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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Valparaiso (25-17-1, 8-6 Horizon)
Weds., April 20 - Wright State (18-18, 7-2 Horizon) [DH] - 3 p.m.
Thurs., April 21 - Wright State - 3 p.m.
Sat., April 23 - IPFW (23-10-1, 13-5 Summit) - 1 p.m.
Next Up in Crusader Softball: Coming off of an eight-game road trip, Valparaiso returns home this week for the first four games of a five-game homestand. The Crusaders host Wright State for a Wednesday doubleheader and Thursday single game in Horizon League action before stepping away from league play Saturday for a matchup with IPFW.
Previously: The Crusaders played a pair of league series last week, dropping two of three in a mid-week series at Butler to open play. Valpo then traveled to Youngstown, Ohio, where Saturday's action got canceled due to rain. The Crusaders concluded the eight-game road trip on a high note, however, sweeping Sunday's doubleheader from the Penguins.
Following the Crusaders: All four of this week's games can be heard live on WVUR, 95.1 FM, Valparaiso and online at www.valpoathletics.com. The official Crusader website will also have live stats for all four contests as well.
Head Coach Jordan Stevens: Jordan Stevens is in his first season at the helm of the Crusader softball program. Stevens came to Valpo from Union [N.Y.] College, where he led the Dutchwomen to their most successful season in program history in 2010, winning 32 games and conference regular season and tournament crowns. Stevens also previously spent time as an assistant at Rhode Island and Niagara.
Series Notes: Wright State - Valpo trails the all-time series against the Raiders by a narrow 10-9 margin, but WSU holds a commanding 8-1 edge since the Crusaders joined the Horizon League. Last season, Wright State swept a three-game series in Dayton by scores of 5-4, 6-2 and 10-5, and then knocked the Crusaders out of the HL Championship with a 4-0 decision in the semifinals. Sara Strickland is 9-for-23 (.391) in seven games all-time against the Raiders, scoring seven runs and registering five RBIs, while Shaleigh Jansen has posted a 0.72 ERA over 9.2 innings of work versus WSU.
IPFW - Valpo owns a 20-12 edge all-time against the Mastodons, including wins in five of the last six meetings. The two teams split a twinbill last season in Fort Wayne, with IPFW earning a 2-1 win in the opener before Valpo responded with a 1-0 victory in the nightcap. Alex Lagesse combined with Jansen on the shutout in the second game, while Jordan Rutkowski went 3-for-5 over the doubleheader.
Looking Back at 2010: Valpo enjoyed the best season in program history in 2010, winning a school-record 35 games and advancing to the final day of play at the Horizon League Championship, placing third. The Crusaders set a total of 13 new team single-season records, while individually, four different players combined to set six new individual single-season marks.
Plenty of Experience Returns: While Stevens is in his first go-round as coach of the Crusaders, he has an experienced team at his disposal, as 15 of 18 letterwinners from last year's squad are back in 2011. Included among the 15 returnees are eight starters and both primary starting pitchers from last year's squad.
Crusaders Picked Fifth in Preseason Poll: The head coaches selected Valparaiso to finish fifth in the Horizon League this season according to the preseason poll. Cleveland State edged out UIC for the top spot in the polling, while Butler and Wright State tied for third place, just ahead of the Crusaders.
Let's Play...One?: Most of the time so far this year when the Crusaders have taken the field, it has been to play two games, as Valpo has played a pair of games on the same day 18 of the 25 days it has played so far this season. But from this point to the end of the regular season, only three of Valpo's scheduled nine game dates are doubleheaders. All three of the Crusaders' remaining twinbills are against league foes, with a trio of single games against those same HL opponents, as well as three non-league games, left as well.
A Football Score: Valpo had to break out the bats to earn the win in the nightcap at Youngstown State on Sunday, posting 14 runs in a wild 14-11 victory over the Penguins. It marked the first time the Crusaders had a game in which both teams scored in double figures since a 12-11 win over Purdue back on April 18, 2007.
Bats Back on Track: The 14 runs the Crusaders scored in the nightcap at YSU marked the second-most runs they have scored in a game this season, trailing only the 17 Valpo posted at Northern Illinois on March 30. The 14-run single-game outburst came right on the heels of a six-game stretch in which the Crusaders scored just 15 total runs. In fact, the 14 runs is more than Valpo had scored in each of its last three league series (UIC - 12; Loyola - 9; Butler - 7).
Going Yard: Valpo tallied six home runs last week, five of which came in the doubleheader at YSU, to up its season total to 37. The 37 round-trippers are already second-most in a single season in program history, just five shy of last year's record of 42. It has been a balanced effort, as seven different players have connected on at least three homers, while no Crusader has more than seven.
