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In guitars, a slang word meaning bending the string so as to produce a frequency higher than the fret your finger is on.
Can be heard in "One Note Song."
Can be heard in "One Note Song."
Yeah, but I put the bendy in it!
Sonnybobiche tarafından 27 Ocak 2004, Salı
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Attractive girls that do yoga. (Most guys fantasy g/f).
Did you check out those bendy girls coming out of the yoga class...
bendy girl tarafından 26 Ağustos 2006, Cumartesi
Being in-between straight and bisexual. Bendy people identify as straight but really they have slight bisexual tendencies.
Girl 1: Jeez, shes hot..
Girl 2: Are you bi?
Girl 1: Nah, im just not fussy I guess I'm bendy. Shes hot but I'd still rather have men.
Girl 2: Awrite..
Girl 2: Are you bi?
Girl 1: Nah, im just not fussy I guess I'm bendy. Shes hot but I'd still rather have men.
Girl 2: Awrite..
Nana__ tarafından 26 Mart 2010, Cuma
A high school party often involving a lot of stupid drunk teenagers doing stupid, drunk things... but it's fun!
Man, I got invited to this bendy tonight, wanna go?
writersblock123 tarafından 20 Ocak 2011, Perşembe
Pinkies that are naturally bent/crooked that give you the ability to preform amazingly well on drums.
"Yo Rey has unusually brilliant skills on the drums.."
"Yeah brah, he's got bendies!"
"Yeah brah, he's got bendies!"
felinerobot tarafından 19 Eylül 2009, Cumartesi
Attention seeker or jealous type. Often found large in pounds. Can also mean incest.
You are acting just like a bendy.
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How bendy are you feeling tonight comma babe?
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Four Hatters won in consolation play as the Stetson women's tennis team participated in the final day of competition at the Wake Forest Invitational on Sunday.
Sophomores Andrea Crespo and Eveline Lepinay both won on Sunday. Crespo topped Olga Bredikhina of Maryland by a score of 6-4, 7-5 in the A Bracket. Lepinay defeated Ashlyn Rang of Ball State 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-4 in the C Bracket.
Senior MayaBlue Stauffer-MacDowell and freshman Marta Gonzalez each won consolation contests in the D Bracket. The former beat Sarah King of App State 6-0, 6-1, while the latter won 6-3, 6-3 over Jessica Perez of Charlotte.
Two Hatters lost in finals competition on Sunday. Senior Diana Bukajeva was defeated by Ball State's Courtney Earnest by a score of 6-4, 6-4 in the B Final. Freshman Brittany Hill, meanwhile, lost 6-3, 7-5 to Denny Lamachia of Richmond in the F Final.
Stetson will continue fall play October 10-13 at the Bedford Cup in Gainesville, Fla.

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Western Reserve 15, Columbiana 0
COLUMBIANA - Western Reserve rattled off it's eighth-straight win heading into the playoffs 15-0 over Columbiana Friday. The Blue Devils will likely start the postseason on the road Friday night.
Leading Reserve was Tim Cooper with 128 yards on 32 carries and a touchdown. Parker Warren caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from Nick Allison, and Warren also added a field goal to cap the scoring.
For Columbiana, Britton Steiginga had 81 yards on 17 carries. Brandon Hacker added 62 yards on 17 carries. Columbiana lost three fumbles in the contest, while Reserve did not commit a turnover.
Western Reserve, who already wrapped up a Tier 2 Inter-Tri County League title last week, finishes the regular season 8-2 and will await to see who they play in week 11.
Columbiana finishes the season at 6-4 after losing their last three games.
Wellsville 41, Leetonia 28
LEETONIA - Wellsville used a 17-point fourth quarter to rally past Leetonia 41-28 Friday night.
The Bears took a 28-24 lead on a 42-yard run by Trent Ferry in the third quarter, but the fourth was all Tigers culminating in a safety, a touchdown on the ensuing kickoff and a 1-yard-run by Jordan Sloan.
For Wellsville, Marcus Moxley had 130 yards on 20 carries. Zack Mellot had a touchdown run and the 66-yard kickoff return for a score.
For Leetonia, Brandon Dattilio had 100 yards on eight carries. Trent Ferry had 80 yards on 13 carries and three touchdown runs.
Wellsville closes the season 4-6. Leetonia finishes 6-4.
East Palestine 20, Lisbon 12
LISBON - East Palestine's Luke Cope was 18-of-36 for 311 yards including a touchdown pass and run to help the Bulldogs to a 20-12 win in their finale over Lisbon.
Derek Smith added 76 yards on 17 carries and a score.
For Lisbon, Brandon Barnes had 115 yards on 13 carries and a touchdown. Zak Leko added a 3-yard touchdown run.
East Palestine finishes the year 2-8. Lisbon ends with a 2-8 mark as well.
Mineral Ridge 54, United 53
MINERAL RIDGE - In a contest that featured 107 total points and more than 1,100 total yards, an extra point gave Mineral Ridge a 54-53 overtime win over United Friday.
Devine Redding had 266 yards on 14 carries and five rushing touchdowns.
United's Garrett Beech had 307 yards on 28 carries and five rushing touchdowns of his own. Beech was also 10-of-23 passing for 144 yards with two more scores.
Mike Martin added 137 yards on 25 carries.
Mineral Ridge closes the year 6-4. United also finishes with a 6-4 mark.
Other area scores:
Alliance 34, Marlington 13
Carrollton 45, Minerva 34
Canton South 41, Louisville 20
East Liverpool 41, Wier 12
Poland 42, Beaver Local 7
Lowellville 41, Southern 31
Springfield 40, Jackson-Milton 14
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
A sister and a brother own a home in Mount Pleasant that is vacant and for sale. The sister came to the police department to report that someone had been making entry into it.
She explained that they arrived recently to find the front door kicked in. When they went inside they saw that someone had been cooking in the fireplace. She said the residence is for sale but every time she goes by, the for sale sign is gone.
She said that they have tried wooden doors and glass doors but someone continues to make entry. Police agreed to do extra patrols to try and catch the intruder.
An officer on the Wando Bridge stopped a car that went speeding past him in the truck lane at 87 mph.
When he approached the driver's side of the car, he smelled a very strong odor of raw marijuana, according to the police report.
He asked the driver if there was any marijuana in the car and the driver said, "No, but there was earlier."
The driver was searched and police found a large sum of money in the man's pockets.
With probable cause to search the car, the officer began looking around, and again asked him if there was any marijuana in the car. It turns out the driver was telling the truth when he said no. There wasn't any more marijuana in the car. But there was a bag of what appeared to be cocaine, according to the police report. The driver was arrested and his car towed.
But it didn't end there. Once at the jail, a strip search revealed that the man had a bag of marijuana shoved in his anal cavity. He was charged with that as well.
After three years of separation, you'd think a couple could move on. But according to a police report, the couple got into an argument over the wedding ring. The husband called the wife to request that she quit wearing the wedding ring he gave her all those years ago.
The ring must have some bling, because she told him she would not stop wearing it.
According to a police report, the wife then hung up the phone and drove to her husband's girlfriend's house.
She caused a scene and got upset, according to the complaint. She then left the area.
