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Effects of Age and Exercise on Blood Pressure Regulation
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00319397
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified January 2009 by National Institute on Aging (NIA).
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : April 27, 2006
Last Update Posted : December 14, 2009
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|Condition or disease
|Cardiovascular Disease Aging
|Behavioral: Exercise-Training Program
This study is being done to find out how age, activity level, and the presence of heart disease affect the way the body controls blood pressure. A total of 80 individuals will be recruited for the study, and will consist of two groups: sedentary healthy individuals and those with coronary artery disease (CAD). Each group will undergo screening tests, including history, questionnaires, physical exam, lab tests, treadmill exercise tolerance test, and maximal exercise test. These screening tests will be repeated at 3 months and 6 months.
The study involves 20 visits over a 6-month period. An exercise-training program will be designed for the individual's fitness level. During the first month, the individual will be supervised while exercising at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, but after that may choose to exercise at home or in a fitness center. These exercise sessions will take place 3-5 times per week for 15-40 minutes per session based on the individual's exercise program, increasing to 4-6 times per week for 30-60 minutes per session after the first month. Participants will be required to visit Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital a minimum of once every two weeks so that information can be collected from a heart rate monitor.
Testing is done at the beginning and end of the exercise-training intervention period to determine what effect the intervention has had on the individual's blood pressure regulation. This testing consists of 2 sequential study days. During the first day's testing, which will last about 2 hours, the participant will receive 8 low doses of atropine to alter vagal effects. On the second day, which will take about 4 hours, the participant will receive sodium nitroprusside, phenylephrine, and low-dose atropine while sympathetic nervous activity is recorded. Differences in blood pressure regulation pre- and post-training will be studied.
|Study Type :
|Estimated Enrollment :
|80 participants
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|Official Title:
|Arterial Stiffness With Age: Part 1 and 2
|Study Start Date :
|April 2004
|Study Completion Date :
|March 2007
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|55 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Sedentary Older Individuals Group:
- Healthy men and women ages 55-75
- Normally physically active (performing regular aerobic exercise less than 60 minutes per week) with aerobic capacities below the 80th percentile for age and gender
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Group:
- Men and women ages 55-75
- Written authorization from participant's cardiologist to participate in the study (Note: if Dr. Zervos is the participant's cardiologist, their primary care physician will also be asked to give written authorization)
- Documented CAD by previous MI or angiography
Exclusion Criteria:
General exclusion criteria for all groups:
- Neurological diseases
- Diabetes
- History of migraine headaches
- Hypertension
- Glaucoma
- Pacemaker
- History of stroke or TIA
- High cholesterol
- Current cancer
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Allergy to sulfa
- Carotid disease
- Currently taking anti-depression, anti-psychotic, or anti-anxiety medications
Sedentary Older Individuals Group:
- Coronary artery or carotid vascular disease
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Group:
- Myocardial Infarction (MI), Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) or Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) in the last 3 months
- Unstable angina, EF branch block severe valvular disease, chronic atrial fibrillation, and frequent atrial or ventricular arrhythmias (including more than 3 PVCs or APCs per minute)
- Currently taking anticoagulants or any cardioactive medications other than ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, and beta-blockers
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00319397
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|Contact: J. Andrew Taylor, PhD
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|Principal Investigator: J. Andrew Taylor, PhD
|Principal Investigator:
|J. Andrew Taylor, PhD
|Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School
|Principal Investigator:
|Gerasimos Zervos, MD
|Chief of Nuclear Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital
|Responsible Party:
|J. Andrew Taylor, PhD, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00319397 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01AG014376 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|April 27, 2006 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 14, 2009
|Last Verified:
|January 2009
Keywords provided by National Institute on Aging (NIA):
vascular resistance
coronary disorder
physical fitness
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cardiovascular Diseases


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Tony Gallagher is the Province columnist focusing chiefly on the NHL, a league which he has covered extensively since he covered his first game in 1972.
Having covered 22 Stanley Cup finals including the Vancouver Canucks run in 1982, Gallagher is a vice-president of the Professional Hockey writers Association and one of the better known media people amongst players and management.
He was recruited by the Province when he graduated from UBC where he was writing for the campus paper in the late 60s and began working in hockey when the New Westminster Bruins of the WHL came west from Estevan, Sask. In 1972 he moved on to the WHA Vancouver Blazers and in 1976 became the paper's lone beat writer doing the Canucks. He was promoted to general columnist in 1987 and left the paper in 1989 to host a national, network open line radio show called 'Gallagher on Sport' on the Satellie radio network. He returned to the paper as NHL columnist two years later and also wrote extensively on the NBA.
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President-elect Obama plans middle-class and business tax cuts to stimulate the economy, but the impact of those cuts could be softened by state governments trying to hike taxes and fees to close the worst budget gaps they've seen in decades.
Most states face a budget shortfall this year. New York and California each face gaps of approximately 25 percent of their total budgets.
That means possible taxes on gasoline – passed in Minnesota and Nevada last year and proposed in California – as well as fee hikes on everything from boats to cars, libraries, and parks. New Hampshire and New York raised cigarette taxes and Indiana has raised sales taxes.
The situation also means forgoing proposed or planned tax cuts. Florida canceled a sales tax holiday and California has suspended net operating loss deductions.
"States are telling us their revenue situations are a disaster," says Arturo Pérez, analyst for the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver. "They are looking at every possible way to make up for billions in lost revenue."
These comprise both spending cuts and tax hikes. Iowa is cutting back on schools, Kentucky is cutting library hours, and Minnesota, where the Republican governor has said he will not raise taxes during a recession, is proposing to cut $5 billion from state services.
Illinois is contemplating an 8 cent gasoline tax to raise $7 billion and one proposal in California is for a 13 cent per gallon tax, which would help raise $9.5 billion.
At a conference of US state legislators December, Standard and Poor economist David Wyss told legislators to first consider hiking gasoline and sales taxes.
Still, tax hikes remain an unpopular solution. Despite the severity of the 2001 recession – the worst in 50 years at that time – there were few tax increases, according to Donald Boyd, fiscal analyst for the Rockefeller Institute for Study of the States. But this time around, the recession is worse, he says.
All told, 40 US states are reporting an estimated $150 billion in budget shortfalls.
California's crisis
In California, where state finance director Mike Genest declared that this is "probably the most challenging budget situation the state has ever faced," legislative Republicans have blocked several of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's tax hike proposals.
As the legislature convenes this week, it will examine the governor's proposal for $14.3 billion in tax increases in addition to $17.4 billion in spending cuts over the next 18 months.
The state is attempting to close a projected $41.5 billion shortfall.
Mr. Schwarzenegger has already signed an executive order forcing 235,000 state workers to take two furlough days a month starting Feb. 1 and required a 10 percent cut for state agencies, which could lead to thousands of layoffs.
There is also talk of reinstating a notorious car registration fee that Schwarzenegger ended with great fanfare five years ago by staging the dropping of a giant wrecking ball on a rusting old car, and declaring, "Hasta la vista, baby!"
"Republicans cannot support the governor's proposal to impose a $14 billion in higher taxes on Californians," Assembly Minority leader Mike Villines told the San Francisco Chronicle last week.
Democrats hold majorities in both houses of the California legislature and have moved closer to Schwarzenegger's position than Republicans. Nevertheless, the governor vetoed Tuesday a Democratic budget plan that fell short of meeting his demands on spending cuts.
California is one of only three states that requires a two-thirds legislative majority to pass a budget, which is why the state is often extremely late in doing so. When Schwarzenegger signed the most recent budget in September, it was 85 days after the fiscal year began, a record in state tardiness.
