He recorded his fifth strikeout of the game for the second out of the inning. The Gaucho ace then got second baseman David Bacani, who had the only two Titan hits at that point, to fly out to left to end the inning. Garcia made it six straight men retired by getting the first two Fullerton batters in the sixth. A single to right and bunt single to third followed, putting men on first and second. However, first baseman Von Schell then snagged a screamer hit right at him and trotted to the bag to dispel any rumors of a Titan rally.
After the Gauchos went down in order for a second straight time in the seventh, Garcia came right back to get the Titans 1-2-3 in both the seventh and eighth.
UCSB added two backbreaking runs in the eighth to make it a 7-1 advantage. With two outs and two men on, Warrecker hit a laser to center that went for two bases and scored Von Schell and Bannon. The double was Warrecker's second of the game. Bob Brontsema's team chased Fullerton starter Smith after a one-out Von Schell single. Mike Nunez came on to throw 1.1 innings of relief before giving way to Sean Martin.
Right fielder Ryan Spilborghs added a bounding single to center in the ninth to extend his school record hitting streak to 27 games. Spilborghs came around to score on a Molidor single to left.
Von Schell led UCSB with three hits, while Schumaker, Peshke, Molidor and Warrecker added two knocks apiece. Warrecker also tallied a game-high three RBI.
Cal State Fullerton had not lost at home since a March 17 setback to Cal Poly. Friday also marked the first time the Titans had lost consecutive games since February 6. The win was UCSB's eighth in its last nine games.
The teams will play the second game of the Big West series tomorrow at 7:00 p.m.


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Residents recall the Stuttgart Army Air Field, involvement in the war
"There were many soldiers who came into town. We all sacrificed our rooms and apartments," Verna Bluhm of Stuttgart said. "Dad fixed an apartment above the garage — it was full all the time."
It was the midst of War World II, and the City of Stuttgart with 4,500 residents had doubled its size with the addition of soldiers stationed at Stuttgart Army Air Field, activated just eight months after Pearl Harbor.
According to the Museum of the Grand Prairie, the federal government bought four sections of land from farmers in Prairie County, who thought they would be able to buy their farms back later on.
The "We've Gotta Get Tough: History of World War II Home Front Efforts in Arkansas, 1941-1946" by Holly Hope, reported officials chose Stuttgart because its prairie environment was perfect for airfield operations. There was little clearing to be done and the hardpan soil was firm for runways.
"That airbase was the best farming land on the Grand Prairie because it was flat and they didn't have to do a lot of levying," Frances Camp of Stuttgart said.
There were as many as 5,000 soldiers stationed at the airfield from 1942 to 1944. Bluhm was around 18-years old at the time, and she said it was definitely hard to give up your own room but "they came begging for a place to stay. "My sister and I gave up our bedroom for three different couples and we moved to a smaller room," she added.
By the time the war had ended, Bluhm said she had become good friends with several of the couples, all from out-of-state, including Hoboken, N.J., and Kansas.
"One couple came back about 15-20 years after the war," she said.
It was a similar experience for Camp and her husband, who hosted Albert Hall of Wyoming and his wife. Hall was a mechanic stationed at the air field to work on the Twin Engines.
"They had a little trailer so they came up one day and wanted to know if they could park their trailer under a tree," Camp, who was 21-years old and newly wed at the time, said. "So they were there with us for, oh, about two years." The two couples kept in touch until about two years ago.
The Stuttgart air field was established on Aug. 15, 1942, as a Twin Engine Advanced Flying School. The 2,681-acre air field later became the first advanced glider training school in the United States. According to Hope's "We've Gotta Get Tough," the glider classes were located there to "take advantage of the optimal year-round flying conditions and obstruction-free prairie land."
It had four 5,000-foot runways and accommodations for 6,000 personnel, including members of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots. According to the Department of Defense, "the function of the 2062nd Ordnance Company stationed at Stuttgart AAF included the operation of armament, skeet and pistol ranges."
"Our farm was right across the road and if you go down that dirt road, oh half a mile, that's where my parents lived," Camp, 92, said. "We lived there when the gliders were there and one of the runways came right over our house.
"The first night we moved there on our farm, we'd just bought it, a glider fell," Camp said. "We thought it had hit our barn, but of course all the farms were fenced back then and he'd tipped his wings too much and the wings hit the barbed wire fence and crashed. It was in January, coldest night of the year and, of course, they couldn't get the guys out that night. It was right after midnight. Of course, they were both killed."
Despite the crash, Camp said she never worried about living that close to the airfield although she did have a few scares. "One day I was mowing the yard and one of the Twin Engines was there and it looked like when he came up he wasn't going to make it and was going to crash. I started running," she said.
As the war continued, life in Stuttgart centered on housing, work and entertaining. Bluhm said she attended two or three plays at the air field after they bought bonds as well as entertained several boys at their family home.
"I belong to Emmanuel Lutheran Church," Camp said. "We had military visit and my mother and daddy would have them over for dinner on Sundays. We enjoyed them, the people"
Later, the air field would include a prisoners of war (POWs) camp for both captured German and Italian soldiers, who helped harvest rice on the Grand Prairie. Robert Seidenschwarz, 85, lived just north of the air field at the time, receiving the occasional glider that landed in his fields as well as Italian POWs who helped on their farm.
"They were kind of fun to work with," Seidenschwarz, who was 17-years old at the time, said. "They were interested and enjoyed what they were doing. There were no problems."
Bluhm said it was the same for her dad, who "would go and get a truckload of them and take them out to his Humphrey farm." The 15-20 POWs helped clear her dad's farm without trouble — "I think they were glad to be there because they had food and lodging."
"My daddy (Gustav "Gus" Eifling) used them to shock rice … and, of course, he could communicate with them," Camp said. "Just living across the road from the airbase he could just go over there and get them. There was always a guard with them. Those prisoners loved this area. They said they had never been treated so good. People were so good to them."
Gena Seidenschwarz with the Museum of the Grand Prairie said it's a message they've heard from several people. "Many visitors to the museum are seeking information about that (POWs) facility," she said. "I had a professor from the University of Washington who had lived in Stuttgart, Germany, for eight years. He said the positive impact made in POW camps in the south was still remembered — the impact was powerful."
Arkansas' training classes ended in 1944. The Third Air Force took over field installations on Feb. 1, 1945, for the Air-Ground Coordination Training Program, which included tactical maneuvers and aerial reconnaissance.
