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BATON ROUGE — Theresa Plaisance has watched enough "March Madness" games on television over the years to know that anything can happen when you are playing in the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament.
BATON ROUGE — Theresa Plaisance has watched enough "March Madness" games on television over the years to know that anything can happen when you are playing in the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament.
And No. 11-seeded Green Bay almost made something happen in the final minutes of Sunday's first-round tournament game against No. 6-seed LSU at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge.
The Phoenix cut a 17-point second-half deficit down to three points with a minute left in the game, but the Lady Tigers and Plaisance got the bounces and stops they needed late to pull away with a 75-71 win.
Plaisance, a junior forward and former Vandebilt Catholic standout, tied for the team-high with 16 points. She also grabbed six rebounds (four defensive, two offensive) with two assists and a block and shot 6-of-10 from the field and 2-of-2 from the 3-point line.
Plaisance said she expected a tough task against Green Bay, which entered the Sunday's contest on a 24-game win streak.
"That final buzzer was a huge relief to us," Plaisance said. "Green Bay is such great team that anything can happen. There was just a sense of urgency that we needed just to click and to get it done."
With the win, Plaisance's impressive junior season will continue as LSU (21-11 overall) advanced to play No. 3 Penn State (26-5) in the second-round at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Baton Rouge.
Plaisance went from scoring less than five points per game in her first two seasons at LSU to becoming the second-best scorer in the Southeastern Conference with 17.3 points per game this season. She was the only conference player to place in the Top 5 of four different stat categories — scoring (17.4), rebounding (8.3), field goal percentage (.447) and blocked shots (82).
LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said Plaisance's transformation from a player she labeled as a "L.T." (or lazy talent) in her first two years to an All-SEC first-team selection as a junior has been an incredible thing to watch.
"It started with her taking ownership in the offseason and really transforming her body and really getting in great shape, which made her mentally tougher," Caldwell said. "She is now mentally tougher than when I first met her. I don't think she even realizes everything she has done in such a short period of time."
Caldwell said Plaisance has stepped up and embraced her role as LSU's "go-to" player, adding that she would put the junior forward up against any player in the country due to her multi-talented playing ability.
"Theresa has really taken on the persona of an All-American for our team," Caldwell said. "She's playing like that. She commands double team. You have to pay attention to her on your scouting reports. Her ability to not only give you a power game inside and also her ability to spread the offense and make plays on the defensive end. She's definitely one of the best players in the country."
Against Green Bay, Plaisance's mental toughness came in handy when she picked up her fourth foul midway through the second half, forcing her to become a cheerleader on the bench during key stretches of the game.
"I just tried to stay positive with my teammates," Plaisance said. "I have all the faith in the world in my teammates, and I believe what they can do. I don't need to be on the court at all times for us to win."
When she returned to the game, Plaisance had to play with caution not to commit a disqualifying fifth foul. She also had to fight through constant double-teams from Green Bay, but she still managed to drain two key free throws that gave LSU a five point cushion (74-69) with 15 seconds left in the eventual win.
Plaisance said she hopes the close game against Green Bay will prepare them for Penn State, a team that eliminated LSU from the NCAA tournament last year with a second-round win in Baton Rouge.
"Penn State is a great team," Plaisance said. "They have an all-around game that we need to match up against. The momentum of coming out of this win will be key for us."
The Lady Tigers got support from the majority of the 2,991 fans in attendance at the PMAC on Sunday, and Plaisance had one of the loudest voices in the arena sitting behind the LSU's bench cheering her on.
It was the voice of her mother — Nicholls State University women's basketball coach DoBee Plaisance.
Dressed in purple-and-gold LSU gear, DoBee stood up and cheered loudly with a host of other family and friends whenever Theresa made a big play.
DoBee, who led Nicholls to a program-best 19-11 record this season, said she enjoyed getting away from her busy schedule to watch her daughter play. Her two children have enjoyed lots of success on the basketball court this year as her 6-foot-9 son, Scott Plaisance Jr., helped Metairie Park-Country Day win a Class 1A state title earlier this month in his junior season.
"Anytime I have an opportunity to see either one of my children play, I just consider it quite a blessing," DoBee said. "I miss a lot of their games, and when I have an opportunity to watch them play in a game of this magnitude, I'm just extremely blessed. God is great and all things are possible through the Lord Jesus Christ. I give Him all the glory. I thank God not just for the talent that my kids have, but they are some good kids."
While she has missed most of Theresa's games this season, DoBee said she is extremely proud of her daughter's success on and off the court.
"It's not necessarily what she has done this year, but it is how she has done it," DoBee said. "She is so humble. As mother, that is very fulfilling. She did it with grace and a little bit of humility. She always gives credit to her coaches and teammates. That's the way it should be."
If the Lady Tigers beat Penn State on Tuesday, DoBee said she will follow them all the way to the Women's West Regional tournament in Spokane, Wash., which would be one step closer to clinching a spot in the 2013 Women's Final Four in New Orleans on April 7-9.


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Tara Reid and Ian Ziering's new monster-mutation movie "Sharknado" took Twitter.com by storm on Thursday night as fans and critics alike turned the TV film into a phenomenon.
The SyFy channel disaster epic, in which former "Beverly Hills, 90210″ star Ziering and Reid turn heroes to defend Santa Monica, Calif., from a series of shark-filled tornadoes, became an instant hit thanks to fans on the micro-blogging site.
Hashtag #Sharknado became a top trending topic early on Friday as those who watched the movie took to Twitter to comment on the film – and even serious actress Mia Farrow was part of the fun. She tweeted a photo of herself watching "Sharknado," writing, "WHAT. IS. HAPPENING." Farrow has since deleted that Tweet, but left this one:
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NCLB Update
Math Education
NAEP Writing
Teaching American History
Volunteerism and More
NCES at Work
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
NCLB Update
On April 1, at a press conference hosted by America's Promise Alliance, Secretary Spellings announced she will take "administrative steps" to ensure all states use the same formula to calculate how many students graduate from high school on time. Also, she said the uniform data would be made public, so that anyone can compare how students of every race/ethnicity, income level, and special need are performing. "One reason that the high school dropout crisis is known as the 'silent epidemic' is that the problem is frequently masked or minimized by inconsistent and opaque data reporting systems," she stated. "For example, in some districts, a student who leaves school is counted as a dropout only if he or she registers as one. In others, a dropout's promise to get a G.E.D. at an unspecified future date is good enough to merit graduate status. With such loose definitions... it's no wonder this epidemic has been silent!" Proposed regulations will be published shortly. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2008/04/04012008.html.
As evidence of the extent of the dropout crisis, the alliance released a new report, "Cities in Crisis," that documents large disparities between graduation rates in urban districts and neighboring suburban districts. Notably, in several instances, the disparity is more than 35 percentage points. In response, the alliance is sponsoring a campaign which will feature summits in all 50 states and 50 key cities over the next two years. Nationwide, about one in three high school students drops out before graduating. Nearly 1.2 million students drop out each school yearabout 7,000 every school day, or one every 26 seconds. For more information, please go to http://www.americaspromise.org/APAPage.aspx?id=9172.