Lucky 13: Valparaiso set a new school record for the longest winning streak in program history earlier this year, as a loss in the opening game of a doubleheader April 2 against UIC snapped the Crusaders' string of consecutive wins at 13. Valpo, which had not lost since a March 8 affair against South Dakota, easily surpassed the previous program record of nine straight victories, accomplished twice.
In Impressive Fashion, Too: Almost as impressive as the string of consecutive victories was the manner in which the Crusaders won those games. Valpo faced no one-run decisions during the winning streak and only had two games decided by two runs. In fact, the Crusaders trailed just twice in the 13 games: after the top of the 1st against Florida A&M, down 1-0, tied the game in the bottom of the 1st; and after the bottom of the 1st in game 2 at NIU, down 1-0, took the lead in the top of the 2nd.
Fit to be Tied: For the first time in six seasons, Valpo had a game end in a tie, as the nightcap of an April 7 twinbill against Purdue at the VU Softball Field was called after five innings tied 4-4 due to darkness. Coincidentally enough, the last time the Crusaders had a game called a tie was also against Purdue in Valpo, a 4-4, nine-inning tie on April 19, 2005. The only other previous tie came on Mar. 26, 1986 against DePaul, a 0-0, six-inning game that actually ended as a double no-hitter.
Bringing Home the Hardware: For the first time in the modern era, the Crusader softball team earned a tournament championship by capturing Stetson's Hatter Classic in late February. Valpo got back-to-back homers from KC Boldt and Tori Brown in the second to take the lead for good in a 5-2 win over Bethune-Cookman in the championship game on Feb. 27.
Starting on the Right Foot: For the fourth time in as many years since joining the Horizon League, Valparaiso started league play on a winning note with a three-game sweep over Detroit. Valpo has now won at least its first two games in league action in all four years in the HL.
Home Field Advantage: Through nine of 17 scheduled home games at the Valparaiso University Softball Field, the Crusaders own a 5-3-1 record, including the program's first ever victory over Michigan State and a tie with Purdue. The Spartans and Boilermakers are two of three BCS programs Valpo will host this season, as DePaul is scheduled to come to town later this year.
Simply Perfect: Alex Lagesse threw a perfect game for the Crusaders in their Horizon League opener against Detroit Mar. 26, setting down all 15 batters she faced, eight via strikeout. Lagesse didn't allow a ball into the outfield after the first inning of the perfect gem, her second career no-hitter, joining a no-no against Bryant her freshman year. The perfect game is believed to be a Crusader program first, while Lagesse becomes just the third Crusader all-time to throw multiple no-hitters, along with Laurie Pajakowski and Kathy Doering.
Raking in League Honors: While Lagesse wasn't quite perfect in her other two outings that week, she ended the week with a perfect 3-0 record and a 0.47 ERA in her three starts, surrendering just five hits while striking out 15 in 15.0 innings of work to earn Horizon League Pitcher of the Week honors on March 28. The honor was Lagesse's fifth career weekly accolade from the league office, tied for fifth-most by a pitcher in league history. The junior also became the second Crusader to earn a league weekly award this year, joining Jessie Marinec, who was named Batter of the Week on February 28.
And She Hits, Too: Lagesse stepped into the batter's box during game action against YSU on Sunday for the first time since February 26, but showed no rust at the plate, going 5-for-7 over the twinbill. The junior drove in the first game's opening run and also scored a pair of runs in the second contest. Lagesse's five hits were more than she had totaled all year to that point (4-for-19), and the pair of multi-hit games gives her six career games with at least two hits.
Another Week, Another Record: Junior Sara Strickland slugged a three-run double to the right-center gap in the sixth inning of the nightcap with YSU Sunday, giving her 39 career doubles, tying her with Shannon Robinson atop Valpo's career charts. The doubles record is the third career mark she has reached this season, joining the runs scored (118) and total bases (260) records. Strickland, who paces the Crusaders with a .366 batting average, currently leads the Horizon League in hits (52) and doubles (11) and also ranks among the league's top-five in total bases, stolen bases and runs scored.
Rutkowski On the Verge: Junior Jordan Rutkowski is about to implant her name atop one of the Crusaders' career categories as well. Rutkowski's two-run, two-out homer in the seventh inning of the opener at YSU gave the junior 91 career RBIs, just one RBI shy of Ashley Wolter's career record. 32 of those RBIs for Rutkowski have come this season, just eight away from the Crusaders' single-season record and fourth-best in Crusader history, one spot behind...