Worse before it gets better
Most states are reining in their budget projections for 2010 and anticipating still more cuts.
In New York, another state awash in red ink, Gov. David Patterson proposed 137 new or increased taxes and fees, including an obesity tax, and $9 billion worth of spending cuts in the coming fiscal year.
Reaction to a proposed 18 percent obesity tax ranged from high praise to ridicule: New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof calling it a "miracle tax diet" to rival the health benefits of not smoking, while the tabloid New York Post labelled it "Tax Hell."
Meanwhile, Florida, trying to close a $2.3 billion gap in its $66 billion budget, this week is considering raising cigarette taxes. Increasing the tax by between $1 to $1.34 a pack will pull in $700 million annually for the state treasury.
By spring, legislators may also reconsider many of the exemptions they have given that now apply to dozens of goods and services, from accountants to ostrich farmers and charter boat fishing captains.
Like most states, Florida's fiscal situation is expected to continue to deteriorate. Florida leads the nation in job losses and is among the worst hit by mortgage foreclosures. It has had to cut measures that were supposed to slow those problems – such as a small-business loan program and expanded tax credits for firms that create Florida jobs.
As on the national level, economists expect the fiscal situation for states is likely to get worse before it gets better.
Obama's stimulus package may stave off further state tax increases, says Mr. Boyd, the fiscal analyst, since outright fiscal relief makes raising taxes harder to justify. Obama's cuts may be close to 40 percent of a possible $775 billion bill.
But the potential for more tax hikes won't go away, adds Boyd. And after constituencies see what spending cuts do, they might be more amenable to them.


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Second- and third- year law students interested in international and comparative law and
international human rights law can select from many exciting courses in these
areas. Visit the UCLA School of Law Curriculum Guide for a list of current
international and comparative law and international human rights law courses.
International and Comparative Law courses guide
International Human Rights Law courses guide
Asylum Clinic
The spring semester
Asylum Clinic allows students to work with Public Counsel's Immigrants' Rights
Project and represent non-citizens fleeing persecution before the USCIS
Asylum Office. Through the clinic, the students advocate
for clients who have fled their homes as a result of human rights
violations, and must then confront the challenges of the U.S. immigration
Gender Violence in
the Congo
Students enrolled in
the Sanela Diana Jenkins Clinic on Gender Violence in Eastern Congo will help
support and assess five interventions to assist villages that have suffered
mass rape attacks in Eastern Congo. The five interventions are: (1)
judicial; (2) medical; (3) psycho-social; (4) socio-economic; and (5)
ecumenical/spiritual. The course will begin with an introduction to the
phenomenon of mass rape in Africa, and its effects on victims, their families,
and village social, economic, and political life. Students will:
establish a 501(c)(3) organization that will support the five interventions;
provide legal "housekeeping" for the organization; develop interview and survey
protocols aimed at assessing effects of the interventions; receive training to
prepare for interviewing and surveying victims, their families, and villagers
in a conflict zone. Students will then travel to the Eastern Congo to
observe and document various interventions, and to interview and survey
villagers prior to or after an intervention. Following the field research,
students will help assess data collected in the field, evaluate the effects of
the interventions, and suggest refinements of the interventions.
ICC Forum Clinic
The ICC Forum is an
innovative and cooperative undertaking by the Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights
Project at UCLA School of Law and the Office of the Prosecutor of the
International Criminal Court (ICC OTP). The Forum allows members of the legal
community, governments, academics, and others to debate complex issues of
international criminal law faced by the Office of the Prosecutor in the course
of its work at the ICC. UCLA Law students and faculty work with the
International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor, legal scholars and
practitioners from around the world, as well as technology experts, to run the
Forum. Students make a year-long commitment to the project, researching and
analyzing pressing issues that bear on the legal and institutional development
of the International Criminal Court and that demand the attention of the
prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda. Professor Richard
H. Steinberg is Director of the Clinic and Editor-in-Chief of the Forum, which
was launched on September 1, 2010 during the tenure of the first Prosecutor,
Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
International Human
Rights Clinic
The International Human Rights Clinic gives students
the opportunity to navigate international human rights law theory and practice
in the service of real clients. It has two components: clinical projects
and a seminar. Clinic students partner with human rights organizations to
achieve the latter's legal and advocacy goals. By doing so students gain
firsthand experience with the practice of international human rights lawyers,
thus developing important skills required for this practice. Each year the
clinic works on an international and a domestic human rights issue to provide
students with important comparative perspective. In one semester, for example,
clinic students have worked to vindicate the rights of Mozambican migrant
mineworkers based in South Africa, and at the same time used the Inter-American
Human Rights system to vindicate the rights of Los Angeles residents abused in
immigration detention in the United States. Providing the theoretical
counterpart to students' practical work, the weekly clinic seminar: introduces
students to some of the most contentious debates surrounding the theory and
practice of international human rights law; provides students with the tools
they will need to identify and address ethical concerns in the practice of
international human rights law; and sharpens lawyering skills relevant to their
clinic projects.
Journal of
International Law and Foreign Affairs (JILFA)
The UCLA Journal
of International Law & Foreign Affairs (JILFA) is an interdisciplinary
publication promoting scholarship in international law and foreign relations.
JILFA publishes articles by leading scholars, practitioners, and other
professionals from around the world, as well as student comments. Some of JILFA's
issues are topical, focusing on immigration or international gender and race
discrimination, and others offer more variety, ranging from conflicting
approaches to technological developments, to the international criminal court,
to sovereign debt crises.
JILFA hosts an
annual symposium each spring semester. These symposia bring together leading
academics and practitioners from around the world to discuss pressing issues in
international law. JILFA's next symposium, to be held on March 14, 2014,
will explore the future of international human rights litigation in American
domestic courts in the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Kiobel
v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (133 S.Ct. 1659 (2013)). The 2013
symposium focused on human rights issues in the emerging economic powers of
Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The 2012 symposium
examined the Arab Spring and its consequences across the Middle East.
JILFA staff
membership is open to JD students who have completed at least one semester of
law school and all LLM students. JILFA staff assist with selecting, reading,
editing, and formatting articles for publication. Through their participation,
JILFA members gain valuable skills in critical analysis, collaboration, and
legal editing.
Journal of Islamic
and Near Eastern Law
The UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law (JINEL) is
published once a year. As the first law school journal in the West dealing with
this topic, JINEL's goal is to emphasize and critically
analyze all legal issues--social, political, civil, historical, economic, and
commercial--that are of particular relevance to Muslims and Near Easterners in
both Muslim and non-Muslim societies. Thus we will: present issues relating to
the laws of the Near East and their effects on the people and countries of the
region and worldwide; present issues relating to the theoretical aspects of
Islamic law and jurisprudence, and its application; discuss laws as they have
affected the people of the Near East outside the region.
Pacific Basin Law
UCLA's Pacific Basin Law Journal publishes
twice a year, covering a diverse range of legal issues with a focus on the
rapidly developing economic nations of the Pacific Rim. Throughout its history,
the journal has featured articles written by leading scholars and practitioners
on international legal topics including human rights law, constitutional law,
comparative law, criminal law, international trade law, business/corporate law,
and intellectual property law. The breadth and diversity of the subject
matter of the journal's articles contributes to its reputation as among the
most innovative, informative, and authoritative publications at the UCLA School
of Law.
Justice Project
The UCLA
International Justice Project (IJP) is a student-run extracurricular
clinical program at the UCLA School of Law. IJP partners law students with
human rights organizations from around the world to provide firsthand
experience with the practice of international human rights law.