The airfield was declared excess on Aug. 5, 1946, just slightly over a year after World War II ended. That same month, the keys to 100 housing units were turned over to the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce to be used as rental property for ex-service men and women and their dependents.
On Jan. 18, 1949, the land was transferred over to the City of Stuttgart to be used as a municipal airport, although the Quit-Claim Deed gave the Government the reserved right to repossess the property in case of a national emergency.
Today, Stuttgart Muncipal Airport manager Carl Humphrey said it is still used by the military. The Arkansas National Guard's 39th Battalion is located at the airport. Both the Arkansas Army National Guard and the U.S. Air Force also use it as training for C130Js.
For more stories and information about the Stuttgart Army Air Field, visit the Museum of the Grand Prairie, 921 East 4th St. in Stuttgart.

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Original 'Star-Spangled Banner' poem leaves Baltimore for first time
Two state police, 6 city officers escort armored truck carrying original document
-The Baltimore Sun
After Francis Scott Key scrawled down the four verses of "The Star-Spangled Banner," he left four fold marks from putting it in his breast pocket. Nearly 200 years later, the historic document is handled with far more reverence and care.
It's kept in an argon-filled case for preservation, and on Tuesday, when caretakers moved it from Baltimore to Annapolis — its first known trip out of the city — they put it in an armored truck followed by two state police cars and a half-dozen city police on motorcycles.
Key wrote the poem in September 1814 during the Battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry, where it will return Wednesday after a trip to Annapolis for a reception for the General Assembly, organized by the National Anthem Celebration Foundation. For three months starting Thursday, the public can view Key's original manuscript at the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine.
"This is a great phase for us to take this document down to Annapolis," said Burt Kummerow, president of the Maryland Historical Society, which has held the document since the 1950s.
Kummerow called the piece of parchment "a very, very important document in Maryland history," adding that "we're taking great pains to protect it," as he spoke to the news media outside the historical society's building on West Monument Street. A television news helicopter hovered above the Dunbar Armored truck before it left to head down Interstate 97 to Annapolis.
The document has been in a historical society exhibit, which is now under renovation. The large wooden display case with built-in lights sits in an empty room, where contractors have begun to make way for a new Civil War exhibit.
The document was preserved underneath a copy on display for visitors — but every hour, a mechanical device would reveal the original for several minutes to help preserve Key's original writing.
"The thing is priceless. It is insured for many dollars," said historical society spokesman Marc L. Apter.
The document was removed from the museum case Tuesday for the first time since 2003 — still secured inside a frame carried by a Dunbar employee. The yellowed parchment, with elegant cursive handwriting with the occasional word slashed out, was flattened between the clear frame with numerous locks. "Property of the Maryland Historical Society" was written across the frame.
It was delicately lowered into a large case strapped into the truck, surrounded with a heavy blankets used for a cushions.
Dan Esmond, founder of the National Anthem Celebration, said he worked with the historical society for several months to plan the move. "To me, this is like the Constitution, but this you can actually read," since the document has been so well-preserved, he said.
Esmond grew up in Pennsylvania but has lived in Maryland for the past 16 years and has worked for the Secret Service. He says he's "always had a love for the National Anthem," which drove him to start the National Anthem Celebration Foundation.
"It's one of America's greatest documents," said Alexandra Deutsch, chief curator for the historical society. She said the document has not left Baltimore.
In 1814, Key gave the handwritten manuscript to his brother-in-law, Judge Joseph Hopper Nicholson, for publication. His son, James Macon Nicholson, inherited the document in 1817, passing it in 1875 to his daughter, Rebecca Lloyd Shippen. She sold it in 1907 to Henry Walters, founder of the Walters Art Gallery.
The Walters Art Museum sold it to the historical society in 1953, where it has remained since.
The society briefly took down the manuscript in 2002 amid heightened security concerns after the Sept. 11 attacks, when numerous documents across the country were secured, including the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. At the same time, the document had been scheduled for restoration, where creases in the paper and tears along the edges were repaired.
The manuscript was encased in its current apparatus, made by a boat and scuba equipment manufacturing firm in Upper Marlboro.
"The Star-Spangled Banner" did not become the national anthem until March 3, 1931.
Starting Thursday, the manuscript will be showcased at the new visitor and education center at Fort McHenry.
Vincent Vaise, a park ranger and chief of interpretation, said this the first time that "The Star-Spangled Banner" will return to "the place that gave the inspiration. It's making history again."
Read the full story on baltimoresun.com.


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Ruby, Clojure, Ceylon: Same Goal, Different ResultsJun 15, 2012, 05:00 (1 Talkback[s])
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Charles Nutter, Rich Hickey, and Gavin King each discovered that 'simplicity' doesn't mean the same thing as they developed Ruby, Clojure, and Ceylon, respectively. 'Languages that are created with similar goals in mind may yield highly disparate final results, depending on how their communities understand those goals,' writes Andrew Oliver.
'At first, it surprised me that each language's creator directly or indirectly identified simplicity as his goal, as well as how differently the three creators and their languages' communities define what simplicity is. For Ruby, it is about a language that feels natural and gets out of your way to do what you want. For Clojure, it is about keeping the language itself simple. For Ceylon, it is a compromise between enabling the language to help, in King's words, "communicating algorithms to humans" and providing proper tooling support: the same general goal, three very different results.'
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With the recent Nintendo 3DS news released in this week's Nintendo Direct, it looks like the Nintendo 3DS is going to have a great year. With that said, the Wii U isn't doing so great right now. In fact the difference in success between the 3DS and Wii U is night and day.
And more games.
That should be enough to silence the "Nintendo/wii u is doomed" "crowd. Well maybe not silence, but at least mute some of the less obsessed.
I guess I could add my list of games in no particular order.
Super Mario Galaxy 3
Mario Kart
Luigi's mansion wii u edition
Wave race
Pilot wings
Excite bike
Donkey kong remastered
Blast corp 2
Eternal Darkness 2
Ok. Maybe I'm dreaming, but it's a great dream
excite bike would be good you don't get many good motocross games these days could sell quite well. I want
lylat wars 2, (10 points if you know what franchise this game is older gamers should know)
more wind waker footage and release date
see what retro is doing would like them to make a new game, pass metroid to EAD,
pokemon gba virtual console with added online to the port.
GameCube virtual console anouncment and games list.