Meanwhile, the Department has unveiled an interim study on state and local implementation of No Child Left Behind's public school choice and supplemental educational services (SES) options during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years. Researchers found that the number of students participating in both options, especially SES, has increased substantially. However, only a small portion of eligible students took advantage of the options available to them. In the 2004-05 school year, 1% of 6.2 million eligible students participated in the choice option and 17% of 1.8 million eligible students participated in the SES option. Three issues may have contributed to reduce participation: the absence of available options (particularly choice at the middle and high school level), the timing of notification about options, and various problems communicating with parents. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/choice/nclb-choice-ses/.
Math Education
Intimidated by the 120-page final report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel? Late last month, Deputy Secretary Ray Simon and Panel Chairman Larry Faulkner led a webcast discussion of the report's principal findings and key messagesa webcast that is now archived on the panel's web site. Don't miss this important review of recommendations to advance the teaching and learning of math, with a focus on preparation for and success in algebra (grades PK-8). For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/mathpanel/.
NAEP Writing
On April 3, the Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) presented results from the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam in writing. Average scores have increased significantly for both eighth- and twelfth-grade students since previous assessments in 1998 and 2002. Indeed, since 2002, the percentage of students performing at or above the Basic level of achievement has risen in both grades, increasing from 85% to 88% in eighth-grade and 74% to 82% in twelfth-grade. Moreover, most student groups have improved their scores since the last test, including African-American students in both grades and Hispanic students in eighth-grade. Yet, there has been no change in the percentage of students reaching the higher Proficient level, and whites continue to outperform African-American and Hispanics by large margins at both grade levels. For more information, please go to http://nationsreportcard.gov/writing_2007/.
In addition to the national results, the latest NAEP exam offers results for 46 states and jurisdictions and 10 large urban districts that voluntarily participated at the eighth-grade level. Of the 39 states and jurisdictions that participated in both 2002 and 2007, average scores increased for 20, while scores decreased for only one; 18 showed no significant changes. Similarly, three of the four urban districts that participated in both 2002 and 2007 increased their scores significantly, and all reduced the percentage of students performing Below Basic.
Also, two new NCES studies compare state and NAEP assessment results in reading and math, based on data from 2003 and earlier assessments. For every state, three aspects of student progress are addressed: (1) where the state standards fall on the NAEP scales for fourth- and eighth-grade; (2) how much progress the state made toward the NAEP equivalent of the state's standards, from earlier assessments to 2003; and (3) how much the racial/ethnic achievement gaps in every state have changed during this same period. For more information, please go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008474 and http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008475. (Note: For more research about comparing state and NAEP standards, see http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
Teaching American History
Secretary Spellings recently awarded 121 grants, totaling $114.7 million, to improve the quality of American history education in districts across 40 states. "The Teaching American History grant program offers educators opportunities to work with colleges and universities, non-profit organizations, libraries, and museums to learn more about our nation's history, culture, and democratic tradition," she said. "By providing professional development for teachers, we can help them support young people in becoming active, informed citizens." These grants fund teacher projects for up to five years. Grantees must partner with institutions that have extensive knowledge of American history. History is a core academic subject under the No Child Left Behind Act. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory/.
Volunteerism and More
On April 4, Secretary Spellings visited Banneker High School in Washington, D.C., to stress the importance of volunteerism with National Football League (NFL) players Chris Draft of the St. Louis Rams and Warrick Dunn of the Tampa Bay Buccaneerstwo of 12 NFL players being honored that evening for their off-the-field volunteer work. At the event, the Secretary also announced a new publication, "Partnerships in Character Education State Pilot Projects, 1995-2001Lessons Learned" (http://www.ed.gov/programs/charactered/lessons.html), which describes the results from 11 years of character partnerships funded by the federal government. And, she highlighted two Department resources to help families prepare for college: FAFSA4caster (http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov/), an online tool which provides students with an early estimate of their eligibility for federal financial aid, and "Federal Aid First" (http://www.ed.gov/federalaidfirst/), a brochure which guides parties through the application process and urges them to take advantage of federal aid options before seeking other options. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2008/04/04042008.html.
Also: One of the agency's two negotiated rulemaking teams for Title IV of the Higher Education Act has concluded its work. The other is meeting again next week. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/
NCES at Work
Can't get enough data? Consider these other statistical reports from NCES:
- "Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the U.S.: 2004-05" (http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?
pubid=2008335). The 100 largest districts, representing 0.6% of all districts in the U.S., enroll 23% of all public school students.
- "Characteristics of Private Schools in the U.S.: 2005-06 " (http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?
pubid=2008315). There are 28,966 private K-12 schools in the U.S., with 5,057,520 students and 435,485 teachers.
- "Findings from the Pilot Teacher Compensation Survey: 2005-06" (http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?
pubid=2008440). This pilot test collected data from the administrative records of seven states (AZ, AR, CO, FL, IA, MO, and OK), including base salary, total salary, benefits, highest level of education, and years of experience.
Quote to Note
"When more than one million students a year drop out of high school, it's more than a problem. It's a catastrophe. Our economic and national security are at risk when we fail to educate the leaders and the workforce of our future. It's time for a national 'call to arms,' because we cannot afford to let nearly one-third of our kids fail."
|General Colin Powell (4/1/08), kicking-off a national
campaign to reduce high school dropout rates
Upcoming Events
National Library Week is April 13-19. This year's theme is "Join the circle of knowledge @ your library." To prepare for the celebration, the American Library Association has a wide range of programming and publicity materials. For more information, please go to http://ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.cfm.
The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based organization that supports education entrepreneurship, is accepting applications for the second cohort of its fellowship program, which affords individuals with the opportunity to develop and launch initiatives to transform public education. Fellows receive an annual salary of $90,000 for two years, benefits, and customized training. Fellows who opt to live in Indianapolis will also receive office space. Applications, with a statement of intent, are due by September 5. Fellowships will be awarded by December 1. For more information, please go to http://www.themindtrust.org/.
Over the next two weeks, the Department will be exhibiting at the National Council on Educating Black Children's Convention in New Orleans (April 16-19) and the National Coalition of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I Parents' Region III Conference in Philadelphia (April 17-20). If you are attending either of these events, please stop by the Department's booth.
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stuu56 replied to stuu56's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubWhat indicator light are you referring to? I`ve no probs with my indicators. It`s the 3 blower direction buttons that now light up at the same time and won`t go off along with the A/C not coming on...I `m quite sure it`s just a matter of pushing the right buttons to reset it after a battery disconnection...need to find someone who knows this procedure.
I disconnected the car`s batter on my 56-plate mk3 tdci 130 and on reconnecting it, all 3 blower direction control buttons in a row now come on and stay on and also my A/C won`t come on. Someone said there`s a reset procedure by pressing the buttons in a certain way. Can anyone supply me with this procedure? Big thanks! Stu
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stuu56 replied to stuu56's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale Clubthanks for this info re re-setting the heater system...i guessed it may be something like this, but had no idea what to do...
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stuu56 replied to stuu56's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubSorry - also meant to say I cannot get my Air Conditioner to start blowing also and it was fine before disconnection.