IJP helps students develop the basic skills and substantive knowledge
necessary for international human rights and international justice advocacy.
Students collaborate with partner organizations to draft legal memoranda and
briefs, and to provide valuable international and comparative legal
IJP is
currently working on a range of projects with organizations
addressing domestic human rights issues as well as issues abroad
in South Africa, Mexico, Zimbabwe, and Iraq. JD students may begin
IJP work in the second semester of their first year, and LLM students may join
as soon as they arrive at UCLA.
Human Rights Law Association
The International Human Rights Law Association's
(IHRLA) purpose is to provide a student-led forum for developing knowledge,
sharing experiences, and promoting career opportunities within the field of
international human rights law at the UCLA School of Law. IHRLA endeavors to
work closely with the International Human Rights Program and other organizations,
both on and off campus, to provide meaningful opportunities for learning,
project-based research, and career assistance to students within the Law
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Society (IMLS) at UCLA seeks to educate students on issues
impacting the immigrant community, as well as bridge a connection with
immigration law academic scholars and practitioners. A primary focus of the
organization is to help law students volunteer with agencies that provide free
or low-cost legal services for low-income immigrants. Students who volunteer
with the VAWA Clinic work with attorneys at the Central American Resource
Center (CARECEN) to prepare declarations for victims of serious crimes,
including domestic violence, in order to apply for U-Visas and VAWA. Students
also volunteer with the Youth Deportation Defense Clinic, in conjunction with
the Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, by conducting legal screenings for
minors to help the family identify potential defenses to deportation and connect
the child with free or low-cost representation.
volunteer opportunities include assisting local non-profit organizations with
processing applications for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and other forms of relief. IMLS also
organizes educational speaker series on hot topics, the Spanish for Lawyers
training and an annual mixer with immigration law practitioners
in moot court is a fantastic part of the law school experience, and UCLA Law
Students have participated in some of the most prestigious international law
related competitions worldwide. These experiences allow students to develop
crucial lawyering skills and to make connections with a broad network of
professionals and other students.
Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition
The Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition was started in 2013 by the American Red Cross and had an impressive list of Law Schools involved in its inaugural year. During the simulation-based experiential legal competition, students are exposed to the practice of international humanitarian law (IHL) and real world challenges facing IHL practitioners during armed conflict.
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Jean Pictet
International Humanitarian Law Pleading Competition
The Jean Pictet is a week-long international humanitarian law (IHL) competition. The Pictet competition uses simulations and role-plays to test students' abilities to make oral arguments and to apply IHL to real-life situations. During the competition the teams are evaluated on their theoretical knowledge and practical understanding of IHL, and their ability to use the law in the context of the broader international political system. Taking part in the competition is a unique experience and training on the concrete application of IHL is facilitated by the presence of experts (the jury and tutors). Participation also has a considerable positive effect on personal development, and students develop the skills of teamwork, presentation techniques, and communication with other students from different countries throughout the world.
an increasingly interconnected world, experience and familiarity with
international law and other nations' legal systems and cultures is increasingly
indispensable for lawyers, legal scholars and law students alike.
this powerful trend, UCLA School of Law offers various opportunities for its
students, and for law students in other countries, to gain exposure to
international law and the legal systems and cultures of other nations.
School of Law has partnered with many leading academic institutions in Europe,
Asia, Israel, Australia and South America to establish the Foreign Legal
Study and Exchange Program (FLSEP). Under exchange agreements with these
partner schools, UCLA School of Law will host the most highly qualified
students from its partner schools, while similarly talented and committed UCLA
law students may sample the intellectual and cultural riches that partner schools
The program is highly
selective - each semester, each partner school may normally nominate only up to
two students to attend UCLA School of Law for a semester, and UCLA School of
Law may normally nominate only up to two students to attend each partner school
for a similar academic term. Well-qualified candidates are strongly encouraged
to apply.
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UCLA School of Law
has long been a leader in the interdisciplinary study of law, and unlike many
other schools, UCLA law students can take courses in the professional schools
and departments elsewhere on the UCLA campus, offering yet another way for
students to connect to the world outside of the law school.
In addition to a
vibrant curriculum, students also enjoy opportunities to spend a semester or
summer doing an externship or internship in international law, comparative law,
or human right law with a non-governmental organization, an international
organization or with government. UCLA students have held summer or semester
long placements in places as varied as:
The UCLA Law Career Services has a wealth of resources for admitted students hoping to establish a career in international human rights law. Interested students should meet with their career counselor or Jessica Peake to discuss their interests and potential internship, externship and job opportunities in this field of law.
Jessica Peake
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1471 Law Building
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Derby – 1882 The St. John Ambulance Association in Burton-on Trent awarded certificates to between 60 and 70 people who completed their first aid course. A James Buggy was one of those to receive a certificate.[1]
Liverpool – 1878 Inspector James Buggy was reported as giving evidence at the inquest of the deaths of 37 people who lost their lives at the Colosseum (sic) Theatre fire on Paradise St, Liverpool, in 1878.[2]
Liverpool – 1857 Street Assault – Patrick Buggy and William Rose were charged with seizing John Shelly by the throat in Lime Street, knocking him down, and robbing him of 5s. Buggy was fined 40s. and costs, or to be imprisoned for two months; Rose was discharged.[3]
[1] Author Unknown, District News in The Derby Mercury, 21 June 1882, p.2; 19th Century British Newspapers http://newspapers.bl.uk: accessed 15 August 2011
[2] Author Unknown, The Frightful Calamity at the Colosseum Theatre in Liverpool Mercury, 26 October 1878, p.8; 19th Century British Newspapers http://newspapers.bl.uk: accessed 15 August 2011
[3] Author Unknown, Police Intelligence in Liverpool Mercury, 8 July 1857, p.?; 19th Century British Newspapers http://newspapers.bl.uk: accessed 21 November 2011


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by Tom Utescher
A pair of second-half goals carried visiting Penn Charter to a 2-0 victory over Springside Chestnut Hill Academy last Tuesday, and it was just as well that the controversy that arose over one of the scoring plays involved the insurance goal, and not the game-winner.
Freshman Harrison Williams deposited the first goal of the day with a little under 33 minutes left to play, and with about seven-and-a-half minutes remaining the Quakers collected a second goal that was credited to junior Bradford Jones. The second sequence not only involved an SCH defensive miscue on an attempted back-pass to its goalie, but also a Penn Charter player who was offsides, according to the linesman's flag. The head referee did not acknowledge the linesman's signal, and the goal was added to the official record.
With the win at SCH's Carson Valley field, PC improved to 2-1 in the young Inter-Ac League season, while the host Blue Devils were still looking for their first victory, at 0-3-1. Both teams lost to Haverford School, but against Episcopal Academy the Quakers won and SCH lost. The Devils' tie came against Germantown Academy, 2-2.
After the SCH game last Tuesday, Penn Charter coach Bob DiBenedetto commented, "This is always a good one because they play such good soccer and they're tough, so to come out with a win is big, especially on the road. We felt that we would have the bulk of the play, but we've been having some trouble finishing our opportunities. If you'd told me we were going to get two, I'd have said that would win us the game."
The coach of each club described the opposition as "physical," and to a large degree each was correct. The question was, which squad could remain more focused on its game plan while absorbing the inevitable contact? The answer was Penn Charter, particularly in the second half.
After the first period, the 0-0 stalemate on the scoreboard accurately reflected the action on the field.