Boldt Brings Them Home: Senior KC Boldt has tallied 33 RBIs on the season to lead the Crusaders, rank third on Valpo's single-season chart, and rank third in the Horizon League. Boldt added to her season tally with a five-RBI performance in the second game last Tuesday at Butler, her fourth career game with at least four runs driven in. The senior, who had just 13 career RBIs entering the year, has picked up 18 of her RBIs in Valpo's 14 Horizon League games.
Sadie-Lama-Ding-Dong: Senior Sadie Conner put on a power display over Valpo's pair of games at Youngstown State on Sunday. Conner delivered a homer in the seventh inning of the opener, before going deep in the second and sixth innings of the nightcap. Conner is only the second known Crusader all-time to hit three home runs over the course of a doubleheader, joining Karen Constien, who did it against UMKC on April 24, 2004. The trio of round-trippers also gave Conner six homers this year and increased her career total to 19, tied for second all-time at Valpo with Gina Rhoda, just three behind Ashley Wolter's record of 22.
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Professors, Moot Court Board Justices and outside attorneys will judge the oral arguments. Second, the applicants must submit a copy of their Legal Skills II trial memo and course grade. Third, the Moot Court Board will interview each applicant individually.
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The SAVE AGE project (2010 – 2013) is a European initiative addressing energy efficiency issues in nursing homes. The project views nursing homes as an important means of decreasing energy consumption and costs. Besides technical improvements and changing energy consumption related behaviour, the project aims to raise awareness and enhance employees' energy related knowledge.
SAVE AGE conducted a thorough analysis of the current situation, searching for technical, behavioural, educative and financial obstacles towards energy efficiency in residential and care homes for the elderly. Analyses in 100 care homes in 10 European countries resulted in recommendations for residents, managers, and employees in nursing homes, showing them how to improve the comfort of the elderly while saving energy and reducing operational costs.
The main goal of the project is to show residential care homes how to save money by investing it in the development of their services and improving living conditions for their residents. The project is supported by Intelligent Energy Europe.
The different project partners have organised national seminars and workshops in all participating countries. The main goal of the seminars is to facilitate an exchange of information between researchers, national authorities, non-governmental organisations, energy agencies, and different companies.
At thematic workshops, experts presented some case studies and best practices regarding energy efficiency in residential care homes. Working with the managers, employees and residents has led the experts to useful findings regarding energy and energy efficiency.
Among other things, the project partners pointed out that the quality of living conditions and care services for the elderly is of major importance. Some attention was also given to how to spend the money that was saved through increased energy efficiency, aiming to spend it in a way that would improve the living conditions of the elderly.
The European Association for Directors and Providers of Long-Term Care Services for the Elderly (E.D.E.) was founded in Luxembourg in 1989. The aim of the association is the promotion of co-operation of national associations and corresponding national institutions of care for the elderly as well as their representation on a European level.
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Social media and cooperation between law enforcement agencies has led to the arrest of a couple accused of trying to walk out of Walmart last month with more than $1,400 in merchandise.
James H. Hobbs, 25, and Misty Melton, 29, both of Ravenna, were charged Sunday with theft by unlawful taking (over $500), said Richmond Police Chief Larry Brock in a Wednesday news release.
On Dec. 15, Walmart employees stopped a couple who they said was trying to leave the store without paying for $1,453 in goods. The man and woman then abandoned the cart and fled when confronted by the employees, the release stated.
Richmond police posted photos of the couple on the agency's Facebook page, and an Estill County Sheriff's deputy reportedly recognized Hobbs and Melton from previous encounters.
The deputy notified RPD of the suspects' identities, and the investigating officer obtained warrants for their arrests. The warrants were served Sunday, and Melton and Hobbs were taken to the Estill County Detention Center.
Hobbs was brought to the Madison County Detention Center on Monday, according to the jail's online records. He remained in jail Wednesday afternoon under bonds totaling $3,288.
Woman charged with making meth in Fourth Street apartment
Richmond police have made an arrest in connection with several active meth labs found in October at a Fourth Street apartment building.
Jessica Bowling, 26, of Georgetown, was charged Dec. 25 with manufacturing methamphetamine.
Officers were sent Oct. 8 to an apartment building in the 300 block of Fourth Street to investigate the report of a strong smell of ammonia coming from a smoking outdoor trash container, according to an RPD news release. The chemical could be smelled throughout the downtown neighborhood.
When they arrived, officers found two bottles in the trash can that were identified as one-step meth labs. One of them appeared to be active. The labs were rendered safe, according to the release.