Mario 3d
Mario kart
(i know not Wii u related but zelda 3ds release and footage)
monolith x
2 gamepad support and release a stand alone gamepad.
with Sony and Microsoft New consoles coming this year's e3 will be awesome, i have a Wii u and getting a ps4 so I have to see if microsoft wants my money aswell.
I want these games
NotZelda II
NotMarioKart III
NotDonkeyKong: The Awakening
Give me these games Nintendo and you'll be unstoppable at E3.


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Charges Filed in EHT Hotel Death
Police have identified a man found dead on Sunday inside an Egg Harbor Township hotel room, and authorities have filed weapons charges against one man while continuing to look for a suspect.
The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said Kaneil Harris, 22, was found in a hallway inside the Howard Johnson's on the Black Horse Pike around 11 a.m. after being being fatally shot.
NBC 40 reports that 5 men were taken into custody after a confrontation in Pleasantville involving the SWAT team.
No one has been charged with the slaying. But a 23-year-old man was arrested Monday and charged with weapons offenses. Police tell The Press of Atlantic City that George Neewilly fired a handgun in the same room where the victim was found.
Neewilly is in the Atlantic County Justice Facility on $150,000 bail.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
- Man Found Dead Inside Hotel / NBC 10
- Hotel homicide leads to police standoff /NBC 40
- Homicide investigation at Egg Harbor Township hotel leads to Pleasantville neighborhood / Press of Atlantic City


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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Spiced Up" First, Joanne turns fresh plums into a cheese-worthy chutney with ginger and then Joan returns for an encore. They use a combination of Indian spices to prepare Roasted Chicken Thighs with Indian Rub with Pan Roasted Potatoes with Black and Yellow Mustard seeds. Recipes: Plum and Ginger Chutney with Italian Cheeses, Roasted Chicken Thighs with Indian Rub, Pan-Roasted Potatoes with Black and Yellow Mustard Seeds. D
6:30 pm
Martha Bakes "Yellow Cake" A simple recipe for yellow cake becomes the foundation for extraordinary desserts. Martha shares her father's favorite birthday cake, with an orange curd filling and a rich chocolate frosting - and offers tips for creating a bakery-worthy layer cake, such as creating even layers and applying a perfect coat of frosting. From a mouthwatering stone-fruit upside-down cake to a batch of strawberry cupcakes, Martha covers the possibilities for this yellow cake recipe. D
7:00 pm
This Old House "Essex 2012/13, from Our House to Daryl's House" Kevin points out the exterior details that bring the outside into the sunroom, like the slate floor tile installer Mark Ferrante is laying. Parged plaster, salvaged hearth tile and carefully stained quarter-sawn oak floors all work to revive the look of the original cottage. Norm visits music icon and old house buff Daryl Hall at his antique home and studio. D
7:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Rick Steves' Europe: The Making Of" After 16 years and more than 100 travel shows, Rick and his crew take you behind the scenes to show you just how they produce this series. Joining the crew as they scamper through Milan and around Lake Como, you'll follow the creative process as the challenges and surprises that come with travel are shaped into a finished show. D
8:00 pm
Travelscope "Taiwan - The Culture of Tea" The mystery and majesty of tea is explored when Joseph spotlights the culture of this royal beverage on Taiwan. During this adventure he travels to Lujang to join in the creation of traditional tea snacks, visits an Assam tea farm in Nantou, participates in a formal tea ceremony in Tainan and tops it all off with a visit to the annual Lantern Festival in Chiayi. Along the way he meets the masters of Taiwan's pottery, tin-sculpting and lantern-making arts. D
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Lidia's Italy In America "Italian American Sandwiches #2" Once again, Lidia looks at the history of some Italian American local sandwich beginnings, starting with Baltimore's Italian American Civic Club Sandwich, a Primanti Sandwich and a Prosciutto, Scallion and Egg Sandwich. She also makes a delicious Celery, Artichoke and Mortadella Salad to accompany the sandwiches. D
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Simply Ming "Kf Seetoh & Street Hawker Food" On this special episode of Simply Ming, Ming Tsai tours the famous hawker stalls of Singapore and experiences the myriad of tastes that Singapore street food has to offer. After trying the best of the best, Ming and KF Seetoh make their own version of their favorite street food right in the middle of all the action.on the fly in Singapore. D
10:00 pm
Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen "The Best Kept Secrets of European Grilling" When it comes to European grilling, Italy and Greece grab the headlines. Here's a look of some of Europe's lesser-known grilling traditions. From Belgium, it's briny oysters grilled with an uncommon (and uncommonly delectable) combo of ginger, soy sauce, and fruit jam. D
10:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Rick Steves' Europe: The Making Of" After 16 years and more than 100 travel shows, Rick and his crew take you behind the scenes to show you just how they produce this series. Joining the crew as they scamper through Milan and around Lake Como, you'll follow the creative process as the challenges and surprises that come with travel are shaped into a finished show. D
11:00 pm
Art of the Western World "Into The Twentieth Century" Part I: With modernity came new energy and forms in Viennese building and painting. Paris saw the emergence of the Fauves, and of Picasso and Cubism. Kandinsky and others experimented with color abstraction. D


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Courtesy of Eastern Nazarene Sports Information
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT baseball team lost to Eastern Nazarene 3-2 today on Briggs Field, losing to the Lions for the first time since 1997 when ENC beat MIT in another one run game, 9-8. On a beautiful mid-March day on MIT's campus, the Lions opened their New England season schedule with a win as the Engineers lost the opener of their 2010 campaign.
The Lions got on the scoreboard early in the first as Danny Rodriquez singled on and then advanced to second on a passed ball. One out later, Luke Matthews singled to right driving in Rodriquez for the 1-0 lead.
The score remained unchanged until the bottom of the third when the Lions struck again. Lead-off hitter Victor Torres doubled to left field and then advanced to third on an infield error allowing Joel Torres to reach first. On Joel Torres' attempt to steal second base, and ensuing rundown, Victor Torres, on third, found enough time to steal home and give the Lions the 2-0 lead.
The Engineers got on the scoreboard in the top of the 5th when leadoff hitter James McKinney reached first on an infield single up the middle. He advanced to second on a ground out and then took third as a pick-off attempt from home plate was overthrown into centerfield. This left Grant Iwamoto's deep fly ball to centerfield to score McKinney from third to make it a one run ball game again at 2-1.