But the girlfriend called police to make a report and inquire about a trespass notice.
After speaking with officers, the girlfriend decided not to issue a no trespass notice, but to have a disturbance report taken.
Police were called to a woman's home in response to a stolen key. The dispatcher who took the call told police the caller sounded intoxicated, according to a report.
When police arrived, she promptly asked them for a cigarette multiple times.
She then went on to tell police that she was afraid a particular man was going to come to her house. She told police she gave the man a key to her house and she was scared he was going to come over.
She told police she did not want the man to have the key anymore and that she should not have given it to him.
Then she said the man did not have a key to the dead bolt and if she locked that he could not get in.
She could not give police any particular reason why this man would come to her house and then randomly told police several times that she had been date raped in the past.
While police were there, the man in question called, and she asked police to speak with him.
The man said they were not in a dating relationship and had only been out for the night drinking together. He told officers that he took a cab home and had no intention of coming to her house. He did offer to return the key when he was sober.
While all that was taking place, the woman realized she left her debit card at the bar. She asked officers multiple times to run her up there so she could grab it.
When officers told her they could not take her to get her card, she told them she left it there because she was assaulted by a red-headed man with a beard. She had no other details on the man who allegedly assaulted her.
But an officer went to the bar to speak with the management. The staff remembered the woman and did see her arguing with a red-headed man with a beard.
They said this woman started the argument and then spit on the man and then left with someone else.
The officers then brought her card back to her apartment and while doing so, she did not mention a thing about anyone assaulting her. But she did get her card back and was able to lock the dead bolt.
Police were called to a home because a couple was arguing. The female waited around the corner for police to arrive and then they escorted her back to the house.
An officer who interviewed the male learned that they both arrived home in separate cars and began arguing about who was cheating on whom.
He said he grabbed a box of KY Jelly and threw it at her and said, "Here, go use this on the guy you're messing around with." When he threw it, the box hit her in the face.
That's when the female began slapping him all over the face, according to the report.
She broke the skin on his face, which was visible to officers and poured a beer on the man, the report said.
Since both statements were consistent and both parties assaulted each other at some point in the argument, police had no other choice than to arrest both of them for domestic violence.
Police observed a driver turn left from the Isle of Palms Connector onto Rifle Range Road traveling south. But when the vehicle turned left it turned into the oncoming left turn lane and struck the concrete median. The vehicle then came out of the median and kept driving where the driver corrected and returned to the right lane after the median ended.
The officer caught up with the vehicle and watched the driver cross the yellow line twice and ran up on it twice. Then the driver over-corrected and crossed the far white line.
The officer then initiated a traffic stop, but the driver didn't pull over into the first parking lot. The driver almost struck the curb then pulled up onto the sidewalk by driving over the curb rather than pulling onto the next street.
The driver admitted to hitting the curb and driving against traffic but said it was because she was going home a different way than she was used to.
The woman said she only had one single beer, several hours earlier. But she was not sober enough to pass any field sobriety tests or follow directions for the tasks.
She was arrested for DUI. An inventory of her car revealed several bottles of prescription medicine.
Several had warning labels that said not to drink alcohol.
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New brand reflects the company's unified mobile monetization solution that helps app developers accelerate revenue across connected devices
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 17, 2014 - SponsorPay, a mobile supply-side platform, today announced that it has rebranded to Fyber. Fyber enables publishers like GREE International, Inc., Glu Mobile, Inc., ZeptoLab UK Ltd. and more, to integrate, manage and optimize all ad revenues sources through a single, unified platform. Since its inception in 2009, the company has grown globally to over 180 employees and plans to add 70 more by the end of this year. To support the significant market growth in the U.S., the San Francisco office is slated to triple its headcount this year. Fyber will be celebrating the rebrand and momentum at Casual Connect USA with a product demo, panel discussion and brand launch party. More information can be found at http://www.fyber.com.
"The rebrand to Fyber is beyond just a new company name. We've been enhancing our product offerings over the past eighteen months, empowering our partners to discover and execute smarter ad monetization strategies," said Andreas Bodczek, co-founder and CEO, Fyber. "It's our mission to unify the fragmented mobile advertising ecosystem and deliver pain-free experiences that grow our partners' revenue. Rebranding as Fyber is a natural evolution for our company as we work to define the future of connected advertising."
Through Fyber, developers have access to a mobile supply side platform that encompasses a complete product suite for smarter ad monetization and user acquisition. Today, Fyber reaches over 100 million unique users per month and works with thousands of the world's leading developers, publishers and advertisers who use the platform to integrate, manage and optimize their mobile ad revenues. The platform has seen strong and steady quarter-over-quarter adoption, growing by 63% in integration, and by 250% in mediated revenue just in the last quarter alone.
"In this constantly evolving market,we are always looking to work with partners who offer tools that can help take our ad monetization strategies to the next level," says Alex Rosen, VP of Product, GREE International, Inc. "Fyber has tackled this issue head-on and their platform unifies the tools that a publisher needs to be successful. We look forward to seeing what the team at Fyber comes up with next."
Fyber takes an open approach, giving developers access to hundreds of demand sources and ad networks including Facebook Audience Network, Google AdMob, Apple iAd, AdColony, InMobi and more. With Fyber, developers have a transparent view of their revenue streams, so they can detect new monetization opportunities and make smarter decisions based on actionable insights. Fyber's key offerings include:
1. Ad Network Mediation - With an easy drag-and-drop SDK integration, developers can integrate, manage and optimize all their mediated ad networks to increase their advertising demand, while continuing to preserve their direct contractual relationships with the ad networks.
2. Ad Marketplace - Developers can access campaigns from hundreds of demand partners, video networks, agencies and direct advertisers without investing additional resources. This allows developers to achieve higher fill rates and higher eCPMs.
3. User Acquisition - Developers can acquire valuable users at scale by running CPI & CPE campaigns across the entire Fyber platform on iOS and Android. They can also build, manage and track ROI-positive campaigns with powerful targeting and bidding of rewarded and non-rewarded ad formats.
4. Multiple Ad Formats - Fyber offers the flexibility of both rewarded ad formats (offer walls and rewarded videos) and non-rewarded ad formats (interstitial ads and videos) to accommodate all of the developers' needs with a single platform.
5. Dashboard - Developers utilize a unified dashboard to analyze all streams of advertising revenue in a consolidated view with advanced yield optimization features, and can gain instant insight into new monetization opportunities. An underlying proprietary predictive algorithm enables customers to serve the highest-paying ads based on expected user behavior and payout.
In this $18 billion mobile ad revenue market, app developers recently voted Fyber (SponsorPay) to VentureBeat's index of the Top Ten Mobile Advertising Companies. Ranked alongside Facebook and Google in the index, which is compiled based on feedback from readers and clients, Fyber (SponsorPay) was lauded for easy integration, product support and a "fan favorite" dashboard.
Attending Casual Connect and want to meet up? Contact us at [email protected].
For more information on Fyber, please visit: http://www.fyber.com.
About Fyber
Fyber (formerly SponsorPay) is a leading advertising technology company that empowers app developers to execute smart ad monetization strategies across all connected devices through a unified mobile supply side platform. Serving over 100 million unique users per month, Fyber works with thousands of the world's leading developers, publishers and advertisers. Fyber is privately held and co-headquartered in San Francisco and Berlin.