Officers obtained and executed a search warrant on an apartment leased to Bowling inside the building. Inside, they found another one-step meth lab and its components, including ammonium nitrate, rock salt, Liquid Fire drain cleaner, tubing and Coleman fuel, the release stated.
Bowling was not at her apartment during the search, and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
She was taken into custody Dec. 25 by the Georgetown Police Department on the strength of the Madison County warrant.
She was being held in the Madison County Detention Center on Wednesday afternoon under a $15,000 bond.
A preliminary hearing on Bowling's charge was conducted Wednesday in Madison District Court. Judge Charles Hardin found probable cause and waived the case to the grand jury.
Anyone with information about these cases is asked to call the Richmond Police Department at 623-1162.


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The doors closed on a Friday afternoon after more than four decades of offering primary health care to the West Grove neighborhood.
The Helen B. Bentley Family Health Center, operating in a former warehouse at the tip of a busy intersection off Southwest 37th Avenue, closed on April 5 after losing federal funding.
The once-bustling nonprofit clinic now has only a skeletal staff finalizing the end of the health care practice. At one point, the clinic served 300 patients a day, mostly low-income and uninsured from the neighborhood.
"This is a huge loss when you consider there are generations of patients in the community," said President and CEO Caleb Davis, who has been in charge of the clinic for 33 years.
"When I came here, there were toddlers and young children who are now parents and grandparents, some bringing their own children here. Unfortunately, with the loss of the funds, declining resources and patients, we can't keep the doors open any longer.''
The center's leadership is hosting a public meeting 6 p.m. Monday at the clinic, 3090 SW 37th Ave., to share with the community the details of the closing as well as how patients can smoothly transition to a new health provider.
On May 6, Community Health of South Florida is scheduled to open the first of two new centers in the area. The healthcare chain, already operating seven centers, will open at 3831 Grand Ave., initially offering family medicine, pediatrics and ob-gyn services.
A second clinic at 6350 Sunset Drive is scheduled to open in June.
Last fall, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) informed the clinic it was ending approximately $1.9 million in federal funding at the end of the year – nearly a quarter of the $8 million annual budget -- because of what it determined was a failure to comply with "Financial Management and Control Policies" rules.
The funding was discontinued because of compliance issues, not because of fraud or inappropriate funding, according to a federal spokesperson.
Two other grants were not renewed or had the amount reduced. The clinic lost an approximately $500,000 federal grant for HIV/AIDS services, which was not renewed in January. The combination of losses left the clinic operating with a measurably smaller budget.
After the federal agency's decision, the clinic cut staff and some services to try to save the operation but it wasn't enough. And with about $3.8 million in debt, including the mortgage and outstanding business expenses, officials are now looking to sell the facility and equipment. After a competitive bid, the federal monies were granted to Community Health of South Florida, which also will operate the two clinics in Coconut Grove and South Miami and 11 school-based healthcare programs in the area, said Brodes Hartley, Jr., president and CEO of Community Health.
"All of this terribly impacted our ability to operate. We reduced staff and contracts by approximately 50 percent. We had a moratorium on travel. We suspended some services,'' Davis said. "But with the declining resources and revenue and the debt we were incurring, it was just disastrous. We could not recover.''
The healthcare facility, which saw about 16,000 patients annually, opened in 1970 at Elizabeth Virrick Park, part of a federal effort to support community health centers designed to serve needy patients and to provide training for jobs in healthcare service. Based in neighborhoods, the centers gave residents access to affordable heath care and reduced the number of expensive emergency room visits. In that way, the clinics were also acting as first-responders.
"They were designed to be a one-stop shop, a place where they could address primary care, but also early identification of chronic diseases and also play a role in preventative care,'' said Dr. Cheryl Holder, an associate professor at Florida International University's Department of Humanities and Health and Society. "For example, you could identify and treat diabetes before you are having to deal with heart attacks, amputations, dialysis.''
In 1992, the clinic moved from the cramped space into a new $3.2 million, 24,000 square-foot center, including new equipment and eventually 22 examination rooms. Five years ago, it was renamed in honor of Helen Bentley, a nurse and popular community activist. At its peak, there were nearly 100 employees including doctors and nurses. Services included pediatrics, dentistry, behavioral health and optometry. And nearly 40 percent of the budget was generated from fees charged to patients on an income-based sliding scale.
"You could come here and see your family doctor,'' Davis said, "but also you could get a new pair of glasses or get your teeth cleaned.''
Eugenia Crawford, a mother of four, has used the center since she was pregnant for her first born, now 12 years old.