But when play resumed after the intermission, related SCH skipper Joe DiSalvo, "We got away from what we'd talked about before the game – wanting to keep the ball on the ground. We had the ball up in the air too much and since they're a bigger, more physical team, that played into their hands. The last thing we needed to do was keep firing aerial balls into their box."
Likewise, DiBenedetto expected aggressive soccer from SCH, and wanted his players to minimize the time each man spent handling the ball. The Quakers received and passed the ball crisply through much of the afternoon.
"We were doing a lot of one and two-touch stuff in practices leading up to this," the Charter mentor said. "The easier way to take that physical aspect away is to move the ball quickly. We played against our own JV team in practice yesterday, and I actually had them put two extra men on the field. I told our guys, this is what it's going to be like – you won't have time to play around with the ball."
Coming in, a list of injured players for Springside Chestnut Hill included junior midfielder Anthony Liddy. In addition, due to league rules Devils have to undertake their Inter-Ac games without junior Alec Greenhalgh, a transfer from Council Rock North High School who starts for SCH in non-league contests. Throughout the season, Penn Charter has been missing injured defender Josh Cannon, one of the Quakers' senior tri-captains.
A captain for the Blue Devils, Tom Higgins, got off the first shot in Tuesday's tilt, hitting a ball past the upper right corner of the Quakers' cage. The hosts continued to attack for several minutes, then PC had a go.
From near the left corner, sophomore Addison Cripe hit a cross that tracked a little high and went out of bounds. On two more crosses into the middle by the visitors, one ball was headed over the bar by Williams, and on the other junior Matt Sullivan was unable to get a firm foot on the ball inside.
Late in the period, the Devils served in a corner kick from the left side, but PC freshman keeper Andrew Verdi (six saves) leapt up to snare the ball and the half ended at 0-0.
Early in the second period, each team hit a few balls inside the other club's box, but the only threatening shot was fired from the outside by SCH junior Phillip Kelly and saved by PC's Verdi.
A little over a dozen minutes in, a group of players clumped around the Blue Devils' 18 yard line and Quakers' senior co-captain Sam Agre sent the ball to Williams in the middle. The freshman fired immediately to punch the ball past a fellow ninth-grader, SCH goalie Same McDowell (five saves).
"He's the most poised kid in the box that we've had in some time," stated DiBenedetto. "He's just a finisher."
Penn Charter controlled a good deal of the play the rest of the way, passing the ball quickly to keep it away from the Devils. On the second scoring play, the Quakers' Jones was in the box and went over to try and take the ball from an SCH defender. An intended Blue Devil back-pass to McDowell went awry and the ball rolled way over into the right corner of the goal with 7:30 left to play. The linesman's offsides flag, which had been raised on Jones, went unheeded.
"A kid who was offsides was clearly involved in the play," noted SCH's DiSalvo. "The linesman put his flag up for offsides, and then that same player ends up pressuring us to play a ball back to our keeper – that's offsides every day of the week. If the call had been made we still would've had seven or eight minutes to get one and tie the game, but instead now we're down 2-0."
PC's DiBenedetto came away pleased with the composure shown by his squad.
"We played around the goal very well," he said. "On defense, we defended their big throw very well – we'd worked on that for a couple of days. Like I said, in this league a road win is a big deal."


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DOVER — The Seacoast was the place to be during championship season. The local area was blessed with no fewer than three high-school football teams playing for state titles.
In Division III, Portsmouth won its second straight championship with a 54-27 rout of Goffstown in the final. In Division V, Somersworth fell 9-0 to Monadnock. And Marshwood won the Western Maine Class B championship with a thrilling 21-20 win over Wells, but fell short of ultimate glory with a hard-fought and equally thrilling 44-42 loss to Mt. Blue in the state final in Portland.
Other teams missed out on the fun of playing for a state championship but made the season memorable nonetheless. In Western Maine Class C, Traip Academy made it to the regional semifinals. In Division IV, St. Thomas earned a berth in the semifinals with a thrilling comeback at Hanover in its regular-season finale.
The team is chosen from coaches' nominations, and the sports staff makes the final selections.
St. Thomas Aquinas
It would be hard to find a football player on the local scene more versatile than Ryan Monette of St. Thomas Aquinas. More impressive than his numbers (more than 1,350 total yards of offense, 16 touchdowns and 381 return yards) was his versatility. Mainly a running back, Monette made defenses pay also as a wide receiver, kick returner, and he even took some snaps at quarterback. He was also a fine defender with 30 tackles, a sack, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble.
"The 2012 St. Thomas football team went as Ryan Monette did," St. Thomas coach Eric Cumba said. "He had the ability to change a game no matter where he lined up offensively."
Monette, a senior, was a first-team all-state selection for the second straight year. Also considered for player of the year honors were Somersworth's Drew Francoeur, Portsmouth's Rick Holt and Marshwood's Brett Gerry.
Monette made the Dream Team as a wide receiver.
In his first year at Marshwood, Rotsko led the Hawks to a 10-2 record and a berth in the Maine Class B state championship game. It was the Hawks' first state-championship game appearance in 23 years.
"This was a memorable season for myself, our coaches, the players and the community," Rotsko said. "I have been fortunate during my coaching career to work with a lot of great coaches and players and I have never been prouder of a staff and team. The team's work ethic, attitude and attention to detail made for a successful season."
Rotsko previously coached at Longmeadow (Mass.) High School where he amassed a 184-38 record in 19 seasons. Also considered for coach of the year honors were Portsmouth's Bill Murphy, Traip's Ron Ross and Somersworth's Dan Hodsdon.
A first-team D-V all-state selection, Francoeur ran for 705 yards on 108 carries and 12 touchdowns in leading Somersworth to the D-V title game. He passed for 420 yards and three touchdowns. He was also an effective defensive end.
"Drew was a our most dangerous weapon," Somersworth coach Dan Hodsdon said. "He was a threat to score from anywhere on the field. Drew rarely ever came off the field handling kicking, punting, and return duties as well as playing free safety on defense where he was often asked to shut down the opposition's best offensive threat."
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Traip Academy
The senior halfback ran for 1,555 yards and amassed more than 3,000 the last two seasons. He was also a Campbell Conference all-star.
"He's just a workhorse back there," Traip coach Ron Ross said. "Really the only option we had this year. It was an amazing two years."
An all-conference selection, Gerry played halfback on offense, returned punts and kicks and accumulated 1,447 all-purpose yards. He rushed for 1,171 yards on 157 carries with 16 touchdowns and four 2-point conversions. He also caught three passes for 43 yards and a TD. On defense he was a key linebacker.
"Brett Gerry practices and plays as hard as any player I have ever coached," Rotsko said.
A first-team D-II all-state selection, Scott was Spaulding's biggest weapon with 1,340 yards rushing and 16 touchdowns, including a pair of kickoff returns for touchdowns. On defense, he made 38 tackles.
"A warrior," Spaulding coach Claude Gagnon said about Scott. "A great student-athlete. He always wants to be better. He leads by example and is very humble."
Offensive line
The junior offensive tackle was a D-II all-state honorable mention.
"I ran a two-tackle set with no tight end all year for a better run offense," Gagnon said. "He was a great team leader and had a great work ethic, in season and out."
A first-team D-III all-state selection, Leonard, a senior, was an effective center for four different Portsmouth quarterbacks this season.
"He was basically the backbone of the offensive line," Portsmouth coach Bill Murphy said. "Very consistent. Did an excellent job getting out there and making the blocks."
The senior was an honorable mention D-II all-state selection. A force on both sides of the ball, Hall had 24 tackles and two sacks as a defensive end.