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Hahaha...lets make it happen. There's more than enough dead space in Detroit to fit a small Russian city. Get er done Mr. I.


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MONTAFON, Austria - Nate Holland of Squaw Valley and teammate Hagen Kearney stuck together for an impressive win at the FIS World Cup team snowboardcross race in Montafon, Austria, on Saturday.
In what was a tight race the entire way through adverse weather conditions, fellow American teammates Jonathan Cheever and Nick Baumgartner came in fourth.
"It was awesome. I always enjoy team races," Holland said after his win. "After yesterday I was hungry. I didn't race so well yesterday, but I had to win something in Austria just like two years ago in Lech. I also had some success in Bad Gastein. I like races in Austria; the fans are great and fired up."
The U.S. team now heads to the first domestic FIS World Cup, the USANA Snowboardcross Cup at Telluride, Colo., starting Thursday. The weekend will close out Saturday with a team SBX racing at the Paul Mitchell Progression Session.
The events will be televised on both NBC and the NBC Sports Network, plus live coverage of Thursday's skicross finals on the USSA Network.
"It's great to be in the United States for a World Cup," said Holland, a seven-time X Games champ. "It really gets me excited for the season. We can always count on Telluride to provide a fun course and enthusiastic fans. I am looking forward to having a strong start of the competition season and being on home turf."
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Penn State football continues its sad but inevitable plunge toward mediocrity because the program is engulfed by conflicts of interest.
Joe and Jay Paterno are making decisions based on what's best for them and a few others instead of what's best for the team.
Joe Paterno continues to coach so he can give himself something to do late in life. It's all about him, his fear of retiring and not wanting to wither away and die, something he saw his friend and fellow coaching giant Bear Bryant do just four weeks after leaving Alabama in 1983.
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JoePa can't see that he is not what's best for the PSU program. Because what's best for the program clearly would be turning over the reins to someone else, someone younger, more enthusiastic, more tied in to the modern game and more capable of performing 100 percent of his duties instead of the 60 or so percent Paterno is capable of performing at age 84.
Paterno putting himself and his wishes above everything else is perhaps the single-biggest conflict of interest in sports. He's taking advantage of his iconic status and holding the PSU program hostage simply because he can and because there's no one alive who has the right to tell him otherwise after all he's done for the university, the program and college football.
Conflict No. 2 is JoePa hanging onto his job so that his son, Jay, can continue to keep his high-profile gig as Penn State's quarterbacks coach and de facto offensive coordinator.
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Again, that's another decision made to benefit a few people -- namely the Paterno family -- and not the Penn State football program.
Once JoePa retires, Jay most likely will be out of a job. Maybe he'll catch on with another smaller program or at a major program in a lesser role, or maybe he'll run for public office. But there's zero chance he will be the Nittany Lions' next head coach -- the fan base would explode in anger if that were to happen -- and there's a very slim chance the next guy who takes over the PSU program will retain him in such a high-profile position.
None of this is groundbreaking news. Everyone who follows Penn State football closely has known for years that the first two conflicts of interest are in place.
It's also nothing new to point out that the university allows all this to continue because Joe Paterno is and will continue to be a cash cow from a fundraising standpoint, regardless of if the Lions go 11-1 or 7-5, which is where they're heading for the second consecutive regular season.
With regard to this season, Jay Paterno's conflict of interest about the quarterback situation is preventing the offense from reaching its potential or even improving.
Matt McGloin is the best quarterback on the team. That should be obvious to everyone at this point given how badly he has outplayed Rob Bolden through five games.
There are still fans out there who claim it's most important to play for the difficult final three games of this regular season, or next year, or 2013, and they're clinging to the "Bolden has much more potential" argument.
For those in that camp, I ask: When did college football become minor league baseball? When did playing somebody based on potential for down the road take precedence over playing the guy who's better right now and gives you the best chance to win today?
If you're worried that McGloin can't beat Nebraska, Ohio State or Wisconsin, then fine. He probably can't and probably won't because those teams are just better than Penn State.
But Bolden, who has started all five games, probably couldn't have beaten Indiana on his own, let alone those other three later on.
Without McGloin coming off the bench to throw for 204 yards and a 74-yard TD to Derek Moye, the Lions likely would be hanging their heads beneath their tails with an embarrassing loss Saturday to a dreadful Indiana team, instead of barely surviving, 16-10.
Yeah, McGloin is cocky, and yeah, he sometimes says things that rub people the wrong way and is perceived by many to be an arrogant big mouth.
"I deserve to be out on the field first," he told reporters after Saturday's win.
That's neither cocky nor arrogant. It's the cold, hard truth, and McGloin deserves credit for laying it on the line like that.
He's passionate. He's driven. And clearly he's got a massive chip on his shoulder after getting no Division I scholarship offers out of high school, coming to Penn State as a walk-on and outplaying a four-star recruit in Bolden who may have all the physical skills, but who at this stage doesn't have the moxie, feel or wherewithal to be a good college quarterback.
Bolden was 6-of-14 for 67 yards and one interception against the Hoosiers, falling even further behind in the stats race to McGloin. Through five games:
* McGloin: 144.3 passer rating, 44-of-76 (57.9 percent), 625 yards, 8.2 yards per attempt, 4 TDs, 0 INTs
* Bolden: 85.3 passer rating, 39-of-85 (45.9 percent), 455 yards, 5.4 yards per attempt, 1 TD, 4 INTs
Going back to last season, McGloin has led 32 touchdown drives to 15 for Bolden.
Given all that, why are we even having a quarterback debate?
Easy. Because Jay Paterno has a huge conflict of interest here.
Bolden is Jay's guy. The easiest way for Jay to silence the critics who think he's a poor quarterbacks coach is to have a big-time recruit come in, play a lot early, show marked improvement over time, lead an explosive offense and go on to the NFL.
It makes Jay look foolish to have Bolden struggle, fail to improve, get beaten out by a former walk-on and consider transferring. Pat Devlin and Kevin Newsome, two big-time recruits, both transferred out of the program, and if Bolden were to leave, too, it would send another signal to prep stars across the country that Penn State is a dysfunctional place where quarterbacks come to have their careers derailed.
One can argue that if McGloin beats out Bolden, that makes Jay look good because he's also developing him. I'll make the case that most everything McGloin has accomplished so far is a result of his intensity and desire to prove everyone wrong.
There's still enough time left in this season for Jay Paterno to put aside his conflict of interest, admit that McGloin is the better quarterback and commit to him not only as the starter, but as the full-time guy.
McGloin has earned the job, Bolden hasn't. It's that simple. And with a possible season-shaping game against Iowa coming up, it's well past time to make a decision and go with the best guy for the job.
If Bolden gets upset and threatens to leave again like he did in January, then let him leave. If he's not committed to Penn State and to sticking it out through the good and bad times, then he's not the kind of leader the program needs anyway.
There's so little true leadership in the program right now, and it all starts at the top with Joe Paterno's decision to cling so desperately to a job that he has to know he cannot perform at a high enough level any longer.