"This place has been there for me from the beginning. All my children went there to get their check-ups, shots and when they were sick,'' said Crawford, 31, of Coconut Grove. "They really took care of my family.''


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As in any emergency, the ABCs—airway, breathing, and circulation—must be addressed in pet birds before you initiate diagnostic
testing and further treatment. Samples for pretreatment laboratory tests may be collected in many cases, but in most emergency
situations, stabilization is the primary goal. Although radiography may be helpful in some cases, in inexperienced hands,
an effort to obtain a detailed radiographic diagnosis can sometimes be as life-threatening as the patient's medical condition.
Take time to learn proper avian handling and restraint techniques before you're faced with an emergency. Avoid causing excessive
fear, pain, or discomfort and be efficient with your technique. Frequently, a towel is used to help restrain companion birds,
but this is not mandatory. Avoid, if possible, pouncing on your patient, similar to the way a predator may attack, and try
to be respectful of the patient's instinctual predator or prey behavioral differences.
Quickly assess the adequacy and pattern of respiration, and auscultate the chest and air sacs. If a bird is not breathing
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then tape and suture it into place just as you would suture a tomcat catheter. Ventilate intubated birds with slow, deep respirations
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May 22, 2013 | WMFE- The FBI says one of its special agents shot and killed a man at an apartment complex in Orlando early Wednesday morning after a violent confrontation.
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The shooting took place at an apartment complex near Universal Studios in Orlando. The FBI identified the suspect as 27 year old Ibragim Todashev.
FBI spokesman Dave Couvertier said in a statement one of the agency's special agents and two Massachusetts State Police troopers were interviewing Todashev in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing investigation when he initiated "a violent confrontation."
"During the confrontation [Todashev] was killed and the agent suffered non life threatening injuries," Couvertier said.
He said the incident is currently under review.
An FBI post-shooting incident review team has been sent from Washington, DC, and is expected to arrive in Orlando within 24 hours.
Orange County arrest records show Todashev, a Russian born US citizen, was arrested earlier this month on an aggravated battery charge. The arrest affidavit says Todashev got into a fight over a parking space at an Orlando shopping mall. Todashev told police after the incident he was a "former mixed martial arts fighter."
An employee of The Jungle Mixed Martial Arts gym in Orlando told WMFE Ibragim Todashev was a member of the gym a year and a half ago. The employee said that Ibragim was "not memorable" during his time there.
A friend of Todashev told Orlando's News 13 that Todashev met Tamerlan Tsarnaev "a few times," in Boston.


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Scottish actor Tony Curran was born in 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland, and he graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. The former postman made his American debut in "Being Human" in 1993 and went on to have key roles in "Flight Of The Phoenix," "Miami Vice" and "Underworld Evolution." Tony's television credits include "This Life," "Split Second" and "Perfect World." Theater credits include "Dogs Barking" at the Bush Theatre, "The Glory Of Living" at the Royal Court Theatre and the starring role as Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Warsaw Academy in Poland.
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Dwain Chambers has been included in Great Britain's team for the European Indoor Championships despite failing to impress on his return from a back problem.
Chambers was unable to compete in the trials in Sheffield before managing fifth on his comeback to the 60 metres at the weekend's British Athletics Grand Prix.
The 34-year-old, who won silver at the meet in Paris two years ago, admitted afterwards he did not want to go to next month's championships in Gothenburg if he was not fully fit. But he has been given the green light to join head coach Peter Eriksson's team, which will be captained by Jenny Meadows.
Meadows only returned to action after 16 months out in Birmingham at the weekend but is selected to defend her 800m crown after going under the qualifying mark. Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah, who won the 3,000m two years ago, is an expected absence from the team after previously indicating he was focusing on the outdoor season.
Meadows, who will lead a 29-member squad highlighted by the likes of Olympic high jump bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz and in-form pole-vaulter Holly Bleasdale, said: "It's a great honour to be named captain of the GB & NI team. I'm really excited to be given the opportunity to follow Helen Clitheroe, who did such a brilliant job in Paris two years ago."
Clitheroe has opted not to defend her 3,000m title despite going under the qualifying mark as she won in Birmingham.
Great Britain won eight medals at the European Indoors two years ago and Eriksson is hopeful of returning a similar haul.
"I have been really encouraged by the performances so far by the team in 2013, and I'm sure this will continue at the European Indoors," he said. "Jenny (Meadows) has shown that she is a very strong character, with great leadership qualities and experience on this stage - she will be a great captain for the GB & NI team."