"He was one of the main reasons for success running the ball to the right," Gagnon said.
Traip Academy
The Western Maine Class C player of the year, Castellano, a senior, was a two-time all-state selection and was nominated for the prestigious Frank J. Graziano Award, given to the top offensive and defensive lineman in Maine.
"He's been our overall leader for three years," Ross said. "Whenever we needed a yard or so, we ran behind him. He's the heartbeat of our team."
Traip Academy
The senior tackle was a Campbell Conference all-star and will take his game to Maine Maritime to play college football.
"He worked so hard in the offseason," Ross said. "With him and Ben we were unstoppable. He has good size and quick feet."
Tight end
The senior caught seven passes for 142 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He was a D-II all-state selection as a linebacker with 100 tackles, 9.5 for a loss, two passes knocked down, two fumble recoveries and 2.5 sacks.
"Eric has been a very durable player for us over the last three years," Dover coach Ken Osbon said. "He is an excellent linebacker who finds a way to make plays all the time. Over the years he has developed into an outstanding blocking tight end. Our success running the football has everything to do with his abilities and effort."
St. Thomas Aquinas
A first-team all-state kicker and punter, Middleton was 10 for 13 on field goals, including a 35-yard game winner with no time left at Hanover to clinch a playoff spot. He had 22 touchbacks with two onside kicks recovered. His punting average was 27.1 net yards.
"Hayden has a strong leg and is a great weapon to have," Cumba said. "As a coach, having a kicker like Hayden limits your worries when it comes to the kicking game. That is something every coach would welcome."
The senior first-team D-V all-state selection had 80 tackles, three interceptions and a pair of sacks. On offense, he ran for 1,168 yards as a running back with 16 touchdowns.
"Josh was our workhorse out of the backfield," coach Hodsdon said. "He possesses amazing strength, toughness, foot speed and was a great leader in our program."
St. Thomas Aquinas
A senior, the first-team D-IV all-state selection made 80 tackles with four sacks, an interception, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
"He's a 100 percent-all-the-time-effort player," coach Cumba said. "He plays extremely hard and is all over the field. When you needed a big defensive play, Peter was the guy who did it for us all year."
An all-Campbell Conference selection on defense, Lizotte, a senior, had 70 tackles. As a fullback, he rushed for 825 yards on 170 carries with 11 touchdowns and five 2-point conversions. He also served as the Hawks' punter.
"Dan has good defensive instincts and was one of the top linebackers in the class," coach Rotsko said.
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Blanchette, a junior, anchored the Hawks' defensive line. He was a Campbell Conference all-star and also played tight end with a 67-yard touchdown reception in the Class B state championship game.
"Quick and agile for big man," said coach Rotsko. "He did a solid job blocking."
A first-team D-V all-state selection, the senior made 68 tackles with five sacks and a fumble recovery.
"The emotional leader of the team," coach Hodsdon said. "His effort, will and passion for the game epitomizes what we want in our leaders. Tyler was a disciplined defensive player who caused a lot of havoc in opposing backfields."
A senior D-II all-state selection, Dow made 80 tackles, 8.5 for a loss, with 11 sacks, a fumble recovery and two caused fumbles.
"Matt set the edge for us all season," coach Osbon said. "A very strong player who controls his gap very well. Matt is relentless in pursuit of the QB while pass rushing."
A first-team D-III all state selection, Holt was a force all season for the state champion Clippers.
"He had to be double-teamed every time, and even being double teamed he was probably one of the most impressive defensive players in our division and possibly the state," coach Bill Murphy said. "Nobody could run against him. He knocked down a number of passes and his motor never stopped."
Defensive backs
Flores made 36 tackles on defense with three interceptions for Noble. On offense, he ran for 615 yards, four touchdowns on the ground and two receiving.
"He's a steadying force who leads by example," Noble coach Tom Daubney said. "He doesn't say a whole lot but he's very dedicated and focused. Takes care of everybody."
A Campbell Conference all-star defender, Kreider was also an effective tight end for the Hawks.
"He had good speed and was an excellent tackler," coach Rotsko said. "His abilities on defense allowed us to play him like a third linebacker."
A D-II all-state selection, Seawards, a senior, made 26 tackles defensively with a pair of interceptions and scored three touchdowns, As a running back, he averaged 4.2 yards per rush and 11 yards per reception as a receiver. He also returned two kickoffs for touchdowns.
"He was our everything player," coach Ken Osbon said. "He is one of , if not the fastest player we have, and in the open field he's tough to bring down."
The senior was a key part of Noble's turnaround this season. As a quarterback, he ran for 755 yards with seven rushing touchdowns, 375 passing yards and seven passing touchdowns. A four-year starter for the Knights.
"A better runner than a thrower but he could turn broken plays into touchdowns," coach Daubney said. "A threat from start to finish."
DARREN GLORE, Somersworth (Sr., TE/DE) — A second-team all-state D-V selection, Glore made 68 tackles with two sacks and two fumble recoveries. DONOVAN PHANOR, Portsmouth (Jr., QB) — Ran for 639 yards and five touchdowns, passed for 793 and eight touchdowns and was key in the Clippers' championship-game victory. KURTIS MICHAUD, Somersworth (Sr., RB/LB) — A second-team all-state selection, the senior had 47 tackles and two sacks with a fumble recovery. As a running back, he ran for 650 yards on 111 carries with 10 touchdowns. JAKE BECKER, Portsmouth (Jr., RB/LB) — A first-team D-III all-state selection, Becker was a menace to the opposition on both sides of the ball. He scored a pair of touchdowns for the Clippers in the state championship game. DILLON CROSBY, Portsmouth (Sr., RB) — Ran for 724 yards and eight touchdowns and averaged 25.5 yards per catch. He filled in at quarterback in a key win over Milford. COLIN MACDONALD, Portsmouth (Sr., WR) — An experienced receiver, MacDonald overcame injury to earn first-team D-III all-state honors and caught six passes for 158 yards and two touchdowns in the state championship game.
DOVER — Cam Rewucki (Jr., DB/K), Noah Boucher (Sr., RB/LB), Jarrett Hudson (Jr., WR), Colin Shaughnessy (Sr., RB), Eric Waddington (Sr., LB).
EPPING/NEWMARKET — Jacob Valinski (Jr., LB).
FARMINGTON/NUTE — Tyler Smith (Jr., LB/OG), Robbie Shepardson (Sr., LB/T), Gary Williams (Sr., T/G), Austin Healey (Sr., TE/CB).
KINGSWOOD — Abe Demaio (Jr., LB), Ben French (Sr., TE), Rory Coughlin (Jr., LB), Dan Eldridge (So., RB).
MARSHWOOD — Cameron Roll (Jr., QB), Eric Pratt (Sr., OL/DL).
NOBLE — David Thibeault (Sr., TE/DE), Jake Guimond (Sr., DL).
SOMERSWORTH — Kevin Clougherty (Sr., TE/L).
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS — Joe Richard (Sr., LB).
SPAULDING — Sam Ouellette (Sr., QB), Tanner Daniels (Jr., FB/DT), Kevin Medara (Sr., FB/LB).
TRAIP ACADEMY — Devon Draker (Sr., LB), Atencio Martin (Sr., WR), Nic Ovington (Jr., G).


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Vegetables and other specialty crops of California coastal counties are at very low risk of deliberately introduced plant pathogens, says Steve Koike, Monterey County farm advisor.
Koike, whose specialty is plant pathology, told a recent agricultural terrorism awareness seminar in Salinas that unlike the massive acreages of soybeans or wheat in the Midwest, coastal crops are, for several reasons, relatively insignificant targets for agricultural terrorism acts.