The Lions threatened in the bottom of the 6th as Justin Denbow doubled down the third base line. Luke Matthews walked on and the Lions next batter, Johan Villalona, hit into a fielder's choice only to have the throw to second miss its target as everyone was safe and the bases were loaded. The Lions next batter, Joel Torres, worked the count to three and two and took ball four to score Denbow and give the Lions the 3-1 lead before the inning ended.
The Engineers quickly responded in the top of the 7th, as McKinney doubled to the left field warning track and then advanced to third on a wild pitch. Bryan Macomber reached first after being hit by a pitch and then stole second. Ryne Barry then hit a deep infield ground out to score McKinney for the Engineers' second run of the game to bring the score back to a one run deficit, 3-2. Neither team would seriously threaten the rest of the game as the Lions went on to win by the same score.
Eastern Nazarene junior Justin Denbow went 3 for 3 with a run scored and a walk as Luke Mathews went 2 for 3 with an RBI while MIT's James McKinney went 2 for 4 at the plate with two runs scored.
ENC's Jared Daniels picked up the win, going to 2-0, while pitching 6 innings, giving up 3 hits, 1 run and 2 walks and striking out 3. Gregg Olson came in and pitched two innings of relief but Joe Steinwedell picked up the save coming in the ninth as he retired the side.
MIT's Chris Vaughan was credited with the loss as he threw 3 innings, giving up 4 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks while striking out 3.
Eastern Nazarene improved its record to 7-5 on the season as MIT fell to 0-1. The Lions face Anna Maria on Saturday, March 20, and the Engineers face Wentworth Institute of Technology on Friday, March 19 at home.


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Student Discovers Biological Brother Attends Same University, In Same Major
An adopted Georgia student has discovered he and his long-lost biological brother are both studying political science at the same university.
Kieran Christian Graham, 20, is a third year student at Kennesaw State University who was adopted when he was only three-months-old. Along with his three adopted siblings, they were the only family he knew.
Graham told Buzzfeed News his parents told him what they knew about his biological family – including the fact he had an older brother - but details were scarce.
"I periodically would look for them and check on Facebook, but I never knew their last name so it was always hard," Graham said.
As an early Christmas present, his parents gave Graham and his siblings their own Ancestry DNA kits. Graham found 100 loose matches for potential family members, along with one strong match to a 29-year-old man named Vincent Ghant.
Graham decided to find Ghant on Facebook and try to reconnect with his long-lost brother.
Read the full story on Shared.com.
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Earth : North America : Central America : Nicaragua : Capital Region (Nicaragua) : Managua
Managua is the capital of Nicaragua.
Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua. It is also the largest city in Nicaragua. The city has a population of roughly 1,800,000, composed predominantly of mestizos and whites; making it the second most populous city in Central America after Guatemala City.
Managua's location between the rival cities of León and Granada made it a logical and ideal compromise site in determining the nation's capital. Managua's economy is based mainly on trade. The city is Nicaragua's chief trading center for coffee, cotton, and other crops. It is also an important industrial center. Its chief products for trade include beer, coffee, matches, textiles, and shoes.
The city has been witness to the rise and fall of political powers throughout Nicaragua's history and suffered devastating earthquakes in 1931 and 1972. Managua is the economic, political, cultural, commercial and industrial center of Nicaragua. Since the 1972 earthquake, residential and business areas have been built on the outskirts of Managua. Managua has been dubbed as the Venice of Central America because of its escalating use of makeshift canals that can be found throughout the city.
Residents of the city and of the department of Managua are called Managüenses.
Barrio Martha Quezada (near TicaBus) is particularly very dangerous because there are not only robberies in broad daylight, but gang attacks at night which have resulted in numerous deaths and near deaths of foreign tourists, both by knifing and gunshot. Attacks are opportunistic and targets are not drug users unlike most dangerous parts of Latin America. Police and tourist police action is utterly ineffective. The danger can change from block to block, and therefore is extremely dangerous for anyone in the area who is unfamiliar. Best to avoid the area completely or simply stay in the hostel and not venture out nor explore. Most residential streets in Managua suffer from lack of security for outsiders; and attacks can occur without warning.
Nicaragua is one of Latin America's economically friendly destinations. Its hotel, food and transportation costs are a fraction of its neighbors. Eating at local restaurants is extremely inexpensive, and for $30, a meal for four can be served at these locations. Fast food locations are relatively similar to those in North America and Europe in terms of price. High-end restaurants are also affordable. Foreign cuisine, like French and Italian specialities, are served at high-end locations for a fraction of the price found in North American and European cities. Transportation is equally affordable with bus trips for less than US$1.00 and taxi services. Hotels, as anywhere, vary from cheap hostels to full service five stars that can run into the thousands of cordobas.
Get in
By plane
Delta[10] from Atlanta, United Airlines from Houston, Spirit Airlines from Fort Lauderdale, American Airlines from Miami, TACA airlines from Miami and Washington Dulles (IAD). TACA also connects several times daily from San Salvador and COPA once daily from both San Salvador and Panama City. Flights from Canada are less expensive and less troublesome via San Salvador than via Miami. In the Winter, Air Transat (charter) flies non-stop from Montreal to Managua for packages primarily in Montelimar.
By Motorcycle
A great adventure is to visit Nicaragua on a motorcycle. The smells, the air, nature can be uniquely experience with a motorcycle. For motorcycle rentals visit Nicaragua Motorcycle Adventures
By car
If you are looking for a driver and car hire then check Taxi Managua who have selected a small number of reliable taxi drivers. All drivers are official airport Taxis.
By bus
There are direct bus routes from all major cities stopping at various points.
Buses from Masaya, Granada, San Marcos and some from Jinotepe come in through the southeastern Carretera Masaya entrance and pass by the Centroamerica rotonda before going to either Mercado Huembes or UCA.
Buses from Jinotepe also come in through carretera Sur stopping by 7 Sur, a hub to go to via Carretera Nueva and Vieja Leon and C. Sur.
To go to the mountains in the north or the caribbean coast, buses leave from Mercado El Mayoreo.
Bus tickets can also be bought online via Pombai.
