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ATN Podcast: Game Seven arrives
36 Comments · Posted by Pat Coleman in Around the Nation, General
Matt Piloto looked strong at quarterback for Mount Union.
Photo by Dan Poel for d3photography.com
The now-familiar cries come out again this time of year. No, not the misguided calls for UW-Whitewater and Mount Union to move to Division II — not that that's easy to do, since the whole athletic department would have to go at once. We're talking about whether UW-Whitewater and Mount Union's dual dominance is bad for Division III football.
Pat Coleman and Keith McMillan discuss in this week's Around the Nation podcast.
Plus, they break down the two national semifinals — the return of Jasper Collins, the emergence of Matt Piloto for Mount Union … the defensive performance by UW-Whitewater and more. And the first preview of Stagg Bowl XXXIX and all that goes on in Salem.
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Plus, here's this week's D3football.com reports.
Mount Union · St. Thomas · UW-Whitewater · Wesley
36 comments
Author comment by wgsportsphotos · December 12, 2011 at 9:51 am
As both a fan and pro photographer of small college football, (I cover NAIA, D2, FCS, and a few D3 games every year) I think the dominance of the UWW and Mt. Union is very bad for D3 football. Think of this for a moment, most fans don't see but ONE D3 game per year, the Stagg Bowl. With the same 2 teams playing virtually EVERY year, it becomes stagnant and I think fans lose interest. I know I have.
Author comment by maripp2002 · December 12, 2011 at 9:58 am
Loved the podcast and you guys made some great points about the fact that this is a nice rivalry. The games are close and exciting for that matter. So no one should be totally disappointed with this matchup – both teams earned their way there.
After watching the games and seeing a seventh straight matchup for these two teams I did a little research and found that in the FCS, Div. 2, Div. 3, and NAIA (because they all have playoffs) the most number of times another set of teams has met in a championship game consecutively is three – and only once in all divisions – (Marshall and Youngstown St. between 91-93).
So that got me wondering. Is this phenomenon unique to non-scholarship football? I think the answer has to be yes, but I am just not sure why that is. Thoughts would be appreciated. Andd of course good luck to both teams in Salem – you've earned it!
Author comment by kwinn · December 12, 2011 at 10:07 am
Nice review, however you failed to address the elephant in the room. Will Coppage gain the D3 rushing title over Kmic's team, Mount Union.
Another Point – D3 becoming Stagnant- NOT a chance. All teams have the same opportunity to make it to the final game. It sounds like those claiming problems are asking for not the best two teams to make it.
Admin comment by Pat Coleman · December 12, 2011 at 10:58 am
KWinn — appreciate the comment but the chances of Coppage running for 370 yards are pretty remote.
Author comment by art76 · December 12, 2011 at 11:42 am
Hoo boy was I ever wrong. I underestimated by about the same amount both of the "Purple Powers" in thinking that Wesley would win and that St. Thomas would be close. These two purple programs are still just that much better than the next tier of 8 to 12 teams, however you want to count them. What I thought would be the best game on Saturday ended up being a shut-out and pretty much one sided.
You asked in the pod cast if we thought this was good for D3 Football. For the occasional fan I think it could be getting stale. But for those of us that have followed through the year and seen the ups and downs of the different programs that had a shot to knock the top 2 out it has been good for D3 Football. For the programs "that almost made it", the other 30 in the playoff bracket, they can look at it in one of two ways. One, with a sour grapes mentality, that "it's not fair". Or take the high road and learn from the top two programs and figure out a way to beat them at their own game.
That being said, one wonders how many of the 239 programs want to win the championship every year. It seems as if some of the programs around the country are satisfied to win more than they lose in a 10 year period. I suspect that is in part due to the mentality and/or decisions made by the administrations at those institutions that winning is not the most important thing. And those are the folks that allocate the funds that are available to the respective athletic departments.
One wonders how long it is before some programs with this mindset decide to band together and not be part of the end of the year tournament. This would mean that those programs that want to play in the Stagg bowl would start with a smaller pool.
Another way to artificially poison the pot would be to force all the tournament contenders from the previous year to have to play at least two of the teams that were in the playoffs. That forces teams to play other tough teams but that ain't going to happen because of previous commitments, travel constraints and other financial considerations.
It is what it is. Within the constraints of how the NCAA D3 Football program is constructed the only way to knock the powerhouses out of the top spots is to beat them on the field. It will happen, it's just a matter of time.
Author comment by app33 · December 12, 2011 at 11:55 am
Just a fan of D3 football but also a old coach. I watched the St. Thomas – Whitewater game and thought the Whitewater coach was kind not to pass in the second half. This game could have been a real blow out. D1 football also has its issues with the SEC dominating teams consistently.
Author comment by mucpurpleraider · December 12, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Both teams played Wis Oshkosh during th season.
UWW won 21-17
UMU won 41-17
Would be interesting to hear from the Oshkosh coach his thoughts.
Author comment by muc85 · December 12, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Well put Art….well put!
Author comment by muc85 · December 12, 2011 at 12:47 pm
There's no doubt in my mind that Wesley has a very good football team, especially offensively. Who knows, if they don't have six turnovers and several times with no points in the red zone this game could've/would've been very different in the end. If someone (and I think Art did…lol) would have told me Wesley will put up almost 500 yards against the MU defense I would have said, "you're crazy". Well, they did…..I can't help but wonder though if Wesley doesn't have the best offense in D3….just a thought. I guess we'll all see come Friday night. Can't wait. GO RAIDERS!!
Author comment by maripp2002 · December 12, 2011 at 12:52 pm
In response to Art, we already have that it's called the NESCAC. They, much to their disappointment, play only an 8 game schedule and choose not to participate in the playoffs. And I am a little surprised there are not more conferences like that. Whether they chose to do it because that is how the Ivies do it, or for some other reason is not known to me – but I don't expect to see a whole Division IV anytime soon.