He stressed at the gathering that his remarks were focused on the intentional introduction of plant pathogens and/or food-borne human pathogens, such as E. coli. He also said that the risks of any unintentional contamination of crops remain "a question mark."
The seminar was held just days before the first reports of fresh spinach contaminated with E. coli, which have since claimed national media headlines and continuing, intensive investigation.
"We have a great diversity of 'minor' crops, mostly fresh market, that are important to us along the coast but not so great in the national scheme of things," he said.
Furthermore, the region's prolonged growing season means that from roughly February to November, as many as three different, intensively-farmed, closely-observed crops can be grown on a given piece of land.
"The public needs to know," he said, "the risk of intentionally introduced plant pathogens is extremely low."
The plant pathogens that might be potentially brought in by terrorists affect only a few of the many crops. For example, a lettuce pathogen would not necessarily affect broccoli or celery and vice versa.
Nevertheless, Koike said the growers and others in the produce industry need to be vigilant for any eventuality, whether intentional or accidental.
He said the Salinas Valley has a very good model for dealing with such threats. "The first part is being aware of such risks, which we are. Second, we know how to detect for them. Then we have the facilities to identify the problem, and finally, we have close communication between the industry, universities, and local, state, and federal agencies."
In detailing procedures in place in the Salinas Valley, Koike said awareness and monitoring are provided by the growers and PCAs of the region. "We have a very high level of expertise out in the fields, with professional people constantly monitoring the rapidly growing crops. That's to our advantage over a crop like cotton that takes months to mature."
Rapid diagnosis of most problems is assured by the state-of-the-art laboratory facilities at the Monterey County Cooperative Extension office in Salinas. "Very few counties have a lab like ours, and we look at thousands of samples of fungal and bacterial pathogens and about 90 percent of the diagnostic work is done in-house."
Koike said he is also closely linked with the western regional network of USDA's National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) to address any exotic pest or pathogen problems that cannot be solved locally.
"We, in Monterey County, do continuous research in all the major, and many of the minor, plant pathogens that affect the valley," Koike said. "We are also well aware of what's happening with these pathogens in the worldwide situation."
To aid professionals in the field, the University of California is publishing a new book that will summarize all vegetable diseases occurring in the state, as well as some occurring in Europe and elsewhere. "To know when something is exotic, we first have to know about the familiar ones," he said.
Finally, Koike said he and other local specialists are working with UC, Davis researchers on improving detection of E. coli and other pathogens on produce.
Another seminar speaker, Mary Ellen Taylor of the Food and Drug Administration, San Francisco, said her agency is allied with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and USDA to prevent an attack on the nation's food supply. The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are also involved.
"First, people need to be aware that intentional contamination is a very real possibility, and second, we need to be aware of strategies to protect the food supply," said Taylor.
Attacks on the food supply can be directed at any point in the chain from field to table, she said, and four factors are important in vulnerability of a food product to attacks. They are large batches of the product, uniform mixing of the product, a short shelf-life that makes tracing the source difficult, and ease of access to a step in the food chain.
Most likely, a contaminating agent used by terrorists would be biological or chemical, although these are also risks for accidental contamination.
"We are working with industry to identify the commodities with the highest risk and which agents might be used and the places in the supply chain that are most attractive as a target," she said.
Software for the effort is expected to be available by the end of 2006 so that the food industry can augment its existing confidential, "for official use only" security procedures.
Richard W. Hoenisch, regional training coordinator for the NPDN, at the UC, Davis, said although the network has no regulatory authority or function, is a means of rapid detection and diagnosis of unknown pests and pathogens of both animal and plant production.
It was authorized by the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 to deal with deliberately introduced, high consequence biologically threats.
Based at several Land Grant Universities across the United States, the national network has five regions. Each region is training a volunteer corps of growers, university specialists, PCAs, consultants, applicators, chemical and seed company representatives, master gardeners and others as "first detectors," persons who are in the field daily.
Briefly, first detectors assist county or university specialists by monitoring for any new pest, disease, or weed and submitting samples for laboratory identification and further action as necessary.
The seminar was sponsored by the Salinas Valley Chapter of California Women for Agriculture, the Monterey Bay Chapter of CAPCA, UC Cooperative Extension, the Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner's Office, and the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California.


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"Big Brother" is where complete strangers enter into the same house, where they must live without any direct contact to the outside world. They do not have access to a TV, radio, computer, phones, newspapers or any other outside contact whatsoever. There are weekly tasks in which the housemates must wager how much of their weekly shopping budget, in which if they win, they get more money, if they lose, they are on very limited food for the rest of the week. "Big Brother Brasil" (yes they do spell it with an "S" and nota "Z" for some strange reason) is the biggest reality TV show in the country and is one of the most popular talked-about shows in Brazilian TV history. This reality series is a competition between housemates with the object being to be the last remaining contestant in the House. Every week a minimum of one housemate must leave the house. Two contestants/players are selected to be put up on the chopping block each week. One is nominated by the HOH (Head of Household) the second is selected by secret vote on Sunday nights by a vote of the remaining contestants. This secret vote or selection for a second person to be put on the chopping block is made in what they call a Confessionary.
The HOH in Brazil's version of "Big Brother" is called the Leader and the show also has another person who is called the Angel. Sometimes the Leader is a single person and sometimes they are a couple. The Angel can protect one houseguest from being voted out but they cannot protect themselves. All the contestants compete in an estalecas task, which is the currency used in the house. The winner has estalecas added to a credit card they each are given at the beginning of each season to use to buy food, personal items or items for the house as a whole. After it is disclosed who the 2nd contestant is to be put on the chopping block with the Leader's choice the 2 compete in an elimination match. The home audience then begins voting on one of the 2 contestants up for elimination via the phone, SMS (Text messaging on their cell phone) or via the Internet. On most Tuesdays the person with the most voice by the home audience is revealed and is eliminated from the house.
The first season of the series began on 29 January 2002 with 12 contestants, it aired over a period of 64 days and ended on 2 April 2002. They had 2 hosts the first season only in Pedro Bial and Marisa Orth whom is rumored to have quit the show which made Pedro host alone from season 2 on. Season 7 of "Big Brother Brasil" will begin airing in January 2007.
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500th Species is First for Norfolk
A tiny moth with a wingspan of just 12mm has claimed the title as the 500th different moth species recorded on the Sculthorpe Reserve.
The moth Bactra robustana is nationally rare and has not been recorded in Norfolk before.
Moth expert Jon Clifton has been surveying moths between April and October at Sculthorpe Moor since 2004. Visitors keen to learn more had booked on a moth course with Jon at the reserve and the evening was spent identifying moths attracted to light traps.
Jon was delighted to find the tiny moth, which has a wingspan of only 12mm. He needed a microscope to confirm identification.
Bactra robustana belongs to the family Tortricidae (it is a micro moth) and the larval food plant is Sea Club-rush (Scirpus maritimus) so it is believed to be a migrant from the coastal area somewhere in the south-east of England. It is very close in appearance to other Bactra species.
Reserve warden and Conservation Officer Nigel Middleton said,
"This moth may be tiny but it is an important part of the rich biodiversity at Sculthorpe Moor supporting the wild birds of prey that are top predators on the reserve."
The variety of different habitats on the reserve is the reason for the large number of different moth species found there and Jon predicts that the number of species he records will continue to increase in future.


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OMAK "Spamalot," an irreverent look at the King Arthur legend, will gallop onto the Performing Arts Center stage – coconut hoofbeats blazing – Friday, May 10, for a two-weekend run.
The Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus production will be at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, May 10-11, and May 17-18, and 3 p.m. Sundays, May 12 and May 19, in the center, 14 S. Cedar St.
The musical includes elements from the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus got special permission from Theatrical Rights Worldwide to perform the play months before its general release this September, making it the first time the play will be done by amateur theater in the state, Producer Kim Harriman said.
Lead roles include Ugo Bartell as King Arthur, Craig Cohoe as Sir Lancelot, Barry Hansen as Sir Galahad, Doug Leese as Sir Robin, Betsy Rainsford as Historian and Jim Richards as Patsy, Lynn Hoover as Lady of the Lake and Harriman as Sir Bedevere.
The director is Judy Johnston, Jonathan McBride is vocal director, Don Pearce is musical director and choreographer is Doug Leese.
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Nashville, Tenn. - After winning a tough fought road game at SIUE on Wednesday, the Tennessee State men's basketball team will host Loyola (Md.) on Saturday in the annual BracketBuster Game.
The contest against the Greyhounds will be a one-game break from OVC play which might not benefit the Tigers. TSU is an impressive 10-4 in conference games, but 6-7 against teams not in the team's league.
The good news for the Tigers is that they will be playing inside the friendly confines of the Gentry Center in which they are 10-0 this year and 20-1 in their last 21 home games.
It will also surely help that the team is coming off one of its best offensive performances of the season against SIUE. TSU shot seasonal-bests 57.7 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from beyond the arc.
The Tigers also racked up 23 assists against the Cougars which was their highest total of the season. Junior Patrick Miller led the way with 11 dimes- one short of his career high- and the Tigers recorded assists on 76.7 percent of their baskets.
The incredible offensive outburst led TSU to an 83-73 victory and guaranteed the Tigers at least the No. 4 seed and a first-round bye in the OVC Tournament. The Tigers could get the No. 3 seed if they beat Morehead State and Eastern Kentucky next weekend.
First, the Tigers must take care of business against the Greyhounds of Loyola (Md.) who come into Saturday's scrap sporting a 19-9 overall record. They are also 11-5 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference which is good enough for second place.
Loyola is led by Dylon Cormier whose 17 points per contest makes him the MAAC's fourth-leading scorer. The Greyhounds also have Erik Etherly (14.9 ppg) and Robert Olson (12.9 ppg) who are more than capable scorers.
The strengths in this year's Loyola (Md.) team lie in the club's big men; the squad leads its league in blocks per game (4.7) and offensive rebounds (13.0).
Making the most of every possession will be critical for TSU if the team wants to beat the Greyhounds for the first time in three chances. The Tigers lost the last meeting in 2008, 73-70, and also fell, 62-60, in 2006.
This will be the sixth time TSU has participated in the BrackBuster event and the second time the Tigers will play Loyola (Md.) in the event. TSU is 4-2 all-time in BracketBuster games and won last year's game, 68-61, over Miami (Oh.).
Saturday's matchup is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. and the game can be seen on the OVC Digital Network.
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Swedish Pirate Party Sues Banks For 'Discriminating' Against Wikileaks
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The charges were filed eariler today with the Swedish Finansinspektionen, the authority which oversees bank licenses and abuse of position. This follows an earlier initiative from the Pirate Party to regulate credit card companies on the European level in order to deny them the ability to determine who gets to trade and who doesn't.I don't quite understand Swedish law, so it's not entirely clear to me how the Swedish Pirate Party has standing in which to bring these charges. However, it looks like "charges" basically mean asking the relevant regulatory body to investigate whether the actions are legal. Given how much power a very small number of payment companies have over what can and cannot accept money online, it would be nice for there to be some rules against discrimination. Of course, an even better answer would be to create more services that can accept payment...
"The blockade is a serious threat against the freedoms of opinion and expression", says the Pirate Party's Erik Lönroth, who has been preparing the formal charges. "It must not be up to the individual payment provider to determine which organizations are eligible for donations. At the same time, these charges will bring clarity as to whether the bank regulations of today are sufficient, or if regulations need to be tightened to protect freedom of expression."


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Best Foot Forward: Shoe Storage and Organization
Whether you prefer to keep your shoes by the door or in your closet (or both), they'll end up all over the place if you don't have a system. Check out these examples of wrangled heels, loafers, sneakers, and boots.
In an entryway, the space underneath a bench is a natural storage spot. You can keep things extra organized with baskets (Image 4) or use the bench's own rungs as a shelf (Image 8). A good ol' storage locker gains even more functionality with a hanging organizer (Image 1), and clever DIY projects create storage personalized to your needs, taste, and budget (Images 5 and 7).
Cubbies, shelves, and hanging organizers make for efficient organizational tools in closets. Getting creative, you can also re-purpose something such as theater seats to hold and display your footwear (Image 13). In that case, or if you've got a particularly colorful or unusual collection, the shoes can even contribute to the decor (Images 3 and 11).
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I ended up going with Asian flair as normal and went with instant noodles for my junk food. "Mama" brand is the most popular brand for instant noodle in Thailand. I remember growing up having this noodle every now and then - cooked or raw. Late night dinner or afternoon snack; you can't beat instant noodle. The best part is to eat it raw and mix with its seasoning powder and oil. Crush. Mix. Shake. Eat. Yum. It's so bad for you, tho. . As referring to its name, it's cooked instantly and anything tastes good when you're hungry haha. I sometimes crave for it. I know. You gotta spoil yourself sometimes.
Fun fact: I used to work for this instant noodle company when I lived in Thailand. I heard they were sold out during Thailand flood last year because people stocked up dry food!
I made roasted cauliflower soup with scallop and shrimp. It's really simple and can have variations to suite your taste buds. I couldn't resist myself to throw in garlic in a roasting pan for a garlicy flavor. In an instant noodle package, it contains raw noodles, seasoning powder, chili powder, and seasoned oil for soup base packed in an individual small package. I used all of the ingredients contained in the package.
Roasted Cauliflower Soup with Shrimp and Scallop and Instant Noodle
Yield: 4
1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
1/2 leek, thinly sliced
1/2 yellow onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, peeled. Keep whole.
2 Tbs butter
2 Tbs olive oil
1/4 cup sake
pinch of cayenne pepper and nutmeg
Salt and white pepper
1/2 QT chicken stock or more, or any stock you have on hands
Heavy cream
1 Tbs chopped cilantro
- Pre-heat oven to 450 F.
- Season cauliflower and garlic with salt, pepper, and 1 Tbs olive oil. Roast in the oven for about 30 mins or until tender.
- Heat a big pot over high heat. Add butter and the remaining olive oil. Add leek and onion. Cook until it's translucent.
- Add sake. Cook until it evaporates.
- Add cauliflower and chicken stock. Bring it to boil. Add cayenne pepper and cilantro. Turn off the heat. Pour it into a blender. Blend it until smooth. Lighten the soup with cream and stock to your preference. If you like it chucky, you can pulse it.
Shrimp and Scallop Ingredients:
1/2 lb 16/20 count shrimp, peeled, deveined.
1/2 lb sea scallop, clean and pat dry.
"Mama" instant noodle seasoning powder
Olive oil
- Season shrimp and scallop with the seasoning powder.
- Heat up pan over medium high heat. Add oil. Wait until the pan is hot. Place shrimp and scallop. You should hear a sizzling sound. Cook for a min. Flip shrimp and scallop. Turn off heat. The heat will continue cooking seafood. Don't overcook it otherwise it will become rubbery.