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Great Taxi/Travel Guide Anyone traveling in the pacific region of Nicaragua and is unfamiliar or in need of a wonderful taxi driver/tour guide, we met a great one on our recent trip. We got the recommendation for Angel from project Bona Fide, a long time non-profit organization in Nicaragua, seems he's there unofficial driver. It was so nice to be met at the airport by Angel's warm smile and big sign with our name on it- even though our flight was 2 hours late, he knew we would be coming and waited. Our first destination was Granada, but Angel stopped along the way at these amazing fruit stands and guided us in choosing phenomenal fruits which was perfect welcome to Nicaragua after a long flight and day of travel. Angel guided us in and through Granada, pointed out great places to visit and explore, then he safely dropped us off at our hotel. A few days later Angel picked us up and took us up to Mombacho volcano for lunch at the view point at Catarina that looked over the Laguna de Apoyo. The following day he took us down to the ferry boat in Rivas to head over to Isla Ometepe, promising to be there to pick us up when we returned. We forgot our phone and computer chargers at the hotel we were staying at, unknowingly to us, Angel went back to the hotel and was able to retrieve the phone charger but our computer charger was not there and he went out and bought a new one for us. Amazing. Mind you each time we were scheduled to meet Angel he was always there, a few minutes early even. In all, Angel made our trip and adventures something very special that we would have lost without his kind-hearted guidance and help.
Driving directions in Managua are not typical. In fact, they are often regarded as unique and confusing. The major earthquakes have left the city without a consistent and clear street address system. Although the government has made attempts to address this problem, directions are given relative to landmarks and distances. For example, most addresses are given based on landmarks and with the directions al lago - North, towards the lake, arriba/abajo (east/west) and al sur (to the South). For example, to instruct a taxi driver to drop you off at Casa Ben Linder [13], the directions are "en barrio Moseñor Lezcano, de donde fue el Banco Popular, 2 al lago, 2 arriba", which means, "in the Lezcano neighborhood, from where People's Bank used to be, 2 blocks towards the lake and 2 blocks East."
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If you do not have the time to go to Masaya for handicrafts, go to the Mercado Huembes where you will find everything from souvenirs to hammocks, and paintings. Ask anyone how to get there.
A good breakfast is Leche Agria - a homemade yogurt like drink. Look for signs advertising it in store fronts and pulperias. Put a little salt on it and eat it with tortilla.
There are tons of bars in the area south of the big BAC building downtown, find an abandoned place called Lacmiel and head east to find this zone.
There are also a few bars and restaurants around ZONA HIPPOS. Woody's has good wings, Pirata's is a popular local restaurant/bar and Tercer Ojo is a more upscale resto-lounge with fusion cuisine. This area is west of the traffic light at Hilton Princess and La Union supermarket.
The "Zona Rosa" is an area with bars and restaurants that has sprung up in what was once a mostly residential area. It is located south of the BAC building. Highlights include Pharaoh's casino, Casa del Cafe, bars east of Lacmiel, la Casa del Baho restaurant, and Hipa Hipa bar.
Last but not least there are also bars and restaurants in the new "Zona Viva" in Galerias Santo Domingo
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And I named the visionary entrepreneur the DeBord Report 2012 L.A. Businessperson of the Year!
Musk is also Chairman of Solar City, the San Mateo-based solar panel installation and leasing startup. Solar City staged an initial public offering Thursday. That should have been icing on Musk's 2012 cake (the company is run by two of his cousins, while he's one of the main investors). But it didn't entirely turn out that way.
The IPO wasn't a disaster for Musk. Solar City raised $92 million in its Wall Street debut and now has a market cap of nearly $600 million. But the offering was priced lower than initially planned: $8 a share, rather than the $13 to $15 that had been announced in the lead up to the IPO. The higher price would have valued the company at a cool billion.
The investment banks that underwrote the offering — with Goldman Sachs taking the lead — weren't able to overcome skittishness about the clean-tech sector. It's witnessed some prominently meltdown over the past year or so. The worrisome whiff of Solyndra, the solar startup that went bankrupt, taking investor and federal Department of Energy money with it, hangs miasma-like in the green energy realm. Battery maker A123 also recently declared bankruptcy; its $371 million IPO - 2009's largest - set off plenty of irrational optimism about cleantech companies and their bright future. These days, that optimism looks foolish.
Still, Solar City "popped," closing at almost $12 a share in trading Thursday. But the company is valued at hundreds of millions less than if it had successfully begun trading at the higher level. Musk himself bought $15 million of the shares Solar City sold in the IPO. Other prominent investors also jumped in. You can read that either as a vote of confidence in a company that has yet to turn a profit (although sales are rising fast) or as an effort to use the IPO process to put more money into the company, under the guise of making it available for public ownership.
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The evolution of Texas deer hunting blinds
A few days ago, I was at a South Texas feed store that also sells deer blinds and feeders. Something caught my eye — three blinds. One was painted in UT burnt orange, another was Texas A&M maroon and the other was hot pink in honor of breast cancer awareness. I mentioned something in regards to the traditional camouflage green stands to the salesman. The guy laughed and said they had actually sold quite a few of the odd colored blinds. It seems that deer no longer care what color the blind or feeder is as long as it's still slinging tasty nuggets of corn.
The days of actually making a box blind for deer hunting are far from over. That's especially true here in South and Southeast Texas. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to build a blind. It's actually akin to a giant doghouse.
The wackiest looking homegrown deer blind I've ever come across was in Arkansas. It was an old and rickety box blind that was sitting on top of a rusted out hay bailer. In a lot of outback areas of East Texas, and apparently Arkansas, a lot of cars, trucks and farm machinery rot where they stop. There are a lot of opportunistic deer hunters that will set up and hunt out of just about anything that deer have become accustomed to seeing. That can be anything from an outhouse to a junked car.
The most comfortable blind I've ever hunted from was in South Texas. It was one of those tower blinds and was as high as a two-story house. On a comfort scale of one to 10, it was definitely at the top. Just because it's deer season doesn't mean it's going to be cold. That's why this particular blind was equipped with an air conditioner. And just in case it got too cold, there was a heater. And if all else failed, you could actually open a window or two.
If you're hunting in the senderos of South Texas, it's pretty important to be able to see a long way. That's where a portable blind on a trailer is in demand. Once on location, those blinds can be hydraulically jacked up. Some of them resemble work-over oil field rigs. Come to think of it, I've actually seen hunters use the height of a work-over rig for a blind.
The do-it-yourself plywood box blinds are still big-time popular in East Texas. They are cheap and easy to build and transport. Some are sitting on the ground; others are elevated. The thing about a box blind is that they are not easily stolen, unlike tree stands and portable tripods that come up missing when you least expect it.
There are plenty of hunters that prefer to use the pre-fab blinds. Some are built really well, are rock solid and well insulated to muffle the sound of voices, bumps from guns and squeaky chairs. Many of the blinds you'll see these days are made of plastic. You get what you pay for. Some of the discount-type blinds are really wobbly and noisy, and not too much fun to hunt from.