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stuu56 posted a topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubHi Folks, I disconnected the battery on my Mondeo 130, hdi, 56-plate and when re-connectied, the 3 indicator lights for my heating choices all come on at the same time and cannot be pressed off - the one for blowing air to your feet, the screen etc and they`re just above the cd player. I`ve disconnected the battery before and bnever had this problem and know how to re-set the windows up-down buttons, but need help with solving this problem. I also deliberately disconnected the battery again and left it for an hour before re-connecting, but same problem. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks! Stu (Glasgow)
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stuu56 replied to stuu56's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubHi, thanks for this info... Going to bleed clutch later today after I put on a wee clamp to the clutch pipe that comes out of the top side of the reservoir ...it's a steel pipe that goes into the reservoir and is a few inches long...this goes into a flexible piece of something about 5 inches long, and another steel pipe line goes in the other side of it and down to the clutch. Each end of this flexible tubing has a wee clamp ..however, when I checked to see if the pipe coming up from the clutch could be moved where it enters the flexible tubing, it slid out without any effort at all so the wee circular clamp is not sealing and holding it...will put one on that can be tightened with a screwdriver and see if it totally secures it...if ok, will bleed the clutch...
Can`t Change Gears Unless Engine Swithched Off ???
stuu56 replied to stuu56's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubJust back from him...he`s been really nice about it...told me to bring it back and he`ll sort it out...only prob is, it`s 10 miles away and i have to start the car in the gear i place it in before starting up as it won`t change when running...so will have tio start it in 2nd ad drive thru Glasgow for 10 miles till i reach his place. He said rev up slightly and it will change as the revs die down,...yet to try this. I`m sure it`s just one of the line joints/circlips has loosened a bit and is letting in air so no clutch line pressure.
Can`t Change Gears Unless Engine Swithched Off ???
stuu56 replied to stuu56's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubThanks Stoney...this`ll make it better for me knowing this when i`m putting it to the owner of this garage tomorrow and insisting he repair it.
Hi All, Very unusual problem just occured today after having a new alternator belt (auxuliary belt) fitted to my 2ltr, 130, tdci, 56-plate Mondeo. The mechanic at the garage was doing my job as the first one he`d done on this car. He jacked up the engine to do it and removed the engine mounting driver`s side...he jacked up the engine quite a bit on the driver`s side. Eventually got the belt on and everything re-fitted. Drove home the 8 miles with no gearchanging problems and stoped in at shopes 500yds from my house. As I was pulling in at kerbside at shops and trying to change gears, it was sticky and i had to be a bit forceful. By the time I came out of shops and tried to drive away, the problem was getting really bad and it was getting very hard to select a gear. Pulled in at my gate and couldn`t change gears unless i`d switched off engine, then absolutely no problem with clutch pedel down,..let pedal up and car took off in first as normal, but could change out of this gear. Turned engine off again and down with cluth pedal and any gear was available. Started up in first gear, but now the car was beginning to creep forward even with the clutch pedal fully down and clutch supposedly disengaged . Any ideas as to the problem??? Could a fluid line have been snapped or partly broken with what he did in jacking the engine as the problem came on gradualy?? Need my car for work so any help GREATLY appreciated. Thanks! Stuart
Hi Folks, After ongoing issues with my car and the dreaded flashing glow plug light, the diesel specialist garage has said that it is the boost pressure wastegate which is the problem. They have said that they cant be bought separately and Ford will only sell it alongside a new Turbo unit for £1000. Is there any alternative to having to do this - can the pressure sensor or whatever be accessed? Also, what are the symptoms if a Map sensor is faulty on a mondeo tdci? Thanks, Stuart


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Leonys Martin hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and the Texas Rangers, after trailing four times, pulled out a 14-11 victory over the Angels that took nearly five hours Tuesday night.
Daniel Stange (0-1), making his Angels debut and his first major league appearance since 2010, walked Mitch Moreland and Geovany Soto to start the 10th. David Murphy then reached on a fielder's choice before Los Angeles put five players in the infield with only two outfielders.
That alignment didn't matter when Martin sent his sixth homer of the season to the opposite field, barely clearing the 14-foot wall and just inside the left-field foul pole.
Closer Joe Nathan (2-1), the sixth Rangers pitcher, worked around a leadoff walk in the 10th for a scoreless inning. It was the second night in a row Texas had a game-ending homer.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Teaching Strategies
Appleman, Deborah. Critical Encounters in High School English:Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000.
Appleman's book provides strategies for teaching critical pedagogy, reader response, feminism, Marxism, and deconstruction in literature classes.
Christensen, Linda. Reading, Writing, and Rising Up:Teaching About Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word. Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools, 2000.
These lesson plans and essays offer teachers strategies on how to control the political implications of their writing classes.
Edelsky, Carole (ed). Making Justice Our Project:Teachers Working Toward Critical Whole Language Practice. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1999.
Whole-language teachers consider the political implications of their work.
Graham, Maryemma, Sharon Pineault-Burke and Marianna W. Davis (eds). Teaching African American Literature: Theory and Practice. New York: Routledge, 1998.
Teachers discuss their reasons and methods for teaching African American literature in middle school, high school, and college English classes.
Menkart, Deborah. Beyond Heroes and Holidays:A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development. Washington, DC: Teaching for Change, 2002.
These strategies and resources are aimed at advancing the teaching of multicultural materials in pre-college classrooms.
Olson, Carol B. Reading, Thinking, & Writing About Multicultural Literature. Glenview, IL: ScottForesman, 1996.
These lesson plans for multicultural literature classes includes studies of authors like Chief Seattle, Amy Tan, Tecumseh, Jade Snow Wong, and Laura Esquivel.
Thomas, Lorenzo. Sing the Sun Up: Creative Writing Ideas from African American Literature. New York: Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 1998.
This collection introduces teaching strategies that employ creative writing as a way of understanding African American literature.
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The High Court is working on a timetable to hear the Commonwealth's challenge to ACT same-sex marriage laws.
The High Court could hear a challenge to the ACT same-sex marriage laws before any weddings are held.
Chief Justice Robert French told a directions hearing on Friday he was working towards having the case heard when the full court sits from December 3 to 6.
Commonwealth solicitor-general Justin Gleeson SC told the court he understood the ACT's law was likely to formally come into effect on November 7, which meant the first marriages could happen from December 7.
However, marriage equality advocate Ivan Hinton, who proposed to his partner Chris on Tuesday, thought the ACT law might come into effect earlier than the lawyers expected, meaning marriages could in fact be held before the court hearing.
He raised the prospect of mass weddings, saying his lobby group Australian Marriage Equality had registered interest in getting married from 800 couples.
"If we're going to have a very, very big bunch of weddings ... we're going to need a lot of celebrants and we're going to need big facilities," he told reporters outside the High Court in Canberra.
Mr Gleeson told the court if same-sex couples were married in December and the court subsequently overturned the law, that would have complications for property rights, wills, common law and equity.
The Commonwealth argues the federal Marriage Act is the "sole and uniform law" throughout Australia regarding marriage.
"The essential purpose of the federal act is to establish a single and indivisible form of marriage," Mr Gleeson said.