Author comment by kwinn · December 12, 2011 at 1:03 pm
Pat Coleman, I agree with your comment. As a Mount Union fan I am am glad to see that Nate's record will stand.
Author comment by muc85 · December 12, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Great Podcast guys….thanks!
Author comment by uwwalum08 · December 12, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Haven't had a chance to listen yet because of that awful thing called work. Forgive me if you talked about this in the podcast but do you see the game being moved up as an advantage to either team? With one day less to prepare, does that make it more difficult for WW given then need to prepare for a couple different QB's that may potentially play? On one side note, I wish the rushing record pertained to regular season only. What are the chances of someone beating Kmic, or for that matter Coppage when they played essentially 2 extra seasons? My final side note is I think it's hard to compare the UW-Oshkosh games. I truely believe the purple powers face better competition is their respective conference. Not because they play in some sort of super conference, but because their conference opponents know them that much better.
Author comment by allsky7 · December 12, 2011 at 2:40 pm
I will admit that I have hoped for something other than purple in Salem for several years now. I have also defended the fact that they have earned it on the field. Over the last decade….it has been a lot of fun following D3 on a national level. I give credit to Pat and D3football.com for that. I also give credit to the Bridgewater Eagles for bringing it front and center on the national level for we folks in ODAC Country. Unfortunately….even I have grown bored. No way…no how….is it good for D3. Other than making purple play with one arm tied behind their back or spotting their opponents a 3 touchdown head start….I don't know what the answer is. I live an hour from Salem and have no desire to go. I am not even sure if I will watch on TV. I am sure the purple out there will scream "raise your game". Sorry guys and gals….there are a handful of programs within striking distance. And then there is everyone else. IMHO…..that ain't changing any time soon.
Admin comment by Pat Coleman · December 12, 2011 at 3:09 pm
UWWalum08 — we didn't talk about the game being moved up in terms of how it affects game prep. Since both schools have been here so many times in a row I don't think it will favor one team more than the other.
Author comment by raiderdude · December 12, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Good afternoon all. I have not had a chance to listen to the podcast yet due to work constraints but wanted to add a comment to the thread.
The question seems to be, is there another program willing to commit time and energy to develop a program in the vein of UWW and UMU. What exactly happened at UWW in 2003, etc. in order for UWW program to rise to it's current level? Coaching, recruiting, university commitment? Prior to that time, UWW was an average team.
Is it bad for DIII? I think variety provides uncertainty which provides excitement. If DIII football boils down to UWW, UMU, and a cast of others, it isn't good for the long term success of the football program. You want notoriety for DIII which this rivalry brings but, if it continues year after year, what does it say for the rest of the "contenders"?
A solution to this dilemma is to place UWW and UMU in the same bracket or at least on the same side of the brackets. Then you are assured of another team making it to the finals. Another solution is to change the venues to make them more neutral. Money and geography are always a concern but, if this is a national sport, be prepared to play nationally. Do not always force the west coast teams to travel east. Switch it up!
Teams like St. Thomas, Mary Hardin Baylor, Wesley, Linfield, etc. are right there and knocking on the door. Don't blow it up. Just tweak it so uncertainty and variety are more viable.
Author comment by uwwalum08 · December 12, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Something else I have noticed watching the WW and Mt Union run is that the opposition isn't less skilled than these two teams. Wesley had 6 turnovers and countless dropped passes and lost by 7. The skill is there, WW and Mt Union are just better at not making mistakes. To me that boils down to coaching. Biggest red (yellow) flag I see for WW is penalties. This year's team has had PLENTY. They can not afford to give Mt Union free yards. Again, coming down to who makes the fewest mistakes.
Author comment by purplefootball · December 12, 2011 at 5:16 pm
Most D-3 teams dream of playing Mount Union in the Stagg Bowl and can make that dream come true recruiting talented players just like Wisconsin Whitewater has done the past 7 years. Coach Larry Kehres over 26 seasons has won 317 games and lost only 23 with 4 of those losses in the Stagg Bowl.294 of his wins are versus regular season teams and playoff teams and all those teams dreamed of knocking off Mount Union but could not do it due to lack of talent.
The answer is simply to go and get talented players just like Whitewater has done and beat those Purple Raiders Of Ohio.
Author comment by umunashvegas · December 12, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Of course as a Mount Union fan, I'm glad they get another shot at UWW. We've built up quite a rivalry and it is fun for us to watch. And in my opinion, UWW has been the best team consistently all year long, and all any team can ask for is a chance to beat the best.
Wesley could just as easily be playing for the National title on Friday. Their offense came to play and when McSweeney hit that deep touchdown strike on Saturday, I was way impressed. The Mount Union defense was able to cause several turnovers and in the end it was too much for Wesley to overcome. The Welsey defense made some stops and gave their offense at least a chance to tie up the ballgame, but they needed to be stronger.The Mount Union offense was more potent that I personally expected them to be. Jasper Collions had a huge game and they were able to consistently run the ball effectively with Murray. Even with all that, I want to emphasize that Wesley had their chances. This was not a blow out semi-final game. In the end, they did not make Mount Union pay for their mistakes. But they played Mount as tough as anyone had all year.