Men - 60m: Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Dwain Chambers, James Dasaolu; 400m: Michael Bingham, Nigel Levine, Richard Strachan; 800m: Mukhtar Mohammed, Michael Rimmer, Joe Thomas; 60m hurdles: Andrew Pozzi; 4x400m: Michael Bingham, Richard Buck, Luke Lennon-Ford, Nigel Levine, Richard Strachan, Conrad Williams; High Jump: Robbie Grabarz; Pole Vault: Steve Lewis; Long Jump: Chris Tomlinson.
Women - 60m: Asha Philip; 400m: Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Perri Shakes-Drayton; 800m: Jenny Meadows (capt); 1500m: Laura Muir; 3000m: Lauren Howarth; 4x400m: Margaret Adeoye, Meghan Beesley, Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Christine Ohuruogu, Perri Shakes-Drayton; Pole Vault: Holly Bleasdale; Long Jump: Shara Proctor; Triple Jump: Yamile Aldama.


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Blue Raiders come up short in hard-fought battle at UAB
Strong defense, Haddock lead wayDecember 2, 2009 · Athletic Communications
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Middle Tennessee used a strong defensive effort and got key performances from Montarrio Haddock and Theryn Hudson but fell one point short in a hard-fought, 65-64, loss at UAB Wednesday night.
In a game that went back-and-forth all night with 16 ties and 20 lead changes, it was a key turnover and a couple of missed open jumpers that kept the Blue Raiders from pulling the upset in a great college basketball game in front of 3,207 at Bartow Arena.
"We had a great defensive effort tonight, controlled their point guard, and competed all over the floor," said Kermit Davis. "But a couple of mistakes down the stretch cost us the game and you have to give them credit for making plays when they had to tonight."
The Blue Raiders (3-4) tied the game at 59-59 with 55 seconds to play before UAB answered with two free throws by George Drake to regain the lead. On the next possession, Middle Tennessee called a timeout with 26 seconds left to set up a play for Haddock. The senior took the pass, had his first option taken away, and then drove hard to the basket when he was called for traveling.
UAB (7-1) took advantage by making a three-point play to take a 64-59 lead. After a dunk by Hudson, James Washington hit a three-pointer with three seconds left to provide the final margin.
Haddock paced the Blue Raiders with a game-high 17 points on 5 of 9 shooting while Hudson added 12 points on 6 of 8 shooting. Rod Emanuel had nine points and James Washington chipped in seven. Haddock, Emanuel, and J.T. Sulton, making his first career start, led the way on the glass with five rebounds each.
The Blue Raiders employed a zone defense to slow down the fast-paced Blazers and held leading scorer Elijah Millsap seven points below his season average. Middle Tennessee was also dominant on the glass by winning the battle of the boards, 32-25, as seven players had at least three caroms.
"This game was very similar to the Marshall game where we had chances to win but made mistakes at the end," added Davis. "It was good experience for our team and I think we can build on this because there were a lot of positives tonight, especially on defense."
The Blue Raiders opened the second half by grabbing their largest lead at 39-34 behind five points from Haddock but the Blazers rebounded quickly. UAB, behind a three-pointer from Aaron Johnson and a three-point play from Kenneth Cooper, went on an 8-0 run to grab a 42-39 lead.
But like they did all night, the Blue Raiders answered. Freshman James Gallman scored his first points of the game on a beautiful drive in the paint, was fouled and completed the three-point play to tie the game. After a long three-pointer by Jamarr Sanders, Haddock fired back with one of his own to knot the game at 45. From there the game see-sawed back-and-forth until the final seconds.
In the first half, the Blue Raiders played tough, hard-nosed defense and used a balanced attack to go to the locker room tied at 29. Neither team led by more than four points the entire 20 minutes, but the defensive effort was the best of the season.
Haddock, Emanuel, and Sulton sparked the strong first half showing by combining for 19 points and nine rebounds. Haddock led the way with seven points, while Emanuel, on the strength of two three-pointers, and Sulton added six points each.
The Blue Raiders will return to action next Tuesday at home against Belmont as all-conference performer Desmond "Boogie" Yates is expected to make his season debut. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 PM.
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Why, indeed. Online Marketing exec Ciaran Treacy, in Dublin, notes in a recent post for The Sociable that when he goes into a company to set up social media they tend to focus on where the populace currently is, not "where I need to be."
Particularly for older/established marketing leads they consider Facebook Facebook to be dominating youth, Twitter dominating influencers, LinkedIn LinkedIn dominating professionals… and Google Google+? As it turns out, Treacy points out, Google dominates "search".