Similarly, he said the Commonwealth would object if the ACT decided to legislate a "trial marriage act" where marriages had a five-year sunset clause to allow people to get out without divorce.
ACT solicitors are expected to reply that because the federal law defines marriage as between a man and a woman, there is space for the states and territories to legislate for marriage between same-sex couples.
The ACT has until November 1 to file its defence to the Commonwealth's challenge and a court date will most likely be set at the next directions hearing on November 4.


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As the New England Patriots dust away the fog of another playoff loss, fans and players alike will be left shaking their heads at the plethora of follies and missed opportunities.
One that surely will stick in many minds is when the Patriots failed to take a shot at the end zone to end the first half after quarterback Tom Brady slid.
"I thought we could get up there, or we wanted to try to get up there and clock it and have time to run a play and have the timeout to kick the field goal," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said after Sunday's AFC Championship Game loss, via Comcast SportsNet New England.
The reasoning is defensible. However, after watching the video a number of times, Brady clearly was prepping to run a play out of the shotgun. Instead of running under center to spike the ball, Brady tried to guide confused teammates -- who seemed to expect a timeout -- before frantically stopping the clock with four seconds left, leading to a field goal and a 13-7 halftime lead.
"No (there was no thought put into calling an immediate timeout), not really," Belichick said. "I guess if we had known that it would take as long as it did to get the ball finally clocked (we would have called a timeout), but then we didn't get a great look on the play."
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The Bethel Clarion
Vol. XVIII No. 8 BETHEL INSTITUTE February 22, 1939
Musical Program
Features Many Groups HISTORY OF SCHOOL SHOWS
A full evening of music will be given A CENTURY OF PROGRESS
by the music department of Bethel Col-lege,
under the direction of Prof. George
Hultgren, at the First Swedish Baptist
church at Payne avenue and Sims street,
Friday, March 3.
The program will consist of several
numbers by the A Cappella Choir, sing-ing
a F. Melius Christiansen group: "0,
Sacred Head" and "Beautiful Savior",
with Alice Anderson, contralto soloist.
Noble Cain's "Music of Life" will be ren-dered.
The Male Chorus will lend their
voices in, "Climbin' Up the Mountain,
Children", a negro spiritual; "Now Let
Ev'ry Tongue Adore Thee", Beach; Dick-son's
"Thanks Be to God" and other
The Bethel Male Quartet, Virgil Olson,
Gordon Peterson, Ned Holmgren and
John Valine will also sing.
The band, directed by J. Gordon Peter-son,
will play, "Overture 'Finale' ", Los-ey;
"The Gypsy Festival", by Al Hayes,
and a number in combination with the
singing groups. The program is spon-sored
by the church, and all the proceeds
will be given to the school.
Male Chorus Opens Season
On Thursday evening, February 23, the
Bethel Male Chorus will sing at the
church of which its director, Prof. George
Hultgren, is a member, The First Swed-ish
Methodist Church, Minneapolis. The
program will include a group of songs by
the Male Quartet, the string trio and the
Male Chorus. Roger Goodman will as-sist
by giving readings. The Chorus
sings upon the invitation of Mrs. Hult-gren,
who is a member of the April Cir-cle
of the Ladies' Guild, who are spon-soring
the program. This concert will
mark the first appearance of the Chorus
in the spring concert season.
Student Council Changes Made
Several changes have taken place on
the Student Council. At the Student As-sociation
meeting held during a recent
chapel session, Wyman Hanson was elect-ed
to the vice-president position vacated
by Gordon Peterson. Grace Widen re-placed
Doris Moberg as secretary. Other
cabinet posts were resigned because of
extra-curricular conflicts, but no detinite
action has been taken in regard to re-placements.
Feb. 21-24. Founder's Celebrations.
Feb. 22. Basketball trip to Rochester.
Feb. 24. Basketball, Tracy, here.
Feb. 26. Twin City B.Y.P.U. Centenary
Rally, Central Church.
Feb. 27. Basketball, Seminary vs. Col-lege.
Mar. 1. Alexis.
Mar. 3. Concert at First Swedish Bap-tist,
St. Paul.
Mar. 6. Missionary Band Study Class.
Mar. 8. College Club.
Trip to Rochester, Feb. 22
Rumors have been flying fast and fu-rious
in regard to the proposed school
trip to an out of town basketball game.
But rumors have become an actual fact
for the date has been set, and all those
who are interested in going will leave the
campus Wednesday afternoon, February
22, for a trip to Rochester, Minnesota, to
watch what should be an exciting game.
The Varsity squad and the College
Band will comprise most of the travel-lers,
but Dean Johnson announces that
there will be room for several others.
The principle is first come, first served.
"To be or not to be (sick), that is the
question." Mumps, a recent affliction,
has attacked a few members of our Beth-el
family. "Stiff-necked soreheads".
They're so "swell-headed" they don't
even get their name in the Clarion until
all the "swelliness" is gone. Delbert
Kuehl and Archer Weniger are past vic-tims
of the malady.
Rawlin Johnson also decided to get
puffed up about the matter, but he is
gradually receding — so is Hanky — she
said: "He's coming along alright but
I'm getting rather weak." (She carried
his meals to him every evening in a large
cardboard carton.)
Our "cultured Easterner", Bertil Fri-berg,
had an excess proliferation of the
cartilagenous tissue in the region of the
pharynx, and secured surgical assistance
in its removal. (No-socks is now no-tonsil.)
A large banquet, together with an un-usual
program honoring the one-hun-dredth
birthday anniversary of Dr. John
Alexis Edgren, was held in the Jr. Col-lege
chapel on Monday evening at 6:30.
The attendance at the banquet was far
beyond what could have been hoped for
and the interest shown was very gratify-ing
to those who have put forth such an
effort to make this celebration a worth
while project. A highlight of the pro-gram
was a historical sketch of the back-ground
of the school, as well as the life
of Dr. Edgren, by the oldest living grad-uate
of the school, Rev. L. J. Ahlstrom.
Rev. Mr. Ahlstrom has also written DT.
Edgren's biography. Other features of
the program were the reading by Rev. R.
A. Arlander of a Swedish poem about Dr.
Edgren, and an address by Dr. Hagstrom
entitled "Sources of Inspiration from Dr.
Edgren's Life and Work". The String
Trio including J. Gordon Peterson, cello,
Runo Palmquist, Violin, and Virgil Ol-son,
piano, and the Bethel Male Quar-tet
furnished the special music.
Doctrines of Dr. Edgren Stressed
With two meetings in the school every
morning, meetings in four Twin City
Swedish Baptist churches each evening,
a Women's meeting Thursday afternoon,
and a large young people's rally Sunday
afternoon, a full week of activities is
planned. Two meetings will be held to-day,
Tuesday, with Rev. Eric N. Lind-holm
of Cambridge speaking on "The
Revelation and Inspiration" at 10 a. m.
and Rev. Ben Carlton of Worthington
speaking on "Biblical Backgrounds" at
11 a. m. Music for these services will be
furnished by John Valine, Francis Mc-
Olash, and Earl Sherman.
The program for the remainder of the
week is as follows.