- Crumble raw instant noodle and place some at the bottom of your serving bowl.
- Add soup. Sprinkle with crumbled noodle. Place shrimp or scallop on top. Drizzle with garlic olive oil or chili olive oil (optional).


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vcprompt: version control information in your prompt ==================================================== vcprompt is a little C program that prints a short string with barebones information about the current working directory for various version control systems. You configure your shell to include the output of vcprompt in your prompt, and you get version control information in your prompt. vcprompt is designed to be small and lightweight rather than comprehensive. Currently, it has varying degrees of support for Mercurial, Git, Subversion, CVS, and Fossil working copies. vcprompt has minimal dependencies: it does as much as it can with the standard C library and POSIX calls. It should work on any POSIX-compliant system with a C99 compiler. Some optional features require external libraries (see "Dependencies" below). 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"EPIC" Chocolate Sourdough
Things have finally settled down after the holidays and I was ready to throw some flour around. I started going through the recipes I have bookmarked. Shiao Ping's son's description of the bread as "EPIC" had me hooked for the next bake. I have fresh hazelnuts in my pantry that I roasted and added to the mix along with some dried cherries.
The dough is slightly stiff and it takes a bit of work to keep all the goodies in the bread. I did use my Kitchen Aid to get the initial dough mixed. From then on I followed Shiao Pings directions. Next time I may use the mixer to fold everything in and then do stretch and folds as she instructs.
I did not refrigerate my dough due to lack of room in my refrigerators. Instead, I wrapped them in a plastic bag and put them in the garage at around 40-45°.
I must admit I was hesitant to bake them off cold. I had no need to fret, the oven spring was excellent. My only other quandry was what the internal temperature should be. After baking for 40 minutes the temperature was around 160° and it felt a bit soft. Another 10 minutes and it was at 180° and I should have let it be. But, I put it back in the oven for another 10 minutes and this time it came out at 200°. I think the crust is going to be really hard. The second boule I baked for 45 minutes and it came out at 190°. I think part of the reason the temp was higher quicker was that the oven door wasn't opened and closed so many times.
We are waiting patiently until after dinner to have a taste. If they taste as good as they look, we're in trouble!! I'm betting they will be "EPIC" !!
Thank you, Shaio Ping, for sharing.


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Jays Jump Diamond In Sunday Win Over Twins
The Toronto Blue Jays won the rubber match of a three game series in Toronto with the Twins by a final score of 11-5 Sunday. Twins starter Scott Diamond allowed three home runs in the losing effort.
Toronto got on the board first when Colby Rasmus took Diamond deep for a two run home run in the bottom of the fourth.
The Twins answered with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth on a two run Aaron Hicks home run, his seventh of the season.
However, the Jays rocked Diamond in the bottom of the fifth on their third trip through the batting order and put up four runs on a pair of home runs. Jose Reyes led off the inning with a tiebreaking solo shot to left field, then Rajai Davis hit a three-run blast into the second deck in left field for a 6-2 lead.
The Jays added a run in the sixth and four more in the seventh inning in building an 11-3 lead.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Cobra men's tennis team suffered a tough loss on Thursday afternoon as they were narrowly defeated by King College 5-4 in a non-conference tennis match.
Coker managed just one win in doubles play, but it was a dominating one as Manel Estruga (Spain) and Juan Vallejo-Gonzalez (Ecuador) defeated their opponents 8-1 at No. 3 doubles.
In singles play it was Estruga who earned another victory, this time at No. 3 with singles where he won in straight sets 6-0, 6-0. Guillermo Aylon (Spain) and Ricardo Perez (Corpus Christi, Texas) also picked up straight set victories in their singles matches at No. 4 and No. 6 singles respectively.
The Cobras have a busy week ahead of them with matches on Saturday (Wingate), Sunday (Mount Olive) and Tuesday (Francis Marion) all at home. Then on Friday they will begin play at the 2011 Conference Carolinas Championship at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, S.C.


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Yagmur is a sweet guy, raised by the elderly residents of the care home where he was found abandoned as a baby. But as his senior friends pass away one by one, Yagmur realises just how precious life - and love - is. His heart melts the day he meets Melek, the beautiful daughter of one of his residents, though in his eyes she is totally unobtainable. Every week, as Melek visits her mother, Yagmur prepares to declare his love for her but always shies away at the last minute. When Melek's mother is forced to move back to the family home after an accident, Yagmur fears he will never see either of them again. But Melek's mother likes Yagmur, and understands that he has a crush on her daughter, so she offers him the opportunity to come and work as a caregiver in the family home. Though he jumps at the chance to be near Melek again, he soon finds himself caring not just for her mother, but also Melek's sister's demanding family. But for Yagmur it is all worth it for his biggest challenge – to win Melek's heart.
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National Grand Bank of Marblehead Named in Honor of Brave Fishermen
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In 1873, National Grand Bank (above) survived both a fire and a nationwide bank panic.
In the fire, the building next door to the bank was burned to the ground. As this second picture shows, the building was rebuilt further away in the following year - while the bank added security bars.
In his 1897 novel "Captains Courageous," Rudyard Kipling wrote of the "men o'Marblehead" and the perilous "Grand Bank … a waste of wallowing sea, cloaked with dank fog, vexed with gales, harried with drifting ice."
The National Grand Bank of Marblehead was named in honor of the brave "men o' Marblehead" and their dangerous fishing voyages. The Massachusetts bank received its federal charter on the last day of 1864. It converted from the Grand Bank, a 33-year old state bank serving mariners and merchants "who made their living by the sea."
The bank's title is actually a play on words, "Grand Bank" referring to the rich fishing grounds off the coast of Newfoundland. Twice a year, men nicknamed "bankers" boarded double-mast schooners in the Marblehead harbor and sailed 1000 miles north to the Grand Bank (or Banks). They lowered dories with ropes, rowed out and with baited lines hauled in protein-rich codfish.
For its first century, The National Grand Bank operated on the former estate of a Marblehead sea captain. A local historian writes that the bank occupied a "Georgian Revival building and, being built of granite it gives the feeling of substance and security - most appropriate for that type of institution."
Six months after the chartering, the bank was examined by the Comptroller of the Currency. A visiting examiner found assets of $239,421.46, circulation of $32,434, and a wealth of experience and integrity. The current president and cashier had served the previous bank in those capacities for about a quarter century each. The bank directors were "all substantial reliable men, for many years connected with the bank." Concluded the federal inspector, "the bank is in every way in good hands, they only wish to know the right, and do it."
The bank needed strength and substance, because life in the 19th century town could be fragile. On a fateful day in 1846, 65 townsmen and boys were lost to a violent storm off the Grand Bank. The legendary fishing industry waned, and attention to turned toward a thriving shoe industry, work that fishermen (and families) had long done when not on a boat.
In 1873, a nationwide financial panic threw many local shoe workers into joblessness. Four years later, the town was ravaged by fire. "The entire business portion of the town had disappeared in a single night," recounts a history of Marblehead. But in the two years "since the great conflagration … nearly every building destroyed has been replaced by a new and commodious structure."
The briefly resurgent shoe business would fade as well, leaving for larger towns and factories. Meanwhile, Marblehead became a popular seaside resort graced by majestic homes of centuries past. It is often called one of the prettiest towns in New England. Cod and lobster boats share the harbor with armadas of pleasure craft and world-class racing yachts.
Today the National Grand Bank of Marblehead finances both traditional and up-and-coming industries—including commercial and recreational fishermen, home purchases and entrepreneurs in the biotech industry.