Is it good for DIII? I can see how the fans of other teams would get sick of the current situation. But Mount Union was not head and shoulders above Welsey. They were "a head" above Wesley. The competition was there, at least on that side of the bracket. The reason for the domninance of the two programs at the top for the past seven years comes down one word: coaching. At Mount Union, the names change but the result remains the same. The system that Larry Kehres has in place produces championship football teams. But it's not handed to them. When one season ends, they reboot and do it again. He and the Mount Union players have worked their tails off time and time again to continue to build on the tradition. Plus, since Coach Kehres has been there so long, that consistency is an added bonus. At UWW, they decided they were going to take it to the next level and did so. There used to be conversations abut who would be the next big team. UWW went out did it while others watched. They derserve a ton of credit. The continued streak of Mount and UWW I believe will only make it sweeter for whichever school is able to break through, and that will be a fabulous moment for the program that commits itself to the level of excellence being modeled by Mount and UWW.
As for the game, Mount Union cannot afford to make as many mistakes as they did on Saturday and expect to win in Virginia. Welsey could have foud themselves down two touchdowns early. McSweeney threw an early pick and the defender fumbled as he was trying to run it back. Wesley then went on to score on that drive. That was a big swing. The Mount Union teams of the past that have won the title did so by consistently making teams pay for each and every mistake they made. They found ways to strike ealy and slam the door, making it tough for opponents to get back into ballgames.
To me Mount Union's success on Saturday lies in being able to stop Coppage on the ground, and attempting to make UWW's offense one-dimensional. Is this defense capable of that? I believe they are if they play their best game of the year to date. Offensively, I look forward to seeing what kind of strategy Kehres uses to try and crack the code of the UWW defense. Shutting anyone out in the semis is impressive. They obviously have got serious game.
Best of luck to both teams. I love watching these two programs, with two great coaches, go at each other.
Author comment by warhawkdad · December 12, 2011 at 5:50 pm
It is way more than recruitment, it is coaching, it is system, it is working very hard both in season and out.
I thought the podcast was very informative, but as is typical, a lot about the skill positions. I am interested in what Keith and Pat think about the battle in the trenches?
Author comment by middlerelief · December 12, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Great pod cast and debate
Every year there seems to be one team that was in the hunt to knock them off but came up short in the end – this year it was Wesley, in the past UWW had some close ones.
I think it is good that performance standards have been raised by MUC and UWW, I think it is bad that so few programs have closed the gap. It is up to the other programs to win if they don't want a Stagg 7, 8, 9 et al.
Will a program be able to do it – yes. Just didn't happen this year.
Author comment by twister · December 12, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Well here we are again hashing out why WW and MU are in the Stagg Bowl. Its simple, they played the best ball against each opponent they faced. Fumbles, penalties and interceptions are caused from not properly executing. On any given game it comes down to executing and stopping your opponent from executing as well. Thirty other teams had a chance to win by executing and playing the best ball except they did not execute plays as well as others did. Some teams executed on 3rd and 4th downs and if others had executed and stopped some of those 3rd and 4th down plays it would have been a different game. As for the committment, coaching, recruiting of quality players I think everyone is committed to these causes and everyone wants to win. The top two teams again are WW and MU and they will be at the top until someone executes and beats them. Congats to MU and WW for achieving the feat that everyone wants to achieve and good luck to each of you. Own to basketball for the rest of us.
Author comment by mucgrad02 · December 13, 2011 at 12:06 am
Part of the reason MUC is good every year is that they get hs players that are probably good enough to play for smaller D-1 schools like Akron, Kent St or Toledo. However, those athletes go to MUC becuase they want to win championships. They would rather start on a championship team instead of sitting the bench on a mid level D-1 school. Also, Ohio has some of the best high school football in the whole country.
Author comment by GoCru · December 13, 2011 at 12:10 am
I told you guys from MUC that Wesley is the real deal. I seen it against UMHB, that McSweeny dude is the best QB in D3.
Other teams are close to the purple powers and the gap is closing more each year. I think the playoff system if as fair as it can be sice the NCAA will not put up the money for more travel etc. one of those close teams is UMHB, we are more balanced on offense but got to get better.
Should be a good Stagg Bowl, I predict UWW 35 MUC 17
Author comment by GoCru · December 13, 2011 at 12:13 am
Author comment by purpleoutwest · December 13, 2011 at 1:20 am
We're talking about whether UW-Whitewater and Mount Union's dual dominance is bad for Division III football…
Seven years are too many! Next year (assuming MU and UWW make the playoffs and are ranked 1 & 2 again), the selection committee should take a page from their 2005 playbook and put the top three regular season ending ranked teams in the same bracket quadrant… It has happened once, so why not do it again? There is precedence! They can even play them all in Alliance OH since we mustn't break up the streak of 55 straight home playoff games. After the top three beat themselves up, the other 29 teams should have a better chance or at least not have to travel so far.
Author comment by d3fanatic · December 13, 2011 at 11:00 am
I am ready to give up on D III. What NCAA championship allows a team to play 52 consecutive NCAA playoff games at home. ( I know the championship games are played at a neutral site) Don't you think its a recruiting advantage ? Someone must realize this is bad for D III. Pat and Keith do a good job reporting on the games but they do a terrible job promoting D III on a national basis. For the last 7 years the showcase game for D III has been monopolized by the same small fan base. Alliance, Ohio and Whitewater, Wisconsin are hardly booming population centers. How can anyone expect the interest in D III to grow when for the greater part of the decade the same two teams have payed in the showcase game. I don't but the argument that the two best teams are playing for the championship and that's good. It's not. By taking one step back( Mt Union vs Whitewater in a quarter final) DIII could take three steps forward. Imagine how these game could be promoted in larger media markets if other teams were given a chance to paly in the showcase games.
Admin comment by Pat Coleman · December 13, 2011 at 11:09 am
"Pat and Keith do a good job reporting on the games but they do a terrible job promoting D III on a national basis."
I'm pretty sure that first of all, we promote the other 237 teams pretty hard for 14 weeks a season, and secondly, no amount of promotion on our part is going to change who plays for the title. That's something that has to be done by the people in uniform and on the sidelines and in the administrations.