Wednesday. Leader, President G. Ar-vid
Hagstrom; 10 a. m., solo by Miss
Ethel Tederman; address, "Rightly Di-viding
the Word of Truth", Prof. Adolf
Olson. 11 a. m. Violin solo by Runo
Palmquist; address, "The Church", Dr.
Karl J. Karlson.
Thursday. Leader, Dean Karl J. Karl-son;
10 p. m., solo by Prof. George Hult-
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Hamlet's Solecism
To go, or not to go; that is the question;
Whether it is wiser in the mind to suffer the odium
Of news real attendance, or resist the evil one and stay away?
Obstain, refrain, conform: and by so doing
Say we stifle the desire our flesh is heir to;
'Tis a Pharisaic peace devoutly to be wished.
To go: To hear: To see perchance a comedy:
Ay, there's the rub; for from that furtive folly
What talk may rise when we have shuffled to the "U" away
Must give us pause;
For who would hesitate a moment, forgo the joy
Of world pictorial news, but that the dread of base calumny
That universal pastime of the prudes-puzzles the will,
And makes us rather vegetate in ignorance
Than fly to aid that bears the ban "suspect".
Thus bigotry makes baboons of us all,
And thus the native hue of enlightenment
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of fear.
—B. Hamlet.
Tradition Cannot 'Die
This week, the observance of the founding of Bethel is in progress. The past of
the school is being unfolded before our eyes, and the miraculous power that has
sustained it in past years can be felt. The superb personality, whose vision and
spirit of venture materialized and is still functioning to a complete realization of
no-idle dreams, is worthy of all praise and honor due his memory.
But the challenge comes even greater to those who have composed and do com-pose
the student body. Each student, in himself, is the "soul-source" of keeping the
school's tradition growing spiritually, scholastically, and socially.
'`. . .. walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful
in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
strengthened in all might according to his glorious power."
—Col. 1:10, 11.
Many times we as Christians become deeply concerned about our lives as
they are measured according to God's standard. We become desirous of ascer-taining
God's approval of our Christian walk.
The Apostle Paul, in writing to the Colossians, admonished them to "walk
worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing." Then, as though he realized the con-cern
that would arise in their minds as to the worthiness of that walk, he
gave them three sure accompaniments of the walk. First, it is marked by a
life of fruitage for the Master. Second, it is marked by a continuous increase
in the knowledge of God. Third, it is marked by unlimited strength through
His might and power.
Are our lives lived in such a way that they are "worthy of the Lord"?
They are if we are fruitful in our ministry. They are if lour knowledge of God
is constantly increasing. They, are if we find His strength sufficient to over-come
all obstacles and temptations.
"Thanks be to God, who giveth us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
—1 Cor. 15:57. —M. Wessman.
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The Bethel Clarion
1480 N. Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Official School Paper of Bethel Institute Published twice
monthly during school year
Gordon Peterson Editor
John Valine News Editor
Viola Waihela Feature Editor
Vernon Pearson Sports Editor
Alrik Blomquist Business Manager
Dorothy Drotz Asst. Business Manager
Stanley Rendahl Circulation Manager
Doris Eggleston Asst. Circulation Manager
Grace Widen—Elaine Youngquist Typists
Miss Enid Platte Editorial
Dean Emery A. Johnson Business
cA Trip to Tiger Hill
Every year at Mount Herman School
in Darjeeling, it was customary to make
a trip to see Mount Everest. Thus it was
that two o'clock one morning an alarm
clock awoke the sleepy occupants of the
girls' dormitory. We got up, donned our
clothes, went downstairs, had lunch, and
soon were on our way.
The night was clear and beautiful.
Stars twinkled in the sky, and a yellow
moon cast a mellow light over the earth.
The snow-capped Himalayan range
looked cold and blue in the distance.
We started out on a bridle path lead-ing
to Darjeeling town. A cool breeze
stirred in the pine trees and far away a
lone jackal howled. As we entered Dar-jeeling,
street lights twinkled brightly.
We walked through the silent streets,
and soon were on a mountain road again.
Ahead of us, long, white prayer flags
flapped ghost-like in the wind, telling us
we were approaching a Tibetan grave-yard.
The path became steeper. The only
sound beside the laughing, talking school
group, was that of a hidden mountain
stream making its way down the moun-tain
side. We climbed on. Finally, aft-er
a rather abrupt climb, we reached the
summit of Tiger Hill. Here there was a
small, white house with a flat roof, from
the top of which people could view the
Mountains. The sky was turning a pale
pink and the snows reflected the soft
glow. Three peaks stood out majestical-ly
among the others, one of which was
Mount Everest. A thrill went through
us as we viewed the highest mountain in
the world!
Now the sun rose in all its glory. The
sky and snows became a flaming red.
Then as the sun rose higher, the red
faded, and the snows stood out in their
brilliant whiteness. Over the hills seemed
to come the whisper, "I will lift up mine
eyes." —Ethel Ahlquist.
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Cedar 1851
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Humor [esk
In Sociology class Paul L. decided that
the family wasn't an association, but
rather that some tended toward a com-munity.
After examining several of her German
Class's sentences written in the subjunc-tive,
Miss Nelson predicts a brilliant ca-reer
for several of her students in the
field of inventing.
The young lady was being courted by
a dairy man (please note spelling) and a
butcher. She couldn't decide whether
she should marry for butter or for wurst.
After that one we had better quote a
darling little verse that we received on
an anonymous valentine. Are you guilty?
At cracking jokes you are a WOW,
But your wisecracks are old, somehow.
Your jokes are stale,
Your puns are cheap,
You're so awfully funny you make us
Some of our professors don't appreci-ate
teaching the canine population of
North Snelling avenue, so leave your
dogs at home.
Before last Wednesday several of our
fellow-students wondered if the Mantoux
test was an examination of intelligence.
"As you slide down the stairway of
success, just count me as a splinter in
your career."—J. G. P.
Oh yes, we understand that several of
our boys have started to go "sexa-phoney",
so if you should happen to hear
any heartrending screeches you can just
attribute them to an amateur musician.
—George Darry.
"Acres of Diamonds"
England may have had its Tudors, but
Bethel has its Hudors. As the Tudors
made prominent pageantry in the royal-ty,
so the Hudors have made an ostenta-tious
display in mineralogy. Recently
three Hudors brought forth a pure crys-taline
substance, known to some as Car-bon,
but to others simply as Diamond.
"Duff" Wessman, "Tail" Sorley, and
"Pug" Dickau have now joined the social
elite of the Hudor line by crystalizing
their affections in a ringing success, for
now their lady friends bear the symbol of
the irresistible, conquering and devastat-ing
thing called LOVE.
All of the Hudors have not as yet dug
up a rock, but "Ozzie" Nelson, the most
industrious of the remaining few, is puff-ing
hard and digging zealously at the
rock pile, hoping that some day in the
near future he too may add adornment
to the hand of that fair one.
Anxious eyes look to the future as mat-rimonial
clouds form on the horizon, giv-ing
a positive sign of showers to come
and our dignified seminary seniors raise
their voices in triumphant glee and cry,
"Hudor Ballo".