Until that conflict of interest is resolved, Penn State will never be an elite program again.
Cory Giger is the host of "Sports Central" from 4 to 6 p.m. daily on ESPN Radio 1430 WVAM. Reach him at email@example.com or @CoryGiger on Twitter.


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LAKE DELTON, Wis. (AP) _ Wisconsin police say an Iowa man who hit his head after losing control of his go-cart has died.
The accident happened Wednesday about 5:15 p.m. at Alligator Alley Adventures Go-Kart Track in Lake Delton.
Authorities say the 45-year-old lost control of his vehicle and struck a wooden post along the track. Witnesses say there were no other go-carts near him at the time of the crash.
A medical helicopter was called in. But a doctor declared him dead at the scene about 45 minutes after the accident.
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DAR ES SALAAM, 10 December 2012 –Speaking at the launch of a book published by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Tanzania's Trade and Industry Minister, Abdallah Kigoda (MP), echoed the view of assembled agribusiness practitioners and experts that, without industrialization and value addition, Africa will not achieve prosperity.
Minister Kigoda said the continent will have to move away from food aid and subsistence farming, and that agribusiness is a foreign trade instrument that can attract investment to the continent. Tanzania should make a clear distinction between subsistence farming and agribusiness with value addition, he added.
The minister stressed that the book, "Agribusiness for Africa's Prosperity", contains a message that is a wake-up call for Tanzania to prioritize agribusiness and value addition in its industrial development and poverty reduction efforts. "Our challenge is to put more emphasis on transforming the agricultural make-up of our country," said Kigoda.
Joyce Mapunjo, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said: "This book is not made to remain on the shelves. We need to domesticate its content." She promised that the country's experts, together with UNIDO, would ensure that the agribusiness book's message is put into practice and look into how it will benefit agribusiness practitioners in the country.
"Agribusiness for Africa's Prosperity" outlines the current status of agribusiness and agro-industrial activities in Africa, and positions them in historical and global context. It analyses the opportunities for diversified growth, and assesses the existing and potential sources of demand growth for agribusiness development in Africa. Seven development pillars are outlined and analyzed in detail, including enhancing productivity; upgrading value chains; exploiting international, regional and local demand; strengthening technology and innovation; promoting effective financing; stimulating private participation; and improving infrastructure and energy access.
Emmanuel Kalenzi, the UNIDO Representative to Tanzania, praised the Government of Tanzania's strong cooperation with UNIDO in all its thematic areas and said he looked forward to future implementation of all the pillars identified in the publication.
In his address to participants at the event, Kalenzi said: "The launch of this book here was a deliberate choice. It is not just another launch. It is intended to enrich the discussions and strategy on the approach to agribusiness development, particularly as we appreciate the thrust the government of Tanzania has put on agriculture and its linkages to industry, through the Kilimo Kwanza strategy and feeding into the "Big Fives Now" strategy, that your government is pursuing to realize the country's development vision of a semi-industrialized, middle-income economy by 2025."
Patrick Kormawa, co-editor of the book and the UNIDO Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, outlined the importance of creating agribusiness cluster development zones within the country, as well as of commodity value addition and agribusiness for job creation.
Flora Rutabanzibwa, representative of the Bank of Tanzania (BOT), stressed the need for the BOT to increase financing of the agribusiness sector and the SMEs. "We need to arrange the appropriate financial infrastructure, especially in the rural areas," she said.
In conclusion, USAID's David Nyange underscored the importance of the book in educating agricultural practitioners, especially those working in Tanzania's private sector.
For more information on UNIDO, please contact:
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Butterflies......another fabulous ecrandal cutter. I made stithced Bflies and then some more intricate ones.
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Butterflies......another fabulous ecrandal cutter. I made stithced Bflies and then some more intricate ones.
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- Lauren said...
Wow! Those look great...makes me want a cookie. When are y'all gonna be in Memphis again? :)
- April 17, 2009 at 7:42 PM
- CookieCrazieLady said...
Thanks Lauren. Sounds like I should bring cookies next time I come. ;-) We're hoping to come Memorial Day weekend. hmmmmm.....patriotic cookies????
- April 17, 2009 at 7:46 PM
- Bea said...
All your COOKIES and photos are great, Pam! I love the caterpillars and the ladybugs...
- April 17, 2009 at 11:55 PM
- claudia said...
looking at yours make me a little bit ashamed of my attempt...but it's my first and I can improve myself:D
please give a look ^^ the blog is the italian one but the photos are quite clear :D
- April 18, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- CookieCrazieLady said...
Thanks Bea. I love those "pillars" and "ladies" too. :-)
Claudia....that was your first attempt? You did TERRIFIC! I wish I could have read your notes, but I don't speak Italian. ;-) I'm so glad you've jumped in there and tried your hand at decorating. Practice, practice, practice.....that's what makes you improve. Go Claudia!
- April 18, 2009 at 5:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
What a wonderful group of cookies for us to admire today!
Please tell me how you get your purple icing to stay purple! I made some yesterday for butterflies, and it looks nearly gray today. I used Americolor Regal Purple in Toba's Glace' (with milk). I used Wilton White in the whole batch before adding other color.
I really love the detail on your tulips! I like the swirl on your snails. The detailed butterflies are beautiful and I do like the little feet on your caterpillars!
- April 18, 2009 at 9:49 PM
- CookieCrazieLady said...
Thanks so much to the one who left an anonymous comment.
I don't like Americolor's Regal Purple either. It is way too blue-ish for me.....not really purple.
I use Wilton's Violet food paste in a little tub. Works perfectly. :-)
Thanks for all your kind words. I appreciate knowing what people like because I doubt myself constantly. Yesterday was one of those down days where nothing looked right on my cookies. Hopefully I'll stay away from those kind of days. ;-)
- April 19, 2009 at 7:03 AM
- Cindy said...
Hi, Anonymous was me, Cindy -- somehow the name fell off my post.
I'll try the Wilton violet. Is Wilton your color brand of choice, or do you have other favorites?
Gosh, I don't know how you could doubt yourself with that bunch of cookies -- they look fab to me!
- April 19, 2009 at 12:18 PM
- CookieCrazieLady said...
Hi Cindy (much nicer name than anonymous ;-))
My favorite brand of coloring is Americolor gel drops. I only use the Wilton violet because I dislike both Americolor Regal Purple and Violet. Neither of them give me the purple I'm looking for.
I guess we all doubt our work at times. Being a perfectionist (seems most decorators are one!) definitely has some drawbacks.
- April 19, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- SugarBelle's said...
Now that I think about it, I did have a busy week lol! I did all of them from the turquoise monet platter to the dump trucks since last Sunday. I have been so busy I didn't even notice, LOL. Explains the piles of laundry and the condition of my house though!. Next week will be much slower. I stumbled into this by accident and I just love it so sometimes I don't even notice I am working so hard. Easter was a little tough, however. I did like 600 cookies for all of the school parties on Tursday, and frankly I got a bit bored doing the same old thing, and I really had to limit my detail out of practicality, which kind of spoils the fun. I have upcoming projects that include a cockatiel platter, and a drum platter. Any ideas?