Admin comment by Pat Coleman · December 13, 2011 at 11:11 am
The thing is, other teams HAVE been given the chance. They just haven't come through. If this were the BCS, you could argue they don't get the chance, but four other teams get a crack at UWW and Mount Union every playoff season.
Author comment by art76 · December 13, 2011 at 4:20 pm
This thread has just about dried up so I'm not sure how many will see this response. At any rate I would like to reply in part to d3fanatic's comments. I know Pat, Keith and the rest of the staff at D3Football.com know what their jobs are and it is not promoting NCAA D3 Football to a wider "more popular" audience, per se. As I see it, they do what they do because they love the game and want to give us, the dedicated fans, inside info into as many of the facets of that game as they can. They are not charlatans or promoters in that sense of the word. If the NCAA were wanting to "showcase" any of the other 30 teams in the brackets I cannot imagine them asking Pat and Keith for their advice on how to do that promoting. That whole thought process runs counter to what the D3Football site is all about. (At least as I see it). Do Pat and Keith want more folks to go to their site? – oh yeah! But they want folks to come because of their insight into the stories that are ever evolving in the sport. Not because they have the solution for promoting D3 Football into some kind of cash cow for some TV producer for "showcase" games. In fact, that goes against just about everything that NCAA D3 Football is about in general. Most of the players are playing at this level because they want to be. Nobody playing has any untoward commitments because there are no scholarships – no money involved. It is as close to pure sport as I am aware of. Do those players want exposure? I would think so, but probably not at the expense of showboating – er, showcasing. They would want exposure for the recognition of a job well done and the accolades that come to the victors. I would also think that they might feel used if someone started making money off their efforts and they not get paid. I think the NCAA is doing a great job of balancing what the fans, athletes, coaches and school administrators want out of the championship brackets. But whatever you do, stop shooting the messenger, d3football.com.
Author comment by jeffuww · December 13, 2011 at 7:18 pm
d3 fanatic, I'm afraid that it's not much of a championsip game if the second best team is knocked out in the quarterfinals. I agree that this streak is getting ridiulous, but the Stagg Bowl is not just a "showcase game"; it's our national championship game. The two may overlap, but it is not one and the same. If it was about showcasing flashy and entertaining teams, then the NCAA could have just pitted Monmouth and Salisbury, called it the "Stagg Bowl" and made the rest of us stay home. We humans like to rank each other, and that's why we crown champions. If a team really wants that exposure (and I think you're in it for the wrong reasons if that's your motivation), you've got to earn it in the playoffs. I don't care if Mount Union has played 300 home playoff games in a row, if that's what they've earned, so be it (although perhaps they should have been sent on the road in 2005 [the commitee would have sent them on the road in the semis if the other one seed wouldn't have lost, but perhaps a road quarterfinal? Ah well]). And it's not like d3 was on ESPN every week before the purple powers got good. Saying that d3 would take "three steps forward" is a gross exaggeration.
I understand that fans are gettin bored. I really can't blame them. But don't get mad at the purple powers-get mad at Wesley for turning the ball over 6 times, or at North Central for turning the ball over 3 times in the final 20 minutes in last year's game against us (in Napersville!)
Author comment by ndoc · December 13, 2011 at 9:24 pm
d3fanatic, I agree, sort of. It is crazy for a team to get 52 straight home field advantage games. But the fact is, they get them because they don't lose at all during the year, ever. Dominating the field during your season should get you homefield advantage. SOME homefield advantage.
this is where I get a little frustrated. I feel you should be awarded homefield for stellar performance, through the first 3 playoff games. However, I think it is entirely unfair to even have semifinal games at a school's homefield. Does any other sport do this? Most sports seem to draw the line at the final four for neutral grounds. Once you get deep into the playoffs and find yourself at your opponents' homefield, with only that game to win to get to Salem and with that team having a 70-3 record over the years…it becomes a SIGNIFICANT mental advantage that translates onto the field.
I say keep things how they are, UWW and MUC have earned their success, but move the semifinals games to neutral grounds. I think this would go a long way to evening things out, and if UWW and MUC keep performing, then they would still be earning it.
Author comment by brownstar · December 13, 2011 at 9:49 pm
The National Football League has home games in the semi-finals, I don't see anyone complaining. If you were the NCAA, why would you want a mismatch in the final? It's your one chance for "the world to see" your sport. The NCAA is just supposed to let "bigger market" teams in the final? C'mon man. The authors of this site do a far better job of promoting D3 on a national basis than anyone else in the world. Go ahead and give up on D3, nobody will miss you.
Author comment by jlawrence01 · December 14, 2011 at 12:03 am
At the end of the 2009 season, I made the remark that having the same two teams in the finals probably was not the best situation. I thought that a couple years ago, MUC and UWW dominated most of their games. Personally, I started to attend fewer UWW games in favor of better matchups in the Chicagoland area.
Having said that, in 2011, I did not find either team to be all that invincible. Both teams had their games where they were anything but invincible (MUC vs. Baldwin Wallace and Ohio Northern; UWW vs Oshkosh and Eau Claire).
I found watching UWW to be somewhat frustrating at times in 2011. The inability at times to stop long passe and all the personal fouls. Personally, I thought that North Central would be in a position to give them a serious challenge.
I disagree with some of the posters that people are tired of watching the same two teams. Actually, I hear more of my friends talking about the game as after all, the last SIX games have been close, well-fought matches. It is HIGHLY doubtful that there will be a 42-14 game on Friday.
I think that moving the game to Friday night is NOT a great idea and will depress both the crowd attending the game as well as the TV audience.