Do You Xemember ?
A la Carnegie
On Wednesday, February 8, the College
Club held its regular monthly meeting.
Henrietta De Camp and Robert Persons
played a clarinet duet and Gladys Peter-son
gave a reading. Folke Ferre render-ed
two songs. President William Hag-strom
then turned the remainder of the
program over to Rev. Mr. Babcock of
Minneapolis, who gave a very interesting
and helpful talk entitled "Personality
"Heart, so subtle snow,
and trembling"
The traditional Valentine Day was cel-ebrated
in true style, February 14, by
the A Cappellans and Male Chorusers.
All gathered in the chapel for some bits
of original poetry and for relaxation, led
by Ned Holmgren, assisted by Ethel Ted-erman
and Joyce Johnson. Later a hu-morous
skit was presented by Ned Holm-gren,
John Valine, Alvera Johnson, Grace
Widen, and Alrik Blomquist. A Valen-tine
table was set in the Coffee iShoppe
to satisfy their "lunch-before-we-go-home"
desire and the party closed with a
"Follow the Trail"
The Missionary Band met for their
monthly meeting Wednesday, February
15, with Dr. C. E. Chaney, missionary
from Burma, as speaker. Dr. Chaney gave
a very inspiring talk on "Trail Blazing",
giving a vivid picture of the life of the
people and a contrast in life twenty-five
years ago and now, and the developments
made because of missionary activities.
"For beauty lives with kindness"
Amid lighted candles the installation
service of the Bethel Women's Associa-tion
was held on Thursday, February 16,
at 3 p. m. The following officers were
installed: President, Margery Ericson;
vice president, Florence Lindstrom;
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secretary, Ruby Christenson; assistant
secretary, Constance 'Swanson; treasurer,
Annabelle Sherman; assistant treasurer,
Marie Dahlberg.
Cabinet chairmen are: Neoma Sund,
Ethel Tederman, Joyce Johnson, and Mil-dred
An acquaintance contest led by Miss
Nelson, the hostess, was one of the fea-tures
of the meeting. The invited guests
include the wives of faculty members,
the women of the school board and the
wives of the members of the executive
Waldorf Taken In Overtime
In the finest game played on the home
floor this year, Bethel was able to eek
• out a 42-41 win over the Waldorf J. C.
The home team gained an early lead,
but in the final quarter a fast-breaking
Waldorf team peppered the basket until
they chalked up a two point lead. In the
last few seconds, Young dropped a long
shot from center of the court, to tie the
game at 38-38.
In the overtime, a bucket by Apple-quist,
and two free throws by D. John-son
decided the game for Bethel while
Shriver, Waldorf forward sunk one buck-et
and a gift shot. There was consistent
ball throughout the entire game, with
Ferre playing good defensive ball, and
D. Peterson pacing the point honors with
14 points. Scanlon, Waldorf forward,
took a close second with 12 points. 411 DUPONT
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Honors Go to Rochester
As They Take Lead
In a decisive event, the Bethel cagers
bowed to a Rochester quint to determine
the leaders in the S.M.J.C.C. Getting an
early lead the visitors kept the game for
themselves in a fine attack centered
around the guard, Schultz, who took high
point honors with 15 tallies. Peterson
paced the Red and White with 10 points.
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Peterson, f. 2 6 2
Johnson, f. 2 0 0
Paulson, f. 0 0 0
Sorley, f. 1 1 2
Ferre, c. 1 1 2
Young, g. 0 0 3
Applequist, g. 0 0 4
Hovinen, g. 1 3 0
Holmgren, g. 0 0 0
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Rochester 5-1
Bethel 4-2
Tracy . 3-2
Bethany 4-4
Concordia 1-8
Hagstrom Heads College Club
At the recent College Club election,
Willie Hagstrom was chosen as presi-dent;
Robert Persons, vicepresident; Del
Ray Peterson, treasurer; Ethel Teder-man,
An oratorical contest will make up the
program of the club's next meeting,
March 8. The contest is open to any
student, the only requirement being that
the oration must be original. Outside
judges will be obtained to judge the par-ticipants.
All registrations must be giv-en
to William Hagstrom or Robert Per-sons
before March 3.
College vs. Seminary
The annual Seminary and College bas-ketball
tilt will be held .on Monday eve-ning,
February 27.
The friendly rivalry between the two
groups is at its highest point for this
conflict, and if preceding games are a
means of judgment this year's game
should be no exception. Watch the Semi-nary
stars, watch the College cagers.
It'll 'be worth' seeing!
Seminary Goes to the Dogs
The humanitarian impulses of the ec-clesiastics
were recently aroused when a
ragged canine begged for a place of shel-ter
from the cold wintry blast. The fur-ry
foreigner is now rapidly becoming
orientated to the surrounding environ-ment
and is aspiring to receive the "B.
D." degree (Bethel Dog).
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Midway 9910
1535 W. Como Ave.
Props.—D. Ganstrom, R. Peterson
Bethel Baptist Church
24th St. and 28th Ave. S. -
Rev. WAIJFB,ED HOLMBERG
Minneapolis, Minn.
Central Baptist Church
Roy and Shield St.
Rev. ERIC ANDERSON
St. Paul Minnesota
A Century of Progress
(Continued from page 1)
gren; address, "Atonement", Rev. John
C. Johnson of Alexandria, Minn. 11 a. m.
Solo by Prof. George Hultgren; address,
"Justification", Rev. Linus Johnson, Du-luth,
Minn. 2:30 p. m. Woman's meet-ing
led by Mrs. G. Arvid Hagstrom,
president of the B. I. Women's Federa-tion;
music by the Bethel Male Chorus;
speakers: Rev. J. 0. Backlund, Chicago,
on "The Personality of Dr. Edgren", Rev.
J. G. Johnson, Minneapolis, on "Home,
The Gateway to Christ's Kingdom".
Friday. Leader, Prof. Adolf Olson. 10
a .m. Solo by Miss Phyllis Tjernlund;
address, "The Day of Rest", Rev. Wal-fred
Holmberg, Albert Lea, Minnesota.
11 a. m. Clarinet solo by Robert Per-sons;,
address, "The Intermediate State
and the Second Coming", by Rev. Eric
Anderson, St. Paul.
Youth Rally Is Climax
The closing service of the Centennial
Celebration will be a Young People's
Rally at 3:00 o'clock, on the afternoon
of Sunday, February 26. The program
will be led by Mr. Wm. Adam, president
of the Twin City S.B.Y.P.U., in the Cen-tral
Baptist Church of St. Paul. The
very fitting theme chosen for this pro-gram
is "As Youth Looks at Life"—with
one address by Rev. Reuben E. Nelson
on—"In Pioneer Days", followed by an
address, "At the Present Time" by the
Rev. William Tapper of Duluth. Music
for this program will be furnished by the
Bethel Girl's Trio.
8th St. and 13th Ave. So.
Pastor, A. E. SJOLUND
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Schalske, f. 0 1 2
Denkson, 1. 1 0 4
Wilson, f. 0 0 2
Bennon, f. 0 0 0
Herron, c. 4 2 2
McQuarrie, g. 2 1 3
Schultz, g. 5 5 1
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WASHINGTON, March 12 (UPI) -- Book publishers say they oppose Amazon's application for top-level Internet domain names, including .book, .read and .author, calling it monopolistic.