- April 19, 2009 at 5:46 PM
- CookieCrazieLady said...
Callye, let's continue this great discussion in email. My email address is: email@example.com
I know what you mean about not even noticing.....I get so involved in my cookies that everything else is invisible. When I come up for air I realize how much I've neglected.
600 cookies! Wow. I was tired of Easter cookies after the couple hundred I did, so I know exactly what you mean.
And yes....the details are the fun. But sometimes I go way overboard and it is beyond not profitable the things I will do for a cookie! lol
- April 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM
- julie said...
i just stumbled upon your site and i just had to comment on how much i love ALL of your cookies! all of the details! just so cute!
- April 20, 2009 at 7:52 AM
- CookieCrazieLady said...
Hi Julie. Thanks so much for your kind comments. Glad to have you here. :-)
- April 20, 2009 at 8:14 AM
- CookieCrazieLady said...
Hi Julie. Thanks so much for your kind comments. Glad to have you here. :-)
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NAMI has called for a federal investigation of neglect, abuse and poor medical care in Georgia's state hospital system, and state leaders are calling for broader reforms.
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, NAMI executive director Michael Fitzpatrick advised that "Federal action is not only appropriate, but imperative" under the civil rights law that protects institutionalized persons. The request is based on the investigative series, "Hidden Shame" published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution over the past week in which 115 consumer (patient) deaths over five years in the state's seven regional hospitals were found to have occurred under suspicious circumstances.
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Women's Tennis Takes Down UW-Milwaukee, 5-2
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State women's tennis team claimed a 5-2 victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee Saturday afternoon at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center. With the win the Cardinals remain undefeated with a 3-0 overall mark while UW-Milwaukee falls to 1-1.
The Cardinals took the doubles point from the Panthers to give BSU the early 1-0 advantage heading into singles play. The twosome of Courtney Wild and Bethany Moore defeated Kelly Fritz and Dana Shannon at No. 2 doubles by a score of 8-3. Ashlyn Rang paired up with Kristel Sanders for the 8-3 victory over Brittany Skemp and Kristin Kurer at the No. 3 spot.
In singles action, Wild beat Fritz 6-0, 6-3 at the No. 2 position. On court three Earnest defeated Bailey 6-2, 6-1 while teammates Moore and Rang were also winners in their respective positions.
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A bitterly cold Alaskan summer has had surprising results. For the first time in the area's recorded history, area glaciers have begun to expand, rather than shrink. Summer temperatures, which were some 3 degrees below average, allowed record levels of winter snow to remain much longer, leading to the increase in glacial mass.
"In mid-June, I was surprised to see snow still at sea level in Prince William Sound", said glaciologist Bruce Molnia. "In general, the weather this summer was the worst I have seen in at least 20 years".
"On the Juneau Icefield, there was still 20 feet of new snow on the surface [in] late July. At Bering Glacier, a landslide I am studying [did] not become snow free until early August."
Molnia, who works for the US Geological Survey, said it's been a "long time" since area glaciers have seen a positive mass balance -- an increase in the total amount of ice they contain.
Since 1946, the USGS has maintained a research project measuring the state of Alaskan glaciers. This year saw records broken for most snow buildup. It was also the first time since any records began being that the glaciers did not shrink during the summer months.
Those records date from the mid 1700s, when the region was first visited by Russian explorers. Molnia estimates that Alaskan glaciers have lost about 15% of their total area since that time -- an area the size of Connecticut.
One of the largest areas of shrinkage has been at the national park of Glacier Bay. When Alexei Ilich Chirikof first arrived in 1741, the bay didn't exist at all -- only a solid wall of ice. From that time until the early 1900s, the ice retreated some 50 miles, to form the bay and surrounding area.
Accordingly to Molnia, a difference of just 3 or 4 degrees is enough to shift the mass balance of glaciers from rapid shrinkage to rapid growth. From the 1600s to the 1900s, that's just the amount of warming that was seen, as the planet exited the Little Ice Age.
Molnia says one cold summer doesn't mean the start of a new climatic trend. At least years like this, however, might mark the beginning of another Little Ice Age.
As DailyTech reported earlier, Arctic sea ice this year has also increased substantially from its low in 2007.
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The Shirley Fiterman Art Center at Borough of Manhattan Community College in Lower Manhattan is hosting Top of the World, an exhibit on the rebuilding of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks. The exhibit opened on November 12, 2013 (coinciding with the opening of 4 WTC) and is ongoing. Top of the World consists of photographs and works by more than a dozen artists that document the rebuilding efforts. Photos were taken at the site, many from inside the…Find out more »
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The Vigiano Brothers' "Bravest and Finest" Ski Event will take place from Sunday, January 12, 2014 to Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Stowe Mountain Lodge, to remember FF John Vigiano and Detective Joe Vigiano, who gave their lives during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Proceeds from this event will benefit the NYPD Self-Support Group and the FDNY Pre-71 Retirees. For registration details, please click here or call 718-986-9822 or 201-376-9154. Stowe Mountain Lodge 7412 Mountain Road Stowe, VT 05672Find out more »
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JOHNSTOWN - Coming into the District 6 A girls semifinal, Bishop Guilfoyle knew the type of talent that Richland possessed, after losing to the Lady Rams earlier this season, 7-2.
On a brisk and windy night at Herlinger Field, Richland proved again why it has been so dominant, shutting out the Lady Marauders, 4-0.
Bishop Guilfoyle had its best - and most controversial - scoring chance of the first half just five minutes in when Jessica Rudolph took the ball down the left side and put it between the legs of goalkeeper Jordan Syfert.
Simultaneously, though, a foul was called on Richland on a play away from the ball and play was stopped as the referee awarded BG a free kick.
Lady Marauders coach Harry McGhee and fans did not agree.
"I thought we should have got the advantage on that play," McGhee said. "That could have been the turning point in the game, and I think it would have been a big momentum change. Who knows what could have happened?"
Most of the first half was played on BG's end of the field, as Richland sophomore midfielder Karissa Wellington provided plenty of scoring chances. But the Lady Marauders defense weathered the storm until Wellington finally cashed in with 12:36 remaining in the half.
Wellington made a step-over move after she obtained possession and ripped a shot past BG goalie Gabby Smith from 25 yards out.
"That was the best half she's played in a while," Richland coach Nathan Gironda stated. "We moved her from a midfield position to forward about four games ago and she has provided our offense with a spark."
Just three minutes after the goal, the Lady Marauders were put in a tough spot when Smith inadvertently got kicked in the head by a Richland forward as she was racing for a ball near the top of the box. Smith was forced to leave for the rest of the game and was replaced by Allison Worley.
"She grabbed the ball and landed on top of it," McGhee said. "Then she was kicked in the head and the trainer thought that she should sit out the rest of the game in case of a concussion. We think she'll be fine."
The second Richland goal came with 5:01 left in the first half, when the Lady Marauders defense failed to clear a goal kick, and Richland's Nicki Mihalik took advantage, giving the Lady Rams a two goal edge at half.
In the second half, things seemed to slow down until Mihalik used her speed to outrun the BG defense to a ball and blew it past Worley from 10 yards away with just under fifteen minutes remaining.