Author comment by GoCru · December 15, 2011 at 12:35 am
Yep, it would be nice to have a different matchup in the Stagg, but these are the best teams. UWW and MUC have earned the right to play the home games. Seems like a lot of people these days want something given to them without earning it. Please stop crying about home field and the same teams playing in he Stagg.
The only change I would like would be playing the Stagg in a larger market in a warmer climate. Best of luck to both teams! I can't wait to see the game on Friday.
Author comment by d3fanatic · December 15, 2011 at 11:59 am
Don't get me wrong the two best teams will be playing in the Stagg Bowl. As it has been stated, they earned the right and they beat the competition. Keep in mind that both MU and WWW have gained an advantage that will continue to allow them to distance themselves from the rest of D III. In their 7 year run, they have been able to play 35 extra games. This is the equivalent to 3 and 1/2 extra seasons(based on a regular 10 game DIII schedule). This also means that they each get 35 extra weeks of practice and could play as many as 9 home games,a great recruiting advantage.(5 regular season and 4 playoffs) I am aware that WW was on the road last year for 2 playoff games. Also,its quite possible for a talented player to have 55 games worth of experience as they enter the fourth year of D III playoffs. ( 3 years X 15 games + 10 regular season games)
One of the issues facing the majority of DIII schools is recruiting and developing players. This extra development time is a tremendous advantage, giving WW and MU time to develop talent and depth for long playoff runs. (Was not Wesley hurt last year and this year because of injuries to a receiver and defensive end) ?
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Christian Aid partner, Women's Christian Union of Angola, received the International Diana Award for their 'Girls Building Bridges' project and their work on HIV awareness in the Angolan capital city, Luanda.
The 12 teenage girls, aged between 11- and 15-years-old, receieved the award for their commitment to improving HIV awareness among young women in their communities and challenging the stigma and discrimination associated with the virus. Despite official estimates that national HIV prevalence rates in Angola are between two and four per cent, some heath centres in Luanda are reporting rates of up to 20%, particularly amongst young people, with new cases presenting every day.
"We are really proud that Girls Building Bridges are the first Angolans to receive the International Diana Award," said Tuiku Kiakayama Elisa, General Secretary at the Women's Christian Union of Angola.
"In a county where the population is young and HIV prevalence is high, their work is so important; they are role models in their community and provide vital support to young girls and women. They have had the confidence and courage to discuss the issues that affect women and girls and they inspire others to follow their example. This is helping them empower themselves to make positive life decisions."
As part of the Girls Building Bridges programme, the girls start by developing 'competencies for life', so that instead of just saying 'no to HIV', they can say 'yes, to themselves'. They then perform interactive role plays in schools and churches and encourage debate on topics such as gender equality, domestic violence and reproductive health in the context of HIV/AIDS. They also help to inform young women about their fundamental rights and encourage them to take ownership of their relationships.
Around 70% of the girls in the group go onto become peer educators and volunteers providing post-HIV test counselling at local health centres. They also offer moral support to many girls and women in the community who experience domestic violence. Tellingly, all girls from the first courses – now young women – are currently doing university courses and working, breaking the reproduction of poverty and exclusion in their lives.
On receiving the International Diana Award 14 year old Maria Gloria Santos said: "We are delighted to be the first recipients of this International Award in Angola. We are passionate about raising the awareness of key issues affecting young girls. We are the women of the future and we want it to be a better future."
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Will Smith has opened up about the loss of his Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star James Avery.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor James Avery has died, TMZ reports. He was 65.
Avery passed away at a Glendale, Calif., hospital while recovering from open heart surgery.
"The world has lost a truly special man. I am very saddened to say that James Avery has passed," Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Avery's son on the sitcom, posted on his Facebook. "Even though he played my father on TV, he was a wonderful father figure to me in life. He will be deeply missed."
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum Alfonso Ribeiro and his wife Angela now have a little prince of their own. The couple welcomed a baby boy, Alfonso Ribeiro Jr., on Sundayin Los Angeles, In Touch reports.
This season, Will meets Lisa, and before you can say "Go slow, bro," he's in love, engaged and standing before the minister with 50 pounds of iced shrimp melting in the banquet hall. All that romance must be contagious, because Carlton finds his soul sister through online dating. (Unfortunately, that's only half right. It's Hilary.) And there's a lot more than love going on as Will grapples with a big orange whale, a mobster, a bear, Jay Leno, Lisa's cantankerous dad and in one of the series' most memorable episodes, a bullet with his name on it. With this 4-disc set, you are cordially invited to all 25 laugh-out-loud, love-happy Season 5 Episodes of the hit, hilarious show that gave sitcoms street smarts.
At the "After Earth" premiere, Alfonso Ribeiro chats about his friendship with former "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" co-star Will Smith. Plus, Alfonso chats about dancing with Will on "The Graham Norton Show."
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A candidate for North Carolina's Republican Party chairman is seeking to build momentum by rolling out more endorsements.
Claude Pope's campaign released statements of support Friday from Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate leader Phil Berger. The former Wake County Republican Party chairman also released an endorsement this week from U.S. Sen. Richard Burr.
Gov. Pat McCrory already is backing Pope. Pope's team released a video earlier this week with McCrory urging fellow Republicans to back him when the state party convention is held in June in Charlotte.
Charlotte businessman and former congressional candidate Jack Brosch also has said he wants to run for chairman.
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A dead bird found in Woodside that tested positive for the West Nile Virus (WNV) on June 11 is San Mateo County's first reported case of 2012, according to the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District (MVCD).
Over the previous eight years, from 2004 to 2011, only 50 cases were reported in the County, in 38 dead birds and 12 squirrels.
To date in 2012, WNV has been detected in 16 counties across California.
The virus is transmitted through a bite from an infected mosquito, according to the MVCD. The primary hosts are birds. However, the virus can be contracted by humans, horses and other animals if bitten by an infected mosquito.