Amazon's request comes as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers hopes to increase the number of potential Web addresses, with hundreds of new generic top-level domains to be added to the existing .com, .net and so forth.
As applications began to be received last June, it was revealed some large Web-based companies, such as Google and Amazon, were looking to acquire large numbers of domains featuring common words such as .shop and .book.
The Association of American Publishers and Authors Guild President Scott Turow have written to ICANN to express their opposition, TG Daily reported.
"Placing such generic domains in private hands is plainly anti-competitive, allowing already dominant, well-capitalized companies to expand and entrench their market power," Turow, himself a best-selling author of legal thrillers, said in his letter. "The potential for abuse seems limitless."
Amazon has made no attempt to hide its desire to monopolize the .book suffix, explaining in its ICANN application it would "provide a unique and dedicated platform for Amazon while simultaneously protecting ... its brand" with "no resellers in .book and no market in .book domains [since] Amazon will strictly control the use."
Such control would run directly counter to ICANN's stated aim of encouraging competition, the AAP said in its letter.
"From inception, the introduction of new gTLDs [generic top-level domains] has been promoted as a means to increase competition, add consumer choice, support Internet freedom, expand market differentiation and diversify service providers," it said.
"How would handing over ownership of a domain string to any one single private company, such as a retailer, for its own business goals support that public service mission?" it asked.
Similar complaints have already been made by Barnes & Noble, and the European and International Booksellers Federation.


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Centenary to host Kennedy Center regional theater festival
SHREVEPORT, LA — Centenary College has been chosen as the home of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region VI for the next three years. Nearly 1,200 students and faculty representing a six-state region will congregate in Shreveport during the week-long festival this February 26-March 2 to celebrate the finest and most diverse work produced in college and university drama programs.
"Hosting the KCACTF Regional Festival at Centenary is a huge boon not only for our students but also for the entire Shreveport-Bossier area," said Luke Eddy, Centenary Adjunct Professor and Festival Coordinator for KCACTF. "KCACTF provides a collaborative learning environment for our students to engage with professional guest artists and nationally recognized instructors from the top theatre programs in our six-state region. At the same time, we're able to offer a wide variety of entertainment to the community from the best programs in the area. You simply won't find this many performances, at this high of a caliber, in one building, anywhere in this part of the country."
The Festival will sponsor six performances from regional colleges and universities at the historic Strand Theatre in downtown Shreveport:
Reasons to be Pretty by Neil La Bute — University of Louisiana, Lafayette
Spring Awakening by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik — Sam Houston State University
Drømnium by Ashley Behm and UAFS students — University of Arkansas, Fort Smith
Enron by Lucy Prebble — Sam Houston State University
Staccato Man by Jacob Scott — Angelos State University
Iphigenia 2.0 by Charles L. Mee — West Texas A&M University
A panel of judges will select the best and most diverse festival production to be showcased in the spring at the national festival held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
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ANDERSON, S.C. --- Freshman James Smith (Eastbourne, England) scored midway through the 100th minute to lead the sixth-seeded Lees-McRae College men's soccer team to a 3-2 extra time win over third-seeded Anderson University in the opening round of the NCAA Division II men's soccer championship on Wednesday afternoon.
Lees-McRae (15-5-1) avenges a 4-0 setback at the hands of Anderson (17-4) earlier this season, advancing to the first round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the Bobcats' magical run to the national final in 2009. Anderson outshot the Bobcats by a 16-8 margin on the afternoon, including a 6-2 advantage in the second half, in a physical match that featured 32 fouls and six cautions.
Smith, James Galvani (High Wycombe, England), and Ryan Gillespie (Holly Springs, N.C.) each found the back of the net for the Bobcats, while TC Stephens (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.) and Scott Alford (Hillsborough, N.C.) both added an assist. Thomas Rusling (Sheffield, England) played the full match between the pipes for the Bobcats, making five saves.
Kevin Butler and Ben Jones each tallied a goal for Anderson, as Ryan Messick and Jones both notched an assist.
Galvani got the Bobcats off to a flying start in the 16th minute, scoring from 15 yards out on a breakaway following a well-placed through ball from Stephens to give the Bobcats an early 1-0 lead. Gillespie doubled the advantage to 2-0 in the 32nd minute, slotting home the finish off a blocked free kick from 20 yards distance to send Lees-McRae into the interval with a two-goal lead.
Anderson came out of the interval hungry, halving the margin less than two minutes into the second half when Butler nodded home a corner from Jones to pull the Trojans back to within one at 2-1. Jones added the equalizer just before the 58-minute mark, heading in a cross from Messick to even the tally at 2-2 and level proceedings.
The match remained deadlocked through the remainder of regulation, with Anderson controlling the run of play with a narrow 3-1 advantage in shots over the final half hour. Anderson would outshoot the Bobcats by a 4-1 margin over the initial nine minutes of the first extra time period, before Smith found the back of the net with his fifth goal of the season at the 99:21 mark after Alford flicked it on, sending Lees-McRae into the second round.
Lees-McRae returns to the pitch on Friday when the Bobcats travel to Hartsville, S.C. to take on No. 10 and second-seeded Flagler College in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at 4:30 p.m. on the campus of Coker College.


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The second reason why some bloggers have gotten pessimistic, I think, is the recent wave of terror alerts relating to everything from apartment buildings to scuba divers. Presumably these alerts are intended to point up the foolishness of Democrats who try to criticize the Administration for not having issued enough alerts prior to Sept. 11. As such they seem pretty effective to me. But I guess what makes people nervous is the obvious impossibility of defending all of the places where terrorists could strike– every building, every public place and every piece of infrastructure is a potential target, and even in a state given over to nothing but security, it would be impossible to protect them all–combined with the improbability of uncovering all plots before they can be carried out. Here, pessimism is justified in that there will almost certainly be successful attacks in the future, some of which are likely to exceed Sept. 11 in magnitude. But this is no surprise. The fact is there have been a number of successful attacks in the past–the 1993 World Trade Center bombing killed several people; the embassy bombings, the Beirut truck bombing, the attack on the Cole killed far more. President Bush has said repeatedly that the only way to defend against terrorism is to go find the terrorists where they live and kill them (or, as the Administration euphemistically puts it, "bring them to justice"). So far we seem to be doing a pretty good job of that.
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As Moto Morini marches closer to its April 13th auction date, a new potential buyer has come out of the woodwork for the troubled Italian company. Thomas Bleiner, an Austrian entrepreneur, has his eyes set on the Moto Morini facility with an interesting idea or two up his sleeve.
The proposal for the purchase is expected to be an interesting one, as Bleiner and his partner Gianni Farneda plan on making the dollar and cents of the deal work by installing a 1.1 megawatt photoelectric power system on the roof of the Bologna facility. Bleiner and Farneda have been heavily involved in the solar industry, developing a new photoelectric paint that uses nano technology.