"Nicki played really well the first two-thirds of the season, then she slowed down," Gironda said. "She's a great athlete and will get lost in the game for ten minutes then come out of nowhere and make a big play."
Just minutes later it was Mihalik that struck again, outrunning BG defenders and faking past the goalie before tapping it in to close the scoring.
Despite the loss, the Lady Marauders finished the season with the most wins in school history(11) and recorded their first playoff win.
"I told the girls we have nothing to hold our heads about and this loss should not get us down," McGhee said. "We should be proud of the accomplishments that we have made."
Freshman standout Alyssa McGhee will return next year after scoring 59 goals this season. Tonight was just the third game this year that she failed to score.
"They had a great game plan for Alyssa," Coach McGhee, her father, said. "Usually teams have put two defenders on her and today Richland had three on her. She was able to get possession of the ball, but wasn't able to get the ball back after she would pass."
Gironda was well-aware of McGhee's abilities prior to the game.
"We don't lose to one player and we wanted to make someone else beat us. We told the team that if anyone saw her with just one defender on her, to make sure that she gets covered with multiple defenders."
Richland will go on to its fifth straight district championship game, after winning the previous four. The Lady Rams will play Bishop McCort on Saturday in the District 6 A girls championship held in Johnstown.
"Richland is a great, technical team the way they pass the ball," Harry McGhee noted. "I wish them the best."
Bishop Guilfoyle0 0-0
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FIRST HALF: R-Wellington (unassisted), 12:39; R-Mihalik (unassisted), 5:01.
SECOND HALF: R-Mihalik (unassisted), 17:05; R-Mihalik (unassisted), 14:52.
Records: Bishop Guilfoyle (11-9); Richland (10-8-1).


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Moving isn't an option for a Town of Tonawanda crematory trying to appease neighbors who have complained about its odors, according to the state.
"The New York State Cemetery Board determined that it cannot permit a funeral home-operated crematory to move to a new location because that would be tantamount to allowing the funeral home to open a new crematory – something that is prohibited by state law banning funeral home and cemetery/crematory combinations," said Jorge I. Montalvo, a Department of State spokesman.
Sheridan Park Inc., a nonprofit crematory operating in Amigone Funeral Home, 2600 Sheridan Drive, last week cited neighborhood and state opposition in withdrawing its request for permission to move to a building on Cooper Avenue, which is zoned for industrial use. Houses, a golf course and ball fields are located nearby.
The request had been before the Erie County Legislature, which would have to designate the area as a cemetery district.
The state law to which Montalvo referred was enacted in 1998, seven years after Sheridan Park Inc. began operations.
According to Montalvo, the law stemmed from concern for the viability of cemeteries; the need to keep for-profit funeral homes distinct from not-for-profit cemeteries and crematories; and the need to protect consumers from price manipulation and other market issues that could result from a takeover of cemeteries or crematories by funeral homes.
Sheridan Park Inc.'s current location is grandfathered into the law, and the combination of funeral home and crematory can continue as long as ownership doesn't change, Montalvo said.
But that status would be lost if the crematory moves or increases its capacity, he continued. In that event, it would have to halt operations or be taken over by another cemetery.
"We are grandfathered to have one. We are going to fight this," Vincent J. Amigone, CEO of the family-owned funeral home chain, said Thursday.
Amigone said that what the state is saying now conflicts with a request by the State Cemetery Board earlier this year that the crematory look at other locations. The three-member Cemetery Board comprises designees of the state attorney general, health commissioner and secretary of state.
In a July accord with the Attorney General's Office, the crematory agreed to a six-month shutdown as owners tried to resolve complaints by neighbors, who also were seeking a public-nuisance lawsuit. The designee from that office recused himself from discussing the proposed move, Amigone said.
That July agreement requires Sheridan Park Inc. to pursue relocating operations, with necessary state or local approvals. It also stipulates that if the crematory cannot move, it must retain a technical expert to evaluate operations and make recommendations on engineering solutions to resolve community concerns.
Amigone said the equipment isn't an issue. "[It's] the best equipment there is in this area," he said. "It's not the equipment. … It's the neighbors."
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His emotional farewell song, "Clouds" was posted on YouTube Dec. 5 and went viral with over two million views and climbing, and has created interest from music industry insiders.
"I didn't make 'Clouds' to get famous," says Zach, who now has a songwriting contract from BMI, performed two concerts and just completed a new album titled Fix Me Up with his duo group A Firm Handshake, with singer and best friend Sammy Brown. "It's pretty crazy now … but it's worth it."
Back in 2009, then-14-year-old Zach, the third of four children, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a kind of bone cancer.
"It was the summer before he started ninth grade," says his mom Laura. "He went for a run and when he got back he said his hip hurt." What doctors initially thought was a simple muscle issue was later found to be an aggressive form of cancer. "In just three months the tumor grew to the size of a plum," says Laura.
Despite countless surgeries and rounds of radiation, the cancer continued to spread. Last May, doctors gave a grim prognosis: Zach had up to a year to live. "We're approaching that year mark," says Zach, whose high school class graduates in June. "It's scary to think about, but the key is to not feel bad for yourself."
It's that reflective, positive spirit that moved him to write the song "Clouds." With lyrics like, "If I only had more time," and "We'll go up, but I'll fly a little higher", Zach, who has played guitar since he was 12, says, '['Clouds"]' was for me and for my family. I needed to get that emotion out and they wanted something they could remember me by."
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"I just sat down and cried," says Laura, who discovered Zach's song lyrics on a piece of paper while cleaning up. "I had no idea he had that in him." After hearing the song, their local KS95 radio station offered to produce the video and the rest is Internet history.
Zach is using his remaining time and newfound fame to raise awareness and money for kids suffering from his rare form of cancer, teaming with the Children's Cancer Research Fund to launch the Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund. He's already raised almost $80,000 to help fund research into a cure.
"My [type of] cancer hardly gets any funding," says Zach. "Our goal is to give other kids with osteosarcoma a chance."
Though Zach has gotten multiple music offers as well as recent invitation from America's Got Talent, Laura says, "It can't just be about Zach. It has to be about raising money and awareness to kill this disease. Our mission is to get the word out and show how to live with death looming."
Though Zach has good days and bad, his mother says he's doing his best to live each day to its fullest.
"There are days when he's got to be in bed and feels miserable," says Laura, "But he doesn't let that part of his life ruin the rest. We really feel like there's meaning behind suffering."
Adds Zach, "We don't know what the future holds, but we don't have to worry about that yet."
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The Biggest Loser Crowns Danni Allen Winner
After a season of battling it out with the scale – and each other – Danni Allen, Jeff Nichols and Jackson Carter were the three left vying for the big prize Monday night on NBC's The Biggest Loser.
So who was named the winner? Danni Allen took home the title in the live finale by losing the biggest percentage of her body weight – 46.9 percent – outlasting Jeff Nichols and Jackson Carter to pick up the $250,000 grand prize.
"At the end of the day, look at me!" she said, beaming, right before the final weigh-in.
Allen, an advertising account coordinator from Wheeling, Ill., lost 121 lbs. in all, going from 258 to 137 lbs. Her percentage loss just beat out Jeff Nichols, who lost 46.65 percent in going from 388 to 207 lbs.