The disease cannot be transmitted from human to human.
"The first West Nile-positive bird of the season is an important reminder that West Nile Virus is still present in San Mateo County," said Angie Nakano, acting laboratory director for the San Mateo County MVCD. "West Nile Virus activity may increase as we head into the summer months, and it is important for residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites."
The San Mateo County MVCD controls mosquitoes through an integrated mosquito control program that targets the immature stages, which breed in standing water, Nakano said.
"Our vector control technicians are in the field every day, finding and treating sources of mosquito breeding across the county," she confirmed.
Reports of dead birds are an early indication that the virus is circulating in the environment. Residents are encouraged to help by reporting fresh carcasses of birds or tree squirrels to the West Nile virus hotline, online at www.westnile.ca.gov or by phone at 1-877-WNV-BIRD (877-968-2473).
To prevent mosquito breeding on your property and to prevent mosquito bites, the MVCD asks residents to follow the "Three D's":
- DRAIN – Mosquitoes lay their eggs on standing water. Eliminate all sources of standing water on your property, including flower pots, old car tires, rain gutters, pet bowls and the like.
- DAWN and DUSK – Mosquitoes bite in the early morning and evening, so it is important to wear proper clothing and repellent if outside during these times. Make sure that your doors and windows have tight-fitting screens to keep mosquitoes out as well.
- DEET– Apply insect repellent containing DEET, picaradin, oil of lemon eucalyptus or IR3535, according to label instructions. Repellents keep the mosquitoes from biting you. DEET can be used safely on infants and children 2 months of age and older.
For assistance with a mosquito problem in San Mateo County, contact the San Mateo County MVCD at 650-344-8592.
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Farmers Day in Richlands is coming! Cubs have been under-represented at our festival for the last several years, let's change that! In addition to the tractor displays we have a parade at 9AM, festivities kick off on the stage at 10AM, free entertainment all day, craft vendors, games, activities for the kids, etc. Proceeds raised go to fund scholarships for local agri. education students.
Richlands is 1.5-2 hrs. southeast of Raleigh, 1 hr. north of Wilmington, and 15 minutes from Jacksonville, NC. Come to the show on Saturday, spend the rest of the weekend at the beach! More info at http://www.friendsoffarmers.org.


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Enjoy watching over 90 minutes of emotionally excruciating soccer? You're in luck. ESPN will be airing a complete replay of Wednesday's USA vs Algeria match. In case you haven't seen it, I won't ruin the ending for you.
Tune in to ESPN Classic Wednesday night at 6 P.M. ET or ESPN2 at 1 A.M. for the the full replay of the epic match. However, if I was you I'd wait until about 2:30 A.M or so to check in. I have a feeling something memorable is going to happen in extra time. Just guessing.


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You And Me At Six, like Birds Of Tokyo, are one of those bands that I really know nothing about despite reading their band name five hundred times a year. Their single goes a long way to explaining this black spot. They play the exact same kind of epic emo rock that makes Birds Of Tokyo's heavier take consistently forgettable for me. Stay With Me is from their second album, Hold Me Down, and they'll likely be playing it when they tour Australia with Parkway Drive next month. This is an emo service announcement.


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This is getting out of hand.
The Phils drop two of three to the division-leading Braves, falling six games back in the NL East. Jamie Moyer is going to have some six-run innings and the inexperienced pitchers in the pen can be counted on to occasionally allow three runs over a four-batter span in the top of the eleventh. But the Phillies need to hit and they aren't. Valdez and Sardinha combined to go 1-for-20 in the series. That's a whole lot less of a problem, though, than the 6-for-38 with a walk that Rollins, Victorino and Werth combined to put up.
The key hitters for the Phillies just aren't getting it done and they haven't been for a long time.
The why questions are the hard ones and I don't know the answer. I do think it's time we all confront the elephant in the room and put the blame where it belongs: squarely on the shoulders of Jayson Werth's Geico beard.
That thing is atrocious. I'm worried it may be blocking out the guys in the bullpen trying to steal signs from the catcher. Please, please shave. I don't feel confident it will make things better, but I'm not sure how it could make them worse.
The chart below shows the number of times in the past 25 years the Phillies have won the World Series in the Pre and Post Beard eras:
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Seventy-nine games left to play.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
The Phillies are 43-40 on the season after losing to the Atlanta Braves 7-5 last night. The Braves take the series two games to one. The Phils are in third place in the NL East. They trail the Braves by six games and the Mets by three.
Moyer got the start for the Phillies and went 5 1/3 innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits and a walk. Five of the hits went for extra-bases, two doubles and three home runs. He struck out three.
Martin Prado led off the game and hit a 1-1 pitch out to left to put the Braves up 1-0. Moyer got the next three behind him.
He threw a 1-2-3 second.
The game was tied at 1-1 when he set Atlanta down in order in the third.
Omar Infante started the fourth with what looked like a routine ground ball to short, but Rollins was slow and Infante ran hard and was safe with an infield single. Moyer got the next three to leave him stranded. Victorino made a shoestring catch on a liner hit by Brian McCann for the third out.
He threw a 1-2-3 fifth.
The Phils were ahead 3-1 when he started the sixth. Moyer struck out the pitcher Kris Medlen for the first out, but Prado was next and homered again, this time on a 3-2 pitch. It cut the lead to 3-2. Infante followed that with a single and moved to third when Chipper Jones doubled softly to right. Troy Glaus walked to load the bases and McCann cleared them with a three-run double to the gap in left center. 5-3 Atlanta. Matt Diaz was next and he hit a 2-2 pitch out to center for his first home run of the season. 7-3. Baez took over for Moyer and allowed a two-out double to Melky Cabrera before striking out Medlen to finally end the frame.