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Hartley Lifts Saints Past 49ers
NEW ORLEANS — Staggered by a shoulder pad to the head and ripped down by a forearm hit across the neck, Drew Brees was crumpled on the turf with blood on his chin.
Yet the vicious sack by San Francisco's Ahmad Brooks also drew a flag that canceled out Brees' lost fumble with 3:12 left and gave the Saints' prolific quarterback one chance too many.
Brees guided New Orleans to two late Garrett Hartley field goals — the second as time expired — and the Saints upended the 49ers 23-20 on Sunday.
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"All I remember is just getting clothes-lined in the chin and as I'm on the ground, I'm saying, 'That's got to be a flag,' " Brees said. "One of my teammates kind of picked me up and said, 'Are you all right?' and he said, 'Don't worry, there's a flag.'
"I said, 'All right, good.' Just took a moment, and you've got to get ready to go."
The Superdome crowd grumbled each time the Saints settled for high-pressure field goals in the fourth quarter, apparently nervous that Hartley, who'd missed four of six attempts in the previous three games, would slip up again.
Instead, Hartley made all three of his field goal attempts in the final quarter to wipe out New Orleans' 20-14 deficit.
His 42-yarder with 2:06 left tied it. His game-winner was from 31 yards. He also hit from 21 yards earlier.
"This team and this coaching staff and this organization never took their foot off the gas with me and here we are sitting at 8-2 and getting ready for Atlanta," Hartley said.
The Saints trailed 20-17 when Brooks leveled Brees. The Niners protested the resulting flag vigorously.
"It was very frustrating. The game could have gone a totally different direction than what it went," Brooks said. "I was just mad because that was a big play in the game. We lost, and that's probably the reason why."
The Saints (8-2) improved to 6-0 at home despite three turnovers and a failed fourth down conversion.
"You're going to have games like this," Brees said. "You still find way to win against a playoff-caliber opponent with a lot at stake at this point in the season. That says a lot."
The victory guaranteed the Saints would remain at least a game ahead of Carolina — which plays Monday night — for first place in the NFC South. It also kept New Orleans one game in the loss column behind top NFC seed Seattle (10-1).
Marques Colston finished with five catches for 80 yards to become the Saints' all-time leader in yards receiving with 7,923, passing Eric Martin's two-decade-old mark of 7,854.
"It's definitely an awesome accomplishment," said Colston, a 2006 seventh-round draft choice out of Hofstra. "It had a lot to do with some of the guys in this locker room and this coaching staff, but we're in the midst of something a lot more meaningful right now."
Colin Kaepernick passed for two scores, but finished with only 127 yards and was sacked three times as the Niners (6-4) lost their second straight.
"The greater the challenge, the greater the glory," Niners coach Jim Harbaugh said. "That's the way I look at it. I'm proud of our guys for the way they fight, and if we continue to do that, we're going to win a lot of games."
The Saints' defense, one of the worst in NFL history a year ago, played well enough to keep the Saints within striking distance despite what appeared to be a number of seemingly costly mistakes. Junior Galette's sack helped stall the Niners' last drive.
Niners running back Frank Gore managed only 48 yards on 13 carries.
Kaepernick completed 17 of 31 passes and scrambled three times for 25 yards. His last run was a 16-yarder on third-and-long that came up 3 yards short of a first down with less than two minutes to go.
Brees completed three quick passes on his final series: a 9-yarder to Graham, the 20-yarder to Colston and then another 12-yarder to Graham.
Brees finished 30 of 43 for 305 yards and one touchdown, a 3-yard connection with rookie tight end Josh Hill.
That was enough to overcome New Orleans' turnovers, which began with Lance Moore's muffed fair catch, setting up an 11-yard touchdown drive capped by Kaepernick's pass to Anquan Boldin.
Boldin was covered by Corey White, who'd come in after what appeared to be a serious left leg injury to Jabari Greer. White briefly made up for it with a diving interception, but when he tried to run for a score, he fumbled the ball through the end zone for a touchback.
The Niners then drove for Phil Dawson's 55-yard field goal, which gave them a 10-7 lead.
New Orleans regained the lead at 14-10, thanks to Travaris Cadet's 82-yard kickoff return, which set up Jed Collins' 1-yard touchdown run.
But in the third quarter, Brees, scrambling right, tried to lob a pass to Graham, only to have Brooks leap up and tip the ball to himself for an interception he returned to the Saints 22.
Soon after, Vernon Davis' 17-yard TD catch made it 17-14.
Game notes
Injuries forced 49ers CB Tarell Brown (ribs) and Niners LG Mike Iupati (knee) from the game. Iupati is scheduled to have an MRI on Monday, a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter … Colston also now has 7,930 career yards from scrimmage, breaking Martin's record of 7,865.
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Banks like offering online account access because it cuts down on the need for personnel and paperwork; customers like it because they can handle their business whenever it's convenient. But the increased financial traffic has attracted criminals, and banks have had to scramble to secure their sites and protect their users from phishing attacks. A new study (PDF) presented at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security indicates that the web sites of major financial institutions continue to suffer from basic design flaws that make it difficult for their users to determine whether a given action is secure.
Three researchers from the University of Michigan's Computer Science and Engineering department set up a script that used wget to download all the parts of a web site that aren't password-protected, then turned it loose on the servers hosting 214 different financial institutions' web sites. Once these were downloaded, the researchers performed an automated analysis designed to identify a number of design flaws that can reduce the security of these websites. Where appropriate, the authors went back and examined the pages manually.
The analysis didn't focus on security holes, per se, but on site design practices that could leave users vulnerable to various attacks. As the team put it, "Design ?aws differ from typical software bugs that can be ?xed by applying patches. Design ?aws are a result of decisions made during the website design phase, such as how to implement security features. These design decisions promote insecure user behavior."
For example, nearly 30 percent of the sites the researchers examined performed what they termed a "break in the chain of trust." In this case, specific financial activities required that the user be sent to a site run by a different company, meaning they were no longer interacting with the original domain; in many cases, a different security certificate was required. In 17 percent of these cases, there was no warning that this would occur.
Roughly half the sites requested login information on an insecure page. The information was typically sent using JavaScript that invoked a secure SSL connection, but the user had no indication of this, a practice that promotes a casual approach to security. Over a quarter of the sites had poor policies on the username/password combination. Some accepted short, insecure passwords. Others either accepted or defaulted to easily obtained usernames, such as e-mail addresses or Social Security numbers.
Many sites provided insecure access to critical information. Some were willing to send critical customer information, such as password reset details, via email. Others put details of their security practices or contact phone numbers on insecure pages. Just as phishing e-mails can redirect users to fake websites, these pages could be modified to direct users to fake phone numbers, which would allow criminals to obtain critical personal information.
Overall, only a quarter of sites were free from any of these security issues, while nearly 70 percent suffered from two or more. The authors argue that these problems can largely be corrected simply by ensuring that institutions are made aware that these practices create risks, and action has to be taken at the design stage. To that end, they have notified every one of the institutions of their findings. Given that the study took place at the end of 2006, the companies have had plenty of time to implement improvements; the results of a follow-up study would provide a better idea of which companies take their responsibilities towards their users seriously.