The operative concept here is "because it's Google". By being tied into the biggest search engine in the world, Google is able to intrinsically pull results from other Google properties, such as YouTube, especially, but also from all other social platforms (whereas the locations such as Facebook are pretty much a "walled garden," Treacy remarks).
Even as the newest entrant to the social media party (Google+ premiered in Summer 2011), Google+ is the second largest social media platform in the world. It is second only to Facebook with more than 500M registered users of which 135M post active updates, according to Carter Hostelley, the founder and CEO of LeadTail.com, a company that focuses on online marketing research, consulting and tools.
When Carter asks marketers what's keeping them from jumping on the Google+ bandwagon, this is what he said he hears most often:
Carter mentions another reason for marketers' relative lagging adoption is that Google+ is not yet highly cross-posted to Twitter – the most recent LeadTails report about Marketing Executives on Twitter shows that in Twitter cross-posting Google+ is not even within the top ten, while LinkedIn, Instagram, Vine, Facebook and Pinterest were all on the list. That report will be updated with new data within the next two weeks, Carter says, and I will report any significant updates when the new research appears.
What's the biggest reason for marketers to get over the hurdles, according to Carter? "I ask my clients, 'Do you want to show up higher in search?'" Yes, they certainly do. Furthermore, Google+' ability to hook into destination websites is an extremely attractive means to drive content and authorship delivery and to support efficient ecommerce.
Here's my own personal advice to marketers still on the fence about Google+: Regardless of the reasons for slow adoption, it's interesting to note that the presence of many brands still testing the water in Google+ are mere placeholders—account pages set up with little of note going on. My observation is this: Kudos to the organizations smart enough to dive in and establish a foothold in the places their competitors aren't. So if you're not involved with Google+ yet, what's holding you back?
Author: Cheryl Conner | Google+
Another great read – I'm going to share it on Google. If Cheryl says it's the next best thing – it is!
Cheryl, this is a great question to ask and a great article to help answer the question. I certainly feel like Google+ is growing quickly based on my experience there over the last year.
Hey Cheryl:
I said it on FB and will say it here – they're too lazy to learn how to use it and too afraid of looking stupid if they admit it. Fear and apathy are a huge part of it. Despite all the facts pointing towards the obvious and the inevitable, they still refuse to address the tool of social media, or the bend in the marketing road.
Thanks for another great one!
Lazy is not the word I would use. My assessment of over 500 clients is that they simply do not have the time. That's no excuse of course, however, time=money, and they simply do not get enough out of it through content creation and curation vs other social networks at present to have enough reason to go hard core into the site.
There are a ton of tools (social networks) by the way, and each has it's purpose and ROI. A business looks at a target audience and then chooses a social network in which their audience is not only present, but engaged and active.
If this is Facebook, then so be it. However Facebook is horrific for some companies. They need to be on LinkedIn instead, or Instagram, or Pinterest or even Pheed. Social networks are not chosen for overall activity. They SHOULD be chosen for getting into conversations with the audience who will either be buyers, advocates or where they can perform customer service.
Choosing a social network because you like it is a sure fire way to waste a ton of time, money and resources.
Yeah, I wonder if some of this is simply "social media exhaustion".
Many prob just don't like Goole! I for one hate them because they do so many shady thing and don't wish to be connected with them.
I try to suggest people use it to see it it will help them and some say no way. Most of them say theer mad at Google bc they block keywords and the updates like penquin wiped them out.
I am sure if some people do get a + account Google will help them out in search rank bu me…I won't sell my soul to the devil. I use just about every other one BUT google. I am glad because now I dont have to edit my sites everytime they come out with a new "update".


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Education Will Split the Democratic Party
Like the Tea Party, there has been an equally dramatic occurrence taking place within the other party.
Throughout an electoral season that is, thankfully, coming to a close, the media remained fixated on a phenomenon that an increasing number of pundits and academics think may render the Republican Party asunder: the rise of the Tea Parties. The story line continues to evolve.
On some days, we are told that the Tea Party will expand its influence within the GOP until it has achieved total dominance. On others, we are led to believe that this is a movement "without a head" that spouts up in response to rising deficits and government spending as do mushrooms around a tree after a rainstorm. (Does not one need to be organized in order to dominate anything?) Either way, they tell us, Republican office holders will remain this new movement's primary targets.
[Check out our editorial cartoons on the Tea Party.]
Less well explored has been an equally dramatic occurrence that is simultaneously taking place within the other political party, the one Thomas Jefferson founded. I refer to the coming split between well-educated elites and teachers unions. Both make their home in the Democratic Party.