Figueroa pitched the seventh. Prado reached on an infield single to start the inning and moved to second on a passed ball after Infante flew to right for the first out. Chipper flew to center with Prado tagging and moving to third. Glaus flew to right to leave him stranded.
Figueroa was back to throw a 1-2-3 eighth.
Figueroa was recalled from Triple-A on June 24. Since then he has made three appearances for the Phils in which he has allowed one hit and one walk in 5 1/3 scoreless innings.
Contreras pitched the ninth with the Phillies down 7-5. Cabrera led off with a double, but Contreras got a strike out and a popup before getting Infante on a ground ball to short to leave Cabrera stranded.
Figueroa threw 22 pitches in the game. Contreras, pitching for the second day in a row, threw 15. Baez threw 12.
It just the second appearance since June 27 for Baez. In those appearances he has thrown 19 pitches over one inning.
The Phillies lineup against righty Kris Medlen went (1) Rollins (2) Victorino (3) Ibanez (4) Howard (5) Werth (6) Dobbs (7) Valdez (8) Sardinha. Sardinha keeps on catching. Valdez at second. Dobbs plays third against the righty.
Rollins led off the first with a single with the Phils down 1-0. A one-out walk to Ibanez moved him to second, but Howard struck out for the second out behind him. Werth was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Dobbs, but Dobbs grounded to short to leave the runners stranded.
Valdez led off the second with a double. Sardinha struck out and Moyer struck out, but Rollins picked them up and doubled into the right field corner to tie the game at 1-1. Victorino grounded to second for the third out.
Rollins 2-for-2 through two innings.
Howard singled with one out in the third, but Werth and Dobbs went down behind him.
1-2-3 in the fourth.
Ibanez walked with two outs in the fifth. Howard was next and he hit a 1-0 pitch out to left to put the Phillies up 3-1. Werth grounded to second for the third out.
The were losing 7-3 when they hit in the bottom of the sixth. Dobbs led off with a single and Valdez hit into a double-play behind him. Sardinha struck out swinging for the third out.
That's 14 GIDP on the year for Valdez. 14??!
Victorino chased Medlen from the game with a two-out homer in the seventh that cut the lead to 7-4. Lefty Jonny Venters got Ibanez to pop to second for the third out.
Dobbs singled to left with one out in the eighth. With righty Takashi Saito on the mound for Atlanta, Gload hit for Figueroa and singled to center, sending Dobbs to third. Francisco hit for Sardinha with Saito still on the mound. He quickly got behind 0-2, but hit a 2-2 pitch back up the middle for an RBI-single that scored Dobbs and made it 7-5. Castro, who had entered with Baez in the seventh, popped up on the infield to leave the runners stranded on first and second.
Great at-bat for Francisco against the righty.
Billy Wagner set Rollins, Victorino and Ibanez down in order in the ninth.
Rollins was 2-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI in the game. 2-for-13 with a walk in the series. 255/358/471 on the season. He's 12-for-61 (.198) since returning from the DL.
Victorino was 1-for-5 with his 13th home run last night. He was 2-for-14 in the series and hasn't walked in his last 34 at-bats. 251/319/448 on the year. You can't hit second if you on-base .319.
Rollins and Victorino combine to go 4-for-27 (.148) with a walk in the series.
Ibanez was 0-for-3 and walked twice. He was 3-for-11 with a home run and three walks in the series. 242/329/397.
Howard was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI as he continues to pound the ball to the opposite field. 5-for-12 with a triple and a home run in the set. He's at 298/351/514 for the year.
Werth was 0-for-3 in the game and was 2-for-11 in the series. He's 3-for-23 with a walk in July and hitting 279/365/518 for the year.
Dobbs was 2-for-4 in the game. 4-for-8 with a home run, a walk and two RBI in the series. He's 8-for-his-last-23 and has his line on the year up to 196/260/304.
Valdez was 1-for-3 with a double in the game and 1-for-11 in the series. 252/270/390 on the year. Please take a moment to compare the slugging percentages for the season for Valdez and Ibanez.
Sardinha should get an award for catching so many games in a row in brutal weather. Not so much for hitting, though. He was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in the game and 0-for-9 with six strikeouts in the series. He has 40 plate appearances with the Phillies this year and a career high of 49. He's hit 205/225/375 for the Phils this season.
Kyle Kendrick (5-3, 4.70) faces righty Johnny Cueto (8-2, 3.56) as the Phils start a four-game set with the Reds. Kendrick has a 5.59 ERA and a 1.45 ratio over his past three starts. He's fared pretty well against righties this season, but left-handed batters are hitting 318/376/555 against him. Cueto has not allowed more than one run in any of his last four starts, throwing to an 0.70 ERA over 25 2/3 innings. He's been way better against lefties (225/292/376) than he has against righties (288/360/419) on the year.


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AMERICUS, Ga. (Aug. 1, 2006) – Habitat for Humanity International is hosting the largest leadership conference in its history in Charlotte, N.C., this week. The conference will bring together more than 1,200 people from Habitat affiliates around the country for an exchange of information and ideas.
The conference also will serve as a celebration of 30 years of building decent, affordable shelter in partnership with families in need.
The conference will begin Thursday, Aug. 3, with a reception at the Charlotte Convention Center and will conclude on Sunday, Aug. 6, with a worship service. In between will be general sessions and some 120 workshops covering topics ranging from developing global church partnerships to Habitat's work in Asia and the Pacific.
Featured conference presenters include Jonathan T.M. Reckford, chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity International; Nic Retsinas, director of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies and chair of Habitat for Humanity International's board of directors; John Ortberg, best-selling author of "Everybody's Normal Till You Get To Know Them," "If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat" and "Love Beyond Reason;" and Reggie Van Lee, senior vice president in the New York office of Booz Allen Hamilton who co-leads the firm's engagements focused on the not-for-profit sector.