As host Alison Sweeney pronounced her the winner, Allen embraced her trainer, Jillian Michaels – who had returned for the show's 14th season after two seasons off – as confetti rained down on the set.
Jackson Carter, the first openly gay contestant, finished third, going from 328 to 190 lbs. for 42.07 percent body-weight loss. Early in Monday's finale, Jackson was revealed to have won the public vote over sales executive Joe Ostaszewski to join the final three.
Allen wasn't the only winner Monday. Gina McDonald, an attorney from Hoover, Ala., won $100,000 by losing a bigger percentage than any of the other eliminated contestants this season. McDonald went from 245 lbs. to 132 lbs. for a loss of 113 lbs. – or 46.12 percent of her body weight.
McDonald narrowly beat out Lisa Rambo, a high school special-education assistant, who lost 43.9 percent of her body weight (going from 246 to 138 lbs.), and Ostaszewski, who lost 40.38 percent (going from 364 to 217 lbs.).
The finale also featured appearances by all three teen contestants – the first time the show has tackled the issue of childhood obesity.
Lindsay Bravo, an 8th grader who lost 47 lbs., performed a routine with the cheerleaders from her Fillmore, Calif., high school. Noah "Biingo" Gray of New Windsor, Md., another 8th grader, lost 43 lbs., and was surprised by the coach of an area baseball team, who revealed he had made the team. And Sanjana "Sunny" Chandrasekar, an 11th grader from Rochester, N.Y., lost 51 lbs. and four dress sizes, and showed up in her sparkling pink prom dress.
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Today, 1 p.m.: Book signing with Buffalo-based artist Jane Marinsky, author of "Just Perfect" (David R. Godine, Publisher), a new picture book about a family's search for a new pet that she both wrote and illustrated. Marinsky previously collaborated with her daughter, Leah Marinsky Sharpe to produce "The Goat-Faced Girl" (David R. Godine, 2009), an illustrated retelling of a traditional Italian folktale. Talking Leaves Books, 951 Elmwood Ave.
Tuesday, 7:30 P.M.: Poetry Workshops with Karen Lee Lewis. C.G. Jung Center, 408 Franklin St. $55 to $65. Call 854-7457 for information.
Wednesday, 7:30 P.M.: Just Buffalo Literary Café hosted by Jennifer Campbell and Perry Nicholas. Program features a "one-and-one" open reading, where participants are asked to prepare and read one poem by another poet and one of their own. (Two to three pages of poetry, maximum.) Center for Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst.
Thursday, 5 p.m.: Book talk by University at Buffalo Law School professor Irus Braverman, author of "Zooland: The Institution of Captivity" (Stanford University Press). The book takes a critical look at how zoos do what they do, at the changes in zoos and zoo practices over time, at the role of zoos in culture as they have transformed from places created largely for entertainment to globally connected institutions that emphasize care through conservation and education. Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St.
Thursday, 7 p.m.: Meeting of Northside Writers, an ongoing writers' group meeting the first and third Thursdays of each month. Crossroads Lutheran Church, 4640 Main St., Amherst. Call 626-4204 for information.
Thursday, 7:30 P.M.: Jewish Community Book Fair: Reading and book signing with former Buffalonian Edith Rogovin Frankel, author of "Old Lives and New: Soviet Immigrants in Israel and America" (Hamilton Press). In the book, Frankel – a political scientist who has taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dartmouth College, Stanford University, University College London, and elsewhere – examines the "modern exodus" of the late 1970s, when tens of thousands of the Jews who left the Soviet Union settled either in Israel or the United States. Jewish Community Center-Benderson Building, 2640 North Forest Road, Amherst. $6 students) to $12.


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Non-conference play is over, and its time for conference action to begin.
After going 7-4 over the first two months of the season, the Stetson women's basketball team will open Atlantic Sun Conference play with a two-game road trip through the state of Georgia. The Hatters will face Mercer (6-5) at 2 p.m. Monday followed by a 2:30 p.m. contest at Kennesaw State (4-7) on Wednesday afternoon. Video broadcasts for both games will be available on HatterVision via ASun.TV.
"We are very excited to get started," senior guard Victoria McGowan said. "We want to bring a championship back to Stetson. I don't think Stetson has ever won the regular season, so that's one of our goals. Also the past two years we have been the number two seed (in the A-Sun tournament), but this year we want to try and get the number one seed."
Last season, Stetson went 12-6 in conference play and finished in second place in the league standings. Prior to the start of the 2012-13 campaign, the conference's head coaches picked Stetson to finish first in the regular season as well as to win the conference tournament, placing the proverbial target on the Hatters' back.
"I think everyone gets pumped up to play us and they really go hard against us," McGowan said. "We just have to play hard and follow our game plan no matter who we are playing."
The Hatters enter league play on a bit of a roll. After starting the season 1-3, the Hatters have won six of their last seven games including their last three in a row.
Statistically, the Hatters lead the A-Sun in four offensive team categories: scoring average (69.0), field goal percentage (.436), three-point field goal percentage (.366), and free throw percentage (.762). The Hatters shot over 50% from the floor in each of their last two games, the first time they accomplished that feat in six years.
With the early season success on the offensive side, the Hatters are emphasing rebounding and defense as they prepare for the start of A-Sun action. McGowan says the challenging non-conference schedule the Hatters played should help prepare the team in those areas.
"We played schools from the ACC, Big East, and the A-10, and playing those opponents really helped us focus on our rebounding and our defense," McGowan said.
In addition to the HatterVision/ASun.TV video broadcasts, audio from the Mercer game will be aired live on WSBB 1230 AM New Smyrna Beach, 1490 AM DeLand, on the web at myam1230.com, and on your mobile device. Robbie Aaron will call the action. Fans can also follow the Stetson women's basketball twitter account (@StetsonWBB) or subscribe to the Hat-Alerts text messaging service for in-game updates. Mercer and Kennesaw State will be providing live stats.


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Classical music - with a twist - is coming to Altoona.
Concert pianist and host of National Public Radio's "From the Top" program Christopher O'Riley and Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz will perform as part of the Center for the Performing Arts Classical Music Project at Penn State Altoona on Wednesday.
Timothy Melbinger, lecturer in music at Penn State Altoona, said this is the second year the project -?which is made possible through a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - has come down from the main campus to Altoona.
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Matt Haimovitz (left) and Christopher O'Riley will team up for three performances on?Wednesday at different locations on the Penn?State Altoona campus.
The object is to get more student involvement going with classical music through concerts, events and lectures, Melbinger said.
It seems it's working.
Melbinger said when the Brentano String Quartet visited last year, there was standing-room-only crowds.
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What: "An Afternoon with Bach" and "An Evening with Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O'Riley"
When: 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts, Penn?State Altoona
Tickets: Free tickets are required for the evening performance. They are available at the Misciagna Box Office, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and Wednesday or at the door. Free parking is available after 3 p.m. in the Misciagna lot. For more information, call 949-5452 or visit www.altoona.psu.edu.
This year's program has three parts with an afternoon and evening show, and a performance at the Port Sky Cafe as Haimovitz will attempt to attract and engage students through playing popular songs on his cello, Melbinger said.