Regardless of what type of deer blind you hunt from, it's always nice to know that it's not going to blow over. Anchoring a blind is important. Sitting in a wobbling blind is definitely not in the best interest of your accuracy. It's always kind of frustrating to walk up to your blind and see that it's been blown down.
It goes without saying that a big and solid blind makes a deer hunt pretty comfortable. And one that's overlooking a couple of corn feeders that are maintained year round will definitely work like a magnet for deer. In that situation, it's not the challenge of the hunt, but staying awake.


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We may live in an era that many feel is dangerously approaching the Big Brother world depicted in the book '1984,' but after a high school student was expelled for using profanity in a tweet, lots of people cried foul.
The Garrett, Indiana student, Austin Carroll, recently let loose the F-bomb in a tweet from his home computer at about 2:30 a.m. And since Garrett High School has an automated system to track the social media goings-on of its students, the missive was flagged — and he was booted out of school, just three months before graduation.
The school claims he made the tweet from one of its computers, but Austin denies that. And given the time it was posted, it seems highly unlikely. But even though students staged a protest and the media scrutiny has been harsh, the school is standing by its decision.
As for Austin himself, he's finishing out his diploma requirements at an alternative school. And although he still steadfastly claims he didn't do anything wrong, he does have some regrets, saying, "I just want to be able to go back to regular school, go to prom and go to everything that a regular senior would get to do in their senior year."


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A good dog never dies. He always stays. He walks besides you on crisp autumn days when frost is on the fields and winter's drawing near. His head is within our hand in his old way. ~ Mary Carolyn Davies
Thank you to everyone who commented, emailed and sent PM's via Ravelry to express condolences on the loss of Kishka. I appreciate all of the kind words and stories that you shared with me. As many people commented, Kish's death was very sudden and unexpected. I think I'm finally getting over the sheer shock of it and am starting to process what happened.
One thing I'm getting used to is a quiet house. I knew that Kish wooed a lot, but I didn't realize just how much she wooed. My house is so darn quiet now. It's kind of spooky.
I'm also showering Sadie with attention. She and Kishka bonded from the very beginning and I knew that Kish's death would be rough on Sadie. For the first few days, Sadie seemed to look for Kishka. She was constantly walking around the house and yard. She's stopped the searching and now she just seems depressed. I realize I'm anthropomorphizing her, but there's no way around it: the dog has got the blues.
Weekends are for outdoor adventures and that continues. Hiding in my house eating chocolate will not bring Kishka back (a tactic I have tried) so last weekend Sadie and I headed out for our weekly adventure. I couldn't face our usual park, so we went to a different one. Sadie had to stay on her leash at this park, but we still had fun.
The trails weren't crowded.
Sadie enjoyed leading the way.
She got impatient with all my picture taking.
And we found a gorgeous spot to rest.
This weekend we went back to our regular park. It was a gorgeous day.
There were even birds singing.
Sadie has always been a follower, not a leader, so for the first hour or so she stuck close by my side. Kishka always led the way and I don't think Sadie quite knew what to do without her there. After some encouragement from me, she ventured off on her own.
Always keeping an eye on me, of course.
There was snow to eat.
A stream to splash in.
And, a hole to dig.
This last one took me by surprise. I've never seen Sadie dig a hole, but she dug a huge one yesterday.
Sadie also found a friend to play Chase with her.
She never came close to catching him, but she had fun trying.
She was a very tired girl when we got home.
There has been knitting around here. I finished the Film Noir socks last weekend.
The yarn is simply lovely.
And the skein size generous (I have size 10 feet).
I also cast on a new pair and have completed both feet.
Today is a very special day for Sadie.
It's her anniversary. It was two years ago today that she came to live with me. We're going to go for a walk later and then tonight she'll get her present:
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I'm pretty assertive in most things. If you take one look at my profile, the first impression you should have is that I know who I am and what I want. This leads people to think that I'm entirely more confident than I feel like I actually am. Around friends or strangers, in a regular social situation, once I've found my stride I can be absolutely bubbly, funny, talkative -- you name it.
But in a dating situation? This completely goes away. It comes from not being a good judge of who is interested and who is not, and issues of self-image. I don't openly talk about myself in a sexual manner and don't feel comfortable being spoken to that way, either. Which is weird -- I can talk frankly about sex, but not if I'm in the picture. (And by talking frankly, I mean I'm unafraid of addressing the issue, not that I am openly crude or that I cyber a lot or anything. I'm neither of those things and am honestly personally offended by people who treat me like I am.) In a romantic situation, I find myself completely unwilling to take it to the next level and initially more interested in intellectual stimulation than anything else.
So what does a person in my situation do? Guys I date find themselves confused because I'm outwardly confident but so self-conscious and blocky when it comes to anything intimate. If they want a confident girl, I am everything except for where it seems to matter. If I go for a guy who likes shy girls, who might be more understanding, it never goes anywhere because in every other arena, I'm too outgoing.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Coker men's lacrosse team suffered a 13-5 loss to the Queens University of Charlotte Royals in the semifinals of the 2014 Food Lion SAC Men's Lacrosse Championship on Thursday (Apr. 17).
Shane Wilson led the Coker offense with three points on a hat-trick, while Mike Martiello and Andy Campos each netted a goal apiece. Leading in the assist department was Martiello with two, while Campos, Timothy Smith and Ryan Maurer each finished with one apiece.
Defensively, Tim Ryan, John Elliott and Dylan Marks led the charge for the Navy and Yellow. Ryan made 12 saves on the afternoon, while Elliott picked up four ground balls and Marks caused three turnovers.
The Cobra offense would get off to a slow start, tallying only one goal in the first 30 minutes of action, while Queens would net seven goals to go into halftime up, 7-1. The Royals would score four unanswered goals to start the third period, but the Navy and Yellow would answer back with three unanswered goals of its own to close the period down 11-4. Queens would score two more goals and Coker would tally one to cement a final score of 13-5 in favor of the Royals.
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My Yorkie with cancer...