These two groups appear to have even less in common--in both outlook and policy prescriptions--than do the Tea Party activists and the GOP. Both the Tea Partyers and establishment Republicans want to see taxes, regulations, and deficits reduced. They differ over how much they seek to cut them and how fast. Elite, well-educated reformers ("Gentry Democrats" as Michael Barone describes them; "Amateur Democrats" as James W. Wilson once referred to them) regard public schools as incubators of quality workforces the information-based economy of the 21st century will need to maintain the lead the United States currently enjoys in research and development, patents, and entrepreneurship. These groups, as they do in their places of businesses, put a premium on quality performance and accountability. The teachers unions regard public schools as warehouses to which students are assigned on the basis of where they happen to live. Consistent with the trade union culture, their primary concern remains job protection of their members. These are two full-powered locomotives heading toward each other on a common track. If he is not careful, President Obama may be the victim of the coming collision.
We have seen hints of rising tensions between these two elements of the president's base for over a year. First, there came David Callahan's "Traitors to their Class: The New Super Rich," in the New Yorker, an account of how the information-based elites that rallied to Barack Obama break with their fellow Democrats on such matters as free trade, "card check," and, yes, public sector monopolies over the delivery of education. There was the now infamous District of Columbia mayoral primary, which pit the reformist mayor Adrian Fenty against challenger Vincent Gray. No issue sparked greater controversy than the record of school superintendent Michelle Rhee, who Obama publicly hailed along with Fenty in a televised presidential debate. And no public official prior to Rhee has spent more time thinking of what D.C. children should be taught and evaluated since Thomas Jefferson. While Rhee proved Fenty's greatest asset in his re-election campaign, the unions clearly did a better job in getting out the vote than did parents whose children benefitted from Rhee's efforts.
Next came not one, but two disparate attempts by elements of the president's base to turn out his supporters on November 2. Why the SEIU, AFL-CIO, NAACP, and their allies and followers of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart had to hold separate rallies on the National Mall was fairly clear. The two groups have little in common--other than their perceived fealty to Obama--and can hardly stand each other.
Now appearing in a theater near you is Davis Guggenheim's powerful film Waiting for Superman. It tells the story of five children, who with parental encouragement, compete for limited places in better public schools than the one to which geography has sentenced them. Their fate is determined not by academic performance, but by lottery. The film's main message could not be more plain: A nation that once made education a ticket out of poverty for so many can only, and at the sufferance of teachers unions, save a few, but by chance.
Viewers will encounter not a single Republican identifier in the film. All interviewed on all sides of the question are clearly aligned with Obama. Recently, the president had the five children featured in the film to the White House. His good gesture follows another he made at his appearance before the NAACP earlier in the year. There he proclaimed that job protection was not a civil right.
His actions, however, have not been measured up to his rhetoric. Among his first actions as president, Obama terminated a program Congress established that allowed but a handful of D.C. to escape failing public schools. This seemed a strange path for a president whose own education at a high-quality day school was made possible through the generosity of others. That he preferred to spare unions that supported him embarrassment to the future welfare of children who see him as a role model would not have been more apparent.
As Obama's attention turns from this year's election cycle to the one that awaits him in 2012, he will be confronting an insurmountable dilemma. Pleasing both his major donors and those who man the precincts will not be easy. And those locomotives are picking up speed.


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Middle College
The Middle College program is for students who live in New Bedford, MA, and are at risk of leaving or have left high school without a diploma. Middle College enrolls students into a dual enrollment program at Bristol Community College and offers the opportunity to earn a high school diploma and college credit by taking college classes. At the end of the program, students will receive a high school diploma and a number of successful college credits. Accepted students receive a full scholarship for all classes, books and fees.
Middle College Program
Bristol Community College
188 Union Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
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Right. So I've been reading the wiki and the tvtropes.org entry on Erfworld, and it made some references to things I didn't remember anything about reading. That confused me because I thought I'd read everything there was to read, including the summer updates. I hadn't.
I found a link to the ones I'd missed through here: http://www.erfworld.com/wiki/index.php/Summer_updates
Though it's in the wiki. I like it better when it's on the main site for some reason.
The problem as it seems to me is this: From the front page, you have a drop-down list of galleries. There you have Book 1, Summer Update 2009 and Book 2. Clicking on any image there, will take you to an image page. Then the story, which really is where the summer updates shine, is there as an image text or something. You can go back and forth in the images, but this leaves you with a problem as you can't see image-less updates.
However, where you really want to go is the category. It's not very handy, but at least pictureless summer updates are accessible. So what I'm trying to say is, please put a link to the summer updates category somewhere accessible on the main site.


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Summary of Emotional Support Animals and Housing Laws
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