Also joining the conference will be homeowner family members from Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Central Asia, Asia and the Pacific, and Africa and the Middle East, as well as several Habitat for Humanity families from the Charlotte area, and representatives of affiliates engaged in response to Hurricane Katrina.
The conference closes with a "Habitation" worship service that is open to the public. The service will be held Sunday at the Charlotte Convention Center from 9 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
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Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since its founding in Americus, Ga., in 1976, Habitat has built more than 200,000 houses in nearly 100 countries, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than 1 million people. For more information, visit www.habitat.org [1].


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This undated photo provided by her family via attorney Robert Allard shows Audrey Pott. A Northern California sheriff's office has arrested three 16-year-old boys on accusations that they sexually battered the 15-year-old girl who hanged herself eight days after the attack last fall. Santa Clara County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Jose Cardoza says the teens were arrested Thursday, April 11, 2013, two at Saratoga High School and a third at Christopher High School in Gilroy. (AP Photo/Family photo provided by attorney Robert Allard) NO SALES MAGS OUT FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Awakening in a friend's bedroom after drinking too much at a sleepover, 15-year-old Audrie Pott looked down and realized she had been sexually assaulted and her attackers had written and drawn on intimate parts of her body, her family's attorney said Monday.
Over the next week, she pieced together one horrifying detail after another. She went online and tried to confront the three boys she had known since junior high who she believed had done it.
At school, she saw a group of students huddled around a cellphone and realized that at least one humiliating photo of her was circulating.
"I have a reputation for a night I don't even remember and the whole school knows," she wrote in one Facebook message to a friend.
"I cried when I found out what they did," she wrote in another.
Eight days after the attack, she called and asked her mother to pick her up at school. She said she couldn't deal with it anymore but would not say what was wrong.
And then she hanged herself.
The Pott family disclosed the new details of the ordeal at an emotional news conference Monday in San Jose, discussing painful details of what their daughter was put through and demanding that three 16-year-old boys arrested eight months after the assault be tried as adults — a move that would be highly unlikely under California law.
The family also filed a lawsuit Monday against the three suspects and their parents, claiming the boys removed Audrie's shorts and "digitally penetrated her, and/or penetrated her with a foreign object, and/or sexually abused her" after she drank alcohol and passed out.
The boys arrested in the case are each charged with sexual battery, dissemination of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Under California law, such less severe charges are filed if a victim was unconscious and did not have the ability to fight off a sexual assault.
Audrie's mother, Sheila Pott, said she hopes to change that with a new "Audrie's Law."
"I want to take serious steps to see that this doesn't happen to another one of our children," she said.
The parents of the friend where the party was held are also being sued by Audrie's family, with the suit claiming the parents of the friend had a "duty to prevent" parties from taking place at their home.
Sgt. Mike Leininger, a retired San Jose police detective hired by the family's attorney to investigate the case, said interviews of people at the party showed the suspects were sober at the time of the attack in Saratoga, a bedroom community on the fringe of Silicon Valley.
However, a police report obtained by the San Jose Mercury News said the suspects told authorities during the initial investigation that they did drink at the party.
The police report also says witnesses told investigators the three suspects took the drunken Audrie to sleep in an upstairs room then assaulted her.
The report says the attackers pulled off her shorts and partially removed her bra, exposing her breasts, the newspaper reported. Markings were found on her chest, legs, back and near her genitalia.
"They wrote 'Blank Was Here,' on her leg," said family attorney Robert Allard, not using the actual name because the suspect is a juvenile. "They marked her."
Lisa Pott, the stepmother of Audrie, said the three suspects were removed from the football team after her suicide but weren't expelled from school, despite their pleas to the principal.
She said Audrie had been dealing with bullying problems at school prior to the assault, and the family had asked the principal for help last spring.
Jane Marashian, a spokeswoman for the school district, said officials had no comment in response to that claim.
Attorney Eric Geffon, who represents one of the three suspects, told The Associated Press that attorneys representing all three will have a statement Tuesday after a hearing in Juvenile Court.
Geffon said the boys were cited last fall but no formal charges were filed against them until Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies arrested two boys at Saratoga High School and a third, a former Saratoga High student, at Christopher High in Gilroy where he currently was a student. They have been held in the county juvenile detention center since Thursday.
Audrie Pott's father, mother and stepmother said they were outraged by what they see as a refusal to take responsibility by the teens. Lawrence Pott, the girl's father, said he was astounded that defense lawyers for the three denied a link between the assault and the humiliating photo and his daughter's decision to end her life.
"With no assault, with no cyberbullying, Audrie is in art class right now," he said, his voice breaking as he held back tears. "What they did was disgusting."
Audrie spent two days on life support after she hanged herself, according to the family's lawsuit.
The AP does not routinely identify victims of sexual assault. But in this case, Pott's family wanted her name and case known, Allard said. The family also provided a photo to the AP.
The arrests and the details that came spilling out shocked many in this prosperous Silicon Valley suburb of 30,000 and have drawn international attention, especially coming just after two other similar episodes recently in the news — a suicide in Canada and a rape in Steubenville, Ohio.
"I have to say we were unprepared for the amount of media attention that we are getting," said Lisa Pott, mother of Audrie's three younger siblings. "Not only is this scary and intimidating, but just as we thought we might be starting to heal, it rips open the wound and reminds us of everything our family lost."
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Research conducted at the University of Waterloo over the last decade, under the direction of Dr. Stuart McGill, an internationally recognized expert in spine function and an ACE-commissioned researcher, has revealed that many back-training practices, including stretching and strength training, actually replicate the loads and motions that cause parts of the low back to become injured.
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