First I know she is 15 yr. old and she has had this breast cancer for many years. The vet said not to remove lumps at her age as she has developed 50 to 75 % kidney failure now..I was wanting to make sure I am giving her all the special food she needs..She has been on c/d diet for many years, she has had 3 bladder stones removed. I know there is nothing I can do for her now, and it breaks my heart, I just want to make sure I am doing all I can for the rest of her life to make her comfortable. I read somewhere that giving her table food is good for kidney failure, I only have given her chicken breast that I boiled. What food should I be feeding her? Stay with the c/d? I know she needs more water in her food..Please if anyone has any suggestions as to what I should make sure her diet is each day I am all ears. She is still active, but we are having to bind up the tumor as it is bleeding and draining,,she seems to welcome the tshirt tied around her with the mini pad inserted in it. Well thank you for reading and any thing you can offer to me I appreciate it so much..I am just lost ..
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The ETSU men's basketball team only added to its rich history of success during the 2009-10 season, capturing its second straight Atlantic Sun Conference Championship and earning the program's ninth trip all-time to the NCAA Tournament ... Posting the program's fourth 20-win season in the past seven years, the Bucs overcame multiple challenges during the season before dropping Mercer in the A-Sun finals.
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The ETSU men's basketball team went 1-1 in action last week, dropping a game at Belmont (58-68) and then winning a double-overtime thriller against Lipscomb (102-95) � The Lipscomb win was the first double overtime game for the Buccaneers since falling to Coastal Carolina 97-89 back on Feb. 22, 1988 � The Bucs had to overcome a great deal of adversity and Lipscomb momentum in that game, as senior leader Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) went down with a left ankle injury with over 11 minutes left in the first half and did not return to the game � Despite Smith's absence and the fact ETSU was facing a Lipscomb team that was celebrating "Senior Night," the Bucs' bench came through and ETSU picked up the victory to lock up the No. 2 seed in next month's Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament � With the win, ETSU improved to 20-10 overall, 15-4 in A-Sun play � ETSU will play its final regular season game Thursday evening, traveling to Buies Creek, N.C., to take on Campbell � Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. � Smith continues to lead the Bucs in scoring at 16.9 points per game, while junior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) leads the team with 7.2 rebounds a game � Brown also moved up to No. 3 on the ETSU single season block list, as he has 60 blocks on the season � He is six shy of No. 2 on the list and 10 shy of the top spot.
The series versus Campbell
The Bucs and Camels have met 15 times, with most of those games coming since ETSU joined the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2005-06 ... The Bucs hold an 13-2 edge in the series, but have lost their last two games in Buies Creek, N.C. ... ETSU won the last meeting 72-59 back in December.
Last time against Campbell
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Dec. 30, 2010) - Holding one of the nation's best shooting teams well under its average this season, the ETSU men's basketball team enjoyed a victorious homecoming inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center, dropping Atlantic Sun Conference foe Campbell 72-59. ... The Camels entered the game 12th in the nation in shooting percentage at 49 percent a game, but shot just 39 percent from the floor against the Buccaneers. Meanwhile, the Bucs placed four players in double figures and shot 46 percent from the floor. ... Sollazzo, a junior guard from Tampa, had a career high 17 points on the night, while Tubbs, a senior guard from Trussville, Ala., posted a game-high 21 in the winning effort. Meanwhile, ETSU's Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) and Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) added 13 and 10, respectively. ... It was a game of offensive runs in the early going, as the Camels raced out to an early 6-0 advantage only to have the Bucs respond with a 10-0 spurt of their own. Campbell then got a 5-0 run to retake the lead at 11-10, the back and forth play ultimately resulted with a 37-30 ETSU lead at the break. ... After the intermission, Sollazzo took over, scoring 12 points of ETSU's 15 points at one stretch and helping the Bucs build a 58-41 lead with just over eight minutes left. Campbell would get no closer than 12 the rest of the way.
Last time out
NASHVILLE (Feb. 19, 2011) - In a double overtime game that ultimately saw Lipscomb's talented All-Atlantic Sun Conference seniors Adnan Hodzic and Josh Slater on the bench with five fouls, the ETSU men's basketball overcame the loss of senior leader Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) to an early ankle injury and got great contributions throughout its lineup to pick up a classic 102-95 victory over Lipscomb, ruining Senior Night for Lipscomb inside the Allen Arena. ... Twice Lipscomb hit shots in the final seconds to force additional time, but at the end of the night the Bucs outlasted the Bisons thanks primarily to a game-high 27 points from senior guard Micah Williams (Manchester), a double-double effort with 22 points and 11 rebounds from junior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.), and 20 points from senior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.). Junior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) also added 14 points in the winning effort. ... The first half started with Tubbs going to the bench early with a pair of fouls in the first three minutes, and then Smith left with his left ankle injury with 11:11 remaining on the clock. Lipscomb took advantage of the Bucs' personnel issues, going on a 15-2 run to build a 27-16 edge with nine minutes left in the half. ... However, with help from its bench, the BUcs would outscore Lipscomb 21-14 the rest of the half and make it 41-37 at the break. ... In the second half, the Bucs would battle back to eventually lead by six at 72-66, but Lipscomb came back to tie it with a 6-0 run that made it 72-72. ETSU regained the lead at 76-74 on a Sollazzo jumper with 3.7 seconds left, but Arnett tied it with a buzzer-beating jumper as time expired, forcing the first overtime. ... In the first overtime period, Hodzic completed a 3-point play to make it 88-87 in favor of ETSU. But sophomore forward Lukas Poderis (Tampa) later followed with an offensive rebound on a Williams miss, getting fouled on the play and making the second of two foul shots to make the score 88-86 with 10 seconds left. ... However, Slater would be fouled on the ensuing possession with 2.7 seconds on the clock, and hit both free throws to force a second overtime period. ... In the second overtime, the Bucs went up 96-93 when Lipscomb's Slater left the game after committing an offensive foul on a drive to the basket. This left the Bisons without both Arnett and Slater and 3:11 left on the clock. ... Lipscomb later lost Brandon Barnes with five fouls after technicals were assessed to both Barnes and ETSU's Brown. After making it 96-95, Lipscomb then said goodbye to Hodzic when he fouled Sollazzo on a drive to the basket with 57.3 seconds left. ... Sollazzo hit both foul shots to make it 98-95, and Lipscomb then missed a 3-pointer by junior Barndon Burgason. Poderis got the rebound and Williams was later fouled. The senior guard hit both shots, making it 100-95 with 26.4 seconds left and from there the Bucs put the game away.
Smith, Williams both day-to-day with injuries
Senior guards Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) and Micah Williams (Manchester) have both been beat up this week ... Smith missed most of the Lipscomb game with a left ankle injury, while Williams injured his right shoulder during practice earlier this week ... At present, both injuries are not expected to be severe and the two are listed as day-to-day.