"I thought it was a different approach to the music," Melbinger said of the duo's overall sound. "With impassioned music making and with arrangements of the pop songs, it should appeal to the students. The contemporary music [is played] on classical instruments, which could draw people to classical music done on classical instruments. If performers are seriously impassioned about what they're doing, it should re-wire some people's ears."
Discussion and question-and-answer sessions will take place at the afternoon and evening performances.
In a recent phone interview, O'Riley said he and Haimovitz began playing music together more than a year ago. They both come from a classical background, but they "strayed" into other genres, he said.
"I think there's great music to be had in every genre," O'Riley said.
The collaboration was a "blast," and there was "trust, give-and-take and a generosity" that emerged between them, Haimovitz said of he and O'Riley in a separate phone interview. Playing together, they lost track of time.
Before they collaborated, the musicians knew of one another.
They had followed parallel paths, Haimovitz said. Haimovitz came to embrace various music genres later than O'Riley. His musical landscape did not expand until college, he said.
The duo released "Shuffle.Play.Listen." in 2011.
Haimovitz said it is a two-CD set with mostly classical music on one disc, and arrangements of songs from such acts as Radiohead, Blond Redhead and Arcade Fire on the other.
The idea takes the listener "between two worlds," Haimovitz said of "Shuffle.Play.Listen."
Haimovitz said there is no set program when they take the stage. Rather, they let the program evolve from performance to performance.
They "push" their instruments, and where they can go will surprise the audience, Haimovitz said.
"I definitely take the cello where it has not been before," he said, laughing. "The cello and piano are different in what they can do. [It is a] combination that, in a way, has been forced by history.
"What we do sort of opens up what is in essence an unnatural pairing."
That pairing produces a flow between genres from the past and today.
"Most pop pieces are recognizable from the classical music. There are commonalities that make changing from one genre to another not jarring. There's actually a lot of commonality," O'Riley said. "Classical music is music that's stood the test of time."
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ROCKFORD — Rockford Christian Schools, 1401 N. Bell School Road, will hold a donation drive for the tornado victims in Washington, Ill. from 7:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. today through Friday.
Donations of non-perishable food items, water, toiletries, blankets and winter clothing can be dropped off in the school parking lot. A group of Rockford Christian students will deliver the donations to the Washington community on Monday.
For information: Missy Thompson, 815-391-8000, ext. 102; Traci Larson, 815-391-8006.
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Hamilton seeks support for drug abuse bill
August 30, 2013
Sure go ahead and waste more money on ill conceived bills and laws that will not work. Get your brooms and sweep up the degenerates, put them in jail. Clean up meth? Ha, what will be next? Truth of the matter is that most of the industry in North Central WV is gone, poverty common place. As long as there is a market for drugs, no matter what drug, drugs will be here to stay. So citizens waste your money on the same things you've been doing for years with the same results.
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I already grabbed a 4-pack and will be playing it exclusively with other people. So it should be fun. Just hope I can get the third person I gifted the game to show so we can actually have a dungeon master (who is probably going to be an asshole).
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The Stetson University softball team has officially wrapped up the fall portion of its schedule and now players and coaches have their sights set on the spring. The Hatters competed in two scrimmages as well as a number of intrasquad games, which gave veteran head coach Frank Griffin time to evaluate his team's talent before winter conditioning and workouts begin.
"I was pleased with our progress during fall ball," said Griffin, who is in his 18th season at the helm of the Hatter program. "We scored a lot of runs throughout the line-up which was good to see."
One specific bat that came alive this fall was that of freshman outfielder Kelsey Waters, who went deep in her first trip to the plate, giving her coach optimism for her capabilities come the spring. Senior Sarah Read also homered in the Nov. 1 contest against Lake-Sumter.
Including Waters, the Hatters welcomed in a total of four newcomers to this year's squad - three freshman and one junior college transfer in infielder Amanda Grimaldo, who Griffin says will compete for the starting job at shortstop.
The Hatters' skipper also took advantage of the opportunity to try some players at new positions. Demi Meza, last year's starting shortstop, played some second base in the fall while Kayla Drury, who started all 53 games at second in 2013, tried her hand at first base. In addition, freshman Jessie TenBroeck, a second baseman by trade, saw some time in the Stetson outfield.
"We have a lot of depth at every position," Griffin explained. "I'm sure some of the players are a little uncomfortable with their new positions but I feel like with time and experience they'll become comfortable with them."
Griffin said he was very pleased with the performance of his pitchers in the fall. All four hurlers - Courtney Brandt, Taylor Cochran, Meredith Owen and Read - pitched well in each of the fall scrimmages.
"I thought our pitching did a good job," Griffin said. "They are working hard and they have all improved since last year."
Stetson is coming off a season in which they went 31-22 and set a program record with 45 home runs. Griffin's crew will work on conditioning for the rest of the calendar year before returning in January to start practice.
The whole team has been working really hard in the weight room and when they get to the plate they are stronger," Griffin explained. "This is a good group and they all seem determined to do the right thing and have the initiative to work on their own, so when they come back in January they are ready to go."
The Hatters open up the 2014 campaign, Feb. 7-9, as they host Michigan State and Rhode Island in the Stetson Lead-Off Classic at Patricia Wilson Field.


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Elkins coach John Lawson wasn't sure how is team would react after playing four games in four days earlier this month.
Because of postponements due to the weather, the Tigers played a home game, followed by three straight on the road.
"It made us tougher," Lawson said. "I really think we grew as a team during that stretch."
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Elkins and coach John Lawson begin Class AAA,?Region II, Section 2 action at 7 p.m. today at home against Hampshire.
After losing the first three games of the gauntlet, Elkins played one of its better games of the season with an impressive 65-54 win at Bridgeport.
The Tigers then concluded regular-season play with another road victory at Philip Barbour last week.
Lawson hopes the momentum gained will continue in the postseason, which begins at 7 p.m. today at home against Hampshire for a Class AAA, Region II, Section 2 matchup.
"I've been proud of how the kids have responded in my first year as coach," Lawson said. "They have learned on the go and tried to make themselves better."
The Tigers enter today's contest with a 13-8 mark, while the Trojans are 13-9.
Elkins defeated Hampshire, 64-58, in the season opener for both teams back on Dec. 4.
"They play a lot like us," Lawson said. "They do a great job of defending, so it should be an interesting game."
Elkins is led in scoring by junior forward Logan Phillips and junior guard Colby Gainer. Junior guard Tyler Shreve, and seniors L.J. Lawrence and Brandon Roth round out the starting lineup.
Sophomore guard Braden Hammond provides a spark off the bench with his three-point shooting.
Sophomore Travis Clower and senior David Smith lead the Trojans.
Today's winner will face either Buckhannon-Upshur or Lewis County at 7 p.m. Friday at the site of the highest remaining seed.
The Bucs will visit the Minutemen at 7 p.m. today.
In other action today, Tucker County will face South Harrison at 6 p.m. at Alderson-Broaddus College in a Class A, Region II, Section 1 play, while Tygarts Valley will battle Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m.
The title game is set for 7 p.m. on Friday.