Brown making a name as a "blocking machine"
With his six-block performance against Belmont, ETSU junior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) matched the program's single-game record ... He then picked up another three blocks in the win over Lipscomb, giving him 60 for the season and ranking him third on the ETSU all-time single season block list ... Brown joins 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. ... He is currently six back of Zakee Wadood for second on the single season list ... Wadood also holds first place on that page, with 70 during the 2003-04 season.
Buccaneers place two plays on Sportscenter
The ETSU men's basketball team is making a habit of garnering airtime on ESPN Sportscenter's Top Plays. ... Just three weeks ago, senior Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) was selected as the No. 1 play of the day with his 360 degree slam dunk against Lipscomb on Jan. 21 in the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. Well, the Buccaneers took it a step further against Jacksonville, placing two plays in the Top 10 and once again taking No. 1 ... Senior Micah Williams (Manchester) threw down a one-handed, alley-oop. That play was picked fourth in the countdown. ... Meanwhile, Tubbs again took the show after receiving a pass from junior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa). ... Tubbs again executed the same 360-degree slam with even more flair. The Sportscenter hosts described it as a Winter X Games style dunk.
Williams eclipses 1,000; mith moving up list
While senior Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) was already a member of the 1,000-point club, fellow senior Micah Williams (Manchester) joined his roommate on the list against Kennesaw State (1/29) ... With a 3-pointer from the left wing at the 17:55 mark of the second half, Williams went over 1,000 for his career, becoming the 33rd ETSU player all-time to reach that number ... Meanwhile, Smith joined another select group by eclipsing 1,500 points for his career in the win over USC Upstate (1/25). Here is where they stand:
Name Place Points
Mike Smith No. 8 1,665
Micah Williams No. 33 1,132
Sollazzo rolling in last 20 games for ETSU
Junior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) has really found his rhythm in the last 20 games, leading the team with 4.5 assists per game, and ranking third on the team with 11.7 points per game ... He has netted double figures in 12 of those 20 games ... In those contests, Sollazzo is shooting an impressive 78-of-146 from the field for a 53 percent clip ... he is also averaging 3.5 rpg in this stretch ... The Bucs are 16-4 in this span.
Smith's 20/20 vision leads Bucs over FGCU
With his 20-point and 20-rebound effort against Florida Gulf Coast on Jan. 8, 2011, senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) made history ... According to the statistics available to the ETSU media relations office, Smith was the first Buccaneer since Feb. 14, 1959 to post a 20/20 effort ... The last was Buc great Tom Chilton, who scored 35 points and grabbed 25 rebounds in a win over Wofford during the 1959 season.
Bartow gets wins No. 250 overall and 150 at ETSU; ranks among best coaches in last five years
With his team's win over Florida Gulf Coast on Jan. 8, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow picked up his 250th career victory ... He then collected his 150th win at ETSU when the Bucs downed Jacksonville on Jan. 15 ... When looking at coaches across the country, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow stands among a select group ... Of those coaches that have been at their current school for at least five years, only 24 have averaged better than 20 wins a season ... That list includes coaches such as Dayton's Brian Gregory, Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, UConn's Jim Calhoun, Florida's Billy Donovan, Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Duke's Mike Kryzewski, Louisville's Rick Pitino, Kansas' Bill Self, Maryland's Gary Williams and North Carolina's Roy Williams ... The list also includes Bartow, who is average 20.2 wins a year since 2005-06.
Bucs help bolster A-Sun to strong RPI standings
With a pair of signature wins already this season, the ETSU men's basketball team - along with other members of the Atlantic Sun Conference - is doing its part to put the league in some impressive company on the national hoops stage. ... With wins over Atlantic 10 Conference stalwart Dayton and Southeastern Conference West Division favorite Mississippi State, the Buccaneers have helped the A-Sun generate plenty of waves across the board in the national RPI rankings. As a result, one month into the 2010-11 NCAA men's basketball season, the Atlantic Sun Conference is ranked ahead of other mid-major leagues including the Southern, Ohio Valley, Big South, West Coast, Mid-American, WAC and Sun Belt. ... The A-Sun remains among the top half of the conferences in the country. CollegeRPI.com ranks the A-Sun 14th, immediately behind the Horizon, Conference USA and Missouri Valley, and ahead of the conferences mentioned above. Against the Southern, Big South, Sun Belt and Ohio Valley conferences, the A-Sun owns a 15-8 mark. ... The conference has more than held its own against the BCS conferences. With ETSU's win at Mississippi State, the conference grabbed its fifth win against the "Power-6" leagues. No conference eligible for consideration for the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll owns as many BCS wins as the A-Sun. The five wins represent the most for the league since 2007-08.
Home Sweet Dome
Since the 1996-97 season, the Buccaneers are an amazing 148-46 inside Memorial Center, good for a winning percentage of 76 percent ... The Bucs had won five straight at Memorial Center during the 2006-07 season before a loss to Belmont (1/2) ... The Bucs then rattled off 10 straight at home to stand at 15-1 on the Memorial Center floor that season ... In 2007-08, the Bucs were 11-2 at Memorial Center ... In 2008-09, the Bucs were again 11-2 at home, and last year the team dropped off to a 9-5 clip at the Dome ... This season, the Bucs are 10-1at home.


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Several RV dealerships in New Jersey are open today (Oct. 31) after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Northeast. But life, of course, is far from normal.
"We don't have power," said Ed Guest, sales and service manager for Ocean View Trailer Sales. "We are running off a couple of generators."
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The dealership, located three miles off the Atlantic Ocean in Ocean View, suffered only minor damage. "We had a couple of trees go down and some branches," Guest said. "That's it. We just had rain and winds."
Guest reported that damage west of the Garden State Parkway wasn't nearly as severe as it was on New Jersey's barrier islands and the Jersey Shore. "People are open and just cleaning up," he said.
At 84 RV Rentals & Service in Sussex, owner Barry Raye said he was glad to have had the foresight to arrange for the store's telephone service to be transferred to his smartphone before the storm struck.
"All is well," he said. "We have no power or Internet, but with the use of a smartphone and some creativity, we are all set. All our phones are coming into one line on my smartphone."
84 Rentals, located 75 miles north of New York City, rents Class A and C motorhomes and travel trailers. Raye said he's renting RVs as temporary housing and for use by television news crews that have come into the area to report on the destruction.
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